The Straits Times, 18 August 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURf.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 IWGEE SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATHS
    124 2 The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATHS IH K H'.OHUNATHAN V V, Kcmftman. i rfn"tr»nu, on Tutsdav, August 17. 1937. Cremation en the tame ctoy at Kcmantn. F.M 6 and Penans papers, plca*c VK> SKOK B*K wife of Ong Hup Keng to! Hian Chutii Co..) pa-^cd away pt-mtiuliv at .he age
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      645 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Gooo Book ifntral Johore. W.tg«6 M3. Box 673 Sirah* Times. \\\nih> :.c.\ t cuivu advertisements < known local Journal. Apply Bex No. 689. Strait* Times. WANTED I traUINCED TRANSFOB- U IOTNDI i:s 540.00 per monh. Aj.piy Pott OOca Box i«tf. Singapore. •>k mi it < \siUER. Brll
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      859 2 gQR SALE lor SALE, complete hairwavin^ equipunt in excellent condition, with furniture. Jv.ner sf.iling. Apply 654, Straits Time*. A_ FEW first-class second-hana Wcstingnonse Refrigerators with un-expir»r juaranree* from $150 a.id upwards. On view tn MagM Mo-re 12 Battery Road. HILIAHROH CAMERON lIK.III.ANDS FOR SALE, one of the prettiest houses vi
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      900 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of fine design, polished teak household furniture of every description also a good collection of real English crockery, glassware. Singer hand «fc treadle setting machine* and also very beautiful brand new 'TREE OF h LIFE" pattern large colourful centre carpets i of genuine French manufacture,
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      784 2 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be receivt-d at the office o tht stiiio.- Executive fc.iiK"":»r. Serembaa. hi I to 12 noon of Aug. 27, I'm, for the Purchas from Government of wva old Albion lorrif for scrap. All particulars may be ob!airu< from the office of the
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      696 2 PUBLIC NOTICES ROAD NOTICE. Notice is hereby Riveo that me tuv.o-' bridge over the Llnggi River on the mail Singapore-Penang Roed. situated 2 tii'f South of Seremban. is closed to all lorry *nd omnibus (raffle of a gross weight exceeding 2 tons until further notice. An alterMtive route is indicated
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      452 2 'Tis A Beautiful Permanent dhtlnctl) A PMUasM Cheapest in n-+r. t PIGA w\ v ladiet H:«n Y^ Dresser? 9:: Bras B»>ah Rd. A RaflW* Hotel. Phone: 38<8. BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and «tss HAN* 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. 'bee chow co., MERCHANT TAILOR.
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      704 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY 8 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAR SERVICE OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage S r.ore l&fi CORFU ***** Aug 27
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      549 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incoruarated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Naples. Marseilles. London. Antwerp and Rotterdam Vcs&els Tonnage Due Sail i KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Aug. 18 19 t VASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Aug. 31 Sept 1 HAKONE MARU 10,500 Sept. IS 16
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      988 3 mm mf I W^ILWI RfK W^fcS&£QttnLi*mm irV BANGKOK LIN, TRANS-PAC.r.C SAILINGS Luxurious One Class motorshlpa. Moat monoiithi cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent vIA HONOLULU cuisine. Piom Arrive FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES LONDON iri-nnn SF ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND n 'JOPE.».HAOEN pres uncoln Sept 8 Sept 28 From Prom Pto^j Prom Spore
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      1023 3 SHIPPINC. I?* B ou!L SSE LWt <O*«««« Th* naa Khiow Sieaashlo Co (1932) It* SUain Ship C, Ltd. >nd Chiiu M«t«al The Canard White Stai Ltd 1 1 l l- 1 Aberdeen CommonwealU- Line The Chiaa Navlfatlon C«. Ltd The Australian Orienla- L-ne Ltd. The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd The
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    174 4 Saigon No. 2 $168 Salg?n No 3 ....$162 Rice quoted per koyan 40 picu's Other commodities ijuoted per p I nceot where otherwise stated. MBtmpMC August 18. 12 noon. Buyer Seller Gambit Hamburg Cub 3 $15 00 Java Cub; $11.00 'tppCT White Muntuk $17.50 $1700 Black $10.00
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    156 4 Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today, Aug. 18, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to bcxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow. Aug. 19, at 8.25 am Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today. Aug. 18, by 'air (Internal Service) will be delivered to
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    NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
    21 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Aug. 11. was delivered in London on Aug. 17.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      188 4 Correspondence for transm.sslon by air "via Netherlands" must oe specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows Today China, Japan, Philippines. East Siberia. Western U.S.A. and Western Canada (Van Heutsz) 6 p.m. Tomorrow Australasia, Java and Timor by air (Qantas) 9.45 a.m. Ceylon,
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      TIDE TABLE
      303 4 SINGAPORE Ba_f H. W. 8.58 i m. 7.2 7 45 p m. 8.2 ft. L. W. 2.11 a.m. 3.1 ft.; 1.55 p.m. 5.7 ft. Thursday, August 19. H. W. 9.46 a m. 7.6 ft.; 8.45 F-m. 8.6 ft. L. W. 3 06 a.m. 2.6 ft.; 3.07 p.m. 5.3
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      102 4 Today Medan (Both) 3 p.m Munio* Sc Palembang (Tnedens) 3 om Puntianak (Khoen Hoea) ..3 pm Trengganu and Dungun (Parcels only) (Larut) 330 p.m. Kemaman and Kema^ek (Larut) 4 p.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu Vyner Brooke) 4 p.m. New Zealand (Narbada) 1 p.m. Java Southern St Tiatra by
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      AIR MAILS. INWARD.
      87 4 AIR MAILS. INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due this evening; arrives tomorrow morning. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. OUTWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 1.30 p.m. today. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 7 pm.
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    FRASER & COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT.
    950 4 FRASER COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT. Repercussions Of Trouble In China. MESSRS. FRASER AND CO., in their weekly shaie report issued at the close of business yesterday write: The spirit of perhaps rather qualified optimism in which we wrote a week ago has received a somewhat rude shock during the last few
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    MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
    135 4 Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright mm temp fall s'shine temp •F ins. hrs. °F West Coast. Alor Star 87 Nil 2.8 73 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 86 1.69 3.1 72 Sitiawan 90 Nil 6.9 71 Bukit Jeram 90 Nil 6.9 74 Malacca 86
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    99 4 During the we«k ending. Aug. 7, 1937, exports irom Malayan ports amounted to 87,066 cases, of which: 73,259 (84 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1,740 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 7,141 (8 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 4.917
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      522 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. i incorporate^- in P M.8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: nOOXVG AC.»NTBFMS RLVS AM) SI AM STATES RAILWAYS. rilfPMOVf •■rrl-h- 5433— Pawace UJI CANADIAN ______J*___^^ pir? ft t* t_ua _mpLJs%_____ MT A JL J.C JL Incorporated tn England) IHI -rMPKtSS' ROCTK atttn TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HO.NOI.fLL or dirwt (MI'KKSS to
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      448 4 (Incorporated in straits Settlement*) vml^^^Hßi ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (IncorporftWto in USA) (Incorporated m England) BOSTON NEW VORR BALTIMOKB tl II KM AN LINE VIA SUEZ CANAI rOK HAVR. LONDON NAVIGATOR Aug^S 8^ i ROTTERDAM UAMBURO SEAFARER fZ 22 Via Port* tnd Snes C 'aosJ Dut
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      355 5 IX A HIGH-SPEED ROMANCE „.V N MiiivirilT !'U KEI» WITH LAIGHS MELODY! BAR OPfcN TIH MIDNIGHT WALKING on AIR RKO-Radlo Picture Tomorrow— THE GRANDEST MUSICAL SHOW EVER SHOWN DICK POWELL. MADELEINE CARROLL IX IK VINO BERLIN'S MUSICAL TRIUMPH! 'ON THE AVENUE' 20th Century-Pox Picture Week-end Matinees 2 p.m. 'MICH TENSION'
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      269 5 Vjlfc' raE SKSS&ffSLJT A lomT «kg o >, Kg ™r— jg| J. NATURAL, PERFECT?!? tVSSo™"! l TUE NEW j! jm^Sk ANNABELLA i LESLIE BANKS henry fonda >^;ev ANBRUGH stewart >^*S| HARRY TATE STEVE DONOGHUE &j£i 1 THE WORLD-FAMOUS TENOR JQ H N McCORMACK j! Iffl "WINGS Z MORNING" !L=~s~ A
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      24 5 GENTS AND LAB JES TAILORING UNDER EXP€RT HANDS. GIAN SINGH CO. lit. 4, Ditttry Rid. MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15. A FIRST RUN Japanese Picture
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      55 5 Packed Houses At All Performances Yesterday SHIRLEY'S BIG HI ALHAMBRA 3.15 [6.15 1 9.15 f TODAY! Jl $m 2 W^m^My M j a £!Mf>i p Special SHIRLEY TEMPLE Photographs will b« given away at the 3.15 show Whwi looking for GIFT! Choose an everlasting one From U. S. de SILVA
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      336 5 Glands Made Young -Vigour Renewed Without Operation If you feel old before your tIBM <>r ulfer from nerve, brain und pnyaieaj weakness, you will find new hruwlnesa and health In an Ameiioan nnili. ii dis-cove-y which restores youthful vigour and vitality quicker than irland opera* tions. It ia a simi>i.-
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    633 6 LONDON SHOWS SOME NERVOUSNESS. FEW INQUIRIES FOR RIBBER SHARES. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Aug. 18. The markets open on a more thecrful note this morning. Both tin and rubber have recovered a little, the fact that they have done bo in fan of serious news still
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LA TEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      MINING.
      614 6 Issue val. Frasers Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers A'- Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumoang fl Austral Malay 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bungrin Tin 1 Batu Selangor £1 Burma Malay £1 Chenderiang .50 Hitam Tin 1 Hong Fatt 5/- riong Kong Tin 5/- Idris Hydraulic
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      GENERAL.
      415 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.55 1.85 160 1.7 C 2 2 do 7Vi">i Prefs. 2.50 2.60 250 ?..<5O 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 10 UOn oo id oon 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting 040 o.Bonom 050 0 75nom 1 1 B. M Trustee it 25 700 *js ia,
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      223 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. s 1901 red 1940 *400.000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 IO3V£ 4» 2 1907 red. 1947 i 1.600,000. 600,000 Int Mar. 31 Sepi 30 107 4»/2% IW.'S r=d 1955 51.000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 114 4% Ur.3 red. 1963 $2,000,000 Mnr 31 Sept. 30
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      RUBBER SHARES
      369 6 Allenby Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt 1.90 2.00 1.90 2.00 Alor Gajah Amal Malay Ayer ilitam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lantang Bedford Benta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Bukit K. B Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah ($10) Chan^kat Serdang Connemara Gleneaiy Plantations Hamilton Haytor Indragiri Jeram Kuan
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    IPOH TIN'S PROFIT DECLINES £32.000.
    96 6 From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 17. rvISAPPOINTMENT is expressed in U the City that the total income of Ipoh Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., for the year ending Mar. 21 last was only £92,910 compared with €114.324 in the previous year. The net profit ior
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 6 Wednesday, Aug. 18, Noon No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Aug. 293^ 30 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) Aug. 29Vfe 29V4 No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardabk Singapore 29 29% August 291 •> 29% September
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    AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY QUOTATIONS.
    220 6 THE following quotation* are pub lished by courUsy of Messrs S. E. Lt-vy and Co., Singapore. Messrs. White, Weld and Company, New York, report oy cable this morning:— STOCKS. There is no new reason for tne decline on the small \olume of business recorded excepting
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    DOW-JONES AVERAGES
    276 6 19 3 7 Vatcraa-, I Today's Channel High Low Close 194.40 165.51 30 li.eiuMrml.- 189.34 188.68 <>fT.6C 64.46 50.17 20 Rails 53.62 53.21 0ff. 41 37.54 25.45 20 Utilities 28.92 28.77 ofl 15 105.89 99.54 40 BoiicLv 101.21. 101.09 New York Stock rxchanpr-Bi^int-w Donr: Total Voltm*. M« 000
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    359 6 London, Aug. 17. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares ot £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yetttr- Riac day. or Fall Conversion Loan S p.c. 1944-64 113 Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960^90 110% War Loan, 3* p.c 100 Coin. Union Assce (Unite)
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      CURRENT VIEWS OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
      2070 7 1938 Should See Normal Stocks And Almost Full Production. SHAREHOLDERS CAN EXPECT SOME CAPITAL APPRECIATION. TPHE control of the rubber industry by a Regulation Committee Induces many to take views of the market in compartments, taking into account periods of three or at most
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      BANK OF CHINA
      163 7 (Incorporated In China by Special Charter.) 12, Cecil Street Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dept 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: CHUNGKIO Paid Up CapiUl Ch. 10U00.000.00 Reserve Funds in excess of Ch. 4.800.000 00 Total Assets approximately Ch. $1,800,000.0*0.00 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI. Tse-Vung Soong, Chairman
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    THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
    198 7 (Incorporated in En&landi. Capital Authorised £3.000,000 Capital Subscribed £1.800.000 Reeerve Pund and Rest £1.247.829 Capital Paid up £1,050,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Right Ken Lord Catto oi Calrncatto. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, K. C.5.1.. CI.E. Sir Thomas Smith Kt J. M. Ryne. Esq.. P.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    235 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend TIN Austral Malay ..3%% Int. Sept. 3 3%% Bonus Hoor Kong Tin 30% Int. Ipoh Tin 15% Final Aug. 3 K. Kamuntlng 5% Int. Aug. i 3 25% Bonus K Kampar 5% Int. Aug. 17 K. Lumpur Tin 6V, Int. 2\i"i Bonus
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      478 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. [(Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the fc*tent and ai manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ok 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Xsiued and Fully Pald-Up $20,000,090 Reserve Funds: Sterling 6.500,000 Hong Kong Currency
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      542 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Roya. Charter 1853). Paid Up Capital hi 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD Or'FU'E: 38. Biihopsgate London El. Ai;:r:tsar Hong Kong Kangoon Alor Star Iloi!o Saigon Bangkok Ipoh Semarang
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    Malaria, Scourge Of Asia.
    104 8 "MALARIA kills more people and does more damage to physical, social and economic welfare in rural Asia than any other disease," says a draft report issued by tbe InUr-Governmental Conference on Rural Hygiene at Bandoeng-. "Yet malaria is insidious and, except in epidemic form, does not
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    47 8 Mr. Sands, Assistant Agricultural Officer, Alor Star, who has gone on leave to England, was entertained to a farewell tea-party by the staffs of the Agricultural Department and the Government Co-operative Society last week. Mr. Baker of the Agricultural Department, Johore Bahru, will act for Mr. Sands.
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    52 8 WORKING AT HIGH PRESSURE the orderly room staff of the Ist Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, is making: detailed arrangements for the departure of the battalion for Hont Kong by tbe Blae Funnel vessel Menelaas on Friday. In the photograph are Captain E. 8. M. Ayscough (left) with three orderles.— Strtrits
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    THREE-QUARTERS OF ASIA'S PEOPLE ARE UNDERFED.
    521 8 Startling Disclosures At Bandoeng Congress. From a Special Correspondent. Bandoeng:, Java, Auj. 16. HTHAT 75 per cent, of the population of Asia is probably undernourished is one of the most thought-provoking facts revealed at the Inter-Governmental Conference of Far Eastern Countries on Rural Hygiene.
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    S.V.C. PROGRAMME OF DRILLS.
    176 8 The Singapore Volunteer Corps programme of drills for this week is as fellows: Today: 5.00 p.m.. Headquarters, Ist Bn. Int. Sec..- Unit Training- 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. Headquarters, Int. PI., Unit Training; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarter*. 2nd Bn. Int. Sec., Unit Tralninc: 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, 2nd Bn. Sics.,
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      152 8 I Here is the Essence of lffi« ITY UEALTH! Fitness! And abundant Energy! Mind and body gloriously alert for work or recreation and for getting tbe best from life. That* what Brand's Essence of Chicken will do for you! When you feel listless and dispirited and even pleasure seems irksome,
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    MOSCOW WORRIES FOR AIR ACES.
    130 9 MOSCOW WORRIES FOR AIR ACES. American Friends Join Search. SNOW CRASH FEARED. Moscow. Aug. 17. TWO American fliers, Mattern and Crosson, are to join in the search for Russia's missing trans-Polar airmen, according to a message from Fairbanks. Alaska. Two years ago. the pilot of the missing plane. Sigismund Levancvsky.
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    CANADIAN FINANCE OVERHAUL PLANNED.
    72 9 Relations Between The Dominion Provinces. Ottawa. Aug. 16. T3E Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King has appointed a commission to report on financial relations between the Dominion and its provinces. The commission Is of the highest importance as, in fulfilling its task, it will pave
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    15 KILLED IN FASCIST PARTY CLASH.
    57 9 Police Fire In Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Aug. 16. Fifteen persons were killed and 30 wounded in a clash between police and a crowd of 10.000 at an Integralist (Fascist) party meeting at Campos where the police dispersed a crowd with machine-guns. The infuriated
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    Brazil Not To Hire American Destroyers.
    45 9 The proposal for the United States to lease destroyers to Brazil is ileflnitely po&tponed, following a conference between Mr. Cordoll Hull and the Argentine Ambassador, Senor Ecpil. It Is considered unlikely Congress will consider the measure when reconvened. —Reuter.
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    GERMANS CROSS ATLANTIC.
    35 9 New York, Aug. 17. The German plane Nordmeer landed at Long Island Sound, completing her first survey of the Atlantic from Horts, Azores, where she was catapulted from the mothershiD Schwabenland. —Reuter.
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    NEW PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT.
    35 9 Asuncion, Aug. 17. Dr. Lalva lias been sworn in as President in succession to Col. Franco who resigned after the bloodless coup d etat. It Is reported Col. Franco has been arrested—Reuter.
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    "BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S" CREATOR.
    23 9 The death is announced in London of Lieut. Colonel Cyril McNelle, who was "Sapper," the creator of Bulldog Drummond. Reuter.
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    French Shipping Escorts.
    32 9 On account of recent attacks on cargo vessels in the Mediterranean the naval authorities at Blzerta have decided to provide naval and aeroplane escorts for French merchant ships. Reuter.
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    REBELS LAUNCH BIG OFFENSIVE.
    111 9 ADVANCE ON SANTANDER COMMENCED. FIRST BASQUE LINES EASILY TAKEN. SAlain.'.nca, Aug. 16. A BIG insurgeant oiTensive against Santander has been opened. It is claimed the first Basque lines were fairly easily .aken and an important brs-ach in positions near Soncillo wai made, ana a number of
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    INDIAN FLOODS CAUSE GREAT SUFFERING.
    69 9 Acute Food Shortage. Lucknow, Aug. 16. MORE than 2,000 villages in the United Provinces are either completely submerged or segregated, as the result of flooding of seven tributaries of the Ganges by incessant monsoon rains. The suffering caused by loss of life, and damage to
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    50 HURT IN CALCUTTA RIOTING.
    49 9 Calcutta, Aug. 16 Fifty were injured* and 100 arrested in a clash with police who broke up a procession marching to the Town Hall in connection with the so-called Andamans Day, celebrated throughout liidia in sympathy with hunger-strik-ing prisoners on the penal islands Reuter.
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      Sincerity?
      1031 10 In yesterday's leading article we Quoted statements in support of the view that Japan has been willing to seize upon and exaggerate any trivial incident as a pretext for a furj ther forward step in a pre-arranged policy of aggression in North China. Today we are able to quote
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      Social and personal
      124 10 Mrs. F. M. Still, wife of Mr. Still, the Johore Superintendent of Prisons, has left for Trsssrs Hill for a holiday. Capt. V. S. Webb, of the Public Works Department, Is due back from Home leave early next month. It is understood that he will be posted
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    BORKUM BOMBERS.
    882 10  -  THE TIME FACTOR IN LONDON AIR DEFENCE. L.E.O. Charlton By Air Commodore (Reproduced from the United Services Review.) AIR Vice-Marshal Gossajje, In the course of one of his lectures at the London University, took occasion to remark that air power was never one-sided, and, in doing so, uttered
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    A UNIVERSITY FOR THE "NEW CHINA."
    578 10 "Hong Kong University and its Contribution to the Far East" MM j the subject discussed by the i education circle of the Royal Empire Society recently, and the following letter was read from Lord Lugard, founder of the University. YOU remind me that It
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    747 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. kESMVOIR SWANS. TPHE pl?asures oi walking alone file forest paths bordering that llest of Malayan lakes, the Mac-Ritchie rcscrvoi v on Singapore Island are now enhanced by the chance of serin? sv ans and other ornamental birds. There are now on the lake a p:
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    JAPANESE OFFENSIVE CONTINUED TODAY
    166 11 SHANGHAI BOMBED AND SHELLED AGAIN. Heavy Reinforcements Flood Into Nor th China. ALL NATIONS EVACUATING THEIR NATIONALS. r PHE great Japanese aerial and artillery offensive at Shanghai was continued this morning, when several squadrons of planes bombed the vicinity of the Chinese aerodrome at Lunghwa, on
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    WARSHIPS' PART IN BOMBARDMENT.
    276 11 Shanghai, Aug. 18. A I-TKR a night marked with occasional gunfire several squadrons of Japanese planes shattered the morning peace by bombing in the vicinity of the Lung Hwa aerodrome and the Chinese lines ringing Chapei and kiangwan. Simultaneously Japanese scouters appeared over Pootung trying to
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    FOREIGNERS KILLED IN SHANGHAI BOMBING.
    50 11 Foreigners kilied in the Shanghai bombing include Mr. A. D. Williams. British, chief accountant of the NorthChina Daily News Prof. Robert Reischaur. American, of Princeton University, and Dr. Frank Rawlinson, the British-born American missionary, and Mr. Montague Smith, a British employee of Imperial Chemical Industries.—Reuter.
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    Lone Airman Engages 11 Japanese Planes.
    55 11 A Chinese rirman named Choo Tingfang who singk'-handodly engaged eleven Japanese planes at Hangchow on Sunday has been awarded $20,000 by order of Gen. Chiang Ka^-shek. The Generalissimo has also promoted airmen who have played prominent parts in the defence of Nanking and other
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    PUBLIC MEETINGS BANNED.
    273 11 Acute Food Shortage Is In Prospect. TTHE Settlement Municipal Council has issued a proclamation banning public gatherings and all actions calculated to caused a breach of the peace. The proclamation adds that residents i may be assured the council is directing i all its energies and resources
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    Anxious World Inquiries.
    54 11 JJUNDREDS of telegrams are pouring into Shanghai from anxious friends and relatives inquiring as to the safety of residents and radio stations are broadcasting replies, typical of which are: "Wifey, stay where you are. I'm O.K. Don't worry. Everybody safe, British ivarships and troops are here. There's
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    EVACUATION OF FRENCH CITIZENS.
    91 11 May Remain If They Wish. THE French Government has Instructed the French Ambassador at i Nanking to decide himself the most I appropriate moment for the evacuation ol the French Concession at Shanghai. Only those will be evacuated who so desire. French citizens preferring to remain
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    UNITED STATES AND ARMS EXPORTS.
    404 11 Might Lose Her Best Customers. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT will not Sino- Japanese diplomatic relatk The invocation o_ the Neutrality Act would debar the export of arms from the United States to either combatant. China was the biggest buyer of arms from the United Spates in July,
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    BIG REINFORCEMENTS FROM JAPAN.
    314 11 16 Transports Off Taku Trains Crowded. Tientsin, Aug. 18. O V KRSHADOWED by events at Shanghai, a very heavy influx of Japanese troops into North China is continuing. Sixteen transports off the Taku Bar are unloading men who are expected to march to Tientsin. Meanwhile the
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    $10 MILLION S.S. RED CROSS FUND.
    45 11 J^ $10,900,000 fund for Red Cross relief in China is, the Straits Times understands, the aim of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, whose collections are already approaching the half million mark in Chinese currency. Details on Page 13.
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    Terrifying Journey For Women.
    265 11 Terrifying Journey For Women. 3,000 More British Want To Go. DRITISH women and children evacuating war-stricken Shanghai had a terrif>in>j journey from the Bund to Wwsunjr, where they boarded the Rajputana for Hong Kong. Women crouched on the dci tug as a Chinese 'plane flew overhead and anti-aircraft shells exploded.
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    BRITISH CONSUL'S NEW PLAN FOR PEACE.
    280 12 Withdrawal From Neutral Zone. POWERS TO KEEP ORDER IN MEANTIME. Only Path Now Apparent To Prevent Major War. A plan by which both Chinese and Japanese troops would be withdrawn from a neutral zone to be established round the Settlement at Shanghai has been
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    BRITISH POLICE UNDER FIRE
    220 12 Bullets Spatter Walls Three-Hour Siege. A HANDFUL <A Britons attached to the Settlement police station near the north-east limits of Shanghai wer" under fire during the afterncon when Chinese troops pressed the Japanese back in a furious onslaught inoic resisted strongly but were forced to yield
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    REFUGEES SEIZE LOADS OF RICE.
    67 12 besieged overturned and tried to two lorryloads of rice in the heart of the Settlement last night but were driven off by the Shanghai Volunteers who went to the scene in armoured cars.— Reuter. Two Chinese were beaten to death and aix were injured by
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    MORE MONEY FOR SHANGHAI.
    93 12 Under cover of darkness last night. $50,000,000 ($25,000,000 Straits) in bank notes of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, previously withdrawn from circulation, were landed on the French Bund, after being rushed from Hong Kong aboard the Maron. Owing to the abnormal demand for cash
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    Senator Black For U.S. Supreme Court.
    25 12 The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Senator Black as a member of the Supreme Court.— Reuter.
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    LEAGUE COUNCIL'S IRONIC GESTURE.
    69 12 London, Aug. 17. /T.NEVA provides an ironic touch by announcing the agenda of the next meeting of the League Council. Ihe first item, entitled "Gift to the League," relates to Japan's offer of £2.000 in respect of their participation on technical committees. The League rapporteur, who
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    RAIL JUNCTIONS DESTROYED.
    105 12 Japanese Air Raids Succeed. FOREIGN eye-witnesses report that the objective of the Japanese air raid yesterday was the junction of the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow railway lines a couple of miles from the north station. Their operations were most successful, for the railway lines, repair shops, and water
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    Japan Could Only Fight Large-Scale War For About Six Months.
    529 12 Japan Could Only Fight Large-Scale War For About Six Months. -BRITISH PRESS COMMENT. VULNERABLE FOREIGN TRADE. I Vl' vn can unquestionably wage a large-scale war for six months, says the Evening Standard, but, if it lasts much longer, Japan's prospects from the aspect of sinews of war are distinctly less
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    Birthday Planes Bring Down 30 Japanese.
    62 12 The 75 planes which overseas Chinese gave to Gen. Chiang Kaishek for his 50th birthday last November have p'ayed a prominent part in the present hostilities. These planes brought down 30 Japanese machines in the past few days, the Chinese claim. Malayan Chinese contributed
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    GREAT FIRES RAGE UNCONTROLLED IN SHANGHAI.
    398 12 GREAT FIRES RAGE UNCONTROLLED IN SHANGHAI. *J*WO big fires are blazing in Pootung, across the Whangpoo River opposite the International Settlement of Shanghai, as its legacy from yesterday's Japanese ait bombardment. But not all yesterday's destruction was done by Japanese warcraft. Darkness revealed three huge fires within the Japanese lines
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    SHANGHAI CABLES AT SENDER'S RISK.
    38 12 fIWING to uncertainty of delivery in certain districts in Shanghai, telegrams from Singapore for that city can only be accepted at the sender's risk the Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Company announces.
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    $500,000 RADIOPHONE TRANSMITTER PLANNED.
    127 13 DIRECT KUALA LUMPURBRITAIN LINK. Radical Change In Policy Forecast. NO CONNECTION WITH JAVAHOLLAND SERVICE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 18. THE Federated Malay States Government will shortly be t^k- (1 to provide half a million dollars for the erection of it 60 kilowatt radio
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    Dutch Phones Too Busy.
    297 13 IT is understood that the new plant will be similar in type and power to that which for ten years has served Java so well in the service to Europe. It also will be comparable with the trans- Atlantic telephone equipment. Preparations for the service in
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    Tattoo Every Year.
    68 13 A BIG military tattoo by the Singapore garrison may become an annual event. The display to be given at Farrer Park on August 27, 28. 30 and 31 is the first to be held here since 1926. Annual tattoos will quickly earn for Singapore the title, "The
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    BUS SERVICE LICENCE DECLINED.
    41 13 AN application for a licence for an omnibus service in respect of routes from East Coast Road (Katong), Scrangoon Village and Norfolk Road to Tanjong Pagar has been refused by Committee No. 1 of the Municipal Commission
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    REV. NIGEL WILLIAMS.
    38 13 The Rev. Nigel Wihiams, lor some time acting Chaplain of the Singapore Diocese, leaves with his wife today by the X.P.M. Maetsuycker for his home at Hawkes Bay in the North Island of New Zealand.
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    Coolie Loses Eve In Estate Brawl.
    203 13 Coolie Loses Eve In Estate Brawl. Telugus Tamils Quarrel. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 17. gPEARS, long sticks and a stake allegedly used for gouging out a man's eye were produced in the Segamat police court today when eight coolies appeared on a charge of rioting on Sungei Senamt
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    34 13 SHIPS IN PORT. The Singapore Harbour Board's new notice board on Co.lyer Quay shows clearly what vessels are in and where they may be found. It replaces the old black board.— Straits Times Photograph.
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    MOTORIST AND CYCLIST BOTH DIE IN CRASH.
    104 13 SERIOUS COLLISION NEAR SEGAMAT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 17. WHEN a motor-car and a motorcycle collided on the Segamat Labis Road last night, the motor driver, Tan Kiat, middle-aged Labis towkay. and the cyclist, Sohinder Singh Bedi, young Sikh employee of
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    FRED AND GINGER SCORE AGAIN.
    128 13 "Shall We Dance" First Class Entertainment Shall We Dance." (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, with Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore). R.K.O. Radio. At the Capitol. IN the Astalre-Rogers tradition this picture is first class entertainment, with the versatile, whimsical Fred combining the art of
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    SHIRLEY IN "DIMPLES."
    61 13 "Dimples." (Shirley Temple and Frank Morgan). 20th Century Fox. At the Alhambra. SHTCLEY Temple fans will like their little idol in this picture. She sings se\eral of songs in her own sweet way and dances too and there is a decided Improvement in her tap-danc-ing. Frank Morgan
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    ARRESTED SWEDE DISCHARGED.
    78 13 CARL Albert Eklund, a Swede, who was arrested on a warrant and charged with bigamy. It being alleged that on June 26, 1934, while having a wife, he went through a form of marriage with another woman, was discharged by Mr. F. V. Duckworth in the Singapore
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    American's Gift To Local Red Cross Fund.
    175 13 HEADING FOR HALF MILLION. T"HE Singapore Chinese Red Cross Fund this morning reached a total of $420,000 in Chinese currency. This represents an increase of $170,000 since Monday's announcement that the Fund was assured of $250,000. iy|R. TAN KAH KEE, elected president of
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    RAFFLES HOTEL EXCLERK IN COURT. Alleged Falsification Of Accounts.
    210 13 KHOO Kheng Hoe, a Chinese clerk formerly in the employ of Raffles Hotel, appeared bsfore Mr. F. V. Duckworth, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when a preliminary inquiry into a charge of falsifying accounts was begun. Mr. S. M.
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    MR. N. WALKER REID DIES AT HOME.
    84 13 Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 17. •■■HE death occurred today of Mr Norman Walker Reid, who was for many years employed by tne Stratts Trading Company Ltd. in Malaya. Mr. Reid came to Malaya in the nineties and was first employed by
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    WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN
    42 13 SHORTLY before 8 o'clock this morning a Chinese woman was knocked uown by a motor-cyclist In Connaught Drive. She was badly bruised about the face and left arm and was in a state of collapse when the ambulance arrived.
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    TOTS' HOUR FROM ZHL AGAIN.
    45 13 J?ROM Tuesday, children's cessions will be restored to the programmes from the Singapore station, ZHL. They will be given at 6.45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. These features were abandoned tico months ago when the 8.M.8.C. launched its economy campaign.
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    AIR MAIL DELAYED.
    20 13 The X.L.M. air mail from Europe which is due this evening will not arrive till tomorrow morning.
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    Purer Food For Malaya. Move Towards Firmer Control.
    111 13 Purer Food For Malaya. Move Towards Firmer Control. UNIFORMITY throughout Malaya is sought in proposed new regulations under the Food and Drugs Ordinance, the Straits Times understands. The regulations havi» been drawn up •y a committee appointed by the Govrnor and High Commissioner, Sir ton Thomas. They are designed to
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    Less Horn-Sounding In Singapore. Prohibitions Planned By The Police.
    118 13 Less HornSounding In Singapore. Prohibitions Planned By The Police. A LESS noisy Singapore is in prospect. The total prohibition of all horn-sounding in the Municipality between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. except for the purpose of averting an accident or in specified areas and streets where pedestrians habitually walk in
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    THIRD TEST MATCH FIZZLES OUT IN A DRAW.
    917 14 ENGLAND TRY SEVEN BOWLERS. HARDSTAFF COMPTON TAKE TOLL OF N.Z. BOWLING. THE third Test Match between England and New Zealand, at the Oval, ended yesterday in a draw, interference by rain having made a decision impossible. Thanks to a fine century by
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    BRITISH ATHLETES BEAT GERMANS.
    94 14 In an athletic match at the Whit* City Stadium on Saturday, cables Renter, Great Britain beat Germany by 69 points to 61. There was a thrilling finish, the result of the match depending; on the medley relay in which Brown, Britain, covered the last half-mile in
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    "KLINEY" CUP TENNIS.
    426 14 S.C.C Win Doubles Against Chinese. There was a surprise yesterday I in the doubles match in the Kliney Cup lawn tennis match between the S.C.C. and the S.C.R.C. on the padang. Havng won the first two singles, th Chinese needed only to succeed in the doubles to
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    16 14 SOl'CK$ SILHOUETTES: An R.A.F. attack on the Police goal during yesterday's league match. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    S.C.C. vs. CHINESE TODAY.
    38 14 At Anson Road Stadium today the S.C.C. meet the Chinese in a Division I match and will field the following team: Adam; Lieut. Pearse. McCaffery; Gillett, Abbott, Hutchinson: .M. Kean, Forbes, Vincent. Bewicke, Cramsie.
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    R.A.F. FORWARDS RIDDLE POLICE GOAL.
    577 14 •"PEN goals is good measure, and that's what the Police and the R.A.F. gave us at Anson Road stadium yesterday, in a Division I match in the S.A.F.A. League. ■But keeping check of them is a bit of a job, and if that sort of
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    YACHTS IN HIGH WIND AND BLINDING RAIN.
    613 15 All The Weather They Wanted In A Thrilling Race. The Koyal Singapore Yacht Club's second race for the Guillemard Trophy was sailed on Sunday morning in what were probably the most thrilling conditions of the year. The start was In a light and
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    JUBILEE TROPHY RACE IN SEPTEMBER.
    92 15 The Royal Singapore Yacht Club announce that the first race for the Jubilee Trophy for merchant ships' lifeboats, presented in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of His late Majesty King George V. will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 4.30 p.m. Any ship whose
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    SINGAPORE GOLD CUP RACE MEETING.
    986 15 THE ENTRIES: 239 HORSES AND PONIES. 'TWO HUNDRED and thirty-nine horses and ponies have been entered for the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting, which open on Saturday week. All Malaya's best horses, including several newcomers to the local turf will be seen out in
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    GOVERNMENT SERVICES WIN IN SEGAMAT LEAGUE.
    90 15 Association Football. (From Our Own Correspondent^ Segamat, Aug. 10. On a water-logged ground the Government Services strengthened their position in the Segamat and District League by beating Pogoh 4—l yesterday Abdul Rahman, inslde-rlght. opened the scoring ten minutes from the kickoff. Yusof Ahmad increased
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    S.R.C. SIX-A-SIDE HOCKEY.
    214 15 Begins Today: Eight Teams Drawn, The SRC, recognised hockey champions of Singapore in n years, are beginning to get into trim for the coming season with a six-a-side competition, the first matches In which will be played today. There was an excellent entry, making it possible to
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    YORKSHIRE LEAD AGAIN. Middlesex Fail To Get Full Points.
    272 15 YORKSHIRE LEAD AGAIN. Middlesex Fail To Get Full Points. Yorkshire yesterday forced a victory over Worcestershire, and as a result resume the lead in the County Cricket Championship table, with a percentage of 70.0. Middlesex could only pain first innings points from Warwickshire and their percentage drops to 69.3. Reuter
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    KEDAH MALAYS BEAT PERAK IN ISKANDAR CUP.
    42 15 Lawn Tennis. >'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 16. The Kedah Malays beat the Perak Malays by three matches to two In the Ishandar Cup competition, at Kuala Kangsar, and next meet the Pahang Malays.
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    BOXING CONTROL BOARD FOR MALACCA.
    66 15 <From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 16. A public meeting to organise a Boxing Board of Control for Malacca will be held on Wednesday evening at the Masonic Hall. Among the conveners are Capt. A. W. Frisby, Mr F. P. Marshall, Inspector F. W. Martin.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY.
    61 15 THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY. Soccer: S.C.C. vs. Chinese, Div. X, Stadium; H.Q. R.A.F. (T. 0.) vs. H.K.8., Clerical Union ground. Lawn Tennis: "Kliney" Cvp S.C.C. vs. S.C.R.C.; Tanglin Club vs. Garrison L.T.C: S.R.C. vs. V.M.C.A. Hockey: B.R.C. slx-a-side matches. TOMORROW. Soeeer: R.A.P. n vs. Publishers, Div. n. Stadium FRIDAY. Seecer:
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      18 15 TIGER TESTIMOMIALS Captain Samuel Scupper on arriving ai Singapore said:Expedite that cargo chums! I want my TIGER BEER.
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    OVERBECK'S REJUVENATOR.
    45 16 SUPREME MODELS. PRICE $108.00 .CARRIAGE PAID TO ANY RAILWAY STATION IN MALAYA. STOCKS HELD IN IPOH. ALL ORDERS DISPATCHED THE SAME DAY AS RECEIVED. Write for free book describing this Electric Medical Instrument. Sole Agent for Malaya. WALT JACKSON. cjo Jackson's Distillery. IPOH.
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    GNAWING PAINS BETWEEN MEALS
    220 16 Of all the painful forms which stomach trouble takes, is there anything tint i-> n.ore flrinicming than the gnawing pain ikes it-, oppearance like clockwork ■:i meals Mr. A. B. was a victim to these pain's, ;innin(? to despair of ever being without them until one
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    ASIA'S VILLAGERS NEED "SANITARY CONSCIENCE."
    100 16 More Propaganda Wanted, Says Sir Mirza Ismail. Bandoeng, Aug. 15. fHE urgent need for the organised dissemination among rural Asiatic communities of health and sanitation propaganda was stressed at the Bandoeng Health Conference by Sir Mirza Ismail, chairman of the Commission on Rural Construction. Co-operation
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    THROUGH RURAL SCHOOLS.
    194 16 IN attempting to introduce hygienic principles into village life administrators at all times should aim at improving existing arrangements rather than introducing new and comparatively expensive systems from outside, he said. Hostels and public institutions offered an admirable ground for the teaching of simple nutrition principles and
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    BREACH OF TRUST OF JEWELS ALLEGED.
    82 16 Singapore Tamil Charged. A TAMIL named Vythilingam Van- dayar, well known in the local Tamil community, was produced before Mr. W. G. Reeves in the Singapore Third Court yesterday charged with having committed criminal breach of trust in respect of Jewellery valued at $400.
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    STABBED AND ROBBED.
    66 16 CHORTLY after two o'clock yesterday afternoon a Chinese dealer in second-hand goods, bleeding from a wound in the left side, walked into the Tanjong Pagar police station and complained of having been stabbed and robbed. He said he was walking along Trafalgar Street when he was set
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    Alleged Breach Of Trust Of Tongkangs, Ssquel To Mortgages On Vessels.
    470 16 Alleged Breach Of Trust Of Tongkangs, Ssquel To Mortgages On Vessels. r\N three charges of criminal breach of trust in respect of three tongkangs, which were mortgaged to the complainant, the A.T.K.P.L.M. moneylending business, the mortgages still subsisting, Havana Ismail Sahib was put on his trial at the Singapore Assizes
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    MR. G. G. GRAY'S FUNERAL.
    54 16 THE funeral of the late Mr. George Grant Gray, chief clerk at the directorate of works at the Royal Air Force. Seletar. took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended. The Rev. Father Gauthier officiated. Mr. Gray had been in
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    Gracie Fields' Latest British Picture: "Show Goes On."
    1121 18 Gracie Fields' Latest British Picture "Show Goes On." The Brighter Side Of London Life. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Aug. 6. I ONDON has discovered that things it does not like can still be successful. AKhough Oracle Fields Is Britain's cinema box office number oik attraction, her films have so
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      392 18 3 Weeks Treatment tndedZyears j corns disappear Agonising corns made life a misery for this woman. On one occasion corns wrecked her holiday, for she simply could not get a shoe on and therefore had to stay Indoors. But Radox got rid of her corns In three weeks Read her
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    WHY DO SINGAPORE'S RICH MEN NEGLECT RAFFLES COLLEGE?
    1056 19 WHY DO SINGAPORE'S RICH MEN NEGLECT RAFFLES COLLEGE? No Large Donations For Many Years. PLEAS UNLIKELY TO MEET WITH SUCCESS UNLESS STATUS IS CHANGED. IT Is significant that for many years past Raffles College received no donations of any magnitude from the public (says an editorial In the Raffles College
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    LONDONS AIR DEFENDERS
    148 20 MV.H. DAILY DOZEN: Little Binkie Stewart, Britain's most popular child star, takes a little exercise at the Shepnerton studios. OFF GO THE FIGHTERS to meet enemy bombers bent on the "destruction" of London. Th«se are Gloucester Gladiators of the 54th Squadron stationed at Hornchurch (Right): CHAMPION BASKET
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
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      Masthead
      14 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT 4FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1937. No. 102.
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      SUN'S SPOTS CAUSE FADEOUTS OF RADIO TRANSMISSION.
      422 1 Broadcast Mystery Linked With Solar Eruptions. AMERICAN INVESTIGATIONS. r\\.\) SOL" U having an embarrassing time now he realises the fact that the sun spots that freckle his face are responsible for the mysterious antics of wireless waves. It has uiiu' been contended that
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      Reception Of Buenos Aires Station.
      177 1 Reception Of Buenos Aires Station. Long distance short-wave enthusiasts should tune In to LRU, Buenos Aires, any evening before dinner. Tango music Is what Buenos Aires specialises In, and Asiatic reception at the moment is of the best no fading, plenty of volume, and no Interference. The station broadcasts on
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      16 1 BERNARD SHAW AT THE MICROPHONE. Mr. Shaw photographed while delivering a recent address over the BBC.
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      MALAYA NEEDS NATIONAL SERVICE.
      393 1 MALAYA NEEDS NATIONAL SERVICE. Plea From Penang Correspondent. A NOTIIEK appeal for a national radio service for Malaya comes from an upcountry listener. He urges that the 8.M.8.C. follow the example of Manila's KZRM and broadcast simultaneously on long and short waves. "In one of the Penang newspapers some time
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      Bangkok On The Air
      84 1 LJSBPJ, Saladeng, Bangkok, on 32 metres, has been giving out announcements in Siamese, French and English, English being most used on the Thursday night broadcasts. A news bulletin in English often constitutes the first item in the programme, the interval signal consisting of three flute-like notes
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      FLUORESCENCE OF VALVES.
      96 1 Many modern valves show a bright blue glow on the inside of the glass bul' This fluorescence should not be confused with the blue glow originating Inside the anode due to softness. The fluorescence is actually caused by a ray "knocked off" some part of the assembly
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      FROG'S CONCERT FROM TOKIO.
      50 1 A "Frog's Concert" was broadcast from Japan to Britain, Germany and the United States on Monday. The songs of the frogs were recorded along the upper reaches of the Sagaml River. Kanagawa. a boat conveying the an-nouncer-cum-mlerophone as near as possible to the "voice of nature."
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      INTERFERENCE IN CAR RADIO.
      77 1 It has been found there are so many sources of interference from a normal car fitted with a radio-set that a special car set has been built in the United States In which every bearing Is electrically short-circuited and special precautions taken to earth all moving
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      English "News" Broadcast Puzzles Listeners.
      191 1 I 1 SIGNERS tuning in to the B.B.C. Regional second news broadcast a few weeks ago were astonished to hear the grave accents of chief announcer Stuart Hibberd saying, We regret to announce that the condition of his Majesty, King William IV., is no better.
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      The Children's Hour.
      282 1 BETWEEN the dark and the day- light. There comes from each radio tower A series of gentle broadcasts That are knoicn as the Children's Hvur. And the girls and the boys are gathered To listen with bated breath To educational programmes Of murder and sudden death. Then
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      LIVING CZECH RADIO SETS.
      343 1 Further Details Of Demonstration. MEN HOLD HANDS. FURTHER details come from Mora-via-Ostrau, an industrial town in Czecho-Slovakia about the human radio sets mentioned In this pag" several weeks ago. Two assistants, Franz Sykora. aged 21 and Rudolf Vltavsky. aged 35. have created a sensation because they
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      Daventry Relays Of Promenade Concerts.
      306 1 THERE are several new features in the scheme for the present eight weeks' season of Promenade Concerts in the Queen's Hall, being conducted by Sir Henry J. Wood. Many of the concerts are being broadcast in the Empire programmes from Daventry. Monday nights will be
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        514 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1 33 Me/s (?26 m.) pm. Chinese (Teochcw) music. Grtmone records. 7. (Mi Dance music. Gramophone records. 7.30 Time, weather. news and announcente. 7.50 Organ and piano recital. Gramophone records. •Serenade in the Nithf' and "When the Poppies Bloom Again" Played by
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        472 2 8.05 Talk on Prencn events. 8.20 Concert relay. 8.50 News in French. Colonial market prices 9.20 Economic and Social Talk by M. Oualid. 8.30 Theatrical talk by M. Pierre Scire. 9.40 Gramophone records. 9.50 Conducted l>y H. Tomasi. M. Preecheville uiolincello). 11.15 Rates of exchange and French stocks (rentes). 11
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        717 2 PENANG. I ni 7.00 Signal and programme, 7.05 ZHJ 23rd Symphony Concert. 1. Overture, "Im Fruhllng' (Goldmark, Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orch. 2. "Scherezade" Op. 35 (Rimsky-Korsakov) Played by the Philadelphia Gymphony Orch. Leopold Stokowsky. 7.55 Share reiwrt. 8.00 Sandy McPherson at the BBC. theatre organ. (B.B.C. rediffused >
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        628 2 NIROM. SJB. 6.20 Gymnastics. 6.35 Merry recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. C.52 Continuation of recorded mucic. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Opening announcement. 10.54 Light music. 11.30 Morning service. 11.50 Time signal. Weather report. 11.56 Mark Hambourg (piano recital). p.m. 12.20 Luncheon concert by th« Nirotn Or.h. 1.10 News bulletin. 120
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        615 2 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered in the dissected body of a mosquito the evidence that revealed the secret of malaria transmission. Produced by John Richmond. 10.05 Bouquets Concert Party. 10.50 "Voyagers Overseas"— 3 Readinp from Surgeon Jackson's Journal of a Voyage to the Bonny River (1825). 11.05 Scottish Dance Music*
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        327 2 SATURDAY SINGAPORE pm. 12.45 Light orchestral concert played b* Reller's Famous Hunfrarlan Band. Relay from the Adelphi Hotel. 2 00 Interval. 6 00 Chinese iCantoneee) music Gromo* phone records. 6.45 Children's programme. (Chinese). 7..-0 Orchestral concert. Played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Gramo* phone records. "Til Eulem,piegel6 Luetice Strekhe" Hi*
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        397 3 EMPIRE STATION. (Continued from page II) TRANSMISSION 3. |»m. 35 Big B«n. Critff Highland Gathering Sir James Denby Roberts. Bart. Rum imp commentary on some of Utt events, l.y n. F. Dunmtt. Fvom the Games Ground. CrkfT. 10 05 Variety,* including William Walker and Anne de Nys. "The Four Crotchets
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        333 3 ROME p.m. 9 20 Opening announcement. The week in review. News in Hindustani. Giuseppe cii Porno ig;;'tarist) and Pina Ta**i soprano Music bv requc< t News in Italian. 10 50 Close do* n. NIROM. km G.20 Gymnastics. 6 35 Merry recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. i. 52 Continuation of recorded
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        468 3 6. 00 Methodist Episcopal Service. Relay from che Wesley Church. 7 00 Piano recital of Debussy's work*. ".30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.35 Wet-It's Gocd Cavsc "CblUreni Welfare." 7 40 Dance music. 8. 00 Close down. EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a.m. 12.40 The BBC Sincers (Section A>. conducted by
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        621 3 8.35 Sunday evening programme. 8. DC Chamber music. Beethoven: Trio In B flat major, op. 11: Kreutzer: Trio in E flat major. Julius Dahlkc. piano: Alfred Richter. clarionet; Walter Schulz, cello. 9.20 News and review of the week in Engli>h on DJE. DJN, DJQ, and in Dutch on DJB 9.35
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        773 3 QiiilterV Selection, Tonight's the Night I Rubens i '.20 Big Ben. Weekly newsletter, sports summary and announcements. TRANSMISSION 5. a.m. 6.40 Schubert songs. 6.50 Big 3en. Chamber Mi^ic of Schubert 1. Canadian Trio: Itia Nelson < violin); Zara Nelson i violoncello); Margaret Chamberlain iplanofoitei Eileen Grainger uiola). The Canadian Trio:
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        384 4 N1R0M. Mfc 8.20 Recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. 6.5a Continuation of recorded muaie. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Opening announcement. 10.54 Light music. 11.30 Morning service. 11.50 Time signal Weather report. 11.56 Classical music. 12.20 Luncheon music. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Continuation of luncheon music 3.10 News bulletin. 2.20 Close down.
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        546 4 TRANSMISSION 5. a.m. 6.40 Short pianoforte recital by Lucy Scollick. 6.50 Big Ben. 'Summer Over the British Isles" 5: jumraer in Wales.* "Toduced by T. Rowland Hughes. 7.20 "Empire Exchange."* Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and the Colonies. 7.35 BBC Empire Orchestra: leader, Daniel Melsa; conductor, Eric
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        400 4 TTA-2. 13 24 me s (19 t« m) P". i .SO Gramophone records. 7. OS Talk on current French evenU tin Japanese) 7.30 News In Engllsn. 7.3S Concert relay. 8.05 Gramophone records. 3.20 Concert relay. 8.50 News In French. Colonial market price*. 3.20 Talk on music by M. C. Oulmont.
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        753 4 PENANG. 7 00 Signal and programme. 7.05 Patricia Rossborough at the Piano (recorded). 7.20 Big Ben. Victor SU»es.er ana Ballroom Orchestra. (RedUTused). 7.55 News bulletin. 8.00 Chinese music. o.OO Close down. EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. aua. 12.40 "World Affairs."* Talk by H. V. Hodson. 12.55 BBC. theatre organ. 1 20
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        660 4 AMERICAN SHORT-WAVE STATIONS TODAY pm. 9.15 Prcm-RaJlo Newt N. Y., Boston WtXK 9.570 II > 1 35 Minlt Interview* Pltteburfh W8XK 13.S10 li.T TOMORROW a.m. £.55 1*6 Reveler*, icale quartet New York W3XAL 17.780 19. 7.20 Cavalcade of America New York W2XK il.830 25. S 7.50 American Compoten' Programme New
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        630 4 7.05 Music of Chopin— 5 Cyril Smith (pianoforte). 7.35 Variety. t 7.50 Predrlc Bayco. at BBC Theatre 0 8.20 "Food for Thought."* Three talks on matters of topical int. i 8.40 Operatic arias. t 8.50 News and announcem 9.05 Greenwich ttee signal. 9.15 Close down. TRANSMISSION 3. 9.35 Big Ben.
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