Morning Tribune, 13 February 1937

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  • 11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE yoC~i^_3. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. February 13, mf. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 714 1 HIXKI'TION MIXBD HOT A STRAIN HM.HIB <OST OF UVW«f London, Feb. 12. the Government's defence loan 1 proposals have met with a mixed reception in the Press. The Times declares there is nothing unexpected in the announcement* and there is no cause for *nn on constitutional
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  • 33 1 Governor To Attend Dinner THE Straits Settlements iSingapore) AMOdatlon will hold I dinner at the Adelphi Hotel on Mar. 4. H.E. u Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. G.C.M.G., will be present.
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    37 1 The Duke of Norfolk, premier Duke and Earl Marshal of England, and his bride, formerly the Hon. Lavin ia Strutt. daughter of Lord Helper, photographed while on honeymoon at Kinhanie, New Abbey, Dumfries. Sco'janri. (Planst Newb). v
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  • 185 1 Official Terms Of Agreement Detroit, Feb. 11. rE official terms of the settlement of the motor strike include the Corporation's recognition of the Union as the collective bargaining agency for ito own members. The Union agrees to end the strike 'xr\O evacuate all plants. The Corporation
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  • 105 1 New Move In F. M. S. (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 12 THE Tribune understands that Eurasian volunteer units are being inaugurated in the various states of the Federation forthwith. As far as Selangor and Negri are concerned recruitment has already been started It is
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  • 164 1 Central Front Success London, Feb. 11 r^ENERAL Franco's success on the U southern front is now being repeated, it is claimed, on the central front. The insurgents record a big battle at Organda. where the Government troops left 200 dead and surrendered command of a 15-mile
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  • 66 1 .4 mbassador Visits Whitehall London, Feb. 11. A CONVERSATION lasting nearly two hours took place to-day at the Foreign Office between Herr von Ribben trop. the German Ambassador to Britain, and Viscount Halifax, the actiing Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden being on holiday > It is generally agreed that
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  • 13 1 Central Canada has just had the rare experience of a thaw in January.
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  • 1001 2 INSIDE STORY OF U.S. STRIKE ORGANISING UNIONS COLLECTIVE BAMUUNING THE ISM I New York. unions, writes The Observer's correspondent. Heretofore the typical Labour unit in the United States lias been the fract or trade union Such unions are affiliated with the American Federation ol Labou -which corresponds to the Trade
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  • 44 2 Singapore. Friday. nie Singapore Traction Company are putting ten new buses on their regular service routes. The first four were seen running between Tanjong Pagar and Katong yesterday and the remaining six will be ready at the end oi this month.
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  • 129 2 Apologises In Court And Is Cautioned Frojn Our Own Correspondent! Johore Bahru. Feb 10 KV. Pennefather was charged this morning before Inche Ibrahim bin Ismail (Third Magistrate. Johore Bahru with having committed trespass by entering the compound of the Hon. tht> General Adviser. Johore. at Bukit Saujana. at
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  • 85 2 Chinese Removed To Hospital Singapore, Friday. IT Ann Siang Hill at 7.30 p.m., yester|A day a Chinese was founa groaning on the five- foot way with severe burns on the lower part of his body and the arms. It appears that he was moving about in a
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  • 114 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) (By Air Mail' London, Feb. 3. THE death of Mr. John Molesworth Kindersley late of the Settlements Civil Service, occurred on Jan. 31 at Newbery. Berkshire The death has occurred at Windlesham of Mrs. G. E. Donald- on. widow of
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  • 448 2 STORY OF HIRE CAR Civil Suit In Johore (From Our Own Correspondent, Johore Bahru. Feb ;n A CIVIL action which arose u tl* result of the purchase of a car from Messrs. Borneo Motors Ltd., Bingapo was heard before Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya (Second Magistrate. Johore Bahru >. the
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  • 103 2 Mussolini Would iMugM At R.A.F. I SIGNOR Mussolini would laug I R.A.F. methods of Pf^jy 1 North West Frontier of India, sa d Lieu tenant-General Sir George MacM m soldier and author, iddressing nist Canvassing Corps lu-re. hme nB i Before bombing Tillages as punii w for outrages,
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  • 515 3 World Weather Is Made In The Polar Regions tin ihih:rt wilkins tells oi v ins tiiioiiy H.ric men have sought to solve thr riddle of the weather. For centuf y^ t e b3Js\£r i1 which bring to vas years oi l: \"°L n i met a man who believes that
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  • 55 3 A *«*U Block Commands IMP San Pedr California V st a tp ere K lOnies aboard marked th^ n attleshi P California Hei",et:P«- r navv the t0 d f hl wD. Leahy. rolel of naval ooerations •l e st op for Z/ 10 hours with only «*oplan?.
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  • 234 3 Ex-Engineer To Sultan Of Johore (By Air Mail) London, Jan. 30. THE death is announced of Mr. Harold Byrne, of the engineering staff of the Ministry of Health, who was formerly well-known as an engineer in Siam the Federated Malay States, and the State ot Johore. Mr.
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  • 86 3 Wife Of Australian Governor .Singapore. Friday. AMONG those who left Singapore by the P. O. Rawalpindi this morning lor England was Lady Gowr.e, wife of Lord Gowrie. Governor-General of Australia. She arrived yesterday by the Nieuw Zeeland with her cousin. Mrs.' Price, and her son. the Hon. Lt.
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  • 324 3 Sent To Prison In Johore 'From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru, Feb. 11. WHEN the hearing was continued yes- terday at the Johore Bahru Assizes belore Mr. Justice L. V. J. Lavnle 01 the case In wnicii an Indian 'lamil named Ponnan alias Pawadi is charged
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  • 62 3 Admiral Lady Grant Sirmapore, Friday. Vice-Admiral Sir Heathcoat Grant and Lady Grant, who have been visiting Singapore, are sailing for China to-day 3y the M.M. Felix Roussel. They came >ut from home to see their .son. Mr. J. A. 3rant of the Borneo Co.. and also make > pleasure trip.
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  • 183 3 Sufferer Follows Good Aclx and Takes Kruschen The writer of the following letter h a bad attack of rheumatism, and advised to take Kruschen. He did .M>, and describes his experiences in the following words: About two years ago I developed .1 violent attack of rheumatism
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  • 150 3 Prince Ahmed Studying Aviation Air Mail) i By (From Our Qvm Correspondent) London, Feb. 3. PRINCE Ahmed, of Selangor, has begui training at Hamble, near Southampton, the new "Air University. Ninety pupils, of twelve different nationalities are studying and training there at present. The engagement is announced
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    • 49 3 yita\\ o x a x Guaranteed to remove CORNS. HARD SKIN CALLOUSES within 24 hours. Implicit confidence in the efficacy of Trannosan Corn Remedy; if not satisfied, money will be refunded in full. Obtainable from all Dispensaries High -class Stores. .70 cents per packet. JSole Distributors: 86, Robinson Road.
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    • 46 3 j V\(^^7 RAPID HARDENING CEMEXT I JL a r I .^^».-»._J-.J-».^-i<- < ~.*»«Q» ROSKOPF PATENT IS I THE ONLY WATCH IMPORTED j^gSZ*^ IN MALAYA J^K^l SINCE \^y ixhii rRADE MARK WRIST POCKET—GOLD— CHROME STEEL J AT ALL DEALERS IN MALAYA Sole Agents, Singapore. MO lOK Ltd, j
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    • 128 4 London, Feb 12. PALM OIL (Malay) last Price To-day lii bulk Feb.|Mar.| £28-10-0 Value COPKA (Straits, F.M.S.). Februaiy shipment. £21-8-9 Value £21-5-0 Sellers (March) SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) Feb. Shipment. 11j4% Sellers TAPIOCA Ust quality) Seed Pearl (S'pore) February shipment 17 3 Sellers PEPPER (F.A.Q.) White Muntok MarjMay shipment
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    • 75 4 London. Feb 12. Previous To-Day Chang? T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 105.01 105.10 +09 TT. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.99 8.98U 3 <* TT. on Shanghai (closing selling rate* ls. 2 5 8 Is. 2 5 8 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) ls. 2 3132
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    • 52 4 A bronze Roman finger-ring and ai quantity of Roman potsherds, found during the erection of new buildings at. the Essex County Hospital, Colchester.' have been presented to Colchester and bin Museum. London. Feb 12. Previous To-Day Chang* Fine Bar per oz. £7-1-11 £7-2-2 +3 R I months forward
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    • 183 4 Trade In Raw Materials Foodstuffs Geneva. AFTER three yeaiV labour, the League Economic Intelligence Service has just published data on the movement of raw materials and foodstuffs from I producing to consuming countries. Previously, discrepancies between the 'export figures of one country and the import figures of another
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    • 134 4 London, Feb 12 Previous To-day r>u Distillers m* 115- Ch Dunlop Rubber JJr 33 9 General Electric 94 3 94 3 Imperial Chemical Industries 403 40 4V 2 +\y_ Imperial Tobacco 1619 162 6 I Anglo-Dutch 43 4i/ 2 43 3 JJJ Canadian Pacific 16% 16 7
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    • 26 4 London. Feb 12 lIN Standard. Previous To-day Chang* Spot (afternoon closing price) £230 3 4 £228 2 Forward £231 3 4 £229' 4 -2
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    • 48 4 HUBBER New York. Feb 11 Previous To-Day Change Tone Vef y Quiet Steadv Spot Buyers. 215 16 217 16 +> 8 Sellers. 217 16 219 16 +ifc AprilJune Buyers. 21% 21 Sellers. 217 16 21" J( TIN Standard. Tone Steady Firm Spot 50 5 8 51',
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    • 646 4 Five Per Cent. Dividend THE twenty-seventh annual ordinary general meeting of the Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company. 137, Heeren Street, Maiacca, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, Mr. Chee Chin Kiong (chairman) presiding. There were also present Messrs. Gng Chin
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  • 1644 5 (l hu_Fra*<r and Co.&- Lyall and Evatt. Exchange and Stock Brokers <Snar:s are $1 unless otherwise .tated) E Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4 Ampa^lmban« 33 6 34 6 33- 34 6 £1 A.<am Kumbanj, 4 S(J 55 5? il Austral Maiay g 22
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  • 569 5 Krupp To Pay Dividend Of 4 Per Cent. Berlin. THE Krupp works in Essen, Germany's largest armament factory. hav° done such good business in the year 1935 36 that a dividend will be distributed for the first time in 14 years, according to the company's
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  • 143 6 Young Doctor Sacrifices Career London pOUR volunteers, selected from many F applicants, have sailed from England for Nigeria where they will join >ther volunteers at work among lepers. 7 hey will all be serving under the combined organisation of the Bntish Empire Leprosy Relief Association and Toe H!
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  • 173 6 SELLING Singapore. Feb. 10 London T.T. J 4 116 London demand zq x| a London 4 months' sight Lyons demand Hamburg demand **1 j New York demand b/ _a( Montreal demand J" Batavia demand }«;> Samaranq demand I<M Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demands a£ Madras and Colombo demand 154-y
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  • 198 6 Singapore. Feb. 10. R. (Siami W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $158 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 pe r Koyan $147 R (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $140 R. (Siami "White" No. Al $242 R (Siamt "White Rice" No. 1 $220 R. (Siam i "White Rice"
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    • 494 6 "TOO MUCH GOLD INI BRITAIN 9 A Former Chancellor Of Exchequer's View Glasgow. Jan. 26. j THE opinion that Great Britain has more gold than she needs and certainly far more than she has ever had before in history was expressed by Sir Robert j Home. Chancellor of the Exchequer
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    • 61 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 hav e access to these safe boxes, so that
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    • 234 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. i£stabl:sneci in I Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) r M Reserve Fund Y.HO^j Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS HAPFLES PLACF Manager T. yamamo:: Tel: No. 6049 Manager'^ Roox 5921 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk KA K OF CHINA (Incorporated in China
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    344 7 HMS Sheldrake, second of the iw coastal sloops ordered by tuft Ad■iraltv from M»->srs. John I. Thonvvcroft and Company, Limited, under the :t» naval replacement programme, was launched at Wtwlston, suutliimpton, by Miss Diana James daughtei of Vice- Admiral Sir VVil m M James, Deputy Chief of N»va! Staff. The
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    • 191 8 ©The Greatest of all M-G-M's TARZAX Jungle epics© ©Welcomed by RECORD CROWDS at every Performance!© aw^-^-iv 9 ■fll^B^^Vv^k I WtL*^%s%m IT-- Ij A r Cr A PEQ SEE SEE jgt UV/il Ju iJ Tarzan's miraculous escape from his Jr enemies and from death W I TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! ALL SHOWS FULL!
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    • 228 8 X T&fJ*! ~^.jPh^^%^^K r**' ya the films «f ih •r, ..JBL"* 3^^ 1 Kr.S V PRESENT RALPH LYNN in I t "ALL-I1\" <• with CLAUDE DAMPIER GINA MALO •J* Plus:— Latest Gaumont British News. a I An All-Star Song and Dance Show At the I CAPITOL.. NEXT CHANGE Paramount's Gay
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  • 648 9 SEAMAN STABS ANOTHER Liner's Officers In Court London. EVIDENCE by witnesses from the E liner Berengaria, ranging from her commander, Capt. Gecrge Gibbons, to a boy seaman, occupied an entire day's hearing at Southampton when Edward Charles Ridgway, 34, seaman, of Wood-street, Taunton, made his
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  • 466 9 Prison For Car Thief ,hnroughlv disreputable perf Uare voonlv have you taken this m JS S rpri e 7h°? Marlborough-street So dec!a M d r B Sandbach, K.C.. in Siest RobTrt Stanley, 35, pntencinc Erne pf l erVav nu e. Rushden, «J l n thV hard labour
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  • 80 9 Death Of Qlieen victoria's L 'ft Attendant ft attendan to Queen Vick the Rovi? m S S Pe u rrins wno served year s. has d? P H H t ou u senol d for over 50 4 "of so S Wlndsor h °me at Queen
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  • 34 9 I London. Feb. 11 ?°m e taTSi an Sarv.m L?f n ny The Colonial the '»n mon\ lß i hls announcement Sf lat^n w n befn ld that n «»«ary
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  • 307 9 It Does Not Help' Says Judge London "VOU are an undesirable member of 1 society, and I intend to protect the public from you and your activities for as long as I can." Using what he termed 'language of rather studied moderation," Mr. Dummett, the Bow-street
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    • 34 9 Tn t v vE H, 111.1.N MW '^S '»i^i. tils y j& >sl B HOI t's: ?^S^"sß '^B*^B W^% CHARLES LAUGHTON I IN REMBIANBT with GERTRUDE LAWRENCE Opening Next Change at the IVWII lO\
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    • 117 9 HERE IT COMES filmdom's Most Unsotlonel Thriller IMAGINATION. STAGGERING jA ADVENTURES' IF' B U S 1 1 R Flash GORDON SHOOT THROUGH THE UNIVERSE in a rocket ship to STRANGE WORLDS AND WEIRD PEOPLE The Sensational Thriller of the Century A NEXT CHANGE A Combines the Spectacle of "BENGAL LANCER"
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  • 1085 10 WOMAN'S SAD PLIGHT Bid To Clear Her Friend's Name MANY times unable to hold back her tears, a bent and ?reyliaired woman of 73, once a millionairess and now living on an allowance from relatives, pave an amaztn* account at Kingston Bankruptcy Court of how
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    110 10 With her first two recruit, for the Swallows Club, a flying club exclusively for women, 24 -year-old Miss Barbara Blair. American singer, made the Club's inaugural flight at Hanworth Aerodrome, Middlesex. Miss Blair is recruiting; nine other 'flying beauties" in England for her club. Each must be attractive and have
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  • 250 11 CHEWED ASH STICK y fa n With Lost Memory v in in the infirmary lU > l nan who, missing I > li > at Maidstone Kent, fronh»n°Er r was snatched from g;^ e a chance disco-ery by children Henry curtis Johnson, 42, Md trampec more than nnlice had searched
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  • 308 11 3 Years For Driver Who Stole Licence ■DISQUALIFIED from driving for a W* motoring offence. 19-year-old ■George Stebbing, lorry-driver, stole the Wicence of another lorry-driver and used ■< to get work. Ik not only used tn e stolen licence, Kr 1 i lso used the nam
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    • 372 11 TRADE BARGAINS FOR SALE LEE FLETCHER Second hand refrigerators for sale. One Silcox Refrigerator (Condition as new) 8 Cub. Ft. Capacity. One Vactric Refrigerator 5 Cub. Ft-. Capacity. One Majestic Refrigerator. 4' 2 Cub. Ft. Capacity. One Kelvinator "Refrigerator 4 1/ 2 Cub. Ft. Capacity. One Frigidaire Refrigerator 5 Cub.
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    • 393 11 SPORTS GOODS All requisites for Tennis, Golf, Badminton and Base Ball. Stringing racket speciality. SINGAPORE SPORTS HOME. (The Peace Jo.). 171 Oi chard Road. Singracore Tel No. fi27l MOTORS FOR SALE GUARANTEED USED CARS. A selection of 70—80 excellent Used Cars always available in stock. We can recommend the following
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    • 371 11 WEARING APPAREL! Yong Lee Co., High Class Ladles Dressmaker. Large choice of ready made iresses also made to order. 82, Orchard fload. High Class Ladies' Tailoring Dresses made to order. Ready made Dresses for sale. Perfect style and finish CHING YONG— Ladies' Tailor from Shanghai. No. 153, Orchard Road. Maison
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  • 321 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Saturday, Feb. 13, 1937 THE DEFENCE LOAN frUIE announcement that the British Government proposes to raise a loan of £400,000,000 for the purpose of bringing defences to a proper standard answers a Question which many people have been asking anxiously during the last few years. The question
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  • 176 12 Mr. and Mrs. H. D. G. Jansz and family have left Ipoh for a week's holiday at Tanjong Bungah, Penang. Mr. V. C. Seedwell, 0.C.P.D., Parit Buntar, was in Ipoh last week in connection with a case at the Perak Assizes Mr. G. L. F. Bamford, agent for the
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  • 810 12  -  Autolycus A Weekend Causerie by ILMOST exactly twelve months after the idea was first mooted it has been decided to float a huge loan in Britain to finance the vast re-arma-ment schemes necessitated by the present troubled state of Europe. It was the fond hope of Mr. Neville
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    19 12 The Duke of Marlborough photographed on board the D resS when the liner left Southampton for New York. (Topical
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  • 582 13 MA NY GOOD CANDIDATES g ey ttoldstown \of Running mJOK HUN* FIKLONGS deciM exclude his famous Phaser Revnoldstown. from ;r^d National entries is to be the Orana merc iful man is Cf" o%.^east. and no horse m more consideration in such Zn the winner of
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  • 201 13 Duped Store Manager Of £2 HOW a French-Canadian girl obtained money by a trick from a store manager was declared at Launceston the other day, when Lena Evano, 19. was charged with that offence. The evidence showed she represented herself to be telling fortunes, and that she called
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  • 46 13 ART GALLERY'S LOSS Picture Vanishes In Mysterious Circumstances 1 colour, f^itled •IJiejL oun but If 8 lo^o WaS lt^ XfrTmed, and Gallery, declined tc i make an whlch ment about e c^f r^ cfs A reward r tn b forat^.eS toth erecoverv 1784, of Dutch parentage.
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    15 13 Douglas Fairbanks, junior, lifhting a cigarette for Marlene Dietrich at Waterloo Station. London.- (Planet News.)
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  • 172 13 Youth Who Attacked Girl Cyclist At Night "IT is a monstrous thing to think that a girl on a cycle should have to run risks such as you put upon this girl that night," remarked the chairman, Sir Reginald Neville, at Norwich Quarter Sessions, to Charles Thomas Thurlow.
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  • 231 13 Killed By Avalanche In Alps i WHILE on a ski-ing expedition in the 1 mountains of Western Austria, t Flight. -Lieut. Francis Arthur Paynter, 2ti. was caught in an avalanche and killed. Flight. -Lieut. Paynter, who was attached to No. 2 Army Co-operation Squadron, stationed at Hawkinge, near
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    • 36 13 REPUTATION!! DISTINCTIVE SERVICE CAREFULLY PREPARED FOOD WHICH UPHOLDS THE REPUTATKW OF THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT 5933 ~m l Telegraphic Address: PHONE 5934 f A GOODWOOD CHAKMINGLY SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOURISTS. Unrivalled Facilities tor Private Entertainments.
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    • 14 13 I •THE TRUE TONIC FOOD* I I Obtainable of all Chemists and Stores I
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  • 338 14 Plane Crashes Danish Surrey Wood: cess Weds Princess Alexandrine Louise, 22-year-old niece of King Christian of Denmark and King Haakon of Norway, wis married at the Royal Church, near Christ iansborg, Denmark, to Count Luitpold zu Castell of Munich. The Princess is the third daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark.
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    • 35 15 WATCHES at RENE ULLMANN ARE BETTER THEY COST LESS THEY LAST LONGF.fr We are the only firm i guarantee is valid in Ho: g Kong and various ports o China. RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, Singapore.
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    1513 16 gold CMMI back both M metal 4i nd a colour Mary fWM *««f* fashions inspire new tfOWßfl originality requisite for perfect „|,i, «|»ort» elothe« M»lve voiir day dre«« problem* military activities eoinride with new designs. CHINESE New Year reminded me of the little red packages parents and other elders
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    • 206 16 J /tB back, and ornaments in which sold I in gold. I rr...... .z+--,-^z-z^zz=-^^ blish his legal right to his once-prosper-i iT'J^* r ■'P'f^fU^W 'Sutler's Gold," a glistening gold tone. T f *wBHSk reflects the brilliance and warmth of I its name As an indication of its acU A V*^\jsKj|[
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    • 29 16 Ladies' Colour Embroidered Slippers Just Arrived in Small, Med. and Large Sizes, Underwear, handbag and lovely Trees, at GACWCCS Raffles Hotel Bras Basah 1 3^^T^ Maison tgjjJßk, J4610. £^^i
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    • 305 17 j A TOURISTS SHOPPING} S GUIDE EYES Specializing; subnormal SflM^Z^^^^ rlsion, problem II ft. A. THOMPSON, D.O.Sc, (Doctor of Ocular Science) 4, Arcade, Ground Floor. Phone 3002. 35 Years European Clinical Experience CAMERAS AND FILMS HI Iv I i FURNITURE ARTISTIC LAMP SHADES AT PASKOE'S LTD. 54. ORCHARD ROAD. I
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    • 192 17 CHEMIST INVISIBLE TAMPAX THE MODERN SANITARY NAPKIN FOR THE MODERN WOMAN t NO PINS NO PADS NO BELT FROM THE AGENTS FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. RAFFLES PLACE. DRY CLEANING Iturlol Quick Cleaners for same day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected b> 6 p.m. same day. 278,
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  • 487 18 Total Receipts Amount To £Bs7ljWo THE total receipts of the Suez Canal for the year 1936 amount tn 941,960,000 ft.. (£8,971,000 a? Turrem r .^!lk*ls? against 887,190.000 frs 8^S 0) ta 1935 an of 54,770,000 frs. (£521,600). Two factors which influenced the figures for the
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    • 463 18 J m rr*n^ I T^ nl ~fL s^sa BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Due Out Tonnaf e Spore. Tonnage S'pore. 1937. 1937. 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 17,006 Apr. 23 CATHAY 15,000 Mar.
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    • 135 18 iX.Y.K.LINi: GENERAL PASSENGER AGEN 1> CUNARD WHITE STAR. LTI (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles ft Gibraltar. s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Feb. 18 s.s. HARUNA MARU Mar. 4 tKATORI MARU Mar. 18 Rates to Ist Class tnd elan Naples «497 ft 1540 fSH ft 1*43
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    • 330 18 POSTAL INT II I I <„ i; \T i STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER n«mr, a »t»-> UAra AND TTMt Penserang S. Soon Qeng j qn China (generally) Hoihow Santhia Hong Kong Santhia }J }J India:— South Aramis L I{l Ma Borneo (Northi, Brunei rnd Labuan Kajang Fp u
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    • 636 19 JTIIE HARBOUR! Vessels In Port Giang Ann, British, 545 tons, fro Soerabaya 10.2 to Soerabya 13.2. Nieuw Zealand, Dutch, 11,060 ton irom Batavia 11.2 to Australia 16.2. CHEWED CARBOLIC SOAP Aged Woman's Death From Poisoning ACCIDENTAL death" was the verdic recorded at a Hammersmith inques on Mrs. Emma Few. 79.
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    • 547 19 I I I I Jpy^g T0 FRENCH PORTS 1 V i iß^ HOMEWARDS. m i DAl^v F £L M iS rSem n S> H i Vre Dunkirk Feb. 22 i J Kvr^ir For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Mar 4 IS s c£p Jt^ues 0 FT I 1 9 Si Na^
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    140 20 Wassailling in Somerset fell this year on Jan. 17. It happened to be a Sanday this year so the event was post p oil* 1 I^^Lh;^» n.!r saillers collect in the apple orchards at Carhampton, near Minehead, to disperse the "Evil Spirits" and soak bread flf «aer u> ieea me
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    • 144 21 I /If L Sini{aipor€ k I Broadcasting Daily On I 225 Metres I vim new Singapore radio statiou H ili L belonging to the British I Malaya Broadcasting Corporation, is I ook broadcasting (test Transmis- < I moos daily on 225 metres from 1 pjn to 8 pm. (U 30
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    • 13 21 '^i&a^Pß W^&z2s&!k% Sr qa& Ni«g_F mmm^mmmmm*. .-^*W MB S 'o« il' mW^ mmm
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    • 204 21 0* THE RADIO! Iriti'h Empire j> r oj* rani z 6.20 p.m. y* is r^SH n" metres (ffiS mcs>; pID metres (71.79 mcs.) aod GSG H>-?. b (9 .5i mcs). Tr ?Xu35 metres (21.47 mcs.); f" metres .15.14 mcs) and ns'- W.»: (951 mcs >. Tra "iB3T55 meTrt (9.51 mcsj;
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    • 178 21 from Henry Hall's Hour. 6.50 a.m. A Programme of Scots Songs and Dances. Jean Day (Soplano). Ian Smith (Baritone), j Hunter MacMillan (Pianoforte' Jeai. uiy: Will e's Rare and Willie's Fair Stephen Burnett). Cam'ye by Athole? Trad.). Ian Smith: Loch Lomond tarr. Hopekirkt, Kelvingrove 'an Robertson). J. Hunter MacMillan; Reel,
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    • 211 21 19.76 metres (15.18 mcs.) and GSB 3155 metres (9.51 mcs.). 3.20 p.m. Big Ben. England v. Ireland. A commentary on the International Rugby Union football match. From Twickenham. 3.40 p.m. A Recital by Keith Gloamings (Australian Viola Player) Gavotte (Rameau, arr. Emil Krois). Reverie (Debussy, arr. Roelens*. Schcizo (Harry Farjeon).
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    • 201 21 ball match, from Selhurst. 7 45 p.m. 'Made in Scotland.' 8.15 p.m. Weekly Newsletter, Sport) Summary, and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 8.35 p.m. 8.40 p.m. A Short Religious Service. Irom the Studio. Order of Service: Hymn. Christian! Seek not yet Repose »A. and If., 269 >. New Every Morning,
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 143 22 Asthma Cause Killed n 24 Hours Thanks to the discovery of an Ajnei ican physician, it now i.s possible to rid of those terrible spells of choking gasping, coughing and wheeling Asthma by killing the true cause which is G< rn in the blood. No more taming powders, no more
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    • 530 22 o.\ Tin: fc.tiiH? I 'Continued from page 21 > tre* (15.280 kcs): DJE 1689 metres (17 760 kc*.> TO-DAT 6.15 p.m. Call DJA, DJB, DJN, DJE. German Folk Song. 620 p.m. Concert of Light Music. 7.20 p.m. News in English. 7.35 p.m. Concert of Light Music (continued). 815 p.m. Greetings
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    • 466 22 7 50 am. Close down. 10 53 a.m. Ciassical music. 11.30 a.m. Morning talk. 11.50 a.m. Time signal. Weatnrr report. Lunch music. 1.10 p.m. Nirom news bulletin 1 20 p.m. Popular music. 2.1U p.m. News bulletin. 220 pm. Close down. 550 p.m. Time signal For UM children 650 p m
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    • 316 22 i Waart. 3. Mission news. 4. Music. 5. Talk. 6. Journal. Bt ginning of the Phohi programme for the Netherlands Indies. (Wavelength 16.88 Metres). 7.50 p.m. National anthem. Opening Talk on behalf of the V.P.R.O. Blu p.m. Special broadcast for the Netherlands Indies by the Rom. Cath. Broad. Assn. 1
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    • 107 22 t) B. 1399 Soiii, Mv Tv>ir>'Me; The Flight of tg™ Sonic Without Words -a D v j K:elio-Pab: o CMaiij den -c'nina SferS^^J Skater, Waltz und H.s Orchcara, 1<: C. 2063: The Maid of tl,. xr •Ught Opera Company. Mni Woods and Blue DanubTwlh- V?* Philadelphia SSSU&g* heim Backhaus. '^übcrti
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  • 300 23 MANCHUKUO CHAOS intisiuil Warm Spell I Dairen, Maru'hukuo. pped trains and f telephone wires- -iw been I' vatm .spell experienced ■Jtta usual bittef winter V.akes fur coats Mid ear essential to Europeans. r was mild and balmy. denS about four o'clock in But s b oan t 0 f a
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  • 236 23 Monday. Feb. 8. Group CapUta W B. Callaway. Squadron L ader F. J. Fogarty and Squadron Leader C Findlay left Goverr.ir.ent House Squadron Leader F. E Nuttall. FllghtLiemenan: G. P Charles. FlightUNfaaat R. S Darbyshire. Flight Lieutenant J A P. Harrison and WfchWieutenant W. R. Baird arrived to
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  • 763 23 ARMAMENTS LOAN FOR BRITAIN £400 MILLIONS PLAN ILL DETAILS Ol COMMONS ANNOUNCEMENT TO mee t the rapidly growing exDenrt,t>,,» London. Feb. 11 < Government is taking powers oJais^caDiuf Deftnce P W™™ defence purposes over a period of flv^vears anrt t r USe bUdget surplus for time being at £400,000,000 nveyears.
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  • 204 23 50 Guineas Paid For A Used Stamp London. FIFTY guineas has been paid for a used "freak" twopence-halfpenny King George V Jubilee stamp at a New Bond Street firm of stamp dealers here. The colour was Prussian blue and it was one of a number that had got
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  • 177 23 Cannot Get In Prison For Winter Shelter Istanbul. ALI FUAT. the educated son of a wealthy family here with whom he is not in the best of terms, wants to go to prison. He says he will then be certain of having shelter for the long winter months.
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  • 223 23 Battalions To 5t03» Jerusalem EIGHT battalions of British Troops consisting of the second and sixteenth infantry brigades, are remaining in Palestine for the time being They :e strategically disposed in various parts cf the country s 0 as to have efficient mobility in case of furthe trouble. Lieut.-Generai
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  • 178 23 Incomes Revealed By "Blue Book" London. THERE were 296 people in the million--1934-193SCIaSS5 ClaSS m the Unßed Kinf?dom ta This is revealed in the "Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom" for th> year 1913 and 1922 to 1935. Containing 426 pages, it is one of the bulkiest blu*
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  • 98 23 Paris THAT Germany is in fact importing iron are from Spanish Morroco is asff' 11 «ie "Überte." which publisher from its Frankfurt correspondent an "^M d m Eii'en° erman trade Paper The paper maker* the following reference to the importations of iron ore in December "Consicjnments from
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  • 365 24 Lord Cecil's Appeal I London "COONER or later our principles may w be trusted to spread themselves all over tne civilised world, if we are true to them," declares Lord Cecil, joint president of the International Peace campaign in a letter appealing lor financial support. "Till that
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  • 84 24 Claim For Italian Discovery Kome A RAY which makes people or things completely invisible has been discovered by an Italian scientist, according to the newspaper "Secolo-Sera An experiment is described in which the ray was turned on two women engaged in conversation. They gradually faded out of sight,
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  • 96 24 Oslo. DETWEEN 700.000 and 800.000 refugees are at present within the competence of the Nansen Office at Geneva, according to Mr Michael Hansson. head of the Office He mentioned this in an address on thi refugees' problem at a meeting of th t Norwegian Geographical Society recently.
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  • 816 24 Position In Switzerland Lausanne IT is a well known laci that the devaI luation of the Swiss franc was not caused by the country's monetary situation, but was decided upon on Sept. 26 1936. with a view to stimulating national economy. It would indeed be nremature
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  • 206 24 Nikolai Ostrovskifs Career Moscow. THE popular Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky. author of one of the most popular books in the Soviet Union, "How Steel Was Tempered" has died here. Ostrovsky's life was hard and heroic. He wa.s bom in 1904 in Shepetoka, a small town in the Ukraine,
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  • 132 24 Norwegian Interest In Dutch Appeal Oslo. THE recent appeal made by Dr. Colijin. I the Dutch Prime Minister, in the Dairsh newspaper "Bcrlingske Ticiende". for closer economic co-opera-tion between the northern states and Holland and Belgium, has aroused great interest here. The Prime Minister. M. Johan Nygaardavold, in a
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  • 112 24 PorUmooth, New Hampshire. A 26- YEAR-OLD Argentine youth who stowed away in a British cargo ship to 'see the World" has, in three months succeeded in seeing only the hold of th e vessel and the inside of two prisons. The youth, Joaquim
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  • 254 24 M. Blum Speaks Out Prague •THERE could be no vat n Fn 1 to-day which could be local This statement w is made by mri the French Prime Minister in view with the Paris eorwSfiiJS the Czech newspaper Xidove Sn° '•We are the victims of trari, declared
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  • 171 24 Col. Marmaduke drove* Escape Santiago, Chile. COLONEL Marmaduke Grove I Chilean Socialist leader, has in a dramatic fight with revoh omrrped unseat! tc; He was here while returning home from I optical meeting. His assailant. Juan Azocar. fired shots, both, of which missed. Co: Grove quickly
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  • 37 24 Bridge Singapore. frtW 1 MOTOR bus. with a full load j A passengers, skidded and crari^ »J a bridge at Wayang Satu atW yesterday. Five of the paw the Chinese, were injured, two rather seriously.
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  • 36 24 Singapore Fi A European and his y< involved in an accident at h with terday when their car collide mosquito bus at Seletar. r All three were removed to J Hospital, suffering from mim
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  • 1697 25  -  HERMES by football Public Left In Dark On Important Points m seem as if the principal needpwuldf™ a p A at the present V!m efficient publicity officer. 1J; never a more eloquent exThere ***e necessity for one than the ampl ln developments of this week. reP
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  • 207 25 Stones Of Buildings Sent To Canberra <By Air Mail Canberra, Feb. 3. CTONES from the ancient buildings of a v number of leadinu Public Schools in England have been despatched to Aus tralia for incorporation In the now building of the Canberra Grammar School The schools contributing include
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  • 1359 26 Gallant Fight By Welshman But Result Inevitable (By Aii Mail) "fALLANT but inevitable." That phrase. U or one similar, must have been on the lips of the 12.500 people at Harrineay Arena, London, as thev watched Jack Petersen, the Cardiff heavyweight, beaten for the
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  • 369 26 Deliberate Foul Blow JACK DOYLE was disqualified in the first round of his fight against All Robinson, of Manchester, at Wemble\ lor an alleged foul blow. It is necessary to speak plainly aboul the Doyle fiasco (states a boxing correspondent in a home paper) his exhibition
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  • 227 26 Recruit Shortage And Its Danger Oxford. IT would be madness to let overseas garrisons— whose strength has already been cut to the bone fall below the strength necessary to enable them to carry out their duties," declared General Sir Walter Kirke. Director General of the Territorial Army, in
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  • 418 26 COLTS WIN AT K.L. Inter-State Hockey r (From Our Own 1; Kuala Lumpur. Thi DLAYING this Mining Singapore Colts, Hi, lost a hard-fought and t by threp goals to one at ho 1 Singapore won mainly thn did ail-round efficiency and ship on the part of Nodi H responsible for
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  • 143 26 Inventor Of Naval Firin System Ok* k PIONEER of British naval (gg A Mr. Arthur Hunger lord W» rhr was awarded £30.000 by eminent for his services-has London at the age of 7U- Af It was at the time of the ran war that he began Ml nery
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  • 370 27 Itxcelkn t Hockey At Ba testier Singapore, Friday lllini Fusiliers gained a good victory over the Selangor Indians at fI E innWOJ" b ls to one on t he Balestier plains this evening fast without being brilliant. Kasi the Indian left wing The P lay
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  • 162 27  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh o»tmgt By Gunmen In Suiyuan Shanghai, Feb. 12 I Kt'OMLVTANG executive in Suiyuan ft nt ki.ied and another seriously inured by a gang of gunmen, according to a report from Kweihua. Mr. Chao «fc V; v&s killed and Mr. Pan Siu was •onded.
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  • 34 27 Singapore, Friday. ->• head of the Bata shoe party left Singapore Ing by their Lockhead ivia in continuation of tr ip to study conditions, the N.E.I, thev will pro- and Japan
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  • 62 27 The Malay Football Association XI will be opposed to the Royal Engineers iii a football match on the Anson Road Sradium ground on Tuesday. Feb. 16 On Wednesday. Feb. 17, the Singapore Cricket Club XI will meet the Middlesex Regiment XI. also at Anso»i Rjad. Admission charges for
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  • 38 27 Singapore. Friday. There was no play to-day in the match between the Selangor Indian Association and the Singapore Indians owing to the rain. It is hop d to continue the game to-morrow at one oclock
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  • 131 27 Mixed Way Competition To-Day rpHE Keppel Golf Club Cli.ne.se tfel A Year mixed flag competition will be piuyed this afternoon and partners, opponents and ■tATtlng times are as follows; p.m. il5 Mrs. P Craw ley and Mr C. W. Watson vs. |fr«. E. R. Lubbork and Mr.
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  • 431 27 i From Our Own Correspondent) j Johore. Bahru, Feb 11. THE annual general meeting of the Johore Cricket Club was held in th° International Library Hall. Johore Bahru. In the absence of the Hon Mr W E Pepys, President, the Hon. Inche
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  • 124 27 i Australian Cyclists For Coronation Meet Sydney, Feb. 4. HUBERT Opperman (Victoria) and Len Rogers (N.S.W.) will be the two Australian cyclists to represent Australia in the coronation six-days' race, to commence at Wembley Stadium on May 16. The contract was completed by radio telephone by Mr. Arthur
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  • 58 27 Arrangements For To-Day Owing to the rain there was no play in the S.C.C. tennis tournament yes terday. All lady competitors are requested to be at the S.C.C. ready for play, at 030 this morning, and any male competitor also, who can turn up. All competitors howevr. must
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  • 123 27 Midds And R.A.F. Plan Draw Of I—l Singapore, Friday. THE R.A.F. drew with the Middlesex Regiment in the final of the Garrison hockey cup yesterday. Rain marred what would otherwise have been a keen game. Sgt. Chillery opened the score for the Midds, but within a few minutes
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  • 440 27 Good Racing In Carnival Singapore, Friday i START wa, made this afternoon In the Singapore Cycling Carnival organised by Mr. G. Mahmood of the Uni versa! Cycle Store, when the preliminary heats were run off. The torrential rain overnight and all through this morning which threatened
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  • 52 27 P. And 0. Agent Going On Leave MR. R V. Harris, Agent for the P. and O. Steam Navigation Co., in Singapore, has sailed for Home on leave by the Rawalpindi. During his absence lor. H. T. Hammond is in charge the P. and O. Company's affairs
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  • 67 27 Taxi-Driver Charged With Causing Death Singapore, Friday. SINNA PILLAI, a taxi-driver wncharged to-day before Mr. C. J. Ess. sitting in the Fourth Court, with causing ideath by a rash act. The rise Is a seouel to the accident with occurred in Geylan? Road on Wednesday when a ricksha
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  • 66 28 A splendid picture of the final of the eight miles race in progress at the Cycling Carnival at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. (Tribune). The three miles race in progress. (Tribune) The eomp.tiiors lined up to surt in the three miles race. (Tribune). Start of the
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  • 139 28 Dutchman Who Won 76 Medals Amsterdam. HOLLAND'S "oldest walker"— who has 11 won 76 medals during recent y-'ars-is now 76 years old. He is Mr. M. de Wind, of Groningcn. Since his 72nd birthday, he has walked •some 2,000 miles, winning many prizes besides his medals. "I never
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  • 114 28 Fortifications Work Continuing Paris. THE work of fortifying the Franco- Belgian frontier, extending the Magmot i Line north-westwards, is continuing j space General Brusseaux. commanding the sector of Montm dy has addressed an order of the day to the officers and men under his command, stating "All may
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  • 248 28 Born In "Year Of The Snake 9 Riga. Latvia. I WAS born in the year of the snail and I have li\ed four rounds This was the strange answer ol 55--year-old Kirghiz, when questioned abai his age by Soviet officials lor censa purposes The Kirghiz are a wanderin
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