The Straits Times, 7 February 1937

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 268 Sunday, February 7, 1937 Price 10 cents, j The Straits Times The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 268 Sunday, February 7, 1137 Price 10 cents.
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  • 336 1 Ceremony Planned To Take Place At Enzesfeld Castle INVITATIONS TO HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW Princess Royal Leaves London For Austria FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT LONDON, SATURDAY. THE VIENNA CORRESPONDENT OF THE DAILY EXPRESS 1 STATES THAT THE WEDDING OF THE DUKE OF Wi
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  • 169 1 SINGAPORE'S YOUNG TARZANS tOHNNY WEISMULLERS famous Tarzan yell rang through the Capitol Theatre yesterday morning when nine of his admirers attempted to imitate him. Their prizes were tickets to the new film, Tarzan Escapes." to be shown at the Capitol this week, and 500-odd boys and girls shouted and applauded
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  • 61 1 EFFECT ON PROMOTION New Delhi. I*HE Indian Armr has adopted a re- gulation providing that when an officer is involved in divorce proceedings the fa-t must b? recorded in his annual confidential report. If anythinc discreditable is suspected about hi; part in the case further
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  • 28 1 According to an oificial communique ***** Nazis wars amnestied in Austri* between July 11. when the AustroGerman aarreament v/a s reached, and D^cemVr 31 last year.
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  • 28 1 Fishermen at Leigh and Southend gathered 60. r OO cwt. of cockles last year trom cockle beds in the Thames Estuary. The value nt their fisheries exceeded £30,000.
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  • 158 1 S.C.B.A. Takes Up Subject Of Birth Control DIRTII control, a subject which has exercised public bodies, debating societies and newspapers hi Singapore for stmr considerable time, has now become a subject to be taken up by the Straits Chinese British Association. At a committee meeting of the S.C.B.A. last week
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  • 49 1 London. Saturday, j With balances yet to come in. re- 1 ceipts from the sales of poppies last Armistice Day on behalf of the funds Oi the British Legion total £480.747] or £20.400 more than at the corresponding date last year.— British Wireless.
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  • 24 1 16 BOMBERS ORDERED The J'okker works at Amsterdam have received an order from the Dutch Government for thp building of 16 heavy long-rUstance bombers.
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  • 68 1 TiJERK a.« two weddings in the Mussolini family in the Church of St Joseph in Rome this month. Yesterday the Duce's eldest ton Vittorio mar-led Signorina Buvoli. of Milan, and tomorrow the Duce's nephew Yitu Mussolini, editor of the Fascist official paner "II Popolo D'ltalia" m:.rrips
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  • 127 1 First Lord On Singapore 's Naval Base CIR SAMUEL HOARE, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech [at Bradford, briefly reported in 1 yesterday's Straits Times, referred to the naval mobility which was consistently in his mind. The reason why the creation of the naval base at Singapore is
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  • 36 1 The liner Oropesa. of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, has been recommissioned ar.d renovated for inauguration on Feb. 18 of a cabin service between Liverpool and the west coast of South America.— British Wireless.
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  • 34 1 #JUIN>.SK delegates to the Anti-White Slave Traffic Conference at Bandoeng, Java: From left, Miss Kwan Sui-wu, Mrs. Hsiung Hsi-ling, Mr. Hsiung Hsi-ling, Mr. Chen Hsueh-chin. Full story in page 18.
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  • 369 1 MOVE TO DICTATORSHIP SEEN New York. Saturday. PRESIDENT Roosevelt's proposals for the sweeping reorganisation of the Federal Court machinery have aroused a depth of feeling in th? political arena. The conservatives, who have been relying on Che Supreme Court to save business from what they regard as
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  • 173 1 ANNOUNCEMENT BY MINISTER SOON THE Secretary for War, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, stated recently that he hoped soon to announce improvements in the terms of service for the Regular Army. There had, he said, been an enormous increase in recruiting for the Territorial Army following the
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  • 40 1 jftiOM the personal column of a London newspaper: "A parent has lost the respect of his small son through his inabiity to spin some rashlybought old Japanese or Chinese tops. Is there any book giving instructions, please?"
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  • 121 1 Netherlands Indies War Budget FL. 30,000,000 TO BE SPENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. FOLLOWING the supplementary naval budget for 1,600.000 guilders submitted to the Peoples' Council lately, an additional 8,150,000 guilders is now being asked for the war budget. Including the outlay for the supply of new material for
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  • 74 1 25 Per Cent Of Siam's Budget For Defence (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. Over a quarter of Siam's total expenditure estimated at nearly ten millions sterling; is to be allocated to the Ministry of Defence in 1937. Siam is expecting a revenue of about ten millions sterling and of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 14 1 IMPORTANT ONLY IS DAYS TO GO FOR THE PREMIERE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE OF >
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    • 77 1 THE CHARGE of the LIGNT BRIGADE A Warner Bro* Road Show A Ci—MlHaii T»docU*r TRY All l fiEfli! ALLURING and EXQUISITE PERFUMES created by KJk NEW STOCKS RECEIVED PuTTy in the following refreshing, iStiij^ subtle and distinctive odours. JKlt^ AMOUR-AMOUR ADIEU SAGESSE Km le sien I irfflß^ I MOMENT SUPREME
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  • 1717 2 The European Looks Ahead Salaries On The Down Grade Making the Best Of Singapore— Signs Of The Times In the Suburbs IT is remarkable how confidence has ccme back to the real estate business in Singapore. Two large housing estates are being opened up, one on Holland Road
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    • 63 2 |Hy S^K Sfl HVE Sta VjL^i ML 1 jj*^*T > MifiMi .^B^Ri^uj '*j0 ipP 2t&sM^M*jJr^*9BS& k Our CHILLED BEEF needs no introduction it has already made a name for itself. It retains all the natural juices. Delicious, tender joints, equal to the home-side beef in flavour, we can thoroughly recommend
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  • 716 3 Thoughts Of A Transient On Escaping From "His Cage" "1 FEEL caged in Malaya." In 18 months two European women and three men have said that to me. Everyone else is pleased to enjoy the benefits of a count.ry where taxes are small, wages are good,
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  • 270 3 "Just, Disinterested Administration" COL. ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE A STRIKING tribute to the "oldstyle" British colonial administrator was paid by Col. Theodore Roosevelt in the first of a series of six lectures for the Watson Chair Foundation of the Sulgrave Manor Board at the University of London. Earl
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  • 150 3 ]U|RS. ALICE MONK, aged 27, of Luton, Bedfordshire, chose her husband's lap as a death-seat when she committed suicide. She had been parted from him since March. He, a Blackburn man, would not come south for work; she would not go to live in the north.
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  • 127 3 FRASER CO.'s REPORT IN their daily report en me snare market issued at the close of business yesterday, Messrs. Fraser and Co. state that the tin share section of the market continued quite firm. Dollar tin shares came in for good inquiry and In a number of cases prices hardened.
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  • 89 3 Noon. Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cues (F. 0.8.) 36? A 36S Good F.A.Q. in cues (F. 0.8.) 36 3/16 36 7 16 No. 1 K. R S.S. (Spot loose) awardable Spore 36' > 36 n Fcb.-Mar. 36H 36* 4 Apr.-June 36
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  • 47 3 MAILS EXPECTED f:om Europe etc. (London) expectfd today by air (Imperial) will be delivered to bcxholders at 6 p.m. General del 1 very of letters on Monday at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Holland etc. today by DJambi. from Holland etc. on Tuesday by Marnix Van St. Aldegonde.
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  • 135 3 Saturday, Feb. 6. !htp» alaogsMt Ik* Wtaarres or rxpccled f arrirt Lntraner Gsdown C,»U last Wharf Rajula 33 1 la In Wharf Hawaii Man: 18 3 Oewang 16 3 Philoetetes 14 3 PanRkor 12 3 PateUa 8 3 Gordon 6 3 ta.pirc Hock Silver* i!lr-r 32
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  • 196 3 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE Tod »y Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilh b\ air iQa:ita>> 7 am. Monday, February 8. Medan (Op ten Noort) ..9 a.m. v~i\w lAtk Sooni ..9 am Indo-Chlna (G. G. Merlin) 11 a.m. Java. South-Wet Sumatra. S -F.asi Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas Tln.or Dilly (Both) 11 a.m.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 203 3 TO LET, fully furnished, small rottag? half hour London, ideal situation, quiet, near station, recently modernised, large rooms, all conveniences. Moderate rent. Available Coronation. Box B, -Sunday Times. LISTEN .to the latest Song dnd Ddftco Hits m on Everyone! loves Shirley Temple and those captivating songs she sang in her
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    • 91 3 London 81 days j Brisbane Zl days ft Four-engined air liners leave Singapore 1 for LONDON every Wednesday and Sunday— 1 for BRISBANE on Mondays and Fridays. f A Passengers enjoy every comfort. Rights are spent on land. M Jm Hotels, neals even tip 3 are included in the moderate
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 114 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMAS. To4UyAI.IIAMBRA: D.nky with Jackl? Cooper 3.13. 6.15. 9.15. CAPITOL: Maner.e Dietrich In The °tS^S^^^'}SA^ virg;n 9 'THEATRt, GREAT WORLD. Hi Gaucho. MAK'.BOROIOII: Tulcdeer. Hindustani. 3.15—6.15— 9.15. PAVILION: David Livinsstone with Percy 1 Marmont. 3.15—6.15—9.15. niTZ, GLYLANG: M:c Nadra In The I Metodv of Radio. 6.15—9.15. ROXY:
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    • 281 3 Monday. February 8. H. W. 7.57 a.m. 8.2 ft.: 10.15 o«n. l. W 215 a m 5 8 ft.- 3.27 a.m. 2.2 ft. Tuesday February 9 H 8 I' 8 10-4 7 pm W f 3.24 am. 5.3 ft.; 4.07 pm. Wednesday, Febr-ary 10. H. W. 9.44 a.m. 9 ft.;
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  • 493 4 WHAT MAKES THE CHINESE CINEMAGOER LAUGH MOST? Charlie Chaplin's Oriental Counterpart Is "Mr. Wong" I_f AYE Singapore Chinese a keener n sense of humour than others? Out in the street, at work or at play, they seem to take life too seriously but their cinema tastes give them away. They
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    25 4 DRINCESS Alexandrine-Louise, 22-y»ar-old niece of King Christian of Denmark, was married in Copenhagen on Jan. 23 to Count Luitpold zu CastellCastell, of Munich.
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  • 152 4 There Are 690 Doctors In Malaya LJOW many doctors are there in Malaya The latest Government Gazette answers this question very neatly after one has counted precisely 690 names figuring under the head List of Registered Medical Practitioners Practising Within the Straits Settlements and the Malay States." One starts with
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  • 171 4 Al the annual meeting of the Sin- gapore Branch of the Y.W C.A. which was held at Raffles Quay at 5 p m. on Friday, there were about 50 people present Mrs. A S. Small presided at the meeting and Mrs. Holttum, honorary secretary,
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  • 26 4 23 PEOPLE DROWED Twenty-threec persons were drowned when a motor-bus crossing the famous Everglades swamp region of Florida left the road and crashed Into a canal.
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  • 18 4 Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, will meet Dr. Rushdi Aras. Turkish Foreign Minister, in Italy early next month.
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  • 66 4 'THE supreme importance of "a comfortable house" was emphasised by Lord Heuart, Lord Chief Justice of England, in a speech at the annual dinner in London of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers. "In the order of blessings tvhich conduce to happiness," said Lord
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  • 121 4 GERMANS SAID TO BE DRILLING IN AMERICA Inquiry Demanded Washington. IN the House of Representatives 1 Mr. Samuel Dickstein, of New York, declared that between 10,000 and 20.000 Americans of German descent were drilling in the United States for service under Herr Hitler in the event of a European war.
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  • 475 4 gained admittance. The imprint coincided with the accused's foot. At this stage of the proceedings, the Court was interrupted by a Chinese going up to the accused with a letter written in Chinese. The man was put In the dock, but on
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 338 4 A Martyr to Indigestion J FOR 14 YEARS 14 years of suffertnsr ended in a day. That's tbe womlerful story of the writer of the following letter "As a manufacturing chemist, I congratulate you on the excellent formula stif Rennie. I have been a martyr to indigestion and dyspepsia for
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    • 105 4 A CABEFBEE VISIT TO ENGLAND Oar Services are available for every thins f <M> require CONDUCTED or INDEPENDENT TOI'BS ARRANGED Throughout V K and the Continent. 'Plane, Train, Coach or Boat CABS SJTPI.HI> ON lIIBK cr RE it'BCHASE TERMS SEATS BOOKED for THKATBES »BJ M.L LLADING EVENTS Pssi all »'vr
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    • 85 4 OPMH6 TODAY 3.15— 5. 15— 9.15 A LH AM BRA THE LITTLE GUT WITH THE BIG HEART PLAYING THE MOST LOVABLE ROLE OF HIS _-£JFHjfth_ CAREER— IN /w^f'^m^ lIIS nRST WARNER svnisKfl SEASON EXTENDED! The whole Town's Talking about this Beautiful Coloured Film i CAPITOL"! 3 SHOWS TODAY 3.15—6.15—9.15 MARLENE
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    • 181 4 ENJOY CHINESE NEW YEAR at the GREAT WORLD BELLS HIPPODROME CIRCUS and TOURING ZOO (RICHARD BELL, Sole Proprietor) OPENING WED. FEB. 10th. at 9.15 p.a. SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES OF ADMISSION $1.50, $1.00, 60 30 cts. Children Price excepting Gallery 20 ets. Circus tickets bought at gate include frre entrance to
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  • 569 5 Singapore University Would Be Harmful WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MALAY CRITICISES PROPOSAL "A university would be one of the most harmful things that Malaya could have," declared a well-known Singapore Malay to the Sunday T.i-.us yesterday. Opposed definitely to the establishment of such an institution, he predicts that local Malays would refuse
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 5 The Chinese cemmunity cf Muar entertained Tengku Ahmad, the State Commissioner, who went to Johore Bahrn as State Secretary, on January 27. The <-entral figure in the picture is the new State Commissioner, the Hon. Dato Kadir bin Daud On his left are Tenrkn Amlna and her husband. Tengku Ahmad.
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  • 264 5 TANGLIN'S "INTELLIGENT CRIMINAL" Footprint The Only Clue "THERE is a mysterious burglar in Singapore whose footprint measures eleven inches. The police are looking for him for they believe he is responsible for numerous thefts of money from hotels and houses in the vicinity of Orchard Road and Tanglin suburbia. This
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    84 5 The Muar FootbaU Association cave a tea-party to their President. Tengku Ahmad, prior tv his departure on transfer to Jchore Fan o. On the fx'remt left standing, is Inch* Mohd. Noah bin Omar, the lion Secretary Seated Left to right Mr. D. II adly Mr S. R. Taylor, the II
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  • 86 5 Garbo 's 1/6 A Minute Hollywood. I? VERY minute brings Is. 64. to Greta Garbo. The glamour queen heads the list in a Supplementary Return of film stars' incomes for 1935, issued by the Treasury. (The first list appeared In the Sunday Times of Jan. 17). Among the facts it
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  • 203 5 On Nov. 24 last year 40 packages, alleged to contain dried salted fruits, which came from Swatow by the s.s. Anshun and were consigned to Ng Chia Hak of Lim Teck 800 Estate, were not taken delivery of. Revenue officers examined the packages
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  • 93 5 PRODUCTS EXHIBITION TO BE HELD SOON U/ITH a view to developing the native goods trade in foreign markets, the Chinese Industrial Foreign Trade Association is planning to hold a Chinese products exhibition in Singapore some time this year. An office in charge of the transportation and
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  • 150 5 Tengku Ahmad Entertained At Muar (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. The India-Ceylon community of Muar entertained His Highness Tengku Temmengong Ahmad, State Commissioner, Muar, to a farewell dinner at the India-Ceylon Association on the eve of his departure on transfer to Johore Bahru as State Secretary. During his stay at
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  • 52 5 Wan Cheong was produced before Mr. T. P. Cromwell in the fourth police court yesterday charged with having caused the death of a Chinese boy, by having driven a lorry in a rash manner along Tanjong Pagar Road, on Friday. The case was postponed to Feb. 13
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  • 277 6 Garrison Forces Said To Be Restive SIAN SITUATION IS STILL OBSCURE Shanghai, Saturday. pOMMUNISTS are planning a fresh coup at Lanchow, capital of Kansu, where a portion of the I police force and garrison troops has j been won over to the Red cause,
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  • Article, Illustration
    16 6 A GROUP photograph taken after the annual meeting of the Arabic Social and Literary Club, Singapore.
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  • 131 6 SIX HEALTHY MONTHS OF FREEDOM AFTER being at liberty for over six months a kangaroo, belonging to Lady Forteviot, at Dupplin Castle, Perth has been recaptured. It has defied many efforts of police and estate workers to end it freedom until an error of Judgment brought
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  • 229 6 HONOUR FOR MUAR CHINESE APPOINTMENT OF A J.P. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. HTHE Muar Chinese cn.irn unity was recently honouicd wi-er. Mr LjM Thian Soo was made a Justice of the Teac? for the state of Tohcre. Mr. Ice Thian Soo, 31 yea/.s oi age, U a popular
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  • 161 6 Charges Against Two Mohamedans Arrest d en a war:u.nt, two Tamil Mohamedans. named Kavcna Esmall 1 Saheb and Kavena Abdullasah. were produced before Mr. C. F. J. Ess In the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday. Kavena Esmall Saheb is charged: That on May 1920 and June
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  • 308 6 PRIZES PRESENTED BY LADY THOMAS •THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club gave a successful ■at home yesterday on the occasion of its bi-annual regatta. Races were held for all classes of yachts, starting with the C class at 4 p.m. At the beginning a fresh northeast. The
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  • 293 6 Man Killed By Car On Seletar Road "WHATEVER may have hit him, hit him with terrific force," said Mr. W. MacQuarrie, Singapore coroner, at the inquest yesterday on Kg Ah Lah, 35-year-old Chinese coolie of Western Depot, Seletar Road, who died from injuries received when being knock down by a
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  • 251 6 Mr. Houston And Miss Maclachlan (From Cur Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. UR. Edward W. Houston, who Is employed in the Brunei P.W.D. returned to Kuala Lumpur for his wedding in the Federal Capital this afternoon to Miss Winifred Lindsay Maclachlan. formerly of Bungsar Hospital.
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  • 33 6 ACCOUNTANCY SUCCESS A cable has been received from London tating that Mr. Jee Ah Chian. of 52- A. Chulia Street. Singapore, has passed his final examination of the London Association of Centlfled Accountants.
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  • 60 6 A WOMAN, ichi'.e under crossexamination by a barrister at Clcrkenucll County Court, asked him at one point: "Hoio on earth do you know that?" Mr. Registrar Friend: Do you see the wide s'ceves he wears to his gown? tl: keeps things up there, and
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  • 223 6 M. Pierre Cot's Move For State Control JUI PIERRE COT, the French Air Minister, is consulting the law officers of the Republic with a view to introducing legislation securing I for the State a controlling interest in Air France. I This is regarded as a
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  • 63 6 The Police Band will play on Tuesday at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. March. When the Moon with Glory Brightens (J. Arbuckle): Overture. The Mousme (Monckton and Talbot): Pot Pourri. Popular Songs (Wilfrid Sanderson): Wwse Columbine (C. J. Gardener); Air De Ballet and Polacca (Von Beethoven); Spanish one-step.
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  • 31 6 STEAMER LOCATED The Italian salvage ship Artlgno has located the British steamer Moncara. which was torpedoed In the Strait of Messina in 1917 and is to attempt to recover the cargo.
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  • 30 6 The marriage cf Mr Son Ah Moh and Miss Wee tt.m Tee will take place today at 1 p m at the United Chinese Library. Armenian street, Singapore.
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    30 6 TK£K£ hiu been extensive flooding In the Thames «tifcf mnd the picture shows the c«n4Mi*Mi at >iai4«a- bead. The river is in the top right hand corner of the pietare.
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    • 433 6 FORMER ATHLETE ALMOST A CRIPPLE Now "Right as Rain" After Taking Kruschen In his youth, this man was a great runner ana footballer, but in middle age the tetter lnp pains of rheumatism oound him hanO and foot After uch an ictive life as nls had been, this toss ot
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  • 841 7  -  Fred. J. MelviUe Stamp Collecting By IN stamp collecting there is always something more to be found out about even the most familiar of stamps. Most of the early postage stamps, you might think, had long since yielded up their uttermost secrets to the Intensive searchings
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    • 214 7 Till- STAMPS OF THE TREATY PORTS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA oy Captain H R. Oldfleld. LL.B. A coaiDiete history of this little knovo grout) of stumps. Price 4 9 poet free. The PhiUte'lc Journal of Great Britain The oldest British Philatelic magatlne. now In its 46th annual *olume. Monthly
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    • 129 7 GREAT BRITAIN. The handsome £1 black stamp ot the Postal Conoxess issue of 1929 In very One used condition. Price 17/6 only. Wanted (or cash or Exchange used stamps of the Straits Settlements and Konz Kong in quantities SIIirKMBERTON A CO.. LTD., It. Sooth Molton Street. London. W.I. ENGLAND. 2.500
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    • 429 7 LONDON CV.LS INSISTENTI V »»VWf and enjoy at either jfcP^L HOTEL REMBRANDI <&Jr South Kensington. S.W. i.-^T-l facing the Victoria and gjL.^--|> Albert Museum. or HOTEL jtMr* rubehs HbS*^ Buckingham Palace Road, "f facing Buckingham Palac* Every attention in pleasing surrounding: PERFECT QUIETUDE THESE COMFORTABLE UOTELS WITH ACKNOWLEDGED BENOWNED CATERING
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1346 7 Today's Wireless Programmes MftuAl ORt &HL. Orchestra: Entr'acte In B flat (Rosa- Waart, mission news, journal. VIOMF munde) (Schubert). Polonaise (Bugen 10.10 pa. Musk. T IVXIYIL,. Wavelcn*th-225 metre.. IWJ Ctaegta) (Tchaikovsky) 1. to pm. g« «Wl to Mail In Holland. Experimental Short-w.Te Brookes <or 1.33 me/.). "^"uT \m3u£^oX^V sSSce- reciUl.
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    • 226 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Six "all correct" solutions were received In The Sunday Times Crossword Puzzle printed In our Issue of Jan. 24, and the prize money of $100 will be divided equally among the following: F. H. Dawson, Police Depot. Thomson Rd., Singapore; Manba], 16. Lorong 18, Oeylang Rd.. Singapore:
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  • 2027 8  -  Dwindling Estate Mr. Justice A. Clark ONCE W0R1H $650,000: BENEFICIARIES NOW GET $125 A MONTH Lawyers* Costs Alone Total $60,000 Grave Concern Voiced By WpHE testator died in 1916 leaving property valued for purposes ot estate duty at over $650,000. At various times new trustees have been
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  • 92 8 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, AMERICA STATION The King has approved the appointment of Vice-Adml. 8. J. Meyrtck as Coinm&nder-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, In succession to Adml. the Hon. Sir Matthew R. Best. The appointment dates from April 15, and Vlce-Adml. 8. J. Meyrick will assume command at Bermuda en
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  • 1399 9 THE Federal Council met last week without one of its best-known personalities —Mr. Subiah Naidu Veerasamy, Indian member for some nine years. He was chosen by Sir Hugh Clifford in 1928, when the great Malayan administrator decided that the time had come for the large Indian community
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  • 152 9 90— KING CRICKET [Another cricket icxson a jutt beginning in Vaioya.] You may sing me the song of the cyclist, Who worships the whirr of the wheel. You may rave of the raptures of rugger. Of soccer's globe~eircling appeal. But none can compare with King Cricket: O, give
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    • 398 9 H Doggie has a wist.ul eye. B^H^l I (ond AYLMER. too. i^^^H IH* heaveva sigh. barki gruffly: "Why r t thfre b* plate* for two.'" Wf JK y Sirdti NATURA L FLAVOUR that's wh»t makei V^- V^ V^.^****S^C^SiQ§ AYLMER Soups ao much more drlicioui I^^^^ =!^SP^k AYLMER and rn)oy the
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  • 323 10 SI AM JOINS THE BAND OF NATIONS NOW RE-ARMING Warships FROM ITALY AND JAPAN Warplanes FROM THE UNITED STATES Siam is determined not to lag behind other Far Eastern nations in the matter of defence. Not only are new naval vessels being built for Siam in Italy and Japan but
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    55 10 p"ROM left to right Messrs. Mayger, Metcalfe, Cooper, and the two "hell-drivers," Oldfleld and Acton, standing beside the Dodge motor-car selected by Mr. Mayger, president of the Automobile Association of Malaya, to be turned over by the "helldrivers at Alexandra Road on Feb. 12, where a collection will be made
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  • 206 10 LORD JOICY LEAVES £1,500,000 £20,000 To Woman Secretary IT was announced last week that Lord Joicy, the coalowner, of Ford Castle, Northumberland, had left £1,519,717. Death duties total £640,000. Lord Jolcey started work as an office boy at the ape of 16. He died In November, aged 90. His legacies
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  • 76 10 BULGARIA HOPING FOR HEIR TO THRONE QUEEN joanna of Bu.garia Is expected shortly to give birth to a child. The nation Is eagerly hoping that it will be a son as, by the constitution, only a male can succeed to the throne. King Boris and Queen Joanna, who
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  • 111 10 DO BE FINISHED IN JUNE f\NE of the greatest engineering v feats in Highland industrial development since a wa' r tunnel was driven through Ben Nevis is nearing completion in the Grampian Mountains. It is the construction of the fivemile tunnel, which was begun about two years
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  • 93 10 A.K.C. Wants To Know Who 'Flu Is A DETECTIVE asked Mr. Bernard Campion, K.C., the magistrate at North London, to remand a case as an officer concerned was "down with 'flu." The magistrate Down with 'flu Who is she The detective: He Is down with Influenza, your worship. The magistrate
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  • 108 10 Ex-King's Award 1*HE following announcement appeared in a recent "London Gazette": "His former Majesty King Edward VIII, was graciously pleased to award the Albert Medal to Cpl. Archibald Charles Wood. No. 60 (B) Squadron. R.A.F., Kohat. in recognition of his conspicuous gallantry when the Royal Air
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  • 123 10 BAN IN CANTON NOW LIFTED Canton, Jan. 3. pvANCING has come back, but pub- He dance halls, and the conducting of dances as a means of livelihood, a regular business, will still be frowned upon. As to homes, clubs and schools, there will be no restrictions. Special
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  • 44 10 WASHINGTON Department of Commerce has informed radio manufacturers that if they want to beat their competitors among the Chinese in Malaya they must make their radios noisier. Chinese buyers judge the quality of any set by the volume of sound.
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  • 141 10 Nazis Put Veto On Old Testament Berlin. 'TE-'.CHERS of religion In the schools *of Anhalt. German State, have been warned by State Minister Alfred Freyberg to omit the Old Testament from their teaching, to show that Christ was not a Jew and generally to bring Christianity in line with Nazi
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  • 1182 11 Saturnalian Savagery Three Good Novels PARODY PARTY, GALLIMAUFRY, TRINITY TOWN, LOVELY GIRL, SALA YIN COME pretence of gaiety is generally expected of the contributor to Christmas numbers the sort of pathetic self-conscious caper-cutting which middle-aged uncles indulge in after dinner. My own attempt will consist merely of putting the two
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    98 11 WITH his flrst four nove'i Mr. Church has steadily advanced to a high position among the younger novelists. His work commands cnt'.al respect; and it Is widely read. The Porch, which is his most substantial novel, is the story of two friends fighting side by side to self-chosen careers. The
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  • 436 11 The Testament of Man. By Arthur Stanley. GoMancz. 7s. 6d. *rHE author of this book needs no introduction to the countless thousands who already know The Bedside Book," described by Mr. Hugh Walpole as the best anthology ever made by man." In choosing the spiritual and religious
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  • 959 12 To The Editor Of The Sunday Times. I READ with great interest the article on street lighting in Singapore in The Sunday Times a few weeks ago and would like if I may, to add a few observations on the subject. A grave defect in the street
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  • 316 12 CHINESE CRITIC OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS Three Lamps Are "Old-Fashioned" A YOUNG Chinese professor who "is visiting London cannot understand why three lamps are used on traffic signals. He says they are old-fashioned. He is Prof. C. H. Chang. Professor of Civil Engineering in National Tsing Hua University, Peiping. says the
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  • 359 12 "People Slow Of Comprehension" CRITICISM IN PAPER MUSSOLINI OWNS Milan. THE "Popolo d'ltalia." which U the personal property of the Mussolini family, devotes a Ion? article to what is termed "British stupidity and malevolence." The article is in the form of a review of a book
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  • 1618 13  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By *j*HE newt that three more distinguished people have been elected members of the Athcnneum Club set me brooding on the theory (cherished by a reporter who once got into the smoking-room because he resembled a peer) that £.11 the members are dead. White-
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    • 497 13 CONTRACT BRIDGE By THE FOUR ACES IN playing defense, particularly against a notrump contract, it frequently happens that a player should retain in VALUES his hand what of the 1S known as an FOUR-ACES e U An SYSTEM. exi .t card a ACE 3 l° 8ln R carc a king
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  • 630 14 The Straits Times Totidem Verbis The Fifth Test AND so the Lion and the Kangaroo are level on points and await 1 the fifth and last round of their bout with the mutual confidence that gives promise of heroic deeds at Melbourne on Feb. 26 and following days. Bradman has
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  • 2383 14 Lure Of Gold Turns Philippine Villages Into Young Modern Towns EVER since I can remember I have shared with the rest of the world the desire to visit some place where gold is mined, and the newer the gold field the better I would like it, A few days n;o
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  • 879 15 Adventurous Career Of Mr. de Fontaine NEAR DEATH WHEN HEAD-HUNTERS WERE ON WAR-PATH Barricaded In Jungle Hut For A Week By A Staff Reporter. A little over 50 years ago, a small boy and a slightly taller friend gleefully climbed up and down the scaffolding
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  • 245 15 'Segamat 's Magic Healer' Old Malay Woman's Remarkable Powers (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. O E.MARK ABLE stories are circulating about an aged Malay woman, living in a hut of arecanut palms at Jal.ni Buloh Kasup. about two miles from Segamat town, who i>- said to possess supernatural powers. Unrinny
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  • 132 15 BONES OF BAYARD BELIEVED FOUND DISCOVERY IN VAULT Grenoble. DONES claimed to be those of the Chevalier Bayard, "the Knight without Fear and without Reproach," who died in 1524, have been found in the vault of the chapel of the monastery Des Minimes de la Plaine. near here. The discovery
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  • 88 15 STORY TOLD BY A VISITING ARTIST /"\N a round-the-world trip, is M. Albert Coifs, a Belgian miniature painter. While in Hollywood. M. Coifs said, he was commissioned by Miss Gloria Swanson and Mr Fr»dri: March to paint them in miniature. When tie offered to "do" Shirley Temple, he
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  • 110 15 Painesville (Ohio). I EROY ADAMS, aged twentyone, fell asleep while driving his car. He woke up in a police cell. They told him that while he slept The car roared off the road, crashing through a three-feet pile of cinders and a hedge. It
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  • 65 15 A BROKEN VOW New York. FATHER Coughlin. the "Radio Priest," is to broadcast again despite his recent announcement that he would never do so again because of his failure to tourn the nation against Mr. Roosevelt in the Presidential election. Ho will broadcast every Sunday
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  • 91 15 NEW £1.000,000 CRUISER FOR BRITAIN It Is understood that a cruiser of the new Dido class, 5.000 tons. Is to be constructed at Chatham Dockyard. The cruiser, which will cost about £1.000.000. will be the first to be built at Cnatham since 19J5 when the Arethusa was commissioned Work is
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  • 73 15 MR. GANDHI TO GIVE UP POLITICS Madras. jy/JK. GANDHI declared his determination to take no further part in Indian politics. I am advised by an inner voice," he said, that I have no intention of re-entering politics. Any rumours to the contrary are, therefore, entirely without foundation." Referring to rumours
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  • 38 15 Paris. Rear Admiral Le Bigot will be promoted on Mar. 15 to Vice-Admiral commanding the French Naval Forces in the Far East, which are now under the command of Admiral Estcva.
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  • 95 16 Y'Ht. French Government hat set aside £100,000 for providing Parisians with gas masks, says the Daily Mail Paris correspondent. They will be distributed under the following conditions: Taxpayers to pay for their masks in five years in instalments to be charged on their income-tax returns.
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  • 131 16 ATTITUDE OF FOREIGN NATIONS JLIAJOR P. QranvUle Edge, of the IT1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, addressing the Royal Statistical Society, referred to the emptiness of some parts of the Colonial Empire as a problem of first-rate political importance. Over the whole Colonial Empire the
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  • 1306 16 THE manoeuvres have been fought again. I wonder how many another old resident's mind, like mine, goe.3 back to the time when he was a young and energetic member of the good old S.V.C., regretting that he too was not under arms
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    27 16 A PICTURE taken at the RAF. base at Seletar showing how a giant troop- carrying bomber, visitor for the recent manoeuvres, dwarfs the men standing beside it.
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  • 370 16 Flutter At Quai d 9 Orsay PUN THAT LED TO A MINISTER'S GOING Paris. LJIS Excellency Abolghassem Frouhar Nadim, Minister of the Shah of Persia in Paris, has left this city as a sign of his master's displeasure at a pun on t c words "Chat" and
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  • 189 16 SAFEGUARDING OIL, SUPPLIES SIR T. INSKJP EXPLAINS CTEPS taken to en' ire to Great Britain adequate supplies of fuel oil in peace and war were explained by Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, in a written Parliamentary reply. He stated: A standing sub-committee of the Committee of
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    • 649 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 Puzzlp printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving the fizzle correctly, the $100 will be awarded in respect of the
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  • 319 18 Delegation Leader Ackno wle dges Help From Straits MOST of China's "white slave" traffic is being conducted by an organisation with headquarters in the foreign Concessions and Settlements in Shanghai, according to Mr. Hsiung Hsi-Hng former premier of China and principal Chinese delegate
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  • 19 18 Pictures like this you don't want to lose. The place for them U iv »n arbum.
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  • 305 18 |>OSSESSING the picture, turning to it repeatedly and showing it to Irlends are the chief delights of photography. Making the exposure Is, to be sure, exciting. But the process is momentary whereas the product las Li Each print is proof of your handiwork
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  • 52 18 25 YEARS' GAOL FOR EXTORTIONER Los Angeles, Jan. 21. David Harris. 47-year-old ex-burglar, who admitted sending extortion notes t \j.v.c Withers, and Freddie Bartholomew, juvenile screen stars, today pleaded guilty tr> an indictment returned by the Los Angeles County grand jury yesterday, and was sentenceJ o 25 years In the
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  • 247 18 BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY CINGAPOREANS who are preparing to celebrate the Coronation with flags and bunting need not be worried by the fact that there is an English law extant which provides for a charge of treason or penalty of £590
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  • 148 18 Central Publicity Council Hosts At Dinner Nanking, Jan. 19. r promote closer contact between the two parties, the International Publicity Department 01 the Central Publicity Council tendered a dinner last evening at the Metropolitan Hotel in nonour of correspondents of foreign newspapers and news agencies stationed
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  • 360 18 AN "INVISIBLE MAN" Italian Experimenter's Claim DISAPPEARANCE AT WILL Rome. IF accounts be true a scientific step towards the creation of "the invisible man" has been accomplisher by an experimentor at Milan. The Milanese engineer in question has taken out protective patent rights to preserve his claim that he has
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  • 169 18 Twenty Millions For Big Development Scheme Canton. •yHE development of Hainan Island mapped out by Mr. T. V. Soong of the National Economic Council will require $20,000,000 national currency, which is to be appropriated by the third plenary Session of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee in Nanking,
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    • 246 18 Doctor's Amazing Discovery Brings Back Youth To faded Wrinkled Skins Jy £3* wtt E A Vienna mpdical journal announces sole rights to the Professor's discovery the latest triumph of science which will have been acquired at enormous expense ■tartle the world. Not only has the cause by Tokalon. His extract
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  • 665 19 CHARMING RESULT FOR TOMBOY OR ANGEL THE lady in red, the maiden in white, the widow in black, and the siren in green may all be the same woman in her vivacious moods, but she can't follow the same rigid make-up method in all
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  • 462 19 MANY WAYS OF SERVING PIGEON YOUNG pigeons are especially useful to serve in small families of "one" or "two," when a larger bird such as fowl or duck cannot be entirely disposed of at one meal. ROAST PIGEONS: are very good, if you are sure
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  • 458 20 STYLES FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NEW blouse is certainly a good investment, for if it is really smart it will disguise the fact that the suit with which it is worn has seen better days. For sports wear, and that is, of course, a very comprehensive term nowadays,
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  • 480 20 New Ideas In Table Napkins IJINNER-and-tea-tables can v be given additional gaiety by making use of the newest idea in napkins. This consists of having each table-napkin of linen in a different colour. They are quite easily made, for the smartest ones are extremely simple. They may be rectangular or
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  • 361 20 UOME-made sweets are admittedly difficult to make, involving the use of all sorts of strange utensils. But those made from the following recipes require nothing more than may be found in most kitchens. Loaf Sugar Is Best IN every Instance, the
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  • 813 21 CAREERS FOR GIRLS IN MALAYA II Medicine IN all eastern countries the woman doctor is a necessity, and nowhere more so than in Malaya. The local girl, better acquainted with local conditions, local psychology and local customs, and more inured to the climate than her European prototype, though less widely
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  • 1225 22 THE Chinese households of Singapore arc preparing to spend more money and let off more fire-crackers (if the police raise no objection) during the festive season of the Chinese New Year (old style), -which begins on Thursday, than they have done for many years past.
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  • 1915 22 \I7HEN men get talking together, depend upon it there are about half a dozen topics which are certain to float into the conversation after the nrst inevitable one has been exhausted. Probably food, certainly drink, presently razors, without a
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  • 488 23 Perak Draw With Selangor At Hockey EACH SIDE SCORES TWO GOALS Rain Almost Washes Out Match (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. CELANGOR were able to share the honours in the return interstate hockey match against Perak played on the padang today, both sides scoring twice. Torrential rain soon
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  • 44 23 S.C.c. soccer team to meet CHINESE The Singapore Cricket Ciub football te-\m to mret the Chinese on the Padr.nu on Tuesday has been selected as li ws: HttWtay; Kamniond and McCafTery: Gil' tt, Hutchison, and Garcnei: Graham. Forbes. Eraser. Abbott and U. 1 ams.
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    26 23 Croup photograph of members of the Siew Sin Sia taken at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, Pasir Panjang, last week-end when the tenth anniversary was celebrated.
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    14 23 Raffles College (right) beat tb« Medical College (left) in an inter-college lawn tennis match.
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  • 537 23 FRASER AND NEAVE'S WIN BADMINTON (By Our Badminton Correspondent) •THE Fraser and Neaves Sports Club scored a brilliant victory over the Bnmtoco Sports Club yesterday in the final of the Commercial inter-team badminton championship tournament |to become the first holders of the Capstan Cup. With the exception of the last
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  • 442 23 LUCKY DRAW FOR THE S.C.C. AGAINST MALAY REGIMENT S.C.C. 2; Malay Regt. 2. DLAYING their first mat^h of the soccer season, the ngapore Cricket Club, fielding tht first team, were fortunate enough to draw with an eleven from the Malay Regiment whose stay in Singapore will come to an end
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  • 50 23 In a game of soccer at Fort Canning yesterday the RoyaJ Army Medical Corps defeated Fort Canning Dy t.ie odd goal In three. The game was very fast and exciting with tht R.A.M.C. forwards having the better of the exchanges. Allan and Foru scored tor the R.A.M.C.
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  • 219 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. AN exhibition football match be- tween the Pedara Tunggal, the 1936 Muar league champions and the Rest was played last week prior to the departure of His Highness Tengku Ahmad, President of the Muar Football Association, on transfer. The Rest had
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  • 1338 24 CRICKET SEASON OPENING IN JOHORE THIS WEEK SELANGOR INDIANS TO VISIT SEGAMAT Genuang Club Likely To Repeat 1936 Successes (From Our Own Correspondent)' Segamat AN eany start in cricket is being made in Johore and the season will be ushered in this week when the Selangor Indians visit the Segamat
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    13 24 A picture taken recently of the officials and members of Rallies College Union,
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  • 260 24 THE S.C.R.C. beat the Anglo- Chinese School at cricket yesterday by 78 runs in a game at Hong Lim Green. Scores: S.C.R.C. Kee Pow Boon Poh 60 Ciim Lock b Chan Mun Chang 10 Kee Tian lbw. Heng Hee j. Thean
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  • 242 24 EARLY BATSMEN HIT OUT FREELY A splendid first wicket stand dv Thillalnathan and D'Almelda of the P W.D.. who were not separated unul the century was hoisted on the board enabled the P.W.D. to inflict def»"it on the 8 R.C. yesterday in one of the
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  • 28 24 At Brisbane recently J. Medica (USA the Olympic champion, improved by 21 1-5 sec. upon Charlton s Australian record time for 800 metres. His time was 10.35 4-5.
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  • 326 24 5-0 VICTORY AT BLAKAN MATI T^HE Royal Artillery, Blakan Matl, 1 had an easy time in disposing of the Royal Engineers. Changi, by five goals to nil in the 2nd Division of the Regimental Soccer League at Blakan Mati on Friday. Jones, the Gunners' centre forward, was
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  • 318 24 HIGH SCHOOL BEATEN 7—2 YESTERDAY The Amicable Athletic Association won their soccer .match against the Chinese High School by 7—2 in the only game played yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium in the S.C.F.ALeague. The teams were 2 2, at the interval. The
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  • 506 24 GENTRIES and handicaps for the Chinese New Year lawn tennis tournament which begins at the Singapore Cricket Club on Feb. 11 are: HANDICAP MEN'S SINGLES R. Johnson -)!us 15, Lt Pearce scr., J. V. S. Brooke scr., R. Nollle pljs 30, H.
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  • 145 24 47 In Fine Knock At Geelong M. C. C. ALL OUT FOR 282 Geelong, Feb. G. •THE M.C.C. tourists were dismissed for 282 by Geelong today and the home side had lost one wicket for 50 at close of play. The tourists won the toss and
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  • 52 24 VVatscnville Cal Jan. 21. Joe Thomas, speedy San Frar.ci:co regro, tonight marked up a technical knock-out victory over Joe Mendiola, Manila bantamweight The bout was stopped in the fourth »-cund when the referee believed the Manila lad unable to continue. The fight was due to go
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    • 68 24 AROUND SINGAPORE'S GOLF CoUftS[s Z. THE 6tt» HOLE AT KEPPLL AND ON A SUNDAY MOANING 2»d AT TH£ JWANESC CLUf> -A^ IT SEEMS 'WHEN VOUtt NoT LIFTING THEM. "I I.!'*" '""id/ <' i,« •l/* K0'5 1,2,5,4, 5,6 7,8, X^ "at JKAr0NG' AS THEY ALWAYS APP£AR rT*~6£ASTL7) (I f I OA,,
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  • 1645 25 TRAGEDY MARS FINAL DAY OF IPOH MEET Pledge Creates Biggest Upset To Pay $181. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. UIS Highness the Sultan of Perak's Sailor Bill, an imported chestnut English gelding which was reinstated recently after a long absence from
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  • 288 25 HOCKEY SELECTORS WATCH GAME /X)LONY hockey selectors watched the game at Seletar yesterday in which the R.A.F. drew with the Army, each side scoring one goal. As the Army only had ten men Cpl. Locke, a visitor with 203 Flying Boat squadron. Basra, left
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    26 25 The Aavk>-Chi«eM School cricket team which met the S.CRC. yesterday The S.CRC. cricket team which met the Angio-Ch'.ncsc school at 'he S.C.R.C. yesterday. Sunday Times Photographs.
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  • 328 25 WALES TO BLAME FOR DEFEAT BY SCOTLAND Swansea, Saturday. FORTY-FIVE thousand people r watched Scotland beat Wales at Rugby here today by 13 points to six. The weather was beautifully fine and the ground softish. Wales made a fiery opening and forced their way across the line but they were
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  • 148 25 ARMY WINS LOWTHER GRANT BOXING CUP HOLDER on six occasions of the! Lowther Grant Cup for the interServices boxing championship, the Royal Navy was beaten by Malaya Command by seven fights to six at this year's contest held last night at the New World. The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas distributed
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    908 25 DESULTS of football games played in the leagues yesterday arc, says Renter McCaffer; and Davidson, tbe S.CC. foil backs, watch the ball skim across the corner of the penalty area, in the soccer game on tbe Padang yesterday against the Malay Regiment. The result was a draw Z
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  • 642 25 DESULT of Rugby games played at home yesterday are, says Reuter Blackheath 8, The Army 22. Bradford 18, Waterloo 3. Bristol 12, Cambridge Univ. 10. Devonport Sen. 27. Guy's Hosp. 0. Gloucester 0. United Gerv. 12. London Sot. 16, Leicester 0, Old Leysians 7, Old Alleynians 5. Oxford
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  • 809 26 When Will Married vs. Single Match Be Played? Women's Singles Final BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT AS I anticipated, the local badminton tournament programme Mill be completed today and, therefore, there now only remains the second annual Married vs. Single match to be played to brinj*
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  • 107 26 The Rosehlll Badminton Party beat the Sportsman Badminton Party oy seven matches to nil on the latter's court last Sunday. Results (Rosehill first): Singles, Auw Kim Soey beat J. Louis 10—15. 15—10, 15—8; Low Hianj? Tee beat S. Airam 15 4, 15 5; Kuek Choon Chuan beat S.
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  • 326 26  -  Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. By "Round a*-out the first week of February," writes Mr. M. E I became ill. The first sjiiipiom.s were that I was very weak, could h&rdly walk, and rjuld not eat because of terrible pain in the stomach, between the slioulders, and
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    14 26 .Vrmbcrs and friends of Ihe Spartan B.P. having t«* during tne ann.versary celebration recently.
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  • 153 26 In a friendly match the Etona B.P. beat the Merry- Youngsters B.P oy four games to three, played at the latter's court on Sunday: Srorci (Eton first >: Singles: Bertie Koh beat Chiang Tiong Wah. 15—5. 15—12; John Tan lost to Richard Tan, 3—15, 11— 15: i Andrew
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  • 107 26 The Chinese Students' Literary Association, Kuala Lumpur, sister association of the Chinese Students' Literary Association. Singapore, held its seventh annual general meeting on Jan. 30, in the association's premises, when Urn following were elected office kNRti for the year 1937 President. Mr. N; Kon Chee vice-president, Mr.
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  • 33 26 One of tie most popular of county captains is convinced that the only way to save English first-class cricket Is to enliven the championship hy Introducing the promotion and relega j tlon principle.
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  • 149 26 ENTHUSIASTS FORM ASSOCIATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Lawn tennis enthusiast., Muar have formed a Muar Lawn Association. It has been decided to hold an inter-Club competition and this tournament will probably start in the middle of February. Each club will be represented by two singles and
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  • 135 26 STRAITS BACHELORS' P.C. At the 23rd annual general meeting of the Straits Bachelors' Physical Culture held at the residence of Mr. Teo Hoe Kang. 296-4. Pasir Panjang Road, the following were elected office-bear-ers for the year 1937 President, Mr Cheong Hock Chye vice-presidents. Mr. Teo Hoe Kang. Mr. Chua Swa
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    59 26 The Oversea Chinese Bank Staff Association badminton team wh'ch was beaten by the Fraser Neave badminton team by 3 l in the semi-final event of the Commercial Houses Cup tournament, last we«k at the Clerical Union. Lef i to right Lew Liang Quee. Yeo nan Seng, Lim Kee Chin, Ng
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    60 26 (iroup photograph of the Spartan B.P. taken at their first anniversary, at the Party's court recently. Sitting, left to fight: Ong Thiam Seng, Cheong Soon Tuan, Yap Yew Keng, Neo Soon llm, Khoo Eng Tee, Kum Kirn Leng, Koh Oon Kiong. Standing: Gan Eng Leong. Tan Kuk Ann. Chua Beng
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  • 219 26 POLICE 'B' WIN OVER ERICS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. •yHE Police 'B put up a good hockey display in their match against the Erics and woi. by the odd goal In five. The score was hardly a true indication of the game, for the Police monoj pollsed play
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  • 124 26 Merry-Youngsters B.P. badminton results for 1936 Open men's singles championship (league system) champion, Wee Hong Loo runner-up, Yeo Chow Heng consolation. P. S. Nair. Open men's junior singles championship (league system): champion. Chin Nyuk Ful runner-up. Dicky Teo consolation. Larry Ltm. Open men's novice singles championship (league
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  • 48 26 The Chinese Friendly Association reunion dinner will take place next Saturday with Chinese music In attendance from 1 p.m. to midnight. Members who desire to join communicate with the hon. secretary, closing date v eb. 11. The annual billiards tournament will close on Feb. 15.
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  • 450 26 The Amateur Athletic Union held its sixth anniversary celebration at Mr. Aw Bo>n Haw's bungalow last week end. Among the guests were Mrs. Soh Chuan Swee, Messrs. Chan Joo Tiang and Koh Siak Leo.ig. Dinner TOk place on Saturday at 8 pm. after whirli the honorary secretary In
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  • 54 26 Messrs. Chan Chlm Bock and Tan Miang Cheng have been elected badminton and table tennis conveners respectively of the Excise Clerics' Club. Conveners of clubs or parties who are desirous of arranging friendly matches of badminton or table tennis are asked to communicate with convenors. Co Excise
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  • 239 26 JNTENDING competitors are reminded that a cycling carnival will be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Feb. 12 and 13 at 2 p.m. daily during the Chinese New Year holidays. There are sixteen events on the prosramme including an officials' race in which all the officials
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  • 61 26 The fourth anniversary of the Merriaale B. P. will be hed at Mr. Aw Boon Haws bungalow it Pasir PanJang en Saturday and Sunday, feo. 13 and 14. Sportin? events will be arranged and prizes will oe given. All members are requested to assemble at the Premier Institution
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  • 718 27 Visit Of Sir Julien Cahns Team Kamis Goes Ahead Attacking Shots Wanted Rugby Views BY "ECHO." JIF the weather behaved itself, cricket began in Singapore yesterday, and from now on the King of Games will make the week-ends joyous for its devotees for
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    140 27 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kajang. Che Mohd. SaMeh. M.C.S.. presided at the annual general meeting of the Broadrlck Club, Kajang. The annual report and accounts were adopted and office-bearers elected were: President; Che Mohd. Salleh, M.C.S vice-president. Dr. V. J Seevaratnam: J hon. secretary, Mr S. V.
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  • 120 27 SCHOOL SOCCER IN SEGAMAT (From Our Own Correspondent > Segamat. AN early start in soccer has been made by the Government English School. Segamat who have played twi matches so far. Four inter-school matches have been arranged. The first will be against the Muar Government English School, at Muar on
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  • 193 27 TUNGKU'S TEAM BEAT 0.8.A. 4-2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. AFTER being one goal down for the whole of the first half, Tunku Yacob's XI put up a spirited hockey display In the latter half and won by four goals to two. In the opening stages
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  • 168 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. AFTER a very hard hockey game the Warders did well to beat the White Shirts by two goals to nil. The game was fast and interesting but poor forward display led to the defeat )f the White Shirts. A
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  • 49 27 The Coronation Trophj car race of 100 miles to take place in tlu circuit of the Crystal Palace on Apr. 24. Is expected to attract England's leading drivers. The Coronation Grand Pr x race for motor- cycles has been fixed I for May 15.
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  • 903 27 F. M. S. Hockey Team To Be Chosen Today Sir Julien Cahn's Cricketers Malayan Team May Be European Monopoly Curious Position Of Malacca Hockey Players By Our Seremban Correspondent I AT Kuala Lumpur today, two re- presentatives each from Selanigor, Perak and Negri Sembilan will meet
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    • 96 27 with a i^L "BROWNIE" |ife There's nothing you.- friends l,'l^|V\*j m*\ like better than to have you I Jj^al'f JB x take snapshots of them VJ? E, \\j£, '"'Jm With a "Brownie" (made by W/ *X '*NT^H Kodak) your success &s a "^7^^^-^ picture-taker is assured. The "Brownie" Six-20 has
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    • 269 27 BP^^^ What does your handbag mirror say Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? Sparkling white teeth, healthy gums, a fresh cool mouth all testify to the triumph of Macleans Peroxide Toothpaste. Macleans takes the most scientific course (or cleanliness. First it removes stains then gently whitens and polishes. It is
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    46 28 The bier "attack" on the fortress of Singapore last week was frustrated largely by the defence air squadrons which bombed and torpedoed invading cruisers, aircraft-carriers and transports. Gas-masked Soviet naval gunners show in the picture below how aerial raiders are greeted by warships in modern navies.
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  • 64 28 A willing boatman helps working girls to get to their jobs during the big floods in the Thames Valley at Teddington last month. The picture on the right shows a youngster who quickly adapted himself to flood conditions on the Yalding-Lees Road, used a
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    49 28 One of the giant new Imperial Airways flying-boats that has been put on the Mediterranean s action of the air mail service to Australia via India and Malaya. It is proposed, in the near future, that the flying boats of this type should b« used along the whole route.
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