The Straits Times, 12 November 1937

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    • 286 1 BINr.tBTHtC: t4O. CECIL (PHONE 54T1) 1931 J 1 ill cqRS flßlNKfiiaiiNiCO CIRICI X 0 a D MINING, TUNNELLING, AND QUARRYING PLANTS DRIFTERS, STOPE HAMMERS, JACK HAMMERS RIVETING AND CHIPPING HAMMERS PNEUMATIC DRILLS, GRINDERS ROCK DRILL MINING STEEL PROSPECTING DRILLS AIR COMPRESSORS AIR HOSE Complete machines, spare WKHM Ail inauiries promptly
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    • 173 1 KUALA LU.VPU.T: 05. JAVA ST. CPKONE 3683). \'l^9m9^^^. Why not call to-day and secure first Xf /^^^"jjffl^/^—^ choice of this specially selected stock Mm ROBINSONS g^|> it>E<IAL PIWAY »F fT J^ j %M&^^^*\ *^X\ hh r 4 M^^ nil tlWjJ I^^^Kt^AS^f AND SEASONABLE NOVELTIES liPli:: TOYS. DOLLS. GAMES. CHRISTMAS CARDS
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    • 10 1 s foto-portrait at studio 33 by f oto -artist only
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1223 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, Nice targe airy furn. room. Long bath h.w. Entry Dec. 1. Meyer Mansion? Fl. 19. TO LET: Fully furnished new modern house 3 Bedrooms; 3 Bathrooms: Lounge; Dining Room; Study: Loggia; Roof garden; Double Garages: Tennis Court; Refrigerator and Hot Water System throughout. Inclusive
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    • 754 2 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE. Tenderers are invited to apply for specifications and prices of Rok Roofing, Gibbons Fittings. Malkin Tiles. Coburn Sliding Door Gear. Tentest Fibrebcard, Aerolax Blinds. BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. Singapore. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the execution of alterations to house No. 2 Bencoolen Street. Plans, Specification
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    • 593 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of handsome design, well-made polished teak household furniture of every description including Single iron bedsteads with beddings. H.M.V. table model gramophone with dance records, beautiful wall pictures, crockery, glassware, plants, etc. (The property of Mrs. E. M. Baumgarten). To be held at No. 432, Orchard Road
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    • 454 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE BUKTT UNTONG RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated In the F.M.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books of the above Company will be closed on Saturday, Nov. 13 and Monday, Nov. 15. 1937. for the preparation of Warrams In payment of the Second Interim Dividend of
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    • 217 2 Foi the mo s ,^^2^?^^ssV Beautiful Perman- I£^£gs^^k permanently beau, y* ftfo tiful Phone oi call at l FIGARO. J Ladies Hair Dressers 93, Bras Basah Rd. and Raffles Hotel Phone 2MS. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss H*»"> 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 712 3 P Hi 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. ilncorporaieo or £ngiand> MAIL fABSENOER AND CAROO SERVICES FENINSUIAK ANL ORIEN'IAL S> N CO UNDER CONTRACI WITH HIS MAJESTY S OOVEKNMLNi I ONDUN ANC FAR EAST MAr SEaVICT OUT*A?.L. FP.OIV. LONEON POR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tannage Spore iWI r.coi; 6 500
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    • 524 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAiSHA) (ln<orpoi»teo ir Jhpan 1 GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. ro CONDON Naples Marseilles London Antwerp and Rot ci dam vessels Tonn*ge Due Sail HAKUSAN MARU 10.501 Noi 24 25 HARUNA MAKU 10.501 Dec 8 9 KATORI MARU 10.0C0 Dec 22 23 KAPHIMA
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    • 683 3 BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining )>-ivate bath. Exce I ltnt Cuisine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. rYo"i Prom Prom Prom Soon Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham MEONIA 23 11 23/11 «/ll 26 11 •AISIA 14 12 14'!2 1512 1712 BORINOLA 4/1 4/1
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    • 270 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Prom Arrive* H'kong S.P. Pres raft Dec 1 Dec 11 Pres Hoover Dee 11 Dec 23 Pres. Cleveland Dec. 23 Jan. 18 Pres. Coolidge Jan 8 Jan 2t> Pres WttoQn Jan 26 Peb 15 Pres. Hoover Peb. 5 Feb 23 Pres. Cleveland Feb. 23 Mar 15
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    • 1108 3 REPRESENTING. SHIPPING THE BLUE rINNKI LINC (Orean rht llua KKiow Steamshlr Co M93M i tit Steam Ship LM and China Mutoal Canard Mhite SUt lin Steam NaTicatloo Co Ltd. l Aberdeen It C'Mnmonwealtb Line The Straltr Stearaahip Co LM Shan Sarill Albion Co Ltd Ihe China Saviratioti Co Ltd Ihe
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    • 653 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporate" id P M 8.1 LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS M.S KL\» AMI) -SIAM 4TATEB RAILWAYS. TEIX.PHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. tlnccroorated tn England) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class form £106-7-10 Second Class From £74-0 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. lntrr<
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    • 473 4 (Incorporated ID Straits Settlement*) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (lDCarpor*te<! >D England) (Ineonxirsteo id 0.8. A.) FOR HAVRE, LONDON OBTON ITIMOM VIA 9Uz<£ CAN A I ROTTERDAM HAMBURG Via Port? *nd Son Caoal STEEL TRAVELER Nov. 25 Nov. 29 Out Sails STEEL M'""^ Nov. 30 Dec. 10
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 317 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 4.48 a.m. 7.2 ft.; 4.12 p.m. 7.4 ft. L. W. 10.09 a.m. 5 ft.: 10.53 p.m. 3.3 ft. Saturday, November 13. H. W. 5.56 a.m. 7.3 ft.; 5.43 p.m. 7.2 ft. L. W. 11.34 a.m. 4.9 ft. Sunday, November 14. H. W. 6.57 a.m.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 129 4 Friday, November 12. Ships aloDcsMe the Wharves or expected REPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf Lch. Sir T. Fraser, Lch Mary Rose, Restorer, Lch Moonstone, Tomohon. Oil Wharf NiL Coal Wnari Nil VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS ranjong Pagar Albert Dock Giang Seng. Victoria Dock Nordliav. Kippei llarDour King's
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    • 142 4 Scratching^ And Order Of Running. The weights for tomorrow's races— the third and concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting —are given on Page 14. The scratchIngs and the order of running are: Race I.— Horses Class 3 Div. 4, 6 furs. Bright Answer, Broadway Baby.
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    • 237 4 Today Bengkalis. F. de Kock. Padang, Pakan Baroe, Siak S. Pandjang (Ampang) 3 p.m. Philippine Islands iGneisenau) 4 p.m. Indo-Cnlna (O. O. Merlin) 4 p.m. Ceylon (Felix Roussel) ..7 p.m. France (Parcels only) (Felix Roussel) 7 pjn. Australia. New £eaiana, Java and Timor Dills Dy air (Qantas)
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    • 98 4 INWARD. Wearnes From renans and Kuala Lumpur Arrives every evening:, except Sundays. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Arrives this evening. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Saturday afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. OUTWARD. Wearnes To Kual& Lumpur and Penang: Mails close 6 a.m.
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    • 122 4 Mails from Fenang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Nov. 12 by air (Internal Service) will be delivered I to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General i delivery of letters tomorrow, Nov. 13 at 8 25 a.m. Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, Nov. 12, by air (Imperial) will
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    • 21 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Nov. 5. was delivered in London on Nov. 10.
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    • 34 4 The MM Felix Roussel, from Kobe. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Saigon, is expected to arrive today at 6.30 p.m.; and sail tomorrow at 1 a.m. for Marseilles, via Colombo, Djibouti and Port! Said.
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  • 163 4 Singapore, November 12, 12 noon. Buy.-- Seller Gamble- $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java $11.00 f-epper White Muntok $14.50 White $14.00 Black $9.25 -opra Mixed $4.65 Sun Dried $4.90 apioca Small Flake $4.40 Fair Flake $4.10 Medium Pearl $5.00 Small Pearl $4.«Jfl Sago Flour No 1 lingga $3.15
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 235 5 ROXY BAR OPEN TIIL MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT DjHBBVf HB|L W >^aBH| CHAN SETS A NEWT I V^L^ST^ A L V A WORLDS RECORD Of IW W Jf_ WL_Sk TIIDII f w! CHARLIE ""OLYMPICS' -id. WARNER OLAND «i K.4THERINE d e >111.1. E. KEYE LVKE. ALLAN LANE 20th Century Fox Picture
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    • 384 5 hSfW*^^^^^Mß Sx ti on!y ne of Ils kind in Sfev' 1 IK* Malaya. r ro^ Prevents scorching and can jew AW §Br vs d with g ti CMc vM I j^ \jsgs and safety. I i N, >4fe comes hot almost as soon as BE J \jy£L switched on. v
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    • 412 5 Twith the 3-MINUTEj MfAPORUB MASSAGE) fIKST, rub Vtcks v| Vapoßub briskly on H^. >5^L yl the throat and chest. NIXT, rub Vafmßub J? briskly on the back, 111 1 i s *v'^B between and below JLX\ /K^TI fhj shoulder-blades. ICV-.-- 7A 1 THIN— to strengthen and lengthen its famous double-action
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  • 252 5 HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance, 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and dance (informal) 9.45 p.m. to midnight. SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Dinner dance. COCONUT GROVE: Dinaer and dance extension. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: New Faces of 1937 R.K.O. With Joe Penner and Milton Berle. Opening night. 6.15
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE, MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya: Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. APB 1.
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    • 39 6 Ransomes Rapier Ltd, WATERSIDE WORKS, IPSWICH. MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS EXCAVATORS. */4/ 4 to II cub. yd Jk CRANES (AH Types) Jg? CONCRETE MLXERS W SLUICE GATES PUMPS. For ESTIMATES AND PARTICULARS MCALISTER CO., LTD. Sdc Afcste far Mabya.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 536 6 FURTHER GAINS IN PRICES. RUBBER AND TIN JUMP. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Nov. 12 It is very refreshing to see the y.redominance of plus signs in the quotations for shares and commodities this morning. New York had a holiday yesterday and so did the local market
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      • 593 6 AH shares quoted anove are fully paid issue \/ai. Frasers ft Co. Lyal) l> EVatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ajnpat lln 3/9 4/3 4,4> 2 4,9 £1 Asam KumDang 28/- 30/- 29/- 30/£1 Austiai Maiay 45/- 50/-n. 45/- 50/5/- Ayei Hit am 26/6 27/6 27,6 28/6 1 Ayei
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      • 390 6 a .-ji.i uih» «->iu. j.ju i.nu i.ik; i.du 2 2 do T/i% Prefs. 2.20 2.35 2.20 2.40 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 8.00n. 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B. M. Broadcasting J.45 0.55 0.50 0.60nom 1 1 B. M. Trustee 6.0C 6.75 500 6.75 £1 £1 Con. I. S. 7%
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      • 233 6 SiNGAPOHJ- MUNICIPALS'/* li>ol red. 1940 i4uu.OOO Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102 104 norn tVi* lwn red. 1947 i), 600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 norn 4Va% IW-'l rsd. 1955 11,000,000 1 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. -!C 113 115 nom. 4* 19.3 red. 1963 tU.000.000
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      • 355 6 (Shares are $1 unlej* otherwise -stated) J •vnenby Frasei It Co. Lyal) 145 1.55 1.40 Evat 1.50 iioi ij.ijaD Ainai. Malay Ay i uiiam ftyei Moiex yei Panas 3assett 3aiu untang Bedford Senta Boreili Brogas Brunei On 3uKit n>atil 3ukit K. B BuKit (tepong 3uKi! ilraan ($10) Jliaiifcuat
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  • 85 6 Friday, Nov. 12, Noon. No. 1 X. R. 3. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Nov. JM% 25 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) Nov. 24 24»4 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 243/4. 25 November 25 25Va December 25»/a
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  • 182 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/32 London demand 2/4 1/32 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 1710 ■Switzerland demand 249 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand
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  • 371 6 London, Nov. 11. The following are. todays closing middle prices on the Londoc Stock Exchange: Shares ot £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Seettr- Rise day or Fall Conversion Loan 5 D.c. 1944-64 114 +5, Funding Loan DC. 1960-90 112% 4-H War Loan, 3^i p.c 101\ +14 Com.
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  • 285 6 T^HE Liverpool correspondents 01 William Jacks and Co., < Malaya Lt<?., in their report dated Cct. 28. comment as follows. PALM OIL. The forward, market for West African softs Is fully 30/ per ton down on the week and this decline can only be attributed to heavier offerings
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  • 438 6 SIONE TIN (F.M.S.) Larger Profit And Dividend 'I'HE tenth annual general meeting of Slone Tin <F.M.S.>. Ltd.. was held last week at Winchester House, EC. Mr. H. B. Ward <the chairman) said that the year under review had been the most successful in the history of the company, and it
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 479 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ,'lncoroorated in the Colon; ot Hons Kong) The liability ot members la limited to the a/tent ana it manna orescrtbed ov Ordln a nee No. 1929 it the 3olony Authorlseo CaDital »50CC0,0!M, b&uea ana Pullv pald-Do S2OCOCOOr UtMrve Punds: Sterllne 6,»ti0.000 Hoo» Konp Currency $10,000,000
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    • 562 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated ffl China by Special Charter.) 12. CecO Street Singapore Telephone* Manager* Office 61 It enhance Dept 8441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: •CHTJNGKCO" raid Op Capita) Ch S M.tM.SM W Reserve Funds in eiceat af Ch f «.Rlv.»M Total Assets aopr*xim*M4y Ok *1 KW.tW.m.W HEAD OFFICE;
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    • 502 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Uuccrporated ffl England cr? Royal Chart*? 18.*3> Paid Up Capital Uj 600.000 ***nt o* «5 e«ch «3.000.00t Reaerve Pund K.000.00t Reserve UabUlty »f Proprlotoi* CJ/XV.OOO MtAn iwnoi JB. BaboiMcaW .ondoß It. t Atuiitsai Hong Kong Rangoon AJor Star Una Saigoc Bangkok £pob Semarang
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 601 7 OUTLOOK FOR TIN RATHER INDEFINITE. PRICE FLUCTUATIONS TO BE EXPECTED. IN their weekly report on the London market dated Oct. 29, Messrs Malcolm Bowley and Son, write: The new regulations regarding margins in Wall Street were hailed as a very bullish feature, and practically all markets responded
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    • 592 7 Market Welcomes Disclosure Of Quota Intentions. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I London, Oct. 29. *THE chief event of interest during the past week has, of course, been the special meeting of the International Tin Committee held on Monday last (Oct. 25). No surprise would have
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    • 324 7 PENDING QUOTA DECISION. LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT. IN their weekly report on the London rubber market dated Oct. 26, Lewis and Peat Ltd., write:— Following our last Report and a fall of over a halfpenny per lb. there was a smart rally and all markets became more
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  • 244 7 Correspondence. (To the Editor of the Straits Times.) CIR, In contrast to their promptness towards the latter part of last year and the beginning of this year in preventing the rubber prices from s> aring too high, the present masterly Inactivity of the International Rubber Regulation Committee
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  • 86 7 Paris 147 3/64 New York 4.9* 13/16 Montreal 4.984 Brussels 29.38 Geneva 21.59 Amsterdam 9.01".. Milan 94 13/16 Berlin 12.26*4 Maa/ia nomlna' Copenhagen 22 V Prague 141% Oslo 15.90 Vienna 26V4 Lisbon 110 3/16 Stockholm ..19.39% Helslngfort 226V4 London, Nov. 11. I AUtens 547 Vi Bucharest 677>4 tellers Rio
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  • 164 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend Singapore, Nov. 1 Books Close Date BX. Dlf. Parable Date 12, 10 a.m. rotai tor anancl* 1 reat to date TIM Jeiebu 5% Final K. L. Tin Is. Bonus Kuchal 20% Final Nov. 19 Ungul 10% Final Nov. 19 I.ukut 10% Final
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 148 8 GOLD PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. ASPIRIN TABLETS for headaches, colds, neuralgia, migrane, influenza, and the rrlief of pain. Only drugs of tested purity are used in the manufacture of these tablets. Obtainable at all Chemists. Dispensaries and Stores. Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES. STANDARD COMPONENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ETC. FOR RADIO and SOUND WORLD-WIDE
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    • 133 8 L 4-+ 1 T»T» ATfc-rfcf><«« brlng yOU the MUSIC yOU Yoi-r Radio is incomplete w.tnout a •QarP^ rara." Just ask your neignhour and cerS^^^ 1 Cainly h? wni tell you <^fl ilMtfc tla he nas J Oarrara ~^W R^^^, attached to tiis radio. H^^^^^ Illu-trated is an AutoTB matio Record
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 164 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY ZIIL 1 33 Mo (225 m.) |m. 6.00 Malay music. Gramophone records. 6.45 Children's programme. (English). 7.00 Cocktail dance music. Relay from the Great World. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 "From the Studio Armchair." Weekly Newsletter 9.15 Syncopated piano music. Gramophone records. 9.30 Dance music
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    • 157 8 I 7.10 "Tess of the d'Urberville*— A Pure Woman." 8 50 News and announcements. 9.15 Close down. TRANSMISSION 3. GSF 15 1« Mc/i S m OSG IT r. Hc/i (16 m.) pm. 9.35 Big Ben. BBC Empire Orchestra. 10.35 Festival of Empire and Remembrance.* From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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    • 108 8 NIROM. TDC 15 is Me/* (18 I n > TMN It V Me (tfl.t ml >m 5.50 Time signal. Opening announcement. 6.50 News bulletin. 7.10 What Everybody Likes. 8 50 Anti-opium week Talk, 9.48 Exchange rates. 10.20 Close, down. TOKIO. JZJ 118 Mci 1251 m) pm. 8 20 News in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 154 9 TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. DINNER and DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE TOMORROW— SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL. CABARET— MIMI JOSE. EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. BOOK NOW. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT (formal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE I KELLER BAND I NO
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    • 200 9 INSURANCE. FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ASSURANCE HONG KONG FIRE INSCB. CO uYO PHOENIX ASSURANCE VO LTD WESTERN ASSURANCE CO ONION INSCE SOCIETY Of CANTO"*. LTD BAOLE BTAR INS CO LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSITRANCf CO GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated Id 8.8.) FOR ALL DEFECTS Of VISION *fJ[zeJtiel
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  • 632 9 Mistook Him For Spy. PEMBROKE STEPHENS DIES WATCHING BATTLE. JAPANESE machine-gun bullets killed a British war corres- pondent, Mr. Pembroke Stephens, of the Daily Telegraph, while watching the shelling of Nantao from a tower in the French Concession. The Japanese, who admit responsibility, say that
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  • 225 9 King Lays Wreath At Haig Statue. DEFORE the Cenotaph service began, wreaths were laid around the base of the memorial by representatives of various units of the fighting forces and others. A few minutes before the service began, the King, who was attended by the Duke
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  • 29 9 Italian participation in the Nyon anti-piracy patrol scheme began yasterday. About 30 or 40 unita of the Italian navy are engaged In this week. —Reuter.
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  • 48 9 Nanking, Nov. 11 A giant Japanese bomber was shot down in flames and four out of its five occupants killed during an air raid In which IS machines participated. There was wild cheering and clapping among the crowd as the plane crashed— Reuter.
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  • 57 9 Manila, Nor. 11. COUR people are dead and two missing following the grounding of the 5,000-ton Shanghai steamer Kenllworth. In a typhoon which swept the Philippines today. The Kenilworth was blown ashore on the rocky point of Plnan Dugan. Luzon. The coastal freighter
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  • 204 9 Shouts Break Cenotaph Silence. Man Who Disturbed House Of Commons. London, Not. 11. -rjOWN with war; stop all this hypocrisy," shouted a man who broke the two minutes' silence at the Cenotaph in Whitehall today. The man dashed from the crowd, broke through the ranks of naval ratings and ran
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  • 300 9 French Area Menaced By Fires At Nantao. Shanghai, Nov. 11. A RMISTICE Day was ushered in at Shangha'- with the roar of guns and the detonations of exploding shells and bombs, as the Japanese, from land, sea and air, pounaed Nantao in a determined attempt to blast out the Chinese
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  • 226 9 London, Nov. 11. PITY hopes of a not distant peace in China are reflected in a conspicuous rise in Far Eastern loans, which are steady, inclining to firmness. Sellers are absent. Political and business circles in London are keenly aroused regardIng toe outcome of the
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  • 192 9 After Suffering Acute Pain For Years. Rheumatism first attached this old lady In 1931, and gradually spread from her arms to all parts of her body. She was almost helpless. Then she started to take Kruschen Salts, and now she sends the following letter In
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 154 10 CHEAP PRICES CHAMPAGNE EXTRA DRY 1926 AND DEMI-SEC ALSO YIN MOUSSEUX H. BOLTER CO. 23, Winchester House. "BERLEI" TRUE-TO-TYPE foundation Garments— to suit all figures at PALAIS DES MODES 12A Capttol Building, Singapore. FOR CHRISTMAS Greeting Cards Fane; Stationery Books (or Gifts. MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE. Stamford Road. X'MAS GIFTS at
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    • 30 10 HAS JUST RECEIVED A LOVELY SHIPMENT OF AFTERNOON GOWNS ALSO FLANNEL SLACKS MAYNARDS BUILDING 2nd Floor II Batter j Road. Singapore. Phone 4974. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 696 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1837. THE FALL OF SHANGHAI. Exactly three months after the heavy concentration in the vicinity of Shanghai of Japanese troops and naval units to back up a number of demands to which China could give but one reply, the city has fallen. There
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  • 143 10 SUHGAPORK. ADELPHI HOTEL Ex-Services Association Dinner. \I!RK X lii TKh OEVLANG Devil Doll and David Coppertleld at 7.45 p.m. ULOBt rilrAlKf Wake Up and Live. GKEAI AOKLU-rHI SET rALKIt Smartest Girl In Town. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, raikles Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows Cabaret. Danclna
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  • 442 10 "VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS." On Oct. 28, the I.T.C. announced that it had reached the conclusion on all the information then available that the tin quota for the first quarter of 1938 should be 85 per cent, as against 110 per cent, ruling at present, but that a definite decision would not
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  • 1548 10 EUROPEANS CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. How Employers Can And Should Help Poorer Employees. Today we print the second and concluding series of extracts from the lecture delivered recently by Mr. T. Sivapragasam, Co-Opera-tive Officer, Singapore. In expressing appreciation of the assistance given to the movement by employers in various ways, he said:
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  • 712 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Scoffers. LJONC KONG Is scjfflng about the action of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in preferring an aqua- rium to a civic centre. "Singapore has decided to buy an aquarium instead of an art gallery." says the South China Morning Post. "Well, with an aquarium, if
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 227 11 million UuaJianGEeJl F*sSk Christmas FRIENDS r^^^g EVERYBODY LIKES A PRACTICAL GIFT. What more acceptable by Friends at Home, during the Christmas Season, than a well-stocked Gift Box or Hamper. GIFT BOX No. 2. 1 1 lb. Decorated Caddy Tea 2 Pint Tins Soup 1 T*mr nat#« Carton Cheddar Cheese 1
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  • 440 11 CHINESE SPOKESMAN SPURNS PEACE TERMS. Invading Army May March On Nanking. NANTAO, crowded Chinese city bordering on the French Concession at Shanghai, fell to the Japanese early this morning. The Japanese also claim that Pootung, opposite Shanghai, has been entirely cleared of Chinese
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  • 176 11 Markets Improve In London New York. London, Nov. 11. EVERYTHING depends upon Presi- dent Roosevelt and presumably he will do his utmost to bring about a recovery before the May primary elections, but I am waiting to see," states one of the leading investment experts in
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  • 200 11 Tokio War Clique's Peace Terms To Nanking. THE extreme Japanese militarists in Tokio, interviewed by Reuter, announce their peace terms as follows Firstly, recognition of Manchukuo and the formation of Sino-Japanese-Manchukuo economic bloc; Secondly, an autonomous anti-Com-munist North China and Inner Mongolia, both under Japanese protection, but controlling all their
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  • 419 11 What Will Japan Do In Settlement Shanghai, Nov. 11. VIRTUALLY accusing the authorities in the International Settlement and the French Concession of breaches of neutrality throughout the hostilities, Gen. Matsui, Japanese Commander-in-Chief at Shanghai, made a sensational statement to Reuter today. In question and answer he made perfectly clear his
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  • 136 11 'I Am Master Of Shanghai. Matsui Replies To British Leaders. "T AM master of Shanghai 1 and I shall do what I like. If the British, French or American authorities interfere, serious consequences are likely." Gen. Matsui, Japanese commandant in Shanghai, is reported by Nanyang Siang Pau to have made
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  • 206 11 New Constitution Planned. Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 11. A NEW Brazilian constitution has been promulgated in consequence of which all public bodies are automatically dissolved. An official communique says the new constitution is aimed to assure peace for the nation. The new constitution will be submitted to
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  • 124 11 'Useless To Dream Of Victory.' IJERR HITLER, with cordial Italian approval, is bringing pressure to bear on both Chiang Kai-shek and Tokio to accept his mediation and warns Chiang that it is useless to dream of victory or expect help from the Brussels Conference asserts the Daily
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  • 265 11 Duke Does Not Go To Armistice Service. Offended By Chaplain. Paris, Nov. 11. *T*HE Duke of Windsor was invited to witness the Armistice Day parade in the Champs Elysees with President Lebrun, but expressed a desire to keep the two minutes silence at the English i Church. He did not
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  • 97 11 MacDONALD'S FAMILY DECLINE ABBEY BURIAL. To Be Buried In Native Lossiemouth. London, Nov. 11. MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD will be buried in his native town of Lossiemouth. It was proposed that he should be buried in Westminster Abbey, but his family, while deeply appreciating the honour, have expressed a wish that
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  • 54 11 Geneva, Nov. 11. Members of the Far East Committee of the League of Nations held a meeting today under President Munters, of Latvia. In spite of China and Russia favouring an immediate meeting the Committee expressed a desire that the next meeting be held only after
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  • 184 11 Brussels, Nov. 11. "AS soon as we receive the Japanese reply we will decide wTtat to do, but we have decided to act quickly," stated M. Delbos (France) in an interview published this evening. This fact is confirmed by information which has leaked
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  • 86 11 Britain Buys Coal Royalties For Huge Sum. London, Nov. 12. OOW it is proposed to purchase coal royalties for Britain at a cost of £66,450.000 to be raised by a loan, is shown in the text of the Coal Mines Bill. It provides for the establishment of a coal commission
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  • 36 11 Burgos, Nov. 11. A NEW insurgent offensive, headed by Gen. Franco himself, is expected to begin at any moment. It is estimated that 700,000 Insurgent and Government troops will be involved.—Reuter.
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  • 221 12 New Colonels For Singapore Garrison On Dilwara. INNISKILLINGS' OFFICER COMMANDING. UUITH about 400 British troops for Shanghai—mem- bers of the Ist Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, on its way from England to relieve the Ist Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, which is to be
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  • 33 12 The Sultana uj Johore. looking very well, snapped by a Straits Ttmet cameraman on arrival this morning. The Suttan of Johore, chatting Johorc's acting General Adviser. Mr. L. A. Allen.
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  • 247 12 Sultan Anxious To See New Astana. U/EARING a silver swastika badge in the lapel of his coat, the Sultan of Johore. accompanied by the Sultana and her niece, arrived back in Singapore after a prolonged tour in Europe by the North German Lloyd liner Gneisenau. this morning. A large gathering
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  • 379 12 Race Weights For Tomorrow. DELOW are the complete weights for tomorrow, the third and concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting. The scratch ings and the order of running will be found on page 4. MORSES. CLASS I, DIV. 1. 9 II RS Mountain Tonroe 7.11 Stream 9.02
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  • 214 12 Sir Malcolm Watson's Tour Of Malaya. CM! MALCOLM WATSON, the malaria authority who is director of the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and who is visiting Malaya, was at Malacca on Tuesday. He is due at
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  • 94 12 Tribute To Chinese Generosity. at the Singapore Ex- Services Association dinner last night of the results of this year's Poppy Day Fund collections, Mr. H. Amon, chairman, paid tribute to the "generosity of our Chinese friends, who In spite of additional calls on their pockets,
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  • 88 12 MEARLY 200 Chinese monks are 11 doing first-aid work in China. On a mission to Malaya to raise funds for carrying on the work, the Rev. Yuen Hing Fa-sih, head of the monks' ambulance unit In China, arrived by the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Verde
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  • 151 12 Rubber Makes Big Jump. •T'HE Singapore rubber market this morning saw one of the biggest rises for some months. At the opening the improved prices ruling in New York on Wednesday and in London yesterday were immediately reflected, the local price being marked up l\i cents. Subsequently good buying demand
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  • 79 12 ROBBERS THROW PEPPER IN WOMAN'S EYES. 'TAKING her by surprise and 1 throwing a handful of pepper in her eyes four Chinese robbed a Chinese woman of $75 worth of jewellery while she was walking along Havelock Road late on Wednesday night. She was not able to say definitely whether
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  • 64 12 Governor To Attend Tonight's Performance. *I*HE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas will attend the second performance of "Fresh Fields" tonight at 9.15 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre. The show, which Is being presented by Mrs. P. H. Battishlll, and produced by Mr. Hugh Denham, is in
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  • 352 12 BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE." gINGAPORE'S "crocs" are in the news again. Second brute to be caught in the city within about a fortnight is a "baby" one, measuring just under five feet and captured after a hectic two hour battle in the Singapore River,
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  • 263 12 Empire Troops' 'Wonderful Conduct" At Coronation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 3. iA WARM tribute to tho wonderful conduct and soldierly bearing of the Empire Contingents of the Forces which came to England for the Coronation" was paid by Field-Marshal Lord Milne, today at a luncheon which followed the
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  • 27 12 In aid of the building and renovation fund of the Fairfleld Girls' School, a concert will be held at the school this evening, beginning at 5.30 o'clock.
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  • 894 13 SINGAPORE'S DEFENCE WORKS MUST GO ON. "Rearm For Peace" Keynote Of Governor's E.S.A.M. Dinner Speech. COLONY STILL NEEDS MEN FOR VOLUNTEERS. SINGAPORE is more able to resist any trouble now than it was before, but, said the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at last night's dinner of the Singapore branch
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  • 138 13 DURING the past year, 48 appeals for assistance by Ex-Servicemen had been considered in Singapore and employment found for six applicants, three of which were really lucrative billets," said Mr. H Amon, reviewing the benevolent work of the Singapore branch of the
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  • 94 13 Flags Fly For "Father Of Modern China." TODAY, Chinese in Singapore and all over Malaya proudly fly from windows and rooftops the banner of the National Government in memory of the birth 70 years ago of the man who later played an important part in delivering China from the Manchus.
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  • 94 13 Must Be Based On NinePower Treaty. "IF China is to accept peace terms. they must be based on the first clause of the Nine Power Treaty a guarantee of China's territorial Integrity and sovereignty," declared Mr. Liang Kuen Lih, secretary of the Foreign Ministry at Nanking,
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  • 304 13 Mvi Tsai Report. Confident Minority View Would Be Accepted. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Nov. 2. CONFIDENT that her minority report on the mvi tsai problem in Malaya and Hong Kong would be accepted sooner or later, Miss Edith Picton-Turbervill said she "felt
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  • 120 13 Malay Fishermen Act Promptly. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Nov. 10. I*HE prompt action of two Malay fishermen in saving six lives when a boat capsized in the Straits of Johore and three were drowned recently was recalled In the police court tori ay
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  • 421 13 Selangor V. C's. View. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 11. "pERHAPS never in our history have we as an Empire, through our Navy, Army and Air Force, acted so strenuously as the world's policeman, and perhaps never as an Empire have
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  • 617 14 Rest Beaten 6—o6 0 In Game For Poppy Day Fund. VTNfri of the series, the women's hockey match on the padang yesterday ir aid of the Poppy Day Fund saw the Europeans beat the Rest easily by six goals to nil. Ihiy have now
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  • 253 14 The Fixtures For Tomorrow. The following are tomorrow's fixtures in the Home soccer leagues ENGLISH LEAGUE. DIVISION I. Arsenal vs. West Bromwich. Blackpool vs. Birmingham. Bolton vs Stoke. Brentiord vs. Middlesbro Derby vs. Leeds. Everlon vs. Chelsea. Huddersfleld vs. Portsmouth. Leicester vs Preston. Manchester vs. Liverpool. Sunderland
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    18 14 The Kr*t XI. beaten by the Europe* rs Uerday in the women's »b.uml hockey match. —Straits Times Picture.
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  • 184 14 The following is the team to-repre-sent Johore against the R.N. and R.A.F. in the Malaya Cup match, at Anson Road Stadium tomorrow. J. B. Dudgeon; R. B. McKay, V. G. viabin, W. J. B. Johnson, P. H. Burgess: P. G. Jones (rapt.), H. M.
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  • 55 14 England and Wales meet in an international soccer match at Middlesbrough on Wednesday next. The teams have been selected as follows, cables Renter ENGLAND: Woodley; Sproston. Barkas; Crayston, < nil is. Copping; Matthews, Hall, Mills, Goulden. Brook. WALES: Gray; Turner, Hughes; Murphy. Hartford, Richard; Hopkins,
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  • 201 14 In the match between Fort Canning and the St. Andrew's "A" team ai Tanglin yesterday the soldiers were far superior and won by 19 points (two goals, three tries) to 3 points (a penalty). St. Andrew's played a man short. After an initial spurt by tneir opponents
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  • 432 14 The Albuhera Cvp To Be Sports Championship Trophy. A PLEASING ceremony took place at the Singapore Harbour Board Club, Raeburn Park, on Wednesday when Captain Ayscough, accompanied by two members of the Middlesex Regiment's football team, Messrs. Bright and Grogan. i tended an informal gathering
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  • 64 14 Boxing. A reminder is given of tonights fights at the Happy World park in the open. Starting at 9 o'clock, five bouts will be put on. Boy Tony. Little Juan. Bud Walle.v and Kid Gabo are the participants In the main fights, each over six
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  • 74 14 'From Our Owti Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 11 Dummy Keyes. flyweight and bantamweight champion of Japan in 1833 and 1934. will meet Johnny Mortoll tomorrow night at the Bukit Blntang Amusement Park over ten threeminute rounds. Dommy Reyes has met many good men. in
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  • 17 14 Ac Northampton yesterday, cables Reuter, the East Midlands defeated Warwickshire by 10 points to 3.
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  • 1830 15  -  "Captain Dash." By Merry Widow Dark Look "Beat The Odds." ALTHOUGH it was a week-day it was a public holiday, and there was a good gathering for the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting at Bukit Timah yesterday. The going was good
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    18 15 DARK LOOK (McLachUn) wins the fourth race from Athis, Newbridge and Coronation, to pay $66. Straits Times Picture.
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  • 19 15 The complete weights for. tomorrow, the concluding day of the meeting, will be found on Page 12.
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  • 107 15 The women's Robinson Cup competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club duiing last week, and resulted in a win for Mrs. O'Grady with a score of one down. The following were the best returns Mrs. A. O'Grady 1 down. Mrs. R. S. Nelson
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  • 51 15 TODAY Ru« by: S.C.C. "A" vs. Folio?. Ilockry: R.A.M.C. vs. S.C.C "A"; S.R.C. 2nd vs. 1. A.; S.C.R.C vs. R.A.0.C.: Raffles College vs. Innlskillings: C.S.C. 2nd vs. RAF Town Office: G.H.R.C. vs. Colts "A"; A.C.B. vs. S.J.I. Boxinir: Happy Worid. S p.m. Lawn Tennis: S.C.R.C. Smitaticr. iri.'fccment
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  • 536 15 Law 7i Ten n is 5. C. C. vt f tf f i o n To urn a men t Fe w No n-Ch i nese Entries Bowls AtA t Bournemouth Scotland And French Rugby. Conducted By "ECHO." •TODAY play begins in the S.C.R.C.'s Invitation .awr. tennis
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    • 437 16 Widow of Army Officer Tells Amazing Story Cruel Attack* in tke Middle of tke Nigkt Dolieres Three Ephszone Tablets Cured Her Of Asthma Mn acc hid.t bt« btm< km (ardea lor Ikin yeara awlag I* Cardiac Aitkma. 1 li- cm«| attack! left her rtkiutH .ad a meia wreck (»t ili><
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  • 216 16 Correspondence Position Of Men In General Clerical Service. To the Editor of the Straits Times. ClR,— During the recent sitting of ttw MacGregor Commission, it was shown that promotion from Grade in to Grade n in the General Clerical Service had been unduly delayed and that discrimination was
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  • 759 16 Monday. Nov. 1. In the morning His Excellency presided at a Durbar held at the Astana. Klang. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency and Lady Thomas at King"s House this evening Hon. Chief Justice N. H. P. Whitley. Hon. Mr. G. E.
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  • 271 16 "ARTIST AND NOT A BUSINESS MAN." DIRECTOR OF ART WAX COMPANY. "TPHE whole trouble is that he is an artist, not a business man." said Mi. P. Spring when applying -t London Bankruptcy Court for the discharge of Mr. Louis Joseph Henry Tussaud. Mr. Tussaud. whose
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  • 39 16 Gen. Pu Tso-yi, Suiyuan leader who led the defence of Taiyuan, Shansi capital, was killed in action, according to an unconfirmed Japanese report. says Nanyang Slang Pau. Taiyuan is now in Japanese hands.
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  • 39 16 Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, advocate and stlicitor. former partner of the lega: firm of Shelly Thompson and Demuth, im$ ceased to be a partner of the said firm and joins the firm of Battenberg and Talma from Not 1.
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  • 126 16 Singapore Health Statistics. DNEUMONIA again took a heavy toll of life last week according to the Singapore Municipal health statement when the disease claimed 43 victims, compared with 34 in the previous week, and 22 in the corresponding week of last year. Pthlsls, convulsions, beri-beri and
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  • 124 17 CHINESE URGED NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED. Withdrawal Not Defeat. Shanghai, Nov 11. URGING the Chinese nation not to be discouraged by the recent withdrawals, the Chinese military spokesman in Shanghai pointed out yesterday that the Japanese forces were still far away from the first Chinese national defence line, which rims
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  • 154 17 Beautiful Wife Also In Custody. Moscow, Nov. 8. THE former Soviet Minister at i Prague, M. Arosjeff, and his wife have been arrested for espionage on behalf of a foreign Power. M. Arosjeff had married a Czechoslovak. Vera I Fiala, three years ago and was
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  • 20 17 The vice-commander of the Japanese 16th Destroyer Squadron, Udakusa, was killed in action at Shanghai, according to Nanyang Slang Pau.
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  • 137 17 GOING HUNTING, HE SAYS. London, Nov. 10. A NEWSPAPER announcement that Viscount Halifax, Lord President of the Council, was visiting Germany soon u> interview Hitler with regard to Ang'o-German trade relations, has iled Lord Halifax to state that he was invited to visit the hunting
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  • 104 17 Presentation Of Feudal Dues Planned. London. Nov. 10. •When the King visits the West Country at the end of this month, he will visit Princeton. Tavistock, Launceston Castle, Liskeard, Truro and Cambome. At Launceston Castle the very old custom of the presentation of feudal dues will
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  • 94 17 Questions In Commons. London, Nov. 10. What is the present position in Hong Kong, the decline in trade, the number of refugees there and how are they being, maintained; and what is the Government's financial position and the economic position of the community at
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  • 42 17 One Killed, Two Hurt. Jerusalem, Nov. 10. The curfew has been reimposed in the Old City at Jerusalem, following outrages in which one Arab was shot dead, and an Arab sheikh and a Jewish labourer seriously wounded. Neuter.
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  • 95 17 London, Nov. 10. "It is not the practice to notify the Japanese military authorities of move- ments of Britons in general by car in China," said Lord Cranborne in the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Geoffrey Mander, "but since the shooting of the British
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  • 51 17 Gen. Li Chung-jen, Kwangsi leader, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the forces a'ong the TientsinPukow and Peiping-Hankow railroads. He succeeds Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, vicechairman of the supreme war council in Nanking, who has been recalled to assist Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. Sin Chew Jit
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  • 82 17 Washington, Nov. 10. It is learned that the Treasury has extended its* 1934 ruling on hedging transactions by foreigners to include such transactions made in 1936 or thereafter by persons classed as nonresident aliens Having their place of business In the United States. At the
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  • 48 17 Bucharest, Nov. 10. Queen Marie of Rumania is suffering from intest nal trouble, following an attack of influenza. Her two daughters. Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, and ex-Queen Elizabeth of Greece are constantly at her bedside. The doctor has recommended a month's absolute quiet.— Reuter.
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    • 56 18 PRANG BESAR ISOLATED GARDEN SEED INTENDING PURCHASERS WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO PLACE ORDERS WITHOUT DELAY FOR THEIR 1938 REQUIREMENTS. TWO SEEDFALLS ARE EXPECTED ABOUT JANUARY/MARCH SEPTEMBER/NOVEMBER. PRICES WILL BE AS NOTIFIED IN THE CIRCULAR OF 9th JULY. 1937 FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO:— HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. KUALA LUMPUR,
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    • 241 18 i- I Why Is It Necessary To Bulk? 5 I The obvious reply is to obtain a more uniform sheet. I til This in itself is an effort well worth making, but it becomes a necessity w'.ierever the modern high speed or automatic <2 batteries are installed. <| I The"se
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  • 3176 18 CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND FOR ASIATIC STAFFS. Planting Topics. COX several years now a provident fund, common to all European planters, and governed by legislation, has been in existence in Malaya. The scheme has worked with great success and it is natural that. Asiatic subordinate .staffs on estate;; BhoaM seek for
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    • 235 19 "Don't argue "Now you'll like these. Don't argue, ju<t try fgWWRS^ ?fl A one. And don't say anything until you're smoked Wf '~\s7Jgfa. half of it." MM W i& A dv Maurier? I^AH \la jffi X so much better?" WjS^T 0f F^rk W Jm W"^8& Goodness, yes Why, it's a
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  • 872 19 London Experts Refuse To Prophesy. MAIN FACTOR IS TREND OF AMERICAN BUSINESS ACTIVITY. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 3. WHAT one well-known authority described to your Correspondent as a "state of glorious uncertainty as to the short-term outlook continues to prevail on the London
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  • 262 19 I of restriction or a further period of five or seven years after the expiry of the current scheme at the end of next year this strengthening process will be continued, and in this sense the longterm outlook is certainly promising. But no Regulation Committee
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  • 384 19 Correspondence. (To the Editor of the Straits Times) CIR. About the first quarter of this year a great deal had been written and said in a more or less convincing manner about a coming shortage of rubber and the likelihood of its reaching a price of two
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  • 160 19 1 1*HE following crops of rubbbr were I harvested by the respective comI panies in October lbs. Australasia. '-•a.SSO Ayer Hanas 82.000 Bukit Kubu 15,000 Glenealy 59,700 Jalan Kebun 14 800 Kluang 36,329 Pajam 168,000 Port Swett*nham 10,900 Tambalak 16.500 Teluk Anson 62,040 Dlu Benut 39,000 Benta
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  • 37 20 The Straits Times X PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1937 PRICK 10 CENTS The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARL? A JENTURf.j THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA PAGBS. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 124 20 ItKMNDA. the Whaddon Chases terrier, arrives for the first meet i Urn limiting season at Cublingl*n Cross Roads, near l,eii;liton Blizzard, Befordshire. 'TALLY-HO" Red-coated and tophatted followers of the Whaddon Chase start "Society's" 10.000.0<i0 winter sport. (Above) CAPTAIN GEORGE EYSTON, who has set up an unofficial
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    • 21 1 British Motor Supplement L:ucd Free With: THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE FREE PRESS PINANG GAZETTE TIMES OF MALAYA Friday, November 12, 1937.
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    • 820 1 The Vexed Question Of Trade-In Values. RELUCTANCE TO ADVERTISE! NEW CAR PRICES. A POINT that is often the cause; of considerable annoyance to custcmen and motor selling agents ya I* the value to be placed j 1 1 a trade-in when purchasing vehicle. Although most manufacturers Hi
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      45 1 HOW MAIL AND PASSENGERS ARE CARRIED IN THE "UNCIVILISED" SPOTS OF MALAYA: Two Trenggann mail vans which work daily between Kuala Trengganu and Kota Bahru, capital of Kelantan. stop at Kampong Bulot, a village on the edge of the jungle. SEE STORY IN PAGE 14.
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    • 399 1 Caused By Incompetent Malay Drivers. A. A.M. SHOULD ESTABLISH TRAINING SCHOOLS. CONFRONTING the motorist as soon as he buys a car in Singapore H the problem of whether it is worth his while to engage a syce. Although most European owners use Malay drivers, there
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    • 2754 2 Conditions Of Roads And Vehicles. BAD LIGHTING: SURFACES WHICH CAUSE SKIDDING. When Insurance Should Be Made Compulsory. IN the majority of motoring mishaps the blame for the accident must bo divided two ways between the parties involved in the accident and t'.ie authorities responsible for
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    • 104 2 Mr. S. G. K. Smallbone. managing director of Morris Industries Exports. Ltd., on Oct. 22 announced that the company had signed contracts for over £5,000,000 worth of Morris cars for the Dominions. Colonies and abroad. Over 13.000 cars were for Australia and New Zealand. Morris
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      • 66 3 Wk-sss9m\lk THE WVA^iifff w^ s A complete range of Jj V a 2 *Zft** *r9r 9 e as Ford Cars is always J V C t^ >^^ Ce available for inspection sp °gg*. °"6" 6 '^^t^fi^^V I^., in our Showrooms. V i^*° r t> Vi -St? g^ffi* o Qtt a
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    • 1304 4 Comfort And Reliability For The Owner-Driver. OVERHEAD VALVE ENGINE GIVES HIGH SPEED AND GOOD ACCELERATION. THE 10 h.p. car has rapidly found public favour. In 10 years its popularity has increased by 600 per cent, and today more than 250,000 "Tens" are in use
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    • 900 4 Maximum Performance And Comfort At Reasonable Price. |T may be said, without exaggeration, that during 1937 SINGER Cars gained an enviable reputation for their high performance and lasting reliability, The •'BANTAM" has become known as the light car that gives the least trouble,
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    • 454 4 BIGGEST BRITISH INDUSTRY. STILL A COUNTRY OP SMALL CARS. THOUGH there are still 21 persons in the United Kingdom to every motor vehicle, against 4.5 in the United States, the motor industry is rapidly nearing the time it will be able to claim unchallenged the p. sition
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      • 92 4 Mobiloil ADVANCE CHART OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1938 MODELS Make Emm* Gear Boi Back Axle AUSTIN BB BB Wyk HmW Gear Lubricant FORD A EP EP HILLMAN MINX BB BB C HDLLMAN 14 BB BB EP HUMBEK BB BB EP MORRIS BB CW EP ROVER AD D STANDARD A A EP
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    • 1428 5 Improvements In Regard To Safety And Comfort. FEATURES OF THE EARLS COURT SHOW. THE motor engineer may justly complain that whereas he is making great contributions towards road safety the Government play their part lethargically by companion. The cars of 1938 lay a greater
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    • 269 5 QRDERS totalling £50,000,000 were on the books of British motor-car manufacturers within twelve hours of the opening of the Motor Show at Earls Court. Some of these orders for next season's model.* had been r y dated before the exhibition openeJ, but it was at
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      • 448 5 Use CHEVROLET for loads! ALL STEEL CAB WITH GREATER VISIBILITY ARO SAFETY. MORE jMiuer. improved weight and load < distribution, more load space and lower "*lfc>, W cost these are the important improvements that j j.BSHHPvv^.- >s*J£. <(!C the new Chevrolet trucks bring to the profit side W* 1 Mr^-r
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      • 283 6 m mS/^tWW jiTE^v v §&j&KBOKk 1 iXSfIHMHHHHfISHESXEf!— CHEVROLET ASSURES YOU f 1 MATCHLESS DURABILITY BY BUILDING INTO ITS CARS THE WORLD'S MOST OUTSTANDING DEPENDABILITY AND LONG-LIFE "SSS 1 ENGINEERING FEATURES efficient cooling IT T" HEN you purchase a motor car, it is vitally important to w W you that the
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      • 816 7 l_. il «IM •>..: ;3>^al^WßwßßßlWßl^^s<?|**!^^gi^'|; 3 >^al^WBwBBBlWBI^^5<?|**!^^gi^'| ij'^a»^ l sl^>ri^ji^s3^^? w T5 i Mr^t?^^ J |W| J|MBgwA» M l^mtmW T^Bm Tl advent ot the Austin Eighteen Windsor saloon initiates a new standard Jqc^l 4kWES!Z!!^mmmmmmmm!!Z*JH&ZZ!!Z-2SLJ*^B ot motorin X luxury. Mounted on a chassis of 10 ft. ins. wheelbase, this 3BJBBJSf a||
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      • 237 8 EVERY INDIVIDUAL UNIT- CAREFULLY PLANNED, TESTED \l/~r" AND PROVED FOR DEPENDABLE TRAVEL AT LOW COST! £i&}t^ > FORD V-8 if Increase your holiday enjoyment and ro^uce your *$X y*^y(<~ HOME LEAVE expenses by choosing a FORD. Confer )^\M-' m }f with your local Ford Dealer who will be pleased to
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    • 950 9 A GLIMPSE OF THE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITIES Ob THE FORD ORGANISATION THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. f>NLY a few years ago the sits of the English Ford plant was but part; Of the marshy w^tes of Essex and the 1 existence of the factory was' only the imagination of a few men The
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    • 1808 6 WHEN the Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Broadbridge, opened the thirty-first International Motor Exhibition at the new Earls Court buildings on Oct. 14 the curtain went up on the largest, most impressive and probably most popular display of the entire series. The
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    • 1761 10 WITH a famous name, an attrac- a!'i>earance and a host of new engineering iVaturcs, the Vauxhall 10-four commences a public career under happy auspices. It has already had a private history extending over several years of evolution, during which the design was tested with exemplary
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    • 493 10 ACCUMULATOR USED IN CORONATION COACH ON DISPLAY AT EARLS COURT. A VERY wide range of batteries for motor car starting, lighting and ignition are shown in a comprehensive display on the Exid-i stand No. 289 at Earls Court. No doubt many visitors will recall the special
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      • 72 10 Us silent as safety permits" IS AUDIBLE ONLY WHEN ASSURING SAFETY Ajf £Jr jqbMk |^By]\ 1 murmur as you cornCv w 9 m/^^. jls er smartly the J m j|| BMk^Vh! soun d °i that surfaceJSf 7 tff Bl^L^W suclion lhat lessens risk ot lit \j VZmBHHmB I^. HPdV|BfllHp?9 skid
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    • 383 11 INDIA COMPANY'S SPECIAL PRODUCT USED ON QUALITY RACING CARS. THE high reputation which has been achieved by India tyres lends particular interest to the announcement of a new "Suptr" cover which will be marketed at prices comparable with those of other first-line products. Prolonged and rigorous tests
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    • 426 11 USED ALL OVER THE WORLD AID TO PROGRESS OF RUBBER INDUSTRY. f OODRICH symbolises universal commerce This colossal manufacturing institution reaches into the far countries for materials from which to fashion its products, and distributes its finished commodities to every point of the compass The remotest jungle
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    • 765 11 DERHAPS it's just as well that cars are dumb, because if they could talk their violent protestations might embarrass the passengers. After all, cars do get so badly treat ed sometimes. Quite a lot of drivers seem to think that, :is long as the
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    • 520 11 Pioneers In Modern Lubricating Oils. CHELL were pioneers in modern lubricating oils which have dona much to raise motoring from its first position as the sport of a few enthusiasts to a pleasure of the multitude. The first motor cars and motor cycles were clumsy and unreliable contrivances and the
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      • 290 11 No other truck gives you such RELIABILITY I q^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^~~~£~J^^ T *k® Bedford range, Vauxhail Motors have •#ggf yi^^rij^^ M. P ro uce< a complete series of modern trucks and T ip^iNJSJ t&P bus chassis up to 4</j tons pay load. Altogether 4SI there are eight different Bedford chassis ranging in
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    • 607 12 Compact Unit For Power Output. ESSENTIALLY PRACTICAL DESIGN AND PLEASING APPEARANCE. A LTHOUGH only rated at 7.992 h.p., and subject to only JS6 tax, the engine of the Big Seven develops fully 25 b.h.p. at 4,000 r.p.m. The clever design of this
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    • 235 12 MOTORING safety, with the increase of traffic, depends more vitally than ever on good visibility, and the latest Austins can be said to fulfil very completely this Important requirement. Taking the Austin Ten Cambridge saloon as an example, It is found that for the average driver,
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    • 173 12 IN R.A.C. AND SCOTTISH EVENTS. OTRIKING testimony as to the allround excellence of the latest Austin body designs has been provided by this year's R.AC, and Scottish Rally Coachwork competitions. Of the official team of three Austins which participated in the R.A.C. event, two gained the first
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      • 85 12 I SKIES ABOVE LOOK I I BLUER WITH SAFE I I GOODYEAR TYRES I I UNDERNEATH I JS^L l^rv !f yOU want to be confldent and jfl (VflMk caref ree ride on Goodyears jjiJW IN All DIRECTIONS H» 4- e\ Mv i See h° w sturdy diamond blocks in lfmlUm^k
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      • 206 12 \Sta^?^^^^4MCJ3l Ttle S' n S er Twelve that gained a H<r, W^^^^^^fc/^H^B^. reputation as the "Twelve with K^^k the amazing performance" is cony s tinue d in a new form with many \3k HILJ^ more important features. Never E s^\ xFw^^^e before has a Twelve H.P. Saloon H i«jt'-'\ t^Srtfy^
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    • 1079 13 BODY INSULATED AGAINST FUMES AND NOISE. Power Unit A Masterpiece Of Engine Design. THE New Minx gives the most comfortable and safe ride of any light car and, to achieve this, the exclusive "Superluxe" Suspension, iniluding automatic adjustment to loads, "Silentbloc" rubber bushes
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    • 521 13 CORRECT BLENDING TO PREVENT "SLUM" IN MOBILOIL I THE most perplexing problem that I has confronted the oil-refining industry has been how to extract undesirable impurities from crude oi' without damaging its lubricating value. Extraction Process. But this problem has at last been solved by the
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      • 25 13 FOR BRIGHTER LIGHTS £i FOR STARTING LIGHTING The Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd, (Incorporated in England) Oldham Lane, Singapore. iUBRICATIONI Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.) UA.
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    • 2150 14 Joys Of "Bumping" Off The Beaten Track. "TOOTHCOMB" EXAMINATIONS AT CUSTOMS' BARRIERS. YOU cannot describe motoring along Malayan roads as adventurefilled nowadays, although a ride, say, down the main highway from Penang to Singapore might have its thrills, everything depending upon the man
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      • 15 14 iNDIf rood CRIP stop* IjOU in or SOLE AGENTS THROUGHOUT MALAYA SIME, DARBY CO., LTD.
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      • 127 14 UNSURPASSED m VALUE In Motor Insurance Policies including, WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE:- 1. Personal Accident Benefits to OWNER AND WIFE 2. Generous M IDICAL EXPENSES to owner and passengers. 3. Loss of RUGS, COATS. LUGGAGE by Fire cr Theft up to $150. 4. Fire risks to PRIVATE GARAGE up to $500.
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      • 263 15 v^v JilPllw A Jf^^^^' "^^^^w I r~i sz^ X lVHulUlnlUllmil t J^Efsy^ r //x N. mmWiWumm I <£ffvx y^ /liilWwßf #^r /y iKmamiS I It j^\\\\\\\^^^. /a' ,/n^^^^w^. *^^^^k^V Th S neW Twelve embodies the exceptional reliability, economy Of upkeep fine 9tyle and so nd value that collectively has y^^^^^\^
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    • 707 16 FEATURES OF CHEVROLET COMMERCIAL CARS TRUCKS. Modern Design And Smart Appearance. IMOKK power, improved weight and load distribution, more load space on panel-type trucks, and lower cost these are the important improvements that the new Chevrolet commercial cars and I trucks bring tc the profit side of motor transportation. Each
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    • 633 16 THE Dunlop "90" car tyre has aroused widespread interest: It is a tyre which represents another big stride forward in that march of progress which has never ceased since John Boyd Dunlop invented th» first practicable pneumatic tyre, and founded what has since become a vast
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      • 484 16 Proudly takes iU place once again in the LUXURIOUS AND SPACIOUS IN- The braking System; all brakes are self14 H. P. market. A fine Family Car ot TKRIOR provides Margin of Roominess in compensating and light pressure only is imposing size, superb modern appearacce. Headroom, Legroom and Width five six-
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      • 81 16 ONLY GOODRICH CAN GIVE YOU THIS 6 -POINT PROTECTION 1 Extra thick tread extends otot «stir« 3 The plies lock around the bead, holding it idewall. in place. 2 All nltoa ar* fam-iwaoUtod. 4 100% fall floating cord u»ed thro.ghout. g Only extra-ltrong cablo cords art utd. 0 Th* famous
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