Malaya Tribune, 13 March 1933

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  • 36 1 The Malaya Tribune THE MOST POPULAR DAILY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. V»L XX.- No. GO SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Monday, Mar. 13, 1933. Malaya Tribune SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 286 1 SCOTS WHISfcY MODERN ~y~~ I in every Detail/ j 1 The New Austin Ten-Four <!ucing this new model the Austin Motor Co. wished"—and it h«. v- u. Jl they are providing a type for which there is a deflnlte d A «ar to seat in comfort four adults of even
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    • 76 1 j}{ HI Ilmm* n m I HE4LTH j IN EVERY TIN \J IT MUST BE I I CROSSE BLACK WELL'S. j I Sime, Darby Co., Ltd 1 Many People Save Money I L By Using I Milk at its Best j j SAFE AND GOOD FOR BABY BLUE CROSS MILK
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    • 43 1 A. FLINTER 6, Raffles Place, Singapore. Importing Diamonds and Pearl Necklaces of every size and quality. Selling at latest and lowest market prices. Also buying gold coins and gold ornaments of every class and quality, paying highest prices according to daily exchange rates.
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  • 336 2 Coalition Offer To Gen. Smuts. Capetown, Feb. 11. The political position has undergone a new and remarkable development in the past week as the result of the increasing pressure brought to bear upon General Hertzog from within the Nationalist party, and the open overtures for
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  • 329 2 The Methods Used In Bavaria. Munich. Feb. 10. The visit to England of Dr. A. Pustet and Krrr Rohr in order to take part in the campaign against the musquash In the Severn Valley has evidently aroused a gcod deal of interest in England in the methods
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  • 129 2 Monopoly Plan In Hungary. Budapest, Feb. 8. The Ministry of Agriculture is considering a plan to create a State monopoly of the production of paprika. Of the annual harvest of four hundred railway wagons of paprika a hundred and twenty aie exported, and two hundred and twenty are used
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  • 109 2 Three Suicides A Day In Gay Vienna. Vienna. An "Advice Bureau for Those Tired of Life" is hard at work in Vienna, once famed as the "Gay City." There were 1,165 suicides and 1,710 attempted suicides in Vienna last year. The advice bureau dissuades many from taking
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  • 541 2 Women Granted 30,000 Divorce Decrees. More than 30.000 of .the 50,000 divorce decrees granted in Great Britain since the War have been obtained by women. Consequently, some 30,000 ex-husbands are paying a sum estimated at £4,000,000 a year in maintenance. Besides these men, thousands of husbands separated
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  • 212 2 Women Who Torture Their Husbands. "Seinsh and brutal" women received stinging criticism from Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Chesser. the noted woman physician, in a lecture on The Making of a Happy Human Being" which she delivered in London. It is the right of every child to b? born of
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  • 144 2 Slept Under Trees Each Night. Truro, Nova Scotia. Old Peter Wilmot. a chief of the Micmatribe, has died at the age of 106. He had never had a days illness all his life and at the end he sank quietly asleep. Wilmot was born in a wigwam
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  • 92 2 The Fatter The Faster. Philadelphia. Women make more rapid progress in golf than men, according to Joe Goble, foimer National Amateur Public Links Champion cf America. Moreover, he declares, the stouter they are the faster they learn. •Women,- says Joe, "are much easier to teach than men, mostly
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  • 157 2 Slower And More Impressive Tempo. A new arrangement of the music cf the National Anthem is now available according to an Army Order. It is definitely slower. The tempo is reduced from 80 to 60 crcchets a minute, so that it will be more impressive. The anthem is
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  • 246 2 Mr. H. W. Nevinson's Suffragette Bride. Mr. Henry W. Nevinson, the 75-year-old journalist, has married Miss Evelyn Sharp, the novelist who at one time was a leading exponent of the suffragette cause in Britain. The wedding took place very quietly at the registrar's effice in Hampstead Town
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  • 195 2 How Gen. Gordon Went To The Sudan. It was the spin of a coin that decided that General Gordon should go to Egypt and become Governor-General of the Sudan, according to a new biography about him written by H. E. Wortham to mark the centenary of
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  • 156 2 Court Official In Three Reigns. The Earl of Chesterfield has died in London at the age of 79. He had held the title since 1887 when he succeeded his father as the tenth earl. Since Lord Chesterfield leaves no children, his brother, Captain Henry A. Scudamore-Stan-hope. succeeds to
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  • 131 2 You May Have Missed £300,000. Belgrade. A young mechanic of Novi Sad is now confident that he will make a foitune cf some £300,000 because he has solved the problem of how to remove a cork from a bottle without damaging the cork. Some time
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  • 62 2 Warsaw, Fez. 8. A Jew named Isaac Ribazen has just escaped frcm Soviet Russia in an ice wagon. When he arrived here he ?;as nearly frozen to death. Several years ago Ribazen was an ardent Communist and went to live in Soviet Russia. Finding life there
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  • 440 2 Tercentenary Of Th e Royal Scots. The Royal Scots (the R oVa i p oldest unit cf the British the 300 th anniversary 0 tl mation this year, and arranj made for special celebrations I, mark the tercentenary a J*rad t The Royal Scots Regiment 0[ Princess
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  • 178 2 Increase Of 20 Per Cent. In A Year. The weight of letters sent by air from Grit Britain during 1932 exceedtti all prertw recc gs. It amounted to 64 tons as compared with 52 tons in 1931 —an increase of per cent. The Chu.tmas mail despatched
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    • 241 2 WHITE AWAY S ONE DOLLAR DAYS commence to-day MONDAY, MARCH 13 and continue until SATURDAY, APRIL 1. Useful articles from all departments will be displayed on the Ground Floor at ONE FOR A DOLLAR TWO FOR A DOLLAR THREE FOR A DOLLAR FOUR FOR A DOLLAR NICKEL C OFFEE SPOON'S.
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    • 42 2 MADE IN ENGLAND Swan Pens, Black or Coloured, froffl 'Swan' Minor 5 2~ 7< 'Blockbird' Pent CtJ 20 Swan Ink OF STATIONERS AND H* El LE*s. j fffusfro'ed Cotahqve p I MABIE, TODD CO, LTD-. Swan House, London, w. j t I
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  • 2729 3 EXPENSIVE AND RESULTLESS METHODS. DESPOTIC ACTS OF COLONIAL OFFICE. Closing Of Brothels. Sir David Galloway's Stringent Criticism. In the following striking article, reprinted from the "Malayan Medical Journal," Sir David Galloway, M.D., F.R.C.P., strongly attacks the close-the-brothrH policy forced upon the Colony by the Colonial Office: With
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  • 100 3 Search For Work On A British Machine. Adelaide. Mr. Sidney Dawes, a shop assistant who emigrated from London 23 years ago, says that he has cycled 3.800 miles in search of work. He lefe Adelaide on an eld bicycle of British make early in 1931, travelling to Melbourne
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    • 99 3 i p rum j /H THE HALL MARK ill! fill PUBITIf t< ll ill AND i ""«i EXCELLENCE j Ig* DON'T DELAY j I ORDER £§«8 PH(ENIX j SjkjS TO-DAY I Phone 3463. mDo il through Semori I and harm- f^S^^^B less contraceptive v t'ommended and g\f ;y widely used
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    • 444 3 Make Duty a Pleasure BY Using Gibbs Dentifrice As a lule children do not lik" the MM sary task of cleaning their tooth. If you give them each a handy cornoact tin of Oibbs Dentilric. they will enjoy a thrice-daily '•duty" which is actually a pleasure, for Gibbs is delicious
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  • 1137 4 Shipping News Notices. VOYAGE TO CHINA BY SUBMARINE. Mechanical Whale's 10,000 Miles. The new British submarine. H.M.S. "Rainbow" of 1,475 tons surface displacement and over 2.000 tons submerged displacement, left Portsmouth last month on its 10,000 miles voyage to China for the purpose of replacing the ill-fated "Poseidon," which was
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  • 473 4 Case Of Opium Being Found On Launch. The Pud Court, comprising the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) and the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood), sitting in Appellate Jurisdiction at Hongkong on March 2, upheld an appeal against a judgment of Mr. H. R. Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy,
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  • 168 4 Australian Trade Ship Coming. Mr. F. R. R. van Esveld, advance agent of the Australian Trade ship committee, who have chartered the Nieuw Holland," a familiar caller at this port, is at present in Singapore making arrangements in connection with the ship's visit to Singapore in May.
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  • 241 4 Bangkok Float Raised After One Month. Bangkok, Feb. 17. A few years ago the foreign merchants, rice millers and others, with interests fronting the waterways of the capital and on the river itself, subscribed a sum of over £6.000 to present the Government with one of the
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  • 138 4 New Vessels Sj>ceded Up By One Day. Th* Dollar Steamship Line advise having speeded up th ir trans-Pacific schedule for thptr new electric liners President Hoover" and President Coolidgc" by one day. Arriving and sailing dates Oriental ports remain the same, but from new on tntsc two
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  • 352 4 A European Shipmaster Summoned. Serious charges were brought against Captain Oscar Soovik, master of the s.s. "Yuan On," before ihe Hon. Comdr. Hole, at the Hongkong Marine Court on Mar. 2. says the "South China Morning Post," and fines totalling $4,200 were imposed, but were later cancelled
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  • 158 4 Many Injured In Fracas At Wuchow. Wuchow, Feb. 2C. A few days ago. a big took place between two large bands of c olia. From newspaper recounts, coolies belonging to one faction were engsged by a shop to carry 250 large baskets of matches from a ship
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    • 400 4 OTEAMBB SAILINGS. P. 0. BRXfISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated ln England). MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contrct with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARD FROM LONDON. For China and Japan. Due Tonnage. Singapore. 1933. Bhutan 6,000 Mar. 14 Chitrai
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    • 483 4 Where You May Buy The Malaya Tribune ThTfO^l^nJ^ET^TS 18 N BAUS AT H Ve p rSeaS 1 Syndicate Burmah a* DEPOTS.— Road Penanc and Branch. Tons fen* <- Co SINGAPORE. U Y. Mohamed Ibrahim. 134. Tanjong Pagar 11 Medical Hall. ,1. Road, and Keppel Road Railway Station. Mr 11 4
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    • 202 4 HAMBURO-AMERIRA LfNIE Deuuch |HpR Australbche Dampfschlffa CJ Gesellschaft (Companies Incorporatd In Germany). OUTWARDS. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. 1933. t m.s. DUISBURG. via Manila Mar 22 m.s. RUHR, via Manila Apr 4 t ms. SAUERLAND. via Manila Apr 18 m*. ERMLAND via Manila May 3 t m.s. LEVERKUSEN
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    • 498 4 STEAMER JjAIIJi^ NORDDEUIBCBEj Germany). fl x^cs U CrnotCd COmPany s OUTWARDS. 5 "SAALE" for Manila. Hongkor* 1933 Shanghai, N. China and Japan v, t "DESSAU"' for Yokohama, Robe 15 and Osaka "PULDA" for Manila, Hongkong 30 Shanghai, N. China and Japan w HOMEWARDS. "FRANKEN" for Genoa, Marseilles Casablanca, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
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  • 398 5 Mining Shares. ngapore, Monday, 11 a.m. Un share quotations are Issued Co.. exchange and stock to tT jokers Buyers. Bellera. y at Tin 23 9 24 9cd 5 Ai*" I*l1* 1 M» 18 20 norn Tin 10 3 10 9 iaagrta Tin ill- i*. BaUnt Pad 0.05
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  • 95 5 MU) BY FRASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Buyers. Sellers. ■•4 C d B :->z P« cent 100 101 ci Municipal (Mil 5 per cent 105 110 norn toW»r< Municipal nt 104 105 norn ■lapor? Municipal 104 105 norn ■saw&re .Municipal 100 102 norn ■99 H M
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  • 165 5 Financial News Views. TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION. STRAITS TRADERS NOW $20y 4 Rubber Quiet But Steady. (By Our Financial Correspondent.; Singapore, Monday, Noon To-days Prices:— Rubber (R.S.S. Singapore) Tin (Singapore), $76. Saturday's Prices:— London Rubber 2>/ B d., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. New York Rubber, closed London Tin, no market. New
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  • 155 5 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd. Prices for Shall Mofcrr Spirit and various brands of Kerosene are as follows: Shell Aviati n Spirit in 4 gallon <drums per British Imperial gallon $1.23 Shall Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial gallon $0.86 Shell M tor Spirit per 4 gallon
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  • 207 5 (By Courtesy of Hongkong Bank.) Sing~'pcre. March 13. Selling: London 4 months' sight 2s. 3 27|32d, London 3 months' sight 2s. 3 13i16d.. London 60 days' sight 2s. 3 25 32d.. London 30 days' sight 2s 3 id. London demand 2s. 3 2332 d., London T.T. 2s. 3
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  • 18 5 The following tin returns for the month of February are reported: Pahang Consolidated Ipoh Tin nr.doin»
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  • 873 5 Chairman And Possibility Of Reconstruction. The sixth annual general meeting of ths Wilkinson Process Rubber Co.. Ltd.. was held at the offices of the company, 9/11. Old Market Square. Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. Feb 22, at noon. The chairman, Mr. John Hands, said—The net loss is $38,700.78.
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  • 35 5 The following rubber returns arc reported fur the month of February: lb. Ayer Molek 12.712 Bukit Jcl tong 13.270 Erunei 34.800 Changkat 24.975 Haytor 19.067 Indragiri 68,896 Luna* 39,400 Nyala.s 37.700 Tapoh 75,044
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  • 21 5 The tin returns for the month of February are reported as under: Piculs. Hong Fatt 288 Renon!T Tin *22
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  • 246 5 j "We See No Cause For Compassion." We have heard a great deal during the past ye r about the serious fall in the earnings of the banks, which have had to employ their deposits unprofltably in the short-term maroveWra/r ff in indl trial Much baa been
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  • 47 5 Latest Quotations. RUBBER. i omfon Spot: 2Ud. New York: No market. Singapore: 6 3 16—6 516 cent;. TIN. London Spot: £149 2s. 6d. (Unchanged) London 3 months: £149 17s. 6d. (Unchanged Tin: $76.00. COPRA. Messrs Barlow and Co. report: Sundrled 54 55 Mixed $4 20
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  • 126 5 The Bajau Rubber And Produce Estates. In the Chancery Division, before Mr. Justice Maugham, an application was made on Feb. 0 by the Bajau Rubber and Produce Estates for confirmation of the reducuoi. cf capital by writing off Is. 9d. per share of 1,233,000 issued shares at 2s
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  • 343 5 Receipts Down By 10.72 Per Cent. The report cf thej directors of the Singapore Traction Co.. Ltd.. at the annuaj meetingin London on March 1. stated that the profit for the year, after charging debenture s:ock interest and London expenses, was £40 865 16s. lid.; and
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  • 75 5 Majedie (Johore> Rubber Estates announce that the result of the past financial year was a loss of £268. This, when deducted' from the net amount of £1,504 brought in. leaves a credit balance of £1,237 to carry forward. The. balance sheet investments at £36.525, of which £13,916 is
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  • 370 5 Rubber Shares. Singapore. Monday, 11 a.m. The following rubber ah are quotation! art issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Bvatt: 'sue Value. Fraser Lyall Shan s. St Co. ffvatt. 1 Allcnby $0.45 $0.55 $0.45 $0.55 1 Alor Gajah 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.3b IA. Hltara 0.50
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  • 287 5 FRASER CO.'S QUOTATIONS. a 5 CLOSINO QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Selltra $2 $2 Alex. Brick Pref. 1.05 1.10 $2 $2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 000 norn £1 £1 B. Amcti. Tobacco 90,- 95,--$lO $5 B. Malaya Trustee 5.20 5.50 £1 £1 C. Tin Pref. 7 p.c. "1 6 22 3 £1
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 51 5 THE SOUTH imfca BRITISH M if.'iy INSURANCE >Qj COMPANY, LIMITED. I Fl,{K MARINE TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSI RANCE ACCEPTED AT 10WES1 CI'RRENT RATES. L C. MARGOLIOUTH. Manager. nruayson Green. THE EASTERN UNITED «SCR.\\C£ CORPORATION. LTD. FIRE, MARINE, motor car AND personal accident insurance. mV.'j JOBNSOM: General Manager. Malacca Street.
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    • 40 5 YEARLY INTEREST PAID QUARTERLY A bank balance is your best friend. You can turn to it whenever you are in need of financial assistance. Build a bank balance quickly with small regular savings. •MinwaaaaaaMaaaaasiaaanaKf Head Office: 55. Wall Street. N.Y.
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    • 291 5 THE EASTERN BANK, LIMITED. (Inc.rporated in England). SINGAPORE BRANCH: 4. D Almeida Street Authorised and BHta ertmtĕ Capital £2.0'>o.(K»ft Pald-up*Capital ti.ouo.ucd Reserve Fund and Rest i ,100.000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON BRANCHES: B nibay. Calcutta. Colombo, Karachi, Madias. Aniara, Baghdad, Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuli, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS rpened and interest
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 Amuseiiients < j Coming "SON-DAUGHTER," M.-G.-M. s Strangest Triumph I j THfINDEPt N! FN! i:-\TKE WITH TIIE PICK OP WORLD'S PICTURES A New Star Team Makes a Hit! For three years fans have demanded these two in a single film here they are in Fox Movietone's grand thriller of the
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    • 156 6 Greeted by PACKED HOUSES Yesterday! HERE HE IS—Good Old JOE! BACK AGAIN AT in his Funniest Picture Yet!! j JOE E. BROWN j as the big HE-MAN from TEXAS who came to BROADWAY J to show them how to Run the Follies with GINGER ROGERS, LEW CODY and a j
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    • 351 6 Positively the LAST NIGHT of EXTENDED If you miss it, you'll have yourself to blame NIGHTLY 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. ERNST LUBITSCH S Superbly-produced Comedy "TROUBLE IN PARADISE"! j with j HERBERT MARSHALL j; j MIRIAM HOPKINS j I KAY FRANCIS j TO-MORROW NIGHT I j The Screen's funniest pair—in
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  • 1133 7 llouse-Warming. M REASING SCOPE OF THE WORK. of. the new Vehicles Dspart--9 reel and Middle Road was Saturday by a tea-party and d by the staff of the Deh many guests, including the toners, weie invited. V< hides. Mr. G. C. Meredith, ag those present were
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  • 220 7 AT THE CINEMAS. -in Bennett and Charles Farrell make an u til active pair in Wild Girl," the Fox prowhlc:- !vgan a season at the Alhambra night. lhere arc many reasons why the picture "s lik?ly to appeal as greatly as the majority of the
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  • 148 7 Joe E. Brown, the big-mouthed comedian, scores another outstanding success in "The Tenderfoot," which began a season at the Capitol last night. The comedy is brisk and continuous and more than maintains the high standard which is expected from one of the most popular
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  • 84 7 Singaporeans Hold Re-Union Dinner. More than 30 graduates of Hongkong University, in Singapore, together with their wive: and guests, celebrated the coming-of-age of their alma mater at a re-union dinner oSaturday. Dr A. E. Chen, the chairman, proposed that a telegram congratulating the University and wishing it continued
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  • 54 7 Fine And Compensation To Be Paid. The Second Magistrate (Mr. A. Hay) delivered judgment this morning in the ««m CressoK wa* convicted and fined $5 and ordered to oav compensation oi $20. Mi J C Cobbett appeared for Lemon and Miss Cresson. and Mr. A. J. Braga
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  • 52 7 The marriage of Miss Stow Beng Neo, young,st darter'f MffiS late Mr Siow Kai Soon, U> Mr T onoo. *n of Mrs. Choo Chwee Hock and the late M rhnoChuee Heck, will take place at 13, Ah HoZ Si on Saturday Miss Berg Neo wa, the Convent of the Holy
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  • 1235 7 Broadcast Speeches. THE FAR EASTERN ISSUES. Reuter. London. March 11. Mr. Matsuoka arrived in London this evening. Interviewed by Reuter he said that apart from reporting to the Emperor and the Government he had finished with diplomacy. He repudiated the diplomatic intentions attributed to his visits
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  • 186 7 Heavy Casualties On Both Sides. Shanghai. March 12. The Japanese Minister demanded of Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang on Friday the withdrawal of the Chinese troops from the Great Wail, but Chang unexpectedly resigned in the evenm The Japanese Minister has cabled t: Tok\ > fc»r instructions— Sin Chew
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  • 44 7 Hongkong. March 12. There is a run on the Provincial Bank at Canton. Lakhs of dollpes were being paid out yesterday. A m ratorium has been declared from to-day on the old notes of the Central Bank.—"Sin Chew Jit Poh."
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  • 232 7 Marshal Yen's Troops To Co-operate. Shanghai. Marcn 13. The meeting between Gen. Yen Shi Shan (Pacification Commander of Taiyuan. who had l"ft the Shansi capital to meet Chiang) and Marshal Chiang Kai Shek at SekchuUsang was satisfactory. Marshal Chiang requested that the Shansi trccps defend the provinces of
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  • 142 7 Going To The Front For Service. Shanghai, March 11. Dr. H. H Kung (former Minister of Industry and who recently passed through Singapore on his way back to China after leading the Chinese Industrial Mission to Europe and America) says: "After consulting the Central Government, I
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  • 501 7 Indian Cook's Quarrel With Master. Aruchunan, a youthful Indian, who was a cook in the employ of Mr. Chandra Sekera, a ckrk in the Finance Depar-ment. Central Police Station, was put on his trial to-day at 'the Singapore Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mills and a special jury, on
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  • 731 7 Imperial Germany. DANZIG CORRIDOR INCIDENT. Reuter. Berlin. March 11. Communists are specifically excepted fr m invitations to a constituent sitting of the Reichstag, t. be held at the Opera House after the formal opening at the garrison church Potsdam. It is stated in Reichstag elides that
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 303 7 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in force oyer $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. j (Incorporated in the Strait* Settlement*). HEAD OFFICE: Oreat Eastern Life Building. Cecil Street, Singapore The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Courf n t vt,.i*~a LONDON, OFFICE: 17, Old Jewry, K.O. Anwtm supreme
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  • 137 8 BCEY—LEE—The marriage of Boey Keok Cheow. the son of the late Mr. Boev Lian Wing and Mrs. Boey Lian Wh:g of Singapore, and Miss Lee Swee Qui. tiie daughter of the late Dato and Mrs. Lee Kong Lam of Kuala Lumpur, took place at Singapore, on Saturday,
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  • 873 8 The Straits Echo thinks Daylight Saving a failure: "It would appear that the present unnatural division of day and night is not satisfactory at both ends, in the early morning and in the evening, and that even those who welcomed it as allowing a further half-hour for recreation
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  • 682 8 Unique Fashion Show At Little's. Messrs. John LKtle and Co., Ltd., broke new ground on Saturday when they staged a dress parade of Cepea Fabrics, and a crowded "house fully appreciated the excellence of the show and the satisfactory manner in which it was organised. Belcw,,
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  • 39 8 Prom China by the 'Cremer," due at Singapore this afternoon. Frcm China and Japan by the "Bengal Maru," due at Singapore at noon to-morrow. From China by the "Kidderpore," due at Singapore at 6 a.m. on Thursday.
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  • 131 8 Mr. E. P Welby. widow of the late general manager of the Rubber Eitates of Malaya, Ltd. Johore. is leaving for England by the "Hector" on March 22. Lady Clementi has promised to be present at the performance cf "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" on Saturday, March 25. in the
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  • 412 8 (BY "LOOKER. QN Singapore has deve streaks. FTJ Mb* A These traffic line? ;n substitute for the lost sunshine U A Derby County hope to ball home a few time'at WJj^ It seems appropriate that a fam„ cruise captain should be called SJ? The start of the
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  • 55 8 Return To Capital On Saturday. (From Our Onn CorrcspondO't) Bangkok Marc'i It Their Majesties returned to B* terday evening. The Kin? SlZff 1 to Admiral Berthclot. by the French Navy in the Far East. roO a State Dinner and a perfomian< «W Marked Players. 1W» evening tl* lir
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  • 25 8 A letter from the Editor of replying to one in our mlumn* jfc referring to an editorial in U» 01 be published to-moriow.
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  • 30 8 VENEREAL DISEASE PROBI I M SHIPPING NEWS, on page 4 CLUB DIARY, on page 0 THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION CD OUR READERS' VIEWS, on pat* J* RADIO PROGRAMMK
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 41 8 J 634 1 i j Reduce your cost of living and at the I same time support local industry by a .ng j l T.K.K.'S GOODS. j 1 5 fi TENG SENG GUAN, Established 1905. 634, North Bridge Road. I J
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 238 8 DIARY OP EVENTS. Public Functions And Sports Fixtures. TO-DAY, MARCH 13. High Tides.—ll.2s a.m., 11.56 p.m. Golf: Keppel G.C. Ladies' Spoon (Stroke). Football. Commercial Cup, S.H.B. v. NB 5.H.8.; Hongkong Bank v. Tan Kali Kee! Geylang; Municipal Services v. Mansfield! Jalan Besar; Bramtoco v. P. 0., Anson Road S.C.C. v.
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  • 94 9 THIRTY-FIVE SHOCKS IN CALIFORNIA. FE4BS FOR THE SAFETY OF MRS. HOOVER. Martial Law At Long Beach. Pneumonia Adds To The Toll Of Suffering. i arthquake-stricken zone in California is the scene of terrible Many homeless people, sheltering from the cold round camp-fires, have contracted pneumonia
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  • 708 9 Reuter. Los Angeles, March 11. -uocessive shocks shook Cali*rom the Mexican border to Santa ualtie-s are officially estimated •.\er 4.000 injured, mostly :jllowed the first at four or five ...uf MO hour later. There are tred people m the hospital. One person las beer,
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  • 230 9 Britons Arrested And Offices Raided. Reuter Wireless. Berlin, March 12. n with the arrest by the ha II cow of four British employees ten it is reported that Metrobn Moscow has been raided and records and other papers seized. British Embassy inquired at the Russian °ffice which stated
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  • 220 9 Tired Of Political Life. Shanghai, March 13. Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang returned to Peiping, after his meeting with Marshal Chiang Kai Shek at Sekchiatsang. on Saturday, and after handing over office to Gen. Ho Ying Chin* (Minister cf War), left for the South by plane yesterday morning. He
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  • 57 9 At the fifth annual general meeting of the Party, held at Mr. Koh Kirn leZ's residmce, 461, Joo Chiat Road, on Feb. srVhe following were elected office-bearers *w year- Patrons, Messrs. r ,am ;„sr-or «W Teck Soon; hon. hon asst. music supt., Mr. Ong Hor ice, Messrs. Tan Cheng Liaw.
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  • 486 9 American Banks. PRESIDENT'S RADIO SPEECH. Reuter Wireless. President Roosevelt has issued a reassuring announcement about the opening vt the banks and the protection of the pcopk's money and the soundmss of the new currency. Washington, March 13. President Roosevelt, broadcasting from the White House, gave an
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  • 205 9 The Subject At Sunday s Meeting. "Substance" v;as the subject considered by -11 Christian Science congregations on Sunday, he Golden Text being "Turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait en hy God o ntinually." (Hosea 12:6). The lesson-sermon at Chrstian Seie-icc ,ci vices consists
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  • 413 9 MAJOR CONFLICT DEVELOPING. Tanks Destroyed. Great Wall Defence At All Costs. The la.est Chinese cables suggest a bitter and prttracted war for possession of the Great WaU, the Chinese armies having been greatly reinforced. Tokyo, March 13. Press despatches report that the Chinese have been reinforced and
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  • 351 9 Chinese Consul-General Talks To Students. Mr. Tong Lao, the Chinese Consul-Oenera 1. paid a visit to the Modern English High School OO Frid v. He was welcomed by the Principal ond staff of the school. The Principal introduced the Consul-General to the students, who were then holding theii
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 43 9 SHORT STORIES. BY FAMOUS WRITERS. The following short stories will appear this week as stated: "FILMER," by H. G. WELLS— "Malaya Tribune," Wednesday. 'A MAN OF EXTREMES,' by A. E. W. MASON—"Malaya Tribune," Saturday. "THE MAGIC SHOP," by H. G. WELLS—"Malayan Saturday Post."
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    • 377 9 PHOSFERINE WONDERFUL FOR TONING THE SYSTEM Increases Will-power S XJr. "'j* and Appetite The Mighty Young A polio n, Britain's Champion Strong SSjBBBS I Maw, writes: Y OU will interested to hear that I have tried for myself the great tonic value of Phosferine. It is wonderful how it increases
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  • 88 10 RUGBY FOOTBALL. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Saturday's Final. HAMPSHIRE BEAT LANCASHIRE. London. March 11. Thr County Championship final was played to-cay. the result being as follow-: Hampshire 18 pi*.; Lancashire 7 pts. The results of the principal Club match's p ay?d to-day are as follows: Bradford
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  • 163 10 Saturday's International At Belfast. Belfast. March 11. A crowd f 3C.000 spectators turned out to witness the international match here to-day between In land and Wales. Ireland won by a dropped goal, a pc-nalty goal and a try (10 pts.) to a goal (5 pts.). Barnes after
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  • 65 10 Teams For Next Saturday's Match. Reuter. London, March 12. The following are the teams fcr the Scotland v. England International to be played at Muirayfield on March 18?— SCOTLAND: D. Brown; lan Smith. Lorraine, Llnd, Fyfej Jackson. Logan; Waters, Ritchie. Them. Beattie. Welsh. Stewart. Henderson. Rowand. ENGLAND.
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  • 105 10 Changing Fortunes In Final Match. CRICKET. Reuter. Adelaide. March 11. The M.C.C, who took first knock in the final match of their Australian tour, against South Australia, were all cut for 298 runs on Saturday. The home sjde then went in and scored 191. Victor Richardson,
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  • 17 10 There was no play on the Padang on Saturday or yesterday, owing to the rain.
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  • 137 10 GOLF. Sepoy Lines G.C. beat the Lsland Club on the former s course yesterday morning. Scores (Sepoy Lines players mentioned first): Lowson and Brooke A. L. Lim and Briggs 0. English and Fitzgerald 1» 4 Rappa and Lee Keng Tye 0. Allen and Hopkins 0,
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  • 22 10 hirty-six cards were taken out for the j"!!'"I. Mtd1 which resulted In buh nr„ n and w Y Semple.
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  • 198 10 Dates Of The Postponed Matches. ASSN. FOOTBALL. In consequence of daylight saving, all football matches played under the auspices of the S.A.F.A. during the current season will start at 5.15 p.m. Prices cf admission at Amon Road Stadium will be as follows: League. Division 111, and Commercial Cup
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  • 28 10 The S.A.F.A. League. Div. 11. match be<w«.en the Chinese II and the Medical College Union, arranged for Saturday, did not take i.lace owing t: the rain.
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  • 184 10 The scccer team drawn from Miss Riboets Company gave the Wiltshires a hard game at langlin yesterday. The match ended in a i —l draw after a very exciting tussle in which the Wilts took the lead towards the end after being behind for most of
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  • 78 10 The Clerical Union beat the Tan Kah Kee Rubber Factory XI on the Union s ground on Sunday by 5 goals to nil.. The following represented the Union:—Ong Seng Hock; Mohamed Tamby, Tan Teng Seng; Ffancis X, Tee. H. C. Mills. Tay Kwee Liang: A. Pinto.
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  • 31 10 LAWN TENNIS. There will be no play in the S.C.C. Spring tournament to-day. Ties fixed for to-day go over to Wednesday and those for to-morrow stand as they are.
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  • 42 10 BOXING. Owing to the rain it was impossible to stage the fights at the New World Arena on Saturday night. The fights have been postponed, a date to be fixed later. [Other sports news will be found on page 13.]
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  • 183 10 Scorned "Monkey Riding" Of The Present. The world's oldest jockey, Mr. John Faulkner, has died at his home in Appleford, Berkshire at the age of 104. He was a severe critic of the modern style of riding, and at the Ascot meeting in> 1927 he was so disgusted
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  • 385 10 Alor Star Pays The Best Dividend. THE TURF. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. March 11. There was only a small attendance present to-day for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Spring meeting, owing to rain. The Sultan cf Perak was among those present Alor Star
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  • 62 10 Book-Making To Disappear From Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. March 12. The Government have decreed that bookmaking by local race clubs shall cease. The present b:okie has officiated at the Sports Club for 33 years and the Turf Club since its foundation, without complaint. Racing foik
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  • 82 10 Reuter. London, March 11. The call-over on the Lincolnshire Handicap wa~> as follows:— 19 to 2 Alluvial, offered. 10 to 1 taken. 100 to 9 Solenoid offered, 12 to 1 taken. 18 to 1 Glenarg taken and offered. 18 to 1 Dorigen offered. 18 to 1 Young Native
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  • 67 10 Reuter. London, March 11. The call over on the Grand National was as follows:— 19—2 Golden Miller. 100 to 9 Onega lach taken and offered. 20 to 1 Annandale ottered, 25 to 1 taken. 22 to 1 Heartbreak Hill offered, 25 to 1 taken. 25 to 1
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  • 121 10 Visitor Who Did Not Know The Rules. Derk Rooseborn, a Dutch officer attached to a R.P.M. boat, was fined $40 by the Fourth Magistrate (Mr. A. C. Boyd) on Saturday, on charges of rash driving and driving without a Singapore licence. The case was a sequel to an
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  • 608 10 Increase More Likely. POLISH TROOPS CONCENTRATE. Reuter Wireless. Washington. March 11. It is underst od that Mr. Roosevelt and his administration assume the attitude that it other nations increase their armaments instead of reducing them it will be necessary for America to do likewise. Geneva. Marcli
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  • 141 10 Effect On Poland. Warsaw, Feb. 8. Despite attempts—which have not altogether been successful—to reduce expendituie i: the State departments, the Polish Budget for the coming year is expected to show a deficit of nearly £12,000,000. Next year's expendituie en the army and armaments will come
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  • 72 10 Detroit (Michigan). So completely has Mr. Henry Ford recovered frcm his recent opetation. that he is now able to enjoy one of his favourite recreations—old fashioned dancing. In the ultra-modern setting of the Ford Motcr Company engineering factory. Mr and Mrs. Ford led 200 guests through the
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  • 101 10 To Be Opened In The Summer? Reuter. London, March At approximately £17,500,000, the Air Estimates, issued to-day, show a net reduction of nearly £340,000. The air fleet r treng.h remains unchanged but the personnel has been reduced by 1,000 to 31,000. The progressive spirit regarding research
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  • 178 10 Possession Of Dutiable Liquor. (From Our Oisn C-'rrcspov.dcnt.) Malacca. March If. Claiming trial on a charge ci being found Ir j;, fusion of dutiable liquor distilling and ring MB apparatus for its manufacture Tan Koon Chee, a Hokien was convicted by th.Police Magistrate. Mr J. C. Derrick when
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  • 118 10 Prospective Son-In-Law's Complaint. An Indian additional police constable attached to tht Government Printing Works was the ■■omplainant tefore the District Judge (Mr. r f. A. Ferrer) on Saturday in a case of alleged heating in respect of 5102. It was alleged that the accused in the case i
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  • 38 10 Cambridge. Nebraska. A buffalo tned to step a railway train. The buffalo lost. Breaking through a fence, the animal, which belonged to a piivate here, charged head-on into a Burlington railroad locomotive and was killed.
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  • 102 10 Alhambra —Charles Fairell. Joan Bennett, etc., in "Wild Girl" Capitol—Joe E. Brown in "The Tenderfoot." Empir?.—"Horse Feathers." Great World.—Side shows, pasar malam, Malay opera, Chinese wayangs, silent and talking films ("The Phantom of Paris" and at Star Talkie: "Mon.e Catlo Madnes~"). Marlborough.—"Struggle for Love," a Chinese picture.
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  • 1077 10 Coroner's [nq auy< NOT IN CONDITION FOR DRIVING The Singapore < Bourne) opened an 1 c > irq in.o the death mt w. mor Mayhew, who uas ~v .J' W 0 oar at the kmZTt taTS Dock on the Man** J. r*** Mr. Brett. A S .l>,
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  • 114 11 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THB WHARVES Singapore, March 13. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1). Katong 22; Rajula 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate S). Klang 16; Tamatsu Maru 13; Pres. Harrison 11; Nieuw Holland 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3). Argun Maru 30; Montgomery City 32: City of Windsor 34; Benmacdhui
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 146 11 j j 715 To-Night 9.30 John Boles j I ü BESUBBECTION S> j C AR E T T ES^Lf" the Coupons Handsome Gifts Obtainable. SOLE AGENTS: HENRY WAUGH Co., Ltd Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. 3. A.P.8.—3 BOURNVILLE is the COCOA th t tasteg nke choco i at e and
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    • 128 11 j Pianos Bought, Sold jr- i- And Exchanged. SEASON CO.. LID., 115, North Bridge Road. j SINGAPORE. j| J concrete M:ixii:iß»Q MACHINES FOR "WINGET" OPEN DRUM MIXERS ARE MADE TO MEET THE STONF CRUSHERS REQUIREMENTS OF BUILDERS. CONTRACTORS AND ALL CONCRETE USERS OF CONCRETE GENERALLY INTERESTED IN THE SCREENING PLANT
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    • 165 11 J SABINE INSIJRA NCeI GOODS, MERCHANDISE, HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, MOTOR CARS &c, EFFECTED AT ww RATES For Quotations for transit risks by Road, 1 ftail or Water Apply to:— (f (l Motor Dnion Insurance Co., Ltd., j( Merchants' Marine Insurance Co, Ltd. Telephone 6144. J HEAR!* I RUDY VALLEE HIS CONNECTICUT
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    • 63 11 JOUR TOWN OFFICE, j The town office of the "Malaya j Tribune" has been removed from j §20a-20c, Collyer Quay, to 1 Messrs. E. M. Glover Co., 19, The Arcade (Ground floor) I Tel. 2219. m 1 Advertisement inquiries may be I made there, and letters and other I communications
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 676 11 CLUB DIARY. (There are numerous Clubs and Societies in Singapore, most of the members of which are readers of the "Malaya Tribune." This Diary U provided specially for them. Secretaries are invtted to co-operate in keeping it up-to-date •nd. complete. Happenings of general interest unil still be included in the
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    • 177 11 SATURDAY. MARCH 18. 2 p.m.—Bukit Timah Range, "F" (Malay Coy., Table "B." 2 p.m.—Farrer Range, S.R.A. <v). Table "A." SUNDAY. MARCH 19. I Fort Telegraph—Fortres:- Coy.. All Europeans. J 7 30 a.m.—Bukit Timah Range, "F* (Malay) I Coy., Table "B." I 7.30 p.m.—Farrer Range. S.R.E. (v), Table "A." 9 a.m.—Bukit
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  • 1134 12 Tamil Paper's Views. STORY OF PENDING NOMINATION. Writing n the subject of nomination of Tamil to the Municipal Commissionership the Forward a local Tamil weekly, states Since our writing on this subject last week we find that the Tamils are showing increasing interest in it and rum
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  • 98 12 Letters To The Editor. [Our readers are invited to writ* to us on subjects of public interest, n must be under' stood that the Malaya Tribune does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed by correspondents. LETTERS SHOULD BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, preferably typewritten (double spacing), and on
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  • 1157 12 (To the Editor, "Malaya Tribune.") Si;,—An aspect of life assurance which is frequently overlooked is that relating to the :i v .nubilities of employers t their employee... The number of firms which maintain Provident Funds or Stall Pension Schemes are lew whilst the number of iivtan.
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  • 426 12 Convicted Of Murder Of Friend. "It is inconceivable that I should kill my brother. Where exists the man who would hold a knife and kill his brother?" was the outburst of Santokh Singh alias Makhan Singh, a middle-aged Punjabi, when told that the jury had found, him
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  • 210 12 y Singapore. March 13. Rr. iSiam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $115 R. (Siam* W. Coast 2 $109 Rice B. Siam N. 1 $110 Rice. B. Siam N. 2 $10.> Rice, Siam Old" per koyan No. 1 $177 Rice. Siam "Old" No. 2 $156 Rice. Siam "Old" No.
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  • 76 12 A middle-aged Chinese who has spent about seven years in Tan Took S nil Hospital is alkgrtf to ha;e attempted to cornet suicide the cthr day. It appears tbaV he smashed a bottle ard cut his threat with the broken glac.s. He was observed in timeend
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  • 108 12 SHIPPING NEWS. The K.P.M. boat "Nieuw Holland." which h to be an exhiciti.n ship fcr Australian goods on her next trip. arri.ed yesterday A M of the exhibitors is now available at the <flke.j o. the Trad? Commissioner. The s.s. "Kiddcrpore'" bai lift H i.pkong and is expected
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  • 251 12 "Reael." Du'. 1.49 C ten frcm Cberfbon 13-3 for Gheribon 16-3. "Gen. Van Geen." Dut.. 719 Ba'avia 13-3; fur Batavia 17-J. "Herd," Norw.. 823 boos, from Bangkok IM for Bangkok 14-3. "Valaya." Siam.. 803 tons, from Bangkok 13-3 for Bangkok 15-3. "Larut." Bri*.. 464 tens, from Mailt 12-3: for
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  • 29 12 Grcenbu g I;; d:8 |v Mr. Thomas Shield I age cf 80. mude himsell it with silk. That was 20 years tfo celebrated his I OOth bin
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 16 12 Available at all depots I I of I j SING AFORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. I
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    • 47 12 The Tea of World-wide I Prestise By its choice quality tnd incomparable flavour Liptont Tea appealj to all who appreciate the best TH ON SALE EVERYWHERE IN TH FAMOUS YELLOW TIN LZrroM LTD.. Th rtaKM. tmkm. na« m.T» Sole Distributors Henry Waugh ft Co., Ltd, Singapore—Penanf—Kuala Lumpur—Slam.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 63 12 DAILY WEATHER REPORT. Malayan Meteorological Service. Last Festerday. Night Max Bright Min. Temp. Rainfall. Sunshine. Temp. Stations. D g. F. Inches. Hours D g. V. Alor Star 95 Nil 8.1 72 K. Trengganu 85 Nil 4 7 7« Bukit Jeram 87 ciil 53 71 Mersing 83 0.49 6y Singapore 86
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  • 1594 13 Sports Pastimes. ASSN. FOOTBALL. THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LEAGUES. SATURDAY'S RESULTS. POINTS SHARED IN SEVEN DIV I MATCHES. ir. en matches in the First English League on Saturday and the home teams were other four games. The Wed- tx-th points to the Magpies, ad is mcreased to three this puts
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  • 62 13 Budapest, Feb. 8. It is reported that a football player has met a terrible fate near the village of Amna being eaten by wolves under the eyes of two friends. The thTee men were attacked near U* > village, and while two of the men succeeded in
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  • 425 13 Sir Henry Page-Croft States His Views. (From Our Lobby Correspondent.) Nearly 100 M.P.s have now joined the Parliamentary group which was formed a few days before the Christmas adjournment for the purpose of examining the effect of the beer duty on the barley, hop and allied trade. The
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  • 93 13 For Sale At £4 10s. Each. A large spring aaii of the bodies of tram-cars that have seen 25 years' service is being prepared by the London C;unty Council. The cars for sale at £4 10s. each, are in great demand for they are converted into weekend bungalows
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  • 99 13 Spring Campaign Of The Army. Recruiting sergeants throughout Britain 1 avc an intensive campaign. They are trying to secure 9.000 recruits by Murch 31. for that is the nurr.b-r necessary il the British army is to be kept Bp to its paper strength. Some regiments are planning special
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  • 128 13 Murderer Puzzles A Prison. Reuter. Berlin. Prison officials of Tallinn (Esthonia> are puzzled by a man condemned to death for murder who has survived his own "execution. N According to Efthonian law, /ays a newspaper report, a condemned man may choose hLs own mode of death. The
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  • 199 13 For British Children In Belgrade. Belgrade. Children of Brithn and American resident* in Belgrade will henecfoz. h be able to attend their own kindergarten, the "Charles Dickens" chooi. which haa t.en opened here in the pr aeooe of a reprea attva <>f King Alexander. Aji inaugural Ht»kl was
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  • 63 13 Berlin. Feb. 11. Richard Strauss's newest work, the opera •Arabella,vill be produced for the first time k. Germany this summer at the Dresden State Opera House, whose Wagner festival performance of Tristan and Isolde" will be conducted by Strauss this week. Strauss has already completed the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 136 13 FORD '8 k, travels the world The FORD 8 H.P. Car illustrated is being driven right round the world by Mrs. E. Dorner and Mr. H. Blenck. Already it has traversed Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Persia, Baluchistan, India and Malaya, over roads that are unworthy of
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  • 162 14 The First Since 1870. Vatican City. The *}rst papal procession through the streets of Rome since the city passed out of the rule of the Popes in 1870 is likely to take place during the coming Hcly Year, and to be made the occasion for an excursion by
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 358 14 ff JOHNSON OUTBOARD Unrivalled WJk Unequalled in Speed. Ifl U1 UK In Performance j The Greatest Marine j Development of the Age. DEPENDABLE POWER FOR PLEASURE AND WORK BOATS. JOHNSON DEPENDABILITY is your BIGGEST BARGAIN in outward motors. THE BORNEO CO., LTD. >0 V In all that perlains to outbid
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    • 299 14 m o m o 20 to 30 jw, rt $5.00 Film -3P TWENTY rents a scene—that's all Ii costs Ito make movies with Cioe-Kodak Eight P ?Tt Thiß Yet ifs a genuine, full-fledged Kodak moV c £l ,t I T <mdudiw camera. liringing the most We«X most i s££ ™5?
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 605 14 EMPIRE RADIO TONIGHT. British Broadcasting Corporation. PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA (INCLUDING mURMA), CEYLON, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND ADEN. Prom The Empire Transmitter, Daventry, England. ••velenghs: 25.28 and 31.3 metres. G.M.T. 2.30 p.m. Time Signal fiom Big Ben. Ntws Bulletin. 2.45 p.m. A Talk. 3.00 p.m. A Sonata recital. 3.25
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  • 165 15 Training For The Young. Rome, Feb. 8. In a short time work will be started on two new prisons in Rome, to replace the old ones which for many years have stood in the thicklypopulated neighbourhood on Lungara, one for men, and the other for
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  • 141 15 Visit To Vatican Library. Vatican City State, Feb. 8. The shades of Confucius must have stirred this morning when his direct descendant, in the seventy-fifth generation, visited the Vatican Library, which is one of the richest in old manuscripts in the world. His Excellency Dr. Kur.g Hsiang
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  • 73 15 Current Value Half Face Value. New York. American investments abroad at the end of 1932 are estimated at: Face value £3,500,000,000 at par. but current value £1.800,000,000. According to Dr. Max Winkler, head of the American Council of Foreign Bondholders, the investments in the order of countries are:
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  • 181 15 Club In A Fashionable Suburb. Belgrade. A club for women drug-takers has been discovered by the police on the outskirts of Belgrade. Th; discovery was made by a woman detective. She had noticed that every afternoon the iwife of a wealthy banker mysteriously disappeared until the evening. So
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  • 116 15 A Communist Evening School. Warsaw, Feb. 8. A parrot has caused the arrest of 130 Communists in Warsaw. Masquerading as a religious group some youths hired the rooms of a Jewish school. A meeting took place every evening, and it vas supposed that lectures of a conventional
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  • 106 15 It Paid To Be Robbed. Berlin. Ten thousand paper marks, given as a wedding present to a Silesian farmer's daughter, were stolen 12 years ago. Now the farmer has received a postal order for 900 marks (about £45 at par) and an anonymous letter by a man who
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  • 254 15 What The "Garden Of Eden" Was Like. Reuter. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Facte about the traditional "Garden of Eden" are revealed in an archaeological report to the American Association for the Advancement oi Science. The report states that, if the Garden was where popular belief places it in
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  • 239 15 Array Of Singing Girls In Court. The final stage of the case in which an exdetective. Leong Kum Wah, was arraigned en charges of extortion was reached before Mr. H. A. Forrer (the District Judge) on Friday. Kam Wah, who was formerly attached to the Detective Branch under
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  • 73 15 Youngster Who Was Disappointed. Sydney. John Swane thought that he would not have to go to school because he lived at WHbriggie. This tiny hamlet is 400 miles from Sydney and has no school. But the education authorities heard about John, and sent him correspondence course lessens
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  • 74 15 Student Who Removed Examination Trouble." Seattle. Washington. The Dean of the University of Washington says that many students give the excuse of "love" for failing in their examinations. "Some time ago one of the students had that trouble, but after a time he asked for readmission, the
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  • 307 15 The centenary celebrations of the founding of the Falkland Islands as British Colony were held in that distant cutpost of the Empire during the secjond week of February. The celebrations, which began with a church parade jjrd service in the cathedral, continued throughout the week, and included dancing,
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  • 453 15 Details Of Current Prices. Singapore, March 10. MEAT. Beef, steak (round), kati 30 Beef, stew or curry, kati 25 Pork, lean, kati 45 Pork, lean fat (Ist quality), kati 35 Mutton, Australian, lb. 35 Fowl, kati 38 Hens (locally reared), kati 45 Ducks, each 51 Pigeon, domestic unfledged,
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  • 97 15 Each Buys Two Cigarettes. Trivandram, Madras Presidency. What Is claimed to be the smallest coin hi the world is in circulation in the Indian State of Travancore. One quarter of an inch in diameter and one thirtieth of a penny in value, this small copper coin can buy
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  • 211 15 In view of the very considerable expense usually involved in the V&lng cf electric cables, it is interesting to record a new method by which 150 yards of cable can be laid ln 10 minutes or even less. Cables can be laid by this method in the green
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  • 324 15 League Of Nation's Bulletin. The following is the health bulletin of th- League ftf Nations Eastern Bureau for we k ended March 4. 1933 Brirut: 1 case of smallpox. Alexandria: 147 smallpox cases and 35 deaths as 195 cases and 40 deaths during the preceding week.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 360 15 fWHAT WILL YOU BE DOING i ONE YEAR FROM TO-DAY Will YOU Still be Strug- Port this Coupon to-day g iins on at the same old international correspondence job and pOSSlbly drawing SCHOOLS, (Colonial) Ltd., of London. even IeSS pay—Worried H*****A, Robinson Road, Singapore abOUl the future-never Please ,send me
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    • 114 15 Don't let smouing destroy the attractive v uitcness of your teeth. Eucryl Tooth Powder removes all trace of nicotine and ether stains, and makes teeth like pearls, liucry! Tooth Powder cleans, polishes J.nd disinfects. Free Samples on rccMpt of 5 cents stnmp from W. G. Dreher Co., 116, C?cil St.,
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    • 330 16 SLUMP TIME NECESSITATES ECONOMY! Then don't throw away your old clocks, watches or gramophones —Send them to us. We will give them a "new life" to be ever useful to you again at a LOW PRICE! It pays you to consult us:— Yick Won fling «29, North Bridge Road, Near
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    • 610 16 THE PEOPLE'S PAPER: INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE TO LET. I *o LET—I(SB, Tank Road, immediate entry apply Meyer Brother*. TO LET—Compound House, No. 109, Haig Road. Apply 20, Chulia Street. TO LET—CAPITOL THEATRE, MALACCA Apply to S. Fung. Raffles Chambers, Singapore, cr to Mrs. Tan Soo Sim, Malacca. TO LET —Houses Nos.
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    • 492 16 PUBLIC NOTICES. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Post of Dresser-Overseer, Water Department. Applications arc invited from qualified dressers for the pet of Dre.ser-Ovesccr at Johorv.' Waterworks. Applicants must have some knowledge of anti-malarial work and experience in the supervision of Malay and Tamil labour. The post is n Grade IV of the Salary
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    • 250 16 EDUCATIONAL, TUITION—Modem Method Tenor-Banjo, Ukelele, Mandclin, Hawaiian-Guitar and all string instrument*. E. C. Daroya, 10-C, Allenhy Road, Singapo.e. JOHANNA ENGLISH SCHOOL 40, NIVEN ROAD. Receives students from Primary to Standard VII and Commercial Class. Assures success ill public examinations. Entirely under new management. For particulars apply Principal. FAR EASTERN MUSIC
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