Morning Tribune, 14 December 1936

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 27L SINGAPORE, MONDAY, December 14, 1936 FIVE CENTS
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    CHIANG KAI SHEK A PRISONER
    1027 1 Young Marshal Dubbed A Traitor REBEL COUP IN SHI PROVINCE CONDITIONS OF RELEASE WAR WITH JAI'AX: PACT WITH THE SOVIET QRAVE news has arrived from China. The troops of Chang Hsueh Liang, the Young Marshal who was Governor of Manchuria before it was created a
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    STRIKERS TO RETURN
    770 1 Final Settlement To-day THE strike of Municipal workers m Singapore is virtually settled Two thousand returned to work to-day, and the remainder will follow to-morrow morning, though this will probably be a formality, as the day is a public holiday. It has been agreed that the Municipality
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    9 1 Marshal Chiang Kai Shek China's Dictator, now a prisoner.
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    KING GEORGE VI PROCLAIMED
    98 1 Ceremony On The Padang Singapore, Saturday. WITH the pomp and ceremony be- flitting the occasion, George the Sixth was proclaimed King and Emperor by His Excellency the Governor at noon to-day. The ceremony took place from the slops of the Municipal Building, similar ceremonies taking place
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    THE EX-KING Guest Of Baron Rothschild
    39 1 THE EX-KING Guest Of Baron Rothschild A Reuter correspondent aboard the Royal train says it is officially announced that the Duke of Windsor will stay at Enzesfeld, 15 miles from Vienna as a guest of Baron Louis Rothschild Reuter
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    341 1 I |lst Battalion Middlesex Regiment with Band and Drums, Royal Air Force Uohore Military Forces and the SS Police They were under the command of HE. the G.O.C. Major General W. G. S. Dobbie. FOUR LOUDSPEAKERS A very impressive ceremony was witnessed by a large crowd, which gathered at the
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    EX-KING'S NEW TITLE
    931 2 Becomes Duke Of Windsor THE text of the new King's speech to the Accession Council is given m a supplement to the London Gazette. The King says: "I meet you to-day m circumstances which are without parallel m the history of our country. Now that the duties
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    Message To Services
    208 2 London, Dec. 12. UIS Majesty King George VI has issued a message to the Navy, the Army and the Air Services. m his message to the Navy he recalls with pride that as his dear father did before him, he received his early trainto serve a- a
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    KING GEORGE VI
    181 2 Colony's Message Of Loyalty fTHE following telegram has been dispatched by the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— Dec. 12. •'On the occasion of the proclaiming of His Most Gracioi* Majesty GEORGE THE SIXTH I offer to His Majesty on behalf of all the
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    KING'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE EMPIRE
    723 3 Could Not Continue Without Woman He Loved London, Dec. 12. THE late King Edward broadcasting 1 from Windsor Castle and introHured as Prince Edward, said:— "\t lon* last I am able to say a Jew «onl I never wanted to withhold "nvthin* but until
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    CORONATION GOODS UNSALEABLE
    140 3 Heavy Losses Sustained P>ll Manufacturers London, Dec. 11. MANUFACTURERS of Coronation MHiu-nir.s will incur heavy losses. s estimated that nearly eight mUlion pieces of Coronation pottery made are now unsaleable and of cottons and rayons printed with portraits of Edward are a Fortunately some are only Prtnted
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    SPANISH SUBMARINE SUNK
    34 3 SPANISH SUBMARINE SUNK Valencia, Dec. 13. A C :^;UNIQUE announces that a uWican submarine was torpedoed X by a submarine "evidently Malaga. Three have so far ued out of the 47 were aboard. Reuter
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    Cinema Abstinence For Catholics
    169 3 London. A SUGGESTION that Roman Catholics should abstain from visiting the cinema for six months and should devote the money so saved to the million pound made by th^ Catholic Church, has been put forward by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, <Mgr. Barrett). Speaking at
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    Debt To T. S. A.
    64 3 Britain Ready To Reopen Discussion London, Dec. 12. The British Government is ready to reopen the discussion whenever circumstances warrant hope of a satisfactory result. This is the purport of the reply to a note from the United States presenting a statement of the British
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    War Risks
    72 3 Lloyds 9 Abolish Insurance Clause London, Dec. 12. Reuter is reliably informed that the war risk clause, insuring against war, civil war and revolution, was abolished some ten days ago by Lloydo so far as non-marine risks are concerned. The above applies to all countries, except the United
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    IRISH FREE STATE
    40 3 i Duban, Dec. 12. THE Free State dail, 79 to 54 votes, I passed the Constitutional Amendjment Bill abolishing the office of Gov-ernor-General and deleting the King's name from all internal activities of the Free State. Reuter
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    Law Notice For To – day
    135 3 Law Notice For To day Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whitley and Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the Ist Court at 10.15 a.m. Judgment:— Court of Appeal— No. 636 S. Rengasamy Pillay vs. Sadhu Pakirisamy. Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whitley and Mr. Justice Mills at 10.30 a.m.
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    FREE STATE AND NEW KING
    234 3 activity m the I.F.S. and being retained only m respecting matters affecting external relations. Mr. De Valera pointed out that the Bills do not sever the Commonwealth connection.— Reuter Wireless. Only "External" Recognition Dublin, Dec. 12. FUNDAMENTAL changes m the constitution of the Irish Free
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      69 3 IT'S BRITISH UNRIVALLED FOR HEAVY SMOKERS. HARMLESS FOR THE MOST DELICATE STOMACH TRY IT TO-DAY Sold m Tins 25 cts. and Flasks 80 cts Jo^j&, -MAN LION" U«B/7 RAPID HARDENING CEMENT I B i_^ i_^ i^~l iill~ .01~ hi— ii w^^**»^^^ «_^*^*a^^* v.^^ Vuar^"*^^^* WATCHES ■I InlS* <Bsnl a. II
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      144 4 RUBBER London. Dec. 12. Previous To-day Change Easier Nervous Tone g —116 soot Bu y ers 9116 SpOt Sellers 9' 8 Ruvers 9 116 815 16 Jan|Mar IS Ml »i« lil6 v Anr"lJun c Buyers 9 1 16 8 15 16 P Sellers 93 16 9116 Rnvprq qi
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      BULLION MARKET
      30 4 London, Dec. 12. Previous To-day Change llOL £7-1-91/2 £7-1-10 H fine Bar per oi. Xl 2 SILVER Boot 21-3 16 21-3 16 mondu forward 21-3 16 21-3 16
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      80 4 LONDON S HARE LIST London, Dec. 12 Previous To-day Distiller! 1203 Closed Dunlop Rubber 35!Qeneral Electric 91'lOVfc Imperial Chemical Industry 42 4V 2 Imperial Tobacco 183, 1 1^ Anglo-Dutch 39 6 Canadian Pacific 13-% London Tin 10 3 Rubber Plant. Investment Ti«t 40 3 Linggis 24 9 Ayer Hitam 21
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 London. Dec. 12. TIN Standard. Previous To-day Spot (afternoon closing price) £233- 3 4 Closed Forward £233-? i
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      NEW YORK TABLE
      25 4 RUBBER Now York. Dec. 12 Previous To-day Chanße Quiet Quiet ■nSt Bnyen 18-% 18-' a Seller. 19 19 April/June Bgg. 18-Ti g-%
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      70 4 London, Dec. 12. Previous To-day Change TT. on ParU (doting middle rate) 105.15 105 j.16 T.T. on Amsterdam (doaing middle rate) 9.00-% 9-00- T.T. on Shanghai (doting selling rate) Is. V a T.T. on Hongkong (cloUng ielUng rate) Is. 3d Is. 31 32 T.T. on Japan (doling ielUng
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    Straits Traders
    240 4 Dividend Of 75 Cents For Half Year THE report of the Directors of 1 Straits Trading Company, LUiL, lor W half year ended Sept. 30, 193J, -riling off depreciation. maWng i»ou ion for bad and doubtful deu s a *d including a transfer from internal rg The Directors
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    Missing Flyer
    39 4 Paris, Dec. 12. There is still no news of the missing trans-Atlantic flier Jean Me Mermoz, despite a search by steamers and aeroplanes. Hopes of his safety are fading. Yesterday was the airman's 35th birthday. Reuter Wireless
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    Noted Writers Dead
    32 4 London, Dec. 11. The death is announced of the novelist J. C. Snaith.— Reuter Wireless. Rome, Dec. 11. The death is announced of the playright Luigi Pirandello Reuter Wireless
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      34 4 ""^oTtT"''' w j fi§& rritish| N^^ffiJ' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. 1 -^i^ w^^m—tm~ liiii Is Your 11 MOTOR CAR fully insured 1 liiij W. J. DEXTER, Manager. W I TeL 9910. I, Flnlayion Owen. ill
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      17 4 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1640 5 ivutedjyrraaer ana to. Lyaii and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Singapore, Dec. 12th 6 p.m. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 5-PeSfkflen Jo 1 123 n 6 126 1 PeSSeTin 133 15 cd 12 6 14 c! p5SS5 9
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    THE LOCAL MARKETS
    182 5 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Rubber Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore: 32 cts., down ct. Market Tone: Quiet and easier. London: 9 1 16 d., down 1 16 d. Market Tone: Quiet. New York: 18"« cts., down 316 ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Singapore Saturday evening. This morning's market has
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    Share Markets
    199 5 Messrs. Fraser& Co.'s Report Singapore, Saturday. MESSRS. Fraser and Company, m their daily comment on the closing trend of the local share markets, state: MINING.— Tin £233 155., up ss. The market for tin shares m London is stronger. Better bids were received for Southern Malayan, Malayan Tin.
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    Mr. Julian Israel's Report
    138 5 Tin locally down $1.75. Rubber locally n little easier than yesterday, but closing .steady. MINING.- Raubs $7.10— 57.25. Mining shares generally have been firm, but Sungei Lun.s show v slight fall, oossiblv owing to the Report falling a little short of some optimistic anticipations, Southern Kintas
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    Lyall & Evatt's Report
    217 6 Lyall Evatt's Report Singapore, Dec. 11. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, m their weekly report on the share markets, •>t itt Bright and active markets have continued during the week despite unsettled conditions felt m the London Stock Exchange. 1 Both Tin and Rubber have behaved admirably and the commodity prices
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    33 6 Lisbon, Dec. 13. Portugal's reply to the Anglo-French proposals of mediation m Spain was handed to the British and French Ambassadors m Lisbon. It is understood the reply is of a negative character.
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    Exchange
    186 6 SELLING Singapore, Dec. 12. London T.T. *jj London demand 3 i« M° London 4 months' sight *\*Yb Lyon demand x v Hamburg demand New York demand w Montreal demand ,/ia/ Batavia demand- JJJ^a Samarang demand lu4 8 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demands 15 4% Madras and Colombo demand 154
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    Produce
    169 6 Singapore, Dec. 12. 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 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 1 $210 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 2
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      126 6 Xederlandselic llandelMaatschappijj, X.V. B (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. PAUW
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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) m SAFE BOXES m 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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      271 6 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Saturday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. December) 32ft 32ft Good F.A.Q. m cases (F. 0.8. December) 32 IJI6 32 3116 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Spore) 32 32ft do. December 32 32ft do. Jan. Mar. 32
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      42 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully du P> Y.1Q0.000,000 Reserve Fund V.130,900,***** Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES PLACF. Manager T. YAMAMOTO Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk
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    224 7 The pipes of the Inniskillings marching towards the Padane for the Proclamation Parade. Tribune The Proclamation of King George VI from the steps of the Municipal Building on Saturday. Tribune of the troops marching towards the Padanj? on Saturday during the Proclamation Parade. Tribune c up view o' some of
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    171 8 pERMAN housewives will miss many U bargains m the January sales this season. Hats, carpets and umbrellas, for example must NOT be sold cheap at those sales, according to a decree issued by the Ministry of Economics. Shortage of certain raw materials has prompted this decree. Among the articles which
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      274 8 I CAPITOL jj 4 HOLIDAY MATINEE TO-DAY 3 15 TWO POPULAR STARS TOGETHER! .j. •8* m BwK^^vMl^^MKi^<li>^- '*^^^l t v foxhit! b J^SCTEIc L^7 (o^/0 *L+ tC^^!^^ t I WV^^^ 1 -y nt c r I i Q^ IRE TREVOR j. T JEAN DIXON 1 \A Dorryl F. Zanock From
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      128 8 BROUGHT BACK! pavilion] I To-night 6-15 9-15 THE BIGGEST HIT IN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY GEORGE ARLISS' GREATEST TRIUMPH 1 i .HE WtIKED UNAFRAID, Jpfc Where his loved ones were stoned S ■W^^^^^^^' ogainstQllth P iren,m;e.l GEORGE AR LI SS li fK« OARRYL P. ZANUCK production I THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD
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    SHE FOUGHT IN GREAT WAR
    132 9 Germans Honour Girl Soldier Dortmund .nrroßl4 Says, who as a girl fought f I the Great War, has just been honoured he oi !6 she was m the At irvinK m the ranks of the tren(lu ny and by the side of her fathT Th™
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    "Empire" Bisley
    295 9 Australian And Rhodesian Teams Expected Cpfptat Bisley. J r 'IAL Coronation Medals have been -s ruck by the National Rifle Asso««on winch will be presented to the 1 inners m all the impornidividual and team competitions imperial Rifle meeting next year. e etlng will take place at Bisley
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    Turkey's Appeal
    48 9 Geneva, Dec. 11. Turkey has appealed to the League Council iii connection with the FrancoTurkish dispute over Alexandretta and Antioch which conditionally were ceded by Turkey under post-war treaties. It is suggested that the lives and liberties of the Turkish population there are jeopardised Reuter Wireless
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      172 9 4th COLOSSAL NIGHT* BIG CROWDS— PACKED HOUSES DARDANELLA'S BALINESE DANCERS tKe New World TO-NIGHT AT 9-30 n.m MONDAY 14 DEC. 1936 All Bali Night" The Same Programme That Will Be Presented At The Trocadero Paris In Our World Tour. All New Dances Repertoire. The Programme That Has Created A Craze
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      183 9 TO-NIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY J AT THE I EMPIRE SUN 7 pjn. (TANJONG PAGAR) 9 p m 7 30 (TALKIE, NEW WORLD 9-30) OPENING CHAPTERS I—s of A ARTHUR B REEVE'S GREAT MYSTERY THRILLER V "THE CLUTCHING j HAND" j WITH I JACK MULHALL 1 S as CRAIG KIWI m COME SOLVE
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      62 9 It's Big! The star (Academy Award Winner) is Big! The story ("Big" by Owen Francis m Liberty Magazine) is Big! The picture (played against a mighty, aweinspiring background never before filmed) Is Big! It's Big Entertainment that you'll go for m a Big Way! v* X W \T\ T V^V^^^i
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    OUR LONDON MARKET REVIEW
    619 10 OUR LONDON MARKET REVIEW BY AIR MAIL The Week In The Market: The Constitutional Crisis: Mincing Lane Still Puzzled: Tin Supplies Scanty (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 3 lONDON markets after recovering' Throgmorton street, early this week. These rumours, unfortunately, proved true. SENSITIVE MARKETS It is interesting to notice
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    Afghan Airways
    163 10 One Eight-Y ear-Old Machine Berlin. A GERMAN airman who was a pilot m the Great War has been appointed to take charg? of Afghanistan's Royal Air Service— which at present consist? of one Junkers aeroplane eight years old- ,t The pilot is Herr Willy Hampel. He will shortly
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    32 10 During the first six months of this year, air-liners operating on scheduled services m the United States flew 33,523.075 miles, and carried 483,712 passengers. July's passenger figures, 110,690, established a new record.
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    A Dog's Devotion
    171 10 Swims River With Her Puppies Berlin. A SINGULAR proof of dsvotion to Tier master was given by a ***** belong ing to a German forester near Essen m the Ruhr district. For seven years the dog had accompanied the forester on his rounds, but as she was
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    32 10 The extension of the Imperial Airways Khartoum-Kanaservice to Lagos enables mails to be transported between Lagos and London m six days, as compared with from 15 to 19 days by surface transport.
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    THE OUTLOOK FOR OIL SHARES
    1593 10 THE OUTLOOK FOR OIL SHARES Industry In Strong Position: Better Turnover (By Air Mail). London, Nov. 27. DURING the current year the Oil share market has provided one of the most interesting sections of the Stock Exchange, states the Financial News. Although the London market is restricted to only a
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    97 11 ?nch co-pilot. M. Edouard Corniglion-Molinier, Nov. 29 m Mollison's American trans-Atlan-eir Cape flight record attempt. Our photo lon-Molinier embracing his wife before lea'roydon. Planet News life of Sir Basil Zaharoff, reputed "armaments kin*:" of Europe was surrounded, followed him even m death when h» secrecy at his great estate at
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    AROUND MALAYA
    1142 12 MORNING TRIBUNE, Monday, December 14, 1906. WITH sport playing so large and bene- ficial a part m the daily lives of the people of Kinta and with the various branches of it now m a highly developed state of organisation, the time is opportune for reviving the idea
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, Dec. 14, 1936. LABOUR UNREST
    291 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, Dec. 14, 1936. LABOUR UNREST |T is time Government and employers, as well as the general public, faced the fact that the labour situation m Singapore, m spite of the partial settlement with the Municipal strikers, as the result of praiseworthy efforts by Labour Office officials
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    39 12 Mar&JMl Smigly-Rydz, the Inspector-General of the Polish 55Kl_S3 the guest of M. Moscicki, the Polsh President, at the p slde shoot near Warsaw. Our photo shows him at the shoot m tne snu* covered countryside near Warsaw. Planet News
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    PERSONALITIES
    109 12 A-r. Justice Pedlow has been appointed Judge Negri Sembilan, and he and Mrs Pedlow, who will be greatly missed m local musical circles, will leave for Seremban next week. hr*£' S M c S G un ß L>Est ranse, formerly of Negn Seinbilan and Sumatra are passengers on the
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    GOVERNMENT'S AIR RAID PRECAUTION
    913 13 jLocal Authorities Warned Of Strained Diploma tic Situa tions London. REMINDER of th? grim air-raid A days of 1914-18, and an indication of what Londoners and England m general may expect if those days ever come to pass again was given by Wing Commander A.H.S. Steele-Perkins,
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    Recruits Needed
    145 13 Lord Strathcona On Voluntary System Newcastle "I AM asking you to help us m the 1 Government to pay th e premiums on the insurance policy for the defence of the Empire and to make that policy absolutely valid." With these words Lord Strathcona ana Mount Royal, Under
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    73 13 The mystery with which the life of Sir Basil Zaharoff, reputed "armaments king" of Europe, was surrounded, followed him even m death when he was buried with the greatest secrecy at his great estate at Bahcourt. near Paris. Strict precautions were taken to prevent unauthorised persons from gaining admittance to
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    436 14 Major-Genera. M C Tay.or. the -jor^nera. T^^Z n^^\ K Z^ O ZnT"oZ^ K^ testers TerritoriaU .f Der by .JC net i^itWS/. Faced by rattling biscuit-tins, shouting troops and waving flags, Lairdsburn. the five-year-old Irish black griding which has been chosen as the new drum-horse of the Royal Scots Greys, is
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      35 15 CHRISTMAS GIFTS Rene ULLMANN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE HORS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc. ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES THE BEST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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    ROOM for DINING
    886 16 ROOM for DINING Solving one of the most vital I. problems of small houses a room for meals. ONE of the vital problems m these days of small houses and flats and this very sensible craze for economy of space is ihe dining-room.. Where space is limited, a room set
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      49 16 t^. ,J« FANCY DRESSES will be preater succt when worn with the rl WIGS Get yours frum i >l \ISO\ PKOM Td. 4610 "9. Stamford Road, j f PHOEXIV j FOR on I lirJ^^. S It plfif ri < lii J PHONE 34 6 3 THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS
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      87 17 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING f I im; LUGGAGE CARRIER SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Baggage Contractors Forwarding Agents. Booking, Agents for FM 6 Railways. Baggage Agents for:— Blue Funnel Line East Asiatic Line Nederland Line 8.1.8. N. Co., Ltd., etc., etc. Tel. Addrest:— "LUGGAGE" PHONE 242« or call Union Bldg. Everlasting Gifts
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      141 17 DRY CLEANING Hurtful Quick Cleaners for same day service Goods handed m by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. 278, Orchard Rd. Phone 7776. Nice To Give Lovely To Receive are the delightful Xmas gifts—Party Vanities, Powder Boxes, Beauty Boxes, Bath Coffrets of Bath Foam and
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      185 17 CHEMIST S can quite easily be remedbtd by the use of Innoxa aids to beauty. No matter how active your IMb, or how hot the day, you can preserve that charming matt akin surface which is so admired. S In five simple stages Innoxa < offers you a complete treatment
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    43 18 Mr. W. H. Pratt t^ well known engineer and that name to Seren D^ over Switzerland where he g?V n noWr oW m a year for health W^irJning tG London and totegdj H i> Malaya early m tt« NN health cure is complete.
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      476 18 BY P&Oand BRITISH IMDIA.LINES Outward*. Due j? ue Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 1937. RANPURA 17.000 Dec. 18 CARTHAGE 17,000 Jan. 29 BANGALORE 6,000 Dec. 19 SOUDAN 6,500 Feb. 12 1937. NALDERA 16,000 Feb. 12 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Jan. 1 RANCHI 17 000 Feb. 26 BHUTAN 6,100 Jan. 16 CATHAY 15-.000
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      176 18 JH. M. LINE. (Incorporated m France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles PRES. DOIMER 11,898 T. Dec. 22 D'ARTAGNAN 15,105 T. Jan. 2 CHENONCEAUX 14,825 T. Jan. 19 JEAN LABORDE 11,414 T. Feb. 2 ARAMIS
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      109 18 GENERAL PASSENGER AGBNK CUNARD WHITE STAK, i i' (Incorporated m Japan). To LONDON, via Penang Aden, Port Said, MarseiUcs Gl^*". 4 s.s. SUWA MARU s.s. FUSHIMI MARU s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU l a c Rates to istCfcf* 3 i? 5343 Naples 1497 5540 13" t^, Marseilles 514 557 *J 36S London
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      324 18 1 POSTAL INTELLIGENCE s STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DATE AND TD« Pengerang Aik Soon Dec. 14 9 a m M edan a ao P ten Noort 14 9 am Java, South-West Sumatrtt, S.-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly B° th 14 U a.m. TO-MORROW Fort de Kock,
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      296 19 111 IIXS PH ILP LIVE. (Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MERKUR Dec. 28 Jan. 3 MAHELLA Jan. 28 Feb. 2 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singaoore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting
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      528 19 JK^^J TO FRENCH POUTS V 1 iO^ \_ySt HOMEWARDS. V CAP^harJm^m 1116 Havre Antwerp Dunkirk Jan. 4 ANGO tt AR^? For n Nan^. St. Nazaire Bordeaux Jan 7 CAP VARPT r r^ ***** i lleS avre Dunkirk Feb 4 VARELLA For MarseUies, Nantes, St. Nazaire Si Bordeaux Feb. 4 J
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      513 19 THE IIAKBOUIt i SIIII 1^ IX DOCK Aluminium Hull qhips alongside the wharves F^st Experiment In A SHI or expected to arrive Warship Recalled Godown Gate No. AKT o nn i 0 Sept 29 1894 Me ssrs Yarrow and OP ton Noort 22 V Co.. who were then estabfShed "l?
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    Proclamation Parade On Padang
    66 20 A general view of the troops which took part m the Proclamation Parade on the Padang. This picture was taken from the Municipal MM*. Tribune The troops on the Padang standing-at-ease during the Proclamation Parade. The three Services were sented including the Johore Military Forces. Tribune
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    WHITE RECRUITER MURDERED
    221 20 Spears Flung At His Back Port Moresby, Papua. AN Australianjrader, C.A. Gough, who had penetrated 500 miles up the Sepik River into New Guinea on a Governmental mission to recruit natives, has been murdered by hostile villagers. He had been engaged m trading along the coast of
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    Fines For Bad Grammar And Rude Remarks
    106 20 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. BAD grammar, rude remarks and swear words are m future to be regarded as crimes m Sarajevo. The police have received instructions to levy fin^s summarily on:— All shopkeepers whose signs and advertisements are written m ungrammatical Serbo-Croatian; All men and
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      2072 21 ju^.^-^--^"^"^"'^"^"^"^'^^"^'^ w*-.^-^-.^,A j m German and Call DJQ. V^ 7 llOngMOllg 8.35 pm. Little Evening Entertaini O^ THE RADIO 342 M To D r met) Sis d^ no ie^ c 2 3.30-6.30 p.m. Chinese Programme 935 P m To-day m Germany Sound A^ V 6.30-10.30 p.m. European Pro- Pictures. V
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    LORD HALIFAX ON WAR DANGERS
    210 22 LORD HALIFAX ON WAR DANGERS "No Salvation In Policy Of Isolation Edinburgh "I CAN find no salvation m a policy I of isolation," declared Lord Hali- fax, Lord Privy Seal, speaking at a meeting of the League of Nations Union here. The British Empire had its commitments for flung all
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    CAPTAIN SCOTT'S BIRTHPLACE
    160 22 Memorial Tablet At Plymouth Plymouth A MEMORIAL tablet has been unveiled on the wall of the house at Plymouth where Captain Scott, the famous Antartic explorer, was born The inscription reads: Here was born m 1868 and m his boyhood resided Robert Falcon Scott, Captain, Royal Navy
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    "NOT SO STRICT AS FATHER!"
    121 22 Germany 9 8 Joke About British Army Berlin FE German newspapers continue to make fun of Great Britain's recruiting difficulties. The recent decision that soldiers may be allowed to be absent from barracks until one o'clock m the morning has provoked Kiadderadatsch (weekly humorous paper)
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    New Ballroom Dance?
    82 22 Belgrade ONDON dance floors may soon be brightened by th e appearance of a new dance— "the Croatian Step." This is the name given to a ballroom measure invented by .a professor of dancing m Zagreb. He has adapted and "conventionalized" it from an old Yugoslav folk
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    16 22 Planet News A picture from the air of the burnt -out ruins of the Crystal Palace.
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    Spanish Rebels Sink Soviet Boats
    247 23 CARRYING ARMS French Plane EShot Down Salamanca, Dec. 12. THt insurgent broadcast announces that .1 Government vessel carryjn,r arms and provisions has been rintured by the cruiser Canarias, 1,0 miles from the Balerrics. The v ess e!. which was bound for Barcelona, was ordered to
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    Postal Orders
    120 23 I For Sending Small Sums WITH thi object of providing a cheap •r.venient means of remitting <«f money locally the Post introduced Malayan Postal The denominations of these orthe commission are as fol- a ion._ so cts., $1, $1.50, $2, S2 -00. S3, $4, $5. in —4 cts.,
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    X'mas Greetings
    80 23 Kates For Telegrams During Season rxft. N T Year greetln Vnr m,, 11 Class) for the EnjPlW from the Federated gtatet, Unfederated Malay s^foPCtte, Penang, Malacca. yUsley, etc: will again be flat rate of $1.75 for ten additional word over this mg charged at 20 cents per «n
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    British Film Industry
    587 23 Opinion Of The Trade (By Air Mail) London, Dec. 2, THERE is, naturally, strong and divided f pin 10 m tn e British mm trade on he findings of the Lord Moyne Committee Report, published this week. The twenty-eight clauses of the Report have covered far more
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    CONFUSION IN TIN CIRCLES
    185 23 Position Of Siam Bolivia London, Dec. 12. |N view of the considerable confusion which has arisen from yesterday's announcement by the Tin Committee the following appraisal of the position may prove helpful. The Committee's recommendation of a 100 per cent, quota for the first quarter refers
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    The Capitol
    125 23 Attractive Stars And Story "TO Mary, With Love," the Twentieth 1 Century Fox picture at the Capitol, takes us .through ten years. 1925—1935, and a story of a married couple. The beautiful Myrna Loy is Mary Wallace and Warner Baxter is Joseph Wallace, her husband, and two such
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      79 23 W I IJO\ WEDNESDAY J w £IJ Vil Special Holiday Matinee 3.15 "It was a bright and novel idea of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's to team t these three boys m a drama of this kind which promises to win wide 1 popularity." —NEWS OF THE WORLD. l |P f THEGREATNEWIIiAN DRM
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    CENTURY FOR ALLEN
    189 24 M.C.C. Game With Queensland Ipswich, Dec. 12. IN the match between the M.C.C. and f a Queensland Country Eleven, the latter, batting first, knocked up 300 runs. T. Allen made 118. The M.C.C. had made 31 without loss at the close of play. The weather was hot
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    G. O. Allen's Knee
    46 24 Sydney, Dec. 12. A medical report states that G. O. Allen's knee is "0.k." A rest is necessary, but he will be fit for the second Test which begins on Friday. Reuter. Allen was originally reported to have water on the knee.
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    109 AND "SWEET TO LOOK UPON"
    132 24 Scotland's Oldest Inhabitant Edinburgh. THE oldest inhabitant of Scotland, a woman, has just celebrated her 109 th birthday. This grand old lady, Mr. Rachel Mac Arthur, of Trinity Road. Edinburgh, was described by her callers as "sweet tc look upon and m the best
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    To-day In Singapore
    130 24 To-day In Singapore FOOTBALL: Emden v. H M.S. Trror Seletar. 5.30 p.m HOCKEY: SC.C. I v. Combined Ser I vices, Tanglin; s.c.c. "A" v g.h. R.C., S.C.C: V.M.C.A. v Polic? Anson Road Ruffles College match "Colony" v. "F.M.5.." R.C: M.C.U YM.CA. Juniors, M.C.U. SRC "B 1 v. R.A. 11th A
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    SELANGOR LOSE 2-0 LEAD
    220 24 Poor\Conditions In Penang Game (From Our Oxen Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. IT is doubtful if worse conditions could I have prevailed than those existing when Selangor and Penang took the field at the Hutchings School ground to-day for their inter-State hockey encounter. Great things were expected of
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    Returned From The
    158 24 "Dead"— But Went Back Again R__ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. LTURNING to life 1 has involved 10 many legal t chnicalitics here for j man believed to have been murdered sov.n years ago, that he has decided, to remain "dead." Mr. John Kaehnycz, a farm hand Iff i his
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    CHARHAR TO BE RETAKEN
    190 24 Independent Regime Doomed? Shanghai, Dec. 12. DEFECTION is reported to be spreading among the ranks of the bandit forces under Li Shiu Hsin, some of whom are sending I delegates to Suiyuan to negotiate terms of surrender. The national forces are continuing to chase the bandit
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    RECEPTION AT THE DUTCH CLUB
    66 24 German Naval Visitors Entertained THE Dutch Club was a gay scene last night when the German community entertained the officers, cadets and. n:en of the cruhtr Emden and many Singapore friends. The officers and crew were entertained to a dinner, and then followed a dance,
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    German Demand for Colonies
    90 24 Berlin, Dec. 12. ANOTHER official demand for the return of Germany's colonies was made by Dr. Schacht, chief of the Keichsbank, m a speech to the Geographical and Statistical Society at Frankfurt to-night. He described Germany's lack of space as a nightmare an I declared that
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    206 24 Civilians had to take a back seat, because those m charge saw to it that any civilian dancing was promptly replaced by a man from the Navy. Songs by the ship's concert party were a popular part of the proceedings. After 12 o'clock the Reller band also joined m, and
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    THE NEW "NEW DEAL"
    125 24 More Money Circulatbw In United States New York, Dec. 12. Money m circulation m America Nov. 30 showed an increase of $115,000 000 compared with October and $620,000,000 over November 1935 Th' total on Nov. 30 wu 5G.46G.000 000 Reuter Wireless. I Washington, Deo 1 >
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    MURDERED DETECTIVE
    64 24 Twenty-Three Detained Men Released Singapore. Saturday. Twenty-three of the 24 Hainanese and Hokiens who were detained when thi police conducted a series of raids In Kandang Kerbau and Jalan Beat! districts on Wednesday night have been released. The only man who was detained, a Hokien. was charged m
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    29 24 Sir Frederick Leith-Ross. Chief Economic Adviser to the Governmen an address on his recent mission to the Far East at the Empire trade lunched of the Royal Empire Society.
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      158 24 Police Band Engagements For The Week rpHE Straits Settlements Police Band will perform m public during the week as follows, under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch, L.R.A.M.. A.C.R.M R.M.S.M. Tuesday, Dec. 15 at Katong Park at 6 p.m.— 1. March Pot-Pourri: "Steps of Glory"— (Aubrey Winter). 2. Overture:
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    SNOW INTERFERES WITH HOME FOOTBALL
    1493 25 Interesting Results In The Cup TOG and snow interfered with the T homd football programme, and besides one match m the second round of the F.A. Cup competition, ere were many League encounters which had to be abandoned towards the end. There were several interesting
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    FINAL DAY OF THE PERAK RACES
    1167 25 FINAL DAY OF THE PERAK RACES Surprising Failure Of Most Of The Favourites (From Our Own Reporter) i I poh, Saturday. IN spite of the. threatening attitude I of the weather there was a large crowd present at the Ipoh race course this afternoon for the final day of the
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    TURF TOPICS
    797 26  - TURF TOPICS Captain Hawk Reflections On Racing Matters by THE 1936 "racing year" dies hard. Even after the Ipoh and Taiping Skye meetings there will be plenty to interest at Penans where the Gold Cup meeting will be run during the Christmas and New Year season, providing a final chance
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    King's Birthday
    66 26 No Celebration In Bangkok (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Dec. 12. The British Legation announced this afternoon that on the occasion of King George's birthday on Monday, there will be no celebration on the part of the British Colony, cards and callers at the Legation even being uninvited.
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    Astor A. C. Win
    123 26 Fast Game At Jalan Besar Singapore, Sunday. >THE Astor Athletic Club beat the Social Athletic Party by five goals to thrse m a fast soccer match played on the Jalan Besar ground to-day. In the first half Kee Siang scored two goals for the A AC.,
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    26 26 An incident m the rujfby match on Saturday at the An son Road Stadium between the Army and a team representing the R.A. and R.A.F. Tribune
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    Victory For Siong Boo
    134 26 Singapore, Sunday. Th: Siong 800 Athletic Association met and defeated the Chinese Companions Athletic Association by five goals to three m a soccer match played on the Jalan Besar ground this evening. The half time score was even, both teams having scored onceu At the opening
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    HOME RUGBY
    96 26 London, Dec. 12. HOME rugger results to-day:— Cheshire 19 Northumberland 13 Cornwall 0 Gloucestershire 11 Devon 6 Somerset 6 Durham 26 Cumberland 0 Blackheath 13 Leicester 12 Guy's Hospital 8 The Army 4 London Welsh 38 Aberavon 3 Old Merchant T. 11 Harlequins 10 Plymouth Albion 14 London
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    CHRISTMAS BOXING
    159 26 Good Card At The New World DOON MAH, the Siamese boxer wh l P been winning all his fights nn has try during the past 18 mon Mffl' his first appearance m SiiW make Boxing Day, under the S n °n Mr. Bertie Bell, at the New^ ft
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    204 26 Results Of Yesterday's Games Singapore. Sunday. THE following are the results of to 1 day's ties m ths S.C.R.C Open Tennis Tournament. Singles Handicap K. I Tan. -3 beat I Abed— l 2, 6—4, 4—6. 6—2; Dr P T Liem— l2 beat K. I. Tan. 6-1. 6— 4;
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    Singapore Win
    137 26 Thrilling Rugger At Seremban (From Our Own Report Sercmban. Saturday. CINGAPORE just beat Negri-1 S at rugger to-day by six points tries) to five (a goal", w-mono Heavy rain early to the afternoon made pood handling difflcu I Jut ne Combined States held their own m tW first
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    29 26 Mr. Wong Kirn Hone. *h° rf partner m Messrs. Barnabas an^ architects, engineers ana n has now started to prac tise o n" at 73, Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpu-
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    RUBBER AT SHILLING A POUND?
    1493 27 RUBBER AT SHILLING A POUND? Weekly Report Of Hecht, Levis And Kahn London, Nov. 30. I i fnll< vi*Q report from Messrs. W C v*"»«i through the courtesy of m^; p, v and Bendixsens, Ltd., Le hope thai the heading of this letter i E Tnot be too great a
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    CHINA AND JAPAN
    189 27 Why Negotia tions Broke Down Shanghai Dec. 12. REPLYING to pressmen, who pointed out a statement made by a Japanese Foreign Office spokesman the other day. a spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office said that the Chinese attitude was clearly outlined m his (the Chinese spokesman's statement
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    Peace In America
    42 27 Pact To Be Submitted For Ratification I Buenos Aires, Dec. 13. The Fan American Peace Pact was signed by the nations represented at the conference and will be submitted to the Parliaments of the signatories for rati fication. Reuter
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    107 28 London, Dec. 12. An eyewitness of the crash of a Royal Dutch air liner within a few minutes of taking off from Croydon, states that tfce machine crashed into 'the roof of an empty house and immediately burst mto flames, setting the house alight Several fire enginea
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