The Straits Times, 4 March 1936

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    38 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 PA(iES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 193«. PRICE 10 CENTS*
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      289 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683). ANNOUNCEMENT THE FINEST COLLECTION OF OPALS EVER BROUGHT TO MALAYA WILL BE EXHIBITED at ROBINSON'S from TODAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THESE BEAUTIFUL STONES SHOULD VISIT THIS EXHIBITION WHICH CONTAINS OPALS FROM ALL PARTS OF AUSTRALIA INCLUDING THE FAMOUS
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      12 1 Daisy 15. ORCHARD ROAD i BASsjnS WREATHS Vltomt 4097 (AntfbeV Mansions I
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      44 2 Mrs. M. A. Mirtin and family beg to express their heartfelt thanks to all kind friends and relatives who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. N. B. J. Sarkies. and also to those who kindly sent wreaths, letters nnd telegrams of condolence.
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      255 2 COULSON On March 3. at General Hospital, to Kitty (nee Wand) wife of Norman Coulson, a daughter. MR. and MRS A. A. OOSSEVSKY 1 1 Sharnhorst p.p.c. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying- for any position advert!«rd in these columns send copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. HOI "SF.BOY WANTED. Hylam
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      845 2 (SITUATIONS WANTED j LADY SAILING ENGLAND can h'ghly recommend Amah. Free end March. Apply Box No. 318. Straits Times. ACCOUNTANT SECRETAKT, lady, tholoughly experienced In all branches of office »ork, seeks appointment. Box SOS, 8. Times. LADY (English) wlahlng to travel Wellington, 3rd week April, offers services as companion, nurse
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      819 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LIT, modern bungalow, two bed rooms, two bath rooms (European baths), fans, modern sanitation, garage. Full particulars rent, situation, etc., apply Box 312, S. Times. COMPLETELY FURNISHED, a house 16 miles from London. AU modem conveniences, old walled garden, garages, moderate terms. Apply Box 322.
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      952 2 AUCTION NOTICES ESTATE OF TAN KHEAM HOCK DECD. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of VALUABLE FREEHOLD and 999 Years Leasehold Properties to held at the saleroom of Messrs. Tan Bo Oon Co., Ltd., Nos. 90 92 Market Street. Singapore. On Thontfay. March It. 1936 at J3« p.m PARTICULAT-S Lot 1. Freehold land
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      657 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on Wednesday, Mar. 4. Hart Rtya Hajl (Public Holiday). POW CO. I. N. L. POW, late of Hoon Seek Trading Co.. have much pleasure in announcing the >stabllshment of the above mentioned Firm as SHIP-CHANDLERS. ESTATE AND MINE SUPPLIERS. BUILDINC I:
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      510 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Mis* HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. CINEMA REVIEW 154 PACKS. WITH t'OLOI'RED PLATE. ONE DOLLAR POST FREE TIIKOI (.inn I THE WORLD FROM THE PI3I.ISHFRS: 193 K( IL STREET. SINGAPORE. IF TIME HANGS H IVI Head the folouing
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      638 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AMD APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.). MV1 PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES PFNINSl I AR AND ORIENTAL S N CO fNPFr CONTRACT WITH H'S MAJESTYS OOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIl SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage B'pore ins BfNCUORE 6000 Mar 12
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      600 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN RAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Marseilles. London, Antwerp. Rotterdam and Middlesbroagh. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKONE MARU 10.500 Mar. 4 5 S SUWA MARU 10.70 C Mar. 18 19 S PUSHIMI MARU 11,00(1 Apr. 1 1 HAKOZAKI
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      910 3 a^v **ij\ PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motonhlns. Mott Cabin* have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON. BOTTEBOAM. HAMBUBG AND I OPENHAGCN Prom Prom Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham MEONIA 4/3 8/3 ALSIA 34/3 24/3 35/3 21 '3 FIONIA 31/3 31/3
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      1215 3 J9^^^ SHIPPING. ~*^"sJ T«B BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The nua Khlow Steamship Co. (1932 i Us, Steam Ship Co. Ltd., aad China Mutual The Cunard White SUr Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Lid. SeraKa Steaaaaasp Co.. Ltd. The Australian Ortenul Line Ltd The China Navlgatloa Ce..
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    117 4 Wednesday March 4. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to keppei hakboi c Main Wharf Lch. Vededge. Gen: v.d Hcyden. Dredger Kuantan, ?»'i ud- TJ.& R. Hoppers Labrador Chcrmln, R A F Aquarius, Lch. Lucifer. Lch. Sir H. Anderson, Barye M wharf „."^^^.S^Com Whan Nil. vessels
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    CLEARANCES
    42 4 Mar. 3: B?nvorllch. Merkur Taybank. M:mnon. Olang Beng Hong Lam. Hong Thong. Hong Kwong Esmeralda (Brit Hal Lee tNor Meonia (Dan >: Tomohon «Dut): Annam «Dan.»: Pa- opo Kampar (Dut., Mar 4: Khoen Hoea Mahasser. Thedens (Dut Katong. Achilles (Brit): Prachatlpok 'Siam>
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SAFETY AT SEA.
      816 4 Liverpool Owners On Safety Progress. In its annual report, which was presented at the meeting in Liverpool, the Steam Ship Owners' Association reviews the oversea trade of the United Kingdom last year, and after showing that the exports increased In volume by 4 per cent, and in
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      279 4 Today. Penang, S!?m. Burma. India. Iraq, Palestisc. Bgyvt. E. ft 8. Africa. Groat Britain. Ireland, Europe, Nigeria. Gold Coast and N. S. America by Mr (Imperial) 7 p.m. Tomorrow Tfcrempa (G. Mi JufLsi 8 am. Karimon (Hang Yon) ..9 a.m. Tandjong Pinang (Silver Gull) 9 a.m. Pengtrang
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      FROM MALACCA.
      148 4 Malls will close at Malacca as follows Tomorrow. Ceylon ivia Penang) (Hakone Maru) 1.15 p.m. Friday, Mar 6 Medan (via Singapore) oy air (Netherlands) 6 pin 'Persia. Amsterdam and London tvla Singapore) by a*j <Netncrlandsi 6 p.m. Upper Burma, North and East India, Aden, Egypt, Europe, Great I
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      FROM KUALA LUMPUR.
      59 4 Mails will close at Kuala Lumpur as follows Friday, Mar. 6. Burma, Northern and Oniral India t via Rangoon and Calcutta) (Karoa) 7 pjn. Great Britain and plac-.- serv.-d vn Great Britain, Europe (Karoa; 7 p.m. India (all parts) via Penang (parcels) (Karoa) 5.30 p.m. Sunday, Mar.
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      CHETTIAR TO PAY.
      129 4 Woman's Claim Succeeds. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3. The Chief Justice (Sir Samuel Thomas) delivered judgment in the Supreme Court today In the civil suit in which a Punjabi woman named Bhaghwanty c. aimed $1,800. being money alleged to have been deposited with S.
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    QUEEN MARY NEARS COMPLETION.
    385 4 Guard's Look-Out For Spies. Picked men froi i the special brancn »t Scotland Yard will be brought tn 3'asgow to safeguard ihe liner Queen Mary when she sails on her maiden voyage this month. These men will co-operate with the police forces of Glasgow. Dumbartonshire, and
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    54 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) dispatched on Feb. 25 by air (Imperial). Time of delivery uncertain. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholder? at 3.30 pm. General de.lvery of letters and parcels tomorrow at 8.25 a.m. Malls from China and Japan
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    NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL. SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
    24 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL. SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail aispatched from Birgi pore en F?b. 26 was delivered in London on Mar. 3 <6 daysi.
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    BRITISH MAILS ON GERMAN LINES.
    159 4 London. Feb. 20. Owing to a serious curtailment of sailings by fast British ships to New York the Government has been lore! to alter its declared policy of British malls for British ships." and to entrust British mails to foreign liners. The conditions have become
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      503 4 OOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.B. ELTS. AND SIAM STATES RATI.WAYS. TFLFPi:ONE: FrHicbt 54 JJ— Paasace 6431. CANADIAN 4 Jf JIT7TT« X% sflL Mm (Incorporated In England) THE "EMPRESS" ROI'TE oilers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct IJMI'KI ss lo VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL
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      301 4 (incorporated tn 9traJt* Settlements) c^^^^^^lßK* EILERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated In England) (Incorporated to OS A.) -ELLERMAN" LINK. BOSTON. NEW YOItR BALTIMORE FOR HAVRE, LONDON. Via CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ROTTERDAM A HAMBURG. out Sails Via Ports and Snei CanaL MEMPHIF. CITY Mar. 23 Mar 28
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      145 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last nieht Max. Rainfall Bright Mln. temp ins Sunshine terno F hrs. °F West Coast. Aior Star 94 Nil 10.1 71 Bayan Lepas J r I Penan g) 89 0.11 9 9 74 Eitiawan 92 Nil 9.1 72 Malacca ji vvs js
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      272 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORK Wednrsday. March 4. H. W. 7.44 a.m.. 7 ft. 7 in.. 13.07 p.m.. 7 ft. 5 in. L. W. 2.36 a.m.. 5 ft. 7 in.. 3.18 p.m.. 1 ft. 6 in.. Thursday. March 5. H. W. 0.04 a.m.. 8 ft. 1 in.. 10.44 p m., 7 ft.
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      267 5 |!l NUREDS WERE TURNED 25TlL<^>^>fl>A>^>^>^J3tt AWAY LAST NIGHT— lH>l^^r^^^^^>V^riß MOVIEDOM'S BABY QUEEN I ™i^) WHO NOW RANKS AMONG THE TEN Pjjl-^^^^^AJ WORLDS OUTSTANDING STARS fel^H^H^HM^H^H^B*ifca SHIRLEY TEMPLE in hri greatest and happiest picture 'THE LITTLE COLONEL" Fox Picture co-starrini; opposite LIONEL BARRYMORE iflatinee Today at 2 p.m. FOLIES BERGERE alto
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      613 5 r^^ii r^^a tf^^^n s^^ < -^^t r^^i r^^i *r^** \/^^^s V^f^^^^^T^ THE 'MR. AND MRS.' OF FLIRTATION WALK' STEP OUT IN NAVY BLUE! Triumphantly reunited for their first big co-starring hit in a whole year! Dick as a dashing midshipman... Ruby as the dancing darling of the fleet in the
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    156 6 Tins Firm On Eve Of Holiday. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mar. 4. Local share markets and the rubber market were closed today. The local share market was firm yesterday afternoon for tins. Commodities were steady in London yesterday. Ocean shipments of rubber during February amounted to
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    375 6 London. Kar. 3. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. New York prices quoted in U.S. currency The above are dealers' middle price*; Jobbers' margins, brokerace and stamp duty are Dot Included. 1 1 mi r-
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    FRASER AND CO'S SHARE REPORT.
    761 6 Markets Unsettled By Events In The Far East. There is very little material change to record in the conditions prevailing in either the local or home share markets during the past week (state Messrs. Fraser and Co. In their report dated Mar. 3.) The news
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    STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY.
    536 6 The following publications were Issued or received by the Department of Statistics. S.S. and F.M.S.. during the period Feb. 22 to 28. 1936, inclusive, and are available for public us in the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Singapore. Applications may be made by members < the public resident
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    PRODUCE.
    197 6 Singapore, March 4, 12 noon. Bayer. Seller Gambier 6.25 Java Cube 9.25 Hamburg 10. 7* White Muntok Pepper 17.50 Black Pepper 9.25 Fair Flake Tapioca 4.25 Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5.10 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Llngga Saga Flour •Sarawak Sago Flour 2.35 Small Pearl Sago, fair White Pepper 17.00 Fair
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    FIXED TRUSTS.
    81 6 Committee Of Inquiry Appointed. London, Mar. 1. The composition of the departmental committee to inquire into fixed trusts in all their aspects and to report what action, if any, is desirable in the public interest was announced in the House of Commons. Sir Alan Anderson, MJ>. for the
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    HAMILTON (F.M.S.) RUBBER.
    535 6 CHAIRMAN ON THE OUTLOOK. The twentieth annual general meeting of the Hamilton (FM.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd., was held at Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 27. The Hon. Mr. George Wiseman took the chair. The chairman said: The accounts for the year under review show a profit of $29,994.76,
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    TANJONG TIN.
    153 6 Company To Resume Own Production. It is announced that, owing to the increased release of quota under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction) Enactments, it has been decided that the Tanjong Tin Dredging shall recommence its own production and suspend the arrangement with the Kinta Tin Mines whereby the
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    SILVER FALL.
    94 6 Declining Interest From India. London, Mar. 3. Today's further fall of %d. In silvrls attributed partly to disappoint methat the Indian Budget provides to no reduction in the silver duty. Th cessation of the "marriage season" I contributing to curtailment of demarthe present smallr.ess of which rath than
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    COPRA EASIER.
    237 6 Prices Show Moderate Fall On Balance. <From Our London Staff) London. Feb. 22. Copra has been easier this week and prices show a moderate fal! on balance, though, in th? last day or two, the market has been steady at a lower level. Thursdays closing quotations were as
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    EXCHEQUER RETURNS
    139 6 Revenue Approaching Estimates. London, Mar. 3. Exchequer returns show that apart from self-balancing items, £23,923,253 was received into the Exchequer last week and that expenditure for the week was £19,850,743. The current financial year ends on Mar. 31 and i total ordinary revenue to date is I £067,588,537.
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    EXCHANGES.
    86 6 London, Mar. 3. Paris 74 55 64 Athens 51G sellers New York 4.99 5 16 Bucharest 669 sellers Montreal 4.93 Rio 414 Brussels 29.29 sellers official Oeneva 1 5. 11\ Belgrade 216 Amsterdam 7.26 1 Buenos Aires unquctej Berlin 12.28 Mortevideo 39*4 Miter 62 5/16 sellers official Madrid 36
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    "CHARIOTS & HORSES" POLICY.
    634 6 "CHARIOTS HORSES" POLICY. Will The Metal Industries benefit In their Foresight Saga No. 2 961. dated London. Feb. 19. Messrs. v. n Jacks and Co. state: Great Britain Is now lollowln^ the example of our Europoai. neighbour* and pinning her faith to "chariots and horses," and ihe public therefore take
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      26 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England, A.D. 1720) FIRE MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. wmmammmmmmmm^mmmm APB 1
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      39 6 love everything thati old old Iritnd^ *ld Umts, old manner*, old books" And need one sty. the magnificent Whisky railed "Old Rarity GUARANTItD 15 YEAR.S OLD 53.75. p«rio///« mclvdnadutj McALISTER6CO.M c ALISTER6C0.L T 50/« Agtnt for S.S. I FMS
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      HEATED CRITICISM OF TIN QUOTA CUT.
      999 7 London Famine Continues Huge Bolivian Shortage. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 24. The chief topic at the moment is the continued scarcity of tin supplies in the United Kingdom. During the past week, stocks in official warehouses in London and Liverpool declined by
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      CANNED BEER.
      286 7 Tin Research Council Traces Developments. Although it Is nearly a year since beer was first canned in America and the development is in an experimental stage In Oreat Britain, there has not hitherto been any concise account of the development available to guide the brewing Industry. Information Circular
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      JAPANESE TEXTILES FOR PHILIPPINES.
      39 7 Washington. Feb. 11. Authorities here indicated today that a substantial reduction could be expected in shipments of Japanese textiles to the Philippines, and that an announcement on the subject was likely to be made shortly
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      U.S. BUYING RUBBER.
      43 7 Substantial quantities of rubber are said to have been shipped from Oreat Britain to America and Russia during the week ended Feb. 22. It is anticipated that further substantial shipments to America will take place over the next few months.
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      LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
      18 7 Washington. Mar. 1. Mr. Morgenthau announced that the cash loan of $1,250,000,000 was heavily' over-sutoscrlbed. Reuter.
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      HONG FATT'S GOOD YEAR.
      1042 7 PROFITS UP BY 73 PER CENT. INTERIM DIVIDEND DECLARED. The ninth annual general meeting of Hong Fatt (Sungel Besi) Limited, was held at Kuala Lumpur, on Mar. 2. Mr. San Ah Wing, tht Chairman, presided. The chairman said: Once again It is a great pleasure to
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      AMERICA BUYS FROM LONDON.
      462 7 NEW TURN IN RUBBER SITUATION. Messrs. Symington Wilson, in the weekly market leport dated, London F?b. 19, state: One reason for the better tone in the market at the end of last week was that It became known that quite considerable shipments of rubber were booked
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      TEA PROPAGANDA.
      82 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Mar. 1. Mr. G. Huxley, the Ceylon delegate of the Tea Market Expansion Board. Is at present in Java to negotiate with j the General Syndicate of Agriculture with regard to tea propaganda. He has visited the experimental station lfl West Java to
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      CITRONELLA OIL.
      33 7 The export of cltronella oil fro.n Java in 1935 amounted to 1.656,000 k» with a value of about 1,260.000 gulKrs Of the above more than 400,000 Kg. was shipped to America.
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      701 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong.) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in mann-r prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1923 of the Colony. Authority Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Pald-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6.500.000 Hon-: Kong Currency
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      40 7 CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION. (Incorporated In 1871 by Special Act of the Parliament of Canada) Head Office Toronto, Canada. General Agency for Straits Settlements— 34 35. Mercantile Bank Building, Singapore. ORE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S STRONGEST ADD LARGEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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      410 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 'Incorporated In England Dy Royal Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000 000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability ol Pioprletors t3.000.UU0 HEAD OFKICE: 83. Rlshopigate. London. EC. t. Amrltsar Hong Kono Saigon Bangkok Hollo Semnrang Bauvia ipch
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    KING EDWARD'S NEW STAMPS.
    146 8 HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT. P"OR the first time in history the postage stamps of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will carry a half-length portrait of tV Sovereign in place of the customary profile picfirst stamps of King Edward VIII. are issued at the end of this year. his
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    35 8 The Duke of York attended a meetIng with the Prime Minister and party leaders at the House of Commons for a preliminary discussion on the most fitting forms of a memorial to King Georce Reuter.
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    NEW PLAN FOR PEACE.
    195 8 ABYSSINIA TO BE RELIEVED." Paris, Feb. 27. The British Foreign Secretary. Mr. A. Eden's attendance at a dinner given by the Ita'lan Embassy In London on Tuesday night is giving rise to much speculation in po it leal circles here, especially In connection with rumours of
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    SOVIET FISHERY LOTS.
    47 8 Toklo. Feb. 28. The auction of lease of Soviet flsherj lots was conducted without a hitch al Vladivostok today, according to inI formation reaching Tokio. Japanese fishery interests succeeded in obtaining the lease of 20 out of 38 lots anc Soviet organisations 18.— AnetaDomel
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    Carnival Is No Joke In Germany Now!
    117 8 Telling what happened to two light-hearted Rhinelanders who thought Carnival Time might excuse a jest. i"|NE reveller in a cinema remembered Goering's statement that "Armaments were more important than butter." As the news reel showed a squadron of the General's airplanes speeding across
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    FLYING BOATS FOR SINGAPORE.
    76 8 Tests To Be Held Next April. (From Our London Correspondent) Twenty-nine super Luxury Flying boats are to be built by Short Bros, at Rochester for Imperial Airways for use on the London-Slngapore-Australla service. The service will start next year and the first tests will be in
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    RAS KASSA. PRESTIGE AFFECTED BY DEFEAT.
    192 8 RAS KASSA. PRESTIGE AFFECTED BY DEFEAT. It is officially announced that the second battle of the Tembien concluded with a "shattering victory for the Italians against the armies of lias Kassa and Ras Seyum." A previous unconfirmed Italian message stated that Ras Kassa i committed suicide after his defeat but
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    REPLY TO FOREIGN CHALLENGE.
    86 8 BRITAIN TO BUILD 7 DESTROYERS. London, Feb. 26. In reply to the foreign challenge, the Admiralty will shortly award contracts for seven 1.850-ton super destroyers which will be added to the normal building programme of 1935. according to the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent. The writer states
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    JAPANESE TO EXPLOIT BORNEO OIL FIELDS.
    174 8 j Prospecting Operations To Cost V.500,000. Work is expected to start soon, says a Tokio report, on the joint project ol the Ninon Petroleum Co. and the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha for the explotatlon of oil fields in Borneo, a concession lor which has already
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    FRANCO-SOVIET PACT.
    237 8 Russia's Side-Long Glance At Britain. Moscow, Feb. 29. The Soviet press assumes a somewhat haughty tone in commenting on the French Chamber's approval of the Franco-Russian pact. The semi-offi-cial Isvestla thus states that even the bitterest enemies of the Soviet Union must admit that France in view of
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    23 8 Mr. Ariba, Japanese Ambassador to China, will present his credentials to President Lin Sen In Nanking on Mar. 6.— Sin Chew Jit Po>
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    CANTON WARNING TO NANKING.
    197 8 SINO-JAPANESE PARLEY OPPOSED. MR. HIROTA'S THREE "PRINCIPLES." Shanghai. Feb. 26. Nanklng-Cf.nton relations which again became strained following Mr. Hu Han mln's outburst against the alleged "pro-Japanese policy" of th-; Central Government, have further been strained by the action ot the SouthWest Polltlca. Council yesterday in issuing
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    BRITAIN'S NEW NAVAL PACTS.
    167 8 Negotiations With U.S.S.R. Germany. London, March 2. Britain will shortly approach SovietRussia and suggest negotiations for an Anglo-Soviet qualitative naval agreement. An undertaking on thl3 point was given to Germany who have agreed to negotiate an Ang'o-German naval treaty. Germany, however, has expressed her reluctance to
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    THE ROYAL TYPIST.
    75 8 At the British Industries Fair at Olympia, in London, eminent visitors included the ex-Kin* Prajhadipok of Siam who asked to be allowed to test a new portable typewriter. To the delight of his Queen and the surprise of the salesman, the Kin* quickly and accurately typed out
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    REBEL LEADER 'ADVISED' TO GO ABROAD.
    127 8 Reported Nanking Terms To Yin Ju-k^ng. Tientsin, Mar. 3. Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, Chinese Ambas-sador-designate to Japan, ended his visit to North China yesterday when he left Tientsin by train for Nanking Important developments are expected as a result of his mission. It is revealed
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    41 8 The French Government may itself take the initiative in consulting The i Hague Court about Germany's objec- tions to the Franco-Soviet pact as I provided for in th« Franco-German Ar- bitration Treatv. annexed to the Loc- i arno Treaty.— Reuter. i
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    MANY MILLIONS HEAR KING'S RADIO SPEECH.
    169 8 DRAMATIC SCENE IN FISHING FLEET. London. M.\r It U Impossible to give even a rou^h estimate of the number of people throughout the world who IH yesterday to the first broadcast King Edward has made since his accession. It Is probabl.-. howevei. that those
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    SPLIT AMONG INNER MONGOLS.
    133 8 Prince Teh's Warning To Suiyuan Governor. Peiping, Feb 28. The Mongol autonomous regime under Generals Li Shou-hsin ai:d Tso Shih-hai has seized control of the postal administration in the six districts in East Chahar. Meanwhile Prince Teh, head of the now virtually defunct Pcilingmiao Council in
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    "SHOULD RECOGNISE EXISTING FACTS."
    184 8 New Japanese Envoy On Relations With China. Shanghai. Feb. 28. Mr. Arita. new Japanese Anibci.,s.id.)r who has arrived in Shanghai, issued a statement yesterday, as for. The peoples of Japan and China recognise that peace and prosperity in the Orient depend upon cord: ♦ions between their
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    BRITISH RED CROSS.
    81 8 ONLY 25 MILES FROM THE FRONT LINE. Addis Ababa. Mar 2. A message from the British Red Cross ambulance Indicates that the ■unit Is now close to Lake Ashangl. only about 25 miles from the Abyssinian front line. It Is stated that the ambulance has done yeoman
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    North China Ordered To Prepare.
    50 8 Nanking. Feo 29. The Central Military Counci 1 of which Gen. Chiang Kai-shek la i h.urnian, has ordered the Governn\'i Hopei, Chahar, Suiyuan, 8hantun^ und Shansi to push the- anti-bandi. campaign and simultaneously to strengthen defences against "invasion from the oi.tside."— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MODERNISE DEFENCES.
    2413 9 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN'S NEW POLICY. CRITICAL DAYS LAST YEAR. DEUTER cables the following extracts from the White Paper on defence which was published in London yesterday. The first part of the White Paper deals largely with the historical aspects of the British Government's
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    JAPAN WAR COUNCIL TO RESIGN.
    77 9 Sequel To The Tokio Uprising. Toklo, Mm. 3. In connection with the Tokio uprising, the former War Minister. Gen. Hayashi, this afternoon verbally informed the War Minister, Gen. Kawashima, that he and his military colleagues in the Supreme War CouncilGenerals Araki, Mazaki, Abe, Nishi, Terauchi
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    AMUSEMENTS
    134 10 VICTORIA THEATRE Shipmates Forever. With Dick Powell Ruby Keeler. 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD "Shipmates Poreyer." With Dick Powell Sc Ruby Keeler. COODWOOD PARK HOTEL Dinner Dance, Thurs. March S. No after Dinner Admission Charge. GREAT WORLD "Wings in the Dark." With Myraa Loy Cary Orant. HOLLYWOOD, V. SERANGOON
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 4, 1936. Public Interest.
    1124 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 4, 1936. Public Interest. This evening the Victoria Theatre will be opened as an independent cinema in direct competition with the local cinema combine, and the main item in the programme will be an American film. Thus, for the time being, those Municipal Commissioners
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    EDWARD THE EIGHTH.
    1012 10  -  Memories Of A Morning On The Western Front BY IAN HAY. i"\NE summer Sunday morning fortyone years ago a rather restless schoolboy, humped In an attitude of uncomfortable devotion in a pew in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, was suddenly conscious of a decorous stirring in the congregation
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    Stirring Times In A Sarawak Out-Station.
    448 10 WITH the opening on Jan. 1 of the new Government offices at Serian. one of the oldest Government stations in Sarawak ceases to be a district headquarters. The early history of Simunjan was sufficiently lurid. In September, 1839. James Brooke called at the mouth
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    703 10 NOTES Of The DAY. IN SEPTEMBER? IT looks as though the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation is at last e descending from the Heaviside Layer s to brass tacks— if I may use some of the technical terms I picked up during Mr. E. O. Willoughby's address to the Rotarians yesterday.
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    BRITAIN'S £300,000,000 DEFENCE PLAN REVEALED.
    1164 11 IMMEDIATE EXPANSION OF ALL SERVICES. Creating Reserve Sources Of Armaments. A BIGGER NAVY. How Army Air Force Will Be Modernised. THE WHITE PAPER. |>RITISH defence plans which were revealed in a White Paper issued yesterday provide for the immediate expansion of all the fighting services
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    22 11 Representatives of the Nanking Finance Ministry will leave for America on Mar. 9 to discuss the silver problem with the U.S. Government.
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    ABYSSINIANS RETREATING FROM NORTH.
    337 11 Another Big Victory For Italy. EMPEROR READY FOR PEACE? ITALY today claims another big victory in Abyssinia, and Reuter's correspondent at Asmara adds significantly It is now thought likely that the Italians will soon decide to pause and leave the politicians to ascertain whether the Emperor
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    SETTLEMENT IN N. CHINA NEAR.
    269 11 NANKING TO GRANT AUTONOMY. Shanghai, Mar. 3. Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, the new Chinese Ambassador to Tokio who has just completed an important mission in Peiping and Tientsin, is reported to have achieved more towards the settlement of the major questions in North China than all
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    JAPAN TO PROTECT MANCHUKUO.
    79 11 "Policy Not Affected By Tokio Upheaval." Mukden, Mar. 4. Japan's policy towards Russia alms at the maintenance of the integral existence of Manchukuo and the stabilisation of the Orient, the Japanese Kwantung Government announced yesterday. This policy has not been affected by the upheaval in Tokio,
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    THE CINEMAS. THE PRESS AND COMPETITION.
    16 11 A remarkable Letter to the Editor appears in Page Thirteen.
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    24 Degrees Below Zero In North China.
    75 11 Tientsin, Mar. 4. The cold spell persists in North China. It was 28 degrees below zero at Taku yesterday. Icebreakers are powerless to free the ships at Taku. The ships' supplies of food and fuel are running short, and food dropped from planes
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    400 STOWAWAYS CAPTURED.
    71 11 ON BRITISH SHIP AT BANGKOK. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. March 4. The authorities today dealt a heavy blow to CM smuggling trade in Chinese coolies when they captured, aboard the British steamer Koel Yang more than 400 stowaways from Swatow. The coolies were concealed In the
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    42 11 A stir was caused in Nanking by the report that the Government had announced military conscription, but this Is now authoritatively stated to be due to a misapprehension of Nanking's plans, which at present include only experimental military training for Government employees.
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    NAVAL PACT NEXT WEEK.
    258 11 U. S., Britain And France To Sign. 35,000 TONS LIMIT FOR BATTLESHIPS. London, Mr r. 3. THE last obstacles to a three- Power naval treaty have been removed by the French agreement to fix a battleship limit of 35,009 tons ani sitin the treaty without Italy.
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    24 11 Mr. Li Shi-lin has been appointed Mayor of Amoy in succession to Mr. Yu Tsun-hoa. who resigned owing to 111hea'th. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    EUROPE-SINGAPORE IN 48 HOURS FLYING TIME.
    279 12 NEW K.L.M. SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED. Mail May Be Delivered In 3J Days. THE K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Air Line) propose to carry out a schedule of 48 flying hours on the Europe-Singapore-Bata-via run, according to an announcement by Mr. Plesman, a director of the K.L.M. At
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    HARI RAYA HAJI HOLIDAY.
    61 12 Tuan Besars drove themselves to cffl.ee this morning. The reason <vas Hari Raya Hajl— a holiday for Malays throughout the country, and proclaimed a public holiday by Government. Several offices remained open. Though this is a festival meant chiefly for '•hajis."— those Malays who have made
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    G.O.C. GOING TO KUALA LUMPUR.
    56 12 His Excellency the General Officer :ommandlng, Major-General W. G. S. Dobble, C.8.. C.M.G., D.S.O. will leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur by train tonight. He will spend tomorrow at Kuala Lumpur and will return by the night train tomorrow night. He wll' night train tomorrow He
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    19 12 Mr S. I. Saul is leaving Singapore by the Terukunl Mam on Friday for a short holiday in Japan.
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    HORSE FALLS ON TRAINER.
    85 12 SHOT YESTERDAY AT BUKIT TIMAH. Mr. R. Billett, the Penang trainer, was injured and a horse named Memory had to be destroyed following an accident at the Buklt Tlmah racecourse stables yesterday afternoon. The horse slipped and fell on Mr. Billett and rolled over him. Mr.
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    OPAL "MINE" COMES TO SINGAPORE.
    117 12 Exhibition— And Harp Melodies. Playing hia Mr. Prosper Ralston, known to magazine and newspaper readers as "The Man With The Harp" and "The Opal King" opened his opal exhibition In Robinson's department store. Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Ralston has covered the world with his famous harp
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    TWO AIRMAILS TOMORROW.
    37 12 Two eastbound mail planes are expected to land at Seletar tomorrow evening. The Imperial Airways liner which is scheduled to arrive today. Is running 24 hours late. The X.L.M. machine is expected on schedule.
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    TWAKOW MEN FIGHT WITH BOTTLES.
    85 12 TWAKOW MEN FIGHT WITH BOTTLES. ENEMIES AFTER COLLISION. TEN ARRESTS. Beer bottles, sticks and other weapons were used in a fight between two gangs of Hokkien twakow coolies in Kreta Ayer Road, Singapore, on Monday evening. The battle lasted only a few minutes before the police arrived. One man was
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    $5,000 FINE, OR ONE YEAR.
    110 12 From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore. Bahru, Mar. 2Hooi Sal Wool, Law Ah Wah and Ng Ah Huan were this morning each fined $5,000 by Mr. J. B. Weiss. First Magistrate. Johore Bahru, to* attempting to smuggle 6.048 lbs. of sheet rubber at Kuala Sungel. Skudai.
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    POLICEMAN CHARGED AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT.
    99 12 Said bin Karim. a Malay policeman attached to the Thomson Road Depot, was charged before Mr. M. H. Blacker. Third Singapore Magistrate, yesterday, with causing the death of a Chinese cyclist at Thomson Road 01 Monday afternoon It was stated that Said was driving a
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    ALLEGED GAMBLER JUMPS FROM HOUSE.
    58 12 When the Central division police carried out a cairbling raid on a house in Wallich Street. Singapore, last night, a Chinese jumoed from a second floor window into the cement back yard, fracturing his left wrist and thiKh The police arrested 12 Hockchias who were
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    18 12 Mr. H. G. Nelson, of the legal firm of Cowdy and Jones, Ipoh, has gone Home on furlough.
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    27 12 Mr. H. Freeman Marks, of the Gospel Hall, Talping, is on a visit to Telok Anson, preparatory to a tour of Pahang, accompanied by Dr. J. Samuel.
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    BOUNTY DRAMA.
    278 12 Al The Cinema. Brilliant American Production. "Mutiny on the Bounty." (With Cbarles Laughton. Clark Gable, and Franchot Tone.) M.G.M. Production. At the Capitol. It is a long time since the film industry has given us such a magnificent picture as "Mutiny on the Bounty," and all credit is
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    BORN SCREEN ACTORS WITH CHOP-STICKS.
    290 12 Asiatics Help Hollywood Camerawoman. Singapore Asiatics are born actors and actresses and enjoy being Hollywood extras," according to Miss Helga Moray, the former Gaumont-British star and only professional camerawoman in Hollywood, who yesterday and today took many photographs of authentic Singapore background for the two
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    REDS FLEE TO SZECHUAN.
    51 12 Shanghai, Mar. 2. Failing to establish a foothold in the province of Kweichow, the Communist forces led by Siau Keh and Ho Lung have re-entered Southeast Saechuan. Only a small number nf Red troops are now holding their positions In the Chlshul District.— Sin Chew Jit
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    JANUARY TRADE JUMP.
    117 12 N. I. Imports Ur>. GOOD FAVOURABLE BALANCE. AS in previous years. Malayan trade spurted ahead in January. Preliminary figures issued last night show that gross trade during the month came out at 588. 169.000. This compares with only $80,519,000 in December, but in January a year ago
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    LEAGUE APPEAL. "PROMPT CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES."
    166 12 LEAGUE APPEAL. "PROMPT CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES." TTHE League of Nations appeal to Italy and Abyssinia to open peace negotiations was approved at a brief session of the Council sitting without Italy as a committee of thirteen yesterday. The following reso'ution was approved: "This committee, acting by virtue of the mandate
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      228 12 An Open Letter*** to the cinema-going public of Singapore Messrs. Boon Seng and Co., the lessees of the Victoria Theatre and Messrs. Warner Brothers First National Pictures, Incorporated, who are supplying the pick of the Warner Brothers output for exhibition by the lessees of the theatre, wish to offer an
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      312 12 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times ia publishing GLOBE theatre, GREAT WORLD: thiH dailv feature to eive Shipmates Forever (Dick Powell and i-^"^U,.v,.tj^..f«ctlon.wy < £«f an, 8 OrSih." ormJeUn^^'are HOLLYWOOD SERANOOON ROAD: urganiaers. ni mecungs etc. are Three Musketeers ggnai chapters invited to submit diary date*. 7 12 Also
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    "The Cinemas, The Press And Competition."
    2202 13 A Remarkable Letter That Recalls Many Forgotten Facts In 8-Years Old Controversy. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, When I read your leader on Thursday last, I reasonably expected that Mr. Laycock would not pursue any other course than the one you
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    Ricksha Puller Was His Tool.
    195 13 Money-Changer's Trick With Forged Notes. A clever ruse whereby three forged tical notes were sold to a cigarette stall holder was revealed In the Assize Court. Singapore, yesterday before Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley, Acting Chief Justice, and a common jury, when a Chinese
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    RUBBER AREA FLOODED.
    299 13 Silting River Danger Grows. MUSES DEPARTMENT TO BE APPROACHED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 3. A DDRESSING the meeting of the Central Perak Planters' Association on silting rivers. Mr. R. If. Dawson. general manager of the Kota Bahru Bstate, stated that in 1927, he opened up
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    39 13 The Rev. T. Yesudian, who on arrival in Penang four months ago on his return from leave in India was called upon to act as Tamil Priest of St. George's Church, has now proceeded to his parish at Ipoh.
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    F.M.S. TAKE EIGHTH PLACE IN OVERSEAS FULL RANGE MATCH.
    601 14 CHALLENGE CUP WON BY SOUTHERN RHODESIA. Straits Settlements Placed Eleventh. The National Rifle Association an nounces the results of the Overseas .303 full ranre postal match, 1935. This erent is open to teams of eight British subjects and oi British protected
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    S.R.C. CRICKET.
    94 14 The following, will play In an Inter Club match at the S.R.C. on Saturday. March 7 at 2 p.m. Captain's XI: H. N Balhetchet, P. R. Lewis N. Sullivan. J. O. Edwards. J. Sanderson. C. Mo«bergen. W. S Poulier. F. d Almeida. E. le Mercler. M. E. C.
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    S.C.C. TENNIS.
    16 14 Owing to Harl Raya Hadji, there will be no tennis at the S.C.C. today.
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    M.F.A. CRICKET.
    99 14 The following will represent the M.F.A. at cricket this week-end:— On Saturday Mar 7 against S.C.R.C. on the S.C.R.C. ground at 2 p.m.: Ismail All 'Capt.), S. M. Ally. Ismail Jabbar. Mohd. Shah. Ibrahim. I Sallm. All Yunos. \bdul Aziz. Mahmood. Sulalman and A. Hashlm. Reserves: Mahpurz. Mohd.
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    16 14 An incident in the football match between th Post Office and Municipal "A".— Straits Times Photograph.
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    Y.M.C.A. JUNIORS DEFEATED.
    273 14 Cricket Attack Badly Handled Against Anglo-Chinese. HOW indifferent handling of the attack can lose a side a gan e was demonstrated in the cricket match between the Anglo-Chinese School and the Y.M.C.A. Juniors at Prince Edward Road yesterday, when the Juniors were beaten by 52 runs. Had
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    KLANG TOURNAMENT.
    112 14 Entries for the Klang Club Easter i lawn tennis tournament on April 10, j 11, 12, 13, will close at noon on Saturday, April 4. A cocktail dance and buffet supper will be held in the Club on Saturday, April 11, at 7.30 p.m. Competitors will be made
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    PREPARATION FOR MAJOR EVENTS.
    1265 14 Golf. Raising Scores And Heightening Interest. Much has been heard recently about the necessity of suitable preparations for the chief golfing events of 1936, so that a proper test of golf may be provided for our best players. More particularly have we been told 1 of
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    S.L.T.A. ANNUAL MEETING.
    369 14 Junior Championship Proposed. The annual genera] meeting of the Singapore Lawn Tennis ciation will he held in the loun, the Singapore Cricket Club tomorrow at 6.15 p.m. As shown ;n the report which is to ba praented at the meeting, the financial position of the Association is
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    MARINE DEPT. F.C. MAKE GOOD START IN DIVISION II.
    818 15 B UT THE YSHO ULD HA VE GOT MORE GOALS. Monopolies Missed Influence Of Pearse Henman. Marine Dept. F.C. 2; Government Monopolies 1. TTIK Marine Dept. F.C. who went very near to gaining promotion last season, started their Second Division programme
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    20 15 London. Mar. 2. In a Second Division match Port Vale beat Hull by four goals to nil.— Renter
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    GOLDEN MILLER TO HAVE NEW JOCKEY.
    79 15 London, Mar. 3. Very worried r Golden Miller's bctiaviour at Ncwbury Miss Dorothy I Paget, her owner is trying a new JocI key. Evan Williams when the horse I runs in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Williams may also ride Golden Miller in the Grand
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    S.C.C. SOCCER.
    53 15 The following hav; accepted to play association football for SC.C. ys. Nestles Milk Co. on Wednesday. Mar. 4. at SC.C: W M. Oak-Rhlnd; M. G. Mills. D. E. Nickels; A. Glencross. E W. Reeve. A. D. Cooper: R. J Broome. W. T. Henman, E. MacCreanor, S. C. Courtnry.
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    R.S.Y.C. PROGRAMME.
    59 15 On Friday th" usual afternoon Races wll: w sailed. Starling at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday, the International 6-metre will ;»il a Sweepstake Race. Starling at 10 a.m. B" Civs will sail a Team Race. Start lnr it 10.10 a.m.. and "C" Class will sail the Ist of the
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    25 15 The Singapore Harbour Board football XI who defeated 'he Straits Times in the first Commercial cup match of the season on Monday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Y.W.C.A. HAVE A GOOD YEAR.
    386 15 LAWN TENNIS VERY POPULAR. Colony Hockey Player Acting As Coach. AT the annual general meeting of Y.W.C.A. Sports Club held yesterday, a successful year for 1935 was reported. There is a balance of S490.01 as against S379.68 fot 1934, the increase being due to an
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    W. SENEVIRATNE IN A BRILLIANT MOOD.
    259 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Mar. 2. A brilliant 68 not out by W. Seneviratne. the Negrl Sembilan State cricketer, was the feature of a weekend cricket match here when the King George V School defeated the Negri Sembilan Club by 131 runs. The
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    JAPANESE PLAYER IMPRESSESS.
    212 15 Lawn Tennis.' Surprise Defeat Of Choon Leong At Y.M.C.A. UCHIDA. a Japanese who has only recently arrived in Malaya, created a surprise yesterday by beating I. B. Abed, a fairly stro-i local player. 6—4; 8—6. at the opening of the first Y.M. C.A. open tournament. Uchlda won
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN.
    115 15 Another Innings Defeat For South Africa. Durban. Mar. 3. THHE Australians beat South Africa in the fifth Test today by an innings and six runs. The South Africans were only able to make 227 runs tfter being 196 V i three at the lunch interval. On c. wearing
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    SELANGOR CLUB'S EASY VICTORY AT MALACCA.
    220 15 (From Our Own Correspondent; Malacca, Mar. 2. Y ESTERDAY the padang the Selangor Club beat the Malacca I Club at cricket by 82 runs in a single Innings match. The following are the scores:— Selanfor Club: W. A. D. Wynch c Colvllle b Wood
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    490 15 King Edward The Sportsman When He Played Lawn Tennis And Polo In Malaya. Conducted by "l.EIGHTON." f ISTENING to the broadcast by His Majesty King Edward VIII on Sunday night my mind went back to *****2 when he toured India, Burma, and Malaya, In his capacity as
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    TANGLIN CLUB SQUASH.
    39 15 The following are the results of yesterday's ties !n the Tang'.ln Cub rackets tournament. Bateman Cup (Semi-final, D: >osleever beat Sq Leader Da\ i 3—9. 10—8. 9—6! New Cup (Final):— Lane beat Kenman 7—9. 9—4, 9—6.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    24 15 WEDNESDAY, MA.UII 4. Okkrt: Chinese vs. V.M.C.A. at S C.R.C. Soccer: S.CC. "B" vs. Nestles at S.CC. Lawn Tmnis: V.M.C.A. open tournament
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      DUAL NATIONALITY.
      629 16 A Condition Prevailing In Many Countries. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— Dual nationality is a condition afT. (-ting many millions besides the Straits Chinese. Taxe, for instance, the Auslandsdeutcher. Millions of Ger- 1 man-speaking people are living as minorities outside Germany, both in Europe and
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      TIGERS!
      121 16 Alarm In The Kukub Districts. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir— As a resident of Sungel Xarang I feel it my duty to bring to the notice of the Johore Government and the Game Warden, through the medium cf your valuable paper, the fact t'-tat tigers are
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      RICH AND POOR.
      1073 16 The Industrial Mission Of Charity. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Reference has been made to the competitive struggle for wealth. The urge to obtain property is all but universal. Normally everyone desires property. But whether or not the Individual must work to obtain it,
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    34 16 Mr. M N. Nair. MA LL.B.. after a short sojourn and a comparative studv of the various problen.s affecting Indians In this country, left Kuala Lumpur on Friday for Rangoon en route to India.
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    NO MALAYAN STALL AT INDUSTRIES FAIR.
    773 16 London Publicity Manager Tells What He SawSPLENDID EMPIRE SECTION. Mr. E. Jago, Publicity Manager, Malayan Information Bureau, London, In a broadcast .ast month, from th? Empire station on the British Industries Fair, 1936, said: "I have just come from the British Industries Fair at
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    JUSTICE OF THE PEACE RESIGNS.
    28 16 The Governor has accepted the resignation of Mr. H. Wylly as a Justice of the Peace for Singapore and has revoked the appointment.
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      ROAD MANNERS.
      325 16 Johore Criticism Of Singapore Drivers. To the Editor of the Straits Tlmev Sir.— A few weeks ago you published a letter containing criticisms of the bad road manners and incompetent driving of some Johore motorists when they visit Singapore. There Is equal cause for complaint against Singapore motorists
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    26 17 Kmployees on the Niyor Estate, Kluanp, Johore, gathered to present an address to Mr. T.C. Cross, their manager, before his departure for England tomorrow, on retirement
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    RUBBER STOCKS WILL FALL TO 500,000 TONS.
    581 17 Perak Planters' Chairman Reviews Market. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 2. Presiding at the annual meeting this morning of the Central Perak Planters' Association. Mr. J. S. Ferguson, the chairman, said: "The year, generally, has been for the most part a period
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    ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY.
    266 17 PRELIMINARY TALKS BEGIN. London. Mar. 2. Preliminary conversations in canr.rction with the negotiations for an Anglo-Egyptian treaty were H nnally opened in Cairo today. For Britain the talks arc bell j, con taetmt by Sir Miles Lampsor.. tne H'gli Commissioner. Ihe leucicr or Urn Egyptian delegation is Nahas
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    THE LEAGUE PALACE.
    165 17 The Secretariat Moves Into New Quarters. Geneva. Feb. 26. The League Secretariat, which since 1920 has occupied provisional quarters in the former Hotel National, has moved into permanent accommodation on the ground floor of the new League Pa'ace which is now nearlne completion and will bs ready
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    STALIN WELL.
    82 17 Moscow Denies A Rumour. Moscow, Feb. 27. Officials formally deny a report spread abroad of an attemDt against Stalin's life. The rumours originated fr^ti fact that M Olive Crona. a reputed Swedish surgeon, has been hurrieu.y summoned here by Madame Kol ontay 'wife of the Soviet Minister at
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    STATE INSURANCE IN MALAYA?
    542 17 MR. JOHN HANDS ON UNEMPLOYMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 2. "The regular subscribers continue their generous support, and if the intentions of Government were known the standard cf relief could be raised a little higher than the the bare existence allowance." That remark
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    MALAYAN ITEMS.
    263 17 MALAYAN ITEMS. It 1? reported that Trolak estate has completed arrangements for the acquisition of Sungel 81l estate. Mr. David K. Kandiah. formerly of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, has returned to Malaya after finishing his course in the Christian ministry and is at present attached to the Pentecostal Mission,
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    SIAMESE CONTRACT FOR JAPAN.
    65 17 Big Order For New Locomotives. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Mar. 3. Out of 21 tenders for eight locomotives for the State Railways sent In by British, Continental, American and Japanese firms, the contract has been awarded to the Japanese. The total cost wli: be £22.500.
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    MR. BISHIRGIAN SPEAKS OF DEALINGS IN MILLIONS
    3057 18 TIN TRANSACTIONS FOR MR. HOWESON. EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. "Mr. Marx Never Asked About Pepper." When Mr. Garabed Bishirgian, entered the witness-box at the continuation of the Pepper Trial at the Old Bailey, London, he stated that he resided at Park Lane, London, W.,
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    "BUSINESS AS USUAL," A COMFORTING REFLECTION.
    2029 19 "BUSINESS AS USUAL A COMFORTING REFLECTION. Sir George Paish's Gloomy Outlook— A World Heading For War? Artificial Barriers To Trade Malaya's Economic Exposure. BY OUR COMMERICAL CORRESPONDENT. A SINGAPORE MERCHANTS NOTE-BOOK. UDUSINESS as usual I do not recall whether this is the title of a play, of a picture or
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    THE KING'S ADVICE TO TRADERS.
    721 19 First Public Function Since Accession. The King fu'fllled his first public engagement since his accession when he visited the British Industries Fair at Olympia, Kensington, W., and the White City, Shepherd's Bush, W. His evident good health, Interest, and activity were matters of sincere appreciation
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    The New Swimming Club.
    145 20 its impressive new clubhouse nearing completion, the Singapore Swimming Club is undoubtedly the leading institution of its kind in Malaya today. From a very small beginning more than forty years a to, when members went to and from Tanjong Rhu by boat from the Hylam Kongsi,
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    68 20 Three men, a sergeant and two leading aircraftmen were killed when a Royal Air Force bomber taking part in the first winter night exercises, crashed in flames in the grounds of Telegraph House, home of Lord Russell at Petersfield, Hampshire. The pilot Sergeant Charles Albert Deacon— was thrown from the
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
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      18 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUB PAGES SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936 No. 26
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      The BBC Empire Director's Appeal For Listeners' Co-Operation.
      1172 1 The BBC Empire Director's Appeal For Listeners' Co-Operation. DROADCASTING from London recently, Mr. J. B. (lark, Director of Empire' Service, made a strong appeal for close and continued j co-operation between the overseas listener and the B RC It is largely correspondence from listeners which has helped us to gain
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      EMPIRE BROADCASTING MISCELLANY.
      1113 1 LJARDENED as they arc to playing at all hours of the night, Eric Fogg and the BBC. Emplie Orchestra will find it quite a pleasant raiaxatlon to give a concert in the Natkral programme at ihe respectable time of 12.15 p.m. JBdarinnirg on January 22 they will
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      Listeners' Query Corner.
      949 1 Conducted By TECHNICIAN. QUERY. Will you please tell roe through the medium of the Straits Times Radio Supplement as to what is a suitable aerial for use in Malaya 9 1 (Riversider, Malacca.) A NSWER. In installing a wireles» receiver, be it long-wave or short- ;wave, there
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        96 1 THE KEY TO THE WORLD Mtdel 335 $235 /^&jfc Otfcer Mrtfk f rM i $125 Wt& name for the new Philips J& all-wave receiver 335. Up to now short-wave listening- was often a disappointment and real short-wave entertainment was umally a matter of luck. But times have chanced! Don't be
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      RADIO SETS FOR REST-HOUSES?
      544 2 And They'd Be Popular In Schools. (By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent.) The suggestion has been made that wireless receiving sets should be installed in all rest-houses in Malaya. I have mentioned it to a few people whose opinions ought to be of value, but without evoking
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        644 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 1. Two or thr follow-in* frequencies will be med: GSN 11 .82 (15.38 m GSD 11. 75 (25 53 m.), or GSB 9.51 Me (31 55 m.) 4.20 p.m. The News. 4.35 Close down. TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will be
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        728 2 6.50 News bulletin. 7.10 The Vienna Bohemian Orchestra with the Comedian Harmonists. 8.00 Religious talk. 8.20 Gramophone music. 8.35 Concert by the Batavia Orchestra. 10.50 Close down. PENANG. Station Z.H.J.. Penan t Wavelength 49 2 metre*. Penai>( Wireless Society. p.m. 7.00 Time signai. 7.03 Day's programme. 7.05 Recorded variety programme
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        332 2 NIROM. am. 6.20 Gymnastics. 6.3S Light gramophone music. 6.50 Time sign*;; clow down. 10.50 Opening. 10.55 Morning concert. 11.30 Morning Service. 11.50 Time signal; Suites and Ballets. pjn. 12.20 Concert Richard Schmidberger Trio. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Lunch concert Nlrom Orchestra. 1.50 Close down. 5.50 Time signal: Schubertiana, potpourri of
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        421 2 TRANSMISSION 2. pjn. 6.20 Big Ben. The BBC. Welsh Orchestra; leader, Frank Thomas; conductor. Idrls Lewis. Suite, Garden of Allah: (1) Prelude (2) The Garden of Count Anteolne (3) Kyrle Eleison (4) Dance of the Ouled Nail (Landon Ronald). En Bateau: Cortege (Petite Suite) (Debivsy) March miniature vlennolse (Krelsler). Three
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        354 2 11.30 Broadcast for the sick. 11.50 Time signal; light lunch mu«lc. p.m. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Dance music by Adalbert Lutter and his Orchestra 1 50 Close down 9.50 Time signal; Bible Stories. 6.05 Instrumental music (flute, cymbalo and hard solos.) 6.35 Cinema organ music by Marcel Palottl 6.50 News
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        395 2 Dance the Polka (Groatmith. arr. Solomon 8.05 The Children's Hour. "The Hying Fool." A modern thriller by J. D. Strange. 8.50 The News. 9.05 Close down. TRANSMISSION 3. pjn. 9.20 Big Ben. Re;inaU Kinu and his Or-chest-a. Pive Pieces from Where the Rainbow Ends (Roger Quiltcn. Pearl o' Mine (Fletcher).
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      ON THE EMPIRE AIR.
      656 3 WHAT 8.8.C. CORRESPONDENCE REVEALS. What sort of broadcasting programmes do we like In Malaya? Here is an article from the Mornins Post entitled "On the Empire Air": Unless a formidable letter-bas awaited them each day. the authorities of the BBC. would certainly besln to wonder, like
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      POLICE RADIO PLANS.
      222 3 SITE FOR HIGH-POWER STATION CHOSEN DRIGHTON is expected shortly to become the centre of a highpowered police radio broadcasting station covering the whole of SouthEastern England. Plans are under consideration whereby it is proposed to erect a transmitter on top of a specially constructed tower near the
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      IF YOU SELL YOUR SET.
      213 3 TRANSFER OF RADIO APPARATUS. Under the Maayan Wireless R:gulatlons 1933 wireless receiving apparatus must not be transferred to another person except with the written permission of a Controller, or Superintendent of the Posts and Telegraphs Department. Where the transfer is by sale an individual sale
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      RADIO TO LINK SOVIET CAPITALS.
      134 3 Extensions Planned For Far Eastern Regions. Plans for the further development of Soviet Russian radio services hava been put forward by the Post Office. The plans include extensions in tho number of receivers which now totals 2.000,000 to 3,000,000, with at least 600,000 of them
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      RADIO IN MYSORE.
      46 3 Government Grant To Professor. Bangalore. Feb. 1. The Mysore Government have sanctioned Rs. 6.000 and a monthly grant of Rs. 300 to Dr. M. V. Gopalaswaml, professor lr. Maharaja's College. Mysore, who at his own expense installed an educational broadcasting station at Mysore.
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        133 3 METAL TUBES A S THE SIGN OF AN UP-TO-DATE RADIO 111 Metal Tube Radios are modern, not merely because Metal Tubes represent the greatest advance in Radio Tube design in 28 years, J KJB but because they enable a receiver to produce results that are far fflHdfi superior over glass
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        614 3 SUNDAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a.m. 2 36 Big Bsn. The Children's Hour. "The Flying Fool." A modem thriller by J. D. Strange. 1.20 The News. TRANSMISSION 5. a.m. 6 20 Big Ben. "A Piccadilly Dally Being fanciful snapsh .U from round anil uixjut the contre of London. Book by
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        544 3 9.35 "We shall not forget you!" 10.20 Relayed from Frankfurt: Home Evening. 'The Kaiser's Throne." A Scene from the Palatinate. 11.30 Close DJA, DJN. MONDAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a.m. 12.35 Big Ben. The London Symphony Orchestra t 12.55 The Composer nt the Pianoforte 5: Armstrong Gibbs.* A recital of
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        266 3 u >w*V The Spirit of tht Mike in an >^^^ unusually genial y&* mood TUESDAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. 12.35 Big Ben. The Arthur Dulay Quintet. Tambourln (Raff). Moonlight Night on the Alster (Petra»). At the Lady-Bird's Ball (Ewlng). Suite, The Butterfly and the Rose: <1> White Wings A-iVooing (2)
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        772 3 Star Compare with thee. A Piper. The Three Mummers. The Garden Seat. Three Songs of the Countryside: The Temper of a Maid: Sweet Chance that Led my Steps Abroad; Money, Ol 7.20 Greenwich Time Signal. 7.35 The Leicester era House Orchestra. Conductor, Jack Robson. Relayed from the Opera House. Leicester.
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        195 3 ninov). Tone Poem, Don Juan (Strauss) a.m. 11.50 Greenwich Time Signal. The News. 12.05 Jan Berenska and his Orchestra, relayed from the Pump Room, Leamington Spa. Cavalcade of Martial Songs (arr. Ntcholis). Waltz, Destiny (Baynes). Poor Little Romany (Lisbona). Hejre Kati (Solo Violin, Jan Berenska i (Hubay). 12.20 Close down.
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      THREE PROBLEMS OF RADIO RECEPTION IN THE TROPICS.
      1713 4 Singapore Expert's Talk To Rotary Club. THE three great problems of radio broadcasting in the tropics arc The noise level due to atmospheric disturbances, the distance from the centres of musical talent and the small percentage of the population who are able
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      "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD"
      448 4 GROWING NETWORK OF STATIONS. The "United States of the World." in a radio sense, was never nearer realisation than in the network created for the royal funeral broadcast. How many stations and how many countries participated will not be known with exactitude for some weeks,
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      STAMPS AND WIRELESS.
      73 4 Philatelists 'ire taking a growing interest n stamps bearing illustrations taken from some subject mnected with wireless. Aerials of tiansmitttng stations and other subjects aopear on the stamps of many nations the following having beer mentioned 'n French wireless papers during the last few weeks and the
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      92 4 .MR. LOUIS L. WOLLAEGER, past president of Amateur Radio Transmitting- Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who is on a visit to Malaya, is a guest of His Highness Tengku Ahmad, Muar. His Highness is very keen on radio broadcasting and owns station VS3AE, Muar. Mr. Wollaeger will return to America after visiting
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      RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RADIO.
      371 4 Government Plan For The Punjab. Broadcasting and the cinema are to play a prominent part in the Government's rural reconstruction programme in the Punjab. Out of Rs. 8',2 lakhs received from the Central revenues for rural development the Local Government has made a grant of Rs.
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      B.B.C. VARIETY CHIEF TO TOUR WORLD.
      105 4 SEEKING NEW IDEAS. Mr. Eric Maschwitz, the B B. C. Director of Variety, Is to make a three months' tour round the world. This i will be his first holiday since he took I charge of broadcast vaudeville three years ago. He will seek
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      NEW CENTRES OF BROADCASTING.
      296 4 MANY MORE STUDIOS IN PROVINCES. REGIONAL EFFICIENCY. In connection with the development of Regional broadcasting In England nlans are being considered by the British Broadcasting Corporation for the establishmert In Important provincial radio centres of a chain of modern buildings on a scale not hitherto approached.
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      DELHI BROADCASTING STATION.
      82 4 Mr. H. Franks' Services Not To Be Utilised. The Oovern.Tnent of India hays decided not to utilise ths services cf Mr H. O. Franks in the D-lhl Broadcasting Station. I f may be noted in this conne::im that it was reported sometime baric that Mr. Pranks had
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