Morning Tribune, 20 January 1938

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 302. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, January 20, 1938. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 604 1 Government Manifesto Official Statement On Efforts At Mediation From Berlin HANKOW. JAN. 19. ,w PFArFFUL MEANS OF SETTLEMENT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO CHINA. A mop TcfiT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL t a*? TO* 'CHINESE I GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN THEIR htsls
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  • 99 1 JAPAN BUILDING 43,000 -TON BATTLESHIPS? Race Likely With US. And Britain 1 npTTTotr London. Jan. 19. I I American naval authorising definite confirmation '-"i-structing several43,ooo--1 M)s and if true, an early '■ill be arranged between -u h ranee— in accordance with k^LPS*. »y» the tumd "»apnt of the Dailv Telperanh
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  • 302 1 AT the time of going to press, a a huge fire is reported to be raging in Tanjong Malim, in which it is estimated very considerable damage was done. One man, Mr. S. T. Singam. a teacher at the Anglo-Chinese School, Tanjong Malim, is missing, and several people
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  • 131 1 18 Naval Planes Make Pacific Flight Honolulu. Jan. 19. ADVANCE guard of a large force of war planes to be stationed at Hawaii, 18 United States Navy bombers have arrived at Pearl Harbour to-day, after a trans-Pacific flight of 20 hours and 22 minutes, from
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  • 50 1 Serious Situation In Burma Oil Fields Rangoon, Jan. 19. APPROXIMATELY 9,000 labourers have struck on Burmah Oil and other companies' fields. The situation is reported to be growing serious. The Premier is flying to the seat of the trouble to confer with the employees and employers. Reuter
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  • 37 1 Water Floods Mine Near Colombo Colombo, Jan. !9. PIXTEEN miners are reported to hav;: ■3 been killed on a plumbago mine in Kurunagela district to-day, when water from a disused mine flooded the pit- Reuter
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  • 104 1 London, Jan. 19. AN appeal for closer Anglo-German understanding, and Anglo-American co-operation in the maintenance of world peace was made to-day by the Archbishop of Canterbury, presiding over a meeting of the upperhouse convocation at Canterbury, Westminster. Referring to Germany, he said that a very real
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  • 190 1 Invasion Of Australia By Japan Dutch Minister On Spore's Importance Melbourne, Jan. 19. MR. Wakamatsu, Japanese Consul General, issuing a statement, urged Anglo-Japanese co-operation to clear the clouds of anxiety hanging over the world. He declared that no allegation was a more ridiculous calumny than that Australia was the next
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    • 15 1 'on other vages j Pajre 1.U.0M Address „s,liers Charged '^rSrXtes 3 i Earsa^ws j i
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    • 98 1 KLIM now enables you to 1 give your children PURE -r==fc^ milk, that is delicious for \^~-~|f|j|Ky* j\ I m drinking, and at reasonable Ci*-wfiJl prices, no matter where you 1 ISS^^^ may reside. k I -jbl j j Get one of the marvellous KLIM MIXERS and mix it I
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  • 4104 2 MISLEADING PUBLIC IN ANTI-GAS SJNCAPORI: ROTARY CLUB ADDRESS t PLEA FOR GAS-PROOF ROOMS IN LOCAL ALLEGATIONS that Government had displayed an indifferent and silent policy A over the all-important question ol oivil defence in case of air raids, and that a recent anti-gM demonstration staged
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  • 454 2 Collision with Governor's Singapore, Wednesday. A TRAFFIC accident involving, the Governors car in Stamford Road on Christmas morning last had a sequel in the Third Police Court to-day when two Inniskilling Fusiliers, Patrick Clarke and DanaT Campbell, stood charged before Mr. W. G. Reeves with (1) intending
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  • 632 2 A MINIATURE MINT Police Discovery In I Sophia Road I Singapore, Wednesday. I EXHIBITS which went to form a minia- I ture mint were produced at the I Assize Court to-day, when a Eurasian 1 named Simon and a Chinese named I Michael Heng were arraigned before Mr I Justice
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    • 91 2 THE SALVATION ARMY— SING APOKI In connection with the removal ol Headquarters of the Salvation Arm} i Malaya to Tank Road, it is desin'd i announce that, starting from Thm (ia^ 20th instant, all meetings previously announced to be held at Killiney Road, ww» now be held at the new
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  • 277 3 Fellowship Award By Government From 1940 irrORDiNG to a paper to be laid A hPfore the Federal Council meetb i ueek there will be, in addiin T Present Queen's ScholartL°" tO ,nother scholarship, to be shlps. J"o™ r Fellowshin for gradut n e? f
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  • 209 3 Alleged Slander By Got Doctor m Our Ou n Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 19. WORDS alleged to have been uttered by Government doctor to an Indian dre&ser formerly employed in the Kuantan District Hospital led to an act. -lander In the Supreme Court before Justice Mr. Cussen
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  • 66 3 Against Local European Singapore. Wednesday. Ufc%27' a Eur °Pear.. living Road, appeared on a sum3s"%&t I electSSl 'lamailent'tncity of the Municipality Dec. 3 las ti and r) bfl laid linp, 1 3nd (2) ca ">^ r [fne br inn connect^ with the itv n a dn5 lng u
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  • 131 3 Because People Called Her A Spy 'From Our Oivn Reporter) Penang, Jan. 19. Because she had been continually harassed and teased by customers who called her a Japanese spy, a pretty 19 yearold Chinese waitress in a coffee shop thought the best way out was to die, so
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  • 202 3 Delegates Coming To Singapore niSTINGUISHED scientists will be pre- sent at the Conference of Prehistorians to be held in Singapore next week. The delegates will be: Indo-China: Milt. iDr.i Madeleine Colani, M. Levy, M. Saurin. Netherlands Indies: Dr. W. Willems, Dr. and Mrs. Koenigswald, Dr. P V. i van
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  • 51 3 After Strenuous Tour In Northern Siam 'From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 19. The British Minister has returned after a ten day intensive tour of northern Siam, during which he visited Chiengmai and the Shan and French frontiers returning to Bangkok after 'a pleasant strenuous and cold
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  • 163 3 ALLEGED OFFER OF BRIBE Ship's Attendant Says Money Was Bail Simj.ipore, Wednesday. ALLEGED to have attempted to induce Mr. L. P. Cauvin, Assistant Immigration Officer, to accept $100 in Hongkong currency at the Immigration Office yesterday morning, Low Cheng Hoi, employed on the French mail steamer D'Artignan as a hospital
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    • 105 3 ETON HTGH SCHOOL i Junction of Seleeie Rd. and Short S f "> Th^re are vacancies in all classes from Pnmory to the Senior Cambridge Shorthand. Pook-koepinn- and Tvpe wrltfnc al^o tnncht FREE OF CHARGE in th* HTOHFR standards ENROL NOW. Apply The Principal DOES GROW HAIR Removes Dandruff. f
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    • 62 3 I COOL.' CLEAN! COMFORTABLE! I Reserve a table for your next party by telephoning 3356 S I (i A P R E I AIItP O It T HOTEL /^i^?X /o^***\ /^^X i I S XEW STOCK OF GOLD i^v§K©>^ onri^cT CHROME fltom KET STAINLESS V*MjJK?I P^^^^ WRISTLET /4 T f
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    • 80 3 MUAR NAN YANG HOTEL AGENTS. Express Service 3 times daily. 1. HAI CHEW HOTEL, 35, Beach Road, Singapore, Tel: 3015. 2. NAN YANG HOTEL, 41, Jalan Maharani, Muar. Tel. 156. 3 NAN CHANG HOTEL, 84, Bunga Raya, Malacca. Tel: 92. 1. Singapore to Muar, Malacca K.L at 7.00 a.m. 2.00
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 135 4 London. Jan. 19. KU BBKR Previous To-day Change Tone jruiej Dul SDot Buyers 7 110 71 16 Sellers 73 16 73 16 3rd Forward (July Sept.) Buyers 7' 8 7 116 i 16 Sellers 7 31*. 73 16 2nd Forward '(Apr. 1 June) Buyers 7', 73 16 —116
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    • 68 4 Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 148.87 148.71 —.16 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.97 1 16 8.974 +1 16 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 1 2 9 32 Unchanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) 1 3 1 16 Unchanged T.T. on
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    • 31 4 GOLD London, Jan. 19. Previous To-dav Change Fine Bar per oz. £6-19-7' 2 £6-19-7»/ 2 SILVER Spot 20 1 16 2(P H +5 16 4 months' forward. lfP, 20'
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    • 27 4 FIN Standard London. Jan. iy. j Previous To-day Change Rpot (afternoon closing price) l i:;f> ;t i!183' 2 2».» Forward tIM £184' 4 -13 /4
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    • 198 4 Singapore, Wednesday. MININCi. Tin at midday was $92' up Quiet, conditions again prevailed on the London stock Exchange yesterday and cables to hand reported that there wa.s very little chance m Ihe prices of Sterling tin Shares. An exception, however, wa.s Ipoh Tins which have moved lip
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    • 105 4 Previous To-day Change Dunlop r Rubber 32 6 32 9 +3d. General Electric 77 3 77 3 Imperial Chemical Industries 344 i 2 34 3 1 2 ci Imperial Tobacco 148 14 14 8, 9 tJ /2 5 Anglo-Dutch 29 4 U 29,6 +l%d Rubber Plan Investment
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    • 22 4 New York, Jan 13. TI TonP Steady Easy J on f 423 8 413 4 5 s Spot /8
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  • 814 4 FRASER CO's WEEKLY REPORT Singapore, Wednesday. MESSRS. Fraser and Co., Ltd., in their weekly market report issued this morning, state: Nothing of outstanding importance has happened to make or mar the we" I under review, while the international situation in Europe for the time being appears singularly devoid of incident.
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  • 754 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Singapore, Jan. 19. 5 p.m. .."gV -cd 25- *****1 0 75 0.80 24 25 lin 1.524 1.57^ [I 276 286 209 21,9 Chenderung 040 045 Hitam Tin 1 08 i.n r;v, 25 3 26 3 ?B ™i 8- 9Idris Hydraulic 26 2? xd Ipoh
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  • 177 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore. Wednesday. Buyers Sellers Ampat 4 6 4 104 Batu Selangor 1-50 J-S' Hongkong Tin 25 3 2b .5 HongFatt 106 1-U Jelebu 0*2 0 87 Kramat JJ" }f* Kamunting Tin 10 6 up Killinghall 18- J»Katu Tin 24 »h Kuchai \f* bii Laurt I* Lingui V?ni/
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  • 66 5 Madrid, Jan 18. THE party of British MJVs now touring Spain narrowly escaped injury during an air raid on Valencia, according to a report from tinofficial Spanish news agency. The raid occurred in the centre of the town while the party wore driving to the
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  • 120 5 arc! Co. Ltd. 30.000 Int. 30,000,000 Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 $95.00 $105.00 nom BINGAPOM MUNICIPALITY PENANG MUNICIPAL jjtr. 31 Sept. 30 102 104 nom 07 red. 1847 $1,600,000 BiSSvww 12 122 cl OTXi 99% 101 c« 1% 1926 red. 1956-66 $4,000,000 Int. May 1 Nov. 1
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    • 229 5 S. E LEVY CO. Shanghai, Honprkong, Manila, Singapore. Investment Bankers and Brokers in Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cable and Quotation Service. Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARE
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    • 144 6 STARTS TO-NIGHT 6-15-9-15 PAVILION AN EXCITING STORY OF ESPIONAGE SET TO A BACKGROUND OF GLAMOROUS NIGHTLIFE, GAY MUSIC AND riff (OLf Iff ROXY^ BAR N TILI >" PNIGHT S OPENING TO-NIGHT 615 9 15 LOVE STORY THAT CS^^^HiBSWJHIHHHI 1 WARMS Mil-. SCREEN •Y I^^» i WITH A (.LOW OF I|^^^^^^La3
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    • 199 6 CAPITOL Positively LAST NIGHT! The Popular Daddy of the "3 SMART GIRLS" Now becomes "CAPPY RICKS" Peter B. Kyne's World-Loved Character in Warner Bros. Laughable Romance CHARLES WINNINGER GEORGE BRENT ANITA LOUISE I'The CO GETTER" MORE LAUGHS THAN THRILLS! MORE THRILLS THAN ROMANCE! AND MORE ROMANCE THAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN
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  • 45 7 D I thank R me> Jan 19 bit mo y U fOr what y° u arp alth y nJstlrl me to-morrow e Du so thS e lord prot€ct but tK r th^lr lunch ***** 81 wi hav f to pay Reuter
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 7 Abraham Lincoln addresses the Senators at Washington on Anglo-Ameri-can relations a scene from "Victor,. i Um QfHC opening at the Capitol Theatre Wed. Jan. M,
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    • 266 7 I 77^ Outstanding Screen Event of the Year! j «^^m Weds. Jan 26th S #B^'i At 3 p.m. —6.15 and 9.30 p.m. W Out of the pages of Queen Victoria's atogpF owni diaries comes the true story of the C Jp^ A^ world's greatest monarch and of i y^f^ the
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    • 56 7 Another BIG HIT made by the producer of "VOGUES of 1938" TO-MORROW at the CAPITOL I A GRAND STORY set in swing rhythm!* you Good Nit hi 1 1 i "Id Llk* to S«« I Scmeo el Santo" 1 ■>: With Special Walt Disney D y L .,y 1 Coloured
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  • 267 8 $3,082 BREACH ADMITTED Heavy Racing Losses Mentioned Singapore, Wednesday. I am at a loss to understand why this am WM not .sent to the Assizes," lAld Mr. H. A. Forrer, District Judge, when he parsed sentence of 15 months' :i on one C'hua Loon Chuan, a clerk
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  • 70 8 Singapore, Wednesday. AwanK bin Hassan pleaded KUilty yesterday when chared before Mr. E c (i Barrett, fourth police magistrate, with causing hurt to P J. Xavier while driving bis motor-car in a negligent manner likely to endanger the personal safety of others and secondly, with driving his
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  • 206 8 EX-MALAYAN GOVERNOR WARNS THE POWERS Europe U.S. Must Co-operate lo London, Jan. 19. REFERRING to the Far East question in a speech tonight to the Royal Empire Society, Sir Cecil dementi, former Governor and High Commissioner of the Straits Settlements and F.M.S., said the situation was never more hazardous and
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  • 47 8 ELECTION IN RUMANIA Parliament Dissolved By Royal Decree Bucharest Jan. 19. The Rumanian Parliament has been dissolved by royal decree and an election lof the Chamber will be held on Match 2, <>! the Senate on March 4. The new Parliament will be convened en March 10.- Reuter
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  • 57 8 Award To Inventor Of Bakelite London. Jan. 18. The Messel medal of the Society or Chemical Industry has been awarded to Dr. L. H. Bakeland. successful American inventor and founder of the plastics industry, whose name is perpetuated in the well-known commodity bakelite. The medal will be presented
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  • 58 8 Five Million Workers Are Better Off London, Jan 18. Wage changes In 1937 are estimated by the Ministry cf Labour to have resulted in a total net increase of about £780.000 in the weekly full time wages of more than 5,100.000 workers. The average weekly increase is more
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  • 27 8 The Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Biancamano is due at Singapore on Friday at daylight and will sail for Colombo and Europe the same day at 1 p.m.
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  • 284 8 Man Found Hanging I—'1 J. I\JI f l> 1 ICC (From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru. Jan. 18. TWO verdicts, one of murder and the other of suicide, were delivered this morning by Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya (Second Magistrate) sitting as Coroner, in connection with the
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  • 142 8 Death At Johore Bahru On Sunday 'From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru, Jan. 18. The death occurred on Sunday noon at the residence of Inche H bin Jaffar (retired Government official 1 at 52. Jalan Abdul Samad. Johore Bahru. iof his sister. Inche Yang binti Jaiar
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  • 117 8 US Labour To Join Boycott Washington, Jan. 19. MR. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labour, conferred on the Tran» Atlantic telephone to-day with S«r Walter Citrine, secretary-general <>t the British Trade Unions Conanin regard to international measures against Japan proposed by Labour. Sir Walter Citrine had suggests
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  • 299 9 DEEP CONCERN TO GOVT. Supplementing Existing Highways London. nCSPONDING to sraye anxieties ex,i in the House of Lords on the toll of the roads. :£yr.Srtyi==K C an be reduced. The Earl of Minister. Lord-to-Walttog, JSong on behalf of the Minister of Sg* iid that the
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    82 9 Lord Nuflfield, who is made a Viscount in the New Year's Honours List for "public and philanthropic service", left St. Pancras Station, London, on the "Orion" boat train for Australia. Lord Nuffield, head of Morris Motors and donor of millions of pounds to charity, will be the guest of the
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  • 200 9 The Magistrate's Heart Was Softened Hull. A has been saved from prison uum his wife. oft h Uu H ck J übourer William Arthur Altd Knnm en sente «ced to 14 days' imfor assaulting an officer of '-"employment Assistance Board. taG taken to the cells when
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  • 344 9 A Bar, Lounge, Cabins, And Shower-Bath Paris. A TRANS-ATLANTIC seaplane which, it is claimed, will be the largest and most luxurious air liner ever put into service, is now being built at Toulouse. It will have a wing-span of 187 feet, a maximum weight of 65
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  • 98 9 Pilot's Four Lives In Air Crash Los Angeles, < California /iLBERT H. BOLSON, a student pilot had "beginner's luck" when he crashed in his aeroplane in a nursery garden here." He was out on a practice flight when he lost control of the machine. It began to descend.
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  • 272 9 Contained Coins A nd Newspapers London DRITISH and American coins and newsD papers of the two countries have been found in an iron box in the foundations of Daly's Theatre, Leicester Square, Daly's Theatre is being demolished to make way for a cinema The box was
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    • 70 9 TRIPLE SHELLI D S££ E DODGE PACKARD CHRYSLER W STUDEBAKER jtfXlTx LANCHESTKR JQ TRIPLE sD |H vHB i i i <t MORRIS JF HILLMAN fc? i iT STANDARD 9 AEROSRELL _^2 X_-m AIMS I THE OIL FOR YOUR SSSS a i i r -r- i i ROLLS ROV( K AC
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  • 323 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Thursday, Jan. 20, 1938. GAS ueky interesting and Instructive was tiie address delivered by Mr. Lionel Cresson to the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday on the subject of gas war! are and civil protection. The prospects oi Singapore ever being attacked are remote, but preparedness is the watchword
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  • 843 10 Future of the FLYIN BOAT in world aviaion WHEN the Singapore airport was planned eight jreara ago it was little realised at the time ho* important the ion of marine facilities was to At that time most of the principal air rout still being operated With lanci aircraft and although
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    3 10 K«»«£?XW^^«^^ Planet News
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  • 136 10 Arrivals and departures by Klil and K.N.I.L.M. planes: Arrived by the plane Gier: Mr. T. W. Pennington. Mr. J. A. Vermeulen. Left for N.E.I, by the Gier: Miss S M. Hunter. Miss M. E. Hunter. Arrived from N.E.I, by the PK-AFK: Mr. Th. M. A. H. Kockelkoren.
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  • 236 11 a) \T.'S SCHEME lOR TRAINING Woman Elected Head Of Tribunal Till r... ml Of Education has decided I'",, unch a national ~«P*£ tmte better house» .ves-and betl<\:":; k s innin S teaching of do- nhiects i" schools will be SSfSffSSi overhauled. Special alunUon will be paid
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    129 11 Fscorted by picturesque Yeomen of the Guard, two representatives of the King carried out a 7UU- year-old custom when they presented the Kin?s Epiphany gifts of gold. Frankincense and Myrrh in the Chapel Royal at St. James' Palace, London. The ceremony is in commemoration oi the fill* ot the .Mat;i
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  • 106 11 Mutiny On The Bounty" Documents T rr London. documents of great inte- at the Public Rei. which has been rebetag dosed a month for Ota of dispatchAdmiralty by Lieutenant Bounty.' describing the 1780, and the jourmade in an open miles \ith 17 companions. HUGH'S MESSAGE Batavia, October
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  • 84 11 For The "Sins Of The People" Belgrade A MOSLEM of Sanki Most. Yugoslavia, 80-year-old Mustufa Kurbegovitch. has spent 220 hours in ten days, praying •for the sins of the people". During this period he has read the Koran three times and also attended services In the
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  • 103 11 New Enrolments Almost Every Day Tehran THE Boy Scout Movement in Iran has just celebrated its 13th anniversary. There are now some 8.000 scouts in Iran —about 2,200 in Tehran and the rest m the provinces, and new scouts are being enrolled dailv. The 18-year-old Crown Prince is
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  • 99 11 His Skin lairs Up For Damage Istanbul A MAGNIFICENT specimen of a royal tiger, believed to have come down from the Caucasus Mountains, 'invaded" a village near Kars, on the borders of the Soviet Union and Turkey. It attacked and killed a number of sheep and poultry,
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  • 27 11 Mr. J. E. Edmonds, the Negri Scmbihm cricketer ;-:id hocl yer hm been transferred from Kin :e v ■i. Seremban, lo the Oovcrnmeni English School. Port EXckson
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  • 165 11 Two Killed In Village Brawl Sofia. THE annual "Festival of the New Wine" has ended in tragedy in the village of Dimitrievc, near Tohirpan. South Bulgaria, famous for its excellent wine. One moment the village square was filled with merry-makers drinking the now vintage. The next,
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  • 44 11 llr. W. J. Warin, of Warm Publicity Services, Ltd., will leave by air for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday en route to Cameron Highlands to inspect the progress of the building of the Smoke House Inn. He will return to Singapore by air on Monday.
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    • 94 11 r Renew your Vitality with k/tNATOGE2 J^ Th e J r ue toni<^ food *MJ im.m-: a »A\(i: at the Capitol Restaurant Music by KURT BLACH his Orchestra WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS 8 P.M. To Midnight. SPEC I.AUZING: Ocular Muscle jjti£m^&&b^_ anomalies. Crossed /ft*—^. A eves. Complicated (I '^P^r cases of defective
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  • 382 12 U.M S. Warspite photographed at Portsmouth before she sailed to become the flagship of Admiral Sir Dudley round i Mediterranean Fleet). The ?A, 100-ton oatii'siiip has been reeonstracted and Modernised at n cost of n.iMJ.ooo a lon. lion less than her original cost. Topical Press At the akv
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    • 30 13 ATMOS CLOCKS WORK FOR CENTURIES WITHOUT WINDING. IT IS PERPETUAL MOTION mi i i w 5j Agent: RENE ULLMANN haflU.s Place, SINGAPORE. Opened up to 6 pjn. everyday including Saturdays.
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  • 2863 14 A Perfect Baby Lady Mayoress as Cookery Expert Women's Museum in New York— A Royal Trousseau Furnishing Fads Women's Contributions to History. I his room for two. with pans <»i everything, is modern in the best sense because it combines the maximum ol beaut) and comfort.
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  • 414 15 News about FILMS ANEW Alfred Hitchcock picture is always an event and one certain to reveal his reportorial genius in yet another light. There is nothing particularly original about the story of "Young and Innocent", certainly nothing that would make it stand out were it read in a newspaper, and
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    • 43 15 roiJitisrs shopping GUIDE i_# n»-i j- _»~ij" i.rn i im~ o~\ i..«-- ij- ,r i_<-i _i- _«-i,_r- i_r~ *]f C4M^/L45 5/LK STORE Tajmalial Store 23 HiGH ST. HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle 1%-i^^ Try oar wtf t i IXT y rd 4M7 Frvp. J. KOOI.
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    • 99 15 DRY CLEANING Burtol Quick Cleaners for same day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. 278, Orchard Kd. Phone 7776. I HAIRDRESSER Be waved top THE CONTINENTAL A New Wireless Permanent Waving SMacnine J from America maison" perm j Mamfurd Koad lei.
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    • 441 16 BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) f 1 lSi BEHAR 6.000 Mar. 21 SOMALI 6.800 Jan. 19 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Mar. 25 COMORIN 15,000 Jan. 28 CORFU 15,000 Apr. 8 KAISAR I HIND 11 500 Feb 11 SOUDAN 6,500 Apr. 8 BANOALORE 6,000 Feb. 12 CHITRAL 15,000 Apr. 22 NALDERA
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    • 430 16 S A TO FRENCH PORTS W S w HOMEWARDS. tap VARELLA For Marseiles. Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Feb. 4 l DALNY For Marseilles. Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Feb. 4 CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, N antes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Mar 4 i DASIRADE For Marseilles. Havre. Antwerp Dunkirk Mar. r S OUTWARDS.
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  • 193 17 End Of Popular Front Government Paris, Jan. 18. ]l/| CHAUTEiMPS has ended the Ixl French crisis by forming a new Government. The motion adopted at the close of the sitting of the Socialist Council is interpreted as meaning that Socialists will not hold posts in the cabinet
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  • 139 17 Britishers Defence Of Settlement Shanghai, Jan. 19. IT is learned that the Japanese military authorities hav been agitating- for the withdrawal of the British troops manning the western defence perimeter adjoining the International Settlement, of which they themselves wish to assume control. Brigadier Telfer Smollct has informed
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  • 144 17 More Fighting Ships Than Any Other Nation Washington, Jan. 15. IN preparation for the debate on the Naval Appropriations Bill, under which expenditure of $550 millions is planned, the House of Represents to-day studied testimony purporting to show that Japan has more fully manned fighting ships commissioned than
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    • 291 17 IBIRXS PIIILP LINE. ancorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS MANGOLA Jan. 29 Feb. 3 KUR Mar. 1 Mar. 4 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the foil iwing ratJ passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or e to the connecting K.P.M. Vessel. BRISBANE SYDNEY return
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    • 128 17 IV. Y. K. LIME GENERAL PASSENGERS AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON via Penan;, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar s.s. "HAKONE MARU" Feb 3 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU Feb 17 t s^. "HAKOZAKI MARU" Mar. 3 Rates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples $574 $621 $634
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    • 265 17 jpQSTAL INTELLIGENCE! TO-DAY Merkus 20 8 a.m Tarempa Nieuw Holland 20 2.30 pjn. Hew Zealand n JTld southern TJieuw Holland „20 2.30 p.m Australia Moluccas and Borneo. CeieDfo, Nieuw Holland 20 2.30 p.m. Timor Dm Karapara 20 3 p.m 'Canada and v»es ern t Karapara 20 3 p.m. USA c^ithi
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    • 259 17 SHIPS IN DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit Ship Godown Gate Gate Nieuw Holland 18 1 1 Cuacam 16 2 3 Teucer 9 2 3 Karapara 32 2 3 Kepong 33 2 3 Silverwalnut 36 2 3 Ipoh 38 2 3 Somali 46 4 3
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  • 1516 19 PROOFS OF Official Assignee's Rejection Singapore, Wednesday. HI IRING was resumed in the Supreme Court this morning the hief Justice. Mr. Justice P MiMuainc, in the case in u i m h the afenl of P. A. L. R. M. Bamasamj Chettiar sought to
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  • 93 19 Causing Hurt Mischief Charges Singapore, Wednesday. IN the temporary sixth court this morning, before Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, the well-known Egyptian boxer Mohamed Fahmy appeared on charges of voluntarily causing hurt on Jan." 2 at East Coast Road to Abdul Samee Hussein, and committing mischief by
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  • 351 19 Sudden Death At Malacca THE funeral or Mr. H. L. Lamotte, manager, Tcr.gkah Estate, Tangkak. Johore, who died in the Malacca Hospital on Sunday, took place on Monday an'i was largely attended. Messrs. W. S. Reeve-Tucker. G Reeve-Tucker. H. A. Longland, B. G. Cnalmers, J.
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  • 166 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Company Dividend To Date Ex. Div. DO Kumbang ls. Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 22 6d. Bonus Austral Malay 9d. 3d. Bonus Ipoh Tin ls int. Jan. 5 Jan. 28 Jan 17 K. Kamunting 3d 9d. Bonus Kampong Lanjut 2s. (No. 10) Jan. 19
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    • 159 20 /mDCst Id I v /)3Lj 117 1 J //ftbe World 1/ m B THE 1937 MODELS OF LATEST j 1 r y mi m\S Thr new PILOT pens will impress you at ml m\m no other range of pens has ever done— amm the really beautiful material— the wonj ■„•>'■
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    • 309 20 Jon the radio j BRITISH EMPIRE PROGRAMME Transmission 2:— 6.05 p.m.— 915 pm. (iS.I 13.93 metres (21 53 BMl)| <;sil 1341 metre* (21.47 mcs); c»s<' Ki.Xfi metres (17.79 mcs) ami (iS<> 19.7(i metres (15JS mrs). Ir.nismisM'in .'{.—9.15 pjm.— o2o a.m. C;S1I 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); (,s<; Hi.Hfi metre* (17.79 mcs)
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    • 248 20 835p m. World Affairs' A talk by j L Brierly, OPE., Chlchele Pror of International Law in the ity of Oxford. 8.50 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.05 p.m. 9.15 pm. Close down. TRANSMISSION 3 Q IS pm. Opening Announcements. D2op m. Big Ben. Old Dance
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    • 345 20 PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C Singapore Station On 225 Metres TO-DAY 600 p. m< Indian Music iGramoF hone Records.^.^^ SiangHooi". Sung by Wang Zen •Wan Sa Niang 1 Sung by Li Lee Ui 'Pun Chin Yew Mian" and "Lung San Yiow". Sung by Li Lee Lee. _n 700 p
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    • 342 20 with Orchestra. "La Fille Aux de Lin" 'Debussy) Played bv the Symphony Orchestra. Conduct*. i Coppola 7.30 p.m.:— Time, Weather and Announcements. 7.45 p.m.:— Cowan and Bai; the Syncopators. 8.15 p.m.: —Cinema Organ (Gramophone Records). M Whis] and "Let Us Dream". Played bv Thomas. "Merry Widow Waltz"' and "My Hero".
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  • 97 21 Gloomy Prospects, Says Committee London, Jan. 19. nnMV vi ew of wheat prospects is GL hv the secretariat of the ta k AHvU)rv Committee, after an extrfev of the situation. fi^^SljSat estimates the 1937The f,Hi?t exports at 520.000,000 s compared with the estimates rnternational Institute of AgrifK h
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  • 158 21 London, Jan. 19. QUIET but sultry" was a leading brokers description to Reuter of the foreign exchange market this morning, I the formation of the new French Government While satisfaction is generally, expressed at the political tension in France been alleviated, well-informed circles are
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  • 49 21 Shanghai, Jan. 19. N been received to Ma--1 ler-Smolletfs inti- request of the the withdrawal of the the western secrimeter outside nal settlement tish military and diptrylng to perto withdraw their ra perimetei to Uiement roads, it ration of nor- nee of th, Jared to preclude Reuter
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  • 42 21 10-Eire delegations ■tnT- J he talks ter It ia understood M of the principal iue states that the far enough to ed examination on by oflicials of the iments. This eximi t ot ministers will „iH be resumed as Reuter
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  • 13 21 I Moscaw, Jan. 19. 1 ta the new cabinet.- Reuter
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  • 18 21 |1,.v»« *ne ownei them to be "•■le^* l l tocio <l area, hor y chain > or
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  • 181 21 Joe E. Brown In Excellent Comedy lOE E. BROWN, the wide-mouthed J comedian, is a good drawing card at any theatre and the crowd that turned up at the Alhambra Theatre last night to see his latest picture "Riding On Air" gave full evidence of the star's
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  • 140 21  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Central Government To Enlist Rebels? Hankow, Jan. 19. REMNANTS of two brigades of bogus Mongolians oelonging to the 7ti Division, who revolted on Jan. 3 havj just arrived at Holinhsien and Linfan. They are mostly of the Han race, and according to them they
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  • 82 21 35-1/2 Million Ounces London, Jan. 19. THE Union Corporation Limited announces that it estimates that world gold production in 1937 was 35.500.000 fine troy ounces, which constitutes a new record, and an increase of nearly 7% per cent. over the 1936 output, which is now estimated at 32.960,000
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  • 60 21 In attempting to alight from a moving trolley bus at the junction of North Bridge Road and Hight Street shortly before seven o'clock last night, a Chinese fell forcibly on the road and received a severe lacerated wound on his head, which bled profusley. He was taken
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  • 225 21 Costume Ball At Raffles Hotel Considerable interest is being shown In the "Victoria The Great" Ball, which will be held at Raffles Hotel on Saturday next, a feature of which will be a "Tableau Vivant" representing Queen Victoria during various periods of her reign. A special programme
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  • 39 21 The Eastern Extension Telegraph pany announces that the delay on full telegrams irom Singapore to don yesterday was as follows: I handed in at 5.00 p.m. 7 minutes; 5.30 p.m.. 7 minutes; 6.00 p.m.. 5 minutes; G.30 p.m., nil.
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  • 259 21 Echo Of Hold-Up Of Abattoirs Cashier Singapore, Wednesday. CENTENCE of four years' rigorous im- prisonment was passed by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell at the Assize Court to-day on Wong Chee Seng, a young Chinese motor-car driver who was found unanimously guilty by a common jury
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  • 109 21 The staff of the Anglo-Chinese School, Johore Bahru, made merry at the Hong Mui Restaurant (Johore Bahru > when they assembled there at the tiffin hour on Tuesday last to bid farewell to their headmaster. Mr. P. Athimuthu. 8.A.. and their manager, Rev. S. S. Pakianathan, both
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  • 35 21 A tire which broke out in a Chinese distillery in Alexandra Road shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon was extinguished in a few minutes on the timely arrival of the Fire Brigade.
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  • 507 22 Serious Charges Agaitu Singapore, Wednesday I WAS on the balcony of my house, and when I heard a smash on the road, I turned round and saw a motoN car pushing a ricksha," said Mr. J vy Van Daatselar, a merchant, during the course of" his evidence
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    • 120 22 GRAND CHINESE NEW YEAR Attraction at the ALHAMBRA j S Commencing Saturday 29th January. S PAUL ROBESON j in His Most Thrilling and Best Picture to Date I "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" j With an Excellent Cast including: S CEDRIC IIARDWICKE, ROLAND YOUNG, ANNA LEE and JOHN LODER. s TO BE
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    • 103 22 HAPPY WORLD (COVERED) STADIUM. To-morrow Night at 9 p.m. Speedy PANCHO vs. Mohamed AWAN(J Junior Fly-weight Paya Lebar's Champion of Penang Midget < Malay* (Indian i 6 (3* Rounds. O. C. YOUNG vs. Baby CHOCOLATE Penang (Chinese* Katong Eurasian 6 Rounds. LITTLE MYDIN vs. ALADIN Rangoon Rd. Joo Chiat Mohd.
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    • 19 22 •J. Your Plioio<>ra|»lii< J \eed§ are i BETTER SERVED E. M. Glover Co. j )9 11, The Arcade. SingaP"^
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  • 703 22 FOUR GOALS TO NIL One-Sided Game On Singapore, Wednesday. *v >he Padang this afternoon the S.R.C. 0 de ea?ed the Police at hockey by u deieauu game was far four g a fded to be interring, the atS^^b i Practically monopolised by h* home team's
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  • 168 22 Keen Came At Seletar |N the first match of the inter-unit I hockey competition at Seletar to-day, the Royal Air Force beat the 7th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, by 2—0. The game was played in a typical cuptie atmosphere. The only threatening movement 7th Heavy was early in
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  • 15 22 In an inter-Company match "C" beat •B'' Co. by three goals to two.
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  • 267 22 Indians Beat Clerical Union 3-2 Singapore, Wednesday. THE Indian Association beat the Clerical Union by 3—2 at hockey this afternoon at the I. A. ground. Though they put up a willing performance, scrappy hockey was served up by the scratch elevens The Indians were a shade better but
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  • 526 22 Six Goals Against Changi Gunners Singapore, Wednesday. OUTCLASSED in practically every department of the game, the 22nd. Heavy Battery of the R.A. (Changi > were decisively beaten by six goals to nil by the S.C.R.C. when they met at Hong Lim Green this afternoon. The Chinese literally
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    • 124 22 §5 TO- NIGHT S. NEW -WORLD V A Double attraction supported by all action Preliminaries: Sompong "The Siamese Welter-weight j% Champion of Malaya" avenges his conqueror the Filipino "Southpaw". Thrills assured. Vtsompong jibixi:**. Aj% Abayan confide tit of proving to be the master of Morteil. If it's Abayan vs. Mortell—
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    • 13 22 Imperial "Good Companion" All-British SOL£ AGENTS J DUNCAN ROBERTS LTD SINGAPORE -KUALA LUMPUR
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  • 623 23 CRICKET CLUB SEVEN-A-SIDE R UGBY POLICE LOSE TO RA AA C S.V.C"B"s Lucky Win Over RA.E V Bmgapore, Wednesday. THREE further matches were decided I the SCC. scven-a-side rugby ramc defeating the Ponce oy jw Joints to oil, and the tery RA. defeating the R.E. icnangu »B- by ten pointi
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  • 336 23 R. L. GRUT'S TENNIS PLANS FOR SIAM, SWEDEN WIMBLEDON T T C Malayan Runner-Up Giving Up Serious Play In Year's Time (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday. I MUST have another crack at the Malayan tennis championship title. I think I will do better this time. Then, I will give
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  • 61 23 The following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. vs. H. M. Minesweepers to-morrow <21st» at the SCC.:— F. J. L. Mayger; C. E. Brooke, F. V. Duckworth; O. Narjis. Lt. I. L. E. MacMillan. J. K. Gale; Lt. J. R. Rodwell, B. D. Hearle, F. O.
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  • 71 23 Semi-final ties in the Singapore billiards championship at the Happy World have been arranged as follows: Friday (21st) at 8 p.m.: Low Hock Kiat < Astoni vs. A. Martin (St. Joseph's Church Brigade* Saturday (22nd James Lee (Aston) vs. Wong Soo Tong (Siong Boo). Monday (24th): Koh Cheng
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  • 271 23 "S" Co. Beat Skim H O. Wing IN a lively game of hockey played at Tanglin yesterday afternoon. "S" Co defeated H. Q. Wing, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, by 2—0. "S" Co. turned out a strong side led by Capt. Scott and opened play with a series
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  • 54 23 Semi-finals in the second All-Singa-pore Malay lawn tennis championships to be played at the Y.M.C.A. courts tomorrow are as follows: Heap Singles: A. Sujak (owe 3' vs.H A. Abdullah <owe 15 1. H'cap Doubles Tengku Hussin and M A. Alsagoff (scr.» vs. Osman Faraj and H. A.
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  • 30 23 London, Jan. 19- I In the English League (Div. 3, Southern* I games to-day, Crystal Palace beat BTts- tol Rovers 3—2 and Watford beat Soutn- end 3—1 Reuter
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  • 94 23 Under the patronage of Miss M I B.A., the Straits Chinese Epwor' is organising a variety concert in aw u the lepers which will be held Straits Chinese Methodist Church Hall. 3, Kampong Kapor Roao turday <22nd> at 8 p.m. A very I gramme is being
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