The Straits Times, 13 December 1936

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER FN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 260 Sunday, December 13, 1936 Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya, No. 260 Sumuy, December 13, 1936 Price 10 cents.
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    EX-KING TO BE DUKE OF WINDSOR
    890 1 Final Farewells At Gathering Of Royal Family PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE VI Crowds Cheer Monarch On Way To Accession Council I AJtGE crowds which had gathered in the Mall outside Buckingham Palace snd around St. James's Palace yesterday jrave a rousing reception to King George
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    What Tin Committee's Announcement Means
    160 1 QUOTA BASED ON NEW TONNAGES f N view of the considerable confusion which has arisen from yesterday's announcement by the International Committee, the following appraisal of the position may prove helpful: The Committee's recommendation of a 100 per cent, quota for the first quarter refers
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    SIAM'S SYMPATHY WITH THE EX-KING
    67 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. I^ING J dward's abdication has attracted considerable attention and much comment in Siamese circles and In syr-.pathy for his position the British Le? a'.lon announced t'.ils afternoon announced there would be no celebration of King George's birthday! on Mond3
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    The King's Message To Services
    323 1 London, Saturday. THE King has sent messages to the 1 Navy, Army and Air services. In the message to the Navy he recalls with pride that as his dear father did before him he received his early training in the Royal Navy. "It I has
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    36 1 In a Provincial by-electior. at Riversdale. Capt of Good Hope, the Nationalists have won another seat from the United Party by a majority of four votes. Tins brings their strength hi the Provincial Council to 21
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    Tension At Tsingtao Relieved
    114 1 Tension At Tsingtao Relieved CHINESE ACCEPT SEVEN DEMANDS Tilartu*. Saturday. rIE local. authorities have accepted seven Japanese demands in connection wtth the strike of 25,000 workers in the Japanese-owned mills in that port. The demands include: punishment of a number of strike leaders, who are to be dismissed; deportation of
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    RHINE TROOPS
    176 1 CONCESSION TO FRANCE WITHDRAWN Berlin. A CONCESSION to French senslbUl- ties made by Germany after the re-occupation of the former neutral Rhine zone has been rescinded. Under this members of the German arm 3d forces were forbidden to enter a region within three miles of the French, Belgian
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    YOU CAN NOW HAVE A RUBBER FACE
    54 1 YOU CAN NOW HAVE A RUBBER FACE TATKST gift of nudlcal science is an india-rubber face— for disfigured victitns of road accidents. Arttflcfal, flesh-'co'oured noses and ears are now available in a rubber-like substance which is adhesive and attaches easily to the skin. The nose can be blown or powdered
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    SOVIET CENSUS
    50 1 A census of the population of the Soviet Union will be taken on January 6. Over 1.000 000 clerks and con-troller-Instructors will be employed, and 80,000.000 boxes of matches are being Issued bearing the inscription. If you have not been registered, get In touch with a census point."
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    LLOYDS ABOLISH WAR RISK CLAUSE
    66 1 LLOYDS ABOLISH WAR RISK CLAUSE London, Saturday. ris reliably understood that the war risk clause, insuring agaUut war, civil war and revolution, abolished some ten days ago by Lloyds as tar. xv non-marine risks are concerned. This apphes to all countries except the United States and Canada Marine \var risks
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    DAWS SON ENGAGED
    59 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Mr. Wong Nang Wing, the youngest son of Dato Wong Ylck Tong of Seremban. who Is a pilot in the Chinese Air Force, is at present attached to the 29th Squadron, stationed at Bangcbow. He was recently engaged to be married to
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    Colony Cavalcade
    2105 2 Headlinitis Refuge In A Museum Singapore In The Dark Ages And Thereafter FRAGMENT of rock, worn by long exposure to the elements and bearing an inscription in a dead script recording the capture of Singapore by a prince of Java six centuries ago that, I submit, is a
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    SYSTEMATIC EFFICIENCY OF EMDEN
    328 3 Enthusiasm Of Cadets, Unborn When The War Began LIEUTENANT WHOSE FATHER WAS KILLED AT COCOS BOYS not yet born when the Great War broke out— fine, manly types of the new Germany's young nationhood comprise most of the cadets aboard the German training cruiser Emden, now
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    60 3 remarkable contrast in armour afforded by two exhibits in Raffles Museum. On the left is a 15th. century bronze helmet, used in one of the Portuguese fortresses In Malaysia, and above is an iron helmet of an unmistakably Japanese type made by the islanders o' Nias, off the west coast
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    Dutch Princess May Visit Java
    52 3 Dutch Princess May Visit Java (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. A CCORDING to a message from Bandoeng, the co-operation of the authorities is being asked to invite Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard to pay a visit to Java after their wedding. A country house at Nagrek will be put at
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    TWO SULTANS ARRIVE ON TUESDAY
    132 3 TWO SULTANS ARRIVE ON TUESDAY "PHE Rotterdam Lloyd liner, the Dempo, which is expected to arrive In Singapore about noon on Tuesday Dec. 15, will bring back to Malaya two of her native rulers, their Highnesses the Sultans of Johore and Selangor. In the party of the Sultan of Johore
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    JAPANO-GERMAN TREATY & NETHERLANDS
    255 3 JAPANO-GERMAN TREATY NETHERLANDS Would Not Join N. I. RUMOURS ARE "FANTASTIC" (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. DEFERRING in the Dutch Parliament to the Jaoano-German treaty. Foreign Minister de Graaeff said he considered the rumours of the existence of a secret understanding; between the two parties by which Netherlands India was
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    18 MONTHS' GAOL AND $5,000 FINE
    80 3 DLEADINU guilty to having imported 1.710 tahlls of non-Government chandu. valued at $13,680, Loh Klat was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment and fined $5,000, or a further IS months' rigorous imprisonment in default, by Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court
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    FRASER AND CO.'s REPORT
    174 3 IN their dally report on the share market issued at the close of business yesterday Fraser and Co. states that the price of tin locally fell «1.62% cents. There was quite an active market in tin shares during the morning with a good inquiry for Hong
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    Batavia To Manila By Air
    113 3 r T*HE establishment of a regular Batavia-Manila air service in the near future is predicted in a special report issued by the In d States Department of Commerce. The report points out that in the cent 18-day round-the-world flight made by "Bud" Ekins the journey
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    42 3 Mr. G. W. Davis sat as Singapore fourth magistrate for the last time yesterday before his transfer as Deputy Immigration Officer. Court Inspector W. Hamilton expressed the court staff's good wishes to Mr. Davis who ls succeeded by Mr. T P Cromwell.
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      642 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY SEA VIEW HOTEL Savings Bank and money orders Closed; Special Tiffin and Special Dinner. Telegrams Open all day; Deliveries all Dlstrie's 9 a.m. CINEMAS. S«b-Offlce»: Katong, Naval Ba&e. Paya ALHAMBRA: Step On It wi h Richard T nd Tan llr Bto 10 am MM| 4*° 8 KlTffin^f
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    CHINESE DEBATE BIRTH CONTROL
    537 4 "Clinics Should Be Established In Singapore THREE CONSIDERATIONS: MOTHER'S HEALTH FATHER'S WAGES CHILD'S HERITAGE DIRTH control clinics should bo established in Singapore The economic struggle has become so hard that it is timv for all communities to think ahead and consider the advisability of a conscious
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    London Bootmaker Claims To Be Son Of Zaharoff
    233 4 "I insist I am the sole heir of ZarahofY. If I succeed in my claim to the fortune I will try to right the wrongs of his life and the sufferings he caused." With those words, Hyran Barnett ZarahofT, a 6G-years-old bootmaker,
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    AIR ATTACHE AT SHANGHAI
    41 4 Among the appointments announced by the Air Ministry is that of Wing Commander H S. Kerby. D.S.C.. A.P.C on the special duty list on appointment as Air Attachee, Shanghai, in succession to Group Captain R. P. Wlllock.
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    RACES' BROADCAST
    46 4 An application by the Victoria Park Racing Club for an injunction against the Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation to restrain the corporation from broadcasting commentaries on races organized by the club from a point outside the club's racecourse was dismissed by Mr. Justice Nicholas in Sydney.
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    AUSTRALIA SPREADS HER WINGS
    88 4 HTHREE Douglas DC2 airliners, similar to those operating on KL.M.'s Far East r 'te, have been ordered for the Mel. >urne-Sydney air service which is to become a twice daHv servfee. This additional Melbourne Sydney j service will give Australian National j Airways an annual mileage
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    EAST MEETS WEST ON THE STAGE
    149 4 Versatility Of Dja's Dardanella Troupe EXCEPTIONAL variety was the keynote of the performance given by Dja's Dardanella stage troupe of Malaysian artists at the Grand Theatre, New World, last night and on Friday night. There was a splendid blending of Eastern and Western entertainment,
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    27 4 The Mitsubishi Company has given 1. 000.000 yen for the relief of the sufferers in the Osarizawa dam disaster in Japan and will rebuild the wrecked dwellings.
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    British Post Office Profit Of £12,000,000
    372 4 THE British Post Office last year made a profit of £12,266*01)0, in addition to £2.000,000 returned to the public by way of concessions. The previous year's profit WM £11,945,000. The annual report, says the Sunday Express, shows that the total value of its business
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    Millionaire Gives Up Hope Of Sleep
    133 4 Calcutta. U/HILE a girl in Brazil has been sleeping for five years, a millionaire in India, who has been unable to sleep for two years, has given up hepe of ever being able to do so again. His offer to pay £2,000 to anybody
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    JEWELLERY FIRM'S NEW BRANCH
    93 4 Further evidence of prosperity in the Klnta Valley Is provided by the announcement that Messrs. B. P. de Silva. Ltd.. the firm of Jewellers, diamond merchants, silver merchants and watchmakers, are about to open a new branch at Ipoh. Suitable premises have been fitted up and
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    MRS. RETA LEONOWENS
    36 4 The death took place on Nov. 28, of pneumonia, at a nursing home In London, of Mrs. Reta May Leonowens. of Shalford Park. Surrey, widow of Mr. Louis T L"ono*rens. late of Bangkok.
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      382 4 TRAHttt GIVES HIS TEAM KRUSCHEN v Dose" for Footballers a Icotball match do you and vlta- wl'h that you, 100, were 1 fuii of rest as 'hoy are T Well. decs to ktep ■1 r at present ■v i. nnd have >•• ars. The bencen I- I h. s i>";n
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      65 4 Continued success of grand doable feature programme ALHAMBRA TODAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 Special Holiday Matinee Tomorrow at 3.15 p.m. KEN MAYNARD In a whirlwind of action thrills and suspense playing a dual role In "HONOR of the RANGE" also In the same programme RICHARD TALMADGE the screen's are daredevil in
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      75 4 MONDAY 14th &> TUESDAY ISth DECEMBER, 1936. At 9.15 p.m. VICTORIA THEATRE. In Aid of Military Charities Ist Bn. The Middlesex Regiment PRESENTS: YHE "DIE-HARDS" CONCERT PARTY. And THE REGIMENTAL BAND featuring "1312" (With Lighting and Sound Effects) Booking at John Little Co., Prices $2, 1.50 and 1.00 Opening TODAY!
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      268 4 DARDANELLA'S BALINESE DANCERS 2 NIGHTS I at ike GR4KD THEATRE NEW WORLD 1:1 NDMBM im CO! LDHT SI < vrs ICN'GHT TOMORROW Sift. Iltfc, MON. 14th REC. 1C35 2 BAU PROGRAMMES TONIGHT AT 930 I'M. ruin ion "FATISVSMA" THE tiiTITMT TIMPU: i PLAYtD FOU CTH |M IN SINGAPORE STILL REMAINS
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    Should All Detectives Carry Arms?
    598 5 VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG COMMUNISTS IN SINGAPORE Murder Of Ali Han Might Have Been Prevented •THi' murder of Detective Mohamed Ali Han a week ago has directed criticism at various aspects of police work in Singapore. It has also revealed to the public, who viewed with
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    98 5 TIIKKK hundred Sikhs from all over Great Britain gathered at the Sikh Temple in Sinclair Road, London, W. to celebrate the birthday of their prophet Guru Nanak, born in Hu9. Part of the ceremony was the continuous reading of holy verses from the sacred book Guru Chandha Sahib" for three
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    As Others See Us: "IMPOTENT BRITAIN A WAR DANGER"
    60 5 As Others See Us: IMPOTENT BRITAIN A WAR DANGER" J YEAH ago it vas the imyot•ce of Britain, not the strength of Italy, which brought Europe to the brink of war. "Providing an explosion can be avert jj. until British muitary pouer ii reconstituted the prospects 9f peace 7iill be
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    Singapore's New Suburb Thriving
    324 5 Singapore's New Suburb Thriving WITHIN a period 01 seven da> new residential district brimm ir.tr with life has sprung up in Singapore, j Tiong Bain 1 w&fl wasteland before j the Singapore Improvement Trust put a block of 23 flats on it and brought a smart section of the populace
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    STREET DEATH SEQUEL
    74 5 A Malay name! Kaspl bin Astun was produced before Mr. E. E. Colman in the fifth court yesterday and charged with having caused the death of Mohomed J:. far Sha by having driven a nn.or lorry in rat! *nd negligent manner in Geylang Piad, near the Junction
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    SHIPBOARD STABBING
    64 5 As a sequel to v murder on board the s.s. Giang Sing in the Singapore Harbour en Dec. 10 Chee Vow Bee was charged before Mr. G. W. Davis in the fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday. He is alleged to have murdered Liong I an by stabbing him. The
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    Hysteria Seizes 200 Girls
    166 5 Hysteria Seizes 200 Girls MASS hysteria among 200 gi s closed for the week-end a department in a Dale Street, Manchester, cotton factory. It began when a girl was led from the workroom in a half-faint. Almost at once another girl, and working at the opposite end of the room,
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    SILVER WEDDING AND AN ENGAGEMENT
    76 5 Mr. and Mrs. J. Schooling, of Singapore, celebrated their silver wedding at 16. Dunearn Road, on Friday. They were married at the Cathedral on Dec. 11, 1911. They have ten children, seven girls and three boys. At the gathering the engagement was announced of Mr.
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    LOSES RIGHT ARM
    47 5 Mr. Chew Jin Kool, a saleman of the Radio Service Co. of Malaya, Ipoh branch, has lost his right arm as a result of a motor c lllsion a few days ago at Bagan Serai. His right arm was amputated In the Talplng Hospital.
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    ALL NIGHT WATCH FOR K.L. TIGER
    291 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. AN .11 iproved European hunter and the Sunday Times representative will wait up near the Srlangor Golf Club tonight for a large tiger which has been seen there. Tell-tale pucmarks give substance to the story of a
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    Spanish Wine Is Still Flowing
    168 5 Spanish Wine Is Still Flowing One thing the Spanish Civil War does not seem to have Interfered with, and that is the traditional trade in the famous wine, which has been a Spanish export ever since the 15th century. Sherry is still being shipped from Cadiz, the outlet for the
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    700 AERODROME COOLIES BACK AT WORK
    590 6 MILITANT MINORITY STILL ADAMANT Bulk Of Tamil Strikers May Return Tomorrow THE Singapore strike showed definite signs of coining to an end yesterday afternoon when 700 Tamils employed at the Civil Air Base reported for work. At Municipal depots throughout the city, small groups
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    OLDEST SWORD POLISHER
    67 6 DELIEVED to be London's oldest sword -polisher. Mr. James William Robins, aged 82, of Bedford Park, W.. is celebrating his golden wedding. His wife is 72. Mr. Robins has worked for Wilkinson Sword Company for 44 years and has polished swords presented by Queen Victoria to various
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    170,000 ITEMS IN R.A.F. EQUIPMENT
    94 6 170,000 ITEMS IN R.A.F. EQUIPMENT TTHE title of the Stores Branch of the Royal Air Force has been changed to "Equipment Branch." Officers of the branch are now known as equipment officers. So great has been the development of aircraft that the number of items of equipment has reached the
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    HOUSE NAMED AFTER DR. BRADDON
    157 6 fFronm Our Own Correspondent.) Scremban. IKE Sir Ronald Ross, he was a scholar and a philosopher; and was awake to the beauty and wonder of the world In many directions A visit to England was worth while, he said, if only to see the wild
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    HORTHY MEETS MUSSOLINI
    9 6 Admiral Horthy talking to Signor Mussolini.
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    ROME'S CHECK TO HUNGARIAN DESIRES
    353 6 ROME'S CHECK TO HUNGARIAN DESIRES Not The Time For Treaty Changes Rome. AFTER a four days' visit to the King and Queen of Italy, Admiral Horthy, the Regen.t of Hungary, and his wife left Rome on their way home. The King and Queen and Princess Maria, their youngest daughter, said
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    STERILIZATION FOR JAPAN
    156 6 Action Likely Against All Mentally Unfit Tokyo. TTHE Home Office if framing a bill for the sterilisation of the mentally unfit. This action is being taken because an investigation, made in co-operation with the Japan Eugenics Society, has revealed that 70 per cent, of the 150.000 persons
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  • Correspondence
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      REWARD FOR THE WORKERS
      70 6 A CCORDING to a report In your newspaper several American companies. Including Ford and Kodak, are distributing several millions of dollars to their employees this Christmas in bonuses. This seems a g^od lead to other companies which have profited handsomely recently. Some of these companies are
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      WOMEN AND LOVE LETTERS
      77 6 I JRSULA Bloom suggested in last week's Sunday Times that all women should keep their love letters because they were "stepping stones back into the past to help us recapture the tenderness of a precious moment." An unkind thought is that not a few women keep
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      THE HAWK AS AN OMEN
      97 6 AMONG the hill tribes of Bornuo It is necessary for the omens to be favourable before any event or* undertaking can come to a successful conC ision If one tribe is raiding another's territory It a gx>d si^n if a hawk, hovering in the sky,
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      WIRELESS IS OFTEN NOISY
      131 6 I have the misfortune to live in a neighbourhood which is liberally endowed with wireless sets. As the majority of the houses are of the open verandah typa the noise they make collectively is something shattering. And what makes it worse is that the classical music
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      NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT
      308 6 rO much gots on in this country without anyone kr.viun:;: anything about it. Governments, mvi sanitary board.? and business I are continually making and carrying into effect decisions wh.ch afTec:"'he public. And In nearly every case sutlic money is being expended and fie public is
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    Opening Of Temples To Lower Castes
    200 6 Opening Of Temples To Lower Castes POPULAR MEASURE IN TRAVANCORE Trivandrum. rtE popularity of the recent Travancore Durbars promulgation, throwing open temples within the! Travancore State to the Harijans i (depressed classes) was testified to! when the citizens of Travancore State presented Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer. the newly-appointed Dewan,
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    CHAIR OF ENGLISH IN BUCHAREST
    74 6 The Chair of the English Language and Literature in the University of Bucharest has been inaugurated in the presence of the Queen Mother of Rumania and a large and distinguished company. The engagement of Mr J. H Burbank. of Oxford, who delivered the inaugural lecture,
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    CALL TO FORCES RAIDING SUIYUAN TO REPENT FOLLY
    287 6 Appeal Backed With Lavish Offers PROTEST OVER AT TACKS ON JAPANESE PLANES Taiyuan. A I'FEALIM; to their patriotism as Chinese citi«en« Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Yen Hsi-shan have issued a joint circular letter to the Manchukuo and Mongol irregulars, advising them
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    "SACK MURDER" RECALLED
    185 7 Lord Hewart's Most i Worrying Case ff OKI) Hewart, the Lord Chief Jus-' tice, at the annual dinner of the Association of Lancastrians, at the! Hotel Great Central, told the dramatic story ef "the only case in my life that ever kept me awake." He was referring
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    STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
    681 7  -  Fred. J. Melville Stamp Collecting (By rlE great interest philatelists have been showing in matters of hisI torical postal interest, particularly in "covers" posted in the days before the introduction of adhesive postage stamps has led to the formation of a new organisation which is already
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    FOR MALAYANS ON LEAVE
    225 7 *|*HE excessive concentration of popu- lation in the large towns in England and especially the astonishing growth uf Greater London in recent years directs attention to the efforts being made in various ways to counteract this tendency. One of the first of these efforts was the
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      228 7 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY PORTB OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA by Captain H R. OldftVld. LL.B. A conn >te history of this little known irroup of stamp*. Price 4 9 post free. The Pbilate'tc Journal of Great Britain. The oldest British Philatelic raagacine, now in Its 46th annual volume.
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      101 7 GREAT BRITAIN. Tlie handsome II blade stamp of the Postal Congress issur- r-f 1929 in very fine used condition. Price 17/6 only. Wanted for cash cr Exchange used stamps of the Strait* Settlements and Hong Kong in quantities. SEFI-PEMBERTON A CO.. LTD., 12. South Molton Mreet. London. W.I. ENGLAND. RARE
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      544 7 LONDON MAIDA VALE 12. 18 nnd I LONDON CAr.LS 54 CLIFTON GARDENS AND 178. 12y I INSISTENTI fI%KV& and 78. SIiTHBP.LAND AVENUE AND IcOME' 72 14. RANDOLPH GARDENS (one minute l. nd M ir .jther $^JOL Warwick Avenue Tube Station and live l ana r "J c y al euncr
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      1451 7 Today's Wireless Programmes LMr'Rfc jlAllUn. na (Eric Borschel). Selection, Over Catliolic BroadcPitins Association (Wave- 5.M p.n to clMiait VDA !,*4« k/c (Md Goes (Billy Maye.l. vr. Zalvr.>. length 19.71 m.) Music, polT.lcal talk, m.) and TD» 9410 k/o (Sl.B m.) TRANSMISSION 4 A reading of North Vmu*rj mtaion news. UUc
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      295 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT No competitor succeeded in solving correctly The Sunday Times Cnmm r1 Punic printed in our issue of Nov. 29 and the $100 prize money Is divided equally among the following 13 readers, p^ch of whom submitted entries cjiitalning one error only: H. L. Tan, 15, Emarald Hill
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    Totidem Verbis
    600 8 The Throne A WHOLE Empire pays heartfelt homage to the young man and woman who have so unexpectedly become King and Queen, the more so because of the difficult and delicate circumstances which have led to their assumption of very onerous regal responsibilities. And a whole Empire deeply
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    The World's Funniest Capital
    1407 8 The World's Funniest Capital A Singapore Man Visits Kuala Lumpur Elephants, White And Pink: Who Got The Tiger's Goat? Plea For Swallows WHICH is the world's funniest capital Timbuctoo is too uncivilised to count in this contest. Canberra is a stale joke. Of Angora nothing is known except its goats
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    "I Went To Hong Kong For A Holiday"
    418 8 I WENT from Singapore to Hong Kong for a holiday. People in the ship said Why go to Hong Kong for a holiday? Why don't you go the Japan? It is so wonderful there at this time of the year and the
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    SINGAPORE'S NEW $2,000,000 PRISON
    858 9 "Nicest Gaol I've Been In, Says Sunday Times Reporter MOST MODERN INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND IN THE EAST Amazing Alarm System To Make Escape Almost An Impossibility I BECAME THE FIRST PRISONER IN SINGAPORE'S NEW $2,000,000 GAOL AT CHANGI YESTER 1 DAY I WAS A VERY
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    15 9 A sentry tower at one corner of the prison wall. Other pictures in page 16
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    STATISTICS
    32 9 Oingapore's new $2,000,000 prison at Changi has 40.000 TONS OF CONCRETE. 1455 TONS OF REINFORCEMENT STEEL. 2100 TONS OF STRUCTURAL STEEL, 80.000 SQ. FT. OF STEEL GRILLES. 597 CELLS. 420 SHOWER-BATHS.
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    BRIDGE ACROSS NILE
    34 9 The contract for building the bridge across the Nile at Samanoud has been awarded to Messrs. Krupps, whose tender was £E 151,293. about £E 20.000 less than the lowest British tender.
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    Flung Bible: Lion Falls Dead
    76 9 Flung Bible: Lion Falls Dead Lusaka, (North Rhodesia) pASSING through thick scrub on his way to visit some members of his flock, a missionary icas suddenly confronted by a lion. Snarling and lashing its tail, the lien approached. In desperation, the missionary hurled his Bible at the beast. The lion
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    MOVE TO RID TURKEY OF BLOOD FEUDS
    119 9 MOVE TO RID TURKEY OF BLOOD FEUDS Istanbul. THE Government has decided to stamp out the blood feuds which are still a feature of Turkish life. A new Bill, based upon principles quite different from those underlying Turkish law, has been laid before the Kamutay, and will be passed without
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    36 9 Another of the frequent executions for Landesverrant "espionage or betrayal of military secrets) took place in Berlin when a man, described as Walter Wobbrock. aged 32. of Kolberg, a town on the Baltic coast, was beheaded.
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    70 9 QROUP photograph taken after the wedding at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, last week-end of Mr. John Hamilton Greig, a marine engineer, and Miss Kate Hunter McQuillan, of Lochrans, Stranraer, Scotland. The Rev. A. V. Wardle took the service. The bride was given away by Mr. A. J. Turner, and Mrs.
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    Fed Eagle On Stage To Avert Fire Panic
    215 9 YyHILE gasmasked firemen fought a fire in the cinema operating room at the crowded Picton Hall, Liverpool, a lecturer remained on the platform and averted possible panic by feeding a caged eagle to hold the interest of his audience. Captain C. W.
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    NEW KYUSHU VARSITY PRESIDENT
    56 9 I OKIO. Dr. B. Arakawa, of the ei^in department of the Kyushu Imper.al University, has been appointed head of the university. The previous sident. Dr. M. Xatr.yarr.a, re last mcnt'.i as a s?qu:l to a", attack by a group of faculty rr.embers upon a doctor wliile
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    FINES FOR MALARIA RULES BREACH
    229 10 Penalties Up To $500 Proposed F.M.S. 3ILL TO ENFORCE PREVENTIVE MEASURES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 11. THE destruction of mosquitoes in 1 accordance with the advice of a representative Committee will be conducted by law in the F.M.S. if a Bill, which
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    HE PREFERS TO BE A DOG
    418 10 ANOTHER WOULD BE AN ELEPHANT (From Cur Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. "IJAT NIGHT" at the Fortnightly Club meeting held at the Y.W.C.A. hostel in Kuala Lumpur last week was voted a very successful and entertaining departure from the more usual form of discussion or
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    APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS
    321 10 Service To Judgment Creditors (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. A measure making provision for the appointment by the Court in proper circumstances of a receiver by way of execution is about to be introduced in a Bill in the Federal Council. This power, it is stated,
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    53 10 Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal, recently held his last Durbar in the Durbar Hall at Government House, Calcutta, to confer titles on Indian noblemen and various distinctions for meritorious service upon soldiers, policemen, and civilians. Photo shows the Maharajah of Burdwan and other distinguished Indian noblemen being greeted at
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    Triumph For Midnight Follies At K. L,
    971 10 REVIVAL AFTER FIVE YEARS (From Our Own Correspondent) i Kuala Lumpur. < DIBBLING with humour, burnished with piquant satire and wafted by the waves of lilting melody the Midnight Follies Company ha« taken Kuala Lumpur by storm once again. i It was eleven
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    ARE YOU STARVING THOUGH FULL?
    600 11 Singapore Experiments To Discover Root Of Nervousness And Irritability WHAT is your metabolism Are you starving on a full stomach? When you become nervous and irritable you probably j-ttribute it to the Singapore climate. But are you sure thai you are absorbing noi^h good fats
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    RISE IN JAPAN OF NEW WAR LORD
    195 11 Army Swept By "Itagaki Cult" MAGNETIC POWER Peking. A striking new figure is rising among the Japanese Army leaders. He is Lt.-Gen. Itagaki, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, which provides the North China garrison. A Japanese officer said to the Daily
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    25 11 J^EMBERS of the cast of "Dragon's Glory," a Chinese comedy presented by the boys of Outram School. Mr. P. F. Aroozoo (left) was the producer.
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    DOCTOR'S DEATH FROM MORPHIA
    209 11 M. S. Of Hospital For Tropical Diseases A VERDICT that he died from morphia poisoning and that he had taken his life while of unsound mind was recorded at the resumed inquest at St. Pancras on Dec. 1 on Dr. William Alfred Fitzherbert, 29, medical superintendent
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    SMUGGLED DIAMONDS
    54 11 Diamonds valued at £30,000. found in the lining of a suitcase belonging to a passenger arriving in the Normandie, were confiscated by the New York Customs authorities. Mrs. Pearl Weinberg was arrested on a charge of smuggling, and her husband and a man named Isreal Mandelkern were charged
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    India And Poison Gas Attacks
    124 11 India And Poison Gas Attacks PROTECTION PLANS THE Government of India lias at I last started measures for the protection of cities, forts, docks, and railway termini from aerial poison gas attacks. The full programme is being considered at Delhi. The differences in gas dispersal due to tropical conditions and
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    REICH PASTORAL LETTER PESSIMISTIC
    70 11 Berlin "Will the worst be spared our offlicted German people?" asks a pastoral letter issued by Cardinal Schule, Archbishop of Cologne, and llgr. Berning, Bishop of Paderborn in which they complain about the pressure exerted on Catholic conscience and the tendency to excite children against their
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    MR. KENNEDY CHAMPION RIDER OF IPOH RACES
    1436 12 Rain Mars Last Day Of Skye Meeting FRESH SUCCESSES FOR TRAINER LOGUE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. TTHi; WMthir km dull today, tke second and last day of the Perak lurf Club December skjre meeting, and light sh.#wer; fell in the middle
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    LITTLE KNOWN FOOTBALL COMPETITION
    138 12 (By Our Seremban Correspondent) Very little Is known of a football competition 'that Is held each year in the outstations of Negrl Sembilan for a Cup known as the Poppy Day Cup. This cup, presented by Towkays Lee Kah J.P., Lim Teng Jong and Kwa Koh
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    JOKORE'S MALAYA CUP RUGBY GAMES
    199 12 JOKORE'S MALAYA CUP RUGBY GAMES Hampered By Lack Of Practice Together (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. lOHORE finished her Malajra Cup programme last weclc when she vLittd Seren ia and lost to the Combined States. It'waa a pity that Johore could not field her best team for this match.
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    NEGRI PING PONG TOURNAMENT
    349 12 (From Our Own Corrc;;ponck'r.t i Seremban. FURTHER progress is reported in the Negrl Sembilan opon ping pong tournament which is being held under the auspices of the Ncgri Sembilin Chinese Athletic AssociaHon. The analists ii the men's singles are Wong Sow Choong and Fooitj Chak Lam.
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    MAGPIE B.P.
    59 12 'Krom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. J?ec. 9. The annual general meeting of the Magpie Badminton Party will be held at the rald*Mt of the President. Mr. Kung Jit S -rig* on Su.day. Cec. 20, when new oißce-b?arers will be elected. The possibility of a return bndminton match with
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    34 12 The ball comes away to the backs in the Rugby game on tli" padan* yesterday between an S.C.C. tean and the Police. The S C.C. won by six points to three. Sunday Times Photograph.
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    CENTURY AGAINST TOURISTS
    255 12 M. C. C. Face Score Of 300 Ipswich. Queensland. Saturday. MAINLY owing to an excellent innings ot^ 118 by the captain. T. Allen, a Queensland country eleven ran up the r.ssful score of 300 against the M.C.C. here today Tl c tourists had s-ored 31 with.-ut loss
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    G. O. ALLEN
    40 12 KNEE WILL BE FIT FOR NEXT TEST Bpdney, Sr.turday. The doctor reports that G. O. Allen's kr.eo is all right; rest is necessary, but it will be quite fit Tor the next Test rr.itch on Friday.- Hcuter.
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    BASKET BALL AND VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT
    197 12 (Rom Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru. It is understood that the Ma'aya basket ball and volley ball tourname.it will begin next week. The competition is divided into two sections, north and south. The following Is a list of fixtures. BASKET BAIL (MEN AND WOMEN)
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    ARMY UNBEATEN IN MALAYA CUP RUGBY
    636 13 Eighteen Point Victory Over R.N. R.A.F. BY "STAND-OFF" Army 18 Royal Navy and Royal Air Force 0. DLAYING below recent form, Army nevertheless won convincingly by 18 points to nil the Malaya Cup Rugby match against Royal Navy and Royal Air Force at the
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    S.C.F.A. LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    487 13 S. C.F.A. LEAGUE FOOTBALL ST. MATTHEWS TOP THE TABLE IN thy first of the two S C.F.A. Lcsve matches played yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium the Bendemeer AC, playing an improved; game, beat the Amicable A.A. b> three j to one after a one-all first half. The ground was
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS
    71 13 The following are results of yesterdays play in the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis tournament: Singles Handicap: Tan Yong Poh bi M Tay Yew Teck 6—3. 4—6. 6—l. Open Singles Championship: I. B. Abed beat J. D. Las Cassas 6—o. 6 o; Dr. Harldas beat Seah Keng Slew 6—o. 6—3.
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    POLICE BAND
    57 13 The Police Band will play on Tuesday at Katonc Park at 6 p.m.: March PoUPourri. Step: oi Glory (Aubrey Winter] Overture. Morning. Mcon and Night (Suppe); Selection, Patience (Arthur Sullivan) Baroreske, March oi the Manikins (Percy E. Fletcher); Pjt-Pourri Vals:, The Gay 00s; TwoStep. PadoVs Outing (P. C.
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    TORRENTIAL RAIN MARS STATE HOCKEY
    264 13 TORRENTIAL RAIN MARS STATE HOCKEY Penang and Selangor Share Four Goals (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. DENANG'S first inter-State Hockey match was played in almost torrential rain on the Hutchings School ground this evening and no definite opinion of the game can be expressed owing to the conditions under
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    SOUTH JOHORE BEAT R. A.
    292 13 HARD-FOUGHT MATCH IN BAD CONDITIONS d'rom Our Own Corresponient.) Joliore Bahru. Saturday. SOUTH Johore beat the Royal Artillery by nine points (a dropped ,ioal and a goal) to nil this evening <r. a Rs?by match on the Johore Civil! Ser%ire Club ground. A heavy downpour
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    League Leaders Beaten By Lowly Liverpool
    310 13 RESULTS of football games play- 1 ed in the leagues yesterday arc. says Renter: DIVISION I Birmingham 0 Derby Co l Charlton A. 2 Everton o Chelsea 2 Brentford l Grimsby T. 2 Huddersfield T. 2 Leeds U 0 Wolverhampton 1 When abandoned after
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    F. A. CUP
    99 13 The second round tivs in the F.A. Cup competition played on Saturday resulted as follows: Carlisle 4 Clapton 1 Mansfield 0 Bournemouth 3 Shildon 0 Dartford 3 Cardiff 2 Swindon 1 Lincoln 2 Oldham 3 Burton 1 Darlington 2 Ipswich 1 Spennymoor 2 Walsall l YeovU Petters
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    HOME RUGBY
    110 13 DTJGCY games played at home on Saturday resulted, says Router as follows: Cheshire 19, Northumberland 13. Cornwall 0, Gloucestershire 11. Devon 6, Somerset 6. Durham 26. Cumberland 0. North Midlands vs. Warwickshire postponed, snow. Yorkshire vs. Lancashire postponed, frost. Blackheath 13. Leicester 12. Guy's Hospital 8. The Army
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    68 13 The nsw game, table badminton, ha; an association of its own. On a table of table tennis dimensions net 13' i Inches high is erected and 21 points up played with a racket sMghtly smaller than the orthodox badminton racket. The flight of the shuttle used Is specially controlled so
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    POLICE DEFEND STRONGLY BUT LOSE TO S. C. C.
    207 13 TKE S.C.C. "B" beat the police by I I six points (two tries) to three (a j I try) on the Padang yesterday. The I home side had territorial advantage right through the match but encountered stern opposition from the Police
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    SINGAPORE WIN BY A POINT
    346 13 NEGRI-MALACCA UNLUCKY (From Our Own Ccrrcspmt'n') Seretnban, Saturday. A SINGLE point jeelfci the ii;«er_.State Ru,7by mat-h between Singapore and Ne£ri-Mal:icc\ hrr« tod.iy, Singapore winning by points (two tries) to five (a %oz\). Pluyed on a ht uy ground a; d continuous drizzle, the gr.me was
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    LEAGUE TABLES
    1109 13 Walsail 17 4 9 4 21 L 5 12 Exeter 17 3 9 5 19 2£ !1 Vde-shot 17 2 10 5 17 35 9 Ifnrport n 110 6 2< 49 8 DIVISION 111 (Northern) P. W. L. D. P. A. Pts. Chester 19 12 4 3 47
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    LEOW KIM FATT INVITED TO VISIT CALCUTTA
    951 14 Series Of Exhibition Games May Take A Partner With Him Singapore To Meet Selangor At Easter? BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT A PPARENTLY news of the badminton game in Malaya, and Singapore especially, has spread far and wide and is followed with keen interest
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    148 14 A farewell tea-party ;o y.r \m+* Kirn Wee, honorary secretary of the I'seful B.P. since its inauguration in 1932 and one of the founders, who has left for Ipoh on transfer, was held at Mr. Tan Boon Hone's residence. 19. Craig Road, on Dec. 4 attended by a record attendance
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    COMPANION B.P. ANNIVERSARY
    415 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. 'THE Companion Badminton Party celebrated their second anniversary last Tuesday when a dinner was given at the Hwa Mul Restaurant. Advantage was taken of the occasion to celebrate the successes of the Party at the recent Johore State Tournament when the
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    PITCHAY RAWTHER CUP
    71 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talping. A meeting of Malay badminton players In Talping will be held shortly to consider plans for running the annual competition among Malays for the Pitchay Rawther Cup. Last year the contention was a great success and no less than six teams from
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    JOHORE TO MEET MALACCA.
    201 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. DADMINTON enthusiasts in Malacca and Johore will be glad to learn that at an extraordinary committee meeting of the Johore Badminton Association it was decided to accept the Invitation of the Malacca Badminton Association to play a friendly match in
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    AMATEUR SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    699 14 Seventeenth Anniversary Celebration THE seventeenth anniversary of the Amateur Sporting Association was very successfully celebrated last weekend at the sea-side bunga'ow of the Patron, Mr. Aw Boon Haw. Pasir Panjang. The celebration began at 2.00 pm. on Saturday with a special troupe of musical and singing entertainers.
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    MERRIDALE B.P.
    237 14 In the Mcrrldale UP ping-pong in-ter-team tournament 'Ira-ruf svstcn. the following are the results: On Nov. 30. tne B team b»at the K team by three ganvs to one Result* i <B team first) Tan Keng Sin n. v: Low Kee Ngak. 3—o Wong P -ng N.'.n beat
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    SELANGOR B.A. TEA PARTY TO ITS PRESIDENT
    149 14 u^rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur There was a large gathering at tho tea-party held at the Victoria Institution Hail in honour of the Hon. Mi-. C. O. Howell, president of the Selangor Badminton Association, who will shortly go to Singapore to take
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    SEGAMAT DISTRICT LAWN TENNIS
    888 15 SEGAMAT DISTRICT LA WN TENNIS Most Popular Game During The Puasa Review Of The Year's Tournaments Cheah Cup Ends This Week BY OUR SEGAMAT CORRESPONDENT I AWN ennis in the district has made very little improvement this year and it is a pity that the game had such a small
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    SIGNALLERS LOSE TO GUNNERS
    284 15 BOTH SIDES DEFEND BRILLIANTLY 11 (S) Battery R.A. 1. R.C.S. 0. •From A Correspondent. > rvEFENSIVE brilliance rather than U a.tacking genius was the outstanding feature of the hockey parr." between 11 (S) Battery R.A's second team. Blakang Mati. and the Royal Corps of Signals. Pulau
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    31 15 Edwin Chan Foo Seng. Sandakan badminton singles rliairtpion (left); Mrs. N. K. Kal, Sandakan women's single champion (right); and T. G. Rajah and Edwin Chan Foo Seng, Sandakan doubles champions (centre.)
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    137 15 ..rb-fi.e entries were received for the annual badminton singles championship tournament of Pontianak. Keen competition is aqticipated. as the 1935 and 1934 champions are -»J»ong the competitors who are: Sent Lim 8.1.: Djie TJin Siong, Tjhia Fie Lim. Lee Yong Fee. Tjhang Tet Khoy. From Long Hoeat 8.P.: Chew Yang
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    THE ALL BLUES RUGBY TEAM
    485 15 Not Yet Won Cup They Offered (By Our Seremban Correspond H) tt AS more and more AsiatU. take up rugger—particularly in the more heavily populated parts of the country the All Blues must expect to be beaten quite often and then will they have the
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    FORMER DEFEAT AVENGED
    322 15 Muar Hockey Club Beat Sagil (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. IN the return encounter on the Medical Department ground the Muar Hockey Club avenged their former defeat when they beat the Sagil Estate team to the tune of four goals to nil. With the exception of Yates.
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    ETONA B.P.
    111 15 In a match of five singles and two doubles, the Etona B.P. beat the Monks Hill B.P. by five games to two at the home court. Scores (Etona first) Singles Bertie Koh beat Koh Yew Keng 12—15. 15—12, 15—6, John. Tan beat Chua Leng Yong 15—11. 15—12, Andrew
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    Reminiscences Of Isles Of The Seven Seas
    324 18 Ma of the Seven Seas. By Colling-wood Ingram. Hutchinson. 18s. lLf R Ingram claims that his delightful reminiscence sdo not, strictly speaking, constitute a travel book, because they are leaves from tho personal notebook of a naturalist and were never intended :or publication.
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    107 18 Seconds and Thirds. By E. LaurieLong. Ward Lock. MR Laurie-Long adds another to his long list of novels of the sea, bat we fear that the present romance of j the engine room does not carry much conviction. The author, it seems to me. knows ships
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    IMPRESSIONS OF THREE SMALL BOYS
    154 18 The Smallest Drum. By Arthur G. Stanley. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. HOW much do children understand of the queer ways of "grown-ups" Mr. Stanley writes the childish impressions of a small boy and his two brothers at an age when even children's hymns present difficulties
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    476 18 SPIRITED STOR V OF MOUNTAIN DESERT JUNGLE TOLD IN RACY STYLE "Khyber Caravan." By Gordon Sinclair. Hurst and Blaekett 12s. (,J. JJERE is the vivid "reportage" of a Canadian journalist on his travels through India and Bombay to far Kashmir and back again to earthquake shattered
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    This Book Is "Amazing Stuff"
    608 18 This Book Is "Amazing Stuff" Man No Good. By Rickard Bell. Hurst and Blackett 12s. 6d. CUB-TITLED an autobiography of the South Seas, Mr. Bell's book is amazing stuff. Clarke Jameson enters the confessional to tell the true story of what happened to him when he left Australia seeking a
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    218 18 Level Crossing. By Phyllis Bottome. The Bodley Head. 7s. 6d. THE two chief chartecters in Miss Bottome's new novel are essentially modern. Neither before nor after marriage have Delrdre Conry. daughter of an old Scottish family, and Jim Lane, the son of an Ameri can magnate,
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    PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO MOONS HER WAY THROUGH LIFE
    422 18 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO MOONS HER WAY THROUGH LIFE The Spring House. By Lady Cynthia Asquith. MUharl Juvrph. 7s. 6d. r[E oddly cinematic presentation of this book does it less than Justice, First we have the stars name (the author's) in exceptionally large print; then we are informed, not
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    Three Readable Books In Different Styles
    648 18 The Fort in the Jangle. By P. C. Wren. Murray's Imperial Library. Murderer's Wench. By Paul Hoyt. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. Secret Lives. By Richard Starr. Jenkins' Colonial Library. IV/IR P, C. Wren has not deserted the Foreign Legion but this time we fellow
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    661 19 KINDLY AND UNBIASSED OBSERVER OF PRESENT DEADLOCK The Road to Nazareth. By John Gibbons. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. THE author set oft to visit the Holy Places, and see them he did although he stumbled upon the Palestinian war in the process. Mr. Gibbons
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    386 19 Miss Bund.-, Married. By D. E. Stevenson. Jenkins' Colonial Library. The Flasg Family. By Kathleen Norris. Murray's Imperial Library. The .tsbrl Loyalist. By Ralph Connor. The Bodley Head 7s. 6d. MISS Buncle is still a joy, even if she is no longer Mlss Bimcle, but Mrs. Abbott.
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    232 19 Study Of A Complete Egoist Onward Journey. By Adelaide FhiUpotts. Hutchinson. ?s. 6d. "/"INWARD Journey" is a detailed study of a complete egoist, but the reader is aware from the beginning that the writer has a sneaking fondness for her thoroughly disagreeable hero. Cornelius Bariant comes of a poor family
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    190 19 Banjo On My Race. By Harry Hamilton. Hurst and Blackett. a. 6d. AN American lyric with a somewhat misleading title. The author spent some time among a group of Tennessee nsherfolk, living In flat-boats teth?red to obscure Island 21 In the Mississippi, and this excursion has
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    342 19 For A Quiet Evening Or A Lazy Holiday Ever Rolling Stream. By M. le Bourne. Hurst and Blackett. 7s. 64. ILJERE is a story about the moat ordinary couple that ever were, told with a wealth of acute but not unkindly observation, and a quiet sense of humour which makes
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    1352 20  -  The Onlooker By UOW many Malayans are mentioned n the literature of the Great War? I know of only one, Major H. C. Atkin Berry, of Swan and Maclaren, whose name occurs n Major-General Fuller's book, "Memoirs of an Unconventional Soldier," published this year. General Fuller met
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    387 20 82 THE FIRST TEST [What Allen said, or kou or ought to have said, in an extra tpecwl interview with The Sunday Time* Spec*. Commissioner at Brisbane.] They said we couldn't bat for nuts, IS or yet for toffee bowl; We had a tail bereft of guts; Our
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    707 22 GIRL KIDNAPPED AND MARRIED CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE Bombers Dive To Rout The Enemy MEW and graphic details of the Ightißg on the No:th-\Vcst Frontier, in which 19 Hriti-li and Indian troops were killed ;uid 112 wounded, were given in
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    141 22 Laws Right -JUDGE'S QUERY A HUSBAND who had not lived with his wife for 21 years asked for a decree nisi against his wife at Glamorgan Assizes. Mr Justice Swift, who granted his petition, remarked: "Can you Justify the preesnt state of the law which allows people
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    GEN. CHAN CHAI-TONG
    64 22 KEEN INTEREST IN BRITISH AGRICULTURE London General Chan Chai-tong and his companions are greatly enjoying their stay In England. They attended a debate in the House of Lords and visited Oxford and Cambridge. They also made a prolonged inspection of East Anglian farm lands and were greatly
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    ISTANBUL STUDENTS
    59 22 RETURN OF ALEXANDRETTA AND ANTIOH AGITATED Istanbul. A student demonstration broke out here in favour of the return of Alexandretta and Anticch, in northern Syria, to Turkey. Police were called out to disperse the meeting when the demonstrators turned their steps toward the French Embassy. During the fight
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    20 22 Two Hindus and two Moslems lost their lives in a communal riot at S&saram, in the Sahabad district o/ Bihar.
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    SYSTEM STUDY IN JAPAN
    31 22 jyiß. T. K. Purkait, M.A.. a senior teacher at the City High School, Singapore, has left for Japan to study industrial conditions and the educational system there.
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    K.L.M. SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD
    267 22 Company's Record Of Achievement BIG INCREASES IN ALL LINES •yilE record of achievement by the X.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airways) on the Europe-Singapore route is set i ut in a special report published by the company in connection with its 17th anniversay. Since the weekly Amsterdam-Sin-Earjore service
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    ORDER OF JADE
    55 22 Award To VS. Professor Of Chinese Languages Award of the Order cf Jade, blue ribbon class, to Dr. Edward T. Williams, 83, Agassiz professor- emeritus of Oriental languages of the University of California, has been announced. The award was made by the Chinese Government, "in appreciation of
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    MANILA SEIZURE
    42 22 Opium Found By Customs On British Steamer Manila. Opium valued at 4,000 pesos was seized by the Customs when tha British steamer Phemlus arrived from Hong Kong. The opium was. packed In 1,580 watertight tins hidden in the ship's watertanks.
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    JAPANESE ACTORS GOING TO EUROPE
    40 22 Toklo. Kabuki, the classical school of the Japanese theatre, will go on its first overseas tour next March when Kikugoro Onoe and his troupe leave Tokyo for Europe. They will visit Italy, Germarv and England.
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    TO END "BLACK CAP FARCE"
    306 22 Infanticide Bill's Provisions AN ALTERNATIVE TO MURDER VERDICT THE text has been issued in London of a bill which has for its object the abolition of what has been called the "Black Cap Farce" in infanticide cases. If it becomes law judges will no longer
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    LEGLESS MOTORIST IN COURT
    168 22 i DANGEROUS DRIVING IASE DISMISSED IVAVID Nortnwood, Woodland Hcuse, Cameron Place, Gor- I seincn, c legless motorist, was car- ried into Bridgend (Glam.) Police Court to answer charges of driving j! in a manner dangerous to the pub- lie. Evidence was given that he was j
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1553 23  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By IN the war between men and women, seventy-two-year-oW Albion L. Clough may be regarded as a quitter. Instead of carrying on the fight to the last ditch and argument, Albion has retired to a converted schooner on the beach at Cape Neddick, Maine,
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    DRIVE AGAINST PIRATES
    195 23 SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS AT BIAS BAY Canton. T*HE garrison around Bias Bay, the notorious headquarters of pirates, is to be strengthened by an additional battalion of marines from Bocca Tigris. This order has been Issued by Rear-Admiral Feng Cho-fan, the new commandant of the River Defence Flotilla. In
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    765 24 High Street CLLK merchants, Jewellers, and curio dealers pi ide High Street with a row 01 display windows in which the passer-by will find much to interest him. Interspersed with these shops are book-stores, music warehouses, and numerous other shops combining to make this street one
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      258 24 I I An Omega Watch is more than a present for X'MAS I X is a token for all times a >♦ /JfflgP'Watc& j r^\ fat tke elcaauts I 1 1 A prctr>' watch is an extravagance that every woman can >♦ X allow iv rsclf. Haven't you noticed how
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    731 25 Stamford Road, Raffles Place, Battery Road, Collyer Quay M. S. Ally, Battery Road. Provision shopping at Christina is always an adventure. There are so many individual tastes to satisfy and so many claims for presents which have to be met, that frequently by the very variety
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    CHINESE PART IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RUBBER
    281 26 him Boon Keng, Tan Chay Van And Chan KangSwi TTHE story of the part played by the Chinese in the introduction of the rubber industry into Malaya I—an1 an industry which today contributes approximately one third to the world's output was told
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    Billy Deserts The Army
    86 26 fHE Fifth Battalion Royal Welch Fusilters is looking for a deserter a white goat. Be is B 'ly. the famous mascot, who wears a uni'orm of white harness, silver headdress and cay gT*"itcoat when he leads the battalioii on parade. Billy's uniform was taken away, and
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    ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD IS FINED FOR SPEEDING
    38 26 Vienna. Archduke Leopold von Vapsburg, cousin of Archduke Otto vc-n Hapsburg. clamant of the Austrian throne has been fined 400 schillings here on charges of speeding, insulting an officer and damaging property.
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    BLOOD TESTS FOR MOTORISTS
    559 26 Mr. Hore-Belisha To Be Asked To Enforce Them PLOOD tests to determine the alcoholic content of the blood of pedestrians and motorists involved in road accidents will b* asked for by an influential deputation to Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister of Transport, early in the present Parliamentary session.
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    MORE "PEKING MAN" SKULLS
    420 26 LIGHT ON LIFE OF 1,000,000 YEARS AGO Peking. TWO new skulls, those of an adult male and an adult female, have been discovered at Chou Kou Tien, where the remains of the Peking Man were found in 1928. They are regarded as very important by Prof.
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    GENERAL COUGH AND THE FIFTH ARMY
    834 27 "Time The Truth Came Out" 18 YEARS OF OBLOQUY "It Was A Soldiers' Battle" TRIBUTE TO HIS MEN QKNKUAL Gouph, speaking at a supper and concert of "old comrades" of the Fifth Army at [Wellington Barracks, defended the Fifth Army against what he termed
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    JAPANESE POWER PLANT FOR NORTH CHINA
    51 27 Tokio. Five loading electric works in T*io have decided to organise a joint power plant in North China, with a capital of Y5,000.000. One-fourth of the total capital has been pai^ and a second Instalment will b? paid during the second half of next
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    DIES AT AGE OF 110
    56 27 Olympia Prona. known as the matriarch of the "Muscovites" of Jassy, Rumania, has died at the age of 110 The "Muscovites" of Jasy (and of Bucharest and other towns) are Russians belonging to a religious sect called the Skoptsi. which was banished from Russia many
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    RADIO PRIEST FADES OUT
    412 27  -  Roosevelt's "Discredited" By Election Win NO MORE POLITICS Detroit. WITHOUT warning Father Cough- lln. "the radio priest," has announced the cessation of his broadcasting activities. He said his National Union for Social Justice, with its boasted member- 1 ship of 10.000,000, would withdraw! from politics because
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    INVITATIONS ISSUED FOR WORLD FAIR
    56 27 Washington. President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation inviting the nations of the world to take part in the New York World's Fair in 1939, which is being organised to celebrate the 150 th inauguration of the first United States President and the establishment of a
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    THE SNAPSHOT GUILD
    527 27 SNAPSHOTS FROM THE AIR TTHOSE who make air voyages without a camera miss a part of the thrill. You do not need an especially designed camera to obtain photographs from aeroplarjs. An ordinary camera will get interesting pictures right through the window which you look through as
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      376 27 i /inhalantX^ i I used to be subject to very 1 severe colds" I "I used to be subject to Nq MM colds, but Sine* using Vapex I have alwtiyt been I able to check them I From a Vapex user i Cured a cold i "in no time" I
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    Malayan Short Story The Burglar
    2102 28 Malayan Short Story The Burglar THE distant flying figure was making for the leafy thicket, looking back ever and anon, and zigzagging as he ran, hoping to avoid the shafts that he knew would follow him. He increased his speed to a sudden spurt across the thirty yards of open
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    Kelantan Causerie
    1007 28  -  Vicomte de Bondy By THERE is not much social life in this outstation a pleasant change, to my mind, from the boredom of stiff collars that don't fit and dinner jackets that have shrunk and smell of napthaline but everybody seems quite happy, scorning the lights and leading
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      725 28 MENDE Model 340 AC-DC M^del 355 AC MEN IN MIDDLE LIFE No symptom can be mere disturbing to the peace of mind than undue frequency and urgen y. ThU distressing complaint Is very common to mi n in middle ilfe. and may well be due to en argement anci hardening
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    BIG SHIPS PLANNED FOR PACIFIC LINES
    387 29 Meeting Olympic Travel Rush To Japan In 1940 With the selection of Tokio for the staging of the 1940 Olympic games, shippirg companies operating passenger fleecs on the North Pacific have launched tentative plans for increasing and modernising their vessels to meet the vastly
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    Women's Cricket Gaining Ground
    154 29 'THAT women in Singapore do not play cricket in the kindlier interpretation of the phrase is an anomaly when viewed beside their prowes in most other branches of port. Wtmea'M cricket already has a strong i.old in Great Britain and the Dominions and the Australian team
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    £3,000,000 SHOW OF DIAMONDS
    152 29 ANTWERP'S REVIVING CUTTING TRADE Brussels. NEARLY i: 3.000,000 worth of diamonds will bo shown at an exhibition organised by the City of Antwerp jointly with diamond cutters' trade unions, manufacturers, dealers and brokers. It will be held from Doc. i 9 to Jan. 3. The committee
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    THEET OF RELICS
    95 29 THE ET OF RELICS VAI FINDS IN HONAN PRE SERVED Nanking. Definite measures will b 3 lz'.izn by the Central authorities to check vani in Honun, where relics of the Shang, Chxi, Han. Wei, Syi, Tang. Bung and Yuan period*, are reported to have been secretcly unearthed and Bold to
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    25 29 Six persons have been injured and many others ?re feared buried in two landslides which have swept down on to the town of Juneau, Alaska.
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    LOUDSPEAKERS IN FLATS TEST CASE P. M. G. To Appeal
    169 29 LOUDSPEAKERS IN FLATS TEST CASE P. M. G. To Appeal THE Poslmaster-General, it is understood, has decided to appeal against the decision of Mr. Ivan Snell, the Marylebone magistrate. that tenants of flats fitted with i loudspeakers worked from a central wireless receiver are not liable for wireless licences. The
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    ITALIAN ADVANCE
    44 29 In their giaciujl occupation of Western Abyssinia Italian troops are reported to hr.ye occupied Jubdo some 60 miles north of Gore; Glren, the capital of Jimina, 90 miles southeast of Gore, and Shiradda. No I resistance is stated to have been encountered
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    Britain Overrun By Foxes
    160 29 UUNTSMEN estimate that there are at least 100,000 foxes now roaming the woods and fields °f Great Britain. At that rate the country is rapidly becoming overrun with foxes. For only 70,000 of this 100,000 will be killed by the end of the hunting season April
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    Health Warning By Lord Horder
    309 29 "PSEUDO-SCIENCE' 9 DANGER LJEALTH, happiness and science were disoussed by Lord Horder when he presided over a conference organised by the Central Council for Health Education at the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London. "Health does not necessarily depend upon science," said Lord
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    27 29 The National Steel Car Company of Montreal announces that it has received a small order for shells from the British Government, and that it expects additional business.
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    U.S. MOSCOW AMBASSADOR
    31 29 Mr. Joseph Edward Davies, a Washington lawyer, has been appointed American Ambassador in Moscow, in succession to Mr. William C. Bullitt, who was recently appointed Ambassador In Paris.
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      150 29 MOTORING... WaiU le&£ ikan evet AS DISPLAYED IN THE 1937 ROYAL ALBERT HALL EXHIBITION Many reasons help to explain the appeal /^^jjS^j^^v owners know that this hae been accomof the "Popular Ford car, but undoubtedly Pished. The 4-cylinder engine has low the secret lies to a large extent in the
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    A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING GUIDE
    747 30 Stamford Road, Orchard Road, Selegie Road River Valley Road Capitol Restaurant intend to follow the same programme as they did last year during the festive week. Special dinner will be served on Dec. 24. 26 and 31 and on Christmas Eve and New Year Eve there
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      262 30 DURING THE FESTIVAL SEASON ARRANGE YOUR XMAS EVE. BOXING DAY NEW YEARS EVE DINNER PARTIES AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT gftPgT Distribution of Crackers, Baliocns othtr rIfEL Ci n o V eities on X f MAS EVE NEW YEAR'S EVE X'MAS EVE DINNER NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER $2.75 Dec. 24th. $2.75
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      104 30 FOR TOUR X'MAS GIFTS CALL AT SWASTIKA, I*3 ORCHARD ROAD. ALL STOCKS HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE ALTHOUGH QUALITY HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. PALAIS DES MODES, 33, STAMFORD ROAD SINGAPORE. Exclusive X'mas Stock Jutt Arrived from MEW YORK L9M3ON PARIS Exquisite Model, Evening Gowns in Latest Materials Chic Evening Wraps,
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      267 30 ®The gift that carrier the spirit of Chrutmas the gilt that only you can make your photograph Make an appointment today. THE LIGHT STUDIO Modern Art Photographers 24, Orchard Ro«d Singapore Phone 649 C. pj> On imlh ififtJfeHßKF! 'JjP>j'- A Jj' Mm WB dl^m~L~JKr A m mk ■«^b\ white or
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    469 30 North Bridge Road, Bras Basah Road, Beach Road CHOPPERS are thronging North Bridge Road, Bras Basah oad and Beach Road, three of Sin, ipore's most popular shopping centres. Shops of every type cater for a wide range of tastes. There you can buy anything from a
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      292 30 We Search the world for good things to Eat BUN BEE X'MAS SUPPLIES We have TURKEYS HAMS ASSORTED NUTS CRACKERS CHOCOLATES (Fancy Boxes) CHAMPAGNES PLUM PUDDING CAVIAR PATE DE FOIE GRAS FRESH IMPORTED X'MAS CAKES FRUITS VEGETABLES etc etc. etc. Shop at BUN BEE CO., HI 113, Beach Road. Phone
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      130 30 Ideal "■"9 b GOOD Longer than V K^if PIECE. Watches or Clocks nuke most acceptable cifta— they are useful— they are always remetnbered and above all they are readily appreciated. Your gift problems are solved immediately you step into oar Showroom where we have recently unpacked a shipment of watches
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      316 30 //j^^^m^SJSSm^j THE ART F T H E ,jJ&Ja%R. jS WjSK^ff^m the skill of bltai^^ THE CRAFTMAN. &\^figj^^vBpßg THE SHREWD W<2mZ&ft^^r HANDLING OF P«E--v"^?|2^BS|B^Bßß^r CIOUS STONES THAT IHM^lj jl^fijr ONL V THE EXPERIENCE LT^flfe^lfcV OF MANY YE AftS IN THE I@H|R|l TRADE CAN BRING. H^ti Wf THESE ARE A FEW OF
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    1878 32  -  HORACE RICHARDS Was It Love That Set Wedding Bells Pealing? BY LIVER IN CASSEROLE I IVER in casserole Is an attractive dijh. Cut a pound of liver Into slices and dip them thickly in seasoned flour. Put Into a casserole, with a quarter of a
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    320 33 DUGS c:in make a great d^al of r nee to your comfort when travelling. Whether you are conlating a trip on board ship, or just a run in the car, a dmughtpn of rug is valuao'.e. One noat design clips around the where it remains
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    592 33 Coat Which Is Both Novel And Practical Blouse Of Georgette— The New Laces "A boucle coat j'nd fur trimmings" does not suggest much in the way of sartoiial fcjrprioes, but when there is a fu: collar which can be worn as revers, or adjusted to be thrown
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    110 33 lyjix together six ounces of scli-rais-ITI ing flour and three ounces of fine oatmeal, and then add one and a half ounces of sugar and a pinch of salt. Beat up half an egg and add to It two ounces of melted butter and a quarter of a
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    96 33 WO houaehotd tool-chest should be A^ without a buttonhook or a largesleed met:.! crochet hook for cleaning out the small gratings 'n the waste pipes of baths, sinks, and washbasins Strands of cotton and bits of fluff lrom Turkish washing -gloves and squar and from floorcloths, mops, and
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    620 33 Max Factors Advice AFTER ALL, YOUR FACE IS YOUR SHOW-WINDOW CHARACTER is something, which, according to a great German poet, is developed in the stream of lue." Other sage philosophers have said that we are responsible for our faces, that is, after we are fifty and our
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    CARAMEL CUSTARD
    99 33 •THIS easily made and most nourish- ing sweet is much enjoyed by children who may refuse an ordinary egg custard. Whisk three eggs with two tablespoon fuls of castor sugar. Pour over them gradually a pint of hot milk which has been flavoured with vanilla or other flavouring
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    CHOCOLATE TOFFEE
    82 33 T*O make chocolate toilee melt half a pound of butter in a saucepan over a clear fire or gas jet. Then add half a pound each of Demcrara and caster sugar, half a pound of grated sugar, and a breakfastcupful of condensed milk. Lastly add three teaspoonfuls of
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    TOMATO SAVOURY
    115 33 DEEL half a pound of tomutoes, and chop up with half an onion and one pimento. Put a lump of butter into a saucepan, and when melted add the tomato mixture. Stir until soft, then sprinkle with paprika, salt, and a grating of nutmeg. Beat two eggs with
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    111 33 THIS is a delicious variation on 1 ordinary apple pie. Peel and chop a pound of sour cooking apples and sprinkle with four ounces of soft brown sugar. Add the grated rind and lolee of a lemon, and two ounces each >l chopped dates, raisins, and aultanas, aiM
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    612 34 AUBERGINE PROMISED AS A NEW COLOUR r THE necks of thi* season's frocks are squared and often lowered a little, while suits have elongated U "s, to enable the new and very attractive scarves to be arranged comfortably about the neck. For instance,
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    175 34 fVRNAMENTAL buttons are D oh used at present both for fastening and for trimming hand-knitted jumpers, frocks, and cardigans. It is advisable to stitch them on with wool, for if silk or thread is used it is apt to drag the knitting, and It is also difficult to
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    140 34 C"OR this choose middle neck or loin. In a casserole put a thiniy sl.ced carrot, a bunch of parsley, and a stick of celery cut Into small pieces. Put in the meat. Brown two tablespoonfuls of flour In some butter and add a pint of stock or
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    104 34 ALIGHT and appetising luncheon dish is made from tomatoes and sweetbreads. Prepare the sweetbreads by leaving them in salt and water for half an hour. Wash well and drop them into boiling salted water. Simmer for two minutes, then drain and trim. Peel and cut in halves
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    THEY NEED NO IRONING
    171 34 MOST of the new lingerie materials are such that they ca.; be laundered easily. The very latest is a soft crepe which facilitates laundering even further, because it needs no ironing. T.>ey are being made into ingenue styles For Instance, nightdresses of the crepe are finished
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    135 34 BEEF OYSTER PUDDING LINE a casserole or any mediumsized oven dish with good pastry and fill the dish with alternate layers of beefsteak and oysters, cutting the meat into oyster-site pieces. Use about a pound each of oysters and beef. Sprinkle each layer with salt and pepper, add about three
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    OATMEAL NUT SCONES
    96 34 SIEVE together nine ounces of flour, four ounces of fine oatmeal, and two small teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Rub In one ounce of lard and one and a half ounces of butter, and then add one and a half ounces of chopped walnuts and one and a
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    New Dishes Made With Old Potatoes.
    329 34 COMETIMES the most delicious and unusual of dishes are prepared from the most mundane of ingredients. For if there is nothing new under the sun, then we can often dress up our food to make it seem quite novel and that, too, without the
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    221 34 UAKE soiiie flaky pastry as follows: Sieve Into a bowl eight ounces ot flour and a pinch of salt; rub in two ounces of butter. Add a little cold water and make a stiff paste. Roll out on a floured board Into a thin oblong piece. Dredge lightly
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    97 34 CHOOSE a thick steak of halibut, wipe it over with a damp cloth, dry it, and dredge it highly with flour. Place it In a greased baking dish, season with pepper and salt, and Just cover it with milk. Put in a moderate oven, and after ten minutes
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    91 34 pHICKEN cooked in butter U savoury; a young chicken should be chosen. Cut the chicken into Joints and season them. Dissolve four ounces of butter in a stewpan. and put ir. the chicken. When It bolls turn the heat very low and cook slowly until the meat is
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    1451 36 European Surgery Now Finding Favour In Interior Of China CUSTOM OF FORTY CENTURIES AGAINST MODERN MIDWIFE Health Worker Known As "Living Buddha" LJEALTH is one of the four main Hn«B of activities at the welfare centre. The Provincial Public Health Department sends two workers,
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    270 36 Bronze Age Sword Found In Thames STATUETTE OF 4th CENTURY B.C. m TWO-FOOT bronze age sword of Danish type, found in the Thames at Wapping. and a 4th century B.C. bronze statuette arc among the new exhibits acquired by the Standing Committee of the Trustees of the
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    227 36 LADY (EDMEE) OWEN'S AFFAIRS ADY (Edm«e) Owen, widow of Sir i Theodore Owen, produced in the London Bankruptcy Court a bathing costume for which, she declared, she had been charged £200. She attended her adjuurned public examination before Mr. Registrar Parton. Her statement of affairs,
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    POWERS STRUGGLE FOR WORLD'S FORGOTTEN ISLANDS
    1221 38 Coveted As Possible Base Of Air And Naval Operations NEW IMPORTANCE OF SPECKS OF LAND IN INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS NEWS that an R.A.F. fly ing-boat base is to be established at the Nicobar Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, in a direct air-line
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    280 38 TAXI DRIVER TAKEN FOR A RIDE "Joke" Costs £15 r[E story of a taxi-cab driver Leonard George Coley. of Lar■lani Road, Waltham Cross, being taken for a ride round Regent's Park en the bumper of a car driven by Cecil Robert Coleman. of Walm Lane.
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    ECUADOR BANS REDS
    44 38 Quito. Ecuador lids decided to expel from the country all foreigners of known Communist sympathies, and to forbid the landing of Communists in Ecuadorian harbours. Ecuadorian consular official? are likewise to be instructed not to give Communists visaesto enter the country.
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    54 38 A picture taken after the wedding at St. Andrew's Church. Kuala Lumpur, last week-end, of Mr. John Ross McUougall, of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., Singapore, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Isaac, of Scremerston, Northumberland, and MiiS Doris Hodge, a 'filter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
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    Giant Panda Captured
    224 38 FIRST LIVING SPECIMEN AARS. Ruth Harkness, whose husband captured the giant lizards, known as Komodo dragons, that are now in the Bronx Zoo, has sailed for America with a unique find in the shape of the first specimen of the giant panda to be captu r ed
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    THE GODS WITHIN THE MONASTERY WALLS
    1050 39 Tour In Story Of Singapore's Biggest Chinese Buddhist Temple BY THE SUNDAY TIMES CHINESE CORRESPONDENT I*lo3 Siong Lim Sze, besides being the biggest Chinese Buddhist temple in Singapore, has gradually become one of the places of interest for world tourists, one of whom I
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    18 39 The Roman Catholic brass band "St. Cecilia," Singkawang, Dutch Borneo, The Rev. Bro. Longinas (centre) is the leader.
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    "NO WOMAN NEED GROW OLD"
    375 39 Yogi Expert Describes His "Miracles" A MAN who admits to being over 50, with Uie boyish features and the vitality of a young man of 25, claims to be able to take 10 to 30 yea^s off the life of almost every woman over 50.
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    MUTINY IN PERU NIPPED
    31 39 Lima. A plot hatched by revolutionary onion members and aimed at the overthrow of the Government of Peru has been discovered and the leaders arrested and deported.
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    Freddie Bartholomew's Armed Guard
    202 39 AFTER KIDNAP "OR WORSE" THREAT Holly woo-l. CREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW, twelve-year-old English film star, has been moved into a secret home in Hollywood under heavy guard. Detectives are investigating a letter demanding £10,000 on threat of kidnapping "or worse." Freddie knows nothing of his .danger, and the
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    DEFEATING DUST IN TRAINS
    248 39 Paper Bags To Protect Clothes New Delhi. DAPER bags for wr aen's dresses are the latest accessories of travel provided by the authorities of the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway and already they are able to report many tender expressions of thanks for their solicitude.
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    TRIPLE HORROR OF KWEICHOW
    130 39 1,500,000 Homeless By Fires, Drought Or Bandits Nanking-. APPROXIMATELY 1,500,000 i>ersons in Kweichow, representing one-fourth of the total population of the province, are homeless and on the verge of starvation as a result of fires, droughts, and devastation by Communist- u.'.ndits. It is said that not
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    82 39 Davis Cup Player Sig-ns With Tilden Tokio. JJYOTAKO SATO, once a Davis Cup player, has signed a U.S. $5,000 contract with W. T. Tilden, the world-famous professional tennis player, to appear in a series of exhibition riatches in ihe United I States and Europe. Sato will
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    229 41 Enclosed By Wall 3,000 Feet Long SINGAPORE'S $2,000,000 convict prison at Changi is practically completed and will be occupied early next year. It is undoubtedly the most modern institution of its kind in the East. There will be accommodation for about 600 prisoners, including 24 Europeans.
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    92 41 TTHOUSANDS O f Turkish girls are undergoing military training following the introduction of a bill In the Turkish Parliament enforcing conscription for women. The girls receive their training side by side with men and under the guidance ol the same instructors. Pretty girls with
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