The Straits Times, 5 August 1934

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  • 36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 137. Sunday, August sth., 1984. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 137. Sunday, August sth., 1934. Pries 10 cents.
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  • 319 1 NEAR THE GREAT WALL FRICTION OVER TROOPS' MANOEUVRES GATHERING OF WARSHIPS TWO clashes have occurred between British and Japanese forces in the Luantung region, according to a Sin Chew Jit Poh message from Shanghai^ rh nwangtao> where British and Japanese bluejackets came to blows. The other
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  • 394 1 BUT DANGER TO FOOCHOW DISCOUNTED Hong Kong. Saturdaj. A military plane, after making an observation flight over the region north-west of Foochow, returned to the Fukien capital last night and reported 1 that the Communist counter-offensive apparently had spent itself and the Reds were showing signs
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  • 337 1 MARCUS COUPLE WED AT THE CATHEDRAL WHE culmination of the glamorous romance between two members of the Marcus Show was witnessed in St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Eldin Fletcher Rlckel. of Kansas, whose theatrical name is Lee Mason, was married to Miss Ella Letenyei, of
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  • 214 1 "PUNISH LA WLESS TRIBE Nairobi (Kenya). ]L|R- Alexander Semini, aged 42. Maltese farmer, has died from wounds he received when seven Lutnewa tribesmen attacked his bungalow on June 15. Blood poisoning had set in. But before his death great indignation had been aroused at the natives assaulting his young wife—
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  • 45 1 London, Saturday. The rubber market was closed. SILVER. Spot 20 11/lfid. Two months 29 13 lfid. CROSS RATE. London-New York, s.M'_ New York-London, 5.M,-. (Rate as supplied by the London office of the National City Bank of New York applies to Friday's close.)
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  • 29 1 SINGAPORE'S CUP FINAL E. A. JOY, captain of the Singapore football team which beat Penang in the Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Full report in Page 17.
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  • 142 1 Shares To Penang, Malacca And Singapore In The Sunday Times Picture Puzzle Competition No. 12 three entrants succeeded In giving the correct titles to all ten pictures, and in accordance with the terms of the competition the fortunate three share the prize of $500. The correct solutions were
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  • 121 1 VAIN SEARCH OF PALACES •THE will of President Hindenburg, who died at Neudeck on Thursday, cannot be found. This is the astonishing story, says Reuter. that was circulating in Berlin yesterday. The document may have contained important pronouncements on political trends in Germany. It is officially stated
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  • 25 1 9 Mr Tsunando Ohara, of the Japanese Scientific Research Laboratory, claims to have invented a remarkable aerial fish -torpedo fired by means of a rocket.
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  • 158 1 FIFTEEN MALAYS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. I understand that at a meeting of the Malayan Football Association thi*| morning it was decided that the Malay; players should be reinstated on Aug. 15. i At a meeting of the Council nf the Singapore Amateur Football
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  • 1509 1 LOANS FOR FESTIVALS NOT WANTED Co-Operators* Decision A RESOLUTION deploring the granting of advances of salary prior to festivals was carried at the fifth AllMalayan Urban Co-operative Conference which opened in Singapore yesterday. The grounds for this decision wera that this practice encouraged extra- vagance at such events, for which
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    30 1 *n example, seen at a dress reform I rally i« the Roy; Botanical Gardens, Lo<><ton, cf the style of clothes which the reformers recommend for men. Ph»:i*t News.
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  • 267 2 TWO RACES THEORY TO BE TESTED Southampton. Are there two races of salmon in Bngttan rivers or one? This is the nnestion affecting eve:y owner of salnjn rights, which a young scientist f University College, Southampton, to solve by diroct experiments «o be carried out on a lake
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  • 923 2 Mainly About Malayans By The Wanderer DV next year, it is possible, Bank Holiday-makers will be able to escape by aeroplane from the heat of the town for a few days' respite at one of our two big hill-stations. I understand that the golf course at
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  • 762 2 TREASURE HUNT IN THE WASH •T*HE story of a treasure hunt In the Wash for the Jewels and baggag? of King John which were lost over 700 years ago was told to Mr. Justice Eve In the Chancery Division, London. It arose out of a claim for
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    • 126 2 WHEN yon wear a "LUVISCA" Shirt and Collar, yon reach the nineteenth hole" still fresh and easy. These garments silky in appearance, well-rut and strong are made expressly for good service. Obtainable in patterns giving the right touch to both sport* and business wear. The day ended, LUVISCA Pyjamas are
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    • 91 2 STKENGfHENS BODY AND NERVES Bocauae Valerbury'»Coni-r-*l CH^% pound contains generoua K^gggggi^gElEEß £_*3u imonnte of cod liver oil, il P^ggi^Kß^^Ejß 1 <p*ea the atrragth to reaiat Hgmaa^aßkU^K i\H >«^i\a^w dangerooa bronchial di- EgH^HESff x V^L I\ml aeasea. It guards vitality T^S^BS^^. if 'V V-| pp?" fite nerve* aa well aa mua>
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    • 104 2 FOOD fresh &>afipetiswg T^^Hjfyff'TjL J^y^gggj icri3» il *v< ggg'JfQH-' I f -Mb aa^gasr aaw m I n mrm mlm >Hrw r S 'B I ggg* I 1 .^skt^^BW aar ggßß^gr a^^ ELECTROLUX REFRIGERATORS are automatic and silent. There are no moving parts no mechanism of any kind, and no vibration.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 136 2 Our Crossword Puzzle (CLUES.) UUSS. 1. Sudden fan. R«B»in 4 Ss\z» I*. Authorize 10. Move Stiff 11. Freed 38- Conclude* 12 Cut off *2- Principles 13. Assent 3<- Fastener 16. Opposing 3« Strike against (0. Contract f- Come in 11. Growth Hesound !2. Move quickly amptoyao Summit Doubt 15. Pithy
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    • 162 2 ASK ME ANOTHER 1. What is meant by a "quandary"? 2. What is a light-year? 3. Who was the wife of Pluto? 4. What passage connects the Dalatc and the esuphagus? 5. What is a walking-beam? 6. What is a yak/ 7. Who is the emperor of Japan? 8. What
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  • 274 3 SON OF MILLIONAIRE DEPORTED ACTION OF ISLAND GOVERNOR Sydney. THE deportation of an Australian millionaire's son from a Britishowned Pacific island by order of the island Governor is now causing a sensation. The deportee is Captain Janv o Macarthur-Onslow, son of MajorGeneral the Hon. James William Macarthur-Onslow, millionaire head ot
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    17 3 Naranjan Singh, India's long jumper, in training in London for the Empire Games at the White City.
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  • 905 3 ALLEGATIONS BY GIRLS HOW THEY KEEP THEIR JOBS Los Angeles, July 17. At a mo.nent when Church bodies and reform organisations throughout the United States are concentrating on a campaign for the A iriflcation of I Alms, a tremendous sensation has been created by a prosecution which has
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  • 494 3 THE LIMIT, SAY SCIENTISTS mDRLD-wide interest taken in the case of the Canadian mother who gave birth to five children at one time has been somewhat eclipsed by the new., that a Rumanian woman has given birth to six children at one time sextuplets. All the
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  • 75 3 The address to the King read by Sir Thomas White at the opening of the Mersey Tunnel, was marred by the noise of an aeroplane. Crawford's biscuit firm, whose advertisement appeared on the aeroplane streamer, have apologised to the Lord Mayor and civic authorities of
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  • 782 3 BROKEN HEART AFTER PUBLIC REBUKE New Delhi. Ranjitsinhji, one of the best Princes India has ever known, one of th» greatest cricketers, ani one of the best friends England has ever had, died of a broken heart. During the past year it has been widely suggested
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    • 281 3 JSJH EMSIAMD j l-£oBfijkff\ These will_ make your stay t enjoyable jHIMM LONDON. -MBHM Two Residential Hotels. Highly recommended for Oversea! Visitcrs and families home on leave. Unsurpassed for Comfort, Cuisine, Service. Homeliness. GRANTLEIGH HOTEL, Inverness Terrace. Hyde Park. London's Moat Modern Residential Hotel. LUt, A. Se C. water, gas
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    • 262 3 LONDON CALLS >J Sn S^i INSISTENTLY nKT'' I COME! SE^ and PnjOy at elther -^M/ HOTEL RUBENS W Buckingham Palace Road, facing Buckingham Palace or HOTEL jsa? REMBRANDT QJI South Kensington, S.W. m£\A lacing the Victoria and iffJß Alt>?rt Museum. iw''*i~*9r Every attention in pleasing iu r jjnuiiias. PERFECT QUETIDL
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  • 1955 4 Romantic Exploits Of A Deacon Who Turned To Crime Blackmail Aboard By A Ship's Detective /VCEAN liners provide a happy v hunting ground for that most loathsome of all pests of society, the blackmailer. His work in these circumstances is easier, for far less formality exists at sea, acquaintances are
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  • 650 4 By OUR EXPERT Readers have been enquiring frcm time to time as to the standards of the various breeds of birds offered for sale and I propose to enumerate some of those that may be obtained in Malaya. Sussex: Skull of medium size, short and strong beak
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  • 370 4 Villagers Watch Cremation In Surrey London. TN fhe heart of the English country* side, before the wondering eyes of English villagers, the body of a Hindu princess was burned in the open air en a pyre of rare and costly scented woods. It was the funeral
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    • 138 4 •raiy colds quicklui K B^-lS ISIFrTrf I Chamberlain's Cough Remedy soothes I inflamed tissue*, the cause of colds and H|*™MM6lflßoUP, coughs.lt breaks up congestion and clears I S^'^'lT^-wi ir P assaa e$ in the nose and throat. Yet jß.JHMff«fj Chamberlain's is safe for anyone for it Esgrryflfjl contains no narcotics
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    • 35 4 FORAGE. Oats, Wheat Bran, Oaten Wheaten Chaff. Lucerne Si Oaten Hay. Linseed, Barley, Crushed Food, Cattle Food, various kinds of Oil Cakes, etc. Prices competitive. TONG LAM CO. 46/48. Peck Seah Street, Singapore. Telephone 7328.
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    • 33 4 i DAY, SON AND HEWITT'S POULTRY MEDICINE CHESTS contains everything necessary for curing and warding off the everyday ailments of poultry. Ask j'or free booklet— All about Poultry Aliments." MEDICAL HALL LTD. Chemists.
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    • 120 4 Abtorbine Jr. pent- V /^^^S lfo»et under (he skin whift th« pain is. Rub relief =5 *7 It in -throbbing minclel r*lax, pain disoppeort r-~ Fer free sampits apply te the agents L. E. TELS CO., Singapore. fV THE IDEAL WALL-BOARD B \^Hl FIREf weather and I SOUND PROOF. 9§
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  • 1140 5 MR. ROBSON LOOKS BACK "NEVER-ENDING STRAIN" Records and Recollections. (1889— 1934). By J. H. M. Robson, C.B.E. Kyle Palmer. $2. MR. J. H. M. Robson. who Is it present on leave, must be among the oldest European residents la Malaya. His reminiscences go back to
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  • 245 5 THROUGH PURGATORY WITH STOMACH PAINS. Reailv Miraculous Benefit. Ke.-c is a remarkable case from th? North of Eng'and. Mr. E. M. has been a stomach sufferer ever since the war, having been In his own words "through purgatory with pains for months at a stretch." In 1927 an operation for
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  • 336 5 LIFE OF ENDEAVOUR AND ADVENTURE Raffles. 1781—1826. By R. Coupland. Oxford University Press. 3s. 6d. IJO name is more familiar to the resident In Malaya than that of Thomas Stamford Raffles, but how many people are really familiar with the tempestuous life history of that most remarkable
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  • 357 5 MISS CONQUEST'S BOOK The Only Gentleman. By Joan Conquest. Werner Laurie. 7s. fid. MISS Jean Conquest has made a valiant effort to write a" life of Christ as It might have been if the great Teacher had lived In the present era, transposing the chief characters
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  • 70 5 The Lraftie of Nations School Book. By Robert Jones and 8. 8. Sherman. New and Enlarged Edition Macmillan and Co., Payer Edition la. Sd. Limp Cloth Is. «d. The foundation and work of the League of Nations Is described In simple language for school children. Would to Heaven
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    • 61 5 GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO, 275. South Bridge Road. Singapore. (Optician Mr. C. V- FAN). Tele. 2164. CHARGES CHEAPER THAN ANYWHERE. 1. Sight tested, glasses supplied from $4 2 CROOKES LENSES completed with frame from »6. i JU-JITSU THE ARTS OF SELT-DEFENCK CHARGES MODEKATE PBOF: T. WAT AN ABC. 444. SERANGOON
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    • 917 5 KTABUSHXD MXXk STUDY L^l IN YOUR AT SPARE HOME AMxL TIME VO A^aQaV iSI. jr ovV h r ATION. MB flnl lflaj->- SKIVES ENCAIIUN- afVaJI WS&. tUVKU OVER AL TRAIN- nSSola BLi *f\KAKsoMNrun ennu TUtC ial HlMuHraVi BKOKENHtux.kESS. ING FROM THIS SWwQ BaSWBIV- %HY BE< Al/SE UP COLLEGE IS A
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  • 1939 6 Dillinger Betrayed By A Girl THE NEW PUBLIC ENEMY No. 1 A graphic story is told below of the death of the world notorious desperado John Diflinfjer who was shot by detectives as he left a Chicago cinema. His place as Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States has
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    • 162 6 r gg^ -J more SHELL successes k M\ m I S*\M lAIN I GERMAN GRAND PRtX._ m /mv nkln Ul lifc^ 'l| HANS VON STICK drivia< AUTO INION SPE£D 123 KPM m Ljlkimm BIM 1/Hv I 3rd L CHIRON ALFA ROMEO 119 4 PH 1m E^ W^ Wr^ W\ I
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  • 575 7  -  ELY CULBERTSON By- AS a general rule, the play of Third Hand (the Junior adversary ot Declarer > to the first lead is his highest card of the suit led. provided the Opening lead Is a low card. There are naturally exceptions to this rule, which are
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  • 71 7 Moscow. The city of Nessa, capital of the ancient Parthian bowmen whose skill wrought carnage In the armies of Rome, has been discovered by Soviet archaeologists after being burled for centuries. It is announced In Irvestia Excavations carried out at a spot near Ashkhabad, In the Turkmenian
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  • 158 7 KICKS HOLES IN THE FUSELAGE An airman wiia made a fcrced landing in a field in Pollards Park Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, was relieved to find himself safely on the ground with his aeroplane undamaged, but a few moments later he wished himself again in the air.
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    • 736 7 ANOTHER $500 COMPETITION Can You Recognise These Cash Prizes For Simple Film Artists? Test Of Memory Here is a new form of competition for the amusement of readers of The Sunday Times. TMs week, a cash prise of 5540 is offered. There is no entrance fee. All you require Is
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    • 10 7 I a "Lactogen" baby's outlook on life. JB H DHaa
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 115 7 THE ANSWERS 1. A state of perplexity. i 2. The space a ray of light traverses in a year. 3. Persephone or Proserpine. I 4. The pharynx S. A horizontal beam that transmit* power from a vertical engine. 6. An ox-like animal of Asia. 7 Hlrohito. I 8. One whose
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  • 32 8 Do you wish for ktndness? Be kind. Do you wish for truth* Be true. What you give of yourself, you find. Your world is a reflex of you. JOSEPH DEWS.
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  • 673 8 Malayan WEDDING In London From Our London Woman. Correspondent SUNDAY TIMES OFFICE, Fleet Street, July 12. AT St. Margaret's, Westminster, last I Monday, a wedding took place in which you will, I feel sure, be interested. Mr. Eric Ernest Falk Pretty. Secretary to the High Commissioner of the Federaed Malay
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  • 510 8 The HAIRDRESSER is the BEST JUDGE WITH so many styles to suit the face and hair it is not to be wondered that short hair is so popular. Short hair can be made to look just the same in front and at the sid -s as before the hair was
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    11 8 Madge Evans, the film actress, adopts a simple but charming coiffure.
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    • 483 8 NEW and ADDITIONAL BARGAINS HAVE ARRIVED EX. S.S. "CORFU" FOR THE SECOND WEEK of WHITEAWAY'S GREAT AUGUST SALE OUR ENTIRE STOCK WITHOUT EXCEPTION IS OFFERED AT TEMPTING SALE PRICES. A GLANCE AT THE LINES SELECTED AT RANDOM AND OUTLINED BELOW WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT WHITEAWAYS AUGUST SALE BARGAINS ARE UNRIVALLED.
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    • 111 8 For CHIC and ECONOMY VISIT 2nsfcT WHERE YOU WILL FIND GOWNS of TASTE For EVERY PURSE. 11. BATTERY ROAD —SI NGAPORE PHONL 3164. Just Arrived Another large shipment of Gowns for all occasions chosen by On View At:— Tel. 4974, Nikko House, 10 Battery Road. •a——............... mmmmmmmmmummmmmmmi Always Something New
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  • 540 9  - Sex Appeal MYSTERIES SOLVED By Galvanometer MICHAEL LORANT By IIf HAT is sex appeal Many sclen- tists, psychologists, fllm-dlrctors —and even film-stars have studied the question, and. so far, no reasonable explanation of this mystery of the sexes has been found. A famous French physicist, M. Armand Givelet, has studied
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  • 67 9 'CHDR whitening and softening the hands they are unequalled. Keep squeezed lemons to use for this purpose; even when the juice has been used for another purpose they will soften the water and the hands. Stains caused by Ink or iron-mould should be treated immediately with
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    41 9 SHORTS SUIT A cleverly contrived ensemble uhich permits the last word in comfort avd convenience is shown in the illustration. Suitable for office wear, the perfectly conventional ensemble becomes ideal for the tennis or badmiwton court when the skirt is removed.
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  • 499 9 By OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT IT will be fun and frolic this weekend. No one, unless exceptionally bias*, can quite escape from that holiday spirit and I anticipate that the favourite resorts in Singapore and upcountry. such as Changi, Port Dirkson. Morib and others will be crowded with
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    • 248 9 I IDR; E. HICHTER'S Tl H—^Thi K«V »o M««!th 'T] in Nitu'ri Own W*> Assures a sun and supple toft. i ggi Proved to be of gnaUtt «ffi«acy a*ftfl»Saß 1 This tea is made from pure AipmeJ herbs and is absolutely harmless A It lowers the biocd pressure. V gj^
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    • 133 9 RENE ULLMANN (MILLINERY DEPARTMENT) Announce, a hw shipment lor WEDNESDAY the Bth. INST. including DRESSES— BLOUSES HATS FANCY NEW MATERIALS for dresses scarves, belts, etc. also new ornaments. RENE ULLMANN (MILLINERY DEPARTMENT) Capitol Building. Stamford Road. TO-NIGHT GRAND OPENING NIGHT OF The SUN TALKIE HALL at the NEW WORLD Main
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    • 70 9 Freckles S*cr*tly and Quickly Removed! Wan'i Fr*cfcli Cram btaacmaa thaaa aat wUte you i4e«p. Lea»ra Ifea afcam aafl ud »hiu tka conftasiaa freak, rtear and natural. Far »7 yaara thauaaada of aaara ka*« —frnrd It. 8* aaay la m, The ru-atjar prove, ila magi, wortk, Stillmans Freckle Cream Rrmmi I
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  • 499 10 The Straits Times TOTIDEM VERBIS EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE Cecil Street, Singapore. Is bridge a gambling game This Is the latest question to arise from Great Britain's absurdly Inconsistent gaming laws. It appears that the interpretation of the word gaming is a matter for local authorities, and the result
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  • 410 10 SIX DAYS' NEWS Sunday. World's greatest film actress dies. Marie Dressier succumbs to cancer after several weeks' illness, aged 62. Two hundred Nazis and 78 of Gov ernment forces reported dead in Austrian fighting. Thousands of rebel* arrested. Back of revolt broken. Growth of opium smuggling compels Tientsin Garrison to
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  • 161 10 "THE proposed Canton ban on "mixed walking" is meeting wit> little support, either from official quarters or from the public. The South-west Political Council Is not expected to consider the petition. But meanwhile the government is continuing its puritan campaign (says a Canton correspondent), the latest
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  • 477 10 ANCIENT COINS AND PORCELAIN FASCINATING finds have been made during the excavations for the building of "Johnson Hall," the new recreation building of the American Legation Guard in Peking. The finds are chiefly fragments of porcelain dating from before the Llao period, 1,800 years ago, to the reign of the
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  • 45 10 Somebody took me to Tanglin the other night I lost my way and wasn't really snooping when I heard He Tour husband looks like a brilliant mon. I suppose he knows every- j thing.' She: "Don't fool yourself, he doesn't even suspect anything."
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  • 74 10 (Ananias News Factory.) Singapore, Saturday. A sensation was caused lato tonight when It became known that a stiangc man had been trying to force his way through the stage entrance to the Capitol Theatre. When arrested, the man denied the charges made against him and claimed that he
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  • 887 10 A generous bloke in Penang sends me several gags for what they are worth." They're worth $10 to me, son. Money is coming up in a day or .wo. Mean thru ill use a couple of the stories here A boy who swims may say he's swum, but
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    • 74 10 3 SHOWS TODAY TOMORROW 3-15. 6-15. 9-15. rtsMARVELS never cease! V i m a 1 It V^l! si Yf Ill> 1 1 lM SB bßctm OPENING TODAY 3-15. ■■kto* Iddi* Dewliitf In issoc.at.on witft A.td.r Hopkin* T%5/^ Cejcntl 1 LILLIAN CISH ROLAND YOUNG HIS DOUBLE LIFE Th« hiUnoul s'ory of
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    • 44 10 p........ n I NEW WORLD i SINGAPORE. Side Shows, Cabaret Dancing, Talkies, Theatres and Cinemas. 1...............-.-.....-..-J I PI AHO I TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES, j Phone 2902. 74, Orchard Rd, i i L......— Waterproof Shockproof Stainless $32.00 Other tcaterproof models from $20
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    • 44 10 notice ri g /(In v^k \(v rs>_ •«r« flssertionsl w W I NOTICE. A MEETING OF THE SINGAPORE WIVES' DEFENCE UNION will be held AT NOON TODAY UNDER THE CLOCK. VOLUNTEERS FOR PICKETING DUTY outside the Capitol are requested to communicate immediately with— SAPPHIRA.
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    • 106 10 DID YOU GO TO ROBINSON'S SALE ON Ist AUGUST? There were 2,000 people who did. The place was packed with bargains and with buyers. One lady lost her dog— another lost her complexion. Talk about a slump why it was a great big boom! Now the rush is over you
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  • 302 11 AT 100 M.P.H. DRAGGED FROM UNDER CARS rpHE pick of the world's iinest drivers racing neck and neck round a comer and immediately n front of them, lying unconscious in the road. Is another driver At the last moment, with the shriekIng crowd certain the man is
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  • 117 11 A strious accident occurred in Empress Place when a Chinese pedestrian was knocked down by a motor-car said to have been occupied by a European restaurant proprietor. The car was travelling along Connaught Drive in the direction of Anderson Bridge but had just entered the curve in Empress
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  • 18 11 Minneapolis, Saturday. The striking lorry-drivers have refused the employers' terms for a settlement.— Reuter.
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  • 212 11 rE dreaded Ku Klux Klan, the American hooded secret society which was driven out of existence ten years ago. has been revived In Oklahoma, and secret meetings are again taking place. This protograph, rec >lved by air mall, shows the Klan meeting on a farm
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  • 72 11 The delegates to the All Malaya' Urban Co-operative Conference were; entertained to dinner by the Singapore Urban Co-operative Union at the, O. H. Cafe last night. Mr. W. A. L. Schaub presided and the others at the main table were: Messrs. Emlle Oallstan, W. Allen Eley. K.
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  • 50 11 Among the eight colonels whose promotion to the rank of MajorOeneraJ .is gazetted Is Col. Bernard Cyril Freyberg, V.C., C.M.0.. DB.O. I This is the only case in which a "New Army" officer has risen from a temporary war-time commission to be a Major-Oeneral in the Regular Army.
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  • 192 11 10,000 HOUSES SWEPT AWAY Tientsin, Saturday. An appalling loss of life Is feared in the Anchin District which was overwhelmed by floods last night following a sudden ten- foot rise in the level of the Yungttng River. Latest reports state that hundreds of houses were demolished by the
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  • 173 11 (To The Editor of The Sunday Times.' Sir,— In your issue of last Sunday a Kuala Lumpur Correspondent makes a rather strange remark regarding th<> manner of selecting players for the forthcoming match. It is pointed out that the Singapore selections are not based on last yd' is
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  • 96 11 SENATOR CHEAPENS BREAD HIS PROMISE TO BAKER Glenn's Ferry (Idaho), Saturday. Ocnatoi Borah today took a strong line against tbe National Recovery .Association order .aising the price of bread. A local baker comp'ametl to Senator Borah that he was ordered to increase the price one *ent a loaf an,. Senator
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  • 189 11 RUN ON DOLLAR INFLATION FEARS London, Saturday. A statement by Mr. Morgenthau. Secretary for the U.S. Treasury, that the United States Administration was issuing silver certificates as rapidly as it was able has aroused lears of currency Inflation, and is resulting in the offering of dollars by the gold [standard
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    • 51 11 THE QUALCAST BALL-BEARING MOWER Cuts Grass, Labour And Expense. $16.00 mm .n~n,B^s^sW Ws Bearings and i Bb^HilbWF with extra la rue I'ii^BslPjJvj 1 19 sHF-42sm IttSlCrjiC Grass M)\. SPECIAL RATES FOR CLUBS DEALERS BETTER BRITISH COSTS LESS SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., (incorporated m SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG. and
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  • 257 12 SIX HUNDRED ATHLETES AT THE WHITE CITY London. Saturday. TWENTY years ago today the Dominions gathered to the Mother Country, swearing loyalty In time of war. Today 600 athletes from the Dominic ns collected in England in friendly rivalry, and swore allegiance to iheir King-Emperor in the
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  • 66 12 DAVIS CUP TOO Nanking. Saturday. At today's meeting here of the National Amateur Athletic Association, presided over by Dr. C. T. Wang, It was resolved that China participate In the World Olympiad, which will be held in Germany In 1936, and also in the Davis Cup tennis
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  • 132 12 HOME CRICKET SCORES London. Saturday. Scores in first-class cricket matchestoday were: At Swansea:— Australians 440 for seven (Wood full 228 not out, Kippax 77); against Glamorgan. Woodfull accepted a Swansea tradesman's offer to pay talent mon°y (a bonus for an especially good per. mance). At the
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  • 55 12 London. Saturday. Playing In the second round of the European zone for the 1935 Davis Cup, Monaco beat Holland in the doubles event at The Hague today. Holland led by two matches to one. having won two singles. Landau and Oallepe beat Tlmmer and Koopman 6 4,
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  • 20 12 The finals of the Cycling Carnival take place at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow at I the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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  • 468 13 Final Stages Of Championships The mixed doubles and the Junior singles and Junior doubles championship tournaments have now all been brought to the final stages. The semifinals, played off last week, were on the whole quite interesting although the standard of play never reached that of the previous
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  • 193 13 ELECTRIC BULBS AS MISSILES Aversa, (Itily). Ten th:usand people, including the Bishop of Aversa, watched a thrilling man-hunt after an escaped lunatic on the top of a high building here. The fugitive, Antonio Trullo, having escaped from the local asylum, climbed to the top of the building
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  • 132 13 There are still 5.000,000 people in the world who are slaves. They toll in 15 different countries. They are smuggled by night from one place to another, and their market price is as low as £2 a head. These grim tacts were told to a reporter
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  • 437 13 PERSONAL PARAGRAPH A commission as honorary chaplain I in the S.S.V.F. has been granted to the Rev. Father Jean Baptistc Souh.lt. H.H. Tunku Badlishah who was an inmate of the General Hospital, Alor Star, has been discharged from hospital. Capt. H. W. Goodger, R.A., has been appointed adjutant to the
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  • 565 13 ACROSS AUSTRALIA TO THE JAMBOREE p^ORTY-ONE scouts from Malaya will attend the Pan-Pacific Scouts' Jamboree to be held at Melbourne at the close of the year as part of the Centenary Celebrations of that famous city. There will be 22 from Singapore, seven from Penang,
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  • 110 13 Scibel Yamatakl of Tenjinhashl. Osaka. Is a very sober young man, and the centre of appreciation in the neighbourhood. He wanted to iret married recently, but none of the propositions bore fruit. A certain bridal candidate eventually pointed out that he had two police convictions Astounded,
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    • 157 13 TODAY'S RADIO Following is today's BBC. wireless programme": 6.20 a.m. Dance music. 6.30 Talk: "Shetland" (Mr. 8. P. B. Mais.) 6.50 Tattoo music. 7 20 Talk A Walk Round the West End at Midnight"(Mr. J. O Bergell.) 7 35 The Gossip Hour. 8.5 The news followed by Topica. Talk. 9.5
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  • 418 14 HEAVYODDS AGAINST ENDEAVOUR STATEMENT BY DESIGNER Oosport, July 21. Mr. Charles E. Nicholson, designer of Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's America's Cup challenger. Endeavour, which was built In his firm's old yacht yard at Oosport, where yachts and other craft have been built for more than 156 years, gives some
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  • 454 14 LAX RULES IN BOXING It is perhaps not Inappropriate, on the eve of the Empire Games the boxing events of which are to take place at Wembley— to raise the question of the use of standard gloves for boxing, says Sir Noel Curtis-Bennett. It is strange, I
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  • 957 14  -  DOROTHY ROUND Tips On Tennis, Cricket And Billiards. -By- OEFORE starting a doubles game, it should be clearly decided who is to be captain of each pair. More over, the job of captain is no sinecure. Confusion of ideas, bad tactics, and uncertainty as to
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  • 90 14 The retiring president of the Law Society, Sir Reginald Poole. referred at its meeting in London, to the BUI promoted by Lord Merrivale. which prescribes that in future nullity suits will be heard In private. It was not for him, he said, to tell a meeting
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  • 759 14  -  PHIL MEAD -By VO match can be either successful or pleasant unless the players and ttie umpires work together properly. Particularly is this the case in amateur games where, in the absence of professional umpires, players from the side batting at the moment often deputise, and
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  • 608 14  -  CUEMAN By WHEN the grand old man of billiards W. J. Peall. nearly 50 years a«c made a break of over 3.000 with th£ spot stroke, he was not credited with all the merit that was In the performance. And today there are those who would uecry that
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  • 2615 15  -  R. H. DE. S. ONRAET -By jyf R. Onraet this week concludes his series of articles on The Horse which, despite a certain technicality, have keen received with appreciation by a wide circle of sportsmen and others interested in the equestrian art. In conclusion he remarks:
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  • 183 15 DOUBLE THE SIZE OF A PINHEAD One man was killed and another injured when an explosion occurred at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, near Wareham, Dorset. The dead man was J. H. Mitchell. 38, of Upper Sandy-lane, Lytchett Minster, Frederick Barnes, of
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  • 157 15 OFFENCE IN ENGLAND TO PERMIT THEM The Air Navigation order prohibiting a person under the age of 17 having cole control of an aeroplane in night goes further than the original announcement, since it applies also ro persons permitting such flights. The order states that
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  • 143 15 There is a man in London today who turns pink. He is suffering from the rarest known condition of the body chromldosis. The victim Is himself a doctor, who has returned to Britain from Esypt,, i where he is in practice. Chromidosis is confined solely to the perspiratory
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  • 144 15 The statue of Venus de Mllo must be taken as a model by women who wish to be smart next season. For the Paris dressmakers have been busy ovolving the perfect figure which will create a slump in boyish lines. The silhouette will be smooth and comfortable
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  • 133 16 Tilden And Vines Not Coming To East Boston, July 12. Instead of barnstorming this autumn in the Orient, the two leading tannis prc 'essionals of the Unite J States, W. T. Tilden and Ellsworth Vines, will sail on Aug. 28 from New York for a prolonged tour in
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  • 66 16 The China National Amateur Athletic Federation will hold a meeting In Nanking early this month to discuss Chinas participation in the 1933 World Olympics. The chief purpose of the meeting is to determine the events in which China is expected to put up a good showing. Preparations for China's participation
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  • 204 16 Poor Display Against Petey Hayes. (By Air Mail.) New York. July 11. Kid Chocolate, a shadow of his former self, dropped a decision here tonight to Petey Hayes, of Brooklyn, an obscure featherweight, in ten rounds. Hayes floored the Cuban twice in the third round. The Cuban Negro
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  • 600 16 FAVOURITES DO WELL (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. The weather was fine and the going good. There was a large attendance. Race 1: Horses, Class 3, Div. II 6 fun*. GEORGE ROBEY 8.0 (J. Donnelly) 1 SONGLAND 8.6 (E. Donnelly) 2 POINT BLANK 8.0 (Wadsworth) 3 Also
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  • 31 16 The cricket matches arranged for yesterday afternoon between the Medical College and the Ceylon Tamils Association and between the S.C.R.C. and the V.M.C.A. were not played owing to rain.
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  • 64 16 London, Aug. 3. A special committee of the International Lawn Tennis Federation which was appointed to go into the proposed change of the footfault rule have recommended to the National Associations that an auxiliary .me should be drawn a distance of two feet behind the baseline from which the server
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  • 283 16 RAIN INTERFERES I WITH PLAY (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. rjiHE Colony vs. F.M.S. cricket match opened here today in fine weather and a perfect wicket. The Colony won the toss and sent In Thomson and Pearce to faca W.A.B. Smith, the fast bowler,
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  • 59 16 In the monthly mixed foursomes competition o» the Singapore Garrison Golf Club, Tanglln, the best returns were: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Potto 46— 9/4. 36% 2 Lieut. J. L. R Huelin and Miss Power 47—8%, 37^ Major F. C. Austin and Mrs. Winder 48— 10%. 37 4
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  • 292 16 ROUND ISLAND YACHT RACE The first race of two in the annual Round Singapore Island series for "B" class boats of the 'loyal Singapore Yacht Club was sailed yesterday morning and ended In a victory for B 5 skippered by Fllght-Lt. Mac Donald The start
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  • 76 16 The following players have been selected to represent the Clerical Union In a football match against the Seng Cheong Society of Malacca, today at the Jalan Besar Stadium: Joseph Bleha. Ong Seng Hock. D. K. Samy. W. F. Gomes, Yeow Cheng Hoe, O. Valberg. Sng Koey Hoe. Foong
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  • 425 16 SIAMESE CHAMPIONS WIN Oaod progress was made with the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday. The Siamese champions, Muang, Roeng and Senoh, showed excellent form and defeated Kamls and Yadl very easily, losing only three games, while Wise and Roy Smith, the SingaDore doi bles champions, passed into
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  • 3036 17 PENANG BEATEN BY A GOAL BUT THE VICTORS MAKE POOR SHOWING FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Kuala, Lumpur, Saturday*. OINGAPORE retain the Malaya Cup by virtue of a victory which can only be described as a trifle lucky. They beat Penang by two goals to one
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  • 36 17 Lon toil, Saturday. The 13-year-old Chinese girl. Miss Hoa Hing, showed exceptional promise by winning th» Queen s Club under-sixteen tennis championship. She dropped only three games in the semi-final and final. Reuter.
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  • 302 17 CLEANER DISPLAY BY SUARES IT was an unusually serious Al Rivers that followed Arthur Suares into the ring last night at the Great World Arena to fight for the first official middle-weight championship of Malaya. The fight was over 15 threeminute rounds. It was a gruelling
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    • 337 17 WORKED ONLY ONE WEFK IN TWO Sciatic* Kept Him At Home. It Is the wife who lends us this Information about her husband's troubles She writes For some time past, my husband has been able to work only one week in two on account of sciatica. He suffered so much
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  • 697 18 Fine Record Of F.M.S.— Malayan Cricket In 1852 Visit To Siam Next Year ALTHOUGH the Colony have chosen an extremely sound allround team for the annual match against the F.M.S., which started at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, it is doubtful whether they will be able to emulate the
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  • 134 18 Aug" i Amateur Meeting 1934 FIRST DAY, FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1934. SECOND DAY, SATURDAY, AUG 18. MM A MEMBERS' $1 SWEEPSTAKE will hi neld each day on Races to be decided upon by the Committee. $2 CASH SWEEPS FOR MEMBERS ONLY will be held on the Course
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  • 36 18 VMton a-e Incited to apply for iiip. The subscriptions for subscribing ■-'ibers have been reduced to M N tl« A YEARLADIES ISA YEAR. For further narti-ul*rs apply to the Secretary, Clioru Bole BuiMin;s, Brewster Road, Ipoh.
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  • 376 18 BIG DAYS OF SPORT AT K.L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) KUALA LUMPUR. \M OST roads lead to Kuala Lumpur this week-end. We saN the Cup final yesterday between Singapore and Penang, and today and tomorrow we will enjoy the tussle between the F.M.S. and the Colony at cricket. Again, if
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  • 619 18 SPORTS APATHY IN MALACCA (From Our Own Correspondent.) MALACCA. Ihad occasion some months back to refer to the apathy In Malacca sportsmen In respond 1 ng In entries tn the tennis championship me* Ing. The hon. secretary of the Mai. Badminton Association has inform i me that this slackne s
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  • 335 18 PAHANG TENNIS TOURNAMENTS (From Our Own Correspondent.) KUANTAN. INTEREST In tennis among players In Pahang seems to be on the upward trend, and close following the Pahang open tennis tournament, which is being run at the present time, the Kuantan Recreation Club have decided to run a doubles and singles
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  • 1730 19 HERE'S NEWS ABOUT YOUR CLUB The fol- owing ties will be played off by the Horlicks B.P. at the sports captain's court, 350, East Coast Road, at 3.30 p.m. Today— "A" Tan Hong Hoon vs. E. Cheng Leong, Tan Choo Kee vs. Fred. E. B
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  • 1554 19 MATCH THAT WILL DECIDE WHICH IS FOREMOST STATE IN MALAYA Kuala Lumpur, Friday. A RECORD crowd Is expected at the Victoria Institution Hall this morning when Selangor and Singapore will once again battle for supremacy in the Malayan badminton world. There is no doubt about the
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    69 19 These players will represent the Singapore badminton team against SeUngor this week-end at the V.I. Hall. Kuala Lil lpur Standing (left to right): Lim Boon Gaan, Leow Kirn Fatt, Yeo Kain Ann, harlie Chua. Lim Hee Chin, See Gim Hock, Koh Keng Siang, Seah Eng Hee. Sitting (left to right):—
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    19 19 i Miss Annie Yeo, holder of ike Cfcia Yee Soh trophy of the Chinese Swimming Club, as woman champion.
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    31 20 CAMERON HIGHLANDERS on their march from Tuursley Camp to Milford. where they went into action on their annual training manoeuvres. They are seen on the main London -Portsmouth road. (Planet News.)
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    22 20 THE START of the 52-mile walk fr< m London to Brighton. It was the last walk on the old cour (Planet News.)
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    58 20 THE WEDDING took place at IHmpierre, France, of the Premier Duke of France, the Duke of Luynes, and Senorita Juanita Dial Unsae, the adopted daughter of Senora S. J. I'lizur. wife of the Argentine multi-millionaire. Fifteen years ago Senorila Unsae was an inmate of a Buenos Aires orphanage. The bride
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    21 20 EXPERIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJOR C. W. CHURCHER, winner of the Army Hundreds Cup, with his trophies in triumphal proce^on at Bisle (Planet News.)
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    21 20 HERR GOTTFRIED TREVIRAM S. a former German Cabinet Minister, who was among those shot dead in iast month's revolt. (Planet News.)
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    13 20 I. BRODSKI, the Russian artist, with his riant portrait of Stalin. (Planet N.)
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