Morning Tribune, 19 January 1939

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  • 12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE 3-No. 296. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, January 19, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 188 1 j CHINA I NEWS j I Page 21 j IrMS FOR SPAIN" DEMONSTRATION i AT WHITEHALL LONDON, JAN. 18. UOR ATTLEE HAS WRITTEN TO THE PREMIER REQUESTING THE IMMEDIATE SUMMONING OF PARLIAMENT He declares that while the Spanish Government has dismissed ireign volunteers.
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  • 200 1 Lerida. Jan. IS. A triangle of 76 square miles is Jl l hat remains to be conquered tfore Franco's troops reach the N* ol Barcelona. The fall of 'endreii and Igualada. wnich are W'fved imminent, would give the Nationalist s unimpeded approach Barcelona. The Nationalists PJi that the
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  • 100 1 CALL FOR STRIKE IN BURMA Rangoon. Jan. 18. A CALL for a general strike throughout Burma has been issued by the •Burma for the Burmans" Party. No date is mentioned The call is regarded as the reply to the Government. Round-un of Labour leaders which culminated m the arrest of
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  • 74 1 Chungking. Jan. 18. CHINA wants to pay all the obligations secured on the Customs. She is ready to consider any fair arrangement for it. a Sookesman of the Ministry of Finance announced. He emphasised however firstly that the share of attributable to the Japanese occunied areas
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  • 37 1 Berlin, Jan. 18. Army officers are forbidden to drink the health of the ex-kaiser on Jan. 27. Wilhelms 80th birthday. They have been instructed to get up and leave any company where the toast is proposed Reuter
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  • 34 1 I Darwin Jan. 18.— A crew of three and lone passenger are teported killed when I the Guinea Airways mail plane crashed 'over the Katherine river on a flight to Adelaide from Katherine. Reuter
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  • 163 1 French Arms For Spain Parte, Jan. 18. Ai an important v aoinei meeting to-day, M. Bonnet is expecteu to outline vis speech io be delivered to-morrow during the continuation oi the foreign affairs debate. It is increasingly clear that the flnai vote will be for or against non-inter-vention m Spain.
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  • 421 1 REFUGEES MACHINE-GUNNED? Lerida, Jan. 18. CJOMK of the most bitter fiehtrn* of the Catalan battle is *oing on D at the junction of the three provinces of Lerida, Tarragona and Barcelona. Only forty miles from Barcelona the Republicans are conducting a desperate rearguard action
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  • 69 1 Patel To Go To East Africa On Gandhiji's Mission Bombay, Jan. 18. MR. Valla bhai Patel, former President of the Congress, is going to List Africa m May at Mr. Gandhi's request to organise a movement among Indians there against the return of East African Colonies to Germany. This action
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  • 726 2 ALLEGED PISTOL KNIFE THREAT TO CONSTABLE Roblyery Charge At The Assizes Singapore, Wednesday. roNFLICTING stories were given to-day at the Assizes at the trial of a Cantonese who was charged with robbery. The prosecution alleged that the accused with two others, held up the complainant at the point of the
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  • 337 2 Singapore, Wednesday. j^lM Ah Kan was this afternoon acquitted by Mr. Kenneth A Blacker m the fourth police court on a charge of cheating, and m doing so his worship, addressing the complainant, said that if witness told lies like what he had done that day they
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  • 163 2 MALACCA TAKING A. R. P. MEASURES [From Our Ow7i Correspondent] Malacca, Wednesday A PRELIMINARY meeting to tin alise A. R. P. arrangement m Malacca was held to-day at the Resident Councillor's office. Mr i Edwin Tongue, A. R. P. Director. was present. Interviewed after the meeting. M! Tongue said olans
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  • 152 2 Governor To Visit Siam Indo-China HIS Excellency the Governor accompanied by Lady Thomas and attciia ed by the Private Secretary and the Aiae-de-Camp will leave for Port Swettenham by Royal Air Force flying boat on vm morning of Monday. Jan. 30 on a to Siam and French-Indo-China During His Excellency's
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  • 102 2 Cathedral Wedding A PRETTY wedding took place yesterday at St Andrew's Cathedral between Mr F M. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs V Robinson of London, and Miss Margaret Jarrett. daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. C Jarrett. of Gerrards Cross The bride, who wore traditional white, irsa given away by
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  • 169 2 j^T present a meat of His Excell 1 nomas. Sir. Paul McXutt, Ui J* the Phil.ppmes, arrived m Sii k.p.ai. liner, Uoisssvain, He will |< unsiaensu. m^JEftSftl Ron OVpU loi a third term of oHice. there Is merv oo^bilUy that Mr McNutl will be
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    • 29 2 MAKE IT BURTOL'S FOR 1939 Cleaned In A Day The Burtol Ways We Collect Deliver l Jusl Telephone 7776 [BURTOL Quick S Clfaners 278. Orchard Koad. 4 stnqaporf: J
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  • 80 3 Seen off by a very large number of friends. Mr. H. S. Russell, who until bis deDarture was managing director of Messrs Sime Darby Co., Ltd., m Singapore, left for England by the Potsdam yesterday. Mr. Russell is joining the London office of the firm The above
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  • 270 3 Jungle Woman Shot Robbed (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Wednesday. pIE local Police are on the look-out for a male Sakai, who is alleged to have shot to death a Sakai woman and robbed her of $560 worth of cash and silver ornaments on
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  • 268 3 New Electricity Supply For Malacca WILL BE CHEAPER (Tribune Staff Reporter) Malacca. Wednesday. k STATEMENT of considerable importance both to ratepayers as well as shareholders of the Malacca Electric Lighting Ltd. was made to-day by the Municipal President Mr. G. YV. Bryant at the Commissioners meeting. Mr. Bryant traced the
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  • 132 3 Kampong Malays Flock To Malacca Volunteer Recruiting Tribune staff Reporter) Malacca, Tuesday. VITkEME keenness was displayed b > the Malays from kampongs J joining the Military Force, last Wednesday when about 100 of them, Hhose ages ranged from 20 to 28. l "™ed up a t the Masjid Tanah police
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  • 38 3 auspicea of the Lotus Club Kniuht. 8.A.. the new Activity of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. India a le cture on "Women of ■day" m the Y.W.C.A. B *y. at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. "-1 friend* are invited.
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    • 22 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China BuiWing, Chulia Street. PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMENS COMPENSATION. 1 HLk. vaY-lIMtWi "A vJWWIV
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    • 44 3 The whole world trusts "MA ST EH" LAMINATED PADLOCKS "SECRET SERVICE" World's greatest combination of protective features. Higher quality, Greater key security, Quicker Service, Rust-proofing and Economic cost. Write for free booklet. Obtainable from all High-class Stores. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS, 117-125, Cecil Street.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 19 4 F,ne Bar a... £7 87 U SILVER St 20 516 2 ls 4 Months' forward 197 192
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    • 94 4 London, Wednesday. Previous Ta-dW C ha »S e 1st Forward **«MTI Bu^er. 2nd ForVurd I'Apr Uune, Bgg* 6 3rd Forward ,'iuly Sept.. Buyer, uw fI|S PALM OIL vMalaya) U«don. In bulk Jan. Feb. shipment Pc £14 17 8 vili? CX)PRA (traits, F.M.S.) £15.0.0 Jun. Shipment rlrt mn «<aiif>r>
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    • 22 4 London. Wednesday TIN STANDARD 9^ iOUS tJv*** Cha W Spot (afternoon (elorins Drtct) £215S «MJH Forward tZIO 8 v 4
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    • 84 4 Singapore. Wednesday. TIN Tin at midday was $110^8. up 3 8 The London Stock Exchange yesterday was reported as being easier with the result that the local tin share market was quiet m sympathy but m the absence of business, prices showed little change. RUBBER. Rubber shares
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    • 89 4 CONSTABLES FATAL FALL FROM 40 FEET (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Johore Bahru. Wednesday Corporal 1108 Berdara Singh of the Depot Police, Johore Bahru, was killed yesterday afternoon when he fell frorc the second storey of the Depot building to the cement floor below— a drop ot about thirty feet.
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    • 44 4 Ounlop Rubber 74 6 74 4'i: l^d. Rubber Plan Investment Tra# 146 14 6 Southern KlntM 12[6 12 6d Jr AHa[lf(3 313 London AAvjitlc irvao ins q Shell Transnort JJ«; 3|4 BrltLsh American Tobacco $5 Chinese 5% Reonga. (T^nflfm ItoOL* nomitial
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    • 54 4 Wwr York. Jan 17 kubbek Previous To-day Chang Mark**, Tone Steady Steady Spot Buyers 15 13 16 15 1115 _i« Seller.- 15 15.16 15 13:16 —2 Forward AprillJune Buyers 15 13 16 15 U'l6 BdteM 15 15!16 15 13 16 -2 TIN Market Tone Quiet Quiet «pot
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    • 113 4 Circus Show For China Relief Fund (Tribune Staff Reporter) A FULL house greeted the China Relief Fund show of Isako's circus which was given last night at Anson Road. To mark the occasion, there was a complete change of programme, which was throughly enjoyed by the immense crowd present. The
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    • 69 4 STOLE OPIUM PIPES Singapore, Wednesday. CONVICTED on a charge of housebreaking by the Relief Court Magistrate, Mr. W. J. Thorogood, this morning, Ng Ah Boi was sentenced to undergo one month's rigorous imprisonment. The accused was alleged to have broken into and stolen four opium pipes and four tahils of
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    • 65 4 Loiido::. Wednesday. Previous To-day Change TTT. ca Pans (closing selling rite; 177.21 Unchai T.T. op \msterdrji (closing middle rate) 8.61 3 62 3 4 1», T.T. on S) (closing selling rate) 8U Unchanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) is. 31 32 Unchans*d T.T. -m Japan (closing selling
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    • 134 4 London, Jan. 18. CONSIDERABLE discussion is taking place m Stock Exchange circles regarding the implications of the extension of the embargo on certain gold and foreirn exchange transactions to dealings m securities. While the interpretation of tfc Treasury's request will be left to a certain
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    • 60 4 OVKRSFJV-CHINESB I BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the aTEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) m BAFE BOXES m our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA BTREETf SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYB, and ONLY YOU can have access Io these safe boxes, so that dAFETY
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    • 18 4 1 kfiif SOUTH lIIIITISII INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD Is Your MOTOR CAR fully insured? Tel. 5926. a. Plnlavson Oreen
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    • 5 4 SIME DARBY &Co ..Ltd: S'Kr/JJSS
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  • 475 5 Jocks shares (Issued By Fraser Company asdfasdf I MINING Br rl- n^ 1.30 1.40 2.20 2.30xd B.\! B rr .,H M 4 75 5 25 o.5O a.60 B M. Trustee 6.75 750 Con. T.S. 7°r Pref. 213 22 3 Con. T. S. Ord. 20|- 21 jEastern Realty 1.37 1.45 Est
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  • 137 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore. Jan. 18, 5 p.m. niuu roi Ccmj..nj *>iviOciid Book* Dale <*i l*v year Close P«vable TIN GENERAL K. Kamunting 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan. 28 5% Pungah 9d div Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Jan. 21 7%% 9d. bonus Petaling 5% final Jan.
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  • 203 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Wednesday, i HONING Buyers Sellers Ampats 3i9 4|3 Batu Selangors 1.31 136 Hong Fatts 0.65 068 Hongkong Tin 186 20Jelebus 0.61 065 Kamunting Tin ..9- 10Katu Tin ..24-25-Killinghalls .16- 17Kramats 9|9 10!6 Kuchais 125 1.29 Laruts 81- 8!6 Linguis 160 1.67 London Tin 3(4 3|lo Mambaus
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  • 237 5 3% 1937 led. 1962 $2,75C,uu0 tot May 15 Nov. 15 99 3 4 i 01!/ 4 c.i. 3% 19*8 red. 1958 $4,000,000 10k fl*| lJ v 15 99 3 4 101 V 4 c.i. PEA \:s< t MUNICIPAL 5% '926 red. 1956-36 $4,000,000 .at Ma> 1 Nov.
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    • 153 5 NEDERLANDSCH HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. incorporated m the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter AD. 103* Paid Up Capital i 40,030,000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 Special Reserve 1,000, jOG Chairman of the Board of Director! H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D CRENA Dh IUMOn PresiQen. M. TAUDIN UUftJO?
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    • 361 6 .aaa.aa 8 f Mklv gII.m; M«" M ™6«" M X j OPENING TO-NIGHT. PAVIUONj JANET GAYNOR ROBERT MONTGOMERY FRANCHOT TONE IN METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S SUNSHINE SPECIAL j THREE LOVES JM» -mmm -mmm** -^mmr g II \!S X AXC Y" I 18%^ 1& A YEAR FROM NOW YOU'LL BE LAUGHING YET! j j
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    • 129 6 LITVINOFF TO V |s| WARSAW SOOnI THE vsiit cf the Sovn-t mm Uda Pai I Foreign Affairs. M M to Warsaw at the end of Th M has been confirmed m authorit^"* lish quarters, according to the n m gan "Magyar Orszag which that Litvinoff will confer with £9 lish
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  • 314 7 Singapore, Wednesday. mmrc idence of Inspectoi C H. Giam, who came down from Malacca aforthe 1 urpoac. V J S recorded this morning by Mr. L. B. Gibson, Qjgtricl Judge, m connection with charges of criminal breach of preferred against an ex-police constable, Adam 'n'n Ibrahim.
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  • 90 7 Kweilin. lANY Furmosans who are forced to settle down m Shanghai and vicinity l< farmers to produce foodstuffs for the 'apanese army came here against their IflL, declared Mr Li Yao-pang. a reprentative of the Formosan Revolutionary society The Formosan leader, who is a Chinese
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    • 67 7 j ALHAMBRA j NEXT CHANGE j _^m^j\ £»t _^A AlLMowbftyTMMyHArt I MISCHA I i»-..i^b r m.v.. 8 .M»r...» AUER S J A W»t»>»» Bi»i Pid»»« It's Tliunderinx Thrills Will Never Die KING KONG' 9 IS COMING BACK! Next Change at the CAPITOL *Wr\ V. V fl m 'W^Qmtm\ Worlds j^fc
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    • 264 7 77/* YEARS MOST LOVABLE PICTURE! OPENING TO-DAY AT 3-15 6-15 9-15 p. m. ALVtAmak Warner Bros. Entertainment Treat! Kay's Got a REAL T^ T VY U Boy Friend Now! And when she takes X a > as fl n c s not well,socforyourself- fl I no dark and braVe yOUnff
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  • 990 8 China's New Appeal To League FOREIGN INTERESTS MENACED Geneva Jan. VI AN outspoken challenge to the Rowers to adopt effective action against Japan to defend their legitimate rights and interests m China was made by Dr Wellington Koo, the head of the hinese delegation, when
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  • 437 8 ROTARY TALK ON BOLIVIA'S TIN R ÜBBER Singapore. Wednesday. 'DOM VIA boasts ot a very advanced code of legislation, far m advance of the laws ot Malaya*" declared Mr. F. J. Fitz Gibbon i« the course ol his addre>> "Jungle Rubber and Mountain Tin" io th Singapore Rotary Club tMfl
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  • 209 8 Singapore Crime Reports Crime Singapore Wednesday The following are among 'he several reports of crimes made to the detective branch between 9 a.m. yesterday and 9 a .n today c T^ere were seven reports of bicycles .having been stolen. >\i f A European reports that motor car S 7295 was
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  • 122 8 POSSESSED PISTOL WITHOUT LICENCE Singapore tveiaeadii JAMES Bt'RXETT, a private the Manchester Fegiment, ua. produced before Mr. l. b Gibson, the District Judge, this morning, when he pleaded -uiltv to the arms charge, one ot three preferred against him m the Fourt Police Court last week Burnett claimed trial on
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  • 65 8 Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 3rd Cour; at 11 a.m. Part heard:— S. 395 36— Urich Hurr.< phris Baker vs. Asia Insurance Co Ltd, and another. Before Mr. Justice Home m 2nd Com at 11 a.m. Assizes:— Rex vs Chen Yeow (11 concluded). Thereafter:— Rex vs.
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  • 984 9  -  Horatius NOTES AND PROBLEMS A Model Of Bidding! And Play By y the best Hands set m the tlpic Tournament, both by r 0 f the bidding and the play, Mnd No -10. Ui which a difficult contract represented a l t play can only result from inll
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  • 261 9 Poultry Industry pE (.overnment has practi«Hy completed the draft of lhe »ew bill dealing with the **J industry. ln <ier it the Exechequer will f-ft? repared t0 find J uo 000 and 1750,000 annually 1 carr >' out some of the proposals. ther/^° U u ms
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 64 9 NEW— 1 HUDSON i i i _______________G____^^ Wn__i NEW HUDSON bicycles are of specialised character as opposed to the "massproduced 9 variety. You can be quite certain that with a New Hudson you will be sure of having THE BEST YOU CAN BUY THE BEST VALUE THE BEST WORKMANSHIP THE
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  • 334 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, January 19, 1939. AID FOR REFUGEES THE Jewish Refugee Committee m Singapore has done splendid work for the cause, and the sympathy of all communities was shown at the performance at the Capitol Theatre when H. E. the Governor and H. E. the General Officer Commanding were
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  • 1466 10 Are Britons Just Dogs-ln-The-Manger? America Looks At Europe America Looks At Europe AN the plane of fact. Englishmen U have had a dog-in-the manger attitude toward the near-by Continent ever since the Elizabethan sailors brought home their first cargoes of hijacked Spanish plate, says an American writer m "FoitU Thi>
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  • 1023 11 DOMING EVENTS PREDICTED BY ASTROLOGERS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 11. jUTEVER changes and re-adjustments the Duke of Kent may make m his amusements when he becomes Governor-General of Australia is at least one form of relaxation he expects to continue as usual.
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  • 137 11 BIG NAVAL FIGHT" IS UNDER WAY Los Angeles. LIGHTED only by blue battle lanterns, the United States Pacific Fleet steamed out of the harbour here before dawn recently with wartime secrecy on the first stage of the big United States Naval manoeuvres, which are scheduled to begin about February 13.
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  • 152 11 Anglo-American Trade Retaliations Most Likely A London report quoted political circles as saying that all dispatches from Tokyo tend to prove that the economic situation m Japan is becoming more and more difficult and that Japan's position m China is not as strong as the war communiques "wish to make
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  • 82 11 Istambul. THERE have been many casualties, and heavy damage has been caused by a terrific hurricane which is sweeping the Black Sea. Twenty-two members of the crew of the Turkish freighter Millet are reported to have been drowned, and numerous other seamen are missing, and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 19 11 10 ENJOY GOOD FOOD F OR your CONVENIENCE rs,'" or After the Show U 'NE W NE Capitol" restaurant
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    • 89 11 Hi MlllHa^l THE TRUE TONIC FOOD Ob talnm H+ mf mil C_— >■ ssd Storm I t POLAROID Glasses are the latest scientific discovery m flare protection. They permit you t.» actually ace 20 to 30 feet below the surface of the water. Now $6.00 See our demonstration of this
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    385 12 "Repulse, the 32,000-tons battle- cruiser which will carry the Kin? and Queen to Canada next May, is being prepared for the voyage m the dry-dock at Portsmouth. The warship carried the King and Queenthen Duke and Duchess of York to Australia several years ago. She is armed with
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 41 13 INSPECT OUR BEAUTIFUL CHOICE OF LADIES GENTS WRIST WATCHES IN STAINLESS STEEL GOLD WHITE GOLD PLATINUM JEWELLED WRIST WATCHES SET WITH REAL DIAMONDS A SPECIALITY. AGENT FOR tt>2 PRIX 4 -^k ____i ___ti Ps^Ko _____________r__£ __vs___r^"^^^^____' RENE ULLRANN Raffles Place, Singapore.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 165 14 THIS BUSINESS OF FLOWERS FLOWERS for your gowns at Parma Violets. Wood Violets. Lilies of the Valley. Daisies. Field-flowers. Carnations. Roses and hundreds of others. Capitol Bldgs. Pbone Singapore. 3838 SHOES c Serenade Delightful, comfort- able .sho.. for a ffSm glorious Gmmrlm^ white buckskin* and gleaming white LmmXW suede.s or
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    • 824 14 mmw mm artificial flower,, .hen thy are <{^*.J^ !^jfw& just now at prestige s 18 teofffi£ ft. Ulies of the r^T^^ with toy buds, op^n ar.d are EQUALLY ISTIC m» leaves. Tre smaller P°* c of J^f Ze 6 *6 blackness of some CHARMING, too. and fSEm*^ extra-specially-smart COCKTAIL w™*
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    • 124 14 JLVVLLLLfS I Very GOOD WATCHES 1 EXCEPTIONALLY ingly inexpensive We have a tremendous choice, exclusive designs m every theme and style— in real Diamonds too, for as little as $90 May we show you? AH Watches Guaranteed Of Course. C..1R0 of BOND STREET In Malaya At HAMLEYS 10 Battery Rd..
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 78 15 BOX ft j* I IfvrH* TO TCAMW MENS OR GARMENTS. 2 PULL OUT no°v'.EßS AND SHOE COMPARTDRA MENTB. Si,,: Jl 20 x 9. Price: 539.50 to 565.00 i incorporated In England.* NEW ARRIVALS ;"J g g m ji JUBT UNPACKED Chinese Brocaded house-coat-Negligees -Handkerchiefs table linen at RACHEL'S Riffles Hotel
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    • 1283 15 THE Smart Shop m Capitol Buildings has just received a most attractive NEW 1 SHIPMENT of frocks, suitable for both day and evening wear, one of the nicest being a TWO-PIECE m a lovely dull shade of green, mid- way between almond and olive. Made of a very NEW FABRlC—
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    • 126 15 NOVELTIES FABRICS j T New Arrivals S S SATIN LACE NEGLIGEES, S NIGHTDRESSES AND I PYJAMAS. S Also DRESS-LENGTHS— PRINTED j J CREPEDE-CHINE AND S MOUSSELINE DE SOIE j 31 33. HIGH STREET J J PHONE 7144 t EXPERT DESIGNER MADAME PAGE Late 92, Piccadilly, London. EXPERT DRESSMAKER I AND
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    • 473 16 f^*^j&e&mSm -R-r- I •mc^'m^*m~mMr%^mW*mt m^CmrWm' i M iI, m m i- ■^M^fcr I j _K~B_? 1 r 9m\ I r*m^~ I HE ?^-__i_Ri___l" ••^•***u!^Miiis___-. V -_k-ii-i-_*iß_-__pi^_^ '-iiTii'lQC-X.s V ____Mi-______ BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA. LINES (OVCOHPORATED IN CNOUUfD) Outwards Dae D9M Tonnags S'pors Tonnage SDore 1939 isfov RANPURA 17.000 Jan. 27
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    • 395 16 k TO FRENCH PORTS* \m j CHARCEURS REUNIS 1 C^P P^D^RIN For Marseiles, Nantes. St. Nazar:e:e Bcrdeaux 3 ADEN Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp, Dunkirk J TO SAIGON INDOCHINA! CAP PADARAN For Saigon. Tourane and Haiphong I'M CAP TOURANE For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong Feb 3 J 8. A. Ml. (from Sai*on>
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  • 365 17 George Washington 's Letter Found after 151 Years London. rTTFK irrH*" just S _T__ Fl; fieorce Washington m his W ll v iJiseovered recently 10nd,, ".,.ii.Hl among forgotten 1 _?khish from the attic of some tlZZLThert «hose contents were 'X£* the depression. For Lttremainea undiscovered m mm <»• hvo undon
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  • 53 17 Washington. THE Public Works Administration re- cently allocated a sum of $3,000,000 for the construction of an Army experimental aeroplane laboratory at Wright Field In Dayton. Ohio This marked the first step m the Government's programme to move vital aircraft industry centres inland out of range of
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  • 61 17 Registered Articles must not be posted m letter boxes. They should be tender-, id at. a Post Office and a receipt obtained. No compensation is payable m respect of registered articles posted irregularly. Business firms and others are advised to see that messengers who are given registered letters
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  • 366 17 TO-DAY I «*a East Ja »g- I America i South Karou io 3 n m Australia. Eastern and Southern Nieuw Holland 19 230 d m Burma Karca iq •> Canada Western Van Heutsz Jo o S m Canada except Western Karca {9 o IShanghaiz Van Heutsz 9 2
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  • 78 17 Correspondence For Mauritius Although Mauritius is a participating country m the Empire Air Mail Scheme and first class mail matter would i normally be sent by air to Durban for onward despatch by sea, exceptional i arrangements have been made, m vie*of the geographical position of Mauritius, for correspondence to
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  • 23 17 The sjs. Suddhadib for Kerteh. Mailo previously announced as closing at I p.m. yesterday will now close at 2 p.m. to-day.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 266 17 BI«\S PHI LP LINE. l lncorporated m Australia). NEXT SAILINGS Feb. 27 .lar. 4 I und tr:p tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the f 'OS mgera may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or fc time to the connecting X.P.M. Vessel. BRISBANE SYDNEY return 5642.86 Ist class $.30.71 2nd
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    • 66 17 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE J FOR HONG KONG, MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA rs. SVi\THM 10,000 TONS SAILING JANUARY 2« AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon ana Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China and Japan (Interchangeable with
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 114 17 Mails I |»<'<i< <E Mails expected from Netherlands! Indies by Air (X.L.M.) to-day. Deliveries' of boxliolders' letters only 4 p.m. and general deliveries of letters and parcels 4.05 j:.m. respectively on the same day. Mails expected from Europe etc Amsterdam) by Air •X.L.M.) to-day. Deliveries of boxholders* Letters only 7.30
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  • 136 18 Chines, Studenters Wins Honours In England A Particularly brilliant £*H A the 1936 group of Chinese nity scholars, Mr. Chang Jw3 of Hangchow m Chekiam W obtained the degree of C,\ n Philosophy, at Cambridge Dr. Chang graduated m 1034 fhua University, where he s _l l n next two
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    • 247 18 ON THE RADIO JAN. 19 SIMM PORK ZHI. 225 metres (133 m&m ZIIP 30.9* metres (9.69 mc s) p m 6 00 Crntoneso musict 15 Mandarin children's programme. fl 30 Mandarin song recital by Mr. Wang Choon Fang, accompanied by Mr. Chrng Hin Ming. 00 The Hill Billiest 7 15
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    • 261 18 COLOMBO VPB fi.l6 Mrs (48.7 m.) 12 50 Oriental music. 1.40 The news 'm Tamil and Sinhalese*. 1.50 The news and announcements (m English). 2.05 "What the Colombo matte are Playing." 235 "Fort Forty-Five (Classical music) 3 20 Interval. 420 "The Coconut Industry. talk, by A. Gnana Prakasam. 4 50
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    • 515 18 r LONDON TRANSMISSION 3. GSB 9.51 Mcs (31.55 m a.m. 6 40 World Affairs"— talk by J. L. Brierly. 0.8.E.. Chichele Pro- of International Law In the University of Oxtcrd. 655 Recital by Gwen Catley (Soprano) and Kenneth Eliis i Bass i 7jo The Mill on the Floss' 'Pail ll'.
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    • 408 18 BERLIN I DJB 15.20 Mcs (19.7 m.) I p.m. H b. 20 Concert of light music. 7.20 News m English. H 7.35 Concert of light music fl At tinued) I com i 8.20 News and economic levievfll n t German. I door 8.35 Prelude and Fugue by .ifll m)tc Weweler—
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  • 283 19 WOMAN ADMITS MISCHIEF TO ATTRACT LOVER Singapore, Wednesday. n ok Lan, a pretty looking Chinese woman, was this morning P! tenced to a fine f $15 r ln defaUlt 15 days fX by Mr L C •f n the fifth police court for causing mischief. ce r
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  • 142 19 ■DPS ILONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KtPPLL HARBOUR a <n Wh arf: Lch. Molek Lch. Hilda. Lighter Arrang, Lch. Curlew, Anasuaa. Mijer. Recorder, T. J. R. AogPers Nob. 11 19. Silverbeech, WHharf: Nil. Co »l Wharf: Nil. TaniJ l^"^ IN °RY DOCKS C Tu St.
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  • 57 19 T HE POTSDAM T -Wv/l lcle which appeared m then n rday il was sta ted that the *iet M I ur^ r of the Potsdam had cou- ud r J5 0dl 1 Ed case °f small-pox but -v th V eU We nay been informL> iuff? r ,.r- ort
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    18 19 WELL FIELDED! An incident m yesterdays padang ruuger m which the Terrors beat the Changi Gunners 3—o.— Tribune
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  • 297 19 "Inside Story Of Lubrication (Tribune Staff Reporter) DEFORE members of the Royal Air Force, heads of motor firms m Singapore, and a large number of boys from the P.W.D. trade school, a most interesting film was shown yesterday at the Alhambra Theatre entitled, "The Inside Story of Lubrication.' The picture
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  • 71 19 Singaoore. Wednesday.— Li m Cheng Yong, a 26 year old Teochiu, was thi* morning sentenced to 14 days' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham m the second police court on the charge of theft ol a hat valued at $6 from a motor car No. J. 6835,
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  • 194 19 ALLEGED RUBBER SMUGGLING Singapore, Wednesday. AN abrupt adjournment occurred to-day m the case m which Tan Buck Leng and Tan Liang were charged with importing six piculs of rubber into the Colony without a certificate of origin. After hearing the evidence of the prosecution conducted by Mr. Wallace Kemp of
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  • 77 19 CRIMINAL FORCE ALLEGED AGAINST CANTONESE Singapore, Wednoday. I AM AH VOOX, a 45-year-old Can■f tonese, claimed trial ihis morning m the Second Police Court before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge that he on Jan. 7, at Singapore, did use criminal force to a certain girt, aged i l j
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  • 118 19 Singapore, Wednesday. Abdul Gun bin Mohamed Syed, a 25 year old Malay was this morning sentenced to two months rigorous imprisonment to be followed by six months rigorous imprison ment by Mr. Conrad Oldham m the second police rvurt on a charge that lit* on rr about Jan
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  • 90 19 Singapore, Wednesday. FAN Ah Chai, 1? year old Cantonese was to-day sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham m the second police court on a charge of theft of a necklace and a locket valued at $26 from the person of a Chinese woman named
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  • 516 20 Obtained Credit While Still Bankrupt CFNTFACE a K ainst a Hollander. H. J. Schefelaar. who pleaded S Jlntv a char K e of obtainin B credit to the f $100 while still an undischarged bankrupt, was jK^p^toJ^l. Mr L. B. Gibson, the District Judge
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  • 116 20 Permission Sought To Land In British Bases Washington. ACCORDING to authorised sources, the American Government isat present urging the British Government to allow American comrner2 1 seaplanes to land m British U m^bTr-ecalled that .the United' ciiot** and Great Britain signed a mufual agreement two years ago whereby MeriE-fand British
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  • 171 20 OTTAWA PACT ENDED BY INDIA London. PORMAL notice has been received from the Government of India of the termination, with effect from March 31. 1939, of the agreement between the United Kingdom Government and the Government of India concluded at Ottawa on August 20. 1932. Notice of termination was given
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  • 50 20 Lee P morning bound ovei on i penona] bond of $50 for a period <n .six mnntlis" to be of cter by Mr. Conrad Oldham In '"iid police waul iri at No im I plier valiu ropi ol Ktc CI Ir i: Inapaetot r. c. Wrav i i
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  • 157 20 World's Strongest Force For Peace SIR Holberrv Mensforth, a director of Messrs. John Brown's, the Clydebank shipbuilding firm, said that he believes the British Navy is the strongest force for peace m the world. There was no menace m the launching of warships by Britain, said Sir Holberrv. -The stronger
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  • 115 20 New York. RAY RUDDY, internationally famous swimmer and water-polo player, died recently from the effects of a fall downstairs. He caught his foot m a stair carpet at his aunt's house, fell down the flights, and struck his head on a radiator. He got up. went to
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  • 222 20 Italy And Germany To Take The Cape Route? ITALIAN and German shipping rests are drafting a MemorarJ to submit to their respective m 3 ments with regard to the question of 3 Suez Canal, it is understood m basin. circles here. m < The memorandum, it is stated m give
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  • 126 20 Kingston. IHE Jamaica Police were attacked by crowd at Montagakay. m North-W Jamaica, following a man's death ;r. struggle with the police at a labour d monstration The fatal struggle occurred while Bt tamente. 'Labour leader who figur prominently m the strike last June.« addressir- a
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  • 185 21 OTHER £2,000,000 BRITISH LOAN FOR CHINA? Hongkong, Jan. 18 ■grned m diplomatic circles that Britain is considering a further supolv of 12.000. 000 credit to China. She is awaiting for America Cthe initiative m the event of application of economic pressure lapa:'- L Kangchuu is
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  • 61 21 A condolence meeting of the Malayalee lesidcnts of Singapore is proposed to be held m the Malayalee Hindu Samajam Offlcje (8. Silat Road, Kampong Bahru). at 6 p.m. on Saturday m connection with the sudden demise of the Rt. H'-jn. K. Raman Menon, Minister Madras Cabinet and Mr.
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  • 107 21 L^AMJUtKf^^^^QsJXQAAj^ THE Marx Brothers have made a worldwide reputation for themselves m crazy comedy. They are to be seen again at the Capitol m the R.K.O. Radio production "Room Service." Naturally there are plenty of laughs m a film m which Groucho. Harpo and Chick
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  • 270 21 Chungking, Jan. 18. COMMENTING on the British note to Japan a spokesman of the foreign office staler 1 that the note expresses an attitude of justice. "It shows thai Britain's firm stand m the Far Eastern conflict remains unchanged, despite threatening statements repeatedly issued
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  • 156 21 LEAGUE MEMBERS' OBLIGATIONS VOLUNTARY ACTION? London. Jan. 18. HTHE usefulness of Dr. Koo's repeated appeals to the League is doubtful, comments the Times, referring to the speech at the league Council, adding that they tend chiefly to accentuate the political weakness of the League. The Times comes to this conclusion
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  • 99 21 (Singnpore, Wednesday Tham| Yew Chong, a Cantonese, who said that he lived at No. 6, Tanjong Pagar Road was this morning produced before Mr Kenneth A. Blacker m the fourth police court and charged that he on or about Dec. 1, at about 10 p.m. m No.
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  • 265 21 Perak Miners' New Protest (Tribune .Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday. CTHONG exception is being taken by many local miners to the present rate of export duty imposed on tin contributed to the Buffer Pool. To bring about a more satisfactory state of affairs, a petition has been forwarded to the Senior
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  • 117 21 AMERICAN PLANES FOR CHINA VIA BURMA London, Jan. 18. THE Times* Rangoon correspondent reports that an American bnilt mil-tary aeroplane with heavy armament has arrived and is being sent across the frontier to China. It is a demonstration model sent m advance of others which are coming m specially chartered
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  • 36 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Wednesday. Mr D. P. Stores. Senior SuDerintenient of Customs. Johore, went on leave 'esterdav. Capt. T S. J. Lloyd has issumed duties as Senior Superintendent of Customs, Johore.
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  • 294 22 I Exhibition Matches To Be GREAT d»ppo.ntl»»l B ID Sito play exhibition tennis m Singapore. On the eve of his departure lr om Sai gon, when be had bought h* Plane tickets and had VW** contracted smallpox, and ne ana G°a n via Fhillipine
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  • 285 22 R. A. F. Beat S. C. R. C. R i i 1; SC.R.C DISPLAYING superiority m every department of the game long of reach and sthde. the R.A.K hockey first eleven was surprisingly extended by an S.C.R.C. "A" if am, an indiftercnt combination, that ground until the last moments when
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    22 22 A fine action photograph showing an incident m yesterdays padane ringer when the Terrors beat the Changi Gunners by three noinU Tribune
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  • 359 22 Draw For Women's Foursomes At R.S.G.C. FK following is the draw iMM starting times for the Womeij^» v Foursomes to be played at HjH [m Timah on Monday. Jan. 23:2.15 Mrs. W. E. Quirke and I^B^' Baenall v. Miss M. Hallas and M-^^By n: Robinson. I 2.20 Mrs. A. S
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  • 44 22 Sydney, Jan. 18. Don Bradman, by scoring 135 not out for South Australia against New South Wales m the Sheffields Shield match equalled the world record established m 1901 by C. B. Fry, of scoring six successive centuries. Reuter.
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  • 121 22 (BY "PETE") THE first bijr ficrht *f the New Year to be hold at the Happy World to-morrow promises to attract an unusually large crowd, which mijrht even beat past record attendance at the stadium. Young Frisco, holder of the middleweight title of the Orient who knocked out
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  • 137 22 ARMY BOXING FINALS TO-NIGHT <" J&B finals of the army indivifl boxing championships f or l current year takes place to-nighH Gillman Barracks commencinijH 9 p.m. Captain I. L. CronynM referee and bouts while Lil Comdr. H. Vickers, R.N., and Liß H. D. Lowther R.A will act j The following
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  • 16 23 MIDFIELD INCIDENT 4n incident during yesterday's hockey m which the Recs beat the Loyals easily Tribune
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  • 592 23 Mac Donald's Brilliant Work In' Goal SRC 3; Loyals 0. jN a thrilling and fast hockey encounter yesterday evening the S.R.C. beat the Loyals by three goals to nil. The Recs. played a spirited game throughout, were repeatedly to the fore m the attacks,
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  • 511 23 ELMS. Terror 3 R.A. <Changi> B 0 Loyals 'B 5 Volunteers 3 30th Co. RE 10 Loyals W 0 KEPT for the third tie m which the 30th Fortress Co. R.E. debated the Loyals 'A' by ten points (two goals) to nil. very infcfent rugger
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  • 43 23 Negri Team Against Singapore THE following have been select ed to represent Negri Sembilan against Singapore m the return encounter on Saturday at Singapore; Manuel, Haji Ibrahim. Rex Thomas; Santott Singh. Ueut. Morris, Lee Moh Hon; Edmonds, Graves, Mustapha, Bhagat Singh, Syed Hamid.
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  • 196 23 35 th Fortress Score Seven Coals J 35th Fortress Coy: 7; Tin Works: 0. IN an interesting game of eoccer played yesterday afternoon at Pulo Brani between the 35th Fortress Co. and the Tinworks eleven, the Sappers beat their opponents by seven clear goals, Pickard performing the hat-trick. Pickard opened
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  • 8 24 to, from Sowe. I Reuter
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  • 14 24 m ttr h r oe 2m": Robert Walla* famurist Reuter
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  • 48 24 Rome, Jan. 18. -Making J^ next move m the European c de Ciano is now en-route to mm? gt( important talks with PremKi dinovitch. A shooting P an> R J pl j e i ised m Ciano's honour l **L the Hungarian frontier. -X* v
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  • 198 24 London. Jan. v Till *.r Ministry announces that m accordance with the wishes ()f His I ViiestVs Government hi New Zealand, it is being arranged thai the ur mission from th« I'nited Kingdom vising Australia for the purpose i examining with the Commonwealth Government the
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  • 154 24 London, Jan. 18. CKVEN men appeared m the Manchester City Police Court this mon ing and were remanded m custody on a charge under the Expli sive Substances Act. This is the sequel to the explosions m Manchester on Monday morning resulting m the death of one man.
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