The Straits Times, 25 December 1932

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    37 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY* NEWSPAPER IN MA Aj No. 54. Sunday, December 25th., 1932. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 54. Sunday, December 25th., 1932. Price 10 cents.
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    UNFINISHED CUNARDER: NEW SENSATION.
    355 1 RE-DESIGNED AS FASTEST SHIP. Old Plans Scrapped At Dramatic Meeting. BLUE RIBAND BATTLE. Britain Certain To Win Atlantic Honour. (By Air Mail). (Fron:. Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 11. A momentouH decision to scrap the plans ol the mo»t discussed ship in the world, the Kant
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    LONDON RUBBER & TIN.
    88 1 LONDON RUBBER TIN. I'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Lon<hii>, Dec. 21 id hiji;k. <}nnt sit ions as suiiplied h> Symiimton and WiMoa \«> i>n«< avaUaMe thi-- mai > ing. Last a%ht*s closing Spot 2 7/tK. Jan.-Mar. 1 \pr.-June 2 17/X2. .luly-Se,)t. 2 19/ OH. Dec. '1 M/H. Markrl laae Dsjfj. iin.
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    FOTBALL COMPETITION.
    73 1 £50 Each For Two Sunday Times Renders. Two reader.- Meceeded in forecasting tly the exults of nine of the ten Home f<::>ti>:ill mat-h <t taped on Dec. 17. The succeasffl cum to whom eheqiK rwsrdad in the course of are: Mil The-. P.WJ) (Mm, Jasin, Malacca. Kan Raj
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    INDIAN TARIFFS.
    15 1 Delhi. I). The I uiian Tariff Act will operate from Jan. 1. Keuter.
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    FARCICAL CRICKET IN TASMANIA.
    153 1 K\IN PREVENTS SERIOIS PLAY. j In spite of weather which made the m irkt t almost unplayable, an attempt was made Ie continue the iratrh in Holwrt bet *een the j and Tasmania. The cricket was farcical, however, and Jardim' VM cartful not lo sjaj his
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    FATHER XMAS WINS.
    202 1 Triumph Over Depression At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 24. ier Christmas waged a fierce battle against the ogre Depression in the Federal Capital today and won. Aimed with krises and stamped with the price of rubber and a long list of letrenched
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    CHILDREN'S PARTY.
    80 1 lather Christmas Appears At Malacca. Children of members of the Malacca Volunteer Corp« were entertained to a Christmas Tree party and concert on day evening at Headquarters. The concert item l>y the ■Maafcan «>f the Cirls' Sports Chili wrre much appreciated and 3anta Clans later arrived in h
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    BOLIVIA'S ACT.
    65 1 Foreign Gold Deposits Confiscated. la Pa/. Die. Li. A.i '.'< -I announcing the appropriation of all foreign gold dipo: its in the Central, National and MerCMti'e Bank in the mteic t of public utility a i'l national <uf»iKc. Thi (■< .crnirH it i_" to pay for Unsold in
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    PATTANI TIN.
    31 1 Profit Of £7,922 Reported. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. Jl. Pattani Tin, Ltd., reports a prolit of J up to Juno 80, and £6,11)3 is carried forw ml
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    RUBBER STOCKS DOWN.
    25 1 (From Our <H\n Correspondent.) London, Dec. 24. Kubo«r stock? in the United Kingdom are estimated to have decreased Iff tons this week.
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    GRAVE INCREASE IN CRIME.
    94 1 Hundred Per Cent LONDON'S ADDITIONAL! PRECAUTIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i London, Daa, ft Statistics which will be published hoß*y ly show v bundled |hrn cent, increa JH crime in London this y.-ar, with W^ heaviest increases in housrbreaking. hurs/lary, robbery with violence, .-ma-h grab raids
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    MALAYA CUP.
    54 1 Negri Malacca Beat Command. The Negri Sembi lan- Malacca Rugh team scored another notable \irtorjpX yesterday, heating the Mal.iya < mand by II points to 3. They wif)*} now meet Singapore in the final of' the southern section at Senmban on Jan. 7. A full report of the
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    NAVAL VISITORS.
    100 1 Recention on Fren h Training Ship. 4 hOllow iofj h iaV SingarKjre the Commander and uflin the French training CTVieer Joaane d'Ari held a reception on aboaid the vcasel I yesterday afternoon. Among the many people pn Sir John Scott, the Qawraor'l Deputy, and Lady Scott, ("apt. Maxwell
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    FIVE PERISH IN FIRE.
    192 1 Christmas Tragedy. FATE OF BIRMINGHAM FAMILY. London, Dec. 21. Aii > id in Birmingnight, whan a two-roomed I noorext quarter was l.urnl to the ground and five children ."d in the rlarnes. by a family of line named Weir, and n >rmally they slept .n four
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    NEW INDIA BANK?
    73 1 Round Table Plan For Currency Safeguard. I >ndon, Dec. 24. <ihl» of a ■KEMm at Ir.uia, entrusted wilb •:t of currency ami exchange ::n I alee vesting the Governor al with powers to prevent seriou^ danger to th< stability and credit of the Fed' ration emu recommendation
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    SELETAR PLANTATIONS.
    46 1 Loss Of £1,965 On The Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 21. The report of Seletar Plantations. Ltd., for the year ended June M records a loss I njfl against a lees of £5,818 in the ef 1:1 1 ,:<2O in carried forward.
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    BOLIVIA'S TIN EXCESS.
    44 1 DIE TO THE AR ITU PAftAd VY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. London aril Am- m of o] that the in bnacing Bolivia's tin e» to the eoaflid with Patajnajf in the (Jrand Chaco |ire\ the Bolivian Government from contn produi
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    NIPAH DISTILLERIES.
    73 1 Hope To Raise Further Funds. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 24. The report of Nipah Distilleries of Malaya, Ltd., for the period Aut' to June 6, 19'i2, shows that subscriptions amounted to £22,468 under the reconstruction scheme. The liabilities taken over from the old company amounted and
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    CONFERENCE ENDS.
    195 1 Hopes For Future Of India. London, Dec. 21. The Round-Table Conference has concluded with a message from the King and stirring speeches by Sir Samuel Hoare and Lord Sank His Majenty expressed confidence that the labours had fortified a partnership of which the strength and endurance were of
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    MALAY GURUS' SPORTS.
    82 1 Annual Meeting And Sports At Serembun. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i ban, The I'Jth annual sports of the Ma'ay teachers of Negri Scmbilan, held 01 K. (i. V. School padanjr, wful. The judges v K I Cunn. Inspector of School*, N. S ('ho Ahmad Bin Alxlul Rahman,
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    SHOCK FOR BANDIT.
    172 1 Msin Who Threw Him Into Ditch I'mvd. Surrey polii" an- MiWNrit| la I a man who hold up a cyclist near Boughton Hall, Send, and attempted to r«>l> him The cyclist, ChaiK- Ktlward M asters, of Send Cottage, Send, was riding home from work at Ockham when
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    POPE PROCLAIMS HOLY YEAR.
    286 1 Christmas Broadcast From Vatican BEGINS APRIL 2, 1933. His Hope That Troubled World Will Benefit. Rom«. De. The Pope, in a I idress broadcast for the fir-t. turn, has proclaimed a Holy Year from Apr. 2, iy33, to celebrate the nineteenth centenary after the Crucifixion. Details
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    THE KING TODAY.
    350 1 Radio Speech To Whole Of Empire. The King will broadcast a I hristmas RMesafp to the Fmpi time of broail. p.m. Sandrintfham tinn tmi it is to be tliat clock mir'<am House are kept permanently half-an-hour fast. In Malaya the time of raeapMayj will therefore be about
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    £100,000 FORTUNE IN EIGHT YEARS.
    1774 2 hijiuhm: in si\ess Newspaper Boy Who Bought And Sold Wembley. Von do not ot t en sea drama like this in real life. It is about a mati who Had im money at all eight years ago; W rk d in a tobacco kiosk at
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    DEATH CHEATED BAILIFF.
    445 2 11l NCALOW TRAGEDY O^ COUPLE. /\N Dec. 'J a post-mortem examinav/ tion was held on the bodies of a man and woman found dead in a bungalow at Wickham, Essex, and the iesult communicated to the coroner. The victims were: George Ci'li:.iit, an unemployed jewel setter; and
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    TRAITOR AFTER IT YEARS.
    162 2 SOLDIER ACCUSED Ol TELLING SECRETS. SEVENTEEN night of Apr. 11, 191 Ai.-m. twenty-five, a private in the man Infantry Reatrvs Ragii captured by pi '"'I <>! Frencn seurs at La k, in Belgium. He was dragged befoi ench intelligence onVer, to v horn, SO ii is
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    MOTHER-LOVE.
    101 2 Bear's Vigil Over Trapped Cub. Trague. 1 1 For ten d ear kept vivril by one of her cub* which had caught it.-cl: pile of iron scraps in the mountain >■:' sub Carpathian Baaaav Gamekeepers who heard the cub's howls tried to rescue it, hut the mother would not
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    "EVIL GENIUS" OF BOY MURDERER.
    594 2 Lived With Mother's Body For Three Weeks. DOCTOR!, university professors, and medical 'students were amon;,' t who filled the public galleries at '< M <luring one of the most amazing j murder trials of recent year*. In the dock stood Thomas Banner, it;, of Old
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      172 2 .^BaaaaaW^^aT L&KV. tSaaavHaKS IfftS^Sk <* Ar l BBBnaV^Lt^*3*^Bal IBr^^hiP^B A. fIEEX A Halt l> THE PRUDENTIAI ASSURANCE LID. tm ORPORATKD IN I 17.18. Mercantile Bank Building Singapore. Please scud me particulars of your End suruin <■ itli Profits" whereby I cai ilie Bonus Decimation ou th< My age hext hi
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      39 2 WHLN WF WLRE i L THOUGHT ViOU SO DID A jgs There Are MARR£D POP fA wtRe A LOT p?op°^ fr 51s A^S r--H Ye3 lr-..-\\ ff^ f f.-^ m^"^ ■^JrWt Copyrigh', 1931. by The Bf 11 Cy.idiote Inc
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    Cash Prizes For Football Enthusiasts.
    335 3 NO ENTRANCE FEE REQUIRED. ?100 Offered For Best Forecast Of Ten Results. A further football competition has been arrang?d. |100 IS OFFERED K)R THE BEST FORECAST OF THE TEN FOOTBAIL HATCHES GIVEN BELOW, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PLAYEITON SATURDAY NEXT, DEC U. H:\NCE FEE
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    FORM OF THE CLUBS.
    484 3 Tho figures in parentheses indicate the teams position in the League at the end of la>t reason. Blackpool (20) are sixteenth in the League table wi;'i in points out ti H 1! ol i.li they have iost. Sheflivld Wednesday are runners up t> Astoa \illa and
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    "THE LAST RUBBER"
    3281 3  -  GKORGE DKNBY. An ExHiing Bridge Ghost Story. BY I HAVE been asked so many questions about the death of my old friend, Muxxloch, the famous authority on L that I have decided to s»t the whole thing down on paper. Murdoch was engage to my agn- death
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      94 3 4 *^W Sunday Times Footbaliy&oiijfktition. The following are the mateh^^ele^tTl^Kthia^^ week's competition. Thay <y^to I^B^ib^^'^oji the ground of the first-nan^i l 'MJ^vn^)ec^ Read carefully the insUtrction)p^inv£n\ above I and the information siiftlied beiijv. *The fig- I] urea in brackets indicate the resists in the corresponding game last t^r. Ulackpuol (1)
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      163 3 SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL says: "I predict that the future of this car is absolutely assured/ Having tried it (the Ten-Four) 1 am convinced that it will appeal .c Kem-i.ii motoring public from every point ol riew," s Sir M.ilcolm (.'ampbrll in Tin /'<./</ "Here i- a real in Car, soiidly
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    MATHEMATICS OF THE SLAM.
    1261 4 BRIDGE NOTES. The j\c\\ Laws: Two Effects. ALTERATIONS FOR THE BETTER. (BY R. E. KEMP.) >TATURALLY I wih to aay my pieee l regarding the new law- of eoi bridge. 1 hsivc raad :i greal many commeni. by other scribes, sind later aa in this i
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    NO CRIME.
    240 4 Police Make Wireless Sets. Nottingham has hern a. most cleniv<l of crime, as a result of new method* in detection ami police administration introduced by Captain Popkess, the Chief (unstable. It is claimed that rr.otor-bandits avoid Nottingham as they would a plague— the last reported smash-and-grab raid occurred
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    Mainly About Malayans.
    1800 4 Sonn> Hliftpy Pvoplv The Queen's Scholarships Dmm Malaya Rvnvfit f ft omen to The Fore Memories of The Nineties Pleasant Relations of The Old Days Rotary (woinfi Strotifi. BY THE WANDERER. I HAVE just l>t-en having an all* tion with a colleague on the Straits Times. The
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    4 4 Mr. Tan Kirn Serin
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    4 4 Miss T. A. Oehlers
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    DARTMOOR CELL DRAMA.
    500 4 W UXECED VICIOI \SS\I I/I. i J. C. I'annall. Governor of Dartmoor I'riMin. was in I mi. lon on leave of absence on Dec. .1 to recover from a violent assault alleged to have been committed upon turn l>> one of the two convicts who recently escaped
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    JUDGE AND A DRESS.
    190 4 "Women Who Know Me Would Laugh." Judge <)ut-r hinted at Shoreditcl County Court on Dec. 1 that women should act as judges in cases eoncernin;; dresses, and wished that he had a woman member of his family acting an assessor. A woman, defending a dressmaker's claim
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    SALVAGE OPERATIONS.
    142 4 £2,000.000 Expected From Sunken Sloop. Dad 1. Salvage engir ussing the rel>orted MMW) of "')<■ British sloop of war !>»• Kraak. sunk >>rt avvan coast of Ame lit a in 17WK. are hopeful for the success of tli operations no* being carried out to rai~e an. l tlcat
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      109 4 CHILDREN'S (ORISER !\o. 54. MESSAGE BOY TO THE AID. The Itutterfly then said, "I'll fly away Behind a tall plant then he left the ajaj \nd send the message-hoy without delay." "In case it may come in again for you." The boy arrived »oon with a pot of glue. Said
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    Young Society Girl In Court Ordeal.
    928 5 Young Society Girl In Court Ordeal. UNDER COUNSEL'S LASH. Outcome Of Romance With English Riding-Master. Count y society and hunting sets in New York State hart l)ten stirred to their depths by the sensational proct'tdin^s. .vhich reached a diamatic pitch on Dec. I instituted by pretty debutante again* her erstwhile
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    CROWN TO LOSE £300,000.
    561 5 Claim By Trustees. ESTATE DUTY TO BE RETURNED. MX Justice Farwell, in the Chanr. I> vi ion on Dec. 1, .gave judgment for over £.'lOO,OOO against the Co.nmisMoners of Inland Revenue in reaped of estate duty which had been over-paid. The trustees under the will of
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    BOY "BUMPED" AT SCHOOL.
    597 5 PUNISHED in OIHIK PI PILS. AN action 1m 'tamagesfor psuMiwl injuries suMaineri i>\ "bumpsisjf 1 on the ground, which w»> all-»re<l la as as the punirhment ut \S mbley, was hear.! b) Mr. Ju cc Mirnaghtvn in 'In- Kn.ii s Ik-mh |< Lai. a !><■> of
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    Crime In The Wilds Without A Motive.
    1024 5 YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH. Two English Girls Killed Near Volcano Crater. I'ound Ruilty of a crime f r which there was no motive and of which the only explanation was his lust for killing." the 20-year-old son cf a noted big-game hunter has
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      26 5 RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. TOMORROW BOXING NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL Latest Novelties Favours. Prizes for Fancy Dress. DANCING TILL 2 A.M. PHONE S3Bl
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      123 5 ''An Outstanding BRITISH Triumph Daily Mirror. CAPITOL Commencing at Today's SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE, 3.15 British International's Thrilling Adaptation of SIR ARTHUR CONA.N DOYLE'S World Famous Play and Novel I_R E S_o l_F A T El* With LESTER MATTHEWS v Lt. Col. Egerttn and ALL -BRITISH CAST including KATHLEEN O'REGAN I
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      78 5 MATINEES TODAY AND MONDAY 3 15 (Children Half Price) I Call it satire, call it farce, call it burlesque, call it comedy, call it anything in the world you like but the fad remains that here is positively the FUNNIEST PICTURE EVER SCREENED. It pokes fun at the movies and
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    WAISTLINES ARE DEFINITELY
    616 6 ON THE I DOWN-GRADE. rHI !ai( -t news from the mid-«ea.*on J collections is that waists are definite- 4 y on the jowa grade agaia. Practteally •very hoUM -hows M>nM gowns in which J h«- waistline has b« n dropi^ed to the too if the hips. This
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    Harmony In The Home.
    361 6 \j honn- aot alm» of .iarine half-ton 1 -la aw nll 1 i;itf lijrhting so that diners niav hon d'oeUTree in one shad ■i,! tkofar Ii ii in another in tin-st ad 4 tht company, and fa I thj moment. S eh illuminated panels, varying; at
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    Household Hints.
    175 6 iMtnCAX <loth. if whito. ran hi h "i t<> lino tho sin lvi'< and walls of riu>l>oanl It will NghtMl the:>> nsiderahly. .1 pencil rubbed n t (iia\>''i which h:-y h«-ai will c>\-)lilc ii !><■ <)|>.«n«-il ;u»«i thai f|iiiti- cßsily ('oik (nt in half la th«tton of piittuHs
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    Your Silver.
    176 6 THE air is the chief cause of silver, tarnishing. Anything, then, that keep* the air from s J lver will pre\ent tarnish. The air may '•c kept fi-otn ornamental pic I of silver or any •ther I for food I 1( .I waaikai in hot wat*-r. ilver \\..h
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    Epaulettes.
    85 6 DRESSMAKERS are as likely to query houlder Ua« I I one's new frock, >• fitti .-h(»ulders adorned rril I*,1 enib:oi'leries or neck drap. though the shoulder line -nay be I RJf <<1 without seams. The v. rj hijrh w sk May i>« finished with i i)( .i wi ie
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    New Hats.
    96 6 IT is not i asy for won on ti ii ii.i.i th.s seaHon bei-eiue rhc nt\v ha I. and co.ffui^es he hat. a nee. The top <!' the hair i t I. smoothly mm ty|H- of hat whit I '-|y. '..ilonna parting is well adapted to yli-, with
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    Trimmings
    97 6 Td add t« tli« ir general attr; many «>f ihc >rw noon and <\< n ;,1 the back. C 1 1, tti ii ihinj inc-'u<le a bow of laic at the neck of a lack Moused effects, scarf <■ -aperies. one-Hided and, what is more extreme, another I olour.
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    73 6 Fruit cakes can be varied by using tho following mixtures of two ing 'ilac< angelica and almond* glace <h< lies and walnuts glaci ffiager and pista fMM at glace apricots and <<k»«u# (crated). Vacuum flasks should not be corked when stored after use. Rub the cork all over with common
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    In Silk Net.
    18 6 AN eriataal Revflai evening creation ik n«t. hand-embrcidered in shade of wood-violet and blue purple.
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      193 6 DECEMBER 27th WHITEAWAYS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. aurW BAiKVALUtS j I i hi; -OCEAN* 1 ihink. Made af strong ply wood body, covered vvilh lireen or I,<o\mi canvas, and strfiigthinttl with four .ill round »>ent wood batteii The greatest value ever offered. si/e h, -i:i'
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      372 6 Fur Treatments. 171'ItS will MMl with much M iMR niodrl I I comjian i r 1 by r v--i >< id > >ufT».-<l ov»-i ■larvai iw. of th»' fui \p ;i ji'kf effe-t of 'i full t Fnuat i. ie f»?e. Chocolate Tarts. LINE MM patty pans with pastry. Tak*«
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    THE ISLE OF VENGEANCE.
    3946 7  -  JACK McLARKN. OUR NEW SERIAL STORY— By I. ii'li l-. bru I Kali 1 Bell, 1 hen hi I" tl hard v mo lounginj alx>ut the "A b Down n the ma 1 owned. A 1 1 rongiy !>«.*? It his bunk looking attenth held in
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      134 7 THE ONLY LIGHT AIRPLANE TO HAVE FLOWN OVER THE ANDES. lint. im is taUiiiu to the air. More lIJM airplanes have been made aiul sold in the la^t two years than ever before ■bid not only to this country, but to a lar^e export tr.ulc. British-m. ide light aircraft had
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    TOTIDEM VERBIS.
    647 8 Today the Sunday Times celebrates its second Christmas and can look back upon a year in which its popularity has incroa-H««d with every week. There was :> real need for a Sunday paper published in Singapore, and as time goes on wt look forward to being able to
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    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE KISS.
    817 8  -  Iduanl J. Allen) (H> THERE IS TECHNIQUE IN EVERYTHING IN HOLLYWOOD MISINTERPRETATIONS MUST BE AVOIDED THE CAMERA CANNOT LIE I REGISTER NARCOLEPSIS irhntever does that mean it may br (inked. ¥T is part of the Hollywood jargon of Ithe talkie director issuing instructions to his
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    Believe it of not being The assertions of ananias.
    1857 8 Believe it of no t being Th e asser tio ns of ananias. Melly Klitmiss to you, one and all. What '•ou are feeling like this morning is no business of mine. You are probably dreading the thoujrht of putting a topi on your head or even of trying to
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      155 8 AMUSEMENTS. SINGAPORE. ALHAMURA THEATRE. as to© r*wimr mi mvh pmi („nl.«, ;nil Kri< \on Slrohrlm. Ml Ml p.m. I'hoiv 6»H. t CAPITOL THEATRE. I HUH Oh FVTK with Lester MatIhe ■•>. Ml Ml p.m. Phone 5261-2. MARLBOROUGn THEATRE. l>\\< 'M. KVWMITK wilh Ri.hai'.l TMMmBJ*. 6.15— 5.13 p.m. NEW WORLD. tIDB
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      38 8 [> I AN 0 I TUNING— REPAIRS. REMOVALS— HIRE. j E. CHARLES. I I'hone 2902. 282, Orchard Road. $unaag limes EDITORIAL. MANAGBRIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFIOM I 78, Cecil Street, Singapore. TELEPHONE 1111. Kuala Lumpur: 25, Java Street. TILBPHONI IMt.
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      114 8 WEATHER REPORT. Following last night's deluge a spell of appalling drought is to be feared. There will be a welcome return of wetness after sundown on Saturda> next, with the posHibilit> of a few cooling showers tomorrow night On the whole, the next few da>s arc likely to he very
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    A JOURNEY UP THE PERAK RIVER.
    1640 9 The First British Residency. BIRCH MEMORIAL. "FOR EVER DESOLATE AND UNCULTIVATED." Very few people in this age of motor traffic have travelled far up that noble waterway, the Perak River, and the article published below should interest the present generation. r Many memories and
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    NEW WINDOW FOR AN IPOH CHURCH.
    263 9 The congregation of St. Andrew's Presli\ uch of Perak marked another stage Of the decoration of their church this mori.ing, when in the course of the Ke\ .1. B. Walker dedicated the beautiful and richly coloure 1 three light window which Mr. W. F.
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    EXPLORERS BACK FROM BORNEO.
    551 9 Oxford Club's Work. TO LEAVE SOME SPECIMENS AT SINGAPORE. The members <>f the Oxford I'im. Exploration Club expedition to Borneo have returned to Singapore after months really hard work during whi-.-h time they have collected thousands oi specirr.?ns of all k nds of bird, insect and
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    WASHED. OUT BY RAIN.
    238 9 N<> TENNIS TESTS IN MELBOIRNE. Melbourne; Dec. 24. The tennis Test series which should have begun here today was washed out by continuous rain. Reuter. BOGUS PASSPORTS. Remarkable Discovery In Berlin. Berlin, Dec. I. A remarkable plant for forging ps* ports of all principal countries lias
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    Beneath Graves And Old Forts.
    1159 10 DR. WINSTEDT'S NEW BOOK. i Histoi} Of The Kingdom Of J oh ore. Bn>d «:n exh-iislivt' resenrch and mature s«holarship, f Dr. \Vinsk'd<s newly published historical study of .Johore is ■MKthiag entirely new in M; layan lileralure. in that it is the- Irai full account
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    8 10 I \hu Kakar. father of the present Ruler
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    21 10 From ancient priv> yards such an there Dr. V insiedt has pieced together much of what has hitherto heen unknown histor>.
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    GERMAN "DREYFUS."
    113 10 Acquittal After Five Years In Prison. Thanks la r gel i>u effort* jof his aged mother, Walter Bullerjahn. who has been I fun," was today acquitted of high treason l>y the Hiirh 'Ourt hove after he had senred ftvi sentence of 15 years' Aft. 'i Hull r.iahn natty
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    MALAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    528 10 ri;K\\\K\\s oi iun FOX lIWL -"[ore Pera»akans 8 Pathul Karih I Singapore FVranakans qualified to K.ui Raja in the final of the A the M r aMM when they Fathul Karib by eifrht goals to onv aftL-moon at Jalan Be«ar. Th.- -core, however does not give a
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    MURDER BY BABOON.
    143 10 Strange Defence Saves Accumhl NatiN a\ That a native boy wax kill i '< l>al>oon and not by a man was tht- defem c put forward at a murder trial at Mo) Reserve, Basutoland. native was accused of having muidered a herd-hoy, aged 12, hecaus boy had
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    THE £20,347 BUTLER.
    108 10 Took A Friend's Advice On His Shares. A man revealed to the Sunday rx press \icholas James Mockett, who for 2C years was head porter at the Savoy Hotel, left £20,347 recently The man had worked ander Mockett at one time. He <|c plained that Mockett was
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    POSED AS NINE DIFFERENT MEN.
    101 10 IKU 1)1 LENT OLD BCOI NDREL/ 1 Tn i "Tiie ktdj andreL" TH ma.- I moa d wit! him. prisonmenl. S i that the i in of Mrabt f(»r Wiln i had a Th lonjfcc.v- "He b (fenced and used tin le who their nald
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    WOMAN'S DELUSION.
    101 10 Thought Baby Did Not Love Her. Am delusion tha 1 I told of Sunbu pleaded cuiliy to ci to m Jane Rohus aff'" 1 '1 by nlacir./ a locomot and ci Mrs. Robus ;aken I unhui the train. Dr. I M<-Ml child had said that she did not
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    "GOAT MAJOR" IN COURT.
    75 10 dier rfaj I i>i Five Th. Refrim-?nt, Private I< was charged a on Dae 1 an overcoat and va fioni three >-s|u)t. Th v had beei and did not know wl ii Su| felt h>< !>• been crying in the cells practically the time of his
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    "ABIDE WITH ME."
    34 10 Wife Sings Requiem Husbund. I.in I>< Ki..-. day a lon. Iv '•< tjin t< Bm ley, one of the bethe city, -uddemy a few days %Ko aired I Ah she x.tnK. wnni>
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN CLUB.
    120 11 Sensational Finish In Billianls 'lournanu-nr. (From Our Own Correspondent.) in, Dec 24. The final of the Negri Sembilaa Club illiard handicap tournament hael a sens.. onal finish when AI. Peechioni i"i nf anted Arthur Bdmonda I J"i kf ingle point in a game of MO up. hdme.nd-
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    ARAB PERANAKAN.
    97 11 The foliowinjf have l-een el :inakan Association, ingnpore, for the- year lyW: Pi. ident, Syed Ahmed bin Mohd. Jsagotf, .11'.; vice-president, Syed kbdulrahman bin Hassan Alkudey; he>n. Kretary, Shaik Hussain bin Mohd. il'halip: as-t. Hon. sce'ietaiy, Syeel Mohd. i AlkalF; hon. treasurer. yed Hassan bin Mohd. Sallim Almenoar.
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    DR. S. K. KRISHNAN, J.P.
    59 11 Dr. S. R. Krishnan J.P., was Lorn in India in I*M anel came out to Malaya at an early age. He is the president of the Indian Association, a director of the Rotary Club, and is president of 'he ■arojnhnn Family Benefit Association. H*» papresents
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    HAPPILADS' A.P.
    74 11 ibers of the Happilads Athletic J'arty are- re<|iie-ti-d to note that entri. lare now e>i>en lor the "A" handicap and "B" sinjrles <kne>ck-out system) and will close on Dec. 27, 1932, anel any entri"* K-ceived later than the above-mentioned [late will ne>t be entertained The entiv fee for
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    CHINESE C. A. A.
    37 11 C HINESE C. A. A. Kenthen "»<l friends of the chine-e C'oiii))anion A t hi itk J are askcl t-i note that as from today tl t on has n ove to no. 87, Club Street. Singapore.
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    GREETINGS.
    21 11 We acknowledge the ret- lpt of two I n the Tan Chonj Badminton Pnrt| and the Wah < licini; Badminton Party.
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    54 11 The- monthly committee- meeting a tic Badminton Party will at hehi today, ;it m i in. sharp at Mr. Tan I'hoo Swee's house, 11, Neil Bond. A picnic be lu'ld at Mr. Aw Boon Jl;iu'- bungalow, Pasii Pnajnng, on .Inn. l anel L. M 'I friends who wish ked to
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    WOMAN'S LIBEL SUIT.
    229 11 "You may think this is essentially a storm in a teacup," reeaarked the Lord Cliie-f Justice (Lord Hewart) during his summing U|i to a ipecial .jury in the King's Bencn Division <>n Dec. 1 in a libel action brought Emily Rosina P Hoxton, in rep«d «>t an
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    FATHER CHRISTMAS CHILDREN TAKE TO JAZZ.
    43 11 Father Christmas and his four children male- a spectacular en r> into ro\'.p for tin- annual < lui^tmas lair at a bin store there.#The four son-, ol lather (hn Unas heraldcel their wing wilh ja//. (Pl.uki \i«- j
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    A Christmas Visitor.
    2306 11  -  I. Ilai.iillon) SHORT STORY. Fliat Brought Joy To A Lonely Spinster's Heart. i Bj Mi-s Pei,- i»"i^ast lived «t the far end of the i -r. She was a stool nriddle-itex 1 ith a fresh complexion, dear ha nd a l:«autifu! smile. All hei Nfe had be«
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    84 11 The w 'aint Caul's Institution II n. !udt*d a successful s«a»on. Of twelve i)l.i\ d list- were won. f«u- i,ia»n r:»<! ttauint Sincii. rerci\ed Slate honours. I ii. school ha.- al«a>- been a train lor man) Si hit) Van Sin M m. Lee Pie v .hat >inifh (rapt.), 111. l!i
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    SMILE AS PASSPORT.
    85 11 "Man With Honourable Rtvon! lined. [>escr'U'd 1.--i man witl the City of L «d m, well known." I, übbin, ol avenue. Man House on Dec. 3 tin. ruin i ravelling en the Southern Railway with intent payment of his i onnolly, i as a rental ka added,
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    20,000- MILE AIR DASH.
    60 11 Round The World With ()nl> Two Stops. will I. km i The nil«. and to :-M-ak i day- held and <latt> The |>ilnArnmel, a fam< The rente a i 1 at Met 1 r»n«Jon. Hi i 1 The' mon. rearm. developing LOO A crew of flVe
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    Nursery Rhyme Folk Come To Life Anew.
    221 12 Nursery Rhyme Folk Come To Life Anew. The Book Page The land of Nursery Rhyme. seen by Alice Dugliuh and Krnext Rhys with a map and pictures drawn bj Charles Folkard. Dent. 7s. 6d. It i< dilpiult to say which makes this book the more fascinating— the hundreds lightful drawings
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    Theatrical Life.
    390 12 Puppets Parade. By Doris Leslie. Ihe lads*] Head. 7<. Kd. Ik has viven us \ivid pictures of thj of theatrical life, i. thin! i ng company, a repertory company, and nd theatre, in her new I "Puppets Parade" which deals with the careers of two young peopl Trench,
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    Clubfoot Again.
    211 12 The (old Comfit M:ix. By Valentine >\ illiani^. Radaicr and Stoughton. 7s. fid. In "The GoU ComfH Box" Phillip Clavering tells m sosas nsove stories of j his k»g-drawH-oot duel with the famous German Se< '('lubfoot." i British agent, Forrest, had been murdered and robbed when travelling hosae
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    Love And Luck.
    138 12 Dull*! Oira I wlr Ig \shle> Sterne. linUins Colcmial I brary. Bernard Verrindar'a luck in drawing the big prize in tec Tinibttctoo Grand Lottery m i<tl> brought up profiting Mom such ten gains. I aincla Huggins insisted that the £200,000 should >U'd to charity and that "Bunny"
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    A Real Joy.
    276 12 Nymph Errant. Ky James Layer. Heinemann. 7s. Ad. Mr. Layer has given us one of the gayest and 'nost amusing fa. erring from the moment she enters the train at Lausanne on her way home to North Oxford from a blameless pension for young Jadies in that
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    Two Novels.
    451 12 (■etaway. lly l<eslie Charters rt Sand. By Margaret IVdler. Hodder Stouuhton. 7s. 6d. each. Simon Templar, alias the Saint, is one of those men who just cannot keep out of trouble, and although he was strictly off duty and had promised Patricia jrood, when he found four men
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    Highly Recommended.
    402 12 Highly Recommended. The Many Coloured Thread. My Lakl Ulan (l.ac'oy Amy). Herbert Jenkins aaaaaal Library. lowell Ridout was an xtrenuly onhdent young journalist with h firm i-onviction that he sd to aasoßM ssm of the wi it" n. when Mnal 1 uni laaVe California and com* to ESonaM araert for
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    8 12 From Mother Goose" Harrap). l>ra«n b> S\Hl Ta»s,..
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    Who Killed Cock Robin?
    156 12 Who kfTVd (ok Robin I. said the Sparrow, With my bmv and arrow I killed Cork Robin. Who saw him die I, said the Fly. With m> little eye I saw him die. Who'll toll the hell I. said the Hull. Because I ran pull Pll
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    The British Bridge WorM.
    74 12 <■ a- from the P of players of hoth Auction and To> are ari och well knaftm M B« >•» v I Phillip', J*>\ Oalfnn nn<\ othv all men of car the B Tbr I national ulnertsafi, tlte AHtv rican exp« The maprazmt- aaaaaja hoth to
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    A Novel Of Distinction.
    472 12 Houyr ot l)r -aniK. Bj Margaret Behren«. Jepftin* <»l«>r...i Liarafv. Althouirh tht- chief ai lightfully written !-<>ok takes place in an optimistii oil the Riviera, the Marie found favon After ar <atened to Pola> rest his ln> and disappeareti dvi Imu P*»> 1. lU'l little -hip
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    GREAT WIN FOR NEGRI SEMBILAN-MALACCA.
    905 14 Beat Command By 13-3. MALAYA CUP. \r\cr- Say-l)i«- Spirit. A we«'k ago the Negri SembilanMalacra team surprised the experts bj In-ating the Malaya Command in BhagmpSTC by S 3. As a result of ihis victory the three teams in the -.Mithem section of the Malaya
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
    273 14 ANOTHER <;REAT ARSEIS M WIN. London, Dec. 24. The following are the results of matches played today in the English and ~h Leagues: FirM KniMon. I 9 Sheffield VIA. I Birmingham I I'ort*tMouth 0 Blackburn R. M i.l.Onbrouith 2 Blackpool 0 Newc*itle Utd. i Co. 0 AstK-n
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    SOUTH JOHORE BEAT S.C.C.
    1188 14 Better Tactics. HARPER AND MORRIS PLAY WELL. (By Our Rujrby Correspondent S. Johore 9 pts.; S.( C. I p«". Playinjr at Johore Bahru yest. South Johore managed to fret the I of the S.C.C., winning l>y I points (a penalty goal and two tries) to 5
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    WON BY SINGLE TRY.
    478 14 Wiltshires' Success. RUGBY MATCH ON THE PADANG. 0; Wiltshire* S pt«. By the only try of the match, scored a few seconds before time, the Wiltshire Regiment won against the S.C.C "A" fifteen on the Padang yesterday. The game was an interesting one although the wet
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    A MALAYAN SPORTING DIARY.
    1393 15  -  IOKIVAKD. SrlunutH-'s Kn L'vr Sneers? (rOtxt S it Wmk 1 Vkm Try By Mmc Leod Wttitimg lor The Fimd Hockey AftGrthemgkU Wot Penlriau i tisrt >/•/'//' ir— -A t'cnanu 9mg *i Ret j». «.v i i Ipoh. a rictory whicK le linal of the <P 'or
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    AMATEUR RACES IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    698 15 SUOK n RKTI RNS BEST DIVIDEND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, L)i"> THE Scianipor Turf Club Christmas ■Kci.n* l>eawii U<toy- TNpW WU only a wrtnU atUmdanct-. AmoSf trio-st nreejnt w»- hk«f Swretary. ihe md H.H. eho 1 ■{'un*ku Mahkjta of /obote. (lends, jfeiura!:. wei
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    572 15 Positions Of English And Scottish Clubs. The following 1 were the positions of teams in the English and Scottish Lea■aerday's matches: Ar>eiia' Ajfti.n Villa flferißeld Wnl, Dsri.y County L*«dH Ltd. New.a.stK' ltd. d T. JjUMMirIHIKi St l! Wands. uth Liverpool Blackburn R. Hl;.ck ;il „i| lluclu^ter City Birmingham
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    YACHT RACING IN 1933.
    265 15 KKi'i vnmv ro ram; on THE CLYDI SIR Philip^ Hunloke, aMreasing mem.irm'ial Fixtures 1. state<l the King hail o send the Mia m compete dv; ing the < the Britannia raced in \-aiers. It was ai i yd that threi •>ts would I lydc; the v
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    S.C.C. LOSE TO SOUTH JOHORE.
    42 16 South Johore scored another jf«»od win over an S.C.C. side at Johore Bahru yesterday. S.C.C. Forwardtt on the hall South Jofcore player being tackled Jumping for the ball in the line out. Well down in the wrum.
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    26 16 Some of the merrymakers at the fancy dr«w ball K iven at Uie Memorial Hall Sin^^pore. on Friday in aid of the Inempluy me al Fvmim.
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