Morning Tribune, 11 February 1937

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  • 13 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE voS No 10 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, February 11, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 75 1 ||\K TO MAIN KOI li: VIA MADRAS LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRE SERVICES Colombo, Feb. 10. pHE Ceylon State Council have decided to participate in the new Empire Air Mail service. The link will be effected by the extension of the KarachiMadras "feeder service to Colombo, giving
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  • 164 1 London, Feb. 9. QUESTIONED In the House of Commons concerning the prospect of an rtsit tn iv^ifit an 5 a< *c agreement, Mr. Walter Runciman said during his S, it^ g i° n he had man y opportunities for informal
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  • 150 1 Industrialist Is Blamed London. Feb 10 FE persistent inability of London silver to rise above the twenty pence level, despite the now generally improved sentiment regarding the forthcoming Indian Budget, is causing some speculation m the City regarding the reason why. Brokers are very reluctant to express
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  • 38 1 J^TO* d:iVS >jf anxi0Us awaitln nessl. zens of Memphis, Ten«f the Miss, s? ppi raI1 harmlessly Ohi, i UnnR lhe ni^ ht At ai ro, the aan ser is over.- Reuter Wireless
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  • 47 1 London. Feb. 9. GtorRe National Memorial also <l £533 .<X>0> and there are 100.ooo nd valued at over «ent novel proposal that bank -ct the bank to devote the >nd pence of their balances on a specified date alroartv flOU to £196.000- Reuter Wireles
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  • 52 1 London. Feb. 6. The death is announced of Canon Waddy, head of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel who went to hospital over the week-end on his return from Accra suffering from an obscure form of malaria. He recently returned from one of his many Empire tours.--
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  • 362 1 Government Chiefs 9 Decision Valencia. Feb 10 A MEETING of the Spanish Cabinet, it Ls believed, has decided to reinstitute compulsory military service, which has not been enforced since the start of the civil war. Manpower for the Government has been obtained by militarising members of the
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  • 15 1 Baron Henry Roland d'Erlanger was billed when hLs aeroplane made a forced landing and crs-shed.
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  • 125 1 Market Stalls Destroyed iF'-om Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. NEARLY $5,000 worth of damage wai> done when fire broke out m Foch Avenue m the early hours of this morning and completely destroyed thirteen stalls forming a piecegoods market m this locality. The fire
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  • 36 1 San Francisco, Feb. 11. AN air liner has fallen m San Fran cisco Bay and the fate of the occupants eight passengers and three crew, is not yet known. Reuter
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  • 73 1 Fine Sight In The Harbour A UNIQUE sight was provided at the harbour last night when the warships of His Majesty's Navy displayed their search lights. Rays of light were flashed into the sky as the powerful lamps were shifted here and there m the darkness The large
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  • 25 1 Tokyo. Feb. 9. The War Minister, general Nakamura. has resigned owing to illness. General Sugiyama has been appointed in his place.— Reuter
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  • 1175 2 MENACE OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER MR. BAT AS WARNING ItOIMItY I'l I 1011 I"I I IMMi or iii.i in-: Singapore. Wednesday A WARNING to Malaya to beware of the menace to her rubber plantation industry m the manufacture of synthetic rubber m Russia. Germany and other European countries was given by
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  • 417 2 Music Treat For Singapore Singapore. Wednesday. |T is very rarely that one has the chance of hearing a really talented harpist, but one of these rare opportunities is offered to the Singapore public. From reports of previous performances on Europe and m the Colonies. Singapore music-lovers have a
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  • 261 2 Alleged Estate Cheating Singapore. Wedne I UOLDING that the property °f, was part of the estate of i£3 beth Surin, the Third Ma-' rtrateffl W. G. Reeve., m deliver^. nH^ I'this morning, committee! Arozoo ana H. A R. Paulus- S lawyer > to stand their trial
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  • 133 2 "Mim Siam' Meets Tragic End From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Wedne day. MISS SIAM.- the 20-year-old beauty from the town of Nakonsri Tarnrat who was elected m a competition for Southern Provinces last December, has died under very tragic circumstances and the man whom she was to
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  • 196 2 S cared To Heath Saw Men In Church Yard Belgrade. rdie at midnight m a cemetery— after being wounded by a skull— has been the fate of Ivan of Zvanitch. ag?d 22. at a village near Sushak. Yugoslavia. H e and a number of other young men also named Ivan
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  • 48 2 Government Raising Loan In New York Buenos Aires. Feb 10 THE Argentine Government ha s arranged a loan mi n New York, the nominal total of which is seventy million nollars. at four per cent interest, issued at 91. to be devoted to the conversion of Rruter
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  • 103 2 Wears Queen Victorias Christening Robe London. Feb. I j THE infant daugnter of the I Duchess of Kent watf christen:dBl Buckingham Palace Chapel by the Ait» bishop of Canterbury. In the Of the parerits, their Majest: Queen Mother, the Princesses EliaW rnd Margaret Rose, the Dut Gloucester, th
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  • 106 2 Increased Liability 0 Reservists London. Kj-D nECRUTTING for the Territorial A IV during January showed a of 150 per cent. compared wWh JW lon| 1936. the largest increase r time Recruiting for the **U» increased by 13 per cent In PG ?nte figures were Victor Warrender. Financial fl
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  • 27 2 A Chinese benefit U*& s] Hor Sar. is to be formed n J future m MW*"^ %°d 1 moting goodwill an" the people of that little ham.
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  • 376 3 Officer Fined For Negligent Singapore, Wednesday. n r H.vlev-Bell was fined $35 be|T .COL HJM Cromwclli the fourth I f° re Mr yLni convicted of negliaSL^SM m on Nov 21 gent •*J5 I R SL L Mr. I Lewis, counSOTSSfi* claimed trial on SS&rfSf- to,
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  • 196 3 Mexico City, Feb. 10. rOTSKY. m a telephonic speech to a mass meeting of Communists m New York, declared that if Stalin'" ase against him was submitted to an nternational tribunal and he was ound m the .slightest degree guilty of he
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  • 240 3 i Interesting YM.C.A. Lecture ttTrrp Singapore, Wednesday. I""*- a large gathering was present Vnr YMCA ha U to-night Mr. D Crackel. O f the staff of the Y M 'n D J f. rusalem delivered a lecture n PaUstine To-day." ±JL t yn v" ta introducing the speanhS had
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  • 48 3 Singapore. Wednesday A little two-year old Chinese boy was severely scalded last night at a house m High Street, while playing with boiling water. His legs and chest were badly scalded and h? had symptoms of shock He was removed at once to the General Hospital
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  • 305 3 Well-Known Public Worker Singapore. Wednesday. IT is revealed m the orders of the day 1 for the meeting of the Legislative Council to be held next Monday that Mr. H. W. Raper, J.P.. 0.8. E., has been appointed a member of the Council. We understand that
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  • 36 3 London, Feb. 9. Oxford University has already received over £250,000 towards the appeal for £1.000,000. The Rhodes Trustees aave promised £100,000 to increase facilities for research m Oxford available for Rhodes scholars.— Reuter Wireless.
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  • 443 3 Son Of Pres. Roosevelt Washington AMERICANS who lightly refer to the A Roosevclts as "the Royal Family" of the United States are now able to recognise a "Crown Prince" m line of succession to the "throne" m Washington. lie is Mr. James Roosevelt, the 29--year-old son
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    • 17 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 81 3 Silvikrinj The Concentrated Natural Hair Food. Prevents and restores falling hair. Promotes hair growth, keeps the scalp healthy, removes dandruff almost overnight. Place a bottle on your dressing table. Of all Chemists, High-class stores and Hair-dressers. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS 86, Robinson Road. /s^& "MAN LION" y^^>7 RAPID HARDENING CEMENT
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 864 4 DISCREET BARGAIN HUNTING IN RUBBER i Messrs Fraser Co's Report On I Local Share Market I ERASER and Cos weekly report on the 1 share marked dated Feb. 9, states: All is grist that comes to the chronicler's mill, but m a week devoid of special features there has been
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    • 48 4 RUBBER New York Feb 9 Previous To-Day Chan? Tone Quiet Duil Spot Buyers. 217 16 21 U Sellers. 219 16 21 > 4 April June Buyers. 217 16 21H -516 Seiltrs. 219 16 21 Vi -511 TIN Standard. Tone Quiet Quiet Spot 50 3 a 5U'4
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    • 73 4 London, Feb. 10. Previous To-Day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 105.12 105.10 —.02 TT. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.94 3 4 8.95 3 4 —.01 TT. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2% Is. 2% T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 2 2132 Is.
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    • 21 4 London, Feb. 10. Previous To-Day ChangRn^Bar per *™-l H-M* 2 SILVER BpOt 20 on 2 months iorwara w <^w
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    • 124 4 For Wife Who Blamed Offence On Him ,'o have been accused by his wife of forging cheques which she herself had handled, a husband pleaded m vain for the woman at the Old Bailey. She was Margery Robinson, 36. and she admitted that while employed as a maid
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    • 29 4 The marriage of Mr. K. Tambydorai. Clerk. Police Officer. Taiping. to Miss Maheswari Tambvdorai, daughter of Mr. J. T. Tambydorai of Kuala Lumpur, took place at the bride's residence.
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    • 86 4 March. Buyers. 10 7|16 +116 m linn i im.. 10 916 r^ 1" Apr.|June Buyers. iuy2 auj7,xu London, Feb. 10. PALM OIL (Malay) Last Price To-day In bulk Feb.JMar.J £28-15-0 Value £28-10-0 Value COi'KA (Straits, F.M.S.). February shipment. £20-12-6 Value £21 Value SAGO tLOVH (Sarawak) Feb. Shipment. Hi4
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    • 136 4 London. Feb i 0 Previous To-d*y r* Distillers 1173 116 3 h f ?e DiS'iiieiN 0471/ Q —1Dunlop Rubber 34 7 /2 343 General El''C'ric y «> 94 3 < Imperial Chemical Industries 40 7V 2 40 6 Imperial Tobacco 2 1626 An&o-Dutcr. 4371/2 42 10' Canadian
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    • 20 4 London, Feb 10 lIS Standard. Previous To-day Ch&si Spot (afternoon closing price) £227* 8 £227 Forward £228 £228
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    • 25 4 !f 1 fcZffclT'Tlli iTIPI II 1 lIIUTISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, MOTOR CAR INSURANCE VT REASONABLE RATES. Tel. 5926. 2. Finlayson Green.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 666 5 H Frasei- Co. Lyal] Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers H T n 49 53 49 53 I' A:;;pai K'nmbanK" 33 6 34 6 33- 34 6 X i Asam Kumbwi g M 56 55 5? I A:>> tral M y 91 22- 22 9 2T Q Wpnt 170 1
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    • 400 5 i Alex Brick Old 1.45 1.55 1.40 1.50 I doT' 1 Prefl. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 Ski Afislce 8.00 lO.OOnom 8.00 10.00 VI W Broadcast!!* 089 095 090 0.95 I;b \I Trustee. 6.25 7.00 6.25 7.15 I cnTSTSPre. 28 3 29 3 28- 29- (onTS Ord 31.6 32 3
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    • 191 5 ISINGAPOU MUNICIPALITY 1940 $400,000 Int Pt 30 108 110 Dom 1947 51. 600.000 31 Sept. 30 H2 115 noa red. 1955 $1,000,000 31 Sept. 30 .120 112 norn red. 1063 $2,000 000 Bepl 30 m 116 norn 1926 red. 1956-06 $22,000,000 Mu -V Nov i mvi 127'
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    • 301 5 •Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated). XL 2.00 2.10 2.00 2.10 >,i HJS 155 1.65 1.50 1.60 Aver mSi y 215 2 25 210 22 5 Aye ffi? !70 5 1-70 190 135 1.45 1.40 1.50 2.00 2.10 2.00 2.10 088 0.91 0.88 0.91 n!an l-52> 2 LW%
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 170 5 Singapore. Wednesday evening. With the home markets quoted .slightly lower the local market opened about half a cent below yesterday's closing at which a little business was done. At auction to-day the bidding was poor most lots of sheet only fetching 35 3 4 fine pale and slightly inferior
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    • 24 5 Singapore, Wednesday noon. London: Spot £227 2s. 6d.. down 7s. 6d.: three months £228. down 10s. New York: 50»4 cts., down 8 ct.
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    • 12 5 London-New Y(<rk 4.89 9 16 New York-London 4.89 17 3? I
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    • 200 5 Messrs. Frastr& Co.'s Report IN their daily comments ou the closing trend of the market, Messrs Frase r and Co. state: MINING. Tin $113 at midday down U- Tin shares became a rather quieter market during the course of the day Amongst Sterlings therj are buyers of Southern
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    • 75 5 Mr. Julian Israel's Report Tin locally is down 4- and rubber locally clos s a little rimer -about The atmosphere of Chinese New Year has enveloped ths market and business m both tin and rubber shares is almost suspended, but prices remain quite .steady. I The rubber markets of London
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  • 178 6 SELLING Singapore. Feb. 10 London T.T. 2|4 116 L-ondon demand 2 4 1 16 London 4 months' sight 2<Ma Lyons demand 1230 Hamburg demand W* New York demand 57 Va Montreal demand 57 Batavia demand ***** Samarang demand 103^2 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demands 154% Madras and Colombo demand
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  • 202 6 Singapore, Feb. 10. R. fSiami W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $158 R. (Siami W. Coast No. 2 pp r Koyan $147 R iSiam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $149 E. (Siarrn "White" No. Al $242 R (Siamt "White Rice" No. 1 $220 R. iSiam) "White Rice" No.
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  • 94 6 Singapore, Wednesday noon. Buyers. Sellers. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 10 7 16d. per lb. New York Spdt Sheet U.S. cts. 214 per lb. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. February) 36!' 8 36 Good FA.Q. m cases (FOB. February) 36 15 36»4
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  • 27 6 An inter- Y. W.C. A. hockey tournament among the Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Ipoh associations has been arranged for the Chinese New Year holidays m Kuala Lumpur
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    • 124 6 Xederlandsche HandelMaatschappij, \.V. (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 lONQH President. M. TAUDIN CHABOT Director. A. A. PAUW C.
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    • 59 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 hav c access to these safe boxes, so that
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    • 236 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880. Capital Subscribed (Fully Paid up> Y.lOOOOO Reserve Fund Yn() nns Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS PLACF Manager T. Yamamotg Tel: No 6049 Manager, Room m 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Disk BAiXK OF CHLY\ (Incorporated m China by
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  • 92 7 The Thames is still m flood m the Staines and Windsor district, and roads are still impassable. Bungalow dwellers are still using boats to connect them with the mainland. Our photo shows an A.A. patrol as he conies to the aid of a motorist marooned
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    • 251 8 Greatest of all M-G-Ms "TARZAN I" Jungle ep.es g by RECORD CROWDS at every Performance SHOWS TO-DAY g flPlTftl „_6 1 5_ 0., S I m,- > S\vi:iss.Miu.i:« 1 ■•■•SS6 *<--\^ r. QrlA P F Q SEE SEE MmA OV/\ 1 LJ Tarzan's miraculous escape from hi> t enemies and
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    • 235 8 S We WUI All Our Chinese Patrons A Happy t i Year. I SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE :M5 i rpAVILION-TO-\K;iIT g^ij"' S A GRAND HOLIDAY COMEDY 4 sHOW: J 1 A j| j RALPH LYNN Jf 11 with CLAUDE DAMPIER and GINA MALO j Extra:— GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS i Special CHINESE
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  • 455 9 Clerk's Alleged "Robbery „nrk he had to do was R^;;;::f k hfs e capabilities,nnd far L and insurance cards were not his W>^ clerk staged a bogus to^f aI V a uack m bil employer's u-is the confession alleged to Thls midp to a detective by the
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  • 212 9 Britain* Birth And Death Rates By Air Mail) London, Jan. 23. Umua] birth and death remainJnf almost station"j^KtLlfftJ rromi v n issued here b H'neral. the birth-rate m :7-> sin 1936 is provisionlt* at 14.8 live births per he Population, and the deaths per thousand. h /:i cis
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  • 56 9 Not Arriving Until Sunday THE s.s. Naldera has been delayed and it is now expscted to arrive m Singapore on Sunday morning the 14th instant about dawn. Accordingly it will not be possible for Mr. Cms? Peng Hock to hold a reception to Mr. Ong Boon
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  • 121 9 Death has struck five blows In four weeks at the family of Thomas Hall, miner, of Longhurst-terrace, Pegswood. a small colliery village near Morpeth. Since Dec. 5, his wife, his father, two of his children, and his nephew have died. Three others
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  • 126 9 Farewell Party To Miss Kilgour MISS Kilgour, District Commissioner for Malay Guides In Singapore, who has taken an active part m the work since 1928. will sail for Home on leave this month. Mrs. R. Bird, until recently District Commissioner for Singapore, gave an enjoyable "cabin party" on
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    • 187 9 Combines the Spectacle of BENGAL LANCER n with the Emotion of BEAU GESTE. -DAILY MAIL. W- EL He; *^S^^m a* -^BP^BBBP^MBMHMHBBBPBBBP^^3^HWBBPBBIBB| V^: SHnto. Hmor^ s Mom Hlroic Deed IMMORiALt/m BvThi Gallant Lovfßs Of "Captain Blood" 1 ERROL FLYNN OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND TheCHAßGEoftne LIGHT BRIGADE Filmed l>) Wmvmet Br«i. from T*9»Jt**'i Dtittl>lci\
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  • 1348 10 TREND OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY (By Air Mail) London, Jan. 25. AN the whole, the New Year nas start"cd well. There was the usual seasonal decline m employment this month m certain branches oi activity, but as far as it is possible to judge, the seasonal setback was less maiKed tnan
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  • 35 10 The United States Secretary of Commerce has ordered an inquiry into a charge made by striking seamen m Boston that ships are leaving that port undermanned. A similar charge is being made at New York.
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  • 346 10 P.C. Leaves Bed f Dive Into Water •T OLD-BLOODED bravery m t h P y est degree/ was the aecrir f hlghi plied to trie gallant conauct^a civilians and a police officer t H quest at Worsiey, Lanes, tne Sth? on two men who lost their 'jive's
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  • 97 11 Spring xtms io have arrived early in Hollywood judging from this picture of light-footed 275-pound Jack Smart, the comedian, and Peggy Ryan leaping with gay abandon on the roof of one of the film city's sound stages. But the comedian and
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE
    • 316 12 WfOll many years Malaya has been wmrned that synthetic rubber will oiie day be a serious rival to the plantation product. According te Mr. Jan Bata, who gave a particularly interesting address to the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday, that time has arrived, for this leading industrialist gave details
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  • 685 12 CONTROVERSY, it ll well known, is a w fine stimulant. The truth of that Mas been amply proved fad the past few months here m Singapore, where fever'gfa controversy has been aroused over municipal affairs True, it is aroused by the old expedient of the "red herr!ng" issue
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  • 266 12 Mr R P. Hunter, of Bru-sh Estate, f Bidor, Perak, will be retiring at the c beginning of March. t Mr. D. H. Grist of the F.M.S. Agricultural Department is due back m Malaya some time this month. Mr A Coibet, managing director of Borneo Motors, Ltd.. has returned
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 12 The wedding took place on Jan. 27 at Brompton Or or> Imi j mim the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, and the n «i La(Iy Strutt, daughter of Lord Belper. Our photo shows Lord Willinedon leaving: Brompton Oratory after the ceremonv Topical News
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  • 348 13 jjegro Charged With Murder New York. rtvivr, no reply to a telejEChhlM no n the r R P f k apartment. Mr, Frank SeH I, Year-old hotel official, who 2^; c ;r n ,,r d ned just a year. r'i'htterhis eyes. The 1
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  • 164 13 Three Lives Lost In Two Crashes pO RAF. plane crashes have resulted Piimn^ IOSSOt three lives Wi Robert Arthur McLister wer 150l 5o n in a d Aircraftman Lawrence Rice flvin, u whcn the bomber they were X C TK hed ln lhick f °R at Winslow. Biceir
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  • 18 13 ■JSpJ?* Knal Ee. the planter. tor Chtoo f' mdin gs will be leaving Uid m the near future.
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  • 279 13 Proposing To Acquire !1£52 Acre* More THE capital oi Bekoh Consolidated' Rubber Estates was recently written down by one-half m order to regularise the status of the company's shares and thus facilitate the issue of new capital to acquire additional properties, should the opportunity to do so arise.
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    68 13 Enormous crowds, controlled by mo anted and foot police, gathered outside the Brompton Oratory, London, for the wedding of the Duke of Norfolk. 28-year-old Earl Marshal and Premier Earl of England, wh# has charge of all Coronation arrangements, and the Hon. Lavinia Strutt. The Hon. Lavinia Strutt is the 20-year-old
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  • 286 13 Ex-Mayor's Last Note Read At Inquest ON Sunday I sat with poison m my hand from 6.30 to 1130. but dared not take it." This remarkable passage was read at the Accrington inquest on a former mayor of the borough. James Stanley Snell. J.P.. 54, of Fernroyd. Hollins-lane.
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  • 252 13 About To Embark On Extensive Programme SIR Herbert Wright, at the meeting ol Tamiang Rubber Estates, gave shareholders plenty of information on which to base an estimate of profits during the year to the end of next September. He indicated that the exportable crop would be about 3,600,000
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  • 272 14 Preparations For Floods In The Coronation: Britain The Thames is still in flo crt in the Staines- Windsor district, and roads are still impassable. Bungalow dwellers are ex periencing difficulting in obtaining fresh food supplies and are relying on canned foods w 1 ile the floods last. Our photo shows
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  • 2550 16 a i lia mi i iio book on pyfjmi^* f°r liolli ihr anllii opolouisl amd the «irii€ krail rtMider a simple lovt fc llirinr m |h<> s4 Ilini: of a slorni ridden a m| ha/arilons iv%i«lenfe of an inland roiiimmiiiT —pen ereaiitm of a very hnman
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    • 55 17 a Toiini^s^iu^ I GUIDE m i FURNITURE ARTISTIC LAMP SHADES IMSKOE'S LTD. 54. ORCHARD ROAD. I J hj IES Specializinr: Eyesight, Nervous, subnormal l[ rlaion, problem II Glasses If <Hr^ needed. R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.Sc, (Doctor of Ocular Science) 4, Arcade, Ground Floor. Phone 3002. 35 Tears European Clinical Experience
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    • 170 17 CHEMIST INVISIBLE T A JM I» A X THE MODERN SANITARY NAPKIN FOR THE MODERN NO PINS NO PADS NO BELT FROM THE AGENTS FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. RAFFLES PLACE. STATIONER NOW OPEN GLOVER'S Detective Fiction LIBRARY Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor)
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    • 468 18 BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Tonuace Spore. Tonnage s 'P" re SOUDAN 6,500 Feb. 14 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 NALDERA 16,500 Feb. 14 SOMALI 6,800 Apr. 9 RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 26 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Apr. 23 CATHAY 15,000 Mar. 12 BANGLORE 6.000 May 3 BURDAWAN 6.070 Mar. 13 CORFU 15.000
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    • 666 18 I POSTAL INT I LIJI. I \M I v STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES Ftomangkat, Samhai and Singkawang Tomohon }5 !"J randjong Pandan Mijer H Aden (Letter Mail) -Rawalpindi Feb 11 Aden 'Parcel Mail) Rajula n America (North) Except Western Canada and Western States of Amedca (South) Rawalpindi JJ j JJ Southern
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    • 628 19 v rilK HAltllOllt B i illll^ ■> IMM'K ROCKET APPARATUS SAVES CREW u ,rs ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES IVfi w jXPECTED TO ARRIVE (Continued from page 181 oodown Gate No. v^as debate. an d wi,l, th ei, .a line to windward and the <W(. th S L r V? lh °<
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    • 464 19 ~-+i DALNY iKr'telSa H i Vre An'^P D~Urt Feb 22 j j c A p ST JACQUES aasLßfeS: 5-ssu rr^r- 4 f j OUTWAKUS A^- 2 ;T J j Ec s x fe'sss--*^ iv y I FARES FROM ANY PLACE. MALAGA TO MAKSWLLIS ft, j I S.S: X^ X ~^T~
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  • 601 20 Broke Into Shop While On Duty WITH 25 2 fean' service m the Durham Police Force. 12 years of which he served as a sergeant, and with only two more years to «o before he was due to retire on a pension. John Brunskill, 45, of William-street. Houghton-le-Spring.
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  • 35 20 As the outcome of a meeting of Liberal Government supporters an invitation has been sent to Mr. Leonard Stein, barrister-at-law, of Chelsea, to become the prospective Liberal National candidate lor Whitechape] and St George's Division
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  • 184 20 Acquisition Of New Property SHAREHOLDERS m Gordon < Malaya) 5 Rubber Estates will welcome th< announcement that iheir company has *£*<££ into i contract for thi acauisinoi a nc* proper* consisting of i early 500 acres of rubber At the mod?r•ii<- rost of RDoroximateri i'3o an acre. None
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  • 20 20 Dato Muda Mohd. Razalli. M.C.S.. ADO.. Sitiawan, was m Ipoh on Thursday on duty m connection with a Bruas case.
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  • 136 20 Steady Development In Moscow. ALMOST 40 times as much money was allotted for the protection of public health during 1935 m the U.S.S.R. M was spent for this purpose m 1913. Throughout the Soviet Union, accordi to figures just published, the development of public health services is continuing
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  • 21 20 Mr Vincent Aloysius. son of Dr. and Mrs Gabriel, of Klang. by his mother and sister, left for Ceylon last week^
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  • 25 20 The annual Malayan Colts meet will be held during the Chinese New Year holidays m Kuala Lumpur. The Perak Colts will be attending the meet.
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  • 180 20 Owing To Spanish Trouble London ENGLISH housewiv: s have benefited un l cxpectedly as a result of the rivi war In Spain. uu Millions of eggs from the A^entin* Uruguay which would m norrrril X cumstances be sent to Spain have be/r c'ivrted to English markets
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    • 1155 21 ,00 r- m «5» .9 20 p.m.— News and Economic Re- > 111 English on DJE, DJN. DJQ. T r|^ |7 |2 m 111 II I J^T^aTln^rm^. Sound Ji J ilimiJi^F 950 p.m.-"Fahnrich Seydif <En\W k Se yditz» by Brich Edwin Dwingei t l +mt*»*+»no'n*—^'^'w*'i^^>^^^^. »J« 10.50 p.m —Hilter Youth
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    • 417 21 News m English. Variety. "Of interest to-day." i tali. wewi In Italian. Hli<»-< Oloilijll. El w jvdength: 23J4 metres (liJtS Kcs 4.35 p.m. News In French. I 5.00 p.m. News m Engll 520 p.m Close Down wavelength: 19.63 metres (15.243 Kcs.) 6.20 p.m. Concert. 7.05 p.m. Talk on Current French
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  • 382 22 Baron Killed On Lone Flight TWO peasants were the sole witnesses of an air crash at Lomaso, near Trento, Italy, m which Baron Henry i;Erlang:r, nephew of Baron Emile d'Erlanger. the well-knojvii Brlti.sh banker, flying a four-seater 'plane alone, was killed. Baron Henry d'Erlanger. who was 41
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  • 206 22 Spectacular Increase In Profits DETALING TXN is one of the lowest: cost tin producers In the world The cabled summary of the report for the year ended Oct. 31 last shows quite a* spectacular increase m profits, from £111,592 to £210,574. The dividend is raised from 45 to
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    89 22 The Mayors of Luton, Monmouth and Abergavenny attended the ceremony when the Mayor of Newport (Major J. Cameron Vincent) christened the new plane in which Flying Officer David Llewellyn was to attempt a 50-hour London-Cape record flight this month, at the Percival aeroplane works, Luton. Bedfordshire The plane was named
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  • 208 22 Substantial Advance In Profits A STRIKING example of the problems 1 created by rapidly moving markets is afforded by the experiences of London Nigerian Tin Mines last year. Judging by the address of Mr. J. Ivan Spens, the chairman, the management is to be complimented m having met
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  • 280 22 Six Months Sentence For Traveller DESCRIBED by the police as a plausible v scoundM "who would stop at nothing to attain his ends." Alexander Pobertson. 42. commerial traveller, of no fixed address, waa at York Quarter Sessions sentenced to six months 1 imprisonment on each of two
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  • 83 22 7 1 -> Millions Of Europe** Rest Soldiers Belgrade, Feb I YUGOSLAVIA to-morrow will million and a half of the best In Europe, declared M. Stoyadinovttt Premier and Foreign Minister) an examination of the Budget by tr.( Finance Commission of the Ch He emphasised that the commissta had unanimously
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  • 23 22 Major F. J. Roberts, who WU I J ber for Vrededorp. Transvaal. 1 i Union Parliament, has died at -m of 46. I
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  • 676 23 DEATH SENTENCE AT JOHORE ASSIZES Watchman Who Committed Murder When Drunk From Our Own Correspondent > Jv'hore. Tuesday. CENTENCE of death was passed on a Malabarj watchman. Mathavan Nair v w° S r t 3m^°y e^ as a hunter for tiger on Bungei Tempayan Estate, Kukup, by Mr. Justice L.
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  • 97 23  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Nanking Troops To Fttjht Reds Shanghai. Feb. 10 NORMAL life htt been resumed in Sian. The shops have re-oPJ^j The people are welcoming the ai rival oTthT Nanking troop,. General Koo Chuk Tung will soon be m the c it> He has ordered
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  • 55 23 Washington. Feb. 9. In order to avoid any delay m the passing of the $950.000.000 bill to provide funds for flood victims, the Clerk to Congress pursued Speaker Bankhead Into tbe National Theatre, where he was witnessing his daughter. Tullalah Bonkhead act. The Speaker signed the bill
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  • 753 23 car travelling at 18 m.p.h. to have caused that amount of damage "Judging from the impact and the genera] conditions I would say that, the Ford was travelling faster." From what you saw would you lay that the Ford was on the correct side of the
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  • 986 24 DEFENCE PLAN >\>ki\4. has bi;i:\ pno\i:» TOO VII AKHAIIU. L extensive new construction for emergency use a.s of new China taught the Chinese Government that The Shanghai incident m 1932 Jjufem i jf they Nanking and could easily have destroyed a >»l P new capital m
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  • 220 24 No Special Seats For Ex-Service Men rpHE following communication from 1 the headquarten of the British Empire Service League 5 .s published I the Information of members of the Ex vices Association: "With reference to the letter dated KOV 17. (very effort has been mad: 'ov Empire headquarten to
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  • 241 24 Speeding-up Rubber Exports -By Air Maili Amsterdam. January. 27. IN order to meet the strong demand I for spot rubber, the Netherlands East Indies Government has decided to issue up to February 10 licences for t lantation rubber for the second quarter of this year, based on
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  • 171 24 Proceeding* Delayed Hy Man's "Shabby Behaviour" ■you have behaved m an exceedingly shabby, nasty, and dirty way. declared the chairman of the Bench at Wealdstone Petty Sessions, when Edwurd Smith, a railway guard, of Fvilk-stone-gardens, Deptford. admitted paternity ol a .single woman's child, born m September. 1935
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  • 160 24 Fine For Playing Bagpipes In Street USING B noisy instrument, to wit. bagpipes, for the purpose of obtaining money or alms," was the charge preferred at Bow-street the other day against Alastair Mac Donald. 36. a street musician, of White Lion-street. Shoreditch. The charge, it was stated,
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  • 351 24 New Ore Cutting Device Johannesburg REVOLUTIONARY ehangei mining methods. Involving th placement of the present druC blasting processes, are like! from a new machine just demon, t? sult here to an audience ot lead" J m and Government engineers :n n J •'Financial News" Correspondent t* Johannesburg.
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  • 155 24 TEST-FLIGHT CRASH Inquest Evidence T\ H Inventor "Alighted H Giving evidence At the Surrey, inquest on Richard 40, oi Riverside. Sunbuiy-<>: who was killed when the aer< was piloting on a test flight M Dr. Eric Gardner. patholog that his examination sho* lor had alighted on his feel After evidence
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  • 21 24 The AC. Sphinx grfdng 1 which were moved from Bii >| Dunstable three ycai< workpeople, are being I ploy about 800 I
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  • 480 25 full List With Details Of B tbC Singapore Turf Club -NTH:- m which begins on t rk h ave been issued. L i horses. 31 c ass V 3 horses, and 22 class I n V k iv; a total of 149 entries. .the
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  • 196 25 "Last Of Mohicans" On Screen I ARGE audlencea were thrilled by "Till Lust of the Mohicans. the United Artists production which began a season at the Alhambru Theatre yesterday. It tells a Stirring story of the conquest of America by the British and the heroic struggles Against the
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  • 182 25 Womjn Who Shot Husband London, Feb. 9. A VERDICT of not guilty was returned by the jury m the case m which Mrs. Doris Teedale, the 28-year-old wile of Cecil Walter Teesdale, a butcher of Scunthorpe, was acquitted at Lincoln shire Assizes on a charge of murdering him
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  • 221 25 Ralph Lynn At His Brightest THERE must be many iilm fans who wish that the old Aklwych team, Ralph Lynn, Tom Walls, Robertson Hare and the others, with the inimitable Bon Travers as their author, had never broken up But they can always depend on I good Laugh
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  • 174 25 Four-Point Programme To Help Them Washington, Feb. 9. THE urgent need for more abundant production was again stressed by Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture, m an address to American farm leaders. Secretary Wallace submitted a fourpoint programme, firstly, continuance of the present benefit payments under soil
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  • 25 25 t .h. Royal Inniskillings rendered selections at Anson Road before yesterday's soccer match. The P-pers of the X. 3 al (Tribune)
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    1042 26  - TURF TOPICS Captain Hawk Reflections On Racing Matters by RACING m Malaya will have one of those rare occasions this year, when a horse owned by the Governor's wife will figure on the local turf. I refer to that big English gelding. Roctrum. a fine specimen by Horus out or
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  • 70 26 London, Feb. 9. On the Stock Exchange the markets continued to follow the lead of giltedp.t'd Kcurifttef which, after further marked weakness, staged a slight rally 'towards the clo-e. Oils were steadily held, but quieter. Indian Irons further eased to 4 3 4. Wheat was easier on disappointing
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  • 225 26 Entertainment For Children Singapore, Wednesday THE school children of Btagapw were given fine entertainmi evening when Madame 'Bardess of the Gonsedd" pres some excellent Gaelic Bongs. A huge audience among whid Mr. H. R. Cheeseman. Inspector Schools, and the principals and of various educational astabli.>l Madame Scotia delivered
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  • 24 26 Singapore, Wednesda Yesterday afternoon, an Indian was injured in a lands lidr lie mile. Changi. It is bcli vrci sustained spinal Injuries
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  • 19 26 TO-DAY:— IO.2S a.m.. 9 ftp.m., 8 t\ 7 i«». r t X n s. TO-MORROW 1105 a.m..
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  • 607 27 SERVICES AND NAVY DRAW 4 FINE SOCCER GAME .hsiiiivm 4,o\i Ki;i:i»i\4. ioit mi: sxiioits Singapore. Wednesday. rnvr locoer was se:n at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon"^ C pAKK .inie between the Combined Services and t!?e Navy. fr ,?ttir "comprising pick:d players from the various warships now m 'excellent account
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  • 205 27 Holiday Hockey Cricket I MONO the Selangor Indian players who will travel down to Sngapore <. oring the Chinese New Year Holidays to take part m their annual encounter with the Singapore Indian Association are: George Vias (manager*. B. S Gill "cricket captain >. Gorbex Singh (hockey captain
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  • 124 27 Visit By Port Dickson THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club will I entertain a team of helmsmen from the Port Dickson Yacht Club. Two rac 8 will be sailed m "B" Clas-= \achts. The first race will start at 10.00 a.m to-morrow. In th:> afternoon a race
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  • 29 27 Si n g apore We dnesday The hockey fixture between the B.R.C nnd the S.C.R.C which was U> havt beer, played on the SRC -round to-day has beer, cancelled
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  • 170 27 AMES IN SCORING MOOD Hits 80 In Fifty Minutes Canberra, Feb 10 THE two-auy mutch between the M.C.C tOVrltU and the New South Walr.s country eleven began tu-day. and ai the close of play < bad light Interfering) the scores were: M.C.C. Ist Inns: 38;) N S.VV Country XI: 1
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  • 170 27 Special Plea For Training Singapore, Wednesday. ON Monday next, February 15, a special effort is being made by those responsible lor S.C.C. soccer to grant every facility for snecial training to j those members who are interested Players of experience have promised their services to help coach m
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  • 223 27 Midds Defeat IN a friendly namo of football on the padang this Afternoon, a Coy. team oi Middlesex Regiment defeated an S.C.C. eleven by two tOila t> nil Bv)th sides played poorly, and missed countless chances of scoring. The soldiers pressed practically throughout, but the forwards
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  • 51 27 Malayan Wins Title (From Our Ow?i Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 9. rOLLOWING close matches mi n the semi- finals of the amateur Siam open golf championship which both carried at the 19th hole, Gibb, the former Malayan champion, easily won the final for the second year, beating his Siamese
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  • 111 28 This is the Combined Services team largely the men who ni.iw.i in u,. Malaya Cup XI last season. Tribune This visiting Navy players. They proved a finely balanced side Tribune This Company Xl of the Middlese x Re*imem which defeated an XI on the padan* yesterday
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  • 64 28 Singapore Wednesday A FATAL accident occurred m Geylang Road at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when a motor-car crashed into a rickshaw. The puller sustained multiple Injuries and died on the road within a f»-w minute* of being knocked down. The car drove on and the polic? are
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  • 74 28 THE Chinese New Year was usheered 1 m last night with the usual festivities by the Chinese community. There was continual firing of crackers and the streets of Chinatown were thronged with people. The shops were parked and everywhere there was an air of gaiety. Many
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  • 100 28 Crisis In Affairs Of Mexico Mexico City, Feb. 10. rATHOLJC circles m Mexico see a possibility of President Cardenas reconsidering the "Church versus State" crisis which left the country practically without any administration of the Catholic religion for seven years. This hope springs from the President's action
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  • 67 28 Delegates Arriving ln Shanghai Shanghai. Feb I°. H R. UH Lo Yin. a South— st fflgg M of the Central Exerutivo C^_ has arrived m Shanßhai. He -v f other South-west member, will be arriving m a few dai Third Plenary f s f^ on rentrU A meetinp:
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