Malaya Tribune, 15 March 1935

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's First National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIL •No. 63 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Mar. 15, 1935. Malaya Tribune 20 PAGEST SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935 FIVE (JEM lb.
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      164 1 ReaJ The j Itriknt Dotninoni In DAWSON'S FRICTION /SURFACE RUBBER-CANVAS BELTING for; PLIABILITY WITHOUT STRETCH I We Have Large Stocks Of All Sizes and Also of Lincona, Batata and Weltona Hair Beltta* I Sole Aeenta QorniDßNgly (Incorporated to Ba.> It Won't Help Her To Shine In Society j —but will
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      213 1 In every ente rtainmenf Dewar's has a part s welcome re- 1| freshment in its mild fCF 7 stimulus. Order it, serve W r\rO^ \^lP^7/'' V "*r™mf L Dewar sis «ociall, the whisk; //if pS f ot whiskies, the very m- U v 1,1 J/ \U '"'0 WjJ W doyen
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      200 1 A camera scientifically designed from A to Z. if^ s^^^ g 9 THE "CHROMONICA" MOUTH ORGAN X 1 X I I 3 Th*? only Mouth Organ provides sharps and flats and playable in any key* 0 R Fltted brasa P lates n^? 1 P**ted covers, metal mouth piece, patent wind
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    Shipping News & Notices. SHIPBUILDING IN FRANCE
    1046 2 Shipping News Notices. SHIPBUILDING IN FRANCE Difficulties Of Present Situation THE CG.T.'s new steamer Vide d'Alger was launched on Feb. 4, when -a large party of guests, headed by M. William Bertrand, Minister of the Merchant Marine, attended the shipyard of the Chantier et« Tetliers de St. Nazaire-Penhoet, builders of
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    BOAT TOO OLD
    358 2 Sinking Of Steamer Off Fukien PARTICULARS regarding the recent sink- ing of the s.s. Fu Lung, off Lienkiang distric.*, fukien. which claimed the lives of mire than 100 people, including 50 or 60 j roldiers, were contained in Chinese dispatches from Foochow, says the Shanghai Times. A
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      424 2 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. Co.'s SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Singapore. 1935. SOUDAN 6,500 Mar. 14 CORFU 15,000 Mar. 16 RANCH! 17,000 Mar. 29 BURDWA.n 6,070 Apr. 11 NALDERA 16.000 Apr. 12 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 26 ♦S< i.MA Ll 6,810 May 8 RAJPUT ANA 17,000 May 10
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      578 2 mf m\W mm i*fL m Bob fit m mm a^ tmW -Ml PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom From From From Spore. Malacca. Port Penang. M S. Sham. BORINGIA 2-4 2-4 3-4 5-4 HIRRIA 23-4 23-4 24-4 25-4 LALANDIA 14-5 14-5 15-6 17-5 JUTLANDIA
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      499 2 fi¥.K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated in Japan.) To London via Naples, Marseilles. Next Sailings— 1936 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Mar. 21 s.s. HARTXNA MARU April 4 s.s. KATORI MARU Apr. 19 s.s. KAsHTMA MARU May 2 m.s. YASUKUNI MARU May 16 MINIMUM FARES TO Ist class
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      498 2 STEAMER SAfLINGg WiV Mtal (Incorporated The undernoted are the Company 1 n tended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. mmV "TRIER," for Manila, H'kon S'hai, N. China Japan M:.-\ g| HOMEWARDS. For Rotterdam, Hamburg Urenton. f "DESSAU," Ma t "ILMAR," also calls M'seilles and Havre Mar oi "COBLENZ," also calk Genoa, B'lona. C'blanca Adam
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    Financial News & Views. LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    1282 3 Financial News Views. LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS J"*,* 11 1 mi "'n» than quoUtiona are iaaaed by Fraser MINING Singapore. Friday, 10 a.m. Issue. I 9?** m Buyers. Seller*. 41- Ampat Tm *****. il Asam Kumbang Tin 341- 35i-cd M Austral Malay 60 6 61 6xd tl er 5, itam
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    STERLINGS'S GOOD RECOVERY
    194 3 Gold Bloc On Brink Of Devaluation Reuter. London, Mar. 14. U7ITH of Continental deTnand, "stefUffg staged an appreciable recovery in terms of francs and dollars to-day, thus bearing out the view expressed in the. London financial press that the Gold Bloc la .hoveling dangerously on the brink
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    RUBBER DEPRESSED
    173 3 Difficulties Of Exchange Situation Mpqcdo Singapore. Mar. 14. fcbbßS. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly report, state:— The market has been depressed in ympathy with other commodities. The present obscure exchange situation makes business very difficult A certain amount of liquidation has ooen made by weak holders.
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    HOME MARKETS
    78 3 Interest Again Centred On Cotton Reuter Wireless. London. Mar. 12. With the general political situation legarded more favourably and home unemployment figures better, most securiies improved. With commodities, interest again is centred on cotton which •iosea a, the lowest price of the day or New York advices. Rubber
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    CITROEN MOTORS
    173 3 Reorganisation Plans Well Received i THE Pans correspondent of the Lon5tat^ > r l^ DaiIy wrWng on Feb. 6, tnPfJJ sf f? 5on i s expressed in arHpnf definite reorganisation scheme m connection with the Citroen i tht*n™i ad K S dicated the help of France an agreement
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    STOCK MARKET
    42 3 British Official Wireless. London, March 14. On ihe Stock Exchange this morning British Government Stocks developed renewed strength stimulated by the encouraging trade figures. War Loan 3>/ 2 per cent, ross sr.irpiy at the opening to 107»i BntLsh Official Wireless.
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    PROGRESS CHECKED BY CONTROL
    1070 3 Chermang Development Limited THE annual general meeting of Cher--1 mang Developntant, Ltd. was held yesterday at Messrs. Evatt and Co offices Mr. G. A. Potts, the chairman, presiding. Also present were Messrs W. H. Macgregor. Tan Cheng Lock C. R. Cherry and J. A. Clarke (for
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      439 3 fO-DAVS MARKET POSITION LOCAL VALUES LOWER Price Falls In New York >By Our Financial Correspondent) apore, Friday, morning, toy's Prices:— Rubber (Singapore), 19V 2 cts., down V 8 ct. Market 'i<>ne: Quietiin (Singapore), .sloB**,, down 11%. < day's Prices:— don: 5%d, down i d. ket Tone: Easier after steady. w
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      27 3 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR CAR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE: 16D, Cecil St., Singapore. L a. JOHNSON. General Manatee.
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      84 3 i Nederlandsche Handel -Maatscfaappi j, IN. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY), Established in Amsterdam, 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. n WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and m the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS The National Provincial Bank, Lim Hod.
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      72 3 IN HAND WHEN YOU HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. No doubt you have some unrealised dream heretofore made impossible by inadequate funds. A Savings Account will soon enable you to make these desires a reality. Sufficient ready money for your next holiday—perhaps some article you h ant to buy—any wish you
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      165 3 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). THE €H i^n SE Avn 8 iuf. RClS^C^ LTD„ THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANE, LTO. CAPITAL: HEAD oSp^^JfS' 000 000 00 Paid U P $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE. CHINA BUILDING. CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD.
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      563 4 M. HASSAN, 86 A 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work in electrical, gas and water service lines. We give prompt attention to all rrders either bijr or small. Why not consult us about your requirements Estimate submitted upon recuest without charge or obligation. I 'PHONE
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      804 4 PETER CHONG CO. I (The Catholic Store), j Books for Lent Season. I Stations of the Cross (illustrat-ed). j Holy Week Book. Bibb History (illustrated). 5 Catholic Doctrine. I Holy Bible. j etc.. etc. J These are the books that* should greatly appeal to our fellow Catholics, i Get them
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      634 4 NOTICE. THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that- the I Rubber Market w 11 be closed officially on Saturday, ICth March, 1935, being a Public Holiday. By Order of the Committee, GATTEY BATEMAN, Secretaries. NOTICE. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. THE SINGAPORE MARINE INSURANCE
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      682 4 C. L. PRIOR, 3 Institution Hill. Telephone 7151. House And Eshtte Agent. Properties Bought And Sold. TO LET: —Furnished house, 3 bedrooms and bathrooms, large dining and sitting rooms, verandah, Kelvinator, Electric Cooker, gas, garage, 3 mms. from G.P.O. GOOD INVESTMENT:—Attractive bungalow in Palm Road, freehold property in Cairnhill Road.
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      368 4 EYESIGHT CONSERVATION t Safeguard your eyes—they are you, greatest possession. It is dang rota to neglect them. Free Sight-Testing and a wid< ng« of glasses and frames to caoose rom. NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO., Manufacturing Opticians, 96, High Street, S'l.gapor*. FOR HEALTH BE4UTV OF YOUR Vv Ir X '-loTJ™ HeaJta.
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      287 4 i GRAND DISPLAY I OF THE VERY LATEST IN CLOCKS WATCHES NOW ON You are cordially invited to inspect the Wide Range on view. MODERATELY PRICED YICK WOH DING I 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. I (Near Middle Road). 5 Blades for 10 Cents 1 Razor with 1 Blade 30 Cents
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    SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS
    382 5 China Conference SPEECH BY DR. SUN FO Sin Chew Jit Poh. N m portant conference is being A Lushan, the health resort n g > to discuss the policy to ted by China towards Japan, agreed that although China of to co-operate with Japan not accord recognition to
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    DEATH OF MR. G. E. BUCKLE
    46 5 British Official Wireless. Joint Official Biographer Of Disraeli London. Mar. 13. eath occurred early this morning Mj g e. Buckle in his 81st year. for over twenty-eight years The Times newspaper and was fncial biographer* of Disraeli. British Official Wireless.
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    FUNERAL OF LIEUT. E. J. DRUMM
    522 5 Full Military Honours Accorded Singapore, Friday. The funeral of Lt. E. J. Drumm. R.E., who died on Wednesday, took place at che Bidadari Cemetary yesterday afternoon with full military honours. The burial service at the graveside, eh was preceded by a short service in
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    EUROPEAN PEACE
    88 5 Approval Of British Communique British Official Wireless. London, March 13. The Ministers of Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania to-day called separately on Sir John Simon to express on behalf of their respective Governments, approval of «he communique issued on Feb. 3, at the end .of the London conversations. The
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    MR. FRANK BUCK'S NEW FILM
    226 5 Camp Set Up In Johore Singapore, Thursday. I H|R- Frank Buck is a busy man these days. Since his return from India several weeks ago with a huge "wild cargo" he has put up camp in Johore for the making of his new wild animal
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    24 5 Reuter. London, Mar. 14. Mr. John Johnstone, formerly of Jardine, Matheson and Co., dieu suddenly at Worcester where he was staying fothe Cheltenham Races—Reuter
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    DEATH OF MR. C. A. DA SILVA
    175 5 Over 50 Years' Residence In Singapore Singapore, Friday. WE regret to record the death of a wellknown and respected resident or Singapore, Mr. Claudio Antonio Da Silva, J.P., who passed away at his residence, 39. St. Michael's Road, this morning. Mr. Da Silva
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    LORD NUFFIELD'S GIFT
    65 5 British Official Wireless. London, March 15. Ii is reported from Canberra that Lord Nuffield, the famous manufacturer of Morris motor vehicles, has presented the Australian Government with a cheque for £50,000 to be devoted to the care of crippled in Australia. Lord Nuffield recently made a gift
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      159 5 552 IL^iSVtt^^ Jl ST PUBLISHED! Rj THE "KING'S ENGLISH" ENCYCLOPEDIA. B Introduction by Cyril Norwood, M.A., D.Litt, I g I pared by over 40 experts, learned societies and 8 1,050,000 word! on 20,000 subiec,s, with I and photograph and a complete Atlas of the World in modern seven uj il•
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      648 5 YES, INDEED tjßjL I STEARNS' TONIC! Kill' I /■Mk I always use Steams' Tonic /ga Si wine of cod liver extract iffll to keep fit and smiling— I j l^pylll ready to do a good day's IL work or have a good day's I T^ M j> I fun. Steams'
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.— TO-DAY'S SHIPPING
    506 6 JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW. TO-DAY'S SHIPPING I PASSENGERS BY THE CHITRAL Singapore, Friday. The following are the passengers sailing by the P. and O. liner Chitrcl, which left Singapore at 9.30 a.m. to-day:— Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Walton, Mr. Sinclair, Lt. Comdr. Bremer. Mrs. F. NicholLs. Miss
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    120 6 SHIPS AT ONCtSTDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Mar. 15. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Hai Lee 22: Ophir 20. Main Wharf (Enhance Oa<e 3) Corfu 18; Soudan 14; Bandai Maru 8; Invella 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) City of Norwich 30: Greystoke Castle 32;
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    55 6 The local Agents of the Netherlands Air Mail Service notify that the outward aeroplane is expected to arrive at Singapore at about 9 a.m. to-day. The mail will be available to boxholders and window delivery ticket holders at about 10 a.m. Correspondence for non-box-holders will be sent cut
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    MONEY MARKET
    216 6 PRODUCE Singapore, Mar. 15. R. (Siam) W. Coast N. 1 per Koyan $140 R. (Siam) W. Coast N. 2 per Koyan $137 R.. (Siam) W. Coast N. 3 per Koyan $135 Rice, B. Siam N. 1 per Koyan $135 Rico, B. Siam N. 2 per Koyan $132 Rice,
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    93 6 British Official Wireless. London, March 14 J Paris 72 7 64. New York 4.75 3 4. Montreal Brussels 20.3£. Geneva 14.67K. Amsterdam 7.03. Milan 51%. Berlin 11.82 Madrid 34 13 16. Stockholm 19.39 Copenhagen 22.39y 2 Oslo 19.90V 2 Vienna 35 V*. Prague 113 5 3. Helsingfors 226Vfe.
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    DIARY OF THE DAY WHAT'S ON?
    332 6 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, MAR. 15 High Tides.—6 34 a.m., 9.36 p.m. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I, S.C.F..Y v. S.R.C., Anson Road Stadium: Government league, Div. II. Mcnopolic II v. Printing, J.C.S.A. groundFriendly, M.P.H. v. Trade School' School ground. St. Patrick's Society
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    AMUSEMENTS
    70 6 ALHAMBRA^'-Charlie Chan In L udon." APOLLO.—' Krishna Sudama." aHi dus'ani talkie. CAPITOL.—"Swee- Adeline." CHINESE GIRLS' Road, 8.30 p.m. EMPlRE.—"Stamboul Quest." GREAT WORLD.—Cuba: o; Da Side-shows. Malay Operas. Chic yangs, Cinemas. Talkies, el MARLBOROUGH.—Hind us tanJ fe, "Beauty of Islam." NEW WORLD.—Cabaret Dam Side-shows, Malay Opera;-. Chin yangs, Cinemas, Talkies,
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    ALLEGED CHEATING
    137 6 Court Sequel To Charcoal Deal Singapore, Tliurs.Dy. The case in which G. D. Neubrom r and a Mohammedan named Aboobakn. proprietor of the Commercial Hou < are charged with cheating in respect 500 piculs of charcoal, was continued before the Third Magistrate, J M Brander, to-day. Mr. M.
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    MAILS DELIVERED
    15 6 Left Ami By s*pore London Air Mail I Imperial» Mar. 3 Mar. H
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      24 6 FIGARO Ladies Hairdressers. PERMANENT WAVING Bf European Experts. $8. $10 and $15 only. RAFFLES HOTEL, (Room 120) at 93. Bras Basah Road. TELEPHONE 2868.
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      39 6 I f iUi ml Mm .Mm ROWNTREE'S PASTILLES Pastilles and Gums packed •n glass jars taste even better than they look. You can't mistake the superior flavours which can only be attained by using the best and purest ingredients
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      73 6 DAILY WEATHER REPORT Malayan Meteorological Service Yesterday. Last Night Max. Bright Min. Temp. Rainfall. Sunshine. Temp. Stations. Deg. F. Inches- Hours. Deg. F. Alor Star 92 Nil 9.2 73 Sitiawan 92 0.26 6.0 74 Kota Bharu 87 Nil 2.3 72 Bukit Jeram 90 0.21 4.9 73 Malacca 89 0.07 2.9
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      566 6 J [postal intelligence SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE I TO-DAY Hoihow (Hai LeO 2 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, S.East Borneo, Celebes, Molucca., and T. Dilly (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Muntok (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Soengei Liat (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Bengkalis, Fort de Kock, Padang, Pakan Baroe, Siak and Selat Pandjang (Ampang) 3 p.m. Belawan
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      75 6 Chia Keng Hoe's residence, 3, Sea Avenue, Katong. Broadway Musical Party: Music practice. 128. Sims Avenue, Geylang, in connection with forthcoming invitations, 8 p.m. Oleh Oleh Party (orchestra .section)-Mu-ic practice. 19. Cuff Road. C p.m. Amateur Sporting Association: Badminton practices, Neil Road, 5 p.m. THURSDAY. MAR. 21 Amateur Sporting Association:
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      293 8 "SWEET ADELINE" j V i h SEE the Spectacular Dance Creations t I IRENE DUNNE, I Donald woods, HEAR 12 Grand Song Hits x I j I lid SCREAM at Hugh Herbe t and Ned Sparks of Gor? I- (,ir!s! among the cuties I I V.V'LL TALK ABOUT THIS BIG
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      308 8 I I DID YOU KNOW Tin: ALHAMBRA HAS BKEN ENTIRELY RRKO7AT3D AND REDECORATED if I I VAy lS £122 EES WORTH IT! I Bjgjwllj] to Night e-ia ois j I ihe best m;» ~vr W? !*rj see* ,'n Singapore for several ntonths is the verdict of all who have seen
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    ETERNAL OSTRACISM
    65 9 Punishment Of Greek Reuter. I Athens, Mar. 13. ETERNAL ostracism will be the punishment of the rebels, announced M. I Tsaldaris in a speeoh at th$ celebrations over the Government victory. Meanwhile, the erew of the last warship in the hands ol the rebels, namely, the submarine Katsonis,
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    NORMAL AUTHORITIES
    156 9 Reuter. Athens. March 10. I Normal authorities have resumed <heir functions in all cities in Macedonia and Thrace following the Government's sweeping victory. Before the rebel officers abandoned Seres they raided th« branch of the of Greece auci took 90.000,000 drachmas. Many insurgents escaped from Kava la on
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    TAIPING NEWS
    120 9 Commander Of Burma Rifles Leaves For Home Taiping, Monday Lieut. Col. J. M. Brickman, the Officer j Commanding the 2 20th Burma Rifles. Taiping, and his wife and daughter, left for Penang on Thursday last on their way Home on leave prior to the Colonel's retirement. The Colonel
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      245 9 OPENING TO-NIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY AT I f GRAND (New VVorW, Jalan Besar). 6.45 P.M. NIGHTLY 9.30 P.M. l ickels purchased outside Box-office will be admitted to New World tree of charge. RITZ THEATRE (Geylang Road). 6.15 P.M. NIGHTLY 9 P.M. A SHAW BROTHERS' RELEASE The Best and Most Spectacular Malay Talkie
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      294 9 l THE RECORD THAT BROKE THE RECORD OFRrXSItDS. V Hundreds of REX Records rushed i) BMMMm» to secure the.r V sold out in Two Days. B Ir ur shipment is due on I I El* If I II I 111 the 2'Jth instant and to avoid further d sappointmer.t, please
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENT.
    48 10 LIM CHUA—The engagement is announced between Mr. Andrew Lim of the Municipality, Singapore, and Miss Chua Kim Kee (Lucy Chua) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Seng Kay of 22, Geylang Serai, Singapore. The marriage will take place .shortly. (Malacca and Penang papers please copy).
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    47 10 Mr. Tan Hock. San and children wish to thank t-hose who sent fljrai wreaths, etc., and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Tan Hock San, yesterday. They also wi.=h to apologise for the inconvenience caused by the delay of the funeral due *o certain difficulties.
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    DEATHS.
    53 10 Tan Yew Seong 1 aged 50, passed away peacefully at 3 a.m. on March 15, at his residence, No. 23. Woodsville Road. Funeral to-morrow at 4 p.m. to Bidadari. •5ILVA—Claudio Antonio da Silva at his residence, 39, St. Michael's, on 15th Mar., 1935. Cortege at Church of St. Joseph
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    POLITICS AT HOME
    819 10 gIGHT Thousand miles away from Westminster and having. of necessity, to rely on summarised versions of what actually takes place, it is by no means an easy matter to bring the British political situation into its proper focus. There are those who, professing to keep in touch
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    JOHORE INTERNATIONAL CLUB
    39 10 There will be a dance at the Royal Johore International Club on Sunaay <Hari Raya Haji) from 7 to 9 p.m. By kind permission of the Sultan, ihe band of the Johore Military Forces will play.
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    146 10 Mr. A. Montor is sailing by the Soudan to-morrow on leave, and will travel to Europe via the United States. Under the auspices of the Chinese Association, Dr. Chen Chang Lok, the former Chinese Consul-General in Singapore, will deliver an address on "My Experiences in California" at 5, Bhort Street
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    Notes and Comments Van Kleef Bequest
    271 10 THE minutes of committee meetings of such bodies as the Singapore Municipal Commissioners indicate the immense amount of detailed work which has to be dealt with. It is in committee, not at the public meetings which are reported at length in the newspapers, that
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    An Aquarium
    208 10 jT will thus be seen that when the late Mr. Van Kleef made this generous bequest to a town in which he had a successful career he set a pretty problem. Many schemes have been cons:c'ered, and eventually it was decided to -stablish an aquarium on a convenient
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    Portrait Gallery
    178 10 item in the committee's reports concerns the celebration of (he Silver Jubilee of His Majesty the King. The Commissioners are providing the sum of $50,000 to be spent in the decoration of the town, and it is obvious that Singapore's celebration of a historic event will be on
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    Tin Control
    154 10 JT is instructive to note that violent attack and critlc'sm often have precisely the opposite effect to that which was intended. The fulminations cf Labour members of Parliament aga.nst the Tin Control scheme is a case in point. The scheme has been vigorously cri ticised in Malaya, but
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    357 10 By "Looker-On" says a popular authoress, •'is so shocking to me as a piece of blank pape.r with no writing on it." AAA j That is exactly how I feel when I Bit down to my daily task. AAA i The trouble is that, after you
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    U.S.A. To Establish Tin Smelting industry STATE DEPT'.S APPROVAL
    171 11 TARIFFS ON FINISHED ARTICLE Increase Id Tin Quota Market Taken By Surprise Reuter. 'From Our Own Correspondent j London, March 14. A MESSAGE from Washington states that the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee is initiating legislation to establish l tin smelting industry
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    PROPOSAL NOT NEW
    110 11 Always Strongly Opposed By Consumers proposal to establish a tin smeltstry in the United S-a.es is by Beans new. It has been made many before and has always been strongly opposed by consumers, who feel that they obtain supplies more cheaply BOder present conditions. c. that the
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    SCARLET FEVER
    190 11 Two Hundred Deaths In China Shanghai, Mar. 15. An epidemic of scarlet fever is spreading in the Tingshan district, in Kiangsu. More than 200 victims have cied within the past two months. The vict.ms were mostly children.—Sin Chew J-t Poh. LOCAL ACCIDENTS Singapore, Friday. Ar. elderly Chinese pensioner
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    31 11 SOCIAL NEWS, 3. $m DIARY. 6. NEMA TOPICS. 7. fi VT SIN GAPORE ASSIZES, 12. NOTES AND NEWS, 13. S**T8 NEWS. 14 and 15. IRF I.FS9 PROGRAMMES, 18.
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    HOUSE OF COMMONS AMUSED
    207 11 Imports Of Chinese Eggs Into Britain Reuter. London, Mar. 14. £HINESE eggs again amused the House oi commons when a few susniMmiQ HeaThwi l^ mba rded the MiS Questions dfiwi'w?.r'rr mbert (National Liberal) hensfed *»2uS n e egffs as from dltKnsTaSSf 1 loathsome conraS.the MlniStGr hOW
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    LT.-COLONEL HORNIDGE
    82 11 Entertained By Perak Chinese Miners (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Friday. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Hor-n-dge. were entertained to dinner hv the Perak Chinese miners at the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce last night, when about eighty people including the District Officer and* Mrs. Kemp, were present. Towkay Leant
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    SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE
    90 11 An Essential Element Or Security Reuter. London, March 14. REFERRING to. the Singapore Naval Base, during the debate on the Naval Estimates in the House of Commons to-day. Capt. Evan Wallace, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, said that the Government and some of the Dominions regarded it
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    GREECE AGAIN NORMAL
    88 11 British Government Expresses Satisfaction British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 15. The British Minister at Athens has been instructed to inform the Greek Government that His Majesty's Government have learnt with great satisfaction that internal peace has been re-established in' Greece. They desire the Greek Government and the
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    BRITAIN'S BUDGET
    32 11 To Be Introduced On April 15 Reuter. London, Mar. 14. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Stanley Baldwin announced that the budget would be introduced on April 15. —Reuter.
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    FEES TO LEAGUE
    27 11 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. March 15 Arrangements have ben reached wi'h •li? league ref.ardinp payment oi China's annual subscription fees.--Sin Chew .'.it Poh.
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    LORDS' DEBATE ON WHITE PAPER
    331 11 Proposed Expenditure TO PROVIDE MINIMUM OF DEFENCE British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 14. 'pHE Government's defence policy as set out in the White Paper was discussed in the House of Lords last night on a Labour Motion of Censure similar to that debated in the
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    NAVAL ESTIMATES
    261 11 Increase To Make Good The Deficiencies British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 14. Introducing the Naval Estimates in the House of Commons to-day, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Bolton EyresMonsell, pointed out that the increase of £3,500,000 in the total did not mean any increase in the
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    ESTIMATES APPROVED
    85 11 Reuter. London, Mar. 15. The House of Commons agreed to the Navy Estimates. Caotain Evan Wallace, in winding up I the debate, said that the Admiralty had j unanimously agreed that the extra pro- j vision this year provided a satisfactory stare in meeting the deficiencies and the
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    U.S. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
    24 11 Reuter. Washington. Mar. 14. Mr. Crawford Biggs, Solicitor General, has resigned from office on the ground of preMlire of personal business —Reuter
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    ANTI-OPIUM CLINIC
    232 11 Generous Gift By Local Philanthropists Since the Anti-Opium Ciinic was opened on May 8, 1933. it has worked under great handicaps among which is tne matter of accommodation. 1? i\ he matter 01 accommodation the building being originally constructed lor a private residence. On March 11, 1935, Mr.
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    R. E. BALL
    144 11 Company Of 500 At The Memorial Hall UE v Singapore, Friday. H E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas were P f e t sent w 1 ver y successful ball given at the Memorial Hall last night by R E officers
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    ROYAL BETROTHAL
    29 11 Princess Ingrid And Crown Prince Of Denmark Reuter. Stockholm, Mar. 15. 'pHE bethrothal of Princess Ingrid, of Sweden, to Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark is officially announced.—Reuter.
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    MR. J. A. MACGREGOR
    111 11 Death Of Prominent Figure In Rubber Industry- News has been received of the death in England of Mr. J. A. Macgregor, who was formerly a well known planter and visiting agent in Malaya. Mr. Macgregor was at one time manage: of the Anglo-Malay Rubber Estates He
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    THE K.L.M.
    55 11 No Delay In Outward Air Mail The X.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airways) announce that the troubles in Greece have no. caused any delay in the service to and from Europe. Aeroplanes are flying over Malta and keeping up to scheduled time. 'Ihere has been no delay to the mail
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    DARING THEFT
    84 11 British Merchant looses Valuables Singapore, Friday. A rather daring case of house-breaking and theft is reported to have occurred in a house in Cluny Road on Sunday last, the victim being a British merchant. It appears that i thief or thieves broke into his room and made off
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    BY-ELECTION RESULT
    34 11 Victory H>r National Conservative Reuter. London. March 15. THE by-election at Norwood resulted as as follows:— Duncan Saundys (Nat. Con.> 16,147 Mrs. Gould (Labour 12 799 Richard Findlay Und. Con.) 2,698 —Reu:er.
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    "FILTH TO RAISE A LAUGH"
    246 11 I Slander Suit i 9 ACTION BY COMEDIANS FAILS Reuter. London, Mar. 14. propriety or otherwise of music hall comedians was exhaustively explored in a five-day action in whici, the promoters of the "Crazy Comedy Night" entertainment on Sundayevenings at Clacton Town Hall and a
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    Accused Gives Evidence In Bank Trial "Charge Not True: "I Admit A Deficiency'
    4161 12 Explanation To Court Of LO U. Chit System Singapore, Thursday. Crown completed its evidence before Mr. Justice Burton and a special jury at the Singapore Assize Court this afternoon, in the case in which Tan Boon Kiah,
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    THE VAN KLEEF BEQUEST
    239 12 Establishing An Aquarium In Singapore Singapore, Thursday. ACTION taken by the Van Kleef Be- Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners is made public in the minutes issued to-day. It was decided to <i) to inform Government that the Commissioners wish forthwith to proceed with the construction
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    LOCAL ACCIDENTS
    148 12 Indian Workman Has Hand Severed Singapore. Thur.sc.ay. An Indian workman at the Ho Hon" pil Mills in Havelock Road had bio ief* hand completely severed yeserday afternoon when it came in contact wi'tn wm« machinery. He was bleeding profusely from the injury and was taken to the Genera!
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    LOCAL CHINESE NEWS AND NOTES
    267 13 H u T /n SinmPOre Established l„ Ho Hong Works -Dr. C. T. Wang's VisitReception By Samkiang Association Sport And National Salvaion Chinese And English Artists Meeting Dr. Chen Chang Lok Amongst Old Friends 'By Our Chines, Correspondent) THE Ho Hong Oil Mills (1931), Ltd.,
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    DR. C. T. WANG'S VISIT
    560 13 I Departure For Batavia By Air Yesterday C T. Wang, former Chinese Minis■rsign Affairs, who arrived in ...pore last Saturday, left yesterday tor Batavia by air. He will a short while 1;: her J.? as entov'-ain- hn.ese ge-'tlemen and clubs .u..ch« on V;th E. the
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    ART EXHIBITION
    548 13 Display Of Chinese Drawings In Singapore f Chinese P of whfch wL h Wan^san in China, prernLl^f b th gUl i 0n SatUrda y a t the Ci„7 s °f th e Singapore Chinese BanNew Ro^ nd Volle y ba Assocfatlon n wi well-known Chinese art™. 0i artfst"
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    BRITAIN'S DISTRESSED AREAS
    135 13 Settling Unemployed On The Land British Official Wireless. London, March 13. JT was announced by the Secretary of stale for Sco land in the House of Sn££? n A that the Commissive fo' Special Areas in Scotland had been alnleloT^° t0 Spend aP^oximatcly ed dfi!ricS. S°f W
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    SINGAPORE RICKSHAS
    152 13 No Further Reduction Recommended Singapore, Thursday. A T a meeting of committee No. 1 of th« Singapore Municipal Commissioners th P W nL f ed that traffic conditions in ,:L"f ar fut "re cannot be estimated with ml accuracy to warrant r;comV.r n nf n fi a ir^
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    CULTURAL RELATIONS
    71 13 Work Of Ibero-American Institute British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 13. The Prince of Wales presided last night at the third annual meeting of th-Ibero-American Institute of Great Br ftain. T Jlo/ eport on the Institute's activities in 1934 was described by the Prince as most satisfactory and he
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    PREMIER'S HEALTH
    38 13 British Official Wireless. r-ondon. Mar. 13. The Prinv. Minister's health has improved and he :s expected to return to London to-day from Chequers and preo!d? at tne usual weekly meeting of the Cab net.-Briush Official Wireless.
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    THE MUSICAL SOCIETY
    58 13 Members of the Singapore Musical Society male voice chorus who are helomg the orchestra in the Brahms Alto Rhapsodic are asked to note that there will be a short rehearsal with orchestra a, 5.15 p.m. on Monday. There will be no further rehearsals on Tuesday Circulars are
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    THE RODA
    42 13 The February issue of The Roda, tne magazine of the Rotary Clubs of Malaya and Siam, is an excellently produced magazine, containing a number of articles of general interest. Many of the addresses delivered at the various Clubs are reproduced.
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    Headley Scores 132 Not Out
    116 14 M.C.C. tN THE WEST INDIES Home Team 235 For 2 Wickets Kingston, Mar. 14. fN glorious weather, on_a_fast wicket t and before a crowd 0 f 5,000, the West Indies met the M.C.C The home team won the toss and at close of play had
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    81 14 'lien in ihe •"A" Singles Championship Tcurnameii' 1935 for the "Tan Miang Chiang" Challeng Cup are as follow-,: TO-MORROW (SATURDAY' Eng Hee v. Chong Tee, Jouy Seah v. Choy Kian, Chim Bo;k v Boon Hai, Yong Kian v. Peng Nam and Eng Liat Chung Tze. lies in the
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    S.A.F.A. SOCCER
    56 14 Trie following have accepted to play football lor S.C.C. "B v. Governmen. Monopolies 2nd XI tc-day at the S.C.C.:— G H. S'-roobaeh; A. Buchanan and R. V vV>lch; E. J. C. Gardner. C. T. Bcmbrpfce and F. Sharpe; P. Bar tram, L. C. Smith, M. G. Mills. C.
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    FOURSOMES GOLF
    169 14 Japanese G.C. To Meat Municipality A FOUREGOMES Golf match will be played oetwem the Japanese Ctoil Club and the Municipality over the Japaneae Golf Club Links 'Tanglin Roadt on Sunday, March 17. Times cf stanmg are as follows (Japanese Golf Club mentioned first):— 8.i5 a.m. Hoshhmld ard tkeda
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    GOLDEN MILLER
    43 14 Wins Cheltenham Cup For Fourth Time British Official Wireless. London, March 14. THE Cheltenham gold cup was won lo day for the fourth succersive time by Miss Dorothy Pagefs famous steeplechaser "Golden Miller," winner of last year's Grand National.—British Official Wireless.
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    CHINESE EPWORTH LEAGUE
    37 14 The Straits Chinese Epworth League will hold i:s usual monthly social at the social hall I Straits Chinese Kampong Kapor Church» to-day. at 7.45 p.m., to wh!ch all Leaguers and friends are cordially invited.
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    WEEK-END CRICKET IN SINGAPORE
    736 14 S.C.C. To Mest S.C.R.C. On Sunday ANUKBER of interesting cricket. ma jhes will be played this week- i end in Singapore. The S.C.C. will have three teams out tc-mcirow for their fixtures against i Segama', Jchore <a\vay) and Raffles In- j stitutlcn.. I On Sunday, the
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    PENANGS NEW RACECOURSE
    136 14 Sehsme Ap&HWed By Special Meeting iFrom Our Oion Correspondent) Penang, Thursday. AT a spo.c'al general meeting of tho Penang Tun Club which was held tb-dav a resolution was passed to purchase the necessary land for the development of the ru.w racecourse. A second 'resolution was passed authorising
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS
    105 14 S.C.R.C. To Play R.A.F. On Saturday The following will represent The S.C.R.C. against the Royal Air Force at Scktar on Saturday, at 4.00 p.m. Mr. j Bong Soo will cap.'am the team. Woon Chow Tat, Dr. Loh Poon Lip, Yao Ah Hyan, lan Huck Toe. CheonjS Chee Tong.
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    UNION CHINESE B.P.
    120 14 The Union Chinese B.P. defeated the Sunr *c B.P. by six games to one, at the former's court. Scores (U.C.B.P. names first I Chan Siak Kong beat Loh Seng 6-15, 15-' J. 15-9; Lim Hee Beng beat Beng Guan 5-15. 15-12, 15-3: Billy Lee beat K. S.
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    EXHIBITION GOLF
    50 14 Joe Kirkwood To Play At Island Club JOE Kirkwood, the Canadian Open Golf Champion, w ho is at present in Singapore, will give an exhibition of trick shots at- the island Ctyib, Singapore, on Sunday at 4.30 p.m. The exhibition will be followed by a lecture on golf.
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    Cricket Club Beaten: Cattle Traders Good Win Commercial Cup And League Soccer
    67 14 Chinese Show Better Combination To Take Full Points HPHE S.C.C. were decisively beaten in the Second Division of League yesterday by the Chinese, who scored four times, the only scoring once. In the Third Division, the Abattoirs S.C.
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    BETTER COMBINATION
    386 14 S.C.C. Well Beaten By Chinese Singapore, Thursday. THE Chinese had little difficulty ln bOfe&fltf .the S.C.C. on ThePattang this afternoon, m the Second Division of the S.A.F.A. League. Much faster en the ball and combining nicely, the winners were a goal up at the interval and added three
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    ABATTOIRS GOOD WIN
    58 14 In the Third Division of the S.A.F.A. League, the Abattoir Sports Club scored a convincing victory over the SJI.C. by 5 goals to 1 yesterday. The game was played on the V.M.C.A. ground and the heavy storm shortly before the game, left large pools of water en
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    MISSED CHANCES
    587 14 But Cattle Traders Score Five I Times I I j Singapore, Thursday. i PE Commercial Cup match between tile Straits Cattie Traders "and the Straits Times Pi ess playea on tne Sing- apore Harbour Board ground this evening was marred by seveial m-ssed cnances of scoring by bom
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    Malayan Billiards Championship Tourney To Commence Next Month
    458 15 Finals In Jubilee Week Singapore, Friday. THE Malayan Billiards Championship tournament to be held under the nusniees *f the Singaoorc Billiards Association, for the Challenge Shield prist nted by Messrs. Thomas Padfnore and Sons, Birmingham, will commence early in April, and arrangements
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    43 15 Result Of Ladies Monthly 3ledal j j I Ladies' Monthly Medal was playon Wednesday and Thursday. Mar. I 14. The following were the bes; B. de H. Smith 43—12—31 E. Iff. Lindesay 4— 9—35 Mrs. F. L. Pearce 52— 9—43
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    SELANGOR RACES
    367 15 Final Gallops At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Reporter) Ftmat Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. INAL yal ops were given to race candidates this morning at the racecourse m preparation for the Selangor Race Meeting which begins on Saturday. The course is a bit on the hard side and looks
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    TAIPING SOCCER
    168 15 Malay. College Beat King Edward VII School 'From Our Own Correspondent Taiping. Wednesday. In their first inter-school soccer match of the season, rhe Malay College. Kuala Kangsar, beat the King Edward Vllth School. Taiping. on the latter's ground here this evening by five goal 5 to three. The
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    HOME FOOTBALL GOSSIP
    933 15 'Spurs' Dismal New Year THE position of the Spurs is an anxious one. especially when the games played are. taken into cons deration. They have not won a League match this year, and their reward from the last eight contests is two points. No wonder the supporters
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    LEFT HIS SHORTS BEHIND!
    171 15 Boxer's Discovery In The Ring TWO unusual incidents marked the box--1 ing tournament at the- Ring, London. A timekeeper was struck by a missile, and Jock Mackenzie, of Scotland, forgot his shorts. The timekeeper was Mr. C. H. Nichols and the incident occurred during the sixth
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    POLO PONIES
    27 15 Tax Must Still Be Paid In Singapore Committee No. 1 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners disapproved an application for payment of tax on polo Domes.
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    S.R.C. v. S.C.F.A.
    62 15 The S.R.C. team .3 meet the S.C F A in the First of the League today will be selec ed from the following J. Edwards. J. Sanderson. H c Humphries, J. Albuquerque, (capt) A B. Collick, G. Oliveiro. H. V. Street W. Gomes. F. W. Ayres, G.
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    LOSS TO TENNIS
    316 15 Sudden Death Of Famous Doubles Player RANDOLPH Lycett, the famous British tennis player and a brother-in-law of H. W. Austin, died in Jersey. It is understood that his death, which was unexpected, followed a recent operation. Lycett, who had retired frcm public lawn tennis for some years,
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    276 15 Match Against Keppel G.C. Or Sunday The following are the teams and starting times for the match oe.ueen Keppel Golf Club and the Garrison Golf Club on Sunday. March 17. at the Garrison Golf Links (Garrison players mentioned first 9.00 a.m. R Renton (4) and D M
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    BLOW TO TENNIS FUNDAMENTALS
    374 15 U.S. Protests Against Film Payment Cincinnati. "WE regret the necessity of_ disagreeing with the. proposal, but" feel it necessary to do so as a protestation of what we regard as vital to the amateur game, and to make clear our viewpoint to other members of the
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    BILL HITCH
    100 15 Opinion Of Maharajah Of Cooch Behar Bill Hitch, the old Surrey cricketer, now on his way home from India, has formed great opinions of the playing capabilities of the young Maharajah of Cooch Behar. who is going up to Cambridge. Bill, of course, has seen the Maharajah playing
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    BADMINTON
    46 15 The following will represent ihe V.M.C.A. School in badminton against he Government Trade Sehcol to-morrow it 3.30 p.m. at No. 234 Orchard Road: Tan Lye Chuan, Lee Fook Kee. Omar bin Ahmad. Tan Peng Tuck. Lim Kirn Seng, Chan Chin Tee and Chan Meng Seek.
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    CHINA MISSION TO SOUTH SEAS
    366 16 Investigating Consular Service (From Our Own correspondent) Shanghai, March 4. TWO visitors from China who will be due to arrive here shortly are Messrs. Chen Chun Pu and H. Lin Cheng, specially commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government to investigate
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    KILLED INSTANTLY
    120 16 Export Gymnast Who Practised Without Safety Mat i r.. M :^u Munich. While doing a simple turn on the parallel bars that he had performed rhoi sand.c of times before without mishap. Rupert Glossner. expert gymnast of Strau'o i 2 Central Bavaria, made a fatal slip and was
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    LEAGUE GIVES IT UP
    94 16 Washes Its Hands Off Gran Chaco Dispute Reuter Wireless. London, Mar. 12. The Great Powers practically washed their hands of responsibility for the Chaco dispute at a meeting of the advisory committee on the Paraguay-Boli-via dispute at which M. Massigli, the French representative said the neighbouring
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    RADIO INSTRUCTION
    92 16 Classes-To Be Started In Penang iVrom Our Own Correspondent,! Penang, Wednesday. The. Penang Education Department Droposes opening an evening class for instruction and training local boys in radio engineering. This step is being taken on account of the demand here by firms for boys with trainihg in practical
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    HEALTH OF THE TOWN
    102 16 The Municipal health statement for the week ended Mar. 9 shows that there were 171 deaths, as compared with Vtl in the preceding week and with 174 in the corresDonding week of last year. The chief causes of death were:—Berii beri 8, phthisis 22, malaria 6,
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    MALACCA CHINESE
    296 16 Preparing For Silver Jubilee (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Mar. 13. AT a joint meeting of the representatives ot the Malacca Chinese Associations and Huay Kuans held recently it was uggested that the Chinese- community af Malacca should celebrate tne forth;orning Silver Jubilee by a laniern profession on
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    BERLIN CONVERSATIONS
    78 16 To Take Place On Mar. 25 And 26 British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 13. Sir John Simon and Mr. Anthony Eden will fly io Berlin on Sunday. Mar. 24. and conversations will take place on Mar. 25 and 26. The British Ministers will stay at the \dlon Hotel.
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    SETTING THE PACE?
    73 16 France To Build Another 35,000Ton Warship Reuter Wireless. Paris, Mar. 12. The Government proposes to build a second 35.000-ton battleship after January 1937 in addition to the one already voted. The Government states it has shown a desire to keep within the extreme imit of tonnage allowed
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    IN SUNNY HAVANA
    58 16 Death Penalty For Saboteurs And Terrorists Reuter Wireless. Havana, Mar. 13. Saboteurs and terrorists are liable to summary trial with the death penalty according to an order published to-day Government employees who strike are liable to two to five years' imprisonment. Bomb explosions and shooting occurred during
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    GREEK REVOLT
    58 16 Venizelos Interned On Italian Island Reuter Wireless. 1 Rome, Mar. 12. Venizelos is interned on the island of Casos and will presumably be treated as a political refugee. The Italian Government in the past always has refused to hand over such refugees and there appears no reason why
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    DRESSERS EXAMINATION
    82 16 (From Our Oxon Correspondent) Malacca, March 13. The following is a list of successful estate dressers at the estate dressers' examination held on Feb 8' Grade 1: P. N. K. Adioti.' Grade 2: A. K. B. Menon, P X Menon. A. C. Nair and G. S Gill Grade
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    RETIREMENT LEAVE
    42 16 w Ja Sg. Superintendent Printing Department, and his family left for Home yesterday via Port. Swettenham Mr. Jagg, who is gome Home on long leave prior to retirement, will be relieved by Mr. H. T. Ross, of the same Depart-
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    IPOH WEDDING
    172 16 Mr. J. Van Der Noorda And Miss Sylvia Hill (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Tuesday. rhe marriage was solemnises, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Perak to-day of Mr. Johannes render Noorda, manager of Lindeteveo-Stokvis, ipoh. son of the late Mr. Piet»:i A. van der Noorda of Liedcn,
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    112 16 Mother's Attempt To Prevent Marriage Warsaw. A woman who disappeared of the marriage of her son Fedor Bily with Maria Nawtynink hired men to abduct him. As the young couple were driving in a sleigh to be married in the chapel at Okno, five men fell
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    U.S. RELIEF BILL
    29 16 Reuter. Washington. March 3. The Senate has amended tiie administration's monumental Relief Bill tc prevent expenditure on additional work on munitions, warships and milhary material.— Reuter.
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    SURGICAL MYSTERYSOLVED
    444 17 pood Obstruction In The Aesophagus A; RGICAL discovery said to be of first tanc< was described by Prof. G. C. F.R.C.S.. in delivering a Hunterian il the Royal College of Surgeons In*s Inn-fi-ld<. ears surgeons have been puzzled by ii uh eh there was apparently tru< ion in
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    47 17 Singapore. Thursday. year-old Chinese was this niornrged before Mr. Norman Crice. ci Magistrate, with .being in oi a revolver without a licence Aland Road a; nine o'clock last Chan, the accused, claimed trial released on a personal 00/.d of case was postponed for a week.
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    AROUND MALAYA
    340 17 Personal Pars About Local People MR. Gardener, O.C.PD. is acting as O.S.P.C. in place of Mr. Hart and Che Mat Noor is acting as 0.C.P.D., Ipoh. Mr. SB. Sinha, Advocate and Solicitor, Ipoh. who was expected to arrive ba-k from his holiday in Indie, on the Dth instant,
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    AIRCRAFT-CARRIER
    50 17 Contract To Be Given To Cammel, Laird Co. British Official Wireless. London. Mar. 13. Tha Admiralty have decided, subject to the settlement of certain details to give the contract for the aircraft carrier provided for in the 1934 programme of constructions to Cammel Laird and company, Birkenhead.—British Official Wireless.
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    411 17 Plea For Nfew Coroners' System 1 PLEA for i4ie abolition of murder or mat)slaughter verdicts by coroners' juries is made in a special article in The Lancet. Referring to the Home Secretary's announcement of a fresh inquiry into the system of coroners' inquests, it is s'oated that
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    22 17 Dr. McSwar. has returned to Batu Gajah, as Medical Officer in place of Dr. Wakefield, who went on home leave last Saturday.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS
    189 18 Second Battalion Route March Singapore. Thursday. The Second Battalion cf the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force were ou* on a route march yesterday evening. The Battalion left, their headquarters at 5.30 p.m. headed by the Band and Drums of the Wiltshire Regiment. The Signallers Section I Chinese* followed immediately
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    GENERAL CHANG
    19 18 It is reported that General Chang Fat un. former commander of the Ironsides fKSe red f Chairm^
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    LOCAL FIRES
    100 18 Singapore. Thursday. The Fire Brigade was called out on jo occasions yesterday afternoon to deal ,ith fires at Mount Elizabeth and Grove In the first outbreak two fire entities V rrLf 10 M unt Eliz abeth where on irrtval it was found that a patch of illang was
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    SILVER JUBILEE
    90 18 Commissioners' Provision Of $50,000 THE General Committee of the Singapore I Commissioners has approved the pro- I posal to order certain materials, estimated to cost $20,000, necessary for the decoration of streets on the occasion of the I Silver Jubilee, and to the provision of $50,000 by supplemental
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    BRITISH BIRTH RATE
    116 18 First Increase For Fifteen Years British Official Wireless. London. March 13. The statistical return by the Registrar General in regard to the population of England and Wales for 1934 shows that a definite increase of the British birth rate occurred last year for the first time since
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    38 18 There will be a debate at the premise, I of the Young Muslim Physical and Liter- ary Union. 114. Tanjong Katong Road on Mar. 20. 8.30 p.m. The subject will be Western Civilisation and Its effects on Asiatics.
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    WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE
    395 18 Prime Minister Defend* Its Issue British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 13 by the Government of the policy forth in the recent White rW defence are referred to in an irUcufwt week s "News Letter" the National Uho 1 fortnightly. *-*oour He says he was greatly concerned
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      902 18 Wireless BERLIN, SHORT-WAVE STATION TO-DAY'S EMPIRE PROGRAMME Wireless Programme For To-Day Chopin Recital By Ernest LllSh THE wireless programme for to-day as announced by the German Shortwave Station, Berlin, Broadcasting TO-DAY'S Empire wireless programme House, is as follows: 1 is as follows: 4.05 p.m. DJB, DJA Announcement 6.20 p.m. Big
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    CHILD CRUELTY CASE IN CEYLON
    545 19 Ke-trial Before Another Magistrate -IT is to be hoped that irregularities will 1 be allowed to enter into the fresh eredings," remarks Mr. Justice iMitnsz, in Colombo, in his judgment irered in the Galle child cruelty case, thing the conviction of the accused ordering a
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    RED "TERROR GANG"
    193 19 Railway Bandits Tracked Down Moscow. A\K man has been shot and 18 others v sentenced to various terms of impritnt in a round-up of railway bandits "perating in the Leningrad district. It found that the 19 men belonged a well-organised gang, led by an cxli named Savin-Klimov,
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    FAMILY AGE "STAKES"
    73 19 German Town Claims New Record Berlin. ihe small West Prussian town of Rosenberg claims a world's record. It has a family living there, consisting of an 80-year-old mother and eleven tin dren—seven sons and four daughters -whose total years amount to 63z. Rosenberg has thus beaten all
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    "PAPER JACK"
    460 19 Extreme Poverty Amid Wealth j TOE identity of "Paper Jack," the hermit of the Croydon district, who dressed himself in sheets of brown paper tied round his body, and was killed because a motorist could not distinguish that weird suit of clothes from the mud, has been disclosed.
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    CO-OPERATION MEETING
    159 19 Twenty-Eight Technical Experts To Attend Na.iking. Feb. 21. Twenty-eight technical experts have been appoin.-ed by the National Government to the National Conference on Co-operation to be held in Nanking from March 13 to March 17. These include Pa T. T. Tsur, former Chancellor of YencbJng University. Professor Chang
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    IMPOSTER ARRESTED
    153 19 Wants To Enter Government Service Nanking, Feb. 22. Cne Chou Lan-kai, who claims to be a former student of Fuh Tan University, was arrested here to-day for forging signatures and using the faked seal of government officials in an attempt to obtain a job in the government. Aged
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    TIGER DEPREDATION
    112 19 Twenty Cattle Killed Daily In Madras Presidency Madras. Every day, all through the yedr, mdre than twenty head of cattle are killed by tigers and panthers in the Madras Presidency. Tnis fact has been revealed in the Legislative Council here, where a member asked for figures. j "There
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    "NORDIC SOCIETY"
    219 19 SaVrnfe Eifrdffe F#>* Munich, Bavaria. NAZI Germany's "Nordic Society" (Nordische Gesellschaft) has held its first public mass-meeting at Nuremberg. The avowed task of the society is, "to unit* the Nordic peoples of the world and save Europe from destruction." The Assembly was presided over by the Nazi Chief
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    FOREIGN DOCTORS
    224 19 French Medical Students' Protest Strike Pans. The students of the Paris Faculty of Medicine followed the example set by their colleagues of the provincial schools and went on a one-day strike in protest against the indiscriminate admission of foreigners to professional standing in France. Pickets patrolled the entrance
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    PROVING HIS ARGUMENT
    90 19 Rock £fetf# ttA fcafrwfcy Madrid, j Jose Tennis of Saragassa was arguing in a tavern that a sufficiently large boulder placed on a rai.way line would derail a train. His friends maintained that the train would simply sweep the obstacle but df its path. i Jose attempted
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    NEW USE FOR FIREMEN
    107 19 hitting A Thrill Into AdVfcrtfein£ Pragtfe. Three district education councils in North Bohemia organised continuationlectures for adults last year. They were very poorly attended. Now a new method of announcing the lectures has been tried. The local volunteer and professional fire-brigades rush through the vii'ttees, $ounfliHg
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    GALES IN NORTH EGYPT
    109 19 Vast Damage To Shipping And Property Alexandria. Gales of unprecedented violence have been sweeping the northern coast of Egypt, doing considerable damage to shipping and prdperty. Tremendous seas, accompanied by thunder. haii and lightning swept over Alexandria harbour, which was closed by the authorities. Tn the
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    NIGHT LIFE IN BARCELONA
    290 19 "BfcrAo ChW' To Be Removed? DARCELONA'S famous "Barrio Chino" (Chinatown), one of the well-known night i f d,s i™; ts of Europe, is to be demolished 2i* V ei l y Pon > the 'governmental 'delegate who has replaced the mayor and corporation, removed from office
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    "CONSCIENCE" DRIVE
    106 19 National Moral *We Prague. A "Week of Public Conscience" tiegina in Czechoslovakia tc-day (Sunday, March 3) i The idea, which is cOnnectett w|th President. T. G. Masaryk's BStn buith> day next week,. is to strengthen tht moral fibre of the nation, The principles of dehidcrady and Coopnation will
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    ICED BABY
    84 19 1 Murcia, Spain. k HnV baby girt found aJ£nc#nVd :'n an ice-box wtth fish bas been given a warm welcome by foster parents. After the child had, been taken to-an mstitut'on. the news,got about anjn a mkp and his wife offered to prbvftte a hqfflfe ffc the irrfapt?
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