Malaya Tribune, 8 January 1937

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXIV, No. 6. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1937 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Jan. 8, 1937. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JANUARY 8, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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    A POPULAR PRIEST
    219 2 Funeral Of Rev. Fathe Sy Singapore. Wedne c THE funeral took place this eve 1 at the Bidadari cemetery t Y" Rev. Father Joseph Sy, parish -1 of the Church of the Sacrcci v" Tank Road. Bishop Adrian D assisted by Fathers Morin and v conducted the
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    "DUD" COINS
    126 2 Machine Which Rejects Them Melbour. A new safeguard for shopkeepers 13 reported here, a small machine v.h "infallibly" rejects counterfeit coins a i which can be fitted to any counter. This device is the invention of Mr R J. Lyttie, of Sydney, and in a r. r est
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    CANTON EN FETE
    39 2 Canton, Jan. 7 Nearly 200.000 people took pari in th lantern procession held on Tuescu j evening. The whole city was en fete I The procession was part of the N Year celebrations.—Sin Chew Jit P
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    35 2 The death took place at untitled in Muntri Street at 1.45 on Saturday morning of Mrs. A. Dhanakotty Muda!:ar sister of ihe late Mr. F. Ba dram, of Singapore, and aunt of Mr II Pitchay.
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      486 2 "HAROM MEL ATI" ft>,s The Perfume of luring and V V' fcr&* fascinating fragrance—exquisite 5 —individual—and distinctive. '?f' -tw LOTIONS ESSENCE mmw -EAU -DE COLOGNE if I —BRILLANTINE. Created by J. F. Schwarzlose Sochne G.m.b.H. Berlin. Imported by s SchifTner Co., Ltd. Singapore. M. HASSAN, 34, 36 37, Bras Basab
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      1442 2 NOTICE. Notice Is Hereby Given that the partnership heretofore subsistng between Sim Gee Leng, Seah Eng Whee, Seah Ngee Whee and Seah Ngee Lim carrying on business at No. 121 Market Street, Singapore under the style or firm of Tai Wah Co. has been dissolved by mutual consent as irom
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      103 2 DOLLAR brand JAVA SAUCE (or $0.20 a bottle j Delicious for your Breakfast. 1 Tiffin. Dinner and in its effect stimulates digestion. T. G. KIAT CO., Singapore. j 766, North Bridge Road, Hygienic Dust-Bins, Self-closing. Obtainable at EMCO Factory, 10th mile Bukit Tiinah Rd. Telephone 4504. Owners of Patent Rights.
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES BRAVE RESCUE ATTEMPTS
    715 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES BRAVE RESCUE ATTEMPTS Shipwreck And Humane Society's Awards COR their bravery in endeavouring to le.scue an elderly man from the Comurg Dock. Liverpool, on Oct. 6 last, Mr. W. McWilliam Clark, third Officer, and Mr. William E. Rylands, A.8., of the steamer Alca, owned by Messrs. Yeoward
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    GERMAN ART
    144 3 Hitler "Blessed By Muses," Says Goerins Berlin. "Hitler is perhaps Germany's greatest a This statement was made by General Goedng. speaking at thej celebraturn of the 150 th anniversary of the Berlin State T^Po t s r s e ibly it was the salvation of German art." declared
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      463 3 STEAMER SAILINGS d s %**M*y and! BRITISH IN DIA Vi 'A rln 1 0. S. N. CO's SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1937. CORFU 15,000 Jan. 15 HUTAN 6,100 Jan. 16 BEHAR 5,000 Jan. 25 t. ARTHAGE 17.000 Jan. 29 SOUDAN 6,500 Feb. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Feb. 12 RANCHI 17,000
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      614 3 M. B. K. I 1 I KOKUSAI LINE J (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) i (Incorporated in Japan) I For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) J j Due Due Sailing Due Penang Spore Spore New York f )m s KOMAKI MARU Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Mar. 1 Apr. 13 m.s.
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      504 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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      475 3 STEAMER SAILINGS w- NORDDEUTSCHER \r (Incorporated m Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI* NORTH CHINA JAPAN. Due Spore. 1037. I s.s. "DONAU" omits Manila, laku Bar. Japan Jan. 12 Due Port Swettenham Jan. 11 s.s. "SAALE"' omits Taku Bar Singapore Jan. 26 Port
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    CYCLIST KILLED
    132 4 Verdict Of Death By Misadventure (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Wednesday. CHE MA'AROF, sitting as Coroner in the Second Court to-day. returned a verdict of death by misadventure at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a Malay cyclist who v.as as the result of
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    17 4 Mr. Mather, of the Prisons Department, Taiping, and Mrs. Mather, left on Saturday for Home on furlough.
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    MARKET LIST
    469 4 The Current Singapore Prices Singapore, Dec. 31. MEAT Beef, steak, kati 32 Beef, stew or curry 24 Fillet, steak, per lb. 50 Mutton, Australian, per lb. 35 Pork, lean, kati 42 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) 35 POULTRY Capons Uocally reared), kati 50 Ducks, each 45 Fowls,
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    SAFETY FIRST
    69 4 Burglar's Dynamite Warning Selma, Alabama. "Don't touch—dynamite!" was the grim warning scratched across the face of an oil company's battered safe here by a bungling cracksman. He had succeeded in almost entirely tlasting away the safe's combination lock but it still held. Afraid to wrench the door open
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    JESSIE MATTHEWS BACK AT WORK AFTER ILLNESS
    976 4 How She Recovered Will To Live JESSIE Matthews, completely restored in health, looks, and appetite, is back in London after her loiu convalescence in Cornwall, and work ing again. For her health, I have the assurance of her good-tempered nurse. Si. tor Quinn
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      479 4 AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH INDIGESTION Now Sleeps Like a Top —Thanks to Kruschen This man used to pass night after night with hardly a wink of sleep. Ail the remedies he tried failed to help him, until he started taking a daily dose of Kruschen. That was what he needed
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    Coming Attractions At Malayan Cinemas Song Hits For 15 Years
    383 5 Record Of Kern And Hammerstein JEROME Kern, composer, anJ Oscar Hammerstein 11, lyricist of Universale "Show Boat," which will star Irene Dunne at the Alhambra Theatre, have been creating song hits for 15 years. Both of them believe that a
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    FOUR FAMOUS STARS TOGETHER
    214 5 "LIBELLED LADY"—BRILLIANT PICTURE HON'T say "temperament" to Jack Conway. Call it "constructive competition" and he'll know what you're talking about. Conway handled what was considered one of the biggest jobs in Hollywood in directing four ranking stars, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy
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    THE GIRL WITH CRAZY HATS
    336 5 Betty Furness In "Mr. Cinderella" "ANY woman be noted for being n fashionable if she has the courage to withstand the jeers of her friends particularly men," says Betty Furness. "It doesn't take much money. It takes simply a sharp eye a great dcai of
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    Old Skipper
    95 5 x~x CHARLES Winninger, who portrays his famous role of "Captain Andy" in Lniversal's screen version of "Show Boat," the attraction coming to the Alhambra theatre, received h/s first taste of showboat trouping almost 40 years ago. While still in his 'teens he left a tent show to play
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    SYDNEY HOWARD Scientist
    195 5 "T'VE seen me, when I were a lad," recalled Sydney Howard, during the making of his new B. D. film "Chick," which will be shown at the Pavilion Theatre to-day, "spend hour*; experimenting with 'stinks' in the school laboratory. I remember, too. that I blew out a
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    RIVER SCENES
    173 5 In Sydney Howard Film ANE of the most lovely of Thamcsv side bvauty spots. Bray, near Maidenhead, was chosen as the outdoor setting for scenes, romantic and humorous, in "Chick," B. D.'s latest Sydney Howard comedy, which comes to the Pavilion Theatre today. A motor launch and its
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    36 5 George Douglas. 43, described as a piofessiona 1 baker, of Vfencj Roaa Blackpool, was remanded at Blackpool recently on a charge of Inciting an unknown m?n to steal a nviilbag in tranche* ween Liverpool and Blackpool.
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    MR. CINDERELLA IS FAST AND FRIVOLOUS
    289 5 NEW achievement for Hal Roach after more than twenty-twc years of operating: the only studios that produce screen comedy exclusively His latest M-G-M feature. "Mister Cinderella," coming to the Alhambra Theatre shows one of the most sophisticated smart comedies of the season with an
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    33 5 The anti-Red trawler Virgen Del Carmen, carrying cannon and anti-air-craft guns, has fallen into the hands of the Reds after a mutiny of the crew, who. it is reported, sailed her to Bilbao.
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    71 5 Antonio Mije Garcia, member of the Spanish Communist Party's Central Committee, has been appointed General War Commissar in succession to Senor Del Vayo, Foreign Minister. The death took place at the General Hospital, Seremban, on New Year's Day of Mrs. Christian, wife of Mr. P. M. Christian of Messrs. Socfln
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    21 5 Mr. R. E. Roberts, Engineer, P. T. Ipoh, and Mrs. Roberts, have returned to Ipoh after a holiday at Fraser's Hilt.
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      26 5 Eye Examinations, Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO., Qualified eyesight Specialists 4, ARCADE, GROUND FLOOR. LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED^ R- A. Thompson D.O.Sc. Ophthalmist Dr. of Ocular Science.
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      185 5 fifißpfißHlßSS M i COMPARE I these PRICES /fil^s=f§|[ FORMERLY IN BOTTLES /I Ipm^^^^i^H^B'l/ Small size [4 oz. i y^imE ECONOMY TINS Andrews has been sold in England in economy tins for over 40 years. Now patient laboratory research has made it possible for you to enjoy the same advantage in
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    430 6 LONDON COMMODITIES ■rapn London, Jan. 7. Last Price To-day Change Tone Firm Easy spot Buyers. IOU 10% Sellers. 10% 10 7116 —316 March Buyers. ***** 10% 16 Sellers. 10 916 10 7i16 -^l 8 Apr June Buyers. 10 71« 10 5 16 T V Sellers. 10 9.16
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    U.E.'s CAPITAL SCHEME APPROVED
    1128 6 SHAREHOLDERS TO GET BONUS Singapore. Jan. 7. EXTRAORDINARY general meet- ings of all shareholders, preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders, of I nited Engineers. Limited, were held to-day at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 201-A. River Valley Road. Singapore. Following resolutions which were all, carried,
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    D. E. I. NATIVE RUBBER
    461 6 Will Benefit By New Quota Lender. CINCE ite end c: :£34 tne NeUterl 5 East Indian Qdveinnttai faau be* surveying and registering the multi udinous native rubber holdings within territory witn :he oc;ec; o: introducing a system of individual restriction output And it is now
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      516 6 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Successors to The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited. The Ho Hong Bank Limited and Thp Oversea-Chinese Bank Lhsnted I CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00 Issued'and Paid Up 510,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING. HI LIA STREET, SINGAPORE. I TELEPHONES: > Managing Director 3172 Secretary 4944
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      123 6 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: D'Almeida Street. Vathorlsea and Suoscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital £1,000.000 Reserve Fund 100.000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON BRANCHES: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi Madras. Amara, Baghdad Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk. Mosul and Slngapoie. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and <noney received on Fixed Deposits oi terms
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1628 7 issued by Fraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers MINING rraaer ft Co. Lyall ft Evatt Singapore, Jan. 8, 10 Buyer, Seller. Bonn, lata J Eraser ft Co. Lyell ft Evatt «1- Ampat Tin 5 3 5,9 5 6 6 Buyers Sellers Buyers Bellers
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    296 7 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday morning. RUBBER Singapore: 37' cts. Market Tone: Irr-egular. London: 10 7 16d., down Market Tone: Quiet. New York: 21% cts., up 7 16 A. Market Tone: Quiet. Witn London down and New York up this market is ii regular opening at
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    Mr. Julian Israel's Report
    161 7 Tin London up 55 and 50 and New York up 3 8. Rubber London down 1 8 easy and New York up 7 16 quiet. Locally very firm at 38c. Mining. Raubs on improved output, rose to $6.80 buyers. Tin shares were quietly firm in London
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    EXCHANGE SELLING i
    178 7 Singapore. Jan. 8. London T.T. 2 4 116 London demand «V,/ London 4 months' sight «4vfe Lyons demand WJJ Hamburg demand J** New Yoik demand 57 slb Montreal demand 5. 316 Batavia demand JjJ4 Samarang demand lviU Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demands ;?i, 4 Madras and Colombo
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    20 7 Mr. E. D. Fleming, M.C.S., Protector of Chinese. Perak, has returned to Ipoh. after an urgent visit to the South,
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      472 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, MOTOR CAR INSURANCE AT REASONABLE RATES. W. J. DEXTER. Manager. Tel. 5926. 2. Finlayson Green. (Incorporated in China by Special Charter) 12, Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dept. 64** General Office 5188-9 Cable Address:
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      30 7 I THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED F IRE, MARINE. MOTOR VEHICLE, BURGLARY, PERSONAL ACCIDENT. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. HFAD OFFICE: I6i), CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. L. (i. JOHNSON.
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    RUMOURS OF FRENCH CREDIT
    924 8 UNDER NEGOTIATION IN I LONDON Lombard Street, London. ACCORDING to certain rumours, a new French credit for six tttoiithj is supposed to be under negotiation in London, and is expected to be concluded shortly. We are unable to obtam confirmation of these rumours, says the "Financial
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    POSTAL INTELLIGENCE
    316 8 w w STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DATE AND TFMF Rengat and Tembilahan Banka Jan. 8 1 p.m. Africa East 5 and South Africa Maru 8 2 p.m. America <South) Africa Maru 8 2 p.m. Muntok Plancius 8 2.30 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra. S.-East Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas
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    THE HARBOUR
    85 8 ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE. Singapore, Jan. 8 East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Flaticius 22. Mam Wnarf (Entrance Gate 3) Gewang 16: Chaksang 15; Talamba 13: Kola 11. Empire Dock fMte 3) At revs 32; Steel Scientist 34. Empire Dock (Rmrance 4) Agamemnon 46; Modjokeito 48.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    122 8 Mails expected from Europe < London mailst by the evening train, to-day time f delivery of boxholdcrs' letters and general delivery of letters 8.45 a.m. tomoirow. Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands Indies c c. by Air <Qantas>. time of delivery of boxholdeis' letters only 3 p.m. and general
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    92 8 Hongkong, Canton, 'Shanghai, "Kobe :?nd Manila via Penang: Imperial, losing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Penang. Siam. Burma, India, Iraq Palestine. Egypt, E. and S. Africa, Great BrJiatit, Ireland. Europe N .md 8 America: Imperial, closing 7 p.m tomorrow. Mednn. Jasfcft, and London?: Netherlands, closing 12 45 pm to-morrow.
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    DAILY WEATHER REPORT
    143 8 Malayan Meteorological Service Last N:ght Mai Bright Mm iemp. RainfaM. Sunshine. Temp Station*. deg. F. Inches. Hours deg. F West Coast. Alor Star 86 Nil 4.7 68 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 85 n.i 8.5 69 Sttiawan 86 Nil 9.3 67 Bukit Jeram 84 Nil 6.7 69 Malacca 86
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    WHAT'S ON?
    225 8 Public Function* And Sports Fixtures TO DAY, JAN. 8 Public Lecture by the Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Victoria Memorial Hall. 5.15 p.m. Subject: "Indians Abroad." Boxing: Al Rivers v. Joe Bautista; Young Guilder v. J. Gabuco; J. Mortell v. Boy Quee, New World Arena, 9 p.m.
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    HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS
    416 8 League Of Nations Bulletin THE following is the health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau, Singapore, for the week ended Jan. 2:— Rangoon was the only port in the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague during the week, 1 case having
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    CLUB DIARY
    324 8 ar< numerous Club* Aocietiez in Singapore, most of the I members of v.hich are readers of the l "Malaya Tribune." This Diary is provided specially for them. Secretaries nre invited to co-overate in keeping V up-io-date and complete. Happening, of o'-nernl interest will still be inchidri in the
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    FELL FROM TRAIN
    176 8 Convicted Of Escaping From Custody (F r om Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday "I was looking out of a window and foil over," explained Yong Swee Pen«;. bandaged and scarred, and with on arm in a sling, when he claimed trial to a charge of having
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    AMUSEMENTS
    152 8 alhambra.—■ The Texas Range] 6 15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL.—"Cain And Mabel 6 15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION.—"Chick" with Howard. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH. -'The Prim 01 Thieves.'' I Hindustan; 1. 6.15 and 9 15 p.m. EMPIRE—Tom Tyler in "Gall., Thru" and Bill Cody in "Tne Gnu City.'*
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    180 8 Tinombo. Dutch, .'25 tons, from Sangkat Panel fang 5.1 to Saimkat Fandjang 8.1. Kola. Bri ish. 729. tons, from Bangkok 6.1 to Bangkok 9.1. Bflfcfengan, Dv eh, 578 tons, from Singkawung 6.1 to Pemartgkat 10.1. Toba, Dutch. 684 tons, from M. Sabak 7.1 to If. Sabak 9.1. Talamba.
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    103 8 London, Jan. 7 Paris 105 5 32 New York 4.91 Montreal 4.91 Brussels 29.13' Geneva 21.37' 4 Amsterdam 8.97'., Milan 93 5 1G Berlin 12.20 Stockholm Copenhagen 22.40. Oslo 19.90. Vienna 26%. Prague 140 3 8 Belgrade 213. Madrid nom Helsingfors 226 3 4 Rio 4»4 sellers official.
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    ACCELERATED DEPASTURE
    23 8 The s.s. Ciiee for Sarawak &c. Mail previously announced as closing a 3 p.m. will now close at 1 p.m. to-day
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    25 8 The s.s. Africa Maru for East Africa &c Mail previously announced a: closing at 11 a.m. will now cio.se a' 2 p.m. «o-day.
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    MAIL DELIVERED
    19 8 The Air mail (Netherlands, deCfWietl'•d from Singapore on Dec. 30 was delivered in London on Joi 5.
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      184 8 fzffk§ IMdft MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL j I TO-NIGHT j j Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. Dinner and Dance (informal) 9.30 to midnight I AND CHANGE OF CABARET PROGRAMME J tj IRENE WEST PRESENTING IKAILI'S HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS Hawaiian Melodies, Steel Guitar Novelties, Fascinating Hulas i j First performance 10.15 p.m.
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    Malayan Chinese Notes
    124 9 A Week's Holiday For New Year—Mr. Wang Ching Wei In Singapore—His Early Days Here—F.M.S. Girls More Modern Than Those In Colony? (By Our Chinese Correspondent) a FTER week's holiday the main staffs of the Singapore Chines? n wspapera are settling down again to hard work. The holidays
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    Mr. Wang Ching Wei
    135 9 MENTION of the Sianfu coup d'etat remind me of the arrival in Singapore n Wednesday of Mr. Wang Ching Wei. the former Chinese PrenYer. en route tc Shanghai from Europe where he hao ipe rating from the wounds infTcted b\ a would-be assassin in Nanking In
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    Went Ashore
    172 9 LARGE crowd surrounded Mr. Wan;..; Ching Wei as he greeted those who had come to rm-ct him and shook handa v. th them. H s bodyguards and deteclives in piain clothes mixed with the gathering and kept guard as the exI remier chatted for a few minutes and
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    Our Upcountry Girls
    205 9 IN some quarters in Singapore It is held that the upcountry Chinese girl ie. more modern than her sister m Singapore. I do not know how far it is true that the Chinese girls 'n the F.M.S. are more progressive than those in the Colony, but after
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    NEW LAWS FOR BRITAIN
    363 9 Every Phase Of Life Affected London. viFARLY eveiy phase of Great Britain'? ft life will 09 affected by new laws cominto force on New Year's Day. Wh?.t people wear, read, their entertainment motoring, shops, homes—all these an-j more will be affected. One of the most important
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    41 9 The wedding took place recently at Church of the Immaculate Concep►l George Louis Lowe, only son of late Mr. W. P. Lowe and Mrs. c. tc Doro.'hv Constance. only tughter of the late Mr. B. E. Daranjo Mrs C H. Coombs
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    41 9 The goods wagons laden with untitled s have blown up in mysterious cirostances at the Kolban station, near Stalingrad, and ignited a train of 16 >ns laden with crude oil and petrol explosives are thought to hnve been ■<i tor spam.
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    BRITISH JOURNALISTS TOURING EGYPT
    178 9 Lavish Entertainment By Government Caiio. TN conjunction with Egypt's recentlyx announced £50.000 scheme to auract tourists ifom abroad, -a party of 20 Empire journalists are now sightseeing in Egypt. They are the representatives of leading English and Empire newspapers. They have come to Egypt as the
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    GERMAN FARMYARDS "MOBILISED"
    290 9 For Self-Sufficiency Battle Berlin ENS, rabbits, bees, goats and siik worms are being mobilised to do their pans in making Germany self-sufficient under the tour-year economic plan. Opening an exhibition of small domestic animals in Essen, Herr Vetter, President of the Domestic Animals Breeding Association, announced the
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    HUMAN CALCULATING MACHINE
    124 9 Dutch Medical Student's Amazing Powers Amsterdam. A HUMAN calculating machine is one of the latest sensations of Holland. He Is a young medical student in Amsterdam who, just as a hobby, makeo intricate calculations in his head—without a single mistake—in a few seconds. Squaring numbers of seven
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    ATTACKED HIS WIFE'S LOVER
    125 9 And Was Thrashed By Onlookers Belgrade. HELP, help, thisf!" This cry attracted a large crowd to a dark alley off a main street to ZagreD. The* found one man lying on the ground and another holding In his arms tne woman who had shouted the alarm.
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      96 9 FIRST SALE MONTHS 32f I II /A ALL DEPARTMENTS I J L PRIOR TO OUR ANNUAL STOCKTAKING I I mm A Wk we offer our new and varied E I W 1 JL\l stocks at appealing, attractive I I AND VERY LOW prices. I I An Opportunity To Really Save
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      275 10 A MIGHTY DRAMA OF IRON MEN! Comrades-in-arms who/knew no fear, recogi I nized no odds...who M lived and loved boldly! The story of the A* American Bengal Lancers! {Jake I r 'Kirn v 1 FRED M||UBRftY JACK OAK lE, I t JEAN hoiam vidward iuis i PAVILION Thursday Jan. 14th.
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      254 10 Everybody agrees:—lt's one of the Funniest Musicr.ls ever produced by WARNER BROS.—The Makers of Big Musical Hits! CAPITOL CLARK GABLE and MARION DAVIES n in the Cosmopolitan Production— "CAIN MABEL" I Magnificent Dancing Sequences' Haunting Songs! Sec GABLE raise CAIN with MABEL! lis a Riot! Presented with one of the
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    WELSH RUGGER TEAM
    77 11 International Match Against England Reuter. London. Jan. 7. nrnE following have been chosen to leI present Wales in the international raegtr match against England at Twickenham on Jan. 16:— Jtnkins (London Welsh); Idwal Rees iSwansea*, Claude Davey (Swansea) WooIt <Card'ff>; Clement (Llanelly); Haydn Tanner (Swansea); Davies Swansea);
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    KEEP THE MENUS CLEAN!
    94 11 Foreign Words Banned In Germany Berlin. The words "hors d" oeuvre" and "con•omme" must disappear from the language of German cooks and housekeepers. The professional organ of German roiel-keepers publishes the information that a movement has been started amcng Nazi hotel-keepers to "curify hotel language of
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    KIPLING MANUSCRIPT
    77 11 Given To France By Author's Wife Paris. A Kipling manuscript has been preented to the French national library by Mrs. Rudyard Kipling, through M. Andre Chevrillon of the French Academy. The manuscript is that of "France at War." published in 1915. It constitutes both a tribute to France
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    WOMAN WHO SLEPT 20 YEARS
    295 11 Sequel To Tragic Love Affair Johannesburg (Transvaal) IN 1910 a pretty South Afiiean brunette, Anna Swanepoel, of Lichtenburg, Transvaal, was in love with a young farmer, but her parents dta approved of the proposed match. Her lover killed himself and Anna, on hearing the news,
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    COMPULSORY EDUCATION
    129 11 Iranians Ordered To School Teheran, Iran. All Iranians must henceforth learn how to read and write, the Iranian Ministry of Ecucation ha, decreed. To further this, classes are being established all over the country, where persons in ali walks of life can go and be taught. Evening classes
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    NOBEL PRIZEWINNER
    124 11 To Lecture At Congress Of World Physiologists Berlin. Sir Henry Hallett Dale, of the National Institute for Medical Research, London, has been invited to deliver an address at the congress of world physiologists to be held at Bad-Nauheim on Mar. 13 and 14 this yeat. Sir Henry was
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    PRIVATE AERODROME
    86 11 To Be Built At Hitler's Country Home Berlin. Herr Hitler has given orders, it is stated, for a private aerodrome to be built at "House Wachenfeld," his country heme at Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden. As this is a mountainous region, the construction of an airport would have to contend
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    HOME CRICKET IN 1937
    1172 11 PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEASON THIS is a time of divided interests. We are trying to keep one eye on cricket in Australia and the other on cricket at heme, for, although spiders may be spinning webs in the county pavilions, much has happened behind the scenes,
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENTS
    60 12 The engagement is announced of DR LIAN FUTT SEONG to MISS LEE GUAH KIANG. The engagement is announced between Miss Ong Tee Neo, (Teekia), the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Song Quee, Singapore, and Mr Tok Chong Beng of Messrs. Ong Boon Tat Co., South
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    DEEDS, NOT WORDS
    765 12 gIXGAPORE does not as a rule make much fuss of the type of people who are described as "distinguished." They come and have their say, and we hear, or more likely read, them tolerantly, and with some cynicism, and they depart, not much impressed with us, to
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    84 12 Extra Credits For This Quarter Kua'a Lumpur. Jan. 7. THE Duputy Controller of Rubber S.S. F.M.S. announces that producers who are able to satisfy th? Controller that they ar: able to export more than the present quarter's allowance during the present quarter are invjt d to apply for
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    EMPIRE AIR ROUTES
    105 12 British Official Wireless. Ground Organisation System Nears Completion London. Jan. 7. The present year will see the comp> tlon of a great system of ground orga I Is.ition along Emnire A r Routes, de gned to nermit the operation of services to a 24 hours schedule. The
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    NEW GOVERNOR
    34 12 British Wireless. London. Jan. 7. The Kine; has approved the appointment of Lord Wakehuist to be Governor of New South Wales in succession to the late Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson.—British Wireless
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    LECTURE BY PASTOR LAKE
    37 12 If Thou be th' Chirst. tell us plainly" will be a lecture delivered by Paster W W, R Lake, on Saturday al 5p m a; the o venth-day Adtentis! Church Pei ang Read
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    14 12 Mr. R. H. Oakeley M.C.S. is to act as Extra Assistant Protector of ChinesSingapore.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Fantastic Tales
    229 12 NOTES COMMENTS Fantastic Tales TF the planters and other ex-Malayar.s who were retrenched during the slump believed all they read in certain London papers they would come hurrying back on the first available steamer. A few years ago we were being told that conditions were so bad that people were
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    More Millions
    168 12 an example of how fortunes are made, we are given the following: Last week a Chinese shopkeeper in Malaya wrote a cheque for $850,000 to pay for some investments. As he was known to have been earning $60 a month four years ago, the firm receiving the cheque
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    Poker
    148 12 yERY amusing is the account of the poker playing in clubs, which ye are asked to believe is going on i n a big way. "In 1931," says the correspondent, "they were playing poker in the clubs which ar e a feature of Ufc in Malaya with 50-cenf chips
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    Harmful To Malaya
    162 12 JT is a thousand pities that article such as these find a place in London newspapers. The former stories, depicting Malaya as a country which was It its last gasp on account, of depression were bad enough, but these ridiculous pictures of a land supposedly overflowing with
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    Topics Of The Day
    369 12  -  By "Looker On" MORE overhead expenses." as the man said when he saw a bombing squadron in flight. A A A «V A small boy was found not guilty of stealing blackberries. In fact s he left the court without a stain on his mouth. A
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    GERMAN-ITALIAN REPLY TO NOTE ON VOLUNTEERS THREE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN
    108 13 FULL CONTROL ON THE SPOT ALL FORMS OF INTERVENTION MUST BE PREVENTED TN response to the British request that answers to the Ando-French note on volunteers for Spain should not be delayed beyond this week, the German and Italian Governments
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    GREAT ANXIETY FELT IN LONDON
    1029 13 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 1, rE German reply to the Anglonroposals makes three conditions for co-operation in further non-intervention efforts in Spain. Firstly, other participating nations should adopt the same attitude. Secondly, the question of indirect int erven ion shall also be immediately tackled. Thirdly, all
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    LT.-COL. H. BELL CHARGED
    57 13 Negligent Driving Of Car Alleged Singapore. Friday. U Co! Hayle-; Bell, of Singapore, was ■-barged *his morning before the fourth magistrate Mr. T. P. Cromwell with driving a motor-car along Orchard Road on Nov. 21, last year, in a negligent manner. The accused claimed trial and
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    SOLVED AFTER FIVE YEARS CLYDE MURDER
    215 13 Arrest Of Woman Teacher Reuter. London, Jan. 8. AFIVE-pound note" passed across he counter of a si ores in Glasgow in Christmas Week led to the solution of a crime which has baffled the police for over five yeans. Qn Aug. 12, 1931, Mr.
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    JAPANESE ARRESTED
    70 13 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Gun Battle With Police fn Chengchow Shanghai, Jan. 8. The Police in Chengchow. Honan. laided the premises of an alleged traitors organ yesterday. Three Japanese ronins wore arrested, and a number of documents were seized. The renins put up armed resistancebut were overpowered after
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    STOP PRESS
    111 13 WEAKNESS OF THE YEN Reuter. Tokyo. Jan. 8. ARISING out of the recent signs of weakness of the yen the Finance Ministry at midnight published an ordinance to be effective forthwith, enforcing general import control by the official licensing cf foreign exchange transactions. The Finance Ministry is aiming
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    Brilliant Gathering At Royal Wedding INTEREST IN BRITAIN
    300 13 New Title Of Bridegroom The Hague, Jan. 7. scenes of tumultuous rejoicing Princess Juliana, he r to Iks Throne of Holland, and Prince Bernhard zur L'ppcBiesterJeld were married to-day. There was a brilliant gathering, including 33 members of different royal families from
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    FRESH REVOLT IN NORTH CHINA CHANG S MEN
    126 13 Unwilling To Submit To Nanking Reuter. Nanking, Jan. 7. THE Cen'ral Government troops which had been withd.awing from Shcn«i since Marsha' Chiang Kai Stick's release on Dec. 25 have been crdcrcd to return immediately, as a i' su?.' of the defiant at.lvudi
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    SPREAD OF STRIKES IN U.S.A.
    88 13 Five More Motor Factories Involved Reuter. Detroit, Jan. 8. THE strikes in the motor industry have spread to five more factories. following the breakdown of negotiations for a settlement. They include sit-down strikes in two factories supplying bodies for Ford cars.—Reuter. New York, Jan. 5.
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    MINISTER TO POLAND
    20 13 Nanking. Jan. 8. Mr. Wei Chen Cho has been appointed M nlster to Poland.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    "LAW THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COLONY" REMARK IN COURT BY JUDGE
    538 14 PARK CASE Accused Found Not Guilty Singapore, Thursday. BY the majority verdict of 5—2, the jury found Mr. Sidney Archibald Seymour Park not guilty, at the Assizes to-day, of the charge of causing the death of a
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    NORTH CHINA
    114 14 Japanese Buy Tientsin Power Station Peiping, Jan. 7. THE Power .station in the First Special Zone in Tientsin has. been sold tc the Japanese. This is a result of th Smo-Japanese economic co-operation China Sl recen tly to cover North It is confirmed that the Japanese are J1
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    MUNITIONS FACTORY
    56 14 London, Jan. 7. nr The ffic? of works on behalf of the war Office, yesterday accepted the I f Sir Lindsa V Parkinson Co. Ltd for the building of a munition factory at Chorley. Lancashire. Work on the 90 acres site is to begin at once and[will continue
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    17 14 Mr Freddie Wise of Cicily Estate has gone Home on leave. He left last week via Singapore.
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    HOW DETECTIVE WAS KILLED
    784 14 Knife In Back EYE-WITNESS'S STORY OF STABBING Singapore, Thursday. VIVID description of how detective Mohamed Ali Khan was murdered by Hainanese communists near Farrar Park on the night of Dec. 5 was given by an eye-witness in the Coroner's Court to-day, before Mr. W. Mcquarrie, when
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    17 14 Mr. Davis. A.C.P., A.O.C.D., Perak; of the Detective Branch, Ipoh who has been indisposed has resumed duties.
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    MR. SASTRI IN JOHORE RACIAL HARMONY AND OFFICIALDOM
    1634 14 ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION QVER 500 representatives of all communities in Johore State welcomed the Rt. Hon. V. S. S. Sastri, leader of the Indian mission inquiring into labour conditions in Malaya, at Johore Bahru. The General Adviser, the Hi n. Mr. W. E.
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    THE METHODIST CONFERENCE OPENING DAY'S PROCEEDINGS
    375 14 11l Singapore Singapore, Friday. annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Malaya was opened yesterday morning by Bishop Edwin F. Lee at Wesley Church, Singapore. The Rev. Edwin Lewis, Professor of Systematic Theology at Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, delivered the opening
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    BROADCAST OF MR. SASTRI TO-DAY
    179 14 Lecture In Memorial Hall Singapore, Friday. Jl RECORD crowd is expected at .4» the Victcria Mfmoiial Hall, this afternoon when the Rt. Hon Srinivasa Sastri will df liver a public lecture on "Ind ans Abroad." Ihe Indian Association, under whose auspices the lecture is to
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    39 14 Mr. Goh Choon Eng, of Sune, Darby and Co., Ltd.. Malacca, asks us to say that he has no connection with the person of the same name who was charged with extortion in the Singapore Police Court and sentenced.
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    Woman Baby-Farmer Sent To Prison BURNT A CHILD IN THE FACE
    244 15 NO DEFENCE Another Fined For Cruelty (From Our Oum Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. TWO Chinese women, one of *«hem described as a baby farmer, who looked after children while their mothers went to work, appeared before Mr. C. H.
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    CASE ADJOURNED
    51 15 Singapore, Thursday. Owing to the illness of Mr. Hannington, the Assistant Civil District Judge, the part heard case in which Mrs. Agnes Carmichael Begg stands charged with causing interruption and committing mischief in the Court of the Assistant Civil District Judge, was postponed to 11 a.m. on Jan.
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    MANUELA DEL RIO
    157 15 Noted Dancer Coming To Victoria Theatre MANUELA del Rio, the Spanish dancer who will appear at the Victoria Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday next week, comes with a high reputation. She is touring the East under the management of Mr. A. Strok, who has presented many celebrities
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    252 15 New Books For Issue To-Morrow The undernoted newly added non-iic-tion and het ion works wdi be ready for issue at Raffles Library to-morrow: Bridleways through History. Lady Apsley; The Lite ol John Rushwor h Earl Jellicoe, Admiral Sir R H. Bacon; The Power of Non-Violence, Richard B. Gregg;
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    FRENCH NAVAL CALL
    58 15 Official Entertainment In Si am 'From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Jan 7. Following the visit of the Emden. the Commanaer-in-Chief of the French naval forces in the Far East arrived today from Saigon for a five-day visit, during which ths Siamese will entertain the visitors in addition
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    NO CONSCRIPTION IN PEACE IN BRITAIN
    187 15 Recruiting Plan Defended Reuter. London. Jan. 7. DEPORTS that events in Great Btitain were moving towards conscription were given the quietus by a speech by Sir Thomas Inskip, Mtafetev of Defence, at Glasgow when he alluded to the European press assertions that Britain had
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    THIEF GAOLED
    112 15 Snatched Woman's Bag In The Market Singapore, Thursday. OMAR bin Osman a young bey was charged this morning, before the second magistrate. Mr. J. P. Biddulph, with committing theft of a handbag, containing 68 cents, the moveable property of Loh Ah Yuen. The accused pleaded guilty. Court Inspector
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    LONDON IN GRIP OF FLUE
    139 15 Over 1,000 Serious Cases In Hospitals Reuter. London, Jan. 7. are no signs of the abatement of Great Britain's influenza epidemic, the worst for many years. London general hospitals are filled with the more serious cases numbering over 1,000. There are 1,400 Metropolitan Police on
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    BACK FROM HOLIDAY
    47 15 Baldwin To Visit King At Sandringham London, Jan. 7. The Prime-Minister, who returned today to Downing Street from Worcestershire where he spent his Christmas holidays, will go to Sandringham on Saturday to visit the King and will remain there over the week-end.—British Official Wireless.
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    23 15 Dr. W. J. Duncan and Mrs. Duncan have returned from home leave, and have again taken up residence on Bukit Nanas Estate. Serenban.
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    SENSATIONAL AFTERMATH TO THIRD TEST 4 AUSTRALIANS CALLED UP
    300 16 FOR INQUIRY Rumours About Players Reuter. Melbourne, Jan. 7. rIERE was a sensational aitermath to .'fit- third Test match, which Austra ia won by 365 runs. It is learned on very high authority that four promineni members of the Australian XI
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    THE S.A.B.A.
    90 16 Secretary To See Home Championships Singapore. Thursday. Mil W. MITCHELL, hon. secretary of v the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, will be leaving for England on leave on Feb. 12. However, he will be taking part in the open competition during the first week of February. While on leav
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    46 16 The S.R.C. hockey team for Monday against the Veterans Hockey Club at the S.R.C. ground: O. C. Aeria. J. Ritchie, A. L. Stck, A. J. Vaz, G. E. N. Oehlers, L. F. Alvls. P. R. Lewis. G. Westerhout, G..8. Armstrong; A. G. Valberg, A. C. Richards.
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    CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSES & PONIES
    178 16 CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSES PONIES Straits Racing Association List THE following list concerning classification of horses aflu ponies has been received from the Straits Racing Association. HORSES Transfers. From class 3 to class 2: Con Con. Saladin. From class 4to class 3: Ciscara, The Planter, Scribble. From class 3 to class
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    WORLD FOOTBALL CUP
    110 16 AT a meeting in Frankfurt of the n Continental football authorities, France was appointed hast and organiser for the next World Cup comoetition. While the news may not cause much excitement here—particularly as the competition is not until 193 a—it is certain that before long the French
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TEAMS
    138 16 The following have been invited to play Rugby for S.C.C. v. Middlesex Regiment on Tuesday. Jan. 12. at sec. W. N. Rothery, G. D. A. Lundon. G. T. Gillespie, N. C. Morris, J. H. Abbott, R. P. Bingham. C. T. Owen. D. M Walker. A G. Mitchell,
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    TO-NIGHT'S BOXING CARD
    179 16 Four Bouts PROGRAMME BEGINS AT NINE Singapore, Friday. fpHE stage is set for to-night's boxing at the New World Arena. The programme starts at 9 p.m. and the bouts will he put on in the following order: Leslie Dumbleton v Gus Langford, 4 ids., Young Gauder v.
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    S.C.C. SOCCER MEETING
    26 16 MEMBERS of the S.C.C. are remind 1,1 ed of the annual meeting of the soccer section to be held this evening at 6.30.
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    AKUZAWA CUP
    145 16 Competition At Island Club On Sunday The following are the draws and starting times for the Akuzawa Cup competition of the Island Club to be held on Sunday. Jan. 10, over 36 holes (Medal play) 8.45 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. (Ist Tee> L E Norchott and K. Ishiw-nwa
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB
    22 16 Members of th? Chinese Swimming Club are notified tha: the pagar lights will be on to-night and to-morrow night
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    RUGGER'S FUTURE IN WALES
    713 16 Pre-War Failure And The Moral THE annual visitation to Wales of twe 1 Rugby League representative sides and officials has revived the customary optimism regarding the re-establishment of the cod? in the Principality (writes "Forward in the Sporting Chronicle*. That there is a public for professional
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    POST OFFICE BEAT BATA TEAM
    167 16 Yesterday's Inter-Club Football Singapore. Thursday. OLAYING this afternoon on they owt. ground the Post Office Club defeated the Bata Shoe Team at soccer by three goals to one. Ibrahim, the left-inner forward of the Post Office team, scored two goals and Madoh th? centre-forward the
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    C.S.C. II LOSE
    137 16 Keen Hockey At V.M.C.A. Ground Singapore, Thursday. LEADING by one goal at half-time, the Ceylon Sports Club II were beaten by the V.M.C.A. by three goals to one in a hockey match played on the V.M.C.A. ground in Anson Road to-day. K. Sundram netted the first goal
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    PENANG TROUNCE KEDAH AT HOCKEY
    178 16 Good Play By Both Goalkeepers (From Our Oicn Reporter) Penaiip. Thursday. COUR goals scored in the first half 1 and a similar number in th? second enabled Penang to credit themselves with an easy victory over Kedah in the inter-State hockey match played to-day at
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    68 16 Another Runaway Victory For C.S.C. Singapore, Friday. The Girls Sports Club scored another runaway vicory at hockey, on the;:ground in Serangoon Road yesterday, v.hen they beat the Y.W.C.A. by seven go?Is to one. The G.S.C. led by four gcais to n.i at the Interval. Miss N. Oehlers <5i
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    J.C.S.A. LAWN TENNIS
    86 16 The following are the finals of the J.C.S.A. Tennis Tournament, k36, which v. ill be played off on Saturday (to-mor-row) at 4 p.m.: "A v Singles Handicap Final: K. Kinu —9> vs. Tan Beng Him i—9*. Doubles Handicap: Chco Keng Kiat and Wee Thiam Slow I —l
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    HOW PERRY DEFEATED VINES HIS GREATEST MATCH
    233 17 record gate Worlds Champion Professional Reuter. New York, Jan. 7. i I WING his first match as a professional to-day. Perry beat i'ie-i '5-6, fx-H, 6-4. Perry thus becomes professional champion of the world. p rv with superior skill, accuracy lying power won
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY TEAMS
    332 17 The following have been invited to v hoekev for SC C v. Police at SCC. to-day. i J W F. Milks. C. E. Brooke, G. E. C. \>m F M. W Smith. F. E Hutchinson G A I- Plummer A T And. G Williams LI Bcadnell. F
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    LOME'S B.P.
    60 17 BP v Muslim Im;:rovement ill soccer on Sunday, at the C P A. ground (Beach Road):— Wong Tick Fuh. Yong Mook Wong 0 Wah Eng. Lim Jitt Chin. Wu Ch n Pang Thiam Jwee. George Chen h Tee Jin. Swee Lim Swang, Wun Tim, Tan Yoke Keng. vr-.
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    FOUR-BALL BILLIARDS
    150 17 Champion Eliminated Last Night Singapore. Friday. SALLEH bin Kassim. of the Fatul Karib Club, after being champion 'for two years m succession was beaten by B. Solomon, of the Clerical Union, lasi night in the Four-Ball Tournament organised by the Singapore Billiards Association The match was played at
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    C.U. BILLIARDS TOURNEY
    101 17 Closing Date For Entries Extended To Feb. 28 The closing date for the Clerical Unioi billiards tournament has been extended to Feb. 28. 1937. The events are C-ball English game and 4-ball American game i Championship and Handicap A J3C 1 There are iwo Challenge Cups for
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    Y.M.C.A. TEAMS
    133 17 -fhe following have been selected to represent the V.M.C.A. Junior Department at hockey against S.C.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 12. at the S.C.C. ground at 5.15 p m.: Re Thian Han. V. C. Armstrong. M Modder. E C M. Hope. B. S Varma O Newman. B. M Barker. Ong
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    JOCKEYS AND WOMEN GOLFERS
    427 17 Interesting Match Ends In Draw London. BRITISH jockeys have a great reputation as riders, but from a brief observation, one would say they are very indifferent drivers—of a golf ball. In mail week, a team of the leading iockeys opposed a side of women golfers, who
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    102 17 Red Indian In Canadian Team A FULL-BLOODED Red Indian is the outstanding player in the Kimoerlev Dynamiters team, who are to ieoresent Canada in the world championships, to be held at "fW^ 0 Wembley in February, and will probably captain the side. He -s Ken Moore, a right-winger,
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    69 17 Singapore Team Against The Army The following have accepted to play Rugby tor Singapore vs. Army on Saturday. Jan. 9 at S.C.C Rotherv J H. Abbott, J C CooKe. X A Haddock, O. A. D. London: r' P. Bingham. H. B. Sym: D M. Walker. A G. Mitcheli.
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    336 17 Successes On English Turf FOR the second time in succession French-bred horses have done ex optionally on the English Tuif. and figure at th" head of affairs. Both in the number of races won and stake money progress ig made, 89 horses having won 143 races to the
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    23 17 Thursday. The hockey maich between the Singapore Colts and the Indian Association which was to have been played to-day cane( lied
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    BRITAIN'S HEALTH IN 1935 Jp'ALL IN INCIDENCE OF T.B.
    972 18 Progress Reported i seventeenth annual report of the Chief Medical Officer of the British Ministry of Health, covering the year 1935, covers, as usual, a wide field, but less space than on some former occasions seems to have been devoted to
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    HOW JAPAN FARED IN 1936
    673 18 PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS AHEAD General Review Tokyo, Dec. 30. pOMPLEX international problem., a nervous export trade and t multitude of political and economic questions at Home, will make Japan's New Year celebration less carefree than usual. As the old year closes Japanese are endeavouring to "estimate
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    73 18 We have received a long comparative statement showing the existing train services on the F.M.S. Railways and tho alterations that will be introduced commencing Friday Jan. 15. The major alteration in the train service is to the night exoress trains between Penane and Kuala Lumpur, which will leave Penang at
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    36 19 The first assizes for 1937 in Negri Sembilan will commence in the Supreme Court. Serem ban. on Jan. 11. There is only one murder case, several charges of rape, robbery, kidnaooing and voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
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    38 19 Mr. Cheah Seng Jin, a Penang student, has chosen a novel method of going round the island. Hugging close to the coas -line, he accomplished the feat of paddling the journey solo in a palong in 29 hours.
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      2581 19 Malayan Listeners' Radio z H L ORE Broadcasting Daily On 1 1 225 Metres' BRITISH EMPIRE Hippodrome Orchestra; conductor, 'Peter de Fare;. Tn? Doll Uan.e tr%5H PPnrPAHTIirVQ JL rry Pell From th e Hippodrome (Brown*. Rhymes (Trad.). THE Smeanore radin «tatinn FKUIiKAJYIJYskb Theatre. Birmingham. March, Blue 'All arrangements by Free
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    PURIFYING TOKYO'S SOCIAL LIFE
    335 20 Foreigners Forbidden To Dance With Geishas Tokyo. VISITORS to Japan henceforth will be prohibited by the police from dancing with the pretty geishas who entertain them at the larger restaurants and tea-houses. Dancing must be confined to the regularly licensed dance-halls, according to the latest of
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    RADIO BREAK-DOWN
    80 20 Denver, Colorado. Several hundred feet of rope entangled |n the tailskid of an aeroplane here whipped through a telephone wire and interrupted national radio programmes for half an hour. William Haynes. a student pilot, took off from an aerodrome nearby without knowing that the rope, used for towing
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    39 20 Inche Hassan dresser attached to the Dtttnct Hospital, Teluk Anson has gone on transfer to ihe Bagan Datoh Su Ve^ nn 3 ent Di spensary in place of Che Mohamed Ali, who leaves for Mecca on a holiday shortly.
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    A THUMB AND TWO FINGERS
    458 20 Workmen's Compensation Act Claim (From Our Own Correspondent, Johore Bahru, Jan. 6. AS a result of failure to comply as required under section 13 of the Workmen's Compensation Enactment. Johore towkay Goh Swee Leng, the proonetor of the United Pineapple Canning' Com pany, sixth mile,
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    NIGHT WORK
    201 20 Finnish Women Oppose Interfering Plan Helsinki. women be allowed to work a- night? This question is being hotly debated in Finland, where there a.*e 12,000 women night-workers. A move mem has been launched to prohibit 'he.'r employment. A concensus of opinion, based on the i.W3 of prominent social
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    GAS TRAGEDY
    133 20 Escaping Fumes Kill One And Send Five To Hospital Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. GAS fumes escaping from a broken valve on a big tank here killed a pedestrian, sent five persons to hospital and resulted In 15 others having to be treated. A 60-yeaf-old man, Mr. A. V. Nordstrom, suddenly
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      1210 20 ilia I avan Listeners' Radio (Continued from page 19) UJS.A. SHORTWAVE 1150 p- m Ma i° r Bowe s capital PROGRAMMES Fam w W2XE »S MONDAY The following are the principal Ame- 10 on rican short-wave transmissions. The Vrt ?tf.vL y?t a So am c °o f numbers immediately after
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    THE HOUSE OF HOWARD DUKE OF NORFOLK'S ENGAGEMENT
    1195 21 its Place In History rrflE announcement of the engagement of the Duke of Norfolk to the Hon. Lavinia Strutt, only daughter of Lord Belper, ha? aroused widespread interest, particularly in view of the fact that the j)uk-' as Earl Marshal of England
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    CHAMPION SWORDS MAN
    194 21 Attended Royal Functions For 45 Years London. EX-CORPORAL-MAJOR Eggelton, late Royal Horse Guards, and former champion swordsman of the Army, who had attended almost every big Royal Function during the last 15 years, has died in a London hospital. For the past eight years he had been
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    25 21 Mr. Louis Thivy. J.P.. and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thivy who were spending their New Year holidays at Tanjon* lokong have returned to Ipoh
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    PUBLIC CHARITY APPEALS
    519 21 17 Flag Days In London This Year London. IT has been decided that there shall be only 17 general flag days in London this year, instead of 133 in 1935 and more than 300 only a few years ago. Agreement has been reached by the Advisory Committee
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    48 21 The death took place recently of Mrs. Bentley. wife of Mr Bentley of the Kinta Electric Dis ribution Co., Ltd. Mrs. Bentley had been ill since her accouchment about a fortnight ago. but her death was quite unexpected and came as a great shock to her many friends.
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      291 21 Kidney Trouble If you have Kidney Trouble, however YOU MUST GET TO THE slight, Nature gives you drastic warning before very long. Usually this warning takes CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE the form of a dull, nagging ache in the back, and if not heeded will soon make your whole The
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    GIVE UP GIBRALTAR PLEA BRITISH ADMIRAL'S SUGGESTION
    798 22 A "Deal" With Spain? London. SUGGESTION that Britain should give up Gibraltar in exchange for the Spanish fortress of Ceuta, on the African side of th? Straits, has been put forward by Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne, wh: during the war took a leading
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    FRENCH FRONTIER DEFENCES
    397 22 Extension Of Maginot Line Paris. THE French Government recently placed orders for materials needed to extend the famous Maginot Line Ox fortifications across the pla.ns of Picarrty to the sea. Under si.r,ct orders of Minis'.er of National Defence. M. Edouard Daladier, the work will be rushed and
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE OPIUM < I
    393 22 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE OPIUM &lt; I (Tc ihe Editor cf the Malaya j Sir.—l am a fcraits-bor opium smoker completely c recharged a few days a ihe father of two children At the ago of 30 m th «va s married when I waa salesman in a local
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    TEACHERS' ASSN.
    100 22 'Tc the Editor of the Malay-:. Trib Sir. Now when a creaf teac the person of the Right Hon V 6 Sastri. who has risen to an env position in the counsels of his c shown his munificence by his off tuo or more scholarships yearly Malayan students
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    KING'S FIRST HONOURS
    122 22 Bestowed On Zanzibar Ruler And Heir Presumptive London r^^le irst honours bestowed bv Ki. jeorge VI outside the Royal Fr.mil v jave now been announced in the L&lt; Jon Gazette." The recipients are the Sulfan -anzibar and the Sultans luirumptive. The Sultan—His Highness Sew -halifa bin Harub,
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    EAGLE'S DOOM
    94 22 Shot While Attacking Wcathercock Rome. A weathercock has brotight death Royal Eagle from the Alps which refuge in the church tower of Fai near Desio, the Pope's birthplace The eagle perched safely on iower, while villagers waited below v. •?uns to shoot it. Then it looked rc .or
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    MASS PRODUCTION OF BOMBERS
    1209 23 N EW CONSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM Handley Page Harrow ASS production methods, allied with extreme precision and high ulards of workmanship, are suc- fully applied to the manufacture aeroplanes in the ingenious system ..vised by Handley Page engineers •i construction of the large num-i-s of bombing aircraft ordered
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    LEAGUE BUDGET
    145 23 19 Countries Have Not Yet Pa r d Their Contributions Geneva. Nineteen countries out of a total oi 58 have not yet paid a penny of their contributions to the League of Nations for the present year, according to the latest figures issued by the League for 1536.
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    25 23 The National Savings Committee announces that 644,149 National Savings Certificates were purchased during the week ended Oc:. 24 making a grand total purchased of 1,274,319,057.
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    9 23 The death is announced of the Marchioness of Aberdeen.
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    GO BACK TO THE HOME
    326 23 Advice To "Cocktail And Dressmaker" Women Berlin DRITISH women will have to go "back D to the heme" if the British oirthtate is to be maintained. This is the conclusion of the London correspondent of the "Deutsche Allgcmeine ZeTtunp" Count Pueckler, in at* article in
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    190 23 Woiran Who Loses Legacy Awarded Damages Paris. Because a letter was not "delivered at the correct time, a woman has been awarded £5 damages in the courts here against the concierge of a block of dats. The letter stated that her father was dying. The concierge, it was
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    27 23 Muhandram V. Ponnampalam, managing director. 'Jafina Co-operative Central Bank, Ltd., Jafina. who has been spending a short holiday in Malaya is in Singapore en route to Ceylon.
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    15 23 Captain and Mrs. W. H. Ham. of Wivenhoe, near Colchester, celebrated their diamond wedding recently.
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    RUBBER TYRES ON BULLOCK CARTS
    227 23 K.L. Sanitary Board Resolution (From Our Own Reporter j Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. DV a unanimous decision the Kuala Lrnnrur Sanitary Board, at its meeting to-day. adopted the resolution moved by Mr. J. R. Vethavanam "that in the opinion of this Board it is most desirable
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    NEW LOYAL TOASTS
    53 23 London. The King has approved a recommendation of the Home Secretary that the order and form of the loyal toasts to be used in future at official and oublic dinners shall be as follows: 1. The King. 2. The Queen, Queen Mary, and the other members of
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    72 24 George VI was publicly acclaimed the new King at a meeting of th? Accession Council at St. James's Palace. Mr. Winston Churchill asks a policeman for his car after the meeting. Dpf°9s P ££S t gra t h -i aken at the Malay doubls
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    29 24 A New Year Party group at "the Singapore Swimming"" Club. A couple of revellers at the New Year Party at the Singapore Swimming Club.
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    17 24 Mr. Philip Saltonstall, the British author and his wife who are in Malaya.
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