The Straits Times, 24 January 1937

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    40 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 266 Sunday, January 24, 1937 Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES k THe Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 266 Sun ay, January 24, 1937 Price 10 cents.
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    VOLUNTEERS CORONATION CHOSEN
    462 1 F9R European, Chinese, Eurasian and Malay EACH SETTLEMENT REPRESENTED Major A. P. Goldman; R. S. M. Cheng Kang Nghee; Lieut. S. Tools cram; Capt. Mohd. Ali b. Maidin THE names of the foui officers and non-commissioned officers selected to represent the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force at the
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    "Busman's Holiday" For M. C. S.
    159 1 "Busman's Holiday" For M. C. S. MALAYAN Government officers whose next leave enables them to be in England during July are afforded the chance of spending a "busman's hoMday." They are Invited to apply for admission to the Oxford University Summer School on Colonial Administration which will be held from
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    AMAZING ALLEGATIONS IN SOVIET TRIAL
    218 1 "Plot To Help Japanese Conquest Of China" Moscow, Saturday. CTARTLING new allegations of a vast plot to destroy the Soviet regime and help Germ .ny and Japan were contained in the indictment at the opening of the mats trial of former high officials. All seventeen
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    WORLD USING MORE TIN
    122 1 Bluest Increase By Russia (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. WORLD consumption of tin for the year ended Not. 30, 1936, was 153,210 tons compared with 140.459 tons in the previous twelve months. It is noteworthy that although the United States. French and Russian absorptions increased
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    NEW SHIPPING BILL
    70 1 London, Saturday. The text is published of the new Government Merchant Shipping BUI. whose penalty is not exceeding two years' imprisonment on conviction on indictment upon the captain, owner or other persons responsible for sending a ship to tea with the loadllne submerged in contravention of the
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    THE POPE
    35 1 It Is stated from Vatican City, that the Pope had some sleep last night and his condition is unchanged. His doctor visited him early In the mornIng and stayed some hours, says Reuter.
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    WAR TRAINING FOR GERMAN DOCTORS
    46 1 WAR TRAINING FOR GERMAN DOCTORS Berlin. ALL German physicians will henceforth be compelled to undergo special war training at military medical schools to be created in all important centre* of the Reich, to enable them to man military ambulance and hospital services in cote of war.
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    TO BROADCAST NORTH-SOUTH RUGBY GAME
    52 1 |^IR. G. E. M. Jones, one of Singapore's best Rugby forwards, is to broadcast a running commentary through the Singapore station on the North versus South Rugby game at Anson Road Stadium on Jan. 30. Mr. Jones played for the South himself in 1934, 1935
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    190,000 HOMELESS Floods In U. S. Get Worse
    104 1 190,000 HOMELESS Floods In U. S. Get Worse jffttvt York, Saturday. AEROPLANES, trains, boats and lorries are rushing to the rescue with equipment, food and clothing for the flood-stricken areas bordering the Ohio and Mississippi rivejs. Snow, sleet and bitter cold are adding to the general distress. The Ohio river
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    SEVENTEEN-HOUR SEARCH ENDS Aeroplane Wrecked: Fliers Dead
    144 1 SEVENTEEN-HOUR SEARCH ENDS Aeroplane Wrecked: Fliers Dead CEVENTEEN hours after the crash 1 the bodies of the pilot and wireless operator and the wrecked missing Airspeed Envoy aeroplane in the service of Air Dispatch Ltd.. were found late last night near Oxtend, Surrey, within a few minutes' flight of Croydon,
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    £2,000,000 CRUISER
    46 1 London, Saturday. A cruiser of the new Dido class of 5,000 ton* is to be constructed shortly at Chatham dockyard. The cruiser, which will cost nearly £1.000.000, will be the first vessel of iU class to be built at Chatham since 1935— Bntuh Wirelesa.
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    DORET NEARS SHANGHAI
    37 1 M. Doret, who Is flying from Paris to Japan, passed over Rangoon yesterday morning, Hanoi In the afternoon and Hong Kong in the evening. He expects to reach Shanghai early this morning, says Reuter.
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    Singapore Man Killed When Lightning Strikes Trolley Bus
    357 1 Singapore Man Killed When Lightning Strikes Trolley Bus JU7HEN lightning struck the fuse box of a trolley bus in Singapore yesterday making the driver lose control and the vehicle to I swing across the road and crash into a steel post, a Chinese passenger was so badly injured that he
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    Harbour Board Strikers Still Refuse Work
    108 1 A MEETING of Singapore Harbour Board dockyard artisans, who have been on strike since Dec. 14, was held at the Chinese Protectorate yesterday afternoon when Mr. A. B. Jordan, Protector of Chinese, addressed the men and explained the Beard's position. It is understood that
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    BEWARE!
    139 1 BEWARE Bicycle Snatch Thieves 4 Are Now Active BICYCLE "snaUh" UtievfS arc L B becoming prevalent in Singapore and women are warned to grasp" their handbags tightly when out walking along roads iv the vicinity of River Valley Road anfl Orchard Road or even when in rickshas with the hood
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      11 1 THE CHARGE of the UGHTBRIGADE A Warner Bros., Road-Show COMING SOON!
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    COLONY CAVALCADE
    1245 2 With Malaya's Model Army "Ahmat Atkins" Goes Under Canvas Tents Amid Trees A visit to the Malay Regiment's camp at Selerang this week made it still clearer to me why the British officers attached to the Regiment are so jealously proud of Malanew model army.' The phrase is
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    Tragic Problem Of The Assyrian Race BRITAIN OWES OBLIGATION
    495 2 Tragic Problem Of The Assyrian Race BRITAIN OWES OBLIGATION THE tragic problem of the Assyrian people awaiting settlement by the League of Nations was the subject of a lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, recently by Brigadier-General J. G. Browne. Sir Ronald Storrs, who presided, said the lecturer
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    Scientists Investigate The Durian
    404 3 What The Malays Have Always Known Is Now Confirmed "POR years the Malays have had a pointed saying about the durian, and science has begun to realise there is a scientific basis for the kampong faith in the properties of this fruit. li. Johore today are
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    Old Boy Sued For His Subscription CLUB AWARDED A GUINEA
    141 3 Old Boy Sued For His Subscription CLUB AWARDED A GUINEA THE right of a school Old Boys' Association to sue for members' unpaid subscriptions was questioned at < lerk.nwell County Court. The Old Aloysia Association through Its secretary, Mr. J. W. Arthur, the School House, Hornsey Lane, Highgate, sued Valentine
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    MALACCA WEDDING
    68 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. The wedding has taken place here of Mr. O. Don Hendrick, of the Cafe Royale and third son of a well-known family from Ceylon, and Miss Ivy Phillips, of Tranquerah. The bride wore a frock of white lame, with white hat and shoes
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    188 3 Today Australia. New Zealand. Java ana Timer Dilly by air fQantas) 7 p.m. Monday. Medan (Ophir) 9 a.m. i i us iAik S.-iom Sam Indo-China (O. O. Pasquier) 11 a.m. •'ava ana Southern bumnua tv ait <N"hrr^T**' Dm. Tuesday. Western Canada and Western States' of U.S.A. (Katorl
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    49 3 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 6 p.m. General delivery of letters on Monday at 8.25 a.m. Mails from China and Japan on Monday by Mantal Maru. Malls from China and Japan on Tuesday by Montevideo Maru.
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    109 3 Saturday, January 23. Ships alongside the Whar»es or expected to arrive Entrance Godowa GaU East Wharf Rohna 22 1 Kola 21 1 Main Wharf Oewang 16 3 Talma IS 3 Benmohr 11 3 Steel Traveller 6 3 Empire Dock 8Uverguava 30 3 Sulsang 46 4 West
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    THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
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    KING'S DECISION ON NEW BIBLES NOT TO INCLUDE THE ROYAL PORTRAITS
    181 3 KING'S DECISION ON NEW BIBLES NOT TO INCLUDE THE ROYAL PORTRAITS pORONATION Bibles and Prayer Books will be publir*ied on April 1. It is learned that L King has decided not to grant pern, sslon for his portrait or that of the Queen to be used in the Bibles. The
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    MR. HO HONG YEOW WEDS
    88 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. At Chop Ho Thong Thye, Kuala Pilah. on Friday Mr. Ho Hong Yeow, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Koh Kee of Kuala Pilah. was married to Miss Chan Poh Chee, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Y. F. Chan,
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    45 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Mr. T. H. Gwyther, of the Seremban Chartered Bank, was entertained by the staff at a farewell tea party prior to his departure on transfer to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. A. W. Hughes has succeeded Mr. Gwyther at Seremban.
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    FRASER AND CO.'s REPORT
    118 3 IN their dally report on the share market issued at the close of business yesterday, Messrs. Fraser and Co. state that the local price of tin fell 37'/ 2 cents. Tin shares remained steady throughout the day; business, however, was on a very moderate scale p-.d
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    67 3 Saturday, Noon. No. 1 X.R.S.S. in cases Buyers Sellers (F. 0.8.) 35 5/16 35 7/16 Good F \.g. in cases (F. 0.8.) 35 3/16 3*5/16 No. 1 X.R.S.S. (Spot loose) Tone of Market: Steady bat quiet. Latest Cable per ib. London Spo< Sheet UH&. New
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    TROTSKY ARRIVES IN MEXICO FAITH IN NEW WORLD
    165 3 TROTSKY ARRIVES IN MEXICO FAITH IN NEW WORLD Tampico (Mexico). £^EON TROTSKY, Soviet exile recently expelled from Norway, has arrived at Tampico on board the Norwegian steamer Ruth. Permission has been granted him to live in Mexico, provided he refrains from Communist activity. "Norway treated me badly," he said on
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      285 3 Xu^^\ AIR TRAVEL SAVES TIME x^^ TROUBLE Bangkok to England and Australia twice weekly by luxurious air liners. The fare inclcdes everything— meals-hotels— even tips. Modern travel at its carefree best. Departures for London every Wednesday and Sunday Brisbane on Mondays and Fridays AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Booking* and information from
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      158 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMAS. ALUAMBRA: The Plytai Hostess with William Gaigan and Judl.h Barrett. 3. IS. 6.15. 9.15. CAPITOL: Ever) thing Is Rhythm with Princess Pearl and Harry Roy. 3.15 6.15- 9.15. GABHICK— GEYLANG: Illusion HindiUrdu Talkie. 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD: Every Night At Eight. MARLBOROl'GII: Nalayani. 3 lj
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      170 3 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today. H.W. 7.55 a.m 8.7 ft. 10.17 D.m. 8.2 ft. I W. 2.32 a.m. II 1.; 3.25 p.m. 1.4 ft. Monday. H.W. 9.05 a.m. 9.2 ft.: 11. OS p.m. 8.7 ft. L.W. 3 39 a r.. 5 5 rt.: 4.20 o.m. 0.8 ft. Tuesday. H. W. 10
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    JAPAN COULD CONQUE R NETHERLANDS INDIA
    406 4 "But England Would Not Allow It" EX-GOVERNOR GENERAL'S OPINION Defences Greatly Improved (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Saturday. IF Japan went to the Netherlands Indies with a big force the Dutch colonies would have to capitulate, said Jonkheer de Jonge, former Governor-General, in an
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    WHEN IN ROME—DON'T DO THIS! SHAKING HANDS CONSIDERED ANTI-FASCIST
    140 4 WHEN IN ROME— DON'T DO THIS! SHAKING HANDS CONSIDERED ANTI-FASCIST Rome. A STERN warning has been issued r* to all Fascists by the party secretary against shaking hands. This civilised custom is considered in Italy to reveal anti-Fascist leanings. One would have thought, after 15 years, that susceptibilities of this
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    PROMOTIONS APPROVED
    60 4 The following promotions has been approved by the Secretary of State lor the Colonies: Mr. K. MacLennan, Superintendent, Posts and Telegraphs Department. S.S. and F M.S., to be a Controller. Posts and Telegrap.is. S.S. and P.M S. Mr. E. de La M. Stowell, European Master, Malayan Educational Service,
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    PENSIONS FOR 16,000
    333 4 Biggest Scheme Of Its Kind UNITED STEEL CO.'S DINNER Rotbciham. THE signing of the policies for the recently instituted group life and pensions scheme for works employees of the United Steel Companies Ltd. was marked by a dinner here, given by the Le»al and General Assurance Society.
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    SINGAPORE DOG SHOW TODAY
    95 4 PIGHTY dogs have been entered for exhibition at the Malayan Kennel Association's dog show to be held at the Racecourse. Singapore, today. The dogs Include fox terriers, Alsatians, cocker spaniels Dalmatians, golden retrievers, collies salukis, great Danes, Australian cattle dogs, bull terriers and other breeds The
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    NEW TOKYO POLICE CHIEF
    30 4 Tokio. Mr. Saburo Hayakawa. Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, has been appointed Superintendent-General of the Metropolitan Police Board, to succeed Mr Kaoru Ishlda, who tendered his resignation.
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    Excused Soldiering—For Table Tennis
    120 4 Excused Soldiering For Table Tennis IIERES light relief from European war talk. A Hungarian military conscript has been excused his military service to play table tennis! Bellak, one of Hungary's ledfting players, was due to report for military service in Budapest this month. But Bellak is likely to be one
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    SIX MONTHS FOR FORGERY
    177 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. •THAT he had a half share In the property, the other half being held by his brother, and that he therefore had a right to sign his name when he borrowed money was the defence given by Yu Wui when
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    PETALING TIN'S 70 PER CENT. Profits Nearly Doubled
    172 4 PETALING TIN'S 70 PER CENT. Profits Nearly Doubled DETALING Tin Ltd. reports a substantial rise in profits for the year ended October last. After making due allowance for depreciation and property redemption this profit was $1,804,921 compared with $956,501 for the preceding year. Interim dividends declared during the year totalled
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    Commissioners Of Oaths
    110 4 Following is the list of Advocates and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements who have been appointed Commissioners for Oaths: Messrs. C. V. Miles and J. C Cobbett. of Messrs. Rodylc and Davidson, Singapore. Mr. J. C. Rash, of Messrs. Drew and Kapler. Singapore.
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    Revived After Burial Alive
    79 4 Bombay 4 SADHU (religion mendicant l) who had been buried alivd 24 hours earlier, was dug up aQ Indore in the presence of a crowdi which included high officers o? State. He was Jound si:."ng like a} statue in the same position as he) had placed
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    Declining Health Of Japanese Nation
    469 4 RAPID URBANISATION MAIN CAUSE FVISCONCERTING indications of U health deterioration in the results of the physical examinations of army conscripts have stimulated a widespread discussion of the causes and remedies of the defective health of the Japanese people. During the years between 1922 and 1926
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    26 4 MB TANG CHIN CHOY. of Kuala Lumpur, Mti .Mis* Loke San I'enang. SHangor Chinese woman champion swimmer, who were married at the Federal Capital last week.
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    SINGAPORE "HAPPY WORLD" PLANS
    421 5 Among Sights Will Be Man Shot Out Of A Cannon T>EOPLE in Singapore may soon be able to see a man shot out of a cannon. When they tire of that they will be able to go into the tint covered-in stadium in Malaya and see
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    Vicars Cook Works To Jazz
    156 5 Vicars Cook Works To Jazz Patage Swing. Sole a la Bing Crosby. Le Poulet en Saxophone. Agneau Roti Meistersinger. Peche Big Ben. Caje Hoicha-cha Petits Fours aux Fat Stock Prices. npHIS is the kind of menu you 1 might expect at the home of Canon W. H. Gay, Vicar of
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    Soviet Women Cavalry
    58 5 Moscow. A RED wow an cavalry detachment has been formed in the northern Caucasus military district where 200 women have been given Cossack uniforms and have been attached to a regular cavalry regiment. If this experiment proves successful it is intended to form further such woman detachments
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    45 5 'THE wedding took place at the 1 Penang Buddhist As -ciation last week-end of Mr. Bobl Goh, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Goh Say Khuan, and Miss Loke Yuet Kheng, youngest daughter of Mrs. Loke Chew Keet and the late Mr. Loke Chew Keet.
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    Plea For More "Low-Brow" Programmes For Kuala Lumpur Broadcast
    561 5 Plea For More "Low-Brow" Programmes For Kuala Lumpur Broadcast (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. WAYS and means of "rounding up" more members were discussed at the annual general meeting of the Malayan Amateur Radio Society (Kuala Lumpur), operators of Station ZHE, which was held in the Petaling HiU studio.
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    Women As Arbiters Of Sea Travel
    222 5 COMFORT BEFORE LUXURY DEOPLE prefer comfort to luxury when travelling. Miss Roslta Forbes, the well-* known traveller and uthor, made this suggestion to travel advertising men at a luncheon of the Globe Circle in London when she described her experiences during trips varying in
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    TABLE SALT FAMINE IN FUKIEN
    60 5 Residents of Chuancnow and Yungchun in Fuklen are now in the grip of a table-salt famine, following the discovery of poison in the contents of their salt supply recently The sale of table-salt was banned In the two cities beginning from December 30. An Investigation
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    SULTAN HONOURS MALAYS AND EUROPEANS
    441 6 Titles Received, Krisses And Spears Presented COLOURFUL SCENE IN THRONE ROOM (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. HTHi: Throne Room of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor in the Asiana Mahkota at klang presented a colourful spectacle at an installation ceremony this morning at
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    Palace Clean-up Of Society
    140 6 T7/£ e'ean-up of London Society has begun. Hostesses of the type which the Archbishop of Canterbury criticised in hisbroadcast after the abdication of King Edva'd will be omitted from the list of quests to Palace functions this yezr. Officials at the Pa.ace are going carefully through
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    MOTHER CHARGES DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED
    108 6 MOTHER CHARGES DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. An unusually Interesting police court easo here concerns the alleged kidnapping of a nine-year-old girl named Wong Ngun Yu and trafficking in children. The complainant is Lee Loy, mother of the child. A Chinese woman. Liv Siak. Is accused
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    Never Heard Of The Soviet!
    103 6 Moscow TPHE process of counting the popu- lation of Soviet Russia has revealed the amazing fact that In Siberia numerous peasant colonies have heen found whost inhabitants have never heard of the existence of the Soviet State This revelation rauseo such a profound Impression in
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    SIAM'S BUDGET
    51 6 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. The Premier, after an exhausting tour throughout Southern Siam, arrived back in the capital today. The Assembly is called to meet at the beginning of February in an extraordinary session to consider the budget estimates for the Siamese year beginning on Apr.
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    Lived 2 Weeks In A Tube Railway
    116 6 New York. CROM New York's underground railway have emerged a man and his wife. For two weeks they have lived on swaying trains and slept on hard benches In stations. Evicted from their small flat, Mr. and Mrs. John Martarella could not afford
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    PAPAL LEGATE IN SINGAPORE
    213 6 Programme of the reception Jn honour of the Papal Legate, His Eminence Cardinal Dougherty who calls at Singapore on Jan. 28 on his way to Manila to preside over the XXXm International Eucharistic Congress: 8.00 a.m.— A delegation of clergy and memlxrs of the Catholic Action
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    CHINESE WOMAN FOUND HANGING
    60 6 A European police inspector and an ambulance dresser tried for nearly half an hour last night to restore life to a middle-aged Chinese woman found hanging in a house in Jalan Besar. Artificial respiration, however, was unsuccessful. The tragedy was discovered by the Inmates who cut
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    POLICE BAND
    129 6 The Police Band will play today at Botanic Gardens at 8.30 p.m.: March, Cavalry of the Clouds (Kc:n:?'h J. Alford) Overture, Bronze Horse (D. P. E. Auber) Selection, Glbsy Love t Franz Lehar t Waltz, Beautiful Danube (Johann Strauss): Solo for cornet and euphonium. The Song that Reached
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    PLAN "SECRET" HONEYMOON
    150 6 A CHINESE couple who were mar- ried at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Singapore, yesterday, went on a secret honeymoon, for no one was told where they intended going. The bride was Miss Kathleen Lee. daughter of Madam Wee Hoe Neo. of Singapore, the groom Mr. Wee
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    Bill To Ban Mixed Marriages
    57 6 Bill To Ban Mixed Marriages Cape Town. /^■EN. J. J. Pienaar has given notice in the House of Assembly that he intends to introduce a private bill prohibiting mixed marriages between Europeans and Asiatics and Europeans and natives. There are, however, very few such marriages annually, and it is unlikely,
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    ITALIAN SAILORS WRECK PRESS
    113 6 Newspaper Articles Insulting To Rome Tanker. Dec. 26. rviSTURBANCES were cr ated in the U International Zone here today by 150 Italian bluejackets headed by an officer, who broke up the offices of the Spanish newspaper Dtmocraclas."' which printed a number of articles regarded in Italian
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    Precarious Position Of The Franc
    260 6 BRITAIN MAY BE ASKED FOR LOAN London, Saturday. ORACKS in the structure of th» French franc, which last BiffM ominously widened .is forward discounts for one month increased to one franc and three months to Fr. 2.18, somewhat narrowt J today. Bear speculators who indulged
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    YEAR'S GAOL FOR KIDNAPPING GIRL TAKEN FROM HER FATHER
    162 6 YEAR'S GAOL FOR KIDNAPPING GIRL TAKEN FROM HER FATHER (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban AN Indian Mohamedan Samsudin, with four previous convictions, and who Is still serving a sentence of Imprisonment at Muar wa:. sentenced tj 12 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr Justice J H -"ediow in the Seremban Supreme
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    NINE IN HOSPITAL AFTER COLLISION
    37 6 A lorryload of nine lnd:an coolies landed in the Tan Tnck Seng Hospital yesterday following a collls'on wttb t motor-car in Dunearn Road The injuries received L trn abourers was slight, however.
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    Policemen To Be Taught When To Be Lenient
    319 6 "Gongster" police in England are undergoing a special course of training so that they will be able to tell offending motorists "where and why they went wrong." Their tutor is the Earl of Cottenham. and it is hoped that the result of
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    STAMP PROSPECTS IN 1937
    876 7 Stamp Collecting (By Frail J. Melville) ILjESSRS. Whitfleld King and Co., the well-known importers of new stamp issues, tell me they distributed 1,386 new stamps, all of standard varieties, in 1936. This total was 123 less than the figure for 1935. As my correspondents state, it
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      212 7 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY POSTS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA Dy Captain H. R. Oldflela LL.B. A complete history of this little known grouo of stamps. Price 4 9 post free. The Philatelic Journal of Great Mate. The oldest British Philatelic magadne. now In its 46th annual volume. Monthly
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      103 7 GREAT BRITAIN. The handsome £1 black stamp of the Postal Congress Issue of 1929 In very fine used condition. Price 17/6 only. Wanted for cash or Exchange used stamps o' the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong in quantities. SEFI-PEMBEBTON A CO.. LTD., 12. Sooth Morton Street. London. W.I. ENGLAND. RARE
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      614 7 Today's Wireless Programmes SINGAPORE-ZHL. Wavelength— 22s metre*. 1553 kc (or 1.33 met). 11 30 a.m. to 12.3* p.m.: Trio Recital: Mrs. Carter (violin), Lovis Waltser (oboe) and Joaeyhe Bernard (piano) 1. March Fosse. 2. Light Cavalry overture) Suppe. 3. Travltta (opera potpurrl) Verdi. 4. Wetner Mad'ln (walU) Llehrer. 5. Prom
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      379 7 English on DJX. DJN. DJQ. aa>d In Dutch on DJA. DJB. 9.36 p.aa. flbort musical ptsoas by great masUrs. 16.38 p.aa. Polk, song singing by the Hitler Youth. 16.88 p.m. Good-night programme. 11.88 p. bb. Close down. PHOHI-HOLLAND. Watt— P. 8.1. Wavst— gtßM 19.71 16 88 m. or 81 .88
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      213 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT No "all correct" solutions wtre receded In The Sunday Times Crossword Puixle printed In cur lasue of Jan. 10 and the prtae money of $100 falls to be divided between two entrants whose solutions contained one error only. The names and addresses of the winners are: Mlas
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    $462 RADIO SET OBTAINED BY FRAUD
    523 8 $200 Fine For Man Who Made No Mention Of Ten-Year-Old Debt D. 11. C. Laverton, who was in the Bankruptcy Court on July 10 last year, pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. H. A. Forrer, Singapore District Judge, to obtaining credit from the Radio Service
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    Princess Juliana To Visit The Indies?
    69 8 ACCORDING to The Hague newspaper Vaderland Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard intend making a trip to Netherlands India this year. Prince Bernard will work in the office of the Netherlands Trading Society in Amsterdam in order to prepare himself for the journey to the
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    28-Inch Moustache!
    139 8 28-Inch Moustache POSSESSION of the world's biggest moustache is claimed by John Kontra, an 81-years-old Hungarian. At present John is in hospital at Kaposvar, owing to an accident he h£d with his moustache. When he arrived it created a sensation, and doctors measured it. From tip to tip It was
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    FOOD CARDS FOR GERMANS BUTTER & FAT RATIONS
    79 8 FOOD CARDS FOR GERMANS BUTTER FAT RATIONS Berlin. The State's New Year present to German citizens takes the form of food cards. A small green card has been issued to every householder for fat. and a larger white card for butter. From Jan. 1 fat and butter can only be
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    198 8 BOY WHO DOES THINGS BACKWARDS Doctors Puzzled A "MIRROR BOY" whose mind forces his fingers to write figures and letters backwards is puzzling physicians at Moundsville, West Virginia. The youngster is 11 -year-old Harold Elliott, who is unable to advance beyond one of the lower classes in school. The queer
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    GERMAN DOCTORS TO HAVE WAR TRAINING
    47 8 Berlin. All German ptiysicians wll> henceforth be compelled to undergo special war training at military medical schools to be created in all Important centres of the Reich, to enable them to man military ambulance and hospital services In case of war.
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    "YOUTH'S DUTY IS TO LEARN WARCRAFT"
    169 8 "YOUTH'S DUTY IS TO LEARN WARCRAFT" CIELD-Marshal Lord Milne fired the first shot on the King George VI. miniature rifle range at Hounslow which, through the generosity of Major T. H. Bisgood, has been established at the Cadet Club of the Hounslow Company of the Ist Cadet Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
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    JAPANESE GOODWILL TRIP TO LONDON.
    125 8 Toklo. pOMBINING a goodwill flight from Tokio to London on the occasion of the coronation of King George VI with an attempt to set a new east-to-west speed record, an all-Japanese two-seater low-wing monoplane will take off from the Haneda airport here in May, the
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    WHERE COURTING IS HARD WORK
    387 8 Papuan Girls Insist On Murder First TALE OF LOVER IN QUEST OF VICTIM POl RTING is a strenuous busi- ness for the men— in certain parts of Papua, in the wild hinterland of British New Guinea. No girl will look at a would-be suitor until
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    THE BELL OF HELL ERECTED ON TOP OF AN ANHWEI MOUNTAIN
    106 8 THE BELL OF HELL ERECTED ON TOP OF AN ANHWEI MOUNTAIN Shanghai. WORK has began on the moulding of a 44,000 pound bell in Kiukwashan, Anhwei province, which is expected to be the biggest in the Far East and among the biggest in the world. Hundreds of workers gathered on
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    369 8 CROWDS FILL MOSCOW'S FEW CHURCHES AGAIN Christmas Eve Of Old Faith Moscow, Jan. 7. TODAY is the Christinas of the 1 old Orthodox Russian faith. During: the services last night, Moscow's few surviving churches were more densely packed than ever before. Crowds of Christians waited for hours in the snow
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1242 9  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By "IS for week-end hiking, it is leading to slack morale. Of course, there is no harm in half -day hiking, except on Sundays."— The Rev. John Penroae, Vicar of Christ Church, Brixton. Unless his reverence had brought the matter up I woul-1 have
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      453 9 CONTRACT BRIDGE By THE FOUR ACES THE most important difference between duplicate and rubber Bridge play is the element of safety. While in rubber Bridge the aim is to play the hand at the best contract and in the safeat possible manner to ensure that contract, in duplicate one must
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    Forecasting The Future
    223 10 Laurie's Complete Fortune Teller. By Diana Hawthorne. Werner Laurie. sc. Yon and Your Star. By Cheiro. Herbert Jenkins 15«. LJERE are ideal books feu those who like to forecast the future. Miss Hawthorne approaches the subject from every angle astrology, cards, dreams, gypsy, lore, numerology, dice, palmistry
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    305 10 Books Of The Week CHEERFUL GOSSIP OF THE GREAT ONES OF THE EARTH Adventures of a Gadabout. By George W. Houghton. Selwyn and Blount. lOt. 6d. /\UITE the best part of this book is Mr. Houghton's account of .*iis adventures ten year": ago, when he
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    DR. PURCELL'S BOOK ON CHINESE EDUCATION
    420 10 DR. PURCELL'S BOOK ON CHINESE EDUCATION Problems of Chinese Education By Victor Purcell. Kegan Paul. 10s 6d [\R. Purcell set himself the difficult task of writing a complete conspectus of Chinese education, and, although he was compelled to omit a mass of statistics and ether material, his book is the
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    SCARLET PIMPERNEL AGAIN
    110 10 One Of The League Turns Traitor Sir Percy Leads the Band. By Baroness Orczy. DARONESS Orczy here gives us an--0 other typical chapter In the life of that weil-known character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story begins magnificently with the trial for his life of Louis Capet, still
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    OF GARDENS AND MARKET GARDENING
    200 10 OF GARDENS AND MARKET GARDENING You Asked Me Why. By Dorothy Easton. Selwyn and Blount. 10s. 6d. |^ISS Easton's autobiography wander- pleasantly along, dealing mostly with gardens and marketgardening, for she and her husband escaped from London, where they were both unhappy, to take up that most perilous of occupations.
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    CHARMING STORY OF FAMILY LIFE
    40 10 Wendersley. By Mary Forrester. Hutchinson. 7s. 6d. A charming readable story of family life In England, Its relation to life abroad, difficulties of adjustment and status thereby involved. A good book to read In Malaya.
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    Three New Novels
    292 10 Danger Zone. By Kathleen Lindsay. The Curand Case. By Sefton Kyle. The Infinite Road. By Roy Brooks. All from Jenkins Colonial Library. "FVVNGER Zone" is a study In generations, the late nineties, and War and post-War eras being contrasted through the media of a mother and daughter.
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      434 10 ■This is the Essence of GOOD "PAKE Brand's Essence of Chicken regularly for abundant fitness and glorious good health! A remarkable tonic to the whole system building up reserves of strength and keeping you alert and vigorous. Specially beneficial If you're feeling run down and listless or for a speedy
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      162 10 MALAYAN JINGLES 88 NOT DEAD YET Thei trade tide sweeps past poor Penang; It pines, disconsolate. Wharves half-filled and streets forlorn, Butt of proud PeraWs ineffable scorn, Crushed by the blows of Fate. Bravely it holds Us tottering head, And bravely waits on chance. The world's awry and much may
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    SINGAPORE'S NEW BANK BUILDING
    248 11 THIS BUILDING COMES DOWN $180,000 Plan For Sze Hai Tong Company SEVEN FLATS ON TOP FLOOR A $180,000 building, comprising four storeys rising 70 feet above the ground and occupying an area of approximately 5,000 square feet, is being constructed at the junction of Chulia and
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    The Way To A Boy's Heart
    112 11 The Way To A Boy's Heart CANE HIM UINT to schoolmasters, by Mi. W. H. D. Rouse, formerly headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge, addressing the Independent Schools' Association in London. "One of the surest ways to a boy's heart is to give him a good caning when he dese:ves
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    FILM MEN FIGHT DUEL
    52 11 Budapest. I^AROLY Guttmann, Hungarian re- presentative of the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Film Company, fought a sabre duel with Sanaor Lederer, a cinema manager. Guttmann was wounded in the hand. Lederer in the forehead. After the duel, said to be the sequel to a business quarrel, the msn
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    WED IN DEFIANCE OF HIS COLONEL Ex-Officer Accused Of Deserting Wife
    367 11 WED IN DEFIANCE OF HIS COLONEL Ex-Officer Accused Of Deserting Wife TWO DAYS AFTER THE MARRIAGE Stockton-On-Tees. A YOUNG ex-offlcer of the Army, n who stated that he married in defiance of his commanding officer, was accused by his wife here of having deserted her. Claude A. H. Collier, son
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    QUEEN MARY ACCEPTS JUBILEE PICTURE
    78 11 Queen Maiy has accepted an artist's proof of the coloured print of a painting by Miss Margaret Grose. The picture shows King George V. returning the City sword to the Lord Mayor. Sir Stephen Killlk, at Temple Bar at the time of the Silver Jubilee.
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    A CUSTOM OF A GYPSY WIFE'S NOSE CUT OFF AS A PUNISHMENT
    208 11 A CUSTOM OF A GYPSY WIFE'S NOSE CUT OFF AS A PUNISHMENT Bucharest. DUMANIA is probably the only country in Europe where gypsies continue to lead a free and easy nomadic life. They definitely refuse to settle down and become "professional gypsies" for the benefit of tourists in search of
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    GUN GIFT " IN MEMORY OF MY FIRST RABBIT"
    57 11 GUN GIFT IN M EMORY OF MY FIRST RABBIT" The Rev. Frederick Cowper Townsoi., of Gable End Cottage, Walton St. Mary's, Clevedon (Somerset), formerly Vicar of Chipping Sodbury, who died last September at the age of 66. left his gun in case to Edward Midd!edltch "in memory of my first
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    NEW PAY FOR EX-OFFICERS REJOINING THE R.A.F.
    217 11 MEW scales of pay for officers appointed under the R.A.F. Substitution Scheme were announced ln Air Ministry Orders recently. The main object of the scheme Is to substitute r"tired officers for serving officers, thus freeing the latter for more Important duties. Representatives of
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    MARRIED AT MACASSAR
    28 11 THE wedding took place at Macassar on Dec. 31 of Mr. J. Munie. of J. J. Gubbay ft Co.. and Miss R. Marshal, of Singapore.
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    RISING TIDE OF BOOKS
    149 11 •THE number of books published 1 in England during 1936 was 16,572, the highest annual total ever recorded. The increase over the previous year was 462 and it is remarkable that nearly the whole of this increase represented "new" books, 1.c., books published for the first
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      265 11 SANATORIUM PATIENT CHECKS LOSS OF WEIGHT. Took Flesh-forming Tablets. If you are troubled by steady loss ol weight, read this lstter Irom a man who put on flesh steadily after taking a course of tiny, tasteless, flesh-forming tablets although 12 months In a sanatorium had failed to holp him. 1
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    2102 12 Mainly About Malayans By The Onlooker ANCE upon a time the Malayan Civil Service gave its officers such a varied experience of life in the Peninsula that by the time they reached senior posts in the administration in Residencies or at the heads of departments—they had acquired much knowledge about
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    YOU CAN BE FINED $25 FOR AIDING AND ABETTING RATS TO NEST!
    593 13 Municipality's Reply To Complaints Of Householders |T 18 TOUR OWN FAULT IF YOU HAVE RATS IN YOUR HOME— AND IT IS UP TO YOU AND NOT TO THE MUNICIPALITY TO DESTROY THEM. AND IF YOU ALLOW THE RODENTS
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    Einstein Finds Out What?
    121 13 New York. CROM a mass of equations and to prove further his relativity theory, Professor Albert Einstein, exiled German scientist, has produced a new wave, the Gravitational. The Gravitational Is not much goad to any one on this earth. It abounds In the cosmos, and pulls
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    COST OF PALESTINE RIOTS £2,250,000 ADDITION TO BUDGET
    73 13 COST OF PALESTINE RIOTS £2,250,000 ADDITION TO BUDGET Jerusalem. Last summer's disturbances have cost Palestine £2.250.000 for additional public security measures, according to an estimate put forward by Sir Laurie Hammond, a member of the Poyal Commission, during the examination of a Jewish witness. Sir Laurie said a similar estimate
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    Machinery "Is Making Life Harder"
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    A Baby Weighs Mb. At Birth
    49 13 New York. ]URS KARL BRIGNMR, of Beaver, 171 Ohio, the mother of ten chUdren, has given birth to I baby boy XDho weighed 19 ll\ at birth. Mrs. Brigner had twins two years ago wdo together weighed 20 tb. when they were bom.
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    WOMAN SELLS COFFIN TO AID SOLDIERS
    120 13 Chengchow. CIRED by patriotism when news of the heroic defence of Suiyuan by government troops against the invasion of Mongol and "Manchukuo" irregulars crept to her ears, a 75-year-old woman in the village of Wulou In Suiping Hsien, Honan, sold her own coffin and
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    149 14 Totidem Verbis Andrew Caldecott J7VERYONE in Malaya quite understands the appointment of Sir Andrew Caldecott to Hong Kong, for nowhere more than in the country where he received his administrative training are his great merits realised and appreciated. And Incidentally, this is one more feather in the already well decorated
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    203 14 f HOSTS must be walking excitedly v at Fort Cornwallis. As they think of the little popguns which made the delectable isle of Penang a fortress in the days of long ago, they will try to envision the grim weapons which after so long an interval are
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    No Women!
    232 14 AND so Mere Man will still have a safe retreat in Singapore on Sunday mornings! The dwimming Club vote decisively retains him his slender privilege for a few hours in the week, and Woman has no excuse for not seeing that he has a good tiffin at the
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    Thaipusam Celebrations Begin Tomorrow
    702 14 Thaipusam Celebrations Begin Tomorrow The Origin Of One Of Hinduism 's Principal Festivals ANE of the principal Hindu festivals which takes place annually in Singapore will be celebrated tomorrow with the usual devotion and pomp by the Chettiar community of this city at their temple at Tank Road. This festival
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    313 14 pICTURE an enormous hippopotamus, normally most fearless of beasts, cowering in terror at the sight of a dentist in a white coat and slinking to the botto- 1 of seven feet of water to get out of the way. Quite a common sig. at the
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    551 14 Mr. Mrs. Luckybody Have Fun Planning Their Local Leave January "WE don't go on leave to Europe for another two and a half years, you know. Such a long, long time! However, at the end of the year Dick will take some nice, long, local leave. Don't quite know where
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    713 15 Singapore's Plans For Celebrating The Coronation VARIOUS COMMUNITIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GIGANTIC FAIR Electricity Rates To Be Reduced PREPARATIONS fcr celebrating the Coronation of King George VI have been begun in Singapore, and people of every race and colour ere preparing to demonstrate their loyalty
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    104 15 Nagoya Dolphins Lose Gold Scales Nagoya. IN one of the most sensational thefts of recent years, one of the two world-fame is do'phins decorating the ridge of the Nagoya Castle was shorn of 104 gold scales, roughly valued at V.800,000. The theft was discovered accidentally when an official appointed to
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    200 Tons of Malayan Timber For Singapore's New Supreme Court
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    2682 18 "MOT to be opened until the death of Sir Basil Zaharoff." This was the inscription on a three-year-old envelope taken from the vault of a London Bank a few hours after the death of the mystery millionaire and international financier. Inside the envelope was the story of Sir Basil
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    636 19 Max Factor's Advice BE YOURSELF, BUT BE YOUR BEST SELF IT'S an old say'ng that beauty and brains don't go together. Doubtless this old adage belongs in a category with a lot of rules and regulations which were probably set down in some place
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    117 19 •"pEDDY bears furry dogs, and other animals covered in plush or wool become soiled and shabby with use, and need "vashing or recovering. If they are still sound In limb it may be worth while to give them a new life by means of a new coat. Good
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    670 20 Pelmets Are Again Back In Fashion DELMETS are fahionable again, the reason being, perhaps, that seasonal curtain materials velours, furnishing satins and wool repps are so well suited to these shapely strips which cross the top of the windows. In any event, pelmets are cut in deep scallops, or they
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    675 20 The Robe-de-Style Dress Must Not Be Ousted From The Wardrobe CLEEK evening frocks of chiffon, and those of fancy silks, and clinging velvets must never be allowed to oust from one's wardrobe at least one dress of the robe-de-style mode. This picturesque style suits most women, and it does not
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    The Quintuplets Are Canada's Greatest Show
    678 21 Montre-U, Jan. 10. *rHT. Dlonne quintuplets, who will be three years old in May, have brought more than £250.000 into their home town, Callander Ontario in the past twelve months. This is the estimate of a leading Canadian bank which has a branch in
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    354 21  - Hunting For Handbags Delightful Designs In Cubes And Rectangles SYLVIA GREY BY jLIANDBAGS are among those important adjuncts of life which should combine usefulness with beauty in equal proportions. The newest and nicest examples show the beauty of design and careful workmanship to which we are so well accustomed but
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    841 21 How Many Girls Can Afford To Get Married In These Days? I CAN'T afford to marry. 1 No, that's not myself speaking. It's a girl who lunched with me today a girl rapidly rising to success in one of the largest stores in the Midlands. She started as a mannequin,
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    CUSTOMS SEARCH REVEALS SAMSU STILL
    323 22 Complete Plant In Empty House By Kuala Lumpur Golf Course (From Our Own Corresponent) Kuala Lumpur. LJOW Customs officers discovered a complete distilling plant following a search in a large untenanted house, close to the golf course in Circular Road, Kuala Lumpur, was described in
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    DUTCH AIR LINES IN AUSTRALIA
    76 22 PRESS ON BETRAYAL Sydney. IT is believed here that the Dutch Air Line's renewed application to extend its operations in Australia will cause much embarrassment tc the Federal Government. The "Sydney Morning Herald," in a leading article, says that it would be a betrayal of
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    23 22 •T*HE wedding took place last 1 week-end at the Chinese Town Hall, Penang, of Mr. Tan Chye Yong and Miss Chew Swee Kew.
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    130 22 TTHE Duchess of Kent has decided that her daughter, born on Christmas Day, shall not be christened until she is six weeks old. This will enable the christening to take place in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace after the King and Queen have returned
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    THE THREE KINGDOMS
    117 22 Historic Tomb Unearthed In Anhwei Wuhu. AN ancient tomb, said to be the grave of Sze-ma Chao, the second son of Sze-ma Yen, Prime Minister of Wei In the Three Kingdoms period. (214-589), has been discovered at a point near Hohslen, about 50 kilometres north of Wuhu,
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    19 22 Gronp photograph taken at the wedding of Mr. C. P. Hln and Mi»* Lye Fooar Kiow in Singapore recently
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    Big Ball For Mr. Loke's Coming Of Age
    1158 22 Big Ball For Mr. Loke's Coming Of Age (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. QNE of the social "highlights of the season "is being provided tonight by Mrs. Loke Yew, widow of Dr. Loke Yew, C.M.G., who stag ing a ball unrivalled in i. ignificence for their youngest son,
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    WHAT PRICE LENS?
    417 22 The Snapshot Guild I IKE owning a high-powered de luxe automobile there Is pleasure in owning a de luxe camera with an ultra- fast lens. Whatever one's skill as a photographer, one points with pride to the f. 2 or the f. 3.5 on the diaphragm scale
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    RAG FOUND IN R.A.F. 'PLANE'S TANK DISCOVERY AFTER CRASH
    101 22 RAG FOUND IN R.A.F. 'PLANE'S TANK DISCOVERY AFTER CRASH Folkestone. PVIDENC?: that three pieces of rag had been found in the main fuel tank of an R.A.F. 'plane which crashed at Hawklnge, Kent, Aerodrome was given at an inquest here. A verdict of accidental death was returned on Aircraftman Thomas
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    BARON MITSUI DEAD
    32 22 Tokio, Jan. 8. Baron Toshitaro Mitsui, an uncle of Baron Takaklmi Mitsui, head of the vast Mitsui Interests, died at his home here yesterday at the age of 64.
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    50,000 Miles Of Hair 125 ACRES SHAVED EVERY DAY
    266 22 50,000 Miles Of Hair 125 ACRES SHAVED EVERY DAY rvISCONCERTINa figures of the acreage of face shaved every day by safety razors were given by Mr. E. H. Cooper, chairman of the Gillette company, at the opening of their new factory at Isleworth by the Lord Mayor of London. "When
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    NUMBERS RACKET
    53 22 New York. The police, by a series of dramatic raids, have broken up one of the largest racketeering rings in the city. Seventy men and women were arrested. It is stated that the gang operated a dally lottery called "Numbers Game." the takings from which were estimated at
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    N. Johore Rugby Season
    580 23 LACK OF FIXTURES HANDICAP (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. IN spite of the fact that the North 1 Johore Rugby Club had quite a good amount of talent available, especially among the forwards, the season just ended was one of the poorest that the Club has
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    THE CLUB BEAT TOE TEACHERS AT MALACCA
    229 23 THE CLUB BEAT TOE TEACHERS AT MALACCA (Fr :n Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. The dub 2. Teachers .0. AT h .ckey on the Padang The Club me the Teachers, the former winning by two goals to nil In an interestIng grur.e. t^e pace being set by the Club inwards. Yati
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    35 23 D--.NNY Lynch, the Scot who retained his world fly-weight title against U Small Montana the Filipino, at Wemhlej on Jan. 19, did some of his train ng with his Japan se sparring partner. Katsumi Morioko.
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    EARLY START IN SFGAMAT SOCCER CHINESE GET FIVE AGAINST SCHOOL
    450 23 EARLY START IN SFGAMAT SOCCER CHINESE GET FIVE AGAINST SCHOOL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. AN early start in soccer was made last week when the Segamat Chinese Recreation Club met the Government English School on the School padang and emerged victorious by five goals to nil. After putting up
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    KIRKHEATON CLUB'S NEW PAVILION
    177 23 HERBERT HIRST AND WILFRID RHODES HONOURED t^EW villages nave given more to English cricket than Klrkheaton, near Huddersfleld. where George Herbert Hirst and Wilfrid Rhodes both laanl the game, states The Times. The Kirkheaton Cricket and Bowling Club, of which they are now president and vice-president
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    ITALIAN AMBITION ASKARI SOLDIERS FOR NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES
    166 23 ITALIAN AMBITION ASKARI SOLDIERS FOR NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES Rome. WITH an eye on the 1 40 Olympic Games in Tokio, Italian colonial officers have been entrusted with the task of selecting black Askari soldiers who might dim the light of America's Owens and Johnson, sensational Neero track runnfcrs. It Is
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    BUENOS AIRES BUILDING HUGE STADIUM
    36 23 Uuenos Aires. A hu&e concrete football stadium, capable of holding 150.000 spectators i: to be a feature of a Sports City." now being built here at a cost of U.S. $1,200,000
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    CHINESE SCHOOLS IN KEDAH HOLD FIRST "OLYMPIAD"
    1004 24 125 Entrants From 18 Schools At Sungei Patani Meeting EVENT MAY BE HELD ANNUALLY VOTI the first time in the history of Kedah, a combined athletic meeting of Chinese schools in the State was held last Sunday. The venue was the Sungei Patani
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    29 24 The fieM Ukinf the li-rst hurdle In the BerryUnd's selling hurdle race at Hurst Park. No. 1, Koto, is leadinOn extreme rlfht (N«. 5) Is Noverlon Lane, the winner.
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    MALAYA VOLLEY-BALL CUP
    54 24 The Singapore volley-ball team will meet Negri Sembilan at tht Great. World tonight at 9 30 p m. in the southern division final anc the winner will meet Penang in the final. Both teams have defeated Malacca and Johore easily In the p~.st two weeks, and a
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    SELANGOR BADMINTON SENSATION
    273 24 SELANGOR BADMINTON SENSATION Champion Beaten In Semi-Final (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE biggest sensation in the history of Selangor badminton was created today in the Victoria Institution Hal when Foo Lum Choon, Selangor champion, and one of the finest singles exponents of the game, was defeated by
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    DRAWN HOCKEY MATCH
    81 24 The V.M.C.A. and the R.AJ. drew one goal ail in a hockey match at Seletar yesterday. The V.M.C.A. scored almost immediately after the start of the game through their centre-forward, Lembruggen, who dribbled through from the half-way line and .>ut In a rising shot. The game from
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    17 24 Lee Chan Kai, formerly table tennis champion of Hong Kon?, is a finalist in the Singapore championships.
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    ALLEN BATS WELL FOR THE M.C.C. South Australia's Good Start
    318 24 ALLEN BATS WELL FOR THE M.C.C. South Australia's Good Start Adelaide, Saturday. MAINLY owing to a sound innings ot 60 by Allen this myning, the M.C.C. total in their first innings against South Aust-ilia was carried one over the 300 mark. When play closed for the day. South Australia had
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    ASTON & SIONG 800 WIN NINE GOALS IN TWO S.C.F.A. LEAGUE
    439 24 ASTON SIONG 800 WIN NINE GOALS IN TWO S.C.F.A. LEAGUE THE Aston Athletic Club, who were still favourably placed in the league table, scored an easy victory over the Chinese Companions Athletic Association in a S.C.F.A. league match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Aston A.C. scored rive goals
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    SELANGOR BEAT PENANG
    300 24 LIVELY INTER-STATE HOCKEY MATCH (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpiir, r ..ay. CELANGOR won a lively inter-State hockey match against Penan- oy the margin l». 3 o here today. The home side were much better balanced aru quicker in moving off. Koelmeyer opened the scoring with a
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    16 24 Loh Kum Soon. Singapore table tennis champion in 1934, is in the final .'cam >his year.
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    S.C.F.A. MEETING
    28 24 The annual general meeting of the Straits Chinese Football Association will be held at the Garden Club. China Building, Chulia Street, on Friday, at 5.30 pm.
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    Campbell Wins Kulim G. C. Gold Medal
    319 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. THE Gold Medal of the Kulim Golf Club for 1936 was played dur.ns the last week end. The winners of the monthly medals during 1936 were only eligible for this competition ana it must be a matter
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    GOAL FROM FIRST BULLY-OFF POLICE A BEAT ERICS
    174 24 GOAL FROM FIRST BULLY-OFF POLICE A BEAT ERICS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. THE league hockey match between the Police A and the Erics resulted in a good victory for the former by five goals to one. The Police scored their first goal Just immediately after the buliy-oit. through
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    KEEN FORWARD STRUGGLE
    345 24 South Johore Beat Middlesex GREAT PENALTY GOAL BY DUDGEON (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jahore Bahru, Saturday. A GREAT penalty goal by Dudgeon in the second half gave South Johore victory over the Middlesex Regiment at Rugby this evening by three points to nil. The ground conditions were
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    LATE GOAL GIVES CRICKET CLUB VICTORY
    502 25 R. A. F. BEATEN BY ONE POINT £MX)D rugger und>r adverse conditions was produced in the game between the Singapore Cricket Club and the Royal Air *or\e on the Singapore padang yesterday afternoon. After leading by four points (a drop-goal) against the run of
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    S.S. and F.M.S. Draw 3-3 At Rugby SELANGOR UNLUCKY NOT TO WIN
    508 25 S.S. and F.M.S. Draw 3-3 At Rugby SELANGOR UNLUCKY NOT TO WIN S.S. Police 3; F.M.S. Polite 3. MALAYAN policemen were at play yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium. It was the annual lugger encounter between the Straits Settlements Police and those of the F.M.S. A heavy shower of rain
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    S. C. R. C. HOCKEY
    117 25 Monday, vs. R.I. (R.1.): Palrkk Yee. Neo Geo Lee. Tan Huck Wan. Ong Swee Law, Teo Boon Gim, Pain Choo Beng, Scab Keng Siew. Ctiua Boon Ann, O«n Kee Tlan, ong Bwee Keng. Kam Olm Lock. Wednesday, vs. R.I. 2nd (R.1.): Lee 6v.ee. Len;. K.
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    SCHOOL TENNIS TO BE ENCOURAGED
    200 25 SCHOOL TENNIS TO BE ENCOURAGED Proposed Association To Foster The Game A CIRCULAR letter, extracts •from which are given below, has been sent to the headmasters of all the leading public schools, states the Morning Post. "It is hoped, during the next few months, to found an association to further
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    OLYMPIC DECORATIONS FOR CHINESE
    75 25 On behalf of the German Government, Dr. Oscar P. Trautmann, German Ambassador to China, presented the German Olympia Decoration First Class to Mr. Tai Chi-tao. president of the Examination Yuan In acknowledgement of the latter's merit in the 1936 Olympiad held in Berlin. A similar Decoration
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    FOOTBALL PLAYED IN THE COLD AT NANKING
    70 25 Nanking. Braving bitter weatner, the Association Football team of the University of Nanking won the Nanking Intercollegiate football championship by scoring a narrow victory over the Central Military Academy eleven. The score was one to nil. More than 1.700 spectators turned out to
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    SCOTTISH CUP
    28 25 In the Scottish Cup first round yesterday Larbert Amateurs lost to Solway Star by one goal to three. Other games are being played on Jan. 30.
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    34 25 D. S. Bocqwet, the boy* championship winner, who best H.T. Baxter, and Miss M. Bray, the rirb' champion, who beat KHm J. Nicoil in the finals of the Junior tournament at Dalwich Covered Courts.
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    HOME RUGBY
    105 25 DESULT of Rugby games played at home yesterday are, says Reuter Blackheath 8, Headingley 3. Cambridge Univ. 6, Harlequins 11. Gloucester C, Bristol 0. Guy's Hospital vs. Coventry scratched, ground unfit. Oxford Univ. 17, London Scottish 15, Richmond 11, Leicester 12. Police Unlcn 8, The Army 21. Rosslyn
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    Negri Score Five Against Malacca
    370 25 Negri Score Five Against Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent. Malacca, Saturday. IMEGRI Sembllan mot Malacca In an inter-State hockey game on the padang today and the result was a win for the visitors by five goals to three. From the beginning it was evident the visitors were out for a
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    BADMINTON
    259 25 Commercial Inter-Team And Women's Singles •yHE women's cpen singles badmin- ton tournament btfgan yesterday at the Clerical Union Hall with a match between Miss Bettj Ho, the fcOMff Selangor champibn. and Miss Tan Kirn Lul. The other tie fixed; was not played and resulted In v walk-over being awarded
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    Home Football Results
    355 25 DESULTS of football games play- 1 ed in the leagues yesterday are, says Reuter Arsenal :i Birmingham 1 Bolton 2 Brentford 3 Leeds U 2 Liverpool 3 Manchester 3 Middlesbro 1 Preston N.E. 5 Sheffield Wed 1 W. Brom. A. 2 Wolverhampton 0 Charlton A. ..2 HuddersAeld
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    ENGLAND'S 9—l WIN OVER WALES
    22 25 At Portsmouth yesterday m an amateur soccer international game England beat Wales by nine goals to one.
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    LEAGUE TABLES
    1124 25 POSITIONS in the leagues incluti-, ing yesterday's Ramos are P. W. L. D. F A Pts Arsenal 26 13 5 8 58 Charlton 26 13 5 8 34 Brentford 25 12 6 7 50 Sunderland 26 13 9 4 54 Mlddlesbro' 25 13 9 4 49 Derby Co
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    COMMERCIAL INTER-TEAM TOURNAMENT
    926 26 Proving Its Worth-Hope Of More Entries Next Time— Better Handling Of The Games Wanted— Need For Women Players BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT •T"HE Commercial inter-team badininton tournament which Is now in progress, is creating considerable Interest among the staffs employed in commercial houses, several of which have
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    50 26 The Robinson Co. baamkiUn team which was defeated by the Oversea-Chime Baok Spcrts Club badsaintt.n teaan by 4—l last week at the Clerical Union Hall, in the CotMneratel later-Wam Tonraaatent. Left to ri*ht Biui, Tan Chwee Hock. (Captain) Van Boon Mm, Ron Ah T»e, Tan Chong Lfat aa« Lye Foo
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    MERRY GANG B.P
    67 26 (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban. The following have been electee! office-bearers of the Merry Gang Badminton Party of Seremban Patron, Mr. Llm Cheng Seong president, Mr. Tan Chin Beng vice-president, Mr. Lim Eng Bee hon. secretary. Miss Patricia Ortega hon. treasurer. Mr. Khaw Eng Hoe hon. auditor
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    REX B.P.
    53 26 The following players will represent the Rex B.P. against the Merry Youngsters' B.P. today at the Rex court at 2.30 p.m.: Simon Hen, Buddy Wee. Yulln Chen. Leng Lee Choon. Douglas Neo. Dickie Wee and Miss Lily Boey. Reserves: Ong Swee Kee, Sng Bock Eng, Sim Yong Fatt
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    EVERSHYNE B.P. VISIT TO SEREMBAN
    138 26 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. The Evershyne Badminton Party of Kuala Lumpur visited Seremban and defeated the Magpie Badminton Party of Seremban by five games to two at the King George V. School courts. Three singles and four doubles matches were played The results were
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    MALAY SCHOLARS BEAT JALAN MELINTANG
    74 26 1 Our Own Correspondent Talplng. In a match played here the Malay Scholars' Badminton Party beat the Jalan Mellntang Badminton Party by three matches to nil. Results (Malay Scholars first) Ahmad Naslr and Arts beat Teoh Thiam Hock and Chong Yam Fool 21—10, 21—8 Bashurudln
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    88 26 At the annual general meeting of the Mayflower Badminton Party held last Sunday, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year President. Mr. Lav Pau Song (re-elect-ed) vice-presidents. Mr. Tan Mian? Theng and Mr. Lim hon. secretary, Mr. Lee Jouy Seah (re-elected) hon. assistant secretary. Mr. Leow
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    47 26 The APC Sports Club badminton team which defeated the Nestanglo Sports Club badminton team by s—o. last week in the Commercial inter-team to«rnament, at the Clerical Union Hall. Left to rifht lim Chin Hee, Arthur Lee. Foo Siak Cheng (Convener) A. M Chorian and hua Yoke Sit.
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    S.A.P. SOCCER
    126 26 The following will represent the Social Athletic Party In a friendly tootball match against the Municipal Services Club on Thursday, at the Fairer Park, kick-off at 5 15 p.m. Kum Chin Som Mul. Kla Sal; Ah Lye, Chin Alk. Cheng Poh; Chin Chua, Chong Blan, Swee Hock. Peng
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    DEVONSHIRE B.P.
    108 26 The Devonshire B.P. beat the Sunnydale B.P. last Sunday at the home court by four games to three. Results (Devonshire first) Tan Seng Chor lost to Koh Keng Huat 11—15. 3—15; Cyril Wee beat Tan Liang Peng 14 14 (o—3). 15—11, 15—0; Tan Seng Chla beat Paul Llm
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    CHINESE FRIENDLY ASSN.
    74 26 The Chinese Friendly Association annual billiards tournament is open to all. There are six events American gam? A. handicap, B. handicap (beginners) and cpen championship English game A. handUap, B. handicap (beginners) and open championship. Prizes will be awarded to winner and runner-up. The closing date will
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    MERRY-YOUNGSTERS B.P
    90 26 The following will b: chosen to represent the second string of the Merry- Youngsters BP. to play a friendly match of badminton against the "A" team of the Rex B.P. at th? latter's court, Kirn Yam Road, today at 2.30 p.m. consisting of five singles and two men's
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    AMATEUR A.U.
    45 26 The anniversary celebration of the Amateur Athletic Union will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31, at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, Pasir Panjang Road. The annual general meeting will be held at the bungalow on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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    STRAITS P.A.P
    37 26 Entries are now Invited for the following tournaments to be run on the League system by the Straits Physical Athletic Party Badminton, individual championship, A B divisions Table Tennis, individual championship, A.B. and novice divisions.
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    37 26 At the literary meeting of the Tamil Brotherhood Party on Friday at 3, Race Course Lane. Mr T K. Vellu will give a talk on Some Aspects of Education. Mr. A. P Plllay will preside.
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    40 26 The Slew Sin Sla Is celebrating Its tenth anniversary this week-end at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow. Pasir Panjang. The annual general meeting will be held today at 1.00 p.m. and the group photograph at 5.00 p.m.
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    443 26 27 EVENTS IN AID OF ORPHAN HOSTEL FOR the first time in the history at Perak a cycling carnival will b« held at Ipoh during the Harl Hay* Hajt holidays from Saturday. Feb. 20, to Monday, Feb. 22. It will be held under the auspices of the
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    NOW FOR THE NORTH & SOUTH GAMES
    688 27  - NOW FOR THE NORTH SOUTH GAMES "ECHO" Last Big Rugby Match Of The Season —Two Hockey Defeats For The S.R.C. —Where Turf Club Money Goes By WHERE remains little to say about the splendid Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur. By their victory over the Army, Selangor consolidated their reputation
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    653 27 Peter McNees's Departure A Loss To Football —BrUliant Soccer Record —Former Queen's Park Player Negri Football Competitions Was Hose Cup Presented In 1921 or 1922? (By Our Seremban Correspondent.) Serwabaa, Saturday. 'THE departure of Mr. Peter McNee just before the beginning of the Negri Sembilan soccer
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    NO GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF THREE IN SECOND
    178 27 NO GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF THREE IN SECOND (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. THE Warders beat Tunku Yacob's XI at hockey by three goals to nil and although there were many good movements by both sides no goals were scored In the first half. In the second half
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    21 27 The Ist MUMlcmx R^rtaneat D. < 'ooupMy football team taken just bete* tkc defMirtawe Im England of CpL Barnett and Pte. Wilson
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    TRANS-PACIFIC RACE IN 1940 GAMES
    101 27 j>oan READY TO ENTER FOUR SAILING SHIPS Tokio. A proposal to add a Trans-Pacific race by merchant training ships to the list of events scheduled for the 1940 Olympic Games will be made by the Japanese Olympic Committee soon. Prof. Narajl Ono, of the Tokio
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    205 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. pONTRARY to expectations, the i Police B put up a very creditable hockey display against the Sultan Abdul Hamld College Old Boys' Association and won by the odd goal In three. The game was played at a fast
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