Morning Tribune, 17 December 1937

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 272. SINGAPOKK, FRIDAY, December 17, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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    "NO SURRENDER" SAYS CHIANG
    357 1 Manifesto Broadcasted To Nation NO DEPENDENCE ON OTHERS: "BUT ULTIMATE VICTORY IS OURS" HIS DEBT TO THE NATION UNPRECEDENTED CHINESE SACRIFICES: OVER 300,000 LIVES LOST Hankow, Dec. 16. "WO matter how the present situation may change, we must not surrender but march onward," says Chiang Kai
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    Another Japanese Apology To Britain
    38 1 Another Japanese Apolog y To Britain Tokyo. Dec. 16. j The Foreign Office has handed a note to the British Embassy apologising lor the destruction of the steamers. Tuckwo and Tatung on Dec. 5 at Wiihu. R euter
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    20 1 Geneva, Dec 16. Count Clano has notified the international labour oilier thai Italy is withdrawing membership from the League Reuter
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    Japan Claims Right To Control Shanghai Customs: British Interference Resented
    246 1 Tientsin Customs Already Taken Over By New Puppet Peking, d°c. 16. Mr Ken ICin, ch:ur. Administrative Comm the .i ew rial Oovemmeni annou i government had I ovr! ol China at V and tsin where the "Custom missioners and their
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    British Navy In Far East To Remain As At Present
    85 1 British Navy In Far East To Remain As At Present London, Dec. 16. RUMOURS that Britain is contemplating reinforcing her naval strength m Far Fastern waters tat discounted m well-informed quarters. It is pointed out that m the case of tension it would be natural that all circumstances should be
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    EXPLOSIVES FOUND
    97 1 Sensational Discovery In Paris Paris. Dec. 15. THREE hundred Unite, and 20 niMs packed with hand prenade all charged, were discovered m a cellar m a house .situated m the fashionable residential district of west Paris. The owner ol the house is at present m Butt any. but
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    JAPAN'S NEW
    394 1 NO HALT FOR THE TROOPS lankow, Doc. 16. rONFOUNDING the predictions of foreign observers, who expected then, to call a fortnight's halt, the Japanese forces m the Nankins area have begun a new drive northward along three mutes Their ultimate object is a Junction with the Japanese troops
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    SILVER SURPRISE FROM AMERICA
    159 1 SILVER SU RPR ISE FROM AMERICA Londkxi, i>< c PR tho Qrsi time In screnU America to day, after ftxi ked for offen for forward silver to be n to ti I ter she sent over buying n. Broki i what al ;i understand wh A i erica >udd turned
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    CANTON PREPARES
    68 1 Voluntary Mobilisation Movement Hankow, DM lti FIGHTING is m progress In the ■•burin of Yangchow Heavy casutittfn have been suffered on both sides. it Is estimated that over 4ou Japanese plane, have ij'<'ii brought down since the commencement <>i hostilities The Canton Government Is reported to be it
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    Chinese Defy Japanese Censors
    57 1  - Chinese Defy Japanese Censors Sin Chew -Jit Poh Shanghai, Dec. ifi The Bin Wm Pao and the Eastern Timei .we the only remalnlni Chine pupii publishing In Shanghai. They sure preparing to dose down if the /apart further pressure and Interference Both papers have defied th€ Japanese censorship. No copies
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    29 1 Tokio, Dec Ifl Th "i thai the authority re pon iW<-" for the sinking of the Panaj ha been recalled namely ra Mil uname. Chlei ol Aerial Opt Reuter
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    LIGHTNING KILLS TWO COOLIES
    102 2 /A CONNAUGHT Escape Singapore, Thursday TWO coolies m the employ of the Municipal Flectric Department died under traffic < ircumstaix •«•»> this afternoon. Id e-.mpany with three others, they were making preparations for the laying of electric power cable along Connaught Dnvr. At about 2 pin
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    TWO CHARGES
    71 2 Cashmerian Dancer s Complaint Slngapon Thursday mk P X Joseph, b Ceylonese, appeared 111 before Mr W (> Reevei the Third Magistrate, this morning, on charges oi committing misappropriation ol $220 Dm Miss Effle Wilson, and using abusive language to her Miss Wilson is b member ol the
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    ALLEGED ROBBERY
    135 2 [ccustd Committed To The Assizo Singapore, Thursday. The preliminary enquiry, begun yestefday In the Second Police Court, into charge ol armed robbery, preferred against two iiokUw youths. Nk Chun 1 m d Allf Lw\ concluded to-day when' the two accused were committed by Mr. f Duckworth to sUnd
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    20 2 mia is the spot m n»nnau S ht Drive where tuo Municipal coolies xvere killed by lifhtntaf yesterday afternoon. Tribune
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    A. L. HENRY WEDS
    113 2 "Best Footballer" Of Malaya 'From Our Own Reporter, Ipoh, Dec. 16. MALAY'S 'best footballer." Mr. A. L. Henn of Kuala Lumpur, once more had public interest focussed on him. though not on the sports field this time, but m Wesley Church, Ipoh. where he led Miss
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    Teachers' Concert
    47 2 Aii excellent programme of dramatic and musical presentations by the Drami tloH of the Singapore Teachers' Association whs held at the Victoria Theatre last night. The teachers arc to be congratulated on Iheir efforts In presenting a show that w.i. appreciated by a large au-
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    HEALTH IN THE EAST
    392 2 League Of Nation* I THE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended Dec. 11. is as follows:— PLACit'E: Colombo was the only port m the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague during the week, out 1 fatal
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    LLOYD TRIESTINO
    50 2 Moving To New Offices In Singapore THE offices of the Lloyd Triestino Navigation Co., m Singapore will t> e moved as from Monday next to n*' w premises on the ground floor of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. building. 35. Robinson Road. The telep: numbers will be 3908-3909
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    CHEATING CHARGE
    77 2 Four Months' Prison For Singapore, Thursday Ong Ing Chuan. the young H" who last Friday pleaded guilty B Third Court to a charge of havinr Nov. 29 this year cheated Mr. Artui ArmunciD, otherwise Little Abayan. t.. well-known Filipino boxer. m re-p 1 of wearing apparel and a
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    JEALOUS MAN KILLS MISTRESS
    210 3 THEN COMMITS I SUICIDE I Double liiijiitsl hi I I from our Own Reporter) }'< nan!'. Dee 16. MURDER and suicide was the verdict returned by the Penang Coroner, Mr T n Hughes, at the conclusion ol an Inquiry Into the circumstances ittending the death of
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    AN INSPIRING ADDRESS
    640 3 Dr. Stanley Jones At Victoria Theatre THE answer that Christianity held to the present world situation was the subject chosen by Dr. Stanley-Jones, the well-known evangelist, for his second public lecture which was given to a large gathering at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. The lecturer dealt
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    EXTORTION CHARGE
    219 3 District Judge Acquits Young Chinese Singapore. Thursday. CHU TOA PHA. a young Hokkien Chinese stood trial before Mr. H. A. Forrer, District Judge, Criminal District Court this morning on a charge of attempted extortion by putting Cheng Teck Chun, a vegetable gardener, m fear of death by threatening
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    EMPIRE EXHIBITION
    268 3 20,000,000 Expected To London. Dec 16 A FORMAL invitation has been extended to His Majesty the King to open the Empire exhibition at Glasgow. The exhibition will occupy an area as large aa Hyde Park, and preparations are well advanced. Although no subsidies have been received, about £10.000
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      36 3 Law Notice For To-Day Before the Acting Chief JUfttCC m the Ist. Court at 10.30 a.m. Court of Appeal: Judgment In Appeal No. 9— Suit No. 216 37 Chua Chiaw Tian vs. Tan Ah Kiew im.w
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      164 3 LOSING YOITR HAIR MEANS LOSING YOUR GOOD APPEARANCE iSTOP SCALP STARVATION SilviVrin grows thick lustrous hair, gives your hair health beauty. Of all Chemists, ih^h Clan Btorea and Hair-di sole I)i itributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS K(>, Rohinson Koad. ETON HIGH SCHOOL (Junction of Selegie Rd. and Sbori St i Then 1
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      41 3 SINGAPORE I COu'C-St Saturdays rcsfuuumt CitTry Tel 3356 for reservations |l T X •8c /^^X 9 cr iXEW STOCK I H1 COLD /^^Oa\ pnr;'PT CHROME /£r v STEEL \&&if/ WRISTLfcT I DISPLAYS AT ALL DEALERS. I Sole Agents MONTOR LTD, Siiwcaporr.
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      99 4 London, uec. i" Previous To-dav Change i v r%::::T- IVIS) S.\<;<> I MM IC (Sarawak) iTnchanKed 71/, Sellers un< naI1 tu Dec Jan shipment TAPIOCA (1st quality) 14 s ,ii (1 Uncnan (Singapore) Dec. Bhipment 1} S(llM PEPPER (F.A.Q.) unchanged White Munink j;ui.M;ir. shipment 2 716 Sellers Black
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      FORFIGN EXCHANGE
      46 4 F London. Dec. 16. Previous To-day Change TX on Mughal (dosing seUtag aw s| 932 fffSg" _i 32 TT on Hongkong (closing «Utog r«te) »J 16 Jf^^e,, -,-■1 Japan M-ln,,nr. .scli.iw r;ii.-> 409 77 +.02 1 T "li New York (closing Wiling nil'" 498.75 «•<■
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      BULLION MARKET
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      METAL MARKET
      21 4 London, Dec. 16. nN standard To d ay ChangC |£19'> i.. £192^ s,H,t (afternoon ck*ng pricei |lfl% £1913j (TnrwATd
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      12 4 London, Api June Sellers 15 516 15 5.16 Spot
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      33 4 Previous To-day Cha K er Rub P 6 Aver Hitftin 26 3 zoo British American Tobacco 103 9 108 I 1 2 -4 Chinese 5'- Reorgs. (London Issued 68 68
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    Army Recruiting Up
    34 4 London, Dec. 16. The total nmnbw »i army wjJ«"J from Apr 1 to Dec. 11 was 17.1)01 M iLmimn-d I with 14.779 for the sam, penod last year British Official Wireless
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    Queen Mary As Saleswoman
    37 4 London. Dec. 16. Queen Mary acted as saleswoman yesterday at MM of the stalls of the exhibition and sale of antiques m aid oi the personal Service League winter fund British Official Wireless
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    SHARE MARKET
    209 4 Messrs. Fraser Co/s Report Singapore. Thursday. TIN at midday was 595.00 unchanged. There were very few cables from London to hand this morning and thai centre appeared to be mostly a seller of tin shares, although there were one or two bids for Southern Malayans and Petalings. j
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    OXYGEN BY PIPE
    74 4 i New Westminster Hospital Installation London. Dec. 16 IN the new Westminster Hospital now m course of construction, provision is being made for oxygen to be supplied by pipe-line to a point m certain warcta. and to the operating theatre. It is claimed that m addition to
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      61 4 Er^vF.RSEA-CHINESE BANKING IRATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the FEA* of BURGLARS by keeping you VALUABLES (jewellery or import ant document!) m SAFE BOXEi m our VAULTS at CHIN/ BUILDING, CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, an. ONLY YOU can bAft access these afc bi)xes, no tbat KAKP ;md
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      18 4 SOUTH lIUITISII INSI KAN< E COMPANY, LTD. Is Your >lOTOII CAB fully insured? Tfl. 5926, 2. Finlayson Greer.
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      40 4 fast approaching. To our Chinese readers, we suggest that you buy as a gift to your j friend or relative A CHINESE LIBERTY BOND I UtrllUllllllclllUllb, MA m «k MJ k m Mft B^A m.W L m m F IB ■.!«!>
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    STOCKS & SHARES
    834 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company MINING Singapore. Dec. 16. 5 p.m. Assam Kumbang 32 34 Austral Malay 50 55 Aver Hitam 25 G 27Ayer Weng 085 Q9(J Bangrta Tin 23 6 24 6 Batu Selangor 1 54 l Burma Malay 26- 27 -xd Chenderiang 20 9 219 Hitam Tin
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    143 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Thuradaj Ampat U 4|?> s|Ui B. Selannor 1-50 Oxcl Hongkong Tin 25 6 27Hong Fatt 1-08 Ul JflPbU i. 72 Kramat 116 12, -xd Kamuntinß Tin 11 121Killinghall 1« 6 I9«xd Katu 23 24 3 Kuchai 1.50 160 Larut 11- W|Lingui 180 185 London Tin 3.9
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    Johore Appointment
    53 5 The following appointments are i lied m the Johoi I i nm< nt Gazette Mr. A William., to ;iri I Legal AH viser, Johore [nche [brahim bin Han Ismail ap pointed Poatma U t Ifuai Hegarty and Mi J M Nichol the Malayan Nursing fik i Ice, i
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    154 5 q. Ltd. 30.000.000 Int. Apr. SO Oct. SI $06.00 $106* non UNGAPOU MlWiarALlfi 1% 1901 red. IMO $400,000 Int. m 104 n orn iSST •T 000 !08 HO norn i&s*V* 10 7 .09 no. 1201 ci 6% mg^l^M^MO'oOO U5 16 ci iv,% !Sso fed" mo-M.V000.000 m n9
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      221 5 S. E LEVY CO. Shanghai, Hon^kongr, Manila, Singapore. Investment Bankers and Brokers m Securities and CommodttiKt. Daily Foreign Markvt Cables and Quotation Service. Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OF. N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADK. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE
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      259 6 Dietrich! I)I} liV Lubitsch! j mh<m ivi I i rjTO-NKiHT 8.15 9.15 Wl t. y j j MARLENE DIETRICH In Paramount'! Bpfc Production j I ANGEL f^_ N Herbert Marshall <JK jNIA I s Melvvn Douplcis if^fcA >"" r i EDWARD EVERETT Y r N*j •> s lIORTON jm^ I
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      199 6 I What a Grand Tonic m Th.s Present World of I Strife! It's a Treat To Be^ Able To S,t Back and Jus. Laugh! LAUGH! LAUGH!! j 1 CAPITOL 1 6-15 NIGHTLY 9.15 j I SW"' €ffl'r#AV£ 1 I iif £yißrr#/#G" I j Alice FAYE RITZ Brothers I i M'^
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    MAN PARALYSED FOR LIFE
    525 7 10 Months' R.I. For Estate Labourer (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore, Bahru. Dec. 14. ALTHOUGH there was some provocation I believe you have exceeded your right of self-defence and as a result of your act a man's legs have been paralysed for life. I wish to
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    NUN'S AIR TOUR
    155 7 To Arrange For Maternity MOTHER Su:>erior Micael Dufay, head lfl of the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, has left here by air for a tour of tinmissions of her orcier m Africa. She will reach Madagascar m six day/, by way of El Golea (Algeria, Fort Lamy
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    Film Star Hit By Husband
    75 7 Hollywood, (California). Gladys Swarthout, Metropolitan Open and film star, has been hit m the eye by a rotten tomato thrown by her husband, Mr. Frank Chapman. The tomato was one of a barrage flung at her by the audience while she was singing. Miss Swarthout
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    Abolition Of Street Names
    109 7 Istanbul The abolition of street names is one of the proposals of a French townolanning exf crt who has been callPd m to modernise the ancient city ot Istanbul He has been paid £35,000 for his scheme which includes the dividing oj i •he city into
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      87 7 The BEST NEW YEAR PRE- I SENT YOU COULD EVER GET! 1,000 LAUGHS and An Attack of Hysterics CAPITOL... Shortly STRAITS CABARET PHONE 1181 Anson Koat 1 Singapore TKA DANCE ON EVERT MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM I PJf. TO I PJL FREE ADMISSION. Niffht dame from
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    IRRIGATION PROJECT IN INDIA
    347 8 FOOD SUPPLIES IMPROVED Over Million Acres New Delhi. SUGGESTIONS that rrcrnt tr«m«>is m the neifhb«Murh*#i <»f Mettor Dam. IHO miles South -NW of Madras, »i:iv<> »»•'<" du<* <° thr IMI tnciis,' load of water Impounded there, have now heen definitely disproved The tremors arc due to
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    WOMAN PRESIDENT
    96 8 Not Ready tor The Change Rockford, Blino woman to be Pre Went ol t"« unwea St A L k( ro. her opinion on tW after a lecture given here, Mrs. Roose believe a woman couldbePre- m( ume to come, as women I had enough public o i command
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    "SUICIDE" RAIDERS
    31 8 "Mosquito Fled tor pfiilippitu sSSSSggßafi attain *P« d VV N the Assistant son) has now revealed. DETAILS LACKING eventual purchase of 75 or more of this type of craft
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    "DIAMOND FEVER"
    231 8 Precious Stones Found In Bushmanland Brandvlei, North Western Cape. BUSHMANLAND m the North Western Cape, is m the grip of "diamond tcver An 'atmosphere of secrecy and excitement prevails. On one farm, which is being visited by police patrols to stop further diggings, there are 34 holes, each
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    A RARE FIND
    92 8 Ornament For 25 Athens AN exqui.sitely carved marble copy of the shield held by Pallas Athena, one of the greater Greek divinities, in the Parthenon Statue, has just come to light. 8howlng a battle scene between Greeks and Amazons, it has been an ornament in the house
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    LAWRENCE'S NEW BOOK
    250 8 Police Watch Over I 1/00,000 Volume I Roosevelt Field, Long Island AN aerial escort was provided whcopy of "Lawrence of Arabia's vet unpublished book. "The Mint. taken by air from New York for exhibition in Boston. The volume is one of the only 12 existing copies of
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    RESCUED IN TIME
    139 8 Woman's Struggle With Giant Octopus Fort Bragg, California. WHILE gathering shellfish here, woman was seized by a giant octopu> and was m its grip for several terrify 1 minutes until she was rescued. The woman, Mrs. H. C. Graves, wa with a party gathering shellfish off For:
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    BRITISH FILMS
    135 8 Must Be "British" To Win I American Market New York. THE one and only way m which Bri- tish pictures can win a place m the elusive American market and gain international appeal is by being out and out British m tone," Mr. Herbert Wilcox, the producer, declared
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore, Friday, Dec, 17, 1937. KEEP TO THE LEFT
    331 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore, Friday, Dec, 17, 1937. KEEP TO THE LEFT roUR or live months ago the Traffic Police of Singapore wen- engaged In an active campaign to speed up traffic on the mam mads and at the same time instruct drivers of slower vehicles m following the very desirable
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    Will rain forge the LINK THROUGH SPACE?
    731 10 Will rain forge the LINK THROUGH SPACE? T in ultra-microscope has opened up 1 uf« m the very small An ultra radio may lead to the world inflnitels lan i am not thinking ol any ol planet Marconi received mysterious wlrei rials rrom the outei ears From wireless operaone hears
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    PERSONALITIES
    125 10 Mr. S. Anthony has been appointed a member of the Hospital Board, m the District of Larut for the year 1938. Mrs. S. Jacobs, late of the Tanjong Malim Hospital, and until recently m the Maternity Hospital, Taiping. has retired from the service. Mr. F. B. OMalley, manager of
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    34 10 HnuiKht home by the liner 'Monk aim." naval ratings arrived at Portsmouth from Malta for their Christmas Have. Ihe naval ratings are seen cheering from the "Montcalm" as they arrived at Portsmouth. Planet News
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    QUEER RITES & CHILD MARRIAGES
    685 11 QUEER RITES CHILD MARRIAGES IJOO-YEAR-OLD TRADITIONS Secluded Mount am INHABITANTS of an Indian vil- la&e high m the mcuntains of north-western Guatemala. Central tmerica, living m the 1,900-year old traditions of the Maya civiiisaior., had neve* heud of the United Slates until recently. News of these strange people, cut off
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    "PUBLIC ENEMY" DIES
    279 11 Hunger Strike For Lost Tigress Locknow CHAHJAHAN. the biggest tiger m northd crn India, who was regarded as "Public Enemy Number One" of the Prince of Wales Zoo, Lucknow, has died— of a broken heart. He was named after the famous Mogul emperor Shahjahan. and his mate
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    TURKEY'S PRISON REFORM
    117 11 Women Convicts To ork In m clones Istanbul. In future, women prleonen ho rturxey are to be given work ai factor] hands, i' i- announced by \\w Mi of Justice The new mcasuns will apply tO women sentenced to terms ol imp] menl Ol more than six
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      176 11 I Obtatnahlt mf ail Chumtsut on* Storvt I Phone SPECIAL OUCHESTR \i PERFORMANCE! by KURT BLACH And m. European Orchestii 'Hours during which music win played are announced hereiuuict' ADMISSION PH] 11 Wed. Dec. 22nd. Opening ol M l6O MEN fc A OIRI 7.30 9.90 p m Dinner A: Daiue
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    HOW THE GIRLS KEEP FIT
    241 12 Planet News Oll( hulHlm k :iwilh the "Keep i'it" movement. '..Vs. ni- M,,,t institute, l irl dvr e ()f the The DMIMM of Kent Ultifcfatfj her :;ist birthdnv by m Ml* l f lhe Council for the Promotion of Occupational Industries ÜBoni the Physically Handicaoped.
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    New General Staff Chief
    39 13 l.ifutniuMt (ieneral Viscount (iort. h< lilrr of tin- \i< toria Cross for gallantry, has miii appointed new Chief of thp Imperial General Stall at th«- compara1 1 v I v «*arl> a««- "»1. Planet News
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    MENUS FOR THE WEEK
    1085 14 MENUS FOR THE WEEK POBI (HOPS KF.OI.K 2 lorn or shoulder |)ork chops .lit and pepper 1 table, poonlul ol lat up boiling water 2 thick lice, ol tomato i! rings oi green pepper lice ol onii Hour Wipe the chop, with a damp cloth ...id sprinkle them With alt
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      6 14 W k iliii k Hfla> Thursday
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      117 14 LUNCHEON (ream of Tomato Soup Baked Pork Chops Creole iomato.s a la llussartl salad Macedoine Sponge Cake filled with Strawberries Coffee old Consomme Meat Pie (iia/«'d Carrots Boiled Potatoei Salad Baked Apples Custard Sauce Cheese and Biscuits Coffee i Shrimp Cocktails Baked Com Chowder Creamed Meat Balls Potatoes Baked i"
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    363 15 CARROT LOAF 1 teaspoon chopped onion 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 cup bread crumbs 2 cuds prated rnw carrots 2 eggs beaten slightly P- cud milk 1 toaspoon salt teaspoon pepper. Brown the onto* In the butter and add to the bread I 1 ambs.
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      227 15 111 I p l\ STUDIO DRY CLEANING PHOTOGRAPHS llmlol Ouirk A Cleaners Studio i for for SailM* flaT toto-portrait S werviee J Goods handed m by if by 10 a.m. can be coi- I lected by 6 p.m. same j c foto-artist day i Only 278 Orchard Rd< Phone 777ti.
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    PROGRAMME FOR BRITISH NAVY
    705 17 essels To Be idded hi Next Three Years tiik frequent uinouncementa of th» launches <>t new warships are minder of the rapidity and the extent Of the additions that are being made to the Wavy, bul In themselves v to be confusing because the time taken
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      263 17 lIIKXS IMIILP LINE. (Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS Due Sails. MERKUR Jan. 1 Jan. 4 MARELLA Jan. 29 Feb. 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class pa s may transfer at, Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Ibourne to the connecting X.P.M.
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      332 17 i POSTAL INTELLIGENCE i I TO-DAY Hoihow MuixiflLU Dec. 17 8 a.m. Holland B S§ and Italy "Parcels only) J. V. Oldenbarneve.t 17 P a.m Europe: Great Britain and Europe generally x *j. v. Oldenbarncvelt I" tR.3-. a.m j. v. Oldenbarnovelt 17 8.30 a.m. Pcngerang Aik Soon 17 9 a.m.
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      164 17 SHIPS IN DOCK ships mom. sim i m; WHABVEfI OK EXPECTED TO \KRI\ I Entranre I \it Ship (iikldum i.xv- Gate Op ten Noort '12 1 1 Muinam 1 1 Rajputana 18 2 3 j Corfu 18 2 3 Glenbt^ 14 2 3 President Polk 11 2 3 Commandant Dorise
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    TERMS OF THE BRITISH NOTE TO TOKYO
    478 18 TERMS OF THE BRITISH NOTE TO TOKYO Demand For Definite Slop To Incident! Complained Of PFkMS of the British NoU to .Japan m regard to the attack* made by 1 Japan*** aircrati and land forceson British varshipa »nd merchant shipping m thi Yanglm River arc published to-day. It state* that
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    MALAKA PINDA RUBBER
    542 18 Net Profit For Past Year Over $96,800 THE annual report of the board of Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates. Ltd., for the year ended Aug. 31. to be presented at the annual meeting on Dec. 23, is as follows: The profit tor 'hi year after allowing 52.57i.il for
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    BELGIUM INVADED AGAIN
    162 18 Giant Crabs From Far hast Brussels. BELGIUM is threatened with another large-scale invasion, according to the newspaper ""La Ifeuse." The invading army consists ol giant crabs stated to come from either China or Japan. They are reported to be green m colour, measure 20 inches each from
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    RETIRED ARMY CHIEFS
    69 18 Received In Audience By Kino London, Dec. 15. Field Marshal Sr Cyril Deverell and General Sir Harry Knox, who retired In order to make way for younger men m j the Army higher command, were j received m audience by the King at 'Buckingham Palace this morning
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    U.S. & War
    64 18 U.S. War Washington, Dec. 15. "fROM the standpoint of promoting pei keeping the country from v ar I am unable to sec the wisdom and practicability of this proposal," stated Mr. Corc'cii Hull, opposing an amendment to ihe United i~;t ;;t n II tit proposed by O man Ludlow, wh
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    Franco Cut Off
    40 18 Madrid. Dec. 15. iel, Genera] Franco's stro uhoid iii n: Spar Ls cut ofl by rail from Baragoaa, according to unconflrm information This succes, i.s the re--11 of th oirp niriw<i long deadlock 00 hi.s front, Reuter
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    JOHORE'S NEW POLICE DEPOT
    467 18 Official Opening B\ II The Sultan From Our Oxen Correspoiidevt > Johore Bahru, Dec. 15 THE official opening of the New j<. State Police Depot, situated at the second mile. Kota Tinggi Road, just outside the town, took place this evening by H. H. the Sultan
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    UNUSUAL DEFENCE
    147 18 Stole Car To Send Wife I To Spain Johannesburg TON RAD JacoO Lejndertz stole a because he irished to send til to Spain to fetch her mother. Thy] was the unustinl defence pu mi ward by Leendertz when he pleai «uiit.v to the theft ol a car here
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      149 18 Passengers By Air Arrivals in Singapore on Dec. 14- From N.E.I, by KNILM plane "PKAFL": Mr. Lim Tie Toeng, Group-CaDt. Cox and Mrs. Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Newark, Mr. Watson. Mr. Moritp From Europe. India and Penang by KLM plane "Torenvalk": Mr. W. A. Le\enaar, Mr. P. J. Pypers, Mr.
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    STH. AFRICA'S NATIVE PARLIAMENT
    416 19 STH. AFRICA 'S NA TIVE PARLIAMENT FIRST MEETING HELD Important Functions Of Advisory Body I Pretoria. SOI'TH Africa's new native Parliament the Natives Representative Council met for the first time this < month. The Council was summoned for a I session which started on Dec. 6, m the Pretorius Hall,
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    Spain's Fitness Campaign
    65 19 Barcelona ft publicai too, lias "Fltiiea Campaion" Th( i J Gazette of Ihe Republic lust published an order ol tin men! creating a Corp ol pn ors and Instructors o! physical culture and to i<p rate under the supern oi the National Council ol PJ aJ Education
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    Anglo-Polish Coal
    5 19 British Official Wireless
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    STALIN CRITICISED
    251 19 His "Fear Of Defeat At Elections" Mexico City. I EON Trotsky has returned to the attack m his long-drawn and bitter duel with Stalin. In an interview here he described the "wholesale slaughter m Russia of high and low on imaginary and fantastic charges of sedition, sabotage and
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    Changes In Cologne
    92 19 Cologne The famous Buttermarket quarter ol Cologne, formerly reputed to house most of the City's criminals and undesirables, is to be pulled down. Work has already begun on the demolition of some 30.000 houses, occupied by I'bout 100.000 persons. It is said that many of the houses
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    STEPS TO FREEDOM
    130 19 "Model" Prisoner Makes Ladder And Escapes Toulouse PABRIEL Routes, a forty-year-old prill SOner at St. Michel near here, win had been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for assault and resistance to arrest, seemed a model client to hi^ warden Now all the ix>lice of this neighbourhood are
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    CHASED ACROSS ROOFS
    226 19 Prisoner escapes r torn Black Maria Paris AN exciting chase across root -tops Ol fans occurred before a crowd ol '■r.s-by when a German, escaping from the Black Maria which was taking him to the cells, tried to elude his police pursuers The German, Gustave Kosse, t
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    SCOTTISH BABIES
    82 19 \dopled In I mini Stales Baltimore, ManrJajML a I'AIK oi twin babies from Aberdeen Scot land, only n few months old, have been adopted m the United State*. The twins. Robert .md Margaret Nlcholl, arrived here h\ transatlantic liner with an English nur.se on their way t«> new
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    SUDDEN RISE OF RIVERS
    81 19 Two Drowned In Flooded GREAT damage has been caused m the mountains <>1 Bosnia by Hoods The river "Dltna" and its tributaries have been suddenly, and at Lo/nitza, the have risen suddenly, at Lo/nit/a. the river swept away a water-mill, in which a miller and his
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    WOODEN CLOCK
    87 19 Still Going After 300 Years Port Kli/abrth A300-YEAP-OLD clock, with wooden works, lias just beer, discovered In the Museum here, restored, and I* now un complete working order it was tound among a pile of rubbish in the museum by a man who had a clockmaker friend The
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    282 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends i Payable Burma Malay 6d. Int. Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 13 Hongkong Tin 403 Final Dec. 30 Dec. 13 Idris Hyd 2%9 Int. Dec. 28 Dec. 13 Kent Tin 10' < Int. Dec. 31 Dec. 13 Killinßhall 20 r Final Dec. 29 Doc.
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      1011 20 ON THrRADIO] BRITISH EMPIRE Closedown. nonrD A AA AAF TRANSMISWON 2 PKUL.KA/V\/V\t n s M 1913' A;' °T Transmission 2:— 6.20 p.m.— 9.15 Eramme ii the 'Scrapbook' series, broad- pm. <;sj n.M metien (21.53 mcs); ;j from London on December 11, 1933 (,'sil U.'.n metres (21.47 mcs); <iS(; ented i,
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      669 20 PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C I Singapore Station On 225 Metres I rrwiAY with Bongs iGramophone Record, IU-imi c Dame Overture (Suppe), pi avea 1 600 p.m.:— Malay UuAe. -oiam Dan Godfrey and the Bourn. phone Records). "Kr. Kenan- Kan Manicipal orchestra. "Les Fleur ducil*. Mr. Muiuk "Siamet Pag
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    RUBBER MARKET INERTIA
    281 21 Slackness Unlit After The New Year? Singapore, Dec. 16., noon. IN their weekly rubber report, Guthrie Co., Ltd., state:— The rubber market, which at the end of last week gave promise of some recovery, has since released into a state oi Inertia, and m the absence of
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    Wazisristan Quiet
    62 21 New Delhi, Dec. 15. neral Sir John Coleridge has handed DYer military command and political control m Waziristan to Major General Hartley m view of the improvement m the situation. M. Zetland. Lord Lithingow, M. Cassels have congratulated Sir John Coleridge on the manner m which his tasks
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    Mussolini's Air Service
    47 21 Rome, Dec. 15. The Italian airman, Mario Stoppani, left Sardinia to-day on a non-stop night to Buenos Aires. This is the first of a series of flights Mussolini has ordered with a view to instituting an air service between Italy and latin America.- Reuter
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    France's 40-Hour Week
    39 21 Paris, Dec. 15. Exceptional extensions of the fortyhour week system m trades and industries working for national defence, with i view to overcoming delays m delivery been unanimously agreed to by employers and workers delegations. Reuter
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    "HOOLIGANISM"
    333 21 Times' Criticism Of Japan London, Dec H>. A DEFINITE STOP" (o attacks .s n the phrase m the British note of protest to Japan, chosen by this mornings papers for ponderous headlines. The limes gives prominence to a despatch from Mr. Malcolm McDonald, its correspondent aboard the Panay stating
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    CHINESE HEROISM
    97 21 Hsuchow, Dec. 16. It is now revealed that the .small Chinese force left at Nanking to fight a rearguard action to cover the withdrawal of the main forces fought a very heroic battle, making Japanese occupation of the capital very expensive. The garrison commander, Tan^ Sheng Chi assigned
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    New London Airport
    62 21 London, Dec 16. The commmon council of the City of London h^.s agreed to buy nearly a thousand acres of land near Ilford at a cost of £289.000 for the new City of London airport, the total cost of which will be £600,000. The site is 12
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    SAID HE FELT DEPRESSED
    248 21 R. A. Lance Sergeant Poisons Himself Singapore, Thursday Tin-, death of Lanci nl Frederick John Hamilton Mailand. <1 the Royal Artillery, Changi, at the (Jenerai Hospital, on Dec. 7 was investigated by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. w Q Por ter, this morning. ABLE TO SPEAK Dr.
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    £5,000,000 British Loan For Belgium
    98 21 London, Dec. 15. Questioned In the Commons regarding the forthcoming Issue Of London £5,000.000 four per cent, loan for Belgium, Sir John Simon said that he did nut think that the time had come when foreign Government could be allowed to borrow freely m London.
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    King Congratulates Eyston
    45 21 London. Dt& 16. A HMMMt from the Kinu conuratulat- fag Captain Kyston. holder of tbfl world's l;md ipcfd record was pad at a reception I'ivm m his honour y<sterdav when thr Wakefleld Trophy was presented to h i m British Official Wireless
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    Japanese Column Wiped Out
    90 21  -  Sin Chew- Jit Poh Hankow, Dec. 16. Yesterday, over 10 bombs wcit dropped on the Yuiian railway, dama^inc, Korea Of hoii.ses and inflicting numerous civilian casualties. It is claimed that one column of the main Japanese forwards which entered Nanking yesterday wa.s annihilated by land mines
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    27 21 Melbourne, Dec. 16. Tlli Australian Cabinet has re-ap-pointed Mi Stanley Bruce a.s llitfh Commissioner for Australia m London for la furt h»T period of Jive years Reuter
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    Not Even Juliana Can Talk To Injurat Husband
    60 21 Not Even Juliana Can Talk To In jurat Husband Amsterdam, Dec. 15. It is now revealed that Prince Bernhard's injuries m the recent car accident are more serious than revealed m the oilicial bulletins. The Prince's condition continues to improve but Q€ is still confined to bed and not allowed
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    1937 QUEEN'S SCHOLARS
    207 22 St i i<>n port Girl To #I I Eli-HII.KN rBAR-OID, HTM Emma Sadka, by winning one ol the two Queen's Scholarships In the Colony this (11 her community and her teachers Just cause for pride first .Jewish girl to win the scholarship. Mi Emma Sadka intends to
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    A.A.M. INSPECTOR CHARGED
    269 22 Alleged Trick On PrillvlflHM Singapore Thursd CHARGE ol cheating under unusuai 'A circumstances «v n-sjwnsible this i morning for the aw^aranjf. retort Mr N Reeves, the Third MagistraU of a 30-year-old Ceylontae, he. .•h. an Inspector ol the Automobile elation ol Malaya i! wis alleged against the
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    291 22 New Books For Issue To-morrow Tiik undernoted newly added non-nc-tlOO and fiction works will be ready for issue at Raffles Library to-morrow: Conquests Discoveries of Henry the Navigator being the Chronicles of Azurara Illustrated. Virginia de Castro E. Almeida. FA Half a Life Left. James Strachey Barnes; The
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    MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES
    109 22 Successful Tenders For j 1938 THE placing of certain tenders for the 1 Singapore Municipality for 1938 is announced m the minutes' of committee no. 3. Th<> committee accepted the tender of ♦he Di.nlop Rubber Co. <S.S.> Ltd., for the supply of solid and pneumaMc tyres and tubes
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    AIRBOAT FORCED DOWN
    140 22 AIRBOAT FORCED DOWN Engine Trouble Of) Bun i m Coast Singapore, Thursday. ANE of the R.A.F. "Saro London II" U type flyinf-boaU, which are on their way to Australia for *j"°» anniversary celebratioas. was foiced to alight on the sea. about 50 miles west of Akyab. Burma. y*******^.™ i.s understood
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    PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
    174 22 New Straits Union School Mr c Dhandapany Chettiar. of A.V.S.M.R. Co.. distributed the prizes at the New Straits Union English School priz« day on Wednesday and the director of the school, Mr. P. Doraikannu, congratulated the prizewinners The following are the prize-winners: Std VII. Beah Kong Yew. Choc
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    U.S. RAILWAYS
    134 22 Congress May Force Co-ordination Washington, Dec 16 DISCUSSING the genera] situation 01 the United States Railways. Senator Wheeler said it might be necessary ultimately for Congress to authorise th.> forcing of railway co-ordination anrl consolidation New York. Dec. 16 As the result of increasing foreign i Lnterei In
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    "ANGEL" AT THE PAVILION
    281 22 Dietrich Herk Marshall Do Well I MARLENE DIETRICH pictur. ihviys an event. The glamorous lene though time does not stand still for her any more than for the n us continues to preserve her charm, and enthusiastic picture fans the world flock to see her •Angel,"
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    CAPT. C. E. H. JACOBS
    247 22 Poem To Be Inscribed At Rockefeller Centre CAPT. C. E. H. Jacobs, headmastc: of Victoria School, Singapore, who has sained fame as a poet and is a member of the General Council of tru Poetry Society, London, is at present In Honqkong after a world
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    ISLINGTON CORINTHIANS' TOUR
    540 23 ALL-INDIA XI Trouble With The WRITING to the hon. secretary of the Football Association of .Malaya, under date Dec. 9, Mr. Thomas Smith, manager of the Islington Corinthians gives the results of the team's Indian games as follows:--Won sixteen, drawn three, lost om i This lost game,"
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    OLYMPIC GAMES
    70 23 Tokyo Hopes Fading Daily UOPES of holding the 1940 Olympic Games 1,1 Tokyo are fading daily declares the Asahi Shimhun, adding that so many problems .ur confronting the organising rom mittee. especially the vagueness of the government's support, that the committee will not !>♦• able definitely to guarantee
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    116 23 TIES lor to-day m the B.C R C. Invitation Lawn Tennis Toumainrnt at as follows O|M-n Doubles (final) N 0 Wise and B. Abed vs R. Smith and X Cherrington Handicap Singles (semi-final t Worn. Cho« Tat iowe IB v.s Yap Ah Ulan (owe
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    31 23 London Dm II Tlio Colonial Office announces the decision to ir. by fifty p«i »-f>nt the quotas on artificial silk piece Roods imported m the Gold Coast.— Reuter
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    PENANG XMAS-NEW YEAR RACE MEETING
    681 23 PENANG XMAS-NEW YEAR RACE MEETING Entries And Schedule Tor hour-Day Event (From Our Own Reporter Penans, Dee. Hi. THi; following are full entries for the Penang Turf Club Xmas-New Year meeting, opening on Monday, Dec. 27. The total number of horses entered for the meeting is made up as follows:
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    YACHTING AT R.S.Y.C.
    619 23 YACHTING AT R.S.Y.C. Ramona Wins Lipton CUNDAY'S second race for the Lipton v Challenge Cup was sailed by the RovaT Singapore Yacht Club under iluky conditions; m fact Singapore harbour must have had the world most variable wind for the day Up In the start at 10 am, and for
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    PERAK TO WIN ALL-BLUES CUP?
    247 24 PLAYERS WHO WII.I. TRAVEL Saturdays Game M ti ams for the All Bluei ***** linai .it Seremban m Saturday have not \vi been finalised, f»ut pith Sinfmporc <I7> Mid Persk 'I* 1 h.«w selected number playen t«» travel i hej are: i.uh hut Andak, N^
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    SOCCER MATCH
    96 24 Sailors Beat Soldiers At Tanglin Naval Ratim in'. 1 horn« bf Urn RaJturned out occer side the "A" Co., Royal Innlskilling t i ani Lin ye terday and ran by i after an Interesting game which made up m Incidents foi «rhal 11 lack- d In good football,
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    TENNIS "TEST"
    17 24 Australia v. America I 16 Aon bet i lriai I 6 l. 6 o Reuter
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    TO-DAY RACE SELECTIONS
    46 24 TalI>illl! by "WINDSOR LAD" ■arc I -WHY WORRY .\NA('()NI> I._ JACKIE MAI Bechester k— GALLANT MAGGIE Miss Singapore S.-KALAW (Jreen Mark 7— TOKKIDOIK n B_BK()WN LADY Allegiance I! /o l(t i._\VIIV WOKKV II t n »._PII(H)N TOK I (Mil* ]\liss Labis B.— ALLEGIANCE
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    HOME SOCCER
    304 24 Programme For Saturday TO-MORROW'S programme of matches m the English and Scottish Leagues arc as follows: ENGLISH LEAGUI DIV. L Birmingham vs. Brentford. Charlton A. vs. Leicester C. Chelsea vs. Wolverhampton W. Grimsby T. vs. Derby C. Leeds U. v.s. Manchester C. Liverpool vs. Arsenal. Middlesborough vs. Bolton
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    187 24 Friction In Sandjak And IMPORTANT military conversations 1 are opening here to-day between the Turkish General Staff and the French Military Mission headed by General Hutzinger. commanding the French troops m Syria, dealing with demilitarisation and the security of Sandjak and Alexandretta. Many Turks are accusing France ot
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    77 24 MORTELL WINS IN IPOH Judges Disagree Fight With Abay i From Our Own Rcpo Ipoh. Thur IN a thrilling flght to-night Jubilee Park. Johnny Iforb uained a close derision over Littlvan 7.6 over ten three-minute roi. Abayan put up a plucky fight an< leading slightly m the first few rounds.
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