The Straits Times, 14 July 1937

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    33 1 The Straits Times r ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTTjnO THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JULY 14. 1937. The Straits Times >'V(,KS SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JULY 14. 1937 PRICK 10 CENT
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      22 2 JIAMMETT —On July 1U. at n«a urisru. ..n. to DAPHNE', wife of 1!. 3. liAMMETT. Malayan Civil Service.— a mn acl.
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      513 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED experienced Arab interpreter tin legal linn. App.y Box No. 543. Straits Times KiMW-KEFIT-n :i(|uirt<!. Enpdnerr entrusting firm. State experience and salary. t3fi, Strain Times. rnniocRAPHER. for Newspaper prcs-. wctfc. All round experience and ability r-mial. firaits Times. ED Experienced Saleswoman for < vrset Department m European Store
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      474 2 SITUATIONS WANTED M WTED Billet by an expfrtencerl Estate Clerk. Quick at figures. Box No. 533. S. T. EXPERIENCED and highly recommence! bab7 amah available mid August. S3B. StiuiU Times. MINING Engineer trained Continental Mining School— Expert at lode and underground, seeks employment Apply Box No. 525, Straits Times. WANTED
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      821 2 rpR SALE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE I STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMLNT OF SINGAPORE. Originalinc Swiam No. 134 of MS. In the matter of Ihe Estates s.tllrd by UK Will and t'odirtl of TAN TECK GUAN deceased, and in the milter of The Rulrs of the Sapreme Court 1934. Order
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      775 2 TENDERS NOTICE GOVERNMENT OF KELANTAM. Tenders are mv tod for 7 Pawntrt-kics Licences in respect of the following Localities in the State or Kdantan for a term of tnrev j years commencing from January 1, 1938:— > il) Kota Bhiuru District. 1. Kota Bharu Old Town one shop i 2.
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      710 2 _PUBUC NOTICES NOTICE I fcerety rive notice that the Pew- e( listed April 12. 1933 by mo in favmil e>f Chia Ho Kona hai thh day br<>> mv< m Thr cilel Chia Ko Kan; has no* no authority te a t on my behalf or en fr?ha!l of my firiv
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      447 2 lor Milliners, drew Oovnr- A norrltle? —3 Andc-son Boa-' Tel. 4 768 I I is A Beautiful Permanent FIGARO Drf. 93. Bras Basah R4. A S.»nw-. BMal Pb*ne: 28CS. i j BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE i Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467.
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      1249 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. P. 0. BRITISH INDIA IJKM.^.ffiTal AND APCAR LINES. (Nippon tusbm kaisha> (lncorporatet! to England) (Inco.-jorated ro Japan) mml n—l^T-PB cargo GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS services FO R CUNARD WHITE STAR X^^nVa^ 1 mm S ajSs e t|| LTD. GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIt SERVICE TO LONDON OUTWARD FROM
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      943 3 BANGKOK LINE TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS Luxurious One Claw. Motorships. Most Ca- VIA HONOLULU bin.' have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. F;om Arrive FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON MKnn» KP ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND g COPENHAGEN. r^es C 6olidge July 24 *l» II Prom From From Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang **<* Ta '<
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      1069 3 -a^-^ REPRESENTING SHIPPIM. lilt BLUE FUNNEL LIN) (Ocean The Hua Khiow Sleamshlo Co (1932) LM. Steam Ship Co. LM- and China Mutual The Cunard White Stai Ltd Steam Navigation Co Ltd 1 Aberdeen Commonwealth Line Thr Straits Steamship Co Ltd. Shaw Savill Albion Co LU The China Navigation Co. Ltd.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    252 4 Singapore. July 14. H noon Bayer Seller Cambier $8.00 Hamburg Cub.- $15.00 Java Cubs $11.00 Fcppcr. White Muntok 517.00 White $l«.5O Black $9.50 Copra. Mixed $5.45 Sun Dried $5.85 Tapioca. Small F.ake $4.40 Fair Flake $3.90 Mfdium Pear! $5.15 Small Pearl $5 20 Saijo Flour. No. 1
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    DUTCH SHIPBUILDING ORDERS.
    52 4 Rotterdam, July 3. The Holland America Line has placed a contract with the Staalskibvaertved Moeller of Odense, Denmark, for the construction of two motor cargo ships of 10,000 tons each. They have also placed an order with Wilton Fyenoord, of Schiedam, for a 9.000 tens cargo and
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    CLEARANCES
    45 4 July 12: Kifuku Maru 1 Japan): Saparoea. Soekaboemi <Dut.); Meran. Silver Gull, Nallsea Lass, Flevo, Pangkor (Brit.). July 13: Rantau, Rahman, Esmeralda. Hong Lam. Hong Kwong, Hong Thong, Jerantut. Centaur. Sllvercedax, Anshun 1 Brit. >; Sumatra Maru (Japan); Batak. Siplrot (Dot); President Monroe (Am 1.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      206 4 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. Medan (Rea*n 3 pm Muntok Palembang (.van Outboorm ..3 p.m. Pcntianak (Khotn Hoe« i 3 p.m Trrngjanu aad Dungun (Parcels only darut) 3.30 p.m. Germany i Parcels only) (Mi.ii.sk Und) 4 pm. Tarempa Scott Hark?) 4 pro Kemanian and Kemasek tLarut) 4 uri Java Southern Sumatri oy
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      AIR MAILS
      237 4 INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives this evening. Wearnes: From I'enang and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives this evening-. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. OUTWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 1 30 p.m. today. Dutch: To Netherlands
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    FRASER & COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT.
    894 4 FRASER COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT. Improvement In International Situation. Messrs. Fraser and Co.. in their weekly share report, issued at the close of business yesterday write Up to a point during the week under review would sentiment seemed to show an all round improvement and '.he international situation though still delicate
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    FROM MALACCA.
    172 4 Correspondence for transmission by sir "via Netherlands most oe specially and clearly superscilbed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow Australana Jara and Ttaict kj air (Qantaa) Hi am. Friday. July 1«. Inn. •Airnterdam A- 'London by air (Netherlands) 6pm Penang (Internal Air Service) 0
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    134 4 Wednesday. Jul, Ships .->k>ng*i*r Ihe Mbaivra »i »«pr. arrive. iBkMM (.(►damn Hau Fan Wharf Rchna 33 Van Hrutaz 20 1 1 Mail. Wharf Carthage ia 2 MaU Harl 16 2 Nleuw Hollami 8 2 Empire Dork Hua Shan 30 2 Khandalla 32 Telresbu 34 2 C.
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    EASTERN PASSENGER CONFERENCE.
    64 4 Amsterdam, July S. The manager of the Nederlands Steamship Co. said, in an interview with the "Telegraaf" regarding th« Tar Eastern Passenger Conference, concluded in London on June 29, that the discussions had lasted ful.y three years. The new conference has been for an unlimited period, and
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      480 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporates vi r> M S LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOVMNfi AG»NTS PMS BLVS 4ND SIAM STATMB RAILWAYS r*i fpiionß- rrelrl" J43S— Pas«atr 4431. CANADIAN "(Ujraa nifiv fiffs mWL Ay 111 (Incorporated m England). TM "IMFRtSS- BOCTB ««cra TBANS-rACIFIC SERVICES «wi BONOULb m »nm «tPBEBS M VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by
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      320 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (IncoTDoratM us U 8 A tincortwratad m England) BOSTON NEW fORR BAIIIMOKE VIA SOEI CANAL Out 9ailr BTKEL MARINER Aug 5 Aug. •HIUMAN* UN* STEP. NAVIGATOR Aug 34 Aug 28 STEEL SEAFARER Sept. 22 Sept. 27 rOK HAVKC LONDON BOTTEKUAM HAMBUBO n.**.~
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      321 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPOBK Today H* W. 2.16 a.m. 9.1 It.; 2.59 p.m. 8.7 ft. W. 8 35 a.m. 3.5 ft.; 8.58 p.m. 3.4 ft. Thursday. July 15. H. W. 3.M a.m. 8.5 ft.; 3.35 p.m. 8.8 It. I.. W. 9.10 a.m. 3 2 ft.; 9.49 p.m. 3.5 ft. Friday, July
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      144 4 MAI.AYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* Yejterday Lam night m.oL rain- bright min temp, fall s shine temp *F -job hn. *F West CMst. Alor Star 88 Nil ft 4 77 Bayan Lepan (Penan«) 87 0.01 e.9 77 SiUawan 88 Nil 5.4 75 Bukit Jeram 87 Nil 23 73
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    Hockey. TRIAL MATCHES FOR CHINESE.
    194 5 Hockey. TRIAL MATCHES FOR CHINESE. The following have been invited td take part in the trial matches to select players to represent Singapore at hockey at the Malayan Ch Olympic meeting at the end oi ttn» i month. Low Kee Pow. Sect Kong Slew Kam Gim Lock. Lee Kit Soan,
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    Association Football. SEVEN GOALS FOR J.M.F.
    370 5 Association Football. SEVEN GOALS FOR J.M.F. From Our Own Co: respondent) Johore Bahru. July 12 The league match between the Johore Military Forces and the Medical SporU Club on the Istana pad.ir.? this evening ended in a runaway vutory for the former by 7—o.7 0. With only ten men the
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    Yachting. WEEK-END RACES.
    67 5 Yachting. WEEK-END RACES. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club will on Friday have the usual afternoon races for the 'B" and "C" classes, starting at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday, there will be no race for the international 6-metre class The "B" class will sail the final race for the Clifford Challenge
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      394 5 THE GREAT TENOR \UT^ iJk^^^^l RICHARD ~4L Jr A /m \J D d n i^QjPJ THE FILM VERSION OK LEON CAVALLO S IMMORTAL OPERA 'P A G L I A C C I' witt STEFFI DUHA DIANA NAPIER. United Artists Release Tomorrow— William POWELL -Carole LOMBARD in 'MY MAN GODFREY'
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      245 5 CAROLE LOMBARD FRED MacMURRAY Loving, Laughing. Fighting. Romancing! CHARLES BUTTERWORTH as Harry, the piano panic of Panama! and the beautiful and fascinating "Jungle Princess" DOROTHY LAMOUR ALL COMBINE THEIR TALENTS TO MARE PARAMOUNT^ BIG MUSICAL ROMANCE THE SUCCESS R V OF THE SEASON L J 1H Nr^NklL U I U
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      18 5 La Fougerale au Crepascile For the sophisticated woman. A warm alluring fragrance. MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 BLACK THIEF
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      287 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of enter I tainments, 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 to 8.30 p.m.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      455 6 TIN SHARES CONTINUE STRONG. SHARP FALL IN GOLD PRICE. From Our Financial Correspondent (Copyright) Singapore, July 14. Tin continues quite a strong market in London, rising 555. for three months Bad 78s. for spot which brings spat to a. premium of 255. at £266. New York yesterday
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      SALVAGING " LAURENTIC'S " GOLD.
      71 6 SALVAGING LAURENTIC'S GOLD. In an attempt to reco.er bar gold tc ttlfl va v- of £50.000 from the White Star liner Laurentic. the salvage steamer Attendant left Belfast last week for Lough Swi ly (Co. Donegal). The "L:;urenUc," eu -ng gold valued at £5.000 000. was sunk by a mine
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        MINING.
        605 6 Issue val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 6/7% 7/l«/4 6/7Vi 7/1% £1 Asam Kambang 37/- 38/6cd 37/6 39/-cd £1 Austral Malay 56/- 58/- 58/6 58/5/- Ayei Hitam 30/6 32/- 31/- 32/6 1 Ayei Weng 1.25 1.35n. 1.15 1.30 £1 Bangnn Tin 23,6 24/6
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        GENERAL.
        400 6 2 2 do 7>' 2 '/e Prefs. 2.30 2.U 2.30 2.40 10 iu ACttt Ice 8.00 lOOOn. 8.00 lOOOn. 1 IBM Broadcasting 0.85 0.00 0.87 0.92 10 5 B M Trustee 8 25 7.00 6.25 7.25 E100 £100 Cable Wireless Crd. Stock £83 £81 £1 £1 Con f. S
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        238 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. m 1901 red. 1940 $400,900 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103>/ 2 \\'2 r 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 i'/zC'c 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 1% 1913 red. 1963 $2 000.000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        378 6 Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated Eraser Co. Lyall Si Evat Ulenby 1.87& 1.95 1.85 Uor Uajah 130 1.40 1.30 imai Malay 2.05 2.15 190 \yer Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.40 Iyer M:>lefc 1.15 1.30 1.15 Iyer 1.70 1.80cd 1.70 Sassett 0.78 0.G3 0.77 3atu Lintang 1.35 1.45 1.30
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      EXCHANGES.
      208 6 The following are the exchange rates ihis morning according t:> the daily circular issued by the Hong Kone and Shanghai Banking CorDoratlon. SELLING. .London r.T 2/4 1/lfl London demand 2/4 1/1 C London 4 months sight 2/4 l/l Lyons demand 1482 Hamburg demand I*2 New York demand 51 Montreal
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      90 6 > Wednesday, July 14, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases 2 (F. 0.8.) July 31i/ 8 31% Good F. A. Q. in bales r (F. 0.8.) July 30 5/16 30 7/16 2 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardablc Singapore
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      405 6 London, July 13. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares it £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: YMier- Rise day or Pall i Conversion Loan b p.e. 1944-64 112 1 Funding Loan 4 o.e. 1960-90 Uo'» War Loan. 3'v p.c. IOON Ccm. Union
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      ULU KLANG TIN PAYS 15 PER CENT.
      199 6 Net Profit of $156,000. IWO final d.vidcnd Is recommended by the directors of U'.u Klans Tin Ltd. in their report issued yesterday. A third interim dividend of 5 per cent., making 15 per cent, for thj year ended March last was, howevrr, declared
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      GOLD RESERVES IN UNITED STATES.
      63 6 Almost Trebled In Six Years. London, July 13. Replying to questions in the Hous; of Commons today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the gold reserves of th? United States of America on Mar. 31 last amounted to about 120.000.000 ouncss represented about *****0
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      EXCHANGES.
      101 6 London. July 13. The ioiloiving *ere mean rates niiin? at noon wday: Paris 127 63 64 Athene M7'4 Ncr: Yorl; 4.9C 7 Durharest 070 Montreal 4.97% sea-?' Brussels 23.51 Rle 4 4 Geneva 21.67 sellers oflidal Amsterdam 9.02'» Belgrade .US Milan 94 Buenos Alr«* a Berlin 12. 35'^ Mcitvldeo
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      254 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend Books Cloet Date Payable Ex D) f Dfte > yw ny 14. rotai for flnanria) rear to iilo TIN To Uam Kumbang 5% Int. July 23 -Jyl?" do 15% Bonus •long Fatt 4% Jut-. "jLly 20 July 30 iCamra 2 V<- Final
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      ALUMINIUM PRICES.
      603 7 BIG REDUCTION IN J GERMANY. 1 1 RAPID EXTENSION OF OUTPUT. 'THAT German aluminium producers have been able to announce substantial reductions in the price of aluminium as from July 1. 1937. confirms the claim that the programme of extendng production und -r the Four Year Plan is
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      STOCK EXCHANGE AND WORLD POLITICS.
      66 7 London. July 12. On the Stock Exchange the contlj i nued political uncertainties restrained t initiative and consequently business moved slowly Foreign Issues mostly weakened but i gilt-edged hardened while heavy industries were stimulated by June production figures. Cables and Wireless stocks are quoted in
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      HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK DIVIDEND.
      34 7 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANK DIVIDEND. ■be directors of the Hongkong and .anghai Bank have declared an in..rim dividend of £2 10s. Od. p;r share payable Au?. 9. and subject to the deduction of income tax.
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      LONDON METAL MARKET.
      818 7 High Price Of Tin Stimulates Search For Substitutes. MARKETS READY TO RESPOND TO FAVOURABLE NEWS. THE search for substitutes (for tin) is on the increase, write Messrs. William Jacks and Co., London, in their Foresight Saga of June 30. They continue: The Chambers of Commerce deserve the
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      P. & 0. BANKING CORPORATION.
      562 7 P. 0. BANKING CORPORATION. A FORTUNATE YEAR. FUTURE RELIANCE ON INTERNAL TRADE. THE seventeenth ordinary meeting of shareholders of the P. and O. Banking Corporation. Ltd was held in London on July 1. Mr. Arthur d'Anyers Willis (the chairman) presided, and. in the course of his speech, said: It will
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      BIGGER TEA ABSORPTION. 91,955,000 Ib. In March.
      51 7 world absorption o. tea during March amounted to 91.955.000 1b compared with 80.180.000 tb in thi previous month and 70,115.000 lb. in March. 1936. Absorption in the twelve months to March 31 last was J00.84J.000 to against 878.030.000 Tt>. in the previous twelve
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      STRAITS PLANTATIONS' 8 PER CENT.
      207 7 Share Capital To Be Converted To Stock. (From Our Own Correspondent) London July 13 A resolution to effect the conversion oi the share capital to stock will be submitted at the annual meeting ot Straits Plantations Ltd. which is being held in London on July
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      613 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated >r 'he Coionv ot Hont Kong; The liability oi tnembeit is limited to the exU-nt and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot m 9 ol the Colony. Authorised Capita; $SO 'SSS I "S2 Lsiuea ana rtilly Pald-Up »20.000,000 Reserve Punas:-- Slwlu1(
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      516 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated :n China ov Special Cttarterj I-J. Cecil SUw Smgaporr Tatepfcaaei: Hiupri Oflie* (444 Exchange Ucpt f 44] General Office 5188-9 Cable Addrea: CHl'NGKl O 1 Fald Up Capital u H.4NJMN Krvrrvr Funds In excess Ch. S MIIWH lotal Assets approximately Cb. IUM.tN.IH.I3 HEAD OFFICfc: SHANGHAI rse-Vung
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      527 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK Of INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated n Bnglana oy Royal Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital in 600.000 share* of to each £3.<M).000 Reserve Pund t3.000.00» Reserve Liability of Proprietors t3.000.00* ni!.%o of no JV BttJiofMtaie London EC 8. Amrttsar Hong Kong I.'iprooii Alor Stat (lotto Saigor Bangkok
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    WHAT A PARENT SHOULD KNOW.
    591 8 COURAGE IN FACE OF THEIR SONS. ADVICE BY HARROW HEADMASTER. CIX maxims for parents were put forward at Harrow School Speech Day by Mr. P. C. Vellacott, the headmaster. Reminding his listeners that a year ago, on his first Speech Day as headmaster, he made
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    NO PRIVATE LIFE FOR GERMANS. Except During Sleep.
    149 8 NO PRIVATE LIFE FOR GERMANS. Except During Sleep. Berlin. "DRIVATE life no longer exists in Germany," declared Dr. Ley, leader of the German Labour front and the "Strength Through Joy" organisation, In a broadcast address from Cologne to an audience of a million and a quarter members of the foodstuff
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    GUARDS' OFFICERS UNIFORMS RUINED.
    275 8 RAIN ON DAY OF CORONATION. HEAVY LOSSES INCURRED. London, July 11. THE position of Guardsmen whose uniforms were spoiled by the showers on Coronation Day was debated m the House of Commons last week. Now it is disclosed that Guards officers suffered even worse than the
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    PRIMATE ON HIS POST.
    212 8 'INDEFENSIBLE' BUT 'INEVITABLE.' TXR. Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, U speaking at Canterbury Diocesan Conference, declared that the Coronation must not be regarded as the end of all that was meant by the Recall to Religion. "I found three adjectives the other day to describe the life
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    MR. AND MRS. H. E. NIXON'S SILVER WEDDING.
    58 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 12. On the occasion of the silver wedding on Saturday of the president, Mr. H. E. Nixon, members of the Penang Flying Club presented Mr. and Mrs. Nixon with a cigarette box. The presentation was made
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    TRIPLE MEMORIAL TO KIPLING.
    305 8 PROPOSED LIBRARY AND BURSARIES. SCHEME TO COST £250,000. ARRANGEMENTS for the perpetuation of the memory of Rudyard Kipling In a manner in keeping with his services to the Empire were announced recently by the Earl of Athlone, president of the Kipling Memorial Fund. The memorial will
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    35 8 Under the auspices of tne newly- I formed Negri Sembilan Teachers' Association, Mr. H. R. Carey gave an interesting talk at the Anglo-Chinese School at Seremban on "From San Francisco to New York by car."
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    JAPANESE CONVERGING ON PEIPING.
    212 9 CLASH HALF MILE FROM CITY GATES. Ministers Leave Kuling For Nanking. CINO-JAPANESE fighting broke out again yesterday after- noon at a railway bridge only half a mile south of Peiping city (says Reuter). Two shells Durst over the city walls. After nearly three hours, the fighting
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    JAPANESE FORCES MOBILISING.
    246 9 Orders By Commands In i Manchukuo And Korea. Shanghai. July 13. FIVE hundred Japanese troops from Chengteh, capital of Jehol. sudI denly appeared in ten lorries at Kupelkow. one of the main passes of the Great Wall, last night and entered the j East Hopel town of
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    WHY CHINA WOULD BE HARDER HIT.
    195 9 If United States Invoked Neutrality Law. New York. July 13. When Mr. H. Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, was asked yesterday whether he thought Japan's protest against the American agreement to assist Chinese stabilisation would have I a good eflect on China's credit, he
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    RUSSIA RETREATING IN FAR EAST?
    302 9 Believed Cause Of Japan's New Forward Drive. A serious view of the North China crisis is taken by two leading English provincial newspapers the Birmingham Post and the Manchester Guardian, whose editorial comment on tne situation Is quoted by Reuter: The Birmingham Post: "If this
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    BITTER BATTLE NEAR MADRID.
    309 9 BOTH SIDES CLAIM ADVANCES. BLOODLESS NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. London, July 13. THAT 3,000 members of the Inter- national Brigada fighting for the Spanish Government were killed in the Madrid suburb of Usera is claimed in an insurgent broadcast. The insurgents claim to have advanced a further 500
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      560 9 tothe*°° This lady suffered "untold agony from corns." She could not do her own shopping, and found it difficult to get about at all. Naturally she tried all sorts of remedies, but got no relief till she found Radox. Read her grateful letter have suffered untold agony from corns. I
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937
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      JAPANS GRIM OUTLOOK.
      995 10 Although cables recording developments in North China continue to be conflicting in many respects, two points are perfectly clear. The first is that Nanking is determined to resist to the utmost any further acts of aggression on the part of Japan; and the second is that Nanking
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    17 10 Mr. and Mrs. Ec Kong Guan attended Their Majesties' Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on June 22.
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    23 10 Mr. F. A Mallard. Public Works Department and Mrs. Mallard are leaving for England on leave by the s.s. "Ranchi" on July 30.
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    THE PENANG BORIA.
    1203 10 Straits Troubadours In Tke Montk Of Muharram. By DR. K. MOHAMED ARIFF. (In an address to the Penang Rotary Club.) BORIA performances take place annually in the month of Muharram, the first month of the Muhammadan Year. Boria was Introduced into Penang by the early Muslim settlers
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    THE LATEST IDEA FOR HEAT-WAVES.
    552 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. ClR,— From the article appearing in the Straits Times on Friday, it is interesting to note that the Ross Institute industrial advisory! committee in London reported at its last meeting the practical possibility of Temperate Coolness in the
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    830 10 COBRA REVENGE. TTO serve up two columns of sn;?ke stories within a fortnight is a bit over the odds. I know, but snakes have a horrid fascination for everybody and I have struck a rich vein of lore about them which really cannot be wasted. Everybody
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    "CHINA WILL NOT LIE DOWN BEFORE AGGRESSION."
    660 11 Dr. Kung's Statement On Crisis. JAPANESE COMMANDANT DECLARES HIS MISSION. National Mobilisation Urged By Kwangsi Leaders. "pHINA will not lie down if the Japanese military authorities in North China continue to employ aggressive tactics to occupy forcibly another piece of Chinese territory," declared
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    WAR WOULD SHAKE JAPAN'S FOUNDATIONS.
    398 11 WAR WOULD SHAKE JAPAN'S FOUNDATIONS. TOKIO MINISTER'S WARNING. ALLEGED AIMS IN NORTH CHINA. "Japan is facing a critical moment. If she is involved in war, the military expenditures would shake the foundations of Japan." This warning was sounded by Mr. O. Kaya, new Japanese Finance Minister, at yesterday's meeting of
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    "ENGINEERED BY NANKING."
    397 11 TOKIO ON NORTH CHINA FIGHTING. "CHINESE MUST APOLOGISE." AN official statement by the Tokio Foreign Office on the North China situation is issued today by the Japanese Consulate-General. China has unceasingly insulted Japan," says the statement, which goes on to point out Japan's great forbearance in the
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    CHINESE NOTE TO JAPAN.
    364 11 A note pointing out that without the ratification of the Nanking Government no terms of truce between the Japanese and local authorities can be effective in China has been sent by the Central Government to the Japanese Embassy at Nanking, according to an official telegram dispatched
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    ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE DAILY.
    122 11 ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE DAILY. U.S. Legislation In Few Weeks. REGULAR DELIVERIES OF MAIL. New York, July 14. FOLLOWING recent successful trans-Atlantic tests, Mr. Mead, chairman of the House of Representatives Post Office Committee, announces that legislation will be enacted within a few weeks to establish regular air-service deliveries to London
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    US. DOLLAR WEAKENS.
    191 11 TRANSFER OF FRENCH FUNDS TO EUROPE. London, July 13. The dollar weakened sharply early today and there was very active tradIng owing to the tranfer of French funds to Europe, especially to Amsterdam, which necessitated large sales of guilders by the Dutch authorities. Dollars were also offered
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    OHIO STEEL STRIKE ENDED.
    32 11 Youngstown Workers Return To Mill. East Chicago, (Ohio), July 14. THE Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company has resumed production in the last remaining strike-bound mill in this district—Reuter.
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    SOVIET POLAR FLIERS GOING WELL.
    61 11 Washington, July 13. *The Soviet aviators who are attempting to fly from Moscow to San Francisco, via the North Pole, were reported to be 630 miles on the American side of the North Pole at 6.20 a.m. GMT. Shortly after Tossing tha North Pole they
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    NO BRITISH ARMS SENT TO SPAIN.
    166 11 CARGOES SOLELY OF FOOD AND COAL. London, July 13. AT no time during the civil war in Spain were war materials exported from Britain except under special licence, and since the civil war bega no such licence has been granted forj export, either directly
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    BELGIAN PREMIER THREATENS TO RESIGN.
    224 11 BELGIAN PREMIER THREATENS TO RESIGN. King Refuses To Allow Him. MINISTER OF JUSTICE LEAVES CABINET. Dl— ih, July IS. jyj PAIL VAN EBBLAND, Premier of Belgium, iluman to whom the world tool id M the link between ICurope ::nd the l'ni(ed States in ;inv forth* ccming world conference, baa resigned,
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    SINGAPORE EXPERT TO SELECT SYDNEY'S FLYING-BOAT BASE.
    192 12 Australia Seeks Airport Engineer's Aid. MR. R. ST. GEORGE CAULFEILD TO SETTLE SQUABBLE. City's Elite Don't Want Aircraft At Their Front Door. THE "man who made the Singapore Airport,** Mr. R. St. George Caulfeild, resident engineer on the undertaking throughout its construction, is
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    Other Landing-Places Chosen.
    372 12 Other Landing- Places Chosen. CYDNEY Harbour, with its innumerable deepwater coves, pro- j vides ideal accommodation for fly- j ing-boats. The chief drawback is that the aerodrome used by land j machines is five or six miles from the city. Rose Base is only about U three miles from the
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    HOLLYWOOD IN KALEIDESCOPE.
    318 12 !A Star Is Born And Another Wanes. A Star is Born" (Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, with Adolphe Menjou and May Rohson) David O. Srlznirk Production in Technicolour presented by I'nited Artists. At the Capitol LIERE is a kaleidoscopic view of Hollywood with all the richness of
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    MUNICIPALITY HAS "STAR CHAMBER" OF ITS VERY OWN.
    336 12 5 Back In 14th Century. "THIS is not the fourteenth century j i but Singapore has its Star s i Chamber" just the same. ,j It is on the second floor of the magnificent Municipal Bunding. Committees meet there in secret, separated
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    Drought Hits Kinta Mining.
    111 12 Some Plants At Standstill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 13. A SERIOUS position is rapidly arising from the drought throughout the Kinta Valley and jther tin-mining areas in Perak. The water shortage Is so acute that many smaller producers are facing the necessity of selling
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    POSTAL OFFICER CONVICTED OF THEFT.
    117 12 OENTENCE of four months' rigorous imprisonment was passed this morning on Ismail bin Abdul Majid, until recently an employee in the General Post Office, for the theft of three Old Etonian ties. He was convicted on that charge by Mr. H. A. Forrer in the
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    CAR DOOR OPENS. HURLS WOMAN OUT.
    53 12 AS a motor-car was turning from Anderson Bridge into Connaught Drive yesterday, the off front door swung open suddenly pitching out a j Chinese woman and her son who had been sitting on her lap. The woman received severe head lnlurlci. and the boy
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    THE HISTORY OF THE MALAYAN PRESS.
    68 12 UNDER the auspices of the Literary j Department of the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Slngapor; Mi. G. L. Peet, Assistant Editor of the Straits Times. will de"vcr an address on "The History ol the Malayan Press" at the Associa- 1 ifon Hall. 11. Handy Road,
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    Singapore Rents Show Upward Tendency.
    217 12 BETTER PROPERTY MARKET. THE value of Municipal Singapore last year was assessed at $17,444,517— an increase of $379,050 over 1935. Rents showed an upward tendency, and conditions in the property market were better than for some years past, states the report of the Municipal Assessment
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    CRASH TO DEATH IN NAVAL DRY DOCK.
    58 12 'THE gigantic dry dock at the Naval Base was the scene of a tragedy this morning. During a quarrel between a Chinese and Tamil, the former, it is alleged, was knocked off the top walk of the dock and hurled 40 feet to
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    MALAYAN BANK BRANCH FOR MEDAN.
    53 12 A NEW branch of the Oversea Chln- ese Banking Corporation Ltd.. Singapore, may be established in. Medan In the near future. Mr. Tan Ean Kiam. Managing Director of the Bank. Is leaving for Medan tomorrow to Investigate possibilities and report on whether a branch would
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    Flying Club Like Giant Aircraft.
    244 12 Flying Club Like Giant Aircraft. New $10,000 K.L. Building. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 13. I OOKED at from any anijle, on the ground or in the air, the new club house for the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club will resemble a giantt aircraft. A Straits Times representative saw
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    SINGAPORE GIVES CADETS A GOOD TIME.
    53 12 China Freedom Sails Day Late. SCHEDULE to leave Singapore yesterday morning, the China Freedom. Nanking's naval training ship, only sailed this morning for Penang. The 200 cadets, who were overwh</rued by Singapore Chinese hospitality, carried away wit!i them numerous presents from the local Chin
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    M. C. S. OFFICER FACES RASH ACT CHARGE.
    331 13 Fatal Midnight Car Crash In Perak. POLICE CONSTABLE'S STORY OF INCIDENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, July 13. A MIDNIGHT collision with a ricksha, as a result of which the Chinese puller died and a crash into a stationary car led to
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    SIR RICHARD WINS TEDT AS A.B.M. PRESIDENT?
    202 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 13. OIK Richard Winstedt is to be proposed for the presidency of the Association of British Malaya at the annual meeting on July 21. Sir Richard, who retired from Malaya two years ago, was General Adviser, Johore,
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    HIGHLANDER SENT TO GAOL.
    95 13 Hired Bicycle And Sold It /CHARGED on two counts with having committed the theft of a bicycle and voluntarily having disposed ot stolen property, Daniel Spence Scot, of the Gordon Highlanders was convicted by Mr. W. G. Reeves in the Singapore Second Court yesterday. He was
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    Surin Estate Case May Be Settled.
    265 13 Surin Estate Case May Be Settled. Prospects Brighter, Says Counsel. QWING to the possibility of a settlement, the hearing of the case arising out of the estate of Elizabeth Surin was adjourned yesterday until this morning in the Singapore High Court, before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, Acting Chief Justice. The
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    MINER'S CAR SOMERSAULTS.
    70 13 Miraculous Escape Near Batu Gajah. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 12. AAR. Lan Chalmers, of Tanjong Tua- lang, had a miraculous escape from serious injury yesterday when his car made a somersault on the Batu Gajah road while he was proceeding to a cricket match at
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    MARKET SHOOTING SEQUEL.
    72 13 A SHOOTING affray at Teluk Ayer Market, Robinson Road, one of the busiest parts of Singapore, on the morning of June 9, had a sequel before Mr. K. H. Blacker in the third court yesterday when a Chinese, Ooh Way Slew, was charged with having attempted to
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    MALAYANS DO WELL AT CAMBRIDGE.
    74 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, July 12. ILf R Benedict Ponnlah, F.M.S. Queen's ITI Schoar of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been awarded a scholarship and book priie at the college subsequent to his success In the recent Law Tripos examination. Another Malayan Queen's Scholar.
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    Garrard To Make Defence On Rash Driving Charge
    336 13 - WITNESS THOUGHT ONE LIGHT MEANT A MOTOR CYCLE. IN spite of the submission of defence counsel that there was no case to meet, A. E. Garrard, the Malayan jockey, is to be railed upon to make his defence on a charge of
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    BOY SEES BROTHER DROWN IN MINE POOL. But Said Nothing At School.
    239 13 BOY SEES BROTHER DROWN IN MINE POOL. But Said Nothing At School. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah. July 12. A CHINESE schoolboy aged about eight years was drowned in an old mining-pond at Tronoh. It is understood that the boy, accompanied by his ten-year-old brother, left his house to
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    PLANTER RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS.
    83 13 Mr. Frank Dale Of Lower Perak. (From Oir Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 12. WR. and Mrs. W. Prank Dale, who have been 30 years in Malaya, out of which 17 years have been spent at Telok Buloh Estate, Utan Melintang, are retiring and sailing on
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    SWEDE ON BIGAMY CHARGE.
    121 13 Arrested On Singapore Wharves. ARRESTED on a warrant at the Singapore wharves early yesterday morning a Swede, Carl Albert Ekland. appeared later in the day before Mr. W. G. Reeves in the Singapore Second Court and was charged with bigamy. Ekland is alleged, on June 26,
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    ONE DEAD IN IPOH CINEMA EXPLOSION.
    166 13 ONE DEAD IN IPOH CINEMA EXPLOSION. Accident In Engine-Room. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 13. QNE person is dead and three others are in hospital (one seriously injured) as the result of a serious explosion in the engine-room of the Isis Cinema. Ipoh. The noise of the explosion
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    HYGIENE LECTURER IN MALAYA.
    66 13 •TRAVELLING round the world foi seven years since she left a London hospital. Sister E. W. Bell, a hygiene lecture, has arrived in Singapore. "It is fascinating," r.'ne said yesterday describing the work of a travelling propagandist. Sister Bell is staying in Singapore a fortnight after
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    MR. GORDON MACLEOD DIES IN SYDNEY.
    60 13 From Our Own Correspondents Bangkok, July 13. *THE death is announced in Sydney of Mr. Gordon MacLeod who was for 20 years connected with the teak industry in Siam, both upcountry and in Bangkok. For several years past he has lived in retirement in
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    LEAGUE TABLES Chinese Winners Of Division III.
    285 14 LEAGUE TABLES Chinese Winners Of Division III. The following are the S A FA League tables up to date. I The Chinese 111 are winners of thts division even if they lose their one rema'nlng match 1 uoais 4.ddles?x nniskillings i..-..F IE 'olice 5.C.C P W. L D F. A
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    HAT TRICK FOR POLICE.
    61 14 > From Our Own Correspondent. Segamat. July 11. The Segamat and District league fixtures began yesterday, the Police beating the Public Works Department s—l Yahaya scored for the Police m the first half, and later Abdul Rahman, a former Johore Bahru player, did the "hat trick."
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    65 14 G. C. Newman has been appointed captain of the M.C.C. team to tour Canada next month. Hon. C. J. Lyttelton. originally chosen to lead the side, withdrew owing to illness. J. W. A. Stephenson and S. C. Griffith were also unable to accept invitations, and the three vacancies will be
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    MIDDS. AND SAPPERS STRUGGLE HARD FOR A POINT EACH.
    1078 14 PRESSURE MINUS PUNCH BY TANGLIN MEN. DRAW WHICH SUITS RIVALS FOR LEAGUE HONOURS. By "Echo." THERE is a rare contention for points in progress in the first division of the S.A.F.A. League. The Midds. dropped one to the R.E. last evening
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    Splendid Rowing In Final Of Senior-Junior Fours.
    239 14 ■THE final of the Senior-Junior 1 1 Clubs' rowing regatta was row< Course. The crews were Bow w. H. Cuter U. Christopher J O. J. Q. Pitt O. S. Keytar S O. L. R. Hllta A. U. lind MnirJßUtlwtr L. F. Duncan Cm
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    COTTON'S DECISIVE VICTORY OVER SHUTE.
    238 14 Six Up In Challenge Match Over 72 Holes London, July 13. jLJKNRY COTTON (Britain) defeated Densmore Shutc (America) six and five m their £500 challenge golf match, played over 72 holes at Walton Heath yesterday and today. r At the end of the first 36
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    Association Football. MORE SUSPENSIONS IN SELANGOR.
    243 14 Association Football. MORE SUSPENSIONS IN SELANGOR. Railway Team's Concession Of Walkovers. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. July 13. Drastic action has been taken by tho Disciplinary Board of the Selangor Football Association against the F.M.S. Railway Institute for awarding repeated walkovers. The team are debarred from entering for any
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    NOTTS WIN BY FOUR RUNS.
    182 14 Lancashire Lose To Middlesex. First-class cricket matches which ended at Home yesterday resulted as follows, cables Reuter: At Dudley. Nottinghamshire beat Worcestershire by four runs. Notts 286 (Harris 90) and 137. Worcester 21S and 203 (Voce six for 90). At Manchester. Middlesex beat Lancashire by
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    Lawn Tennis. THE SINGAPORE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    131 14 Lawn Tennis. THE SINGAPORE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Ties For Today— lf The Rain Allows. No play was possible on the padang yesterday m the Singapore championships. The ties will be played tod.iy if the weather permits, as follows: Men's Doubles. Semi-Final: Loon Chong and Huck Toe vs. Thutt P'.t* and Pcreira. Women's
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    Y.M.C.A. XI FOR TODAY
    115 14 The following will represent for the V.M.C.A. in a Division 111 league match against 111 today on the 5.H.3. ground: J. Ferguson: K. Leembruggen. N Jackson: W. Pullen, G. Day. Kwee Thian Teck; P. Swyny. A. Noden. Lim Kirn Wee. R. Medland. Lim. Bak Song. Reserves:—R.
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    FLOWERS vs. DIAMOND.
    129 15 Friday's Fights At Happy World. Five bouts, with a total of 42 rounds if they all fo the distance, make up the attractive programme arranged by Mr. Kiat for the Happy World arena on Friday evening. Topping the bill are those two talented contenders. Tiger Flowers and
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    Cricket. ALL TEN WICKETS.
    216 15 Cricket. ALL TEN WICKETS. Schoolboy's Achievement At Batu Pahat. *From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. July 11. One of the rarest Teats in cricket— tiiat of taking a;i ten wickets in an innings—was performed by a Batu Pahat schoolboy. Kamat. in an interschool match at Batu Pahat yesterday, when the local
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    62 15 The eighth annual athletic sports of the Mercantile Institution will be held on Friday, at the Jalan Besar Stadium, from 2.30 p.m. A visitors' race and thread and needle's race, both open to public, and an Old Boys' race will be run on* after 4.45 p.m. Parents, guardians and well
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    VON CRAMM AND HENKEL TO MAKE WORLD TOUR.
    191 15 United States, Japan, Australia And India. uernn, juiy i.;. piIE German lawn tennis stars, Gottfried Von Cramm, Henkel and Marie Luise Horn, will on Aug. 18 leave on a world tour. Their first stop will be at Boston, where they will compete
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    MABIN AGAIN TO MEET YEO.
    297 15 Semi-final Of Segamat Singles Event. From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, July 12. Yeo Oon Keong and T. S. Tan, the Batu Anam Chinese pair, who lost their tie in the handicap doubles of the Segamat and District tournament, are making a bid to retain their
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    GERMANS BEAT CZECHS.
    126 15 Straight Sets Win For Von Cramm. Berlin. July 12. Th? two remaining matches in the European Zone linal in the Davis Cup competition were decided here on Sunday. In the first Von Cramm, German champion, beat the Czech player, Hecht. in straight sets. 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. He
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    FRANCE vs. AUSTRALIA Crawford's Easy Victory Over Destremeau.
    88 15 FRANCE vs. AUSTRALIA Crawford's Easy Victory Over Destremeau. Paris. July 12. A match between France and Australia resulted In a draw, each country winning six matches. The outstanding match on Sunday was the singles between Crawford and Destremeau which was won by the Australian player with relative ease Ar.eta-Trans-Occan. SINGAPORE
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    THE SPORTS DIARY
    50 15 TODAY. Soccer: V.M C.A. vs. Chinese 111. Dlv. 111. Stadium; E.C.C. vs. Casuals, Div. 111, padanz. Lawn Tennis: Cingapore championship*, pru'ang. Billiards: Inman and Lindrun, at S.C.C., 6.45. TOMOKEOW Soccer: R.A. vs. Innhkllltngs. Dlv. I, '.aciium. Water Polo: T MCA. Juniors vs Oore*nt, F?rt C-rning, 4 p.m.
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    21 15 Teo Siew San. second to Lee Hon >iag iatiu -.ngapore Chinese divine test:, takes off for the "swallow.* Straits Times Photograph
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    WEIGHTS FOR TAIPING.
    461 15 Skye Meeting Opens On Friday. Weights for Friday, the first day of the Taiping Turf Club's Skye Meeting, are as follows: Race 1, Polo Ponies, 2 furs, (catch weights): Carkal. Grey Prince, Star Belle, Grey Lass, Lumut. Pangkor, Why Worry 11. Race 2, Ponies, Class 2, div.
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    36 15 Th: times scheduled for th.~ Old Boys' events at the V.M.C.A. School of Commerce Sports at the Jalan Bfsar Stadium on Saturday will be. 100 yards at 2 40 p.m.; 880 yards at 4 20 p.m
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    929 15 Malacca Aggrieved Services' Disputed Goal Referee's Authority And Responsibility And Right Of Decision Question Of Consulting Linesmen. Conducted By 'ECHO." FROM "A Malacca-ite" I have received the following letter: "I have long been an interested reader of your sports columns wherein from time to time certain decisions
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    P. & T. EMPLOYEE CHARGED.
    146 16 P. T. EMPLOYEE CHARGED. ALLEGED THEFT OF ETONIAN TIES. f\N charges of having dishonestly misappropriated one set of Corolation stamps valued at $14, having .•ommltted theft of three Old Etonian :ies valued at S6. and having been in possession of English ties, a fountain pen. handkerchiefs, wallet ruiT links and
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    JOHORE POLICE DEPOT REMOVES TO NEW BUILDING.
    79 16 JOHORE POLICE DEPOT REMOVES TO NEW BUILDING. (Froai Our Own Correspondent. 1 Johore Bahru. July 12. THE Johore Police Depot, which has hitherto been housed on a site in Ihe neighbourhood of the railway removed today to its new 3uilding at the 3rd. mile. Johore si Ttakfd Road. Hrted Depot
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    JAPANESE PRIEST POLITICIAN.
    120 16 JAPANESE PRIEST POLITICIAN. Count Otani May Leave Buddhist Order. rOVHT Sonyu Otani. of the N^hl Honganji temple, who has been made new Japanese Minister of Over- seas Affairs, is likely to withdraw from the priesthood in view of his political duties. Met by an Asahi reporter, the Minister expressed his
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    S.V.C. PROGRAMME OF DRILLS.
    225 16 Tiie Si'.gapore Volunteer Corps programme of drills lor this week is as follows: Today C.13 p.-n Headquarters. 2nd Bn. S.S.V.F. Signal Sec. Signal Training; "> 15 p.m., Headquarters. 2nd Bn. S.S.V.F. Int. sec.. Unit Training; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. "E" Coy.. PI. Training; 5.15 p.m., Ba'.estler Plain.
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    MALAYAN SLUMDOMS'
    1076 16 Graphic Description Of Poverty In Our Midst. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Though social set vice has made some progress in recent years in Malaya, yet there are many persons who are either ignorant of or indiffer- ent to the miserable conditions prevailing in the
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    "THE FATHER OF THE FOREST."
    113 16 The largest known tree growing In New Zealand today has recently been discovered in the Waiooua State Kauri Forest.The tree has been named by the Maoris "Te Matua Ngahere—The Father of the Forest." Its base circumference is 53ft., and it rears its trunk over 70ft.
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    24 16 The promotion of Mr. G. R. Sykes, an Officer of Class 11. M.C.S.. to be an Offlcer of Class 18, M.C.S., has been approved.
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      343 16 CHRONIC STOMACH PAINS "Husband would sat be alive now" All men and women who sutler with their stomachs will sympath c with the plight of Mr. P. Everyone afflicted Iw stomach trouble can take new heart from tho remarkable recovery uhich hi, Rratefully new* Here are extracts from her letters
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    GERMANY AND THE VATICAN.
    303 17 A Bishops Reports To Rome. ACCUSATIONS BY THE NAZIS. fHE highest Catholic dignitary of the Saar Palatinate, Bishop Ludwig Sebastian, faced the Nazi Saar District Leader, Josef Buerkel, from the witness stand at Frankenthal, Bavaria, recently. He had been called to give evidence In the trial
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    HARMING GERMAN UNITY.
    365 17 NAZI CHIEF STATES HIS CASE. BAVARIA'S Nazi chief District Leader and Minister of the Interior, Herr Adolf Wagner, gave fcfa first official interview to the Munich foreign Press at a private luncheon. The interview followed Herr Wag- ner's concluding speech to party members of the District Nazi
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    Father Accused Of 'Harbouring' His Daughter.
    105 17 Father Accused Of 'Harbouring' His Daughter. A LAWSUIT in which damages are claimed against a father for harbouring bis married daughter is pending in the London High Court. The plaintiff :r: r the suit is Mr. Sigismund Leans*, of Heathway Court, Finchley, and the defendant is his father-in-law, Mr. Israel
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    BRITISH PREMIER AND HIS POLICY.
    242 17 THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST AIM. PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD. MR. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, m a speech at Birmingham recently, said no one could undertake the responsibility which had now fallen on his shoulders without a sense of the grave and serious task which
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    168 17 "In custody the priest was asked if he would now at least discontinue his sermons," declared the District Leader, "whereupon he answerer, 'I would not think of doing so.' What can you do with a man like that? It is a great pity that he had to be arrested, for
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    RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.
    630 17 SERIOUS FALLING OFF OF ENLISTMENT. WORST FIGURES FOR MANY YEARS. TTHE serious failing off of enlistment into the Regular Army Is the first problem that will engage the attention of Mr. Hore-Belisha at the War Office (writes the Morning Post Military Correspondent) In spite of the
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    ATTEMPT TO BRIBE POLICE OFFICER.
    95 17 [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, July 11. «T AM a recent arrival to Kuala Lumpur. I did not know this was such a serious offence. Had I known, I would never have committed it," protested Liew Hln, a Chinese, when charged this morning in
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    Rehearsals For Next Season; Cicely Courtneidge Back On The Stage.
    454 18 Rehearsals For Next Season; Cicely Courtneidge Back On The Stage. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 2. VLTITH only the new film releases, and nothing very exciting in the theatre world, this is hardly a very bright week. Perhaps you will forgive me, therefore, if for a moment I dilate
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    The Brighter Side of London Life.
    911 18 the year out. The reason given is simply that the box-office takings did not come sufficiently near the huge expenses of the production to justlfv continuance of the run. With Richard Tauber and Miss Evelyn Laye in the principal parts, a cast of over
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    CREMATION EXPENSES REFUSED BY RAJ.
    206 18 Uncremated. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, July 7. AN extraordinary situation has arisen in Calcutta where, in a poor quarter, hundreds of people daily I visit the preserved body of a Burmese princess whom the relatives decline to bury until they receive Rs. 1,000 from
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    ITALIAN OUTBURSTS AGAINST BRITAIN.
    99 18 No Broadcasts On Palestine Report. London, July 11. THE undertaking given by the Italian Government that it would avoid making unfriendly comments on the report of the Palestine Commission from the Bari radio station has been faithfully carried out, the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, told
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    NEAR EAST PACT SIGNED.
    74 18 Iran, Iraq, Turkey And Afghanistan. Teheran. July 12. A "NON-AGGRESSION and con- sultative pact" between Iran, Itaq. Afghanistan and Turkey has been signed by the foreign ministers of the four States in the summer residence of the Shah of Iran. Th? agreement which will be officially
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    GERMANY MAY REVIVE WORLD COFFEE MARKET
    75 18 Amsterdam, July 12. /GERMANY has bought 500 bales ol coffee for experimental chemlcai purposes, and it is stated that If the experiments are successful she has indicated she will buy a further 10.000.000 bales. This is the first time coffee has been demanded as
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    SOVIET ARMY ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE.
    169 19 Statement By Prince Ch ich ibu 's A ide. Harbin, June 29. |\EPRECATING the "tendency to over-estimate the strength of the Red Army," Maj.-Gen. Masaharu llomma, Aide to Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, asserted that the Army is on the verge of collapse as a result
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    ESPIONAGE AT CHANGSHA.
    100 19 Alleged Japanese Intelligence Office. Changsha. IT Is learned from an authoritative quarter here that a secret Japanes: Intelligence office was discovered by Police here recently. The office is alleged to have been operated by five persons including a Japanese. No one was arrested, but two wireless sets
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    War Training For 40,000,000 Chinese
    86 19 CONSCRIPTION LAW NOW BEING ENFORCED. Nanking Takes Lead: To Draft 30,000. Nanking. THE national capital has taken the lead in the enforcement of 1 the conscription laws. The city government, in co-operation with ihe military police, are completing a report of the number of able-bodied
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    ENROLMENT BY LOTTERY.
    229 19 I A HOUSE-TO-HOUSE census-tak-I** ing has been launched m 'Nanking and will be ended on July ;20, prior to drafting all able-bodied ■male citizens m the capital between 20 and 25 to military service. According to the regulations promulgated, disabled adults shall not be drafted. Those to
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    NANKING-KWANGSI SETTLEMENT.
    464 19 SUBSIDY TO BE RAISED TO $2,000,000. (From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, July 2. A LTHOUGH General Lung Yun of Yunnan had extended a cordial invitation io Mr. T. V. Soong to go to his capital to investigate provincial finances, Mr. Soong had to decline. Mr. Soong left for
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    SINO-JAPANESE READJUSTMENT.
    117 19 ATMOSPHERE HELD TO BE "UNSUITABLE." RETURNING ENVOYS VIEWS. Shanghai, June 30. DETURNJNG from a two-month furlough in Japan, during which he saw Mr. Koki Hirota return to the helm of Japanese diplomacy, Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, Ambassador to China, yesterday evening reiterated his "unswerving conviction" that the time would
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    Siam Chinese Make Gift To Chiang.
    85 19 ANOTHER gift has been made to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek by overseas Chinese. It takes the form of a icooden elephant, about one foot in height and one foot and five tnches long, and was brought to Nanking by two men representing tfie Chinese population
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    "ALWAYS READY TO NEGOTIATE."
    148 19 Dr. Wang Chung-hui On The Issues With Japan. ISSUES now pending between Japan and China cannot be settled without a political readjustment, Dr. Wan; Chung-hui, Foreign Minister, declared in Nanking recently in an interview with Japanese newspaper men. "This is not theory, but fact," the eminent
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    Champion In Action.
    116 20 DONALD BUDGE winning the Wimbledon singles title from von Cramm— a fine action study. ON THE RANGE: An -Aussie- soldier spots for a Bluejacket and West African marksman at the Blsley Coronation meeting. RASQUES IN BERETS march through Bilbao m captive* after th« victory of Franco's troop
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      14 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937 No. 97.
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      CROONING CRISIS CREATED.
      271 1 How Often Is It To Be Allowed On Air? FINE POINT IN RADIO. /CROONING, at once the horror and delight of millions, has precipitated a crisis in the light entertainment field in English broadcasting world. Music publishers, dance band leaders, 8.8.C. officials, radio listeners, and, above all,
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      RADIO IN FUTURE YEARS!
      121 1 Stimulating possibilities of the future were the subject of a recent lecture In England by Lord Gorell, author and publisher, and his Imaginative outlook found ample room to roam In radio matters. "From telephone, telegraph and television, it was but a step forward to sitting at
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      TENNIS ON THE AIR.
      21 1 MICROPHONE AT WIMBLEDON .—Colonel R. H. Brand whose Wimbledon Davis Cup commentaries are heard over the Empire
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      BARE LEGS SHOCK THE B. B. C.
      131 1 AN incident in the restaurant of the 8.8.C. Television station at Alexandra Park, when the manageress asked four members of the Canadian League of Health and Beauty team to leave because they had bare legs, resulted in an apology being sent by the
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      IRRIGATION AND RADIO.
      127 1 New Use In Punjab. Simla July 12. The use of radio in Irrigation engineering was one of the many developments discussed at the meeting of the Research Committee of the Central Board of Irrigation. An interesting experiment is in progress at the Punjab Irrigation Research Institute, Lahore,
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      Jamming Of S.W. Signals Is A Major Problem.
      164 1 DV the time the Cairo Conference of Broadcasters occurs in 1938, the short waves will badly need a plan." Already, discernible are the beginnings of a world clash. As each country awakes to the International carrying power of short waves installing powerful
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      BRITAIN URGED TO COUNTER PROPAGANDA
      251 1 Sessions In Foreign Tongues Likely. CONFERENCES between the 8.8.C. and the Foreign Office over broadcast propaganda to which certain parts of the Empire are being subjected has caused much scratching of heads at Broadcasting House. Nazi broadcasts to South and East Africa are the chief
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      AUSTRALIAN CHURCH PEOPLE OPPOSE BRIGHT SESSIONS.
      201 1 "Paganism" In Sunday Programmes "Challenge T o Christianity." y IOLENT objection to bright Sun- j day radio programmes is being raised by church people in Australia. Broadcasting from dawn to midnight, Australia's radio stations provide on Sundays even brighter and noisier programmes than on
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      "HUMAN RADIO SETS" IN EUROPE.
      91 1 A COMMISSION representing the j Czechoslovak Wirekss Federation visited Vilkova and investigated the claim of two workmen to bs able to i transform themselves into human receiving sets, says the Vienna correspondent of The Times." Each man took the wire connection of a loudspeaker in
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      AFRICA FAKES BROADCAST
      157 1 "No Justification For Deceit" CTRONG exception is taken by the Morning Post to the fake" broadcast perpetrated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in the Empire Homage programme on Coronation Day. The "Natal sugar planter" and the "Rand miner" who participated in the programme were two non-planting,
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      UNLICENSED RADIO IN CHANNEL ISLES.
      58 1 An unlicensed radio station, workinff from the little island of Alderney. in the Channel Islands, was operating a few days ago. The General Post Office In London received details of It. and requests for permission to operate. The station has been built by Radio Alderney.
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        133 1 BRITISH IN (A MADE As the distributors of Pye Radios for Singapore Johore, we shall be pleased to demonstrate the se on request to H. L. CARTER CO. 22, ORCHARD ROAD. TEL. 6618. p. p. box ll7> WUJPuf Gamble? CHOOSE ANY MODEL FROM OUR WIDE RANGE OF STYLE LEADERS AND
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        154 1 PHILIPS RADIOPLAYERS FOR WORLD WIDE RECEPTION AND FOR THE SINGAPORE STATION we can thoroughly recommend Model No. 338. Although this is the lowest priced model of the range its performance on the short waveband is equally as good as that of the larger models. For Singapore it is the ideal
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        58 2 HERMAN A. DEVRY SOUND ON FILM PROJECTORS AMPLIFIERS No other major motion picture unit has ever sky-rocketed to International acceptance in as short a time as this Machine THE DEVRY THEATRE SOUND PROJECTOR IS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF HERMAN A. DEVRY S 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MOTION PICTURE MANUFACTURING. Far
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        158 2 iAN ACTIVE STIMULANT! I am very pleased to certify that I tried "Serravallo's Tonic" in many cases of anaemia and convalescence and always with good result. This preparation is an excellent tonic and an active stimulant of the ematopoietic Organs and at the same time is agreeable to the taste.
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        554 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1 33 Me 1 (225 B >■• 6.00 Chinese music. Teochew dramas. Gramophone records. 7.00 Dance music. pla>cd by Tanplin Clut Orchestra, under direction of Rex Allen Relayed from Tanglln Club. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 "The Science of Weather
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        486 2 BERLIN. DJB 15.20 me s (19.74 m); DJN 9.J me s (31.45 m.); DJE 17.76 me s (16.81 m.) and DJQ 15.28 me, s (19.63 m.) p.m 6.15 Call DJB. DJN, DJE. 8.20 Concert of lignt music. 7 20 News in English. 7 35 Concert of light music (contd.) 8
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        713 2 MELBOURNE. VK3ME 9 59 me s (31 2 m.) p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5 20 With the world's famous orchestras. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results. 6 30 Tour cf the world with VK3ME Mallbag. 6.50 Leading dance bands. 7.20 Close down. HONG KONG ZBW-3, 9.52 me s (31.4 M.)
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        616 2 Suburban Street Radio shop Small tea-shop. The production by Howard Rose. 11.20 Cricket: Gentlemen v. Players. Commentary during play, by P. G. H. Fender. Prom Lord's Cricket Ground, London 11.35 News and announcements. 11.50 Greenwich time signal. 11.55 Dance music. 12.20 Close down. BERLIN. p.m. 6.15 Call DJB. DJN. DJE.
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        525 2 FRIDAY SINGAPORE p.B. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Light orchestral music. Gramophone records. Selection. "Bitter Sweet." i Coward). Ray Starita and Ambassadors Band. Suite. Slavonic Dances. No. 11 In P. Major. No. 13 In B Flat (Dvorak). Czechoslovaklan Phllharmonit Orchestra. Two Pieces, (a) "Keltic Lament." (b) "Valse Triste." Victor
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        150 3 The 1937 ANNUAL THE PREMIER ANNUAL OF THE FAR EAST Will contain several full pa&es of coloured prints pictorially portraying the infinite charm of Malaya. Several full-pa&e colour plates ll depicting the vivid beauty of f\ Malayan life and landscape. ■*V t* I These plates will be splendidly \f mounted,
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        365 3 over ineir teas, iney were maac nappy there and would not return." Script by Rayner Heppenstall. Production by Juhn Pudncy. 10.05 Light music. t 10.20 Visit to the London Zoo. 10.50 •Tommy Atkins" 2: •Looking Back over my Years in the Army."* Tallc by Stair Sergeant Instructor W. C. Bloxham,
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        293 3 9.40 Gramophone records. 9.50 Concert conducted by H. Tomasi; Mme. Bourgeols-p.'lix (vocalist). 11 15 Rates of exchange and French stocks (rentes) 11.20 Close down. TPA-r 11.88 me s (25 24 m am. 12 35 News in French. Market prices, rates of exchange. 1.20 News in Arabic. ROME pm 9 20
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        348 3 SATURDAY SINGAPORE 2 45 Light orchestral music, played by Roller's Famous Hungarian Band. Relayed from Adelphl Hotel. 2 00 Interval. COO Chinese music Gramophone records. 7.00 Light orchestral music, played by Station Orchestra, under direction of Rex Allen. Sons Cycle. Four Indian Love Lyrics. (Woodforde-Finden) Suite. Three Irish Pictures. (Anselli.
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        695 3 Overture. Marinarella (Fu i. Peggy Cochrane: Homance id' nbrosiot. La Coucou <Daqu.nl. Molly on the Shore i Percy Grainger). Orchestra: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: (1) Le caprice de Nannctte (2) Demande et reponse (3) Un sonnet d'amour (4) La taramelle fretillante (Coleridge-Taylor). Peggy Cochrane: Melodie viennolse (Kreislen, En
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        795 3 SUNDAY SINGAPORE a.m. 1.30 Orchestral music, from Tanclin Club. p m 2.30 Musical lnteih.de. 2.45 Light music, frcm Tanglln Club. 1.30 Interval. 6.00 Evangelist service from Bethesda Hall. 7.00 Violin recital. 7.30 Time, weather nevs and announcements. 7.35 Dance music. 8.00 Close down. EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. am. [2.40 -London
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        507 3 8 20 Continuation of concert relay. 8.50 News in French. Colonial msrk«| prices 9 20 Talk on the Cinema. By M. L oa Werth. 9 30 Rcvlc*s and Periodicals. By M. F.aOn cois de Teramond 9 40 Gramophone records. 9.50 Concert relay. 1.25 Close down. TPA-3. 11.88 M s '25.24
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        88 4 f^*^Y^T v JHSK or the building of «,4 j /Wr^im- motor roads, railway JSI embankments and 2jJ tunnels, as well as for *3«- H^^Qlp *i ■fltTI correcting rivers and AaMß^_ MhPJQOP canals and the building VjOfl r*k^ harbours and moles Iflj nlfl Universal Excavators, jm Jtf\ Portable Diesel ComH|K pressors.
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        28 4 MENDE is so simple and so natural that even a child understands it MENDE RADIO SERVICE, 240, ORCHARD ROAD. PHONE 3925. PYE RADIO FAMOUS FOR QUALITY, 100% BRITISH.
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        499 4 8.3* Weekly newsletter, sports wnunur, and announcement* 8.3a Greenwich time sign*!. 50 Close down. TRANSMISSION 2. 6. OS Bid Ben. "Empire Exchange." Faints of view by travellers from the Dominion* and 'he Colonies. 20 Band of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Prom Palace Pier, Brighton. 7.30 "Summer Over the
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        415 4 N1R0M. turn. 6.20 Recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. 6.52 Continuation of recorded music. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Opening announcement. 10.54 Classical music. li.30 Morning serrlce. 11.56 Musk. p.m 1.10 News bulletin. 1 20 Music fcontdi. 2.10 News bulletin. 2.20 CloM down. 5.50 Time signal. Opening announcement. 5.54 Children's Half Hour.
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        559 4 20 Arthur Dulay Quintet. The Hunt l Rhelnberger i Humoresque Peschkov Elfentanz (Lehan. The Ultle Old Qarden (Hewitt). Spanish Ladies (Solazzl). Rondo Caprlccioeo Me ndekaohn > Oarden Pmrty (Porret). Butterflies Roundelay (Creus). Parade (Onskm). 7 55 "Empire Exchange."* Point* of view by traveller* from the Dominions and the Colonies. 8
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        670 4 11.15 Rates of exchange and French stock* (rentes). 11.30 Close down. TPA-J, 11 M me i (ISM M.) a.m. 12.35 News in French. Market price*, rate* of exchange. 1.05 News in Arabic. 1 30 Concert relay. ROME mm. J 10 News in English. News in Chinese. Recital: Oindltu Barton (pUao)
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        764 4 shop manager; some women neigh bom*. typlit. Scenes: John's suburban villa Underground train City street Offices Suburban street Radio shop Small tea-shop. Production by Howard Rose. 7.20 Violin recital by Winifred Plavelle. Slavonic Dance In E minor (Dvorak, arr. KreiAler>. Uebesleld (Kreisler). Rondo in G iMosart. arr. Kreisler). 7.35 Coventry
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        549 4 HONG KONG 7.BW-1, 9 51 me s (114 m.) a.m. 11.50 European programme. PA. 12.50 News bulletin. 1.35 Close down. 3 20 Chlneae programme 6.20 European programme. 6.50 Stock quotations an-1 Hong. Kong Wt* change Market report 1.50 News bulletin. 10.20 Close down. THURSDAY SINGAPORE p.m 6.00 Chinese music. 6.35
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