Malaya Tribune, 26 December 1936

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  • 40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIII.- -No. 304. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1936 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Saturday, Dec. 26, 1936. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 26, 1936^ FIVE CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 135 1 Read The SUNDAY TRIBIWE Dominant In Malaya I Happy days indeed when and 8 rCcdillg l J La simple matter-if nature fails use I LACTOGEN" is a modified dried milk food with I sufficient cream and lactose added to make it similar to human milk. All the nourishment is there
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    • 10 1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST Try The MORMM. TItIBI \I-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 437 2 L REFRESHING 1 hair AHO I tonic HEALING I M. HASSAN, 34, 36 37, Bras Basah Road, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 3411. Branch at 24, Jalan Ibrahim, JOHORE. STOCKISTS OF Frigidaires, Koldchests, modern electric chandeliers, fancy lamp bowls and shades, bed lamps, fans, electric bells, batteries, wiring accessories, domestic appliances, sanitary
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    • 429 2 HOUSES PROPERTY TO LET—Airy Offices to let, No. 18, Robinson Road. Apply Julian Israel 18 19, Raffles Chambers, Singapore. TO LET—Compound house, 944 East Coast Road, five rooms, Big Verandah I athrooms and Shower-Bath attached, Garage, Servants' Quarters, Electric Lights, Water. Rent $40. Apply next door. TO LET Offices:—l 24
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    • 720 2 NOTICE. In the Estate of Prince Purachatra of Siam, deceased. Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all creditors and persons having any claims p gainst the estate of the abovenamed PRINCE PURACHATRA of SIAM, deceased, late of No. 10 Gilstead Road,
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    • 267 2 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE ASSN. of MALAYA. THE SINGAPORE MARINE INSURANCE ASSN. THE FIRE INSURANCE ASSN. OF MALAYA. MOTOR INSURANCE ASSN. OF MALAYA The Offices of Members of the above Associations will be closed for the transaction of business on the following days:— Friday, 25th Dec, 1936. Saturday, 26th Dec, 1936.
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    • 87 2 For any reliable and prompt Repair to Buildings etc. Consult MAVPHIL BUILDING CO, General Contractors 23, Bonn am Building. Chulia Street, Singapore. Call, write or 'phone Ss9t. DIABETES, CONSUMPTION ASTHMA, PREMATURE OLD-AGE SKIN BLOOD DISEASES, PARALYSIS, PILES, FISTULA and numerous other chronic diseases are treated by our celebrated highly qualified
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    • 165 2 STUDENTS. AIDS FOX CAMBRIDGE Handbook o* Ccupland's Raffles .60 Cambridge Questions and Answers on bntish Empire History, Ist Series $1.00 m m m 2nd Series 1.00 3rd Series Just published 1.00 Obtainable at all Branches throughout Malaya at PETER CHONG'S. Educational Suppliers, etc IS REJUVENATION POSSIBLE 9 ~Yes No more
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  • 501 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES SHIPPING ON THE GREAT LAKES Vessels To Carry Load Line lEGISLATION passed last session by the Canadian Parliament ordering all ships plying on the Great Lakes tc carry the load line is occupying the attention of experts of the Dominion's Deportment of Marine, who are expected to
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  • 53 3 As from Jan. 1. the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., sailings from Penang will be amended as follows.—The s.s. "Kedah" sails as usual at 5 p.m. each Monday for Singapore direct. The s.s. "Klang"' sails as usual each Saturday for Port Swc-ttenham and Singapore. Th* s.s "Kinta" and s.s. "Ipoh'' will
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 433 3 FTEAMER SAILINGS r\CX BRITISH IN DIA p. 0. S. N. CO's SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1937. RAWALPINDI 17,000 Jan. 1 BHUTAN 6,100 Jan. 16 CORFU 15,000 Jan. 15 BEHAR 6.000 Jan. 25 CARTHAGE 17,000 Jan. 29 SOUDAN 6,500 Feb. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Feb. 12 RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 26 CATHAY
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    • 179 3 M. M. LINE 'Incorporated in France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUF Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseille* D'ARTAGNAN 15,105 T. Jan. 2 CHENONCEAUX 14,825 T. Jan. 19 JEAN LABORDE 11,414 T. Feb. 2 ARAMIS 17,536 T. Feb. 13 PORTHOS T.
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    • 546 3 m. B. K. j j j KOKUSAI LINE 5 I (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) S (Incorporated in Japan) For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) j Due Due Sailing Due Penang Spore Spore New York I )ms KIYOSUMI MARU Dec. 26 Dec. 29 Dec. 31 Feb 9 j m.s KOMAKI
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    • 511 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. 1937 From From From From M.S. Spore Malacca P.S'ham P'ng ERRIA 12-1 12-1 13-1 15-1 LALANDIA 2-2 2-2 3-2 5-2 JUTLANDIA 23-2 23-2 24-2 26-2
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    • 517 3 STEAMER SAILINGS w NORDDEUTSCHER LL YD W (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA ft JAPAN. Due Spore. 1936 I m.s. "HAVEL" Dec 30 1937. s.s. "POTSDAM omits North China Jan. 6 S s.s. "DONAU" omits Manila, Taku Bar, Japan
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  • 313 4 15,653 Cases From 1931 To li J935 W Tokyo. ILLNESS WAS the main cause of most of the suicides in Japan from 1911 to and poison the cruel .medio® Ot self-destruction. These ai.d other facts have been revculed by an investigation carried out by theCjje
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  • 152 4 Air Ace Joins Club That Court* Bad Luck Chicago, Illinois. Colonel Roscce Turner, the American airmail who finished third in the Mi denball-Melbourne air race m 1934 is one of the latest recruits to the Ann Superstition Society. This body of men believed that this superstition stuff is
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  • 144 4 Discovery On Island Off Alaska Washington. The discovery of an island off Alaska which swarms with rare sea ottersworth their weight in gold-has been announced by Senator Thomas. On his return from a four-week tour in Alaska, the Senator said that the otter refuge had been discovered
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  • 197 4 Retirement Of Unofficial Members AT a meeting of the Larut and Matang Sanitary Board held at Taiping amongst the subjects fussed was the recently accepted rule whereby the most senior unofficial on the Board will retire at the end of each year so as to bring in others
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  • 132 4 Alleged Shooting Of Her Husband Paris. After pleading us her defence that her Lusband wanted their soft to be Italian not French, a voting wile has been acquitted of .shooting him, an Italian. by the Paris assfcse court. The Jury took ten minutes to una ner not guilty.
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  • 109 4 Gruesome Discovery In Finnisr Forest Helsinki. A dream which a boy had in the village of Muuruvesi, north east Finland, turned out to be true and led to a gruesome discovery. The boy, the 12-year-old son of a local shoemaker, dreamt that while playing in a neighbouring
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  • 117 4 Belgrade. Bozhe Nikolitch, famous throughout I Yugoslavia for his practical jokes, did not let tire fact that he was dying deter him from playing a joke on his friends. Just before he died Bozhe spread a story that h? had placed on the top of his tomb
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  • 193 4 £3,000 A Year To British Statesmen New York AMONG the 31 annuities which Andrew Carnegie provided, and which are regularly issued from the office of a small trust company in Hobok3n, New Jersey, two still go to British statesmen. Mr. David Lloyd George receives £2,000. Mr. John Burns,
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  • 139 4 Wins Famous French Literary Prize Paris. The most sought-after French literary prize of the year—the Prix GoncourW has been awarded to M. Maxence van der Mersch for his novel "L'Empreinte De Dieu." a study of life In Flandeis. M. van der Mersch polled seven votes as compared
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  • 102 4 "Higher Ideals ror Nazi Young: Women Berlin, «German -ehuol yni<> must be tauK*il at school to understand the spirit o. ;<»nu Ftuv Dr. Reber-Gruber. Jietrh exoert on the education of fiirl.s. stated .it a convention of the Nazi Teach its League at Bayreuth. The school girLs, she
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  • 393 4 Waiter's Collection From 1400 To Present Day Belgrade. ONE of the dnest collections of menus in the world belongs to Sljepan Mese V ho keeps a small faui at Barajevo. It contuins examples dating from the early 15th century to modern times and cover!im
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  • 28 4 A lonely woman, aged about 60 and known at Mrs Gray or Mme. Raymond, whose relatives cannot be traced, habeen missing from her room at Gros-venor-road, S w.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 91 4 jf ANNOUNCING PCGLYKOL—■ wrt far aW bttM Melataa md aaiaataa WMMm TEj. WURZCLTOO—• ntaady <■» —«L wr fTOCXi pM B r.J..Tf,. chemical glaaa —A |3 laMrumrntt. *tc 9} I "A tat X *a? fnm wturt fmMt <f*~ J£ •,*|k ftmmft tmm» mmtmmm fr*m mm I Sab Agmmta for r— U-
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    • 11 4 411enburys A\ALTED RUSKS 2 AH 18. Ho afternoon tea id comphte
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    • 90 4 Light leather Oxfords in black or brown i HpffiT boxcalf. S.S. 52.90: F.M.S. $3.30 1 1A j ,j. s "HEAVY EXPENSE" but rather unon a < OHRECT tinn TASTEFUL CHOICE! White canvas uppers with combination brown leather. S.S. SI.SO: F.M.S. 52.30 Advertisement of the Bata Shoe" Co.. Ltd.. Singapore. Sole
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  • 1080 5 Voluntary Recruiting SYSTEM "IN GRAVE DANGER" gARL Stanhope, First Commissioner of Works, in the course i f his speech during the House of I .oids debate on National Defence issued a warning that the voluntary system of recruiting for the Army was in danger. He wished
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  • 179 5 Soviet Professor's Theory Maxt.o Helsingfors. ANS normal span of life should bC 150 years. This conclusion has been reached, after years of research, by Professor Lazarev, chief of the Soviet Union's Biological Institute, says a report from Leningrad. The only reason the present generation is unable to
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  • 179 5 Made £3,500 A Year From Charity Istanbul. "BEGGARS Company Ltd.," comPosed of 17 beggars, some maimed with self-inflicted injuries, has it is alleged, been exposed following a raid by the Smyrna police. Well-kept books, in charge of a lame accountant who looked after the "company's" financial affairs, disclose,
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  • 186 5 Bigger Air Force And Larger Army The Hague. DECENT Increases in armaments In several European countries are having a repercussion in Holland. The Dutch Prime Minister Dr. Colijn has decided to place a Bill before Parliament aiming at:— Increasing the size of the army Increasing the Dutch military
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  • 329 5 To Country Women's Associations I Sydney, N.S.W. Dec. 17. A MESSAGE from Queen Mary to the Country Women's organisations if ihe Dominions was read by Mrs. Alfred Watt, president of the Associ ated Country Women of the World at the reception given in her honour
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  • 165 5 A Clergyman And His Dog Tundle, N.S.W.. Dec. 16. 40 YHE Rev. Stanley Claude Harris, 29. rector of Trundle, was found dead with his dog near a tank at the rear of the rectory one evening recently. Death was caused by an electric shock, but it is not
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  • 61 5 The finding of an empty sampan with a fishing net and some fish in it and tied to a pole at the "kuala" of Sungei Pantai Remis at Pangkalan Bharu. led to the discovery in the water of the body or an elderly Malay fisherman who was understood to have
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  • 18 5 Che Abdul Aziz, second Magistrate Tapah. who was on a short vacation to Lambor, Parit, has resumed duty.
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  • 239 5 Second Cousin To Queen Elizabeth Sydney, N.S W Dec 16 MRS Carruthers, wile of Rev. D D Carruthers, vicar of St. Cutbbert's Church ol England Marshal» near Geelong. 1« second coufitn to Queen Elizabeth. Six of Mrs Carruther's eight living brothers reside In New South Wales.
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  • 204 5 Crown Not Shown On Royal Head Sydney, N.S.W., Dec. 15. CYDNEY stamp dealers have been bey sieged, since the abdication of King Edward, for sets of stamps bearing his head. Millions of these stamps were issued in V 2 d., Id.. Iftd and 2V 2 d. forms
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  • 36 5 J. B. Hobbs made a dozen centuries for England in the Tests. His Yorkshire henchman. H. Sutcliff?, made eight. And Don Bradman's number for Australia is eight—five of these are over 200, and two over 300.
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  • 28 5 The Oxford University Conservative Association recently decided to support the candidature of Professor F. A. Lindemann in the forthcoming by-election for one of th e Oxford University seats.
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  • 371 5 Stern Warning To News Agencies London. UICE-ADMIRAL Taylor (C. S. Padding- ton) asked in the House of Commons if the First Lord of the Admiralty had seen reports regarding Fleet movements in the Mediterranean to the effect that shore leave of naval personnel at
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  • 50 5 The early cessation of rains is probably responsible for the occurrence of cholera m three provincial towns in Siam. A total of 46 cases. 32 of which have proved fatal, has been recorded for the week ended Dec. 12. No cases were reported from the capital in the same period.
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  • 49 5 Mr. J. Roeytenberg. conductor of the Selangor Club orchestra, who some time ago composed a national anthem for the Kedah Government, has received a letter from on e of the musical publishers in New York, stating that they had decided to accept two compositions he had forwarded to them.
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  • 13 5 Yang Mulia Raja, Halld. Magistrate Selama. is spending hie Christmas holidays in Ipoh.
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  • 200 5 In Grip of Rheumatism for 15 Years No matter how long you have suffered with rheumatism, there is always hope for you if you persevere with Kruschen. Os the following letter proves:— "For about 2 years I hardly went out. it was such
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 200 5 ciREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO„ (Optician Mr. C. T. FAN). (Tel. 2164). 275, South Bridge Road, Singapore CHEMISTRY All modern progress is dependent upon chemistry. The opportunities it presents are unlimited. At home in your spare time, through study of an I.C.S. Chemistry Course, you can master the fundamentals of this
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  • 472 6 LONDON COMMODITIES RUBBER London, Dec. 24. Previous To-day Change. Tone Firm Very Firm boot Buyers 101.16 105 16 SeUers 10 3 16 10% +3 16 Jan".|Mar. Buyers lG* +J |JJ 2 Sellers 10 116 10.4 +3 16 Apr.Uune Buyers" ***** 10% +W SeUers 10tt }0% Vj julyisept.
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  • 587 6 Scope For Substantial Increase Next Year THE best time to buy Rubber shares is when the market is in a quiet state like the present. Apart from the leaders of the market, some buyers may be desirous of buying smaller-priced shares, either a Little
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  • 156 6 Sound Financial Position Revealed THE 93rd half-yearly ordinary meeting 1 of the N.YJK. (Nippon Yusen X tish was held on Nov. 27 in Tokyo. Mr. K. Kapami presiding. The Director?, in their statement of the assets and liabilities of the con;: for the term ending Sept 30.
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  • 101 6 At the end of November, 1936 tin total planted area of rubber In Mala was 2,021.969 acres of which 1.171: ocres was composed of estates of un 100 acres. Stocks at the beginning of November amounted to: at ports 6,838 tons: wi dealers 31,94b tons, on estates of
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  • 34 6 The third cycling carnival untitled by tbe Penang Cyeie Traci be belci at tbe Cbune Lin./ Oround. Ayer Nam Road, at 2 3l« on 10. 1927 A proFriUUM twelve events bas be«?tl drawn up.
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  • 32 6 The Uonouratlle Ivy Somerset has closed ber nerdalwk's «bop md b< parlour at 28 BuckinLNam Pal."'» Bne Is. nowever. Ina. on be- ne5.« privately as regards lace un».-> beauty prenara'lolls. and berbs
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 799 6 Oversea-Chinese Ban long Corporation Ltd. j I (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements). Successors to t II The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited, J l The Bo Hong Bank Limited and I The Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited. II CAPITAL i i I Authorised $40,000,000.00 Issued'and Paid Up '1M00.000.00. i HEAD OFTICE, CHINA BUILDING,
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    • 180 6 fio| BISMAG Bisurated Magnesia is the unfailing treatment for the relief of stomach troubles. It gives quick relief because tt mstantl y neutralise! i'^ii^ui^* <t\X T j arm^nl aciJs which cause indigestion and k^^£^^Tjp M gastric ulcers. It also spreads a protecting film over the inflamed stomach lining and thus
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  • 712 7 The Peking Man EATERS OF HUMAN BRAIN? Peiping. JWO new skulls of the Peking Man (Sinanthropus Pekinensis) which are expected to shed much light on the history of human evolution were unearthed by the excavation party senl by the Conozoic Research Laboratory of the National Geological Survey of
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  • 62 7 At St. Mary's Church Kuala Lumpur, week the Rev. G. B. Thompson solemnized th-> marriage of Mr. Henry I Pay c, eldest son of the late Mr. R. H. Payee and Mrs. of Kuala Lumpu»* and brother of Inspector Payee of the Ipoh Police, to Miss Kathle?n Chan Kirn Lan,
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  • 35 7 The engagement is announced of Mr. Lai Nan- Fun, of th? P.W.D.. Tapah, and Miss Pot Joo Ai of Penang, and the marriage will tak e place some time in the middle of next year.
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  • 195 7 Sharp Increase In Exports Amsterdam. A SHARP increase in N.E.I, native rubber exports occurred in November, despite the recent increases in the export duty, says the -"Financial News." According to preliminary figures issued recently, they amounted to 16.275 tons, against 12,171 in October. The permissible export quota
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  • 488 7 Th? Current Singapore Prices Sin\ pole. Deo 24 MEAT Beer, ku't 32 Beef, so.-w or curry 21 Fillet, sttak. per lb. 50 Mutton, Austiailan. per Jb. 35 Pork, it an, u. 42 Puik. lean and rat < Ist quality* 34 POULTRY Capon* 'locally reared), kail 50 Ducks, each
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  • 308 7 Nationalistic Governments Taking Notice DUBBER has come under th; ey e of not a few nationalistic Governments as being a desirable commodity to be included in their self-sufficiency plans. This has led inevitably to the creation of new competition, from substitutes m foreign countries, thereby reinforcing
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  • 166 7 Net Profit £76,400 As Against £31,200 INCREASED quota allowances accounted for the douDied earnings of Hongkong Tin last year as compared with the prec-ding twelve months. Net profit was 17ti.4UJ, against 131.2 jO, ana the dividend was raided from 21) per cent. to 45 per cent., which sets
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  • 144 7 Lewis And Peat's Weekly Report Lewis and Peat in 'heir weekly rubber renart dated Dec. 24. state: The market this wrek has been very firm and prices have again reached A new high level and closes before the ho'idays with a very strong under-cur-rent Although the higher the
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  • 151 7 Sydney, N.S.W. Dec. 15. Miss Jean Batten recently visited Sydney to meet her mother on her arrival from England and take her back to New Zealand. During her short stay in Sydney, the happiness of Mi?s Batten's reunion with her mother was tempered with sadness. "Buddy"
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  • 42 7 Mr K. Kanagasundaram, B.A (Lond.) of the Ceylon Civil Service, is on a six weeks' visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kathiravelu of Pari Gardens, Ipoh. Mr. Kanagasundaram is an old boy of the Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 733 7 Shark Tragedy DEATH FROM SHOCK HAEMORRHAGE N\'\veuJ»ilf. X.S.W., Doc. 15. I TufK first shark tr. tfcdy of the hwifttmin'jr Sc?rs 11 i vcui m] .it the entrance to Throsby reck. Newcastle Harbour recently C**nrße Miiulbci*?. 1T», had hi-; lef !"!r Hfvpvcd at tlie ktlOC. He died
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  • 90 7 The St. George's Church Penang, was the scene of a pretty Chines? wedding on Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Yeoh Swee of the tutorial staff of the Anglo-Chinese Primary School, was married to Miss Ooi Seok Loo. a teacher of the Union Kindergarten. Mr. Yeoh Swee Kheng is the second son
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  • 56 7 Remarking that there was insufficient evidence to justify him to call upon th? defence. Mr. H. A. L. Luckham. the Sec ond Magistrate, Penang, acquitted and discharged two Chines?,,Ong Ah Bah and Quah Too Kiat. on a charge of theft of jewellery and cash to the value of $874j- belonging
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  • 100 7 Shared By Two Old Men TWO old mm in Eujojk? can beiwcon ihtm boiift 1 <35 living descendants, according to the (oltowlng Rcuter messages t FAMILY PARTY OF' 85 Copenhagen Laurllz Noergaard. a farmer In the Thyland district of Denmark, claims «o have 86 descendants still 3live. They
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  • 127 7 Boy's lllnc-ss Puzzles Doctors MeiaidUs. TVnuectcc THE pathetic c-.<s« of a ronr-year-old who is talking himself to dettth is baffliiiK doctors here. Tlie boy is Emmie Wilson Re cannot stop talking Ever since lie was brought into hospi'al here recently he ha* prattled awav, day i!»d
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 258 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter) 12, Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dept. 6441 General Office 5188 Cauie Auuress: "CHUNGiiuU" Paid Up Capital Ch. 40,000,000.00 Reserve Jhunas in excess oi 3,500,000.00 Xoiui mmmmm approximate./ 5>1,400,0u0 «00.00 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI: Tse-Vung Soong, Chairman of Board,
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  • 85 8 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. Singapore, Dec 26. East Wharf < Entrance Gate 1) Rohni 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Klnta 18: Raub 16; Santhia 13; Centaur 12. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Tuvbank 30. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 4) NugpOre 48. West Wharf
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  • 28 8 The Messageries Maritimes liner Ex plorateur Grandidier is due at Singapore from Pondicherry at noon on Tuesday and will sail for Saigon the same day at 4 p.m.
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  • 426 8 "If This Occurs Again I Will Thrash You" A SCENE during which, it was alleged, a doctor's wife accused another woman of going away with her husband was described at Manchester Assizes. Miss Gertrude Hull, of Elisabethstreet Blackpool, alleged that Mrs Lilian Billing, of Church-street,
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  • 288 8 Tour Of Professor Tzankoff Vienna. DROFESSOR Tzankoff, the former Bulgarian Prime Minister, left Belgrade recently to continue his journey of political Investigation to Berlin, where he is expected to see Herr Hitler, and to other f apitals, writes The Times' correspona*"nt. The Professor's journey is attracting great
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  • 31 8 Miss Gracle Fields presided and acted as hostess at the 29th annual dinner and ball of the Variety Artistes Ladies' Guild and Orphanage, at the Savoy Hotel, on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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  • 23 8 The physical education experts who recently returned from Germany arc preparing a report of their impressions for publication by the Board of Education.
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  • 305 8 Temporary Insanity Of Heir To Peerage Athlone. W. YOU win. She wished it so. "I am here nearly three-quarters of an hour. His nearly over. I gave you my word, but you broke yours. God bless you. X. Forgive." These words were found—some daubed in black
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  • 297 8 New York Wants British Graduates A UNITED STATES graduate of 22--—Mr. F. S. T. A E. <"Ted'» Feckham —is In London to secure men willing to earn £2 to £4 a night "by escorting a lonely lady.' He told a Daily Mail reporter at
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  • 217 8 6,200,000 Spindles Said To Be Idle London. Details of the number of cotton spindles idle or in use were given by Dr. Leslie Burgin. Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in reply to questions in the House of Commons. He said he was informed that the number
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  • 32 8 Whil working at the Weldless Steel Tube Co., building at Wednesfield near Wolverhampton, recently Walter Hazelbrook, of Cambridge Street, Wolverhampton, was transfixed by a while hot tube and died later in hospital.
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  • 407 8 Strenuous Business SUITOR MUST HI 1.1. A MAN Caybourrji. l>«e 15. woolm i tn >\ i»» is a MIrvMU«»M« business in certain part* •>! Papua, according «lori» uitd l.y Ihe Lieutenant G v<? mt. Sr Huh ri Murray, in a ivc- ut ciVumnnta 1 v"i a
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  • 64 8 Rochfister Indiana. A weakness for ginger beer has caused the death of Jumbo Ihe Second, a huge elephant belonging to Cycle BeattyV. circus. He was given his favourite drink as a special treat. H? dropp bottle and. before attendants could stop him, he had devoured a large
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 181 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT FREE 3 months' tuition with excellent violin outfit, mandolin, guitar, ukelele, clarinet. From $30. Play 200 standard pieces within 3 months. SUNNY MUSIC COMPANY, Raffles Bazaar. Raffles Place, Tel. 6758. BUTTERFLY PERMANENT WAVE 100. Selegic Road. Ist Floor "Tiger Balm Bldg". Permanent Wave from Ss.— to S7. Guaranteed
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 529 8 WHAT'S ON? Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, DEC. 26 Boxing: Ignacio Fernandez v. Joe Diamond; Jabuco v. Young Gauder, New World Arena, 9 p.m. Football: Selangor C.R.C. v. R.A.F., Anson Road Stadium. Rugby: Inter-state match, Singapore v. Perak, S.C.C.: South Johore R.F.C. v. H.M.S. "Terror," Johore Bahru. Hockey: S.C.C.
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  • 149 9 Siamese Twins In Triplets Istanbul. CAME and fortune have been brought to a cobbler and his wife in the small town of Marache. in Anatolia, by the birth to them of triplets, two of whom are Siamese twins. All three are girls. The twins are linked
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  • 68 9 Cairo. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, will be the central figure on a new set of Egyptian stamps which are to be issued shortly in commemoration of the signature of the Anglo-Egyptian Tieaiy of Alliance. The issue will be in four denonimations and will represent the
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  • 39 9 More than forty policemen, together with detectives of the Selangor Criminal Investigation Department, are carrying out an extensive search of Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs for a handcuffed Tamil, who escaped after being arrest ed on charge of shoplifting.
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  • 193 9 Stronghold Of Crusaders: A Problem For Cyprus Limassol, Cyprus. DEDA BEY, a wealthy-Turk who traces his ancestry back to the times ot Mohamed the Conqueror, has come to Cyprus in the manner of his forefathers —on spoilage bent. He is claiming ownership of the famous
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  • 182 9 Australian Model 'Plane* Record Sydney, N.S.W. Dec. 17. A MODEL aeroplane which broke English and Australian records for sustained flight recently, is reported to have come down at Thirroul, on the South Coast of N.S.W. Powered with a tiny engine of on«>eighth h.p.. the model which was
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    • 613 9 CHURCH SERVICES Details For This Week-End CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL Sunday, 6.50 a.m., Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m., Matins. 800 a.m., Choral Eucharist. 10.15 a.m., Sunday School. 30 p.m., Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: The Rev. D. E. J. Hodge. WEEKDAYS Thursday, 11.30 p.m., Watchnight Service. Friday. 7 and 8
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    • 300 9 "BETHESDA" Bras Basah Road Sunday, 9 a.m., Breaking of Bread. "English Service). 10.30 a.m., Breaking of Bread (Malay Service). 4.30 p.m., Sunday School and Bible Classes. 6 p.m., English Service. Speaker: Mr. A. J. Turner Tuesday, 530 p.m., Prayer Meeting. Thursday, 3 p.m., Nyonya Meeting. Speaker: Mrs. Lauw Pek Chin.
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    • 76 9 ~J <Cr,ntinved from previous column) Saturday do-day) Sabbath School, 10 a.m. Divine Service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, 7.30 p.m., Prayer Meeting. Seminary Church (401 Upper Serangoon Road) Prvstor: F. L. Bunch. Church Elder: Ngo Beng Hoe. Saturday (to-day) Sobbath School, 930 a.m. Divine Service, 10.30 a.m. Friday. 7.30 p.m., Young People's
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    • 239 9 —^^^^VMMHMHMMMMMMHMMMMMHMMM_____ NEW 1936 MODELS OF UNIVERSAL COOLERS i PRICES More for your Money M F 1/lr STYLING Inviting Conl ur> 1 1 JLI If 14th ANNIVERSARY MODELS Fir Inspect the Latest Model Universal Cooler And you wili be deciding with care Enquire our easy payment terms and Hiring System. Distributors:
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    • 317 10 GRAND X'MAS ATTRACTION ALHAM BRA SPARKLING SONGS! A SCREENLOAD OF LAUGHS! AS FATHER AND SON m o •i g% r Return Screening il Cup of Kindness Bj Popular fa BEN TRAVERS Dirtcttd by TOM WALLS. Request m jtheatre royal J 4 1 I J Miss ZOItA IM j i"Madan Manjari'l
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    • 415 10 -0 0 MAKE THE BEST OF THIS HAPPY HOLIDAY J> T by seeing The BIG X'MAS WEEK SHOW T 3 SHOWS DAILY 1 CAPITOL 3 15 6 15 9 15 i FRED ASTAIR So-.is: Dane-i'-^^Lxi; 1 TIME*"? y Special Added Attraction: y \ir Mail Pictures—The Abdication of King Edward and
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    • 219 10 > P^W^ l I TO DAY 3 SHOW S 3.15. 6.15, 9.i.> 'JOHN LODGE^j EXTRA: LATEST GAUMONI BRITISH NEWS T ALHAMBRA j COMMENCING FRIDAY Ist Jan. 1937 Grand New Year Attraction. OUTCAST WOMAN... LIVING DANGEROUSLY... LOVING RECKLESSLY! DRAMA FLAMES AT WHITE HEAT... AS TWO MEN DEFY THE DOOM OF THE
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  • 776 11 European Problems MEETING OF FASCIST GRAND COUNCIL Rome. a session lasting from 10 o'clock at night until 4 o'clock in the morning—the longest on record —the Fascist Grand Council ap proved a number of "declarations" at least as remarkable for what they conceal as for what they
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  • 411 11 Against Action Of The 8.8.8.C. "pHERE is unrest in Scottish boxing officialdom. One of *he chief bones of contention concerns the relations between the Scottish Council of the British Boxing Board of Control and the London headquarters of the Board. They are far from amicable. A
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  • 192 11 They Come From All Walks Of Life THE profession of National Hunt jockey must be the most democratic in racing. Sine: the N. H. Committee decided to enforcr rigidly the rule that amateui riders must be financially independent of racing, all classes are gathering in the weighing-room. Men
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  • 129 11 MARCEL Thil, France's middleweight champion of the world, wants to come back to the- ring. Thil has been •out of the boxing game for about 10 months, the last five of which have been spent, with a circus touring France and giving exhibitions of boxing. Thil wants to
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  • 364 11 Question For Golfing Enthusiasts AFTER Lawson Little, student golfer n from the United States, had won our amateur championship with th e aid of 22 clubs, the cry went up that n.) golfer should carry so many dubs in hi s bag. They were needless
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  • 468 11 A Sad Case DISMISSAL OF "TICH" FREEMAN WHEN a player of games reaches the ape of 47 he aught no? to b? "hocked if he Is to'.d that hi«r hand has lost its cunning A P Freeman, of Kvnt Tlch, the slow bowler who has be?n
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    • 51 11 MAISON SOMA J Modern Beauty Hairdressing Saloon 330, Orchard Road. 7 Tel. No. 6843. I Permanent Waving by j latest Oil Process j I Setting, Shampoo, Manicure, Hair Tin- ting, Henna Pach, Face j Massage, etc. Prices, j i Cheapest in Town. Hours 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. i S
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    • 229 11 I TO OUR CUSTOMERS. A MERRY CHRISTMAS AXD HAPPY NEW YEAR. You could make this NEW YEAR A More Happy One if you get I t these records:— S REX RECORDS 8865 SONGS THAT WON THE WAR. Part 1. It's a long way to Tipperary' 'Keep the Home Burning' -Hello,
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    • 524 11 Great World Si I TO-NIGHT j BOXING DAY A GRAND DISPLAY OF j SHANGHAI FIRE WOKKS j j THE WHOLE PARK IS DECORATED WITH X'MAS TREES RAINBOW TALKIE—FREE SHOW J CLOUD CINEMA —FREE SHOW TO-NIGHT NIGHTLY i j TONG CHIA SOON i The most famous Teo Chew Wayang i NOTE:—Omnibuses
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  • 36 12 The family of the late MR. PAUL McINTYRE wish to express their sincere thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral, as well as these who sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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  • 86 12 TAN—Tan Hack Kee, late Asst. Boarding Officer of the Chinese Protectorate, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tan Swee Hcng. passed away peacefully at No. 117 Rangoon Road. Singapore, on the 24th December, 1936. He left behind him one sLster Madam Tan Lian Ho. two wives, and 4
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  • 844 12 the end of 1936 most of us can say that it has been a better year than we expected. Ther have been some dramatic interludes, which have caused a great deal of concern. The abdicat.on of King Edward VIII, for instance, was sprung upon us. People oi
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  • 70 12 Twelve New Bombers From Britain Reuter. Cairo, Dec. 24. A ot sterling has been buagded bv the War Miniver for the purchase of twelve bomber<* from Bri«#,uln 10 brlnc up he strength of |h r Air tr. so machines In* Mlnl tvr :ilso proposes to double tjin n
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  • 29 12 His Excllcncy the Governor Sir Shenton Ihrnnas. and party will arrive back in Singapore on the early mcrning of Dec. 30 from the F M S
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  • 30 12 Mr. Dickson, lats of Sarawak, who is to succeed Mr. S. T. Rces as Manager of Messrs. Sim. Darby Co., Ipoh. is spending the Christmas holidays at the Cameron Highlands.
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  • 45 12 A house breaking and theft case was report d to the Batu Gajah police a few days ago. Th e house of Mr. Krishnart Iyer was broken into at night and mo j ney and jewellery to the value of $164 1 was taken away.
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  • 157 12 NOTES COMMENTS A Chinese Looks At Europe »N article in the People's Ti.bune by Mr. Tang Leang Li entitled Some Impressions of International Affairs" shows how the world to-day impresses a shrewd Chinese observer. Mr. Tang Leang Li recently returned to China alter a trip around the world, and he
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  • 152 12 ■«T-HERE has been no such shattering social upheaval in that continent during the six years which have passed since I returned to China, yet on going back to Europe I regarded in bewilderment a continent which I thought i knew fairly well," says Mr. Tang Lemng
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  • 190 12 JHE writer thinks that the lesson for China is to avoid carrying ideas *4 nationalism t 0 the absurd and fanatijcal extremes reached In sem e tm,. pean and Asiatic countries, but at the •ame time she should not neglect the national cultivation of that spirit i
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  • 212 12 .|N Great Britain Mr. Tang Leang Li found that the political situation had changed so much that he had t 0 make cautious inquiries of every old friend j *c met as to his present political com plexion. Some he knew as Liberal.: had become Socialists. Others
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  • 432 12 By "Looker On" 4 ICCORDING to a scientific note, rub bcr often becomes fatigued. Thav. of course, is why it stretches. A man found guilty of ransacking a countiy mansion was said by the police to have twenty-four temporary addresses. Now he's got a twenty-fifth. a.
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    • 110 12 m <« j j RALEIGH i THE ALLSTEEL BICYCLE nrcoß > 'i I T THL MACHINE THAT HAS j STOOD ALL TESTS AND IS GUARANTEED FOR EVER I From $45.00 Each j WRITE FOR FREE j I ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET, j j Sole Agents: J j HOHIYSOX Co. Ltd. I f
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    • 50 12 Railway Godown STORAGE ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT DEPOTS SUITABLY PLACED FOR RAIL-HEAD DISTRIBUTION ENGAGEMENT LEE—TAN.—The engagement is announced of Mr. Lee Siow Mong, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kia Joo of Singapore, to Miss Tan Gek Eng, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Khiam Pee of Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 91 13 GREAT JOY IN CHINA NO FIGHTING YOUNG MARSHAL CAPITULATES ''uSi" joy ,V 1 l hcut China at the news that iiifu'v r F,, emit r anf l Chairman of 'i.i JLtSv 112 Co t mra,U< has. been released after HsutlTi"n,J'♦ Wee s in the hanf,s
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  • 164 13 Shanghai, Ddc. 26. Chiang Kai Shek <1 reitupr) has been releas(,il fwm lii.s captivity at the .nirts j .Marshal Chan» Hsueh I >•*'"! il Sian and ha* arrived I »Viin*r l»y air.—Reuter. IULD WITH JOY Delayed by Censor), Shanghai, Dec. 2ti. Nanking Shanghai and other 14 ut'ni
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  • 795 13 Iltoui ht Premier Intended I" Dismiss Him Reuter. Mitv luted ihijf. Chiang Km jfi'MAed unconditionally, ••■'ion was to order the cessaihtlr.s and withdrawal of "it troop* from Shcilfii. Chang Hsueh Liang explains that the revolt was due to a naisundeistanduig which is now cleared up. It was
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  • 47 13 Tne DuKe and D. chess of Kent ha wt another child a daughter born on Christmas Day. Above is Prince Edward, the Duke and Duchess of Kents son in happy mood during an outing in Belgrave Square Gardens. London, on Dec. 15. He Is 14 months old
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  • 118 13 More Money Available For Unemployed British Official Wireless. London, Dec. 25. THE Unemployment Insurance Statu--1 tory Committee is at present examining the state of the Insurance Fund and it is anticipated that a surplus of £7 000,000 a year will be found available for disposal. Employment is good
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  • 28 13 Another Royal Princess Born Reuter. London, Dec. 25. Duchess of Kent ga\e birth to a daughter at 11.20 a.m.. Mother and daughter are doing excellently—Reuter.
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  • 86 13 The King- Sandringham Estate British Official Wireless. London, Dec. 25. THE Royal Family party at Sandringham for Christmas will be completed to-day by the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, now recovered from a mild attack of influenza which has kept them confined to their home
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  • 306 13 Britain's Recovery BEST YULETJDE IN SEVEN YEARS Reuter. London, Dec. 24. PHRESTMAS, 1936. in Britain is le garded as the most prosper. for the past seven years. Shops report big- business, especially in luxury articles. Thousands of workers in the cotlon, textile and chemical industrie: are enjoying
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  • 39 13 The marriage will take place at the Church of the Visitation. Seremban o> Boxing Day, of J. L. Oorloff of 'the Seremban Medical Department and Miss B. L. Mitchell, daughter of* Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mitchell of Singapore
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  • 321 13 NO SINCERITY m m SS Spanish Conflict May Spread British Official Wireless. London, Dec, ?5. DISAPPOINTMENT is expressed in the newspapers at the terms of the Non-intervention Committee's communique, which shows littie progress towards the establishment ol an agreed system of international supervision over Spanish frontiers and
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  • 28 13 Reuter. Monte Carlo, Dec. 24 The Chinese Ambassadors from London, Paris and Berlin, and the Chinese lepresentative at Geneva met at a hotel here to-day.—Renter
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 45 13 For (1) Solution of Eye trouWe or discomfort. Best quality ophthalmic lenses. Mb <3) Latest styles of snectacle frames or yy\ I Ik-dST"'*'" mountings. LESS PAY BUT FULL SATISFACTION Call on: C. S. CHONG, Opt.D. (U.S.A.) THE BERLIN OPTICAL CO.. 112, South Bridgo Rd., Singapore.
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    • 33 13 I A gift that will be S \l appreciated for its usefulness and beauty. Models of porcelain in colours. The initial outlay is small and A easy payments can be arranged. ffl MABTBR»
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  • 98 14 A SENSATIONAL MESSAGE XMAS WISHES "Shabby Stupid" Treatment Reuter. London, Dec. 24. IJEUTER understands that Mr. Lloyd George, now in Jamaica, has sent Christmas greetings to the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) "from an old Minister of the Crown who holds you in as
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  • 48 14 Ex-King's Reply To Lloyd George Reuter. MR. Lloyd George has received a cabled reply to his message of Dec. 24 as follows: "I am very touched by your kind telegram of good wishes which I heartily reciprocate. Cvmru am Byth ('Wales, for ever'), signed Edward."—Reuter.
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  • 226 14 Less Land Cultivated But Produce Worth More London. ALTHOUGH less land is now being used 'ft for agricultural purposes in England and Wales, the value of the agricultural produce has risen. This paradox is shewn by the agricultural statistics for England and Wales for 1935 now
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  • 47 14 British Appeal To The Powers Reuter. London, Dec. 25. FE British Government has instructed its Ambassadors in Berlin, Rome, Moscow Lisbon to urge the respective governments to co-operate to stop the flow of foreign volunteers to Spain. The ftaeneh Government is taking similar steps. —Reuter.
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  • 129 14 Another Attack On Suiyuan I ATEST reports from North China in dicate that the Manchu and Mongol irregulars may launch another general offensive against Suiyuan at any moment. The execution of General Wang Ying, the commander of the Mongol irregulars, is denied but it is admitted that he
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  • 335 14 Bulletin Of The League Of Nations THE following is the health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau, Singapore, for the week ended Dec. iy 1936: PLAGUE. Bassein was the only port in the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague during the
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  • 286 14 Sir Samuel Hoare's Hope For The Future London. SIR Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, looks forward to the time when every ship in the British Fleet will be equipped with a cinema. He said so in a speech he made at the annual dinner
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  • 194 14 By Lord Wakefield To R.A.F. Fund London. A GIFT of £10,000 has been made to tho Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund by Lord Wakefield. It was announced at a council meeting of the fund in London, Lord Wakefield was presiding when the deputy chairman, Dame Helen Gwyne-Vaughan, read
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  • 940 14 Indian Labour Conditions Rt Hon. V. S. SastrVs Visit TheChristmasWeek Revival in Boxing Interest (From Our Staff Representati v Penang Office. Dec. 23. THE visit of the Rt. Hon. V. S. Sastri is one of considerable Importance to Indians in Malaya, particularly to those of
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  • 417 14 HOME RULE What Mr. Balfour Thought WE have received the following letter from Mr. Harold W. V. Temperley, Professor of Modern History. Cambridg3 University, who is at present visiting Malaya. (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir,—In the interesting review by Mr. Desmond MacCarthy of
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  • 473 14 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir,— Evidently "A Parent" has failed to grasp the difference between abortion and birth control, hence he talks of "murders of innocent babies." Birth control means the conscious control of the birth rate by means that prevent the conception of human
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  • 501 14 >To /Tie Editor of the. .Ifohnnj T> ro-• Sir—Hip birth-control d»'b.nr of t f, v Chinese Christian Awxxfuiion m Sjjßmoor* ha.s undonbledly created irvmy arguments on both *uY U liorttmAi r ly. certain local papers have toy much protrfinenee to Urn debate Or<f of the papers vent to *ne exteav
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  • 64 14 BRITISH EMPIRE GERMANY New Firm To Facilitate Trade Reuter. London, Dec. 23. COMPENSATION Brokers, Ltd. i- isie name of a company formed in London under influential au*piee£ to luc:Htate commerce between ihe Bnltjix Dominion*. ana Colonics nnd European counUlei- norma) irade lr. cur:i«!r l by exchange restriction* Trade will bo
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  • 31 14 Mrs. John Cornweli is back at her residence in Kllat Gardens. Cameron Highlands, and many friends have called to sympathise with her in her illness from which she is slowly convalescing.
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  • 303 15 EVIL FORCES Making Experiment Of Spain Reuter. Vatican City, Dec. 24. THE Pope in his world-wide broad! J-»i Ca ?i f lZ m his beside to-day deplored the "many great S which have fallen like a* c?ur*e on humanity, civil society and the Church" He added that,
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  • 37 15 Shanghai. Dec. 26. a piano belonging to the Chim fr^™* I*™**1 Conation »vas destroyed by fire a t the aerodrome in Chengtu, Szechuen. yesterday The passengers were unhurt and the mads escaped damage-Sin Chew Jit
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  • 29 15 Despite the abdication of King Edw aid VIII. the work in connection with the forthcoming coronation is continuing. Workmen erecting stands in The Mall, London.
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  • 23 15 Yang Mulia. Tengku Nor Ainnie. a cousin of H. H. the Sultan of Deli Sumatra, is now on a short visit to Selama.
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  • 51 15 Lord Nuffield, who last year gave £5.000 for the d velopment of talking book:; for the blind, has made a further gift of £35,000, which will be paid in seven annual instalments. A gift of £500 a year for thre? years has also been made by the Carnegie Unit?d Kingdom
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  • 44 15 Reuter. Berlin. It is rumoured the British and Fiench Governments are makinsr joint representations to the German (Tovernment with regard to the German support given to General Franco's troops in Spain, but official circles declare they have no knowledge of such support.—Reuter.
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  • 16 15 Che Wan Hamaruddin. ADO Selaina ama. who was on medical leave, resum ed duty last week
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  • 193 15 "The Tenth Man" And Felix The Cat AT THE CINEMAS IN all-round, excellent programme, in which every item is in the top class, is being presented at the Pavililion Theatre. In addition to the welcome screening of one of the best and latest British pictures, "The
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  • 155 15 Good Cast In Musical Comedy l BRIGHT musical comedy, very ap- propriate to the festive season, was pu'. on at the Alhambra yesterday in "Walking On Air." In the leading roles were Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, and they were supported by an all star cast. The story
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  • 86 15 From Katong To Pasir Panjang THE prosperous condition of Singapore has been reflected in the hotels and other places of amusement during the holiday season. There were many diners at Raffles, trie Adelphi and Seaview, where dancinsr went with a swing and special entertainments were enjoyed. Another very
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  • 162 15 BOXING DAY Rattles Hotel: Special dinner and fancy dress carnival. Gifts for best costumes. Extension to 2 a.m. Sea view Hotel: Special dinner and fancy dress ball. Distribution of novelties. Extension to 2 a.m. New World Cabaret: Grand fancy dress non-stop ball. Prizes given away for
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  • 106 15 Exports From Malaya For Previous Week During the week ending Dec. 19. 1936. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 25,558 cases, cf which: 18 239 <72 per cent.» cases were to the United Kingdom, 965 (4 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 1,824
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    • 132 15 MM?Y /VAO 4 UTttt *A*A£ \rs f tt£Ct WAS WAM£ AS SNCWv4HO t/ZA? VWPY Wf^l 'fafc tAMS JU&£ TO Go/ Ma/iy ot/ier m?£/7 behaved lambs of course eventually find their way to the "COL D STORAGE: 9 The lambs we sell are the finest procurable, and our trade in this
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  • 763 16 THRILLING SOCCER ENDS IN DRAW LOCAL CHINESE WIPE OUT TWO GOAL ARREARS Singapore, Saturday. [INTERESTING football was serve P up at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday when the Selangor Chines. Recreation Club, met the StraitChinese Football Association. The visitors started badly, but once they
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  • 66 16 The following have been invited to piay Rugby for SC.C. "A" vs. H.M.S. Terror on Tuesday, at S.C.C: W. H. Pothery: J. H. Abbott. W. D. J. Vincent. J. P. Wood. Lt. J. R. Rodwell: R. A. Ward, F. L. Lane: K. S. Sykes, D. C. Meathrel. K.
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  • 366 16 Keen Games In The Qurter-Finals RESULTS of ties in the quarter-final round of the Singapore Table Tennis Asociat'on's Men's Singles Champion ship played on Thursday night were as follows: Loh Kum Soon beat Ang Soo Loy 3-0. Chan Kwok Ming beat Yeo Cheng Hal 3-2 Yeo Hung
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  • 279 16 TONIGHTS BOXING Boon Mali Unfit To Travel Singapore, Saturday. JOHNNY Gabuco, featherweight champion of Hawaii, who was hilled to light Young Gauder i n Jan. 8, will take the place of the Siamese, Boon Mah, at the New World to-night. Boon Mah, who was to fight
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  • 110 16 Final Of The Junior Championship The final of the Singapore billia'.d;, championship tournament will be played on Tuesday. Dee. 29 at the Clerical Union pavilion. The game is 400 uo and will commence at 3 p.m. The finalists arc:—Khoo Kirn Swee (Aston Athletic Club' and Goh Teck Mong
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  • 172 16 On Monday, at S.R.C. ground, S.R.C. vs. R.A., 22nd Heavy Battery:—Dr. L. S. do Silva. L. M. Pennefather. T. B. Smith, T Maddox. R. S. de Souza, R. B. Milne, J. F. Cockbum. G. B. Armstrong, G. Westerhout, R. M. Armstrong, P. d'Alir.eida. On Wednesday, at S.R.C. ground,
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  • 29 16 Reuter. London, Dec. 25. To-day's home rugby results:— Swansea 17 5. Neath 13 London Welsh 6. Edinburgh Ac. 3 London Scottish 6 Abcravon 20 Mountainash 3. —Reuter.
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  • 706 16 BY S.C.R.C. Odd-Goal Win Due To Better Finish v tyviiv/t m. uiioil Singapore, Friday. f piLE Sintfuporr Chine*** Rrcreutioo Club demount rated their iuvw at hockey at H<Wk r L.m irrw.n th evening when they dilated !n< Selunj?or < hii)p«c visitor* t»y th« ihM in
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  • 484 17 PENANG GOLD CUP MEETING EIGHT EVENTS Selections Revised Handicaps (By "Winning Post.") THE Penang Turf Club Gold Cup meeting begins to-day with a card of eight events, all for horses. The early scratchinga have been few, and below will be found the selections and the revised
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  • 78 17 Members of the Kuala Lumpur S.C. R.C. ladies' hockey team, formed fcr the first time in Selangor, who are now in Singapore on a visit. Front row deft 10 right): Miss Wong Ah Choo, Mrs. Teh Yoke See, Miss Lee Loke Toh, Miss Ta n Seng Kin. Standing deft to
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  • 59 17 RACE 1: Upright Sparkling Eyes Oratorious RACE 2: Headford Spear of Sarawak Wattle Ash RACE 3: Cheerful Lady Financier Master Bobby RACE 4: Ray Welkin Salmon Par The Warrior RACE 5: Clever Alec Squeeze Kalili RACE 6: Strathpeffer Vedas Knight's Eye RACE 7: Prohibition Rain borough Nonya Bukit
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  • 107 17 Three Handicap Finals Decided Singapore, Thursday. THE following are th? results of the 1 finals of the S.C.R.C. Tennis Tournaments played this evening. Singles Handicap Dr. P. T. Lieui (—l2) beat Tan Poh (—6» 7.5., 4.6.. 6.4. Veterans Singles Handicap Chia Keng Ty e »—9» defeated Koh Thian
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  • 115 17 One Final In Championship Tourney Decided In the final of the "B" Singles Handicap event of the J.C.S.A. tennis tournament, Sih Kirn Soon t —15» beat Lim Kirn Leng. It was a very exciting match in the second set when Kirn Leng, having won the first, was leading
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  • 49 17 An interesting rugby match is anticipated at Anson Road Stadium on Sunday when tfhe Army meet Perak. Play will commence at 5 p.m. Admission charges of 50, 25 and 10 cents will be made. Perak are meeting the Singapore civilian side on Saturday at the S.C.C.
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  • 495 17 NO 'AWAY WINS IN THE FIRST DIVISION London, Dec. 23. CEVERAL interesting matches were *J played in the home soccer leagues to-day, and in Div. 1, no away team won a game. Portsmouth drew at Charlton's headquarters neither side scoring, and the other visiting teams,
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  • 132 17 Private "Test" Match With Bradman Sydney, Dec. 17. Don Bradman and R. W. V. Robins fought out their own private "test" match in Sydney prior to the second cricket Test. Robins won narrowly, after an exciting struggle. The contest was at squash rackets. Robins is an excellent
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  • 78 17 Suggestion To Brighten Test Cricket Sydney. Dec. 15. A NOVEL idea to liven up Test matches was advanced by Lieutenant-Colonel D C Robinson, a former English international cricketer, when he reached Sydney by the Or ford. He did not agree with limiiless Tect matches, and said that stumps
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  • 31 17 The Singapore Golf Club December L.G.U. medal competition was played at 'Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. j. h. Hill with a net score of 74.
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  • 1559 18 FIERCE DISPUTE OVER STYMIE: SOME CURIOUS WAGERS rE 200 th birthday of the Royal Burgess Society of Edinburgh, the second oldest golf club in the world, to which I recently made reference, has been marked by the publication oi an official history of the Society.
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  • 158 18 Does The Public Set The Pace IF a vote were taken among the officials of football I believe they would* agree by an overwhelming majority that the game had been unfortunately changed by the alternation of the off-side rule. But they would be afraid to go
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  • 301 18 Fight Fixed For Next Month IFTER many weeks o, h*. :ag a> Atlantic telephone talks. Mr Arthur Elvm. the Wembley Stadium chief has clinched ano her world championship tight for London. He has persuaded Small Montana whose i?al name is Benjamin Gan and nho was born in
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  • 163 18 Over 100 Horses Bought From Australia DEPORTING to the board of directors of the Philippine Rating Club, [nr., the successful conclhsion of arrangement! for the purchase oi over 10U race horses lrom Australia, and -.he latest type of electric totalisaior and ticket selling machines. Y. S. Day. racin?
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  • 72 18 In the Yayu Athletic Party ba.4:<- b» tournament, the Woo team defeated the Yap team by 34 points to 23 points on Wednesday. There was not n»u choose between the teams Play w*i fairly even. At half time the scores were 14 all. Ten minutes bt: end. it
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    • 103 18 |\|F THIS CATCHES YOUREYE remember\ the trapemarkX I WOODWARDS I I GRIPE WATER I keeps babij well I mm mm 9 J mf m mmW mm Reliable merchandise proved by test aptly describes the goods we offer you. Every line we stock has the greatest outstanding feature of dependability you
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    • 10 18 ENSURE BETTER VISION 96, High Street, Singapore. Phone 3786. J
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    • 11 19 EXPRESS RADIO SERVICE 196, Orchard Road, Opposite Pavilion Theatre. Phone 3893.
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    • 109 19 USE SPRAGUE AND NOTE THE DIFFERENCE I I• I 1 Ha "fro, I^B (0 eNS( I THE ONLY TRIPLE TESTED CONDENSER FOR THE TROPICS ALL CAPACITIES IN STOCK. So!e Agents: Sun Radio Service Co., 124, Cecil St. Phone 4154 93% NATURAL TONE ALL-WAVE BRITISH RADIO (iuaranteed for AmWa\ 12 Months.
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    • 467 19 ONLY $80.— ONLY 1 Listen to the World with the New HIS MASTER'S VOICE CLIPPER RADIO. TESTED BY 21.270 MILE FLIGHT SHORT MEDIUM WAVE RECEPTION Xft SB pIK PHONOGRAPH CONNECTION j iLsffi > IRK E S»0/- «».\LY. *J KIADE BY THE MAKTRS OF "MAGIC BRAIN" -MAGIC EYE METAL TUBES "MAGIC
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    • 1879 19 Malayan Listeners' Radio nrtTrpTOiTT H 850 am. Classical programme. BKllikrt hMPIRE S assK Band: Ma rch, Honest Toil IT Q A cir/iDTii; 4 i;n 10.20 a.m. Popular music. ppnrP AMIVfT?e slmn5 lmn er) Overture, Robin Hood bHUKIWAVb 11.20 a.m. Operatic selection. (Geehl). Norman Williams: Onaway, PRHri? A IWIUIPQ 12 noon.
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  • 227 20 Do you dread your meals? Are ycu Tor ever wondering what ycu can eat with safety and freedom from pain? Aie you, hi fact, living in fear and agony from stomach trouble? Scarceh anvonc escapes this scourge cf modern life. Some are wise and take
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  • 622 20 A Memorandum BRITISH POLICY TO SECURE PEACE JJETAILS of a Memorandum on th:question of Mandated Territories, which has been submitted t< members of the Government by th Joint East African Board, wi r published on Nov. 25. The Memorandum, prepared by i panel of experts, is
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  • 98 20 London. Doc. 24 Paris 105 5 32 New York 4.91' 4 I Montreal 4.1*0'' t Brussels 29 13 Geneva 21.37 Amsterdam 8 97' 1 Milan 93 5 1(1 Berlin 12 21 Stockholm 19.39 Copenhagen 22.40. Oslo 19.90 Vienna 26 i. Prague 139 15 hi Belgrade 213 Madrid nom
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  • 46 20 the Ipoh Telephone Girls hold untitled lirsl al.l.uai rl'olu', l >», lbei weri» 29 p<.l eluding l?uest A very >- nese dlnn r was served uno* ol Rebe Llm enjoyable evenil.e w»»-> >l> i>' »Ne Nrst «xc>l'i>!, ,n bave come tn;e,b?i al.cl <b«'v > make trn.«« an annual «vent.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 404 20 VIRGIN FACE POWDER Look younger! Cure your face of J blemishes. Guaranteed safe and P antiseptic. Agents: CHENG HENG CO., 205 SOUTH BRIDGE RO.. SPOKe TOCK TYPhWRITER C 28" A, Changf Alley, Singapore, Telephone No. 2633. Stockists ol ERIKA Q|| Brand New Port- ~)b||3J] eft/7?! able Typewriters, 4 NA \Y
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    • 33 20 WE SERVE YOU BETTER Because we are 100*7 Rad4o specialists since 1926 and Because we have the latest testing: instruments for accurate servicing. SPOT RADIO LTD.. MENDS RADIO SERVICE 58, Orchard Road. Singapore.
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    • 65 20 I LIQUIDATION SALE, f J Xmas New Year Gifts Drastic Reductions Now In Full Swing S I AT LESS THAN I AUCTION PRICES I JEWEL, ER V. SILVERWARE, E....N.5. WARE. GENUINE CUT S GLASS-WARE, TABLECLOCKS, GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM WRIST WATCHES E,ECTR,C TABLE LAMPS, WALL PICTURES, g PARISIAN MIRRORS, MODERN
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    • 1439 20 Malayan Listeners 9 Radio pnom Holland (Wavelength 25.57 metres) (Continued from page 19) TO-DAY BERLIN STATION I RADIO-COLONIAL, FRANCE m J^J^J^ tM Anthem pening nm 10 71 m tM /n«nn nj* Tn n v 8.55 p.m. Variety concert:—Grete Wei<i« mitrli li-TJ. iQsimi TO-DAY jnschenk-Hogenbirk (Soprano). Johnny fLrfESS 2£? ISa" !J!
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  • 158 21 heel Flies Off While In Motion F'om Our Ou.ii Reporter> Ipoh Monday r i: was killed Instantly and four i:;id narrow escapes when he bark wheels of a lorry load•jst iron pipes got loose and n- vehicle, about 9 o'clock on :.ight near Parlt rown.
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  • 97 21 .Miners Exhibit Sculptural Work Warsaw. Two hundred and fifty carvings in are among the exhibits at the tai Exhibition of Industrial Art it Sesnowiec. the chief town in the Dabrowa coal basin in Southern Poland. All the carvings have been executed by miners. Many of them illustrate
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  • 163 21 Greek Law To Control Foreign Craft Athens. A law defining the movements of aircraft over Greek territory, has been drawn up by the Under-Secretarv cf Aviation and the Chief-of-Staff of the Creek Royal Air Force. The law has been drafted on the lines of the International Air Convention,
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  • 237 21 Defended Cash Register Against Germans Paris. TALK of the retirement of Mile Juliette Demaret., France's oldest postmistress, has reminded the villagers of Chamuzy of how she bravely defended her cash register against the Germans during the War. Mile Demaret. who i.s 81. has dealt ou 4 s'amps
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  • 96 21 Schoolboy Hit By Classmate's Revolver Monaco. Students of a Latin class in a leading boys' school here had their heads buried In their "Caesars" when suddenly a revolver shot ratng out. One of the lads, 15-year-old Jacques Gruel, slumped over his desk wounded and unconscious. It was then
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  • 281 21 Three Charges Of Theft Against J. B. Howe (From Our Oun Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. SENT a few months ago to the Central Mental Hospital for observation when he made peculiar remarks on being charged, J. B. Howe was produced again in the first court
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  • 24 21 Page Jude, aged 88, of Orwell, Cambridgeshire, was burned to death when fire broke out in the thatched cottage V here he lived alone.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 27 21 The Best Cough Mixture, proved by popular test is U.P. Cough Mixture Lung Tonic The quick certain Core, therefore the best. Sold by The United Pharmacy SINOAPORF.-
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    • 64 21 £ll NEV. FReNCH REMEDY, TMERAPION No l THERAPION N0.2 THERAPIONNO 3 Mo. 1 Curaa Lilachartfaa- If*. 2 Core* Blood] Polaon. No. 8 Curaa Chronic Waakxiaaiaa. Bo»!iih Price 3a. Chemtsta, or either No. raturn Mall, D*. LE Clkrc Med.Co. HaT*ratockßd.N.W.s.Loodaa» OR. LE CLERC'S PILLS fop th* Lhf« r IMMIVWa>»«« fcld'-Ays A
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    • 25 21 X DOt? ME i 'pastille THE I > |M k *"W** "im I Til It IK"" Weeds Wo Special Tanks PROPRIETORS (Inc. in S.S.) 1 W.P.S.
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  • 378 22 Exhibition Of Greek And Crete Art HOW women used to sacrifice themselves to bulls in a form of sport, 4 000 years ago in Crete and how men used glass razors is shewn by priceless frescoes ca view at an exhibition of Greek and Crete art.
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  • 75 22 Ankara. Ihe first woman Doctor of Political and Economic Science of the University Istanbul —28-year-old Dr. Hanoum Faizi baa been appointed Chief LlsCior to the Ministry of National i.eonomy. Sh? is the first woman to be iven such a post. In her new capacity. Dr. Faizc will
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  • 289 22 Japanese Forgets He Has A Wife In Austria THE Japanese press reports that an Osaka man. named Kotaro Uyeta. is in a quandary over a triangular love affair, involving his wife, who is an Austrian girl, and Shizuki Wada, a Japanese girl. Seven years ago Uyeta is stated
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  • 987 22 Edward Smigly-Rydz PROMOTED TO BE MARSHAL JJDWARD Sm-gly-Rydz, EnapeetorGeneral of the Forces since the death of Marshal Pilsudski IS months ago, obtained public recognition as the leader of Poland recently, when he was promoted to b Marshal. Impressive ceremonies will mark the presentation of the baton by
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 169 22 mMM m~<m-— SPOKT-FROCKS j USE THE RIGHT MATERIAL S It must be absolutely the latest both in Colour Design J r Only obtainable from j Parmanand Bros, j I Newly established at Phone 6766 j 42 HIGH STREET. PEERLESS ERASMIC SOAP Dainty, Alluring, Fragrant PEERLESS mtt o^SSt ERASMIC is incomparable
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    • 29 22 DOLLAR brand JAVA SAUCE for $0.20 a bottle Delicious for your Breakfast. Ilffln. Dinner and in its effect stimulates digestion. T. G. KIAT CO., Singapore. 766, North Bridge Road,
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    • 157 22 «Hfc*s»«k Don't risk your health and com- J^ffip^L^s^/^^^^^^^^^^ secticides" or imitations that w one Flit. Flit it told only in the l^^^BBBE» yellow tin with the soldier and RS&ta^ black band sealed to prevent I J Jk fraudulent refilling. Will not SISSSaSs» stain. You can absolutely rery on ikJiu^Sr Flit
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  • 1398 23 Principles Unchanged THE AEROPLANE AND THE BATTLESHIP gIR Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, broadrast a speech recently on "Sea Power, 1 and, in considering the influence of the sea upon British life, he asked how far in the past we had used sea power, the
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  • 136 23 How Germany Saves Cocoa Imports Berlin. White chocolates, the sweets which ore taking the place of ordinary chocolates here in order to avoid the necessity of Importing cocoa, have now made their appearance in the Christmas displays of the Berlin sweetshops. The new substance is called "Gaiak," and
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  • 24 23 "Lady Precious Stream" was revived by Miss Nancy Price at the Little Theatre lor a Christmas season, with ftilss Jovct Redman in the title-role.
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  • 276 23 New Neutrality Law Expected Washington, (DO WITH little change probable In the m foreign policy of me United Stale., one of the first acts of the new Congre*3 in January is expected lo be the tighten-ing-up of the present neutrality laws America. Part of the
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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    • 141 23 —Never Be Without Your ZA \f -BUK A CCIDENTS will happen, even in the best regulated homes. Healthy children get into no end of trouble—scraped knees, skinned ankles, cuts and burns—all common, every-day mishaps. But don't forget minor accidents are not so dangerous if you apply Zam-Buk immediately. The child
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    • 339 23 A SCRATCHING DOG is in danger... iflflte r m Cnc in our dog's suffering, prompi fl I trouD e AnJ I promise you a complete care De m first-rate condition if you give- him his H Bo° Martin's regularly—three powders ada v enrativc, 808 ilSßHP^Bl^^»SK^i9^l^^^^^S MART IS (EXPORT) LIMITED F|l(ll|l>>
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