The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1937
1937-01-01
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The Straits Times Annual
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Title Section31 1937-01-01 1 THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1937 $1.50 HEAD OFFICE: SINGAPORE (Cecil Street); KUALA LUMPUR (Java Street): PENANG (Bishop Street): IPOH (Brewster Road): LONDON OFFICE: 407 4 3 Fleet Street, E. C. 431 words
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Advertisement16 1937-01-01 1 ANN JAM 1 IK 1 f asi Mi v* S JL i V I 1 r <*?16 words
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Advertisement110 1937-01-01 1 Healthy refreshment real nourishment r value L MR i e She is this luscious creamiest of ice-creams. Made, as only the Cold Storage Creameries can make it, from the finest dairy produce and under careful European supervision. Serve ice-cream more often for dessert it has real food value and is110 words
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Advertisement56 1937-01-01 2/3 MASTER'S jbtirit be i/aoue rdeT. <s Q 0 <m& <* V cP fa. C <»*' p« i 1 W/ Oo "vvi^VM .t* x .-o'mp V N o r\ <aB%o?-. ..-jjß^i V\Q\}VJP- "m.® o' 1 a Sa' M 9 BETTER WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE Agents JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED56 words
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Advertisement43 1937-01-01 2/3 1 n, h*—s I V i li wz m fl mi foot treatments, mobern-scientific-painless metljobs. v IS -Q J r> SJ .-0 V Consult our ©ualifteb CfjiropobiSt: Jlr. U. Jf tsicfier. CAPITOL BUILDING TELEPHONE 3158. Advertisement of The Bata Shoe Company Limited, Singapore.43 words
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Advertisement34 1937-01-01 4/5 e 0 3 W. 7 WM.K TAR'LI-fl -V-’i 5 v V l i x^CaUumS V uTCallurn’s M Scots ffl bisky DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE HOUSE OF McCALLUM. THE EASTERN AGENCIES LTD., Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Bangkok.34 words
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Advertisement151 1937-01-01 4/5 PENANG HILL RAILWAY ERFECT SAFETY LEASANT JOURNEY Hill holiday EALTH RESORT OTEL HANDY Romantic surroundings EASONABLE FARES UN FOR TICKETS HALF FARE AFTER 4 p.m. HALF FARE SUNDAYS HOLIDAYS HALF FARE CONCESSION TICKETS ALWAYS SEASON TICKETS ON APPLICATION AT STATION. Car Descending from Tunnel Station e a j iv rN151 words
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Advertisement177 1937-01-01 6/7 ive ...a lifetime's ease comfort in Wri tinp as YOUR Christmas Gift Jm m y p; WmßSmrn*-' You ENSURE it when yon give Watermans The mirror-smooth nib in Waterman’s makes writing a constant delight. Whoever receives Waterman’s from you will regard it as a treasured possession—always. Waterman’s is the pen177 words
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Advertisement122 1937-01-01 6/7 m* r t-. w if? S 3 c w I P. O. S.N. Co. R. V. Harris, 11, Collyer Quay, SINGAPORE. Islay, Kerr Co., Ltd.. PENANG. <m\e EUROPE-BOUND then the fast mail steamers of the P. O. Line play their part in making your voyage an experience of comfort and122 words
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Article, Illustration315 1937-01-01 8/9 Page. Gun, Road and Camera in Malayan Jungles Theodore Hubback 10 Singapore As It Used To Be A. P. Ager 17 In the Malayan Underworld G. E. Devonshire 21 Ancient Times in Malaya Roland Braddell 26 The Wild Flowers of Malaya R. E. Holttum 33 A Singapore Artist’s Sketchbook315 words
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Advertisement191 1937-01-01 8/9 m im RONEODEX CARD RECORDS provide The X-Ray of Business THE New Way for all Records. Supersedes the old “card-in-box” or ledger methods. Makes crystal clear facts which, unless arranged on RONEODEX, are obscure and difficult to arrive at. lnvaluable for Stock Records, Customers Records, Insurance Records, Staff Records, Club191 words
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Advertisement57 1937-01-01 8/9 C[ Blocks for the half-tone illustrations in this publication, including the three and four colour half-tone plates, but excluding a very small number of the colour advertisements, were made in the Straits Times Process Department, and the printing and binding of the Annual were carried out entirely in the Singapore57 words
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Article, Illustration3648 1937-01-01 10/11 THEODORE HUBBACK - by THEODORE HUBBACK, F.Z.S. T'HE Malay Peninsula, once covered from north to south with jungle, has been so developed and exploited during the last fifty years that on the fiat lands little remains of the pristine beauties of the primeval forest or of3,648 words
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Advertisement20 1937-01-01 14/15 IsochromI s o p a IsopanlSSFilms. The most reliable Films which still give good pictures where ordinary films would fail.20 words
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Article, Illustration2195 1937-01-01 16/17 A.P. AGER - Memories of the Easygoing Nineties By A.P. AGER FORTY years ago, as a young reporter on the staff of a City of London newspaper, I witnessed the memorable scene of June 20, 1897, when Queen Victoria, during the Diamond Jubilee progress through London, attended2,195 words
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Advertisement49 1937-01-01 16/17 Bell and Howell FIL M O 8 mm Cine Camera A high precision movie camera easy and economical to operate. 4. 1 m Mwl 4 Speeds and Interchangeable Lens Send for the interesting booklet “How to Make- Inexpensive Personal Movies” (Free) Singapore Photo Co. High Street Singapore Riverside Malacca49 words
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Advertisement259 1937-01-01 18/19 The P. O. Banking Corporation Limited. (Incorporated in England) Authorised Capital £5/00,COO. Subscribed £2.594,160 Paid Up £2,594.160; Reserve Fund 180,000 DIRECTORS: The Rt. Hon. The Earl ot Inchcape, President. Arthur D’Anyers Willis Esq., Chairman. The Rt. Hon. The Earl of K. G., G.C.M.G. Francis Alexander Johnston, Esq: The Rt. Hon.259 words
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Article, Illustration1857 1937-01-01 20/21 G. E. DEVONSHIRE - Gunmen in the Slums: Robber Gangs in the Hills By G. E. DEVONSHIRE, of the Federated Malay States Police IjUHERE is crime hatched in this country The answer is in the opium dens, the slums, the tenements, and the coffee-shops. These are the places where in1,857 words
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Advertisement282 1937-01-01 22/23 lifl ■>} 5K SQUARE FOUR ARQBIk ENJOY Your Holidays Astride the World’s most Dependable Motor Cycle. Sole Agents: EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD. 69/79, Orchard Road, Singapore. Phone 7605. REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT MALAYA. Suah Motors W. T. Kiat General Auto Co. Penang Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Malacca Motor Supply Malacca Always in Stock282 words
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Article, Illustration11 1937-01-01 24 (E. St. Clay Morford.)(E. St. Clay Morford.) - 11 words
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Advertisement283 1937-01-01 24 OUR SPECIAL LINE OF STATIONERY IN GREAT DEMAND. Runnymede, Churston Deckle, Glenmore Parchment Crown Bond, Sherborne Linen, Basildon Bond, Old Priory Parchment, Lagoon Bond and Croxley. Air Mail Pads and Envelopes of distinction. Paper Serviettes, and Doylies; Shelf and Kitchen Papers; Tissue and Grease-Proof Papers. CHRISTMAS IS APPROACHING. Please make283 words
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Advertisement20 1937-01-01 24 u 4 r i FIGARO European Ladies Hairdressers 28 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDING 93, BRAS BASAH ROAD TEL. 286820 words
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Article, Illustration22 1937-01-01 25 IE St. Clay Morford.)IE St. Clay Morford.) - 22 words
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Article, Illustration3054 1937-01-01 26/27 ROLAND BRADDELL - Footprints of Man in the Peninsula before the dawn of History By ROLAND BRADDELL M. A. (OXON.), F.R.G. S. *Published by courtesy of the Netherlands Indies Tourist Bureau. ANTHROPOLOGY is the science which studies man, both physically and culturally; and its wide umbrella stretches over many*Published by courtesy of the Netherlands Indies Tourist Bureau.; (Netherlands Indies Tourist Bureau.) - 3,054 words
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Advertisement286 1937-01-01 28/29 m IT» *T It# 7>J£ J.ADE 7ft EXQUISITE LINGERIE LINENS MANDARIN COATS PYJAMAS JEWEL TREES LACQUER-ANCIENT MODERN EVENING BAGS CHINA WARE PORCELAIN WARE FAMOUS FETTE RUGS ETC., ETC., ETC. Phone 71 43 18 BATTERY RD. FIRST FLOOR SINGAPORE more beauty treatments and hair dressing, radium-vita cosmetics Phone 6995 BRITISH MANUFACTURER’S286 words
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Advertisement177 1937-01-01 30/31 Ij»’ S S be S Quality that has stood the test for more than3oyears FRAMROZ CO.S h 3°5 n I Fashion Decrees that styles in shoes, as in dresses, must always be up-to-date. Fashionable ladies know that they have complete satisfaction when they entrust their requirements to us. Can we177 words
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Article, Illustration1901 1937-01-01 32/33 R. E. HOLTTUM - In Open Country by the Sea, in Lowland Jungle, and in the Cool Mountain Forests by R. E. HOLTTUM M.A. (Cantab), F.L.S., Director of Gardens, S.S. MALAYA is by nature a country of evergreen forest. That forest consists of an enormous number of different kinds1,901 words
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Miscellaneous12 1937-01-01 36/37 f K 3 A* H afe t? <n^ rv. te rxy» ft12 words
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Article, Illustration426 1937-01-01 38/39 MOTORISTS who speed along the highway from Ipoh to Penang see but little of the country. Probably they know the road so well that they are bored with the everchanging panorama of native life which they glimpse as they pass. Time is money—and anyhow426 words
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Advertisement182 1937-01-01 38/39 For the Amateur Gardener PLANTS A large and varied collection of perennial and other flowering plants, orchids, palms, firs, ferns, creepers, etc., offered at moderate prices. Vanda Joachim in 6 B 3.1 per clump. TREES Fruit trees from excellent stock and popular flowering trees available in pots suitable for transplanting.182 words
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Article, Illustration1218 1937-01-01 40 IVAN PALMER - Impressions of the Finest Airport in Asia by IVAN PALMER SUDDENLY—overnight, almost—Malaya has become really air-minded. The opening of Singapore’s £1,000,000 airport practically in the heart of the city and the inauguration of the Peninsula’s first internal air service have done it. When the headquarters of1,218 words
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Article, Illustration14 1937-01-01 41 (E. St. Clay Morford.)(E. St. Clay Morford.) - 14 words
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Article, Illustration2492 1937-01-01 42/43 Captain T. M. Winsley, Reserve - The Oldest Colonial Corps in the British East Infantry Battalions And Gunners in the Federation By Captain T. M. Winsley, Reserve of Officers. S. S. V. F. IJOW many Volunteers in Malaya appreciate the fact It that(Nakajima.) - 2,492 words
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Advertisement196 1937-01-01 44/45 Beautiful Cemetery Memorials. In Aberdeen and Local Grey Granite and Italian Marble. Fresh Floral Wreaths Made to Order Singapore Casket Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Monumental Masons and Marble Merchants. Penhas Road off Lavender Street, Singapore. Tel. No. 6075. AFTER Office Hours. Tel. No. 6072 London New Mansion Hotels 38, 39, 40,196 words
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Advertisement233 1937-01-01 46/47 Cheong Koon Seng and Company Limited. (Incorporated in Singapore) GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS, REAL ESTATE, COMMISSION AND INSURANCE AGENTS, ETC. VALUATIONS MADE, RENTS COLLECTED AND MORTGAGES ARRANGED. Registered Offices: Nos. 8 10 Chulia Street, near Raffles Place. Branch Offices: at Malacca and No. 35 Jalan Ibrahim, Johore Bahru. Auction Sale of:233 words
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Advertisement123 1937-01-01 48/49 C. Brandauer Co., Ltd. are the makers and inventors of the celebrated i CIRCULAR POINTED PENS which are noted for their smooth writing qualities. Brandauer’s make too, the famous Cebeeco Series, Clan Series, Law Pens of every description, the famous Lithographic pens 518, 558, 559, the new series of white123 words
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Advertisement140 1937-01-01 48/49 i&W sr 9A mi tm 'ii m mi hi reetinp Send ymvt Cfvddtmcw fyteetimp fry, QxMe O emphasize your personal regard for your A friends overseas send Christmas Greetings u by Cable this year. A world-wide Christmas and New Year Greeting service is in operation on the Eastern Extension Australasia140 words
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Article, Illustration5292 1937-01-01 50/51 Growth of a Social Consciousness following the Return of Better Times By J. INNES MILLER, 0 f the MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE. THE Straits Times Annual gives an opportunity of considering the events of the year in perspective. Daily occurrences are too close to be historically5,292 words
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Advertisement71 1937-01-01 52/53 m raffles mot.el '«Mil* XirtiiHi T n ii Raff LEs TTiiuiMirtt• hotel [•wJMi f > 7; 7 1 H fr RAFFLES HOTEL SINGAPORE The Premier Hotel of Malaya Known all over the world for its Accommodation and Social Atmosphere THE CHOICEST FOOD IN TOWN EVERY ROOM WITH BATHROOM AND EITHER71 words
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Advertisement289 1937-01-01 54/55 PREPARED in HYGIENIC KITCHENS from FINEST INGREDIENTS NOT MASS PRODUCED! Only the finest quality ingredients—prepared under ideal conditions are permitted to be sold under Brand’s label. Brand’s have been preparing an amazing variety of foodstuffs for over a hundred years. Ask for Brand’s by name —it is your guarantee of289 words
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Advertisement154 1937-01-01 56 Ready for anything in half-an-hour I gq. !>/ J I m > 77* At the beginning of your leave when time is precious, Austin Reed’s of Regent Street can be especially useful to you. There you can choose without delay a suit for any occasion, formal or informal, town and154 words
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Article, Illustration18 1937-01-01 57 (E. St. Clay Mor ford.)(E. St. Clay Mor ford.) - 18 words
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Advertisement389 1937-01-01 58/59 Night Starvation means the end of good looks That drawn pinched look, that dullness in your eyes, those ageing little lines, that tiredness, will leave you when you get rid of Night Starvation! THINK of the women you know who are really attractive. How many of them have got perfect389 words
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Advertisement108 1937-01-01 60/61 m X 83Ĕ s J ---w k “Just like a scented dream!” The very soul of “Tosca”, Perfume of Romance full of beauty and mysterious allure. “Tosca”, the perfume you cannot forget soft and glamorous, that fragrant link in a series of exquisite beauty aids. 4711 Tosca Eau de Cologne108 words
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Article, Illustration1127 1937-01-01 60/61 D. V. Morphy - by D. V. Morphy ON a strip of white sand opposite Lumut Rest House a small, dark, banana-shaped prahu lay beached. It looked a fragile craft in which to put out to sea, in spite of the outboard motor clinging like a giant1,127 words
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Advertisement89 1937-01-01 62/63 O. S. K. Line A UNIQUE ROUND THE WORLD SERVICE Translate your travel dreams into reality! lt costs no more than staying, at home. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, (Head Office: Osaka, Japan). SINGAPORE. D\ THE SALVATION ARMY V without discrimination of race or creed gjĕpks to Li. Ip! nil those who89 words
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Article, Illustration2187 1937-01-01 62/63 D. G. O - D. G. O. The Greenest and Cleanest City in the Orient we steamed towards Singapore from the north we ran into a rainstorm. The ship slowed down and her syren sounded a warning, for we were enveloped in what appeared to be a blanket of2,187 words
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Advertisement99 1937-01-01 64/65 w Gifts Have you Decided your Christmas Gifts for your Friends Relatives at Home? If not visit us we will solve your problem Chinese Hand Embroidered Lingerie, Shawls, Kimonos, Bridge Coats Etc., Etc. Exclusive Hand Bags F rom the Glohe for all Occasions 6? in Various Styles. ur I 5299 words
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Advertisement152 1937-01-01 66/67 34 years of successful FURNITURE MAKING Thirty-four years of successful Furniture Making is at your disposal. You place your requirements with us confident in the fact that during our 34 years here we have catered satisfactorily for all tastes—even the most discriminating. SEE US FOR FURNITURE OF NEW BEAUTY, NEW152 words
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Advertisement139 1937-01-01 68/69 MALAYA’S MOST PROMINENT SEASIDE TALKIE THEATRE East Coast Road Katong T" T tv. K Tex. 5709 Near Sea View Hotel 6 15 Tc-Ni&tir Q. 16 SCREENING SELECTED PICTURES. EXCELLENT SOUND REPRODUCTIONS-COOL—COMFORTABLE-IDEAL SURROUNDINGS AND BRILLIANT LIGHTING. Admissions- $lOO -«-m a M m OPEN 5 P.M. TILL MIDNIGHT Your kind 75 cents139 words
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Article, Illustration869 1937-01-01 68/69 Vicomte de Bondy - -by Vicomte de Bondy THE Malay of the Kelantan coast is a type. He is very straightforward, a loyal friend, but is quickly resentful of a slight or insult, becoming then cruel and vindictive. He is also intensely jealous and thinks little of braining a man869 words
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Advertisement164 1937-01-01 70/71 MEIRICH MOTOR TABLETS 5s ir Wi Use MEIRICH MOTOR TABLETS No More Knocking No More Carbonising, No More Waste and You Save Tell your friends of the good results you get. Obtainable from MALAYAN MOTORS, LIMITED. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. SOLD THROUGHOUT MALAYA. and Gain 20% more miles per gallon. Under164 words
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Advertisement148 1937-01-01 72 VISIT AUSTRALIA s ft Southern Playground Australia offers a diversity of magnificent scenery; rugged mountain ranges, golden beaches, peaceful charm of river and lake country and snow-clad alps This land of countless tourist attractions must appeal greatly to all residents of the East desiring a change from the heat of148 words
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Article, Illustration42 1937-01-01 73 A Chinese sampan. A small type of junk. A Malay koleh. A Schooner in the timber trade. Trengganu fishing Boats. (Pho o by A.H P. Humphrey.) A Chinese cargo twakow.” A junk of the largest class, deep'laden.42 words
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Advertisement323 1937-01-01 74/75 m m m Mm 7 mmm ■0 mim &LV. ALL good foods from England’s countryside Blossom time in one of drivers’ extensive orchards. Chivers now farm over 8,000 acres and produce the finest English fiuits, they are also large breeders of pedigree cattle, horses, pigs and poultry, and as farmers323 words
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Article, Illustration2307 1937-01-01 74/75 Pioneering on the Pahang Trunk Road. By “SIANU” ONE April morning nearly thirty years ago I stood on the deck of the little coasting steamer Ban Whatt Hin, eager to see the place which was to be my home for the next four years. The2,307 words
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Advertisement33 1937-01-01 76/77 Qlo. 5 and notice also the number of j Geofile who choose (Ho. 3. (Usually rather exacting smokers u>ho demand 3 appreciate a fine cigarette. ;lfe« Players MO 3 67/ie (&tc/ra Quality l^irgrima33 words
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Advertisement32 1937-01-01 78/79 rut a iv.ii KMvUOULv 130/UvD mvMts em-LGMiEWts m h“ u inn sS rr:k' &U Ll' IvlZl'/il Iv l£lv B lil/itvUlil DIUEDGUAG l* LA lit AIAL* L/tliL? lAAClUlitfcV Ld-AILS LLLCYIUt LLLLUIAG lALVAL ti-LAYMt,32 words
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Advertisement59 1937-01-01 80/81 John Kidd Co., Ltd j 10 11, Wine Office Court, FLEET STREET, LONDON England. Established more than a Century. Manufacturers of Printing Inks for all Processes, the “J.K.” Roller Composition, Lithographic and Letterpress Varnishes, etc. All products specially made to suit the climate of Malaya. Agents for Malaya: The Borneo59 words
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Advertisement50 1937-01-01 80/81 1 I iWSSm: if m it tV:-.-iiii sx The Choice of the World’s Beauties 3obn 2)ews /Ifoilk Soap A complexion soap of delicate fragrance—milky smoothness unimpeachable quality. BOXED 3 TABLETS cts. -v >=- X s s x a product of Bond Street. Sole agents WHITEAWAYS Phone 6907 SINGAPORE Post Box50 words
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Advertisement137 1937-01-01 82/83 The SPECIAL introductory prices of this new Goodyear Tyre —the R-l mean extra value to motorists who want safety as well as long mileage. It’s a tyre worthy of the name Goodyear. See the new R-l at your Goodyear dealer’s today! A low price on an unknown tyre doesn’t mean137 words
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Article, Illustration1771 1937-01-01 82/83 WALTER MAKEPEACE - DO YOU REMEMBER By WALTER MAKEPEACE. Late editor ol the Singapore Free Press and a resident of Singapore for fifty years. IT is a good game for lovers: for family reunions when they get together after a spell of separation caused by schools and earning the needed fees: and especially1,771 words
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Advertisement84 1937-01-01 84/85 THORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE) LIMITED HEAD OFFICE THORNYCROFT HOUSE TANK ROAD COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, CAR SALES SERVICE SHIPYARD AND HAULING-UP SLIPWAYS 200-4 TANJONG RHU Ship-builders and Marine Engineers. Specialists in high speed and all types of Marine Craft. Sole Distributors of THORNYCROFT Petrol, Paraffin and Diesel Marine Engines. Sole Distributors throughout Malaya for84 words
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Advertisement85 1937-01-01 86/87 D I A MOND DIAMOND Spiral Spring Mattress Sturdy all Steel construction rust-proofed. Open visible springs harbour no insects. r I f r t By conforming to the shape of the body it gives even support—keeps the Spine Straight. Extremely comfortable —does not sag. Recommended by Health Authorities. Promotes Healthy85 words
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Article, Illustration1641 1937-01-01 86/87 Sub-Lieutenant RICHARD TAYLOUR - Naval Volunteers in the Straits Settlements. By Sub-Lieutenant RICHARD TAYLOUR, S.S.R.N.V.R. rpHE British Admiralty was well prepared in most respects at the beginning of the Great War. But it was caught napping in one important point, in that it had not a sufficient1,641 words
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Advertisement45 1937-01-01 88 Kyle, Palmer and Company Ltd. IPOH KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Engineering Suppliers, importers, Printers, Contractors to F.M.S. Government Agencies among others Atlas anti-friction Metals, —Bowie’s Ropes,— Dick’s Packings,—Goodyear Tyres (Selangor and Pahang),—Kasenit Case Hardening Compounds,— Norton and Matchless Motor Cycles,—Metafiltration Filters, —Pels Punching and Shearing Machines.45 words
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Advertisement182 1937-01-01 89 TIRE SAFETY that cnnnoi be equaled f i ■r'CjvvS MASTERPIECE OF TIRE CONSTRUCTION If you were to take a cord from the body of a Firestone Gum-Dipped Tire and untwist it, strand from strand, fibre from fibre, you would find a protecting sheath of rubber surrounding each cotton fibre, placed182 words
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Article, Illustration3179 1937-01-01 90/91 S. M. MIDDLEBROOK - A Modern Singaporean Looks Back at his forbears By S. M. MIDDLEBROOK, Of the Malayan Civil Service ABOUT a hundred years before Raffles first saw Singapore—then a mangrove swamp with a muddy river running through it—the local Sultan offered the place to Alexander Hamilton, a wandering(A. H. P. Humphrey.) - 3,179 words
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Advertisement92 1937-01-01 92/93 B. P. DE SILVA LTD., (INCORPORATED IN CEYLON.) SINGAPORE, IPOH, PENANG. Diamond Diamonds Sapphires Diamonds Cabachon Emerald Diamonds Sapphire Diamonds •r APrOINTMfNT. Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds K Diamonds Emerald Diamonds Sapphire Diamonds Diamonds Diamqpds DE SILVA’s collection of JEWELLERY is always recognised as the finest you can get, and you can92 words
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Advertisement244 1937-01-01 94/95 The New Austin BIG SEVEN To meet repeated requests for an Austin Seven with four doors there is now offered an additional model of this world-famous economy car. It has an entirely new and bigger engine, developing 25 b.h.p., a chassis of longer wheelbase and wider track—allowing for more body244 words
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Advertisement275 1937-01-01 96 ewhj (^tedted <Q) o 0 'Cjl' s** A a V" 1 w cm ct no at f eait L cdu t 1 INNOXA CLEANSING CREAM.—For skins dry and sensitive from the hot sun this is a most efficient and soothing cleansing cream. It is as effective as Innoxa Complexion Milk,275 words
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Advertisement26 1937-01-01 97 The New SHELVADOR SURPASSING IN BEAUTY, ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE wmm hrifc SEE THE LATEST SHELVADOR WITH ELECTRO-SAVER AT LEE FLETCHER 102-106, Orchard Road, Singapore. PHONE 333326 words
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Advertisement520 1937-01-01 98/99 SCIENCE NOW SHOWS WAY TO CORREH HEALTH (WEIGHT THROUGH GLAND CONTROL Gets Amazing Results in Building Up the Weak, Sickly •Bringing New Strength,Energy, Tireless Endurance-Correcting Skinniness or Obesity with... V/KEiPthe 12Mineral* 5 litamin*lodine Concentrate, that Feeds, Stimulates Regulates Glands! WITHOUT DRUGS orCLAND EXTRACTS! STARTLING recent discoveries in nutrition —new facts520 words
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Advertisement45 1937-01-01 100/101 This Trade Mark Stands For NATURAL TONE RADIO 100% British Unsurpassed in Quality an d P erformance Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG 60/62, Selegie Road, Singapore Distributors: H. L. Carter Co., Singapore. The Radio General Agency K. Lumpur. Winson Radio Co., Ipoh. Leonard Co., Muar.45 words
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Article, Illustration787 1937-01-01 100/101 “ A Malayan Listener ” - By A Malayan Listener THE year 1937 will always be regarded as a milestone in Malayan radio history, for it has seen the inauguration of the Singapore station owned by the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation. Hitherto the broadcasting787 words
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Advertisement177 1937-01-01 102/103 IWIUjIJ DRINK BOURN-VITA —in the Morning. Delicious as a hot breakfast drink makes milk 38% more nourishing I —at Mid-day. Iced Bourn-vita is as refreshing as it is sustaining. —at Night. A soothing hot drink which induces sound sleep and makes a splendid night-cap. Driving force! So essential for presentday177 words
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Article, Illustration26 1937-01-01 104/105 A youth of the Perak-Kelantan hill people. A Boyanese (from the island of Boy a, near south-east Java.) A Malay. A Punjaubi.26 words
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Advertisement109 1937-01-01 114 BOSCH REFLECTOR FOR BETTER LIGHT AND GREATER SAFETY The dimmed light of the BOSCH Headlamp Insert is sharply limited at the top and will never dazzle any vehicle meeting yours. The power» ful radiance of the dimmed light is an outstanding feature of the BOSCH Headlamp Insert. Sole Agents and109 words
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Article1168 1937-01-01 117/118 “SAGITTARIUS ” - in the Train of the Terrible Hantu Pemburu B Y “SAGITTARIUS fTHE Birik-birik bird is a kind of nightjar which flies in flocks. These flocks, towards dusk or at night, make a great noise and are harbingers of misfortune. In Perak, whenever a villager hears them, he1,168 words
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Article, Illustration2752 1937-01-01 121 H. HUGHES-HALLETT - Footslogging on the JungleClad Slopes of Mount Ophir. By H. HUGHES-HALLETT who seeks a change from the accustomed Saturday afternoon sleep and the inevitable Sunday curry tiffin will find in a week-end ascent of Mount Ophir a most pleasant departure from the normal round. Such an expedition,(A. H. P. Humphrey; (E. St. Clay Mor ford.) - 2,752 words
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Advertisement68 1937-01-01 128 BLENDED FROM GOOD WHISKIES TO MAKE A BETTER WHISKY It is foolish these days to ask merely for Whisky. It’s just as easy to say o SEPt o aSgg: K —and far safer. \ca. 'H tO c. I M V, as* mm JOHNNIEWAkKIR BORN 1820 STILL GOING STRONG SOLE AGENTS:68 words
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Advertisement166 1937-01-01 130/131 McAlister co., ltd. Founded 1857. STEAMSHIP AND BUNKERING AGENTS. juu* I Principal Steamship Agencies:— Ellerman Bucknall S. S. Co., Ltd. Isthmian Steamship Company. Klaveness Line. State Shipping Service of Western Australia IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS PRINCIPAL IMPORT AGENCIES:— De Laval Oil Purifiers Berger Paints Carron Cooking Equipment Cochran Boilers Foamite Extinguishers166 words
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Article496 1937-01-01 132/133 Mr. X Calls On His Directors. (Reproduced by permission of the author from “The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac,” a volume of light verse by C. A. Hare published in Singapore this year.) Alone he stalked up Fenchurch Street, Immaculate from head to feet, A smile of triumph on his(Reproduced by permission of the author from “The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac,” a volume of light verse by C. A. Hare published in Singapore this year.) - 496 words
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Article, Illustration217 1937-01-01 134/135 rrjttS photograph, which is here published for the first time, is unique. It shows the rare rhinoceros sumatrensis in its natural surroundings in the Malayan jungle. It was taken in July by Mr. Theodore Hubback and is believed to be the only photograph ever taken of217 words
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Article92 1937-01-01 134/135 L. A. S. Jermyn - L. A. S. Jermyn. Where the warm wind’s blowing, softly, Softly over seas of summer, Where, upon the red hibiscus, Stoops and sips the long,-billed hummer; Where the strand is white with coral, And the brown-skinned maids sit laughing,, Or, eyes lifted, the sweet nectar From the92 words
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Article, Illustration1236 1937-01-01 138/139 H. MILLER - EMPLOYEES IN WHITE SUITS AND RUBBER GLOVES An Eye-Opening visit to a ]\ew Johore Factory. B Y H. MILLER fTHE pineapple industry is worth one million sterling a year to Malaya, making this the second greatest canned-fruit exporting country. Only high tariffs in the1,236 words
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Article, Illustration1346 1937-01-01 140/141 OLIVER MARKS - •When WILLOW WAS KING OF SPORT UP-COUNTRY By OLIVER MARKS. one-time Resident of Selangor I HAVE been asked for some Malayan cricket recollections. So many have already written theirs that it may be difficult to find anything new. If I confine mine to the1,346 words
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Article, Illustration1639 1937-01-01 144/145 MAX BOLTER - Bumboat Men D iving Boys—and Tourists by MAX BOLTER OLEEP leaves the forms huddled under mats and canvas in sampans moored to stakes. Dawn breaks over Katong. The street lights on the waterfront give up their struggle with the daylight. The bumboats. pedlars of the waterfront, turn their1,639 words
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Article, Illustration20 1937-01-01 148/149 A Buddhist priest (Chinese.) A Sikh watchman. A Tamil (South Indian) labourer. A young Malay girl.20 words
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Advertisement86 1937-01-01 150/151 For Books on Malaya and the FAR EAST Send for Catalogue. KELLY WALSH Ltd. Booksellers, Stationers, etc. RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE also at Shanghai and Hongkong. BROCHURE from the TOWN CLERK '•1.1: NORWIC (ENGLAND) Popu la tion 126,000. An historic City with a wealth of interesting old buildings: Norman Castle and86 words
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Article, Illustration4620 1937-01-01 152/153 V.W WS PURCELL - L i V.W WS PURCELL jMBT MU AMUEL TURNER was not driven to Malaya, VjO j by grim Malthusian pressure; he was lured there by the syren voice of romance. With a few hundred a year of his own he could have afforded4,620 words
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Advertisement62 1937-01-01 158/159 Ask SPICERS (EXPORT) LTD. The House of Spicer—Paper Makers since 1660 Branches throughout the World Suppliers of the Papers and Printing Inks used in the production of this Annual. WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. for PAPER PRINTERS’ MACHINERY PRINTERS’ MATERIALS STATIONERY Use ‘‘BRITISH BOND” Watermarked Paper for your letter headings and other62 words
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Article, Illustration1991 1937-01-01 162/163 by A. ST. ALBAN SMITH, F.Z.S. The Leading Malayan Authority on Snakes. common krait is one of the commonest snakes in India, but fortunately it is extremely rare in Malaya, and I have only seen six specimens—two at Tanjong Malim, on1,991 words
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Advertisement102 1937-01-01 166/167 CEPe 1 Again Cepea breaks into Fashion’s headlines —with prints more gay; more frivolous than ever. Still, we must smartly formal sometimes, and Cepea has thought about these occasions, too. The new patterns? Your favourite checks in a new guise; dots and spots and flowers, colours that are dashing, shades102 words
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Advertisement174 1937-01-01 166/167 The Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association was founded in 1922 in order (a) To encourage Agriculture, Horticulture and Stock Breeding in all their branch&s. :7k H'. k L b To organise Shows and Exhibitions. (c) To act as a Central Association for local societies working for the same objects. (d) To collect174 words
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Article, Illustration2652 1937-01-01 168/169 ELINOR FRANCIS - A Malayan view of a Dutch Colony By ELINOR FRANCIS A FEW insatiable imperialists can still be heard to lament that the British gave up their control ot the Netherlands Indies after the Napoleonic Wars. This was the feeling of Raffles, too, but at the(Netherlands Indies Tourist Bureau.) - 2,652 words
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Advertisement108 1937-01-01 168/169 EVERYTHING GUMMED EVERYTHING COATED SAMUEL JONES Co., Ltd. LONDON. Noncurling Gummed Papers Gumstrip Sealing Tape Lightining Sealing Machines Stocked by THE BORNEO CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. Devonvale Coated Papers including Arts, Chromos Surfaces etc. on Esparto body. Chelsea White Art. Stocked by PHU YIH CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. Also Manufacturers of Butterfly108 words
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Advertisement231 1937-01-01 170/171 KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MILK A Double Value Milk Food! Klim The Safest Baby Food _is also served as a beverage—The most nutritious and delicious milk from which only the water has been removed. Try it in your coffee or tea. Distributors: GETZ BROS. CO. DT 55 a rt whole milk231 words
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Advertisement240 1937-01-01 176/177 Cyclax beauty preparations will keep your skin fine and satin smooth beneath its make-up, your colour clear and pure, and the Cyclax beauty consultant will show you how to maintain such beauty under the most difficult climatic conditions. The Cyclax system is planned to prevent sallowness and counteract the effect240 words
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Article, Illustration34 1937-01-01 178/179 The two upper pictures show the yellow allamanda (left) and the scorpion orchid. Below are seen hibiscus (left) and the crinum lily. All these flowers are commonly cultivated in Malaya.34 words
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Advertisement215 1937-01-01 178/179 SI -'I. -V iH ,-vunwaste. FOR PROTECTION H K fsmsS REASONS LlMlti why ALPASTE—the improved aluminium paint pigment—gives an aluminium paint of even better quality than that produced from powder. SMOOTHER FINISH AND BETTER APPEARANCE: comparable to that secured by the use of Extra Fine Lining Powder. LESS DIRT COLLECTION:215 words
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Article, Illustration5229 1937-01-01 180/181 Glimpses of Penang a Century Ago CULLED FROM CONTEMPORARY RECORDS BY DR. A.L. HOOPS. AN historical memoir relative to Prince of Wales Island, written in 1803 (only 17 years after our acquisition of Pulau Pinang) by Captain Norman Macalister, who commanded the Artillery there during the5,229 words
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Advertisement94 1937-01-01 182/183 Eastern Manufacturing Co.’s works at Penang, established 1933. During the period Jan./Sept. 1937 one eighth of Malaya’s steel plate imports was used here to manufacture 44,000 units which were distributed to customers by the following means: 28 ocean-going junks, 148 railway trucks, 1,180 lorries. EASTERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Manufacturers of: 45-Gall.94 words
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Advertisement170 1937-01-01 192/193 WEARNES AIR SERVICES SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG and return Daily Service Except Sundays TRAVEL BY AIR Safe Cool Fast Bookings: Singapore Wearnes Air Services, AIRPORT Tel. 6786 Kuala Lumpur Wearne Bros. Limited Tel. 2295 Penang Wearne Bros. Limited Tel. 258 ASK FOR ROWNTREE’S... Plain Chocolate, Extra Creamy I Motoring Chocolate170 words
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Advertisement115 1937-01-01 194/195 d saj) Adelphi Hotel The Hotel in the Heart of the Town —THE POPULAR DOWN TOWN RENDEZVOUS— Renowned for its Excellent Cuisine and Courteous Service Dancing and Entertainment Famous Hungarian Orchestra (Relier’s Band) Rooms with Private Batli Room Grill-Room Roof-Garden Running Hot and Cold Water Comfort-Excellent Cuisine Service Tel. Address:115 words
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Advertisement169 1937-01-01 194/195 VS r a rfi Enough IS NOT ENOUGH I THOUSANDS upon thousands of years ago men desperately foraged to get bare subsistence. All they asked for was Enough. Today enough is not enough. For, as the ages unrolled, a great discovery dawned within the human brain. Men began to see169 words
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Advertisement42 1937-01-01 196/197 ft Makers of the Universally Known Pneumatic Boudoir Society Federation Playing Cards j Sold by all the leading Stationers Stores Throughout Malaya. For special cards such as CLUB MONOGRAMS, REGIMENTAL CRESTS, ADVERTISING CARDS, etc., etc. Please apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD42 words
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Advertisement68 1937-01-01 196/197 LENDRUM LIMITED LONDON The First House in Malaya to cater for PAPER MERCHANTS, PRINTERS, BLOCK MAKERS and ALLIED TRADES and they are STILL THE FIRST. Printers, wise, know we specialize, and first consult our Sole Agents, The Borneo Co., Ltd. No matter what your troubles are, as long as they68 words
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Advertisement86 1937-01-01 198/199 -7 h X V USE POWDER... ALWAYS Dp A LL dentifrices contain some powder. That’s what does the cleaning. But Calvert’s is ALL POWDER. That’s why it cleans and whitens your teeth quicker than other dentifrices. Calvert’s is free from grit: it cannot possibly scratch the softest enamel. And, remember,86 words
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Advertisement189 1937-01-01 198/199 Slie vowed she would shoot them and, what’s more, she did. Later, when they saw themselves on the screen, they were pleased as punch. There they were, playing tennis, riding, swimming sometimes just sitting and having tea. The boys, after seeing what their strokes really ooked like, improved their game189 words
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Advertisement250 1937-01-01 200 MEETING THE NEEDS OF MEN COMING HOME AT Meakers in Piccadilly a man can buy everything he needs to wear, nothing has been omitted. The prices are moderate and the merchandise of exceptionally good quality. One floor is devoted to the “New Ready-to-Wear Tailoring” Lounge Suits, another to Overcoats and250 words
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Advertisement56 1937-01-01 200 Ltd. Henry Waugh Co., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) ESTABLISHED 1864 SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR IPOH BANGKOK LONDON. Q Eastern and General Import, Export and Produce Merchants. Secretaries and Agents for Rubber and Sugar Estates and Tin Mining Companies ESTATE AND MINE SUPPLIES AND STORES. General Engineering Building Material Supp56 words
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