Morning Tribune, 28 December 1937

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 280, SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. December 28, 1937 FIVE CENTS.
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    ANOTHER SHANGHAI "INCIDENT"
    87 1 HAND GRENADES THROWN Into Japanese Mililary Launch FROM THE BRITISH DEFENCE SECTOR Shanghai, Dec. 27. A JAPANESE army spokesman announced to-day that three hand grenades of the potato masher type were thrown from Honan Road 3 ridge within the British defence sector into a Japanese military launch
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    Re-Opening Of Shanghai
    144 1 Re- Opening Of Shanghai EXTRA territorial rights will not be recognised where offences against Japanese military law is <emmitted- m Chinese territory under Japanese military occupation. This important announcement which fleets British, French, United States and other powers possessing extra-territorial rights m China Was made by the Japanese spokesmen to-duy.
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    DUCE'S "GREAT JOY"
    61 1 Birth Of Grandson In Rome Rome. Dec. 27. THE wife of Mussolini's eldest son. Vit:<*rio, gave birth to-day to a son. who is the first grandson to carry on Mussolini's name. The couple married in Rome in *eoruary. when both were 22-years-old The communique announcing trie birth
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    Tsinan 7th Provincial Capital To Fall: Japanese Begin Advance On Tsingtao
    254 1 Hankow. Dec. 27. Tsinan is the seventh Provincial capital to be occupied by the Japanese since the Sino-Japanese hostilities started on July 7. the others including Paotingfu <ca P Ual of Hopei), Taiyuanfu (Shansi. Kweisui 'Suiyuan*. Chinkiang <Kiansu>. Hangchow
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    74 1 Three hundred and fifty people lost their lives and whole villages were wiped out m disastrous floods near Damascus, Syria. Government forces were sent to the area to relieve suffering and restore order. Photo shows the ruined village of Maada. Syria, after the flood waters had subsided. Mud and pools
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    3 KILLED
    67 1 French Air Liner Crash Off Normal Route Vienna. Dec. 27. THE Air France liner Famyd crashed when en route from Vienna to Prague All aboard, the pilot, the wireless operator and one passenger were killed The scene of the crash is the Bohemian forest, well off the machine
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    ROUMANIAN CRISIS
    79 1 Bucharest. !><< >"i. THF Government is resi^nm*,' as the latest calculations of the general election results indicated that it will not have a majority m the Chamber. King Carol broke off his Christmas holiday and returned to Bucharest m an endeavour to solve the crisis which has arisen
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    ANOTHER CHINESE CAPITAL FALLS
    224 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh JAPANESE OCCUPY TSINAN ATTACK ON TSINCTAO HAS COMMENCED Shanghai, Dec. 27. THE Japanese officially announce the complete occupation of Tsinan, capital of Shantung Province Reuter. A Sin Chew Jit Poh message stated that last night the Japanese crossed the Huangho m rubber
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    $15 Millions Daily for War
    75 1  -  Nanyang Siang Pau ACCORDING to tlic Chinese plan for (be second lUft of the war, M.c Government has provided a daily military expenditure ol $15,000,000 (Chli Currency), including credit purchases I from abroad. i Tie Japanese attack on Tsingtao has actually commenced. Yesterday i fleet
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      37 1 ON OTHER PAGES Page 4 Die m Gas Tragedy 2 Soldiers m Trouble 3 London Letter 8 9 j Malaya's Toddy Bill 19 Sarazen m Action 21 Home Soccer 22 Malays' Tennis 22 Penang Races 23 i
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    FOUR DEAD IN CAS TRAGEDY
    279 2 IN SINGAPORE //ARBOUR Sago Cargo Winch Singapore, Monday. FOtIB Chinese died to-day as a refsult «.f being overcome bj peisanona gases on board n tongkang ••lloek leong." uliidi arrived here three days from Indragiri. Sumatra, loaded with iagO m bulk. Two died on hoard this
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    17 2 Mr H. C. Wilan. Solicitor-General. Kenya, and formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, was m London recently.
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    14 2 Mr. and Mrs S. G Duncan are now at' Eraser's Hill for a holiday
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    17 2 EWC tmTOtmTS^^ Bffl& gߣs Im. Kan, and Mr. J. P. Tham. Other p.ctures on page 24. (Inbune).
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    DR. THILLAYAMPALAM
    169 2 Death Of Kuala Lumpur Practitioner (From Our Own Reporter > Kuala Lumpur. Monday. THE death took place after an operation on Saturday morning at the General Hospital of Dr. Thillayampalam. a medical .practitioner of long standing m Kuala Lumpur. After graduating from the College of Medicine, Singapore, he
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    JOHORE WEDDING
    117 2 Mr. Seah Yong Ngiap-Miss Tan Sye Tian (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Dec. 26. The wedding was solemnised m Johore Bahru. of Mr. Seah Yong Ng;ap of the Medical Department and second son of Mr. and Mrs. Seah Neo Hee to Miss Tan Sye Tian, eldest daughter
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    Illegal Gralification: Sikh Pleads Drunkenness As Excuse
    96 2 Illegal Gralification: Sikh Pleads Drunkenness As Excuse Singapore. Monday. Charged with abetting the offenc? of receiving an illegal gratiiAcati^n of $20, to Inspector ihrahim. a public sfrv?nt. a* the Kandang Kerbau Polite Station TOSterday, with the intent tl al the sai^ Inspector might release him from crrstodv ior an offence
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    38 2  - Sin Chew Jit Poh After the resignation of Mr. Wang Thing Wei. the Central Political Council i.s virtually dissolved giving place to the birth of a supreme War Council m which all shades of p-olitical opinion are represented.
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    FOOD HAWKING IN MALACCA
    352 2 FOOD HAWKING IN MALACCA Unit wienie Conditions JO (From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Sunday. AS a result of discontent emanating from a large section of the Malacca hawkers, who resent certain procedure which gives their "licence" a vague significance, the Malaya Tribune, a few weeks ago, gave the hawkers' point
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    PRIME MINISTER
    143 2 Pen-Friend Of Crippled Canberra. Dec. o CRIPPLED by a fall 10 years ago, an English girl, June Porter, now 12 years old. has written to the Prime Minister. Mr Lyons, seeking a pen-frienc m Australia. She has immediately found one m Mr Lyons himself, and he has undertaker,
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    SOLDIERS' ALLEGED THEFT OF CAR
    305 3 I POLICE COURT CHARGE v^>i/f Singapore, Monday. 1 MOTOR-CAR uith three Royal ■rl Inniskilling Fusiliers crashed into the rear of a car belonging to the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road on Saturday afternoon. Sir Shenton was
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    EVINCE PAUL
    107 3 Cousin Of King To London, Dec. 26. A COURT Circular from Sandringham announces that the King held Council at 6 p m to-day at which were present the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and the Earl of Athlone, ig for the Lord President. It is understood
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    The Centaurus
    23 3 Auckland, Dec. 27. The flying -boat Centaurus has arrivr d She covered 1,300 miles from Sydn ?.v m eight hours. Reuter
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    23 3 Mr. j G Hall, electrical engineer of Yukon Gold Company. Kampar. has resumed duties. He went away on casual leave a fortnight ago.
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    SIKHS RIOT
    123 3 Bound Over By Singapore Magistrate Singapore, Monday. Ro C ad a on cd thp WUh K; i( i tins at Serangoon *&hs Har H^ 18 c- 0f P^mas Day five Pretam *™£\f^ «T' I VTre ea und!rT^f, they Said that ih^i did nn. vL c mfluen ce of
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    CHINESE CHARGED
    66 3 Alleged Possession Of A Knife C„. Dr Dn Singapore, Monday. HAKuED with being m possession of a knife and two toy pistols m Horn* Load on Saturday night, a Chinese named Cheng Lim Moy was produced m the Police Courts this morning. The charge was explained to the
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    Negligence Alleged
    73 3 Singapore. Monday. Basu bin Mohamed Akip. a Malay motor-car driver, was thLs morning i charged before Mr. L. C. Con m the Fourth Police Court with causing hurt to Mr. Thomas Aleaxander Clark of Messrs. United Engineers. Ltd., by driving a motor-car negligently along ColIyer Quay on Dec.
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    JOHORE FUNERAL
    113 3 Death Of Weil-Known Malay Lady (From Our Own Correspondent! Johore Bahru. Dec. 26. UER many friends will hear with regret of the death, which occurred at her residence in Jalan Abdul Samad. Johore Bahru on the night of Dec. 24 of fratimah binti Kassim. wife of fachc S™2?
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    OFFICER KILLED
    39 3 Brush With Arabs In Galilee Haifa, Dec 27 I ■•■iiienant M.W Mountain, of Che first battalion of the Border Regiment vnq was seriously injured In figi,Inst Arab rebels m the hills of Galilee yesterday, has died Reuter
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    RAILWAYS AIRCONDITIONING
    123 3 More Coaches: SporeX.L Run Also 'From Our On PI Kuala Lumpur, Monday. |'i li understood from i reliable source 1 that the FMS Railway intend shortly tO provide more air conditioned coaches on the mail trains running between Kuala Lumpur and IVnane and also between Kuala Lumpur and
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    Pacific Flight
    27 3 Auckland. Dec 27 Trie Pan American "Bamoan dipper* men left Pagopago In Samoa resteron a trial flight from America to few Zealand, has arrived Reuter
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      82 3 MUAR NAN YANG HOTEL AGENTS. Express Service J limes daily. I. HAI CHEW HOTEL. 35. Beach Road. Singapore. Tel: 3015 2 NAN YANG HOTEL, 4J. Jalan Maha rani. Muar. Tel. 153. 3 NAN CHANG HOTEL, 84. Bunga Raya, Malacca. Tel: 92 1. Singapore to Muar. Malacca X.L I at 7.00
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      61 4 Tone no U 7 3 1"> <snnt Buyers 7 3 10 S^ 1 Sellers 7 5116 J«M Sellers <t> i') c ii"£ifm? Si) m io seiicri B^^Sn2! f f k) 810: DnchMfed (fflngapore) ucc. Shipment j*' Un?ha!Jged White Muntok Jan. Mar. shipment Unchan Black Lampong Jan. Mar. shipment
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      69 4 London. Dec. 24. Previous To-day Change TKn Paris (closing middle rate) 113. io i« «q« 1- +V 4 TT on Amstridam (closing middle ratej 8.98 13 16 a .M W W +_s T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate 12 932 H^n-ed T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) 31
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      BULLION MARKET
      20 4 London. Dec. 24. GOLD Previous To-day £6-19-?. £6-19-7% 2 d. Spot io <\c —1 16 4i:. forward. lbslb
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 London, Dec. 21 TIN Standard Previous To-day Change Spr noon closing price) £ltt market Forward £186» 2 closed
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      60 4 New York, Dec. 22. Previous To-day Change urBr.FR Very Dull Stagnant RI BIL Buyers 14 y ls i 6 i 4 t 8 -116 Sellers 15 i rf 15 —»c bpo na Buyers \sy. 15 1 Apr June SSe ers 153^ 15 4 _i 8 Steady Easy
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      51 4 Imperial Chemical Industries 147,6 146,9 9d. Imperial Tobacco 29 «j 29 6 Canadian Pacific 4 TV, 4l'i 2 London Tin OR n" 28 9 Rubber Plan Investment Trust 193 Chartered' Bank }2> 4 J2J4 British American Tooacco U»|- uu Chinese 5% Reorgs. (London Issue) 6/ 66 4
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    CANTON SCARE
    150 4 hxcitemeni txeive.i urn Canton. Dec. 27. EXCITEMENT which has been dying down regarding the prospects of a Japanese Invasion of Kwangtung was redoubled this morning following a Reuter report from Hongkong that 20 Japanese vessels were sighted near Macao. A high Chinese official told Reuter "if ihe vessels
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    Singapore And H. M S. Capetown Birth
    71 4 Shanghai, Dec. 2<. A SON was bom to Mrs. Y. T. Lok, a Singapore-born Chinese woman, aboard H.M.S. Capetown at Woosung on Christmas mo»nin2. A missionary doctor, named Clellun. whose wife is also an expectant mother, attended her. Vice-Admiral Crabbe, acting as Commander-in-Chief
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    NEW BANK
    62 4  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Japanese seize Capital In Peiping THE Japanese are compelling the Chinese banks m Peiping to subscribe capital for the formation of a Central .^ank. the capital being fixed at $50,000,000. The properties of the Bank oi Communications and the Bank of China m Peipmg
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    Women Butchered With Bayonets In Nanking
    82 4 THE following is an official communique despatched from Hankow by the Chinese Foreign Office on Dec. 25 to the Chinese Consulate-General at Singapore; The Chinese papers continue to feature lurther reports of Japanese atrocities m Nanking and neighbouring towns which stagger human imagination. The
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    STOCKS & SHARES
    784 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Singapore, Dec. 24, 1 p.m. Ampat Bu 4 y f 8 Severe Assam Kumbang o 9 Austral Malay it' Ayer Hitam 95 6 Si AyerWeng 0 2 V Bangnn Tin 23 Q ola Batu Selangor 4 9 752 Burma Malay 26 3 27? Chenderiang
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    221 5 Oct. 31 $95 00 $105 00 norn PENANG MUNICIPAL 1% 1928 red 1956-66 $4,000,000 Int May 1 Nor. 1 119*4 120»/ 2 ci 4=^% 1929 red 1959-69 $8 850,000 Int May 15 Nor. 15 1183/ 4 1193/4 cl 1% 1935 red 1956-1966 $615,000 Int June 1 Dec
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    NOTES AND NEWS
    145 5 Johore Residents Leave For E §yp l (From Our Own Correspondent; Johore Bahru, Dec. 26. Haji Ismail bin Omar and Syed Alwi bin Abdullah Alhadad, two members of the Religious School, Johore, sailed for Egypt by the Dutch Mail on Dec. 17. They are sent at the
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    12 Lunatics Escape In Fire
    48 5 Paris, Dec. 27. A fire last night destroyed a lun asylum at Montredon, near Lepuy, housing 135 inmates. The bodies of seven Inmates were recovered and it Is feared another is still under the debris. Twelve dangerous lunatics escaped during the blaze. Reuter
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    Cordelia Forced Down
    45 5 Le Havre, uec. _o. The Imperial Airways flying boat Cordelia. England bound from Alexandria, with pastengen and mails, came jown In Le Havn- Roads this morning (Wing to fog m the Channel. She will continue her flight at 8 a.m. to-mor-iow Reuter
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    22 5 Mr. H. P. Lambert, a Director o! run dut Dindinga Kstate.s Ltd. hai arrived In Pundut on a visit to I tea
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    DIVORCE REFORM IN SCOTLAND
    270 7 Cruelty And Crime As THE Bill to amend the law ol^cotiand with regard to divorce, nullity anri dissolution of mauiage, which isVina sponsored by Lorn Alness, has been given a first reading m the House of Lords. It is based largely on the lines of S
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      295 7 ANOTHER GRAND "HoITnAY~ Vf~a <TnKJ" SHOW! IJO^IORROW AT THE CAPITOL J THEY HIT THE WILD AND WOOZY kSfifVll s H r WES I ...and it'll never be the same v A !■<*• Ci \J||¥_____C -INN.md and Olhc are panning for gold now and Jsß ■S^^^fclfc Nvhat pans they have! But
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      138 7 MOST IMPORTANT SCREEN EVENT OF THE DECADE IS TO-MORROWS Premiere Al PAVILION! Get Ticket Now! _> ffl^^u^gjpp^"^ /i« Taught Tht World That .fl TRUTH CANNOT BE HIDDENI ii POWER CANNOT BE ABUSEDI Al LOVE CANNOT BE DENIED! flil jflM_| In ilir life »>l Emil* Zola _H -Ai IG__JL S___jfiß________„____f 2
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    NO SKYSCRAPERS FOR LONDON
    1496 8 Regulations For The Metropolitan 'From Our Own Correspondent* London, Dec. it. t in old London is conI 1 changing. People re tuning home froi overseas often find Jt hard to rec once familiar place* At the present time. Berkelej Squai c m Lowly changing Its appearand
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    1751 8 j THE LONDON j 1 POINT OF j VIEW 1 digestion than anything else, If what 'debtors say at out unrest being bad lor the digestion is true. THORN IN SIDE OF CATERING No matter now important or a dinner a member may have arrangea m honour of some special
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    Amy Johnson's Plans
    52 9 Ml Km} Johnson, the air pilot. Is takni!' up competitive motor-driving With Mrs T II Wisdom, the racing driver, she has entered for the Monte Carlo Rally, the winter reliability contest, which necessity iOO-mile Journey across Europe Miss Johnson i.s also considering going In for track racing
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1937. "THE POISON PEN"
    310 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1937. "THE POISON PEN" 1 1EUT-COMDR. Fletcher. a Labour member of the House of Commons, will have a good deal ol sympathy m the remarks he recently made. He had no hesitation m referring to Signor Mussolini as "the poison pen of Europe and
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    Under The Punkah
    1498 10 NOTES COMMENTS OF THE DAY by Autolycus A No, arhei ward I for a Malaya ip with i maintain the mam ksof the country, it was turned n by th Hi h C »mn lonei .tl Malayan P I and are being adequak'y ttamed under the existing
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    19 10 Mrs. Loveridge of the nursing staff C the District Hospital. Ipoh. goes transfer to Kuantan, Pahang. In the future.
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    EMPIRE & COLLECTIVE SECURITY
    724 11 EMPIRE COLLECTIVE SECURITY CAMPAIGN FOR "We Should Be Unconquerable Newport, Monmouthshire THE desirability of promotingthe great ideal of Collective Security ,n the British Empire was stressed by Sir Henry Page Croft m a speech here m connection wUh the Empire Unity Campaign. -We have now to confess that the League
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    45 11 S^SmTmJT^^ "*£f S-W ...under, umeundei by the retire*, el the. weeshlp. ing the place of worship ail M Z ,i Lnr f t hlu cewmen, at the Wok. n| Moeeue, Surrey. Before enteruorsnip all Muslims attending the ceremony had to remove their shoes. (Planet News).
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    HIGH COST OF LIVING
    221 11 Food Prices Soar hi South Africa I Johannesburg. FOOD prices m South Africa are soaring towards famine level The Govern- I ment is alarmed and is instituting inquiries to check the high cost of living. Butter is almost unobtainable, and many households have been deprived of
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    MILITARY MAUSOLEUM
    189 11 Swiss Cantonal Cart. Refu German Rci/ncst Berne. A German request, to erect a military mausoleum In Switzerland, m order to house the bodies of 26 Germans who died m Switzerland while interned i during the War, ha.s aroused a storm i of controversy. The cantonal government of St.
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    AMERICA'S SEA DEFENCES
    11 11 18,000 by 1941' I r.ca .in-,,' ir I
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    CASTLECARY RAIL DISASTER
    194 12 which was stationary, at the height of a blind,„ S J» j^.g^j^J^Jg^*.^ worst on the British railways since 1915. when ''"^"t^Zr.ZTJZt* t£5Z£?Z2rr£?£ on pile after the disaster. Planet News >^ KfHtlBg the piled -up wreckage of the train > Planet News :■:>.■»»■ I 1 shows a car
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      43 13 |^r\OVADO S^tK watches The IDEAL GIFT For CHRISTMAS I_B HQOsVI ASSOKTMINT OF JI.UILLIKY WAICUES Set With DIAMONDS ALv> KINf.S BKOOCDFS ■Ul EXITI CUPS SILVERWARE CLOCKS TKAIMIION \l sfLALII'Y. LOWIfI I M MMJ PBK I •">• RENE ULLMANN 1 1 U \ICII MAKLK JLWfcLLLR. fWtUKmmm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi
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    Making Up To Loveliness
    838 14 Making Up To Loveliness THF th al libraI others the va: and nished to •n turn to the end of the hich d( era on their c a i Idly watched them i will see by the foilowmu nen and their j.- are never very far away from met how
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    The Secret Beautiful Hands
    331 14 The Secret Beautiful Hands KHARINE HEPBURN, long acknowledged id's most glamorous stars, has learned one si I of beauty too ma; gnore. has the secret of beautiful hands. Ny women (and almost all labour under the delusion that hand beauty depends entirely upon the and shape and more or less
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    The Necessity of a Good Complexion Soap
    504 15 The Necessity of a Good Complexion Soap ARE you thoroughly satisfied with youd present method oi facial cleansing? So many women complain that, much as they desire to attain that fashionable and youthful "freshy scrubbled look, they encounter considerable difficulty m selecting a soap, which m addition to being a
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    387 15 Comfort Versus Chic THE Hollywood debate of Comfort vs Chic ends m a draw. The decision is to combine the two. "It's the civic duty of every actress ii Hollywood," says Beverly Roberts, "t< wear fashionable clothes to uphold th< glamorous reputation of the city. How ever when we are
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    A Beach Ensemble
    65 15 A new note m beach en sounded OO the BhOffS Of Catalma when ,i Hughe irent hottdajrlng on the id Her satin bathmr suit was lush with print of vari -coloured SoVSfS I irhite background and the ame combination wa ted In bee long bsaeh robe except
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    ARE SINGAPORE'S DEFENCES STRONG ENOUGH?
    837 17 Haircurling Warning" Oj Sir lan Hamilton Says "Truth" <From Our Own Correspondent London. Dec. 15. T^W) opposing points on view have been evoked hv Sir lan Hamilton's "Singaoor* Speech" In which the old soldier profaned to see a Japanese menace to Singapore. "O X's Weekly"
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    MALAYA'S 8,000,000-RUPEES TODDY BILL IN A YEAR
    2282 19 MALAYA'S 8,000,000-RUPEES TODDY BILL IN A YEAR SHOULD SUPPLIES BE STOPPED? INDIAN GOVERNMENT ACTION URGED IN COUNTRY'S INTERESTS THE following are extracts from the memorandum on "Toddy m Malaya." submitted to the \?ent of the Government of India by the Central Indian Assoc iat ton of Malaya "For over four
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    249 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore. Dec. 24. 1 Total fcr -^ofcs Close financial Tin Company Dividend To Dat^ Ex. Div. >' ear Payable Ayer Weng 2' 2 r Final Dec. 29 Jan. 4 Dec. 30 Hongkong Tin 40 f Final Dec. 30 Dec 13 Idris Hyd 2» 2^
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      533 20 I 6\^ THE RADIO •g. BRITISH EMPIRE ?b££?&*£s PROGRAMME and Announce v.* nt.s _n cm i,iii-«i.l. p ,ich Time Signal at 9.05 p.m. Ir.insm.ssM.r. 2: P; m l fl 15 D m Closedown. ni 13.93 metres (21.53 >>< i 3 P™ GSH 1397 metres (21.41 mcs); <»>*» It, h(i metres
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      652 20 V PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C j! Singapore Station On 225 Metres f*( T nni Y 7.30 p.m. Time. Weather. News anc lU-uj\i Announcements. 1 n am 7.45 p.m.:— Broadcast Interview s 600 p.m.: Indian Music Gene Sara/.en by John Dumeresque. ph Is). c_„wtions 8.00 p.m. Light Orchestral Concert
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    SARAZEN AT THE LOSING END
    287 21 WIN FOR CRAIK PATERSON Poor Conditions For Golfing Match Singapore. Monday. CROWD of 350 golfing enthusiast i followed with the keenest m. terest, the exhibition match over 18 holes at the Singapore Golf Club's course it Bukit Timah. between Mr. Oene Sarazen. the international •:olfer,
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    252 21 TTrp Lone >7 1; ,,J v, lhlll! Brentford h 2 Charlton A ter Dorhv r» 1 X* J 2 Huddersfield T i rSSK? Middlesbrough f J Preston NE m vt h West &> mwich A J gggjf T. ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. v SHJft 3 Luton T 1
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    NEGRI MALAYS BEATEN
    222 21 NEGRI MALAYS BEATEN J Hockey Victory I 'or 11 Selangor U II From Out Ou K.L., hfond liii.it would have und< ed!\ pn)\ ided excellent hockej had the been fine, the Selangoi Malays narrowly defeated thi j Sembilan Malays by the odd goal In j ii The game was played
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    36 21 Sydne] Dec 27. Von Cramm (Oei manyj b< at Donald Budge i United Stab 3 ippointlng exhibition match, U.;e I bi In ian le and anna I rently uninU rei led Reuter
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULT ANO TABLES
    1014 22 HOME FOOTBALL RESULT ANO TABLES Weat her Interferes With Chmttna i) D Chri plact result M'.xpected. I M.| Isll I t IGI I l»t\ I. Icpool 2 A ton W. 2 J Grimsby T. i. i c 0 B r i aid Bcld Wolverl 37 mm ENGLISH LEAGUE, DIV. m
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    MALAYS' TENNIS TOURNEY
    219 22 Yesterdays Play On Y.M.CA. Courts A START was made yesterday m thi ■nd All-Singapore Malays' tennis tournament on the V.M C A tennis courts and full results of the liminary ties played are as follow OPEN SINGLES H Kamis beat A Hamid 6—o: 6—l M I. Reshtv
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    JACK DRUCE WINS MAIN RACE
    987 23 BIC DIVIDENDS ON OPENING DAY OF PENANG MEET Aerial Post And Jubilee Slur Dead-Heal For Win In Seventh Event n Report I EXCELLENT sport was p. >vid Xmas and New Yeai were not In obliging mood j the best being Solar Tin* the second event,
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    PENANG BOXING
    63 23 Khoo Stages Successful Come-Back Our On n R Pc, 27. DATTLINQ Khoo <9.0» former leal wei '.it champion ol Pens back to nlghl when In mam event of ten rounds at the We Park, hi (8 UH_>, the rising P the round. In the ixth I ran Into
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      86 23 1m BY _^L^^_^_^ mmmM sMt* I m S* f^ 'vs. m& Ip sT -A *2mViM Sf >^*jk>v r^C_____________^^ Hu, r 1a ___^_^^iC^x^_3i_^H _^__^-I^_^v_4^^^m^4__| My ssaa^ __r i^s tsw y*U' The four leaf Clover sign is a sign of good health because >t stands *^C r for CLOVER BRAND, insist always
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    Sarazen In Action: S.C.R.C. Annual At Home
    52 24 M ___M---MM-"-""*-~-~-' S~B«-SSSSSBSB_B~SBSSS-~^~^~^~-~" lllllt* foursome match, he ana ,t f the ist hole. k„«.n hv Paterson and rai al int tmm% Tribune X,_ ..resident, speaking at Saturday's S.C.R.C. At Home. Mr. Tan Chung K<". I m /T* the function. Kelow. snaps taken iturins
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    CHINESE SUCCESSES
    108 24 200 Japanese Killed Near Fuyang Hankow, Dec 27. 1 1 OATIONS by guarUla bands of Inese In Southern Hope! and WestMn Shantung during the past ten days! n particularly successful as] •a, Kuenhsien, Chaocheng and Ku- < ncheng have been recaptured Extension ol activities by such bands harassing
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    TO ASSIST CHINA
    124 24  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Outer Mongolia And The Reds Join In Hankow. Dec. 27. THE Chinese-Russian-Outer Mongolia conference has decided that following the abolition ol the Outer Mongolia Government, the country will participate in the war against the Japanese, in accordance with the principle of mainnational interests
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    Last Refugee Express
    65 24 Hankow. Dec. 27. I The date of the departure of the and apparently the last international train carrying refugees to Hongkong is fixed for Dec. 30. The passengers are expected to include more than 140 from Kiukiang. 40 from Hankow and from Changsha. In accordance with the
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    48 24 Mexico. Dec. 27. LADEN with munitions including 20,000.000 cartridges and 20 aeroplanes, also foodstuffs, the Spanish merchantman Ibai left Veracruz to-day to try and dodge Franco's cruisers and deliver her cargo at Barcelona. She carries 17 Mexican ex-soldier volunt* for the Spanish Government army.— Reuter
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    Revolt In Korea?
    90 24  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, DaaJW. A CCORDING to foreign reports i A hand from Peiping a Wiieapteaa plot of revolution m Korea has W* discovered by the Japanese i-ii-o"^ authorities and a seizure U* JJJJ made of arms and ammunitioi valued at SBOO.OOO. q* The supplies
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    52 24 London. I><; Vice-Admiral Sir Percy *obl p ha- thc appointed Commander-m-cniei China fleet m succession to &ir Little. asguUX Vice-Admiral Noble, who win pril command next February n lsU lC edue to the temporary ill-heaitn 0 Admiral Little, will join the r. liner Comorin at Marseilles on en route for
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