The Straits Times, 11 February 1936

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    34 1 The Straits Times 77/£ LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS, The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      115 1 SINGAPORE. 140, CECIL ST. ("PHONE 5471). GET A STUDEBAKER AND GET A Champion BRINKMANN&CO GRANGE RD. neu> shipment of ELECTRIC APPLIANCES is now on view at 251, ORCHARD ROAD:— vacuum Cleaners Coffee Percolators Toasters Table Fans Cake Mixers clocks All of most modern design and on sale at surprisingly low
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      135 1 HI llffll KB- /j Wfi m\ ssssi Ism I B sss^ ssli^M 11 tß^ IbbbbbbbbbV\H n\\ In* '^**^^h^^»'" W Km I bbb^*** I illKH^Si IHI PQsl ■lfla^^^M -^1 (7ye/7/y. ROBINSON CO., LTD. CINE KODAK SP£UAL Extensive stock of Cine Kodak special available from us. ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION. Eacy to
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      216 1 KUALA LUMPUR." 25. JAVA ST. CPMOriE 3683?. Daisy I 15. ORCHARD ROM) I I BOUQUETS BASKETS WREATHS Phone 4097 (Amber Mansions $mtdh& Meek FROM FEB. 7th to 15th INCLUSIVE LITTLE'S FREE HANDSOME GLASS BOWL AND A PA.R OF SERVERS TO EVERY PURCHASER OF A SPECIAL CASE CONTAINING 24 TINS OF
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      550 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position adverUwd In tbese columns send copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. WANTED an Assistant for import office to look after sales, correspondence and accounts. Only experienced men need apply. Chinese preferred. Apply Box 203, Straits Times. WANTED competent Asiatic Accountant Book-keeper able
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      848 2 BOARD RESIDENCE Vacancies at "Lloyd Hnk," t Lloyd M. Seaside Room at Siglap. 357 B.C. Rd. BKm BOGUVILLE, 308 Orchard Rd. Single Sc doabte room vacant. Mrs. Platt, 4461. COOL, airy rooms, $25— MO. Excel. fuU board $45, plain $35. 11, St. Nicholas Plats. "KINK AH. A." 8 Claymore Hill.
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      827 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold Singapore property To be held at our saleroom, No. 27, Chulia Street, on Tuesday. Fefc. 18. 1938 at ISO p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and oompound house No. 145, Marine Parade (formerly "Ancram Villa" 36, East Coast Road) Singapore, area 3 roods
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      713 2 PUBLIC NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. The Kxctae K— rfft, ltt." SESSION OF LICENSING BOARD. The next Session of the Licensing Board for the District of Johore Bahru will be held at the First Magistrate's Office, Johore Bahru on Mar. 16, IS3S at 10 a.m. All applications for the Issue, renewal
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      825 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. RUBBER STAMPS I MASSAGE HALL of every description made to MANICURE AND MASSAGE Order. Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA Prices from 75 cents upwards 60. Waterloo street. Casn with all orders. Telephone 7467. THE STRAITS TIMES, Jobbing Dept., 140. Cecil Street. Singapore. STRAITS TIMES R ea »ers:
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      183 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly S 3.00 4.00 2.50 Quarterly 8.56 S1Z.M f 7.50 Half Yearly SU.M SX4.M SIM* Yearly I34.N fM.N JJ0.00 Note.— OstataUon cheques should Include the usual hank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The charges and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as onder as
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      638 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) WAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S QOVEHNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore. 1936 SOMAU 6.810 Feb 12 CORFU 15.000
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      389 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CLNARD WHITE STAR LINE. SHORT TRIPS TO CHINA AND JAPAN. SoiUbie Sailings from SINGAPORE FOR SPRING VACATIONS. S.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Feb. 23 m.s. TERUKUNI MARU Mar. 6 S.s. lIAKL'SAN MARU Mar. 33 SJ. HARUNA MARU Apr. 5 11. KATORI MARU Apr.
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      618 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 12 2 14/2 MEONIA 3 3 3/3 4 3 6/3 ALSIA 24/3
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      241 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE. FOR lIONG KONG. AMOY. SHANGHAI, MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s SANTHIA 8.030 Feb. 13, 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for flrst and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets interchangeable wltb P. O. S. N. CO.. issued at cheap
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      1198 3 THE BLUE Pindm LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and China Mntu.il The C'unard Whitr Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. l The Sarawak Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line LM. The China Navigation Co.. Ltd. The
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      CLEARANCES
      44 4 Feb. 9: Gewang. Mambang. Agatha (Dut.) Albert Sarraut (Fch.); Manila Maru (Jap.) Scott Harley, Benlawers, Rantau, Sliver Gull, Rlmau (Brit.). Feb. 10: Ban Siong Bee, Jerantut, Sin Kheng Seng, Kinta (Brit.); Conte Verde (Ital); Produce (Nor); Ophir, Van Outhoom (Dut.); Fushlml Maru (Jap).
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      CHITRAL.
      32 4 The Chitral has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, the 12th instant. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. Wharf on arrival.
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      FROM KUALA LUMPUR.
      131 4 Malls will close at Kuala Lumpur as follows: Tomorrow. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and South Africa by air (Imperial i 8.15 ajn. Siam, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Belgian Congo, Great Britain, Europe, North and South America by air (Imperial) 7. pjn. Thursday,
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      FROM MALACCA.
      241 4 Malls will close at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and South Africa (via Singapore) by air (Imperial) 9.4* a.m. Siam. Burma, India. Iraq. Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Belgian Congo. Great Britain, Europe, North and South America (via Singapore) by air (Imperial) ..9.45 a.m.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      276 4 Today. Bagan A Selat Pandjang (Hen* Thong) 3pm BengkalU. Laboean Bilik Tandjong Bald (M. 8. Kampar) 1 pjn. Port de Kock. Padang, Palcan Baroe, Siak (Hone Kwong) 3 p.m. Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dllly by air (Qantas) 7 p.m. TOOMTTOW. Java and Southern Sumatra by
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      74 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) dispatched on Feb. 1 by air (Imperial) I expected tomorrow. Time of delivery j uncertain. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today by air 'Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 1 p.m. General delivery of letters and parcels at 1.40 p.m. Mails from
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      DEFERRED DEPARTURES.
      25 4 The s.s. Kudat for Bangkok (Parcels only). Mails previously announced as closing at 10.30 a.m. today will now coUe at 2.30 p.m. today.
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      SMALLPOX AT MOULMEIN.
      37 4 The port of Moulmein has been declared a suspected place under the Quarantine Ordinance owing to information that smallpox exists there in a sporadic state, says a Straits Settlements Government Gazette extraordinary issued yesterday.
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    AIR MAILS.
    41 4 alr malls dispatched Iron, Singapore on Jan 30 and Feb. 2 were delivered in London on Feb. 10 (11 and 8 days). alr mail dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 1 was delivered In London on Feb. 10 (9 days).
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    86 4 Part of the Uu<e consignment of lubricating eil for the giant turbines of the Qoeen Mary. Daring Christmas week over 23.M4 gallons of this oil ware pamped into tne b»e»s tanks A few days afterward* tbe most powerful marine geared turbines ever built for mercantile service were act In motion
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    136 4 Tuesday. February 11. Ships aloncsMe the Wharves or expected u> arrive tnUanrr Godown Gatr East Wharf RajuU 23 1 Hong Kheng 20 Main Wharf Hal Lee 18 Bulan 17 3 Larut IS 3 Calchas 13 3 Kedah 11 3 Shyogen Maru 9 Kofuku Maru 7 3 Empire
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    FRENCH MAIL.
    28 4 Chargeurs Reunis, —sj. Cap St. Jacques is due here on the 12th Instant from Colombo and will sail the same day for Saigcfi, Tourane and Haiphong.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    155 4 PASSENGERS BY A IR. Arrived from N.EJ. by KNILM i AFK Fi>b. 4. Mrs. Nleuwonhui-s. Left for N. 8.1, by KNILM-plan.-Feb. 5. Muss Harris. ArriveU from wB.I. by KLM-plane Oeverzwaluw Feb. 5. Mr. Philip M Fletcher. Mr v.d. Veen, Mr and Mrs. Barker Mill, Mr. Kohl'-r. Mrs. ai Drenlhen. Left
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      648 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.S. RLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 5433—Panafe MSI. CAN ADIAN PAXIF 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 C.P.R. Interchmnre with
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      580 4 (incorporated to Btratts Settlements) a^vßP RSL ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated In England* (Incorportted In O8A.) "ELLERMAN UNE. BOSTON, NEW YORK BALTIMORE FOR HAVRE, LONDON. Via CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ROTTERDAM A HAMBURG, Due Sails VU Port, uwl «dm r.n.l STEEL SCIENTIST Frb. 22 Feb. 21
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      63 4 TIDE TABLE. Tuesday. Frb. 11. H. W 1 19 a.m.. 9 ft., 1.10 p.m.. 9 ft. 4 in. I. W. 7.05 am.. 2 ft. 7 In., 7.25 p.m.. 1 ft. 9 in. UcdiM-MUv Frb 12. II. W. 1.40 a n.. 9 ft. 1 In.. 1.44 p.m.. 9 ft. L W.
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      139 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min temp, ins Sunshine temp •ii brs. "F West Coast. Alor Star 93 Nil 11.1 71 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 90 Nil 11.1 72 Sitiawan 91 Nil 10.7 75 Bukit Jciam 91 Nil 11.5 72 Malacca Nil 9.9
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    DISOBEDIENCE IN LINER.
    316 5 Captain Forced To Agree To Men's Demands. Summonses against eight members of the crew of the Blue Star liner Fresno Star, alleging wilful disobedience of a lawful command, were heard at East Ham Police Court last week. Mr. Harvle Watt (prosecuting) said that in October last the
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    SCHACHT'S PROMISE TO SILESIA.
    221 5 "We Will Guard You." Berlin. Speaking recently at Breslau, Dr. Schacht, Germany's dictator In economic affairs, bitterly attacked the clauses In the Versailles Treaty which led to the separation of parts of Upper Silesia from Germany. These passages In his speech were omitted from the version
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    25 5 As a token Qf sympathy with the Italian soldiers. Sir Cecil Hanbury, Unionist M.P. for North Dorset, has given £100 to the Italian Red Cross.
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    HOW A COLONY WAS BORN.
    1022 5 100 YEARS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Within a month or so South Au'tralia, following Victoria, begins a year-long celebration of its centenary; and the tale of how a modern self-governing State has grown, in a hundred years, from timid and tentative colony of a few boatload*
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      330 5 111 Sole AtenU:— Afl KVr.K.A. MUSIC HOUSE. JJM Singapore. >^~^B UJeadmq Gift, i SO DIFFERENT SO ALLURING SHINING COLOURFUL CUT CRYSTAL GLEAMING SILVERVVARE AND A HOST OF OTHER SUITABLE GIFTS CERTAIN TO CAPTIVATE THE HEART OF THE MOST DISCERNING BRIDE GROOM FRANKELS 101, Victoria St. alto 5, Raff let Place.
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      188 5 Erery Charlie Chan Record Broken' —Packed houses acclaim the best of the Chan series! ATONI6HT 6.15 9.15 lhambrA WARNER OLAND in 26th Century Fox Film's crim v detective mystery "Charlie Chan IN SHANGHAI" from Earl Derr Birrers famous character creation! TOMORROW SALLY EILERS a»d CHESTER MORRIS in M.G.M.S "PURSUIT" A
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      296 6 Unsatisfied Demand For Ix>ans. (Prom Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 11. Rubber shares call for no fresh comment. There is an entire lack of interest but local prices are all well maintained, sellers being conttnt to hold if they cannot get something near current rates. Tin shares-
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      PRODUCE
      166 6 SinRaporc, February 11. 12 noon. Buyer. Seller Gambler 6.00 Jav.i Cabe 9.25 IlaniDurt 10 75 White Muntok Popper 17.50 Black Pepper 9 50 Fair Flake Tapioca 4.20 Mod Pearl Tapioca 5.10 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Llngga Sago Flour Sarawak Sago Flour Palembang Jelotong 8.00 Banja Jeloiong 7 50 Sarawak
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        552 6 All Shares quoted above art fully paid. Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall L Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat T!n 5/9 6,3 5/6 6/£1 Asam Kumbang 29'- 31/- 29 6 31/6 £1 Austral Malay 58/- 59/- 60/5/- Ayer Hitam 14/6 15,6 14 '6 15 '6 1 Ayer Weng
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        GENERAL.
        402 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 2 2 do 7% Prefs 1.45 1.60n. 1.55 1.65 10 10 Atlas Ice 12.25 12.75 12.25 12.75 £1 £1 BAT 6.5.0 6.10.0 6.7.6 6.12.6 1 60 B M. Broadcasting 0.05 dls par 0.07 y 2 dis par 10 5 B.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        168 6 SINGAPORE MTJNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 4Vi r i 1907 red. 1947 $1 300.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 4%% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 4% 1913 red. 1983 $2,000,000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        345 6 Today's Prices Fraser k Co. Lyall Evatt A!lenby 1.65 1.75 1.70 1.80 Alor Oajah 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.07ft Anial. Malay ($2) 3.40 3.50 3.20 3.40 Ay >i Hi tarn 1.45 1.55 1.40 1.50 Ayer Molek 0.85 0.95 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.40 1.55 145 1.50 Bas.sett 0.59 0.62
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    EXCHANGES.
    227 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular usued by the Houg Kung and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2/4 London. 3 month:' sight 2/4 3/32 London. 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London. 30 days' sight 2/4 1/32 London, demand 2/1
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 6 Noon, Feb. 11. Buyers. Sellers. No 1 X. R. 8. S. in ca^es (F.O.B.) Feb. 26«/ 8 26V4 Good F. A. Q. in ca«es (F.O.B.) Feb. 25VJ, 25 3/16" No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 25 -■<'.. February 25 Vk 25>4
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    426 6 Most Departments Firm. London, Feb. 10. More strength was displayed on the Stock Exchange at the reopening, industrials being the feature. British Funds were firm, thojgh mostly unchanged on the day. Practically the whole of the ronie Industrial list advanced, while oils recovered their weakness of the previous
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    EXCHANGES.
    89 6 London, Feb. 10. Pans 74 63 M Athens 519 sellers New York 5.01 9 16 Bucharest 669 sellers Montreal 5.00% Rlr 4<A Brussels 29.40 sellers official Geneva 15.15'j Be grade 217 Amsterdam 7.29' i Bu ?nos Aires unquoted Milan 62 3.16 Montevideo 39 Vt Berlin 12. 30 4 sellers
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    BETHLEHEM STEEL'S GOOD EARNINGS.
    246 6 Profits Up By Nearly 700 Per Cent. New York. Jan. 30. The gross earnings of tfa hem Steel Corporation in 19.55 were $192,523,000 (£38.508.600 as compared with 5167.736.00 C C:i:i. 547.200> In the previous year. Net profits in the year were «t.291.000. equal to $4.59 per
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    SHARES REPORT.
    145 6 Lyall Evatt S list daled Feb. 11. »ho«sMINING. Southern KlnULs business done at 5.37' i. further buyers. Hong Fait Mirluly easier, 86 89. London Tin midd 1 pi pence lower 8 6. Pahang 13 9 14 3. Mamh 1 buyers 68 1 Raub Gold buyers 6.40 Ulu Klang
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      15 6 IZ7ZZ »pb i W r^W "No thanks Jf Jt-' l>m going home to my PHjLCO^
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      HOME INCOME-TAX AND LOCAL HOLDINGS.
      1343 7 Malayan Investment Notes. Traps For The Unwary Malaya Losing Control Of Rubber— Hong Fatts Tractions Siam And Tin Control. (Straits Times Special.) This week I have received an inquiry regarding liability for income tax. The Income tax laws of Great Britain are so involved that
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      UTD. SERDANG TO PLANT OIL PALMS.
      1168 7 Further 1,300 Acres. The twenty-eighth ordinary general meeting of the United Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations, Led., was held in London on Jan. 21. Mr. H. Eric Miller (the chairman) said: The profit for the year under review of £96,959 ss. enables us to maintain
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      STEEL BOOM AT SHEFFIELD.
      294 7 Nearly One Fourth Of The National Output In December last both Sheffield and North Lincolnshire steelworks showed an Increase In production of 16,400 tons over December, 1934. The combined output of the districts Is now within 64,000 tons of one-fourth of the national output. Remarkable steel
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      TWO UPPER SARAWAK GOLD MINES CLOSE.
      42 7 Two gold mining compan.es in Upper Sarawak have ceased to carry on business, states the Sarawak Gazette They are the Jambusan Gold Mining Co., of Bau, and the Yick Lee Gold Mining Co., of Bidi, Bau.
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      NEW U.S. TAX BILL MAY BE SMALL
      73 7 Washington, Feb. 10. That the relative small new tax bill might surprise the country was tha conjecture of leaders of the House or Representatives after a conference with President Roosevelt. The forecast was •substantiated In part by Dough ton. Chairman of the House
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      624 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong> The liability of members is limited to the and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 cf the Colony. BEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Caoltal $50,000,000 I. surd and fully paid up $30,000,000 Reserve Fund:
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      8 7 What's On IN SINGAPORE TODAY Sec Page Twelve.
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      403 7 BANKING, CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid tip Capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each f3.0on.00fl Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve liability of Proprietors £3.CCt).00l HEAD OFFICB: 83. BUhopuratr. London. EC. 2. Amrltsar Hong Kong Saigon Bangkok Iloilo 8 r marang Batavla
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    21 8 The National Terrier Club Show has opened at Olympia. Photo shows three different breeds of terriers being prepared for the show.
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    AGREEMENT OVER DANZIG. Statement In House Of Commons.
    113 8 AGREEMENT OVER DANZIG. Statement In House Of Commons. London, Feb. 6. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in a Parliamentary answer regarding Danzig stated: "A report on the question was submitted to the League Council by the United Kingdom representative as rapporteur and adopted, on Jan. 24. "I was able
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    COST OF SCHOOL REFORMS.
    198 8 £2,460,000 A Year Proposed. The annual cost of the reforms In the British Government's Education Bill, which was Issued last week, Is estimated at £2,460.000. Of this, £1,700,000 will be borne by the Exchequer and the rest by local rates. In the raising of the school
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    CANADA WATCHING.
    33 8 Ottawa. Government officials are reluctant to comment on the establishment of the first free port In the United States before consultation, but they are not inclined to take the experiment seriously.
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    25 8 The first strawberries of the season just sold In Amsterdam had been produced three weeks earlier than usual by growing them under a neon light.
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    FREE PORT FOR NEW YORK.
    345 8 PLAN FOR DOCKS ON STATEN ISLAND. New York. A nook in America's tarlll wall tn which foreign goods can be temporarily stored for transhipment or manufactured for import has been created by the approval by the Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Roper, of a free port
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    TOKIO CONFERENCE.
    84 8 Policy Towards China To Be Reviewed. Shanghai, Feb. 7. An important conference will be held in Tokio on Feb. 12, when the whole policy towards China will be reviewed following consideration of a general report by Mr. Ariyoshi, the retiring Japanese Ambassador to China. Among those who will
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      403 8 FULL MALAYAN BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES. B.B.C. TODAY. TnmmMwi I GSF 15.14* kc i (IS. 82 m.) and GSB MIO fce/s (31 55 m.) 5 05 p.m. The News. ».2O p.m. CJott down. TraniminiMi 2 Two of tb« following frequencies will be toed: GSJ 21.53 Me s (13.91 GSG J7.79 Mc/f (16
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      520 8 GSC 9.58 me (SI 32 m.). GSB 9.51 mc'i (31.55 m.), GSA 6.05 tv s U0. 59 m.) S 10 a.m. Big Ben. Phyllis Scott and John Rorke. From aa Old Album. (Some Old-time Songs). Phyllis Scott at the Pianoforte. (.40 French-Canadian Poems. 6.58 Chamber Music. The Norbert Wethmar Trio:
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      665 8 BERLIN. German Short-wave Station, BerUa DJJl., (S1.S8 m.). O.J.B. (19.74 m.), and D.J.N, (31. 45 m TODAY 4 05 p.m. Call DJB, DJN. German Polk Song. Letter Box for Australia. 4.2* Hitler Youth Programme by the Junior Boys Section: We slag of doughty deeds 4.35 Kathe Lange-Schubert sings songs by
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      87 8 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 8.30 Close down. PENANG. Station Z.n.J.. Pena.i«— Waveieocih 49 I metre*. Penan;: Wireless Society. TODAY. p.m. 7.00 Time signal. 7.03 Day's programme. 7.05 Recorded dance music. 7.35 Share report. 7.40 Asiatic music. 8.00 Sports *alk by Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. 8.20 Asiatic music. 8.
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    INFLAMMABLE PLANES.
    699 9 BEREAVED FATHER'S PROTEST. The following letter has been received by the Morning Post from Brigadier-General H. H. L. Malcolm, of Bournemouth, whose daughter, Miss Betty Malcolm, was fatally injured when her aeroplane crashed On Friday you reported the flying accident and death of Betty Malcolm, our only child,
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    MR. HU'S " SUGGESTIONS " TO NANKING.
    86 9 MR. HU'S SUGGESTIONS TO NANKING. Studied By The Central Kuomintang. Nanking, Feb. 7. The standing Committee of the Central Kuomintang met yesterday and after dealing with routine mattes, held a closed meeting, it la understood, to consider "suggestions'* of a comprehensive nature submitted by Mr. Hu Han-min, veteran Rightist leader,
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    BALLOT BOX BY SEA.
    76 9 Polling took place yesterday in the by-election in Ross and Cromarty in which the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, is National Government candidate. The result will not be known till late tomorrow night, owing to the remoteness of many parts of the constituency, from Dingwall
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    HUGE LOAN ISSUES.
    115 9 Approved By Political Council. Shanghai, Feb. 8. The Central Political Council yesterday passed the Issue of loan bonds totalling $1,920,000,000, and referred the regulations to the Legislative Yuan. The proposed Issues are: $1,460,000,000 unification bonds; $340,000,000 reconstruction bonds, and $120,000,000 railways construction bonds. Prominent Nanking financiers support
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    "NOT TO DISINTEGRATE MONGOLIA."
    81 9 Object Of New Suiyuan Council. Peiping, Feb. 8. The object of the new Suiyuan Mongol Political Council is to accelerate autonomy for the Mongols and is not intended to disintegrate Inner Mongolia, states a message by the Tibetan and Mongolian Affairs Committee to Prince Teh, secretary-gener-al
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    KWEIYANG SAFE.
    120 9 Reds Now Heading: For Szechuan. Canton, Feb. 5. The Red threat to Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow Province, has been averted by the arrival of reinforcements of Central Government troops. Martial law has been lifted and calm restored. Reuter. The main Red force under Shiao Ho 1* moving along
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    A NEW GOVERNOR FOR FUKIEN ?
    95 9 A NEW GOVERNOR FOR FUKIEN Shanghai, Feb. 7. Mr. Hsu Chung -chi, Vice-President of the Control Yuan, has been offered the Governorship of Fuklen In place of Gen Chen Yl, who will be transferred to the general headquarters in Nanking. Gen. Hsu. who Is a native of the province, lived
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    21 9 The Legislative Yuan has passed regulations governing the issue of the Consolidated Loan, s*ys a Nanking report. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    SNAKE BITE AS "CURE."
    210 9 YOUNG ENGLISHMAN'S DEATH IN S. AFRICA. Beaufort West (Cape Province). A belief that snake venom would cure him of tuberculosis has led to the death of a 29-year-old English Christian Scientist, of Hillside-road, Palgnton, Devon, named Jack Valentine. Hearing that there was a snake in the
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    M.F.H. WHO WAS IN DIVORCE CASE.
    172 9 To Resign At End Of Season. Captain Maurice Kimgscote, who, for the last five years, has been the popular Master of the V.W.H. (Vale of White Horse) (Crlcklade) Foxhounds whose country lies In Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire has sent in his resignation as from
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    GERMAN OIL OUTPUT DRIVE.
    165 9 65 P.C. Still Imported. Berlin. Feb. 6. The claim that Germany can eventually cover her requirements of petroleum from home production was made here by Prof. Stelnbrecher In a lecture before the German Association for oil investigation. He admitted, however, that she produced barely 35 per
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    THREE R.A.F. MEN KILLED.
    114 9 Accident Near Port Sudan. The Air Ministry announces that Flight Lieutenant Sylvanus George Connolly, Flight Lieutenant Philip Vaughan Edwards, ami No. *****1 Leading Aircraftman Frank Campling lost their lives In an accident to an R-A.F. aircraft near Port Sudan. Flight Lieutenant Connolly came from Hampshire and
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    TIENTSIN-TOKIO WIRELESS LINK PLANNED.
    36 9 Direct wireless communications between Tientsin and Toklo will be possible soon when the necessary apparatus from Nanking arrives In the northern port. The Installation Is being made by the Ministry of Communications.
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    OUT WITH THE SHEEP AT 86
    198 9 At One Time He Suffered from Rheumatism Going out with the sheep, milcj /rum homa this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many thousands of others, he Is an active tribute to the effectiveness of Kr-.si
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    AMUSEMENTS
    152 10 SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dance Cabaret. ALHAMBEA Charlie Chan in Shanghai. With Warner Oland. 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD In Town Tonight. With Dave AppoUon bis band. GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL Dinner Dance, Thurs. Feb. 13. No after Dinner Admission Charge. GREAT WORLD The Man Who Dared. With Preston
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEB. 11, 1936. Siam Today.
    987 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEB. 11, 1936. Siam Today. Luang Pradit's reputation as the mystery man of Siamese politics is being well maintained. His world tour as the goodwill ambassador of Siam has ended, as it began, in an atmosphere of mystery and it has never been made satisfactorily
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    Social and personal
    128 10 Mr. D. J. Benton, of Huntley estate. Lumut, and Mrs. Benton have left for Home on furlough. Commander W. L. Orut. chairman of United Plantations. Ltd. and Bernam Oil Palms. Ltd.. with his daughters. Miss U. Grut and Miss E. Orut. has arrived from Denmark to visit
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    Songs Of The Hebrides.
    1046 10 "THE LONE SHIELING OF THE MISTY ISLAND." By MISS AMY BATH. (In an address to the Fortnightly Club, Singapore.) WHILE living in Scotland I met a wonderful woman, the late Mrs. Kennedy Fraser, a born Celt and a great musician. She used to spend holidays in
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    RUBBER BEFORE THE WAR.
    497 10 How The Visiting Agent Came To Be Employed. .In its January issue "The Planter" reprinted from its 1922 fUes a most interesting article on the early years of tJie Malayan rubber industry. TViis is reproduced in part below. Previous to the exploitation of rubber in this
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    722 10 QANTAS STORY. A REMARKABLE illustration of tha steadiness of the Qantas aeroplanes and the good flying weathtt experienced on their route is eivon by Mr. C. G. Short in the January number of "The Roda." Mr. Short recalls that '.5 minutes before arriving at Palembang refreshments
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    SLASHING DENUNCIATION OF JAPAN'S POLICY.
    556 11 "CLOSING THE DOOR OF CHINA Fiery Outburst In U. S. Senate. "RUTHLESS VIOLATION OF TREATIES" l'k SENSATIONAL attack on Japanese policy in the Far East was launched in the U.S. Senate yesterday when Senator Pitcman condemned "Japanese threats, propaganda, and arrogance." He declared Japan intended
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    DEATH OF SIR CHARLES BALLANCE.
    44 11 London. Feb. 10 The death occurred today of Sir Charlfi Bailance. Consulting Surgeon to Urn British Army He was MacEwen M'mir.al Lecturer in 1930. and in 1933 he de'lvered the Lister Memorial LeeM was 80 years of age.— Reuter
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    13 11 T!i.' death has taken place In Paris I. hirirv. the famous French iter.
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    AUTONOMY REGIMES TO BE MERGED?
    206 11 Significance Of New Japanese Demands. Tientsin, Feb. 11. The Japanese military authorities in North China are reported to have demanded the inclusion of the districts of Chanjrpinp, Yenching and Checheng into the area controlled by the East Hopei Autonomous Government. If this demand is granted,
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    NEW GOVERNOR OF BURMA.
    52 11 The King has approved the appointment of Commander the Hon. Archibald Douglas Cochrave to succeed Sir Hwjh Stephenson as Governor of Burma. Commander Cochrane retired from the Royal Navy in 1922. His appointment wiK make veccssary a by-election in Dumbartonshire ivhich he has represented in Parliament
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    NANKING WAR MINISTER IN SHANGHAI.
    82 11 Calls On Japanese Consul. Shanghai, Feb. 11. General Ho Ying-chin, War Minister, and Mr. Hsu Shi-ying, the new Ambassador to Japan, call.d on the Japanese Consul-General yesterday, it is understood, to explain Nanking's object in enforcing the revised Customs tariffs. Japan is the only country
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    Anglo-U.S. Aid For Soviet?
    213 11 WAR RUMOURS IN JAPAN. Shanghai, Feb. 10. Rumours regarding the imminent outbreak of hostilities between the Soviet and Japan persist in Tokio and Harbin. It Is rumoured in Japan that Britain and the United States have decided to take Joint action to prevent Japanese influence spreading
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    COMMONS QUESTIONS ON NORTH CHINA.
    210 11 Proposed Diversion Of Customs Revenues. London. Feb. 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. A. C. Morelng (Un. t Preston) inquired what steps were being taken on behalf of the Tientsin -Pukow Railway bondholders in view of the railway's profits of over $500,000 a month.
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    FATAL CRASH NEAR CALCUTTA.
    66 11 Flying Officer A. O. D. Cox Killed. The name of the R A.F. pilot who was killed at the week-en* during the night of a squadron from Calcutta to Singapore was Flying-Offlcer Alfred Owen Douglas Cox. The machine crashed not long after the squadron, which consisted
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    SINGAPORE R.A.F. OFFICER DROWNED.
    22 11 Colombo, Feb. 10. Flight-Lieut. H. D. Giblett, attached to Singapore, was drowned today while bathing at Trincomalee. Reuter.
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    Night Attacks Demoralise Italian Troops.
    138 11 Dessie, Feb. 7. The night terror of the war in Tembien area is vividly described by a neutral observer recently returned from the northern front He says that following the recent big victory the Abyssinian^ occupy a dominating position and the fall of Makale is
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    66 11 The advance party of the second Mount Everest expedition which wiil attempt to conquer the summit of the mountain under the leadership of Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, sailed from Southampton on the liner Ranchi en route for India. Photo shows Mr. Hugh Rattledgc; Dr. Humphreys and Lieutenant J. M. L. Gavin,
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    PEPPER TRIAL OPENS TODAY.
    233 11 HEARING AT OLD BAILEY. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Feb. 11. The pepper trial in which the accused are Bishirgian, Howe^cri. and Hardy opens at the Old Bailey today. Defendants were committed from the Guildhall last month. Bishirgian was then charged with having, on Sept. 3,
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    £450,000 DAMAGE AT ELSTREE.
    184 11 £750,000 Worth Of Films Saved From Flame*. The damage In the big fire at ELsU-e* Is officially estimated at £450,000 but films worth £750,000 were sared and the interruption of work is expected to be very brief. Reuter. A British Radio message adds that the most
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    RUBBER EXPORT RIGHTS.
    84 11 APPEAL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, Feb. 10. In the House of Commons today Mr. Parker drew attention to the fact that the F.M.S. Rubber Controller had refused to allow licensed dealers to create liens on export rights. As a consequence small dealers were prevented from obtaining
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    19 11 The $340,000,000 reconstruction loan will fear 6 per cent, interest, announces the Nanking Finance Ministry. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    FINED 3 1/2 MILLION LIRE.
    112 11 FINED 3 1/2 MILLION LIRE. Currency Frauds In Italy. HUGE TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. Genoa, Feb. 11. FINES ranging, from 3,440,000 lire to 10,000 lire have been imposed as a result of the discovery of the biggest currency trafficking organisation hitherto brought to light in Italy. The chief persons involved are certain
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    AIR LINER CRASHES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    37 11 Johannesburg, Feb. 10. The south-bound Imperial Airways liner Artemis crashed on leaving Pietersburg today. The two pilots, Deckman and Captain Stafford, sustained broken lets. All the passengers escaped with bruises. Keuter.
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    46 11 General Chiang Kai-shek, in a circular telegram to provincial governments and municipalities, orders that the registration of opium addicts ba carefully carried out with a view to efficiency in carrying out the six -year plan for the complete eradication of the evil. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    1,400,000 PEOPLE TREATED AGAINST CHOLERA.
    421 12 Malaya Not Endangered By Epidemic In Siam. EVERY PRECAUTION TAKEN. THE big cholera epidemic which is raging in Siam has now spread as far south as Bangkok and beyond, but health authorities in Malaya do not think there is very much danger of it spreading
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    EUROPEAN MOTORIST KILLED.
    51 12 Perak Government Official. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Feb. 11 tjLMIII.K travelling by motor-car between Bidor and Tapah last nicht. Mr. S. Osjilvip. Deputy Registrar of Vehicles, Prrak South, crashed against a roadside tree. He was taken to hospital at Batu Gajah and died this morn- I
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    BIG AREA IN CHINA STILL FLOODED.
    105 12 BIG AREA IN CHINA STILL FLOODED. Mutsicnariea Appeal To British Pub'k. London. Feb. 10. The Conierence i-f British Missionary I I, wh'o'i is a standing body In London watching over all missionary in a li :ut to the prest voices an urgent appeal tor contributions for relief of the Chtna
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    AIR MAILS TO NIGERIA.
    99 12 An air link between Singapore and lonely Kano In the north of Nigeria will be forged this week when a dispatch will b? closed at the G.P.0.. Singapore, tomorrow at 7 p.m. This v 111 be a weeicly air mall s-tvlc? which will take nine days
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    LEEMBRUGGEN DIVORCE SUIT.
    331 12 PETITION DISMISSED AGAINST MILES. Delivering judgment in the Leembruggen divorce suit in the Singapore High Court today, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, found that adultery had not been proved against the first co-respondent, C. R. Miles, and dismissed the petition against him. Pronouncing
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    Brighter Pools.
    44 12 The two municipal swimming pools on Mount Emily will be greatly improved in appearance when the alterations now in progress are finished. Our picture shows the larger of the two pools with its new flooring of white tiles with parallel green lines.
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    EMPEROR WILL RECEIVE GOODWILL FLIERS.
    154 12 Japanese Press Foretells Great Welcome TJIS Imperial Highness, the Emperor 0/ Japan, trill grant an audience to Air-Commodore Sydney Smith, Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F., Far East, and the officers accompanying him, when the Singapore 111 flying boats arrive in Japan on the flight from
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    R.A.F. FLIGHT PROGRESS.
    80 12 Leaves For Kudat. TPHE three Singapore HI flying boats which left Seletar yesterday on the first stage of the R.A.F. goodwill flight to Japan took off today from Finding, the mooring place near Knching, for Kudat. The flying boats will stay the night at Kudat, and leave
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    35 12 An Indian knocked down by a motor-bus at the 4y 2 milestone, Pasir Panjang Road, yesterday, afternoon was taken to the General Hospital unconscious. He Is suspected to have sustained a fracture of the skull.
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    THREE PLANES FOR PERAK FLYING CLUB.
    131 12 THREE PLANES FOR PERAK FLYING CLUB. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kargsar, Feb. 10. The Finance Committee of the State Council has authorised the expenditure of $40,000 for the purchase of equipment for the Perak Flying Club. The sum includes $32,000 for the jurchase of two new Avro two-seater machines
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    14,000 MORE TAKE TO THE AIR.
    343 12 Great Year For X.L.M. The X.L.M. eastbound mail pimie arrived at Seletar from Rangoon at 6.15 yesterday evening, the run, including stops at Bangkok, Alor Star and Medan, occupying just under lIV 2 hours. This plane, like the last three on the run, was
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    WOMAN ACQUITTED.
    51 12 Lee Ah Klong, the Java-born Cantonese woman who was alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust in respect of Bandoeng sarongs and bajus. was acquitted and discharged by Mr. M. H. Blacker In the Third Court, Singapore this morning, as the prosecution had withdrawn .the case against
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    NO QUESTION OF PUNISHMENT.
    271 12 NO QUESTION OF PUNISHMENT. Attempted Suicide In Siam. EFFORT TO AMEND LAW FAILS. (From. Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 8. THE Assembly on Thursday dis- cussed a draft act amending the Penal Code and requiring the imposition of punishment on all those who try to commit suicide in future. Luang
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    NOT LEAVING THE SOUTH.
    67 12 Mr. Hu Must Await Warmer Weather." Canton, Feb. 11. Mr. Hu Han-mln's health does not permit him to leave the south until the advent of warmer weather, stated Mr. Hu's doctor yesterday. This means that Mr. Hu will not leave for Nanking for several weeks. Meanwhile
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      333 12 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing sky theatre. GREAT world this daily feature to give ™f Man who nd Wltn **<**» readers a comprehensive sum- F08ter mary of entertainments, meet- REGAL JOO CHI AT ROAD: Blac* sports events social functions Cgj-. JJ^ ij» Ah Lum 3 OrSitoeS
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    "TANS" v "LIMS": RICKSHA COOLIE CLAN FIGHT.
    546 13 One Man Killed— But He Was Not A Puller. 23 MEN IN COURT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. •THE story of a fight between two factions of ricksha coolies in Batu Road, outside the Coliseum Cinema, in December, as a
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    ARMY AND R. A. F. OFFICERS TO SEE JU-JITSU.
    53 13 ARMY AND R. A. F. OFFICERS TO SEE JU-JITSU. A demonstration of ju-Jitsu and fencing will be given at the Japanese Club, Selegie Road, this evening by the leading Japanese exponents In Singapore. For the first time, British officers have been invited to the demonstration. Several Army and R.A.F. officers
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    BITUMEN CONTRACT FOR SINGAPORE ROADS.
    49 13 Messrs. Standard Vacuum Oil Co., have been awarded the contract for the supply of bitumen for use on Singapore roads during this year. Other tenders were: Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd, Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., and Paterson Simons and Co., Ltd.
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    23 13 Mr. J. B. Crlchton has taken over the position of Chief Manager. Mercantile Bank. Ipoh, In place of Mr. Steuart, who has retired.
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    BRIGHTER PLANTING AT "ANJING BOREK."
    769 13 Great Success Of Ball At Selangor Club. (From A Special Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. A very successful Planters' Ball was held on Saturday night at the Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur. The dance hall was transformed Into the An j ing Borek estate which one
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    2956 YEARS OF UNBROKEN RULE.
    100 13 Singapore Japanese CelebrateJAPANESE schools and the offices of the Japanese Consul-Gener-al, Mr. K. Gunjl, xcere dosed today in celebration of the anniversary of 2956 years of unbroken rule by the imperial House of Japan. The present Emperor of Japan is the 124 th in direct
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    SULTAN ENTERTAINS PERAK RESIDENT.
    65 13 Mr. G. E. Cator Going On Leave. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 11. The Sultan of Perak yesterday entertained the Hun. Mr. O. E. Cator, British Resident, to a farewell luncheon on the eve of his departure for Home on leave. Other guests Included members
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    46 13 Mrs. A. F. Carter, of Gopeng estate. Kampong Kapayang. Is leaving for Home on holiday next month. Members of the Clerical Union, Singapore, are requested to note that the variety entertainment will now be held at the Haw-Par Hall, Rangoon Road, on Saturday at 9 p.m.
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    CASHIER AT LARGE SINCE 1934.
    121 13 Pleads Guilty To Cheating. (From Oar Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 11. /^•HEE San Foonp, formerly cashier with the Borneo Co., against whom a warrant for arrest was Issued in 1934 was produced in the magistrate's court yesterday and charged with having fraudulently or dishonestly used
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    HIS LAST SMOKE.
    45 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. The body of an unknown middleaged Chinese was found hanging from a beam in a disused goat-pen at Simpah yesterday. A cigarette end was found in his mouth. There were no marks of violence.
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    48 13 At Sitiawan Methodist Church on Saturday Mr. A. T. Edgar, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Edgar, Dalbeattie. Scotland, was married to Aileen Otlra Ryan, second daughter of the late Mr. A. L. Ryan, of Hastings. Hawkes Bay. New Zealand, and Mrs. Ryan, of Walbrook estate, Sitiawan.
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    PERAK LOYALTY TO KING.
    265 13 Sultan's Address To Council. "GLORY OF HIS HOUSE." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Feb. 10. AT the start of the first meeting of the Perak State Council for the year, held today, the Sultan of Perak, addressing the council with all members standing, said Before
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    AIRMAIL PLANE LANDS IN DESERT.
    153 13 Held Up By Sandstorm, The Imperial Airways plane which was due at Seletar last Sunday is now not expected to arrive till tomorrow, afternoon, three days late. It Is understood that the plane flying to Bagdad was unable to land there because of a sandstorm,
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    HOCKEY ASSOCIATION JUBILEE BANQUET A GREAT FUNCTION.
    817 14 GERMANY VS. ENGLAND ON MARCH 28. Malayan Cricketer's Brother Gets A Blue. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 26. TTHF jubilee banquet of the Hockey Association was a memorable function in the annals of the game and marked the arrival of the first
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    BERG TO DEFEND HIS LIGHT-WEIGHT TITLE.
    580 14 MATCHED AGAINST JIMMY WALSH. Canadian Wants To Meet Laurie Stevens. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 34. JACK (Kid) Berg, British light- weight champion, is due to arrive home from South Africa early next week, and great interest will be focussed on his fight
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    M.F.A. HOLD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING.
    260 14 Association Football. Mohamed Sheriff To Be Delegate To S.A.F.A. rr.HE annual general meeting of the ■1 Malaya Football Association was held at the M.F.A. Pavilion, Balestier Road, Singapore, on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. with Mr. H. A. Alsagoff in the chair. Before the
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    FRANKIE WEBER FINISHED WITH BOXING.
    58 14 Frankie Weber announced today that be is giving up boxing and that be will not appear in any further fights. In an interview this morning be explained that his heart has never been in the game since the Thunderface affair and that he has now
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    S.C.C. SOCCER.
    103 14 Trial Match On Padang This Afternoon. The following have accepted to take part In the first B.C.C. soccer trial on the padang this afternoon Cotoan F. M Adam F. A. McCaffrey and Capt. N. L. Hammond J. R Bryant. C. J. Bembroke and F. W. DunhlU W. T.
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    25 14 The Anglo-Chinese School hockey team who have met with many successes this season. Solakan Singh, their best cricketer, is seen wearing turban.— Strait* Times Photograph.
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    OPEN CHAMPION'S 15oz DRIVER.
    307 14 Golf At Home. Perry Reveals Secret Of His Big Hitting. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 31. IN a manner wholly worthy of his position as British Open champion A. Perry, of Leatherhead, won the GuiMford and "District Alliance 18-holes medal competition at Cuddington, Banstead, yesterday.
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS.
    54 14 A meeting open to members of the tennis section of the V.M.C.A. will be held at the tennis pavilion. Bras Basah Road, on Thursday at 4.45 p.m. for (a) election of committee for 1936, (b) election of captain. (c) appointment of hon referee. (d) general. All tennis members
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    S.G.C. WOMEN'S FOURSOMES.
    267 14 Golf. MrsS.N. Kelly And Mrs H. B. Sym Win. *I*HE S.G.C. women's foursomes com- petition was played at Buklt Timah yesterday and resulted in a win tor Mrs. S. N. Kelly and Mrs H B Sym with a net score of 75. The following cards were returned:
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    KEPPEL FEBRUARY MEDAL.
    74 14 Thirty cards were taken out for the Keppel G.C. February Medal (Stroke) and the following were the three best scores returnd F. Bedford 84—16=68 net W. Jones 83—13=70 J. E. Florde 81—20=71 Ball sweeps were won on Saturday by J. E. Fforde (first nine) 46—10=36 and by
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    SELANGOR GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.
    104 14 (Prom Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10. The draw for tne flrsi round of tne Selangor Golf Club championship, to be played on or before next Saturday, is as follows: Maling vs. Spowem. Mayor vs. Borneman. Elktns vs. Davidson. Scoular vs. Hutton. The second round
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    PERAK CRICKET ASSN.
    59 14 A special general meeting of the Perak Cricket Association will be held on Feb. 26 to discuss t\e amended rules and also the Assoclat on's financial position. The meeting will also have to elect another vice-president owing to the fact that Mr. Humphrey Butler, who was elected
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    HANDICAPS FOR THE LINCOLN AND GRAND NATIONAL.
    1141 15 SHINING TOR GIVEN, TOP WEIGHT. Golden Miller To Carry 12.7 In Big Aintree 'Chase. (From Our Own Orre»«>oteat) Land**, Jan. 31. "THE weights for the Lincolnshire Handicap, the Grand National, and other important sprint; handicaps were published in yesterday's Racing Calendar." Both the
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    22 15 Naton the present welter-weight champion of Japan who has juct eoane te Singapore and will be Men at the New World shorUy.
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    SECOND DAY OF THE PERAK MEETING.
    436 15 SECOND DAY OF THE PERAK MEETING. Malayan Racing. Handicaps For Card Of Nine Events At Ipoh. (Krom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Feb. 10. •yilK. handicaps for the second day »f the Perak Turf Club meeting, which will I*- held on Wednesday are as follows: Horses. Class 2. Div. 1:-Martin Duggan
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    F. A. CUP SURPRISE Bradford Eliminate Last Year's Finalists.
    87 15 F. A. CUP SURPRISE Bradford Eliminate Last Year's Finalists. LixidMi, Feb. 10. Bradford and West Bromwich Albion, last year's finalists, after twice drawing I—l1 1 in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup. decided their tie at Old TrafTord (the Manchester I'nited ground) today when Bradford won I y two
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    LATEST BETTING.
    78 15 (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Feb. 4. The best prices offered about some of the popular fancies for these races are: LINCOLNSHIRE GRAND NATIONAL 11-1 rriofc S-I Golden MiDrr 2»-l Sea Bequcat 10-1 Rrvnol<fc.to»u 25-1 Law Court lb-1 Belted Hcv* 25-1 Mlalral 111. 16-1 (astir Irfell J3 1
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    WINTER OLYMPIAD.
    89 15 The men's combined downhill slalom tv won by Franz Pfnur. Germany, with 99.25 points. Pfnur's times for the two runs were 72.1 seconds and 74.5 seconds respectively. The women's combined downhill slalom was won by Chrlstel Germany, who scored 97 6 point* hill slalom was won by Christel
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    20 15 Xl CHI SATO, the next best Japanese welter-weight to Natori who is also in Singapore to fight under Mr. Bell.
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    TWO BIG FIGHTS AT OLYMPIC.
    520 15 Local Boxing. Attractive Programme For Friday. \I7I I H promoters putting on double main event programmes every time now boxing enthusiasts arc getting more than their moneys worth. The latest double programme is that fixed by Mr. Sng Chwee Seng for the Olympic Stadium on
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS.
    63 15 K. C. Gillett beat Marshall by 4S in the semi-final of the S.C.C. handicap I competition yesterday and meets E. H. Bowerman in the final today. The final of the S C.C. Club championship between H Oray and A. D Baker will be played tomorrow star* ing at
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    391 15 Oxford Cambridge Boxers To Meet Yale Harvard Finland Sporting Census Billiards Tour Which Flopped. Conducted by "I. EIGHTHS TOE first boxing meeting between Oxford and Cambridge Universities and Yale and Harward will take place in America In March. No definite date, or venue, has yet been arranged,
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET.
    108 15 Unanimous Decision To Use New L.B.W. Rule. A meeting of all cricket clubs in Singapore was held at the S.C.C. yesterday for the purpose of arranging fixtures. Before this business was attended to the meeting was asked to show whether they favoured the near lbw. rule or not.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    15 15 TUESDAY, FEB. 11. BMHaj-da: S.C.C. handicap tourney flna Sooctr: Trial at B. C.C.
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    POLICE RAID HOUSE.
    172 16 19 Alleged Gamblers. EIGHTEEN Chinese: men and one Chinese woman were charged be\lr If H. Blacker In the third: court Singapore yesterday with gamin? in a <\i:n:iio:. fining house in Prlr-scp I C \7. Such giving evidence sa:d if on information re- tie went to a house
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    "THE ORIENT GONG."
    70 16 The January number of The Orient Gong." a new monthly magazine published in Singapore, contains thumbnail sketches of several Malayan personalities, including Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader and Dato Wong Yick Tong and a longer article on Sir Ong I Slang Song. Among the feature articles are The
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    EVEN BETTER THAN COD LIVER OIL.
    198 16 New Tasteless Tablets for Weak Run-down People. No longer need mother force fishy tasttog Cod Liver Oil down chlldr.-:i throats! No longer need men and •women who are thin and under healthy weight stay that way because they hate the thing which could put
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    CHINESE WEDDING IN SINGAPORE.
    130 16 LIM CHOON HAI—SNG OON NEO. A wedding in the reformed style took place at the Chinese Consulate, Singapore, last week when the Chinese Consul. Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau, officiated. The bride and bridegroom were:— Mr. Lim Choon Hal, of the Chartered Bank, vice-president of the
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    79 16 HALF-YEARLY SALE OF MAGAZINES. A sale of magazines and periodicals purchased for Raffles library between January to June of this year will be held at the Library on Friday at 5 p m. Purchasers at this sale will receive back numbers of magazines and periodicals regularly as current
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    CONTE VERDE MAKING UP LOST TIME
    165 16 Hold Up For Twelve Hours By Port Said Fog Became foe held her up for twelve hours Within a few miles of Port baid. the Italian liner Cont? Verde is waging a great effort to maka up for uk lost time during her outward
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    53 16 Mrs. W. R. Sefton. the wife of a Liverpool jeweller, recently chased a smash-and-grab thief who had stolen some valuables from her husband's shop window, and Jumped on the running-board of the car In which he was being driven away. The car got up speed and she eventually had to
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    16 16 An unusual catch: This hammer headed shark was bronght into the Beach Road fish market, Singapore.
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    PLAYS DELAYED BY LACK OF THEATRE SPACE.
    529 16 Singapore Visitor Discusses Stage In America. ((EXPERIENCING a revival after a very bad five yean" is J bow Mr. Arthur Harris, theatrical entrepreneur, of New York, described the state of the legitimate stage in America. Mr. Harris, who arrived in Singapore on the
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    REPRESENTATIONS FALSE?
    249 16 JUDGMENT RESERVED IN APPEAL. The appeal of Lim Teck Kow and Seng Yew Cheow against their conviction by the District Judge, on a charge of alsely representing to the East Asiatic Company that Ong Swee Hock, the proprietor of Chop Tan Hock Chan, of Beach Road, was a
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    CHILD DROWNED IN WELL.
    242 16 PARENTS' TRAGIC DISCOVERY. "I was cooking in the house; the children were playing outside. When I went to call them in for their meal I found one of them missing So I went out and called my hazard who was working in the Jungle behind our
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    RUBBER SMUGGLERS ON $5,000 BAIL.
    101 16 6,048 lbs. Seized. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Feb. 10 A haul of 6,048 lb. of sheet rubber was made by Customs Officers yesterday evening. This had a sequel in the First Magistrate's Court this morning when Hooi> Sal Wool. Lav Ah Wah and
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    S.V.C. DRILLS.
    106 16 Programme For This Week. Programme of drills up to and fox week ending Feb. 10. Today, Feb. 11, 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters, Cadre Classes. Drill and Rifle; 6.45 p.m.. Headquarters, S.V.C., Lecture Mechanisation Wednesday, Feb. 12, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, Cadre Classes, L.A. and M.G.; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters, Bde. Sigs.,
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    GIRL FOUND DEAD IN LOCKED ROOM.
    50 16 A 25-year-old Chinese girl was found dead in a room locked in a house In Jiak Chuan Road, Singapore, late last night. Round her neck was a coll of rope, an end of which was attached to a high iron bar across a window.
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    CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    270 16 ANNIVERSARY IN SELANGOR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 8. There was a large attendance at a tea party yesterday in celebration of the thirty first anniversary of th« Iselangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, presided over by the Hon. Mr. Lai Tet Loke. J P..
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    MAN FOUND HANGING
    56 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Feb. 10. Early this morning the police rrcvived Information that a man was hanging in a house in Jalan Ah Fook. They found a ricksha puller hanging from a nail, about eight feet from the floor. He was dead. The man
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    BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE LAW.
    1337 17 Royal Commission's Plan For Speedier Hearings. JUDGES TO RETIRE AT AGE OF 72. Cautious amendment of the English legal system is advocated by the Royal Commission on the Despatch of Business at Common Law. The report of the Commission, which was appointed in December, 1934,
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    20 17 Iraq senators have protested to the League against the methods used by the French to quell the disturbances in Syria.
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    96 17 Mr. Wilson Cross, who is retiring from the chairmanship of the Vacuum Oil Company in Great Britain, left Waterloo Station, London, on the Columbus boat train recently for Nnj York. Mr. Cross is 65 and has lived in England for 33 years altogether. He is retarded as the most "English"
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    BRITISH ACADEMY IN ROME.
    236 17 Activities Suspended After 112 Years. Rome. An appeal Is being made through the representatives of British, newspapers o n behalf of the British Academy of i Arts in Rome. After more than 112 years' the activities of the British Academy! have been suspended indefinitely, the' premises
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    £1,000 FOR ACCIDENT AT A STATION.
    135 17 Woman Steps Off The Platform. Mrs. Matilda Schlarb. or Jodrelroad. Old Ford, London, who fell on to the railway line at Clapton Station and broke her leg. was awarded by Mr. Justice Atkinson, in the King's Bench Division, London, last week. £1,000 damages, with
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    MR RAIDS PLAN FOR PUBLIC.
    268 17 Respirators And Cellars. A Ci »vernnient scheme for the pro- tection of civilians In the London ana j from the effects of air raids will be i issued shortly It will plac? on the London County Council and t le borough councils responsibility for providing
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    "THIS IS THE LAST BIG FORGERY"
    627 18 Two Women And Man Charged. "This is the last big forgery to be brought to book,"' said Mr. Christmas Humphreys, for the Bank of England, at Billericay, Police Court last week. In court were Gerhardus Johannes Boddeus. 49, a photograpl.er; his daughter. Grace May
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    71 18 The New Life Movement advocated by General Chi&nc Kai-shek, which aims at the receneration of the Chinese ancient virtues in a manner adaptable to present conditions, has already spread to the Chinese community at Lima, capital of Peru. A society was formed there a year ato under the leadership of
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    BANDIT AS HEAD OF PEIPING POLICE.
    102 18 Reported Decision Of General Sung. Pelping, Feb. 8. General Sung Che-yuan, chairman of the Hopel-Chahar Council, is reported to have consented to the appointment of Shi Yiu-san, notorious rebel, to be commander of the peace preservation corps in Peiping. This appointment was a condition
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    Golden Sword For Gen. Chiang.
    108 18 Proposal Of Children In Kiangsu. Children all over Kiangsu Frovlnce I will contribute one copper each towards a fund for making a golden svord to te presented to General Kai-shek, if a proposal submitted to the provincial Department of Education is approved. The proposal has
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    FRENCH HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION.
    478 18 Attempt To Be Made On Raka Poshi. New Delhi. Feb. 8. The advance party of the French Himalayan Expedition is expected in Delhi in the middle of March and the other members will arrive a month later. Their object is to climb either Raka Poshl (25.560 ft.)
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    Public Ownership Of Land In Shansi.
    671 18 General Yen's Proposals On State Ownership. Taiyuan (Shansi). Yen Hsi shans plan for public ownership of land as well as his proposed non-metallic-basis paper money system are being studied carefully by leaders. Immediately after his return from Nanking he called the principals and a
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    $120,000,000 Rail Loan.
    308 18 Details Of The New Bond Issue. THE announcement of the flotation of the 25 year Railway Construction Loan of $120,000,000, at 5 per cent, interest, under the joint auspices of the Nanking Ministries of Finance and Railways, indicates the determination of General Chiang Kai-shek's Government to develop
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    RED CROSS SOCIETY FORMED AT COLOMBO.
    29 18 Lady Stubbs, wife of the Governor of Ceylon, inaugurated a Red Cross Society, at a meeting at Colombo. Sir Reginald Stubbs was present.
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    Japan's Proposals Accepted By Gen. Chiang?
    1474 19 OFFICIAL CHINESE DENIAL OF MR. HIROTA'S CLAIM. Why Hu Han-min May Not Return To Nanking. (From Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, Jan. 27. The "spring festival" is now nearly over, and a sprinkling of snow on Friday last was a "good luck" sign which to
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    HIROTA'S THREE PROPOSALS.
    70 19 CHINA-JAPAN-MANCHU CO-OPERATION. Hirota's three-point programme is as follows: Positive aid by Nanking to a scheme designed to place relations between the two countries on a firm and amicable basis. A formula for co-operation. between China, Japan and Manchuhuo in the development of North China; and A programme
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    Ex-Volunteer Chief Meets Mr. Hu.
    92 19 "Little White Dragon" Not To Go AbroadGeneral Chang Hseh-chlen. better known as the "Little White Dragon and former commander of the antiJapanese volunteers in Manchuria, is in Canton. He came io *he city recently to welcome the arrival of Mr. Hu Han-min, says the Canton
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    China's New Envoy To Japan.
    397 19 Prominent Member Of Anfu Party. Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, chairman of the National Famine Relief Commission, who has just been appointed Ambassador to Toklo, was Prime Minister of China in 1925. It is noteworthy that he is a prominent member of the oro-Japanese Anfu Clique. Following
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    GEN. DOIHARA'S PROPHECY.
    285 19 "N. China Regimes To Merge." MAJ.-GEN. Kenji Doihara. chief of the Mukden Special Military Service Mission and often referred to as the Lawrence of Manchuria," recently predicted that the two nominally independent regimes in North China would merge soon and take charge of the administration of the
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    SOVIET BID TO EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE.
    104 19 "Teaching Delegation" To Be Sent To Tibet. A report received from Mukden states that the Soviet Is shortly sending a teaching delegation to Tibet (says a United Press from Toklo). The correspondent understands that the British are worried concerning these plans, recalling Imperial Russia's
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    "Sedan Chair Bridge" Repaired.
    37 19 Repairs have just been completed to the famous Kaolan Bridge of I .it chowfu, Kansu Province. This bridge, one of the antiquities of the pr rince, is constructed like a sedan chair.— l.N.P.S.
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    Grave Allegations Against Government Officials.
    397 19 FINANCE MINISIER'S REPLY. (From Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, Jan. 27. TWO omcials of the Ministry of Finance have been instructed to make a "thorough and ruthless" inquiry into allegations recently made that certain Government officials and others, possessing special knowledge and "inside information," had been
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    NANKING OFFICIAL'S SUICIDE.
    107 19 Chagrined Over National Affairs." Nanking, Feb. 10. Chagrined over national aflairs, Mr Tv Hsl, an official of the Control Yum jumped into the Yuenwu Lake on Saturday and was drowned. Funeral scrolls written by him and a letter addressed to Mr. Yu Yu-Jin, president of the Control
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    36 20 Walls collapsed at Park Cottages, High Road, New Southgate. London, when Pymms Brook, which flows nearby, was flooded in thi* 100-mlles an hour gale which brought death and destruction throughout Britain.
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    40 20 The great Brussels Exposition, which attracted visitors from all over the world, has now almost disappeared under the axe of the housebreakers. Old Brussels, the brilliant reconstruction which delighted thousands of people, is reduced to heaps of wood and plaster.
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    60 20 Antiquarians are puzzled by a mysterious stone that was dug up at New Thundersley (Essex). Across the face of the stone are a number of holes, some of them six inches deep running into the centre. Some say that the stone was usea oy ancient Britons to hold a torch.
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    39 20 Lady Cambridge received the guests when the 16th annual children's Peter Pan Party in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Homes was held at Claridge's, London. Lady Cambridge with the three children of Dr. Spencer Lewis— Marrita, Zelda and Diar i.
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