Morning Tribune, 8 December 1936

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL I.— No. 266. SLMGAPORE, TUESDAY, December 8, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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    KING WILL MAKE EARLY DECISION
    1669 1 riioiiEirs promise to commons DELAY IS INJURIOUS GOVERNMENT HAS TENDERED NO ADVICE London, Dec. 7. ALTHOUGH there was no finality about the statement made by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day on the constitutional crisis, Mr. Baldwin gave a promise that the
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    106 1 The Court of Coronation Claims sat in public in the Council Room of the Privy Council chamber in Downing Street, to "hear and determine claims of service to be performed at the Coronation." This court, the oldest in the world, sits to determine the claims of lineal descendants of holders
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    SUEZ CANAL DUES LOWER
    59 1 New Rates From April Next Paris, Dec. 7. THE administrative council of the Suez Canal Company has decided that from April 1 cargo dues shall be reduced to six shillings per ton net,' dues on ships in ballast to three shil-; lings and the tariff for
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    22 1 Le Bourget, Dec. 7. The departure of Perraud and Denis for Indo China has been postponed owing to unfavourable atmospheric conditions. Reuter
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    AFRICAN AIR SERVICES
    194 1 New Plans For 1937 London. Dec. 7. rE agreement with Imperial Airways tor operation of the air service between Egypt and South Africa is due to terminate on January 23. It is Intended to introduce as from April 1 1937 an improved air service between England and
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    WINTER COMES TO BRITAIN
    86 1 Snow All Over The Country London. Dec. 7. Ff many parts of Britain there were heavy falls of snow during the weekend and in the London area the first fall of the winter caused some disorganisation in road transport, the surfaces of some roads in the
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    31 1 Mr. Joseph von Sternberg has been engaged by Mr. Alexander Korda to direct "I, Claudius," the next film to be produced at Denham, starring Mr. Charles Laughton and Miss Merle Oberon.
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    'VARSITY WOULD COST TOO MUCH
    3731 2 GOVERNMENT VIEW STRAIGHT SMAKIM. O\ Till: I IM < \TIO\ ISSUE Heavy Responsibility On Government If School Fees Are Kept At High Figure ttf-itAf Renews Pledge Of Support For Raising o>e Status Of Raffles College As First Planned Singapore, Monday. JHE Director of Education, in
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    To Win A War
    145 2 Subaltern's Suggestion In Military Class Jerusalem MILITARY messes in Palestine V* laughing over a witticism likely to go down in history here as a very shrewerl example of psychological insight. A class in military tactics was being held for officers now with the Bnasn Army here
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    31 2 At York Assizes recently Artl ur S mi North, aged 25 of J" "gKS to death for the murder of a M-i 16, Elsa Meyer, at WoodmaiiM*. Hull, on July 5.
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    STRIKE MENACE TO HEALTH OF SINGAPORE
    304 2 Work Now At A Standstill At United Engineers Singapore, Monday. IN addition to the 13,000 Indian labour! ers in Singapore who have b^en on strike for the past week, about 250 Chinese workmen employed at the works of United Engineers, Ltd.. in River Valley
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    Cabaret Habit Still Spreading In Singapore
    504 2 Justices License New Concern At Grove Road But Reject Raffles Reclamation Proposition Singapore, Monday. ALONG list of applications for new licences, renewals and transfers were dealt with the Board of Licensing Justic?> whi mpt in th- Crimin«' District Court this afternoon. Mr. H A.
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      155 2 fc PABSTWhen talk comes to beer, folks everywhere are praising Pabst TapaCan flavour. Once you have tasted it— you will know why. Such flavour smoothness goodness was never possible before Pabst Export Beer Just as Pubsi made it is hermetically sealed in your own personal non-reflllable container and brought to
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      9 2 WING LOONG /or PERFECT TAILORING IM, HIGH STREET. FHW
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    $1000 Reward In Detective Murder
    416 3 CLUES FOUND YESTERDAY Big Man Hunt Goes On Singapore, Monday. REWARD of $1,000 has been offered A by the police for information which will lead to the arrest of any person or s who were concerned in the mur- of detective Mohamed Ali Khan on
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    The Pope
    31 3 ("movement Not Maintained Rome, Dec. 7. jement in the condition of 'J"ess the Pope was not 1 overnight. spent a calm night. His the morning was renorted factory. Reuter
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    8 3 "Pogtj Man" was withdrawn nZlth, reCently Qfter a
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    GIRL DROWNED IN A WELL
    251 3 Fall While Drawing Water Singapore Monday. THE circumstances relating to the death of a 12 year old Chinese girl named Lee Poo who was found drowned m a well at the 12th milestone Jurong Road on the 27th of November were entered into by the
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    Fell Into tea
    198 3 Chinese Coolie's Death In Singapore Singapore. Monday. A VERDICT of presumed death by drowning wa.s returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W MeQuairip. at an inquest held Uii.s morning into the death of a voting Chinese coolie named Wong Chong VVah. The deceased, who wa.s in employe.'
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    34 3 London, Dec. 7. The pepper sales control committee have advanced the price of spot Muntok in bond to 5 l pence, duty paid to sixpence. Limited quantities are being offered at these prices. Reuter
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    Law Notice For To – day
    105 3 Law Notice For To day Before the Chief Justice In the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— 5.340 33— Stanton Nelsc, Co. Ltd. v\s Brinkmann Co. Before the Chief Justice, F.MS., Mr. Justice Mills and Mr. Justice Cussen in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Court of Appeal:— Nos.
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    Indian Congress
    22 3 Allahabpci Dec. 7. The Nationalist leader, Puidit Jawaharlal Nehru, ha.s been re-; lected Prr.sident of the Indian National Concress.- Reuter
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    17 3 London, Deo. 7. The death has occurred of Jessie, wife of Joseph Conrad, the famous novelist. Reuter
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    AIR FORCE SQUADRON'S VISIT TO BANGKOK
    400 3 Sport And Social Entertainment By Siamese Officers THE Bangkok Times of Dec. 2 contained 1 the following account of th e visit to Siam of the R.A.F. bomber squadron: The visit of the R.A.F. Bomber .squadron to Don Muang terminated this morning when the
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      135 4 Previous 7 Distiller! 117- 1153 y Dunlop Rubber 34 9 34 1 y General Electric 91 A\' 2 90 6 Imperial Chemical Ind ustr 42 9 42 Imperial Tobacco 180 1\' 2 178 9 Anglo-Dutch 37 9 38 6 Canadian Pacific 13 V 2 w a London
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      69 4 on uec Previous To-day Change OCiicl o v o OC'liLl J 8 prtc i n c. VilllP £26.2.6 VEIIUC Seed Pearl (S'pore) December shipment 16 Sellers 16 Sellers. PEPPER (F.A.Q.) voinp 5 Value. White Muntok Jan.Mar. shipment 4 value o arß 9 7 nfliri Black Lampong Jan. Mar.
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 TIN Standard. Previous To-day Change Spot (afternoon closing price) £228 £228 Forward £227 3 4 £228' rt UD
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      NEW YORK TABLE
      48 4 K UBHER__J New York. Dec. 6. Previous To-day Change Tone Strong Firm flwt Buyeri 18-15 16 19-3.16 Seller* 19 19 5.16 April June Buyers 18-15 16 19-3 16 Sellers 19 19 5 10 5,16 TIN Standard Tone Quiet Steady BDOft 50-s 8 50-3 4 K
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      77 4 London, uet. i. Previous To-day Change I T. on Parlf (closing middle rate) 105 16 105.13 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 9.00 3 4 9 00 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is 219 32 J~ T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is 31 16 fl rd
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      BULLION MARKET
      32 4 London. Dec. 7. Previous To-day Change I 1 1 W naeßarperc. up V SILVER Bpot 21 5 16 21 5 16 I monthj forward 21 5 16 21 5 16
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1572 5 im ed by Fraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) H Fraser Co. Lyali Evatt H Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Tin 49 56 5 56 cVS Kumbang 32 34; -cd 32j 34 -cd I t.rai Malay 56- 57
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
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      Rubber
      187 5 Singapore, Monday morning. Singapore: 32 5 8 eU., up 3'B ct. Market Tone: Irregular. London: 9 1 4d.. up 1 4d. Market Tone: Firm. New York: 19 316 cts., up 14 ct. Market Tone: Firm. Singapore, Monday evening. To-day's market opened firm with business passing in Jan. Mar. at
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      Tin
      19 5 Sim*? pore: $113 58, up $18. London: No market. New York: 50 3 4 cts., up 18 ct.
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      Share Markets
      106 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore. Monday 5 j;.m Messrs. Fraser and Company, In their daily comment on the closing trend of the local share markets, state MINING. The tin share market was quiet but very steady. Dealings in this .section were restricted due to interest being centred in
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      Mr. Julian Israel's Report
      122 5 a Tin locally is up Rubber closes a little under the best price of the day but well ahead of any previous price for years. Minrftg. Raubs $7.15— 57.25. Tin shares have been a little firmer to-day but somewhat neglected in the rush for rubber shares.
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      Exchange
      9 5 London-New York 4.89 13 1G New York-London 4.t«0
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    ALOR GAJAH RUBBER ESTATE
    314 6 ALOR GAJAH RUBBER ESTA TE Din-dors Report To Shareholders THE report of the Directors of Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Limited, for the year ended Sept. 30, 1936. states that the profit for the year amounts to $16,996.99 to which is added tlu balance of $17,199.95 brought forward from last year,
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    Mr. Julian Israels Report
    83 6 (Continued from page 5) $120 B. Katils $1.00— 51.05, C. Serdangs $1J32»2 1/-37V 2 Indragirls $1.62 y 2 $1.67*2 S. Tukangs $1.42V 2 sl-47 1 2 Scudais $1.87 1 2 51.92» 2 S. Bagans $3 40— 53.50. Nyalas $r.22 1/ 2 sl 27»/ 2 Mentakabs 48c—
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    Exchange
    172 6 SELLING Singapore, Dec. 7. London T.T. f\ }j}« London demand V™ London 4 months' sight Lyon demand 1^" Hamburg demand JL* 1 New York demand a Montreal demand J' Batavia demand Jo2i 2 Samarang demand lv* ,4 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demands JJJJJ Madras and Colombo demand 154 J
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    Produce
    173 6 Singapore, Dec. 7. R. (Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $144 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $140 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $133 R (Siam) "White" No. Al $240 P. <Siam> "White Rice" No. 1 $210 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 2
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    The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn.
    98 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Monday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. December! 32 1 2 o^4 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. December) 32 D 8 32? 4 No I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable S'pore) 32 916 32 11.16 do December 32 5 8
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      122 6 XcclcrlaiidUHit* i llaindely Maaisehappijj. N.Y. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1824. Paid Up Capital f 40,030,000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 Special Reserve 1,000,000 Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D CRENA DE lONGH President. M. TAUDIN CHABOT Director. A A.
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      60 6 Oversea -Chinese Banking Corporation Limited. FREE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS AT CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes, so that SAFETY
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      200 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. n (Established in 1880. Capital Subscribed (Fully Paid UP) Y.100,000,000 Reserve Fund Y.i30.9t Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES PLACF. Manager T. YAMAMOTO Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradorc'i BANK OF CHI.XA (Incorporated in China by Special
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    149 7 W h«u s h R ..«d heaUh. Si m p.ieio r.odino one n.ye,,,M Siamose Uvi.s had mke to hi, L™* was tateMU with lotar BT3f t S&. SMS STB K»« SW ST-S? H- <iodino: simplldo her hus banu: Lacia who i talferinn ironi uneumonia. and his uile, \iti«iru. itianci wcws/.
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      324 8 tftut'/f you see HUf aacf f P "He's one of the qreatest quys in the world V But when she sees his dad, she'll have *^S|^^ I •S* X plenty to tell him. he's the "swell guy" j£ M *1* who's too busy to give a little love to a
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      89 8 NEXT CHANGE AT TIIF CAPITOL 2 Favourites Ttftther BAXTER#I wifh lAN HUNTER/ CLAIRE TREVOR/ JEAN DIXON L from fhe ifory b/ 110 Richard Srt«rmon Said to have admitted having impersonated his sister to deceive a solicitur. William Bartram, of Louth, Lincolnshire. was at the Old Bailey recently sentenced to six
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      233 9 X opexlm; to-day at the CAPITOL j SPECIAL SCHOOL HOLIDAY MATINEE AT 3-15 HELEN HUNT JACKSON'S IMMORTAL STORY LEAPS TO LIFE iTmore glorious in its romance more breath-taking in its beauty I I /AT COLOR! REAL.. TRUE. ..PERFECTED... AT LAST! I I 111 II ac I v «^^H E^3^^^^^^^^B l^^^*--
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    Giant Air Liners For Empire Routes
    618 10 SPEED AND COMFORT Will Cost £42,000 Each London. N EW records for speed combined N with si*e and comfort will be set up bv the 12 large monoplane air liners now being constructed for Imperial Airways whlc "V'tes »,rtlv used on continental route* Jm.
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    BRITAIN'S RECORD FRUIT IMPORTS
    234 10 Increased Supplies From Empire London. THE total imports of fresh fruit into the United Kingdom in 1935 was nearly 1.500.000 tons, which constituted a record, states th? "Fruit" report of the Imperial Economic Committee which has been published her?. This was more than twice the weight
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    FLOATING HOTELS DURING CORONATION ?
    344 10 FLOATING HOTELS DURING CORONATION Ships May Be Moored Below London Bridge London DURING the coronation ceremonies a fleet of floating hotels may be anchored in the Thames. They will be cruising vessels bringing people from all parts of the world to attend the festivities. Provided the Port of London Authority
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    34 10 A 48- hours week for messengers, errand, and page boys, and other young workers, and the prohibition of overtime by those under 16 are among L.C.C. proposals to be put before the Home Office.
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    31 10 Whiie working at the Weldless Steel Tube Co. building at Wednesfield. near Wolverhampton, recently Walter Hazelbrook, of Cambridge Street, Wolverhampton, was transfixed by a white-hot tube and died later in hospital.
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    Empire Airways
    132 10 Daily Service To Egypt Nottingh IN outline of future Empire airway de*i velopments was giv:n by v L<i donderry, in delivering the Cusi tion lecture at University Colli He said that the new Empire air scheme would shortly come Into 0] tion and then there would be I
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      18 10 HUNGARIAN A± BLOUSES i a at the V W House of Quality 9\ DOU LATHAMS 48, HIGH STREET
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      53 10 I I The four leaf Clover sign is a sign of good health because it otsndfl Sur^^sS^^^rf^ f or CLOVER BRAND. Insist always on CLOVER BRAND MILK. OTo the CONSISTENCY^J impure. .it's delicious. .it's nourishing. i^^sss^—l^^^^i CLOyER BRAND MILK is real Danish Milk, from healthy cows >^^^ happily grazing in
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FLEET
    287 11 76 In Operation Or Construction London. Nov. 24. DECKONING aircraft In operation, and new flying-boats and land-planes in construction, the Imperial Airways fleet now numbers 76 aircraft, the englnepower of these machines representing a total of just over 170,000 horse-power. 'Centaurua, 1 the third of the new
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    110 11 The visitor's book at the Port Darwin air-port, Australia, now contains some Interesting comments on the impressions oi passengers who have been flying over the fc.ni pi re route to and from Austrana. A London business man. for example, after an air voyage through from England to Australia, wrote in
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    68 11 Sili" ipon ind Army rugger XV's photographed en Saturday before the Milaya Cup Final match which the Army won 21 points to 3. (Tribune). The start of the annual Johore— Singapore international walking race on Sunday. (Tribune). J Sanderson (Inniskillings) took second place in the Johore-Singa-pore walking race on Sunday.
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    THE ISSUE MORNING TRIBUNE
    307 12 THE ISSUE MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1936. AS the days of the British crisis pass, comment T>y Fress and public becomes stronger. Much sympathy has been expressed with the King who finds himself in such an embarrassing position, but the view that there are many millions of other
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    AROUND MALAYA
    829 12 EVERYBODY has heard of the disad- vantages attendant on buying pigs in pokes. Six Chinese were convinced by the Penang Magistrate the other day that it is equally disadvantageous to 1 carry pigs in sampans particularly when the regulations governing the import of pigs into Penang are not
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    PERSONALITIES
    258 12 Mr. A. J. Kelman, of Malayan Coll.'eries, Ltd., Batu Gajah, left for Home during the week-end by air. Mr. G. Johnstone, of Southern Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., Batu Gajah, and Mrs. Johnstone have returned from home leave. Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas, the Chief Justice, F. M. S.. arrived in
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    105 12 The King has granted the occupancy of "The Kings House at hill, near Esher, Surrey, the Royal Warrant Holders Associauon s Jubilee gift to King George, to Admiral Sir Reginald u ife He will be the house's first occupant. Admiral Tupper. whose Abadie died in 1927, was married in 1933,
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    85 13 r Duncan winner of the R.S.Y.C. championship sculls on SaturL day for the Rodesse Cup. (Tribune). B. Messer who finished a canvas behind L. F. Duncan in Saturday's sculling championship. (Tribune). W. Hill, cne of the three finalists in Saturdays sculling championship for the Rodesse Cup. (Tribune) Beaten in the
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    VIERING HUWELIJK PRINSES JULIANA EN PRINS BERNHARD.
    234 13 VIERING HUWELIJK PRINSES JULIANA EN PRINS BERNHARD. uo exhibitions organised by ImAirways, Flying Over the Emand The Empire's Airway' have seen by as many as 1,400,368 During its exhibition at the Cross underground station Over the Empire' was seen by J people. During its tour ot vaUices in the provinces
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      23 13 (in-jo Telesraphic Address: Vm 5934 GOODWOOD GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL I lI ARMINGLY SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOI'RISTS. Unrivalled Facilities for Private Entertainments
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      158 13 DURING THE FESTIVAL SEASON ARRANGE YOUR XMAS EVE BOXING DAY NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER PARTIES AT THE <A V I IO I. II I- VI \IIt A I ■r|||/|/ Distribution of Crackers, Balloons other 1 Mli^ novelties on X'MAS EVE NEW YEAR'S EVE, X'MAS EVE DINNER NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER
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      96 14 height of luxury There is no such luxury in the air as is provided by the British air service, with its roomy comfort in great air liners equipped with four engines for perfect reliability and with its unequalled name for personal service on all its route* Reduced fares now operative.
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    187 15 11l entirely new and h n -organised mass-production system, the Tut -lin-raft works at Cricklewood, London, are producing the "Hare,- t t tvpp o t fast heavy bomber— for the Royal Air Force expansion Our photo shows a general view of the workshops, showing the ma nufadure of the Alclad
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      40 15 j For CHRISTMAS INSPECT OUR BEAUTIFUL CHOICE OF LADIES GENTS WRIST WATCHES IN STAINLESS STEEL GOLD WHITE GOLD PLATINUM JEWELLED WRIST WATCHES SET WITH REAL DIAMONDS A SPECIALITY. AGEy 1 FOR I if* —^^^^^j .5 RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, Singapore.
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    BEAUTY for CHRISTMAS WEEK
    1531 16 BEAUTY for CHRISTMAS WEEK i* rv I a 4H in in iii feiis&r.sls a rouii H4 k for kwpiiig k'rivsli and beautiful iliirinsj ili€ k slromioiis |ierio<l otf < lirisimas mnn iiiakin&|. As Christmas approaches, one naturally thinks of presents. From preaents, X'mas cards and happy thoughts of our many
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    Lovely To Receive, Delightful To Give
    767 17 Lovely To Receive, Delightful To Give IS Christmas approaches one naturalAij thinks of presents.... The more one thinks of it the greater a problem one find* it. When we are moved to rive presents we want them to be a pleasure to receive and they can t be unless they
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      46 17 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING fjUIJLMh LUGGAGE CARRIER SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Baggage Contractors ft Forwarding Agenta. Booking. Agenta for F.M.B Railways. Baggage Agents for:— Blue Funnel Line East Asiatic Line Nederland line 1 8.1.8.N. Co.. Ltd.. i etc.. etc Tel. Address.— "LUGGAGEPHONE 2428 or call Union Bldg.
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      139 17 DRY CLEANING Iliirlol Cleaners for same da? service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. 278, Orchard ltd. Phone 7776. BEAUTY Nice To Give Lovely To Receive are the delightful Xmas gifts Party Vanities, Powder Boxes, Beauty Boxes, Bath CofTrets of Bath Foam
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      99 17 CHEMIST CHIC PAK TRAVEL CASES From $7.00 THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY Ltd., 8 Raffles Place CAMERAS AND FILMS HAIRDRESSER m+— Maison Marcelle 1 For a Natnral Permanent fe/;f^ Wave. iSO^ N Try oBr lat 1 4^§S' Doint-windlnf tl V, T system y^ 35 Stamford Rd. Tel. 4817 Prop. J. KOOY, <
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      510 18 I d »T77^^> I d lyjpCSfiteic^^ BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES Outward*. Due Due Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. 1936. 1937. BANGALORE 6,000 Dec. 19 CARTHAGE 17,000 Jan. 29 RANPURA 17,000 Dec. 18 SOUDAN 6,500 Feb. 12 1937. NALDERA 16,000 Feb. 12 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Jan 1 RANCHI 17.000 Feb 26 BHUTAN
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      136 18 TO V K 1 ITOF GENKUAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD.. (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON, via Penanf, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. s.s. HAKONE MAR U Dec. 10 s.s. SUWA MARU Dec. 24 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU Jan. 7 Rates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples 1497 $540
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      265 18 POSTAL INTELLIGEKUjJ I STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES I TODAY I FOB a PE DATE AND TlMi I Pengerang Aik Soon Dec 8 H Pamangkat, Sambas and Sinykawa!*g Tomohon H Fort de Kock, Padang, Pakan Baroe and Siak Hong Kwong 8 n H Netherlands Indies:— Bagan and H Selat Pandjang Hong Thong
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      393 19 I: THE HARBOUR! Sfill'S l\ DIM'K Passengers llv Air I chtp^ A I ONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No I fV'bldtnbarnevelt 18 3 By Imperial and Qantas liners:— J Kep 16 3 Arrived by the Sydney: Mrs. L. KeK m 14 3 laway and Mr. Farthing,
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      1697 21 A^^^"^ Hi* r» 1 1 II ii lk tf| fkla 150 p.m. Dance mu.sic V M»erilH 9iailOli 2.10 p.m. News bulletin. 1 otv r rHI I? B A ■M^ 22 Pm. Close down. Ah, Mi. If m llfl v DJB 1974 metre* di.ioo DJJ J-JJ P™ Time .signal. English course
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    KING TO AID CANCER CAMPAIGN
    561 22 Part Of Jubilee Fund Awarded London THE King has decided that a share of the proceeds arising from King George's broadcast speech of last Christmas and his Silver Jubilee message shall be awarded to the British Empire Cancer Campaign. The Duke of York announce,' this
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    OLDEST CLAN CHIEF DEAD
    512 22 Given 10 Hours To Live At Sevastopol Glasgow. TOLONEL Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, who has died at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, at the age of 101, Chief of his Clan and a Crimean veteran, was one of the best known of the "grand old men"
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    1459 22 For a rent of Is. a year an estate of 400 acres one of the beauty spots of Ashdcrwn Forest, Sussex— has been leased to the Boy Scouts' Association for a l>ermanent camp, mainly for boys of the East End of London. The association will have the use of Broadstone
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    72 22 Fifty young constables have been selected by Scotland Yard for service in the special branch during Coronation year and will begin training immediately. Hundreds answered the recent call for volunteers. For months the branch has been working at high pressure, and lor the first time in its history the executive
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    22 22 Lieut. Col. E. J Nettlefold. Staff Officer. Local Forces, and Mrs Nettlefcld were passengers for China on Saturday by the "Rajputana (Triuu*.
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      34 23 Two men mad about her and neither ML the kind a girl can say "NO" to! /KAY FBa\clS| Next I living on Velvet 1 change fl Directed by FRANK BO«ZAGE .A Bm N«fu>naJ Picture
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      130 24 X'MAS PMESEMT! No gift, however costly, can be so inseparably persona. j E& session as a beautiful PILOT transparent pen. F j K1 A handsome "ift of such a graceful PILOT would easily solve f J Sjg the complicated problems ol how to tfreet your superiors ZS im and your
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    GREEN BELT OF LONDON
    102 25 Quarter Mile Costs A Million London. Dec. 7. A REPORT on the London "Green Belt" scheme* issued by the committee to the London County Council states that the Council's offer to contribute up to 50 per cent of the approved cost of preserving land near London
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    76 25 Government's Difficult Position Paris, Dec. 5. AFTER a dramatic speech wmen was R reetod by violent cheers by Government supporters but silence from he Communists. M Blum was |hren tta confidence of the House by 350 votes to 171. uie Communists abstaining. It is understood that when M. Blum learned
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    29 25 A young woman now in Whipp's Cross hospital, Ley ton, Essex, suffering from loss of memory, was found wandering In Aldersbrook-road, Wanstead Flats, Essex, and has not been identified.
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    TURF TOPICS
    1255 26  - TURF TOPICS Captain Hawk Reflections On Racing Matters by It is a pity that rain should have interfered with the otherwise successful Skye meeting at Kuala Lumpur last week-end. On the first day the threatening weather kept away many, and although, when the ram did come down, it was not
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    293 26 An Interview WHh !/r Ft. B. WUmott (By Air Mail (From Our Oxen Correspondent.) London, Nov. ':4. MR. R. B. Wilmott, Trade CommJ Tl still has a full programs to British industrial centres I iepreseutatives of firm.', tradij with Malaya. In the course of an Interview I castle
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    91 26 Employees Forbidden I Smoke Or Drink I IT I THE Director of the Sarajevo Cu I Department has forbidd n I employees to smoke or drink be< believes that they will have ke for detecting the presence of tobacco and drink. Total abstinence in these I also, so
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    CRICKET CLUB MISS THEIR STAR WINGER
    662 27 Beaten By Chinese By Odd Goal Of Five Singapore. Monday. m *7f\oi 1 in five in a game which to great heights. The ab- seldom i oj- Cunningham Perdnau,' sence oi a. anrf singa p Ore outside Sriiiade a great difference to d»j Cl
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    197 27 Twice Heard Petition To Be Retried Singapore, Monday. A DIVORCE petition, twice heard before Mr Justice a'Beckeit Terrell in 1935. is to be re-tried in the High Court, according to an order made by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark In the Hi«,h Court to-day. The petitioner in the suit
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    24 27 A fe iUI E W Butler who was mayor as such became a Baron nque Ports, is to be Coronation yOl again next year
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    201 27 A Mosquito Found At Whitehall THE Hon. Mr. A. B. Jordan, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malaya, told the following story at the annual reunion dinner of the Medical College on Saturday. When he was on leave recently he went en one occasion for a discussion with
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    26 27 Wliile attending service at the village church at Bisham, near Maidennead, Berkshire, recently, Mrs. A. V. Duke, aged 64, of Warren Cottage. Bisham, collapsed and died.
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    32 27 Nearly 120,000 operatives in the Lancashire cotton mills are to be asked to ballot on a proposed strike to enforce their demand for a wage increase of about Is. Bd. in the
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    NEW SIX-METRE YACHTS OUT AT R. S. Y. C.
    696 27 NEW SIX-METRE YACHTS OUT AT R. S. Y. C. Ramona Wins Interesting Race At Weekend SUNDAY'S racing at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club was of considerable interest, owing to the first appearance in the six-metre class, after a considerable period of racing by a limited number of yachts, of two
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    24 27 Miss Ann McLean, aged 71, was burned to death when her thatched cottage at Sorrisdale, Island of Coll, Argyll, was destroyed by fire recently.
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    ENGLAND NOW ON TOP AT BRISBANE
    1247 28 FINE WORK BY VOCE 201 AHEAD WITH EIGHT MEX STILL TO GO Brisbane, Dec. 7. ENGLAND are well on top at the present stage of the first test match. They hold a lead of 201 over Australia with eight second innings wickets in hanc
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    Don Bradtnan Injured
    52 28 A BRISBANE message says that when leaving the pavilion after the match Don Bradman slipped on the steps and fell and wrenched an ankle, which has been strapped up. It will not be known till this me mine what will be the effect on his batting and
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    45 28 Singapore, Monday. Only two ties were played off in the S.C.R.C. tennis tournament on the S.C.R.C. courts this evening. Singles: Championship: W. J. M. Warden v. Woon Chow Tat 6—2, 3 6, 6—6 (unfinished). Chong Thutt Pitt beat Ram Gim Lock 7—5, 6—3.
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    20 28 Singapore Monday. The Hockey match between the Medical College and the Sikh contigent to be played this evening was cancelled.
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    26 28 The sudden illness of Mr. Brian Lawrance, while rehearsing his band in one of the 8.8.C. studios, caused a lastminute rearrangement of the National programme recently.
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    110 28 Weekend Yachting Races Singapore. Dec 7 AN Friday the final rac e for n v Mentri Besa r Challen J r,, Dato saUed between the RovaiJ m Yacht Club and Johore Yarht U r'? apore "B" Class yachts, starting a 5 nS? A supper will be provided it house
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    "LADY PRECIOUS STREAM"
    129 28 Next Week At Victoria Theatre AN Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and V Saturday evenings of new week th! Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club S present S I. Hsiung's famous CIW fantasy 'Xady Precious Stream' at the Victoria Theatre. The play has be?n in rehearsal for two montns, and has
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