Malaya Tribune, 3 January 1939

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    39 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVIII, No. L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1039 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, January 3. 1939 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 FIVE CENTS
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      89 1 Read Tin SUNDAY Dominant j n Malay* Refused all but from healthy roys of the rich past'i c^''^^^^|^^ MAKES THAT CLEAN DUSTLESS HOME I FRIENDS ADMIRE. j I CLEANS AS IT POLISHES BEAUTIFUL FLOORS are easy with O-CEDAR POLISH. It quickly "cleans and polishes" all kinds of surfaces removes spots
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      197 1 Kill Xyfy moscuiitoes jd^ with i FLIT I A.Witt TILA"! I A perl- 'ly r entire .olntmert tfA ensure l;fe!n<iir blessings of youtn h i md virility. On! it.? vet ipplica »nn you wii- be istonlshed at its exceedingly I I gratifying r<«ults. j!' iLJTEHATURE FREE. Prepared by AMICO WORKS,
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      41 1 j MADAliffi 92, Piccadilly, London. 1 EXPERT DRESSMAKER f AND DESIGNER. Gowns Designed j Created in i.er work rooms $5 $30 I 13, BATTERY ROAD, SING APOR E. (J DELICIOUS fffl PREPARED TO THE JgL FROM LAST (fFfefl ORANGE DROP JUICE
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    Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All
    695 2 SWINDLING DOESN'T PAY London, T >ec. 15. JOHN Marsden Firth, last of the big share-pushers, and the "brains" behind a financial swindle that robbed the public of thousands, has been sentenced it the Old Bailey to four years' imprtfwnnu i Here he tells his own story
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    MEMEL CITIZENSHIP
    42 2 Kaunas, Lithuania.—The Mcmel d lory has announced that Mcmel cit has been withdrawn from 352 Lithuanians and Jews. A month ago Mcmel citizenship teen withdrawn from B(i3 Lithua: i.nd Jews,-so that the total numb ihose now denied citizenship is I,'-
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    Home Office Liberates Convict
    261 2 I DV order of the Horn- Secretary an ex-convict "'ho wa; educated D at a public school, and was a former officer in both the British and Indian armies, is not to complete the unexpired portion of a sentence of three years' penal servitude because, th
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    20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound
    176 2 rVERV day seven-year-old John England who is sitting for the portrait of Kirn Kipbnjr's half Irish half English beggar boy in India travels 20 miles to have his turban wound. •John sits for three-quarters of an houi daily in Mr. Stanley Grimm's
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    ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES
    150 2 MR. PETEI; RIDGE WAY, the actor, producer, and organiser of the Players' Theatre, Convent Garden, has died in London, aged 44. Mr. Ridgeway originated the Victorian cabaret "Ridgeway's Late Joys." After being a newsboy at Manchester, he joined a fifth-rate touring company Entered Monastery He
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      425 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). 1\ S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. me. Tonnage Spore 1G39 I SOUDAN C.sf>o Jan. 13 RANCH! 17.0C0 Jan. li RANPURA 17.000 Jan. 27 RAWALPINDI 7.000 Feb. 1J t BURDW.-.N 0 071' it b 11 CANTON 158 C« Feb. 24 1 SOMALI tt.MO Mar.
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      480 2 STEAMER SAILINGS §NOBDPBUTSCHER LLOYD, (Iccorporated La Germany). The undernoted are the Company'! intended fixtures: OUTWARD. For MANILA HONKONG, SHANGHAI, vo W iv CHINA and JAPAN. Due Spore. 1939 s.s. "CREFELD" omits Shanghai Dairen Japan Jan. 2 'ELBE* Jan. 0 s.s. "GNEISENAU" omits North china Jan. 19 S m.s. ''FOLDA" omits
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      377 2 HOLIDAY <HI ISI S To: BANGKOK SAIGON- By Luxurious' On* Class Motorships. Displacement Tons From Penang. P. Sham, Malacca, Spore nus. "Bo ring ia" (12,500» 10-1 ii-i 12-1 14-1 1 m.s. "Laiandla" »11,000» 31.1 l-l 2-2 4-: i 2 m.s. "Jutlandia" «13,100» 21-2 22-2 23-2 25-2 3 j NEXT HOLIDAY
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      128 2 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIN IE B Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (Companies incorporated in Germany) PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE OUTWARD. HONGKONG. SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due S'oore 1939 t m.s. LEVERKUSEN Direct Jan. 8 m.s. RHEINLAND via Manila Jan. 2 t m.s. BURGENLAND Direct Feb. 4 HOMEWARD. HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. Due
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    S'pore Chinese Disgusted With Peace Move
    258 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Monday. IUSGUST has been ereited in Singapore Chinese circles by the moves which Mr. Wang Ching Wei is reported to have taken, following his arrival in Honakong a few days ago. First surprised at the sudden departure of Mr Wang
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    GERMANY RATIONS RAW MATERIALS
    50 3 Reuter. Berlin. Jan Decrees prolonging rationing of many raw materials for twelve to fifteen months appear in the Reich gazette. Metals of all kinds, jute, hemp and leather among pther materials are listed Manufacturers of type-writers, radio sets, dyes and motor cars are among those affected.—Reuter
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    MAGISTRATE ON "A MEAN CRIME"
    367 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. |T is quite clear in my mind that it was a prearranged affair it is a mean crime—worse than a owe of pickpocketing.' so fi Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew, the First Magistrate, when he sentenced Chuah Yu Soon,
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    R.A. Officer Attacked
    48 3 Reuter. Lucki.ow. Dec. 31 —Four arrests have been made following an attack on a Royal Artillery officer. Major J. Harrington, In a hotel yesterday night Majjr Barrlngton WSJ taken tc hospita 1 with a broken leg. The reason for the attack is a mystery.— Rente:•.
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    Italian Wins South African Grand Prix
    171 3 East Louden. J »n. I LUIOI VilJorrsi of Italy mm Che South African (irand Prix scratch race over 200 miles at F.asl tendon yesterday, driving a Masersti andi taming the time of one hour, 59 mhtvtcs, Zt sec onds, which made an average el
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    RECEPTION AMIDST AIR RAID
    49 3 Reuter. Barcelona, Jan. 1. 1939.— v/hilo Nationalist planes roared overhead and anti-aircraft rant fired below, a squadron of Republican Presidential Guard escorted M. Jules Henry, new French Ambassador in Barcelona, to an official reception. Five persons were killed ana nine wounded in the air laid.—Renter.
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    Municipal Staff Ambulance Brigade: Inspection
    419 3 npHE first annual inspection of the Majpurfpa] unit of the St. John Am bola me Brigade was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday iftcrnoon. The inspect inn commenced with i demonstration of decontamination drill, the idea being to show hew the Brigade would
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    French Troops Leave For Djibuti
    106 3 Reuter. Marseilles, Dec. 3L A BATTALION of Senegalese sharp shooters formed at Toulon for emergency service in P.jihtiti embarked en (he liners "Sphinx" and "(iiantiHy" which arc sailing from Marseilles at noon. Trc focps carried roll war equipment Including small mountain gun oi» mules, and
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    AMERICA'S ROAD TOLL
    55 3 Reuter. New York, Jan. 2. The new year celebrations cost less half the number of deaths than the Christmas period. Only 150 were killed and accident., were countrywide. Motor smashes accounted for most of the deaths. The majority of accidents occurred in New York. New Jersey and
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    SKODA WORKS
    57 3 Reuter. Berlin. Drc. Si.- -No hint U fet forthcoming from Germany of 'my intention i< taking over French shares in Lite Skoda Works, but there Ls every likelihood of Krupps or othei *iif German industrial concern comirg into clo.se»connection with Skoda in v ew of the changed political
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      588 3 i PUBLIC NOTICES. Singapore Municipality TENDERS _~n -s c r e no* invited for the I '\mg materials or service. For Municipal Tenner Room «ruculari Date Ql Uojjlllg> an Electric E:er sl {i .j iiotund Id &4 milestone. l V; tn .I 12 noon, Jan. 3, ISW. ■JnoTol VnvcJior SA1
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      615 3 PUBLIC NOTICES MALAYAN PROVIDENT FI ND. ESTABLISHED 1919. SUBSCRIPTION St In view of the proposal to reduce the age limit from 40 to 35 years at the next AnnuaJ General Meeting the Directors have resolved to waive the en- trance fee up to 31st March, 1939, and invite persons of
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      512 3 POSITIONS VACANT WANTED Experienced Ladies TailOF. Appiy with particulars and ialary requned to Manager, Style-Mart, 12 i Beintid Street, Ipoh. WANTED experienced advertising Can- I vassers all over Malaya. Salary $60.00 per month plus Commission and travelling allowance. Apo'y P.O. Box 99, Singapore. GOOD opportunity for 3 Chinese gentlemen assistants
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      282 3 MISCELLANEOUS i WE MAKE HISTORY IN MALAYA! Science hA-s made tt possible for yow to fiaUfy yotir desire for a dish of Malayan Curry whererer you may be; In bed. on a hike, at picnic, up the hill, by the sea-slfe. to an aeroplane on a train or In a
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    806 4 Quotations By Fraser And Co. MINING Singapore, Dec. 30, 5 p.m. Fraser and Co. Buyers SeUers. Am pat Tin 317% «iAsam Kumbang 25|- 27|Austral Malay 43}- 47(-nom Ayer Hitum 22|- 23 G Ayer Weng 0.5» 0.64 Bangrin Tin 21 j6 22* 3atu Stlangor 1.32 137 Berjuntai
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    FOUR ARAB TERRORISTS ARRESTED
    226 4 Jerusalem. Jan. 2. MILITARY operations and snap house searches were carried out throughout Samaria to-day and yesterday and resulted in the arrest of four known terrorists. At midnight yesterday troops engaged an armed tend leavine a village near NaWu s and killed an Arab who was
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    TIN
    14 4 Tuesday. The price of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— $111% (down
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    RUBBER
    16 4 The price of rubber al noon in Singapore to-day was:— Buyer* 28%; Sellers 2B\ i.
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    MUNICIPAL MARKET PRICES
    450 4 Singapore, Dec. 30. MEAT cts. Beef steak kati 36 Beer stew or curry kati 28 Fillet Steak lb 5o Mutton. Australian lb. 30 Pork, lean kati 44 Pork lean and fat 11st quality) kati 34 POULTRY. Capons (locally reared) kati M Ducks each 4fi Fc* is kati
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    FRASER AND COMPANY
    103 4 LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Dec. 30, 5 p.m. Company Dividend Book, TIN. 05 D D l t€ Ex. Diy. year Southern Kinta 2%% int. Doc. 28 Pa £i? 20 29 less tax /2 >9 Sungei Luas 3% final Dec. 24 j an 5 Dec 98 mc/
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
    251 4 870 Maynard Co.. Ltd.. $30,000 Int Apr. 30. Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: 5% 1901 red. UNO $4J1,000 Int. Mar. 31. Sept. 30 jo2ft 103 ft norn «ft 3 1907 red. 19*7 $1 000,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept. JO 108»/ 2 110 norn 4V,% 1909
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    Reuter's Commercial Service
    388 4 LONDON COMMODITIES "Lj'lJL' tsi.tkti- 1 London. Saturcia-. Previous To-day Chi RUBBER Firm Spot Buyers 83 16 All closed m Sellers 3 1 Ist Forward (January) Buyers 83 16 Sellers 8 l 4 2nd Forward (February) Buyers 3^ Sellers 85 16 3rd Forward (Apr.|June) Buyers 8 516 Seller*
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      476 4 Hats Kill Sleeping Man \rase of death and one ol serious hiiiuy caused by rats, figure In Rt vUi messages. An unemployed housepainter of Warsew Stanislas Bftora, aged 40, lay down to sleep on the embankment of Ine River Vistula at cracow Rats attacked :mJ killed him as he slept.
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      105 4 j Oversea-Chinese BanldngCo^^ (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00. Issaed and Pa,d Up «10,000,000.00. BEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHUUA STREET. SINGAPORE Local Branches 458 > North Bridge Road, Singapore. 253, South Cridge Road, Singapore. Telegraphic Address: "OVERSEA" Bsp£3 LONDON BANKERS: NEW YORK BANKERS: Midland Bank, Ltd., Irving Trust
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    Home Honours List
    337 5 London, Jin. 2. rv\\ E new year honours include four baronies, two Priw councillor- h ,s. two !»aronok!es and thirty five kni-hts bachelor (exclud-j-g overseas) and two orders of merit. The ne* peers are Sir Arthur Greer, lately Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Hankev late secretary to
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    ARABS AMBUSH HIGH BRITISH OFFICERS
    87 5 Reuter. Jerusalem. Jan. 2. Cllt harlot Tegart who is advising the (iovermnent on police matters is understood to h~ve been travailing in the motor-car in which C D. Sanderson, British Police Superintendent, was killed by a heavy Imsi lade of shots on the highway noithward
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    FRANCES BUDGET
    43 5 Paris, Jan. 2. The senate passed the budget without further modifications by 281 to 16 votes. The final form of the budget balanced as follows: receipt ***** million francs expenditure ***** million francs, making a surplus of about 2634 million francs.
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    Warning To Car Owners
    46 5 Singapore, Sunday. The D.teetive Branch requests owner,? of motor cars, who leave their cars unattended outside amusement parks and c nemas, to lock their cars and take th? Keys with them. Thorp been over five cars repotrJC stolen 'daring the Christmas holidays.
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    IN TROUBLE BECAUSE HE LOVED HIS WIFE
    146 5 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 2. gRIAN GROVE?., London engineer, who was fined fifteen hundred roubles for illegal entry into Russia by the Soviet court to-day, made an adventurous lone flight to Moscow in November in an attempt to rescue his Russian wife from the
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    IN THE NEW YEAR HONOURS
    10 5 DATO MOHAMED 4LLEH BIN ALI
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    HUNGARY'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
    99 5 Reuter. Budapest, Dec. 30. HUNGARY Will maintain tier independence while continuing a foreign policy based en the Rome-Berlin axi: declared M. Imredy in a speech announc ing the Government's policy for the New Year. He referred gratefully to the suppor. cf these two friendly power-, in leadim;
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    What Readers Are Saying j AN APPEAL TO MUSLIMS
    406 5 ITo the Editor of the Malaya Tribi.nc] Sir—It is a pity that in a large City like Singapore there is no Muslim Musafarkhana (free rest house for poor travellers), although there are such institutions of the Hindus and the Sikhs —their
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    UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS
    465 5 1 (To the Editor of the Malcya Tribune 1 Sir.—The youths of all community i in the Colony who are still unemployed i a year or more after leaving school are I yi.i.nly persons for whom something We welcome intelligent letters on any subject from readers, but in
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    PRIMATE'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE
    274 5 Reuter. London. Jan. 2. PREPARE for the worst and hope for the best," is the Archbishop of Canterbury's advice to people in Britain in facing the problem to world affairs fov the new year. Broadcasting from Lambeth Palace on Sunday night the Primate said, "We must
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    No Compensation Until Spanish Fighting Ends
    135 5 Reuter. London Dec. 31. IT ll learned in unoiflcial circles in London that Franco's reoly to th* Britten Government In regard to the damage to British ships declares that the payment of compensation foi the damage is never intended and never mentioned in the
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    Eurasian Volunteers' Dance
    84 5 Singapore, Sunday. 4 MOST appropriate illusion was performed by the members of the Malayan Magic Circle at the *D' Comoany's (Eurasian) Volunteers' New Year Eve dance at the S.V.C. yesterday. Exactly' at midnight a doil's house was wheeled on to the floor, Mid Mr. E J. Asmus,
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    NO SUNDAY WORK FOR RELIEF LABOURERS
    134 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. a meeting of the Kinta Unemployment Committee held with Mr. A. L. Birse, District Officer. Kinta. as Chairman, it was decided that Sunday labour be discontinued among the labourers engaged in relief work thus giving an opportunity for more
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    Influential Paper Ceases Publication
    63 5 Reuter. Berlin. Dec. 30.—The 19-year-old newspaper Germania, organ of the Roman Catholic party in Berlin and dne ot the leading Catholic papers in Germany ceases publication on Dec 31. The announcement of its stoppage came as a complete surprise. As the mouthpiece of the Catholic Centre
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    NAVAL RACE
    45 5 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 2. The German Low Gazette" published a notification of the protocol of June last modifying the Anglo-German naval agreement whereby it is permitted that the upper limit of displacement of capital ships be raised from thirty five thousand tons --Reuter
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    YOUNG A USSIES COMING
    248 5 pORTY West Australians members of the Young Australia League' arrive at 12 noon to-day by the Kalinda on a week's visit, at the instance of Mr. R. H. Bedwells. They are not girls this time so do not get excited! The party consists of 38 students
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    JAP GENERAL IS REPLACED
    44 5 Reuter. Shanghai. Jan. 2.—lt is authoritatively learned that General Hata. Comman-der-in-chief of the Japanese armies in Central China since he succeeded Mai ?ui in February 1938, and "capturer of Hankow" has been replaced. His successor is Lieutenant-General Otozo Yamada .—Reuter.
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      456 5 \My New Way To End) UNWANTED I I! AID solves every I woman's J A Scientist, after years of experiment, has at last found a quick, easy way to end superfluous hair, You simply wash, it away with plain water. No smell, no mess or bother. This amazing discovery has
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    Damages Awarded To Chettiar
    276 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Saturday. DAMAGES amounting to Rs. 3.792 and eight annas was awarded in the 11 High Court to-day bf Mr. Justice Home to Letchuman Choitiar, in his claim against the Jupiter General Insurance Company for loss sustained, through damage, to films while in
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    Stole From Step — Mother
    43 6 Stole From Step Mother Song Kau Kia was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. L. C. Goh. the Singapore Fifth Police Mag.strate, for breaking into the house of his stepmother during her absence and stealing $13 caoh from the almeirah.
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    POLICE CALLED OUT
    86 6 Singapore, Sunday. TIIK timely Mfivni oi the Police prevented a demonstration in Ellenborough Street in front of the Chinese Protectorate building from developing into a riot last night. A cyclist collided with a rickshaw, and it appeared that the cyclist then assaulted the puller. This nearly led
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    S.T.C. Employees Thank Govt.
    145 6 APPRECIATION of Government's sympathy, which led to the appointment of a Tribunal to enquire into the recent transport strike, was put t:ii record at the general meeting of S.T.C. Employees' Association held last night. A vote of thanks wa.s also passed for the sympathetic and valuable
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    TINNED PINEAPPLES
    98 6 During the week ending Dec. 24, 1938. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 21.230 cases, of which 12,066 (57 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 412 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, nil 'per cent.) cases to Canada, and 8,752
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    NAVAL BATTLE NEAR GIBRALTAR
    350 6 Reuter. Gibraltar, Dec. 30. INSISTENT gun-fire was heard I throughout Gibraltar early morning and later it was learnt that the Republican destroyer Jose Luis Dies attempted to creep from the harbourin intense darkness, but the cruiser Canarias and other Nationalist warships lying in wait opened flre
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    Straits Chinese Reading Club
    200 6 We have received the following letter from Mr. Song Kok Chheng, hon. sec retary of the Straits Chinese Reading Club: From time to time young men express surprise at not knowing of this club. May I therefore ask the favour of your popular paper in order
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    More Deaths In Train Disaster In Bucharest
    66 6 Reuter. Bucharest, Dec. 30.—Further twenty deaths occurred in the last few horns among the injured in the train disaster or. Dec. 26 bringing the death roll presently to 123. Owing to a severe blizzard raging at the time of the accident the injured
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    CHE' M. HASSAN
    56 6 Inche M. Hassan, of Bras Basah Roac having returned from a business tn~ La Labuan. the Gevlang Serai Footba Club, of which he is the President, giving a reception in his honour a '•Retch Villa" off the Malay Settlement to-day at 4 p.m. The string band of
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      446 6 YEARS OF STOMACH AGONY Uitil she found the right ready The story of this woman at 67 wil give new hope to thousands of stomacn sufferers. For years/ Mrs T 1 W "I suffered untold agonies l was afraid to eat and was constantly under the doctor. 1 was treatedfor
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      99 6 For Econcmy Smooth Running Vlways Choose A STANDARD "X" <T CARRIES WITH YOU GUAR ANTY THAT NO OTHER MAKE CAN GIVE YOU. EASIEST TERMS COURTEOUS SFRVICE. Agents: THE MALAYAN CYCLE CO., LTD.. j 7& 8, Dhoby Ghaut. r SELF-PRIMING PUMP completd with built-in engine to operate en Diesed oil weighs
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      76 6 THE j CLOCK J OR WATCH you treasured, might have stopped I working, a few days ago. or months, I or years. NEVER MIND BRING IT TO US AND WE WILL HAVE IT GOING RIGHT FOR YOU IN NO TIME. YICK WOH HINC 429, North Bridge Road (Near Middle Road)
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      62 6 STAYING INDOORS is a pleasure denied ti» the pas* generation which hundieds nowa d a vs pTTj o y through the Broad- tasting Oi Good Music, A Fine A tLmW Speech or Singing] |1 W\\ especially if it"s a l J i m Jm RADIO they arc «I I listening
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      893 6 Two Short Plays From RAQICil NEWS </^^^^ D }U ftl 8 7 and Germany, "me tuver wiiu- H I U I/* 6.00 Teochew music. eth Radio play in one scene. I Kttj J 7.00 Children's (EnglishJ Dy Norman Edwards. Plays pio- 1 7 30 nouncements 61 "T 1ft leader M.C.,
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    ENTERTAINMENT PAGE HOLLYWOOD'S STORM KINGS PRIME THE PUMPS
    537 7  -  (By Carlisle Jones HPHE Erbes family ranks high among the storm kings of Hollywood. In the past fifteen years one Erbes or another has had a hand in almost every convulsion of nature manufactured for motion oict ures. Until recently they rested
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    THAT CERTAIN AGE
    22 7 Donna Dm bin has Jackie Cooper as her leading man in "That Certain Age," now showing at the Capitol.
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    WALLACE BEERY AND HIS RING
    239 7 WALLACE Beery's most embarrassing experience, though it pell firret j jwr* ago. came to light for the first time recently in the coarse of a discussion with Robert Taylor and I irector W. S. Vaa Dyke about news which has r.ever hit the headlines before.
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    LAST NIGHTS FIRST NIGHT
    84 7 ok and Ruth Chatterton v leading parts in "The Rat," a season at the Pavilion on Sunday. bruscd on the play by Ivor I Constance Collier, and tells ol a notorious Montmartre i an unsullied girl wiuse fato die on the guillotine, left hpr J his
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    Sign "Dead End" Boy's Sister
    48 7 Carif .-Horence Halop, V ister of Billy Halop, one of (J End" boys now under contr Bros has been signed actress by the studio. Mhs ,vn 8 rtage and radio actress, »r screen debut in "Nancy tcportei," second ot the series Bonita Granville.
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    ON THE HUNT!
    46 7 Fvrr elrsive clues keep Joan Blondell hipping about as a rioUjus b a OMN? y Melvyn Douglas also comes in for laughs, pW hisband role opposite her Mary Astor Frances Drake and Robert P*aigc have featured roles in the blander Hall directed vehicle
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    THEY'D RATHER BE GANGSTER MOLLS
    127 7 rlrm't want to be movie heroines HOLLYWOOD'S young actresses don t v,ant any more. them would rather be comeMost of tnemw uum evsn diennes. tragediennes, sirens, or ga fflr explains Anita Loutoe. J racterisation found m d ork S e th P em tS f
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    Newcomer Cast In Film
    33 7 Hollywood, Calif -Mans wnxon, starlet, has been cast in "The Adventures of Jane Arden starring Rosella Towne and first of tne nlm series based on the syndicated cartoon strip.
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    Warners Largest Talent Roster
    37 7 Hollywood, calif .—Warner Bros, reached a new high last week in talent pciSonne? wherT the latest listing revealed that 75 stars and featured players ano 70 writers were under contract to the studio.
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    SECRETARY HAS DIZZY SPELLING
    87 7 JAMES Stephenson, the British actar, was answering a questionnaire for hi s 'part in "Secret Service of the Air." He was telling the secretary he had played with the Burnley Drama Guild. He had to spell out Buml'v Indus? it was unfamiliar. He continued with his
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    FILM CITY "UNDER SIEGE"
    124 7 HOLLYWOOD is practically in a state of sie<?e by reason ot the sreatest foreign talent Inv as ion in years. From M»< of the n r,es Europe. Canada and potential .tar been pourinK in durmp the as perhaps never before n the history of the film
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    Hitler Glorified In New Year Message
    189 9 Reuter. 1 Berlin, Jan. 2. ri OR|Fl< VTION of Herr Hitler as a man of destiny whom Germany d t ii i. !fo\\ most obediently and scathing criticism of "those .n\ v carpers who never tire dragging national socialist Gerd the bar of so-called
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    FUNERAL OF CAPT. LEIGHTON
    213 9 place suddenly on j' H ,a < :ipt .lames Cecil i i age of SO years. aras at one time SeMerchant Service ral years ago. He idow who is in SinU cc on New Year s ded by several close inent Freemasons. J Hodge officiated, at
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    Roosevelt Makes Important Silver Announcement
    127 9 Reuter. MR. ROOSEVELT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN PRICE OF THE TREASURY PURCHASE OF THE NEWLY MINED DOMESTIC SILVER FOR 1939. The President also extended the date of expiration of the silver programme to June 30, 1939. The price of newly
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    NEW YEAR HONOURS
    641 10 CjIXTEEN names figure in the New Year Honours so far as Malaya is concerned. It is a longer list than usual and interesting for the fact that it includes three knighthoods. The Sultan of Perak, who recently succeeded to the throne, receives the honorary K.C.M.G., and the
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    A Good Vintage Year For Famous Babies
    905 10  -  CENTENARIES OF 1939 By I. N. Bonar ENTHUSIAST? who love la celebrate centenaries of great men and important events will have a busy year in front of them—at any rate, as regards the great men. For 1839 was what the late King Edward
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    To-Day's Bright Thoughts
    166 10 "CHOULD housewives lend their laboursaving devices?" asks a writer in a women's paper. No—a husband's place 18 in his own home. "Although I've had no experience ol acting. I'm crazy to go on the films," writes a correspondent. We quite agrev 1 But not to go it.
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    AMERICA PLANNING GREAT DRIVE AGAINST FASCIST ENCROACHMENT
    800 11 CONGRESS TODAY SVashrnsrton, Jan 2 ifitf vitally important issues M hin- upon Ihe deliberations lhf 76th Congress, which Ml l,k- here to-morrow. Icntial message, which will ress on Wednesday, is itrate on the intensificara's preparedness in the deterioration of interchips, with special reRooserelt's
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    MUNICH XMAS CARD
    196 11 ITALY and Germany had six times as many war planes as Britain and France when the Munich agreement was signed. American experts (say I "enter; assert Germain/ in November turned out over 1.000 war planes while Britain's monthly average for the year was 250 and though this
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    CABINET REVOLT IS OVER
    126 11 Reuter. London. Jan. 1. Till: "revolt" ef three members of the Cabinet on defence questions, which newed likely to leaJ to charges hi the Government appears to have subsided. It is learned that two cf the junior ministers who were mentioned as being tSs ccJated with
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    ITALY BOYCOTTING JIBUTI
    96 11 Reuter. Paris Jan. 2.—An Itrlian boycot campaign against the economic life cl Jibuti appears to be taking shape there, according to despatches received here rem the port to-day. Fcrwarding agents have received intructions to forward rapidly all Italian to Abyssinia and meanwhile th? Italian Consill-General in Jibuti
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    32 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 2 On the conclusion 3i his Yorkshire holiday Mr. Chamberlain in a brief statement to the prepaid he thought 1939 would be a mot tranquil year than 1938. —Reuter.
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    BITTER STRUGGLE ON CATALONIA FRONT
    330 11 Reuter. The post-war tasks would be more arduous- even than the proolems of war. Our work is constant, seeking improvement of the people. I am chiefly pleased with the work already dene for housing the poorer classes, the provision of family allowances and ire. proved
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    NEW AMBASSADOR FOR ROME
    36 11 Reuter. London, .Jaii 2. .s Percy Loraii?*, who has been ambassador in Turkey dnces i93:j, ta \>> succeed the Bar] o Perth a..s ambasaadot in Rome on feat: latter's retirement in April. -Reuter.
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    Atlantic Air Mail Early This Year?
    169 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 2. TMK first regular airmail service across the Atlantic is expected t<> be opened early this ye it Its inauguration will be the principal task of the new corporation combining Imperial Airways and British Airways. The service will operate between Southampton
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    IL DUCE GREETS DER FUEHRER
    61 11 Reuter. Berlin. Jan. 2.—Hitler and Mussolini hsvp Mew Year messages and best, wishes recalling the close co-oner-at'on and friendshio of the two nations The Duce s message adds "the COmrration r»f nnr tvo nations successhillv its In i and ro*o -t-o world that lb* re'Mntin'is
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    27 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 2.—Dr. Gregg. Arch bishop of Dublin, hns been amr "V< of Annas*) and J*rim*te i f A 'l Trrland in succession to Dr. Day.Reuter.
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    British consul under arrest at Burgos
    148 11 Reuter. Buries, Jan. 1. RBUTEK is authoritatively informed that Mr. Ernest (iolding, British pro-consul in San Sebastian and his wife have been arrested there tonight by the Nationalist military police. The action follows the local juridical i nquiry into tb.° ramifications of the affair
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    Wang Flees From China
    275 11 Reuter. Chungking, Jan 2. |?EUTER is authoritatively in- 7 f< rmed that the Kuomintaa* leaders are most indignant at Mr. Wang Clung Wei's message of Dec 29 proposing; the exchange of peace views with Japan. It is considered significant that old guards such as Wu T/cnui
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    Complete List Of Malayan New Year Honours
    1982 12 KNIGHTHOODS FOR COLONIAL SECRETAR Y. SULTAN OF PERAK THE Malayan New Year Honours list, ollieially issued yesterday, is follows: Straits Settlements Knight Cr.mmainier of the Most Excellent Order ol the British Empire Civil Division I Knight Bachelor rjAeer of the Mo<t Excellent Orc»c»cJ
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    Soviet Reaction To Konoye's Statement
    120 12 Reuter. Moscow. Jan. 2. pRINCE Konoye'p declaration evokes strong comment in the Izvestia which draws two deductions ftom it namely that Japan is aiming at complete subjugation of China and that Japanese militarists are becoming anxious about the outcome of the war. In conscqu. nc?
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    BRITAIN'S COLD RESERVE
    47 12 Reuter. London, Dec. 91EXCHANGE accounts in actual goW r 4 holdings as -A Sent. 30 amounted to £151,000,000 Storting, while the gold held by the Bank of Bnffend al the same date totalled *®38 f <*>0,000. making the country's total gold tt serve I*69,ooo,ooo.—Renter.
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    Black Panther Attacks The Regent Of Johore
    97 13 SLIGHT INJURIES Our Ou:n Correspondent] Johore Bahru Tuesday. :hi own private boo, adjoining the Ist ana Besar. v Ihe Rcgrenl of Johore, H.H. Tengku Mahkota, and were attacked this morning by a black panther. i ival, was caught nd taken to the zoo
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    BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR!
    57 13 Singapore, Sunday, pit IVATE Mcintosh of the Gordon Highlanders, ended the old veur unfortunately by crashing, head first, down the stairs al Selarang Barracks He was p'eked up unconscious by his friends, and taken by ambulance to the General Hospital la-1 night. He ushered in the
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    TO-NIGHT'S PIANO RECITAL
    52 13 Mr Alexander Uninsky, the famous pianist, will give his farewell recital in Singapore at the Memorial Hall tonight beginning at 9 30. The programme wi.U consist of works by Schumann. Chopin and Liszt. Mr. Uninsky scored a notable success on Saturday, and a large audience is I
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    JEWISH WEDDING IN SINGAPORE
    239 13 QNE of the smartest Jewish weddungs held in Singapore took place on New Year's Day when Mr. Max Menahem teacher at Raffles Institution married Miss Rachel Lelah at the "Maghain Aboth" Synagogue. Rev. Elias Shalome officiated at the ceremony. The bride looked very pretty dressed In
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    YOUNG GIRL TELLS HOW HER PARENTS DIED
    386 13 STOR V OF MIDNIGHT INTR UDERS IF/om Our 0?c/i Cor?espo7Mienf] Johore Bahru, Monday. EVIDENCE concerning the violent deaths of a Tamil head coolie. Panik.i and his wife Lechemi, who were found dead on the night of July 3 at an estate in Tiram.
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    MEMORIAL SERVICE
    40 13 The memorial service for the late Mrs. Wee Chin Kam Announced to oc bpll at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church to-morrow has to be postponed to Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 5.30 p.m. owing to the Methodist Annual Conference
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    SINGAPORE BANK MERGER
    118 13 rpHE P. O. Bank it is understood, A has UN its assets and undertakings to the C hartered Bank for the sum of £2.594,160. The cale will affect all branches ana agencies throughout the worlet. 'ihe P.O. Bank will officially be taken over h v the Chartered
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    POLICE BAND
    67 13 The Police Band will play the follow vi programme at Telok Aver this after noon, beginning at six o'clock. 1. March "A Bunch of Roses" Chapi 2. Overture •Caliph of Bagdad' ta>ie!dieu. 3. Selection "The Shamrock" MvddJeton. 4. Waltz -A Waltz Dream" Oscar Strauss. 5. Idyl 'The Glcw-wcrm"
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    SINGAPORE ROTARY
    32 13 Mr. H R. Cheeseman. Deputy Director ot Education, will be the speaker at the meeting rf the Ettngapcre Rotary Club at the Adelphi Hotel to-morrow His will be "Our Boys."
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    Merchant Stabbed
    34 13 Sineapoie. Tuesday. A Chines timber merchant was re |X>lted last night to have been stabbed in the abdomen. The wounded man was taken to the Tan Tci': Seng Hospital in a seriourendition
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    21 13 Miss A.R. Fyfe and Mrs. H.H. Lauche wore p 70 vinne?* at (lie fancy dress call at Raffles Ho!.el on Saturday.
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    To-day's News Review
    513 13 JJONOURS for Malaya number sixteen and of these ten go to the official class, if we can count Bert Stevens, late Superintendent of the Singapore Fire Brigade, as among the official class. Of the six non-officials honoured three are Volunteers, giving them a semi-offi-cial aspect, and two
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    VALENTINE, HAMMOND, AMES SCORE CENTURIES IN TEST CRICKET
    714 14 England's Brilliant Batting Capetown, Jan. 2. T HE second test match between England and Sonlh Africa wns resumed tontay* overnight score betag England 181 for 2 (Hutton 17 I'avnter I. beimr out). Notoul batsmen were (.ibh (..fi) and l!;mmond (54). The resumption
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    GARRISON GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    93 14 THE qualifying- round of the Club Championship will be played on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Garrison Gclf Club The following is the draw r— 3.30 p.m. Rev. A. S. Giles and Major M R Davidson. 3.35 D.m C. F Jennings and Major H G. B. Milling.
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    THE YOUNG IDEA
    31 14 Children had a great time at the Now Year Land sports on Monday. Here is a race in progress—the youngsters bending dewn to their wheels with a vengeance.
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    GOVERNOR ATTENDS AT ANSON ROAD
    412 14 THE New Year Land Sports were held yesterday afternoon at the Anson Road Stadium before a very large and distinguished gathering. Twenty-four items of keen competition were completed in fine time and although the ram at the commencement of the sports seemed to interfere with
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    Home Rugby Results
    252 14 Reuter. THE folic wing are results of :ugby A matches played on Monday: RUGBY UNION Rosslvn Park 11 Fettes-Lorretcns 3. Waterloo 12 Berkenhead P. 8. RUGBY LEAGUE Rirrcv 14 Warrington 3. Bedford 22 Wakefield T. 0; (abandoned lour minutes before Jme on account of the state of
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    Over The Top
    23 14 A competitor clears a hurdle in fine style at the New Year land sports held at Anson Road Stadium yesterday.
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    Chinese Beat Police In Muar Hockey
    461 14 Muar Chinese 2; Muar Police V Yih.' (CORING a goal in each half and keeping their own goal mtaet, the 3 Muur Chinese hockey team beat the Muar Police by two goafe lo nil in a return inatrh played at the Hospital padan-. The
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    WOMAN BOUND IN COTTON WOOL
    186 16 Helpless for Weeks With Rheumatism She was bound from head to foot In cotton wool. She could not sleep withoftt the use of sleeping draughts. Yet, within two weeks of starting to taKe Kruschen Salts, she was on the road to recovery. "Although I am
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    July The Seventh Deprived Of Race For Infringement
    838 16 Royal Hampton Scores A Double Penang Race Metting (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Monday. JHE third day of the Penang races was largely attended and was favoured by fine, cool weather. The feature of the day was the fine running of Royal
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    Chinese Score Narrow Win Over The Fort
    283 16 S.C.R.C. .1, Fort Canning 0. GOAL scored early in the second half gave the S.C.R.C. a hardfought victory over Fort Canning in their hockey fixtures at Hong Lim Green last night. It was the one and only goal scored in the match, and
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    Dividends At A Glance
    86 16 Kate 1: Constanl light $2fi ft km I'antoi Sl7 Race 2: Ail Gold SI3 s«» Sclaagor U |1S Race I: P\mbie Sl6 sk Kissing Cup $9 Race 4: Green Eyes $11 V V sn Saratoga SI3 Rye Scinus $11. Race 5: Jeremiah $21 sio Deepdene Sll
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    FOR ENGLAND OR FOR WALES?
    110 16 Newport WFIMI Rugby veleetari have takea un (ile Fnglih challenge on the oucsfion cf international qualdirations. and have chosen L MLaafteM, the Olley forwards, for an inter national trial at Newport. Manfhld was eh sen only the pn Hoel v for thp English trial team
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    Annual Meeting Of United Temiang Rubber Estates Ltd.
    1081 17 VERY CREDITABLE PROFIT rym eighth uml genera] meeting of the members of the J fenuaag (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on he registered office, 52 54, Gracechurch Street, London, I i 1 MeNair Scott, chairman of the company, presiding. n, representing
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    MORNING TRIBUNE FILM FANFARE
    61 17 AN eight-page supplement to the Morning Tribune will be distributed free every Wednesday commencing from to-morrow. The Morning Tribune Film Fanfare will be an up-to-date commentary on films showing locally and will contain gen eral news of interest to cinema fars. The Morning Tribune on Wednesdays
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    JAPAN TO ISSUE FURTHER BONDS
    153 17 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 1. JAPAN is planning further national bonds issues amounting to £291,000.000 or more in the coming financial year to cope with the demands in the China war and other extraordinary expenditure, was revealed by Mr. Ikeda, the finance minister in a new
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    Palestine Conference
    25 17 Reuter. Aden, Jan. I, 1939 Imam Yemen nominated his son. Saifel Islam Ilaussein, to represent him at the Palestine Conference in London —Reuter.
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    What The Stars Foretell
    230 17 TO-MORROW FOR ALL READERS. A good day for the active, the energetic, the enterprising mid go-ahead. The sort cf day to set about it if you want to get things done. Excellent business influences prevail SPECIAL INFLUENCES January 21 to February 19. Good if you are
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    6 Months' Imprisonment For Misappropriating Money
    202 17 Singapore, Saturday. |£is Mip Hee, described :»s having hitherto borne an unblemished character and to have come of a Well-to-do family, was sentenced this morning, f y Mr. L. 15. Gibson, District Judge, to six months' rigorous imprisonment on his own plea of guilty
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    Father Jacquinot In Chungking
    270 18 Chungking. FATHER, it Besange Jacquinot, founder of the refugee zones in Nantao. Shanghai, and in Hankow, arrived here from Hongkong by plane recently. Interviewed by the Central News, Father Jacquinot revealed that the Japanese authorities at first opposed the idea of establishing a refugee zone in
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    China To Continue To Suppress Opium
    58 18 Chungking. The Cabinet, at a meeting recently unanimously decided that, despite the present war, every effort must be made to exterminate the opium evil throughout China. The spokesman of the Executive Yuan revealed that the Cabinet had approved a programme for the complete suppression
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    MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE OF MODERN CHINA
    512 18 PIONEER EDUCATIONIST STATES HER VIEWS Changed Status Of Chinese Women Shanghai. THE status of Chines- women—startlingly different from that of two generations Lack—is the most significant feature of tl c life of this country. This view was expressed by Mrs. P. Frank Price, wellknown
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    IMPORTANT ROADS DESTROYED
    209 18 IU the coastwise highways linking I.'mchow, Yamchow and Lurhow in south Kwangtung have been destroyed. Those in the interior at Limkong, Shrikai, Huppo, and then to Watlain in Kwar.gsj have also been dr mi lished. The bridges were first destroyed and the road beds were dug up.
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    SZECHUEN RECHUITS
    32 18 According to an announcement from :hc headquarters of the Szechutn Military District, -800,000 able-bodied n in Szechuen are being enlisted and Will undergo military training for a tw Chinese Army."
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    GEN. LI APPOINTED PROVINCIAL CHAIRMAN
    323 18 |*ENERAL Han-yun, the new Chairman ol th c Kwan<*tunu Provincial Government, who is in command of troops for the counter-attack on Canton has assumed his new post. He succeeds Chairman Wu Te- hen, who will dcvole hi attention as general executive of the Provin•ial I
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    CHINESE BANKS IN GOOD CONDITION
    160 18 Shanghai. AT a press interview, Mr. Ling Kung-hou, general secretary of the Shanghai Bankers Association, stated that despite the political unsettlement Cninese banks in Shanghai world be able to tide over all difficulties this year. The business of Chinese banks was sale; to be exceptionally
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    Australian Ambulance For China
    214 18 Sydney PEOPLE in the Southern Hemisphere particularly Australians are very sympathetic towards the Chinese in their efforts to resist the Japanese aggression. In addition to donations of old clo'h ing, money, medicines and other articlethe Sydney Labour Council organised a ATedical Aid Unit to China Committee
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    Passports To Be Issued In Hongkong
    85 18 Chungking.—The Chinese Invcic Office at Hongkong is prepa r ed lo rt rive applications for passports from Chinese wishing to travel abrcad according to an official announcement. The consent of the British authorities Is under, toed to have been obtained fOf the exercise oi
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    NEW RADIO STATION
    158 18 Chungking A POWERFUL 35-kdoicutt shorhcuve broadcast station, constructed by the British Mar', coni interests, is nearing completion here. By means of this station. China hopes to be able to broadcast, direct to radio listeners in England, Europe and America, rom Chungking, the latest information on the military
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    GREATER DIFFICULTIES FOR JAPS
    131 18 Chungking. AT the present stage of the war. tinJapanese will meet with greater difficulties than the Chinese, declared Mr. Chow En-lai, deputy director of the Political Board of the National Military Council, in a press interview recently. Mr. Chow, displaying great optimise: regarding the general war
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    League To Render Medical Aid
    114 18 Gene a CHINA'S revues:s at the last session the League Assembly that a ne permanent technical adviser be attach Pd to tlic Chinese sanitary aamin's'i taxi and that the League's support in tne tight against epidemics in China ii renewed for one year have been
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    China's Integrity And The 'Open Door'
    353 18 (!hangk'ne;. "•PHE principle of the Open Door is inseparable from Chin-iV integrity. Bad complete independence.** states Mr. U Ti-tsu. Director of the Fabl'eity and Intelligence Denerlmcni r»f f*« Chines" Office, in a special article appearing in 1 his asonirag;*s Ta fetung Pao." "Only !-i
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    WHY HE OPPOSES GRANT OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AT PRESENT
    314 19 Agitation, He Says, Is Communal Travancore Dewan Explains CALCUTTA, DEC. 22. -RESENT MOMENT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TOR ANYONE TO CONTFMPI ATF A Z UF r? NSIBLK SrAßf I THE I>ROS AND CONS INCLUDING E co >t>H NALAND RBLtMOTS ASPECT OF
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    345 19 (United Press). *as called partial responsi- 'wrnment or dyarehy, of had enough experience in India, was not iavoured by Ramaswami because it was unsatisfactory interim stage. WKdaWe equilibrium, and ™f Present juncture nobody 12 i 1 ~r "<>uld be satisfied 'ban perhaps for a 1 J""
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    84 19 (United Press). ShoJapur. Dec. 21. In the course of a press statement. Mr. Chandra. Secretary of the Aryan Defence Committee, says that the Arya Samaj Satyagraha is gaining force. The Aryan Defence League of Hyderabad has gradually increased the number of its batches for offering Sataya;raha
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    No Discrimination Against Indians, Assures Karachi Aerodrome Officer
    219 19 (United Press). Karachi, Dec 22. THE Chief Aerodrome Officer, Civil 1 Aviation Directorate, has, in reply to his letter, informed iMr. R. K. Sidhwa, M.L.A. (Congress) (hat the remtt to the e!?ert that Indian visitors to the Air Port are not admitted
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    CASES OF TERRORIST CONVICTS
    134 19 (United Press). THE Government of Bengal have ap- pointed the following to be the members of the Advisory Committee to examine the cases of the terrorist convicts and to make recommendations to Government regarding the exercise of clemency therein:--Rai Surendra Nath Guha Bahadur, latr-lv a Tudge
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    JAIPUR REFORMS
    73 19 (United Press). a Jai|,ur Dec. 21. S,atf suh" t0 fnab,in ff the a,,,v Hy ass ,e( 's to he more j n i ,,,islr ation of Jfc* 1 1 the a <*- Ur >n taU the u| J sthenic fl' lU ,s wor kins: J"?* of aril lhe
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    AEROPLANE FOR CONGRESS PRESIDENT
    70 19 (United Press). IN nrder to facilitate tours of the President of the Indian National Congress who perforce have to skip from plate to place all over India and race against time, there is a proposal to own an aeroplane like the Viceroy's "Star el India," for
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    Planning Committee Concludes Session
    398 19 (United Press). Pombay, Dec. 21. five days' strenuous labour, the National Planning: Committee adjourned till the fourth week e.f January to consider replies to questionnaire which would be despatched to various provincial governments, Indian States, the public and industrial organizations in the first week oi* January
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    INDIANS' PLIGHT IN SINKIANG
    119 19 (United Press). New Delhi. Dee. 20. DECENT reports from Sinkiang reveal the sad plight of Indian traders the.c. It is stated that in a year's time there will be scarcely any Indian trader in Sinkiang and Indo-Sinkiang trade would have practically ceased to exist. It appears
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    C.P. Assembly
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    175 19 (United Press). Margherita 1 Assam> Dec. 21. INFORMATION has been receiv- ed here that certain Yanwang Maimong Nagas, living in the district of Chindwin, an unadministered area, about five days* journey from Margherita on foot, made a human sacrifice to satisfy Mathai Thang <gods in
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    ILLITERATES IN SIND
    50 19 (United Press). A staggering revelation that for i very hundred male adults in Sind only thirteen and of every hundred female adults only two are literate, is made in the quinquennial report on Public Instruction in Sind for the year 1952-37 now released to the Press.—(United Press).
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    Princely Salaries Opposed
    119 19 (United Press). Karachi, Dec. 22. pROFESS'm Ghanshyam Jethanand. Leader of the Sind Assembly Concress Parcy proposes to move a resolution ir the ensuing session of the Sind Assembly recommending to the Sind t-ovemment "to move th? other provincial governments In India tor a strong joint tepiesentation to
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