The Straits Times, 9 January 1937

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    31 1 The Straits Times THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA, 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1937 PRICE 10 CENT
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      225 1 JOHNSON SEA-HORSE k OUTBOARD MOTORS for DEPENDABILITY Johnson Sea Horses continue to lead in public acceptance. This is due to their proven Dependability, their Style, their Balanced Construction, and many other fine mechanical features. Models 100, 200, K. 80 Lower in price than ever before, yet there &P.BO in stock,
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      159 1 ASK FOR A MARMET S^§ PERAMBULATOR W- M I THERE IS NOTHING 'JUST AS ■B§E|»y/\ GOOD." TO BUY AN IMITATION *3s^^H» is to miss the best. MODEL F. 45 MODEL M. 55 Rerertible chromium plated Nevroil »elf lubricating V9I handles, wrbo tyret, foot brake wheels, chromium platod \\J tp/ PRICE
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      506 2 INNES.— On Jan. 6, at the General Hospital, Johorc Bahru, to Edith, wile of M. A. Innes, a son. SITUATIONS VACANT TO?; i'o?,. Applicants thanked. apj> icatiors arc keini c;nsidere<i and replies wlli be sent in ac(ac( it c of few weeks. WANTED capable and experienced bookkeeper by Import House,
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      815 2 LOST LOST. SMALL DOG half Cairn half Alsatian Answers to name of Boko. Finder pleaM notify Mallon at 14 Nasslm Rd. or American Consulate. Reward. MOTOR VEHICLES ISM FOBD V.8 Saloon for Sale, mileage 5.400. $1,500 cr nearest offer. Box 578. S. T. D8B CARS: Austins, Plat, Hillman, Morris. Citroen,
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      752 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET NEWLY FURNISHED compound House to 1 let in Chatsworth Road, mid-April to mid 1 November, without linen, glass, crockery or cutlery. 3 large bedrooms, large verandah above spacious hall lounge. Dining room, study (or 4th bedroom), 3 long baths, mod. san., elec., gas and telephone. Garage
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      792 2 r AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE r of valuable freehold sea-side residential proi perty situate at known as No. 76, Telok Bahru Road off the 12% milestone Changl Road, Singapore. To be held at the saleroom of Messrs. Powell St Co., Ltd., No. 27, Chulia Street, on Taesday, January 12, 1937,
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      865 2 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the estate of GEORGIA MAY OAZZOLO. who died on Jan. 8, 1937, are requested to send In writing the particulars of their claims to the American Consulate General. Singapore, Straits Settlements. TENDERS JOHORE
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      491 2 BUSINESS CARDS_ck: MASSAGE HALL 1 MANICURE AND V Mra. HARU and Miss HA* A 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. JU JITSU OR The arts ol self defenc* 16. Prinscp Street, W. M. C. A Instructor, Prof. T. W.-ITANAKK. UNCERTAIN WEATHER need not worry you if yoa have an "UVENbf BAMUOAT.
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      183 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly 3.00 f 4.00 S 25« Quarterly J 8 50 $12 00 7.5*1 Half Yearly ...$17.00 $24 00 $11.00 Yeatly $3100 $»8 00 $30.00 Note Ootatation cheques should include the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions f.-.r CLASSIFIKD ADVERTISEMENTS
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      711 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY 8 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Spore 1936 1937 CORFU 15 000 Jan II
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      399 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penan?, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. FUSHIMI MARU Jan. 7. S5 HAKOZAKI MARU Jan. 21. MS. TERUKUNI MARU Feb. 3. S.S HAKUSAN MARU
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      630 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN HOMEWARD SAILINGS 1937 Prom Prom From Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang MS. Sham ERRIA 12/1 12/1 13/1 15/1 LALANDIA 2/2 2 3 3/2 5/2 JUTLANDIA
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      177 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) APCAR LINE. FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA. s.s. SHIRALA B.o*o 14 Jan. 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets interchangeable with P it O S N. CO.. Issued at cheap
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      1000 3 REPRESENTING SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUIiNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khio* Steamship Co (1931) Lt*. Steam Ship Co Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co td. The Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.. I'd
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
      138 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright mln temp, rail s'shine temp ins. his. 'F West Coast. Alor Star 88 Nil 4.1 72 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 86 Nil 2.2 71 Sitiawan 87 Nil 3.1 69 Bukit Jeram 85 Nil 6.5 70 Malacca 85 Nil
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      121 4 Saturday, January 9. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected f arrlre Entrance Godown Gat* East Wharf Rajula 22 1 Hal Hing 20 1 Main Wharf Oewang 16 3 Chaksang IS 3 Talamba 13 3 Mabella 11 3 Kola. Calchas 8 3 Hosang 6 3 Empire Dock
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      TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE
      190 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 7.36 a.m. 8.5 ft.: 9.46 p.m. 7.5 ft. L. W. 1.28 a.m. 5.7 ft.; 3.04 D.m 2.6 ft. Sunday, January 10. H. W. 8.32 a.m. 8 8 ft.: 10.31 p.m. L. W. 2.43 a.m. 5.6 ft.; 3.50 p.m. Monday, January 11. H. W. 9.19
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      PASSENGERS
      114 4 Passengers who left Singapore for East and South Africa and South America by the Africa Maru yesterday were Mr A p M. Crisp, Mrs. G. E. Crisp Mr. W. P. Lang, Miss A. P. Erdmann Miss Yurlko Yamada, Mr. Katsuji Inouye, Mrs. B. P. Eley. Mr. H. Poulsen Mrs.
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      CONTE VERDE
      44 4 Tne Conte Verde is due here on Monday, at daylight, from Shangha" and Hong Kong. She will birth alongside the S.H.B. wharves and is expected to sail again at 2 p.m for Srfn^' or bav Massaua, Port Said, Brindisi, Venice and Trieste.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      120 4 To««y. Indo-China (Hoeang) Spm Djambl dob«) 3 pjn North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Marudu) i. 3.3o pjn Sarawak (generally) Bintulu Mirl (Marudu) 3.30 pjn Bagan and Bengkalis (Toboall) 4 pjn Laboean Bibk ißanuu) ..4 pm Muntok Palembang (SenanK) 4pm Samoas and Singkawang (Boelonsam 4 om Pontianak (TohiU)
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      AIR MAILS.
      246 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternooi.. Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday nignt. K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Monday night. OUTWARD. K.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 12.45 p.m. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. today. Imperial: To Hongkonr: Mails close
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      FROM MALACCA
      53 4 al r^ e T^ ence for transmission by air via Nether.ands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By RLM" „JXE! a M.h«.-i AU .Qan l Sl a jBVa Rnd Tlmor by alr Pm Tuesday, Jan 12 6 Pm Java and Southern Sumatra (Slnra-P^re-BaUvU) by air (NrtSSXNlgerla by air
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      126 4 Mails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc. expected today, Jan. 9 ty air (Qantas) will be deUvered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today, Jan. 9. by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General
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    CLEARANCES
    43 4 Jan. 7: Fushimi Maru (Japan)- Herborg. Marly (Nor); Pacific (Dan)Agatha, Grooteker* (Dut). Jan. 8: Tinombo, Van Outlioorn Siberg, Benkoelen, Tldore, Kertcsono' Kulit, Plancius, Paula (Dut) Hin Cheong (Chi); steel Scientist '(Am--Africa Maru (Japan); Klnta. Circe" Rasa, Ampang. Jerantut, Tardjong Plnang, Esmeralda (Brit).
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    29 4 Th 2 Agamemnon for Philippine Islands. Mail pre7ious'.y announced as closing today, Jan. 9, at 4 pm. will now close on ths same day at 7 p.m
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    NEW LINER FOR CUNARD.
    261 4 IAMMELL LAIRD GETS CONTRACT. BROWN'S NAVAL ORDER. new Atlantic liner is to be built Cunard-White Star, Ltd., by Cam1 Laird and Co., of Birkenhead. ie order, which was announced ially by Cunard-White Star, r follows a statement in July iasi that the company was entering into
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    AIR DISASTERS IN AMERICA.
    201 4 Four Occur Within A Fortnight. A giant air liner which left San Francisco for Los Angeles on Dec 23 and disappeared in a violent storm or snow and rain was found the following day completely wrecked. All the twelve passengers were dead. The wreckage was sighted
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    ARAMIS.
    29 4 The Aramls from Colombo is expecteu to arrive on Tuesday at 6 a.m. an-J sail at 3 p.m.. for Saigon, Hong Kong Shanghai and Kobe Berth SHB Wharves.
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    SINGAPORE MARKETS.
    299 4 MEAT.-Beef steak 32^ or curry 24, fillet steak 50 per lb muttc, Australian 35, pork, lean 42 pe- lean and /at (1st quality) 35. J> P 0 POULTRY. -Capem docal'v It per catty, ducks 45 each, fowls 30 per cattj S3^ l S?Sr 1 SS* fSTten J f
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      410 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (lacorporateo x PM S.) mnn LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS r.M-4 BLTS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE might M»— raance MSI f CORONATION GEORGE VI MAT, 1937 EARLY BOOKING mT- > B[ Information and tickets WL l"" > **"'"""^^S from your own agent? W BOUSTEAD CO., WORLDS GREATEST TRAVEL
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      340 4 Incorporated la Straits Sctticmen st ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STF^HIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. Unco.**.** h m^ mM trn^rporatec a J 8 A ■OfTON NFW rORK fMI rr M Ok« FOR BAVRt. LONDON S^* ?gS?RSJ n «"S 'C 1 STEEI MARINER Fcb "t p"h m ROTTERDAM RAMBCRO. STEEL NAVIGATOR Mar 22
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    RICH CROPS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERT.
    458 5 SIR F. PETRIE'S PLEA FOR PALESTINE. CITIES OF 2,000 YEARS AGO. Large areas in and around Palestine, which were cultivated in Roman times and are now desert, could again be made prosperous, according to Sir Flinders Petrie, the 83-year-old archaeologist, who, from his
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      285 5 LAST M(."T fW% -^^J^B^^fc_EFft shirley m^^^\lLv Mri TEMPLES »A A% II BRIGHTEST PK TIRE feAfcfleSi^BßSflMHu&l Give your kiddies and family a treat to see the poOR LITTLE oth. n f fill f^llfcF^ Fox enturv J^ J| gj^ %Jf J| J^ £j Picture with ALICE FAYE, GLORIA STUART, JACK HALEY TOMORROW—
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      188 5 LIQUIDATION SALE I OUR ENTIRE STOCK I I MUS BE SOLD RE6ARPLES3 OF COST. BIFFIT GOLF SET THE BALL COMEX BACK 9*v BUTCANNOT HIT YOU co m p uV^--^jt^«T.t"Ui*. 40-50 FEET <LV-^W*A AND RETURNS e^-^TrpO 1 TO PEC (swing comdhtib ill MTUftNtDf'l TO PIG PRICE $4.50 CAN BE USED WITH
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      109 5 This is the boy who no longer shirks settling down to Shakespeare's works He lives in the house called *6nghterholme' the brightest house \-J the road has known the house where ev'ryone's content w f- J-7 they get more^v^jClight by 2O -in THE HOUSE THAT EDISWAN LAMPS LIGHT^^ ROYAL "EDISWAN''
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      109 5 VOCALION RECORDS. RUSH MORGAN HIS '.'RCHESTRA 516 I'll sing you a thousand love songs Midnight Blue (Film: Cain and Mabel) HAL KEMP AND HIS ORCHESTRA 512 When did <>v leave Heaven? A star fell out of Heaven (Film: Sing Baby Sing) RUSH MORGAN HIS ORCHESTRA 506 It's a sin to
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      149 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Orchestral concert, 8.15—9.15 p.m. Formal dinner and dance, 9.45-midnlght. Cabaret by Kalll's Hawaiian Troubadours. SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special dinner and dance. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: The Texas Rangers. With Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakle and Jean Parker. Paramount. 6.15, 9 15,
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      100 5 GAKR1CK THEATRE, GEYLANG: Alll-Arjuna, 6.15, 9.15. ROXY, KATONG: The Poor Little Rich Girl. With Shirley Temple 6.15, 9.15. MARLBOROUGH: Prince of Thieves. 6.15, 9.15 SUN THEATRE (New World): Chandu on the magic Island, 7.M), 9.30. THEATRE ROYAL: The Melody of the Radio, 6.15, 9.15. BAND. Police band at Botanic Gardens,
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      223 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle illlll. >7 W*: W& W: 8 19 Cko ■ma ,il m fr ill I-1!1.... _^_II H HP iH 55" 4O 41 ip 42 pj| !|p MOTS: Figures in parentheses denote tni number of letters In the woras ie^uued. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 23. Barren (3) 24. Pot (3) 3.
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      439 6 Fins Steady: Rubbers Neglected. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Jan. 9. Tin was unchanged in London yesterday and declined one-quarter of a cent in New York. There is again a good inquiry from London for tin shares. Prices, in most cases are better, notably Honk Kong Tins
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    BANK PROFIIS FOR LAST YEAR.
    36 6 London, Jan 8. The aggregate profits of the Jive Dig banks for 193G was £9.608.3?8 an of £760 078 over last year. Final dividends have not ye! bMn announced -British Wireless
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    PEPPER PRICES
    40 6 London, Jan. C. The Pepper Sales Control Committee has fixed the new spot price for Singapore White Muntok pepper at 6 3 4 d. for auty paid and 6d. for !u bond for the limited quantities avail"hw>. Reuter
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      574 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid issue Val. 4/- Aiipat Tin £1 Asam Kumbang Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Duyers SellersBuyers Sellers 5/3 5/9 5/C 6/- 33/6 34/6 32/- 34/£1 Austral Malay 55/- 56/- 55/- 57/- 5/- Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrin Tin 1 Batu Selangor £1
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      GENERAL.
      476 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.35 1.45 140 150 2 2 do 7! 2 'r Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2 50 2 00 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lOOOn £1 £1 B.A.T 6.10.0 6.15.0 6.100 6150 1 1 D. If. Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0 87 0 92 10
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      209 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5',i ir:i red. 1940 *400 Ji u Int. Mar. 3j Sept. 30 103 4v;« /2 1907 red. 1947 S1.600.UOO Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 112 0 c red 1935 sl.JOO.iOO Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 120 4'r 1913 red 1963 SI ?0i),00P Mar. 31 Sept.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      360 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) .;jmt Co. Lyall Evatt Alleuby Alcr Gajah Anial Malay Ayer IlitaTi Ayer Mo!ek Ay£r Panas Basse;* Batu Lin tang Bedford Benta Borelli Br jgas Brunei Un ($5» Bukit Kati' Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah (310) Buklt K. B Changkat Serdang C-'iincir.ara Qlene^.ly Plantations
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    EXCHANGES
    209 6 The following are the xct>ange «atei tlii* in 'ining according u MM datly nn uiar issued Oy me Honv Kont an.) Hunph-r Ranking CorDor&r -n 'El LINO London 1 I 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/10 London mo/itns sight 2/4'.a Lyons demand ;23o Hmbouti T.'t.ii.na t 4i New York
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 6 Closing Prices, Friday. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) 37V2 37% Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) 371/2 87% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 37 r ;8 -""H 1. January 37% 87% Feb.-March 37%
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    377 6 London, Jan. 8. The following are today's closing middle prices on the Lon-lnn Stock Exchange: Shares of fl denomination wttiSM otherwise stated: Yester- Rise day. or Pall Coi.verslon Loan 5 p c ««4-64 117* Pundlnts Loan 4 d C 1960-93 116 War Loan 3! 2 p. c iOs<jf,
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    EXCHANGES.
    92 6 London, Jan. 8. The following were mean rates ruling at noon today: Park 105 9 64 Athens 547*4 New York 4.91 Bucharest 670 -ft d m ..^if B^ ade^-..i Milan S3 D/ 10 Buenos Aires uncuoted Bertm 12.21 Montevideo -9't Madrlo nominal sellers official Copenhauen S2 40 Bombay 1/6
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    TREASURY BILLS.
    41 6 London, Jan. 8. The total amount applied for in tenders for £35,000,000 Treasury Bills was £72,935,000. The average rate per cent of bills at three months was 10s 8 lid. against 12s. 5.63 d. a week ago. British Wire~/ss.
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    UNITED SERDANG PROFITS UP.
    253 6 Advance Of £46,000, To £114,600. A rise in profits of £4G,C03 to £144,563 is reported by Unilod Ser- dang (Sumatra) Rubber P Uion.l j for the year ended All 3. 31 last. After adding interest and dociucting directors' fees' and London expenses there is a balance
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    PRODUCE.
    198 6 1 Singapore, January 9, 12 noon. Buyer S?ller GambiM S6 00 Hamburg Cub» 11 00 -ava Cuae 950 Pepper. White Muntok 22 00 White 21 50 Black 12 50 Copra. Mixed $9 60 Sun Dried 9.85 Tapioca Small iuake 5 25 Fair p laice 4.75 Medium Pearl 5 25
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NE WS.
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      DANGER OF WILD BOOM IN RUBBER.
      1255 7 Raw Material Inquiry Urgently Needed. "END THE SCHEME OR RELEASE 100 PER CENT. FORTHWITH. With the present rise in the price of rubber, the restriction scheme has come in for strong criticism by City and Financial editors in London. Writing on Dec. 29. Mr.
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      449 7 commodities and restriction schemes (Mr. J. W. F. Rowe) wrote that rubber restriction has been resurrected at a moment when It was least desirable and when If a scheme had been In existence the time lor its abandonment would be approaching. "The protagonists of restriction, however, believed
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      598 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability ot members Is limited to the extent and In manner prescr.bcd by Ordinance No 6 ol 1929 of the Colon*. Authorised CatJital W),OOC,000 lueHnd FuHy Psld-Up MO.000.000 B 1fe r r V Unr indS: 6*00.000 OLcIHlJK
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      737 7 BANK OF CHINA (incorporated m Special Charter I 18. Cecil Street. Slniapor* Telephone*: Manager'* OIHee Exchange Dent 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHL'NOKl O" Paid In CaplUI Ch.MO.000.000.OS Rnerve Fuod* rn Mcem of Ch. $3.500.000 .00 T °Wro*m t ate«» Ch. ll.OO.OOO.OOO.OO HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI Tse-VunR Soong, Chairman of
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      504 7 BANKING. »i— i— CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital In C 90.000 snares of £5 each £3,000.00« Reserve Pund £3,000.C09 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.0:0 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Uabopscate London EC. I Alor Sta. Hong Kong Saigon Amntsar Hollo
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  • Week End Broadcasting.
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      SINGAPORE-ZHL.
      14 8 Wavelength— 22s m TODAY 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Speech and recorded music.
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      PENANG.
      29 8 Station Z.H.J.. Penang— Wavelength 49.1 metres— Penang Wireless Society. TODAY Opening record and day's pro- gramme. 7.05 Indian music. 8. Malay music. 8.55 News bulletin 9. Close down.
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      EMPIRE STATION.
      1296 8 TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will De used:— GSH 21.47 Mc/s (15. 91 m.) GSG 17.79 Me i> (16.86 m.) GSR 9.51 Mc/s (31.65 m.) 6.20 p.m.— Big Ben. Variety.* A programme which will Include some of London's foremost Variety artists. 6.37 p.m. Light orchestral muxk.f (.45
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      BERLIN.
      271 8 DJE 16 89 m. .-> JB 974 TODAY 6 15 mm P an ra fo?k aI sonV Al M Gcr6 20 p.m. Concert of light music 7 20 n.m. News In English. 7.35 p.m. Concert of light music (contd.) 'tn'erTand^d l^ i tmm Nc 8 20 G? r man
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      PHOHI-HOLLAND
      215 8 Station PHI W«»rtrn*thj 19.71 n II 88 m. or 31 28 m. TODAY t M p.m. Opening announcement (Wave' length 25.57 m.). 1.55 p.m. The Fhohi CeUo Serenaders. 9 p.m. News from Holland. 15 1.™' The phoW CeUo Serenaders (cont d 8.J0 p m. "From Week to Week." Talk
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      PARIS.
      323 8 STATION RADIO— COLONIALE. Call-tatters ot the station: W. L, 19.6 b metres T.P A. 2 W. L. 25.23 T.PA 3 W. U 25.M T PA. a TODAY Wavelength 25.60 m., 11.720 kc. 6.35 a.m. Concert relayed from RadioParis. 7.35 a.m. News in French Market prices. 8.10 a.m. News in
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      2-RO. ROME.
      41 8 Station RO (i 2RO 4). 25 4 m., 11.110 ke > or 31.13 m. 9.635 ke/a. TODAY 9 20 p.m. Opening announcement. The week In review. News in Hindustani. Folksongs of Naples. Music requested by radio listeners. News in Italian.
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      HONG KONG.
      38 8 Station Z.B.*. 4! m.. 11.4S v. 19.75 m Of 16.99 QL TODAY 3.30-6.30 p.m. Chinese Programme 6 30-10.30 p.m.— European Programme 7.30 p.m Local-Thne Signal, weather Re- SenU StOCIC Ouot tlon Announce 10.30 p.m.— Clow down.
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      273 8 -.1 ?DB to 8 e ir. ta j j%r B k/e (9>a TODAY 5.50 p.m Cpe-lng anncur.cen ent. 3 54 p m. Popular recorded music »M p.m. News bulletin 7-10 p.m. Recorded music. 7 20 p m. Popular proRrmime by the Orchea tra of the Hottl d <* indes.
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      131 8 Station V.l.C. Calcutta 8.109 XC (49 10 m.). TODAY 7.16 p.m. Talk: "How Charlie Chaplin does it." (His theory of comedy and his own method of achieving it). 7.31 p.m. Indian music. 7.51 p.m. News bulletin In Bengali. 8. 11 p.m. News bulletin In English. 8.31 p.m. Variety, (a)
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    HUGE US. BUDGET FIGURES.
    572 9 DEFENCE ESTIMATES CREATE RECORD. Washington, Jan. 8 Transmitting to Congress the Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30 v 1938, President Roosevelt said that the 1938 Budget balances and except for the debt reduction of $401,515,000, will remain balanced even with the additional expenditure up
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    US. ARMS EMBARGO TAKES EFFECT.
    62 9 Licences Revoked Washington, Jan. 8. Immediately Mr. Roosevelt signed the arms embargo resolution passed by Congress machinery was set in motion to prevent further shipments, licences granted to Mr. Richard Dlnely to export £900,000 worth of arms were revoked by the Munitions Control Board, while
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    TRIBAL JIRGA ON INDIAN FRONTIER
    244 9 DESCRIPTION BY EYEWITNESS. ANNOUNCING TERMS TO TORI KHELS. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 Calcutta, Jan. 5. The Impressive ritual of war-time tribal jirga on the North-West i Frontier has been seen in the Khalsora Valley during the past few days. The offending tribe are
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    "RED CHALLENGE TO EUROPE."
    126 9 Italian Journal Warns England. Milan, Jan. 6 "The recent happenings in Spanish waters render it imperative to pay careful attention to the Bolshevist challenge to Europe," writes the Stampa. After emphasising the necessity of preventing the establishment of Bolshevist States on the shores of the Mediterranean,
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    WEALTHIEST OF ALL THE HAPSBURGS.
    269 9 Huge Estates Of Late Archduke Friedrich. The death occurred on Dec. 30 at his castle at Magyarovar In his 81st year, of the Archduke Prledrlch. the doyen of the Hapsburgs and Com-mander-in-Chlef of the Austro-Hun-garian armies In the years 1914-1916. Since November the Archduke had
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    U.S. MOTOR STRIKE. 76,000 Out Of
    66 9 U.S. MOTOR STRIKE. 76,000 Out Of Work. Detroit, Jan. 8. Up to the present 75,000 men have been thrown out of work by the motor strike. An ugly situation exisu at Flintmich where police are standing by armed which tear gas bombs Tor the brush with the strikers. Workers in
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    SHENSI REVOLT THREAT.
    277 9 "YOUNG MARSHAL" MEDIATES. Shanghai, Jan. 9 Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang, leader of the Slan coup who has been put under "close surveillance" In Nanking following his pardon recently, has telegraphed to his subordinates to abandon their defiance of Nanking authority and to accept its reorganisation plans. No reply
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    ANIMAL TRAINER MAULED.
    121 9 EXCITING SCENE AT BOMBAY CIRCUS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta. Jan. 5. The audience at a circus In Bombay had an unexpected thrill when during the star turn one of the ten tigers In the cage suddenly became refractory, attacked the trainer and mauled him. The attendants
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    LEFT WING PARTIES ATTACKED.
    184 9 Daily Mail On Peril Of Proposals On Spain. London, Jan. 6. Attention to the policy of the British Left Wing parties Is drawn by the Daily Mall, which declares that In view of the critical situation In Spain. British Left Wing leaders are demanding measures which,
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    DEVELOPMENTS ON EMPIRE AIR LINES.
    96 9 Great System Of Ground Organisation. The present year will see the completion of a great system of ground organisation along the Empire air routes, designed to permit the operation of services to a 24-ho.rs schedule. The Improvement of the ground organisation involves the establishment of
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 9,1937. FOOD AND COLONIES.
    851 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1937. FOOD AND COLONIES. semi-tropical fruits, on the other hand, though non-essential items of diet, can to a large extent be imported in exchange for industrial products. It is estimated that of Germany's total consumption of meat and such vegetables as sprouts, green
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    Social and .Personal
    136 10 Mrs. Stratton Brown will be leaving Sclangor on a trip to England next month. H.E. the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. W. T. Crosley to act as a member of the Singapore Harbour Board during the absence on leave of Mr. C. R. Cherry. Mr.
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    M.C.S. WEDDING
    98 10 Tuan Muda Of Sarawak Gives Away The Bride. The marriage of Miss Margaret Eleanor Brodle. only daughter of the late Mr. J. H. Brodle and Mrs. Brodle, of Kuching, Sarawak, to Mr. George William Webb. Malayan Civil Service, only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Webb, oi Sunbury-on-Thames.
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    CATHEDRAL CHAPLAIN
    51 10 The Rev. Nigel Williams has come to Singapore from Ipoh to act as Cathedral chaplain while Archdeacon Graham White Is on leave. Mr. Williams is to be married to Miss Nora Castel in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Feb. 1. Miss Castel will arrive from Home shortly before the
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    THE HON. MR. C. WILSON
    52 10 The Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to spprove the promotion of Mr. C. Wilson, an officer of Class 18, Malayan Civil Service, to be Controller of Labour, Malaya. Class IA. Malayan Civil Service, with effect from Feb. 24,
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    A SERVICES LETTER.
    1424 10 Germany's "Token' Force in SpainDill, Dictator Of Palestine— New Recruiting Campaign The Unpopular Infantry. By Our Military Correspondent. London, Dec. 29. THE Christmas goodwill atmosphere had a peaceful effect in international affairs last week, though as an example of how jumpy we are in Europe, I may
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    NOTES Of The DA Y.
    688 10 MALAYA IN BOOKS. THANKS to Mr. J. H. M. Robscn.who compiled the first exhaustive Malayan bibliography several years ago and has been adding to it ever since, it is now possibk to find out quickly and conveniently what lias been written about Malaya from the
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    BRITISH EMBASSY BOMBED IN MADRID: THREE WOUNDED.
    435 11 VOLUNTEERS POURING IN CADIZ. German And Italian Soldiers In Uniform. ALARMING REPORTS FROM SPANISH MOROCCO. THE latest news from Madrid states that amongst the buildings struck by bombs in the so-called neutral zone is the British Embassy building, two British subjects being wounded.
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    Mr. Runciman Sails For America.
    62 11 London, Jan. 8. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runclman. is sailing today from Glasgow for New York. His visit to the United States is of a private character, but during his stay there he Intends to visit Washington and arrangements will
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    Japanese In Gunfight With Police.
    99 11 Nanking, Jan. 9. The Foreign Office has verbally protested to the Japanese Embassy In connection with the alleged Illegal activities of Japanese at Chengchow. Honan. This followed a raid on a house at Chengchow In which three Japanese and a number of Chinese, alleged to
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    19 11 Monsignor Ildefonso Schuster, Cardinal of Milan, who is considered to be the most probable successor to the present Pope.
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    VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN.
    281 11 MR. EDEN'S HINT TO BERLIN. STIFFENING OF OPINION. London Jan. 8. The terms of the repl'fs of the German and Italian ec-v.-rnments to i the Anglo-French demarche urging measures to prevent the dispatch of volunteers to Spain have r.ow been received and are undergoing close examination at
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    SHIPS CONFISCATED BY GERMANY.
    103 11 Seizure Confirmed. Berlin, Jan. 8. The time limit of the German ultimatum to Valencia, regarding the release of the passenger and cargo of the Palos. has expired without any answer b-ing received. In view of the non-receipt of a Spanish reply, it v concluded that the
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    Mr. Wang Ching-wei To Be Offered Premiership.
    67 11 Nanking, Jan. 9. It is persistently rumoured that the rniwcmt will re-appoint Mr. Wang Ching-wei, who passed h Singapore this week on his v.:«y back to Nanking from Europe, to the premiership. Mr. Wang resigned izT-m the pest late in 1935 following tl'e
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    26 11 London, Jan. 8. D Bennett, former Prime ol Canada, who after a tour has been spending a few ys in London, sails for Canada to3ritish Wireless.
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    Big Siamese Order Goes To Continental Firm.
    65 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 9. The contract for Siam's sugar factory machinery has been awarded to the Continental firm of Skoda. Its value is ovsr £80,000 sterling. A conditicn of the contract is that the mill shall be working within ten
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    ANXIETY IN LONDON.
    357 11 London, Jan. 9. I A meeting of ministers was held yesterday afternoon at which it is as- e sumed the Prime Minister and his col- i leagues discussed the Spanish situation and the German and Italian notes on i indirect non-intervention. The Fo- t reign Secretary and
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    Heroin Plant In Japanese House.
    48 11 Shanghai, Jan. 9 A plant for the manufacture of heroin was discovered in a raid on a Japanese-owned house In the Kongkew area of the International Settlement yesterday. The police detained the Japanese and eight Chinese, including three women. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLD
    30 11 Canberra, Jan. 5 Australian gold production In the Un months to last October totalled 942.646 fine ounces compared wit.n 719,560 for the corresponding period of 1935.— i^r.ish Wireless.
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    32 11 Gold bronze medallions or ex-King Edward, struck at the Austrian «taie mint m memory of his visit to Austria and m honour of his expected coronation, are now being sold as souvenirs.
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    LAND'S END FOR THE NATION.
    134 11 "FERGUSON'S GANG." London. Jan. 8. The body of anonymous well-wishers of tne work of the national trust for the preservation of beauty spots who call themselves Ferguson's Gang have given to the trust money for the purchase of a further 15'/2 acres of cliff land
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    REICHSTAG MEETING CALLED.
    56 11 Time Extension Of Hitler's Powers. Berlin, Jan. 9. Herr Hitler has convoked a sitting of the Reichstag for Jan. 30, which is expected to deal solely with internal affairs. The Fuehrer will make a statement and probably ask for a further period of the fu!l powers granted
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    COMBINED FLEETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
    48 11 London, Jan. 8 The Home fleet will leave home ports on Jan. 18 for Its spring cruise and will join th 3 Mediterranean fleet for combined exercises on Mar. 1. The combined fleets will subsequently assemble at Gibraltar on Mar. 6.— British Wireless.
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    "FLYING FARMER CONTINUES TRIP.
    81 11 "FLYING FARMER CONTINUES TRIP. The Australian sheep-farmer Mr., Colin Kelman. who is on a leisurely flight with his wife from England to New South Wa'es in a second-hand cabin monoplane, continued his trip from Seletar this morning after spending three days in Singapore. They expect to spend the night at
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    Japanese Planes Over Hopei.
    54 11 Tientsin, Jan. 9 In spite of Chinese protests, Japanese military plar.es continue daily to fly over cities in Shansi and Hopei, dropping pamphlets bearing the signature of Yin Ju-keng, head of the East Hopei Autonomous Government. These bills urge the people to join the autonomy movement.
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    Rebel Assurances To British Ships.
    60 11 London, Jan. 6. It is learned from the Admiralty that when M M.S. Girafton visited Cadiz copies oflnsurgent patrol orders were seen showing that satisfactory instructions had been issued as regards British shipping in the Gibraltar area. It is understood that the steamer Etrib was
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    84 11 The following appointments are announced in the P. MS Government Gaxette: Dr B C. Chltty to be a Surgeon, Grade B, Malayan MMlca. Service. Mr. T. R. Blnnle to act as a Deputy Commissioner Customs and Excise, F.M.S. Mr. H. J. Trevett to act as Running Assistant, F.M.S
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    P. T. TRAINING IN BRITAIN.
    106 11 GOVERNMENT SCHEME READY. London. Jan. 8. The Minister of Education announced in a speech at Glasgow today that the Government's scheme of national physical training would be ready for publication shortly after the reassembly of Parliament on Jan. 19. He declared that the scheme would
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    TWENTY MONTHS IN TIBET.
    116 11 British Explorers' Fine Achievement. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Jan. 5. Mr. Ronald Kaulback and Mr. N. J. F. Hanbury-Tracy have reached Calcutta after 20 months spent In Tibet. They entered that country from Northern Burma In May, 1935. and emerged at Sadlya on the Assam
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    DUKE OF KENT
    28 11 Londsn, Jan. 8 The Duke of Kent, who has been attending the Royal wedding at The Hague, returned to England by air today.— British Wireless.
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    English Girl's Death.
    153 11 SENSATION IN PEIPING. Murder Theory. Peiping. Jan. 8. A bodp; believed to b 3 that ol the 17-year-old daughter. Pamela, of Mr. E. T. C. Werner, a lawyer and author who was formerly British Consul at Foochow. was found by the sub-city wall this morning. It is
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    EX-REBEL LEADER
    97 11 RETURNS. Pardoned By Nanking Hong Ko":;. Jan. 9. Gen. Chen Iflng-thU. a leader of the Fukien revolt in 1933. who h:is since been living in retirement al returned to Hong Kong yesterday. "It is not impossible lor Chit. I resist invasion," Gen. Chen told 1 men, "as the
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    22 11 A large quantity of contraband goods was destroyed in a lire at the railv.-ay station at Pei.aiho, Last Bo\ Chew Jit PoM.
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    TWO NEW MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    278 12 European and Malay. SEVEN FORMER MEMBERS REAPPOINTED. TWO new members will be s«en 1 at the half-circle table of the Sin K apore Municipal Commissioneral at the first meeting of the year on Jan- 29They are Mr. E. Gregory-Jones, nominee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association,
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    RADIO PHONE TO INDO-CHINA.
    148 12 Conditions Of Service. As has been announced In the Straits Times, radio telephonic communication between Malaya and IndoChina has now been established. The Post Office notification states: The exchanges In Indo-China to which communication will be available are Saigon. Cholon, Giadinh and Pnompenh. The question of
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    402 12 Tuesday, Jan. 5. The following were the guests at a, dinner given by Hit Excellency at Government House this evening:— Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Rt. Rev. The Bish>p of Singapore, Mr. G. S. Bozman, Hon. Mr. A. S. Small, Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan, Hon. Mr.
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    34 12 M r M. A. Francis, of the firm of P.i.k and Francis, Ltd., is leaving Kna i Lumpur for Burma and expect* to be back In the Federal capital about the middle of February.
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    it The Cinema. "CHICK" AT PAVILION.
    120 12 it The Cinema. "CHICK" AT PAVILION. Sydney Howard Hatches More Mirth. "Chick." British and Dominions Picture. With Sydney Howard. At The Pavilion. Although "Chick" Is based on a story by Edgar Wallace its thrills are mostly of the mirthful order, and admirers of Sydney Howard will find the lumous English
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    MR. HUGH FRASER.
    172 12 New Under-Secretary To Government. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan 8 It is understood that Mr. Hugh Fraser, who is now p.cting secretary to the High Commissioner, will be ap- pointed Under-Secretary to the Government of the F.M.S. when Mr. S. W. Jones assumes office in
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    NEW MUSIC SCHOOL
    43 12 A new South Indian music school rill open on Friday. Jan ?2, at 5.30 p.m at 42. Rowell Poad Singapore. The principal is Mr V'dwan A. Kasturl L.T. <Muslc» Madras, and the managei will be Mr N. Krlshnamurthi 8.A., L.T.
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    ACCIDENT ON RACE DAY.
    484 12 CAR OWNER AND DRIVER CHARGED. JUDGMENT RESERVED. Conflicting evidence as to the speed at which a car was travelling along Bukit Timah Road on Sept. 25 when it knocked down and severely injured an Indian coolie was given in the Singapore fourth court by the European
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    CHILDREN'S SESSION TONIGHT.
    90 12 Radio Experiment. For the first time since the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation's .-■union went on the air a children's session will be broadcast this evenIng from 7 p.m. to 730p m. as an experiment. Whether this will be a regular feature cf the station's proprogrammes will der>end
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION EVENING CLASSES.
    43 12 Raffles Institution Evening Classes will be resumed during the week beginning January 18. Day and hours of Instruction will, as nearly as possible, be as for 1936. and students wishing to enrol should attend at the flrst class session.
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    Singapore Night Landings For Flying-Boats.
    203 12 ELECTRICAL CEAR TENDERS. Good progress continues to be made with the new civil aerodrome at Kallang. Erection of the two hangars has been completed and the terminal building also has reached an advanced stage. Dredging of the seaplane channel U being pushed ahead and the
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    DEATH OF FORMER MALAYAN JUDGE.
    305 12 MR. JUSTICE J. McCABE REAY. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 8 Mr. Justice J. McCabe Reay who in 22 years rose from a cadetshlp in the Malayan Civil Service and an appointment as acting Treasurer and Superintendent, Posts and Telegraphs, to the high position
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    ON "FRIENDLY FOREIGN SOIL."
    214 12 ON "FRIENDLY FOREIGN SOIL." Dutch In Singapore Honour Royal Couple. "A maiden who dreams of a future full of domestic happiness "A prince who, a stranger in the Netherlands only a short time ago, now has become one of us and one of the very first among us, thanks to
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    FINAL WEDDING CELEBRATIONS.
    141 12 Dutch Club Festivities. Hundreds of oranges will decorate the Dutch Club in Singapore tonight when the festivities In connection with the House of Orange wedding will be brought to a cloae. Patriotic songs will be sung and the toast of Princess Juliana and the Royal Consort will
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    FAILURE OF NEW DANCE HALL.
    509 12 Owner Adjudicated Bankrupt. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 8 An echo of the recent failure of a popular but short-lived dance hall, the Prince's Cabaret, was heard In the Bankruptcy Court today, when Its proprietor, Lim Ec Hung, was adjudicated bankrupt by the
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    TENDERS FOR BUKIT TIMAH SCHOOL.
    70 12 Lowest Accepted. Tenders for the erection of Malay School and quarters for headmaster and two assistant teachers at Monks Hill, Bukit Timah, were received from the following: Woh Hup $26,600, Poh Ghee (28.000. Engineers and Contractors. Ltd. $29,750, Poh Hoe Swee $32 500, Tlong Ouan
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    SINGAPORE PREPARES FOR THE CORONATION
    72 12 Illuminations Tenders. ■JTIE Coronation of King: George VI will be celebrated in Singapore on a scale befitting the importance of the occasion. Preparations for the decoration of public buildings are well in hand and Singapore will be gay with bunting and illuminations for the great
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    RICK DISTRIBUTION FOR THE POOR.
    199 12 Taiping Plans, (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 8. At a public meeting of the Chinese community of Taiping held this week, it was decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI on a lavish scale. The meeting sgre«^: To distribute rice to the
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    94 12 The following appointments In the btraits Settlements are notified In '.he Gazette: Dr. S. G. Willlmott to be an Assistant Analyst. S.S Mr. A. Gilmour. M.C.S., to act as First Asst. Secretary (B). Mr M V. del Tuio. M.CS to officiate as Second Asst. Secretary <A> and to
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    104 12 The Rt. Hon. the Secretary 01 State for the Colonies has bee:, pleased to approve the regarding ot the appointment of Secretary tc Resident, Selangor, Selangor, from Class n to Class IB in the Malayan Civil Servce, with effect from Jan. 1, 1937. lnc uslve. The Rt. Hon. the Secretary
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    BANKRUPT MILLIONAIRE'S AFFAIRS IN COURT.
    1152 13 Scheme Of Arrangement. "CATTLE-KING'S" PROPERTY JN FivtiNv^ri I INDIA, TifICONA KADER SULTAN, at one time a local cattle-king and a m multi-miliionarire, but now bankrupt, was unable, owing to ill 1 i Ufa to attend the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday, when an application was made
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    48 13 The Rt. Hon. the Secretary M State lor the Colonies has been pleased to approve the appointment of LJe-j tenant Ian Seymour Graham to De a Company j Officer, Malay Regiment. Federated Malay States, with effect from Nov. 6. 1936. Inclusive. Lieutenant Graham arrived on D«c 19. 193C.
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    111 13 Concluding. Mr. Williams said that the scheme was submitted to a meeting of the creditors on Nov. 14, 1996. The proposal was accepted by 95 per cent, in value of the creditors entitled to vote. The scheme was beneficial to the general body of creditors. Mr. Hayden raised no objection
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    41 13 A plate with the inscription: "D'OranJeboom bloeit," (the or D et blooms) and a picture of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard twr Uppe Blesterfeld. Thousands of these plates are now being sow in Holland in connection with the roy al wedding.
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    Malayan Methodist Honoured. On World Sunday
    269 13 Malayan Methodist Honoured. On World Sunday School Council FRENCH INDIA woww |ow His KUie»ty the King of Norway sat for three hours 3 700 from all over the world, who were attending the World's Sunday School Convention in Oslo in July last year, was described by conference in Singapore, yesterday,
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    RICH MAN'S SON NOW BANKRUPT.
    496 13 PROVISION STORE INCURS BAD DEBTS. A 23-year-old English-speaking outh. who inherited two-fifths of his alher's $300.000-estate, getting $65 a nonth for life, stood In the Singapore Jankruptcy Court before the Chief fustice, Mr Justice McElwaine, yesterlay, a bankrupt. He described how he had ambitiousy begun
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    65 13 H.E. the Governor ha» been pleased to grant a Commission as Acting SubLieutenant. Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to Mr. George Langdon Bayliss. with effect from December 4. 1936. inclusive. HE. the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of his Commission in the Straits Settlements Foyal Naval
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    STRAITS CHINESE WANT UNIVERSITY
    344 13 Efforts To Rally Other Communities. DEBATE AT MEMORIAL HALL PROPOSED. The establishment of a University In Singapore has been brought nearer as a lesult of a committee meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association held at the Garden Club on Friday, Dec. 18, and presided over
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    INVENTORS BUSY ON RUBBER.
    97 13 INVENTORS BUSY ON RUBBER. F. M.S. Planter Registers Patent. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8. WILLIAM KELLITT, a British subject, of Atherton Estate, Siliau, (F.M.S.) has been granted a certificate of registration in respect of United Kingdom patents of an invention entitled Improvements in and relating to apparatus
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    RIDE IN CLOUDS,
    161 13 Plane Demonstration In Kuala Lumpv.r. (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8. Just as you ask for a demonstration run In a car you have set your heart on. so will Kuala Lumpur residents be able to take a demonstration flight in an aeroplane this Sunday.
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    45 13 The Rt. Hon. the Secretary o' State for the Colonits has been pleased tc approve the appointment of Lieutenant William Richardscn to be a Company Officer. Ma.ay Regiment. Federated Malay States, with effect from Nov. 26, 1936, inclusive. Lieutenant Richardson arrived on Dec. 19, 1936.
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    MAIN EVENT AT NEW WORLD A CRUDE AND UGLY MAUL.
    978 14 BUT JOHNNY MORTELL WAS BRILLIANT. GAUDER AGAIN DEFEATS GABUGO. BY "ECHO." "pHE worst fight of (he evening at the New World last evening was that which ought to have been the best— the main event. Al Rivers and Joe Rautista
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    PERAK BOARD.
    96 14 Mr. D. Storch's Services As President. A meeting of the Perak Board of Boxing Control was he:d at Ipoh on Monday when Mr. Davic 1 Storch. the president, tendered his resignation In view of his Impending departure for Kuala Lumpur on transfer The meeting unanimously elected Mr. H
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    LOUIS TO FIGHT ONCE A MONTH.
    107 14 Joe Louis, the Detroit negro, is likely to be booked for a flght a month during the remainder of the indoor sea- son. if the plans of his managers materialise. His first engagement in the New Year may be at Chicago in February against
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    37 14 Boy Quee (left) bravely endeavoured to keep join* against Johnny Mortell at the New WorM arena last nifht, but the little Filipino was really brilliant and the Chinese boy was no match for him. Straits Times Photograph.
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    Ipoh To Have Cricket Match.
    182 14 EVERY FOURTH YEAR. Partly due to the .mpiovement of the Ipoh wicket and partly to the sound financial position of the Perak Cricket Associatk n, the committee of that Association has been able to negotiate successfully with other States and with Singapore and Penang to
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    VISIT OF CAHN'S TEAM.
    35 14 Great Fillip To Cricket In Malaya. (From Our Dwn Correspondent) Ipoh Jan 9 Mr. C. Bradbury oresl^ed at the annual meeting of the Perak Cricket Assoclat on, and announc*-? that the
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    HOPKINS TO CAPTAIN ALL-MALAYA XI.
    231 14 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9. The choice of Dr. 11. O. Hopkins as captain of the All-Malayan side to meet Sir Julien Cahn's team in Singapore in March was approved at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday of the K.L. and District
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    28 14 rSgkH was the winner in but night's fight with Joe BaatisU, who looks more Uke a boxer in this picture than he did later on. -Straits Times Photograph.
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    F.M.S.-Colony
    123 14 TODAY'S RUGGER ON THE PADANG. A SPLENDID rugger match is in prospect <*. the Singapore padang today, when Singapore and Amy will meet in a friendly game. It will be Army's last important game before the Malaya Cup final against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur next Saturday. A further chance
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    Athletics. A.A.A. CLASSES.
    159 14 Athletics. A.A.A. CLASSES. Prominent Athletes To Give Lectures. The instructional classes introduced by the Amateur Athletic Association have been such a big success that they are now established as a regular close season feature. What has pleased the governing body is the way prominent athletes have come forward to help
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    S. R. C. BEAT THE "SKINS" AT TANGLIN.
    324 14 Fast Hockey And A Couple Of Goals. I*HAT the S.R.C. are hockey champions of Singapore (hey are unbeaten this season was again demonstrated at Tanglin bat evening, when they defeated the Royal Inniskillinp: Fusiliers 2 0 and were full value for their
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    FORT CANNING DEFEAT THE R.A.M.C.
    58 14 The X A.M.C we.-? beattn by two goals to one by the Pore Canning XI at Tanglin yesterday Both the winners' goals were scored by Cummins and Allan was responsible for the Medicals' scor.The game was mostly confined to the forwards in which department Fort
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    S.R.C. 2ND BEAT R.A.F. 2ND
    45 14 In a second team ma;< t> en the padang last evening 'he t R.c. beat the Royal Air Force nan- wlv by two goals to one. after a hard struggle in which the issue was !n d^nbt to the end.
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    RA.F. NEARING THE CENTURY.
    184 14 RA.F. N EARING THE CENTURY. The K.A.F. nist teum r.ave been playinn ereat hockey this season and they hao a big vrtorv at yesteraaj when they ov^wh" rr.ed H M S. Terror to the extent ol 10-nll in the ganissi) lnter-ur.it c.i.npci ion. The lorwards we> IB irresistible form and
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    17 14 A brother'y embrace in th* rugger match between the S.C.C. "B" and the Police. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    S.C.C. TO REMAIN IN THE SOCCER LEAGUE;
    1023 15 But They May Play In The Second Division. AT the S.C. (7s annual soccer meeting last evening it was decided again to enter the S.A.F.A. League and Cup competitions, but to leave it to the League Committee to decide whether or not they
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    Hockey. GUNNERS BEAT H.M.S. TERROR.
    283 15 Hockey. GUNNERS BEAT H.M.S. TERROR. Six Goals For Indian Centre-Forward. (From A Correspondent) The sth H.K.S Bty., R.A.. gained a rousing success by seven goals to nil at Blakang Mati on Thursday, and long before the end the "Terrors werp j a thoroughly beaten side. The gunners were superior through-
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    109 15 TODAY. Rngby: Singapore vs. Armr. padanc: MM els. V 3. St. Andrew's. Oiliman Barracks: Som'i Jrhr-e n, A.A.8., Jnh"ro Bahru. Ilockev: lm:; kil'.n.s vs. 1. A., Tanglin: V.M.C.A. vs. 7th H. 8.. Anson Road. I.ann Tennis: Doubles final and prize distribution, o™"n tournament, S.C.R.C. 4.33. '•MORROW. Horkey:
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    17 15 The Sikh Police hockey team, beaten I—o by the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    RUGGER VICTORY FOR S. C. C. "B" TEAM.
    307 15 POLICE TRY HARD BUT VAINLY. In a game which produced little good rugger, the S.C.C. B team beat the Police by 14 points (three tries, a goal) to three (a try) on I the padang yesterday. I There was a good deal
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    S.C.C. TEAMS FOR NEXT WEEK'S MATCHES.
    148 15 II The following will represent the I S.C C. against the Middlesex Regl- i m T.t on Tuesday next on the padang: W. N. Rothery; G. D. A. Lundon, G c T. CUiespie, N. G. Morris. J. H. Abbott; R. P. Bingham. C. T.
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    SIKHS BEATEN BY THE S.C.C.
    220 15 Mediocre Hockey On The Padang. The Sikh Police should really have beaten an S.C.C. eleven at hockey on the padang yeaterday but Instead they left thf field losers by 1 0 a win which the Club thoroughly deserved. The match was spoilt by constant Infringements
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    SELECTED TEAMS
    231 15 C.S.C. against the S.C.R.C. on Monday on C.S.C. ground: A. Nathaniels, K. Mi'thukumaru, A N. 6. Plllai. Ranatunga. K. Thillainataan. D. K. Samy, K. 3undram, W. Dona, T. K. K. Retnam, O. Cathlrasoo, K. Kandasamy. Reserve: M. K. Sundram C.S.C. against S.R.C. on Wednesday on the padang: A.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    775 15 Test Reflections —M. C. C.'s "Unlucky 13 Fleetwood-Smith Misleading Figures 3rd and 4th Tests Will There Be A Record Score? Conducted by •'ECHO." TT may interest the superstitiously inclined to be reminded that the Melbourne Test was the 13th match oi the M.C.C.'s tour in Australia. They
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    22 15 The second team of the Royal Air Force, who lost to the SRC. >ud on the padattg last evening. Straits Times Photograph.
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    MR. SASTRI ATTACKS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN EMPIRE.
    2768 16 PLEA FOR JUSTICE FOR INDIANS ABROAD. PROBLEM CONCERN OF WHOLE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS. i\ STRONG plea for justice for Indians settled in various parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations was made by the Right Hon. Srinivasa Sastri, P.C., C.H., LL.D., the distinguished
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    DOCTOR MARRIES PENANG NURSE.
    260 17 Ftsher-McDiarmid. RECEPTION AT C.P.O.* RESIDENCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 6. The marriage of two popular members of the Government medical staff was solemnised at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Penang. on Monday when Dr. Oscar Elliott Hsher of the Malayan Medical Service was married to
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    45 17 The biggest sports stadium in tne Near East has been opened at Angora. Gen. de Castro, head of the Brazilian mission to Europe, who Is now In Par'.r,. has b°cn appointed a member of the Brazilian delegation to attend the Coronation of King George VI.
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    18 17 Aren't you hungry? But the wallaby doesn't seem to want the titbit offered by his young Australian mistress.
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    1,250,000 MILES WITH NO FORCED LANDING
    111 17 Qantas Planes' Record. Five Qantas airliners flying on the Singapore-Brisbane route have now flown more than a million and a quarter miles without a single forced landing a performance that cannot to be equalled by any other commercial air service in the world. The
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    1517 17 Ist Sunday After Epiphany "Wise Men." r PHERE came wise men from the East to worship Him (St. Matthew II.) The main point of this exquisite story is that the event which it narrates is the Epiphany, or shining forth, of God; and two things stand out clearly
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    TRANSPORTED RUBBER WITHOUT PERMIT.
    169 17 Lorry Driver Fined $100 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. G Ho Tiong, a lorry driver employed by Chop Yew Lian, well-known rubber dealers of Taiping, was today fined $100 by Che Paw Wanteh. the Taipins Magistrate, on pleading guilty to a charge of conveying 4,500
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    CHILD BURNED ON FACE
    203 17 Did It In China, Says Woman In Defence. i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 7. "I plead guilty. I did not know it hurts the child so much; this is what we used to do in China," cried Liew San, a Cantonese woman, when
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    Treasure-House Of History Opened.
    651 18 WESTERN CIVILISATION THROUGH THREE THOUSAND YEARS. A IVKcant of History. Complied and edited by E. E. Kellett. Michael Joseph. 8s. 6d. •THIS is an ambitious effort to unite in one volume the principal events of thirty centuries of Western civilisation. It ranges from the Exodus from
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    ROLLICKING FARCE.
    303 18 Scotland Expects. By J. Storer C'lcuston. The Jest of Life. By Arthur (ia..k. Uataokjr Dip. By John Glyder. Wasp-YVaisted Arabella. By Joasi Bagley. All from Jenkins' Colonial Library. ALL these books from Jenkins' Colonial Library ccm3 under the heading of '"rollicking farce. Absurd situations, misunderstandings of a delicate
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    TWO RECENT ROMANCES.
    403 18 Ancestors. By S. W. Powell. Seiwyn and Blount. 7s. 6d. The Inland of Sheep. By fohn Buchan. Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. Cd. Mr. Powell's new novel has nothing spectacular about It, but It is a very sound piece of work, with the clash of warring strains cf
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    PERILS OF THE SAHARA.
    584 18 FILM EXPEDITION PARTY LOST. London. Dec. 28. CIVE men. members of a British film expedition, left Agades, In the Sahara, on camels, on November 15, to make a perilous 500-mlle journey across the desert to Bllma. No word has been received from them since. Colleagues in
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    WORK FOR 5,000. Aircraft Parts Factory In Berkshire.
    166 18 WORK FOR 5,000. Aircraft Parts Factory In Berkshire. About 5.000 persons will be employed. It is understood, at a factory for the manufacture of aircraft parts, to hs built at White Waitham. near Maidenhead, Berks. Messrs. Rootes Securities Limited, acting on behalf of the Air Ministry, have acquired a large
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    CIVIL WAR LOOMS IN CHINA.
    330 18 SHENSI FORCES RESIST REORGANISATION. MILITARY MOVES IN CHAHAR. f IVIL war again threatens in China as a result of the defiant attitude of Gen. Yang Hu-chen, pacification commissioner of Shcnsi and one of the ringleaders of the recent Sian coup, who is resisting Central Government
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    DRUG ADDICTS FLEE TO EAST HOPEI.
    167 18 Hundreds Executed In Tientsin. Shanghai. Jan. 7 Hundreds or opium addicts In Peiping and Tientsin are fleeing to the districts in East Hopel which are under the administration of the autonomous regime headed by Mr. Yin Yukeng, as the result of the campaign launched
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    FRENCH POPULATION GROWING.
    147 18 500,000 Rise In Five Years. Paris 'uesday. The population of France, recorded at the census of March f, 1936, was 41,905.968. This figure, given in the Journal Offlclel." compares with i 41,834,923 recorded at tr.e previous census In 1931, an Increase o: 71.045. The purely French population
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    Role Of Europeans Under The Reforms.
    508 19 VICEROY ON NEED FOR CO-OPERATION Heavy Responsibilities In The Legislatures. "IT is of vital importance that the business community, to which substantial representation has been accorded, and which stands for sc mnch in the life of the country, should be well represented (in the
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    Governor Of Ceylon To Retire.
    70 19 Colombo. UIS Excellency the Governor, has it is understood, arranged with the Secretary of State for the Colonies to vacate his office at the end of September, 1937. He will be in Ceylon for the Coronation celebrations, but will go on leave before retirement some
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    124 19 business community, to which substantial representation has been accorded, and which stands for so much In the life of the country, should be well represented, and I would ask you to encourage the younger men of the firms which compose spur membership to interest themselves in the great political questions
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    AN INDIAN OFFICER'S BRAVERY.
    156 19 Heavy Losses Inflicted On Enemy. New Delhi His Excellency the Viceroy I.as awarded the Indian Order of Merit (Second Class) to Subedar Mir Haxza of the Tochl Scouts for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the Khaisora operations. On Nov. 25, during several attacks he
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    16 19 A general view of the proclamation or King George VI at the Town Hall in Calcutta.
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    Notorious Dacoit Hanged.
    217 19 Ruthless Killer Of Aligarh. Allgarh. Following the dUallowance of his appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court, sentencing him to death, Radhacharan, the notorious dacolt of Aligarh district, has been hanged in Moradabad gaol. This brings to a do*? the career
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    "SOCIALIST STATE FOR CEYLON."
    217 19 AIM OF THE LANKA SAMA SAMAJ. London. The aims of the Ceylon Socialist Party were explained by Mr. Leslie Goonewardene, of the Lanka Sama Samaj (Socialist) Party of Colombo, at a meeting at the Friends' House, Euston Road, here. Mr. Goonewardene Is in London on a
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    28 19 An 18-year-old typist named HelenWiesel, charged before a military court at Metz with attempted espionage, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and 20 years' banishment from the district.
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    Gaekwar Of Baroda On Visit To Europe.
    56 19 His Highness the Gaekwar of Baroda. accompanied by his Military Secretary. Private Secretary and other members of his staff left Karachi recently for Europe by the Imperial Airways liner Hengist. Other members of the Gaekwar's family who are travelling by sea are to
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