The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 February 1935

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,491. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935 10 CENTS
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    200 Houses Destroyed By Fire In Penang
    583 1 er Hitam Village Gutted I In An Hour $400,000 DAMAGE Immediate Warning Prevents Loss Of Life I .Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 4. Hitam Village, a picturesque suburb lying at the foot of the gutted by one of the biggest fires in
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    CULTURAL MOVE
    56 1 I Bistro-Italian Agreement Signed Rome. Feb. 4. in cultural agreenor Mussolini and Vast rlan Under-Secretary provides lor the teaching In Austrian schools, in some !<>r example the Lycees and hools ol Vienna. Italian pulsory, but in secondary be a special subject "i Italian and Austrian I chairs for
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    TO BE CANONISED
    87 1 Knight And Bishop Who Were Beheaded Vatican City, Feb. 1. The Pope has decided in favour of the canonisation of Sir Thomas More iand John Fisher. Bishop of Rochester. who were beheaded in the reign of i Henry the Eighth for refusing to give 1 their oath
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    REFORMS DEBATE OPENS AT NEW DELHI
    140 1 REFORMS DEBATE OPENS AT NEW DELHI Attack Launched By Opposition New Delhi. Feb. 4. The naileries of the Legislative Assembly were crowded today for the opening of the debate on the new Indian reforms, but there was an absence of excitement. A motion by Mr. Bulabhai Desai, leader of the
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    RUSSIA REARMS
    89 1 Effect On Limitation Hopes London, Feb. 4. The Manchester Guardian says it is idle to blame Russia for rearming when everyone is rearming. The enormous development and high efficiency of the Russian army in the Far East which has caust-d danger to j Russia in that quarter will
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    CEYLON EPIDEMIC
    80 1 7,000 Deaths In The Kegalle District Colombo, Jan. 30. SEVEN thousand people are reported to have died from malaria in the Kegalle district alone in the past two months. Persons on the spot state that the epidemic is as grave as ever and the villagers are losing faith
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    20 1 react unfavourably on Poland, and especially on Germany. An al-round limitation of armaments, therefore, seems less likely than ever.— Reuter
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    MISSING FLIERS
    69 1 Paris, Jan. 30. The missing fliers returning from their record breaking trip to Madagasar have turned up at Cairo. Nothing previously had been heard of them since Sunday morning when they made a forced landing in the bush in the neighborhood of Dar Es Salaam owing to a
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    On Other Pages
    93 1 Diary of the week 2 Law notices 2 Radio programmes 2 Claim for £14,000,000 3 U.S. Prison sensation 3 Women's Page J Picture Puge J Sugar King's death J Smallpox in Hankow J Important steel discovery 7 Leading article and notes m Latest tin and rubber prices
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    Germany Responds To Appeal By Powers
    48 1 Germany Responds To Appeal By Powers Outcome Of AngloFrench Talks AIR PACT HOPES Berlin. Feb. 4. A definite statement that Germany will regard the London proposals as a basis for negotiation was made today by a Government spokesman.- Reuter SIR JOHN SIMON is looking after Great Britain's interests
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    32 1 OH! The Nazi Boys! They built a mil! on the side of the hill. They marched all night and they marched all day But they couldn't make the gosh- darn sawmill pay.
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    AERIAL CONVENTION
    426 1 A Deterrent Against Aggression London. Feb 4. The chiel clause of the Anglo-French communique is a proposal for a joint aerial convention between Britain, France, Germany. Belgium and Italy which should act as a deterrent against aggression by any signatory to the proposed agreement. The British Government cordially
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    GOLDEN TRINKETS
    111 1 Offered To Help Repurchase The Saar Mines Berlin. Jan. 31 The Government has refused dozens of offers of golden trinkets to assist the repurchases of the Saar mines. An official statement says this willingness to sacrifice furnishes proof of ideal patriotism but such sacrifice is unnecessary. The new
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    EXPORT MARKETS
    89 1 U.S. Proposal To Divide Them Up Washington. Jan. 30. The creation oi an international board to divide the world's export markets among producing and manufacturing nations was proposed to a senate committee by Senator Daniel Roper. Secretary for Commerce, who proposes that the board start with cotton and
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    GENERAL ELECTION In BRITAIN FORECAST Cabinet Reshuffe In The Autumn
    120 1 GENERAL ELECTION In BRITAIN FORECAST Cabinet Reshuffe In The Autumn A RESHUFFLE of the < aninel followed by an appeal* to the country on "a national platform" is forecast in <.ro.it Britain. London. Feb. 4. The Daily Telegraph, usually in close touch with Government opinion, says it is accepted in
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    HOOD AND NELSON
    100 1 Collision When Squadron Was House Of Commons. Jan. ;u The First Lord of the Admiralty said that the collision of the Hood and Renown occurred while the battle cruiser squadron was reforming, the Renown's bows striking the Hood on the starboard side. The damage to the Renown
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    IRISH CITIZENSHIP
    102 1 To Be Accompanied By An Aliens Bill Dublin, Jan. 30. The Senate agreed to the committee stage of the Citizenship Bill without a division. Mr. De Valera announced that the Aliens Bill will come into operation about the same time as the Citizenship Bill. The Government amendment to
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      55 1 gIGIA TEA Br in«s the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to y° ur home J^__ MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL JS TONIGHT TOMORROW 1 FECIAL DINNER CONCERT CABARET ATTRACTION j 815t °9i5 P LEE GOLDIE& PARTNER OANCE (FORMAL) AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS 930P m t o Midnight I COMEDY NOVELTY ACTS
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    A GREAT MAGICIAN
    265 2 Mr. Chang Wei Chung At The Theatre Royal The first show to be put on at the Theatre Royal under the management ol Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. was very appropriately one by a purely Chinese troupe. The theatre is situated between the junctions of Rochoro Road and Arab
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    AMBULANCES BUSY
    239 2 No Serious Injuries In -o v ases One of the busiest week-ends :n lecent weeks was experienced by the ambulance department en Saturday and Sunday They attended 25 calls and on three occasions all ambulances hurried out to call in quick succession. Another unusual feature was that 11
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    REDS WELL BEATEN
    108 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Continuous Struck? With Government Troops Shanghai. Feb. a*. An ofDelal report Irom the general headquarters at Chungking states that the Communist forces in South Szechuan collapsed last night after a continuous struggle with the Government troops lor several days. The 9th and the
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    MATCH-SELLER WHO HAD £33,000
    981 2 In Poverty Today Because He Went The Pace PON ol a wealthy racehor.se owner, and himself in early life *J possessed of two fortunes, an elderly man was charged in the police court with begging in the streets of London. It was disclosed that after running
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    TREASURE HUNT
    189 2 Gold Bars Which Fell From Cross-Channel Plane London. Jan. 27. A treasure hunt is proceeding for (the gold bars which fell from the air liner yesterday between Paris and i London during the gale. j It is uncertain whether they fell in jthe sea but the police in
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY
    53 2 In view of the misunderstanding that has arisen over the Jubilee Concert to be run by the Singapore Musical Society we have been asked to state that the choral section holds its first practice on Friday. It is the orchestral section practice Which lias been cancelled and not
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    JAPANS OFFER
    61 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Economic Assistance To China a M Shanghai, Feb. 3. A report from Tokio states that the Japanese Foreign Office has taken mediate measures to consider China's friendly gestures. as trn^ H Hirota is reported to have suggested giving China immediate economic: assistance before going
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    "SON OF KONG"
    147 2 Thrilling Screen Spectacle At The Alhambra Alhambra Theatre's big holiday attraction, the Radio picture "Son of Kong" made an instant hit with local i audiences when introduced at yesteri day's change of programme. This spectacular film is a continuation of the King Kong story, with Robert Armstrong
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    Naval Talks Served Their Purpose
    256 2 JAPAN PROMISES TO SEEK PEACE London. Feb. 1. DEVIEWING the results of the re*x cent preliminary bilateral naval conversations in London, the Prime Minister in the House of Commons said they had fully served the purpose tor which they were intended, namely, to enable the
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    A NEW AGREEMENT
    106 2 It was. therefore, with great satisfaction that His Majesty's Government noted the assurance made to them by the Japanese Government that they had no intention whatever to proceed to naval aggrandisement or to disturb international neace but would continue rather to make sincere endeavour to strengthen the
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    GALE IN BRITAIN
    115 2 Leaves Much Damage In Its Wake London. Jan. 28. Snow fell yesterday and on Saturday throughout the British Isles, and sharp frost at night covered the roads with ice and disorganised traffic. Throughout northern and eastern England many roads were blocked by snow-drifts, and the snowfall was
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    AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST CLERGYMAN
    316 2 AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST CLERGYMAN Death Of Mr. C. F. T 'tOcrV At Age Of 106 T HE R«?v. Charles Frederick L'Oste has died. He attained his 106th birthday on Wednesday last. He was Australia's oldest clergyman and was probably the oldest resident oi Tasmania, and possibly the oldest clergyman in the
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    SEGRAVE TROPHY
    68 2 Awarded To British Aviator r l London, Jan. 30. The Segrave Trophy for 1934 has been awarded to Kenneth Waller, the British airman, for flights to Australia and the Belgian Congo. The trophy was instituted in memorv of Sir Henry Segrave. and is awarded to the Britisher who
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    CHOPPER ATTACK
    74 2 (Prom Our Own Correspondent* Seremban. Feb. I. The story of a chopper attack was tola the Seremban nagistraU Mr R. J. P. Curtis, today, when a China se Lee Kwong. appeared on a charge ot voluntarily causing grievous hurt r a compatriot. Yong Wai Yong Wal is still
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      105 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ NOXZEM A For SHAVING A medicated (ream which sht.s you a quicker, smoother, painle.-s ahave. Can be used a.s a Latherless Shave or as a base for your favourite SOSp or cream. Price 7O cents l'ei tulu-. MEDICAL HALL, LIMITED, Chemists. BOARD RESIDENCE. "Private family require two paying
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      341 2 gNDEJg^ MUNICIPALS Tender lend( ri ifoilowli part- ilai Room Bartl Supply 5 DC Ist G. *.s#, CONTRACTS ft* H.M. S\Y\ Tenders lor Coi I a th( f< th vin md ui Singapore, tor on 1935, will be n Offlo byth, 8 Charge, u^ i no I February 28th. 19 Fr.
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      109 2 Diary Of The Week TUESDAY, 118 I High Water 027 a.m 9.1 it.. 11.49 a.m 10 6 tl t Lawn Tennis Open Tournament. s.c.c. courts Goii Keppel Club. Chinese N< w Year Competitions. Raoing Ipoh Meeting second day WEDNESDAY, FEB 6 High Water 0.56 a.m 9.3 ft., 12 35 pm
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      147 2 Today's Radio Programmes B. o.C Transmission 111 9.35 Big Ben. "The Little Show." A song-and-sketch show based on the famous Nine O'clock Revue from the Little Theatre. 10.20 Torquay Municipal Orchestra. 11.05 Talk: "Cape to Cairo on Foot." Mr. R. A. Mcnson. Greenwich time signal at 11.20 p.m. 11.20 Evensong.
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    CLAIM FOR £14,000,000
    336 3 Count Contests Eccentric Duke's Will fORMER FRENCH PREMIER AS ADVOCATE Paris. qEFERENCI to the supposed discovery of long-lost doeu Knunts in the British Museum was made when, before packed audience in the First Chamber of the Paris Civil Tr ibun.'! the bearing was begun of a further
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    ITALIAN SCULPTURE
    93 3 westing Exhibition To Be HcH At Robinson's exhiulpture will be held m Feb. 9 to 16. The r the personal superGido m. SardeUl, who is Bculptors' Association 4 a number and other work ol 111,11 and artists, the guaranteed to have been rarest Itailan marble me hundreds ol
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    45 3 wok place at Klang on r of °\h Mats uda, a leading (^m. tri Japanese community. > Malaya 25 years ago and dentist in Klang. The Place on Friday at 4.30 Japanese cemetery, at Ther, aCCOrdi "g tO ShintO *»thertaup a large> and re P resen
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    IT'S THE "AIRMAN" OF KOEPENICK THIS TIME
    367 3 Another Hoax On Berlin Suburb JHE Frankfurter Zeitung reports ex- 1 ploits by an "airman of Koepenick which recall the famous pre-War hoax ot that captain of Koepenick." bv trade I a shoemaker, who. playing on the Ger- I man respect for uniform,
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    18 3 Mr. W. E. Pepys is returning from leave by the s.s. Corfu, due in Singapore on Mar. 16.
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    Delicate Problem In Kiangsi
    151 3 REDS LEA VE WOMEN BEHIND I Nanking. N addition to the difficult task of economic rehabilitation in Kiangsi. the women of the province present an unusual problem. It is learned that during the Communist occupation, women were allowed to sever their family connections and form new
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    CEYLON MALARIA
    210 3 Contributions To Local Relief Fund The following contributions to the Ceylon Malaria Relief Fund are acknowledged Previously acknowledged $1,889.90. Mr. A. Pillay $2. A. Sympathiser $3 Mr. M T. Pillai $2. Mr. A. V. de Souza $2. Mr. C. D. Souza $2. Ong Kim Tiang $2. Mr. Piang
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    23 3 A meeting of the Johore Council of State will be held at the Dewan. Johore Bahru. on Wednesday, Feb. 20. at 11 a.m.
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    FIRST NEW ZEALANDERS TO VISIT U.S.S.R.
    141 3 FIRST NEW ZEALANDERS TO VISIT U.S.S.R. Surprise Expressed At Educational Progress Moscow. rvELEGATES of Trade Unions of railwaymen. workers, and teachers of New Zealand, have arrived here, being the first visitors to the U.S.S.R. from New Zealand. The delegates inspected a number of big enterprises and schools and acquainted themselves
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    13 3 LILLIAN HAUVKY, the famous English film star. signing her latest contract in Hollywood
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    87 3 The appeal of Koh Soon Poh. who was found guilty at the November session of the Singapore Assizes on three charges of abetting the forgery of certain documents by Lim Thai Hock, and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment on each charge, by Mr. Justice H. W. Prichard,
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    28 3 The Far Eastern branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences has opened a library possessing a complete collection of all newspapers issued in the Far East since 1883.
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    CONVICTS' DARING RUSE
    415 3 How U.S. Prison Escape Was Effected OFFICIALS FORCED TO EXCHANGE CLOTHES TNew York. HREE of the four convicts who escaped from San Quentin Prison, California, were back in their cells next day their leader dead from bullet wounds. Their four hostages—members of the Prison Board— were recovering
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    IT WAS JUST A FAMILY CUSTOM
    226 3 Why Natives Murdered Brother Nairobi. TTHAT murder was an "inherited custom" in their family was the I startling plea made to the East Africa Appeal Court here by two Tanganyika natives a brother and sister— who had been sentenced by a lower court to
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    SEREMBAN WEDDING
    38 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 2. The wedding took place quietly todav at the Church of the Visitation, of Mr. Felix de Silva. Health Inspector and a State cricketer, and Miss Florence Sequerah of Seremban.
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    14 3 'Mr. J. Dewar, Surveyor-General. F.M.S. and S.S.. left for home on leave on Friday.
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    "PERSONS NOT FAT LIVE LONGEST"
    164 3 Eminent Physician Declares in recent lecture before the American Academy ol Medicine. prominent physician itated thai persons who sren't rat live the l ogest Crmm n sense confirms this. Insur ance companies often reject over weight folks, or charge higher premiums on account ol the
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      378 3 SMALL PIMPLES IN CLUSTERS On Arms and Chest. Suffered 10 Months. Cuticura Healed. "I suffered for over ten months with eczema and did not get a comfortable night's sleep during that time. Small, red pimples broke out on my arms and chest and were in clusters, very thick, and sometimes
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  • WOMEN'S INTERESTS
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      Notes And Comments On Fashion Changes
      308 4 Notes And Comments On Fash ion Changes Vogues For Stars, Stripes, Spots IT is interesting to watch how the taste In design of fabrics j Changes. Sometimes everything has' a spotted effect. That suddenly, changes to splashes. A vogue lor! crosses, comes now and then also for crescent moons. The
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      The Parisienne Makes A Joke Of Fashion
      753 4 THERE IS no more effective way of cultivating or keeping that slender hipline which is so fashionable now than by "high kicking." This exercise should be done regularly every morning. Kick with all your might, first with the right leg. then with the
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      Powder Puffs
      110 4 A back powder- pull is a most •acceptable present, especially for the girl who goes out to dance a good deal and decorative specimens can bJ manufactured, in no time by the donor who is making her gifts at home A large-sized ordinary pull should be chosen, and
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      50 4 Some of the short coats have seam below the waist, and so produce a tin™ flared basque The trim "tailleurs" are ittractive. m contrast, we have the longer and more dressy tunic, which assists in ringing the changes. A light wool satin or velvet skirt looks well c^rdurof lUniC b,ack
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      A CHARMING CREATION
      22 4 COCKTAIL TIME would be the right nrrsstaw ior this glittering garment: a blouse in gold and silver stamped lame.
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      BEHIND THE VEIL.
      766 4 Many Disabilities Of Women In Seclusion. 'THE purdah system in India is both unhygienic <and un-Islamic." Begum Zozra Fysee once said when interviewed by a press representative. It is a happy sign to note that the pernicious results of the system of purdah are becoming increasingly known
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      Change In Hair Fashions
      163 4 Turn last year's coiffure back to front and you have the very latest fashion The wind is no longer head-on as lit was a year ago. It has shifted and now strikes on the back of your head The little curls that have covered the nape
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      Brow Beauty Is An Art
      369 4 Eyebrows treated In The TWO PAGES A page of WomenV Interests will appear on Tuesday and iY;,j av each week. AI icon's fashion review will he given each Friday. BROW beauty is one ol the most charming personal possessions of the modern good-looking girl— and
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      Cookery Nook
      361 4 TINNED ASPARAGUS SALAD JJARD-boil three eggs, halve hem ■•and cut a slice oil each hall to make it stand up. Wash and dry a lettuce, and arrange the young leaves tc form a "bed" in an entree dish. Open a tin cl asparagus tips, cut th. contents into
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      Nourishing The Skin
      41 4 To nourish the skin oi the lids and thL surr M Ulldin tlssll1 a oa\ there is three to four moments is completely absorbed Rinsing out the ,v USell With a mild lotion completes the 1 home treatment.
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      Clever Make-Up
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    213 5 KKQVIF.M HIGH MASS was rang at Westminster Cathedral for Cardinal Bourne before the funeral at St. Edmund's College. NN.ire. Hertfordshire. Almost every country In the world was represented at the Cathedral The scene round the cata falque during the Mass. RAILWAY lines near Melbourne after the floods which caused widespread
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      131 5 I I IRRESISTIBLY DELICIOUS I I ANl> 'wB ,N UUOf S HIGHLY NOURISHING "Tiff Ii \\IH KS The only process required in DTC- Xhnoiul paring this Dainty Dessert is to Cham 8 pour straight into mould and set chocolate Orange ?0 cents a pint or .{0 cents a quart IVacli
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    Improper Books Smuggled Into England
    248 6 Improper Books Smuggled Into England FINE QF £100 FOR RESERVE OFFICER TPHE use of a yacht for importing im- proper books into Great Britain was mentioned at Lewes. Sussex. Summonses ior the importation of indecent books and photographs were heard against Gerald Selby Lewis Griffiths, an officer of the Royal
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    UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
    214 6 Reduction In Some Areas Criticised London. Jan. g#. During the debate in the Commons, last night, on the new relief regulations inaugurated by the Unemployment Assistance Board, criticism was Qirected to the reductions in the amount ol relief in some areas. The Minister of Labour. Mr. Oliver Stanley,
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    GOVERNMENT'S AIMS
    106 6 Lord Privy Seal's Speech At Wavertree London, Jan. 29. Mr. Anthony Eden, Lord Privy Seal, in a speech at the Wavertree by-elec-tion, defined the objects of the National Government as, firstly, maintenance of peace in the world through support to League law and strengthening of the collective peace
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    12 6 ITALIAN tanks passing through the streets of Saarbrucken during the Saar plebiscite.
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    New Religious Group Formed In North China
    113 6 New Religious Group Formed In North China CLAIMS IT IS TO SAVE WORLD Shanghai. /CLAIMING that it. has been designed to save the world, a new religious group, boasting the high-sounding title of Heavenly Gates Sacred Society, has sprung up in a mountainous district near Tientsin. North China. Members of
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    SHORTER HOURS
    149 6 Labour Minister's Appeal London, Jan. 28. Answering a Parliamentary question, the Labour Minister. Mr. Oliver Stanley, said that the negotiations into which employers and operatives organisations had entered, in accordance with last year's Cotton Manufacturing Industry Act. with a view to making a new and comprehensive agreement, had
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    "A WHIFF OF LOGIC"
    137 6 To Meet Attacks On The "New Deal" New York, Jan. 26. Mr. Donald Richberg. Chief of the new N.R.A. Executive Board, in an address to the New York State Bar Association expressed confidence the Supreme Court in its forthcoming judgment on the gold clause case will
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    THE SAAR
    91 6 Date Of Evacuation Not Yet Fixed London, Jan. 28. The actual date on which the international force will leave the Saar has not yet been fixed. The Foreign Secretary. Sir John Simon, answering questions in the Commons, said that the various contingents were expected to leave at the
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    BRAZILIAN FINANCES
    84 6 Fair Treatment Asked For Britain London, Jan. 29. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, replying to questions regarding the financial policy of Brazil, said that he fully agreed that the possibilities of Brazil obtaining in future years further financial assistance in the London irtorket must depend
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    MASTER MIND BEHIND CHINESE SOVIET
    248 6 Mysterious Russian ASTONISHINGLY ACCURATE FORECASTS Nanchang. POLITICAL organiser, military strategist and a writer of a very high order that is the picture which has been pieced together by the military authorities here of the mysterious Russian adviser to the so-called Chinese Soviet Government in Kiangsi.
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    KILLED HUSBAND AND SONS FOR LOVER
    175 6 TRIED TO SELL HER DAUGHTER Paris. IJOW a Rumanian woman almost wiped out her family in order to please her lover has been revealed by Lydia Savu. the woman's daughter, when rescued from drowning by a policeman. She said according to a Lugosa. Rumania,
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    "GRAVE ISSUES"
    98 6 Lord Hailsham On Western Australia's Petition London, Jan. 3. The House of Lords this evening agreed to a motion moved by Lord Hailsham to appoint a committee of both Houses "to consider the petition of the State of Western Australia for a Bill to effectuate the withdrawal of
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    42 6 It is rumoured In Ipoh that Mr. J. Hobbs, Deputy Commissioner. Trade and Customs. Perak. will be going to Kuala Lumpur in the near future as Senior Deputy Commissioner, Federated Malay States. Mr. Hobbs is the President of the Perak Football Association.
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    Vacant House Converted Into Secret Still
    474 6 Chinese Fined $42 THE story of how a bootlegger was stated to have converted a vacant house in Magazine Road, Penang, into a secret brewery was told to Mr. D. Wills, the second magistrate, when Goh Hock Siew, a Chinese, was tried on a
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    Smallpox Outbreak Reported In Hankow
    92 6 Smallpox Outbreak Reported In Hankow BRITISH CONSUL A TE OFFICIAL DIES Hankow. AN outbreak of smallpox, which can hardly be termed an epidemic, is causing a certain amount of anxiety in Hankow, and most of the leading firms are taking precautions in the way of staff vaccinations. The community was
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    INDIA BILL
    141 6 Four Days For Second Reading London. Jan. 31. It has now been arranged that four days will be devoted to the second reading of and debate on the Government of India Bill, which will be opened in the House of Commons next Wednesday by Sir Samuel Hoare. Secretary
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    127 6 Four Cantonese Get Haul Worth 8400 Chinese New Year, as usual, was not without its crime, but the only serious occurrence was an armed robbery which took place about eight o'clock on Sunday night, and in which over $400 worth of casli and property was stolen. About eight
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    160 6 Mr. S. G. H. Leyh, Assistant Supt. Government Monopolies, Singapore, has returned from leave and assumed duty as Deputy Commissioner Trade and Customs, Negri Sembilan. RajaMusa. Registrar. Supreme Court. Kuala Lumpur, who is sailing on laeve to England at the end of the month. J was entertained to dinner by
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    41 6 M.| BONNY, the arrested police inspector who played an important role in the Stavisky affair, has written several reports in prison in which he maintains that the police were aware of Stavisky and his transactions six months before they took action.
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    "Sugar King Of Java" Dies In Formosa
    67 6 "Sugar King Of Java" Dies In Formosa MAN WHO INVESTEn $10,000,000 i HONG KONG TELEGRAPHIC M K 1 bring news ol tl mosa. of Kwik I one time the ho* of property in Hoi Kwik. who was k. King of Java Bpei alone on the Hon K K where, in
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    74 6 Refuses To Renew ))ffi Relation* Itriiss«.| s j..„ The Government adl tude to refuse to renew with Soviet Russia Foreign Minister In P.rii-.m afternoon It did not bureau ol Boviet propaganda ed in Brussels. Belgium had abstained iron; on the Question of the Soviet sion to the
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    59 6 Death Roll Now hnriMuJ To Thirty-Two New York. Jan a Twenty-eight deaths irom p, lb liquor in eastern and central N State have been reported la week. Six other people an bob pital in a serious condition anticipate making arresti il New York. I The death roll from
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    74 6 By Governor DessfMl I New Zealand London leh I Lord Galway. Governor I New Zealand, will leave ton Boulogne to make a tour oi Cemeteries in France and Bi tour, extending over h\< of the most comprehensive c\. Wreaths will be laid on tIM YprTown Memorial, the
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    61 6 Plane Cut In Two M Pilot Escape- Tours. I U An amazing air SCCidt nt here today when two I collided over the town I I was cut in iwo and crash I of houses and damaged them pilot safeiv parachuted on I in the River Loire The
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    38 6 Brazil Still Rcftiso Return Bit is Janeiro J*n The i eglslatlve 1 f ed the proposal tl M r r the League of Nat resigned SOBM real Inability to obtain a ;>• the Council Reuter Wireless
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    54 7 Ul t, Alleged To Have Hired Assassins i )\\n Correspondent.) Semarang. Feb. 'I. was claimed against nd four Javanese. thi native legal wife ol Mr Born, with whom she had more than 17 years, was hired four Javanese; led Mr. Born, when he was i nd the
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    50 7 the large number of en- His Excellency the High it has unfortunately isary to cancel the haHome" which was to have ce at the Port Dickson Club Peb. 7. [small, Assistant Col- id Revenue, Seremoan. r to Kuala Kangsar aptalned the Malay ch has only been durine th* season about
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    380 7 Stainless Steel Sprayed Like Paint NEW PROCESS WILL SAVE MILLIONS A YEAR METHOD of spraying stainless steel on to metals— in much the same way as paint is now sprayed— is about to be announced by a Leeds metal firm. It is a process that will save British industry millions
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    282 7 MAY BE APPOINTED I GOVERNOR-CENERAL OF AUSTRALIA i (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 31. ALTHOUGH finality is unlikely to be reached pending the visit of the Australian Prime Minister (Mr.; Lyons) for the King's Jubilee cele- brations this year there seems to be j an
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    185 7 Says Constable Threatened To Shoot Him From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. Ah Yee, ii Hylam cook employed by Mr. Lawson, local manager for Wearne I Bros. Ltd., appeared before Mr. F. K. Wilson, on eharges ol* riding his bicycle without a light and carrying another person
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    157 7 Death Follows Prolonged Illness 'From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. The death occurred on Friday at lmbi Road. Kuala Lumpur, after a prolonged illness, ol Mr. Don John Abeyratne. lather ol* Mr. D. G. Abey-ic-.tne of the G.P.0.. KuaL Lumpur, at the age of
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    55 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced between Miss K. D. F. Clinton, daughter cf Mrs. J. S. M. Rennie of No. 3 Ladyhill Road. Singapore, and the late Mr. W. D. Clinton, and Mr. Eric C. Watson, son of Mrs. R. Watson of Ranelagh Farm. Windsor Forest. England, and
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    952 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935 The Aerial Convention THE proposed aerial convention which has resulted from the Anglo-French talks is possibly the most important and significant development in post-war diplomacy and it at once puts a new complexion on the face of Europe. The significance of the
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    136 8 Mrs. Gillian Hannyngton. wife of Mr J. Hannyngton, Assistant District Officer Teluk Anson, is on a fortnight's visit to Singapore. Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, District Officer. Dindings, will remain as District Officer when the territory is handed over to Perak in February. Mr. P. H. D.
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    648 8 FROM the seventh century until recently pilgrims from all parts of the Mohammedan world were accus- tomed to go for their annual pilgrimage to Mecca by sea. The Hejaz railway, which was built in the early years of this century, enabled the By Motor pilgrims from
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    850 8 T^HEY had not met for a long time Not since the days when they were both young, both set on a star. "The office is too awful." he would confide to her then, his mind full of Hamlet and Romeo. And she, deeming herself an embryo Melba. would
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    121 9 ATTITUDE TO JAPAN Review By Marshal shanshai. Feb. 3. n ssmen last week. J' Kai-shek said that had remained as m- Fulness and Powers, with the ireign feeling a^ ,•< n d th j statethe Japanese re and being consideration A people could oppressive clrhaving an antiand hue started a
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    69 9 'Ladies and gentlemen, vou have seen th* r™ i Street the Epping Snake Charmer, the Simones^ TVin^n?.? the Bearded Lady of Threadneedle Have the honour to offer something entirelv oririn.i 5* .1 f Bewd,ev wno smokes a pipe— now I enure y original, astonishing and authentic— permit
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    58 9 Muinghai. Feb. 3. rice which opened discussion of the Charhar decided to proposals made at rmal parley in Peiping pa have agreed to withdraw to their original positions at Jehol Sin Chew Jit Pi.h Shanghai, Feb. 3. ial Chiang Kai-shek leaves for iiuan within a week to take
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    140 9 Germany And Her Return To Geneva Berlin, Feb. 4. Whilst officialdom declines to comment on the London proposals pending a fuller study, it seems safe to predict that an unconditional acceptance of the Eastern Locarno or Austrian Pact is unlikely and if adherence thereto is made a pre-condition
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    194 9 No New Obligations Imposed London, Feb. 4. Italy, Germany and Belgium have already been informed of the results of the London negotiations and the AngloFrench consultations will be resumed when their replies are received. It is pointed out the proposed air convention does not impose any new obligations
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    20 9 AN INDIAN balancing feat seen in Lahore in which it would appear that the laws of gravitation are being defied.
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    245 9 Step Towards A Real Alliance London, Feb. 4. The Daily Mail says the agreement is most important and may well prove to be the first step towards a ireal defensive Anglo-French alliance. The Mine followed by the National Government undoubtedly accords with the wishes of the people of
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    116 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices i (From Our Own Correspondent.) RUBBER V London, Feb. 4. Spot (Sellers) 6y 4 d. (6^.) (Buyers) 6 3|l6d. <6> B d.) April-June 6%d. (6 5j16d.) July-Sept. 6 17|32d. (6i/ 2 d Oct.-Dec. 6 ll|l6d. (6 5 B d> Market Steady. New York,
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    338 10 TELEVISION SHARES DEMAND Too Many Municipal London. Feb. 1. ON the Stock Exchange today in spite of it being the end of the account interest was well maintained and the general tone was firm with some good features, the most outstanding being the strength and activity
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    160 10 Reason For Decline In Stant< n Nelson and Co., in their rubber market review, dated Singapore, Feb. 2, state: •"THE uncertainty regarding the Ame- rican gold question, and the upset in Mincing Lane arising from the difficulties of a large Arm of produce brokers, appear to have been
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    65 10 The output of tin ore from Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd. during the month of January, was a.s fellows Output (Piculs) 2,431, Hours run 1,622, Yardage 372.000, Estimated Value of Ore $168,700. Estimated Gross Mine Profit $128,904 Total estimated Mine Profit for 7 months of current financial year $903,227.
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    76 10 On the morning of Jan. 24. about 8 o'clock an accident occurred in Buffalo Reef (Gold) Development and Prospecting Company's property at Kuala Medan Ulu Jelai, when two mining coolies, missing their footsteps while going down a pit fell heavily .sustaining serious injuries to their heads First aid was given
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    288 10 Increased Rubber Activity In Canada I INCREASED activity in the Canadian rubber industry is the subject of 'reference in the December review of 'the Canadian Pacific Railway. Tlie review points out that "the output value in 1933, according to a report just issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, totalltd
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    AUTOMOBILE CODE
    70 10 Opposed By Labour In United States Washington. Feb. 1 William Green today announc -1 that organised labour would not accept the extended automobile code. Addressing the Senate sub-committee. Green asserted that the code hid absolutely failed to spread work because workers completed work at. almost unlimited hours at
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    18 10 Mr. James Mackie of the Chartered Bank. Kuala Lumpur, sailed for home on the Naldera on sick leave.
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    CARDBOARD CARTONS INSTEAD OF TIN CONTAINERS
    798 10 THREAT "NOT SERIOUS"? Japan Seeks Bigger Share Of World Tinplate Market w From Our Own Correspondents London, Jan. 21. Your Correspondent received some- thing of a shock in his capacity as a 1 holder of Malayan tin-mining shares) 1 to-day when he was shown,
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    301 10 exports and the regulation of output in order to prevent accumulation of stocks from current production. And Malayan share gamblers who buy any of the more popular copper mining issues now may make <or even lose!) a great deal of money. LONG-TERM OUTLOOK PROMISING Tin has once
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    219 10 Acreages of tappable rubber not tapped on estates or 100 acres and over, for the month ending Dec. 31. 1934 i^unr*. ia; mCU OUL OI tapping On pctot^c w.V.i^w i_ 1"* J round. estaUs h,ch have '-art'y ceased tapping refers to ZmTmTrtuiTZZ^ZZZ. <b> Registered Companies only definitely
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    127 10 SPECULATION < SETBAt K Fundamental Situation Unchanged <f*om Our Ov. ;i c.. After the mkkil, J was a very weak selling was pr decline in vnlw i i queni heavy fall. The movem ni i i rew days, bin ii in prim B r v, r? be
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    TEXTILE EXPORTS
    251 10 Further berate Rmtfcl l*y Hritain [.(.ndon. 1 rti l Figures published by the M Chamber Of Commerce .si: increase during Decembt I exports of cotton and artib The total for the year ai 48.541,737 square yards £2.152.588. This is an Ina 5,629,073 square yards n €149.163 over the
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    464 11  - BOB MONTGOMERY has his FACE SLAPPED MOLLIE MERRICK Hoiiy wood ln Person By day. Bob dislikes to have face or pat him on Is barber doesn't get 12 ial massage, which is it M gomery into a state the day. ►mes to work. Bob rsonal likes and I yrs his
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    133 11 The Hon. Mr. S. B. Palmer. M.F.C.. I M.S.C.. was hurt in a motor car accident which occurred on Friday night. Mr. Palmer was returning to Bruas from Kuala Lumpur travelling in his own ear up to Batu Gajah. when, owing to his car giving trouble. Mr. Palmer engaged a
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    110 11 MARITAL TROUBLES CHIEF CAUSE Nanking. quency of suicides in principal cities has caused the MinInterior to make a study of lestion. to i mures for 1933. 1.604 males and 752 females-->r attempted to commit twenty-four Chinese cities. wen- prevented from eir own lives. ads
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    107 11 Federal Officials And $4,000,000 Texas Canal Washington, Jan. 26. A number of Federal officials are involved in allegations of a conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with a $4,000,000 project for a canal in Texas into which the United States Attorney. Mr. Leslie Garnett, has
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    568 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst GRAND LARCENY A POSSIBILITY that many players overlook is that of stealing an extra trick in an opponent's strongest suit. This process, which looks at first glance like bearding the lion in his den. is sometimes the
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    378 11 THE following publications were is- I sued or received by the Department of Statistics. S.S. and F.M.S.. during i the period Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. 1935. inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library. Fullerton Building. Singapore. Applications may be made by
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    EX-KAISER'S GIFTS
    152 11 Bundles Of Wood To Mark His 76th Birthday Doom, Jan. 26. Today, carts rattled over the cobbled streets of the town distributing bundles of wood to the poor. They were cut by the ex-Kaiser and distributed In celebration of his 76th birthday tomorrow. The ex-Crown Prince and his
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    213 12 Canadian Fishermen Saved At Lake Simcoe Barrie, Ontario. After being marooned for a day and a night on the storm-tossed ice floes in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, seven fishermen, one of whom is 76 years old. have been rescued. They were fishing through holes in the ice a mile
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    SHIPPING SOCIETY
    111 12 Nanking, .lan. 23. A set ol measures introducing the co-operative principle in the mercantile shipping industry has been approved by the Ministry ol Communications According to these measures, a society is to be formed, with all Chinese shipping companies, both state and privateowned, as members. The chips and
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    129 12 Norway To Confer Highest Life-Saving Medals Oslo. The "Medal for Noble Deeds," Norway's highest distinction for life-saving, will be conferred on each of the eleven men of the lifeboat crew of the Hamburg America liner New York for the heroic rescue of the seamen of the Norwegian
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    415 12 SHIPPING SUBSIDY NOT TO BE DISSIPATED Partial Restoration Of Wage Cuts For Seamen London, reb. 1. [N the House of Commons, the I Shipping Bill was read for the :hird time. The chief provision is i subsidy of £2,000.000 for assistance o tramp shipping. Mr. Runciman emphasised
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    127 12 Rates In America Considered High With the exception of the Netherlands. American Steamship owner and operators pay the highest wages to men employed upon their ships, according to statistics compiled by the United States Department of Commerce, the American Shipowners' Association and the Chamber of Shipping of the
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    110 12 SINGAPORE HARBOOUR Ships alongside the u1, expected la arrive East Wharf (Entrance Gate l Mayebashi Maru T2 Main Wharf (Entrance Gale J. van Oldenbarnevelt i 16: AJaxH: Kedah ll P dat 8; Lycaon 7 Empire Dock (Entrance Gale Kajang 30; Irisbank Malayan Prince 36. Empire Dock (Entrance <,„,. Tongking. Ipoh
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    110 12 Op Ten Noon. Dut Sourabaya 4 2 for Belawai Lipis. Brit 460 ton 4.2. for Kuantan <i L* Kajang, Brit.. 1.284 fa dakan 4.2. lor Bandakan Asdanu. Siam. 406 t.,j.--man 3.2. tor East Coast p Sourabava. Dut 341 toi Pandjang 12, lor Paleml Khocn Hoea. Dut (ill t
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    29 12 Tlu M.M. Jean Laboruv •> from Saigon today at 7 sail the same day :tt 2 p.m. for i Djibouti. Port Said and \i Berth S.H.B. wharv* s
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    206 12 ITi.erh Percentage Of Britons Under Red Ensign Tin British Coastal Trade Development Council states that it issued to the principal firms engaged in the coastal industry a questionnaire to secure authentic information as to the alleged employment of foreigners in [British coastal ships and to rebut a
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    106 12 Trawler Sinks With Ix>ss Of Thirteen Lives London. It is feared that 13 lives were lost tonight when the 336- ton trawler, Edgar Wallace, sank in the rlumber River. i The trawler struck a sand bank when steaming near Hull, heeled over and sank immediately. The trawler
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      495 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pan Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 pm. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan <via Gemas) every Monday Wednesday, i Thursday
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      559 14 PRESIDENT LINE^— TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrive Leave Leave Arrlva S'pore S'pore Penang N. York Pres Johnson Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Mar. 26 Pres Monroe Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Apr. 9
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    ARSENAL AGAIN IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEADERSHIP
    1673 15 ASTON VILLAS GRAND REVIVAL Chelsea Hold Sunderland (From Our London Staff) Fleet Street, Jan. 21. rjOSITIONS tht> ■■■■■•■■l tables of the Football League .tinue to sec-saw up and down as freely as ever. The lU c lubs in the First Division are perhaps
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    Team To Be Chosen In April
    379 15 FOUR TEEN PLA YERS AND MANAGER THE Australian team to go to South Africa in the 1935-36 season will comprise fourteen players and a manager-treasurer. It would be selected in the last week in April next, and will be required to submit themselves for
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    22 15 MISS HASTINGS in action against Miss Graham, whom she beat ti 1. (> 1, in the Chinese New Yea f lawn tennis tournament.
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    LEYLAND'S BUMPER BENEFIT
    43 15 The Yorkshire* County Cricket Club says that the Maurice Leyland Benefit jFund will realise approximately £3.600 This is the third highest benefit given to a Yorkshire County player the record being held by Roy Kilner. who received £4.017 in 1925.
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    Australian Cricketers For S. Africa
    142 15 Australian Cricketers For S. Africa BADMINTON Selangor Junior Glen's Championship From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Feb. X, A large crowd witnessed the finals 31 the Selangor Junior and Men's Open Singles Badminton Championships at Victoria Institution Hall today. Mr. F. L. Shaw, president ot the Selangor Badminton Association, was
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    INTERNA TIONAL SOCCER PROBLEMS
    594 15 INTERNA TIONAL SOCCER PROBLEMS ITALIANS LOSS OF TEMPER IT is Inevitable that the Football Asst elation shouid seriously c >nsider the whole inject oi Contlnenta] inter national garta i rollowtni the regnl table Incidents in the game with Italy, (declares o. Wagstafle Btmmons In The Sporting Liio. There has been
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    Tamils' Tennis Tourney
    426 15 DR. HARIDAS BEATEN AT K. L. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. rHE All-Malayan Tamils' Tennis Championship meeting was coninued today, and the full propramme arranged was carried out vithout a hitch. There were several surprising result* today in the singles. Dr. G. Haridas of
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    WALES WINS.
    278 15 70,000 See Scotland Beaten 10—6 Cardift, Feb. L 1 Seventy thousand saw the Rugby international between Scotland and Wales here today. Th" weather was springlike after a morning gale and showers. Cliff Jones scored a brilliant try for Wales, which was unconverted, in the seventh minute. Wooller scored
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    HARVEY'S RECORD
    91 15 First To Succeed Alter 35 Years Len Harvey, iormer British middle weight, cruiserweight. and heavyweight boxing champion, registered a righthand grip in London recently, and broke a world's record that has stood I lor 35 years. Harvey put up a grip ot 520 pounds j Thomas inch, famous
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    WEIGHTS AND SELECTIONS FOR TODAY'S RACES AT IPOH
    426 16 Going Expected To Be Good (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 4. FOLLOWING! are the handicaps for the second day, tomorrow, of the Perak February race meeting. K.k. 1. Horses, (lass 2, Div. 5. Six furs. Armide 9.0, Justicia 8.11. Rawang 8.13.
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    SELECTIONS
    86 16 My selection are as follows. Race 1. Armide First Bid Vandal Singing Bird (Longshot). Rac. 2. Fifty-Three. Master Bobby Oratorious Quick March Longshot) Race 3. Sky Raider Leighton Hill Snowlass Tryphosa "Longshot) Race 4. Etona Golden Queen Lady Rossdale Murna (Longshot) Race 5. Myanee Lady Agnes Bon Rapide. Nita
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    PERAK COLTS WIN
    67 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 2. The hockey match between the Perak and Negri Colts resulted in a win for the Perak Colts by three goals to nil. The game was of a scrappy nature and wild hitting was indulged in. Sit Kim. E. Rode
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    Soviet Swimmer Breaks European Record
    79 16 Soviet Swimmer Breaks European Record Moscow. THE winter water sports season was opened in Moscow with a big festival and contests for the best Moscow swimmers. In the swim on the back for a distance of 200 metres, Nikolai Borisov, the champion swimmer of the U.S.S R. broke the European
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    GOLF
    98 16 Garrison Governor's Cup The Governor's Cup of the Singapore Garrison Golf Club was played on Saturday and Sunday. Feb. 2 and 3, at the Garrison Golf Course. The following were the best returns: Major L. A. J. Graham 3 up S. H. Moss 1 Brigadier-General A. T. Shakespear All
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    17 16 MISS WALKER TAYLOR who beat Mrs. L. V. Taylor 6—2, 6 o. in the S.C.C. tennis tournament.
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    49 16 The following will represent the YM.C.A. 2nd hockey XI against Sikh Police at the Depot tomorrow: I Reshty; E. K. Yzelman, S. S. Gill; G. Day, S. Pakianathan, M. A. K. Namazie C. Reshty, Pullen, J. Manasseh, C Catchatoor, A. N. Katyal. ReservesTok Kim Choon C. W. B. Maddox
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    Engineers Win Championship Garrison
    571 16 Engineers Win Championship Garrison Hockey ONE-NIL VICTORY OVER "A" COY. WILTS R.E. 1, "A" Coy. Wilts. 0. THE Royal Engineers won the Garrison hockey championship cup for the fourth time in succession yesterday when they met and defeated the "A" Coy. Wiltshire Regiment in the final on the Police Ground
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    COLTS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
    80 16 Selangor Beat Perak By Three Goals To One (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. In the Quadrangular Colts hockey tourney Selangor beat Perak by 3 goals to one at Railways ground today. Selangor got their first goal ten minutes after the start through Pate. I
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    MALAY TENNIS MEET
    210 16 Singapore Representatives Fare Badly (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 2. The tennis tournament arranged between the Singapore Malays and the F.M.S. Malays under the auspices oi the Sultan Suleiman Club, was started this morning and will be concluded tomorrow. Four doubles and three singles have
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    EURASIANS WIN
    111 16 European Hockey Team Beaten At Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, (Feb. 3. On Friday afternoon playing on the Malacca Club the European Hockey XI met a Eurasian hockey team. A keen game resulted in a victory for the Eurasians by three goals to two. Aeria opened the
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    MISS CURTIS IN A CLASS BY HERSELF
    576 16 Plavs Brilliant Tennis In European Tournament THE open invitation lawn tennis tournament organised by the Singapore Cricket Club is now reaching its concluding stages. A large number of ties were worked off yesterday. Chief interest centred in the match between Mrs. Allin and
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    Malayan Colts Win
    101 16 Malayan Colts Win JUMEAUX'S ELEVEN BEATEN AT K.L. 'From Our Own Correspond* g*l Kuala Lumpur. Keh IN an interesting hockey mate the Padang today the Malayan defeated Jumeaux's eleven com\ most State players by a goal by early in the game. Territorially the Colts had 1 1 measure of the
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    14 16 MISS ABED who was Uv.aen _j Mrs. Stapledon ti > m the S.C.C. tennis tournament
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