The Straits Times, 11 January 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times fESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR7.I THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA) 0 f'AGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1937. "RICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 pacjes SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 19t7. PR4GB 10 CENTS
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      373 1 WAIR CONDITIONING GENERAL ELECTRIC MOW tvOU»C -^v" 00 (OF U.S.A.) tft^Bi SYSTEM This system cools, dehumidifies ifcfJHp and circulat.s the air under 3 ftlimi f; fi the automatic control of a M i^.--i Zm'»2L thermostat which can be adjusted to suit individual require,s *w?r ments. Air filtration can be 1
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      154 1 FASHION t% FOOTWEARFOR THE BALLY'S VERY SMART WHITE %N^_ PARTICULAR LINEN SHOE. TRIM- r^¥rr MED NAVY BLUE Vtlv^t-tx WOMA^ PRICE $11.50 UJ^ riirj t yp BEAUTIFULLY CUT D/IL.L. I O W HITE KID SANDAL SHOES BY BALLY S COVERED TOE MEDIUM HEEL ll^gm FOR PRiCE $9.50 GEACEFUL LINES. EXQUISITE CRAFTS-
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      342 2 domestic occurrence Si Mrs B J Doherty Haruna Maru p.p.c. SITUATIONS VACANT r. Chinese w th thorough c- perience of Gake Al pliflTtifT Box No 592. S. T. BOX 438. Applicants thanked, a p icatio! s ore being considered and replies will be te.ii in a course of few weeks.
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      767 2 I FOR SALE ONE TAME GIBBON (wah-wah) excellent pet $40 or nearest offer. 591, Straits Times. SIMSON STONE-CRUSHERS. Simson "L" 14V x 8V $1,250. Hlndhede Co.. Ltd. I SIGIDAIBE your home this New Year, all the latest models, from 114 a month, on view at Nathans. Amber Mansions. FOR SALE
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      646 2 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCED TUTOR to give private lessons In Chinese (Hokkien). Box No. 577, Straits Times. MISCELLANEOUS XOO CAN HAVE THE SUNDAI TIMES delivered to you every week for three months for $1 60 General Manager Sunday Times If YOU HAVI- RELATIVES OR PRIENDS Overseas bave the Straits Budget posted to
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      776 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY NOTICE Is hereby given that the undermentioned roads will be closed to througn traffic from Jan. 7, 1937, until further notice. for the purpose of constructing main sewers (1) Kitchner Road, between Verdun Roa:l and Serangoon Road. (2) Verdun Road, between Sam Leong Road and Kitchener
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      579 2 PUBLIC NOTICE SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Claims for refund of asoeaament on Vacant Houses. NOTICE is hereby given that claims for refund of assessment on vacant houses within Municipal Limits for Uie period from July 1 to Dec. 31. 1936. must be sent in on or before Jan. 30, 1937. Applications for
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      310 2 BUSINESS CARDS c.v MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND IV Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. JU JITSU OR The arts ol self defenco IG, Prinsep Street. W. M. C. A. Instructor, Prof. T. WATANABE. I'NCERTAIN WFATIIER need not worry you if you have an ■■TRMUr RAINCOAT. Made
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      181 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly 3 00 4.00 f 850 Quarter* 8 SO $12 00 1.9t MaU Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $15.00 Yearly S34.M 00 $20.00 Note.— Oufcrfation cheques shoulj Inclnde thr usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are as order:—
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      686 3 p. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES COVtHNMENT I-ONDON AND FAR CAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM [~NDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore 1936 1937 CORFU 15 000 Jan 15 .I<Sn ge J£S KkRA 16.000 Fe»l2 RANVHI 17.000 Feb. 2j c7toay
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      586 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN RAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. < Incorporated Id Japan) rO LONDON. s*pim ManelUca London. Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels ronnage Due B*ll HAKOZAKI MARO 10.400 Jan 20 21 TERUKUNI MABU 12.000 Peb. 2 3 HAKUSAN MARU 10.380 Feb 17 i» lIARUNA MARU 10.400
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      540 3 bkSBBKS PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. SPECIAL CORONATION SAILING to MARSEILLES or LONOON AND BACK at 1- SINGLE FARE by the new and modern M/S "ERRIA" 14,700 Tons Displacement from SINGAPORE 30/3/37 due MARSEILLES 23/4/37 due LONDON 1/5/37 M/S "ALSiA" or M/S BORINfiIA" 12.500 Tons Displacement from SOUTHAMPTON 15/6 5/7/37 from
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      219 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) APCAR LINE. FOB HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA. S.S. SHIRALA MM 14 Jan. 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for tint and second claw passengers- Special holiday return tickets Interchangeable with P O S N. CO.. Issued at cheap rate*
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      992 3 THE Bl.rt FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamship Co (19J*I Ltd. Steam Ship Co Ltd. and China Mutual The Canard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. Ud.) The Sarawak Steamship Co. Lid. The Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.. I'd The Irrawaddv
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    ISLAND OF PEACE
    154 4 Dr. Dorothy Anderton Sharpe, ofi Portland Place, Marylebone, has bought an island of ten acres for the price of a London suburban house. It is Edernish Island, off the coast of Donegal, and is sheltered from the full force of the Atlantic by Aran Island. There are
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    DETECTIVES WATCH MRS. SIMPSON.
    144 4 ABUSIVE LETTERS AND THREATS. Cannes Detectives from the Surete Generale, France's Scotland-yard, who have been watching the Cannes villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Livingstone Rogers, at which Mrs. Simpson is a guest, are likely to remain there until April. "We have orders to remain here
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL
      136 4 SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. •Stations Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright mln temp, tall s'shine temp Ins hrs. *F bupeiintendent. Meteorological Branch Malaya. Meteorological Office, Singapore, Jan. 11, 1937. Alor Star Bayan Lepas (Penang) Sitiawan Bukit Jcram Malacca Inlan>. Kuala Lipis K Lumpur Kluang East Joast Kola Bahru
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      114 4 Monday, January 11. Ship* alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive Entrance Main Wharf Dredger Kuantan, H.M.S. Wcstcott. Oil Wharf NIL Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS lanjonj Fatal Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dork Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Keppel Harbour King's Dock Koolinda. No. 1
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      TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE
      290 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 9.19 a.m. 9.1 ft.: 11.07 p.m. 8.3 ft. L. W. 3.37 a.m. 5.3 ft.; 4.25 p.m. 1.6 ft. Tuesday, January 12. H. W. 9.59 a.m. 9.4 ft.; 11.37 p.m. 8.6 ft. L. W. 4.15 a.m. 5.1 ft.; 4.58 p.m. 1.2 ft. Wednesday, January 13.
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES.
      69 4 During the week ending Jan. 2, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 49 681 cases, of which: 42,947 (87 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,550 (5 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 3,000 (6 per cent.) cases to
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      DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
      21 4 Mail dispatched from Singapore on Dec. 18. by Ranchl was delivered In London on Jan. 9.
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      CLEARANCES
      13 4 Jan. 10:— Toboali, Boelongan. Mires. Belawan (Dut.*; Kola, Agamemnon, Mata Hari (Brit.)
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      264 4 Today. Denmark (Parcels only) (Errla) 4 p.m. Java snd Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 4 pjn Tuesday, January 12. Pengerang (8 Soon Heng) ..9 am InUo-China (Aramis) t p.m. Bagan Selat Pandjang (Hong Thong) 3 i-bx. Bengkalls and L. Billk (Rokan) Port de Kock Padang. Pakan Baroe
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      AIR MAILS.
      71 4 INWARD. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tonight. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday night. OUTWARD. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 4 pjn. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. tomorrow. KiL.M.: To Europe:
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      109 4 Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today, Jan. 11, by air lands) will be delivered to boxnolders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Jan. 12. at 8.25 a.m. Mails from China today, Jan. 11, by Conte Verde. Mails from China and Japan today. Jan. 11, by
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      FROM MALACCA.
      121 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Nether'.ands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By XL.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows Tomorrow Java and Southern Sumatra (Slnga-pore-Batavia) by air (Netherlands) 9.45 am Kenya, Uganda. Tanganyika. Northern and Southern Rhodesia and South Africa by air (Imperial) 945 am
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
      24 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SING APORE— AMSTERD A M The air mall dispatched from Singapore on Jan. 2 was delivered In London on Jan. 9.
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      INDIAN LABOUR.
      52 4 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of December. Arrivals (State-aided) (figures supplied by travelling inspectors) 399 adults: 81 minors; 66 Infants. Arrivals (ordinary deck passengers) (figures supplied by travelling Inspectors) 2.863; 193; 129. Departures (figures supplied by steamer agents)
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    ITALIAN SHIPPING MERGERS.
    333 4 Replacements And Improvements. Milan, Dec 27. Following the financial reorganisation of Italian shipping companies, announced on technical reorganisation is to be undertaken by the four companies in the merger. Expenditure on the improveirent of existing shlos or replacement by n.w ones will total more than 1,000,000,000 lire
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    NEW UNION-CASTLE LINER LEAVES BELFAST
    120 4 Seventh Unit Of Extensive Programme The new single-screw motor cargo ship Walmer Castle, built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., left Belfast recently. She is the seventh unit of the extensive building programme undertaken by the UnionCastle Co.
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
    21 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air Mall dispatched from Singapore on Dec. 30 was delivered in London on Jan. 8.
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    HEALTH BULLETIN
    385 4 The health bulletin of the League of i Nations Eastern Bureau for the v;eck ended Jan. 2 is as follows. Plague: Rangoon was the only port lin the Eastern Area to report the I presence of human plague during the week, 1 case having been notified j Cholera
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    THE INDRAPOERA
    98 4 The Rotterdam Lioyd mail vessel Indrapoera will call at Singapore on Jan. 27 instead of Jan. 26 as she will sail one day later from Marseilles, i.e., on Jan. 9 instead of Jan. 8. This again is due to the fact that the special boat train which Is
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      504 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. ft< (Incorporated trj PM S) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS MM KLTS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Fnlrnt MSl— Pataacr S4ll CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE/EUROPE First and Cabin class from £105-10-2 Second class from £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interihancp with P
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      193 4 ELLERMAN BUCKN4LL ISTHMIAN sWmshlP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated to England). (In xjrpersieo ip o 8 A > BOFTON \'FW VOKK hi' r-MOK*r -MOK* via capf of noon hope 'EII.ERHAN- UNI STEEIj n rOR HAVRK LONDON. g™ Peb g F 2 S ROTTERDAM A HAM^I R«. STEEt NAVIGATOR Mnr 22
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    GIANT BOMBERS TAX NAVY SPACE.
    195 5 Not Enough Hangar Room Available. San Diego, California. The problem of housing the Navy's new 13-ton flying boats faces officials at North Island air station as the second group of six of the giant planes nears completion here. The Navy has contracted for 110 of
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    GERMANY'S NAVAL MIGHT.
    301 5 RAPID EXPANSION IN LAST THREE YEARS. The great speed wlt.*i which Germany is building up her navy and tint enormous expansion which is intended are revealed in the new official KangHste Navy List— Just published la Berlin after a lapse of three years. The fact that the
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    50 5 Revenue of the F.M.S. for October. 1936 was $6,276,619, and expenditure $3,891,799. Th» total of revenue for the first ten months of the year was $56,796,024. and expenditure $4". ,245.651. or a realised surplus of $15/2 millions, against the revised estimate given at November's Federal Council meeting of $9.7 millions.
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    BACTERIA THAT EAT IRON.
    283 5 MYSTERY SOLVED BY EXPERTS. REVERSED BREATHING PROCESS. Bacteria, aided enly by moisture and such chemicals as are found in many soils, can eat through the most solid of Iron pipes, according to experts at the Chemical Research Station at Teddington. under the Department of Scientific and
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    JOHORE NOTES
    93 5 (From Our Own Correspondent* Johore Bahru. Jan 10. The Johore Civil Service Club was brilliantly illuminated last night, the occasion being the annual "Twelfth Night" fancy dress dance. There was a large attendance and splendid costumes were seen. Her Highness the Tengku Ampuan Besar, of Pahane. gave away
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      402 5 LAST NIG HI f^tfi 1 E"fr CAROLE WM -TJy^MR LOMBARD I fcA*A^ m\ IN FAITH BALDWINS lfeflt^^^^^^^^^^Mß»Cg 'LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST' A Universal Picture with PRESTON FOSTER, CESAR ROMERO Tomorrow— A DOCTORS WIFE REVEALS THE STARTLING SECRETS OF THE MEN IN WHITE 'I MARRIED A DOCTOR 9 A Warner Bros. Hit
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      193 5 saves nfl^QLyß time NH|£^|r^ AND iMk TVTONFY Uni## N When you use gas-whether it is for /Zj cooking or water heating-you can 'I r j| fy' J CONTROL the fuel supply to a l\ J hairsbreadth. There's no question of y wasting even a centworth of fueL And here's another
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      170 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance, 6.30 8.30 p.m. Informal dinner and
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      77 5 breakfast, 6.15, 9.15. MARLBORO LGH: Prince of Thieves. 615, 9.15. SUN THEATRE (New World): Chandu on the magic lsiand, T.oO. 9.30. THEATRE ROYAL: The Melody of the Radio, C.15, 9.15. AMUSEMENT PARKS, DANCE HALLS, ETC. Singapore: GREAT WORLD CABARET: Dance 9 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORLD CABARET: Dance 9 30
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      231 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle ■■_IL_l—l_B-B—!— tHli M—M—M—M— "■II ■■■_i! Hi H srr- "v--^ ill H9M 7 II 51 S^ i 5 |&p m S&a H '*O£UA -*U ""i"Ti~l^III"iI g|& <rffir!^ =«g£ jp,^ »JOTB:— Figures In parenthesei ceiute uw number ol letters In the woras iequuea. (CLUES.) 4, nii^ 21. Snake (6)
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      381 6 Quiet Conditions But Firm Undertone. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Jan. 11. There i.s only one tin price to re-> cord this morning which is New York and is down one-eighth of a cent. There is little of interest to report from the local market at the
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      OIL INDUSTRY & EMPIRE.
      89 6 OIL INDUSTRY EMPIRE. Liverpool, Dec. "0. Mr. Andrew Agn^-w. one of the heads of the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., speaking today at the lunchcc.r. followlng the launch at Cammell Laird and Co.'s Birkenhead yard of the oil tanker Pomella for his company's licet, pkaded for co-operation between the oil
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES
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        MINING.
        537 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid ssue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Buyers SellersBuyers 4/- Vnpat Tin 5/3 5/9 5/6 £1 Asam Kumbang 33/6 34/6 32/i Evatt Sellers 34/£1 Austrai Malay 55/- 56/- 57/5/- Ayer Hltam 23/- 24/6 23'1 Ayer Weng 1.90 2.00 1.90 £1 Bangrin Tin 25/6 26/6
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        GENERAL.
        474 6 z z Aiex juncK ord. 1.35 1.45 1.40 150 2 2 do 7' 2 Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.50 2 00 10 10 Atlas Ice 8 00 lO.OOn 8 00 lOOOn. 11 il BAT 6.10.0 6.15.0 6.10.0 6 15.0 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0 87 0 92
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        213 6 S1NUAFORE MUNICIPAL 5', 1C01 red. 1940 MOO M u Ini Mar 3i Sept. 30 103 4',;V 2 1907 red. 1947 S1.6O0.U00 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 112 4'i'r 190 1 red 1955 3l.jQ0.iQ0 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 120 4 1913 red 1063 S 1 300.000 Mar.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        351 6 eraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby Alor Gajah Amal Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Ay:r Panas Bassctt Batu Lintang Bedford Benta Borelli Brjgas Brunei Uij ($5) Bukit Kati' Bukit Kepong Bukit Timah (S10) Bukit K. B Changkat Serdang Onnemarii Glenealy Plantations Hamilton Ha>tor Indragirl Jeram Kuantan (.50) Jimah Kamasan
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      EXCHANGES.
      202 6 The following are the xchange i-ate.s this tr. wiling according u rne dally cinuiar issued ov the Horn Kont jnu Shani'h.it Banking Cortwrac^n SEI LINCi London TT 2/4 116 London demand 2/4 1/16 London momns sight 2'4' s Lyons demand 1230 Hamourp i"i.i,.na til New York demand 5714 Montreal
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      FRASER & COMPANY.
      66 6 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF DIVIDENDS PROPOSED OR DECLARED. Company Dividend Books close Ipoh Tin 1/- int. Jan. 6 Kuchal Tin 20% Jan. 16 Lingui 10% Jan. 16 Southern Kinta 5% Feb. 4 Sungei Way 5% Jan. 12 Takuapa 6d. Jan. 25 Thabawteik 6d. (No. 15) Jan. 15 Bukit Palong 4%
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    OSBORNE AND CHAPPEL.
    117 6 Returns For The Quarter To Dec. 31, 1936. Returns for the quarter to Dec. 31, 1936: Mines Picu s. Copeng Consoii atea 2.022 Tckka Limited 1,3 il Tekka Taiplng 3.2 (7 Pengkalcn Ltd.; Dredge 2.903. Tribute 11 2 019; Rambutan Limited 7 1" j The Kir.ta Tin
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    PRODUCE.
    232 6 Singapore, January 11, 12 noon. Buyer Ssller Gambiei $6.50 Hamburg Cube 11.00 Java Cube 9.50 Pepper. White Muntok 22.00 White 21.50 Black 12 50 Copra. Mixed $9.70 9.70 Sun Dried 9.95 9.95 Tapioca. Small lake 5.25 i Fair «?iai£e 4 75 Medium Pearl 5 2a Small fearl 5.30 Saao
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    RUBBER CROPS FOR DECEMBER.
    120 6 The following crops of rubber were harvested by the respective estate* during December. 1b. Alor Ponysu Amalgamated 71.754 Bedong Rubber 73.091 Broome Rubb?r lGo.813 Jimah Rubber 31.233 New Scudai 32.500 Punggcr Rubber 13 187 Trmer'oh Rubber 23...C t Beiua "ubber 60 0C0 Sandycrott Rubber 19. if
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    EXCHANGES.
    102 6 London, Jr.:-. 0. The following were mean rats ruling at noon today: Taris ltß >/S3 Athens 54 i '.4 New York 4.91 '< Bucharest 67C Montreal 4.90's sellers Brussels 29. 13 Ric 4 i Geneva 21.38 seller Amsterdam 8.16 a i Belgrade 213 Milan 93 9 32 B'lenos Ai:e>
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    71 6 Jan. 11, Xoon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (P'.O.R.) 87% Gccd F. A. Q. in m (F.O.B.) 87% 38 No. 1 X. I!. S. S. (Spot !< Awardabie Singapore 87% January 87% 37" Feb.-March 37% 38 April-Juno 38 July-Sept. 38 Oct.-Uec. 38
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
    35 6 The price of rubber for assessment of export duty in the F.M.S. lor the period Jan. 8, 1937, to Jan. 14. 1937. inclusive, h^s been fixed as 35 13/10 cents per pound.
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE, MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered Bank Chamber*, Singapore. APR 1.
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      26 6 v n L/\for\ *%m* 'ML 111 ifcV *I•l I Ll M il"^ 1 I/ I SOL£ AGENTS: McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) i^^—^ W.P.S. 29
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      ORIENTAL LIFE ASSURANCE.
      522 7 HUGE AMOUNT OF NEW BUSINESS. STEADY PROGRESS IN MALAYA. Sixty-three years ago there was esablished in India the first proprietary ife insurance company. Later, this ■ompany erected Kuala Lumpur's first :cncrete "sky-scraper" Oriental Buildnjj. offices or the Kuala Lumpur branch cf the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance
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      CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA.
      233 7 Death Of Former Chief Manager. His wide circle of friends in the City —and particularly those with Eastern connections— heard with the deepest regret of the death on December 23 of Mr. J. L. Crcckatt, the late chier manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Austra
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      Bank And Insurance Shares As An Investment.
      1234 7 SECURITY OF CAPITAL AND STABILITY OF DIVIDEND. Bank shares are deservedly regarded as amengst the soundest of investments obtainable to give a higher return than the low yields now offered by gilt-edged securities. To an extent which is almcst unrivalled except by insurance
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
      294 7 LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT. Lewis and Peat Ltd London, in their weekly rubber market report of Dec. 22. write The improvement reported in our last report has continued throughout the week and the price of lOd. per lb. was paid fcr spot and up to April 'June
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      MEXICAN DEBT
      48 7 New York. Jan. 10. A reliable source states that an agreement for a settlement of the Mexican loreign debt will be signed shortly. The terms of the agreement, it U understood, provide for reduction of the debt at current exchange rates to abaut one quarter.— Reuter.
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      STOUGHTON (PERAK) RUBBER PLANTATIONS
      429 7 Amalgamation With Sungei Reyla. The seventeenth anuua* ordinary [eneral meeting of d.c Stoughlon Perak) Rubber Plantations Ltd., was :ield on Dec. 30 In London. Mr. A. P. Hadow, *rh presided, ;ald that the result of the year's working showed a net profit oi £7,313, and they
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      ITALY'S DEFICIT
      42 7 Rome. Jan. 10. It Is officially announced the 1935-36 budget has closed with a deficit of 1 550 000,000 lire compared with an estimated deficit of 1,657.000,000 lire. This does not Include the cost of the Abyssinian war— Reutcr Wireless.
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      649 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony ot Hong Kong) The liacil:ty ol members 1« limited to th« extent anJ In mani-er prefer b;d by Ordinance No 6cl 1929 of the ColODy. Authorised Cap.tai 550.u00.00.. issued and Fully Psla-Up $.10,000,000 Reserve Funds: Sterling 6.530.00 C Hr,n -iong
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      218 8 Broadcasting, minor. Op. 28. No. 20. Prelude In D minor, Op. 28, No. 24. Andan'.c &i>Unau> and PoMMl 9 0 i p.m. Close do* n. TRANSMISSION 3. rhe following rre>. lencles will oe used: GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.87 m.) GSJ 15.14 MC/S (19.82 m.) GSB 9 51 Mc/3 (31 H
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      176 8 11 50 p.m. The News and Announcements, r: »5 a.m. Greenwich Tiroi Signal. 12 10 a.m 'Dance Music Through the Agei' 12.20 a.m. Clow down TOMORROW IKANSMISSION 4. Three of the following frexjuencies will be used: GS1 15.26 MC S < 19.66 m.) GSD 11.76 tac/s (Jtf.31 mi GSB 9
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      184 8 Middieton and Denis Goran, with two pianos. 6.59 o.m.— "John Londoner at Home' 1.* An evening with tome of his man; and various acquaintances. Presented by Tascoc Thornton. 7.:* a.m.— A Recital by David Martin (Canadian Violinist). Pastacagiia i Handel, arr. Harty). Melcdy (Gluck, arr. Krelslsr) Humoresque (Tchalkrvsky. arr. Kreislen
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      605 8 AMERICAN SHORT-WAVE STATIONS TODAY 10.45 p.m.— Today's Children, sketch New York schcncct.ndy V."?;:AD 13.330 i; s 11.00 p.m.— Ma', azine cf the Air New York \.;':e lVo 139 12.00 mldnisiit— Ariiuciun Time Signals Washing: (,n Niw Yuri Y7J2AL 17.7C0 13.8 TOMORROW 615 a.m.— U.S. Army Band WHtt 6.35 a.m.— Three
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    NO SETTLEMENT YET IN SHENSI REVOLT.
    368 9 Extremists In Control. Nanking, Jan. 10. The radical elements Including Communists, have taken over the c mtrol of Sian. capital of Piiensi, with a "national salvation" programme in which antl-Japanism is featured, according to official announcements An American Communist authoress has been very active
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    HOUSING RECORD IN BRITAIN.
    270 9 339.538 NEW HOMES SLUM CLEARANCE GOES AHEAD. The record number 01 339.538 houses was completeu In England and Waies during the year en led on Sept. 30 last This Is 10,013 more than the previous high record These figures ere reveuled by the Minlstci of Health
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    U.S. CURRENCY
    39 9 Washington, Jan. 10. The Governor of the Federal Reserve Board is participating in a conference on monetary legislation in connection with the extension of the Stabilisation Fund and the President's power to devalue the dollar.— Reuter Wireless.
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    FRENCH STRIKE SITUATION.
    101 9 GREAT IMPROVEMENT REPORTED. Paris, Jan. 10. The remarkable charge In the strike situation in France, mainly due to the Government's new Arbitration Act, was strikingly illustrated today by M. Dormoy, Minister for the Interior, who stated there were now only about 6,500 strikers throughout France, of whom
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    EX-KINGS MEET AT LUNCHEON.
    71 9 ALPHONSO ENTERTAINS EDWARD. Vienna Jan. 10. The Duke of Windsor was a guest at luncheon of ex King Alphonso r.t the Hotel Imperial at which the only other person present was Alphoneo's son Don Jaime. After a stay of an hour. ex-King Alphonso accompanied the Duke
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    MILDER COUNSELS IN PALESTINE.
    66 9 Arabs Ready To Meet Royal Commission. Jerusalem, Jan. 10. It is reliably learned that in compliance with the desire of the Arab rulers the Higher Arab Committee has decided to present the Arab case to the Palestine Royal Commission Reuter. The attitude of the Irak leaders
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    NEW TANKERS FOR ADMIRALTY.
    142 9 "Difference Of Winning Or Losing Next War." The motor tanker Abbe>dalo (12.250 tons) launched by Messrs. Swan Hunter and Wlgham Ric^.ardson last month at Walker- on-Tyn<- Is one of s.x tankers ordered from Oitlsh builders by the British Tankpr Company, Ltd. London, which "avt been taken
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCK AT MESSINA.
    101 9 EARTHQUAKE SHOCK AT MESSINA. No Damage Done To Rebuilt City. A severe earthquake shock startled the inhabitants of Messina, in Sicily, or. Dec. 30 morning. No serious damage to property was suffered and no one was Injured. This escape Is due to the fact that since the disaster of 1908.
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    MEMORY OF JUTLAND.
    57 9 Berlin. Jan. 6. The death of Captain Morltz von Egidy, 66, who commanded the battle cruiser Seydlitz in the battle of Jutland, recalls the fact the Seydlitx was hit 26 times and was also I torpedoed in the hold. She Just managed to !lmp to her home
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    Social ana Personal
    171 10 Mr. H. M. Scott, of Messrs. Gibson, Anderson, Butler and Co., left Kuala Lumpur for Home on leave last week. Mr. T. R. Lamb went to Fraser's Hill last week with Mrs. Lamb and their children for a short holiday before he goes North to take up
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    51 10 Tr.ose sitting for the London Matriculation examination in Singapore this wj?k Include M'ss L°e daughter of Dr and Mrs. J. S. Lee. of Ipoh Miss Sinnappco daught -r of Mr. P. Sinnappoo lat* of the Revenue Survey Department. Ipoh. and Messrs. Loke Ta! Leong and Lclie Tal Pool, of Kuala
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    HOW GERMANY PLANS
    1116 10  -  Archibald Erskine. By To Prevent Another NORTH SEA BLOCKADE. is rushing the work ot the refortification of Heligoland, that most important island which stands at the mouth of the Weser and the Elbe, 31 miies frcm the German mainland, and which was declared permanently demilitarised in the
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    NOVEL WARSHIPS FOR NAVY.
    157 10 For Defence Against Aircraft Only. The British Navy will be the first In the world to possess anti-aircraft warships, according to an official statement made last month. Sir Samuel Hoare announced in Parliament that five old cruisers which were to have been .crapped under the London
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    706 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. SASTRl ECHOES. docs the future hold in store for the Indo-Malayans, for those Indians who V71I1 be born and bred here, who in all probability will never cress the Bay of Bengal nor even speak their mother tongue Is this really a good country for
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      114 10 AMUSEMENTS Singapore, garrick theatre. geylang Charlie Chan In Egypt. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. CLOBE THEATRE Come Out of the Pantry. 7.15 9.30. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALKIE Were-volf of ".x>ndon. NEW WORLD Side Shows. CaDtret. CMnelntTatklrs Theatre* ft > '"«n~a«. RITZ GEYLANG Ride 'Em Cowboy. With Buck Jones. Also Grca:
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    MOROCCO ISSUE STRAINS FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    478 11 PRESENCE OF GERMAN TROOPS DENIED BY BERLIN. Persistent French Accusations. BITTER COUNTER-ATTACKS APPEAR IN GERMAN PRESS. CONTINUALLY increasing tension is apparent in Franco-German relations and matters have now reached the stage at which a spark may cause an explosion. Reports from Morocco allege both the
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    14 11 Sir Henry Chilton. the British Ambassador to Madrid, standing at the frontier at Hendaye.
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    NANKING ARMIES ENTER SHENSI.
    284 11 PUNITIVE MEASURES ORDERED. "YOUNG MARSHAL'S" l! TROOPS LOYAL? Nanking. Jan. 11. Punitive action against the Shensi and Kansu rebels has been ordered by the Central Government and ten Nan- king divisions concentrated at Tungkwan, on the Honan-Shcnsi border have besun advancing through the pass into Bhend
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    THE POPE.
    125 11 Vatican City. Jan. 11. The Pcpe had a comfortable day yesterday with considerably less pain i:i tlie leg. He gave two audiences in the morning.—Reuter. Earlier Reuter reports from the Vatican City indicated slight signs of improvement in the condition of the Pope and a lessening of pain.
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    15 11 i a experiencing one of v Inton In recent years and b+% b;cn lce-lcckcd.— Sin
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    M.C.C. TOTAL 317.
    76 11 Resuming their first innings at Launccston today, in the match against Tasmania, the M.C.C. did not add many to their score at close of play on Saturday of 233 for sever, wickets. Only 34 iiins were added for the last three wickets, the tourists bcin* all out
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    Brook's New Attempt On Cape Record.
    46 11 Brook 's New Attempt On Cape Record. London, Jan. 11.. 11. L. Brook left Gravesend airport at 6.13 a.m. yesterday on his attempted record flight to Cape Town and back. He arrived at Marseilles at 11.9 a.m. and left for Brindisi 13 minutes later. British Wireless.
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    FRANCO-GERMAN TENSION.
    97 11 Press Accusations. Berlin, Jan. 11. Herr Hitler holds a reception for foreign diplomats today, with FrancoGerman relations at their worst since the Nazi's advent. A slashing pre^s campaign against the French attacks has developed swiftly. As an example, the Voelkircher Beobachter asserts that France wants war in M
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    RED VOLUNTEERS ARRESTED.
    78 11 Action In Accord With Swiss Decree. Basle, Jan. 11. Fifty Czechoslovak and Austrian volunteers for the Spanish Red forces were arrested on the Basle station on their way to Spain since a decree Issued by the Swiss Government forbids the passage through Switzerland of volunteers for Spain.
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    HITLER WILL REMAIN CHANCELLOR.
    36 11 Berlin, Jan. 10. A denial has been issued from semi-official quarters regarding rumours that Hitler intends to lay down the office of Chancellor and merely maintain his post as Leader. —Reuter Wireless.
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    38 11 A foreign report that Mr. Wang Chlng-wei, former Prime Minister who is returning to China from Europe, had placed a large arms contract with a German munitions firm was officially denied In Nanking yesterday. —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    Spanish Peasants Allegedly Revolt.
    115 11 Calamanca, Jan. 11. The revolt of the peasantry against the Red regime of terror has now' spread from Alicante, where it began, to numerous towns on the Mediterranean coast and even to the region around Valencia, the seat of the Red Government, according to reports here,
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    23 11 Father of the newest royal princess. The Duke of Kent, with the parents of the Duchess, outside his house, No. 3 Belgrave Square.
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    ILLEGAL FOR BRITONS TO ENLIST IN SPAIN.
    1002 11 LONDON TO STOP FLOW OF VOLUNTEERS. London, Jan. 11. The following Is the text of identical instructions sent to His Majesty's representatives in Paris, Rome, Berlin, Lisbon and Moscow. "From the tenor of the replies now received to their communication to the governments
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    SINGAPORE NAZI 'FAST.'
    184 11 Help for Winter Fund, ■JIORE than 100 loyal Nazis in Singapore joined yesterday in the voluntary "fast" which is holt on the first Sunday in every month in aid of their unemployed compatriots in Germany. The German community in Singapore, together with loyal Germans it Home and
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    22 11 More than 500 shops were destroyed in a flre in Peiping yesterday. The losses are estimated at $2,000,000.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    STOP PRESS.
    67 11 Hone Kong. Jan. 11. Mr. D. L. Campbell. British and a native of Bognor, v ho was Captain of the Customs crater Cheung Kong was shot dead by a «;»l>i:» boy who went amok this nvirning while the cruiser was in II. in? Kong watcn. The CbfaWM Chief
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    WARDER SHOT WHILE CLEANING GUN.
    492 12 Early Morning Tragedy. SIKH SERGEANT INJURED AT SAME TIME. EDMUND John Venables, European Warder at the new Con- vict Prison at Changi, died this morning from a wound received when a pistol he was cleaning went off and a bullet pierced his chest. A Sikh
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    23 12 Mr. H. A. J. Woodfall. a representative of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., returned to Singapore from leave by the Potsdam last week.
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    FORCED LANDING AT SEREMBAN.
    84 12 Singapore Pilot Uninjured. An Aeronca Jap light aeroplane made a forced landing near Seremban about 2 p.m. yesterday. Mr. F. C. Cooke. of the Royal Singapore Flying Club, the pilot escaped injury, and the plane was only slightly damaged. Mr. Cooke made a skilful landing on
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    MR. SASTRI AT RAMAKRISHNA MISSION.
    122 12 MR. SASTRI AT RAMAKRISHNA MISSION. The Rt. Hon. Mr. V. S. Snnivasa Sastrl, PC, C.H., accompanied by Rao Sahib Mukundan, the Agent to the Government of India and his party, visited the Ramakrtshna Mission premises. Singapofe, yesterday. Mr. Sastrl was received at the entrance by a few members of the
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    SEREMBAN WATER.
    163 12 Chlorinated Supply When Funds Available. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 8. "When funds becoiru available Seremban will ha.c a chlorinated warer supply." said Mr. Hughes, the British Resident of Negrl Sembllan. in an exclusive interview before his departure on retirement. Although the water is not dangerous, residents
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    MALAYA WORTHY OF UNIVERSITY.
    451 12 Medical Graduates Returr To Attack. EDUCATION DIRECTOR CRITICISED. FURTHER arguments in favour of r the establishment of a University in Singapore were advanced by Dr. Ang Swee Hian, the well-known Singapore doctor, in his presidential address at the King Edward VII College of Medicine annual dinner
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    OVERLOADED LORRIES.
    64 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 10. The police are conducting a campaign against drivers of overloaded lorries, and this morning three lorry drivers came before the third magistrate. Inche Ibrahim bin Ismail, to answer charges of overloading. All pleaded guilty. Lee Thean Sek was fined $15,
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    MALE CINDERELLA.
    199 12 Good Fun In Alhambra Comedy. "Mr. Cinderella." (With Jack Haley, Hetty Furness and Arthur Treacher.) M. G. M. At the Alhambra. This picture is good tun fu'l of mix-ups and embarrassing sit.;, .ions. The laughs begin early and, from the moment Jack Haley abandons scissors and comb to
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    29 12 Mr. 8. W. Jones, M.C.S.. who is expected to be gazetted British Resident of Selangor in succession to Mr. T. S. Adams, who was recently appointed Chief Commissioner, Nigeria.
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    CO-OPERATION WITH ALL CHRISTIANS.
    285 12 BISHOP LEE ON METHODIST POLICY. rvECLARING that the Church stands for constructive liberalism, friendly co-operation with all Christian bodies, and a progressive programme. Bishop Edwin F. Lee delivered an address In the Victoria Memorial Hall last evening to an audience that filled the hall to capacity.
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    MR. W. D. HARDING.
    319 12 Death Of Malayan Engineer Surveyor. Mr. William Deacon Harding, an engineer surveyor with Messrs. Engineers and Contractors Ltd., died in the General Hospital. Singapore, on Saturday at the age of 68. Mr. Harding arrived in the East in 1901 fo<- Shell Trai.Eport and Trading Co. and
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    TAIPING PREPARES FOR CORONATION.
    378 12 Perak Town To Be Miniature Fairyland. EFFORTS TO GET MEMORIAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng, Friday. A programme which well transform Taiping into a miniature fairyland and will provide several entertainments, extending over five days to commemorate the coronation of King George VI, was drawn up
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    NEW ZOO BIRDS.
    52 12 Finches, Pigeons, Parrakeets. Two consignments of birds have Just arrived from Australia for the Ponggol Zoo at Singapore. From the Taronga Park Zoo ar Sydney have come golden-shouldered parrakeets and a type of Australian pigeon and the Perth Zoo has provided a number of finches of two
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    European Car-Owner Fined $50.
    255 12 Syce's Reckless Driving. yf H. W. LITTLE, B.A., European master at the English College, Johore, was convicted and fined $50 in the Singapore Fourth Court today on a charge of being the owner and sole passenger of a car when it was being driven recklessly by
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    POLICE ESCORT FOR BRIDE.
    86 12 Owing To Costly Jewels Worn. (From Our Own Correspondent) Serembr.n Jan. 10. A Police escort toduy uccompanied a Chinese bridal party fiom Malacca to Seremban owing to the very costly nature of the Jewels worn the bride, Miss Goh Soc Lan. who was later married to
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    JAPANESE VOLUNTEERS REPORT.
    57 12 Gibraltar, jan. A. An informant from Cadiz asserts that preparations ars being made at Jerez and C'Pdiz *or thr; arrival this week of 5 000 Japanese volunteers. Reuter. The Consul-General for Japan In Singapore, Mr. K. Gunji, said today that he had no information of the alleged
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    WOMAN NEEDED ON INDIAN DELEGATION.
    857 13 Lotus Club Speaker's View. HAS LOCAL ASSOCIATION MONOPOLISED MR. SASTRI? •TIIAT there should have been a we Malaya, which is headed by Mr. was the opinion expressed by Mrs. E. Club dinner, on Saturday night, in h Meanwhile, a strong attack has b< Association by
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    European Women Injured.
    523 13 Remarkable Escapes In Car Crash. AMRS. L. RIDLEY, wile of Squadron m Leader Ridley, of the Royal Air Force, Seletar, and Mrs. C. Aitkens, wife of Capt. Aitkens, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who were injured in a motor-car collision with a police van on Tanglin Road
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    CORRECTION
    41 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. In a bankruptcy case which was heard In the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, the proprietor of the Prince'." Cabaret was reported as LIm Ee Hung The correct name Is Llm Hee Kiing.
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    48 13 The Rieht. Hon. Srinivasa Sastri, P.C.. C.II LL D.. at the Lotus Hub dinner on Saturday. On his left are Mrs. Kaka who proposed thf tonst of the King and Mr. Boiman. I C.S., the other raembf r of the Indian Labour delegation to Malaya. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    NEW YEAR'S EVE CAR CRASH.
    478 13 YOUNG EUROPEAN CHARGED IN JOHORE. (From Our Own Correspondent) »i Johore Bahru, Jan. 9. J A YOUNG European giving his name h as Frank Vincent aee 24. was thsi morning charged before the Second g Magistrate. Shalk Abdul Bakar b. a Yahaya, with the theft
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    NEW GAME WARDEN.
    129 13 Captain A.T.A. Ritchie Arrives In Malaya. Capt. A. T. A. Ritchie O.B.E, M.C.. Malaya's flr-t stipendiary Chiei Ga*n. Warden, arrived at Singapore by the N.Y.K. liner Haruna Maru yesterday alternoon. He will assume duties hitherto performed In an honorary capacity by Mr. Theodore Hubback. Capt. Ritchie has
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    TONIGHTS BROADCAST.
    62 13 Station Z.H.J., Penang, will broadcast as follows txlay: 7 p m. Time signal and announcement* or the *«ek 7OS Well 1 nown songs and unes. 7.65 News bulletin. 8.00 Recorded logramme of music rendered by players of IM Harp, Xylophone, zithers, mandolines nd a carpenter's saw. 8.30 What's
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    24 13 It is announced that the municipal- .■y of Johannesburg wtU gpend £20 000 on Illuminations and decorations alone for the Coronation on May 12.
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    NEW DRILL BOOK IN MALAY.
    117 13 G.O.C.'s TRIBUTE TO VOLUNTEERS. THE new edition of the War Office manual Section Leading has been translated into Malay by four members of the 4th Battalion. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force. I and printed by the Government Printing Office. The translators were Capt. P W. Watson-Hvatt.
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    WHAT JAPAN READS.
    162 13 Psychological Novels Most Popular. Mr. H. Shimazaki, one ot Japan's foremosc. novelists and president ol the Japanese Ptn Club arrived In Singapore yesterday en the Haruna Maru returning irom Fuiope after attending an international ccnierence of Pen Clubs at Eue.ios Aires, Argentina at which 40 countries were
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    21 13 Samoa has put all vessels coming from New Zealand into quarantine owing to an outbreak of infantile paralysis in New Zealand.
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    NEW INDIAN COUNCILLOR?
    203 13 NEW INDIAN COUNCILLOR? Dr. Krishnan May Be Appointed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sorcmban, Jan. 10 r\R. S. R. KRISHNAN, of Seremuan. is bcins spoken of as the n?xt [ndian Member of the Federal Council and The Indian, a weekly journal published in Kuala Lumpur, suggests that he will succeed the
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    MALACCA BOARD OF VISITING JUSTICES.
    155 13 The Colonial Secretary has appointed the fallowing Justices of th 3 Peace to be members of the Board of V ing Justices for the Ecttlement of Malacca '*v 1937: Mr. A. H. C. Alien, Tuan HaJI Abdul G'lani bin Haji Abdul M man, Tuan Hail
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    HOSPITALS BOARD, 1937.
    108 13 The foliowlna arc- the memoirs of the Hospitals Eoard in the Straits Settlements for the year 1937:— The Hen the Director of Medical Services. S.S. (Chairman): The H: n the Resident Councilor Penar.s: Tho Hon. the Resident Councillor. Malacca: The Deputy Treasurer. Strails Settlements; The Chief Medical
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    ARMY XV PLAY BRILLIANT RUGGER AGAINST SINGAPORE.
    681 14 FOUR TRIES SCORED AND OWN LINE UNCROSSED. GOOD PERFORMANCES BY SUBSTITUTE WINGERS. By "Stand-Off." DV 16 points (two goals, two tries) to nil, the Army beat w Singapore in a {*?.me which produced fast, open rugger under adverse conditions on the padang on
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    36 14 The finalists in the men's doubles in the S.C.R.C. open tournament, uett to right: Tan Huck Toh. Woon Chow Tat, John Lim and Chua Choon Leong. Lim and Huck Toh were the winners. Straits Times Photograph.
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    PERRY AGAIN BEATS VINES IN "TERRIFIC BATTLE."
    251 14 PILLOWING his brilliant victory by three sets to one over Vines, in his first match as a professional, in New York, Fred Perry won again when they met a second time at Cleveland (Ohio) on Friday. The match, says Reuter, was the best
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    14 14 Evaai, the Army full-back in Saturday's rugger match, fielding the ball. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    RED ROSE VICTORY.
    121 14 Rugby Football. Yorkshire Beaten By Eight Points To Three. In inter-county Rugby Union gamts, on Saturday, cables Rcuter, Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 8 points to 3. anJ Warwickshire beat the North Midlands by 3 points to nil. Results of club games were: Blackheath 6, Bristol 15, Devonport
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    ENGLAND'S XV TO MEET WALES.
    64 14 The English rugger team to meet Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, cables Reuter as follows: Owen Smith (St. Mary's Hospital), captain; Butler (Harlequins), Candler (St. Bart's Hospital), Cranmer (Richmond), Sever (Sale); Kemp (Cambridge University), Giles (Coventry); H. F. Wheatley (Coventry) Toft (Waterloo), Longland (Northampton), Hushisson
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    DOUBLES FINAL AT S.C.R.C.
    170 14 DOUBLES FINAL AT S. C. R. C. Lawn Tennis The Straits Chinese Recreation Club's cpen tennis tournament came to a successful conclusion on Saturday —in spite of drizzle which prevented the tea party from taking place out cf doors— with the playing of the men's doubles final. This was won
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    20 14 Mrenuous play during me rugger ma ten bet wen the Army and StagapT'on the padang on Saturday. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    Selangor Team For Cup Final.
    85 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. JO. At a meeting at the Selangor Club last night the following were chosen to represent Selangor in the Malaya Cup rugby final against the Army at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: D. R. Harper (capt.); J. L. Meikle,
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    MORRIS'S SPECTACULAR TRY BEATS SOUTH JOHORE.
    437 14 Anti- Aircraft Men Win Against A Better Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Rahru, Jan. 9. COUTH Johore were rather unlucky lo lose their match against the Third A.A. Brigade here today by the only try, scored five minutes from the start by Morris,
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    M.C.C. BATSMEN IN MERRY MOOD AT LAUNCESTON.
    384 15 M. C. C. BA TSMEN IN MERRY MOOD AT LAUNCESTON. Ames Hits A Six And Ten Boundaries. A I TER the tension and arduous strife of the Test, the M.C.C. team are indulfina in country house cricket in Tasmania. The match at I aunceston, which began on Saturday and will
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    LARWOOD "FED UP."
    150 15 Complains Of Treatment In India. "Fed-up" with the treatment ha has received in India. Harold Larwood, the Notts fast bowler, has broken his coaching contract with the Indian control board and is returning Home. He expected to sail on th» liner Strathaird on Boxing Day Larwood complains
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    PROMISING PLAYERS AT HOME.
    304 15 I Rugby Football. Lots Of Talent For Internationals. This is a domestic season in Rugby football There Is *s;.ys the Morning Post) no team from the Dominions with us to play the part oi dogfish in a tanK of living cod from Grimsby, which adds a
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    SPORTS CLUB FOR NURSES.
    263 15 SPORTS CLUB FOR NURSES. St, Andrew's Hospital Organisation. The formation of the St. Andrew's Hospital Sports Club Is mainly due j to the initiative of Dr. (Miss) Elliott, ol the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Dr. Elliott felt the need of a sports club to cement the exlstinir friendship I between
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    79 15 TODAY. Hockev: 8.C.C. vs. R.A.O.C., padang; S.R.C "A" vs. Veterans, padang: C.S.C. vs. S.C.R.C., C.8.C. ground: Y.M.C.A. vs. R.A. (B Ml. AnTC Road: A.P.C. vs. Mldds. 2nd. A.P.C. ground: Combined Schools triil match. Lawn Tennis: Entries close for hard courts tournament. Ferrer Park. TOMORROW. Soe<"": 8. A.
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    18 15 Woon Chow Tat in action in the dou bles final at the S.C.R.C. on Saturday. Straits Times Photograph
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    American Anti-Nazis Mean To Prevent Schmeling From Fighting Braddock.
    130 15 American Anti-Nazis Mean To Prevent Schmeling From Fighting Brad dock. New York, Jan. 9. A POWERFUL organisation, the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, announce that they Intend to boycott the BraddockSchmeling fight on June 3. The president said: "The League Is opposed to German commodities and j Schmeling is one. We are
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    KID AHMAT LUCKY AT PENANG.
    131 15 Gets Verdict Over Hemchit. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Jan. 11. What many considered a very bad decision was given last night at Wembley Park when Kid Ahmat, the Malay welterweight, was awarded a points verdict over Neil Hemchit after twelve rounds of weary slogging.
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    ENGINEERS BEAT GUNNERS AT CHANGI
    228 15 Hockey. In a fce«ii t,aine piayed at a fast pace the R.E. beat the R A. 2-1 at Chang; yesterday The opening stages saw the Sappers attacking and after five minutes' play Deckett centred frorr the right and Hawkins taking i he ball first time
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    KEPPEL MEDAL.
    73 15 Golf. Thirty-eight cards were taken out for the Keppel Golf Club's January medal competition which resulted In a win for A. Wolfe with a score of 3 uq. Ball sweeps: Saturday— 1st nine. A Wolfe. 2 up: 2nd nine, divided between A. Wolfe. B. la Cloche. O. V.
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    4-BALL TOURNAMENT.
    63 15 Billiards. Saturday's ties in the SB. A. 's fourball tournament resultec" as follows: James Lee, Aston A.C beat Yan Hock Jin, U.C.S.A., 300-155; Paul Domingo, C.U., beat Victor Woodford. Fathul Karib, 300-295. Todav's ties are: 6pm: Koh Cheng Moh, Amicable A. A. vs. O. Jermlah, Pest Office Club.
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    J.C.S.A. FINALS.
    56 15 Lawn Tennis The following are the results of the final ties in the Junior Civil Service Association tournament, played on Saturday: Doubles: Choo Keng Kiat and Wee Thiam Slew (—l2 beat N. E. Slngham and Slh Kirn Soon. (—9), 6—4,6 4, 6—l. Singles: Tan Beng Hian (—9) beat
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    IiLA. DEFEAT "SKINS."
    30 15 IiLA. DEFEAT SKINS." Hockey, The second team of the Indian Association beat the IntlskiUlngs by three goals to nil at Tangllr. on Saturday. The scorers were Dhoss (2) and Gupta.
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    SAMUEL IN SELANGOR SEMI-FINALS.
    213 15 Badminton. Plays Superbly To Beat Lim Yew Seng. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Jan. 9. A. S. Samuel, for several years Selangor badminton champion and last year's runner-up, reached the semi-final of the Selangor men's open singles championship played at th? Victoria Institute Hall today
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    FINDINGS IN INDIAN CRICKET INQUIRY.
    293 15 Captaincy Faulty: No Support From Vice-Captain. New Delhi, Jan. 10. A FULL meeting of the Board of Control of Cricket in India discussed the report of the Beaumont Committee, and reached the follow it. <r findings (1) That the vice-captain, Naidu, did not support the
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    DR. ALEKHINE WINS CHESS TOURNAMENT.
    41 15 L muuii, Jan. 7. Dr. Alekhine won the international chess tournament at Hastings with a score of eight out of a possible nine points. Reuhenfin;.'. America was second with seven and a Half points. Reuter Wireless.
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    ARSENAL SNATCH A POINT AT SUNDERLAND.
    1064 16 DESULTS of matches in the Home soccer leagues on Saturday, as cabled by Reuter, with the tables up to date City Win Local Derby At Manchester. Char!to:i A. 1 Leeds U 0 Chelsea 1 Middlcsbro' 0 Derby Co 3 Sheffield Wed. 2 Everton 3
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    WEEK-END MATCHES IN THE S.C.F.A. LEAGUE
    217 16 The following are the results of tho week-end matches In the S.C.F.A. League: Saturday: Amicable A A. 3, August B P. 1. Sunday: Social A. P. 3. Bendemeer AC. 0. All the goals In yesterday's game were scored in the first ten minute*. Keng
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    16 16 Mr. V. Tonniah. the former Selangor football player, has left for Ceylon on a short holiday.
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    SOUTH AFRICANS FOR ENGLAND.
    189 16 Golf. Locke, Olandcr, Hayes And Agg. A. D. "Bobby" Locke, C. E. Olander, Otway Hayes and F. O. L. Agg are the four South African amateur golfers to make a tour of Great Britain this year as guests of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. They
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    427 16 Portsmouth Rampant In Last Few Minutes, (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 10. CUNDERLAND and Arsenal were both over-anxious and lost scoring opportunities. This match attracted a capacity crowd and Sunderland dropped their first home point this season. Duns scored for Sunderland and Milne for Arsenal,
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    BRADDOCK PLACED THIRD.
    410 16 "Rings" Ranking Of Boxers. The American boxing journal, the Ring, in its recently issued annual ranking list, places Max Schmeling at the head of the heavyweights, with Joe Louis, whom he beat decisively several months ago, second, and Jim Braddock, official world champion, only third. Braddock, it
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    FINES AND SUSPENSION
    68 16 Association Football. Iti connection with incidents at the Norwich City vs. Bradford City match on Dec. 12. P. Burke (Norwich City) and H. Travis (Bradford City) have each been fined £5 by the Football Association. T. Tait, the Readlni centre forward, was suspended for seven days and
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    KEPPEL SPOON.
    55 16 Golf. Sixteen cards were taken out for the January spoon competition at the Keppel Golf Club and the following cards were returned: Mrs. C. Q. Starkey 50—18=32 Mrs. W. P. Douglas 42— 8=34 Mrs. O. E. Kerr 46—12=34 Miss M. M. Hadley 45— 9=36 Mlas M. Evans 47—11=36
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    448 16 Celtic Held To A Draw At Kilmarnock. Aberdeen 4 Patrick Th. 2 Albion R 1 Dundee 1 Clyde 1 St. Mirren 1 Hamilton A. 4 Hibernian 1 Hearts 5 Third Lanark 2 Kilmarnock 3 Celtic 3 Q of South 0 Motherwell 2 Queens Park 3 Falkirk d Rangers
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    SMALL MONTANA AND LYNCH.
    430 16 Boxing. Title Fight This Month At Wembley, "Small" Montana, Pve feet lour Inches of brown-skinned urbanity and cheerfulness, arrived at -Southampton In the Aqultanla on Pec 30 from America. He has oeen booked by Promoter Arthur Elvin to meet Benny Lynch, of Scotland Cor the fly
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    Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against 'Rubbishing Imitations'
    237 17 Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against 'Rubbishing Imitations' The really marvellous effects of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder In all catts of stomach trouble have led to the introduction of cheap substitutes. Many sufferers who have been cured feel it their duty to warn other sufferers to guard against accepting anything but
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    DISCHARGE FOR A DYING MAN.
    185 17 The Official Assignee's Generous Gesture. It is not often that sentiment displaces severity in a Bankruptcy Court, where tales of broken lives or reckless extravagance are unfolded. In Singapore on Friday, however, a man, married and with children, lying critically ill In the General Hospital,
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    PRISON NEXT TIME.
    298 17 BANKRUTCY COURT WARNING. "I think the Official Assignee is being extremely lenient with you, but, if there is any more trouble you will have to go to gaol," sternly commented the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine, to a Chinese, R. J TJon, against whom the Bankruptcy Department
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    WORLD'S MOST-READ JOURNALIST.
    220 17 Death Of Man Who Earned £75,000 A Year. New York. The world's most-read and highestpaid Journalist, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, "home-spun" philosopher to thirty million American readers, died on Christmas morning. He passed away In his sleep, less than two weeks after celebrating his seventy-second birthday. His dally
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    OLD CUSTOM REVIVED AT SANDRINGHAM.
    113 17 King's Distribution Of Gifts To Tenants. An eagerly- awaited ceremony at Sandrigham House was the distribution by the King Just before Christmas of three tons of geese to estate officials, tenants and workers. The geese were laid out on tables In the coach-hpuse, and nearly
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    Taiping Woman On Liquor Charge.
    91 17 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Jan. 6. As the result of a raid conducted last night by Custom's officers on a house in Asam Kumbang. a pretty Straits-born Chinese woman. Law See, appeared in the Taiping Magistrate's Court today charged with the possession of
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    14 17 A scene at a toy stall during the Christinas rush at Caledonian Market, London.
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    MANSION AND ITS OWNER VANISH.
    314 17 Even Garden Soil Has Gone. A mansion and its owner have disappeared! Sixteen yean ago Miss Florence Appleyard, eccentric, wealthy, veiled, walked out of the mansion. The Firs, Western, near Bath, and has never been seen again. Depredations on the house soon began. The local
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    LAND FOR RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
    202 17 Transfer Of 12,000,000 Acres. The transfer of an additional 1,500,000 acres of ftate land to farms operated collectively by the peasantry has Just been announced in Moscow. This is the thiid of such grants made within the past five months, involving more than twelve million acres.
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    KINTA LANTFRN PROCESSION.
    355 17 CHINESE PLANS FOR CORONATION. Representatives of various Chinos? guilds, associations and schools in Kinta assembled at the Pcrak Chinese Chamber of Commerce to discuss preliminary arrangements in connection with the comin r celebrations in honour of ths coronation of His MnJ.'sty King George VI, on Hay 12.
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    56 17 Gold and silver coins and a quantity of old Jewellery, believed to belong to the 17th century, w?re unearthed by workmen during building excavations in Schehen. Bavaria Che' Lamin bin Kasslm. Assistant Commissioner of Police of the CPO.'s Office, Sclangor and president of the Selangor Malay Football Association, left R?mbau
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    HERO-WORSHIP BY SOVIET WOMEN.
    527 18 EXTREME ADULATION OF STALIN. "GENIUS-ORGANISER NEVER EQUALLED." Moscow. Stalin attended the opening meeting In the Kremlin throne-room of 1.500 nghting friends of the Red Army. Tht- congress represents the entire corps of officers' wives from Vladivostok to the Polish frontier. H> was presented with an address
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    Where It Pays To Be A Beggar.
    239 18 Mendicant Pupils Who Live In Hovels. Mysore. lUIYSORE Is the ideal refuge o' the professional beggar, for no other city offers such spacious verandahs for their night's shelter, or so many lawns and parks in which they can move about. Following a census
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    51 18 The Girl Guides' Association held a very successful Jumble sale in the Mariners' Club, Port Swettenham. The takings amounted to over $70 and the sale was run by the District Commissioner (Mrs. Bucknell), with the help of the Guide Captain, Mrs. Louis. Mrs. Youtman. Mrs. Price and the Girl Guides
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    RAREST BEAST IN THE WORLD.
    934 18 GIANT PANDA FROM TIBET. Baby Specimen Taken Alive By Woman. The capture of a Giant Panda (reported in The Times of Nov. 28) brings with it an accumulation of records. It Is one of the rarest animals in the world; it has never been seen
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    17 18 A roped party of monnUiners making: the long ascent of a snowcovered glacier near St] MoriU, Switzerland.
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    HELIGOLANDERS' ANXIETIES.
    143 18 CROWDED OUT BY FORTIFICATIONS. Hamburg Increasing anxiety Is felt by the 2,500 inhabitants of the Island of Heligoland, lest the refortification of the naval base may compel them to migrate to the mainland of Germany. The construction of coast batteries and other military works has considerably reduced the
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    MORE EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.
    262 18 New High Record At Mid-December. The Ministry of Labour returns for f Dec. 14, show that 12.000 more Insured f workers were then In employment than f on Nov. 23. and 503,000 more than 12 months ago. This Is a fresh high record In the number
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    BERKELEY SQUARE INVASION.
    440 18 SHOPS AND OFFICES TO BE BUILT. HISTORIC HOUSES TO BE REMOVED. A 100 feet high building, comprising shops and o"fnces, surmounted by a tall central tower, Is to be erected on the two-acre site in Berkeley Square. W., which was bought by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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    DUTCH ROYAL WEDDING CELEBRATIONS CONCLUDE.
    78 20 DUTCH ROYAL WEDDING CELEBRATIONS CONCLUDE. The Singapore celebrations in honour of the wedding of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-BiesterfeW were brought to a close on Saturday night by a function at the Dutch Club. This function was the largest that has ever been held at the Club. The
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