The Straits Times, 28 January 1933

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times V \^^y (ESTABLISHED T>t49LT rENTI'RT.] 7770 14RGEST 2ND MOST INfUtEISTIAL NEWSPAPER MALAYA. 26 PAGES Singapore, Saturday} January 28, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS, The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 236 1 Singapore: ts. Cecil st. cphone bisi?.""" 6.15 Tonifht »15. I BAROUD with REX INGRAM. Phone 5261-2. DRINK MORE (i§§|\ GOOD MILK There is no milk of greater purity and higher quality than "BEAR BRAND." Guaranteed to be entirely free from adulteration and impurities, it is a safe and nourishing drink
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    • 108 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 38«3' '|V_AN HARDING'' SHIRJTS SPECIAL FEATURES:1. YOU CAN ALWAYS BUY COLLARS TO MATCH. 2. NON-FRAYING SEMI-STII r F CUFFS. 3. NO SHRINKING OF SHIRT OR NECKBAND. 4. COLOUR DOES NOT FADE. O\MfHEUSEN SEMI-STIFF COLLARS FOR COMFORT. 'M c WHITE M STOCKED IN ALL COLOURED.
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    • 10 1 i 6.15 Tonight 9.15. BAROUD with REX INGRAM. Phone 5261-2.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 499 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) HAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. "tonnage. Due Spore. 1933. CORFU 16.000 Feb. 3 XBANGAI.ORB 6,000 Feb.
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    • 594 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles. London. Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. HAKONE MARU 10,400 Feb. 8 9 S SUWA MARU 10.700 Feb. 23 24 i ITSIIIMI MARU 10,900 Mar. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Mar. 22 23 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4
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    • 469 2 BURNS PHBP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND I THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the welM known steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,362 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of tfco largest and finest steamers trading to
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    • 519 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Bwett. I BORINGIA 14 2 14/2 15 2 17/2 FIONIA 1 I 7/3 8 3 10/3, ERRIA 28/3 28 3 23
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    • 1083 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China (1932), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, II l> THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CI'NARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, Lid. The
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  • Shipping News.
    • 947 3 Mr. R. Stanley Dollar's Views. In the following article Mr K. Stanlej Dollar, president of the Dollar SUam*hip Lines, review* the ciurse of American shipping during 1932 That confidence and optimism navi returnH, n t cnly to shipowners but U nil other business and trade activities,
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    • 854 3 Control of Shipping Essential. An address on the subject of Protection of Shipping in Time of War" was lelivered to the members of the Southampton Master Mariners' Club at their weekly luncheon meeting, by Captain H. M. Burrough, R.N., the deputy-director jf the Tactical School,
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    • 24 3 The M. M. Amboise is ai riving from Saigcn on Sunday at 4 p.m. and will sail on Monday at 1) a.m. for Marseilles.
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  • 170 3 GLENLUCE, Brit., 4,120 tons, fron. Dalny 2X-1. for London via Penang and Colombo PkKS.' GARFIELD. U.S.A.. 6.233 tons from New York 28-1, for Penang and New i«« ROHNA, Brit., 4,758 tons, from Madras 28-L, HE°NBIK."'Norw., 761 tons, from Bangkok 27-1. for Bangkok 29-1. RKTEH. Dut.. M tons, from
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  • 117 3 Saturday, Jan. 28. Ships alongside Wharves or expecte- to KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Hygcia," Lch. "Lady Clifford", Van Heutsz, Singkawang. Oil Wharf Agatha. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonc Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Soli. Krppel Harbour. Kin^s Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock
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  • 48 3 Passengers Raise Purse In Appreciation. A 1,000 dollar purse was raised on hoard the Conte di Savoia, Italy's new liner, for the seaman, Amatruda, who risked his life to plug a lOin. leak in the ship'f side, and the men in the engineroom who helped him.
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  • 157 3 The following' passengers sailed on the Corfu which left London on Jan. 6 for the Kar EuKt: Miss M. Adie, Mr. J. R. Archibald, Mm. K. Ackrill, Mr. I). A. Alexander. Mr. S. N. Adams, Mrs. Aditms, Miss E. B. Butler, Mr. B. T. Kosn, Mr. I. Patterson, Mr.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 339 3 &NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. (Incorporated in Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. GOSLAR for Japan and North China Jan. SI COBLENZ for Manila, Rons; Kon?, Shanghai and Japan Feb. 6 9 NECKAR for Manila, Hong Kons;, Shanghai, Japan and North China Feb. 18 i LAHN for Manila, Hon* Kong,
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    • 411 3 caW AMERICAN MAIL LXNK F4m mfi 1 LOWEST THROUGH FARES To England via America are now being quoted. Take advantage of them— NOW Include the CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER 193S And the INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTION AT BOSTON In your itinerary. A trip via the Panama Canal with stops at
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    • 498 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN n LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Snei Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN, Steamer Due S'pora, ■J. CITT OF KHIOS Feb. ZB Feb. M HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF RANGOON I for Havre, London,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 64 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp, ins Sunsiiinc temp. °F hrs. "F Alor Star 90 Nil 9.1 71 Kota Bharu 84 0.01 8.3 72 K. Trengganu 82 0.09 8.1 73 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 9.1 7!) Mcrsim? 80 Nil 0.2 74 Singapore 85 N
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    • 140 3 TIDE TABLES. Saturday, January 28. H. W. 12.50 a.m, 9 ft. 1 in., 12.04 p.m., 10 ft. 3 in. Sunday, January 29. H. W. 1.16 a.m., 0 ft. 1 in., 12.4S p.m., 10 ft. 2 in. Monday, January 30. H. W. 1.42 a.m., 9 ft., 126 p.m.. 9 ft. 9
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 536 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised. la these columns send copies o. testimonials. Do not send originals. ENGLISH family living ib Bamatra, require European nursery-Koverm's*, eapabie of giving Brat lessons to two little K irls. Writ.stutintr avre. salary required, ate. to 11, S. T. EURASIAN GISL, Stenotypist and
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    • 735 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, small bungalow, No. 6 Grange Rd. Apply to The British Malaya Trustee 4 l» •cutor Co, Ltd., Tel. 6589. TO LET, Flat No. 822, Orchard Road, r.round floor, Rent $60 per month. Please apply J. S. Nathan. 5-A, De Snuza Street. UNFURNISHED. Nos. 61
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    • 401 4 FOR SALE KELVINATOR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS USED KELVIN VTORS Low prices, easy terms, full guarantee. KELVINATORS RENTED Miliyn Hrehnieil E^pnent Ci. U. Robinson Road. Tel. UU. FOR SALB. residential property about 3 acres, Tanglin. Splendid site. Moderate price. Apply 996, Straits Times. TUBA CUTTINGS (Elllptica) from plants of exceptionally high toxic
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    • 451 4 MISCELLANEOUS IT TOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS Overseas, have the Straits Budget posted to them every week, 114 yearly, including postage, outside Malaya (13.20 within Malaya). Orders, accompanied by remittances, should be addressed to the Maaager, Straits Budget. Singapore. PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE The Exchange Ranks will be closed on: Saturday;
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    • 559 4 TENDER SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE U hereby riven that tenders an now inrited for the following materials ot services, and that particulars of such ton ders may be obuined in the Tender Room Municipal Offices. Construction, with materials supplied by the Commissioners, of semi-pern ancnt drains at Onan Road.
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    • 233 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL 1 MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mra. HARU and Miss HANA. M. WATERLOO STREET., Telephone 7467. YE OLDE TRAVELLER'S REST, KEl'l'EL HAKKOI'K. TOM ROGERS who has recently taken over a hole I'svmises will start supplying from Kel>. 1 HOT SUPPERS AT SUMP I'UlCi:s>. Rally round the old firm.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 71 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.00 f 4.00 2.50 (jcarterly 8.50 $12.00 7.60 Hal.' Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $16.00 Taarly... $34.00 $4800 $30.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the form at the bottom of this page. Gontra-t rites may be
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  • 433 5 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRA!*— MI Sunda] after Bpinjaiajs Dedication HYstiv.il, fan. 29, 6.50 ii.m., Hoiy Coma. 7.:>1l a.m., Matin*; B am.. Hi.ly Comn. it horah: BJS a.m.. Holy. Ccran. (Choral i 5.30 p.m., Evonsonjt '< boral) and Sermon; Holy Comn. on Moil.. Wed. and Friday at x a.m., Tues..
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  • 2110 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1932. Review of Boxing. HOW TITLES CHANGED HANDS. How boxing titles changed hands al! over the world during 1932 is told by Neville Buckley in "Boxing." French boxinjr is dealt with by C. W. Herring and German by H. V. Gunnel). Last year was a bad
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 231 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL TONIGHT! MALAYAN RUGBY UNION END OF THE SEASON BALL Special Dinner Dance Cabaret Extension Till 2 a. m. HUGO JOSEPHINE PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT DINNER DANCE DOUBLE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME "Gladys" "Joyce" AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SINGAPORE DIRECT FROM AUSTRALIA TO
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    • 140 5 RAFFLES CAFE Excellent Meals a la Carte at Moderate Cost. BREAD daily delivery to all parts of the town. CAKES Cakes and Pastries, Sausage Rolls and Curry Puffs freshly made daily. Upconntry orders executed promfrtly. Chocolates, Sweets, Crackers and Fancy Goods. PHONE 5381. CAPITOL RESTAURANT The Finest-appointed Restaurant In Malaya.
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    • 61 5 RAFFLES HOTEL DOT'S REVUE T 31st JANUARY T U 2nd FEBRUARY (j n 4th FEBRUARY n 7th FEBRUARY J 9th FEBRUARY W s s BOOK NOW. 9.30 SHARP Admission $1.00 Admission $1.00 25% will be devoted to the European Unemployment Fund. THE ARTISTS Dot Page, Diana Murison, Elaine Roma Yenning,
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  • 207 6 Famous Dickens Manor In Flames. Mra H. \V. Tyi whin-Drake, the 80IV ar-old mother of Mr. G. TyrwhittI Drake, ex-Mayor of Maidstone, was c.nried to safety when a fir?, in the ily hours of Christmas morninff, de.r<! a larpe part of her residence, Cobtroc Manor, near Maidstone. The
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  • 831 6 Fossilised Studies. ATTACK BY SIR W. H BEVERIDGE. The education given at Oxford am Cambridge, and some of the subject, studied there, were severely criticised b> Sir William H. Beveridge, Director of th London School of Economics and Political Science, himself an Oxford man. Addressing
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  • 103 6 10,000 Newly weds Visit Rome. No fewer than 10,000 honeymoon couples took advantages of a special 80 per cent, reduction in railway fares to visit Rome between July and the end of November. The reduction appears to he a permanent institution, in order to encourage newly-married couples to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 236 6 '.drurinen I Go to SWITZERLAND Your Vacation Land. lIOTKI. CIIDKS ikewlM tariffs, iliusI rated teeklltli mans ami all information free on application to the Swis» ('iin->iil:itr. 121, Market Slrrrt, Sinunpore. will be stopped &y taking KALZANA Diarrhoea is usually caused byinflammation of the intestines, generally due to irritated nerves. By
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    • 155 6 Mm* J* mf I m I JmrnrA A m\W I I *J0 (m W SUNDAY, JANUARY 29th. AT 3 p.m. 6.15 p.m. AND 9.15 p.m. HERE AT LAST !G A GENUINELY GREAT FILM PACKED WITH AMAZING THRILLS SUCH AS THE SCREEN HAS NEVER BEFORE DEPICTED ASTONISHING STAGGERING MYSTIFYING YOU'VE NEVER
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 241 7 WISHING ALL OUR MALAY PATRONS HARI RAYA. ALUAMBRA The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictirei.' LAST~~DAY~ TODAY!!! 4 SHOWS 2.15 4.15 6.30 and 9.15 season to continue in marlborough on feb. 6th LAUREL -D HARDY IN PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES M-G-M's Super Mirthquake TOMORROW (SUNDAY) Opening at
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    • 252 7 1 CAPITOL Holiday Matinee TODAY 3.15. POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT The Holiday Show that has set the Town Talking! REX INGRAM'S Superb Spectacle of Arabia BAROUD Actually Produced in NOFtTH I Featuring REX INGRAM AFRICA with a ca«t of 2,000. (hmwelf) ROSITA GARCIA. TOMORROW Opening at the Holiday Matinee at 3.15
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    • 241 7 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. SEASON EXTENDED! In order to cope with the crowds anxious to see this real "Super" Holiday Show we are compelled to further extend the season. Your Proof it's the Best Entertainment in Town One could hardly wish for better en- "The wit flows v.i'h astonishinir tertainment It
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  • 839 8 Is It The Best In England? Po many people have spoken or written to me during the last two months nhoiit the new London Philharmonic OO 1*-- asking whether H was in f:v' th« beri orchertri in England, how it com pared with other orchestras abroad, am'
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  • 171 8 Lord Edward (ileichen's Call. "Com iincl l ratio with Morocco." Thi Invitation was made by Lord Mwwl Gleiehen, cHainsaa of the British Mer ehaata' Morocco Association, at its an nun I meeting at (iracechurch Street, E.C. Morocco ;ls going ahead, he said. Th> itmiml was going down;
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  • 399 8 Under the Wing of The Post Office Bank. Important changes affecting .lack Tar lie behind the brief announcement of Sir Kingsley Wood, the Postmaster-General, that the Poßt Office Savings Bank is to "take under its wing the savings of the Navy." Since 1866, when the Naval Savings
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  • 315 8 Mr. Solomon's Damages For Libel. The libel action <n t'i» Kins'* B""~ I Court brought by Mr. Solomon, the piMiist, was s tt*ed on p?ym< i n by the de"endants of £50 damages an-1 costs. The piaintifT sued in liis real name of >olomon Cutner and the rfef-ndants
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  • 190 8 Jute Mill Manager Stabbed. Mr II Brown, manager of the Wavc,v Jute Mill at Jatratdal, Barrackpo'i', was uttui-knl and seriously injured by l> < I' millhands following the dismissal cf a weaver. He MMtaiMd five stab wounds, two on tht V-ct'-I ami three on his back, and is
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  • 300 8 A Great Engineering Feat. Rome, Dec. 18. Nothing pleases Signor Mussoltni more than to do things for Italy which other people have tried to do and failed. The reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, which has baffled the rulers of Italy from time immemorial, is a work,
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  • 260 8 Premier Appropriates Royal Suite. Paris, Dec. 2? S The French Prime Minister, M. Boncour, ha< decided to take the unprece dented stfi of installing himself at Hie Qu:ii ci'Oisay in the suite ol rooms on (he ti it floor reserved for visiting Kin-s and Queens of foreirn Powers
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  • 320 8 Carried Four Miles On Stretcher. Mr. .lohn Whit-head, of Goldcrs Green, narrowly escaped being dashed to pieces while climbing Torph«t Bastion, a *tc p £00 ft BTOtmt on Great Gable (2,94'Jft.) in the Wist Cumberland Fells. Ht was dramafcaily rescued after falling 110 ft. down the face of
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  • 327 8 "In Action" For The First Time. The new field service kit for British infantry, with "deer-stalker" cap and open-necked jacket has had its first thorough testing in the Aldershot Command. The experimental platoon of the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surreys) wore the newly-designed uniform and
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  • 222 8 Where 4 Men Had Their Christmas Dinner. The strangest Christmas dinner in London was eaten at the Bertram Mills'* Circus, Olympia. In the centre of the lions' den sat four men enjoying roast turkey. One of them was Kaden, the fearless trainer. Another was M. Matthies, wjio
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  • 151 8 Declarations Of Men's Leaders. Mr. John Bromley, of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, speaking at Sheffield asserted that 76 per cent, of the railway shareholders had never lost a farthing. For every shareholder shown to be worse off than ou. own people we will
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  • 137 8 Plan To Link Old And New Delhi New Delhi, Jan. 14. The Board of Traffic Control in Delhi, it a meeting here this morning, decided to accept the offer of the Delhi Tramway Company to run a motor bus service to link New and Old Delhi. The
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  • 361 8 SKULL OLDER THAN PILTDOWN Discovery in G'asgow Brickyard. 'A skull, declared by Sir Arthur Keith the eminent anthropolog st. to be thousand of years old, is among the discoveriemade recently at Pollok Brickworks, Gln*gow. These discoveries are being investigated by Sir Arthur Keith and other eminent Scottish scientists. The discoveries
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  • 281 8 The Value of Iron Treatment. The introduction of the liver treatment for pernicious anaemia has markcel a great advance, but it has been recognised that while the blood could be restored to normal with this substance, patients still continued to suffer from nervous symptoms in many instances, writes
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  • 108 8 I Monday. Penge-raii? (Hock Keng) 8 a.m Rhio (Bee Tong) .9 a.m. Rhio (Hong Keat) 9 a.m. Rhio (Pontianak) 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi (Mersing) .9 a.m. Kukup (Mont; CtMaacJ ..9 a.m. North, N.-East N.-West Sumatra (Op ten Noort) 9 am. Karimon (Bee Seh) 9 a.m. Rhio, Java,
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  • 45 8 r>'Artmrn»r ~hristim»n Huygtni Zort u ni'npofrt Cont« Romo i*o«lai] Bra* L.ft Anl g'tort Loadoa Oct. M Not. II O>-t it Mov 14 Not. 26 Dae. II Not. 2S Dec U D«c. 2 Dec tS Ore. IK Jan. 4 Dec. 2'J Jan. 23
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  • 27 8 From Holland bf Tosari dut at Singapore tomorrow morning. Fiom China and Japan by Kumscng due at Singapore I a.m. on Tuesday, the •'Jlst instant.
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  • 23 8 The Afr Mail Karachi— lx>mlon despatched by i.s. Kuhna on Sth January was delivered in London on 27th January (22 days).
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 678 8 MINING REPORT NO. 463. THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOKS, THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, S.S. C^ntleman, -I beg to forward the report f ,ui h n sSfcTSSr 1 for the four v <^ Total «20H ft. The tonnage mined and crushed for th* i >«vg satisfactory profit. The
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 118 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. m fmday. January 28. "Foolish Virgins" at Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Malayan Rugby Union dinner at Raffles Hotel. Hari Raya Puasa. Annual dinner of British Medujil Assn. Raffles Hotel. Bank Holiday Monday. January .10. Municipal Commissioners Meeting. 2.1, r p.m. Tuesday. January 31. Dot's Revue at
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1729 9 VIEWS OF COMMITTEE AND MANAGERS. Time Not Opportune For Change In Control. In a report drawn up by representatives of the Committee for General Purposes and of the Trustees and Manege r.s of the Stock Exchange the view is ex- 1 pressed that the time is
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    • 483 9 Fifty-one Millions Fictitious. •r- Stockholm, Jan. 9. Kit-it iou« profit!) totalling £51.500,000 were declared by the five chief Kreuger companies since their foundation, according to the final report of Messrs. Price \Vate:housi- and Co. issued today. The five companies in which all the Krouger operations originated Jan.
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    • 107 9 Dacoits Who Were Seen By Goatherd. Bankura, Jan. 1 1 Four dacollx were captured by villagers and the remaining memb?rs of the pans, 20 in number. Km rounded up by the police. J'ii'oits broke into the housu <>f Kartie Chandra Bid at Kadamhvria village and escaped with
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    • 99 9 Merchant Of Venice Banned From Schools The Merchant of Venice has h«?en struck*out of the English course of 'the public schools of West New York, New Jersey, directly across the Hudson from New York City, on the protest of Rabbi EmanueJ Lifschitz that the play accentuates hatred towards
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    • 501 9 Manufacturers Resist Lq# Offers. BETTER LABOUR OUTLOOK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, Dec. 28. A quieter state of affairs has prevailed in -the market during the week. This development has been doe to the intervention of the Christmas holidays for business on the Manchester Royal Exchange was
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    • 136 9 Woolworth'g Profit Of £4,477^85. WDolworths, Limited, the Britiih company which operates the well-known stores in Great Britain, earned a profit during the year ended Dec. 31 of £4,477,88." after charging all expenses, including depreciation, but without allowing for taxation. Provision for the latter item requires 1943,828. The
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    • 126 9 Ashanti Goldftelds' Distribution. The. directors of the Ashanti Goldtields Corporation, Ltd., have declared a final dividend of 25 par cent., which will m 4 fee a tota) of 75 per cent, for the year fnded Sept. la addition, the directors recommend a bonus of 2*. per share
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    • 178 9 Le\yi» and Peat in their report datwl Singapore, Jan. 26, state With the approach of the Chinese New Year holidays, the market hat been quiet with a slightly steadier tendency after the recent decline. New York has been a disappointing market, but more support has been received fiom
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 602 9 BANKING, NEDERLANDSCH. INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N.V. Established 18(3 at Amsterdam Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Faid up Capital Glds. 65,000.000 BeMrres Glds. 24.1U0.324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BKAMH OFFICES: THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. Batavia: Head office for Dutch East larjies. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeng. Cheribon, Gorontalo, Makassar, Medan, Menado,
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    • 260 9 BANKING, NEDERLANDSCHE fIANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS The National Provincial Bank,
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  • 123 10 Singapore. Al HAMBRA.- Pack Up Your Troubles with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 6.15—9.16. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.- Baroud with Rex Ingram 6.15—9.15. Phone 6261-2. GREAT WORLD.— Buster Keaton in Parlour, Bedroom and Bath. Pasar Malam. Sideshows. MARLBOROUGH.— The Pearl Necklace (Chinese Talkie). 7.— 9.30 p.m. Nkw WOKLU. -did« ooute.,
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  • 964 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1933. BLACKMAIL Mr. Henry Ford is a very remarkable man. That is a trite remark for which we offer no apology. But there are Uiosu who rej»ar'l Mr. Kuril M rcmarkabl? only in so far as his jrroat success as an industrialist is
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  • 173 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hall are returning to Singapore by the Corfu. Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Jack are returning to Malaya by the Corfu. Mrs. Strickland, the wife of Mr. G. F. Strickland, is a passenger to Singapore by the Corfu. The Hon. Mr. A. S.
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  • 1625 10 What It Is and How To Deal with It. (By Dr. Jean Guy.) Thr writer of the feUowmg intirlc, who in a irtll-him,. ,1 American Mttopotk, mainluins that arrested circulation leads to abnormal condition* in the botly. The treatment, he says, should be to restore and
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  • 822 10 PAR AVION! Today's issue of the Tost Office Daily List contains the two following items which we reproduce without comment: The airmail Karachi- London, dispatched by s.s. Rohna on ">th January, wu delivered in London on -7th January (tl days). Delivery of mails in London. Dispalili
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 167 10 wJ GOWNS T^HIS season it is of especial importance j that Gowns be made by M a House of repute. I J i The fashions of the moment 11] 1 1 <* r e only really smart when /if I n ey are a^ y carried out. I /I LITTLES
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    • 90 10 THE ROBINSON PIANO Company, Limited. Collyer Qnay, Singapore. /r'Graphophone The First and Last Word in Home Entertainment for a Quarter of a Century. IBSBm'S^2!2K' A 3 Valve all Electric Gramophone for $250. Fnll particulars sent with pleasure. The Robinson Piano Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. (Incorporated In Hone Koaf) A. FLINTER 6,
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  • 258 11 CLEAR MAJORITY ASSURED. Anxious Speculation In Ireland. PARTITION QUESTION. A Tendency Towards Caution. The lalesl (inures of the Irish Free Slate indicate thai Mr. de Valrra will have a small majority nvr all ether parlies. Kesiilts outstanding are not expected In affect the issiie.
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  • 155 11 State of Emergency Declared. Moscow, Jan. 2">. A state of emergency has been proclaimed in the Northern Caucasus under the guise of an extraordinary commission foi the sprinsr lowing campaign eonateting of six well-tried patty comrades from whose decisions there is no appeal whaievcr. The commission is
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  • 121 11 French Government Facing Defeat. Paris, -lan. Tlu' Chamber sat all night to di w i the Finance Hill and is ready at any moment for the defeat oi' the Government, the outlook for whi -h is blink. The Radicals forming the right winir iind the Socialists forming the
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  • 103 11 May Succeed Von Schlcicher As Chancellor. Berlin, Jan. The former Governor of th«- Roichslank. Dr. Schacht. is again prominently mentioned as a likely successor to Chancellor von Si'hleicher in connection with the present negotiations for the formation of a government. I'.erlin Rumours. Berlin, Jan. 25. Persistent rumours that
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  • 229 11 East Asiatic Co.'s I^oss In Hamburg. Hamburg, Jan. 2.". Fire brefce out ea the Kast AsiatiCo.'s motor ship Alsia today upon her let mil from the Far Fast with a vnlu- able cargo of rubber, copra and i.ilk. The city's antire fire fight injr forces were
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  • 72 11 Extradition Appeal Rejected. Chicago, Jan. 27. The I'nited States circuit court rejected Jacob Factor's appeal against extradition to England. Reuicr. Jacob Factor, otherwise known as Jack the Barker," is wanted in Great Britain on charges of having swindled many wealthy Britons of sums amounting to more than $500,000.
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  • 77 11 Coup Which Was Too Premature. Prague, Jan. 25. General Gajda, of the Fascist League. and his chief lieutenants have been indicted for hijjjh treason in connection with the abortive putsch at Bruenn on Sunday. 1 1 i stated that investigation revealed I that Gajda took an active part
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  • 76 11 Skating General Throughout Britain. Mm by, 7a« In commoi vith the greater part <>! the European continent, the frosi main- ms its severity in Britain aiM prasi are dr ts continuance. Skating is general in Root parts of the count ty, mii tiding the outskirts of Lotrlon. In
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  • 44 11 Decreased Shipping Last Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Jan. 2G. Accnlinr to tlie Bataviaasch Nieuwsbliul. 2.2.:h ships with a gross tonnage of 2&JOWJ&I called at Tandjong Priok last year. In 19.'!1 there were 2,566 vessels wilii a glflH tonnage of 28,762,937.
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  • 50 11 Town Of Paknam Suffers Badly. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 28. The town of Paknam, at the mouth of the Menam River, has suffered badly in a huge fire. No lives were lost, but over 500 houses were destroyed. The damage is estimated at over ticals ,1,000,000.
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  • 37 11 British Ambassador To Return To London. Washington, Jan. 28. The British Ambassador will proceed i la London on Feb. 19 to discuss the forth1 coming negotiations on War debts and nt her economic juestions. Reuter.
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  • 180 11 Education Ordinance. "NO CO-OPERATION." POLICY. (Fran Our Oivn Correspondent.) Medan, Jan. 2fi. There i- growing opposition to the n- Ordinance dealing with non-(iovem- and the outlook is ominou*. i It a doctrine fn d, and H is said that Hrn ciations, which hitherto have friendly relations
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  • 165 11 No Cuts Says Navy Minister. Paris, Jan. 25. The Government is credited with the intention of seeking an exit from the Budget crisis by postponing the Chamber's debate on financial bills until the spring and meanwhile requesting ParliaI ment to authorise it to effect those econrmies on which
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  • 111 11 Noted Opera Singer To Tour Russia. New York, Dec It The famous opera singer, Emma Reddell, has left fnr Russia for a big concert tour. On the eve of her departure aha gave a farewell concert here j under the. auspices of the Society of Frien' l of
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  • 95 11 Much Activity Expected In Britain. Rugby, Jan. -C>. Thr Labour Gazette reveals that tho value of new building, including house* approved in 140 towns in Britain in the last three months of 1932, was £19,01 r.,000. This figure compared with £13,000,000 for the corresponding neriod of the
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  • 65 11 Large Entry At Bangkok Show. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 27. The annual show of the Society for the Promotion of Animal Welfare opened today. The entries are more numerous than last year, and the standard ol quality is higher. There are classes for horses, cattle, dogs,
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  • 41 11 Berlin, Jan. 25. The number of German unemployed is verging closely on the 6,000,000 mark. The official returns of Jan. 15 given a total of 5,966,000, which is over 100,000 increase since the beginning of the I month. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 554 11 Sir J. Simon's Reply. WHY ARTICLE 15 WAS INVOKED. Rugby, Jan. 20. Before the League Council at Gcnovn this afternoon, Sir John Simon presented the British case in the dispute with Persia arising out of the lattcr's cancellation of j the contract with the Anglo-Persian Oil
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  • 80 11 Canada Extends It To End of Year. Ottawa, Jan. 27. The gold embargo has been extended until the end of the year. Ruuter. Bank Of France Reserve. Paris, Jan. 27. The Governor of the Bank of Franco, reviewing the year's operations, said tjhat whereas the bank's gold reserve
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  • 81 11 Anti-French Propaganda In Russia. Paris, Jan. 25. The well-known French, author, Henri Gilbeaux, who recently voluntarily returned to France after long residence in Russia and Germany, on Tuesday faced charges of high treason by having conducted abroad anti-Franch propaganda and by having ill-treated or allowed to be ill-treated
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  • 29 11 Rugby, Jan. 26. The condition of the eminent novelist, Mr. John Galsworthy, who for some j days has been gravely ill, shows no im- provement. British Wireless.
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  • 96 11 No Secret Alliance With China. Moscow, Jan. 27. It is understood that Soviet Circles are increasingly resentful regarding Japanese policy" on account of frequent allegations of the Soviet forming a secret alliance with China against Japan. Well informed quarters declare that Japan is persisting in this
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  • 77 11 Police Use Tear Gas Bombs And Rifles. Bucharest, Jan. 25. Tear gas bombs and small arms were employed by the police in dispersing anti-Jewish demonstrations headed by the students who tried to invade the Carol Park and affix a cross on the monument of the Unknow.i Soldier.
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  • 37 11 Chief Accountant Acquitted. Stockholm, Jan. 2". Henning, the chief accountant of th° Kreuger and .Toll Company, who was arrested last May. has been acquitted on charges in connection with irregularities in the company's accounts. Reuter.
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  • 76 11 Servant Charged With Murder In Batavia. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Jan. 26. The Appeal Court, Batavia, passed sentence of death on Abdul Gani bin Bagong, a house servant, who was convicted of the murder of his employer, Mrs. Rijkhof. Sentence of life imprisonment was passed by the
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  • 82 11 Position Being Well Maintained At Home. Rugliy, Jan. ?6. Returns 1 elating to the retail trade prepared by the Incorporated Association of Retail Distributor* and the Bank of Kngland show that the money value of sales in December wan only 0.7 Mr cent, below that of December, IMI,
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  • 71 11 Japanese Enterprise In D.E.I. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Jan. M. The Java Bode, in further articles oa the Japanese copper mines at Solokarta, points out that production costs alonu equal the world quotation for copper excluding freight. It is clear, the paper says, that Japan desires to
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  • 65 11 Vessels Caught In Baltic Ice Floes. Berlin, Jan. 2~*. Aeroplanes have been called into service to carry food to islands isolated from the mainland by huge ice barriers and steamers of all nations caught in the Baltic ice floes by the intense cold. Other aeroplanes are being used
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  • 40 11 Prince Lennart of Sweden And The Radio. Stockholm, Jan. 25. Prince Lennart, who renounced hi* Royal status on his manage with commoner, is a candidate for the post of anncuncer to the Radio Diffusion Co., of Sweden. Ar.eta-Havas.
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  • 941 11 League to Investigate Rumours. EMPHATIC DENIALS. What Is Happening In Marianne Islands London, Jan. -4. The correspondent of the Daily Herald at Geneva states that the Council will investigate the rumours crediting Japan with constructing secret submarine bases in the Pacific this week. The Hetald adds: "The
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  • 1873 12 LOCAL DOCTORS RETRENCHMENT. Too Great a Burden Being Thrown on Them. B.M.A. MEETING. "THE CALAMITY OF SICKNESS." 'While the medical profession has shared with oihe-rs the grievous conMMMM of the economic blizzard. >et there is a tendency here, as well as elsewhere, to throw too great a burden M retrenchment
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  • 63 12 A popular re;ord' during the last siv months at Saigon. Hong Koni? and Shanghai is behind Layne and Marie Maye. speciality dancers, who have arrived in Singapore to fill an engagement at the Sn View Hotel commencing tonight. Before coming to the Far East these listen toured
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  • 187 12 "Self-Defence." TROUBLE WITH ENGINE ROOM STAFF. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. ?.7. A Chinese member of the crew of the s.s. Mabella was shot by the captain during a disturbance on board while the ship was lying at Pott Swettenham on Wednesday night. It
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  • 71 12 Malays' Alleged Theft Of Rubber Sheets. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 27. Two Malays were charged before Mr. Clegg, the Seremban magistrate, with I having been found in possession of rubber reasonably suspected to have been stolen. Inspector Wong Sze Kirn stated that rubber sheets weighing
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  • 82 12 Narrow Escapes In Shophouse. Serious damage was done to one of a row of shophousos in Lorong 203, East Coast Road, yesterday evening when"* a' huge coconut tree at the back of the houses collapsed, breaking numerous tiles.- Fortunately the beams broke the fall of the tree, but
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  • 55 12 Conviction For Rash Driving Set Aside. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sercmban, Jan. 27. Before Mr. Justice Mills in the Supreme Court today, Yau Pun appealled against the conviction anrl fine of $50 imposed by the lower court for rash and negligent driving. His lordship allowed the appeal, and
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  • 66 12 Death Follows Operation At Hospital. The death took place at the General Hospital yesterday morning of Mr. M. Mohsin Namazie, a cousin to the late i\v. M. A. Namazie. The deceased, who had been ill for about a week, died ftllowing an operation to the ear.
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  • 573 12 "Statesman" Editor And "Natural Circumstances." The first df the Royal Empire Society luncheons to be held in the New Year, in London with Sir Archibald Weigall, K.C.M.G., chairman of council, presiding, was notable for the address given by Sir Alfred Watson, Editor of "The Statesman," Calcutta, on
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  • 153 12 Bombay, Jan. 12, Miss Prembai Borker, aged 27, a doctor attached to the Kesarbai Charitable Dispensary in Old Hanuman Lane, was slabbed this afternoon on Kalbadevi Road It is stated that Miss Prembai had for some months been the object of unwelcome attention by a stranger. Yesterday morning
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  • 214 12 Britain Circulates New Document. Geneva, Jan. 27. Great Britain has circulated a mom: the great Powers a new document regarding disarmament based on various plans submitted to the conference and resolutions adopted by the five Towers on Dec. l'J. The document contains no new plan. It is
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  • 209 12 First Phongyis To Fly. The Shwegyin fhathanabaing Si;yadaw, Si.-hin Sayadaw U Kawthank. U Konnala of Toungoo and Mjj Bo Mr (a disciple) who left Rangoon on Dec. 22 in connection with the consociation of the Them at Bangkok a, rived back by the French air mail Diane. TTiere
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  • 197 12 75 London Buses Now Fitted. A full-scale experiment i.- now being conducted by the London General Omnibus Company with the Wilson selfchanging gear-box as fitted to London omnibuses. Seventy-five vehicles haveboon stT fitted, fifty of them having been added during the past year, and it is Imped that
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  • 159 12 Wife Dies Three Hours After Him Professor John Glaister, the famous pathologist and medical crime expert, of Glasgow University, and his wife died within three hours of each other at Glasgow. Professor and Mrs. Glaister, who had been married for 64 years, were taken ill with influenza and
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  • 499 12 A WELL-BALANCED MEAL Medical Menu. WHAT B.M.A. MEMBERS WILL EAT TONIGHT. This is the menu which the member! of the Malaya breach of the British Me.lical Asaooia&on hi for their ;vinua! dimer ;i Raffltl Hotel tonight: Grape Fruit (ilacc s»U Mai as«|Uin. Consomme Double Madrilen-.-. Filet A I Uaffles. Vol
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    • 88 12 Qo soothe away jB vl, Jatigne gm Pour a little into your batn and -what a difference! Ordinary gff -^Be,. water become* soothingly soft M—\ O^J and subtly scented -the bath mm it^K^H become* an exhilarating and f^m mm\ m. W refreshing treat such a> you m W M have
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  • Today's Rugby Match—Season Reviewed.—Latest Tennis Results.
    • 1286 13 Tennis at S.C.C. BRILLIANT PLAY BY NEWCOMER. After a blank day on Tln-ivday a star. \va made in the Chint.se N.w ear Open Invi.a'.ion Lawn T nnis Toil name.it ai t.u 1 S.i yesterday at noon, an. i play was poniUe ut.til just Bfter ti.'JO. Al
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    • 1247 13 Shortage of Halves. ROBUST AND DASHING FORWARDS. (By Ou:- Rugby Correspondent.)' Today's match at the Stadium bet-w.-en represSBtethra teams from North and South Malaya should provide a fitti:i^ end to a strenuous and highly interesting season's fc^tball. The I act that nearly ever.- State has bee.-i seriously
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  • 477 13 Two Collapses. HAMMOND AND VERITY ALMOST IN PLAYABLE. Sydney. .lan. 27. Sensational cricket marked the se-o.d duy's play in the match between :lie M.C.C. tourists and N m Sooth W here today. While N.S.W. lost the > five remaining wickets this morning for the addition of only
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  • 113 13 Colony vs. F.M.S. The follow iiiK SM the teams for the Oslsnj vs. I.M.S. hockey match at Kuala Lumpur lodav X.M.S.— I". Kmmanuel (N.S.); 11. 1). Jans/ (Ik.) and W. .1. Thomas (Sel): A. Khan (Ik). <). llovil (Hal rant) and <;. O. Lalirooy (Sel.) H. Koelmeyer (S»l). H.
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  • 94 13 McGrath's Remarkable Display. London, -lan. In the quarter finals of the Aiistra'uri tenniv championships here today 'he Australian prodigy. Vivian McGrath, created a sensation f>y defeating Klisworth Vines, the I'.S.A. ami Wimbledon champion. B—2, 2 6, B 8, T McGrath played die gi oateil his career,
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  • 168 13 Cockney Morris To Meet Kills. An interesting boxing promotion will take place at the New World tonight when the principal fif*ht will be between Cockney Morris of the Wiltshire Regiment and U/Bdr. Ellis of the U.A. While Bill* i- the better known bomr of the two bavins appeared
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  • 256 13 T' -'i\. .InniK'rv L's. Kuirljy: North vs. South, Anson R<l.| Stadium; South Johore vs. Raffles r ,llece. Johore. Tennis: S.C.C. Chinese New Year Open Tournament. Third Day, S.C.C. Hockey: F.M.S. vs. Colony Kuala Lumpur: 0 R A. vs. CSC. R.I. K rd. Taipinu Amateur Race*, Second Day. Golf:
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  • 121 13 North vs. South. The following are the teams for the annual North vs. South Rugby match at the Anson Road Stadium today North.— T. G. Scott: W. H. P. Ager, I. B. I'erkins. C. R. McArthur, R. I Markham; M. Reed, C. F. SyminjTlon; T. B. M. Lewis, C.
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  • 402 13 S.R.C. Team Defeated By Raffles College. S.R.c. .0; Raffles College .1.1 Weak forward p!av was resnon«iblc for I the defeat of the S.R.C by Raffles College yesterday. Only one goal decided the issue but the S.R.C. were fortunate not to be further behind. The Club's main
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  • 1923 13 Grand National Entries. GOLDEN MILLER FOR CHELTENHAM (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Timks Office, Fleet Street, Jan. 10. The National Hunt Committee have no reason to be proud of the fare they have submitted to their patrons this week. Following fourteen runners for four races at
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    • 38 13 HisMasfeifc \4>ice" GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS are still the best means of giving the finest home entertainment. you can have music BJthat you like and E llat any time you WANT IT. "MoUTRlE'S"<^3f^ "H.M.V." Specialists. RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. 1^
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    • 24 13 tyts UPW4JRI) Mw ,Jp> TAKINCVCUr f^l classes r With opo/ogies to the Sergt- Major FRASER6 HEAVE L D PRODUCfPS Of PURITY //v MINERAL WATERS
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  • Sporting News.
    • 98 14 Competition for Watson Cup. The following are <he entries for the Wataon Cup golf competition to be competed for by members of the British Medical Association today at Bukit Timah: Dr. Allen (11) and Major [layman (IS). Dr. Strahan (12) md Dr. Boyd (15). Dr. English (5) a
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    • 339 14 One* Winning Ticket 6n Double Tote. (From Our Own Ci vre»ponde,nt.) Taiping, Jan. 28. The first day of the Taiping Amateur races, though poorly patronised, paid the punters well. The weather was good with a light occasional drizzle. Results: Race 1. Polo Pony Race, abt. 2 furs.,
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    • 257 14 Cup Ties and League Games Today. The following matches will be played in the fourth round cf the English F.A. Cup competition today: Luton Town vs. Tottenham H. Tranmere R. vs. Leeds United. Aston Villa vs. Sunderland. Everton vs. Bury. Southc-nd Utd. vs. D*»rby County. AJdershot vs. Millwall.
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    • 68 14 Starts New Year With A Century. (Frem Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala- Lanipur, Jan. 27. In his first innings of the New Year, I. all Singh made a century yesterday, scoring 117 in a match between members of the Selangor Indian Association. Lall Singh, it will be remembered, was
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    • 6 14 Other Sporting News Appears On page
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    • 219 14 1 1 5> > oo l fflP ore I TAM TAM CLOCKS 4 4 Westminster Chiming Clocks, EUsJI Tarn am arms yk;^ -c**- Rustproof nickel platel eases, inSL-. IMUfllj steady and intermittent alarms, y/V^^^V tMB&J^^PJM 'i J accurate and most reliable. jfir S^\ nBkV jwKHHI Medium size, plain dial Sl.2'>
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  • 515 15 JOLLIER COLOURS FOR SPRING WEAR, THIS t YEAR. LONDON ;a i bcTosaiaf the world* 1 hi i dressed capital Then It an air i.f mil ly :!.nl optimism here lh.il is los (.tixiiins ni the il'ii'r ion-ridden citle* nf I'ai and New York. Fitting in with thai -i>iiit
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  • 219 15 Stuffed Cucumbers 2 cucumbers cayenne ."5 medium-sized onions salt 1 pint white stock yolks 2 'eggs grated nutmeg These ingredients are enough to make a dish for (.'ijrht persons. Pare and slice the cucumbers, take out the seeds, and cut the onions into slices; put these both into a
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  • 428 15 Modern Women Achieve Remarkable Distinctions. BY OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT. London, Dec. 28. AMY Johnson's record-breaking flight to and fr om (ape Town has been set (town as the most outstanding of women's acHi"\ements (luring 1932. But a number of other masculine •iirholds opened their doors to feminine
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  • Article, Illustration
    49 15 A Neat Suit A Way with the Collarles* Coat. Here is a neat suit in acorn brown wool, the jacket oiillarless, but having revere and rap* epaulettes. A niggerbrown and beige spotted foulard scarf (fives a pretty finish to the neck-line, and matches the trimming on the beige hat.
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  • 211 15 RISKS RUN BY < WOMEN WORKERS. YOUNG wives are healthier than business women, declares Sir James Crichtpn-Browne, the famous Victorian physician who, at 92 years of ago, gives this advice to young girls: Marry young. Sir James was attempting to explain the increase in tuberculosis deaths among
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  • 180 15 FV.ODS this week will be filled with sale goods and bargain-hunters, (writes London Gossip). The goods, with prices marked, are displayed in the windows and on the counters, and the hunters form queues waiting for the opening of the stores. They are prepared to wrestle
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    30 15 TECHNIQUE OF MARRIAGE miss Mary Horden. the novelist, addressed the Trinity Literary Smkty, GlM|*w on the above subject. Picture shows Miss Borden (left) with the Kov. (Mi^s) Vera M. Findlay.
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  • 460 15 AND A SQUARE MEAL. TWO women have just arrived for a look I down on London. One is Sit. fiin. tall but the other is smaller only "ft. 4in. Mr. Bertram Mills' annual circus brought them to town. Btunhil<!e van Druyser, the tall (ire weighs 3651 b.
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  • 126 15 A WIDOW of TC, who has travelled more than 500,000 ntttes, has just left for her BSrd 'Tossing of ihe Atlantic O li. She is Mrf. Ella G. all nson and the lias spent 52 years in learning aro i:nl ilir world. Her home is in
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    • 309 15 "My Fat^Shall Go w Say That Toiiay— Then Do This You know that it can (ro, because people all 1 Listen also to the warnings against about you have reduced. In thepaat i«* 5 starvation and over-exercise. Tight fat years, excess fat has been disappearing as modern doctors tight it
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  • 6328 16 X I Are Public Schools "Whitened Pillars Of Warning"? SOME PRINCIPLES OF TECHNOCRACY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office. Fleet Street, Jan. 10. If the fvmtß of its fir?t wtek prove a fair sample of what 198.* has in store for us. life is going to
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    • 71 16 Buy your OIL BY THE MILE NOT BY THE QUART SPECIFY THE FITTING OF WellworthY Slotted Oil Control Rings in your car and note the marked decrease in oil consumption. lour figure oil mileage per gallon is the rule and not the exception with engines equipped with WELLWORTHY. WELLWORTHY OF
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    • 452 16 THE CAMERA that amazes the photographic world i ,i^b^- *^>ri Tn§ Hew ImproTtd I l!S*"S*f"^l Automatic I P>l Rolleiflex II Her* is a camera 'V r* f«nS3XiJ that th serious Ifaa l'r^*' Rollciflcx slung h3 (PH 'JnV elusive subjects can |Li\l if' vMlmm| k b* photographed at ra4rT J Uc^K^^fißl
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  • 3143 17 Council Reflections— Who Reads These Reports Suggested Reforms The Restriction Debate What Five-Cent Rubber Means^Facing The Slump In The F.M.S. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) AFTEK ivery meeting of the Federal Cipuncil thaw whose business it is to chronicle the proceedings of this body
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  • 46 17 HAVE YOU SEEN IT you have not yet mm th* Singapore Daily Newe, writs tn for a tpecimen copy. You will bs supplied with one willingly, because token you have seen what a morning newspaper tkoMd be, you will not kftitaU to bicome m regular smbHtibtT,
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  • 356 17 Scales Cheaper Than Fingers A striking plan for weighing out instead of counting, the money paid to the unemployed ts to lie put into practice by the Ministry of Labour. The silver and copper coins allotted to the recipients, either as unemployment insurance benefit or
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  • 218 17 Ceylon Ministry's Plans For Cattle-Breeding. It is understood that an Officer of the Veterinary Dttmrtmeht, Mr. T. J. Mahamooth, has been sent to England under the Ceylon Agricultural Department'Scholarship Setwne, for training as a Veterinary Snrsreon. It Is now propossd to send another Officer of the Veterinary Department
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  • 114 17 Protest Against Caste Discrimination. Bombay, Jan. 13. The Bombay Municipal Corporation has referred to its Law Procedure Committee the matter raised in a resolution which urged that all restaurants and hotels in the city should be thrown ope:> to all persons, irrespective of caste or creed, and that
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    • 57 17 TALKIE ENTERTAINMENT IN KUALA LUMPUR PRINCE'S THEATRE (PHONE 2750.) 4 nights commencing TOMORROW I JOHN BARRYMORE 'THE MAD GENIUS" with MARIAN MARSH The dramatic masterpiece of the year! A story no producer has ever yet dared screen! :t night* commencing THURSDAY, FEB. 2nd.' THE FOUR MARX BROTHERS HORSE FEATHERS The
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    • 362 17 At the COLISEUM THEATRE ('PHONE 2578.) 3 nifhts commencing TOMORROW GEORGE O'BRIEN "THE GOLDEN WEST 1 An epic drama of the winning of the West! I nights commencing WEDNESDAY, FEB. Ist. BEBE DANIELS "MY PAST" It will linger in the mind* of those who see it like remembered music! S
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  • 317 18 Six Killed in Two-Hour Encounter. A message from Ratlam says that in a fierce two-hour encounter between Ratlam State forces and a gang of dacoits, six people were killed and m number injured! Two State soldiers and two policemen were among those killed. Following two cases of
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  • 57 18 Mr. L. O. Morgan, of Oaborne and Chappel, Ipoh, is being transferred to I'etaling Tin, Ltd., Petaling, Selangor, at the end of this month. Mr. R. B. Ford, of Messrs. Boustcad and Co., Ipoh, and Mrs. Ford, are going home on leave by the Boringia, Mr. Oldham has arrived in
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  • 107 18 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Cazette of Jan. 26: Mr. T. P. F. McNiece, M.C.S., to act as Protector of Chinese, Negri Sembilan Mr. B. S. Davies, M.C.S., to act as Assistant Protector of Chinese, Perak; Fnche Kamarudjn bin Omar to act as Assistant District Officer, Krian;
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  • 324 18 Expansion to Cost £1,750,000. The Lancashire Steel Corporation has acquired the well-known firm of Whitecross Company of Warrington. This latter company manufactures all kinds of wire products, and produces a similar class of finished goods as Rylands Brothers, which is one of the constituent companies of
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  • 56 18 The death took place at Lausanne on Jan. 1 from pneumonia of Mr. J. A. Swift, formerly State Engineer, Negri Sembilan. He came to Malaya in 19P4 and retired a year or two ago. He wa.54 years of age. He and Mrs. .Swift ware formerly wellknown in Kuala Lumpur, where
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  • 429 18 Tricks by Professor Rankine. •"Now I shall drink the sea." The professor did, an. I before the end of the lecture he was drawing < iroh from a dulcimer by stroking it with solid alcohol and soda water fizz. Joyfully children and their parents brushed aside
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  • 35 18 The wedding of Jl'ss Beatrice Buckley. headmistress of Tranq::e ah BngUih School, and Mr. Lan Ross, of the Banckok branch of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.. Ltd., will take place in Malacca on Saturday, Fcj. I.
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  • 402 18 Stupid Children Only Tired. It is ii i t <■ Wrong t«> lr.aki 1 a small boy play niiki't <m a tt-yard pitch," said Bir Henry lladow, ;ho educationist, delivering the- inaugural lecture to tluWindr School for Health Visitors and I School NnrsM at (he Bedford College I
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  • 32 18 Leave prior to retirement has been granted to Mr. V. C. K. Buckell, Engineer, Post and Telegraphs, Captain V. Watkins, Superintendent, Trade and Customs, and Mr. E. Seimund, Technical Assistant, Selangor Museum.
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  • 369 19 Men Who Memorise Time-Tables. Professional "memory men" have a rival in the new Railway Commissionaire wlio has begun his duties at Euston Station. The Commissionaire is a walking Inquiry Office. He can recite large portions of the LJK.S. time-table, with the appropriate footnotes and appendices. He
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  • Correspondence.
    • 644 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times, Sir, In the annual report of the Educr.tion Department for the year 1931, the acting Director of Education, Mr. r J. Morten, after reviewing the history of education in Malaya in till the year IM9 a^id explaining why *he Government ap
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  • 32 19 British equipment has been ordered jointly for five new cotton mills to be constructed at Ahmedabad, which was previously the centre for the boycott of British goods engineered by Congress.
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  • 421 19 Harbin Bandit Crime Recalled. Two sail Uttle girls stepped ashore to the security of Knjrluml from a liner which had brought them home from the nightmare of Manchuria. They were Audrey and Sheila Woodruff, whose mother, Mrs. C. T. Woodruff, the wife of the chief accountant
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  • 140 19 Why His Client's Hair A Came Out. «4 A Parisian lady who recently paid an expensive visit to her hairdresser in honour of her daughter's wedding was horrified to discover on the morning of the event that her hair was coming out. By midday the situation was so
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  • 95 19 The Easiest Way To Get About The Continent." i Mr. Justice Swift, dealing at the Law Courts with applications to revoke naturalisation certificates, stated that while engaged in such business he had come across many cases in which the possession of a British passport was so valued that
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  • 84 19 CRIMINALS BALDNESS. The worst type of habitual criminal is generally bald, according to Dr. Kinzo Saxa, of the Fukuoka I'rison, Tokio, who has just completed an extensive study of LSSI criminals occupying 10 years. In the course of that work he found nine typical habitual criminals. They hail from 16
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 221 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle 1w w r ii 5 1° fml*ri" i" i o i+ is mz ''IP 5 p55p 55 IP 5 n i m in 55 *p M p^fi— l m M (CLUES.) ACROSS* t7. Ro^a in 25. Shelter I.nnky Beers K. Intrigue Poisonous serpent IS. Cripple 2*. Lintel
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  • 37 20 Strange Visitors To Singapore. LATEST giant of the I Iron Road at St. Lazare station, Paris. It will haul trains between the I French capital and Channel ports. (Planet News.)
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    21 20 LORD HOWARD MONTAGU who was arrested in America for overstaying his leave after giving evidence at the Wanderwelt inquest. (Planet News.)
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    49 20 t A GOLDEN EAGLE Captain C. W. R. Knight, the famous ornithologist, left England with his live golden eagle for America where he will give demonstrations of the ancient sport of hawking. The picture shows Captain Knight and his bird at Waterloo Station prior to their departure. (Planet News.)
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    16 20 SIR THOMAS HORDER, the Prime Minister's medical adviser, who has been made a baron. (Planet News.)
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    21 20 TIBETIAN oeddlars. These itinerant traders who wander all over tropical Asia, are now to bt> mm in the streets of Singapore.
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    22 20 AT DULWICH A line of competitor* at the Dnlwich Covered Court* Club, London, before the junior tennis championships were contested. (Planet New*.)
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    14 20 MR. OMMGI KEELY. retires aft*r 51) yoara at Shipwrights, the fanvjus hairdressers. (I'lanet News.)
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    17 20 NOW A BARONET. MR. LAN MACPHERSON, M.P., who was honoured in the New Year list. (Planet News.)
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