Malaya Tribune, 7 February 1936

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  • 38 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales vol. xxm -No. 31 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1936 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Feb. 7, 1936. Malaya Tribune 24 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1936. FIVE CiSNTfe
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 56 1 Read TKe SUNDAY TRIBUhE Dominant In Malaya 1 I S Y j Azul> Azulo Mar). |Bg Mark §K§r^° BLUE CROSS MILK i Blue Cross Milk contains the nourishing and essential ingredients baby specialists recommend- Blue Cross Milk builds a healthy baby and makes j a happy family. j BLUE GROSS
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    • 23 1 New Shipment of Waterproof Dustproof Unbreakable Wyler Watches arrived On display at MALAYA WATCH CO., 423, North Bridge Read, Singapore. (near Middle Road).
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  • 603 2 100,000 Books THE MOST RELIABLE GUIDES JJOW many books have been written about Napoleon and his times? Sir Geoffrey Clarke, speaking at an Anglo-French luncheon in London the other day. put the number as high as 100,000, whereas the publishers of Napoleon's letters to Marie-Louise a few
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  • 178 2 Lucky Discovery During Police Raid Paris. h VAST traffic in opium and heroin and a complete laboratory for the manufacture of illicit drugs have been laid bare by the Paris Vice Squad after months of patient detective work. For some time past Commissioner lefebre, chief of the
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  • 238 2 CATTLE LIFTER TELIS MURDER STO RY Tragedy On Way 0 Commit Crim Avisawella (Ceylon», j )5 u,i ;8. ONE of a member of cattle told Mr. S. S. J. boane■, Magistrate of Avisaweila, (Ce\ one of their number stabbed v" death The Padukka police char thelis Perera, and Sediris with
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  • 133 2 Skeletons Found Irs New Z:aland be- Welli:.rt:r AN expedition to the cave> m Walkaremoana district has brought back the almost complete skeletons of five moas The ekt wingless bird of New Zealand. In one skeleton :nly a toe bo e missing. The skull is unusaall. and pven th°
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  • 107 2 Measure To Prevent Speeulat'on Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Feb. 6. The bankers in Nanking support the issue of the unification and reconstruction loans which they believe wi.. stabilise finance and prevent speculation, and, accordingly, benefit Hie people. Bondholders are generally willing u accept consolidated bonds but
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  • 59 2 Forward Dealings To Be Resumed British Official Wireless. London. Feb. 4 It is officially intimated that dealing in two months forward silver will fc resumed in the Silver Market to-ir.nrrov: tor the first time since December 9 1: To-day the market was quiet, spot price for bar being
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    • 264 2 J(^on£ jfrvtufuje, NATURE'S WARNING OF I ffl, JtWSB BREAKDLTVVN BllEl il I energy can make a big difference v x ;i HORLICK'S restores vigour, gives l/3rd extra energy THE ORICINAL MALTED MILK T I -100 PER CENT ENERGY JL JLVy W GIVING NOURISHMENT REPRESENTATIVE: H.M. HODGES, SINGAPORE. mmmmmma m aa,mUamam
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    • 51 2 SETS 5 nS^r^l J are distinguished by If I fine craftsmanship, r reliability, beauty of FREE includes the iiiiTiii'mi, L^ j niba. irft^lWWt^ 3 I J THE CHINA OPTICAL CO., J c i 54 u PP er Cross Street, Singapore. I bole Agents: Scient.fic Instrument Company Singapore HIE3Z3 PHONE LIMITED
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    • 23 2 Dr. Richard Weiss' activated Pancreas-Hormone Tablets for the treatment of DIABETES Lmmm AttLLITOS Sole Agents: E. M. ABDULLA CO.. 163, Capitol Bdgs., Singapore.
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  • 1009 3 DISCIPLINE J Emperor's "Divine Mission" THE guiding spirit of Japan's Army and Navy, which are under the personal command of His Majesty the Emperor, is that of complete and absolute devotion to the Sovereign. All armies and navies are controlled by
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  • 100 3 Cost To Exeed £50,000 Each Washington. DESPITE the destruction at Dayton last October of the Flying Fortress," which was the biggest fighting aeroplane ever built in the United States, the War Department has decided to build 13 more machines of this type. At the same time,
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  • 121 3 Holidays Planned By The State Moscow. Even schoolehildren's holidays are being "planned" in Soviet Russia new. So keen are the authorities that the children shall make the ,most of their 1 1-day winter holiday and return refreshed for further studies, that the whole of Moscow and country districts
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  • 187 3 Accident While Duck Hunting A YOUNG officer, who appeared to bear a charmed life, was drowned while duck shooting at Chitral (where he was stationed) in attempting to savo a Chitrali who had fallen into a deep stream. He was Lieut. Dennis N. B. Hunt, R.E., the
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  • 578 3 Madame Laila TREND OF FUTURE EVENTS rpHE Hindu-Moslem problem will shortly be solved; India is about to enter upon a 52-Year period of increasing prosperity; Abyssinia will defeat Italy with dramatic suddenness; Mussolini will die a natural death within two years, and Hitler will he the victim
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    • 49 3 /INHALANT\^ quickly and safely ends the discomfort and danger of a cold in the head First thing every morning put a drop of' Vapex' on your handkerchief and breathe the germicidal vapour. O/ all Chemists MAM IN EMCLANB >T THOMAS KERFOOT CO. LTD* vtis and told throughout th* w(rU
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    • 131 3 T 1 j STILL CHEAPER AIR TRAVEL S by S IMPERIAL AIRWAYS I j FOUR ENGINED AIRLINERS j SPECIAL SI 1161 RETURN '30-DAY' VALIDITY SINGAPORE—PENANG i For further information and bookings S apply to IMPERIAL AIRWAYS i c|o Mansfield Co., Ocean Building. J Tel. 5154. J I 111 The latest
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    • 524 3 a beautiful Coat is the expert's guide to a Whether he carries a silky coat like a spaniel or the hard rough coat of a wire terrier, there is a brightness give him Bob Martin's Gondii :<>n about a healthy dog's coat which Powders three tunes a day tor j
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  • 1038 4 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES. SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA U.S. Shipowners' Liability I PLEA FOR REVISION OF LAW FJISSENT from the opinion of the majority of the United States Bar Association Committee on Admiralty that nothing should be done in respect to the law limiting the liability of shipowners is expressed
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  • 139 4 Bill To Provide Further State Aid Adopted Further State aid for the Normandiis provided in a Bill adopted by the French Senate, states a Reuter message from Paris. The Bill supplements the agreemen; of 1933 by which the State undertook to pay the Compagnie Generale Tran.>atlantique. owners of
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    • 420 4 life i, and! BRITISH INDIA I» O. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1936. SOMALI 6,810 Feb. 12 CORFU 15,000 Feb. 14 RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 28 BANGALORE 6.000 Mar. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Mar. 13 CARTHAGE 15,000 Mar. 27 BHUTAN 6,100 Apr. 9 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Apr. 10 BEHAR 6,000
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    • 583 4 If. Y. K. LIME GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan*. To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles <*: Gibraltar. f m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Feb. 19 s.s. HAKONE MARU Mar. 5 s.s. SUWA MARU Mar. 19 s.s. "FUSHIMI MARU" Apr. 2 Rates to Ist class
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    • 517 4 p\ssenger and freight service. BANGKOK LINE. l uxurious One Class Mctorsh ps. Most Cab ns h*ve adjoining private bath. CtIIe FOR US MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malac.-a Port Penang II S Sham .IUTLANDIA 11-2 11-2 12-2 14-2 MEONIA 3-3 3-3 4-3 6 3
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    • 448 4 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHER |K\ LLOYD —9 (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company's in tended fixtures: OUTWARDS. vnr MANILA. HONGKONG. SHANGHAI tor emMA JAPAN. IBM. I "HAVEL" also calls Uoilo r-o. 2; "DONAU" omits Manila Mar. I HOMEWARDS FOR HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN: I "ANSGIR" also calls Bilbao and
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  • 133 5 LONDON PRICE OVER SEVENPENCE Firm Local Tone Prevails Singapore, Friday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 25 cts., up jet Market Tone: Firm. Tin (Singapore) |99%; down $•">,.. To-day's Prices:— London: 7 1 «d., up 1 ,;d. Market Tone: Firm. Xew York: 15 5 16 cts.. up ct Market Tone:
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  • 1548 5 FINANCIAL NEWS VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS The following share quotations are issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt:— MINING Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. Issue. Fi-aser Lyall Value Co. Evatt 4 Ampat 5 9 6 3 5 6 6£1 A. Kumbang 33,- 34- 32 6 33 6 £1
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  • 98 5 During the week ending Jan. 25, exDorta from Malayan norts amounted to 52.899 cases, of which: 46.693 '88 per cent.i cases were to the United Kingdom, 971 I 2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 2 800 I 5 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 2
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  • 71 5 Options Exercised In New Zealand The Secretary of Austial Malay Tin, Ltd.. advises that options have been exercised over a large area of auriferous alluvial ground on the Clutha River, near Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand. The intention is to float a company to work the
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  • 284 5 Reduction Of Capital Confirmed In the Chancery Division on Jan. 14 Mr. Justice Luxmoore confirmed a reduction of the capital of the Yunnan Rubber Estates, Ltd., of Capel House, New Broad-street, E.C., from £125,000, divided into 1,125,000 shares of 2s. each, to £40,625. divided into 125,000 shares of
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  • 127 5 Reserve In Bank Of England British Official Wireless. London. Feb. 6. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, informed th* House of Commons in answer to a question that the value at to-day's market Drice of gold added to the reserve of the Bank of England in
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  • 18 5 The following are rubber crops for January Henrietta Rubber 96,490 lb. Sungei Matang Rubber 35.000 lb.
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  • 301 5 Consideration Of Changes In Insurance Law London, Feb. 6. THE President of the Eoa.d of Trade, Mi. Walter Runciman. announced in the House of Commons in reply to a question, that he had under active consideration the report of the Committee of the Stock Exchange recommending
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  • 588 5 MILLING TESTS Little Attention To Quality IN districts where rice production is only sufficient to supply the needs of the local cultivators, the milling quality of the padi is of secondary importance. In such cases, the padi is milled by somewhat primitive methods, and as long as
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    • 246 5 THE UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. 'Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 31-A. Chulia Street. (Bonham Building:) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000 000. fx*led, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,000,000 Jlagraphic Address:— Telephone No».:— Tyehuabank 5182, 5183. 5184, 5185 5186. Board of Directors: *Vee Kheng Chiang. Eeq., Chairman. too Beng Cheang, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
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    • 27 5 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR CAR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. hf\d OFFICE: 16D, Cecil St., Singapore. L. G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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    • 87 5 THE EASTERN BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: 4. D'Almeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed capital njmjm Paid-up Capital H.WC.OOO 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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    • 258 5 Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated In Etralts Settlements.) SUCCESSORS TO HIE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK. LTD.. THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. AND THE OVERSE A-CHINESE RANK, LTD. CAPITAL: Authorised $40.000,000.00 Paid Dp $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH: 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee
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    • 398 6 t j Ihbkme j SCHIFFNER CO., LTD. J TELEPHONE 7342. j U <fr M. HASSAN M 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SLVGAPORE. 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
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    • 578 6 I OFFICE:—I 24 126, (2nd. Floor), Robinson Road. SHOPS:—2O3, (Ground Floor), Serangoon Road; 328 330 332 334, (Ground Floors); Orchard Road; 51, (Ground Floor), Cross Street; 32, Mohamed Sultan Road; 96. Kallang Road, 47, and 49 Cross Street. 3HOPHOUSES: —63 83, Kirn Yam Road. COMPOUND HOUSES:—374, Thomson Road; 39 St.
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    • 621 6 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR QUICK SALE. Morris Minor Saloon, in excellent running order. 35--4J miles per gallon. Any reasonable offer. Owner leaving Colony. Apply Box 63. Malaya Tribune. SUCCESS through BASIC ENGLISH COURSE—New stock arrived. Basic English, Basic Words, A.B.C. of Basic English, Basic Dictionary, Everyday Basic, Basic by Examples, Brighter
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    • 714 6 STATE OF JOHORE In the Matter of the Estate and Effects of YEO HUA SIEW also speit as YEO SIEW KEONO and also as YEO HUA SIM Deceased: AUCTION SALE OF Eleven separate lots (pieces) of Valuable Rubber Lands, areas varying, from 4A. 3R. 12P. to 55A. IR. OOP., known
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    • 799 6 TENDERS INVITED Tenders are invited for the supply of rations excluding rice and of firewood to the Po Leung Kuk, York Hill, from the 1st March, 1936, to the 28th February, 1937, inclusive. Particulars of the quantities of rations and firewood to be supplied may be obtained on application to
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    • 529 6 NOTICE It is notified for public information should any further statement oral or written be made that my wife Mrs. A. C. Begg is a Kling, legal action will be taken. Mrs. Begg is a Burmese Eura sian having no Indian blood whatever N. C. BEGG. ESTATE OF LEE KIAH
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 254 7 Buy j SHIRTS and I» JAMAS MADE BY SHIMURA CO., THE SIGN UkT* OF QUALITY 5.5.&C0.1 82-2, Bras Basah Road. Telephone 4382. Well-finished in SILK OR COTTON. I DON T NEGLECT YOUR EYES! Consult ELLISON j S. EZEKIEL CO., OPTICIANS, WATCHMAKERS I AND PHOTOGRAPHY DEALERS. PLEASE NOTE OUR ONLY "ADDRESS:
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    • 207 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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    • 131 7 ||jjljlijjjj^^j SPEED your TLB game with Nahar's magnificent range of yly world's Finest Si Rackets. Prices, quality, j service cannot I be beaten. 1 Malaya's Largest Sports House NAHAR CO. 113, North Bridge Rd., 18 Java Street, Singapore. I Kuala Lumpur. nil mimmi—■ i i«m —n '1■ v WHY PAY
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    • 102 7 I EVERYTHING j FOR SCHOOLS PHONE lyl I H EDUCATIONAL j SPECIALISTS SUPPLIERS, PRINTERS and BOOKSELLERS Malaya I Publishing House I (LIMITED) Singapore. j Have you ow ed yourself something? I Please pay us a visit. A visit will pay you. L'hinese hand Emb. linen table cloths, Handkerchiefs, Ivory ware
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    • 112 7 A> 150 pairs of J\ A Ladies' Stockings N L V2 Price. A lr 50 hats at $1.00 1/ X Economy Dept. Cp A/way* SomnMng Nrw A' 1 1HE HOLM Or IHINCk .<( y CAPITOL ELDG. V >^<^ 11 c THE COLEMAN HAIR DRESSING SALOON 37 COLEMAN STREET. Branch at
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    • 256 7 BARGAIN! A NEW SHIPMENT OF CHINESE NOVELTIES, CARVED IVORY WARES LINEN TABLE CLOTHS SILK LINGERIE, MAHJONG SETS, LAMP SHADES. JgK OBTAINABLE AT Shanghai Trading Co. 55. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. PRIMA EAU DE COLOGNE. EXCELDA HANDKERCHIEFS (Manchester, Fast Colour). HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN requisites GARDEN TOOLS Etc. Pay Us A Visit Hoon Seek
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  • 346 8 Dead And Injured Landed At Swansea THE Blue Funnel liner Ulysses sailed from the Mumbles Roads on Jan. 7 lor Brisbane after landing the three dead and four injured members of her crew. They were brought ashore in the tug
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  • 113 8 Mails expected from Europe etc., (London* by Air (Imperial), time of delivery of boxholders letters only 7 p.m. to-day and general delivery of letters 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands Indies, etc. by Air (Qantas), time of delivery of boxholders letters only 3.30 p.m. to-morrow and
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  • 106 8 British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 6. Paris 74 59 64. New York 5.01 7 16. Montreal 5.01 1 4 Brussels I>9.40. Geneva 15.15 1 Amsterdam 7.29» Milan 62 3 16. Berlin 12.30. Stockholm 19.39 Copenhagen 22 S9 Oslo 19.90V2. Vienna 26 M>. Prague 119 ;i 8Helsingfors 227. Madrid
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  • 75 8 Tohiti. Dutch. 683 tons, from Pontianak 6.2. to Pontianak 8.2. Muinam, Danish. 1.739 tons, from Hongkong 7.2, to Amoy 11.2. Manyo Maru. Japanese. 5.173 tons from Port Said 7.2, to Yokohama. Jutlandia. Danish. 5.203 tons, from Bangkok 7.2. to Copenhagen 11.2. Taiwan. Norwegian. 3.389 tons, from Dairen 6.2.
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  • 204 8 SELLING Singapore, Feb. 7. London 4 months' sight 24Vs London 3 months' sight 2j4 3>32 London «0 days' sight 2 4 1,16 London 30 days' sight 2 4 1 32 London demand 2 4 London T.T. 2|4 Lyons and Prais demand 868 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand
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  • 46 8 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, FEB. 7 High Tides:—10.34 a.m., 11.55 p.m. Tennis: Tournament at S.C.C. TO-MORROW, FEB. 3 High Tide:—11.13 a.m. Rugby: North v. South, Anson Road Stadium. Malayan Rugby Union Dinner and Bail, Raffles Hotel 8.15 p.m.
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  • 115 8 ALHAMBRA. —"Charlie Chan in Shanghai." CAPITOL. —"I Live My Life.'' And air mail pictures of the font of His Late Majesty King George V GREAT WORLD.-Cabaret Dancing, Side-shows, Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas, Talkies, etc. HOLLYWOOD—"Kentucky Kernels" and "The World Moves On." MARLBOROUGH: —Chinese Picture. NEW WORLD.-Cabaret Dancii Side-shows,
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    • 288 8 MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL I TO-NIGHT mv CABARET ATTRACTION Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. LOUYS Dinner Dance SILVIA THE POPULAR COMEDY AND (informal) 9.30 to midnight TAP DANCING TEAM. NON-DINERS $1.00. TO-MORROW Malayan Rugby Union End of the Season BALL CABARET. EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. Diners $3.00, Non-diners $1.00. BOOK
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    • 197 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 440 tons Common Seriah 160 tons Seriah Batu for the Sewerage Dept. Tender Deposit $50. required. 12 noon, Thursday, 13th Feb. 1936. Supply of
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    • 61 8 f Kill mosquitoes 1 |i« and avoid DISEASE \ll tjflf POWDER! «<fc^te*ifeJ ex. 1 p+w* f»m»m» Flit Spray. g*^\h WĔIm beautifully white and sparkling. I§| HH| Just brush them daily with Macleans, fl| one of the most effective toothpastes H fi§|§ Macleans Peroxide Toothpaste H removes unsightly stains, polishes H
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 93 8 s Postal Intelligence j I —„—1 SINGAPORE MAIL CLOSED TO-DAY Rengat Tembilahan (Flevoi noon Trengganu (generally) Besut, Dungun, Kemaman and Kemasek (Hong Ho) 2 p.m. Blinjoe (Plancius) 2.30 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, South-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Plancius) 2.30 p.m. Muntok (Plancius) 2.30 p.m. Soengei Liat (Plancius) 2.30
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  • 159 9 Terrible Experiences On Pacific Coast Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 6 EFFORTS to reprovision steamers trapped in the ice by means of cledges ve failed on account of the rough sur- tC6 of the ice packs, which in some uiaces are piled up 30 feet, stretching to 60
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  • 70 9 New Booklets At Local Offices The ofiice of Imperial Airways in Singapore has received a new supply of klers illustrating the main units of the ompany's fleet of air liners. They display very strikingly the arrangements md luxurious appointments of Imperial Airways machines. In addition, the folders form
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  • 38 9 The Chinese Christian Association will hold its 46th anniversary meeting in the V.M.C.A. hall to-morrow (Saturday, Feb. 8), at 8.15 p.m. A special collection will be taken in sid of the Singapore Chinese Girls' School.
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  • 43 9 Members of the orchestra of the Sin2arx>ie Musical Society are reminded of the rehearsal to be held in the Memorial Hall on Monday afternoon. The bandsmen of the Tnniskilling Fusiliers will be present. Members .ire a-ked to be on the platform at 5.15.
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  • 33 9 A .heme for giving flying instructo persons in Seremban was started Wednesday when the instructor of he Kuala Lumpur Flying Club flew here to give preliminary lessons to a \umber of local enthusiasts.
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  • 435 9 Instructor In Swimming At Harrow MR. JAMES O'BRIEN HOWE, who died at Harrow recently at the age of 78, was instructor in swimming and caretaker of "Ducker," the school bathing place, for over 50 years, having celebrated the jubilee of his unbroken service at Harrow at
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  • 30 9 A meeting of the recently appointed committee to draft rules for the Ipoh Public Library was held on Wednesday j night when a preliminary discussion of a constitution took place.
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  • 371 9 K.L. Sanitary Board And The King (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. |N eloquent tribute to His late Majesty King George was paid by Mr. John Hands, on behalf of the unofficial members, at to-day's meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board. The Chairman, on
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  • 73 9 Reuter. London. Feb. 6. Reuter understands that the Imperial Conference, which was due f o be held in London in 1936, has been postponed until 1937 in order to meet the wishes of the Dominion Prime Ministers owing to the Coronation, which would have entailed visits to London
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    • 71 9 SHtLI MOTOR OILS won't make your car start so easily that it runs off without MASTER 5 tne y W *M ensure that diminished resistance to the turning over of the engine when cold and instant circulation of oil to the cylinder walls and bearings that makes for good "startability."
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    • 524 9 [NEW STOCKS RECEIVED 1 PILLOW CASES =^fm^?''^^^ m Here ar e two very attractive values in full size pillow cases. The m h J|jSll\ cheaper one is made from Horrockses Calico. The better one is IM% ii IQII Vt entirely superior in finish and quality. |CX*ll Plain tW button Style
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    • 264 10 THE FUNERAL OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE V Impressive Paramount piclnrcs received by Air Mail will be screened al I Ihe CAPITOL and PAVILION To-Xitfht. The Screen's Alluring "Dancing; Lady" co-starred with her new English Matinee Idol! Even b?tter than NO MORE LADIES" ———flaw!-!! 1 1 BU OBESKMMEHBHVVaaBHHRMaHniHHMV<Vri 1
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    • 173 10 A STORM OF MAD AND MERRY MOMENTS! FAST AND _FURIOUS FUN! II %V I lii 6 15 I Matinees 3.15 1 ■Mjl V XI 9.15 Sat. and Sun. "■SsS STORWK Weather 1 (>AV VNI> Pl< rt'Rl THAI ĔkĔWKr rROV,DES EXCITEMENI AM) LAUGHTER IN PLENTY! v <» Miss STELLA MOYA (late
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    • 28 10 Salter's Balances various Obtainable at Boon Seng: Co., Ltd., 36 38, Kobinson Koad, SINGAPORE. TOGETHER AGAIN! j SPANKY McFARLAND COMING SOON A L II A 31» It A
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    • 238 11 tAT LAST-YOU ARE GOING TO SEE WOM^^^f i FAMOUS PRQDirrTInM WORLDS i I > NEAT WEEK AT THE CAPITOL 1 DARRYL ZANUCK. world- famous Producer of "HOUSE of ROTHSCHILD" FOLIES BER GERE" "CLIVE of INDIA" "LES MISERABLES" and other Outstanding Screen Triumphs now Startles the film world with A NEW
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    • 411 11 f i WATCHES gflk j j BUY AT MANUFACTURER'S HHBt )We are actual manufacturers' representatives "51* S and are thus enabled to offer you watches at S prices which are impossible to obtain when llV* Ash I. dealing with middleman. I Phone 3785, Write or Call at E. NASSIM SONS,
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    • 336 11 f archie: bleyer J j DIRE< riNG Ills i>\\ OR< HtSTKA ON Archie Bleyer is acknowledged as the best arranger of Modern Music I m America His arrangements are used all over Europe and America. I Now on REX RECORDS, you will hear Music arranged Irom his pen and t
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  • 34 12 MRS. A. P. CORNELIUS and family wish to thank ihe relatives and friends who very kindly attended the funeral 01 the late Wemyss Cornelius and sent wreaths and letters of condolence.
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  • 95 12 KHOO-—Mrs. Khoo Peng Hong nee Sect Poh Neo passed away on Wednesday at No. 81 Heeren Street, Malacca, at the age ol 47. She leaves behind her mother, husband. 2 sisters, 2 daughters, 2 nephews and several nieces to mourn her loss. Funeral will take place on Sunday, February
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  • 749 12 lyjO one call read the report of A Tuesday's debate In the House ot" Commons without the gravest misgivings This was not a case of sensation mongers endeavouring to picture trouble where no trouble exists. It was a ease of responsible ministers of the Crown and politicians
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  • 85 12 New U.S. Consul General For Singapore rr^„*p nett 1 V1S acting An 'erican r C U l Q e 1 Shanghai. has been transferred to be Consul General at Singapore. Mr. Louis Gourley, Consul at Hongkong has been appointed Consul at Shanghai. Mr Clayson Aldridge, now in
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  • 98 12 Death In Johore General Hospital Singapore. Friday. Wt LT egret to announce the death ot Mr. Thomas Hyslop, which occurred at the Johore General Hospital last night from malaria. Mr. Hyslop, who was 45 years of age had been many years in Malaya engaged in construction work.
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  • 28 12 Mr. J. N. M. A. Nicholls. O.C.P.D. Kuala Lumpur, South, will leave Kuala Lumpur this month on transfer to Johore. where he has been appointed C.P.O Batu Pahat.
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  • 179 12 NOTES COMMENTS The Open Door THE suggestion of the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck, given in an interview with the Malaya Tribune, that Government should create prize appointments or special class appointments, with maximum salaries up to $1,000. as an incentive to the best men among the local-born, is one
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  • 259 12 in Malaya, there was almost an entire absence of cracker firing it Chinese New Year, coinciding as it did with the mourning for His Majesty King George. Those who know Hongkong will appreciate how remarkable was this tribute, for observance of the New Year used
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  • 189 12 AN and after May 1, motor vehicles presented for their first registration in the F.M.S. should be accompanied by a certificate of origin. This announcement is contained in a Federated Malay States Government Gazette notification which further states that details will be required in connection with the make,
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  • 235 12 J|IS Excellency the Governor has the reputation of being a man who likes to see things for himself and his visit to Lumut. where he met H.H. the Sultan of Perak. has a possible significance in that frequent references to the development of the finest natural deep water harbour
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  • 220 12 By Looker On" J will soon be calling it th: League of Procrasti-nations. A A A According to an expert, parents' efforts to change difficult children are futile. That is very discouraging for any who hoped to swap his little darling for a goldfish. A A
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  • 267 13 FIRM POLICY Britain Seeks A Way Out JAPAN is prepared even to sever relations with Great Britain and the United States in order to carry out the selfappointed role of stabilising force in the East. This is indicated
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  • 184 13 Mr. Hu Han Min And China's Policy Sin Chew Jit Poh. A meeting was held by the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang yesterday. After routine matters had been dealt with a secret conference was held to dlscu?s, it is believed, the comprehensive suggestions submitted by Mr. Hu
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  • 225 13 Mr. R. Wakeford and Miss Catherine Wilson, who were married at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore yesterday. SINGAPORE WEDDING Mr. R. Wakeford And Miss C. A. Wilson THE Presbyterian Church, Singapore, was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday, when Miss Catherine A. Wilson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 37 13 Nankng. Feb. 7. The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Chinese Peasants' Bank to Increase its capital to $50,000,000 in order to give credi'.s for the purpose of relieving distress In the rural districts.
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  • 78 13 Manchu Invasion Of Suiyuan Reuter. Peiping:, Feb. 7. CHINESE reports from Kalgan state that 5,000 Manchoukuo and Mongol troops which have occupied six counties mf Chahar are now preparing to invade Suiyuan Province for the purpose of adding five more districts to the area under their control The
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  • 173 13 To Secure Confidence ANOTHER DRAMATIC GESTURE Reuter. London, Feb. 6. A FTER six changes in as many months, the French bank rate again stands at a more normal level of %Vi per cent-To-day's reduction by half per cent, comes at a time when M. Sarraut, the Premier,
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  • 80 13 The following officers have left the Malaya Command: For India: Lieut. M. C Munro, R A.. Lieut. P R. Henderson. R.A., Lieut. R C Symonds, R.A. For Gibraltar Major G. A. Fenton, R.A Lieut D. Dennett, R.A. For United Kingdom: Lieut. L. J. B. Tovey. R.E.. Major
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  • 177 13 Italian Plan NEW ATTACK IN THE SOUTH Reuter. Addis Ababa, Feb. 6. HPHE consensus of opinion here is that the Italians intend to continue their activities in the south and to be content with a stalemate position in Tigre. While the latest
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  • 129 13 Reuter. Dessie, Feb. 6 Confirmation of the Abyssinians* claim to a great victory in Tembien was given by Dr. Brophil. an Irish ambulance man, who after working with his ambulance three miles from Makale, reached here after a fifteen days' mule journey. Dr. Brophil, who is the
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  • 146 13 British Official Wireless. London. Feb. 6. A Geneva message reports that the League Secretariat to-day received a long note from the British Government with reference to the Italian allegations that the Abyssinians have been using dum-dum bullets supplied by British firms. The note categorically denies that any firm
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  • 72 13 Artillery And Two Infantry Battalions Reuter. London, Feb. 6. IN the House of Commons, replying to Brig.-General E. L. Spears (Conservative), Mr. DufTcooper. Secretary for War, said that accommodation would be ready for the additional garrison artillery who were being despatched to Singapore in the next
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  • 98 13 Military Purpose CHARGE BY AMERICAN POLITICIAN Reuter. Washington, Feb. 6. A CHARGE that Japanese craft operating off the Alaskan Coast, ostensibly for fishing, were really acting for military purposes, was made in the House cf Representatives by Mr. Sirovich. before the House Merchant Marine Committee. "These
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  • 115 13 OF F.M.S. Whitehall Approves Appointment UfE are officially informed that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of the Hon. Mr. C. D. Ahearne, M.C.S., Controller of Labour, Malaya, to be Federal Secretary when the appointment of Chief Secretary of Government. Federated Malay
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  • 32 13 Sin Chew Jit Poh. The Air Bureau at the Ministry of the Navy is planning to build 30 'planes this year under the supervision of Captain Chen Wen Lin—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 531 14 WANT ACTION Autocratic Shipping Conferences Tl/f R. R. Jumabhoy, President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, occupied the chair at tho general meeting of the Chamber held in the chamber premises on Feb. 6. In the course of his remarks, he
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  • 107 14 Severe Arctic Conditions In America Reuter. New York, Feb 6. II7ITH Arctic conditions continuing intc the third week, the nation's death roll i« soaring;. The cold has resulted in th; loss of 50C lives since Jan. 1 m.l nearly 6(1 neoDle died in the past three days.
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  • 419 14 Johore Slabbing SAVAGE ATTACK ON LriTLE BOY (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 5. "I don't believe a word of what you have said. You have admitted to me that the woman and little boy had nothing to do with your daughter's disappearance." "Your
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  • 75 14 Women Terrified In Lonely Quarter Singapore, Friday. TWO Chinese women, the wives of vegetable planters living in a lonely quarter of "the Jurong District, were the victims of an armed robbery in the. early hours of yesterday morning. A knife-armed man, believed to be a Hokien, broke into
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  • 44 14 Pictures At Th? Capitol And Pavilion THE Paramount Pictures' film of the 1 lying in state and funeral of His Late Majesty King George have arrived in Singapore by air mail and will be shown to-night at the Capitol and th.* Pavilion.
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  • 62 14 Similar To Franco-Soviet Pact Reuter. London. Feb. 6. AR I' SSO RUMANIAN Treaty wHi shortly be announced as result of conversations between M. Litvinoff and M. TituJcscu in London and Paris according to the Morning Post's diplomatic correspondent, who says that the treaty provides for mutual assistance within
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  • 436 14 POISON GAS Evidence Before Arms Commission Reuter. London, Feb. 6. T*HE heads of Imperial Chemical Industries who were giving evidence before the Arms Commission, were succeeded today by Major Clark, Managing Director of Hadfields, the big Sheffield organisation, who denied that Hadfields sold their armour piercing shells
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  • 319 14 Manila-Africa MRS. P. WHITMARSH IN SINGAPORE |T will be remembered that in the latter part of last year much publicity was given in the Philippines and Singapore Press to the projected flight of Mr. Philip Whitmarsh from Manila to East Africa by way of Hongkong, Saigon,
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  • 269 14 Mystery Film At The Alhambra AT THE CINEMAS Singapore, Friday. WARNER Oland as the proverb-quoting Oriental detective, Charlie Chan, one of the most popular screen characters to-day, secuves even higher honours than he has obtained previously in "Charlie Chan in Shanghai," which had its premiere at
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  • 298 14 Star Of M.-G.-M. Picture At Ths Capitol JOAN CRAWFORD, of the lustrous eyes the full lips and the longest eye-' lashes in the world, is the star of "I Live My Life," the M.-G.-M. picture which is the new attraction at the Capitol. She is seen as a
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  • 54 14 Arrivals at the Raffles Hotel yesterday included: Lt. Col. J. A. Parker en route to Bangkok. Mrs. Philip Whitmarsh for South Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Barker Mill from Batavia. Mr. J. Wishart, of Seremban. Mr. David J. Looker and Mr. Rudolph Pollak of Kuala Lumpur. Mr. T. A.
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  • 75 14 MALAYA CHINA AIR MAIL OPENS SOON Chinese Eager To Use It Reuter. London, Feb. 6. TMPERIAL Airways expect to open a regular air service between Singapore and Hongkong in March. Experimental flights indicate that canditions are very favourable and negotiations for crossing Indo-China are progressing very amicably. The difficulty of
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  • 260 14 Safe And Regular Operation Of The Route It is learnt locally that the data alred.v obtained from the present series >f experimental flights particularly in relation to aerodromes, meteorological conditions and wireless facilities, indicate that no technical difficulties stand in the way of the safe and regular
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  • 346 14 Mr. Walters In The Witness Box Singapore, Friday. THE cross-examination of Mr. W. D. Lambert, manager of the Pavilion Theatre, under trial on three charges ot perjury, was continued before the District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, this morning. The charges arose out of certain statements alleged
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    • 17 14 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED. China Buttering, Chulia Street. PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES ft WORKMEN'S
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  • 269 15 A REAL STORY Next Change At The Capitol IRRESISTIBLE song, crackling comedy and a heart-tugging romance fill the speedy sequences of 20th Century's "Thanks a Million," the bright new musical with a million dollars worth of stars which, comes
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  • 109 15 M f s^,? nrw character Which he assumes In Band Concert, his first film In technicolour which comes to the Capitol Theatre on Feb. 14 MYRNA LOY How She Became A i Dancer THERE used to be a private dancing 1 school about 400 feet from the big front gates
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  • 363 15 gates of M-G-M and tried to see inside, never dreaming that one day her name would be among the brilliant coterie of stars. But fate moves strangely. To-day sne is rated high among the most popular feminine players, and has appeared In one successful film after another. Ranches in Montana
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  • 507 15 His Natural Gift For Drawing AN Oct. 5. 1901. Walt Disney was borr. in Chicago, where he later attended the public schools. He always had a natural gift for drawing and for a short time he attended the Art Institute in Chicago, where he developed
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  • 336 16 Unique Invitation To Welsh Club THE Swansea Rugby Club have received an invitation that, so far as my knowledge is concerned, is unique in th« annals of the handling code, says Trevor Wignall in the "Daily They have been asked to send a team to
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  • 56 16 The following players will represent the Henderson Athletic Party at soccer, against the "H.M.S. Hermes" football team on Sunday at 5.15 p.m., sharp at Alexandra Road ground:—Boon Choon, Hong Kee, Cheng, Kas, Teck Chye, Hai Choo, Urip, Osman, Kirn Sak, Aboo, Soon Tuan, Howe Phoo, Chwee Chuan, Chwee
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  • 235 16 His Success In Deal Tournament R. A. Browne, of Eastbourne College, won the Royal Cinque Ports Club's annual tournament for boys at Deal, beating C. A. Goldingham, of Stowe School, by 4 and 3 in the eighteen holes final Browne Ls fifteen years old and 6 ft.
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  • 648 16 TERRIFIC PUNISHMENT YOUNG JOHNSON PROVES A DISAPPOINTMENT (By "X.0.") Singapore, Friday. JOE Eagle and Ventura Marquez deserve a place in the ranking of the world's best featherweights. They are the best 9st. boxers Malaya has seen. When
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  • 440 16 Filipino's Terrible Two-Handed Attack Weber and Joe Eagle then climbed into the ring. The weights were wellbalanced. Joe was 9st. lib., and Weber 8st. 13% lb. Weber bored in from the start, but Joe was very cool and blocked most of Frankie's efforts to score. Breaking away, Eagle
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  • 210 16 Negro Disqualified For Repeated Holding The Johnson—Som Pong affair is not worth a detailed description The Siamese carried the fight to the negro at the sound 4i the gong, but Johnson, who carries a terrific walfcp in both hands, seethed afraid to hit out. E"Piy lime the Siamese
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  • 42 16 India 189: Australia 61 For 4 Reuter. Madras, Feb. 6. fourth and final cricket test between India and Australia started to-day. India hatted first and scored 189. The Australians had lost 4 wickets for 61 runs at close of play.—Reuter.
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  • 242 16 Anomalies In Horse Racing THE sport of horse racing is notorious for the gambling associated with it. This, of course, is not the fault of the sport, which would, in itself, be the same thing without it, writes a sports correspondent in a London paper. Yet there
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  • 20 16 Reuter. The following match in the first Division of the League was played to-day. Stoke 3 Birmingham I.—Reuter.
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  • 363 16 Judgment For Earl Of Ranfurly THE racehorse Vicar's Cross, which is registered under National Hunt Rules was the subject of an action in the king's Bench Division recently, in which the Earl of Ranfurly, of Digby House, Melton Mowbray, was the defendant. The plaintiff was Mr.
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  • 695 17 FULL RESULTS A High Standard Of Play Singapore. Friday. WHOLE day's play yesterday enabled a series of ties to he decided in the Chinese New car Open Invitation Tennis Tournament held at the S.C.C. There were three finals and in most of
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  • 69 17 £80,080 "Gate" In Third Round MORE than a million people watched 111 the forty-four ties played in the 1 rurd Round of the F.A. Cup competition. And "gate" receipts amounted to i"80,080. Here are the figures:— Gate Attendances Receipts Thirty-two ties 895,368 £60,476 Twelve replays 274,993 £19,604
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  • 145 17 Keppel Ladies Draw With Sepoy Lines Ladies THE match between the Keppel G.C. Ladies and the Sepoy Lines Laries. which was played over Keppel links on Wednesday, resulted in a draw. The scores were: Sepoy Lines mentioned first. Miss V. M. H. Patterson 0, v Mrs. E. A.
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  • 73 17 "Results Of Wednesday's Matches Singapore, Friday. THE following are the results of Wed- nesday's ties in the Junior Billiards Championship tournament:— Gan Kee Tian (S.C.R.C.), beat Seet Teng Chye (U.C.F.A.), by 200 to 156, and Ong Siow Kee (S.C.R.C.) A beat J. L. Nonis (S.J.C.B.) by 200 to
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  • 47 17 In connection with the annual general meeting of the Chinese Swimming Club on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. free tiffin will be served to members. Those desiring to avail themselves of this are requested to submit their names not later than 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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  • 161 17 Office-Bearers Elected For New Year THE annual general meeting ol the Indian Recreation Club was held on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Club's premises, 451-21, Pasir Panjang Road, at 3 pjn. Th-3 Chairman, Mr. K. V. Vadivellu Pillai wished to place on record their regret at the
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  • 113 17 London, Feb. 6. The team to represent the August Badminton Party in a friendly soccer match against the Fraser and Neave's Sports Club on Monday, Feb. 10, at the latter's ground at 5 p.m. sharp will be selected from the following: Players are requested to assemble at the
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    • 426 17 and S 5 TINTED LENSES S The importance of Chromatology in Eye Work has long been re- cognised by science. Coloured or tinted lenses considered by the 1 public to be beneficial to the eyes have, in many instances, prawn J harmful. j Hundreds of cases where we replaced tinted
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    • 295 17 THE 4«Hi:AT EASTERN LIFE is "GREAT" by reason of the fact .that in a period of little more than a quarter of a century it has (1) built up a large business all over Asia; (2) acquired a thoroughly sound financial position: (3) introduced modern innovations that were previously absent
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  • 175 18 Oyer 100 Men Out DEMAND FOR WAGES INCREASE {From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. A SERIOUS strike developed this morning among the foundry workers in Ipoh, over a hundred of whom are involved in a down tools agreement with the expectation of a 40 per cent,
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  • 127 18 Estimated Cost Of Dredging Proposals British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 6. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lord Cranborne, was asked in the House of Commons about proposal.: for the dredging of Alexandria Harbour and the construction of a railway at Fuka and whether the Egyptian Government had requested
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  • 24 18 Mr. F. B. Peterson, a prominent New York broker, photographed for the Tribune. ENGLAND TO CAPE FLIGHT King's Cup Winner Ahead Of Record 1
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  • 99 18 London, Feb. 6. PLIGHT-LIEUTENANT Tommy Rose who left Lympne at 12.25 a.m. this morning on an attempt to break the record for the flight from England to Capetown in the Miles Falcon machine with which he won the King's Cup Air Race last year, landed at Almaza. neai Cairo. 16
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  • 394 18 Four Malay boys named Ibrahim Murad Dm. and Hanapiah were charged at Alor Star with climbing the watch-tower of the newly-built fire-station which is not yet completed. Court Sergeant No 0 said that it was a risky act to scale the tower, which even some of the firemen were afravd
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  • 80 18 Railway Tindal Found Dead (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. MEWS has been received here of discovery of the dead body of an Indian, along the railway line, in the vicinity of Kuala Lipis, close to telegraph pest No. 135 14. The body has been identified
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  • 41 18 Arrivals and departures of Indian labour during January were as follows Arrivals, State aided: 80 adults. 12 minors. Arrivals, ordinary deck passengers--1,488 adults. 123 minors. Departures: 2.584 adults, 231 minors Sixty-one State-aided labourers arrived at Penang by the Rajula.
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    • 202 19 w s BETTER THE PROVED CAR! I jfißf/ IT 'S SAFER TO BUY AN t_tAUSTIN The illustration above shows The Ten-Four pictured below is the outcome of many years' productht new carbon-disc insens bet- tion of one modeL Although externally the original of this model ween the spring loaves which
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    • 790 19 M Radio KHJTffiH EMPIRE i composer. PROGRAMMES mentl* The News and Announce- NIROM STATION 820 a.m. Close down TO-DAY The 8.8.C. Welsh gsg h 10 50 am Orchestra GSF SaiStm cm itmL*** f?'2 am Llght classical concert 6 20 p.m Monies) 11.30 a.m. Talk: N.1.c.R.0. speaker. Northern orchestra BB C
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  • 167 20 Singapore Fatality COLLAPSE OF WALL ON WORKMAN A CHINESE coolie working on the buildings at the old racecourse, Kampong Java, had his head severed from his body when a wall on which he was working collapsed under him. He was engaged in demolishing I he wall
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  • 85 20 Reuter. Washington. Feb. 6. In accordance with President Roosevelt's recommendation of Feb. 3. Congress passed the Bill which was sen; to White House for ratification for pealing the Bankhead Compulsory Cotton Act. the Smithkerr Tobacco A and the Potato Act, which come unoe: the A A A.
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    • 698 20 v I Messrs. POWELL CO., LTD. 'i V,No. 27, CHULIA STREET. I ~4i, (ESTABLISHED 1863). STRAITS SETTLEMENTS' OLDEST SALE-ROOM. I Open Daily for inspection of furniture, antiques, hardware and S II miscellaneous goods. 1 I Auction Sale of Household Furniture held at our saleroom every j Saturday at 10 a.m.
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    • 131 20 TH E TIM MORRIS SIXTEEN SIX ttffics THE TRIUMPH OF O'X SPECIALISATION i i 11 f!' f Jl OVER 108,000 MORRIS CARS SOLO IN 12 MONTHS p 1=3 <:> Britain's motor industry has aaj TO rtevcr before known such senUCfT\ rtiTEty sational sales figures as tluse— —IP because British motoring
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    • 103 20 MOTHER OF TWELVE PRAISES BABY'S OWN TABLETS. Parents in many parts of tlx have come to rely on Baby's Own T for the treatment of their child! health troubles. One such parent is Mrs. E. J. MuUigan. a Canadian mother, residing at K bazuo, Quebec, who speaks ol Tablets in
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    • 517 20 Malayan Listener* De Groot and Ter BERLIN STATION JJ A C 2715: Selection: "The Arcnaians," mptrM r 9 540 kcs DJB KadlO Parts 1 and 2. the Band cf HM. Cold- ™£S £S?. DJA 31« /Continued from page W Orchestral: Pot- pourri, Parts 1 and 2; Marek Weber TO-DAY Z.G.E.
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    • 278 20 staff." Walter Blanke sings scngs by Hugo Wolf. 11.35 p.m. News in English on DJA and in Dutch on DJN. 11.50 p.m. Close DJA, DJN (Germ, Engl.). RADIO-COLONIAL, FRANCE TO-DAY Wavelength 25.23 metres (11.880 kcsi 4.20 p.m. Recorded music. 4.35 p.m. News in French. 5.05 p.m. News in English. End
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  • 141 21 The Unemployed in China Petition Sent By Local Hainanese Community Reflect ons On Dr. Wu's Speech How Straits-Boms Will Fare In Homeland Chinese Association May Revive Mandarin Class Annual Report Of Activities —Malayans And Szcchuen Kwangsi Officials Leave (By Our Chines) Correspondent) i REPORT received in Singapore
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  • 140 21 THE eagerness with which the news I agencies send messages concerning political developments has overshaI any tendency to reveal the de- 1 rable state of social affairs in China It is not known except to few that to-day China has the largest army of unemployed in the world,
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  • 108 21 THAT the plight of returned unem- ployed Chinese is not only confined to Central China is evident by the dispatch of a petition the other day by the Malayan United Chinese Kena: Association, representing the Hainanese community in Malaya, to Kwangtung Provincial Government tor the establishment of a
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  • 124 21 THIS committee will protect the interests of all returning Hainanese. It has been alleged that some Malayan Hainanese have been maltreated by the customs authorities in that their logpage has on many occasions been con.'irated. Irregular steamer fares betwren Hainan and Malaya, is another complaint. It is submitted
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  • 157 21 CONNECTED with this problem of unemployed overseas Chinese in China a point raised by Dr. Wu Lien Teh in his speech at the Chinese Association week on the eve of his return to Shanghai In urging his hearers to study tdarin the learned doctor, who is one
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  • 228 21 A FRIEND of mine who has worked for the last five years in Shanghai, first be Government Service and later in 'ate business, tells me that there is the moment large numbers of welled universitv graduates, who speak English and Chinese and in some es French
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  • 127 21 IT is obvious then, that even if our Straits Chinese acquire a working knowledge of Mandarin, there is not much scope for them in China unless they are more than clerks. I am not referring to the growing number of professional and business men in our midst, but
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  • 138 21 I HAVE known cases of Malayan Chi- nese who are not professional men and who have made good in China either in the Government or cutside, but these are exceptions. They have rare talent, are very reliable and persistent in character, and these qualities have enabled them to
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  • 171 21 AS a result of the speech of Dr. Wu Lien Teh, I understand that the committee of the Chinese Associaticn is seriously considering the question of reviving the Mandarin class which used to be held at the Association several years ago and which was eventually discontinued because
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  • 125 21 DURING the past year 49 new members were elected, as against 187 for the previous year, and the membership at the close of 1935 was 388, comprising 340 resident members, 45 outstation members and three life members. Tennis, billiards and ping-pong are the recreational activities, while dancing is
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  • 149 21 FORMER Chinese in Singapore it> no> a member of the Overseas Affaiis Commission in Nanking. He iss Mr Chooi Tung Hiung. an e x "P reslde A n ,L° f the United Chinese Library in Armcni Mr. S Chooi recently paid a visit to Szechuen to inspect the
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  • 160 21 THE three Kwangsi officials who have been studying Malayan methods of road construction and municipal administration left on Wednesday for home. They arrived on Jan. 21 and have been to the F. M. S. Before their departure they said that they had gained useful knowledge and information concerning
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  • 252 21 Start Of Expedition In Ceylon Nugegoda (Ceylon), Jan. 30. THE expedition to the wilds of Adam's Peak in search of the Holy Cave, which had been postponed last month, started this morning at 11.23 a.m. from the Maligakande temple, says the Times of Ceylon. The party
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  • 153 21 Deprived Of His Uniform Warsaw. r»OR the first time since the Bolshevik's I' victory In Russia, the scarlet and p-old uniform of a Czatisl colonel was <-een in the streets of Crimean Bimleropol. It was worn by a haggard, sevonty-vear-old man. Two gendarmes rushed to arrest him. He
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  • 216 22 A Novel Literary Luncheon FIFTEEN hundred people, ass< in the great banqueting rooi Grosvenor House, Park Lane. < loud and long at the end of a n i given by a smiling Chinese dressed in a beautiful Chinese and the words were chanted m < ese. This
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  • 71 22 Warsaw. Jan. 18. Poland's State hangman is bi a claim against the Ministry of Justice, demanding full payment for all sentences commuted to life imprisonment in the recent amnesty He declares that the amnesty ci. prived him of a very big pan income. He is paid £4 for
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  • 626 23 Journalists Depart ADVENTURES IN A TAXI Addis Ababa. JJOTEL-KEEPERS, bar-tenders, taxi-drivers, and all the other citizens of Addis Ababa who have been increasing their income a thousandfold during the journalistic "occupation" of the capital, are now bewailing the fact that most of their newspaper clients
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  • 130 23 Successful flight Of Rubber GlfdeV Moscow. UERE we are," said the man with thcraft™ the latest thmg in air n t P tl!i mechanics and others present fmmH C^u tral Aero Club here gathered m,iW he man o P ene d the case and pulled out—a
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  • 131 23 Plans To Marry Again Berlin. THE "Deutsche Rundschau." the organ of the Germans in Poland, has just published an article on the rumours of a possible marriage in the Kremlin socn. According to this article, Mr. Stalin is to marry his private secreta: Mjss Nadja Kaganovitchin, who is
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  • 328 23 Purchased With U.S. Stabilisation Funds? j Washington, Jan. 22. IN a statement In Congress to-day Representative Hamilton Fish, Republican of New York, urged that Congress should demand *hat the Secretary of the Treasury should reveal immediate action taken oy the secret stabilisation fund. Mr. Fish
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  • 70 23 Madrid. A marketplace, covering one hundred thousand square feet and claimed to be the sar| es t '\n Em ope, forms part of a vast new building and reconstruction scheme ior the capital. It will take one and a half years to build. It to Stand n
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