Malaya Tribune, 24 August 1936

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales V 01. XXHX -No. 198. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936 FIVE CENTb. The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Monday, Aug. 24, 1936. The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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      135 1 Read Tfuf> J SUN DA Yf TRIBUNE Dominant ji In Mataya I I STOUT JH THE BODY BUILDER M |P"f& The Besl f All Slouts l> Ufm "Bulldog" Guinness iN ORDER THAT yo! A V NOT RE MISLED, ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE HOLE HOrn OF THE "BULLDOG" WHEN yor BUY
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      259 1 the news with your BREAKFAST Try The hi i m mm I KUM I POWOEHED MILK I PURE fSmmz SAFE j MILK jflffl MILK FOR DRINKING OR GROWING I j COOKING. CHILDREN. j t Obtainable at all Leading Provision Dealers. j DISTRIBUTORS: 1 GETZ BROS. CO. ■> j PEERLESS SRASMIC
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      476 2 i > This DAIMON bicycle lamp is an example of what the DAIMON Factory in BERLIN is turning out. ROAD. 1. t M. HASSAN •6 37. BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work in electrical, gas and water service lines. We give prompt attention to all orders
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      464 2 TO LET 1. 1,263 sq. ft. of land at Joo Chiat Rd. 2. about 9,500 sq. ft. of land at Tembeling Rd. 3. 6,440.0 sq. ft. of land at Joo Chiat Rd. Further particulars from 634 North Bridge Rd., between 8 8.45 a.m. BOARD AND RESIDENCE THE LANKA BOARDING HOUSE.
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      651 2 FOR SALE—Rachals Piano. Upright model built on line* of a grand. Three pedals. In first class condition. Price $600. Apply to ACB, cio Malaya Tribune. Ipoh. BOOKS LAST WEEK OF ANNIVERSARY SALE Edited by "Panah Pranakan." TIO KONG INN 1 set $3.50 LEX BOHTAN 1 set 3— TECKCHENG CHENGPAK 1
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      641 2 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST f TENDERS I Tenders are invited for the execution of alterations to 16 houses and for the demolition of 2 houses at Cheng Tuan Street and Kee Seng Street. Plans, Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the office oi the Singapore Improvement Trust. A
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      340 2 I 1 Your OPTICIAN For BETTER EYE SfOHT COMFORT and V o a it c REFRACTING and DISPENSING Undertaken by SPECTACLES <\Vjwfor BOATING, BRIDGE, FLYING, <r HIKING, MOTORING PARTIES, TENNIS, THEATRES. €5, Stamford Road. Ea Court, Singapore. YOtTLL FIND IN ,1 CHAMPION CUM n it*. flvll/pj IfflFl {v£t* iiiuiHu|SD r
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES EMPLOYMENT OF THE SHIPBROKER
    991 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES EMPLOYMENT OF THE SHIPBROKER A PLEA Recognition Of Royal Charter A DDRESSING the annual meeting of the Bristol Channel District Association of Chartered Shipbrokers, held at Cardiff recently, Mr. J. W. D. Ivlilward, Cardiff, who was re-elected chairman of ihe Association, declared that everyone connected with the
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      432 3 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA p ft 0 S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1&36. BHUTAN 6,100 Aug. 27 KANPURA 17.000 Aug. 28 BEHAR 6,000 Sept. 6 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Sept. 11 SOUDAN 6,500 Sept. 23 CORFU 15,000 Sept. 25 RANCH! 17,000 Oct. 9 BURDWAN 6,070 Oct. 22 CARTHAGE 15.000
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      130 3 N.Y.K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Sept. 3 t m.s. TERUKUNI MARU Sept. 16 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Oct, 1 Rates to Ist Class Smd Class Naptef $497 $540 $317 $343 Marseilles
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      482 3 l g T FRENCH PORTS Tt" I I sT HOMEWARDS. CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Aug. 29 i 1 DUPLEIX For MarseUles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Sept. 14 I DESIRADE For Marseilles. Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Sept. 18 1 i DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Oct! 4
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      455 3 An excellent opportunity to visit SAIGON BANGKOK Pnom Penh Angkor SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISE by the new and modern m.s. "JUTLAND!A" I'MOO tons Displacement CRUISE ITINERARY About Leave Singapon- Sept. 2a Arrive Saigon Oct. 1 Leave Saigon Oct. 2 Arrive Kohsichang Oct. 4 Arrive Bangkok Oct. 6 Leave Bangkok Oct. II
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      457 3 STEAMER SAILINGS w NORDDEUTSCHKR —(Incorporated In I Germany j. The undernoted are the Company' intended fixtures: OUTW Alios < For MANILA. HONGKONG, MIAM.tiAJ NORTH CHINA JAPAN. Due 3 pore lyjo. 5 "DONAU" for Maniia, Hongkong, Shanghai, North China Japan Auk 25 "SCHARNHORST" omits North China S e pt i HOMEWARDS
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    RAW MATERIAL NEEDS IN U.S.A.
    1226 4 CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES FOR EMERGENCY (By Air Mail) London. THE United States has the good fortune to enjoy a greater measure of economic self-sufficiency than, perhaps, any other country of comparable size. Agricultural staples such as wheat and cotton, fuel supplies in the form of
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    BUKIT KATIL RUBBER ESTATES
    277 4 Dividend Of 3 Per Cent. Recommended IN their twenty-sixth annual report for the year ended April 30, the direc tors of the Bukit Katil Rubber Estates, Ltd., state: The nett profit for the year after deducting depreciation on Buildings, Directors fees etc., amounted to $7,236.55 Add—Balance
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    20 4 In 1923 Billingham-on-Tees was created an Urban District with a population of less than 8.000. To-day its population numbers 21,000.
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    396 4 LONDON COMMODITIES London. Aug. 22. RUBBER Previous To-day Change Tone j Very Quiet Closed Spot Buyers 7 9|16 Sellers 7% Sept. Buyers 7 9 16 Sellers 7 5 8 Oct.lDec. Buyers 7^ 8 Sellers 7 1116 Jan.l Mar. Buyers 7 1116 Sellers 7*4 London, Aug. 22. PALM
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    RUBBER TRADE
    341 4 Up-To-Date Japanese Methods (By Air Mail* London, August 12. REPRESENTATIONS made from Malaya to the Colonial Office on the subject of BrUish interests vis-a-vis the Japanese trade thrust are taken up by the newspaper "Great Britain and the East" which says:— "British firms have a melancholy story to
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    34 4 At the end of June 1936, the number of licences granted for wireless sets in Switzerland amounted to over 434,000. There Is thus at present a wireless set for less than every 10 inhabitants.
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    MACLEANS LTD.
    196 4 Good Initial Results: 10 Dividend (By Air Mail) London, Aug. 12. THE first report to June 30 last of Macleans, Ltd., manufacturing chemists, which was incorporated last year, states that the net profit after charging all expenses, including directors' fees, registration expenses, and expenditure on patents and trade
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    £400,000 FOR TECHNICAL COLLEGE EXTENSIONS
    81 4 The Manchester Education Committee have approved of a scheme to spend nearly £400,000 on providing new classrooms, lecture rooms and laboratories at the College of Technology. The extension fund already stands at £110,000, and as the Government will make a grant towards meeting the annual
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    N.E.I. NATIVE RUBBER
    523 4 Direct Restriction Next Year (By Air Mail). London. Aug. 11. THE news that last month's exports of native rubber from the Netherlands Indies exceeded the quota of 13.000 tons by approximately 5,000 tons is unwelcome, but hardly alarming. It is the policy of the authorities to adjust
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    SPECULATORS HIT
    419 4 Swiss Protective Measures Geneva. ON June 19, 1936, the Swiss Federal Council issued a decree with a view to protecting the national currency against speculation. Its purpose was S to prohibit speculation in gold and foreign gold values which might prove I contrary to the interests of the
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    267 5 fiur Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Monday morning:. RUBBER 26'- cts., unchanged. Tone: Dull. So market. .i k No market, i iornimr*B market is nominal .tl quotations. n production during- July II tons and stocks show a rease being; 1,432 tons The increase in stock was (1 as production
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1528 5 Issued by Fraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers MINING Singapore, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. y all& s v att Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt 4^ fS IT" I North Taiping V TX" l Av/r wl« "I" 161- 14!- 15 5 Pengkalen n- in'- til!
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    111 5 British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 23. Paris 76 27 64. New York 5.03 3 16. Montreal 5.03 1 b. Brussels 29.80 1 2 Geneva 15.44. Amsterdam 7.41. Milan 63 15; 16. Berlin 12.51. Stockholm 16.39 Vfe. Copenhagen 22.39 1 /2 Oslo 19.90. Lisbon 110 1 sVienna 26 3
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    PINEAPPLE EXPORTS
    91 5 During the week ending Aug. 15, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 62,534 cases, of which: 7,697 «12 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 176 (—per cent. cases to the Continent of Europe. 16,574 (27 per cent cases to Canada, and 38,087 (61 per cent.) cases
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      33 5 PRIVATE SAFES custody of your IBpolicies, jewellery, deeds and other valu- available at a yearly 55.00 and upwards, ulara apply to:— THE P 0. Banking Corporation, Ltd. i rporated in England) UNION BUILDING.
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      26 5 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand) Is Your MOTOR CAR fully insured? W. J. DEXTER, Manager. Tel. 5926, 2, Finlayson Green 1 trS
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      98 5 THE UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) 31-A, Chulia Street, (Bonham Building) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,000,000 Telegraphic Address: TYEHUABANK Telephone Nos:— 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185 5186. Board of Directors:— Wee Kheng Chiang, Esq., Chairman, Khoo Beng Cheang, Esq., Deputy, Chairman, Chionh Ke
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      726 5 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: 4, D'Alrneida Street. Authorised and SuDscrlbed Capital £2.000.0(X Paid-up Capital £l,»Jto,00. Reseive Fund 500 ji. BEAD OFFICE: LONDON BRANCHES: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi. Madras, Amara, Baghdad Bahrein, Bp* "fT-irnk Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened anu money received on Fixed Deposit.*
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW— To-Day's Shipping
    321 6 SUBMARINES ARRIVE Singapore, Monday. Two 1,500 tons British submarines, the Osiris and the Pandora arrived in Singapore this morning from Colombo. The length of their stay here is uncertain but they will proceed to Hongkong in a few days. THE GORGON Singapore,
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    THE HARBOUR
    104 6 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OK EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapoie, Aug. 24. East Wharf (Entrance uaie i) Nil. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) losari 18; Philoctetes 13; Pres. Wilson 11; Flintshire 9; Gorgon 7. EniDire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Silverpine 32; Perak 34; Bandai Maru 36; Kajang 38. Empire
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    67 6 It is natural that in Switzerland, where there are so many lakes and rivers, Ashing should play a comparatively important part. There are not less than 164,000 hectares of tishable waters. 140.000 of which are lakes. The total length of fishable waterways is estimated to be 32.000 km. As for
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    125 6 Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands), time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 1 p.m. and general delivery of letters and parcels 1.40 p.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. by Air <Qantas), time ■of delivery of boxholders* letters only I 3.30 p.m. and
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    80 6 Penang, Siam. Burma, India, Iraq. Palestine, Egypt, E. and S. Africa, Greai Britain, Ireland, Europe, Nigeria, Gold Coast and N. and S. America: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Medan, Jask. Bushire, Amsterdam and London: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. Aug. 26. Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    23 6 The s.s. Gorgon for Australia &c. Mails previously announced as closing at 8 a.m. will now close at 3 p.m. today.
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    MAIL DELIVERED
    22 6 The mail despatched from Singapore on July 31 by the Ranchi was delivered in London on Aug. 22 (22 days*.
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    SEEKING LONELINESS
    112 6 Bids For A Lighthouse By 11 Americans Chelsea, Massachusetts Eleven Americans are trying to "buy'" loneliness—in a lighthouse. Bird Island and its lighthouse in Buzzard's Bay, on the coast of Massacnusetts, are both for sale and offers for them have come even from California on the other side
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    Diary of the Day WHAT'S ON ?
    108 6 Diary of the Day WHAT'S ON Public Functions And Sports fixtures TO-DAY. AUG. 24 High Tides:—2.26 a.m., 8 ft., 1 in., 2.25 p.m., 8 ft., 8 ins. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. I. R.E. v. M.F.A.. Anson Road Stadium; Div. II, R.A. II, v. Fort Canning, Changi; Com. Cup. Ncstanglo v. Fraser
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    AMUSEMENTS
    150 6 ALHAMBRA.—"Speed" with Wendy Barrie James Stewart, and Una Merfcel 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVlLlON.—"Personal Maid's Secret" with Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull and Anita Louise. 6.10 and y.lo p.m MARLBOROUGH.—"GuI-E-Bakawali" 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. UR**at WvjklX).—Cabaret Dancing Side-shows, Malay Operas,
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    ARMS EMBARGO
    198 6 Italy Ready To Act With Other Powers th. Tt r London. Aug. 23. rue Italian intimation to France Lha, Italy will prohibit the export re-exoo and^Vo^ 11 S^hpole e ssfo°i;:Jrmc Spanish zone of Morocco of a ms, munitions and war material inGr U e d a\ ng ß?ita7n
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    35 6 There are at present more untitled industrial enterprises In S employing over 310.000 v most important Cantons fi dustriai point of view are in tl Ing order: Zurich. Berne. Aargai thurn, Neuchatel 111 v (leneva
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      979 6 7 a .1 ftiflks SjhrtĕT! MALAYAN PftEMIEK HOTEL 4 I COCKTAIL DANCE j DINNER DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. j (informal) 9.30 to midnight AND NEW CABARET ATTRACTION LOUYS 8c SILVIA THE POPULAR COMEDY TAP DANCING TEAM. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY NON-DINERS Sl.uo ■l,»gf AA EXCELLENT CUISINE COURTESY COMFORT Mill
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      42 6 \V U In 3 Hours dj£ w Services: Sun. V ed fare £9 TO BRISBANE In 3.. Days. Services: Mon. Fri. Single fare £52 ($446 approx.) TO ENGLAND In %M Days. Services: Sun. k Wed. Singfe fare £156 ($1,337 approx.) IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
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      637 6 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS STATE OF JOHoI IN THE SUPREME COURT \T Civil Suit No. 78 of 1934 Between L. A. M. ANNAMALAY CHET TIAR of No. 23, Market Street, Singapore Plainti* and LENA VAN A LATCHIMANW CHETTIAR of No. 20 Jalan Muar, Defenda*. Lena Vana Latchumanan 1 n-n,.,,. of No. 20
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      64 6 Postal Intelligence SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Australia, Eastern, Southern and Western (Gorgon) 3 p.m. Dungun. Kemaman and Kemasek (Hong Ho 2 p.m. Pontianak (Raub) 2 p.m. Rcngat and Tembilahan (Ban Siong Bee; noon TO-MORROW Ceylon (President Wilson) 11 a.m. Netherlands Indies, Bagan and Selat Pandjang Bengkalis and Laboean Bilik (Rokam
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      135 6 DAILY YYEATUER R&PORI Malayan Meteorological Service Last Night Max. Bright Mn. Temp. Rainfall. Sunshine. Temo Stations. deg. F. Inches. Hours deg. F. West Coast. Alor Star 85 0.05 3.2 74 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 81 0.54 Nil 74 Sitiawan GO Nil 10.1 73 Bukit Jeram 87 Nil 10.1 72 Malacca 85
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    Indian President's Call To Unity "THE PRESTIGE OF OUR POSITION"
    1804 7 R EV. PAKIANATHAN AND EDUCATION (rapore, Saturday. to forget all com- provincial differwhole community Indians was K. Surattee at the meeting of tho InSin;prapore, to-day. fte chairman said: ad option of the report t of accounts it will not naps,
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      253 7 I 1 j f r% V Penang Dealers: w*l «pn w _n_ i FREE GIFTS V; i _ljiw Perak Commercial For 50 inner shells—one towel Brewftwßoad, EXChan&ed fOT or one bottle of perfume. Kuala Lumpur: n I Perak Commercial C VettC PaCRe tS! J^ 1 Agency, CT R °Kulu t
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      273 7 C. ggj KITCHEN H SI UTENSILS /^x M4 s won^er^l| l value. Alumijf /T» nium of heavy weight that will 1 alw ays wear white. An assort\\ly ment of useful spoons, forks, yfy 1 ladles, slices, for kitchen use. I I 1 BritiSh ™cc $2 7jj 55%' BATHROOM II h;
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      410 8 6.15 TO-NIGHT at the ALHAMBRA 9.15 4a h A Smashing, "t* flSa a riot at a m»- '9 If carriee modern Youth to Comedy .^^^^^g^^^^^^^^^^^B^'^^^^^Kp^^^^"^ i*ni* and fortune and entertainment I UNA MERKEL WELDON 9 9 CH Ill's"' RALPH MORGAN 1111 One ol the most Exciting Pictures ever made!! I
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      160 8 FOREIGNERS "CLASS CONSCIOUS" Lires Exchange Rate Causes Jealousy Rome. FOREIGNERS in Italy arc beginning to fall into two classes, one of .vbJch gets 33 per cent, more for thei; dtkmal money than the other. Among lie Bii;ish these are known as tLc 3-mcn and the 82-men. and among he Americans
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      235 8 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT 1 Don't miss this grand comedy CAPITOL 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 JEAN ARTHUR George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglass Dumbrille H. B. Warner Screen play by Robert Riskin the YEAR' Story by Clarence Budington.Kelland tho* th* aftta A FRANK CAPRA Production A COLUMBIA PICTURE THEATRE ROYAL I» tqn,< The
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    THREE VEHICLES IN COLLISION
    201 9 Ipoh Chinese European Involved (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 23. motor accident th which two caru and a lorry loaded with sand, caiht into collision occurred at the 4th mite, Ecudai Road about 9 a.m. yesterday, but fortunately no-one was seriousA injured. The driver
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    SWISS NATIONAL BANK RESERVES
    58 9 Zurich. On July 23, the gold and gold exchange leserves of the Swiss National Bai.k amounted to 1,436 million Swiss francs; discounts and advances on securities reached 206.2 millions. The notes in circulation (1.246 millions) and the other liabilities at sight (373 millions) were covered by
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      414 9 Arched model auditorium guitars. j H 3027 De Luxe model, arched back guitar. S JM jjf. Highly polished and shaded with Jl, extra large celluloid guardplate mounted on bracket. $47.50 I 3025 Large Concert Size. Golden brown I walnut finished hardwood, richly shaded and polished. Violin style H arched front
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      136 9 J PRACTICE LIMITED TO THE EYE > S Specializing: Ocular Mus«lc Ano- malies. Complicated defects of vision. Glasses if needed. 1 R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.S. (Dr. of Ocular Science) 4, Arcade (Groond Floor). Phone 8002. < 35 fears' European Clinical J i Experienoe. j Only a few more days to
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      180 9 ALHAMBRA...Weds. Aug 26th KILLER most P Excite 6>...ANDAGAIN!«^ c ringmaster? X tE> Tne bearded lady? Charlie man on tne y,n 9 Chan's R ne bareDOC < 'Wer? The lion trainer? •Adventures: 7\ gorilla? Children 20th Century \^^^SS^ fox t^S^ii^ Hit! CV"* n jsjasS: .j. j TEA DANCES From sto 7.30
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    59 10 MRS. TAN AH KONG, aged 75, passed away this morning at her son's residence, 76 Branksome Road, leaving two BOTH Tan Ah and Tan Ah Hung, one daughter, two daughters-in-law, seven grand children and three meat-grand children lo mourn her loss. The funeral will take place on
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    MALAYAN MATTERS
    744 10 CjOME of Lhe snags encountered in tie application of the Decentralisation Policy were emphasised by the Hon. Mr. iv D, Shears at the Federal Council meeting:. Mr. Sheam commented on the Gilberts an situation which has arisen m th* passage of Billa and illustrated the waste of time
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    SOVIET WILL BE INVINCIBLE
    126 10 World's Biggest Army And Air Force Reuter Wireless. Riga. Aug. 21. EOLLOV/ING the decrce lowering the military age to 19 years, it is repeated that the Soviet has begun to elect new barracks in the West Frontier region to accommodate a million troops wl wU1 be
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    CURFEW IN JAFFA
    119 10 Authorities Revert To Former Hours British Official Wireless. London, Aup. 23. A communi:,,!. Issued yesterday eve tag by the High Commissioner for Palestine states: "the 21 hours curfew m Jaffa which was partially cancelled yjvierday was totally removed to clay the former curlew hours between sever at
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    FORGED $5 NOTES
    35 10 In Circulation In Strain Settlements A D of S lr S B,adb."° °/os™ i 5 den n r fi, on boon circulated A snedmen 1«° haVe lighter and the water marl!: faint
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    RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN SCHOOLS
    218 10 SOME POINTS IN A LONG CONTROVERSY liOVv fa/ a Covernment is justified irj extending State aid to sectarian schools and colleges which include in their cmrkuium the imparting of religious instruction is one of those subjects which have been discussed frequently. It has been a subject
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    Sometimes Compulsory
    157 10 I'll IS arrangement has worked fairly well in practice and satisfied the demands both of the parents an. of the educational authorities. There are, however, institutions, among them some well-known C olleges preparing candidates for University examinations, which do not observe a conscience clause but make it compulsory
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    In Ceylon
    94 10 iT T is n]U resting to j Ceylon the questi j teaching m denom j also came up for < i I Legislative Council soni when a certain imoffi 1 urged suitable legisl j persons teaching chil I religion not approved j It should be tl schools, says
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    Sir Michael Sadler
    81 10 OIK Michael Sadk minational sch recognised and aided, but condition that thej State And j lations, of com compulsion should i the matter of It will thus be seen that tl j is a just one and its apj i practice extremely sil What has happ< ned
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    Topics Of The Day
    475 10 By "Looker On j want to find my long-lost relatives, 1 1 writes a Colonial. "How can T do it?" Perhaps the simples' method Is to win a prize in the Irish Sweep. A A famous film star recently dined In a London restaurant completely unrecognised
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    CORONER'S VERDICT IN SELANGOR CLUB DISASTER
    396 11 COLLAPSE DURING REPAIRS Three Men Held Criminally Negligent DEATH OF MAN AND CHILD DEAD BY-LAW: A DISGRACEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, To-day. J. C alder silting as coroner, delivered judgment in the Selangor Ciub tragedy this morning, holding Messrs.
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    PLANES FOR CHIANG
    79 11 Of The Penang Committee From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 23. third committee of the Penang nose Aeroplane Purchasing CamA.'isociation, held a meeting here i'<ht at the Philomathic Union .-iO over by Mr. Khor Seng Lee. -r Ong Keng Seng and Mr. Low Sv were chosen to
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    BANK THEFT ECHO
    112 11 Singapore, Monday. 4FTER a preliminary inquiry lasting until late on Saturday afternoon Mr. A. D. York, the Third Magistrate, reserved his verdict until Aug. 26 as to whether a prima facie case had beer* made out against Pakiri Mohamed and Mohamed Ismail. This inquiry was a part
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    ARABIAN RULERS TO INTERVENE?
    185 11 IN PALESTINE 15 Arabs Killed In Day-Long Battle Reuter Wireless. Jerusalem, Aug. 21. THE vhit here of the Iraq Foreign Minister, Gen. Nuri Pasha, who has already met the Palestine Arab leaders, has led to a report that Arabian rulers contemplate intervention with a view to
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    SEVERE QUAKE IN SUMATRA
    39 11 Nins Killed And Twenty Injured Reuter. Batavia, Aug. 24. AT Koetaradja (Sumatra) last night there was a serious earthquake lasting one minute. Nine natives were kilted and 20 wounded. Light and water supplies were interrupted.—Reuter.
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    SOLDIER ROBBED
    96 11 Held Up By Threi Men Singapore. Monday. Pte. W. Armstrong, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was robbed by three Europeans in Cairn Hill Road shortly after mid-night on Saturday. It appears that the victim was on foot when the three men, who were dressed in civilian clothes, came
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    33 11 Reuter Wireless. Moscow, Aug. 21. The Attorney-General has announced that investigations would be made into the charges against Karl Radek, Bukharin, Rykoff, Tomsky and Pyatakoff of complicity with the Trotsky bloc.— Reuter Wireless.
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    BLUE RIBAND FOR QUEEN MARY
    139 11 7 HOURS AHEAD At The Nantucket Lightship Reuter. v r New York, Aug. 24. THE 80,0C0-ton Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary passed the o tucket Lightship at 9.48 a.m., British Summer Time, on Sunday, seven hours ahead of the time the Norman die had made
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    TWO FUSILIERS SENTENCED
    363 11 S:quel To Theft Of Motor-Car Singapore. Monday. HELIVERING a considered sentence of one year's rigorous imprisonment, each, on Patrick Doran and Francis Mooney. two young privates in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, in the criminal district court this morning, Mr. L. B. Gibson made some pertinent observations. He
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    WOMAN'S LOSS
    41 11 Singapore. Monday. Whilst walking along Oxley Road on Saturday morning, Mrs. Scott, a European, had her handbag containing $10 in cash and a pair of spectacles snatched away by a Chinese who approached her from behind on a bicycle.
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    "PEACE HANGS BY A HAIR"
    541 11 EUROPE AND SPAIN ITALY ACCEPTS NEUTRALITY PROPOSALS Reuter Wireless. Paris, Aug. 24. DEACE hangs by a hair" concludes Le Journal commenting on the Kamerun incident and adds that the situation is indeed extremely critical. "The French neutrality plan is at the mercy of the slightest
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    Japanese Trade "Menace" In Malaya COUNCIL MEETING DISCUSSION
    2788 12 REQUEST FOR COMMITTEE 10VERNMENT CLOSELY STUDYING THE PROBLEM SPAN'S increasing encroachment on the Malayan trade markets formed the basis of questions and discussion at c meeting of the Legislative Council to-day. The Hon.. r Tay Lian Teck said that he was disappointed
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    VOLUNTEER POLICE
    55 12 Government Considering Suggestion Singapore. Monday. certain suggestions are adopted by Government, there will be a ilunfceer Police Reserve force in Colony in the near future. Should such a force be formed it understood that it will be opened all nationalities, and the reserves ill only be called upon
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    AIR MAIL SERVICES
    106 12 IMPERIAL AND QANTAS Qantas plane, with mails from Australia, is due to-morrow afternoon. Mails for Europe close to-morrow at 7 p.m. Imperial plane with mail from England, dv? on Thursday evening. Mails for Australia close on Thursday at 7 p.m. Mails for England and Hongkong close on
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    168 12 The following passengers for Australia leave to-day by the Gorgon:— Mrs. W. J. Wearne, Mr. and Mrs F Feakes, Miss I. Feakes, Mr. and Mrs H. M. Hodges, Mrs. W. Davis, Miss June Ferguson, Miss Roe, Miss E Eilbeck. Mrs. R. J. Pascoe, Mr. and Mrs
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    PLOT TO MURDER STALIN
    458 12 ACCUSED WEEP I All Sentenced To Death Reuter. Mcscow, Aug. 24. the defendants charged with terrorism and a plot to murder Stalin have been sentenced to death.—Rsuter. Moscow, Aug. >\. All sixteen accused pleaded guilty to conspiracy and declared that they repented their crime. The. court
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    BRITISH FLYING BOAT CRASH FORCED LANDING AT CRETE
    452 13 TWO DEATHS Singapore Passenger Rescued London, Aug. 22. News has been received here that two passengers were killed «hen the Imperial Airways flying beat Scipio. on her way from \lf vindria to Brindisi, crashed while alighting on the water at Mirabella Gu
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    THE SCIPIO'S MAILS
    46 13 Believed To Have Been Salvaged THE air mails which were despatched from Singapore on Sunday Aug. 16. by Imperial Airways and which were on board the flying boat Stipio which crashed on landing, at Mirabella Gulf, Crete, are believed io have been salvaged.
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    MAIL DELAYS
    78 13 Every Effort To Minimise Them Singapore, Monday. THE Imperial Aii'ways announce that as a rtsuh of the accident to their air liner "Scipio" at Mirabella, Crete, there is 'ikelihood of delays being caused to both East and Westbound seHices, pending the reariangement of their Mediterranean fleet. The service
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    DEATH ON THE ROAD
    260 13 65,300 Accidents DANGER TIMES FOR PEDESTRIANS London, Aug. 23. A REPORT is published by the Minis .ry of Transport giving an analysis of over 60,000 road accidents in 1935, involving the deaths of nearly 6,500 people. Inquiries which have been undertaken as part of the campaign
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    THRILLS OF MOTOR RACING
    316 13 Remarkable Film At The Alhambra AT THE CINEMAS Singapore, Monday. IN addition to providing a story that for I action and breath-taking Incidents has teldoraed been equalled on the screen, the M.G.M. picture "Speed." which opened at the Alhambra Theatre yesterday musi. prove of the greatest
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    "PERSONAL MAID'S SECRET"
    178 13 Good Comedy At The Pavilion Singapore, Monday. "DERSONAL Maid's Secret" which 1 opened at the Pavilion fast night provides capital entertainment and there are several reasons why you should see it. Firstly it has a very human st^fysecondly it introduces us to a new actress in the
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    TO PREVENT WORLD WAR
    103 13 What Britain's Defenc Programme Means Reuter Wireless. London, Aug. 19. "WE are strengthening our defences to prevent a world war and if our programme is fully and punctually carried out we shall succeed in our determination," declared Sir Samuel Hoare, speaking at Cromer. In regard to
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    MILTON'S COTTAGE
    99 13 Purchased For Trustees By Lord Wakefield British Official Wireless. London. Aag. 23. The trustees of the poet John Milton's cottage at Chalfom St. Giles in Buckinghamshire recently issued an appeal for £1.200 to enable th?m to purchase an adjoining piece of land threatened by builders. They now announce
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    Services' Bowler In Form Against S.C.C. EVANS TAKES SIX FOR 20
    909 14 WEEK-END CRICKET CRICKET CLUB'S VICTORY OVER RENGAM Singapore, Monday. DLAYING on the Padang yesterday, an S.C.C. XI gained a decishe victory ove.* the Rengam Club by three wicheis. The visitors took first lease of ths wickets but fared badly
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    DEVLIN BEATEN BY LUM CHOON
    329 14 But Wins Against A. S. Samud i From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. PO LUM CHOON, the Selangor badminton champion, beat Mr. J. P. Devlin, the English professional, in an exhibition match played here to-day. Devlin, however, retrieved his reputation in great measure when
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    HOME SOCCER
    71 14 Results In Scottish League London. Aug. 22. THE following are the results of football games played to-day in the Scottish League <Div. l#: Arbroath n Hearts 3 Celtic 3 Queen of S. 0 Dundee 3 St. Johnstone 1 Dunfermline 0 Kilmarnock Falkirk 0 Rangers 2 Hibernian 2 Queen's
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    105 14 The following have been chosen to represent the Government Services Football Association against the Middlesex Regiment in the first round S.A.F.A. Cup Competition at Anson Road Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Lee Pak Tong Medical). Mohd. Salieh bin Haji Osman (Customs), Johari bin Haji Sidin (Customs), Choo Seng
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    GUNNERS WIN
    219 14 Nondescripts Beaten By Four Wickets WHAT was intended to be a whole- day cricket match between the N C. C. and the R. A. (Blakan Mati) at McNair Road yesterday was interrupted at 4 p.m., owing to the latter having to get back to barracks. The R. A.
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    Rifle Shooting At Bukit Timah
    482 14 CONCLUSION OF S.V.C. MEET Singapore. Monday. THE Singapore Volunteer Company Rifle Shoot, which began at the Bukit Timah Range on Saturday afternoon was concluded yesterday. The following are the results: Match li Class A: A Sgt. C R. L. Moger 20; Class B; LCp M
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    Ramona Registers Yet Another Victory SCHREVEN CUP RACE
    249 15 "B" CLASS Tie For Cardosa Trophy Singapore, Monday. jm international Six Metre Class I sailed the first race oi a series to t u Van Schreven Challenge (u ye«t»day. Theic was a light nahl( uiitd from the South, tide flooding- Kamona skippered
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    JOHORE SOCCER
    242 15 Customs Defeat J.B. Chinese F.C. from Our Ok ?i Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Aug. 23. J' hru Chinese Football 'f customs in a friendly game Padang yesterday even•nsand were defeated by 5- 2. c ::t stow and the Chinese trength. Their usual Seah was absent and rye took his
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    TABLE-TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    31 15 •£nts commenced a' Pf<o„ Saturday nigrn Pj matches played in ague Championship ■J Chi:i Sia beat J C 3 A students* society I Pres Sport. Club 1( Association be*t
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    WHY AMATEURS TURN PROS.
    445 15 TEMPTING OFFERS j ,What Will Qwens Do? IT is but an indication of the com- mercial age in which we live that no sooner hat, an athlete proved himself outstanding beyond all others than he is flooded with offers to turn professional and convert his talent
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    133 15 Scores At Close Of Play Reuter. London, Aug. 22. r«LOS5 of play scores in county cricket matches which began today are as follow: AT LORD'S Kent 85 (Allen 6 for 39>; Middlesex 232 (Cole 5 for 63); Kent 14 for 0. AT THE OVAL Yorkshire 315 (Leyland 107);
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    O.B.A. IN BATU PAHAT
    449 15 Week End Soccer Matches (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Eahiu. Aug 23. A TOUR U P to Batu Pahat was made by the football team of the Old Boys Association of Johore Bahru over the week end wnere they met the Batu Pahat Rangers on the
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    CHINESE DRAW
    41 15 Reuter. Paris. Aug. 22. AT soccer to-day the Chinese Olympic n team drew with ih e Red Star Olympique team two goals all. At basketball the Japanese Olvmplc team beat the Combined French team by 45 to 34 —Reuter.
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    MIXED DOUBLES
    130 15 Singapore Badminton Tournament A CTlrvr Singapore, Monday. START was made in the Singapore Mixed Doubles Badminton Tournament at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday. Yap Chin Tee and Miss Lillian Tan (Devonshire! beat Michael Tan and Miss g rac Q e 9 T an Di e£ ard> straight sets,
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    MALAYAN TURF
    99 15 Australian Horsss One Year Older (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sunday. According to the latest issue of "Racing Up-To-Date", which is just out of press, all Australian horses on the Malayan turf become one year older. The number of Australian horses on the Malayan turf to-day is 237.
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    657 16 NEXT MONTH Last Effort To Keep The Peace? Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Aug. 24. THE Japanese Government has in--1 structed Mr. S. Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambassador, to make arrangements for a Sino-Japanese conference in Nanking in the middle of September for the purpose of adjusting Sino-Japanese relations
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    150 16 Sir Thomas Major Cullinan Johannesburg, Aug. 24. THE death is announced of Sir Thomas i Major Cullinan. DiS.O.. the discoverer and chairman of the Premier Diamond J Mine, at the age of 74.—Reuter. i He took a great interest in political matters and advocated a responsible government
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    GERMANY WARNS SPAIN
    421 16 Ths Kamerun Incident THREAT TO REPLY WITH FORCE Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Aug. 20. A STERN warning: against any further interference with German shipping has been wirelessed to commanders of Spanish worships by Rear-Admiral Carls, Commander-in-Chief of the German war vessels in the Mediterranean. Rear-Admiral Carls condemns th<Kamerun
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    454 16 Legislative Council ADDITIONS TO THF estimates Singap n. Mi»i u i u OE VERA I Supplemental) provided for in I Finance Oommiit meeting of th cil of the St raits Sell! One of the for was $25,(UK) the new Civil Ac rodr of a building which
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    43 16 Manhattan. Kansas. Completion of a natu al-cokwil of a hen "inanufacturing'' an egg 1 been announced here by photograph at Kansas state Col v p j Haatl The film will haw its 'prenuere"!] fore the National Scienci A sociatiosa America next month
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    104 17 Jolly Sticks Seen For Last Time Reuter Wireless. London, Aug. 20. JESTER'S sticks lay on a black velvet cushion beside the coffin when lovers of Gilbert and Sullivan said goodbye to Sir Henry Lytton at Golders Green crematorium. They were the two jolly sticks which Sir Hsnry
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MARSHAL CHIANG KAI SHEK
    123 17 Suggested Gift By Malayan Chinese (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir,—Mr. Ong Chin Seng and Mr. C.S. See have done well to appeal to th local born Chinese to donate a 'plane to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek in commemoration of
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    108 17 Suggestion Of A Club For Singapore (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir,—In reply to "Pigeon" letter, there are several pigeon clubs in Java and Sumatra. More information could be obtained by writing to Firma Kolf, Uitgovers, Batavia. I believe there are sufficient people Interested to form
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      305 17 5 1/2 DAYS HOME > Planes leave Singapore every WEDNESDAY SATURDAY at 2.15 p.m. Britain Ire,and America an th Saturday Singap.ro at 12.45 p.m. on Wednesday and IMPORTANT-Superscribe your correspondence for Europe generally and U.S.A. BY X.L.M. VIA AMSTERDAM. of radio interest Excerpt from Straits Times Radio Supplement dated Aug.
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    209 18 Saved by Tasteless Tablet* ih&t are Better than Cod Liver Oil. Pounds of firm, healthy flesh instead ol bare, scraggy bones! vigour, vim and energy instead of tired list lessness! Steady, quiet nerves! That is what thousands of people aie getting through scientists'
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    141 18 Hungarian Regent Meets Hitler Vienna. Aug. 23. ADMIRAL HORTHY, the Regent of Hungary, crosseo" the Austro-Bava-nar. frontier near Salzbjrg by c*'* and visited Herr Hi lev it Berchtesgaden. An earlier cable stated:— Speculation has been aroused by the sudden arrival in Vienna of Admiral Hoiihy. Regent of Hungary.
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    22 18 Reuter. Rochester, I Minnesota i. Aug. 23. Hie death is announced of Mr. F. 8. Olson, Governor of Minnesota.—Reuter.
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    156 18 Nationalist Party's Seven Points Reuter. Pretoria, Aug. 23. "THE nationalists can and must get a republic," declare Dr. D F. Malan. leader of the South African Nationalist Party, addressing a meeting of 2,000 peoDle here to-day. He outlined the necessary steps to be. taken, along constitutional lines,
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    100 18 500 Head For Malaya Monthly (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Aug. 23. Provisional anangements have been made to run twice monthly special cattle trains from Padang Besar. perils, on the Siam frontier to Penang. Taiping and Ipoh. It is anticipated that the shipments will consist roughly of
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    "IN THE GRIP OF CANBERRA"
    264 18 Papuan Journal's Strong Protest EARLY in March the Papuan Government gazetted a new regulation under the Public Service Ordinance, by which officials of the service are roioidden ft most explicit terms to supp.y to newspapers any information 0.--photographs gathered in the course ot rheir offcial
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    39 18 British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 23. An Athens message this atternoon ret orts that the yacht Nahlin in which the King is on a holiday cruise, left Corfu early to-day for the Island of Gante.—British Official Wireless.
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    102 18 Australia Honours Famous Airman Canberra, Federal Capital Territory. EARLY consideration is to be given by the Commonwealth Government to the provision of a national memorial to the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Ministers favour the erection in Sydney, probably at Mascot, of some form of memoiial which
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    PENANG HOSPITAL
    53 18 Conversion Contract For United Engineers (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Aug. 23. Out oi 13 tenders received the United Engineers, Ltd. secured the contract for the conversion of the old first class ward at the general hospital, Penang into a .second class ward. The United Engineers submitted the
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    FIERCE FIGHTING IN SPAIN
    595 18 Malaga Bombed desperate BATTi f for iri*\ Gibraltar, Aug. 2^ THE military at Algeciras have' ceived a report that aircraft dropped incendiary I? on Malaga and set on fire*a ofTetro| dt0 Fifteen hundred insurgent troon. chiefly foreign legionaries and t cavalry left Algeciras. LaiiSea Rcque for
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      255 18 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS The following is the programme of drills no to and for week ending Aug. 30. 1936: TO DAY. AUG. 24 5.15 p.m.—Headquarters. S.R.A. <vi, A.A. Training. 5.15 p.m.—Headquarters. S.R.E. Leelure Bridging. 5.15 p.m.—Headquarters. S.F.C.R.F. (v) Sections 2. 3 and 4. Weapon Training. 5.15 p.m.—Clifford Pier, S.F.C.R.E. <v> S.ction
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    904 19 Community Centre I,T\I)REI)S WHO DIP IN ONE TUB rrflE Japanese public bath, probably as old as Japan itself, is an singular and distinctive, .tution peculiarly Japanso different from the occiception of the bath that it ;In ies comparison. he Ji panese, the bath is not merewash off
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    A DROP IN WORLD UNEMPLOYMENT
    167 19 France And Switzerland Exceptions Geneva. JHERE has been a continued decrease m the number of unemployed in nearly nntf y ,i° Untry of tne world during the mE m Sta es L he ofßcial returns of unemployment published by the Inter- ffice at Geneva. iS
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    "A NICE FEELING," SAYS JAPANESE
    229 19 Suicide Emotions LEAP FROM SEVENTH FLOOR Tokio. THE mind of Minoru Mita, a 19--t year-old Japanese youth was serene when he leaped almost 80 d?»th 5& he b€lieved was certai aeath It was a nice, crisp feeling," he said later from his hospital bed Mita
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