The Straits Times, 6 February 1936

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    34 1 The Straits Times. THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936. I'RICE 10 CENTS, The Straits Times 4 pacjes SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      202 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683>. Throw away your SOGGY toothbrush if you want really white teeth! If you want really white teeth. Tk«* MA1U 7\w WCCT'C throw away your .orry toothbrush today! ||B liGW Ul. If ELO I 0 A brush with low-grade or ordinary bristles that turn
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      20 1 Daisy I li. OKCHAKII hO,\l I I ISOIIUI MS HASKICI!* A V.'KtA I IM I rhoiie mm I (Amhrr Mansions)
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    859 2 The Straits Times. The Sunday Times, The Singapore Free Press and the Strata Budget are available for sale at the following ageii.les:— SINGAPORE. Perinayagasamy. 383 -F, Changi Road. R. E. Mohamed Kassim Co., 14. milestone, Seletar. R.A..F. Canteen. Seletar. Federal Rubber Stamp Co., 32. Raffles Place Keppel
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      515 2 SITUATIONS VACANT IVhrn applying for anj position advertlfted in these columns srnd copies of testimonials. Do not srnd originals. WANTED. EUROPEAN NURSE for two children. Apply Box No. 193, Straits Times. WANTED JAVANESE COOK, also Houneboy or Javanese Cook and wife as Amah. Box 194. Straits Times. WANTED, suitable person
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      661 2 BOARD RESIDENCE THE MANSION. Oxley Rise Singapore, three minutes from town hifrh elevation Urge airy rooms M. 8. Tel. 3798. HOUSE POEMA A ANNEX Most modem Boarding -House near town. Self contained flats. Mod. San. Every comfort. Tel. 7330. METBOFOLE HOTEL, Bras Basah Road Mod. San. service Rooms from $45
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      783 2 AUCTION NOTICES MORTGAGEES' SALE of valuable freehold and leasehold Singapore Properties. To be held at the saleroom of Messrs. Tan Ho Oon li Co.. Ltd.. Nos. BO and 92. Market Street, Singapore, on Tnurwlajr. Febraary 13. 19M at t 39 a.m. PARTICULARS Lot 1. Nos. 187. 189. 191. 103. 195
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      543 2 BUSINESS CARDS, Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Mis* HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7467. STRAITS TIMES READERS! Note the following cash Reductions:— Diaries (Lett's, etc.) 20% Art Calendars 20% Fancy Table Sc Perpetual Calendars 20% Book Marks With Perpetual Calendars 2°% Annuals 2 Postage Extra. G.
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      45 2 Chinosol disinfects and cleanses all articles in daily use which may become carriers of dangerous disease germs. Do not wait until infection is there prevention is L» ter and cheaper. Sole Agents: Obtainable at SCHIFFMER CO., LTD all Dispensaries.' 45 47 Robinson Road. Tel. 7342
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      185 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Malava Malaya Pottage Monthly S 3.00 1.00 f 2.50 Qu.rtrrly S 850 $1200 S 7.50 Half Yearly $1700 $24.00 $15.00 Yearly $34.00 $40.00 $30.00 Note. OuUtatlon eheqaet thooM Include (he usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The charre* and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as
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      633 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in Encland.) PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES PFNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S OOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. CV. v.ARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore. 1936 SOMALI 6.810 Feb. 12 CORFU 15.000 Feb.
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      384 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said Marseilles and (Jibraltar. S.S. KASHIMA MARU Feb. 6. fM.S. YASUKUNI MARU Feb. 19. S.S. HAKOXE MARU March 5. S.S. SUWA MARU March
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      608 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham JUTLANDIA 11/2 11/J 12/1 14/2 MEONIA 3 3 3/3 43 6/S ALSIA 24/3 24/3 253
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      243 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England; APCAR LINE. FOB HONG KONG. AMOY, SHANGHAI. MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s SANTHIA 8.000 Feb. 13, 3 p.m. Excellent mederr. accommodation for nrst and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets Interchangeable witn P. O. S. N. CO., Issued at cheap
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      1225 3 TIIE RI IE FVNNEL LINE lOcean The llua Khiow Stranuhip Co. (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Stramship Co.. Ltd. The Straits Stramsh p Co., Ltd. The Australian Onriual Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM KUALA LUMPUR.
      102 4 Malls will close at Kuala Lumpur as follows: Tomorrow. Burma. Northern and Central India (via Raccoon and Calcutta) (Karoa) 7 p.m. Great Britain and place* served vit Great Britain, Europe (Karoa) 7 p.m. India (all parts) via Penang (parcels) (Karoa) 5.30 p.m. Medan (via Singapore) by air
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      FROM MALACCA.
      148 4 Malls wl'.l ciose at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Medan (via Singapore) by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Persia. Amsterdam and London Mi Singapore) by air 'Netherlands) 8 p.m. Upper Burma, Nortl and Erst India. Aden. Kgyot, Europe, Great Britain. Ireland. Canada and U.S.A. (via Penanc) (Karoa) ..1.15p.m. Saturday, Feb.
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      INDIAN LABOUR.
      58 4 The following are the arrivals from and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of January, 1936. Arrivals (state aided) (figures supplied by travelling inspectors) 80 adults. 12 minors, 7 Infants. Arrivals (ordinary deck passengers) (figures supplied by traveling inspectors) 1,488 adults. 123 minors, 41 Infants. Departures (figures
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      TELEGRAPHS.
      33 4 Kuchlng radio Is working Sunday hours today viz: —8.30 to 8.50 a.m., 940 to 9.50 am.. 10 35 to 10 50 a.m.. 2 35 to 2.50 p.m. and 4.20 to 4.50 p.m.
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      DEFERRED DEPARTURE.
      25 4 The s.s. Kashima Maru for Ceylon etc Malls previously announced as dosing at 10 a.m. today will now close at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      260 4 Aden (Karoa) 7 pm. North Ameiiea except Western Canada and Western State* of U.S.A. (Karoa) 7 p.m. Burma (Karoa) ..7 p.m. Egypt" (Karoa) 7 p.m Great Britain anc? Europe generally (Karoa) 7 p.m. Bast. North. South and West India (Karoa) 7 p.m. TNurrow. Belawan Medan (Modjckerto) 8
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      118 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected tomorrow by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of letters on Feb 8 at 825 a.m. Malls from Europe (Amsterdam) expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m. General delivery of
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      S.S. CONTE VERDE.
      48 4 The Conte Verde is due here at daylight on Monday, 10th instant, from (Trieste. Venice. Genoa. Naples, Port 'Said, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves and is expected to sail again the same morning at 10 for Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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    FURNESS WITHY'S BIG SHARE PURCHASE.
    501 4 Control Of The Shaw, Savill And Albion Company. It Is officially announced that Messrs. Furness. Withy and Co., Ltd, .who already control approximately o;ip-thlrd of the capital of Messrs. B aw. Savill and Albion Co.. Ltd., i\e made an offer on behalf of themselves and
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    ULU AYER TAWAH ACQUISITION.
    70 4 iPataling To Pay £24,565 In Shares. I The Straits Times London correspondent cables that the price payable by Pataling for the Ulu Ayer Tawan Estate (the acquisition of which has I already been recorded in the Strut.; Times) is 24,865 fully paid £1 shakos, ranking for
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    135 4 Thursday, February f. Ships aloagaMe the Wfcarra or expected lo arrhre. Entrance Godewn Gale Ea«t Wharf Cremer 22 1 Main Wharf Bolen 18 3 Kola IS 3 Klang 11 3 Muroran Maru 9 3 Kaihlma Maru 7 3 Empire Dock Shyo«en Maru 30 3 City of Hankow
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    20 4 Mr. Roosevelt has notified Congress that on Dec 28, 3.541.000 men were working under the Government's £800,000.000 works relief programme
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      661 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.S. BLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: Freight S433— Passage 54J1. CAN ADIAN PAX I F I C STEAMSHIPS. LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First class from £106-4-6 Second class from 70-6-1 REDUCED AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY
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      337 4 HIERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated In England* Incorporated tn OSA.) BOSTON. NEW YOBK A BALTIMORE -KLLERMAN- LINE V C APE OF GO HOPE FOR HAVRE. LONDON. STEKL SCIFNTIST Feb. 22 Feb. 2? ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. MEMPHIS CITY Mftr. 18 Mar. 34 BTKEL TRAVBIJER Acr. 18 Apr. 24
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      88 4 TIDE TABLE. Thursday, Feb. 6. H. W. 10.09 a.m., 9 ft. 1 in., 11.46 p.m.. 8 ft. 6 In. L. W. 4.40 a.m.. 5 ft. 1 in., 5.10 p.m.. 0 ft. 7 In. Friday, Feb. 7. H. W. 10.54 a.m., 9 ft. 5 in.. 12.45 midnight, 8 ft. 8 in.
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      146 4 i I Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night I j Max. Rainfall Bright Mln temp, ins Sunshine temp •F fars. *F West Coast. Alor Star 91 Nil 111 66 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 NU 10.3 73 1 SiUawan 90 0.04 5.9 75 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil
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    MURDERED SCOTTISH FARMER.
    399 5 Finger-Print Experts At Work. Glasgow, Jan. 6. little fresh light has teen thrown on the murder of William Young, the tenant farmer, of Crockenrioth Farm, about 10 miles from Campbeltown. on the Mull of Kintyre, who was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday morning. The
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    THE COMPLEAT ANGLER IN GERMANY.
    121 5 A New Uniform. Berlin. Anglers In Germany will not be "compleat" in future unless they are wearing the uniform which is to be introduced shortly for the 110.000 members of the Reich Association of German Anglers. The uniform consists of a grey-green shag-cloth suit with
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    49 5 Omaha, America's crack four-year-old, left In the Aquitanla for England, where he will challenge for the Ascot Gold Cup. The Vicomte Jacques Davignon, Belgian Minister to Po'and, Is to be transferred to Berlin In succession to the Comte de Kerckove de Denterghem, who has been promoted Ambassador to France.
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    22 5 H.H. The Sultan of Peral. sends down the first ball of the first InterMalay school cricket match to be held m Malaya.
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    KLANG CLUB EASTER TENNIS TOURNEY.
    127 5 Arrangements ior the eleventh open lawn tennis tournament at the Klang Club during the Easter Holidays are again in hand and should prove as popular as eve:. Entries should be sent in as soon as possible. Attractive features of this tournament are the Godfrey Bennett
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN CHINESE RECREATION CLUB.
    165 5 The seventeenth annual general meeting of the N. S. Chinese Recreation Club was held at their Club premises on Sunday. The committee for 1935 repart a year of success. During the year tho Club participated in the following -is soclatlons: Football, Hockey. Tennis and Badminton,
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    136 5 Spring Tournament To Start Next Month. The S.CC. spring lawn tennii tournament will begin on Monday, March 16. The programme of events Is as follows 1. Championship Singles. 2. Championship Doubles. 3. Godown Doubles Handicap. 4. Veterans Doubles Handicap. Godown Doubles Handicap Partners must belong to the
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY.
    120 5 The following nave been selected to play for the V.M.C.A. Junior Department against the ACS. on Friday, on the Oldham Hall Ground at 5 p.m. J. C. Crowther V. Armstrong and Thong Sing Ching G. Tralll. M. T. Hope and J. Weber G. Manasseh, C. Reshty. K. Leembruggen.
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      412 5 THE CHAMPAGNE OF ALL gmgA E4OTfe MUSICAL COMEDIES. QUfIHBHfe^JC World's Greatest Entertainers— K^R ""Ta\ A'^H l>Mtifol Gtrls— Most Spe«Uc«Ur Settings I ItX And Papal** Ssoc HHs! I Metro-GoUwTn-Majer's Greatest Musical Show! "BROADWAY ME i? OV 1936" SKE THE WORLD'S SENSATIONAL TAP DANCING BY ELEANOR POWELL With Aa OuUtanrfißf Casi JACK
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      133 5 STOCK TAKING SALE. No* Selling Regardless of Cost. MODERN FURNITURE Designed Copyrighted and Made in Malaya's largest factory as only FRANKEL'S can nake it.... unique distinctive yet inexpensive. Even homes in England are furnished by FRANKEL'S Frankel's 101, VICTORIA ST. SPECIAL STOCKTAKING SALE Surplus Mock of BRUNSWICK RECORDS to be
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      20 5 Opening Today 3.15 6 15&9 15 m lhambrA AND NOW YOU SEE HIM BBBBBBBBBSSBsfI BasH **>W C BbVSbsbM Hb^\ I
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      212 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle v hf~i f~t f~i s wit mr wm iiiii iiP ■_ll 11 B I Wp< MOTE. Figures In parentheses denote the number of letters In the words required. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 1S Poinii of weapons (10) 19. Asserting < ft > J. Stretch (7) jo. Annoyed (8) 8.
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      194 6 Ulu Klang Dividend Surprise. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Feb. 6. Local markets are closed today. The pikes in the adjoining columns are those ruling at the close of business yesterday. London rubber i.; now the highest aiace October, 1984, and tre firmness is ascribed to speculative
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      PRODUCE.
      192 6 Cloning Prices, Wednesday. Buyer. Seller Gambler 6.00 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 17.75 Black Pepper 9 75 Fair Flake Tapioca 4.15 Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5.10 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Llngga Sago Flour Sarawak Sago Flour Palembang Jclotong 8.00 Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Sago Flour Small Pearl
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        MINING.
        542 6 All Shares quoted above arr fully paid. Issue Val. Fraser It Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 5/9 6/3 5/6 6/£1 Asam Kumbang 33/- 34/- 32/6 33/6 £1 Austral Malay 69/- 60/- 59/- 60/5/- Ayer Hltam 14/6 15/6 15/3 16/1 Ayer Weng 1.70 1.80 1.75
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        GENERAL.
        406 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 2 2 do T/o Prefs 1.45 160n. 1.55 1.65 10 10 Atlas Ice 1225 12.75 12.25 12.75 £1 £1 BAT 6.0.0 6.10.0 6.2.8 6.7.6 1 60 B M. Broadcasting 0.05 dls par 0.07 2 dis par 10 5 B. M.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        169 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 57c 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nora 4%% 1907 red. 1947 $1,300,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 norn 4';.', 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 Mai.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        333 6 Mlenby Mor Gajah tonal. Malay ($2) fcyei Hitam <iyer Molek (Vyer Panas Bassett Batu Lintang BorelU Brogas Brunei Un. ($5) 3ukit Kattl Bukit Kepong Bukit Timali ($10) 3ukit K. B Serdang Donnemara 31enjalv Plantations Saytor [ndragiri reram Kuantan (.50) rimah Kamasan ($2) Sedan ■Cempas iluang Kuala Sldim Fraser
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    EXCHANGES.
    218 6 Closing Prices, Wednesday. i'he loiiowuis are tbe exchange rates his morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Rung ana Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2/4 f* London. 3 months' sight 2/4 3/32 London. 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London. 30 days' sight 2/4
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    83 6 Closing Prices, Wednesday. Noon. Feb. 5. Buyers. Sellers. No 1 X. R. S. S. in cafes (F. 0.8.) Feb. 24% 24 13/16 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Feb. 24% 24% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 24% 24%
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    436 6 Shells And Burmahs React London, Feb. 5. Markets were again quiet, but War Loan was a shade better and closed firm at 106%. Industrials were irregular. Unilevers and Bats each put on Is. 3d., but Shells and Burmahs reacted after their recent prolonged rise. Transatlantics were firm. Rubbers
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    POST OFFICE AS BANKER.
    289 6 £390,000,000 Held For Depositors. The year 193G has opened with a record balance of £390.000.000 due tc! depositors in the Post Office Savingsj Bank, an increase during the year 1935 of no less than .€35.000.000 Never before has so large an increase been recorded in one
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    THE RAND'S BEST YEAR.
    416 6 WORKING REVKM'K OF £16,437,000. Johannesburg. Jan 21 Progress made by the Transvaal mining industry Is amply demonstrated in the statistics for 1935 lamed today by the Chamber of 1 1 The year's production amounted ro 10,776.684 oz. of fine gold 10,486.393 for 1934. while mill CFeas?d
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    EXPORTS TO CHINA.
    132 6 Regulations Regarding Consular Invoices. The Chinese Consulate General la ir receipt of telegraphic instructions from the Ministry of Foreign AfTairs at Nanking to the effect that according tc the present Chinese Maritime Customs regulations, all goods or merchandise exported to China which are of riore than $200
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    CABLE INDEX.
    69 6 December Figure 7.1 Above November. The cable traffic index for December, issued by Cable and lecords a jump of 7.4 over thai of November. The figure of 80 1 was the highest since the E3.7 of the previous December, which was itself the blgti*st since February, 1932. The
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      ENGLISH BREWERIES & BEER CANS.
      1226 7 ENGLISH BREWERIES BEER CANS. Misleading Propaganda Based On U. S. Conditions. Good wine, we have always understood, needs no bush, but a good deal has been heard lately of the better condition In which British beer would be served were it put up in a tin can instead of in
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      BUSY YEAR FOR KRUPPS.
      253 7 Profits Carried To Reserves. Krupps. of Essen, the famous German heavy industrial combine, reports lor the year ended Sept. 30, 1935, a sharp up-swlng in business as a result of the Government's work and rearmament programmes. The net profit has Increased 46 per cent, to Rm.9.689.547,
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      EXCHANGES.
      95 7 Guilder Firmer. London, Feb. 5. Paris 75 1/64 Aihci.s 530 ttlier? New York 5.0J 1 Bucharest 869 sellers Montreal 5.01\ Rl- i% Brussels 29 43 sellers offlclaJ Geneva 15.17 Be crade i\t Amsterdam 7. JO Busnus Atres unquoted Ml'an 82 S Montevideo 39 4 Berlin 12. 50 «ellers official
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      KAY TIN MINES (KINTA) MEETING.
      1150 7 Northern End Working. The ordinary general meeting of Kay Tin Mines (Kinta), Ltd.. was held In London. Mr. C. A. Bolton (the chairman of the company) presided. The chairman said: Before I commence my very short speech, I would like to express my appreciation to
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      N.I. RUBBER EXPORTS
      298 7 Excessive In 1935, But Within Terms of Scheme. Lewis and Peat. Ltd.. in their rubber market report dated London, Jan. 22. state: The statistical position continues to improve and with sustained buying by consumers, the future of the market appears favourable. There is certainly a likelihood of
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      151 7 1263 rd Auction, February 5, 1936. lbs. tons Catalogued 920,957 41) 14 Offered 915.971 408.91 Sold 835,148 372.83 Spot London 7d. New York 14 15 16 cto. PRICES REALISED. Bibbed Smoked Sheet Cents per Ib. Standard Quality 24% to 2<\ (1 lot 24 7* >
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      632 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colon; of Hona Soce) The liability of n. embers Is limited to the exteDt and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1921 of the Colony HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Ai'thoi:srd Capital $50.300. JOO Issued and fully paid ud $20,303,000
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      374 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in Eneland r- Rova) Charter 18b3> Paid Up Capital in CO'J.OCO shares ot £5 each 13.000 000 Reserve Fund C3.UWI 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors t3.ouu.uOO III \l> OFFICE: £3. Bishcpsgate. London E.C 3. Amritsar Hong Kong Saigon Bangkok Hollo bemaian«
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    FEBRUARY PROGRAMME OF THE GERMAN SHORTWAVE STATION.
    672 8 A LL German radio programmes for the month of February centre or. the Winter Olympic Games in Partenkirchen. and the Carnival. From Feb 6to 16. there will be daily half-hourly reports of the Olympic Games, giving a complete resume of their character and
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    GERMANY AND MILITARISM.
    387 8 TWO ECSTATIC NAZIS. Berlin. A booklet, "From Job to MachineGun," popularising conscription and military service, by Alfred Ingemar Berndt and Kurt Kranzlein, two young Nazi journalists, has received much publicity in the German Press and radio. The authors confess, in the foreword, thaft this book— which gives
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    AMBULANCE RIFLES MYSTERY.
    194 8 Stockholm Repudiates A Rome Explanation. Stockholm, Feb. 1. No foundation whatever exists for statements attributed by Rome reports to officials of the Swedish Legation concerning ammunition which Italian War Bulletin No. 108 mentions, as having been found in a captured Swedish ambulance unit, declares the Swedish Foreign
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    WEI DYNASTY TABLETS.
    76 8 Discovery Made In Kansu Province. Sian, Jan. 13. Two stone tablets, believed to belong to the North Wei Dynasty about 1.000 years ago. were recently unearthed at Tlensul near the south-eastern border of Kansu. In view of the larger number of ancient relics In Western Shensl, the
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    FBI. AND NATIONAL DEFENCE.
    206 8 PLEA TO GOVERNMENT. 'TAKE US INTO CONFIDENCE." The President of the Federation of British Industries has invited to a meeting, to be held in the near future. the affiliated trade associations, so that they may carry out the decisions embodied in a resolution passed unanimously by
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    REFUNDS GOVERNMENT FOR "FRE RAILWAY TRIPS."
    59 8 A woman recently sent $200 to Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, for the "free trips" which she had taken on Government railways through! "passess" given her by iriends. She is j Miss Lee La-chieh who was born and I educated in America,
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    27 8 The Executive Yuan has ordered ie amalgamation of the various agricultural departments with a view to improving the economic position of the rural villages.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    POISON DEATH OF SCIENTIST.
    189 8 FORMULA THAT KILLED HIM. EXPERIMENTS NOT FINANCED. Disappointment at lack ot support for his exoor'ments lay behind fhe tragedy of Jules Grcsjean. 59. a 9de.itist, who was formerly a pufessor ;it St. Petersburg University. He wns found dead in a room at his home at Fellows
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    KWEICHOW CITY RETAKEN FROM REDS.
    78 8 Capital Still Besieged. Canton. Feb. 4. Government lorces In Kwetebow have retaken Siuwen city about 20 miles north-west of Kweiyang. the capital. Severe losses were suffered by the defeated Reds, it is claimed. No news is available about the capital, which has been besieged for
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    FRESH DEMANDS IN CHINA.
    155 9 CHAHAR TROOPS TO WITHDRAW Tientsin, Feb. 5. A demand for the withdrawal of Chahar forces "to south of the Great Wall has been presented to General Sung Che-Yuan, chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Council, by a representative of General Li Shouhsin, commander of the Manchukuo forces in
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    TRAPPED IN A DITCH.
    376 9 Family's Plight After Car Overturned. His dreadful experience, to find himself and his family trapped in a ditch by their overturned motorcar after a road crash, was described by a Shakespearean actor to the coroner at Guildford. He is Mr. John Knose Mac Lean. of Beacon
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    CRICKETER'S DRIVING LICENCE.
    233 9 Restoration Refused. A. i application by Mr. V. W. C. Jupp, the cricketer, for the removal of the disqualification from holding a motor-driving licence, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Goddard at Northants Assizes last week. In January of last year Mr. Jupp was tried at Northants Assizes
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    46 9 Rudyard Kipling, world-famous author and "Poet of Empire", who died in Middlesex Hospital, London, following an operation for internal trouble, was buried in the Poet's Corner in the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. Photo shows Lord and Lady Astor arriving at Westminster Abbey for the service.
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    ARRIVING UP THE THAMES FROM CANADA.
    1013 9 Close-Up View Of River Pilot. Shore folk little realise what a highly skilled job it is to bring a big steamer up to the docks and what an organisation is provided by the Port of London Authority (P.L.A.) to enable ships to navigate the
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    28 9 Mr. Marshall Field, the American millionaire son of the Store King," and former husband of Mrs. Dudley Coats, was married to Mrs. Ruth Phlpps 21. of New York.
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    GERMANY'S NEW HOPE.
    434 9 SEEKING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. Berliß. Germany hopes that the a <- sion of Edward VIII. to the I lish throne will take a more Ml va and public role in Chancellor Hitler's much-desired understand, rir with Britain vill come to p»*». This is not said in so
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    CRIPPLED MAN WAI KS AFTER INFLUENZA.
    136 9 Germ Cures Paralysis After being wheeled about In an invalid chair for 14 years, John Heuchan. 51. of Motherweil, Lanarkshire, is now able to walk. He gives the credit for his remarkable cure to the Influenza germ. Until 1921 Heuchan was employed at Dalzell
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    AMUSEMENTS
    149 10 SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Donee. ALHAMBRA Charlie Chan In Shanghai. With Warner Oland. 6.15 —9.15. GLOBE THEATRE. GREAT WORLD Mr. Sz Mrs. Martin Johnson's Baboona. GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL Dinner Dance Tonight 9.30 —IS No after Dinner Admission Charge. GREAT WORLD Wagon Wheels. With Randolph Scott. HOLLYWOOD. U. SEE
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1936. WHY BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH?
    790 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1936. WHY BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH? Reference was made yesterday to what we believe to be a unique episode in planting history. It is recorded in the January number of "The Planter" where the London correspondent of the Incorporated Society of Planters, Mr.
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    213 10 Mr. A. C. WiLson, of the Public Works Department, Teluk Anson, and Mrs. Wilson are shortly going Home or. leave. Mrs. Adams, wife of Mr. A. H. Ada/ns lof Messrs. C. C. Wakefleld and Co Singapore, is in Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, where she has been a
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    FORWARD SILVER
    103 10 Market Resumes Dealings With Calmness London, Feb. 5. "Not a ripple." said a leading banker, describing the calmness of the silver market on resuming forward silver dealings. The resumption was wholeheartedly welcomed. No figures are available of the Indian speculative position, now liquidated, but everywhere it is described
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    A SERVICES LETTER
    1039 10 First Abyssinia, Then Danzig Eden Again The Tembien Push Rains And Sanctions*. From Our Military Correspondent. London, Jan. 27. The sense of personal loss caused by the death of our beloved Sovereign has left such a stunned, numb feelin? behind that we are all finding it difficult
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    The Centre Of Chinese Life In Penang.
    401 10 IN common with other towns of Malaya. Penang possesses a Town Hall— associated with the diversified entertainment provided by the fortnightly meetings of the city fathers and the occasional visits of itinerant operatic and comedy companies. Bu' Penang possesses another public buildIng of
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    747 10 SQUATTERS' TRIUMPH. VJOXTLD the vast areas cf rubber land in this country, most of which have been sadly impoverished by clean weeding, be fit for anything else, should circumstances force Malaya into a policy of intensive food production? The answer i.s supplied by a Chinese settlement
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      16 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT. FOUR PAGES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936 No. 6.
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      SELANGOR TO EUROPE AND BACK AGAIN.
      388 1 Misses Loke Represent New Chinese Womanhood. A DISTINCTIVE place in Chinese society in Malaya is occupied by the two daughters of Mrs. Loke Yew, of Kuala Lumpur, widow of the fine old towkay who did so much to develop Seiangor and made a great
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      Strawberries At Last IN SINGAPORE.
      556 1 Strawberries At Last IN SINGAPORE. Importing Fruit By New Method. FRESH strawberries and raspberries, neatly packed in cartons, may be a regular feature of Singapore shops in the near future. These and other fruits which cannot be brought to the tropics by the ordinary process of cold storage can now
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      LOCAL ART GROUP.
      121 1 Amateurs Who Meet Regularly In Singapore. Singapore residents, men and women, who sketch and paint as a hobby will be Interested to know that a group of artists and would-be artists meet every Friday evening at 0.15 at the home of Mr. C. Jackson, Claremont, Ladyhill Road
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      A WOMAN'S NOTE-BOOK.
      551 1 Women In Shorts What The Malays Say— And In The Towns A Horror In Raffles Place. a lot of trouble the vogue of shorts for women has caused in Malaya! Shorts are far and away the best things to be worn at certain times, but the trouble
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      For Athletics.
      326 1 pair of socks with stripes going round them, coming out of a shop No wonder the men were laughing I nearly cried myself. Why in th« name of all that Is horrible did that woman want to wear shorts to shop In? Sylphs Only. I should also like
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        213 1 Fashions, Society, Gossip. How to Cure Your SKIN ERUPTION Why suffer humiliation from the scrutiny ECZEMA of passers-by If your bee is marred by a fc disfiguring eruption, an angry rash, or un* nuADI'C IT/*LJ sightly blotches, a course of Cutkura treat- DHUBI 9 II V.H rncnt will quickly clear
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      OUR INQUIRY BUREAU.
      836 2 Points Which Puzzle Malayan Housewives. AS readers of the women's pages of the Straits Times somc- times write to ask for information on matters calling for local knowledge, we are inaugurating today an Inquiry Bureau which will form a regular feature of the Women's Supplement in future.
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      M. C. S. Wedding.
      31 2 Miss Peggy Worsley Russell Anley, of Alverstone, Hampshire, who was married in Singapore this week to Mr. John D. Hodgkinson, M C.S., Alor Gajah Strait* Times Photograph.
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      FORTNIGHTLY CLUB ACTIVITIES. Lecture On Feb. 10.
      105 2 FORTNIGHTLY CLUB ACTIVITIES. Lecture On Feb. 10. Members of the Fortnightly Club met last week to hear Mrs. Loverldge give an Interesting talk on child welfare. The meeting ended with a talk by Mrs. Kora who spoke on the Japanese woman's movement In Japan. The club meets again on February
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      SIMPLICITY & SUBTLETY
      540 2 SIMPLICITY SUBTLETY COMBINED IN NEW SILHOUEITES. Paris To Be Challenged By London. (From Our London Staff.) Fleet Street, Jan. 25. 4T the end of this month, many spring fashion secrets will be revealed. At the moment, they are secure behind locked doors. Advance news has already arrived in London from
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      PREVAILING AND PERSONAL WINDS.
      653 2 I M ah- Jong Hints For European*. (By Soo So Kum Chin.) This is the second of a scries of articles xcritten by a Chinese expert mah-jong player giving hints for European players. This series is appearing in this weekly supplement ta the Straits Times. A
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      A WOMEN'S FESTIVAL TOMORROW.
      318 3 From Purdah To Cabaret. A GLANCE AT THE PAST IN the Women's Supplement last week there was published a description by a Chinese writer of Chap Goh Meh as it used to be celebrated in Singapore. This festival takes place tomorrow, and although its external features
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      SNAPPY, BUT NOT SUBTLE ENOUGH.
      196 3 Where American Women Fail. [from Our London Staff.] Fleet Street, Jan. 25. A favourite question among women in this country is whether American iLomen dress as uc'l as English women. Mr. Norman Haitnell's answer is definitely in the negative. But there are three points on
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      HINTS FOR MALAYANS GOING IN LEAVE.
      503 3 London, Jan. 19. Ths smartest tweeds of the moment bave a very shaggy appearance, and an •iir of rusticity which contrasts amusI iprly with the splendour of our even•"T modes. Large checks and plaids, and bright latches of colour also help to make our
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      WOMEN NOW WEAR PLUMAGE.
      87 3 "Question Mark" Curb. (From Our London Staff.) Fleet Street, Jan. 17. WANY smart French visitors have been In London during the last few days. I saw several attractive women wearing what appeared to be a large "question mark" curl on their foreheads. These "curls," upon Investigation,
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      44 3 Cork Bracelets. Bracelets are being made of queer stuff. Carved cork is a new material for their manufacture. They slip over the hand like slave bangles, and are gilded so that they look like something rather barbaric. Fheir great arraction is their light weight.
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      Moire Among New Fabrics.
      159 3 (From Our London Staff.) A comparatively new material which Is gaining great favour Is moire. I am authoritatively told that this will be well in the limelight for evening wear during 1936. It wJI be much in request for afternoon frocks, too, as well as for
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      ADVANTAGES OF SCHOOLING IN AUSTRALIA.
      407 3 Cheap, and Children Can Be Home At Christmas. ANY Malayan mother with children approaching the school age who saw the happy, spirited children who departed in the Gorgon for Western Australia last week, could not fail to be impressed by the result of schooling in
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      Father -In-Law was Colonial Secretary.
      190 3 Fa ther -In-Law was Colonial Secretary. and termly examinations are held. In the higher forms students are prepared for the University Junior and Leaving examinations which are conducted annually. The former Is usually taken at the age of 14 years, and the latter at 16 or 17. By passing in
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      MARKET MEAT: LARGER SUPPLY.
      292 4 PLENTY OF CAULIFLOWER. By "Houtewife." Singapore, Feb. 5. I THE variety of fruits and vegetables, both imported and locally grown. Is not as large as usual this week, and so far there is nothing new in the market, although fresh consignments! are expected about the end
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      TRUTH-TELLING.
      171 4 TELLING the truth, like drawing a 1 straight line or driving an automobile, is something that has to be learned— not an ability with which one is born. Some of us elders have not learned the art yet; perhaps some of us never will completely master It A very
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      Malayan Girls At Hockey.
      42 4 Malayan girls have not played hockey for many years, bat their enthusiasm knows no bounds. This Ipoh team went to Koala Lumpur during the Chinese New Year for a tournament in which two other town teams took part.
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      A MARKETING GUIDE.
      754 4 Singapore Prices And Produce In Season. (Special to the Straits Times.) •THIS market list has been specially compiled for the Strahs Times by a Singapore housewife and gives last Tuesday's prices. Those prices are only approximate, but they will be useful as a general guide both for
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      NEW COLOURED NOTEPAPER.
      537 4 BARBARA'S DIARY. Pale Coffee Use Brown Ink. London. Jan. 23. One of the smartest ot the nt» notepapers is in a pale coffes colour, much deeper in shade than "he more usual cream. If you decide to use thi- i.ype of stationery then you will aUo like
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      FAIR TREATMENT.
      64 4 IT is surprising how much naughtl- ness disappears when children are once convinced they can count on fair treatment not perhaps when you happen to be in the mood, but all the time. Whole oceans of resentment and rebelliousness seem to flow away and leave them free love
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      NEW COIFFURES TRIED OUT.
      367 4 Experts On 1936 Hair Styles. Fleet Street. Jan. 15. It Is forecast that during 193<7. American women will spend the nun? sum of 150.000.000 gold dollars I1 >- proxlmately £30.000.000) In tha 65.000 beauty shops of that countr This proves conclusively th? eooicntion that American women
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      NO SHARE-OUT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
      194 11 UNANIMOUS VIEW OF COMMONS. Debate On Distribution Of Raw Materials. APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. "Time Not Quite Ripe," Declares Government. THAT there was not, and could not be, any question of sharing out the British Empire was the unanimous view of the House of
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      GERMAN CLAIMS FOR COLONIES.
      787 11 London, Feb. 5. In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. George Lansbury, former leader of the Opposition, moved a re- I solution in favour of summoning j through the League of Nations an International conference to deal with economic factors which, the motion claimed, are
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      CHINA BUYS WAR MATERIAL.
      201 11 $3,000,000 WORTH FROM U.S. ATTITUDE IN NORTH STIFFENS. Washington, Feb. 5. Figures issued by the state Department reveal large purchases of aeroplanes, machineguns and bombs made in the United States, by China. Last month the consignments to China exceeded U.S. $3,000,000 in value, and accounted for
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      NO LOAN FOR DEFENCE.
      223 11 British Defence Plan Completed. London, Feb. 5. The Government's defence plans j are understood now to be practically complete. They will be considered at the next meeting of the Cabinet. It is learnt that the prospect of the flotation of a loan to repair the deficiencies
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      ENGLAND-CAPE RECORD ATTEMPT
      57 11 London, Feb. 5. Flight-Lieut. Tommy Rose left Lympne at midnight tonight on an I attempt to break Amy Mollison's Eng-land-Cape flight record of four days, six hours, and 53 minutes, with the Miles Falcon monoplane in which he won the King's Cup last year. His route is:
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      FASCISM GAINS GROUND IN SPAIN.
      132 11 Madrid, Feb. 5. Spanish Fascists yesterday held a ■nass demonstration in the largest theatre of Madrid which, however, proved utterly insufficient to hold the .remendous crowds clamouring for icmittance. Overflow meetings, to which addressis delivered at the main meeting we.c rlayed by ladio. were hastily
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      Ships Held Up By Severe Snowstorm.
      48 11 Tokio, m common with other parts of Japan, is suffering severely from the effects of Arctic weather. Here are shown new ho f!s and blocks of offices m the Marunouchi business quarter which as entirely rebuilt after the disastrous earthquake of 192...
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      JAPAN IN GRIP OF ARCTIC CONDITIONS.
      134 11 A snowstorm, the heaviest in 11 years, swept the Tokio district yesterday paralysing railways and bus services. Snow fell to a depth of 10 inches. A warning was issued to Tokio citizens by the central meteorological observatory against a severe snowstorm coming a few
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      GRAVE SITUATION IN DAMASCUS.
      156 11 Arabs Bitter Against The French. Jerusalem, Feb. 5. Although no new disturbances have occurred in the last few days and to all outward appearances order prevails n streets of Damas cus and Aleppo, the situation continues be one of dangerous tension. The general strike, which has
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      LIGHTNING TRAGEDY.
      98 11 Father And Three Children Killed. Paris, Feb. 5. Four persons were killed by lightning in the suburbs of the fashionable seaside resort of Biarritz under most extraordinary circumstances. During a thunderstorm a high tension overland transmission cable was dislodged, striking the electric light circuit of a house where
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      "THE PLANE IS BROKEN"
      72 11 Last Message From Doomed Fliers. Bucharest, Feb. 5. Three persons were killed yesterday when a plane belonging to the Rumanian Air Transport Company crashed in the mountains near Reshitza on the Temesvar-Klausen-burg route. The victims include the pilot. Capt. Ivanovici, who was one of the most
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      AIR LINER'S HUSTLE AT HUA HIN.
      35 11 Bangkok, Feb. 5. The delayed eastbound Imperial plane which landed yesterday at Hua Hin made a record get-away, landing, refuelling by a hand pump and departing Inside twelve minutes.
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      MANCHUS FEAR ATTACK.
      100 11 MANCHUS FEAR ATTACK. Border Closed To Foreigners. JAPANESE PLANS FOR DEFENCE. Tientsin, Feb. 5. The Manchukuo frontiers have been closed, states an official announcement from Changchun. General Mlnami, eon chief of the Kwantur.s Army, eon ed with his General Stall yesterday. when, it is learned, defence measures against Russia were
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      Charges Against Soviet.
      129 11 Changcnun. Feb. 5. Intense bit erne^s has rcen uouwd here as a result of the refusal of the Soviet authorities to extradite th> Manchukuo troops who n utinied on the eastern frontier to the north if Suifenho on Jan. 30. resisted the Japanese and Manchukuo unltivc expedition
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      R. A. F. GOODWILL FLIERS TO CARRY MAILS.
      270 12 BAGS FOR SARAWAK AND HONG KONG. Flying Boats In Trial Over Singapore. ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the Singapore 111 (lying boats, in which Air-Commodore Sydney Smith, Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F., Far East, is making an official visit to Japan, to
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      GOVERNOR VISITS LUMUT.
      155 12 SULTAN OF PERAK PAYS CALL. (From Our Own Correspondents Lumut, Feb. 5. Th'- Bea Bollf with His Excellency row and his party aboard arrived at Lumut this morning. Ml O. F. Staynes. the District Ofnn r boarded thi- vessel, and latt r X turned with His Excellency
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      REPAIRS TO COURTS FINISHED.
      224 12 Change Over On Monday, The alterations and repairs to the police court building at South Bridge Road, Singapore, will be completed in a few days and on Monday, Feb. 10, the Third and Fourth Police Courts, which are sitting ai the old Chinese Protectorate building at
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      CRASHING WALL KILLS COOLIE.
      44 12 When a wall which he was helping to demolish at the old racecourse in Racecourse Road. Singapore, collapsed at about 8.30 a.m. today, a Chinese coolie was killed. His head was severed from his body, and buried in the debris.
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      AIR MAIL ARRIVALS.
      46 12 The X L.M. east bound mail plane is expected to arrive at Seletar late :hls afternoon. Mails will be avallabl' d box-holders about 8 p.m. and will b- delivered tomorrow. The delayed Imperial machine is due in Singapore tomorrow afternoon, iwi days late.
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      HUGE 42,000 LINER DUE ON MARCH 1.
      311 12 THE season for pleasure cruises has come round again, and once more, in early March, the world's finest show liners will be at Singapore on voyages bringing romance to hundreds. But whereas five cruise ships visited Singapore during the last season, there will
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      LYNN'S LATEST.
      381 12 At The Cinema. Ripples But Not Gusts Of Laughter. •Stormy Weather." (With Tom Walls. Ralph Lynn and Yvonne Arnaud.) At the Pavilion. For delicious acting by Yvonne Arnaud. for a hilarious scene in which Ralph Lynn clowns with a typist and a 2at office-boy, for flashes of the
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      THAIPUSAM TODAY
      185 12 RELIGIOUS RITES, BUT NO CELEBRATIONS. Hindus wci\ congregated at the Ohettiar temple in Tank Road, Singapore this morning, praying. Others walked through the streets stuck with pins and needles— in penance. But this year's observance of Thalpusam, one of the greatest of the Hindu religious festivals, took on
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      MALARIA DEATH RISE.
      131 12 After having fallen from a pea*, total of 38 two months ago to nine list week, malaria deaths in the Singapore Municipal area have risen again to 14. In the corresponding week of last year there were nine deaths. Anti-mosquito work in the Kallane area is progressing
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      SINGAPORE'S ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
      195 12 SINGAPORE'S ANNIVERSARY TODAY. Customary Sign Absent. fONTRARY to the usual custom, ships in Singapore harbour are not dressed today in honour of the anniversary of the founding of the? Settlement of Singapore, by Sir Stamford Raffles, on Feb. fi. ISIS The dressing of ships Ins I R the only way
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      CHINA FLOOD RELIEF
      96 12 Large Remittances From Malayan Chinese. Shanghai. Feb. 5 The National Famine Relief Commission has announced that so tar funds remitted by the Chinese from all parts of the world in aid of the relief work have exceeded $600,000. remittances from Chinese public bodies in British Malaya amounting
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        180 12 WHAT IS ON TODAY. Till! straits limes is publishing! this daily feature to jfive| readers a coxprehcnsive summary of enter." ainmcnts. meeting. Nirls o\ nt-. Metal functionan'l ether outstanding ha'ipenin^s. Or^uiisers of meeting* etc. are in\it"1 to submit diary dates. ROTBLB. KAIMKS HOTEL: Orchestral con 16—9.15 Special dinner and dance
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        154 12 HOLLYWOOD. SERAM.OON ROAD: Country Gentleman. Chapter one Cantonese talkie 8pm MARLROROUGH: Tai Sow Ch'i Song. Chinese comedy. 7 p.m. Sp.si RITZ. GEYLANG: Oil for the Lamps oi China. With Pat O'Brien anl Josepi.lne Hutchlnson. Also Cross Country Cruise. With Lew Ayres 7.45—11. GRAND. NEW WORLD: Naughty Father-in-law. Cantonese talkie. 7.30
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      "CONTRADICTION NOT AMOUNTING TO PERJURY."
      3177 13 Defence Counsel's Claim In Lambert Trial. ACCUSED CROSS-EXAMINED CLOSELY. A MAN describing events might very well quite apart from the circumstances of the case five a totally different account as to what occurred at different times, and I shall ask your Honour to say that
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      1936 BAR COMITTEE IN F.M.S.
      41 13 The elected members of the F.M.S. Bar Committee for the year 1936 are: Messrs Yong Shook Lin, W. V. D. Skrlne. A. Bostock Hill, J. L. Woods, K. M. Copmarasamy. Hon. secretary, Mr K. K. Beniamir.
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      25 13 The Queen of Iran and the Princesses have encouraged the movement to abolish the veiling of women by accompanying the Shah to a ceremony unfeiled.
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      TO HEAD FORD INDIA ORGANISATION.
      89 13 Mr. B. O. Stevenson. Mr. B. O. Stevenson, former managing director, Ford Motor Company of Malaya, Ltd., has accepted the position of managing j director of the Ford Motor Company Of India Ltd., following the retirement of Mr. John L. Chldsey. Mr. Stevenson is at
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      RETIRED FROM MALAYA IN 1911.
      146 13 Death Of Mr. W. P. Waddell. Mr. William P. Waddell. a form' r Malayan, died in London this week. Mr Waddell, known to his old friends in Singapore as "Willy", was at one time a partner in Boustead and Co. and occupied a leading position
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      LATE MR. WEMYSS C. CORNELIUS.
      253 13 LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL TODAY. "THE funeral of Mr. Wemyss Cornelius, who died yesterday morning at the General Hospital, Singapore, following an accident, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery this morning preceded by a Choral service at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. There was
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      G.O.C. INSPECTS. MALAY REGIMENT.
      92 13 Standing Advisory Committee Meets. Major-General W. G. S. Dobbi<\ he G.0.C., Malaya, Inspected tlu- Malay Regiment at Port Diekson on Tucs.l w. On the same day a meeting of Ihn Standing Advisory Committee of ;he Malay Regiment was held at u ort Dickson, which was attended
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      49 13 A South Indian Muslim League has been started In Singapore with the approval of Government. The main object of this league Is to bo of assistance to the Islamic religion and the welfare of the community. The hon. secretary Is Mr. K. M. Muhammad Muhlddln, 68-A. Market Street. Singapore.
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        118 13 0 IT'S A FACT sharper The amazing thing about Gillette's new electrical tempering process It that although the steel at the sides is extra hard, the special process softens the centre without affecting In an/ wa/ those harder edges. Actually, two different temperlngs In one blade. The effect is that
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      TONIGHT'S BOXING.
      64 14 Double Main Event At The New World. Mr. It. Bell has tuo main events. r U rounds, on his card at thr \r\v World Stadium tonight Sinn I'iinc meeting Young Johnson .uui i'rankie Weber Iwinij matched uvuinst Joe Eagle. TIMN should be two exlremely Kond fights and house
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      ABED GIVES WISE A HARD FIGHT.
      283 14 Lawn Tennit. Open Singles Final Won By S.C.C. Champion. S. Abed must be ranked as the most Improved of Singapore's many lawn tennis players after the splendid fight he put up against N S. Wise, the S.C.C champion, in the final of the Chinese
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      274 14 A HISTORIC CRICKET MATCH: His Highness the Sultan of Perak was present on Sunday at the first all-Malay school rricket match ever played in Malaya, and he bowled the first ball. Quite a large crowd attended. The match, which was arranged by Mr. A. C. J. Towers, of Ipoh, was
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      S. R. C. WITHDRAW FROM DIV. I.
      197 14 Association Football. Will Play Friendlies And Build Up Cup Side. rrvHE S.R.C, who have supported the S.A.F.A. League and Cup soccer competitions for a number of years, have not entered a team in the First Division of the League this season. This decision
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      THE DAVIS CUP.
      91 14 Australia Playing In American Zone. The Davis Cup draw took place here today before Sir Samuel Hoare 'president) and other members of the Lawn Tennis Association and resulted as follows: EUROPEAN ZONE First Round. Monaco vs. Netherlands China vs. France Spain vs. Germany Second ::ound. Norway vs.
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      BLADES NOW SECOND.
      68 14 London, Feb. 5. By defeating Southampton today Sheffield United dispose Leicester City as runnera-up In the Second Division though they have now played a game more. Reuter cables the results of todays football matches as follows: Second Division. Tottenham 0 Manchester U. 0 Southampton 0 Sheffield XJ.
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      AERIEL'S SUCCESS.
      48 14 The Eastern Auto Company Ltd. have received the following telegram from Messrs ..Ariel Motors (J. 8.) Ltd., Selly Oak (Birmingham): Len Heath riding an Ariel hunter won the Colmore Cup, England's premier reliability trophy, for the third successive year, a max- J veUoua and unarecedented achievement.
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      Surprise Soccer Victory For Wales Over England.
      304 14 London, Feb. 5. WALES 2; ENGLAND 1. J7NGLAND with six Arsenal players in her team will not gain the International soccer crown this year for yesterday at Wolverhampton she met with a surprising 2—l2 1 defeat at the hands of Wales. This was
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      THE MALAYAN ROLL COMPETITION.
      245 14 Rifle Shooting. D.H. Grist Wins For The Second Year Running. Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 4. THK ••.Malayan Uoli" Competition (1935) was won fur the second year in succession by I). 11. (irist. The prize for this competition is normally the Silver Medal of the National hift? Association,
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        97 14 OTHER SPORT. Other Sportinr news will be found on pace 5. .-9 mji l ||r wt Mr' m vB mm 111 a\ V m»* The 1936 Willys Sedan The most expensive car in the world may satisfy the vanity off its owner, but fundamentally it does what the Willys will
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      GEMAS' NINE-HOLE GOLF COURSE-FAMOUS RULE RECALLED.
      738 15 WILD PIG OFTEN SEEN ON THE FAIRWAYS. Dunlop Rubber Company's Generous Support. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. very Ion;, ago two sports writers at home drew attention to the local rule of the Gemas Golf Club which allowed a ball coming
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      MENZEL CHAMPION OF INDIA.
      159 15 lawn Tennis. Beats Austria's No. 1 In Straight Sets. Roderick Menztl (Czechoslovakia) Mi the All-India lawn tennis title at Allahabad defeating G. von Metaxa 'Austria i In straight sets in the final 4. 6 2. 8 6. India railed to hold her own in OW Int
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      SEPOY LINES G.C.
      86 15 Gold Medal Won By Mrs. A. F. Hunter. The Sepoy Lines Golf Club Gold Medal (women) for 1935 was won by Mrs. A. F. Hunter with a net score of 56. There were eighteen entries for the February medal competition which was won by Miss Hadley 43—13
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      THE NORTH XV.
      89 15 Information was received in Singapore yesterday that neither H. G. Banham (Selangor t nor C. P. Liston (Penang) art able to play for the North on Saturday at Anson Road Stadium. The Straits Times understands that Lieut. Thunder (Perak) will replace Banham on the wing and that
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      FIVE-ASIDE SOCCER AT K.L.
      51 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kua'a Lumpur. Feb. 5. The Selangor Club propose to hold a flve-a-slde soccer knock-out tournament on the Padang on Wednesday, March 4, and Saturday, March 7. It is hoped that all soccer and rugger players will enter and make the tournament a
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      M.C.C. MATCH ABANDONED.
      54 15 Palmerston North, Feb. 5. The two-days match between the M.C.C. and Manawatu was abandoned today. A severe thunderstorm Hooded the pavilion, which was recently partially wreched by gales, and the M.C.C. players' gear was soaked. On the first day M.C.C. scored 176 (HardstafT 75) and Manawatu 85
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      20 15 A fine action study of Miss Enid Holland playing against Mrs. Archer on Tuesday at the S.C.C. —Straits Times Photograph
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      THE REST DEFEAT EUROPEANS.
      360 15 Hockey At K.L. All Three Goals Scored In The First Half. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. Rest.. 2: Europeans. .1. 'THE last hockey match of the sea- son between the Europeans and the Rest played or the padang today, resulted in a victory
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      JOCK McAVOY.
      86 15 To Fight For World Title On April 3. London, Jan. 24. Jock McAvry. British middle-weight champion, will be given his chance to win the world cruiser-weight title at Madison Square Garden, New York, on April 3. According to a message from America yesterday, John Henry Lewis, the negro
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      S.C.R.C. TENNIS AND CRICKET.
      53 15 Members of the S.C.R.C. are notified that the tennis courts and the cricket nets will be ready for dally, practice from Monday, Feb. 10. Those who are interested in cricket are kindly requested to sign their names and addresses on a list posted up on the
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      Y.M.C.A. JUI JITSU.
      21 15 The V.M.C.A. propose to start another Jui Jitsu class in March. It will be a five months' course.
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      25 15 THURSDAY, FEB. 5. lawn Tonnls B.C.C. Chinese New Year tournament Boxing: Eagle vs. Weber and Soni Pong ws. Young Johnson at New World.
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      THE CLUB VERANDAH
      503 15 South African Woman Tennis Star's Come-Back Suzanne As A Coach Optimistic U. S. A. Golf Review. CmdmcUd by "LEIGHTON." A FRIEND in close touch with South i African sport tells me that then' is every chance of Mrs. Bobbie Heine Miller, the former woman champion of South
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      "WILL NOT GRANT RECOGNITION TO MANCHUKUO."
      875 16 Genera I Ch iang 's Promise To Students. ANXIETY FOR FUTURE OF N. CHINA PERSISTS. From Our Own Correspondent. Shanghai, Jan. 20. IN spite of heart-to-heart talks in Nanking during the past week between General Chiang Kai-shek and a number of prominent educationists who
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      GOOD PADI CROP PROSPECTS.
      191 16 Panchang Bedena Area Troubled By Rats. Padi crop prospects In general remain good, except in the central district of Province Wellestey and in most parts of Johore: in boih, weather conditions early in the season were not favourable, while in Johore rats and birds did serious
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      FIVE BODIES FROM WRECKAGE.
      85 16 Rail Accident In India. Reaxaul, (Bihar), Feb. 4. Several persons are reported to have been killed as the result of an unusual railway accident at Sagauli. A goods train, approaching the station at too high speed, crashed through the buffers, then through the walls of he
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      $16,313 FOR POPPY DAY FUND.
      89 16 BIG INCREASE IN COLLECTIONS. The hon. treasurer of the Poppy Day Fund, Malaya, reports that the total proceeds of collections for Singapore amounted to 51G.613. This is an increase or $1,523 on last year's results. The summary of receipts is: Sale of Poppies $7,394.31 Collections
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      14 16 The new dance hall, Bukit Bintang Park, Kuala Lumpur, which will be opened shortly.
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      CALLOUS WIFE AND BROTHER.
      104 16 Coroner's Remarks At Inquest. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Feb. 4. A verdict of suicide by hanging while of unsound mind was returned by tl^o Malacca Coroner at the end of tne inquiry into the death of a Chinese named Lee Tang Yam. Dr. Oliveiro, who
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      AMALGAMATION OF THE RHODESIAS.
      253 16 Request To Imperial Government. Bulawayo The early amalgamation of North- < cr n and Southen Rhodesia, the unit- ed territory to have complete self- government, is proposed in a resolu- j tion passed by representatives of both I Colonies assembled at Victoria Falls recently. Northern Rhodesia
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      ATTACK ON SUIYUAN EXPECTED.
      34 16 The allied Mongol-Manchu forces under General LI Shou-hsin. Manchukuo commander, are preparing to launch a general offensive on East Sulyuan according to Chinese reports from Tientsin. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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      ALLEGED CHEQUE FORGERY.
      451 16 $7,000 DIAMONDS STORY. r3 preliminary hearing was begun before Mr. M. H. Blacker, In the third court Singapore yesterday in the case in which TJan Hok Tek, a Holiien is charged with forgery of a P. O. Bank cheque N0.1.5.E. *****4. Tan Soon Thian is charged with
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      OPEN AIR LODGER
      160 16 Given Two Months' Imprisonment When Ramasamy and Mydln bin Abdullah came up before Mr. M. H. ■Blacker In the third court Singapore I on Tuesday on a charge of lodging in I the open air without any visible means of subsistence, Court Inspector D. R. Cowie asked
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      DOGS TO HELP SIGHTLESS.
      349 16 Tail-Waggers* Club Finding Funds. The blind a-e wonderfully adaptable, being able to mitigate the loss of one faculty by a sensitiveness of touch, and hearing that comes from the cultivation of senses not usually developed to the utnost in others, (writes PhUokuon of the Tail-Waggers" Club.
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      MALAYAN ITEMS.
      221 16 MALAYAN ITEMS. The construction of flood prevention 'channels at Balik Pulau. Pnuutg, is ie start shortly. Mr. Woo Scik Hong, one of '*">*■ executors of th. estate of the la c Woo Choy, of Teiuk Anson. has gone to Canton for his marriase. Prof. V. E. Hendershot, of Kuchi'ir, i
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      JAPANESE WOMAN FOUND IN ROAD.
      55 16 The Beach Read. Singapore poUce were confronted with a mystery yesterday when Inspector F. G. Minns, on rounds early yesterday, found an elderly Japanese woman lying on the road outside a house In Malabar Street. The woman was taken to the General Hospital where she
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        13 16 UAOf IT > %T IHI MAKEIS Hr\S ri *S2-IS or famous /^H FLIT L(/Si
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      MARKET COMPETITION WITH SHOPS.
      666 17 Kuala Lumpur Suggestions For New Accommodation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 5. A long statement concerning the policy which he suggested should be followed in allotting market accommodation was made by the Chairman (Major G. M. Kidd) at today's meeting of the Kuala Lumpur
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      82 17 New Zealand's first dally trunk air ser% r ice has been inaugurated by the flight of a Union Airways machine from Palmerst'.'n North. In North Island, to Dunedin. in South Island. Four hundred leading foreign u-.d Chinese officials and civilians attended a farewe'l party 'a Shanghai yesterday by Mr. Ariyoshi.
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      AMUSEMENT PARK CINEMAS.
      463 17 MUST BE OPEN AIR SHOWS. KUALA LUMPUR DECISION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. AT todays meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, it wasj decided that in future no enclosed J temporary buildings for use as theatres or cinemas be allowed in i Amusement
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      "ACT OF A WILD BEAST."
      291 17 Man's Attack On Boy. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 5. "His attack on the boy was of an exceedingly brutal nature. It was not the act of a man, but the act of a wild beast.'' said Mr. Justice J. V G. i
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      $8,950 FOR DISTRESS IN FIVE MONTHS.
      67 17 Rotary Unemployment Fund. A statement issued by the Rotary Club Unemployment Fund shows that there is a balance in hand ot $8,016. Up to September, 1935, little more than $1,000 was in hand; then began the unemployment drive, and up to January 31, 1939,
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      TWO HOUSES RAIDED. Alleged Counterfeiting Of Coins.
      115 17 TWO HOUSES RAIDED. Alleged Counterfeiting Of Coins. (From Our Own Correspondenti Malacca. Feb. 5. Two houses, one in Kee Ann Road and another in Java Lane, were raided yesterday by the Detective Branch under Chief Inspector Tunn, and it is al'eged. instruments tor counterfeiting I coins were found. Each of
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      CHARTERED SURVEYORS DINNER.
      45 17 C H ARTERED SURVEYORS DINNER. The annual dinner of the Malaya branch of the Chartered Surveyors Institution, which was provisionally arranged for Feb. 22, will be postponed for a short time as a mark of respect to his late Majesty King George V. I i
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      27 17 Britain was among the countries whose opposition caused a League committee to drop the proposal for an international criminal court to try cases arising out of terrorism.
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      INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
      168 17 AMERICAN GLOBETROTTER'S IMPRESSIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. India is a country that looks back, living m its history: China looks downward. In hopelessness and despair; Japan looks forward, with enterprise and determination, and will increasingly become a force to be reckoned with.
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      THE PLANTERS' BALL.
      84 17 I It is requested that fancy dresses n L the Planters' Ball at the Selangor Club on Saturday should represent as ne~r ias possible costumes of characters "Anjing Borek Estate." The follow.!.? firms have offered prizes for the best costumes: —Kyle Palmer and Co., Ltd., Robinson and
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      24 17 The Commonwealth Air Board is ordering four new flying-boats, with v range of 500 miles, for coastal patrol duties in North Australia and Papua.
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      "THE GREATNESS OF KING GEORGE"
      381 17 K. L. Sanitary Board's Tribute. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. AN expression of sympathy and condolence with the Royal family on the death of His Majesty the late King George V was expressed by Mr. John Hands. M.C.H.. at today's meeting of
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      ACTING TOWN ENGINEER.
      78 17 ACTING TOWN E NGINEER. 'From Our Own Correspondent i Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 5. Mr. W. M. McCrca was given a cordial welcome by the Ci airman (Major G. M. Kiddi on taking his scat ai acting Town Engineer at today's meeting of t!i<- Koala Lumpur Sanitary Board. The Chairman said
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      45 17 Pandit Jagadish Chandra Chatterjt, B. A.i Cambridge) formerly Director of Oriental Research and Archaeology in I Kashmir and of the India Academy of America in New York, will deliver a lecture at the Arya Samaj premises. Singapore, today at 11a.m.. his subject being "Arya Tharm."
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        339 17 "Great Stutf-SANATOGEN--m My doctor recommended nu Ser.sUjjen to'fr%^t/~^is /%fSVtf t4"\ ('great stuff that Sanatogtn t» ptik you \J IL fv JXJUV lI I J «J>." he iaid). The changt in three weeks is such that I cannot thank you enough. My courage and tncrgy a?e thC DOCtOl* Sdld restored, I
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      ROYAL STAMP COLLECTIONS.
      444 18 HOBBY OF THE LATE KING. What stamp collectors know M thi> M Royal Collection," the stamp collection of the late Kins George, ontributed much to our know ledge <>f the philateh of the Empire. It is Datura, that there if alr< ady q M to its destination
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      FALLING TREE KILLS RECTOR.
      73 18 Crashed In The Dark. The Rev. Barnard Halsey TyrwhittLir.ike rector of WaLsoken (Cambridgeshire), went Into his grounds one day last week to watch the felling oi a tree in an adjoining garden. He was advised to stand clear. The tree eras'. cd down In the darkness
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      PROBLEMS OF THE SEA AND AIR Attitude Towards Peace And Defence.
      1434 18 PROBLEMS OF THE SEA AND AIR Attitude Towards Peace And Defence. We in this country cannot identify peace with neutrality, nor, in the long run, will the United States, try they never so hard. If, therefore. America, isolated from danger as she is, and with this very limited conception of
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      CLAIMED RIGHT TO DIE.
      356 18 76-YEAR-OLD MAN'S LETTER TO CORONER. A remarkable letter, In which he claimed that he had the right to die, was read at the inquest at Plymouth, on the writer, William Henry Osborne, 76, a pensioned Admiralty overseer, of Devonport, who died from coal-gas poisoning. The coroner,
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      Reciprocity.
      506 18 I Meantime, we are right to dwell on the need for reciprocity and to remind i Geneva, which tends to think continentaliy, that security at sea too has Its claims and its rights to the collective principle. We are about to repair the gaps in our own sea defences
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        101 18 SCENTED DEATH S for MoM»'«* BIF SPRAY 5 Q U ,tOC» Cl Sole Agents SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. "»S»B^B»BBBBBB^B^BB«™p^a» W.S. 3 IBKBH GOODBYE CORNS! HF"^ Why suffer the ex. cruciating pain of coma w hen a few JM drops of GETS-IT jff will bring instant |V\ relief. A few days
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      FOOD SUPPLIES IN WAR.
      454 19 Nazi Agricultural Policy. Berlin. The Nazi Minister for Atrriculculturc, Herr Darre, frankly admits in an interview with the Nachtausffabe" that he is organising (lerman agriculture for the emer-' pern y of war Only those can understand my ac- tlvlty," Herr Darre says, who realist' that we
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      MORE DEFECTS IN NEW CRUISER.
      231 19 H.M.S. Amphion Held Up. Portsmouth. The new cruiser Amphion, which was aid down in Portsmouth in June, 193* and was launched ln July the following year, is still held up at Portsmouth Dockyard owing to defects having been discovered in her trials. She left harbour
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      37 19 Dome of famous Mohamed Aly mosque in Cairo under :e -const ruction. This picture rives a magnificent impression of the great dome. The Mosque, towering: above the ancient city, is one of the most famous in Egypt.
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      EXPERIMENT WITH SALMON IN CANADA.
      270 19 Spawn Dropped From Planes. Re-stocking the salnton and trout I streams of Canada by iii\ippin^ linperlings from arroplatu s haa ttejcome an established piactiee in the I Province of Quebec. Only 6 per I cent, of the little lish fail to survive (writes the O
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      THE ABSENT-MINDED BRIGADE.
      182 19 99,000 Umbrellas Lost. Every day last year 271 people left. their umbrellas in trains, trams, or buses In London. More than 6?6 oth.v people left behind misc^'lin^^us arti cles every day. The miscellaneous articles i from single gloves to picks and spades, from luncheon cases to fltte.l
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      SEA SICKNESS ABOLISHED.
      199 19 Claim Of A Ship's Surgeon. The success of a new drug known a: "Syntropan" la the relief of sea-sick-ness is described by Professor C. Stunton Hicks, Professor of Pharmacology and Human Physiology in the University of Adelaide, in the latest issue of the "Lancet." "As ship's surgeon,
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        254 19 pJa Doctor couldn't sleep— but he found his "ideal beverage for the sleepless" J r (>' ou can %tt m$ original letter at Bournville) tells this remarkable story m^ B^~— f^^^P^^aV. vc trie< "^"y lnin i s va n Has not Wll 'l 1 trie d Bourn-vita that I found
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      Football Crowd's Two Minutes' Silence.
      40 20 Two minutes silence In homage to King George at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea met Plymouth Argyle In the fourth round of the y.A. Cup competition. The Last Post was sounded. The players wore black armbands.
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      87 20 M>- John Bonham-Carter, a 20-year-old Cambridge undergraduate, has spent five years building Britain's most complete model railway for the purpose of experimenting In railway signalling. Tb€ miniature railway stretches for 300 yards alongside the grounds of his mother's house, Overbury Court, on the Alton-Odiham road (Hampshire). In the signal boxes
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      23 20 An Oxford student who found that skating, for the novice, was one long f a r.—- W itn very little skating In between.
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      14 20 An invalid being taken into Westminster Hall to pay a tribute to King Georgo
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      72 20 The bombing by Italian planes of the Swedish Red Cross unit at Dolo on the Abyssinian southern froi Gunnard Lundstrom was killed, together with 50 Abysslnlans. All the members of the Swedish stai Injured. The wounded were flown to Addis Ababa by Count von Rosen, a heroic Swedish pilot, who
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