Malaya Tribune, 29 February 1936

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  • 39 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIIL- -No. SO SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1936 FIVE CENTS' The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Saturday, Feb. 29, 1936. The Malaya Tribune 20 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1936. FIVE CENTS
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    • 72 1 SUNDAYTRIBUKE •Dominant In Malaya BERTRAMS BRAN^^^^^^^ I ill iMTifG \\JBBu^bA STOCK TAKING SALE 1 1 SUItPLIS STOCK i Bargain Prices PERSONAL WEIGHING SCALES j A Quality Family Scale i j I^^S^^^^% f J/- FOR PURPOSES 1 (m£ ifr Capacity 250 lbs. j/jf Legible-Dial. Figures and Graduations In J /y Black
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    • 162 1 YOim need Overhaul or Repair Service Our expert watch mechanics tire always at your service. Charges are extremely moderate. Let us quote for your next repair or overhaul. Malayan Watch Co., I 433, North Bridge Rd., near Middle Road. BOUQUET^ Those who do not use HIMALAYA BOUQUET TOILET PREPARATIONS cannot
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  • 453 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES. FIRST CLASS ON ATLANTIC LINERS May Be Abolished CHEAPER FASSAGE RATES London, Feb. 4. THIRST-CLASS in Atlantic liners may be abolished as the result of a conference which sat in London and Paris. MINIMUM RATES Twelve men, forming the Atlantic Shipping Conference, are still considermg the problem
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  • 187 2 Sunken Steamer In Shanghai River Removed While Shanghai was peacefully slumbering early one morning recently, the Hervar, which sank on Dec. 17, 1934, after a collision with the Tung Tuck, and which has since lain off Pootung Point, was moved from her nest off the point to the
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  • 248 2 Being Built In Hongkong For Canton Govt. NEW police cruising launch is at prert sent being built in Hongkong for the Canton Bureau of Public Safety. The contractors are Messrs. Dodwell and Company, and the building of the hull and the installation of the engines had been
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  • 86 2 Reuter Federal Judge William Bondy has signed an order approving settlement for $325,000 (£65,000 at par) of the United States Government's claim to $500.000 (£100,000) against the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for the sinking of the Nantucket Light-vessel by the Olympic in May, 1934. Approval of the
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    • 412 2 M BRITISH INDIA p. O. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1936 RANCHI 17,000 In port. BANGALORE 6.000 Mar. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Mar. 13 CARTHAGE 15,000 Mar. 27 BHUTAN 6,100 Apr. 9 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Apt. 10 BEHAR 6,000 Apr. 19 CHITRAL 15,000 Apr. 24 SOUDAN 6,500 May 6
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    • 54 2 o.s.K. unci niA "RIO DE JANEIRO MARIT (10,000 Tons Gross). LEAVES SINGAPORE FEB., 29th., at p.m. direct for COLOMBO (arr. at Colombo, Mar. sth, at a.m.) and South African and South American Ports. Passage Faxes to Colombo: Ist. 3rd. Deck. $171. $77 $17. For further pleas* Apply to: OSAKA SHOSEN
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    • 565 2 1«. t. K. MJx%E GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. s.s. HAKONE MARU Mar. 5 ss. SUWA MARU Mar. 19 s.s. "FUSHIMI MARU" Apr. I s.s. KAKOZAKI MARU Apr. 16 Rates to Ist class 2nd class
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    • 394 2 PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE. Luxurious One-Class Molorsbip: "MEONIA" From Singapore March 3 Fare To: Marseilles £55-£7 C London £60-£73 For further particulars please appiy to: THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LTD., 12, Raffles Quay, Tel 5323. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE Deutsch AustraUscbe Dampfschifts |fl CJ Gesellschaft (Companies Incorporated in Germany). PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE.
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    • 454 2 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHKR v[ LLOYD p (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company's Intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. For MANILA, HO^^J?^ 0 NORTH CHINA JAPAN. 193«. "SCHARNHORST" omits North China JJar. .1 "GOSLAR" omits Manila Mar. v j DONAU Mar HOMEWARDS FOR HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN: "ODER" also calls Marseilles, Casablanca,
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  • 247 3 Very Steady GOOD DEMAND BY CONSUMERS MESSRS. Lewis and Peat, Ltd., London in their weekly report dated Feb. 11. state:— PLANTATION—The Market has kept v si \dy during the week and values ire three-sixteenths of a penny per lb higher than we quoted in our la c
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  • 1532 3 FINANCIAL NEWS VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS The following share quotations are issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt:— MINING Singapoie, Friday. 10 a.m. issue. Fraser Lyall Value Co. Evatt 4- Ampat 5 6 61 Vz 5 9 6 2 £1 A. Kumbang 29 30 29 6 31
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  • 92 3 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Friday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. February) 25 13-6 25 15 16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8. February) 25 11.16 25 1316 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose' (awardable Spore) 25 25 3 4 do. March 25"
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  • 368 3 Market Strikes Stagnant Period DARELY has the market struck such 11 a stagnant period as it has done during the past week. The reported labour trouble in Akron and the unfortunate happenings in Japan have tended to have a disturbing effect which, however, brings out no real
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  • 99 3 Ottawa. Canada is becoming an increasing purchaser of rubber, and the bulk of it comes direct from the Straits Settlements. Imports during the month of November last were nearly double those of the same month in j 934 and were valued at 51.383.000 (£276,6001, an increase cf
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  • 85 3 Prices Influenced By Political Uncertainties London, Feb. 25. Political uncertainties have shadowed speculative activity on the Stock Exchange. Consequently prices, generally, sagged on a lack of fresh support, but iron and steel issues were encouraged by doubled profits of the English Steel Corporation, which enabled the declaration of
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  • 224 3 New York. Feb. 20. PHILLIPS Petroleum is one of the few companies honoured by a single letter symbol in the New York Ticker Code. The company was incorporated in 1917 and had a successful but varied career in the twenties, earning as mich as $8.89 per share in 1926 and
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  • 415 3 GERMAN CLAIM Better Than Natural Product (By Air Mail) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 18. OUNA is the name applied to the latest type of synthetic rubber for which German chemists claim superiority over natural rubber. It has no connection with the rubber made from methyl
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  • 40 3 British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. The total amount applied for in tenders for £45.000,000 Treasury Bills wa; £77.315.000. The maximum amount was allotted in bills at three months. The HEfV-SF, 6011 was 11 2 33d.-British Official Wireless.
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    • 246 3 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANkT LIMITED. MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Capital Fully Paid Ten 100,000,000. Reserve Fund fen 127,450,000. HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA. BRANCHES at Alexandria, Batavia. *>umt)ay, Berlin, Calcutta, Cantcn, uairen, Fengtien, Hamburg, Hankow. Harbin, Honolulu, Hongkong, Hsinking. Karachi, Kobe, London, Los Angeles. Manila, Moji, NagasaKi, Nagoya, New York, Osaka, Paris,
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    • 28 3 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPOR/ TION, LTD FIRE. MARINE, MOTOR CAR. PERSONAL ACCIDENT AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. READ OFFICE: 16D, Cecil St Singapore L. G. JOHNSON, General Ma&a*er.
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    • 422 3 IF EVEKV WIFE KNEW VVHaT EVERY WIDOW KNOWS EVERY HUSBAND WOULD BE ADEQUATELY INSURED. We offer you something unusual in insurance The International has devised an exclusive insurance feature. The Disability Compensation Clause. Under this Clause we not only pay certain benefits in case of temporary disability g through accident,
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  • 872 4 Mrs. Margery Brown 4 VISITOR TO SINGAPORE Singapore, Friday. MARGERY Brown, known as thf world's tiniest aviatrix, being only four feet eleven inches tall, and internationally known for her promotion of flying among members of her sex, is a visitor to Singapore. For two years and a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1002 4 r A HAIR D /^^^^i^i^ Prepared in Gfrmjn/ MfflF"!^' \\j-yk\jjjk j j lpM DAIMON torch lights and batteries are made in Germany by the largest factory on the Continent. DAIMON torch lights and batteries are made under constant careful supervision of experts. No DAIMON battery leaves the factory unless DAIMON
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    • 689 4 j THE CITY HIGH SCHOOL. j J NIGHT CAMBRIDGE j CLASSES will be formed from j 2nd March. Particulars may j be had from Principal between j 2 and 4 p.m. on week daya. AMERICAN SCHOOL OF HAIRDRESSINC. No. 9, Meyer Mansions, corner of North Bridge Road and Coleman Street.
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    • 750 4 ORDINANCE NO. 55 (TELEGRAPHS) Electrical Interference with Broadcast Reception caused by Universal (Commutator) type Electric Motors in Alternating Cnrtrĕnt Supply Areas. Notice is hereby given that, when used in alternating Current Supply Areas, the Universal or Commutator type of Electric Motor as fitted to certain fans, refrigerators and other smail
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    • 399 4 Singapore Municipaliiy TENDERS. TENDERS are now invited for the fallowing materials or services. For particulars, see Municipal Tender Room. Date of closing Supply of Reinforced Concrete Tubes for Sewage. (Deposit $100) mttma 4 p.m.. Wed., 11th March, 193 C. Supply and delivery of one Sand Blasting Plant for Gasworks. Kallang.
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  • 956 5 "HE HAS BEEN RECKLESS" Judge's Comment LOCAL BANKRUPTCY COURT Singapore, Friday. FRANCIS Neelankavxl, a 46 year old Malabori, a school teacher by profession whose iiabilitiob amounted, ac cording to the report ol the Official Assignee, to $41,809 applied before Mr Justice Whitley In the Bankruptcy Court to-day for
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  • 122 5 Elaborate Arrangements By The B.B.C. British Official Wireless. T___ Lond:n, Feb. 2C. he King's broadcast on ounaay will be transmitted by the B B C Empire station at Daventry on tares wavelengths GSG 16.80 metres GSF 19 82 metres and GFD 25.53 metres, and in order
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  • 162 5 Commission Recommends Abolition Reuter. London, Feb. 28. THE abolition of tithes, on which the rural English clergy depend, is foreshadowed in a Government statement of policy based on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Ti'hes appointed In August 1934, proposing the complete extinction of the
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    • 145 5 j —OPENINGS —l ENGINEERS! I There really are thousand* of opportunities around you but unless you know where they are and just how to prepare for them your opportunity will pass by unheeded. Our unique guide, "ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES" clearly explains the steps you must take to secure one of the
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    • 209 5 Many Ailments due fo Acid Stomach Easily Corrected this Simple Safe Way More often than not sick headaches, indigestion, pains after eating heart- bum a id diary spells arc the direct rei suit of too much acid in the stomach, j Yet this condition can easilv and quickj ly be
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    • 115 5 W.S. 1 i m Vacuum nilincj jgj SERVICE FOR PHOT Prices from «09 and pen user! Imm The Pilot Pen absolutely guaranteed to give satisfactory writing service to the user. When you purchase your Pilot Pen, kindly wHSBIHifiHr give the dealer your name and address so that we may write
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  • 62 6 RIVAL TO HONGKONG? Whampoa Port When Completed Hongkong. Feb. 29. It is stated that when completed Whampoa Port will be a rival to Hongkong in China Shipping. The fort will be completed in two years. after which it is possible the Canton-Hankow
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  • 120 6 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Feb. 29 East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1» Rio de Janeiro Muiu 22; Gustav Diedernhsen 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3> Kistna 16; Memnon 14. Katong 12; Celebes Maru 9. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Benvorlich 30: City of Khios
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  • 212 6 From The Malaya Tribune, Feb. 29. 1916 ON ihe 24;h taut, a pub.ic meeting wa held in the Chinese Chamber of Comm.rce. Hale Street. Ipoh. "to ascertain what support the public would be prepared to give to a F.M.S. War Loan, the raising of which is under
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  • 113 6 Well Displayed At Amsterdam Motor Show At the first of the years Continental motor shows, which opened at Amsterdam on Jan. 31, British cars were well represented. Austin products in particular were prominent on two stands, one being devoted to passenger vehicles and the other to vans.
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  • 87 6 Mails expected from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc. by Air -Qantas». time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 3.30 p.m. to-day and general delivery of letters 4.05 p.m. to-day. Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands', time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 3.30 o.m. to-day and general
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  • 27 6 The M- An nam for Philippine Islands. Malls previously announced as closing at 7 p.m. to-day will now close at 4 p.m. on Mar. 2.
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  • 213 6 SELLING Singapore. Feb. 28. London 4 months' sight 2" 4 London 3 months' sight 2 4 6 t u London «0 days' sight 2 4 UJ London SO days' sight 2*4 1|32 London demand London T.T. *A Lyons and Paris demand PJJ Hamburg demand Ijjj New York demand
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  • 108 6 British Official Wireless. London. Feb. 28 Paris 74 43 64 New York «99 3 16. Montreal 4.98 3 Brussels 29 27 1 Geneva 15.09 3 4 Amsterdam 7.26' i Milan 62 6 Berlin 12.L8. Stockholm 19.39*1!. Copenhagen 22.39' Oslo 19.90 "ienna 26 M>. Pragu? 119. Helsingfors 227. Madrid
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  • 196 6 Singapore. Feb. 27. !R. vSiam) W. Coast No 1 per Koyan $115 j R <Siam> W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $112 1 R «Siam» W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $110 Kice B. Siam. No. 1 per Koyan $101 i Rice. B. Siam. No 2 per Koyan $97
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  • 242 6 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, FEB 29 High Tides:—2.25 ajn., 3.39 p.m. Annual Meeting of British Mecica. A sociation tMalayan Branch'. Medical College; dinner at Sea Hotel r Lectures under auspices of RamakrMission, "A Conspectus of Religions," Victoria Memorial H p.m. Anglo-Chinese School
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  • 78 6 ALHAMBRA. —"Fang and Claw." CAPITOL—"Swee; ier. EMPlRE.—Chinese picture. GREAT WORLD. —Cabaret Dancing, Side-shows. Malay Operas. Chinese Wayangs. Cinemas. Talkies, etc. HOLLYWOOD— Drake of Engla and "Sequoia MARLBOROUGH.— The 39 BU NEW WORLD—Cabaret Da:. Side-shows. Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs. Cinemas. Talkies e:c PAVILION.— Herts To Re: REGAL (Late Apollo*.— The
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  • 20 6 Galatin Missouri. Feb. 2S Mr. Joshua Alexander, ex-secre:-of Commerce in the U S Governme: is dead.—Reuter. Reuter.
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    • 407 6 %Mes lotet 1 MALAYA'S PftEMIEA HOTEL M VJM=*« TO-NIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT CABARET ATTRACTION 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Special Dinner £VY MARNY Danre (formal) n4 v SOKG DANCE PARODISTS 9.40 to midnight NON-DINERS $1.00 TO-MORROW SUNDAY—S.S. EMPRESS OF BRITAIN Tn p:rt GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT by RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA Directed by DAN
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    • 70 6 9.30 TO-NIGHT 10.30 $gM'€*ial Grand Attraction Iloudi The Great English Magician and EscapeoJogist j J will perform at J j M\\ WORM) \iti:.v\ 1. Screw down coffin. j i 2. Locked Iron Milk Can. 3. Straight Jacket (Head downward—) j EXTRA SPECIAL ATTRACTION j Houdi's Challenge to Death S s
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    • 74 6 SLEEP 8 Hours a Day I When you* amhm are re*tk*», wbeo >oui sleep M difficult ot troubled, ukc Ncunoaae, world famoue kmxatm remedy. AbtoiuieJy bannfc*. Do oot *JW tnaomoia to ruu, your bcalth. Ncurim»e will brio* you aonmL aouod, tearful deep, tod you will wake up i© tbe rooming
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    • 51 6 g?PW«< 6303 KAN SIN OPTICA! HOUSE Z2S. Nvlk Roa*. |<W. i„ tW T We make a practical study cf y or head and will suggest a coiffon especially becoming to you FIGARO Phooe »68. RAFFLES HOTEL (Room I2t> >b4 •t S3, BRAS BASAH ROAD. $10 $12 $15 only PtfiuMt Wffo
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 355 6 s Postal Intelligence .j. SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Medan, Jask, Bushire, Amsterdam and London by An (Netherlanas) 12.45 pmjn. Africa South (Rio de Jeneiro Maru* i p.m. America (South) (Rio de Jeneiro Maru. i p.mTrengganu (generality, Besul. Dungun. Kemaman, Kemasek and Kretay (Mahidol' 2 pjn. Djambi (Togian> 3 p.m. Sarawak
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  • 2743 7 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY "TOO EXPENSIVE" SPFATONr n Singapore, Friday. PEAKING at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to-day Mr. Lhua Keh Hai asserted that the Municipality was being run rather eypens.vely and warned them that unless they went their way carefully m the way they were
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    • 228 7 How To Get Rid Of A SHINY NOSE PERMANENTLY I I fV j k (By a Skin /fij 7/! No man likes to see a woman take out f at^t\SJ\ er powder puff and commence powdering JTm I /m.*7^"»l her face at a The Dansant, to hide her wJEn I
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    • 182 7 j GOVT. SfciTt RITY j Life Assurance €o.„ Ltd., j Established 1874. Head Office—BOMßAY. S Summary of 1934 Report S New Policies Issued 48,795,367 S j Annual Income 20,097,261 1 Policies in Force $346,904,652 S 2 Total Claims Paid $104,312,841 J j Funds Increased to 99,448,860 THESE FIGURES SPEAK VOLUMES
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    • 479 7 "GIVE ME CASTORIA EVERY TIME!" j "WHAT'S CASTORIA?" is the ■•> *> SrJKi children's laxative. "jf"" It is made espec- j i n I iaWy for them. They /«J§ love its pleasant candy taste U I I And mothers know -7 V j (hat Castoria gentle gHmW^ftl\\ ant triorou Sh
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    • 794 8 I opening to-day Another Great Musical Show At The C API! 01 j j j 3.15 —6.15—9.15 fcirin f I —J Universalis Biggest R vusical Triumph So? Beautiful uins I since -KING of JAZZ" Hear Lilting Tunes j I Com? on a Grand t I j I SARA DANCERS. Bal
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    • 389 9 .g. m IHooi Chin Restaurant j 420 North Bridge Road, Corner of Purvis Street. t w Telephone MB5 I c V ave Ju st engaged the services of a new Chef specialising ie j jj English and Chinese dishes for our various patrons. In order to J > meet with
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    • 33 9 M \ST i: R LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS. mm\\ iIHHR By fl B^a 9B^^^'.^^^BB^^ GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO 275, South Bridge Road, Singapore. (Optician Mr. C. Y. FAN). (Tel. 2161) CHARGES CHEAPER than ANYWHERE
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    • 59 9 RK Ml'MB Kit ftJESBAY I a< 41W I AIMTOLj 2,0 6 u,e 0 0 10 Mktit- YOUR b ft LfV 8 M E Jk utomat,, r jf rH IT*' rot::atue of all &k mx' tTßvh lAUjHTON CLARK GABHk mitk FR ANCHOT <W TONEVW with o cost of thousands in. U[
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    • 312 9 I M—< ■■■■111 £S I lIA HI II Xl I I I I CASANI CUm ORCHESTRA BjPft mW<M (Exclusively on ItKX*"Records) BEBBBBBBI ififil Qprn ON TREASURE ISLAND Fox Trot BCjJ BAILING HOWE WITH THE TIDE Waliz MM »IT'S MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY TO-OAY Waltz WM) SWEET DREAMS SWEBTHEART Fox Trot ocoo
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  • 44 10 lir. James Mov.e, aged 71. passed away peacefully at his residence No. 1053, Hillside Drive at 2 a.m. to-day. He leaves behind his wife and 4 daughters tc mourn his loss. Burial to-day at 5.15 to Bidadari. Sarawak papers please copy.
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  • 704 10 eyes are on Japan at the moment but it is not only the state of affairs in that country which gives cause for anxiety. The dramatic nature of the attempted coup in Tokyo aroused a good deal of immediate alarm in ail countries and some of the
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  • 162 10 In Broadcast With Mr. Arthur Gilmore Singapore, Saturday. MANY people listened in last night to tvar the British Empire broadcast in which Mr. Arthur Gilmore. formerly manager of the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, and Mrs. Gloria Alford, a wellknown singer here for many years, were featured. Reception was
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  • 84 10 Address To Rotary Club On Tuesday Mr. E. O. Willoughby will speak on Bioadcasting at the meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club to be held at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday. Mr. Willoughby is installing engineer lor Standard Telephones and Cables. Ltd., and is in charge of the erection
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  • 88 10 Dr. W. Puleston-Jones, of the Malayan Medical Service, has been seconded for service in Johore as Health Officer, Johore South. Mr. F. M. Still, accountant. Public Works Department, Johore has been granted leave with effect from Jan. 31. Mr. A. D. Mitchell is acting during his absence. Mr.
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  • 43 10 A suggestion to provide proper narkinT Hacp *or bievcles in the Ipoh Central vbir-h could be leased out. or f:r the Provision of which facility a charge of a cent be made, failed to" find much support at Thursday's Kinta Sanitary Board meeting.
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  • 228 10 NOTES COMMENTS Malaya's Boy Scouts MALAYA has now over 10.000 Boy Scouls, which is convincing proof of the excellence of a movement only 28 years old and which in that comparatively brief period has spread throughout the world and now numbers its members in millions. Before 1908, Major-General BaaenPowell as
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  • 222 10 AN the initiative of Dr V. W. W. S. V Purcell. M.C.S., a class for the teaching of Basic English was begun in Singapore some months ago and the subject was taken up with interest. It seemed that the work might suffer when Dr. Purcell was
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  • 266 10 •J 1 HE classes will meet twice weekly, starting early in May, for a period of four months. The fee (payable in advance) for the whole course of 35 lessons will be $2.50. Particulars of time and place of meeting will be announced later. Three books will
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  • 232 10 THE F.M.S. Railways administration is sparing no effort to make the passenger comfortable. -Travel by Train in Luxury"' might well be its slogan, for it offers facilities which are, so far as we are aware, unique. For example, it is announced that a sleeping car is now reserved
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  • 231 10 By "Looker On" i SHORT story: Once upon a time there was a cannibal chief whose wife disagreed with him A A man who cannot be photographed is puzzling the police at Ostrava, in Moravia. A After his arrest for alleged suspicious l behaviour, Ivan Slag,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 195 10 RALEIGH If THE ALL-STEEL BICYCLE FEATURES ARE TO BE t f» FOUND ONLY OX A Ij 1 RALEIGH TO MODEL ILLUSTRATED THE SPECIAL J PRICE $87.50 ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET SENT FREE ON REQUEST. Sole Agents: Robinson Co., Ltd. TOjfcg THE ONLY COFFEE PACKED IN E&Sjffl MALAYA UNDER VACUUM PROCESS There is
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    • 58 10 m "IN TUNE"—* l To those who take pride in their i homes, their surroundings, their standards of living, beautiful ;»nd 1 artistic furniture is essential. We j are now to offer comfort and luxury at outstanding value coml/ned with designs that are conveniently t I in tune with the
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  • 742 11 JAPAN REVOLT SPREADING? A DENIAL Rebels Still Hold A Certain Area Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 29. 4 BLANKET of silence surrounds Tokyo, which was completely cut off this morning from the rest of the world. Grave developments are feared. 4 TELEGRAM from Tokyo, timed 12.50
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  • 115 11 Opposition Tactics Waste Time British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. AFTER sitting continuously for nearly n 22 hours, the House of Commons rose shortly after noon. The main business before the House was the discussion of the various supplimentary estimates, the opposition refusing to allow their passage
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  • 153 11 Fire In Cargo Under Control Singapore. Saturday. The Nerdeutscher Lloyd liner. Gneisenau which was due to sail from Singapore on Thursday afternoon will have to defer her departure till Sunday morning. The fire that broke out in the vessel although thought to be extinguished cn Thursday was finally
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  • 205 11 Nearing Its Close RECORD CROWD OF VISITORS Reuter. jy|R. Quo Tai Chi has left for Geneva to attend the meeting of the Committee for Technical Co-opera-tion between China and the League. The returns on Mar. 3 when he is giving a large evening party at Burington
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  • 105 11 Sister Of Wiell-Known Auctioneer (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 29. MRy Cheong Hock Chye, managing director of the well-known firm of auctioneers, Cheong Koon Seng and Co., Ltd., Singapore with branches in Johore Bahru and Malacca, has issued invitations for the marriage of his sister
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  • 135 11 Mr. Runciman's Hint To Washington British Wireless. London, Feb. 28. Mr. Walter Runciman, president of the Board of trade, at Bradford last night said that if the United States would release some of her stores of gold and be as adventurous toward borrowing nations as in her
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  • 195 11 SOVIET PACT Nervous Regarding German Action Reuter. Geneva, Feb. 28. pRENCH apprehension that Germany will use the ratification of the Franco-Soviet Pact as an excuse to re-OCClipy the demilitarised Rhineland in defiance of Locarno will prob,?blv be discussed by M. Flandin and Mr. Eden at the
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  • 132 11 An Effective Approach To Collective Security Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 28. The Soviet Press welcomes the French Chamber's ratification of the FrancoSoviet Pact. The Isvestla says that the fuss raised by the German Press over the alleged encirclement of Germany is an attempt to prepare for the aggressive
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  • 67 11 Famous Lines Makes Her Last Voyage British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. The Cunard-White Star Liner Majestic, 56,000 tons, which is at present Britain's largest liner afloat, complet eher last scheduled Transatlantic crossing yesterday. Her place in the company's service is to be taken by new liner Queen
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  • 78 11 More Forward Japanese Policy In North China Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 28. The conviction that events in Tokyo will have the gravest repercussions in North China is expressed to Reuter by the highest Chinese political circles, which express the belief that whatever government is installed, Japan will inevitably be
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  • 34 11 Shanghai, Feb. 29. Mr. Wei Ting Tao, the vice-manager of the Bank of Communications, is reported to have jumped overboard when on his way frcm Shanghai to Wenchow yesterday.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 49 11 Mr. Justice J. Aiken, the Seremban Judge, who was in Ipoh for nearly a month, helping Mr. Justice Howes with assizes and other legal work, will sit on Monday to hear a number of criminal appeals and on March 10 he will leave for Penang to take the assizes.
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  • 224 11 Foreign Secretary's View SANCTIONS DEBATE ON MONDAY British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. *J*HE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, will leave London on Sunday to attend Monday's meeting in Geneva of the committee of 18, the main purpose of which is to consider the question of adding
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  • 74 11 Brilliant Malay Forward Passes Away Singapore, Saturday. MAIIMOOD, the brilliant Malay soccer player. oa a'.vav In hi<= home at Pulau Br&ni on Thursday night. He is said to have died of Malaria. His death j.; a severe loss to the M.F.A., for Mahmeod was a brilliant
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  • 103 11 State Grant-In-A d To Be Increased British official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. The State grant-in-aid of the universities which is now £1,830,000 is to be raised to £2,100,000 for each year of the next five years with a special additional increase of £150,000 for the first year of
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  • 147 11 LONDON FEARS Less Than Ten Days' Supply Reuter. London, Feb. 28. DEUTER learns that the members "of the London Metal Exchange have formed a committee who have decided to draw the Government's attention to the seriousness of the nresont short* ?e of tin in this countrv
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  • 161 11 America And Her Pacific Defences Reuter. Washington, Feb. 28. THE presence of the United States Fleet 1 in the Pacific xn deood'tions in the Far East were stressed before the House Naval Committee as emphasising the necessity for rehabilitation of the west coast shipbuilding repair facilities. The
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  • 96 11 Great Success Of Engineering Section British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 28. The chairman of the management commitee of the British Industries fair at Birmingham, stated this afternoon that the engineering and hardware section of the fair of 1936 had been one of the most outstandingly successful since the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 79 11 A j BUY YOUR j His Master's Voice j RADIO j j from MOtJTKIE'S j t Each set is covered by six-months' guarantee, carried out by our fully J I equipped European service depart- ment. We guarantee to return your set J i within 24 hours, Our only object is
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  • 3680 12 VICTORIA THEATRE LEASE AO COMPETITION WITH CINEMA TRADE SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. *N AGREEMENT MADE BY THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE SINGA- PORE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS THAT ARRANGEMENTS BE MADE FOR THE TERMINATION OF AGREEMENTS WITH MESSRS. BOON SENG AND COMPANY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF
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  • 74 12 American Delegate Visits Foreign Office British Official Wireless. London, Feo. 28. The head of the United States naval delegation, Mr. Noiman Davis, called the Foreign Secretary. Air. Eden at the Foreign. Ofnc: to-day. They discu sed the position ol the Naval Conference in view :f Italy's attitude, which
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  • 336 12 The K.L.M. Ban DOES NOT SUPPORT PROTEST AT a meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, it was decided not to support the representations made by the Association of British Malaya in London against the ban the use of the outward Dutch
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  • 138 12 To Be Held On April 3, 4 And 5 The sixth annual Sineapore flower shew will be held at the New World on Apr. 3. 4 Pnd 5. HE. the Governor has provisionally promised to open the show at noon on Fridav. Aor. 3. after it will
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  • 40 12 Reuter Geneva. Feb 28 The China Committer of the League Council which, at nresent is presided over by Mr. Stanley Bruce, has been convened for Monday to discuss plans for technical collaboration with China in 1936—Reuter.
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    • 19 12 He A LISTER CO., LTD. SOLE AGENTS FOfi MALAYA TOLLEY'S BRANDY COMPETITION 2nd Prize Submitted by MR. JU-CHI CHANG.
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    • 61 12 THE OVERSEAS ASSURAXC E CORPORATION, LTtt. CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA ST PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE FIRE, MARINE, H VTOF 5 WORKMEN'S COMBES SATION INSURANCE .> AGENTS: [MALACCA CHOP TIANG LVAN SEREMBAN- CHIENT BROS: 'K. LUMPUF— WENG HENC LOON 6 I NG KON CHEE. KLANG LEE ENG TEH. lIPOF LEE AH f.KIO. iPENANG
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  • 478 13 SINGAPORE 'S VOLUNTEERS ADMIRAL INSPECTS THEM FINE FORCE "Fulfilling A Great Need" Singapore, Friday. PRESENTING a strikingly smart 1 appearance in their white na al uniforms, the officers and men of the Straits Settlements Naval Volunteer Reserve—180 strong— we re on parade at headquarters at Telok e yei^i?°"? ay when
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  • 32 13 Report Of Illness Described As Grotesque Reuter. Addis Ababa, Feb. 28. The rep:rt from Djibouti regarding the supposed illness Of the Emperor of described as by ReuSr 53 Qovernment spokesman
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  • 136 13 Several Tax Remissions Announced Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 28. A COMPLETE remission of income tax JJ on the lowest incomes and a reduction in the present surcharge on other incomes was announced by the finance member, Mr. Grigg, in presenting the Budget to the Assembly. Mr. Grigg revealed
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  • 25 13 Wants $1,137,000,000 In New Revenue Reuter. Washington. Feb. 28. President Roosevelt has announced his intention to seek from Coneress $1,137.000,000 new revenue -Reuter
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  • 848 13 Yacht Arrives HOLLYWOOD PARTY IIER E M R Tay Garnett motion picture director and producer, who v esterda y on hoard his yacht, the Athene has a rather definite ,r?ei in the back of his min that after taking Mckorround shots in this rejrion for forthcoming productions, durinrr
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    • 59 13 ENSIGN MIDGET L CAMERA A dainty little camera that you can carry about with you without the least inconvenience, and it takes clear sharp pictures that can be enlarged to a considerable size. Camera with All-Distance Lens $11.50 Camera with F/6.3 Lens $19.50 Supplied with a Leather Slip-case. J Sole
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    • 163 13 your child's greatest need supplies that extra enerpy so essential i U growing, vigorous children. The Royal Bakery offers you wholesome. Mvhftteg bread, made under hygienic conditions from the finest Australian and Canadian flour which is carefully stored in temperature controlled rooms to ensure freshness. PROPRIETORS: TEL. 5378 w.s. 122.
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  • 1335 14 SCIENTIFIC DISPLAY AT THE STADIUM DIAMOND MASTERED SLUG FEAST IN SPECIAL CONTEST (By "X.0.") Singapore, Saturday. EXHIBITING one of the most scientific displays of boxing ever seen in a local ring, "Baby" Johnson retamea his lightweight championship ot .he Orient when he beat Joe
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  • 669 14 Five-Goal Victory LOSERS PLAY WELL IN FIRST HALF Singapore, Saturday. AFTER having the better of the game in the first half, the S.C.C. faded away and allowed the Chinese to beat them by 5-nil in a friendly game on the Padang yesterday. The Chinese were
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  • 72 14 Reuter. Kingsland, (N.Z.), Feb. 28. In the third unofficial Test, New Zealand had scored 362 for nine wickets at the close of play, after losing the nrst two wickets for 8 runs. Cromb scored an aggressive 74 in 88 minutes, and Elenes 9«j in 118 minutes,
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  • 847 14 SECOND DAY'S TRAINING FOR S.T.C. RACES (BY "VIGILANT") Singapore, Saturday. THE main track was open today when training for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting was continued at Bukit Timah to-day. The arrival onf some of the up-country stables resulted m a larger number of
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  • 132 14 Reuter. London, Feb. 28. THE following is the call-over for the Grand National: 8 to 1 Reynoldstown t and 0. 100 to 8 Golden Miller 0. 100 to 7 Avenger 0; 100 to 6 t. 15 to 1 Castle Irwell 0: 100 to 6 t. lb to 1
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    • 68 14 TIGERITES. 3 S.M Sjg^^> AN'LASTLY, THE WHOLE TTZ* BLINKIN'BERTALLION gfer ~r~~ s AS GOT TER STICK TER TIGER BEERAN'NONE HOTHER II <X f^- 1 j ANWOT/SES /-QPC'TTv\ v > y_^ I WMOLE BLINKING BATALLIONI /X Vi h t ONE SLINKING VOICsJ < r# L_J p AN 60ES DOWN WELL \^l\L<^
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    • 32 14 CHINA Underwriters Limited. (Incorporated in Hongkong). A British Company Registered ii Great Britain and Hongkong life, fire, motor car, marine personal Accident INSURANCE 'Phone 4276. Office: Hongkong Bank Chamber! Second Floor, Singapore.
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  • 1028 15 TO-DAY'S F.A. CUP GAMES SIXTH ROUND The League And Soccer Pools (By "The Pilgrim") Singapore, Saturday. JS it to be an Arsenal vs Derby C. final at Wembley this season? The indications certainly seem to point to this possibility and followers of the progress
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  • 66 15 Grimmett Ties Up S. A. Batsmen Reuter. Durban, Feb. 28. THE sky was overcast for the fifth and final Test. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 199 for eight wickets, before play was stopped help an hour earlier owing to bad light.
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  • 70 15 The following will rspresent the Clerical Union in a friendly game against the Siong 800 Athletic Association on Sunday, on the home ground: Yeo Ah Kow, Ahmat Tamby. A. B. C:llick, Cyril Oliveiro, Yeow Cheng Hoe, Lee Keng Swee, Sng Kccy Hoe (Captain), M. Al Johary, Tan"
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  • 422 15 Handicaps For First Day FOLLOWING are the .handicaps for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting, which opens on Saturday next, March 7: Horses, Class 1—Div. 1—About 7 fur. Strathpeffer 912 Miltondale 9-0 Refill 8.7 Belle Edna 8.7 Bestlot 8.6 Kuala Queen
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    • 226 15 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEWITHOUT CALOMEL And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Feeling Great If you wake up in the morning feeling sour *nd depressed, entirely lacking in vim and vigour, don't swaliow a lot of salts, miners water, oil or harsh purgatives and expect them to
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    • 192 15 I HIGHLY-PAID administrative position is the normal attainment of a School of Accountancy trained man with a recognised qualification. Qualify as an Accountant, Secretary, Cost Accountant, Shipping Expert, Insurance Officer, Bank Officer or Bookkeeper and make your future secure. Examinations can be taken in Malaya and success guaranteed by postal
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    • 382 15 GREAT EASTERN LIFE 18 "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 from
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  • 3866 16 THE ANNUAL MEETING POPULAR FALLACIES ON HEALTH AND DISEASE Singapore, Friday. THERE is so much popular writing, propaganda, and advertisement about health and disease, most ot the last being purely imaginary, that many laymen think they are ouitc competent to diagnose and prescribe for
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    • 268 16 "The De Luxe Ceylon Tea y% In the homes of people who know what is really good and insist on having it. yVw* find that "GOLD LEAF;; Tea ,s -tabhshed as the inevitable choice. First impressions of GOLD LLAr lea are right. It is good and you have no cause
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    • 120 16 -Stmt //See It Today... And Cheer THE NAVY FOREVER K Dick and Ruby together again after a whole year supported by Uncle Sam's own Midshipmen! DICK POWELL Mruby KEELER I with LEWIS STONE |U EDDIE ACUFF if AND OTHERS \l A (ttlMpoliUn Production g A Fir*l Nitionjl Pmurr I When
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    • 100 16 FUEEMarried people would find out special Booklet of considerable importance and of great valve FREE OF CHARGE POSTAGE PAID Fill in coupon and mail to the following distributor:— MEDICAL HALL LTD., SINGAPORE Name /p**r£w Address Kf^jlß Province 'Vysfe SPETON Registered •J, A i The All-British T j IMPERIAL l |j
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    • 49 16 1 JUST ARRIVED GALVANIZED SIDE LIG HT 1 LAMPS Dioptric Lenses 7" X 5" 1 j (Approved by Board of Trade) As Required by New Regulation i For TONGKANGS JUNKS. J hye SENG CO., I J Ship-Chandlers. Sail-Makers, etc j 35 36, Chulia Street: 'Phono No. 4817. •j. .j.
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    • 34 16 5,000= DIABETICS wanted to write for FREE BOOKLET which explains in simple language how DIABETES IS CURABLE WITHOUT FASTING, DIETING or INJECTIONS Write to-day to r— VENUS RESEARCH LABORATORY I».Q. Box $»7, CAItCTTA. IttplA,
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    • 186 17 WESTINGHOUSE HBIjHMH Radios incorporate every worthwhile improvement known to the industry to-day— ALL-METAL TUBES Shadowgraph tuning. H gh-fidelity tone -ntrol. Automate volume contra. Concert-type dynamic volume WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO., 119, North Bridge Road. Singapore. I TELEFUNKEN SUPER-OCEAN 659 WLK. FOR WORLD-WIDE RECEPTION. For Information Apply: EASTERN RADIO CO., i'ENANG. HOE
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    • 163 17 J RADIO /^r^> METAL TUBES I^^ml The sign of an up-to-date Radio see that the Radio you are buying is a Metal Tube Model bearing the name R.C.A. Malayan Sole Agents: m M HUAT RADIO COMPANY, 404, North Bdg., Rd. 7 s «s re ess f M E NATHAN ft
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    • 2081 17 Jjajgyai^Listeners 9 Radio B PRO? P a5SS? E f I 2 Beethoven); Allegro eon brio: Molto 2.26 p.m.-Time Signal. A Studio FKUixRAMMES den: Piece' a o dagio: Rondo: a "e*rctto moderate. Programme arranged by Messrs. r. E and Variation Daisy Kennedv KS i C Et de 3 (Liszt). (3) Barcarolle
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  • 182 18 "Hateful Fatness" Has Disappeared It .sounds almost Incredible tnat anyone could iu.se as much as seventy pounds of fat without discomfort and without an adverse effect on thenhealth. Yet this nurse has reduced herseh bv that amount, and is actually in mucl-Ttetter health than she
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    • 552 18 SARSAPARILLA TONIC blood builder and purifier, cures variout tropical diseases. Price per bottk 11.00. Small bottle 50 cts. Per ful Course (6 bott'es) $5.00 Agents: A. M. Mohd. Ebrahim Co. 79. Hill Street. Singapore. EVERY PERSON MUST HAVE A IT CANT BE STORED. WE MUST S.™s?!? U S PROPORT,ON 0?
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    • 615 18 CHING KENG LEE CO., LTD. ESTATE OF SIIAIK ABDULLAH BIN MARIE BIN TALIP DECEASED IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE Or VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE TOWN PROPERTIES To be held at OUR SALE-ROOM NO. 11. RAFF*JEB PLACE, ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1930, AT LVJO P.M. FREEHOLD PROPERTIES. Lot 1. Nos. and 3 Belilios
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    • 117 18 "VX'ashing the nair with ordinary soap or inferior shampoos is often decidedly risky. The alkali in many soaps and shampoos dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, often ruins it. That is why every woman who values he r hair should use Mulsined Cocoanut Oil Shampoo. It is so mild,
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    • 377 18 Malayan Listener* Radio (Continued from page t7) KADIO-COLONIAL, FRANCE TO-DAY Wavelength 25.23 metres (11,880 kcs.). 4.20 p.m. Recorded music. 435 p.m. News in French. 5.05 p.m. News in English. End of transmission. Wavelength 19.68 metres U5,244kc5.). 6.15 p.m. Programme announcement. 6.20 p.m. Concert relayed from Ra-dio-Paris. 7.20 p.m. News in
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  • 484 19 Another Theory AT THE FOOT OF ADAM'S PEAK? ifOW will the mystery of the Holy Cave on Adam's Peak be solved According to Dr. Andreas Nell, the Mahavaasa and the authority of reat travellers of the past, fix it* :ation at the foot and not about (he
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  • 507 19 Lord Moynihan INTERVIEWED IN CEYLON J ORD Moynihan, the eminent A English surgeon, and Lady Moynihan, passed through Colombo recently in the P. O. Viceroy of India, homeward bound after a holiday cruise to the Dutch East Indies. "EASY DEATH" SOCIETY Last year Lord Moynihan became
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    • 301 19 You see the new tip, you taste a new |4b flr J richness, you smoke with new joy and you wonder No, it isn't the J\ J^jM tip that makes the flavour. That is the H fc^) full, round, natural taste born in the tBI I 1%7 sun-browned leaf. But
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    • 149 19 I i The Omental Optical Ca j Manufacturing Opticians (Est. 1924) l J 162, South Bridge Reh, 348, North Bridge Rd. and 24, Chulia St. i Free testing and consultation. Bearer of this will get special discount when make purchase. .j, Boehm System Clarionet in B Flat or A. Low
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