Malaya Tribune, 31 January 1936

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    38 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIII -No. 25 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1936 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Friday, Jan. 31, 1936. Malaya Tribune 26 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1936 FIVE CENTfc
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    THE FEATS OF A FAKIR
    653 2 "Secret Egypt" MAN WHO LIES ON SCYTHE-BLADES rpHE most famous fakir of modern Egypt, a man who can lie on sharpened scythe-blades and nailrtudded planks, besides submitting to dagger-thrusts in the throat, knife-wounds in the chest, burning with a torch, and burial alive—this is Tahra
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    'PHONE THAT WILL TAKE MESSAGES
    178 2 An Automatic Private Secretary London. DOST Office engineers are experiment- ing with a new robot telephone device which will take messages for an absent subscriber. It will make the telephone an automatic private secretary. It embodies the most advanced system of mechanised voire reproduction ever
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    FOURPENCE A DAY
    199 2 Living Expenses Of Some Nuns In Palestine Jerusalem. ROW a community of nuns is now living in Palestine on an allowance of nine shillings a month for each nun —just under 4d. a day—has been revealed by Mr. Edward Keith-Roach, District Commissioner for Northern Palestine These nuns,
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      240 2 Sole DARBY Co., Ltd., Singapore-Johore-Malacca and Negri Sembilan i?.s. 3 I w Mil AT ITS lEST j SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITE BRAND BECAUSE THE QUALITY IS WORTH TWICF THE PRICE SAFE AXH GOOD FOlt BABY j Blue Cross Milk Is Especially Made For Babies. It Contains The Nourishing And Essential Ingredients Baby
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      334 2 there's a difference between a tired dog and a LISTLESS DOG After a run—a rest. That's natural. adds to these impurities. Unless you But when a dog is slumped up on a rug provide him with a blood corrective he from morning till night he's not will never know the
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      21 2 The Perfect Kerosene it 5 Gas-Cooker, »> Two Flames flame. V Salter* Patent BOON SENG CO., LTD. 36 38, Robinson Road.. Singapore.
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    THIS STRANGE WORLD
    774 3 Twenty Unknown Husbands Dogs Heroic Deeds Prisoners Locked Out The Perfevi Gentleman (TRANCE news, from all parts of the world comes from Reuters correspond :nts. Here is a selection: BITTEN BY DEAD SHARK A no ad shark has severely bitten a man in Durban, Natal. The shark
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    GIRL SHOOTS HERSELF
    115 3 After "Goodbye" To Her Lover Warsaw. Sonya Cherneak, beautiful, darkhaired, nineteen-year-old leader of Russia's girl Communists, and daughter of Moscow's chief of police, shot herself in a main street of Moscow. Two years ago a young Austrian Communist fled from Vienna to Russia. Sonya and he met,
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    GLOBE-TROTTING BY AIR
    397 3 World-Trip By X.L.M. "Planes DECENTLY Phidias Fogg has found 11 many imitators, Who easily beat his record of 80 days for a voyage round the world. Travelling by air and sea the whole journey does at present not take more than a month, and when the projected
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      157 3 All-British A A fl Wm 3 Modernize your office and make it look clean, bright and cheerful. Such an ■HflHßf office tends to more and better work $"-fr~ll from your Staff and creates a favourHl -II -li able impression on visitors not to menshmpNl tion the Employees themselves, if S=s=3
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      293 3 GIGANTIC CLEARANCE! I OF THE RESIDUE OF STOCK j Ha I r a I Ml m HERE IS A SAMPLE tSm 881 8 OF THE AMAZING OFFERS IP RICE w! I MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS. I i Slightly soiled. Will wash like new. I Plain fronts, pleated fronts, pique I j
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES. N.Y.K. LINE
    486 4 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES. N.Y.K. LINE Steady Growth And Progress WHEN he presided at the half-yearly general meeting of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, held in Tokyo, Mr. K. Kagami, the president, in reviewing the company's activities for the half-year ending Sept. 30 said the net profit for the period was. in
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    THE CHICHIBU MARU
    70 4 Shore-To-Ship 'Phone Service To Be Installed Tokyo. The N.Y.K. liner, ChichibuMaru next March will become the first vessel on the Pacific with telephone service, when a crew of experts completes the installation of radiophone equipment, valued at V.100,000. The service, permitting telephonic conversations with the shore, will
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    JAPANESE YARDS ACTIVE
    111 4 Shipbuilders in Kobe are busy expanding their yards, Gays the "Japan Chronicle." The Mitsui Tama Shipyards have a V.400,000 expansion under construction and the Harima Shipyards have decided to instal a new slipway. The Yokohama Dockyard (now part of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company) is aiso planning
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    SHIPPING INDUSTRY
    542 4 Stage Set For A Revival WRITING in "Lloyd's List" Annual Review of 1935 on British shipping, Mr. Philip E. Haldin, chairman of Messrs. Haldin and Philips, Ltd., and of Messrs. Lamport and Holt Line, Ltd., characterises the year as one of the most eventful for the shipping industry
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      427 4 and BRITISH INDIA P O. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1936. RAWALPINDI 17,000 Jan. 31 SOMALI 6,810 Feb. 12 CORFU 15,000 Feb. 14 RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 28 BANGALORE 6 000 Mar. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Har. 13 CARTHAGE 15,000 Mar. 27 BHUTAN 6,100 Apr. D RAJPUTANA 17.000 Apr.
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      567 4 N.Y.K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles and Gilbraltar. s.s. KASHIMA MARU Feb. 6 f m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Feb. J9 s.s. HAKONE MARU Mar. 5 ss. SUWA MARU Mar. 19 Rates to Ist class 2nd cbis*
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      511 4 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Clas s Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham JUTLANDIA 11-2 11-2 12-2 14-2 MEONIA 3-3 3-3 4-3 6-3 ALSIA 24-3 24-3 25-3
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      464 4 STEAMER SAILINGS Z" NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD W (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI. NORTH CHINA JAPAN. 1936. "GNEISENAU" omits North China Jan. 31 <; "TRAVE" Feb. 2 "HAVEL" Feb. 25 "DONAU" omits Manila Mar. it HOMEWARDS FOR HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN:— STUTTGART
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    137 5 VALUES SLIGHTLY LOWER No Pressure To Sell (From Our Financial Correspondent/ Singapore, Friday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 24 cts., down Market Tone: Quiet. Tin (Singapore) (100%; unchanged To-day's Price*:— London: 6 15 16d., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. New York: 1413|16 cts., down .Market Tone: Dull. TIN London: Spot
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    FINANCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    1517 5 FINANCIAL NEWS VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS ~v The following share quotations are issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt:— MINING Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Issue. Fraser Lyall Value Co. Evatt 4 Ampat 56 6- 56 6 £1 A. Knmbang 33- 34 32 6 33 6 £1 A.
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 5 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Thursday n r -on Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. January* 24*/2 24 9 16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.O.B January) 24 l 2 2-1 J, io No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Spore) 2 do. Feb. Mar. 24' 4
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    148 5 PricJs Realised Ai Weekly Sale Singapore, Thursday. THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1262 nd auction, to-day when there were: Catalogued 740,815 lbs.—tons 330.70 Offered 711,115 lbs.—tons 317.46 Sold 662,351 lbs.—tons 295.6J London— Spot 6.15/16 d. New YorkSpot 14.7/8 cts. PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED
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    RUBBER STOCKS
    144 5 U.S. Consumption Reaches New High I j2V2 1 (By Air Mail» (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Jan. 21. CONSUMPTION of lubber in the United States reached a new peak level of 497 150 tons in 1935. comparing with 453 223 tons in 1934. and with a previous record
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    STOCK MARKETS
    34 5 London. lan. 30. STERLING on New Y. i* r 00- 3 1«; Par* :">-l IS. The Slo-k Markets arr ruiet. U'ar Loan l f !6 s, geM INK M.—British Official U heless.
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    LEASES CANCELLED
    135 5 Philippine Act* on Deflates Interest In Oil Activity Manila, Jan. 16. In a swift and unexpected move today the Philippine Government cancelled 31 oil leases held by American and local companies, thereby deflating interest In oil activity which had recently reached the proportions of a boom. The Government
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    U.S. FOREIGN TRADE
    86 5 Favourab'e Balance For December Decrease Washington, Jan. 22. The foreign trade of the United States during December, 1935, with compar'soi.s was as follows: D-c. 1934 Nov. 1935 Dec. 1935. Imports 132 000.000 169.000 000 178,000,000 Extx>rts 171,000.000 269.000.000 224,000.000 Balance 39 000 000 100,000.000 46.000.000 Compared with
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    SUGAR MARKET UNSETTLED
    227 5 Need For International Conference Reuter. London. Jan. 30. PROSPECTS for the International Confeience on Sugar appear to be re- ceding into the distant future. It was expected that the British j Government would already have issued world-wide invitations to ai-- i tend the meeting either in Feb-
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    PETROL OUTPUT
    69 5 U.S. Production Excess Threatens Chaos San Francisco, Jan. 20. The President of the Standard Oil Company of California to-day wanted the State that over-production of petroleum threatens chaos. He said that the Standard Oil Company of California was willing to pay $1 20 per barrel compared with the
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    LYALL & HYATT'S DAILY REPORT
    118 5 LYALL HYATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore .Friday. MINING: Unchanged. Hong Fait .92 Jelebus .fi .09. Ulu Klang $1.19 Fi.32, talam $i .:7<.. sellers S. Kinta $5.4"i $5.59, Ni rths 03 .67. The Ratib output at 2107.33 oz. Is particularly satisfactory hewing an increase of 200 ounces approximately on the pievious four
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    FIXED TRUSTS MOVEMENT
    241 5 Strong Demand STEADY (iROWTH IN NUMBERS Vfj review of the Stuck Markets could be considered complete without some acknowledgement of the manner in which the fixed trusts movement has grown during the past 12 months, says the Financial Times of Jan. 2. That it has attained a
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      244 5 THE UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. 'Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 31-A. Chulia Street, (Bonham Building;) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000 Isroed, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,000.00 C Jlairraphic Address:— Telephone Nos.:— Tyehuabank 5182. 6183, 6184 5185 5186. Board of Directors: Wee Kheng Chiang. Esq., Chairman, •oo Beng Cheang. Esq., Deputy Chairman
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      28 5 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LTD. FIRE. MARINE, MOTOR CAR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. hfad OFFICE: 16D. Cecil St., Sin* apore. L. G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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      358 5 THE EASTERN BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: 4, IVAlmeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed Capital £2,uuu,utM Paid-up Capital £1,000,000 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. BRANCHES: Bombay, Calcutta. Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened ana money received on Fixed Deposits on
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      846 6 SCHIFFNER CO., LTD. TELEPHONE 7342. A S M. HASSAN 36 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work in electrical, gas and water service lines. We give prompt attention to all orders either big or small. Why not consult us about your requirements? Estimate submitted upon request
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      588 6 Buy direct from the manufacturers' representatives Gramophone Needles, excellent quality. Price 25c. per box, containing 5 Tins, —each tin 200 needles, totalling 1,000 needles in all, obtainable from NASSIM, 381, North Bridge Road, Singapore. Phone 3785. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES For Sale Dispensary including good will, medicines, stock in trade and utensils
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      848 6 TENDERS Tenders are being called on behalf of Messrs. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., tor conversion of existing building at Empire Dock as New Premises for THE ROYAL BAKERY Plans, specification and all particulars can be obtained at the office of the Architects, SWAN MACLAREN, Hongkong Bank Chambers Singapore. Tenders
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      264 7 Buy SHIRTS and I» 1 J 1 M MADE BY I I SHIMURA CO., j THE SIGN OF QUALITY 5.5.&C0.1 82-2, Bras Basah Road. Telephone 4382. Well-finished SILK OR COTTON. I DO.VT NEGLECT YOUR EYES! Consult ELLISON S. EZEKIEL CO., OPTICIANS. WATCHMAKERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY DEALERS. PLEASE NOTE OUR ONLY ADDRESS:
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      224 7 Week-End Shopping Bargains IN SINGAPORE. This weekly feature is intended to serve as a guide to the latest goods and novelties on display in the shopping centres of Singapore. It should doubtless prove very helpful to our readers when planning their week-end shopping. The firms mentioned here are of high
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      123 7 SPEED your game with Nahar's magnificent range of world's Finest Rackets. I Prices, quality, f service cannot I I he beaten. Malaya's Largest Sports House NAHAR CO. 113, North Bridge Rd., i 18 Java Street, Singapore. I Kuala Lumpur. WHY PAY MORE j FOR YOUR SHOES? j When you can
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      211 7 100 pairs of .f\ \A Ladies' Stockings j\ 111 Vi Price. I] A Economy Dspt. A Alu ayt Something JVr* 4r CAPITOL BLDG. V 5-7-9, STAMFORD ROAD. ><^~«3 THE COLEMAN HAIR DRESSING SALOON 37 COLEMAN STREET. Branch at 6 HILL ST. for TURKISH BATHS. SWEDISH MASSAGE. f ELECTRICAL TREATMENT. CROCODILE
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      341 7 I lIAIM- \l\ A NEW SHIPMENT OF CHINESE NOVELTIES, CARVED IVORY WARES LINEN TABLE CLOTHS EXQUISITELY HAND MADE. ASSORTED DESIGNS, VARIOUS SIZES. OBTAINABLE AT Shanghai Trading Co. 55. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. PUMA EAU DE COLOGNE. EXCELDA HANDKERCHIEFS (Manchester, Fast Colour). HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN requisites GARDEN TOOLS Etc. Pay Us A Visit
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW— To-Day's Shipping
    295 8 PASSENGERS BY THE RAJPUTANA Singapore, Friday. The following passengers are sailing by the P. and O. Rajputana, which left Singapore for Europe this morning Mrs. H. F. H. Jones, Mr. T. Earl, Mr. W. Shaipe, Surg. Lt. Mullen, Mrs. I. I. Jeffries,
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    74 8 Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. by Air (Qantas). time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 3.30 p.m. and general delivery of letters 4.05 p.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands), time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 3.30 p.m. and general delivery of
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    ACCELERATED DEPARTURE
    32 8 Mails for Indo-China originally advertised for despatch by s.s. G.G. Merlin closing at 11 a.m. on 3rd prox. will now be despatched by s.s. Chenonceaux closing at 2 p.m. to-morrow.
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    PASSENGERS
    66 8 The following passengers are arriving in Singapore by the Meonia which is due here from Europe on Feb. 7: Mr. R. N. Carr. Mrs. Carr. Mr. J. Gouwe, Mrs. Gouwe, Capt. V. Demsbo, Mr. F. Hindsgaul, Mr. Den Hertog, Mrs. Den Hertog. Mr. P. Kamnmann. Mrs. Kampmann, Mr. Chr.
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    121 8 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Jan. 31. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Kistna 22; Somerville 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3» Rawalpindi 18: Pacric Maru 16: Awobasan Maru 14; Ophir. Gneisenau 11; Glenaffaric 8; Benvenue 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) City of Perth
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    Money Market
    191 8 SELLING Singapore, Jan. 30. London 4 months' sight ?]4Vs London 3 months' sight 214 3|32 London 60 days' sight 2 4 1(16 London 30 days" sight 24 1|32 London demand 214 London T.T. 2|4 Lyons and Paris demand 870 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 58 Batavia and
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    108 8 British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. Paris 75 1 64. New York 5.00 5 16. Montreal 4.99 3 /4. Brussels 29.35V 2 Geneva 15.20%. Amsterdam 7.29 3 4 Milan 62 3 Berlin 12.30. Stockholm 19.39 y 2 Copenhagen 22.39 */2 Oslo 19.90 Vg. Vienna 26V2. Prague Helsingfors 227.
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    PRODUCE
    195 8 Singapore, Jan. 30. R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $111 R. (Siam i W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $107 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $105 Rice, B. Siam, No. 1 per Koyan $108 Rice, B. Siam, No. 2 per Koyan $104 Siam, Rice.
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    Diary of the Day WHAT'S ON?
    149 8 Public Functions Ana Sports Fixtures •TO-DAY, JAN. 31 High Tides:—3.05 a.m., 3 54 p.m. Boxing: Baby Johnson v. Ignacio Fernandez, Olympic Stadium, 9.15 p.m. Hockey: S.C.R.C. v. Indian Assn, I.a Municipal Commissioners' Meeting, 2.15 p.m. Lecture at Chinese Association by Dr. Wu Lien Teh,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    71 8 ALHAMBRA.— 'The Irish In Us." CAPITOL.—"The Big Broadcast of 1938." EMPlRE.—Chinese picture. GREAT WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, Side-shows, Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas, Talkies, etc. HOLLYWOOD —"Oh Daddy." and "Les Miserables." MARLBOROUGH.—"Four Sisters," Chinese picture. NEW WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, Side-shows, Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas. Talkies, etc. PAVILION.—"Heart's Desire." REGAL (Late Apolio..—English
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      348 8 1 malayVs premier hotel 4 vj&g»* -Hr TO-NIGHT m CABARET ATTRACTION ocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. LOU V S A Dinner Dance SILVIA the (informal) POPULAR COMEDY TAP 9.30 to midnight DANCING TEAM. NON-DINERS $1.00 SATURDAY FEB. BTH. RAFFLES CELEBRATED CABARET Malayan Rugby Union End of the Directed by
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      164 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Singapore Municipality TENDERS. TENDERS are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars, see Municipal Tender Room. Date of closing. Supply of High Pressure Copper Tubes for Water Dept. 4 p.m. Monday, 17th February, 1036 Supply of Sluice Valves for Water Dept. for period 1-5-36 to
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      172 8 s Postal Intelligence SINGAPORE MAIL CLOSE TO-DAY Muntok (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Soengei Liat (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Blinioe (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, S.East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Ophir) 2.30 p.m. Africa East (India Maru) 2 p.m. Bengkalis, F. de Kock Padang, Pakan Baroe, Siak and Selat Pandjang
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    DOGGED DEFENCE OF THE FRANC
    327 9 Stabilisation The Goal Of Monetary Policy Reuter. Paris, Jan. 30. is a result of the offensives against A France in May and November, sixeen milliard francs worth of gold -illlion left the banks' vaults, says Governor Tannery's report at the anial meeting of shareholders of
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    MR. ANTHONY EDEN
    209 9 Informal Talks With Foreign Representatives British Official Wireless. has had with the visiting Ministers arc ilkely to prove fruitful in increasing common understanding and feelings of mutual confidence which is an essential basis for the constructive tasks which lie ahead in the international field.— British Official Wireless.
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    ITALY PREPARES
    57 9 For Summer Rains In War Zone Reuter. Rome, Jan. 30. SIGNOR Mussolini informed the Cabinet that 50,000 workmen are being despatched to the war zone to ensure the functioning of all lines of communication during the summer rains. He pointed cut that the 100,000 scldiers in East Africa
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    BRITISH PARLIAMENT
    73 9 To Reassemble On Tuesday Next British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. Parliament reassembles on Tuesday. Yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet discussed the programme to reconsider and review the international situation. The first business of Parliament will be to receive a message of thanks from King Edward for the
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      241 10 CHARLIE CHAN 1 GETS BETTER j AND BETTER! A CHINESE PUZZLE mmamin crime! I Chan faces 3 smugglers, to I so ve a 9 r,m ■fif ALHAMBRA j COMING SOON 4i MASTER LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS. sh*—: i i THEATRE KOYALI 6PM to night 9 pm. AFTER A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS SEASON
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      296 10 .g. i £?^™E P ,L?£ ROLL UP HURRY UP SEE The WORLD'S MOST j E AMO US CELEBRITIES of SCREEN, STAGE and RADIO Gathered logether in a Merry, Musical Jubilee Show thai you will remember J j for YEARS 5 Just look at these famous stars who appear LYDA ROBERTI
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      342 10 PAVILION™—««- READ THESE REPORTS BY LEADING AND IMPORTANT CRITIC XNI) YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY THIS FILM IS SO POPULAR "Certain to exceed the success of "Blossom Time" —EVENING NEWS. I ("Tauber's greatest success" I I "An excellent production" —DAILY TELEGRAPH.! —THE STIR I 'HEART'S DESIRE' Associated British Picture RICHARD |H|^^
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    MORE ROADS FOR CHINA
    132 11 N*w $500,000,000 Kail Loan Shanghai, Jan. 30. IT was announced yesterday oy Mr Chao Chu Kang, Director of Public Highways, that 90.000 miles ol moto' roads were now open for use throughout the country. The National Economic Council was planning to build many thousands of miles
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    LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
    66 11 British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30 A memorial to Lawrence of Arabia was unveiled in the crypt of St. Paul s Cathedral yesterday by the Lord Chancellor of Oxford University. The congregation included many who served with Lawrence in Arabia as well us friends from Oxford and
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      351 11 I—❖1 Always visit j the Great World Show! (Spore Family Park) s 15 selected side shows nightly j I Witness the Chinese pugilistic exhibition by selected Chinese pugilists from China. Led hv t s s Gen. Chang Chi Kiang of the "Big Sword" fame, and head of the S National
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    91 12 KHOO—Mrs. Khoo Kay Yong (Madam See Kah Chwee» passed away peacefully at her residence, 380, Race Course Road (near the Buddha Templet, on Tuesday, 28-1-36. Aged 74 years. She leaves behind one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Khoo 800 Yeow, and nine grandchildren namely, Khoo Teng Eng Teng Whatt. Teng
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    MANDATES FOR COLONIES
    723 12 j|T is suggested that a world conference to discuss the question of colonies is a possibility of the near future. Land hungVy nations are making their desires known—Herr Hitier and Dr. Goebbels have left no doubt as to German aims in this direction— and the idea of
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    H.M. THE KING
    56 12 1 VJ< Audiences Of Foreign Statesmen British Official Wireless. JHE King to-day continued' fhe seric, British Official Wireless aq King Carol of d e T/a° n aeX d er HMS M We n s d e on s D i°nll ay in^ded g %he Port*" guese. Spanish.
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    NAVAL CONFERENCE
    72 12 Publicity Draft Scheme Approved Reuter. London, Jan. 30. The Technical Sub-Committee of the Naval Conference approved the publicity draft scheme and proposed ths* general specifications and details of all building programmes are to be given at the date of notification and specific details of each ship on the
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    22 12 Mr. W. G. Reeyes has been appointed Adviser, Kota Tinggi, and Mr. W. Headly has been appointed to act as Adviser, Muar.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Royal Empire Tour?
    240 12 NOTES COMMENTS Royal Empire Tour? REPORT of thrilling interest to th? Empire overseas comes from London. According to the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Herald, lt is hoped that after the Coronation of King Edward in London His Majesty will make a tour of the Dominions and there may be
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    Will The King Visit Malaya?
    222 12 JN an article published in the last issue of the Sunday Tribune, the writer recalled King Edward's visit to Malaya as Prince of Wales in 1922, and said: "We remember the visit with pride, anc trust that our new King will one day be able
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    Rubber In Liberia
    125 12 WHENEVER the price of robber up some new alarm come* all make our flesh creep. Now it the turn of Liberia. The name of that country <• minently into rubber news som years ago. when Mr. Harvey Rre head of the Firestone Tyre and Company, went to
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    Is It A Challenge?
    229 12 JT goes on to say that experts believe the trees should yield as much latex as those in Malaya, and as about threequarters have been bud-grafted the output may even be higher. From the whole area under cultivation the amount of latex expected eventually Ii 12.000
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    Topics Of The Day
    335 12 "Looker On" "JF forgotten friends turn up unexpectedly just about dinner time" says a writer on superstitions, "it is a sign that somebody will shor ly be lug on a long journey." The cook very likely. A A "Articles thrown at amateur actors runs a headline.
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    AUTOMATIC SIGNALS FOR MALAYAN PEDESTRIANS?
    720 13 LACK OF ROAD SENSE R.A.C. OFFICIAL Commends Belisha Methods Singapore, Friday. WOUIJ) automatic signals for pedestrians, BelisruK beacons and other methods used in Britain increase the road sense of the general population in Malayan towns? The question is raised by the Secretary of the Royal
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    THREE WEDDINGS IN PENANG
    285 13 Legislative Councillor Married (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Friday. THERE were three weddings in St. 1 George's Church, Penang, on Thursday morning, the first being that of Lt.-Col. G. D. A. Fletcher, manager of Harrisons Barker, Ltd., and O. C. Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps
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    ENTIRELY PREMATURE
    45 13 Suggestions Of King's Empire Tour Reuter. London, Jan. 30. JJEUTER understands that no suggestion for an Empire Tour by the King after his coronation has been made in responsible quarters and the suggestions of the Daily Herald are regarded as entirely premature. —Reuter.
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    RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT
    75 13 Big Orders For Coaches And Wagons British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. Contracts for more than half a million sterling have' been placed by the London and North-Eastern Railway in connexion with its programme of development under a scheme for Government guaranteed loan of £27,000,000, the prospectus of
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    INCREASED WAGES
    51 13 British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. Changes in wages which came in to operation last year, according to renorts received at the Ministry of Labour, have resulted in a total net increase estimated at about £195.000 in weekly full time wages of about 2,337,000 work p ople.—British Official
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    TRAMP OF GERMAN ARMIES
    145 13 EDEN'S QUERY Immediate Coup Unlikely Reuter. London, Jan. 30. TT is officially stated that Mr. Anthony Eden's conversations with M. Flandin (French Foreign Minister) and Baron yon Neurath (German Foreign Minister) on Jan. 27, were generally reassuring. M. Flandin did not share the extreme view of
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    BERLIN CELEBRATES
    126 13 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 30. As many as 35.000 Storm Troopers marched into the heart of Berlin to-day in honour of the third anniversary of Herr Hitler's accession to power and long columns of Brown Shirts will pass the Chancellor's Palace where Herr Hitler takes the salute. The morning's
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    RED REVOLT IN NORTH CHINA
    204 13 NEW CRISIS Flood Victims Join Movement Reuter Tientsin, Jan. 30. A COMMUNIST revolt has broken out in South Hopei, where lo< al Soviet legimes have been established at Jenhsien, Chulo and other districts, according to information from Japanese military sources. Small detachments of Chinese troops
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    GENERAL HAN FU CHU
    401 13 Shantung Governor Tenders Resignatoni Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 31. General Han Fu Chu. Governor ot Shantung, has wired to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek tendering his resignation. The Generalissimo has urged htm to remain in office. It is not known what the reason is, although it is common
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    B.B.C. EMPIRE SERVICE
    25 13 British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. The 8.8.C. announce that the normal programme for Empire service has now been resumed.—British Official Wireless.
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    WIRELESS CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT
    231 13 Interesting Exhibition In London British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. SIR Philip Sassoon, Under Secretary for Air, opened in London to-day the exhibition of aerodrome equipment and services in connection with the Conference of the Aerodromes Owners' Association at which delegates from more than seventy organisations—municipal
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    LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING
    115 13 Ssnsational Letter INVESTIGATION IS RE-OPENED Reuter. Trenton (New Jersey), Jan. 30. ffHE investigation into the kidnapping of, the Lindbergh baby has virtually been reopened by a sensational letter addressed to Colonel Schwartzkof, head of the New Jersey Police, by Governor Hoffman, who reiterates his opinion that the
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    THREATS MADE AT PISTOL POINT
    526 14 EXTORTION CASE FAILS MAN SET FREE Companion Guilty Of Intimidation Singapore, Thursday. AFTER a hearing lasting two and a half days the trial was concluded before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell and a common jury at the Singapore Assize Court to-day, in which two Chinese named
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    CHILD ILL-TREATED
    95 14 Chinese Woman !Fined $100 Singapore, Friday. As a result of a report lodged by a Chinese against his kept mistress for beating his 12 year-old daughter by his first wife, a Chinese woman named Ng Hak was prcduced before Mr. H. A. Forrer. the Criminal District Judge, yesterday.
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    ROAD ACCIDENTS
    37 14 British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. Road accident figures for Britain for the last week were 105 killed 2,946 injured. In the corresponding week of 1935. the figures were 128 killed 3,566 injured.—British Official Wireless,
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    SELANGOR CLUB RESOLUTION
    316 14 Temporary Members For Fraser's Hill (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. A RESOLUTION which would enable A Visitors from places outside Selangor to use the Selangor Club premises at Fraser's Hill during their stay there, was unanimously passed to an extraordinary meeting held at the Club
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    RACING IN SIAM
    50 14 Petition For Tax Reduction Refused (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 30. HPHE racing clubs' petition for a reduction of the Government tax on racing has been refused on the ground that insufficient cause was advanced to move the Ministry of the Interior favourably to reconsider taxation.
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    2,000,000 PASSENGERS
    109 14 Heavy Rail And Road Traffic For King's Funeral British Official Wireless. London, Jan. 30. It is officially announced that the number of passengers carried on road or transport railway services during the day of the King's funeral was 2,000,000, the same number as on Jubilee Day. On Jubilee
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    THE ROYAL MOURNING
    59 14 Paramount Film Received By Air Mail The. Singapore manager for Paramount Pictures has received by air mail a film of the scenes in London following the death of King George, the proclamation of King Edward and the arrival of the remains of the late King in London.
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    MEMORIAL SERVICE
    51 14 Seventh Day Adventist Church In Singapore Amongst the memorial services for His late Majesty King George V held in Singapore on Jan. 28 was a service in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, conducted by Pastor Lake, an Englishman, Australian and American missionaries were in the large and cosmopolitan
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    "SMITHY" ON ISLAND NEAR SUMATRA?
    190 14 Revelation In A Seance k REPORT of a seance in Holland at n which Kingsford Smith was stated to be still on an island near Sumatra, has been forwarded by Sir Hubert Montgomery, British Minister at The Hague, to the Foreign Office, it has been
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    KALLANG FISH PONDS
    88 14 Unemployed Chinese Seek Relief About 2,000 people, mainly vegetable growers and workers in fish ponds, are reported to have been thrown out of employment by the abolition of the fish ponds in the Kallang area. Two hundred of them massed at the Chinese Consulate two days ago
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    46 14 Passengers leaving Singapore by the Imperial Airways liner Athena on Thursday were: Capt. M. R. Aldcrson, for Delhi; Mr. A. W. Thomas, for Bangkok; Mr. J. C. Osborne, Mrs. Patrick son. for Penang. Mr. L. V. Burge arrived from Bangkok by the Arethusa.
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    56 14 Shanghai, Jan. 31. The National Economic Council plans to build a road connecting Gian, Tanchow, Hankow and Chungking, passing through Minghsiang. Chingchuan and Yungchau. This trunk road will improve communications in the provinces of Szechuen, Shensi and Kansu. A railway loan of $27,000,000 has been concluded by the Government with
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    317 14 New Books For Issue On Saturday THE undernoted newly added nonfiction and fiction works will be ready for issue at Raffles Library on Saturday at 8.30 a.m.: Queen Mary, Illustrated. Sir George Arthur; Strange Btreet, Illustrated. Beverley Baxter; The Monks of Kublai Khan Emperor of China, Illustrated, Sir
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    GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY
    110 14 Bac" Recital Given In Singapore Singapore. Friday. The first meeting of the recently formed Gramophone Society was held on Monday at the recording studio of the Gramophone Company, 147. Killiney Road when about 25 people thoroughly enjoyed a recital of some of the works of J. S. Bach.
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    25 14 Mr. Aw Boon Haw has received a letter from Dr. Lim Boon Keng thanking him for his donation of $10,000 to the University of Amoy.
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    AT THE CINEMAS CRAZY WEEK AT THE CAPITOL
    350 14 Riotous Fun Of "The Big Broadcast" "THE Big Broadcast of 1936" is the t craziest riot of amusement ever perpetrated. We defy the clever lads who write sniffy notices of pictures to contradict us. Nothing quite like it has been done before.
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    SANCTIONS SCREW
    102 14 Italy Resents Egypt's Attitude Reuter. v Cairo, Jan. 30. PALY has addressed a note to the Egyptian Government complaining of the application of sanctions by Egypt and holding the Egyptian Government responsible for the measures adopted and reserving the right to demand an indemnity tor moral and material
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    "THE IRISH IN U.S."
    257 14 Delightful Film At The Alhambra Singapore. Friday. A HAPPY, wholesome and entertaining II story is presented in "The Irish In Us." Warner Brothers' newest comedy drama which opened at the Alhambra Theatre last night. The characters are all lovable, but Mary Gordon as the kindly mother
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    73 14 Three officials of the Kwangsi Provincial Government are in Malaya on a mission to study methods of road and railway construction. They are Messrs. Feng Yun, Siao Chien Hwa and Chaen Ching Shu. The visitors will also study the Municipal administration in Singapore. They will introduce what they learn to
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. I. BLELLOCH
    182 14 Large Gathering At Batl Gajah 1 \From Our Otvn Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. 1 THE funeral at Batu Gajah yesterday! of the late Mrs. I. W. Blelloch, wife! of the D.P.P. Perak, was attended bv a very large number of mourners. Many residents in Ipoh and
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    RATEPAYERS' ASSOCN.
    163 14 Question Of Improvement Trust Ordinance vri At a meeting of the commit tc> of the Singapore Ratepayers" Association the chairman, the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck. reported that the Government was considering the recommendations of the Association with regard to amendments to the Singapore Improvement Trust Ordinance. Regarding
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    MR. HU HAN MIN
    114 14 Mr. Sun Fo And Dr. Tai Chi Too To Meet Him Hongkong. Jan. 31. Mr. Hu Han Min, who has recovered from his cold, in an address in Canio-i yesterday, urged the restoration of "the sDirit. sacrifice and discipline of tlv JKuomintang." He cited as examples
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    SYRIAN PRIESTS HERE
    68 14 Two priests of the historic Syrian Church of Malabar, the Rev. Fr Muthew Purakal. M.A.. and the Rev Fr C X Mattom. M.R.A.S.. F.R.S.A.. Prin cipal and Professor respectively of th St. Berchman's College. Changanachery. are on a visit to Malaya. They celebrate Holy Mass In Syriac
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    SWATOW AFFAIR
    31 14 Hongkong. Jan. 30 The Japanese Consul at Swatow announces that he is satisfied that th» death of the Japanese police officer wa not due to assassination.—Sin Che Jit Poh.
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    DR. WU LIEN TEH
    48 14 Dr. Wu Lien Teh. Director of the CI nese National Quarantine Service, is back In Singapore to-day from Penang by the P. and O. Rawalpindi. He wil deliver an address at the Chinese Ass ciation thisevening: He returns China by the same steamer to-morrow
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    SOM PONG'S PLUCKY FIGHT AGAINST RAPHAEL
    190 16 FRENCHMAN WINS ON POINTS RECORD CROWD Splendid Bout In Ipoh Ipoh, Jan. 31. (From Our Own Reporter) A RECORD crowd saw Aime Raphael, lOst. lib., beat the Siamese, Som Pong, lOst 41b., over ten three-minute rounds last night. It was one <>f the greatest
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    INTERNATIONAL RUGBY
    41 16 Ireland's Team To Meet England London, Jan. 30. The following will represent Ireland against England at rugby at Dublin on Feb. 8 Morris, Boyle McMahon, Bailey, Malcolmson, Hewitt, Morgan, Alexander, C. Beamish. Deering, Graves, Russell, Siggins. Savers and Walker.
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    TO-NIGHT'S FIGHTS
    136 16 "Baby" Johnson who makes his debut to Singapore boxing fans tonight. TO-NIGHT'S FIGHTS Large Crowd Expected At Stadium Singapor? Friday. A LARGE crowd is expected at the Olympic Stadium to-night when •Baby" Johnson, lightweight champion of the Orient, makes his debut. His opponent, Ignacio Fernandez, held the honours before he
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    17 16 The usual Monthly Mixed Foursomes Competition will be played on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9.
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    STRAITS RACING ASSOCIATION
    798 16 classification of horses Aim PONIES THE following is the .hit-st iicatu>n ol Horses and Ponies us issued by the Straits Racing Association. HORSES CLASS I. Ayiemore. Belle Edna, Bestloi, Biddy's Squire, Bill of the Play, Bruas, Catherine Wheel, Dark Look, Eastern Ally, Eastern Knight, Excelic, Fourth Battery,
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    CARDS DURING CRICKET
    136 16 Incident In Sheffield Shield Game Brisbane, Jan. 20. fRICKET officials are levelling strong V criticism at members of the Queensland Sheffield Shield team, who, during their match against South Australia, were discovered playing cards. A. member of the executive of th: Queensland Cricket Association complained that while
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    76 16 The following ties in the S.C.C. Billiards Tournament will be played next week. HANDICAP Monday, Feb. 3: K. C. Gillett (—2O) v. E. J. Riches (—70); R. Johnson (—10) v. C. J. Bembroke (scr.). Tuesday, Feb. 4: G. Pritchett /—2O) v. Winner of K. C. Gillett and E.
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    NEW RACE HORSES
    142 16 Two More Due For Malaya THE Anglo-Irish Agency, Ltd., cf 27, Old Bond Street, London, W. 1., have purchased several well-known horses during the past few days fcr export abroad. These include two animals for Malaya— WINSOME MARTHA—Br.f.4., by Winalot—Marjingo— Winner and placed In England In 1935.
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    MR. JOHN MCNEISH
    67 16 Under the auspices of the Straits Chinese Epworth League, Mr. John McNeish, the choirmaster of the Sai Mia Tng Choir, will give a talk on "Choir Singing" at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor Road on Saturday! Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. The Sai Mia Tng
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    PERAK TURF CLUB
    245 16 fehtrtes For Professional jSleeting; If JIE following are the entries for the 1 Perak Turf Club's .Professional Meeting which begins on Feb. 8. HORSES, CLASS 2 In-Ver-Fogg, Buccaneering, Dangerous. Lover, Alum Rock, Verkara, Gee Up, Celestial, Aurora, Kirkdale, Fascinating Lady tlate Beraquita), Belshelle, Retl Dot, Tocsaw?>, Monte
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    TO-MORROW'S HOCKEY
    61 16 Koefmeyer To Play For F.M.S. (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. The inability of Henry Dass. of Sitiawan. to play for the F.M.S. against the Colony in the annual hockey encounter on Saturday, owing to an injury to his leg has brought H. Koelmeyer of Selangor into
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    Y.W.C.A. SPORTS CLUB
    18 16 Will Members kindly note that the Grass court will be opened on Monday Feb. 3.
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    CHINESE OLYMPIC TEAM
    93 16 Dr. Chu To Take Charge Of Boxers Nanking. Jan. 30. DR. Chu Man Yi. former SecreteryGeneral to toe Executive Yuan and a strong supporter of Chinese athletics and *sport. announced that he will accompany tiie Chinese contingent to the World Olympiad to be held in Berlin vhis
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLFER
    163 16 Jim Ferrier To Tour Britain Sydney, Jan. 20. Arrangements have been completed for Australia's leading amateur golfer. Jim Ferrier, to compete in most of the important championship events in Great Britain this year. Ferrier will leave for England on the Large Bav on Feb. 2 and. according to
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    "NOT A BAD OVER"
    138 16 Tarrant's Team Gets Laugh From Indian Umpiring Perth, West Aust. Jan. 20. An Australian chottle over some Indian cricket umpires is contained in a letter from Frank Bryant, one of Tarrant's team In India. Writing in humorous vein of a match at Poona, in which he
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    OLYMPIC GAMES ENTRIES
    285 17 Berlin Committee Studying The Problem Berlin, Jan. 14. A PAR greater number of active participants than originally anticipated v iil arrive for the Olympic Games, acing to an announcement of the ary-general, Dr. Diehm, at a ting of the organisation committee. Although official lists of entrants have
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    INTERNATIONAL GAMES
    78 17 Two Soviet Soccer Sides Win In France Paris, Jan. 15. On January 11. a match took place between the Soviet team "Spartak" and the workers of Nice, France, which endetj 17 to 0 in favour of "Spartak." On January 12 a match between the Spartak" team and a
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    "PISTON" HORIGUCHI
    61 17 Tokyo, Jan. 14. Tsuneo "Piston" Horiguchi, champion featherweight boxer, to-day announced he had accepted the invitation of graduates of Waseda University residing in Hawaii to visit there. The youngster, who received the nick-name of "Piston" because of his fast body punches, said he planned to stay two months
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    POST OFFICE CLUB
    100 17 The Post Cffice Club will play the following soccer matches on Saturday and Sunday: Saturday:—The following players will represent the Club against the Mental Hospital Sports Club at soccer at the Club's ground:—Dawood, Ban Teck iCapt.». Mohd. Hussein, Khai Meng, Kass, Abdul Rahim, Khai Chew, Dawood, Madon,
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    "BANK OF ENGLAND" TEAM
    89 17 Aston Villa's Expenditure On New Players ASTON Villa are being labelled the Bank of England" team, because of their heavy expenditure on new players. They have brought off more deals recently, their latest acquisition being Cuthbert Phillips, the Welsh International outside right, of Wolverhampton Wanderers. The
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    S.C.C. LAWN BOWLS
    108 17 The new green which will accommodate five rinks has been constructed I and the grass planted, and it is hoped to open it for play before June. The CaDtain, Officers and Ship's Company of H.M.S. Cornwall have presented a Silver Challenge Cup for the Lawn Bowls Championship
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    HOME RUGBY
    31 17 Reuter. Lcndon. Jan. 30. The following rugby matches were played to-day: Leicester 5; R.A.F. 3. Warwick beat East Midlands by 11 points to 4 in the County Championship replay.—Reuter.
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    228 17 To-Day's Ties In New Year Tournament Singapore, Friday. THE following ties in the postponed S.t'.C. Chinese New Year Tennis Tournament will be played off to-day: MEN'S OPEN de Las Casas vs. A. D. Anderson. MEN'S OPEN DOUBLES:—N. S. Wise and S. Abed vs. J. C. McPherson and D.
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    ARSENAL TO MEET NEWCASTLE FIFTH ROUND DRAW
    134 17 THE F.A. CUP Preston Go Out Of Competition Reuter. London, Jan. 30. ANOTHER re-play in the Fourth A Round of the English F.A. Cup was decided to-day, when Sheffield United defeated Preston N.E. by two goals to nil. In their first meeting they
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    INTERNATIONAL SOCCER
    40 17 .England's Team To Meet Wales Reuter. London, Jan. 30. The following will play for England against Wales at soccer at Wolverhamptor on Feb. 5. Hibbs; Male and Hapgood; Crayston. Barker and Bray; Crooks, Bowdep, Drake, Bastin and Brook.—Reuter.
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    TOM WALLS AND RALPH LYNN
    360 20 "Stormy Weather' 9 SEVERAL PIQUANT SITUATIONS JJERE is a picture brimful of the piquant situations which have made Tom Walls' pictures so popular. The "combination" is a rertpe for success. Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn. Yvonne Arnaud and Robertson Hare give abundant life to the .WoH„ti
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    ELISSA LANDI IN FINE ROLE
    224 20 New Characterisation In "Without Regret" NEVER has Eiissa Landi. Paramount actress, been assigned a role as demanding of her acknowledged versatile capabilities as in "Without Regret," Paramount's sophisticated romance, featuring also Paul Cavanagh. Frances Drake and Kent Taylor, which is the next change at the
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    "CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAI"
    477 20 SEVERAL EXCITING ADVENTURES MURDER STORY Band Of Opium Smugglers Chan has never been so J perilously close to death, nor se shrewd or amiable a Chinese detective as Warner Oland makes him >eem in the new film based on th< Oriental sleuth's adventures, "Charlie Chan in
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    CURRENT FILMS
    100 20 THE "Big Broadcast of 1936." opened at the Capitol Theatre vesierdav to full houses. It is a grand musical which should have a most successful season in Singapore. "The Irish In Us," featuring the popular actor James Cagney opened to good houses at the Alhambra Theatre last night.
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    MORE PEKING MEN
    672 21 24 Discovered AN EARLY RACE OF CANNIBALS rpHE announcement that further remains of Peking man have been discovered in China coincided tn December 17 with the receipt in Fngland of the first complete report ~i all the remains which have been hitherto found of the million-year-,.M race
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    232 21 Orders For The Queen Mary's Linen THERE has been quite a domestic atmosphere about the developments in connection with the fitting out of tne Queen Mary at Clydebank. In addition to details of the huge stocks of linen which are being supplied tor the liner, the order has
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    SOAP KING WEDS U.S. ACTRESS
    217 21 Dancer In Hippodrome Show MR. R. B. Foster, European director of 111 a firm of beauty product makers who searched the whole of Britain and Europe three years ago for the most girl, Is married. His bride is Miss Barbara Newberry, American dancer in the
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    SINGAPORE PERANAKAN ASSN.
    198 21 At a general meeting of the Singapore Peranakan Association held on Sunday, Jan. 12, the following were ap pointed office bearers for the first half of the current year:— Mr. Lee Soo Bin has been appointed as the Patron of the Association. President:—Tuan P. Ghani Pashn Mustapha
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    NANKING AND THE NORTH-WEST
    327 21 Policy Decided IMPORTANT PARLEY NEXT MONTH Shanghai, Jan. 30. AT an important conference beA tween Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, General Feng Yu Hsiang and General Ho Ying Ching at Nanking yesterday, it was agreed to adopt the following measures with regard to
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    20-STONE, BUT STILL UNDERFED
    184 22 111-Balanced Diets Blamed THE fat man weighing twenty stone or mere Is not necessaiily the most well-nourished man, according to Dr. T. N.- V. Potts County and School Medical Officer of the West Riding County Council, speaking at the Winter School for Health Visitors and School
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    WOMEN'S FEET
    144 22 Growing Bigger Due To Hiking Fashion London, Dec. 31. A dealer who sells women skates, which have become very popular during the last week or so in the cold weathei announces that "the most disturbing thing that has happened to the skate trade is the increased size of
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    ENGLAND'S TEST CAPTAIN
    539 22 Three- Choices G. 0.8. ALLEN MAY BE ELECTED IT is thought in many quarters in London, that G. 0.8. Allen, the Australian-born English international cricketer, will be invited to captain the Mother Country against the Antipodeans at the end of this year, when the M.C.C. sends a
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    FOREIGN LEGION IN NORTH CHINA
    335 22 Tension On The Soviet Border A MONGOL fugitive, Prince Enturga, who has escaped across the frontier through Chahar, gives a vivid description of the warlike preparations in the Outer Mongolian capital. The situation has become tense following recent border incidents between Soviet and Manchukuo soldiers.
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    COURT REGISTRAR RETIRING
    398 23 y\ Y VV. A. N.- Davies TO PRACTISE IN CHELTENHAM Singapore, Friday. POPULAR figure in Singapore— A \i; W. A.' N. Davies —left this y the P. and 0. Rajputana for Home on retirement after 15 years as Registrar of the Supreme Court, Singapore. jj c told
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    MONGOL TROOPS GATHERING
    127 23 Tension On Manchurian Border Shanghai, Jan. 30. IT is alleged by the Japanese that 10,000 Outer Mongolian troops, equipped with more than 20 war 'planes and 200 armed lorries, are concentrating on the Mongolian-Manchurian border. Major-General Doihara, the Japanese Chief Intelligence Officer in North China, ha.s lodged
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    NICE SEEKS VISITORS
    188 23 "Identity Cards" To Be Cheaper Nice. More British visitors are expected^ Nice following ney? foreigners tag "identity cards" which all foreigners remaining in France for t0 months were formerly COI p 100 obtain. These cards originally cos francs (£1.7.0) and the price was sub sequently raised to
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    RUBBER SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
    544 23 Fines Totalling $10,000 Imposed (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 29. S IN 6111 of restriction rubber i smuggling m Johore has been but 50 nave beln captured by the Customs Preventive d£ this morniD e flnes total bl Mr T W w C on jugglers
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    JOHORE COUNCIL
    111 23 Two New Bills To Be Introduced A Bill to amend the Naval Base Waters Johore Enactment is about to be introduced into the Johore State Council, to make compulsory the notification to the omcer-in-Charge of a wreck or obstruction in Naval Ba.,e Waters, Johore, on the approaches and
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    THE R.N.V.R.
    93 23 Malays Attend Funeral Service At Mosque One hundred and four Malay ratings of the Straits Settlements R N.V-R. padded at 7 am. on Tuesday, the day of the funeral" of His Majesty King George, and proceeded to the service at the Mosque in Arab Street. At noon the
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    HEALTH OF THE TOWN
    169 23 Statement Of Singapore Municipality THE Municipal health statement for the i week ended Jan. 25 shows that there were 211 deaths, compared with 229 in the previous week, and with 199 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were:— Beri-berl 12;
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    JOHORE I.C.A.
    199 23 Resolution Of Sympathy With Royal Family (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 29. A general meeting of the India Ceylon Association, Johore Bahru, on Monday evening in the Association premises with the Hon. Dr. N. Mootatamby (President) in the chair. There was a full gathering of members.
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    A USEFUL BOOK
    158 23 Annotated Edition Of The Moneylenders Ordinance Messrs. B. A. Mallal, and N. Mallal, of Singapore have published an annotated edition of "The Moneylenders Ordinance 1935," the aim of which is to give the practitioner or the lay reader a clear insight into the significance of a piece
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    SAVED FROM JAWS OF DEATH
    264 23 Girl Acrobat FAINTS 70 FEET ABOVE GROUND London, Jan. 11. rpHE Audience .at the big circus at Olympia, London, gasped when a girl artist fainted 70 feet above the ring and was just saved from crushing to the ground. She was Miss Heritte, aged 17,
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    EMPLOYMENT IN N.Z.
    73 23 Revolutionary Change In Policy Announced Reuter. Wellington, New Zealand, Jan. 30. Revolutionary changes in New Zealand's employment policy was announced by the public-works Minister, Mr. Semple, who t declared that it was the Government's intention to abolish all relief work on public works, institute a 40-hour week,
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