The Straits Times, 20 January 1935

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  • 36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES' THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 161. Sunday* January 20, 1935. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The LwM&ftg Swifty Newspaper in Mtthtya. No. 161 Sunday, January 20, 1«35. Price 10 cents.
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  • 387 1 CHINA READY TO RESIST MINISTER OF INTERIOR CANCELS TRIP JAPANESE SPOKESMAN SAYS EAST CHARHAR IS TO BE OCCUPIED JAPAN intends to take over important strategical territory in Charhar Province, on the border of Manchukuo. This intention was conveyed in an announcement by General Umetsu, Commander
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  • 547 1 NEW M.R.U. PRESIDENT'S PLEA The North beat the South by 17 points to nil in the last important Rugby fixture of the season, at Anson Road stadium yesterday. The margin of victory was a record one for this match. The is fully reported in Page 14. Follow;
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  • 66 1 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the Inquest on John Dumarez, a Victoria Institution student aged eighteen, who was drowned in a mining pond at Ampang on Dec. 22. He and three other boys were bathing. He got difficulties
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  • 64 1 A European and thres Malabarl Indians r«ceived slight injuries yesterday afternoon as Ine result of a collision between a taxi-cab and a private motor-car near the Naval Base. The European and one of the Malabaris had been removed by the Naval Base ambulance before the arrival of
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  • 35 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. The death occurred here suddenly this morning of Mr. J. H. M. McDonald, a partner of Couper-Johnston and Co. Mr. McDonald was a well known golfer.
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  • 333 1 SINGAPORE'S $35,000 GARAGE ALL THE LATEST rpHE new $35,000 garage built by Wearne Bros, for Universal Cars, Ltd., was opened in Penang Lane yesterday evening, when 200 guests inspected the huge construction of concrete and steel. The building coyers 21,000 square feet, but Inside there is not a sir/.c column
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  • 83 1 There was an eclipse of the moon last night. It turned blood-red shortly before eleven o'clock and the Chinese community in the native suburbs went into a panic. Pans were beaten and every Imaginable noise was made in order to prevent the "fiery dragon from devouring the moon,"
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  • 137 1 RESULT OF CONTEST NO. 1 No competitor in the Missing Letter Contest No. 10, published in the Sunday Times on Jan. 6 succeeded In correctly discovering the twelve words. The $100 prize for the nearest solution is won by Mr. F. E. Saunders of Singapore. Mr. Saunders had
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  • 41 1 H. E. Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor and High Commissioner, visited Gopeng Consolidated Mines, lerak. In the coarse of his Malayan tour. He is seen on the right, with walking stick. With him is Mr. C. L. Green.
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  • 237 1 I IN SINGAPORE THIS MORNING T»HE third to come to Singapore of the five massive "De Havilland 86 air liners, designed for service on the Singapore-Brisbane section of the England-Australia air route, is due this morning. Piloted by Capt. A. B. H. Youell. it left Bangkok
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  • 134 1 REPAIRS NEARING COMPLETION Renovations in the police courts in South Bridge Road are proceeding apace and it is expected that tliree jf the courts will be completed next month. The building had shown signs of the need of repair for some considerable time but work was
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  • 83 1 An old Javanese woman, Aswlah blnte Hajl Ahmad, heavily- veiled pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. Norman Orice, the second magistrate, to a charge of criminal breach of trust of a quantity of jewellery valued at $295. The articles In question comprised a diamond forehead ornament, silver breast plates,
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  • 71 1 London, Saturday. RUBBER (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 6 7/16 d. m (Sellers) 6 9/16 d. Jan-Mar. t%± Apr-June 6 13/16 d. July-Sept. 6 15/16 d. Market Steady. SILVER Spot 24 9/16 d. Forward 24 11 lttd. CROSS RATE London -New York, 4.88" New
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  • 60 1 Dally Prices Current. For R.M.A. No. I. K. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Noon, Saturday. Buyers Sellers Spot (loose) 2m 21?* (F. 0.8.) Feb. »4 21 H Feb.-Mar. 21% 22 Apr.-June 2JH 23% July-Sept. 24 24*4 Tone of Market Dull and Easier. Latest Cable per Ib. London Spot Sheet 6
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  • 64 1 Moscow, Saturday. The statlonmaster at Rostovondon, where a fatal collision occurred on Jan. 10, has been sentenced to death in connection with the accident. An engineer has been sentenced to ten yean and seven other employees to from two to seven years Imprisonment fc* criminal negligence in
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  • 221 1 TO FOIL PIRATES 5 A. M. I EDITION I Protection For Officers On Bridge ELABORATE precautions against attack by pirates are a feature of the twin-screw motor vessel Muinam, which has been chartered for the China Navigation Company, Ltd. She will start her first voyage on the Singapore-Hong Kong run
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  • 78 1 MORE PARTICULARS ASivtD FROM JAPAN Ccneva. Saturday. A reference to the J?.p nese Mandated Islands contained in the rep. re of the Mandates Commission adon od by the Council of the League, notes particularly the disprop >: appearing to exist between the sums spent on equipment of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 15 1 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, (Incorporated in Greax Britain.) ■cad Office for Malaya SINGAPOCE.
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    • 69 1 MOTOR POLICIES the AYLMER RANGE OF natural flavour products. MANUFACTURED BY THE LARGEST CANNING ORGANIZATION IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. JfS& AYLMER MARMALADE, ftrvj^L AYLMER TOMATO JUICE, ySJ^£^^ AYLMER TOMATO CATSUP, jjJSgSjjßF^^^ AYLMER GOLDEN BANTAM CORN, ■TJf^nS-WOV AYLMER GOLDEN WAX BEANS, MHBHUh V W AYLMER DICED BEETS, AYLMER SPINACH, •SIeI iKw
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  • 1692 2  - ALMOST IN CONFIDENCE the MARQUESS OF DONEGALL By I BEAR 1934 no grudge. It has provided me with many enjoyable experiences to retail in these columns. The outstanding thing about London was the way It established Itself as the entertainment centre of the world. People go out irore to theatres,
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  • 19 2 One ot Singapore's most beautiful women, Mrs. Anna-Gray Stranska, wife of Dr. Pavel Strinski, Consul for Czechoslovakia.
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  • 27 2 Hugo and Josephine, the American dancers, who are appearing at Kaffirs Hotel. They will next visit Colombo, in the course of a world tour.
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    • 121 2 B^bo "**t\ VALUE ECONOMY SIMPLICITY /ffl JSL%i \Wp Th* *«t ilUntrvud is th* "Vofti" M HfigiVw w No. 99 Stt conusxmt of tfM famous flj gflW Q «^fttg^j\ Vakt sttf -stropping razor, strop and W^^^mSh*^^^^ /ou have never shaved with a m \^^*i^ Valet razor you do not know how
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    712 3  -  THE WANDERER ~By Gardens. /\N Sundays we always have curry tiffin and beer. It's an old Wanderer's custom, and also solves the problem of what to do on a Sunday afternoon. For there Is only one thing to do after curry tiffin and beer. That is sleep. OUNDAY,
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  • 849 3  -  "BIRDMAN" ~By LESS THAN TEN SHILLINGS SPENT DURING JOURNEY HOME WHEN I went on leave last year, I travelled home by air, taking the XI.M. plane from Malaya! to Europe. I enjoyed the trip soj much that since my return I have been suggesting
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 157 3 IN ENGLAND These Hotels will make your stay enjoyable. THE SRANVILLE HOTEI ST. MARGARET'S BAY, KENT. Unique position, facing South, o erloolcin? Channel. Charming grouads tt'th sheltered lawns. Golf within easy reach at Deal, Sandwich, Kin<sc'own. and St. Margaret's. Average yearly sunshine for the pwt twenty years over 1740 hoars.
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    • 55 3 LON DON GOODWOOD HOTEL QUEENSBORO' TERRACE, HYDE PARK H. C. water and reading light in bedrooms. Lift. Night porter. Oarage Adjacent. Excellent Cuisine. Dally Terms from 10/64. Weekl? from S gns. Bed Breakfast 6 6 to 8/8. All Public Roams newl> Decorated. Under entirely Dew Proprietorship. Tariff from Resident Proprietor
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    • 903 3 d§fli ENGUUIDiI *^jRT? These Hotels will make your stay enjoyable LONDON. FINEBT YET QOIETEBT POSITION. HOTEL STRATHCONA. (Tne Strathcona Residential Club) LANCASTER GATE. HYDE PARK A few yards from Hyde Park and Kensington Oardens. "Buses and Tubes to all parts. Hot ana cold water and gas tire in oedrooms. Ample
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 157 3 Our Crossword Puzzle (CLUES.) ACBOSS. o^ 1- Sight n. Metal 9. Prosper as. poet 10. Mac of learning 37. Trims with beak 11. Bum v. Clear 13. Cuff 29 Cherry coloured 13. Letters impressed 30. Road 19. Beam 33. pool. 16. Oarer 19. Diocese m SScSSSu-t Solution Of Last Week's
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  • 1016 4 AS Mr. Gubbins has gone to Ame lea because he refuses to believe ii. Its existence until be has aeen the country with his own eyes and heatl It with his own ears, Sally tie Cat, The Ginger Cat, Boofuls, The Awful Child. Mrs. Miffln, nd
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  • 351 4 To the Editor of The Sunday Times. Sir,— The other day an unlettere man passed this casual remark: "II our insides were turned outxide. ho* would we appear?" In this remark be let lall, there w.. much food for thought. Suppose if God were
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  • 81 4 HONG KONG THEFTS Hong Kong. The Chief Justice. Mr. A. D. A Macgregor, and Mrs. Macgregor, lost a considerable quantity of jewellery and other property when thieves broke ir. their home during their absence. The jewellery was kept In the bedroom. The thieves took diamond rings and
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  • 768 4 By OUR POULTRY EXPERT WURKEY rearing is on the increase -*> in the Colony. This is probably due to their resistance to disease, at least after they have shot the red," i.e., after nine weeks. A young Turkey cockerel is a fine dish at any time
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    • 50 4 "The Succulent SAUSAGE" Gillards OXFORD Appetising C^>^^ PACKED IN OVAL Mode by GILLARD C° \j\ London, EngUnd. Estjbl.shed 1867| I OURMrn FRESHNESS Jpj <&$ |9 WITH I BEAUTY PREPARATIONS I Treatment by Appointment >JH B Telephone 6115 MB B IJAVMADn BATTERY RD. ffi ■B IVIAi IMAKU ira Singapore In CMaSTtiSIV
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    • 260 4 "AWURWA" (For Worming dogs) A liquid preparation, which Is sure and safe for treating Dogs and Puppies suffering from round or tape worms. Price $1.00 per bottle. MEDICAL HALL LIMITED, ChcflsMa. CATTLE DAIRY STOCK FEEDS. Linseed OUcakes. Cocoanut OUcakes, Groundnut Oilcakes. OingeUy Oilcakes. Soya Bean Cakes. Yellow Mala* Oram, Wheat.
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  • 651 5 The Sunday Times FreeEntry Competition Can You Complete Twelve Simple Words? Today we repeat for the amusement of readers of The Sunday Times the Missing; Letter Competition. Again there is no entrance fee anfl we offer a PRIZE OF $500 FOR 12 CORRECT SOLUTIONS. The competition
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  • 222 5 CALCUTTA FUND Calcutta. A fund for the relief of sufferers la malaria -stricken districts of Ceylon has been opened in Calcutta. A fund also exists in Singapore. This decision was made at a public meeting, held In the Mahabodhi Society's Hall, College Square. Mr. Santosh Kumar Basu.
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  • 96 5 Ahmedabad (Bombay). A resolution of the Ahmedabad Millowners' Association, deciding on a ten per cent, cut in the wages of mill workers, has been put on the notice boards of most of the local mills. The management of the Madhubbal Mill, whose old workers have gone on strike,
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    • 28 5 Q m^ ATTFR bj^fV ii r I I L_l i?mi OvF AIMUAL 5 J3i Al F rwA ...ALL I sly I I I ARTINQ >^...AL V?C OTTFP fe^...ANE
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    • 77 5 CUT OUT THIS j ENTRY FORM j MISSING LETTER CONTEST j [No. IZ-M-1-35.] I agree to enter The Sunday. Times Missing Letter qjuptiflte on the i j conditions ia^J^^^a^^ Iw c. I consider tiarl^W^^^^rWyng a. the correct solutions of puzzle* printed. 1. a 2. ATTFR 3. t OVF 4. .^m^^^
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    • 757 5 sgyTAR} If^Hßi? if L9OQL vo* I o F u't?cation* fcraJainral HWwA skives enTKIC FROM THI9 UH9 BROKEN HKCKiRESS. COLLEGE IS A CAR- IHHbVIw Bilwil THE SUCCESS Oh OUR ppr a cTTrrF^FirTi 2^Ss»Hbß-BjBBBBBb»^'^C students, there is no ttK-ASUU,t»rUU FflH ■^^s^Qi OTHER REASON. SIfCKSS PROGRESSIVE CAREER. WBmMmtiJBBBKKBUtsmta bkleds slcclss link up. YOU
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    • 341 5 NERVES soothed and Revitalised NATURALLY No drugs No habit-forming Countless thousands know the mise.y of NERVES." Upset by the least little thing, worn out by the slightest exertion, is there any bane of modern life so distressing? Yet really the cure of "Nerves" is simple. Not by drugs for drugs
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  • 176 6 Both Banished By Kruschrm. When one realises that the cp.use of overweight is closely associated with the cause of rheumatism, it is easy to understand how It Is that the two troubles can so easily be overcome by the same remedy. The experiences told In
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  • 1213 6 IN CLUTCHES OF BEAUTY EXPERTS. JOHN C. MOFFITT TELLS THE STORY OF PEG SULLAVAN. PEG SULLAVAN arrived in Hollywood on her twenty-second birthday. It was a notable occasion. Hollywood came ol age on that day. She hadn't desired to go to Hollywood. Twice she had refused to go. Once she
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  • 41 6 IN "WE LIVE AGAIN" Anna Sten (rlfht), the Russian star, who appears in We Live Asain.' the Aim version of a Tolstoy novel, beinc shown at the Capitol. With Miss Sten is her "double." Ruth Moody. They bear a remarkable resemblance.
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  • 339 6  - SCREENLAND SECRETS Mt Y\*J' W ThJ BHfIHEQ HPHERE'S a touching tale behind tnn success of the child star, David Holt, who made his Initial bow to fame in Paramount's rather mediocre. "You Belong to Me." Many months ago, the Holt family began a Journey to Hollywood in an old trailer
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 53 6 -wflf JQ^B When Nerves are Strained and worn, make delicious 1 Ovaltine* your daily beverage fj Itis supremely rich in nerve- I restoring nutriment Taken at bedtime too. Ovaltine soothes the nerves and quickly ensures sound, refreshing sleep Quality always tells -insist on 'OVALTIINE' J d v :,r: y7 6>
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    • 189 6 ""BRITAIN'S PE P^ NDAr> r rAr Seen tte IMS Austte Ten Poar t It'i the unartot tight ear you ever wt eyes oa. A new. finely proportionatf radiator, longer bonnet, deeper wings, new refinement* inside new I beauty wherever you look. There are many Improvements too. such as Syncromeah on
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  • Article, Illustration
    832 7  -  R. B. Krishnan By Meaning Of Strange Ceremonies YESTERDAY began the Tamil festival of Thai pusam, with its three days' local programme, the principal venue of the festivities in Singapore being the Chettiars' temple in Tank Roaa. Today, however the day of: the festival proper the Penimal temple in
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  • 482 7 GLIMPSE OF NUDIST "AT HOME" (Prom A London Correspondent.) A VILLA In Finchley. But so different from other villas, for here is the headquarters of a nudist colony, and here, for the first time, I was present at an Indoor meeting of the new cult, 1 the Lotus
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 145 7 TiGER BEER &?Bi^ hiuutyS I n't Take Drastic Drugs r kidnt ys have nine million liny t ..r fill' n which are endangered by i .or drastic irrilatlnif drug* B«--v.ire: If KlUni-y trouble or Bladder weak:iki s you suffer from Uetting Up l>o(5 I'ains. Nervousness, Dinfncs.<. Stiffness, Rheumatism Lumbafo. .'■Ti.i.
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    • 335 7 my lean/eel sutfe through my veins "TVTO more weary, dull daya for me! No more depressing X colds and rasping coughs Since I discovered Watcrhur> Compound I am mentally alert and bodily buoyant! I find a keen new relish in my work and a new enjoyC\\ met t of every
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  • 411 8 From A London Woman 's Window. ARTISTS HELP INDUSTRY Sunday Times Office, f Fleet Street, Jan. 8. /CHRISTMAS, one gathers, is over. No, don't look up to see when I wrote this Letter, with the idea that it must have been mislaid in the rush of the
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  • 187 8 MORNING FROCK OF LINEN THIS inexpensive morning frock, of natural colour linen, lends itself 1 to comfort and coolness, launders beautifully and always looks fresh. It has a high neckline and roll collar and may be made with or without straps crossing in the back. A
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  • 388 8 $11.74 EVENING FROCK THE costume described below has been designed specially for the Chinese working-girl. It is for evening wear, a ternuon' teas and other social gatherings. It is fashioned after the new Shanghai style. For the material, one might use j either the new sagara
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  • 327 8 A BREATH FROM THE ANTARCTIC By Our Woman Correspondent. SITTING at the dinner table and having our meals served to us on a silver platter reveals little of the process through which a relishing meal has been made possible. Not only the food Itself but the manner
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    6 8 The chilling room at Raffles Hotel
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  • 304 8 i By Our Woman Correspondent AN EXCEPTIONAL opportunity for observing the latest Chinese fashions, and also the progress which is being made in Western danclnx by modern young people in the Chinese community, was provided by a dance given by the United Chinese Music
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 141 8 rf^ j However lank, ccurfy or dead root hair teems, AMAMI Shampoo* will I make it gleaming, luxuriant and o/tw 26 7 J °f AMA* 4l B 47 ingredient! are there (imply to make your hair attr acttv* ai are actual tonic* to make it vigorously S htahhy. They go
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    • 72 8 RENE ULLMANN MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. STOCK TAKING SALE NOW PROCEEDING FURTHER DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ON ALL PRICES MARKED FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY GOWNS-HATS-FANCY ARTICLESANNOUNCES THE CONTINUATION OF HER STOCK TAKING SALE AND FURTHER REDUCTIONS ON ALL STOCK AT T.I. 4974. NIKKO HOUSE, 10, Battery Road. Agents for "DorvHle" Sports Clothes. IwMHIBaMIIVMIIHBIItHIIIBHBIHK
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  • 769 9 1934'S SIX SUCCESSFUL STAGE PLAYS. Famous Plays of 1934. GoUancs. 7s. 6d. This addition to the Famous Plays Series contains six recent London successes. They are Touchwood, by C L Anthony; Men in White; by Sidney Klngsley; The Maltlands. by Ronald Mackenzie Queen of
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  • 567 9 BOOKS of the WEEK COULD NOT SET WILD WEST ABLAZE, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE. Code of the West. By Zane Grey. All Sails Set. By J. Hopestill Carter. H odder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. each. It must have been a comparatively easy matter to write a good "Wild
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  • 365 9 PICTURE OF OLD CHINA Beauty in Exile Chao Chun (The Beautiful Lady). By Shu < hinug, Kelly and Walsh. (Shanghai). M.SS. There are many unusual points about this remarkable and beautiful book. To begin with, it Is written— and remarkably well written in English by
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  • 373 9 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 44 A PITIFUL CLOWN" Nine against the Unknown. By J. Leslie Mitchell and L. Grassie Gibbon. JarroMs. 18s. THE joint authors have chosen nine men from the ranks of great explorers, whom they consider to have been driven on their quests by an urge, an undefined
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    912 9 My Dear Children. Let me introduce myself to' you. I am Mother Goose and I want to be a friend of all of you, and I am sure you will like to know me, too. We are going to be great* friends in future and it is
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  • 344 10 EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore. TOTIDEM VERBIS PTRANGE sights will be seen in our streets today. In honour of the Hindu deity Subramanya, men and women will walk through the city adorned with hooks and other instruments for the mortification of the flesh. These scenes will inevitably
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  • 576 10 CRACKER TRADE BOOMING By A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT TOE Chinese New Year will be here in a fortnight. This short period affords a chance for traders to make good profits. Their business tends to Increase largely in volume during the month from 15th day of the 12th moon (Jan. 19) to
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  • 156 10 The biggest advance In British air transport ever attempted is being planned for this year. Air line operators, aerodrome authorities, and aircraft constructors are co-operating to develop a network of air lines covering the whole of Britain and catering for all kinds of passenger and goods traffic
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  • 161 10 High Water: 12.15 a.m. 8.7 ft., 11.11 a.m. 9 7 ft Oolf Keppel Club. Nlblock Cup, Qualifying Round. Sir Shonton Thomas Leaves Penang. Headline. But (judging from the Penang papers) H.E. was so enraptured with the place that he nearly brought it away with him as a keepsake. H.
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    898 10 will be no closing Benediction for the Jockeys, who will continue to bring home the wrong gee-gees Just as they do on weekdays. "Hockey Bullies." A Singapore hockey match ended in a fight between two of the players. This must be expected in a game of which bullies are
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  • 113 10 "New Never-Fail Parachute Deviei" This should suit an airman down to the ground. STRAIGHT THROUGH An airman states that his crash was due to an air pocket. It must have been the kind with a hole in it. Time, Please. The man whose ight is blurred says
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 38 10 piano! TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS -HIRS E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74, Orchard Rd, S L ....J NEW WORLD SINGAPORE. Side Shows. Cabaret Dancing. Talkies. Theatres and Cinema* 15 Jewels lever $16.00 Waterproof $24.00 G ammeters Co. 16 CoiiyerQuay Singapore
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  • 429 11 Says He Paid £11,000 For Pictures He Did Not See Cardiff. WHEN Sir Richard Matthias, a former High Sheriff of Monmouthshire, appeared Xor his public examination in banitiuptcy here he admitted. +hat he and his brother owed £49,603 income tax and excess profits duty; that
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  • 302 11 CHAUFFEUR'S FACE SMACKED MOTORIST'S TEMPER COSTS £20 A VIOLENT attack on a chauffeur as he was drivinr two cousins of I the Duchess of York fro:n Buckingham Palace was described at Bow Street, London, Police Court. John Paley Johnson, independent, of Finbry Cottage, Camber Icy,
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  • 218 11 WOMAN DOCTOR SAYS IT'S GOOD Sneezing Is a talent and people should not be ashamed of it, said Dr Octavir Lewin, addressing the Winter School for Health Visitors and School Nurses at Bedford College, Regent's Park, London. Among her obiter dicta were Never backfire a sneeze and don't
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  • 43 11 The first paper chase of the year will take place tomorrow morning In the Buklt Timah vicinity. The riding hare and hounds will gather at Batu Ampat, and at the conclusion, they will be entertained to breakfast at the Swiss Club.
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    38 11 Whoa! they fly thro' the sales with the greatest of ease The thrifty young wives on the buying trapeze Their movements are tasteful, all bargains they seize; And his cash she's got through today." (After the popular song.)
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  • 101 11 "AN ILL WIND The typhoon did hundreds of million yen damage, but to Yoshitaro Yama- J moto, an Osaka curio dealer, it brought wealth. When a wall of his shop fell I In, it smashed a cabinet and revealed a secret compartment filled with gold coins. Their value was over
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  • 34 11 Under a set of measures drawn up by the Chinese Ministries of Foreign Affairs and War, marriages between foreign women and officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are strictly prohibited.
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  • 39 11 Mr. P. C. Marcus, eldest son of Mr. If. L. Marcus of the Oriental BUI Posting Co., Ltd., and Mrs. Marcus, of Singapore, has passed the final examination of The Institute of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales (A.C.A.)
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  • 144 11 The last chapter in the story of a great mid-Atlantic rescue has been written. On arriving at Falmouth the Dutch tug Zwarte Zee reported that the Norwegian steamer Sisto, which she found derelict after three days' search and took in tow, broke the tow rope
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  • 85 11 FILM STARS ARE STAYING MARRIED HOLLYWOOD'S LOW DIVORCE RECORD IN 1934 lIOLLTWOOD announces to the world that out of a total of 20,000 people employed there in pictures, there were only sixty divorces in 1934. The divorces recorded in 1931, 1932, and 1933 were 90, 81, and 84 respectively. Hollywood
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  • 86 11 FRANCE MAY FOLLOW Washington. It is understood that the ChineseAmerican Trade Council of New York is forming an unofficial Trade Mission to visit the Far East within the next two months. The New York delegation will first visit Shanghai, and from there are likely
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  • 48 11 Claimed to the tallest and most modern hcstelry in Japan, the New Osaka Hotel, which is eight storeys high and cost Y. 4,100.000, opened recently. The building is owned oy the Osaka Municipality, who have leased it to the New Osaka Hotel Company for operation.
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    • 168 11 3Bllltifr THAIPUSAM ffililjn™ ATTRACTION SUNDAY, JAN. 20. INDIAN DANCES by NINA ACCOMPANIED BY REAL INDIAN MUSIC MUSICIANS You will be provided with a realistic interpretation of the many pretty Indian dances by this well-known European Artiste. ADMISSION 50 cts. AS USUAL. Cash Capital <^a^flßHlw^> 3.000.000.00 Policy pays" ($4,195,808.20. THE INTERNATIONAL
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    • 112 11 from the Italian Government in respect of rifles and cartridges. War broke oat, and the matter was left. Do you know that the Italian Government sold the rifles and cartridges? I don't remember. Sir Richard said he had lost £60,000 in various businesses and that twelve pictures he bought in
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    • 26 11 \j ni i DC NO FINER WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE tC?,L T D INCOaMMRO IN ENOtAMD) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG, IPOH.
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  • 203 12 NEW TRAFFIC PROBLEM MORE CHILD CYCLISTS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 children attending Government, grant-in-aid and private English schools in Singapore begin a new term on Tuesday. Government and the majority of the aided schools In the F.M.S. re-open tomorrow, which is not observed there as a public holiday. CYCLES
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  • 20 12 BIG CONSIGNMENT FOR "SUPPRESSORS" Posah iKwangsi>. A largo consignment of opium, under heavy military escort, armed in Foseh
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    31 12 Police -Constable John Taylor, believed to be the man who fired the last shot in the Boer War, ha* retired from Southampton borough police after twenty-»ht years' service.
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  • 574 12 from Yunnan, shipped under the auspices of the Kwang Lien Co. The ca- j ravan consisted of 800 pack mules, each carrying two boxes. Each box i contained one thousand odd ounces of raw opium, the whole caravan totalling *..800.000 oz. of the drug. It was delivered
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  • 941 12 FRASER'S LIST FOLLOWING is Fraser and Co.'s list of closing share prices in Singapore yesterday Ampat Tin (4s; 3s 9d 4s 6d Asam Humbug 33a 35* Austral Malay (C) 81*. 625. Ayer HiUm Tin (S«) 13s 3d 14a 3d »ver Weng (ID 325 2.30 cA Bangrlti Tin
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    • 494 12 I a-, week I YOU MUST SEE 5&: WHITEAWAYS barO.s 1 GIGANTIC DISPLAY BARGAINS AT HALF PRICE E N S AJ WINDOW DISPLAYS M I SHOWING A REPRESENTATIVE ASSORTMENT OF THE |B I MOST AMAZING BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN SINGAPORE. WINDOW No. 1 I I WINDOW No. 2 I WINDOW
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    • 108 12 TODAY'S RADIO Following are today's wireless programmes: SINGAPORE. Station "Z.H.1." Singapore— Wave length 49.9 metres, (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya 1934 Ltd., Broadcast House, Singapore.) 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Recorded music. KUALA LUMPUR. ReccrtU 7 pm.— 9 p.m. SUUon "Z.G.E." owned and operated by the
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  • 1559 13  -  "QUIZ" By Some Candid Reflections On This And That. ¥\ID you notice the big scoop 17 of the Straits Times the other day? It actually had a picture of John Howeson, the almost legendary Tin King, who hitherto has Photograph been of distinctly Of retiring disposing I' 011
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  • 1283 14 SUPERIOR PACK HEAVIEST VICTORY ON RECORD OUPERIORITY in all departments save the North a well-merited win in thr annual North vs. South Rugby football matcn which was played at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The North won by a goal, a penalty
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  • 458 14 QUARTER FINALS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A large crowd was present at Victoria Institution Hall this afternoon to witness the quarter finals of the Solangor senior and Junior singles championship. Samuel, the singles champion, won easily. Scores: A. S. Samuel beat Teh Yoke
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  • 180 14 (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. The Negrl Sembllan Tamil Union wowid I up a success! ul hockey season, with a game against a strong eleven fielded by Mr. Robert Lopes, the Negrl State player. The game ended In a goalless draw. Thanks mainly to brilliant goal-keeping by
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  • 469 14 MALACCA LOSE 2-0 AT HOME (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. Excellent hockey was seen todiy when Selangor and Malacca met In an inter-State match. There was a large crowd including the Resident Councillor (the Hon. Mr. O. W. Bryant) and Col. Lermit. Rain affected the ground
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  • 188 14 SELANGOR NAMESAKES BEATEN AT HOCKEY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. On the V.M.C.A. Pad an g here today the Selangor Colts were beaten by the i Negrl Sembilan Colts at hockey by the odd goal in three. Both sides fielded a moderate team; particularly the
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  • 730 14 Purple Maid Pays $226 (From Our Own Correspoaue it Taiping, Saturday. The second day of the Taiping amateur meeting opened in dull weather. There was a good crowd present which included the Sultan and his suite. The first rac:: ended surprisingly. Perfect Lady returning the handsom3 dividend
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  • 121 14 FSBSCAsUt Mti.li.NG 1935 FIRST DAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1935. SF.COND DAY. FEBBCARY ;5. THI HI) DAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1935. VISITING MKMBKES mutt be Introduced by members of the Club and MIST APPLY "O THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE. CHENG .»'-X BUILDING, IPOH. NOT I ATER THAN r.M. ON THK DAY
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    • 50 14 FRENCH CONVERSATION WANTED BY COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT, TWO HOURS WEEKLY. STATE TERMS BOX, M U" Sunday Times NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. ON AND AFTER JULY Ist 1955 Advertisements will only be accepted when that part of the copy which Is in reverse style does not exceed one quarter of the space used.
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    • 172 14 A BOXING f* SB TODAY. JAVUABY WTH -4 at tha NEW WORLD ARENA. A M^^, young TARLEY Z\ v\ MR THB PHENOMENON OF THI KINO B |H1 THK BOY WTTH A DYKABOC W 1 W» m wallop. Jm f |H| SB U THK PKATHKK-WT. CHAM- O f B 3 PK>N
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  • 958 15 FAMOUS SOCCER CLUBS SERIES STORY THAT BEGAN UNDER A LAMP-POST FROM lamp-post meeting to a place among the wealthiest clubs in the land. That is the story of Tottenham Hotspur in a nutshell. The 'Spurs, famous the world over, have had a career as
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  • 27 15 R. Jansen, of Canada, winning the high jump event at the InterEmpire Public School Sports held In Melbourne, Australia. He cleared 5 ft. 11% in.
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  • 477 15 TOP-OF-THE table billiards brings more out of a pliyer than does any other phase of the game. Capacity in that respect is indicative of an understanding of most that goes to the making of the complete billiards player. The variations of cannon contracts, thick on one
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  • 904 15 Ely Culbertson's A wealth of Inferences can be gained during the bidding of a hand from the free bids one's partner makes, and an equally large number of Inferences can be obtained from a player's failure to make a free bid. 'We all know that If our partner
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    • 392 15 Stops mffe.. Colds Quicklu! HrVj lCr™ s^ s™!5 •Chamberlain's Cough Remedy scathes i; vtffllfe. Colds inflamed tissues, ths cnuse of colds and HMbH bUhBIOUP coughs.lt breaks up congestion and clears "C'~*j**yB B: e .S?rv, r passages ?n the nose and throat. Yet H HjHW^Tiifl Chamberlain's is safe for anyone for
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    • 513 15 LOOK* YOUNG. Why be bothered with two pairs of glasses, when s pair of our Invisible bifocal glasses serve both for far and near? Consult ELLISON S. EZEKILL A CO. Opticians and Watchmaker*. ONjLY ADDRESS— 3, Capitol Buildings, SUmford Bead, SINGAPORE. SUNDAYS Office Open all day. Pbone 2TSL t^***^3ts^*r^^^^^^9^^? I
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  • 343 16 HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS Following were the results of yesterday's Home football matches, cabled by Reuter: irsenal Leton Villa tlackburn R. Chelsea Iverton [uddersfleld lanchester C. Ilddlesbrough •ortsmouth Itoke Volverhampton 3 5 3 2 3 3 0 5 1 1 6 Leeds Leicester W. Brom. Alb. Sunderland
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  • 183 16 •TRY* AFTER WHISTLE HAD BLOWN Twickenham, Saturday. Seventy thousand people saw England and Wales draw, with 3 paints each, in the first international Rugby match of the season at Twickenham today. The Duke of Kent was presented to the teams before the match. In the first
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  • 1806 16 MALA VAN CLUB NEWS By "THE CHAIRMAN" n LANCING through the last list in the S.S. Government Gazette of the societies existing in the settlement of Singapore exempted from registration, I find they 452. The word societies has many meanings however, for according to Government
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  • 28 16 Owing to insufficient- support the lightning brilhards tournament arranged for today at the S.C.C. will not take place. No curry tiflln will be served.
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  • 152 16 SELANGOR A. F. L. LATE DR. TRAVERS A FORMER PRESIDENT The committee of the S.iangor Association Football League, in their annual report, record with desp regret the death In England of Dr E. O. Travers, who for many years was President of the League and took a very keen interest
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    • 168 16 BOWDEN'S MILK FOOD IS PURE Made entirely from English Milk by the "IMPROVED ROLLER PROCESS" WITHOUT ANT ADULTERATION SUCH AS CANE SUGAR I See that your Baby (Sucrose). Cane sugar gets the best. Bowden'i Is not a Natural conMilk Food is pure and tent of Milk and Baby does not
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    • 236 16 PLEASE NOTE. The Chairman will be pleased to hear from the various clubs and institutions in Singapore and throughout Malaya. Contributions of an informative nature, as well as photographs, are invited. A club diary to cover the ensuing week will be published, and secretaries are asked to co-operate in keeping
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  • 437 18 Our Poor Light Golfers Criticise Turf— Rugby Season's Close From SUNDAY TIMES SFORTS CORRESPONDENTS Kuala Lumpur. *T*MERE appears to be a certain trickiness about the light in Malaya, in relation to ball games in which good vision is all-important. I believe that photographers also have their special
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  • 367 18 BOXING BOARD FOR MALACCA Malacca. MALACCA will probably play I r |W state c-icket fixtures wilh Singapore these have been regul ir ones Selangor and Negri Sembiian. The players will be drawn from the Malacca Club, S F. Association, "eng Cheung Society, ~ndo- Ceylonese Association. Colvllle, two useful all-rounders, and
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  • 224 18 LAST DAYS OF RUGBY SEASON rE Rugby season of 1934-35 comes to an end within the next few days. It is being wound up this year with a seven-a-side tournament on a scale which has not been attempted before— an inter-club affair which should provide some really first-class matches. A
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    25 18 A party of Victoria Institution boys at the Travers Road Swhnminr Pool. Kuala Lumpur, with Mr. Shaw (X), their headmaster and Mr. McLeod, th«ir roach.
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  • 268 18 STATE CRICKET FOR THE NEGRI Seremban. DEVIEWING cricket prospects in the Negri, in last week's notes, I inadvertendly omitted the name of J. E. Edmonds among the list of last year's players available. This Negri speed merchant had a good many wickets to his credit last season. A meeting of
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  • 353 18 Taiplng. OADMINTON is the topic of conver- sation among local sportsmen this week. The Malays of Larut have formed their own League, and, I understand from their hon. secretary, good support has been received and a keen season is expected. The League 1 starts on
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  • 269 18 KEDAH'S SHORT HOCKEY SEASON Alor Star. WHEN the other States are still busy with their hockey fixtures, one wonders why the curtain has been drawn on local club fixtures. It may be true that there has been no official announcement to the effect, but the neglected State of the Kedah
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  • 1488 19 CHOOI YONG SHOWS SIGNS OF NERVOUSNESS CHAN KON LEONG HAS STIFF TASK Kuala Lumpur. fHE second and third round matches of the 1934 Selangor Open Singles and Junior Singles Championship (already briefly reported) took place at the VI. Hall last week-end in the presence of
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  • 518 19 GOOD PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION Singapore. rE Johore Badminton Association ha* certainly had a very successful season under the able leadership of Its President, Dr. M. Blrchee. The progress made since the formation of the Association has been very rapid and today Johore can claim to
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  • 572 19 KAJANG CHINESE BEATEN Kuala Lumpur. MORE than 300 spectators which Included several members of the fair sex were present at the Gaiety Cinema Hall. Kajang. last Sunday morning to witness the final of the Ulu Langat Badminton League, between the Semenylh Chinese and the Kajang
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  • 400 19 Stosp> method to Develop Personal Marßftiam, Meru-y. ConeentraUsn and VVtU-P*w«-r. 83 pact .k rally Describing this tnithie Method, aether with Self -Analysts Chart aasl Character Detmeatitm FREE to all srtio write at once. "The wonderful power of Personal 'oifluence Magnetism, Facination, Mind-Control, call it what
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    • 339 19 Dropped over 2,500 feet from an Aeroplane over Bristol Air Port on Empire Air Day, 24th May, 1934, all three of Fears' Unbreakable Waterproof Wrist Watches were recovered the next day in perfect condition and keeping accurate time. |MHJBH| l/?*»>(. f*i> •cma'Mfc >a< —tartd m tnrm FjifliJi —i«— «rs. t»tliiii*s
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    • 103 19 LHrTSfcin^m Frsa BINS CROSBY'S ssUf*TT^" Latest Film if W SHE LOVES ME NO7 bb^bV CU> (Next change at Alhambra) 8275 Love in Bloom F. T. Jay Wilbur's Orch. Straight from Shoulder F. T. -do--8289 I'm humrain I'm Whistlin. 1 I'm Sinrin' F. T. Bollywood Dance Orch. Two cigarettes in the
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    68 20 A feature of yesterday's Thaipusam festival, which continues today, was the silver car procession from the Tank Road Temple. This Hindu festival is explained In Pare 7. Some of the strange figure* which were seen. A picturesque section of the procession The North beat the South at Rvrby yesterday by
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    • 141 20 We are specialists in FURNITURE Bring your problems to us? SUN WAH COMPANY 83, victoria street, Singapore. jß^hnJ^^XhV Cream ol Mushroom .-*<- K- Cream of O?strr H^^^^^^^^fcwJ t'SrJ'* 'ji "''^^W Cream of Asparagus •B Iff ■te^^JßT^'' l i^y? Cream of Green Pea> fl M |w^ #^^^l "*^Wf Cream of Celery
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    • 288 20 MODERN ARTISTIC FURNITURE designed and made by SUN WAH COMPANY 83, VICTORIA STREET. SINGAPORE.. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England rke. Life. Marine. Accident, Gaaraataa and Motor ASSETS C6C.OQO.MO. Arthßr C. Potta, Manager Underwriter Eastern Branch. Singapore 55£«-*a*a NO MOR E ERRORS i LAOOOMEriR Artrt subtract* ana muitl-
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    • 98 20 Head OoVe: Cecil Street, Mnicapurc Phones Editorial: il sl-5151 Adverthin« 7701 General Office 770? Printinc Pnblishinr: 77M Tel: "Thnes" Singapore. Kaala Immpmt, Office: 25 Java Street, Phone: SMS. L— OOce: 4« 43 Fleet Street, Liainm, E.C.4. Phone: Central IM7. Tele: -Leadmalaya." >— ill an Advertising Representative: fwl>lf Publishers Representative*. Inc.,
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