Morning Tribune, 17 January 1938

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL 2.— No. 296. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, January 17, 1938. FIVE CENTS
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  • 333 1 CABINET NOT YET FORMED PARTIES' ATTITUDE UNCOMPROMISING Paris, Jan. 16. M. BONNET has abandoned the task of forming a government. Radical- Socialists, at a meeting m the Chamber previously voted by 32 votes to 26 m favour of inviting him to continue his efforts to form
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  • 141 1 Japanese Statement On Policy In China Witt Establish A New Regime: Claims Responsibilities For Peace Tokyo, Jan. 16. THE Japanese Government's statement of the fundamental Chinese policy is broadly on the lines forecasted. It declares that* the Japanese Government will henceforward cease to deal with the Chinese National government, and
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  • 105 1 TO MEET MENACE OF JAPAN Tokyo Building 45,000-lon Battleship Moscow, Jan. 16. MOI OTOV, President of the Council of peaking on the creation of \u c Naval Commissariat, declared that ne Soviet must build a strong fleet. added: "We must consider the fact mat Japan refuses
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  • 102 1 Washington, Jon. 16. idely circulating here Japan la eecretly building a mans- 15.000 ton battleship but it is not expected the United States naval authorities will at present seek to compete In this field since the large American shipyards are already working to capai Americ: is rather more concerned uitl
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 41 1 i ON OTHEF PAGES Market Without Flies 2 g pore Weddings 2 17 n „orary Allowances 3 1 s p. Meeting Spore Kase Alarms v Japan J > Hieing Ciuide i» i Malaya C'« PalP al f A ltKl ipusam Pictures 24
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    • 39 1 i WANT MILK THAT KEEPS PERFECTLY V I WITHOUT REFRICERATION IN ANY CLIMATE? <i THEN GET KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MTJC. 1 f^^— s^^^taJ I 1 Whole MllK_^. 1 f 1 OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE DISTRIBUTORS. S IiETZ BROS. A CO. I
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  • 48 1 Allahabad, Jan. 16. ••nfu?ed WC^n kil i e l and 12 seriously a Rood f'Ef hl e xpress colli ded with J Ai.S ln K a i Bamr auli Station llah Q a^d. One third-class overturn d telesc °Ded and anntW Reuter
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  • 96 1 For Transport Of Arms From Europe Via Russia Shanghai, Jan. 16. PLANS have been mapped out according to Chinese reports for the construction of a 2,500 mile railway linking Chungking with Russia via Sinkiang m order to facilitate the transportation of military supplies to China from
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  • 96 1 Chinese Newspaper Office Damaged In S'hai Shanghai, Jan. 16. A hand grenade was thrown this evening into the offices of the Chinese vernacular daily, the Hwa Mci Pao, published by an American, Mr. Hal P. Mills. Windows were shattered and furniture wrecked. The Hwa Mci Pao is situated
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  • 162 1 Warships' Sailing Delayed: Lifeboat Rescues London. Jan. 16. EXCEPTIONALLY wild weather was experienced m Southern England during the night and m the channel the gale, which is now moderating, is reported to have reached at times a velocity of 80 miles m.p.h. Shipping received a
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  • 80 1 Imperial A irways To Encircle The World "ESTABLISHED FACT IN 2 OR 3 YEARS" Darwin (Australia), Jan. 16. AN all-red air route round the world would be an established fact m two or three years, declared Mr. S. A. Dismore, assistant general manager of Imperial Airways, to-day on arrival here
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  • 81 1 Shanghai, Jan. 16. THE U.S.S. Marblehead has been order--1 ed to sail for Chefoo from Tsingtao immediately, as a precautionary measure, owing to a report from the American Consul that disorder had broken out with a hundred Chinese so-called special police looting Chinese shops and firingpistols
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  • 22 1 Basrah, Jan. 16. Four flying boats of the 203 squadron have lei t tor Singapore. Reuter
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 167 2 NAVAL ARMAMENT DEPOT rH.M. NAVAL BASE. SINGAPORE VA( AM V lOR PIERMASTEE. Candidates lor this vacancy must be British Europe. i ol not more than 45 ve.u ol ace. and Willing to execute an agreement for A years' service. The work will comprise the charge «>f wharf and shipping work
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    • 150 2 ie!p Kidneys Fight Dangerous Germs fYour Kidneys contain 3 miltlnj tubes, endangered by germs cauaed by colda, bad tfeth, tonsils and Infections. Beware! Kidney and Bladder l< rs make you suff< Burning, itching P i cause you to (.let up Nights, be Nervy, have Leg I'ains. Dlzzlness. Rheumntiam, Circles under
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  • 846 2 TOO CLEAN TOO COOL Magnificent $300,000 Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. HALF of Kuala Lumpur's new $.130,000 central market will be ready for o< cupation m the first week of February. The stalls from the temporary market m MeArthur Street will be shifted to the
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  • 103 2 Cay Comedy In Time Out For Romance" TIME OUT For Romance." which had a premiere at the Alhambra Theatre lust night, is an exceptionally good comedy m which Claire Trevor and Michael Whalen are co-starred. The story is an interesting one, m which Claire Trevor is seen
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  • 128 2 Motor Accident In Orchard Road Singapore. Saturday. INJURED m a collision between a rickshaw and a motor-car at Orchard Road to-night, a couple, who weie tho occupants of the rickshaw, and tha Duller were taken to hospital by ambulance. The couple received contused lacerations on the face and
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  • 66 2 Inspectors Hold Annual Event At Adefphi THE Straits Police Inspectors held their annual fancy dress. ball at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. It was an extremely enjoyable and successful function Music was supplied by Rellers* Band, and dancing continued merrily until 1 o'clock There were many guests
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  • 337 2 Anniversary Dinner At Southern Hotel Singapore. Saturday. WEALTH that comes from the pu should be used for the welfare of the public." That was the policy stressed bChairman < Mr. Aw Boon Haw, 0.8.E of the Sin Chew Jit Poh m the course of his speech
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 16 3 Uverseas Assurance URPORATION, LIMITED, CM__t Building, ChuUa Street, 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor CHICLES WORKMEN^ COIVIPENSATION
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    • 134 3 -3ilviVrin DOES GROW HAIR mmimmmmmmmmmm mm WmM __-_-> Removes Dar.tlru ff\ Prevents Falling -hair Js\ and correcti disorders cf the scalp. y B3# To restore new hair- Sk growth ask ycur Chel f$W mist, or a High-Class n I lw store, or Hair-dnvser \h^ PURE SILVIKRIN Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS
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    • 60 3 SINGAPORE the coolest Saturdays restaurant Special •AIRPORT Penang mm m Curry Tiffin T el 3356 for reservations II ©T E L l s? l^^^ 3^^^ mm tmm ■■■■■■■SSWSSSBl BBBBBWSBBBBBBWSBBWSBBBSSBBBWSWSWSBBBBB BSSSSBSBWSSSSSBSSW^BBWSSSSSBW^BWJ NEW STOCK OF COLD /^!IPl\ POCKET CHROME fr#ft^l STAINLESS OBJO STEEL Xjrajjp* WRISTLET DISPLAYS AT ALL DEALERS. I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Sole
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 67 3 Law Notice For To-morrow Before the Chief Justice m the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Bkcy. 59 60 37— Re. W. S. Bee Co. (Motion to reverse or vary O.A.s rejection of proofs etc. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell m the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Assizes Before Mr. Justice
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  • 84 3 ITO PETITION LONDON? GS. A. Holding A Meeting (From Our Oicn Correspondent) Malacca, Sunday. TT is understood that the Malacca A Junior Civil Service Association will hold a meeting on Tuesday when the question of a petition to the Secretary of State for the restoration of
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  • 462 3 IS. P. Chairman Utters Warning Against Apathy In Prosperous Times lF rom Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. v Leceatt, the Chairman of tion uf the son be htaUh i;:. 'da mcd that the soeeit, lore. He n ,anter into his own n nf
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  • 192 3 Pig Bites Off Coolie's Finger Mn.rtiv after ten o'clock yesterday morning, I Chinese coolie had the tip of his ieft finger bitten off by a pi? at the Municipal abattoir m French Koad. He was taken to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital by ambulance. rma tor our members, we aone
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  • 213 3 Mr. D. S. Little Crushed In Accident (From Our Own Reporter} Kuala Lumpur, Saturday MR D S. Little, of Sungei Mangis Estate, one of the oldest members of the planting community m Selangor was fat all v injured yesterday when a lorry loaded with rubber accidentally
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  • 40 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sunday. The local Chinese have subscribed funds to send nationals volunteering to serve m China and provide clothing and money. The first party comprising of taxi-drivers left this week.
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  • 70 3 Shortly before midnight last night, a Chinese cyclist was knocked down by a motor car said to have been driven by a well-known local Chinese doctor m Kallang Road. The cyclist sustained a fracture of the skull, contusions on the forehead, and a lacerated wound on the back
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  • 55 3 Tiger dancing and expert fencing characterised the Thaipusam procession which was held at the New World last night. Motor cars containing Indian 'princes" and "princesses" were but a few of the items of interest while photographs of Pandit Nehru, the Indian Congress leader and Mahatma
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  • 40 3 (Junction of Selegie Rd. and Short St.) There are vacancies m all classes from Primary to the Senior Cambridge. Shorthand, Book-keeping and Typewriting also taught FREE OF CHARGE m the HIGHER standards ENROL NOW. Apply The Principal
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 61 4 F OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the FEAI of BURGLARS by keeping you VALUABLES (jewellery or import ant documents) m SAFE BOXES m our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes, so that
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    • 16 4 SOUTH lIIIIIISII INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. Is Your MOTOR CAB fully insured? Tel. 5926, 2, Finlayson Green.
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    • 164 4 *'*_H_^^^ ***w>*l -*4mW _^>_MB-*^^J mmT%^***+. Z^L V^^*>_- T*^'' J-^-fch^X. _T^ .mmW -^-^-^.*^V ¥^H ~"^^^^^^_-^^^'^sw" ANCI agents SI ME DARBY Co.. Ltd. BANK OF CHINA j (Incorporated m China by Special Charter.) 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dept. 6441 General Office 5188-* Cable Address: "CHI NGKl <>
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  • REUTER'S COAAMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 103 4 q t Ruvprs 71 16 7 116 CnllarQ 71 71 i. Ocllcio I H H „<l ,1u1y.5,,,t, Buyer, 7116 71 i W +j -2nd Forward •.Apr June) gSS'S" 5 1" HIM I l-.,,'v. (IM.) Huycrs 75 16 +1 Li ft London. Jan. 15. PAI.M OIL (Malaya) Previous T
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    • 97 4 Imperial Chemical Industries 346 344 1 2 IV2CI Imperial Tobacco 253 9 153 14 TVid Anglo-Dutch 29 9 29 9 Canadian Pacific 8 7 7 8 London Tin 4 p o 4 1*2 a Rubber Plan Investment Trust 28,7*2 28 6 Linggis 18 9 18 9 Southern
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    • 61 4 Previous To-day Change T.T en Pans (clos.ni/ middle rate) 150.87 148.75 —2.12 TT on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.97 916 8.97 516 —.4 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 12 932 Unchanged TT. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) 13 116 Unchanged TT on Japan (closing selling rate; 12
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    • 17 4 (jOLD London. Jan. 15. 4 months' forward. 19 1 2 19 7 16 1 16
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    • 20 4 UN Standard London. Jan. 15. Previous To-day Change Spot (afternoon closing price) £1853 4 closed Forward tlB5 closed
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    • 65 4 .>• mm if New York. Jan. 15. Xi urn k Previous To-day Chang Tone Steady Dull Ton Buyers H', 14%, +'b b P° l Sellers 14 916 143^, +3 16 Buyers 14 1116 14 15 16 +V 4 A ,r|June SeUers 14 13 16 15«« +5 16
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 228 5 S. E LEVY CO. Shanghai, Honjrkong, Manila, Singapore. Investment Bankers and Brokers m Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cable and Quotation Service. I Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE, CHICAGO BOARD OK TRADE. I CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 29 5 Vessels Arrived Boelongan. Dutch, 578 tons, from Singkawang Jan. 14, to Tg. Pinans Jan 18. Silverwalnut. British, 3.693 tons, from Hong Kong Jan. 14, to New York Jan. 24.
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  • 806 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Singapore. Jan. 15, 1 p.m. Buyers tellers 44> 2 4 10V2 Kumbang 32; JJ-cd .Malay sJ'_ Iyer Hitam 75 080 en JL 23 9 24 6 :n Tl 152 1 4 157V2 3a tu Selangor 1^,2 Burma Malay 27 6 28 6 :henderiang go»
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  • 176 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Saturday. Buyers Sellers Ampat 4 6 ftjlOVfa Batu Selangor 1.47 1 52 Hongkong Tti 25|3 26 3 Hong Fatt 106 1.10 Jtlebu ..80 85 Kramat ..12- 129 Kamunting Tin 10i6 116 Killinghall 18 19 Katu Tin 24- 25Kuchai 1 47 i 52 Larut 11 J 2
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  • 147 5 Maynard Co. Ltd. 30,000 Int. 30,000,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 $95.00 $105.00 norn ■<& 1928 red 1958-66 $4,000 000 Int May 1 NOV. 1 119% 121% cl 4%% 1929 red. 1959-69 $8,250,000 Int May 15 Nov. 15 119 120 ci 8% 1935 red 1956-1966 $625,000 int
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 298 6 PAVILION 3-15 6-15 9-15 TO-DAY l NSTINTED PRAISF FOR fEARI BEST MUSICAL! Free Press. Sat. 0 mi sntertatnment rrec -s.cal we have had .ran be w,rmly r^omniended^^ ImmmWmS, Wt mmTMmW V^_l I ___i _H I -i With Fritz Kreisler's Glorious Melodies! j T ROXY BAR OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT LAST NK.HT
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    • 137 6 Positively LAST DAY of Extended Season! Don't Miss It! m i ~»__j___^ THREE HOLIDAY SHOWS CaFTtOJ-^JS- 6-15^- 9-15 l^Prinre^^LPauper xj«d# r *t jf^SPgl St _d_fi_*^_l _H^V Re* EuHR _y **4 #i^^^^sp--^^»^"^"" Impressive Changed A Million Lives In a 1 pP^VLflyi/it 7 Coronation Will Forever Remember \J ftJjj* /j jjy _B
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 212 7 .^-.A 1 07 Mbv m _P **Tn« _!_^^^fC_3 -ialW-H _R ___a_t^__fe {BBBBT BBBBT A -_^-M9nS mmmmmmW*VMmmmmWm\ PTTI SB-B iU^ "^^m\ iwCB .PI R[|\ RKRKn Pt_-_l -PSi M-l tT_I II 111 i M > R Y*JmWK i_!an_ i J/ J l< H -_^^^W SS^TI 111 fVILJM TOMBffiKyr mmm mmmmmWi j bJHsbbß*^*^^^
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    • 191 7 j' TO-MORROW At The CAPITOL Another rollicking comedy show with CHARLES WINNINGER, the popular DADDY oi the 3 SMART GIRLS" as 4 CAPPY RICKS m PETER B. KYNE'S famous Story fit X* mW A _^_____few V B f"^ _l fe_ w UM* ,_gw jl jEv^i|> fl |P^^ X > _fl
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  • 768 8 OUTBURST IN r rr\k' Vf} British U.S. Policy Of Discretion Urged AKKI'TKIt missaße fiom Tokyo, dated Jan. IS, states: The Japanese Press features the visit of the United States cruisers to Singapore on Feb. 14, the Yomiuri Shimbun, m an editorial, declaring* that Japan is forced
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  • 171 8 Over U. S. Ambassador's opeech Washington, Jan. 15. THE German Ambassador, Herr Dieck--1 hofT. has protested to Mr. Cordell Hull against the speech delivered m New York yesterday by Mr. William Dodd. i former United States Ambassador to I Germany. Mr. Dodd described Hi tiler as "now i
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  • 105 8 T Moscow. Jan. 15. HE Supreme Council of the Soviet Union held a meeting to-day to discuss the formation of the Government and other important matters The meeting of the Supreme Council consists of a joint sitting of two hours of the Council of the Union, containing 569
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  • 398 8 Closer Anolo^U.S. Alhance?-New York THE participation of American naval vessels at the opening of the Singapore Base is occasioning some speculation m London. M The announcement is generally interpreted as possessing a significance much beyond that involved m a customary naval courtesy
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  • 106 8 Plane Seized By The Japanese Khabarovsk. Jan. 14. i THE alleged detention of a Soviet aeroplane with the crew and civil air mail m Manchuria is the subject of vigorous protests to the Japanese authorities by the Soviet Consultate General at Harbin and the Soviet Embassy at Tokyo.
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  • 394 8 BRITISH EMBASSY SCENE Japanese Fanatic Draw A Dagger Tokyo, Jan, 15. SHORTLY after 1 p.m. to-day, the British Embassy was the scene of a drama which is a significant example of Japan's attitude towards Great Britain. According to a police report, a Japanese author, Makota Watanabe. wearing the formal ceremonial
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  • 139 8  -  Nanyang Siang Pau Shanghai, Jan. 15. DURING the past five months, th* province of Kwang*ung has been subjected to no fewer than 200 air raids from the Japanese. Only U& night a batch of 35 enemy P la |V* made eight successive raids on tn-Canton-Kowloon
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 39 9 MB_H___H_K___fl___ffi_HH_9. v H_HsBft_W__sS3Pifc'f Mr At t L^^q^- >i m/ x"^ _A_P"9^rY^_l "*_JCV^ r ■L-f 1 1 B !__r»l n Jv 1 v^ w. l "a B^ W_^ r^^^^r^J__^^^^n^^-^^__^^a^"^_^T^iS^^Tg_F **4 _i *J »t v k B _t Q^3JUU^UjA!_Li^' v^!i^}h___RilßgP v
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 39 9 Mails Delivered The Air Mail 'Imperial) despatched :rom Singapore on Jan. 5 was delivered i m London on Jan. 13. The Air Mail (Netherlands) despatch- ed from Singapore on Jan. 9 was dcI liverecl In London Jan. 14. i
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  • 515 9 AUSTRALIA'S CLAIM Growth Of The Sport hi Commonwealth Sydney, N.S.W rl that has had an r ir that have elapsed urn throughout Ausff a _!partieularif m Sydney-have 3 nea t brill m hshing. tm, all parts of the world to the cost and n of
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  • 271 9 £260,000 Paid To Farmers As Compensation London. COMPENSATION paid to farmers tor animals -Jaughtered owing to foot-and-mouth digease this year has amounted to £260.223. an official of the Ministry of Agrioulture told Reuter. The total l umber of animals slaughtered amounts to 8.727 cattle, 1.M44 sheep and 6.537
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
  • 299 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, Jan. 17. 1938. JAPAN IN TROUBLE JAPAN'S expected conquest of china is becoming more remote and unlikely as the weeks go oy, A careful perusal of any day's news during the last fortnight, for example, furnishes very definite proof that Japan is meeting with severe obstacles
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  • 1250 10  -  Autolycus fdghfx NOTES COMMENTS OF THE DAY AFTER B long delay the new recreafor Si: which were promised through the development of tl rge the Fifth Jubilee i k on m slopes of Fort Cannifl be an established fact within the n< xt few months. m nearly
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  • 237 10 Mr. E. N. Taylor has been app<> to be a member of the Board of I sing Justices for Penang. for a p of three years, vice Mr. J. L. McFall Mr. Roland St. John Braddel. after spending a few days at his own bungalow, "Mount Vernon." Cameron Highlands,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 71 11 new Vitality wtthj SANAtdGIi XT., T^< tonic toocft^: *«t fl j a word to the office executive FOR DIRECT INSTANTANEOUS I CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL DE* ARTMENT3 USE INTEKL O.M.ML'NIC Vf lON SYSTEMS. A* Supplied To The Malaya Tribune Office FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY MM KOK GEK CO. li, Stamford F.oad.
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  • 287 11 FOR THE ENEMY BOMBER London-Finest Bombing Target In World ■m FORTUNATELY for us, and rtnnately for our enemies, the iues of the air has been achie,,l London is the finest bomrget m the world.'' men! waa made m the Com- by Lieut.-Commandei 8 c Nuneaton
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  • 92 11 Saves Sermons With Drinks (British Columbia) P^st, who believes he m the role of arrived here H,^hTv nd he <ach drmk tains he Mn c caul t d 0 more Kood n m behind more or m his shi bar tnan f «»n troubl? ami Is
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  • 404 11 Over 40 lbs. Per Head Per Annum London. IRELAND consumes more butter and 1 eegs per head than any country m the world, according to the report on Dairy Produce < 1936-1937 of the Imperial Economic Committee. The butter consumption In New Zealand and the Irish
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  • 262 11 Convicts To Take A Part In It Sydney. THE principle governing the organisa--1 tion of the street pageant—Australia's March to Nationhood— for the loum Anniversary celebrations has been historical accuracy, said the Minister-in-Charge. Mr. Dunningham. m a statement to the Press. "We have had the advantage of
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  • 430 12 m»m ion of the railway staff, which gives audible warning to the drivers has f \t>u aid on the Great Western Railway system m England. Set m the centre n Antioti sirnalfl is a ramp which can be electrically energised by the signaler 1 7 H
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 48 13 4-a_H-H_HM_M_B-B_MOHM-HBHB. YOU WILL FIND THE LARGEST SELECTIONS Di DIAMOND RINGS BRACELETS BROOCHES, etc AT Rene I 1 J.VI WHERE QUALITY and VALUE ATTI TKADITION/IL. The ilest is to come and cc at RENE ULLMANN JEWELLERS, Rallies Place, SLNGAPORE. Opened daily including Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 6 pan.
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  • 1064 14 The Centenary of Empress Elizabeth's Birthday, and Story of her Wedding N AUgUSI 1868, the Duchess Ludovica o i place In fulfltaient on: th e elder ol i theyoui family permitted as a favour, '-mpany her. Th< J .hldeed ..quins all her well-ki jtetJ o '>
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  • 410 14 I I 1 others wage war. Thou oh happy Austria, marry' What the Qod of thou recelvest from toddessofl Love." This motto which 1 »> »ie days of Maximilian I. i last 0 the knight., and which draws to the way m which the Habsicquired territories
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  • 266 14 Winter Sports and Broadcasting TPHE vast significance attaching to Winter sports m Austria may be clearly seen from the form of the programme of the Austrian Broadcasting Company, the "Ravag". In addition to the "Snow report from Austria" which is broadcasted every Thursday evening at 7.10 p.m. Central European time
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  • 69 14 For the international academic ski-ir.g contests which are to take place for the first time In Austria from the 10th till the 13th February 1938 at Hofgastein. the department for physical culture at the Austrian high schools have already leceived, so soon after the invitations had been sent out, ten
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  • 2308 14 Celebrating CHRISTMAS In France WHEN Christmas bells rang out over France many picturesque c some of great antiquity, were ben served m towns, villages and hi set on the plain or perched high m the mountains. One of the quaint! these ceremonies took place at I > ..ins of the
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 18 15 j Maison Marcelle !4^^Tp Oi j>«lt.i- winding J i f 5 Stamford XC > faL 4ie? Pro*. I KOOY.
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    • 83 15 j A TOURISTS SHOPPING? GUIDE EYES Tg^J^Ji Have Your \s^ Eyes Examined oy the most modern methods known to science! R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.S. (Dr. ef ocular science) 4, Arcade. Phone 3002. Consultation without cost or obligation. i n ii ii ii SILK STORE ?\Ve Offer You j Every Facility
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    • 103 15 HAIRDRESSER Be waved by j THE CONTINENTAL I A New Wireless Permanent Waving Machine i from America i j MAISON* PERM Stamford Road M, 4610 <£• WATCH MAKER For a reliable *m Wb 4M__ and INEXPENSIVE ti^H^W' Timepiece There's Nothing to beat a Vulcaln. We have just received a lar^e
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  • 49 15 It moths get in f o stuffed furniture, a good soaking m gasoline will kill trie moths and eggs as well Needless to say, the soaking should be don e out of doors, or at least somewhere away from ail possibility of fire. i
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 434 16 S^s-_tj aJ7 Z. 7 BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) 1937. 1938 SOMALI 6.800 Jan. 18 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Mar. 25 COMORIN 15,000 Jan. 28 CORFU 15.000 Apr. 8 KAIBAR I HIND 11.500 Feb. 11 SOUDAN 6.500 Apr. 8 BANGALO 0.000 Feb. 12 CHITRAL 15.000 Apr NALDERA 16.000 Feb.
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    • 467 16 I yA TO FRENCH PORTS |w j /x^JPw^* I [I'll* _l m HOMEWARDS. T I BANGKOK For Marseilles.Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Jan. 18 j CAP VARELLA For Marseiles, Nan tes. St. Nazaire Bordeaux Feb. 4 S DAI NY For Marseilles, Nantes. St. Nazaire Bordeaux Feb CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 322 17 r BIRXS PIIILP LIKE. (Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS >„x^~r DUe SaUS MA.NGOLA Jan. 29 Feb. 3 MERKUR Mar. 1 Mar. 4 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. 'Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting KPivl.
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    • 132 17 N. Y. K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGERS AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated m Japan). To LONDON via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. M.s. YASUKUNI MARU Jan. 19 ss. "HAKONE MARU" Feh. 3 ss. FUSHIMI MARU Feb. 17 Rates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples $574 $621 $634 $381
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 74 17 IpOSTAL INTELLIGENCE j TO-DAY F OR PER DATE AND TTME S. Soon Heng Jan. 17 9 a.m. Plancius 17 9 a.m. M edan uin.n-r Tg. Pinang 17 10 a.m. Tan» on B rinan^ G. G. Pasquler 17 11 a.n: P^uth-Weit Sumatra, S.-East Java. S"tn Moluccas and Borneo, ceieoe-. Reijnst 17
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    • 103 17 Mails Expected Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpu by Air (Internal Service) on Saturday. General delivery of letters 9 a.m. to-day. Mails from Europe etc. (London by Air (Imperial yesterday. General delivery of letters 9 a.m. to-day. Nlails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc. Dy Air (Qantas) yesterday General delivery of
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  • 181 17 Mother Describes The Accident Singapore. Saturday. IT the conclusion 10-day of an toA quirv hold into 'he death of a foui-veat-old Cantonese girl. Lon Ah Khuan m the afternoon of Dec. 22 fcst Mr W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, returned a verdict of death by misadventure from
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  • 63 17 Held Up By Dutch Destroyer The Hague, Jan. 15. A DUTCH destroyer, belonging to the East Indies Squadron, held up three Japanese motor fishingboats, which were allegedly m the Netherlands territorial waters around the Riouw Archipelago. The fishing-boats did not carry the j necessary ships' papers, and, with
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  • 106 17 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Curlew. Silverash, Ahamo, Recorder. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS King's Dock: Nieuw Holland No. 1 Dock: Singapore No. 2 Dock: Lady Denison Pender. Entrance Exit Ship Godown Gate Gate Plancius 22 1 1 Hong Peng
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  • 175 17 Shanghai Chinese Charged With Possession Singapore, Saturday. FIVE Shanghai Chinese, Liv E. Ton_, Lieu Jan Choon, Lieu Haw Geong, Chu Chiang Wei, and Lim Chan Fatt, were produced m the Criminal District Court, before Mr. H. A. Forrer, District Judge this morning as a result of an arrest
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  • 483 17 Naval Officer From The Eagle Singapore, Saturday. rO interesting weddings took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral this afternoon. The first was at half-past four between Lt. John William Corbett, R.N., H.M.S. "Eagle," and Miss Dorothy Joan Peter, and the second, which took place at five o'clock, was
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  • 163 17 LIVERPOOL MAN DECORATED Receives Medal 40 Years After War Liverpool. A LIVERPOOL man has just received a medal lor services which he per- > formed 40 years aagino m the Grceco- Turkish War. He is Mr Brinley Richard, now chief shore steward of the Cunard -White Sta** line. In 1897,
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  • 3211 18 TAIPING TURF CLUB'S TWO-DAY SKYE RACES Recent Runs Of All Horses Ami Ponies (By "Marcus Superbus") DETAILS of the performances on their three most recent outings, of all horses and ponies entered for the two-day Skye race meeting to be held by the Taiping Turf
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    • 1010 20 foN THE RADIO j i BRITISH EMPIRE U. S. A. SHORTWAVE PROGRAMME PROGRAMMES Transmission 2:-6.05 p.m.~9.15 The following are the P r .'neipal Transmission z o^u American short-wave transmissions. \Sk if 97 metres (21 47 mes); (iS(, The numbers immediately after the S 86 metres (17 79 mcs, and OSO
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    • 972 20 PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C Singapore Station On 225 Metres th DAY mian Gir.l"— Overture (Balfe* pinw lU-i/ax by jQhn Barbirolu and His orchestra \*..i«v Music (Gramophone "Ballet Egyptien Suite" <Luigini> Pi av J 6^ P i^Sam?to Rosina." ed by the New Light Symphony Orches Records). Mala **f n
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  • 108 21 Washington. Jan. 16. Britain and the United States are preparing to disregard the London Treaty limitations m the size of battleships if reports, that Japan is building larger •eships is confirmed, according to authorities here. The administration spokesman expressed the belief that the Treaty Powers might ask Japan formally for
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  • 227 21 Unions Resolve On Japanese Boycott Brussels, Jan. 16. 10INT meetin? of the International X of Trade Unions and the R I^t international decided on pniv 3° c Xl it Japanese goods. Dele'J d to ask this from their vernments. based on the resP^ c ofiollective security. The re*Sn
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  • 69 21 Moscow, Jan. 16. The territories and regions of the Russian Socialist federated Soviet Republic and the Ukranian Soviet Republic are to be divided into smaller administrative units with the object of improving economic and cultural developments and creating closer ties between the people and the governing bodies. This
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  • 72 21 London, Jan. 16. An immense crowd of Irishmen staged a wild welcome for Mr. De Valera when he arrived at Euston for the AngloIrish talks. Cheering loudly, the crowd rushed the barriers and surrounded the parriage The police had to call reinforcements to clear the
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  • 116 21 Chowhsien And Other Points Recaptured Hankow. Jan. 16. Admiral Shen Hung Lieh, the cityless Mayor of Tsingtao has been appointed Governor of Shantung m succession to Gen. Han Fu Chu. Meanwhile the tide of battle m the Yenchow area is running m favour of the Chinese according to
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  • 93 21 London, Jan. 16. With the flow of funds from the Continent accentuating the already large supply seeking employment, borrowers occasionally obtained loans at a quarter per cent. This glut of money causea a rush for treasury bills which are now offering on a reduced scale with the result
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  • 39 21 President Roosevelt has nominated the 53-year-old solicitor General Stanley Reed to be a judge of the Supreme Court m place of 76-year-old Judge-Suther-Jand. There will now be only three septuagenarians among the judges. Reuter Wireless
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  • 36 21 Amsterdam, Jan. 15. CHINESE Ministers from various Eurjpean capitals, including Dr. Wellington Koo, left for London after holding a discussion m an Amsterdam hotel. The nature of the conversations was not divulged. Reuter
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  • 34 21 Karachi, Jan. 16. Attempting a record flight from Indochina to Paris, the Frenchman, Christian Moench, landed here and took off for Baghdad. He hopes to reach Paris by midnight on Sunday. Reuter
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  • 19 21 1 Ayer Molek Co —25,934 lb. Total for two months of current financial year. 54,339 lb.
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  • 394 22 Rugger International At Cardiff CIXTY thousand people saw Wales S beat England In Urn '"f^g national at Cardiff to-day by I*-*^ England kicked off^gainst the wrn^ and F. Morgan JPJ* XK r e r a fle rce he had a R 0 v h c p ha
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  • 315 22 Annual Pnzegiving And At Home Singapore, Saturday MARKING the end oi the official badminton season m Singapore, an enjoyable At Home was held this afternoon m the spacious Haw-Par Gymnasium hall, Clerical Union, Rangoon Road under the auspices of the Singapore Badminton Association. The At Home was made
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  • 194 22 North Versus South Teams i Selected TEAMS for the North vs. South rugby football match at the Anson Road Stadium on Jan 29 were selected m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday as follows: North: D R Harper (Selangor)J E. Slade <Perak), A. J. Hunter (Selangor), F. A S. Caldwell
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  • 76 22 R.A.F. RE. Share Honours the Royal Air Force and the Royal Engineers shared the honours m two water polo matches played at Chang! *iW«£H-&*. the. Air Force first team beat the Engineers first team Dy 4 ~Cousens (2), Chlnchen and Cooks scored for the R.A.F., while Robertson obtained
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  • 73 22 Speedy Hassan Outpointed In Penang (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Sunday. BATTLING SIMA 9.5 easily outpointed Speedy Hassan over 12 two-minute rounds m the main event at Wembley Park arena to-night. m Battling Sima was too fast for Hassan who was content to allow Sima to do
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  • 130 22 London, Jan. 16. YESTERDAY'S principal rugby matches resulted as follows Bath 5, Cardiff 10. Blackheath 9, London Scottish 13. Bristol 9 Royal Air Force 5. Coventry 13, Harlequins 5. Gloucester 9, Bedford 8. Headingley 11, Leicester 5. Manchester 6. Birkenhead Park 5. Northampton 3, London Welsh 9. OMT
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  • 719 22 KENNEDY Co. Share Report From Penang KENNEDY Co., of Penang, m their Share Report, states:— Tne montn under review has been a deplorably dull one and with holidays intervening business has been on a very restricted scale. The state of attairs existing m America has had a depressing effect on
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  • 1352 23 HOW THRILLING RUGBY FINAL WAS DECIDED Homesters Handicapped By Illness Of KRooular Scrum-Half >From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. ARMY ttf-. SELANGOR 5 pts. tpi 'SSFP m every department of the game Selangor were to-day 0 1^ f^tPH m the seventeenth "Malaya Cup Rugby
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  • 213 23 Airmen's Narrow Win Over St. Andrew's Singapore, Saturday. THE R.A.F. A' XV beat St. Andrew's at rugby by 11 points to eight at Seletar this afternoon. As the scon would indicate, the game was fairly even. Play was always interesting and St. Andrew's scored m the first five
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  • 72 23 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. THE Corinthians defeated Perak at soccer by three goals to one to-day at Ipoh. The visitors showed a marked superiority m every department of the game and were well-deserved winners. They led two goals to nil m the first half,
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  • 350 23 Skye Meeting On fan. 21 22 FOLLOWING are entries for the Taiping Turf Club Skye meeting on Jan. 21 and 22: 1 st 2nd about 6 F 6 F 1 Mile 100 yds. Salad x Ledger Line x x Pride of Perak x x Wait And See
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  • 42 24 i i thpir ereat festival of Thaipusam. which marks the day on f«r thousands of Hindus m Singapore who celebrateu xn devotees w ho have made vows keep their various 'mmmm.mW^MSZ *<»r »M taKen out ft, ,ne process,,,
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