The Straits Times, 20 November 1937

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  • 51 1 SINGAPORE" 140. CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST CPHONZ 3383> The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A OTOTURf.) THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. l'm i'\(;es. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times .(I i\\(;es SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1937 PRICE 10
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 252 1 SRIVKfTifINNi CO CICICI 1010 1. You save on PRICE < n« 2. You save on CURRENT J Toda> you ciin lui> tlie finest JH liefri^orator General Klcctric of U.S.A. lias ever made and save three ways. You can >.i\ c on price, current cost and upkeep. You pay tio premium
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    • 361 1 A I FINDLATER'S FINE SHERRIES SHERRIES Outy 75 Extra OLD MORENO BROWN. FUIX of FLAVOVK. $2.00 PALE DRY. VKRY SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. $2.05 FINO. POSSESSES Till: BOUQUET Ol A TRUE FINO. $2.30 DRY CLUB. AN EXCEEDINGLY PLEASANT WINIC, ON THE DRY SIDE. $2.30 fRS| MARCH BROWN, generous
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 683 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Chinese Tapping Conductormust be well recommended. Apply Box No. 141, Straits Times. WANTED conductor for estate in central Johore. Salary $72-80 per month accorrtir.g to ■uallncatlons. Box 144, Straits Times. ~OFFICE ASSISTANT, man or lady, shorthand essential familiar with engineering terms must speak Malay. Only people with
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    • 682 2 SOARD_ RESIDENCE LLOYD HOUSE— Waitine 'Jtet only. KASI 4NGLIA It Oxjet Rist reie 43M TRENT HOI SE, l. Anderson Road vacancy mod san., Mrs. T Kennard. WELL furnished private apartment. Suit 1 or 2 gentlemen. 40 Newton Road. FRONT rooms vacant, board opt. mod., san., garage. 11, St. Nicholas Flats.
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    • 811 2 MOTOR VEHICLES A FLEET of modern cars for Hire. Phone 4591 Royal Motor Hiring. 155. Middle Road. FOR SALE: VauxhaU 16 h.p. 1934 model perfect condition and appearance. Appiy Box 131, Straits Times. FOR SALE. Essex fix cyl. tourer. Very good condition recently decarbonised new hood. $350. Apply Astoria 11
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    • 814 2 TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS Mil be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of Dec. 1. 1937. for the following vrvices for the Straits Settlements Royal Navsl Volunteer Reserve for the year 1938 1. Clothing (making up). 2. Black leather boots and white canvas shoes according to Naval Pattern.
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    • 664 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SANITARY BOARDS ENACTMENT. Kl ALA LUMPUR SANITARY BOARD GENERAL TOWN PLAN In accordance with the provisions of Sec tion 137 of the Sanitary Boards Enactment notice Is hereby glTen thai the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board has prepared gcneiai town plan in respect of part of the Kuala Lumpur
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    • 114 2 jg| Bi PERMANENT l<fcf^ ihould be insist** LPOD See us for sati'Jae- *f"C^ tIOD totla V 7A7 A FIGARO UUNAa -iAIR DRESSERS 93, Bras Basah Rd. and RaMm II«te» Pkore 2MI) BUSINESS CARDS ETC MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss Hf 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. OXFORD
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 732 3 F 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. 1 1 .o-notateo a ttwiandi MAIL t'ASSENUER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSL'I.AK ANL JRIEN'I AL s N CO CNDER CONTRACI WITH Hit MAJESTY S .MEN! LX)NDON <\>L FAH EAST MAr SERVICE OUTWARD FROV, LONDON POR CHINA AND JAPAN UUi Tonnage Spore iMI H\NPI'RA 17.000
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    • 397 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. ~??ular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Nov. 25. S.S. HAKUNA MARU Dec. 9. SS. KATORI MARU Dec. 23.
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    • 790 3 (Incorporated in England) i^^W M JW jH APCAR LINE 3^^bß M 8 fOH lIO>G KONG. MOJI KOKt AND jS22iii^3jgjjSiiiJL»L LJkJL osaka SPECIAL TALMA CHRISTMAS 10(H>0 HOLIDAY CRUISE 2nd Dec> at 3 pm HCPCURCO 11»L 41*» 1017 Exceiicni m;aern aceommodatior. 101 nr, UtUcMOCn 11th Oltl, 1901. and secona clai>f passengers Specia.
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    • 1083 3 sS^^ REPRESENTING. siiiri-iM. HIE BI.CE remß UNI (Ocean Iht llua Khion Steamship Co fMT») i.a Steam Ship Co. Lid. and China Mutual Cunaid Unite Stai I in Sieam Navigation Co Ltd Aberdeen a, Commonwealth l.mr The Straits Steamslwo Co Ltd St an Suvili Albion Co Ltd Ihf China S'avieation Co
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 157 4 Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today, Nov. 20, by air (X.L.M.) will be delivered to boxholders at 5.30 p.m. General delivery of letters and parcels on Nov. 22, at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Nov. 20, by air (Internal Service) wil! be delivered
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    • 30 4 HONG KONG— PENANG AIR SERVICE. Information has been received that the Hong Kong Penang 'plane is now scheduled to arrive at Penang at 12.45 p.m. on Sundays instead of Saturdays.
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    • 144 4 Saturday, November 20. Ships atoarsMe the Wharves «r ex»ectea) arrive Entranef Kxli Iwatwn Ship Godowo Gate Gat* Main Wharf Ranpura 18 2 3 Kistna 16 2 3 Flintshire 14 2 3 Malacca 12 2 3 Centaur 11 2 3 La Plata Maxu 9 2 3 Glenogle
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    • 322 4 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. AIR MAILS. Taday Djanibl (Toba) 3 DJD Indo-Chlna (G. G. Merlin) 4 p.m Bacan, Btngkalis A Selat Pandjang iToboali) 4 p.m Laboean Bilik (Jar.v) 4 p.m Muntok iSenang) ..4 p.m. Palembong iPaloh) 4 p.m. Rengat Tembilahan (Maros) 4 p.m. Medan, Jack. Amsterdam London by air (Netherlands) 7
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    • 74 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Ma' a era as follows: Today. 61am, Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Sudan. Belgian Congo, Europe, Great Britain. Ireland, N. ft S. America by air (Imperial) C p.m. Australasia,
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    • 324 4 The following are tne weights for Thursday next, the first day of the Selanpor Turf Club's Skye Meeting at Kua'.a Lumpur: Race I.— Horses, Claw 5. Div. i, furs. Miss Labis ...10.11 M.G.M 10.00 Independence 10.07 Allegiance 9.13 George Robey .10.06 Peony Hill 9.00 Happiness 10.05
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 603 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. < incorporate-- id 9 M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS F.M.S *L*B AMD 41AM STATUS KAILWAT& TELEPHONE: Freicht M33— Passace 5431 CANADIAN (luconxirateo Is BnglanO. nn. 'Ennuxr sotm *fm thans-pahihc services bonoldlu m mr— CMPItESS M VANCOUVEB— ACBOSB bANADA bj rKANSCONTINKNTAI TBAIN trNk •m wiir tarniir Bj CANADIAN
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    • 742 4 incorporated m dtrans Settlement*) i^^Hw ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (BMorßOKtaa ai EndanO) (Incoroorßteo in O 8 A.) FOR HAVRE. LONDON BT BALTIMORB rUK HAVKt, LUNDUIN VM SOM CANAI ROTTERDAM HAMBURG Ju 4am STEEL TRAVELER Nov. 30 Dec. Via rtrt» «M Sms Caaal STEEL MARINER Dec. 7
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 383 4 ai-M.AVAN METEOROLOGICAL 5RPV1CR Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesf.ia&y Last night max rain- onght mln teir.o (aii s'shine temp *P incbes or*. °F West Coast Alor Star 86 Nil 3.1 74 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 86 0.02 107 75 Sitiawan 89 0.12 10.0 74 Bukit Jeram 90 0.36 99 72 Malacca 85
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 352 5 fi^OX^T )t£Ak.f& OPEN TILL *I>I>NIGHT THE FI T NNIEST TRIO Im y t^^2 <»F THF. SCREEN IN 1937"s W I".H< < \l (IIiIFDY SUCCESS! I MUSIC AND MADNESS AND GIRLS AND GUFFAWS! -f.^'^M^K VX>3 MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN^ nuiv and Tomorrow P.M. f AllNf. I -\THFif il o CAST OF THE MOHICAN
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    • 400 5 HOLLANDERS IN SINGAPORE. Bestelt Uw Boterletters Voor St. Nicolaas By Banket Bakkery J. Van Coevorden Tengkoeroekkade Patembang. BOTERLITTERS FL 2.25 per lb. GEVULDE SPECULAAS Fl. 2. SPECULAAS Fl. 1.50 VERZOEKE BELEEFD TYDIG EN ZOOVEEL MOGELYK GEZAMELYK TE BESTELLEN VERZENDING PER S.S. "SENANG' 30TH NOV. VAN PALEMBANG. THE PROBLEM OF PRESERVING
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    • 300 5 1 iVrl 111 N I ViCTORIA THEATRE TONIC FOOD BEVERAGE rONICHI V^^ AT 9.15 P.M. Piii OUTWARD A dUUJND aacsm I®!^1 BY:— SUTTON VANE ®na. fl in aid OF THE *^^^lr J4A CHINA RELIEF FUND mmammmmmmm s A D c. production BOOK AT RQBIWSOW f S PERSIAN CARPET HOUSE 248.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 625 6 Issue Va' I Frasers Co. Lyall Evan Buyer.- Se)ia-s Buyers Sellers 4, Ampat Tin 4/- 4/6 4/- 4/6 £1 Asam Kumbaiv; il Austral Malay 31/- 33/- 31/- 33/48 ol/-n. 48/- 50/5 Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng il 3angrin Tin 1 Batu Selangor 21 Burma Malay £1 Chenderiang 50 Hitam
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    • 438 6 2 2 A;ex Br.k Ord. 1.60 1.60 1 5o 1.60 2 2 do 7^ 5 Pr;fs. 2.27> 2 2.35 2.25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.60n 8.00n 1 1 M. Broadcasting J45 0.55 >.6l itiUnoiu 1 1 B M Trustee H.OC 6.7b 3 00 6 75 el £1 Con.
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    • 228 6 HlNU.Ii-UKl-. MUNICIPAL,. JCO! :?d 1S40 S40t •00 Int. Mar 3T Sept .30 102 ;907 re<< 1947 600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sspt 20 108 V. lyOS red. 1955 > -.000.000 int. Mar 31 Sept .1C 113 .913 red. 11-53 <:.300.000 Mar 31 Sept At 107 i926 red 19J6-66
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    • 396 6 Kfu.sei \JO L.yall Hi Svat1 Allen oy 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Alor (Ja:ah Amal itfalay Ayer Hitam Ay?r Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Liiitang Bedford Benta Borelli 3rcgas Brunei Un Bul:it Katil 3ul-.it K B Bukit Kepone Bukit rimah <S10) CT.angkat Sei'dan? wSnneman Oicnealy Plantations Hamilton Haytor Indragiri
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  • 493 6 NEW LOW RE( ORD PRICEi IN WALL STREET. INTEREST IN TIN SHARES WANING. 'By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore. Nov. 20. The monotonous decline of values hi New York continues but t his mornin)' a little more interest at- taches to yesterday's faU in that it j is
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  • 49 6 London. Nov. IS /"VN U- bange today lurtner i pro\ nn depressed' markets but later this subsided and a rather teadier undertone developed. .-t the dose, bowtver. several appreci amon? Jndusii Commodities were (;uieter out rubber ul interest. Wall stn-u opined tasy. Hester, j
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  • 71 6 London. Nov. 19. tuiena 34 7 s 675 •sellers. :9.41 RJo rates 216 B^'lin .2 31 6 .*>in\« An unquoieo i 116 \lon'e\'dev 39 13 if :;a;.ir. :n.iuna -■•■'ler? otfi- l -J 4' C 75 i jid»> l/b'.»w Os.K If. 40 VOKOliar.^ I,l<l Vsei.na 2o'-! H tionji 3d. Liscon
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  • 86 6 Friday. Nov. 19. Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases iF.0.8.) Nov. 23i:. 23% (>ood P. A. (J. in bales (F. 0.8.) Nov. 22 23 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 23> 4 23 a November 2W a 23V->
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  • 105 6 I Manila 116" 4 Bangkok demand 126'i Jtpan 200V4 'Australia demana 2/11 1/36 [New Zealand demand 2 10 25 32 BtYING. London-New York 560 42 i London T.T 2/4 7/32 o>ndon jeonand 2/4 Vd L, .nd"^n 30 da s sight 2/4 9/32 London tut days sight 2/4 5/16 [London
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  • 378 6 l-ondon. Nov. 19. The 'oii-.wms icr.ay closing m:ddle pr'oo on f.he Londut Stoc* Exchange: Shares M t'l ienom,nat.ori unless otherwise Tester- Rise aay or Pal) Z> nversion joaii 5 d.c. 1944-64 :14' S Fviiding L«an o.C. !960-90 112'<. War Loan, 34 p.r ioi\ Com. Union Assce i
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  • 97 6 The following dredging statistics refer to the first half of November: Piculs Hours. Yardage, ore. Kampong Kamunting 242 50,000 82 Asam Kumbang 327 127,000 378 Ulu Yam 326 60,000 214 Thabawleik 290 88,000 205 Puchong 280 166,000 59 Pungah. Dredge 1 254 100.000 1,138 New Kopah
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  • 42 6 London, Nov. 19. The total amount applied for In tenders for £50,000,000 Treasury Bills was £64,995,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was lls. 1.15 d. against 10s 2' 2 d. a week ago. —British Wireless
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  • 446 6 AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES. I*HE following gu^a.. lished by eoart sy ct M( S E. Levy and Co. Singapore Messrs. \V.:ite W-)d and Company, New York, report oy cable yesterday's markets STOCKS The cumulative -fleet of lot previously described depressing foicr^ phis the recurrence of labour troubles combined t>
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  • 68 6 The secretaries of Lukut Tin Dredging state that the output from the mine In October was 82 piculs of ore. The dredge was closed fiowti for six days during the month for boiler inspection and repairs and thereafter cruised as quickly as possible through an unprofitable area
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 506 7 WALL STREET STILL RETARDING INFLUENCE. IN their weekly report on the London rubber market, dated Nov. 10, Messrs. Symington and Wilson, write:— After being dull and easier on Thursday with the official buyer's price of standard sheet on the spot only 7d. per lb., the market steadied
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    • 934 7 Rubber Market Review If Price Is To Be Held At Reasonable Level. NOVEMBER IMPORTS AND SHIPMENTS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE! LTD. In their weekly report on the rubber market. issued yesterday, write: To the almost complete breakdown of confidence in
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    • 206 7 (Incorporated to BogMUKP Capital Authorised E3.0J0.000 Capital Subscribed £1.800.000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,147.829 CaulUl Paid uc U.050.0P0 BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Right Hon Lord Cattc Oi Cannes to. Sir Charle; Alexander Innes X.C.S.I. c.i.a Sii Thomas dmltti Xi P. R. Chalmers Bsq. Sir
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    • 196 7 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in England! UKAO Office: I 4 C«:U.->BV dQI \k« LOMJON St X. Subfcrlbea Capital < 200,00* shares oi flu each) £2,000,000 Paid-Up Capita/ £l.0«0.GOO Reserve LiabUity ot SnareHolders 51.000,00* Reserve runa 1 &00j00« aOAKU O» OIKt-.CIOK: J. 8. Hasateii Kmj.. Chairman Sir Jamet Lieign-Wooo X.8.5..
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    • 205 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Nov. 19, 5 p.m. Company Dividend Totu rol Boots Close flnancia Ottte Ex. Dl 7 reai ntt Payable Date to date Aycr Hltain TIE 20% Int. Nov. 10 Dec 3 Nov 15 50-" Tmrma Malay ..6d. Int. Dec. 11 bSit beT 13 7%Hong
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    • 92 7 Entirely New Model At Lower Price. THE Standard Motor Company is to produce an entirely new model at I a lower price than any of the cars i in the company's existing range. Shareholders received this information from Capt. J. P. Black, the j managing director, who
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    • 38 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. The price of rubber for the assessment of export duty in the F.M S. from Nov. 19 to 25 has been fixed as 21% cents per pound.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 83 7 Terrapiane THE QUIETEST FAST CAR IK THE WORLD" AGENTS: CYCLE CARRIAGE CQ (1926) UP ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE S.E. Levy Co. Shanghal, Hongkong. Manila, Singapore Investment Bankers and Brokers in Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cables and Quotation Service. MEMBERS. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE. INC. NEW YORK COFFEE
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    • 419 7 BANK-INSURANCE Units mtntt and COnsSissiaUNt of thf offer a most convenient Tr«iFsm<t.Hi method of securing an invest- <* Fund ment spread over the stocks and Bank of wu^ ..T54 r Barclays Bank 271 shares of 52 leading banks and in- u"^B^k 1% surance companies in Great Britain, Judl^d^Clk '.'.ln r
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    • 352 7 CHARTEKUD BAMv (W INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Uaccrporaeed in England ay Royal Olu.-t*r 18M) Paid Dp CaplMJ ui 800.000 %tartt of (5 each I3.0O0.0O* Reserve Fund C3.0O0.0Ot Reserve Liability ol Proprtitor* C3.0COjOW HEAD iMINft 1*. S.>t>c^catr .ondM I|L| .Mi it lisa- Hong Kong Rangooo Alor Star Uol!( 8aigou Bangkok 'poh
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 183 8 PERTUSSIN A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Coughs Bronchial Catarrh and Asthma. A Boon in Whooping Cough Delicious in flavour and contains no narcotics. Per $1.50 Bottle Sold everywhere Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES and MEDICAL OFFICE. RETIRING RESIDENTS! There is no need to withdraw youi financial interests when you go.
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    • 11 8 I I) HI6H k-lCK Jplik \Y OUT OF f Jl APB2
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    • 809 8 __B__H____H ____B LINES ;M^ COARSENESS BLACKHEADS 1 >v ;t>^ BLEMISHES V^W-fe?^ J^i DRYNESS f -V-f /jM •SACOING yf __BHBBIBfPHiK -rr l a, l■ ii TISSUES TO MAKE ROUGH SKIN SMOOTH, DREADED AGE SIGNS FIRST APPEAR MELT DEAD SURFACE SKIN UNDER YOUR SKIN For tWj you need a Different Cream Vie
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 878 8 Broadcasting. SINfAPflRF brld e v Blackheath— running commenJ 1 11 \l n I \J l\ L, tary by H. B. T. Wakelam. from Cam■rnt\ a bridge University Rugby Football Club lOUAY Ground, Cambridge. M 11-25 (approx.)— News and announcements. ZHL 1 33 Me s IZZ5 bli n 35 Greenwich time
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 9 Although this month is proving the foggiest November experienced i-i England for many years, hunting has started well, with plenty of foxes and good scenting conditions. Here are the Old Berkeley moving off from their opening meet at Latimer House Chesham.
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  • 202 9 Two Plots To Kill Stalin Revealed At Terror Trial. TWO attempts to assassinate Stalin have just been revealed at the trial of 13 members of the Caucasian Government of Abkhazia on charges of planning an armed rebellion. The plot was headed by Nastor Lakoba, the Abkhazian Premier, who said to
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  • 158 9 TRIBUTE PAID TO STEPHENS' MEMORY. Crowded Service Held In London. London, Nov. 18. a MEMORIAL service to Mr. Pern" broke Stephens, the Dally Telegraph war correspondent killed in Shanghai, was held today at t-t. Bride's Church. Fleet Street. A crowded congregation included Dr. W. C. Chen, representing the Chinese Ambassador,
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  • 57 9 JAPANESE DEMAND REJECTED. Chinese In Foreign Areas To Be Protected. JJPHOLDING the neutral status of w the International Settlement and French Concession at Shanghai, the Consular Corps, it is reported, have rejected a demand by the Japanese military for the handing over of certain high Chinese officials taking refuge in
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  • 61 9 BRITISH ROADS. Inspection by German Expert. London. Nov. 18. I The General Inspector of German > Highways, Dr. Fritz Todt, who is paying a visit to London at the invitation of the German roads delegation— a representative organisation whose members recently inspected the new German roads yesterday inspected the system
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  • 36 9 Rome, Nov. 19. Another mass trial before a special tribunal for the defence of the State has resulted in 23 anti-Fascists being .sentenced to from one to ten years' imprisonment.— Reuter.
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  • 106 9 COLONIES TO AID MARKETING BOARD. ASKED TO REVIEW LOCAL PROBLEMS. London, Nov. 19. |LJ|R. H. C. H. Bull has been appointed secretary to the recently-establish-ed Colonial Emplr? Marketing Board. Mr. Bull, who is London representative of the Kenya Coffee Board, is at present in Kenya and is not expected to
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  • 69 9 JAPANESE N. CHINA CUSTOMS. Non-interference Scheme Supported. Tientsin. Nov. 19. DEUTER is authorised to state that following protracted discussion a satisfactory solution to the Custo.ns situation in North China has been reached. The arrangement mainly provides for the integrity of the Customs and its rights to carry out normal functions.
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  • 84 9 FOREIGN REFUGEES AT TAIYUAN SAFE. Germans Given Machine-guns For Self-Defence. Peiping, Nov. 19. THERE are 68 foreigners at Taiyuan, capital of Shansi, which is now under Japanese occupation. All are safe, according to the Japanese military here. The foreigners include 15 Britons nine missionaries and six doctorsand a number of
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  • 41 9 PROPERTY losses in Nantao and Pootung as a result of the SHoJapanese hostilities are estimated nt $500,000,000, according to the Chinese press, which adds that between 200,000 and 300,000 civilians have beeri rendered homeless and institute.— Reuter.
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  • 84 9 London. Nov. 18. The Duke of Montrose, president of the Scottish Tourist and Travel Association, in a telegram to the Transport Minister, states that the Hephland Bus Company yesterday carried! through a most successful initial nini from Inverness to Dornoch of the first' 32-seater bus running
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  • 41 9 Chinese guerilla units on Wednesday night staged surprise raids on the Jap-: anese near Quinsan and. it is claimed.' inflicted more than 1,000 casualties! among the enemy troops, in addition to destroying new defence works.Nanyang Slana Pau.
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  • 282 9 Spain's Dying Ex-Premier "Shocked" CEN O R LERROUX, 73 year old Radical ex-Prime Minister of Spain, has written what is regarded as his latest testament in a letter to Senor Samper, who was a Minister in hU Cabinet, and a close personal friend The letter, which has become public at
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  • 46 9 London. Nov. 18. WAR-RISK rates for Shanghai- bound cargoes have been reduced from 20s. to ss. per cent according to a new schedule by the joint war-risk rating committee and Lloyd's underwriters. Reductions are also made for other voyages to China.—Reutei. I
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  • 67 9 London, Nov. 19. It is announced in London that the meeting of the International Missionary Council, which was to have been j held at Hangchow. China, in the autumn of 1933 now will take piace at Tambaram, near Madras, from Dec. 101 to 30. 1938, .is
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  • 67 9 London, Nov. Hi. The acceptance of a new crown jewel by the King was announced today by the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Holyrood Amenity Trust. The gift to the King takes the form of a magnificent golden "Cup of Majesty" on which
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  • 53 9 Calcutta, Nov THE Government of Bengal has released 1,100 detenus at present living in their villages under certain restrictions, the removal whereof ha* now given them complete frSedori The decision does not affect political prisoners held in the Andamin Islands or any Bengal prisons.
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  • 70 9 Canton messages state that the Japanese air force, which has not disturbed the areas in the Pearl River valley for ten days, bombed the i Canton-Kowloon Railway again yesterday. Several telegraph poles were des troyed but the track was not hit by any of the bombs
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  • 55 9 Hong Kong, Nov. Id Japanese planes bombed the Kowloon-Canton Railway just outride the British borders this morning. Residents of Shumchun, a. village on che Chinese side of the border, di->-Itinctly heard the detonations ar.d answering machins-gun fire from the Chinese positions. The damage iias
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  • 22 9 i More than 140,000 volunteers in Honan, their training completed, are being rushed to the various northern fronts— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 347 9 HOTELS. TONIGHT Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner and Dance (formal) 9.45 to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION MIMI de BONNE and JOSE REQUESEN I_UNI_B MEXICAN DANCERS presenting a repertoire of viyacicHW dance routines. ROOK YOUR TABLE. Non-diners $I.M —RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by Dan Hopkins. SEA VIEW HOTEL t TONIGHT SPECIAL
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    • 95 9 MADE IN ENGLAND ABRASIVE AGENTS FOR MALAYA BELLS ASBESTOS ENGINEERING S.S.L'? I _w^_?^H Miraculously relieved br flllenbvays PASTILLES Cleur the throat with an Allenburys Pastille. They're delicious and quickly ease the throat. Sole Agent* BARLOW CO., Singapore Kuala Lumpur. INSURANCE. FIRE ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION rat lundun usiitAwct
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  • 881 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1937. CO-OPERATION WITHIN THE EMPIRE. We wrote last week in praise of the decision to establish the Colonial Empire Marketing Board to take up, on behalf of the Colonies, the work which was dropped in 1933 when Mr. J. H. Thomas announced the
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  • 81 10 Nov. 16. IN the morning Capitaine de Vaisseau Pavle of the French cruiser Primauguet called on the Governor at Government House. Sir Malcolm Watson, Mr. G. Wiseman Dr. G. Macdonald and Miss Loring had luncheon i at Government House. Nov. 17. His Excellency presided at a meeting of
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  • 21 10 The following aliens have bsen granted certificates of naturalisation Anetta Kofman, Otto Jacob Muller and Catherine Josephine Eugenia Bonnlcl.
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  • 1515 10 Bishop Of London On Wonders That Are Often Overlooked. "What is the greatest miracle in the world today?" asks the 3ishop of London in this copyright article. And he gives the answer himself in these words: "Without the slightest hesitation I say that
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  • 658 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Cordelia. DEPRODUCED here Is the badge, or crest, of the Empire flying btot Cordelia, which is due at Singapore at noon tomorrrw -v. This hadge is em- >y bossed on the fiff £i airliner's not cI Ki. 'a per. UndT- QJ I ieatn tne crcf
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    • 215 10 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. S.S. LIMITED. COLLYER QUAY. SINGAPORE. (Opposite the Clifford Pier.) HIGH CLASS ENGLISH GERMAN AND AMERICAN PIANOS FOR HIRE OR PURCHASE. (Cash or on the hire Payment Sy«tem) The Robinson Piano Co., S.S. Ltd. SINGAPORE and PENANG (Opposite the Clifford Pier.) 3 ?ci £i/t£Jtt i WATCHES fHu^ii
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    • 151 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. GARRICK THEATRE, GEYLANG The Lone A vender and Gallop ine Thru at 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Shall We Dance. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALKIE Texas Rangers. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing, ralkles Cinemas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancint ralkies Tueatra A Cinema*. RITZ, GEYLANG
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  • 521 11 "Surprises Of Terrible Gravity Alarm France. PREMIER WARNS AGAINST "HOODED MEN." Huge Supplies Of Secret Arms Discovered. DAINFUL surprises of terrible gravity are in store for France, declared the Premier, M. Chautemps, in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, following revelations regarding the secret society known as "Les Cagoulards" (the hooded
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  • 189 11 Exceeds 319 m.p.h. On One Stretch. Salk Lake City, Utah, Nov. 19. CAPT. G. E. T. EYSTON, British racing motorist, established a new world speed record of 311.42 miles an hour at Bonneville Salt Flats today. He achieved 305 34 miles an hour
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  • 134 11 Lord Privy Seal To Go To Sydney. Hurried Trip To Celebrations. London, Nov. 20. THE British Government is to be represented by the Earl de la Warr, Lord Privy Seal, at the celebrations in Sydney of the 150 th anniversary of the first settlement of Australia. He leaves for Australia
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  • 66 11 Pontiac, Nov. 19 FIFTEEN thousand workers in a General Motors factory are idle through a sit-down strike in the Fisher body plant. The strikers refuse to evacuate the piant, notwithstanding the fact that their union did not authorise the stoppage. In Akron a sit-down
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  • 62 11 London, Nov. 19. Shouts of Vive l e Roi echoed at Victoria Station when King Leopold left for Brussels. He was given a personal farewell by King George, with whom he drove from Buckingham Palace. King Leopold is being accompanied to Brussels by M. Spaak
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  • 49 11 Cairo, Nov. 20 Flying Officer A. E. Clouston and Mrs Kirby Green arrived at Cairo at 7.43 p.m. and left again at 12.28 a.m. GMT. They left Cr.petown on Thursday in an attempt to break the record to London, where they hope to lunch today. Reuter.
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  • 159 11 STOP PRESS. CRITICAL STRUGGLE NEAR SOOCHOW. Shanghai, Nov. 20. CHINESE reinforcements are pouring into the Soot-how area in order to stem the Japanese onslaught, according to Chirese reports, which add that the Chinese forces, backed by frtsh trocps, are putting up a grim stand to prevent the defence line on
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  • 121 11 Armed Guard On British Ship. Search Made For Munitions. Malta. Nov. 19. THE British steamer African Mariner (6,554 tons) with an armed guard aboard has arrived at Malta from the Eastern Mediterranean escorted by the British destroyer Greyhound. The ship was immediately taken over by court authorities. In London the
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  • 121 11 Tokio Not To Denounce Nine-Power Pact— At Present. Tokio, Nov. 20. A LARGE body of public opinion in Japan favours revision or denunciation of the Nine-Power pact, but that does not indicate Government contemplation of denunciation. This was the comment of the spokesman of the Foreign Office replying to correspondents.
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  • 41 11 London, Nov. 19. Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Minister, is not returning to Brussels tor the Far Eastern conference as he is suffering from influenza. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Minister for the Dominions, will go to Brussels, probably tonight.— Reuter.
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  • 148 11 Japanese Pierce The Hindenburg Line. Fierce Battle Rages As Chinese Resist. DRESSING on towards Nanking from Shanghai, the Japanese claim to have broken the new Chinese defence line, 100 miles long, known as the Hindenburg Line, at Changshu, which has been captured, and at Mocheng, three and a half miles
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  • 121 11 JAPANESE PLANS IN SHANTUNG. 300,000,000 Yen Mills Endangered. According to foreign reports from Tsingtao the Elst Chinese Army has moved westward, presumably to strengthen the Chinese lines southward of the Yellow River. The Chinese anticipate a Japanese attempt to land at Haichow Bay. In northern Shantung, with the intention of
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  • 10 11 Jerusalem. Nov. 19. The curfew here was raised from tonight—Reuter.
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  • 251 11 FOREIGN EMBASSIES LEAVING NANKING. Powers' Anxiety Over Japan's Intentions. A NXIETY is felt by th e Powers about the future of Shanghai and Nanking. Most of the foreign embassies are being removed to Hankow, In central China, owing to the threat to Nanking. Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokio,
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  • 159 11 Warm Greetings, "Interesting Talk." Berlin, Nov. 19. tr PHE Fuehrer, in company 1 with the Foreign Minister, Baron von Neurath. received Viscount Halifax and had a long conversation on international problems interesting Germany and Great Britain," says a brief communique issued at Obersalzberg. Lord Halifax had
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  • 168 11 New Pact Will Stabilise World. Various British Industries Will Benefit. New York, Nov. 19. "IT seems certain that any step which strengthens economic ties between the two most powerful democracies will have a stabilising influence on all parts of the world," says the New York Times commenting on the Anglo-American
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  • 44 11 "Never Before At Such Low Ebb." Delhi, Nov. 19. UAHATMA Gandhi's blood pressure is bordering on a dangerous level, according to a statement issued by his doctors, who told Reuter: "Mr. Gandhi's condition was never before at such a low ebb."
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  • 33 11 New Delhi. Nov. 19. One man of the South Wales Borderers was killed and six were wounded, while five Indian soldiers were wounded when rounding up outlaw gangs in Waziristan.—Reuter.
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  • 46 12 GOVERNOR IN CAR CRASH: On the right, the Governor's syce is inspecting the damage on the side of the bonnet, while INSPECTOR C. UPHILL of Orchard Road station, makes ?iotes of the damage to the other car. straits Times Picture.
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    387 12 Sir Shenton Unhurt In Collision On Way Back From Hospital. H.E. MAKES REPORT TO POLICE BY TELEPHONE. OETURNING from the General Hospital where he had been for an examination, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, was involved in a motor-car accident at the corner of Grange Road and Orchard Road at
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  • 111 12 Pickets On Shops Selling Japanese Goods. JNAUTHORISED Chinese picketers in Singapore are daily keeping watch outside Japanese and other shops selling Japanese goods to prevent prospective Chinese customers from going in. Picketers sometimes use forcible methods. The prevalence of this state of :iiTairs in Singapore was not denied by Mr.
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  • 43 12 ORRSENT conditions and treatment of Europeans in the Singapore Mental Hospital was raised at a committee meeting of the European Association of Malaya. Two members have been appointed to make investigations and report to tiie comTtittt"!* at Its next meeting.
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  • 82 12 TTHAT the Cameron Highlands should become a Federal area was suggested by a member of the European Association of Malaya at the last committee meeting. The member pointed out that the Government of Pahang was unable to develop the Highlands sufficiently, and that in view of the
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  • 565 12 ••THE development which has taken place in the Empire air service on the Far East mute in the three years since I last travelled the air line to Singapore has literally amazed me," said Sir John Salmond. one of the four Marshals
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  • 438 12 WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR EMPRESS PLACE? European Association Seeks An Answer. THE European Association o proposals of the Friends o lery and public hall until the in ing the Victoria Memorial Hal This was the decision arrived a the scheme submitted by the Fr sation of the funds of
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  • 72 12 Japanese Military Notices Disregarded. THE Japanese consular and military authorities are working out special measures to prevent the looting of foreign houses by Japanese troops quartered in the western suburbs of Shanghai and are doing their utmost to safeguard foreign property. The trouble (says R'euter) is
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  • 51 12 •yHE statue of Sir Stamford Raffles recently offered but refused by the Hammersmith Corporation, ma: come Singapore. The European Association of Malaya is suggesting t'->at the Friends Singapore acquire it with a view to setting it up in the new Supreme Court bull ding when
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  • 113 12 NEWSPAPERMEN like Sir John Salmond, former Chief of the Air Staff in Great Britain and now a Government director of Imperial Airways. A tall, soldierly figure of a man, he arrived by Imperial plane from Europe yesterday. When Singapore pressmen sought an interview with him as soon
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  • 452 12 Empire Airboat Here Tomorrow. Guest Flights In The Cordelia. gYMDOL of Britain's afr supremacy, the Cordelia, first of the Imperial Airways fleet of giant airbnats to visit the Far East, is due at Singapore at about noon tomorrow. Soaring out of the northern sky. the Cord«Jia will fly over the
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  • 171 12 DUSINESS houses in Singapore, irrespective pf nationality, are being asked by the China Relief Committee, to contribute as much as possible to a sale to be held at the New World on Dec. 3, 4 and 5 in aid of the China Relief
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    • 88 12 AIR TRAVEL SAVES TIME TROUBLE Singapore to England and Australia "^^P**"""" twice weekly by luxurious air liners. The fare includes everything meals hotels even tips. Modern travel at its carefree best. Departures for London every Wednesday and Monday for Brisbane on Monday and Saturday. (Incorporated Ui England) AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
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  • 317 13 ENROLMENTS INVITED; 10 OFFICERS, 120 OTHERS. SINGAPORE is to have special constables in the near future. Inder consideration for some time, the formation of a Volunteer Police Reserve Force was announced in last night's S.S. (Joverr-ment (Gazette and enrolments are invited. 10 ail the
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  • 41 13 A Sikh police lance-corporal was set upon yesterday, it is alleged, when he attempted to interfere in a game a few Chinese were playing in River Valley Road. He was taken to hospital with a gash in the head.
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  • 135 13 20,000 LATEX CUPS IN COURT CASE. Indian Gets 18 Months. OENTENCE of 18 months' rigorous im- 1 prisonment was passed by Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court yesterday, on an Indian, Haveli Ram j Chawla, who was convicted on a charge j of having dishonestly induced Tan
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  • 64 13 A SIXTEEN years old Chinese boy, Liau Kirn Huat, was charged before i Mr. F. V. Duckworth in the Second j Police Court yesterday with bsing in I possession of arms, two knives, on' Ncv. 18. near Bugis Street. The case was postponed to Nov. 23,
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  • 29 13 At the Fortnightly Club meeting on Nov. 22 at 10 a.m.. Mr. A. F. Caldwell will speak on "Chemistry in the Kit- i cher" at ttu Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay.
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  • 141 13 Intricacies Of Post Office Accounts. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. ,LJOW 80,000 depositors' accounts, representing over $9,000,000 in F.M.S. savings banks, and other intricate aspects of Post Office accounting are dealt with were told in a very lucid manner
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  • 269 13 Big Gathering At Bidadari Cemetery. T*HE funeral of the late Mr. Johannes Bartholomew (Birch) Westerhout, a former Municipal Commissioner, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, yesterday afternoon and was very largely attended. The Rev. D. E. J. Hodge officiated. Besides the family and relatives the
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  • 27 13 Mr. J. L. Cowie has been appointed to be a member of the Malacca Rural Board in the place of Mr. C. Milne, resigned.
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  • 78 13 DINDING RETROCESSION. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. •■pHE registration of certain instru- ments which had been executed prior to the retrocession of the Dindings to Perak and were valid conveyances, but had not been registered under the Colony Registration of Deeds Ordinance prior to the retrocession, is
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  • 64 13 AMASS meeting of SingaporeTami's will be held at the Memorial Hall tomorrow at 4 p.m. to protest against the proposed bill of the Congress Ministry, prescribing the Hindi language as a compulsory subject in the school curriculum of the Madras Province, to be introduced shortly at the
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  • 495 13 In The Bankruptcy Court. MUTA SINGH, bankrupt with ITX liabilities totalling $575.75 due to one creditor, was given his discharge yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court, before Mr. Justice Howes, subject to a suspension of three months. Singh was a jaga in various Government
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  • 126 13 Former Bank Employee's Funeral. THE death took place at the Singapore General Hospital, on Thursday afternoon of Mr. Donald Shumacha van Geyzel at the age of 76 years. Mr. van Geyzel had been in indifferent health for several months. Mr. van Geyzel came to Singapore
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  • 63 13 |THE editorial committee of and con- trlbutors to the Magazine of the Methodist Boys' School. Kuala Lumpur, are to be congratulated on the 1937 publication which has Just been issued. Well illustrated, it contains many humorous and serious articles on a large variety of subjects, some pertaining
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  • 265 13 FASTER BRITAIN HONG KONG AIR SERVICE. Bangkok Junction Instead Of Penang. pROM Dec. 5, Penang will cease to be the junction of the Britain-Malaya and Malaya-Hong Kong air service of Imperial Airways. The service will go through Bangkok in order to give a faster schedule. T^HE four-engined planes of the
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  • 56 13 fHINESE women barbers in Singapore are to turn actresses for a night, on Dec. 12, so as to help the China Relief Fund. Only last week, Chinese amahs acted a play on the stage and collected $600 for the Fund. Each woman has undertaken to
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  • 166 13 Boxer's Story Of Fatal Crash In Robinson Road. A" FATAL accident in Robinson Road on Thursday evening, in which a Chinese was knocked down by a motor-car, allegedly driven by a European, F. L. Kennedy, had an echo in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday when Mr. W. G. Porter held
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  • 123 13 AN appreciable decrease in deaths caused by pneumonia was recorded by the Municipality of Singapore last week in their health statement, when only 26 deaths were recorded as compared with 43 in the previous week and 26 in the corresponding week of last year. The h.f?ntile
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  • 71 13 l_| HEITMAN was fined $25 for hay- ing driven a motor car negligently opposite Clifford Pier, on Aug. 18, by Mr. L. C. Goh In the fourth police court yesterday. In the same court A. G. Roche, was fined $20 for a similar offence. In this
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    • 18 13 FREE PRESS Malaya s Leading Morning Newspaper. AIR MAIL EDITION on sale at KUALA LUMPUR 9a.m. DIAMOND BEER*
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    • 14 13 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS REDUCTION FOR HAND-CUT CRYSTAL ONLY PASKOE'S LTD. 54 ORCHARD ROAD. WHOLE MILK
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  • 604 14 USEFUL TRIAL GAME YESTERDAY. Another One To Be Played On Tuesday —The Teams. SINGAPORE'S hockey selectors have not concluded exploring the resources available for the match against Selangor next week, and after the second trial yesterday decided that the final test should rot
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  • 264 14 Rugby Football. j i Teams For Inter-College Annual Today. On the M C.U. ground today the rugger teams of Raffles College and the College of Medicine meet in their annual match for the Galloway Cup. The line-up will be as follows: KAKH.ES COLLEGE (selected from): Taib bin
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  • 525 14 Military Forwards Show Greater Opportunism. •THERE was not much in it on general play in the hockey match at Hon; Lim Green yesterday between the S.C.R.C. and the R.E., but the Sappers were more alert to seize their scoring chances, and for this
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  • 216 14 Patrick Yee Again Shines As A Goalkeeper. Showing all round superiority, St. Joseph's Institution defeated the V.M.C.A. by two clear goals on the school ground yesterday. Patrick Yee. the school's goalkeeper, gave a fine display, and may claim much of the credit for his side's victory. Play
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  • 170 14 Brilliant Tennis At S.C.R.C. Some first-class tennis was played by Lim Yew Jin, the visitor from Java, in the S.C.R.C. invitation tournament yesterday. He was -.eeting a quite formidable opponent in Wobn Chow Tat in the open singles, but defeated him very easily, conceding only one
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  • 78 14 Reuter cables the latest call-over for the Manchester November Handicap (Nov. 27 > as follows: 100-8 Nectar and Severlno. 100-7 Inglefleld on'ered. 100-7 Rasibus offered, 100-6 taken. 100-6 Solitaire offered, 20-1 taken. 18-1 Velvet Cushion offered. 20 1 taken. 25-1 Petit Bleu taken and ottered. 25-1
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    • 46 14 THE ARISTOCRAT It l^E Bflf fli w f Jh IB v r^K fl Ik m I m m mx/ m A striking model of a dinner jacket in Sharkskin Material, a type which is rapidly finding favour with well-dressed men. WING LOONG 100, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE.
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  • 148 15 Beats Yamagishi In Four-Set Final. Tokio, Nov. 19. The German star, Gottfried von Cramm, won the Japanese lawn tmnis singles championship at Osaka on Wednesday, beating the Japanese champion, Jiro Yamagashi, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the final. In the semi-finals Vor. Cramm beat Kuramitsu
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  • 35 15 H. W. dm in ...oder of Sweden, whom he beat at Queen's Club on Oct. 16 6—2 a— 6 7—5 6—2 and regained the national covered courts title which he won in 1934.
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    34 15 Soccer tourists in Egypt: The Islington Corinthians photographed on arrival at Cairo with the Egyptian footballers who met them. They left Egypt for Imila. with an unbeaten record. From India they will come to
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  • 34 15 Magdebourg. Nov. 18 UIM Hveger broke her own world record for the women's 400 meters Miiim with 5 mm. 12.4 sec. Her previous record was 5 mm. 14.2 sec Aneta Trans-ocean.
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  • 72 15 TODAY. Rugby: Army vs. R.N. and R.A.F. iMaiaya Cup). Stadium; N.S.-Malacca vs. Singapore. Seremban: S.C.C. "A" vs. St. Andrew's, padang; Medical College vs. Raffles College, M.C.U. ground. Morhry: Combined Schools trial, R.I. ground; 11th A.A.B. iCh*ngl) vs. 1.A.: R.A.P. "A" vs. Colts; R.E. (Chang!) vs. G.H.R.C; R.A.
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  • 541 15 Scores Points Victory With Straight Lefts. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. I ITTLE NENE flashed out a series of straight lefts to Joe Paraiso's face all through their fight at the Bukit Bintang Park tonight, but was always ready
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  • 73 15 Marcus Superbus Wins At 10 To 1. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 19. The Derby Cup, run at Derby today over a mile and six furlongs, resulted as follows: MARCUS SUPERBUS 7—4 (Blackshaw) 1. PEEL TOWER 7—« (Gilbert) 2, CARIOCA B—7 (Lowi«y) 3. (Winner trained by Hogg).
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  • 439 15 AMAN LOSES TO CARPENTIER. Last Night's Fights At Happy World. •By "X.0.") Two of the six bouts held in the open at the Happy World park last night having ended in the first round, the management staged an extra contest, and It so happened that this fight delighted the crowd.
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    17 15 Manassiti (left) and E. Simon— beaten finalists in the Irsaelight lawn tennis doubles event. —Strait* Times Picture.
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  • 691 15  -  Oxford vs. Cambridge Twickenham Queries Glasgow Students Wiw Shun Sport Conducted By "ECHO." ■"THE fancy for a Cambridge tr.umpn at Twickenham on Dec. 7 is not so strong as it was a few weeks ago. Cambridge promise to be the more brilliant in attack outside, with Low
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    • 224 15 Naturally A Men Women af' 2 Ways in 1 to Add Weight Quick! Amazing Concentrate oi Minerals and FOOD lODINE Adds Flattering Extra Pounds on Thin Men and Women Where all Else Falls. WITHOUT THE USE OF DBL'GS *1 i.vi run-down, prematurely ageing people by the theusanjs— «yen men LVmM^k^l
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  • 267 16 Strange Fortunes Of House Of Taaffe. A^endln? the Irish family .•I i 30 back once more to home, i :ays a Pragje repT-t i Edward Taaflc head of the ti it he is to Ireland and to settle perntly there. him to take steps,
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  • 53 16 tkt "Ministry of Public Instruction in Turkey has decided that seonjary school pupils of both sexes shall include in their curriculum a course of military instruction to prepare them for the defence of their country. Picture shows an Army instructor slitnv'ni; boys and girls how to
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  • 351 16 "DISFIGURED FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS." '•I HAVE been disfigured for 40 or 50 years tecause my hair was red." said Judge Drucquer at Brentford j County Court recently. "Fortunately I am no ltnger disfigured, because now 1 1 have very little hair at all."
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  • 98 16 PLANTERS' BENEVOLENT FUND. I Over $2,500 From Kuala Lumpur Plays. •THE Planters Benevolent Fund of Malaya has received from Mrs. W S. Reeve-Tucker the sum of $2,546.52. being profit made from the presentation In the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Sept. 17 and 18 last, of three plays from 'To-night
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  • 488 16 Neglect In Examining Passbooks. CRITICISM of careless bank cu>- i tomers. whose negligence might I indirectly help forgers, was exoressed by Mr. R. A. Wilson in his presidential j address to the Institute of Bankers in London recently. Referring to the risk of cheque forgeries,
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  • 260 16 'THE following new books are now on issue at the Raffles Library. NON-FICTION. Letters from Iceland. Illustrate J. W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice: The Un verse in Space and Tlma. Illustrated. Prof. G. van den Bergh: Russian Hazard: The Adventures of a British
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  • 52 16 IMPROVEMENTS In the Registry of Companies, recently taken over by the Estate Duty Office, are to cost $800. A card index system for all registered companies is being introduced and existing records are to be revised under a system of reorganisation of the whola system of
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  • 1746 17 Sunday Next Before Advent: "Fragments." AN Immense amount of time and ingenuity is being spent on reconstructing the past. All over Palestine archaeologists are eagerly bringing to light relics of what has been only recently gold and Ivory and other ornaments and utensils were found at Meggldo— famous
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    • 442 17 i *v^. UI S n °'d"' Bi M° n < chiniry brush gfrfr quit, uniuitad lo its work, and th. /^j Infll backs oi her teelh ar. untouched. V P*^GRH Tek's short h«ad was specially design* jHF CJK 'd to 'h" Inner curve of your mouth and feti M j
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    • 249 17 %/iz's tke 9cmp tkfit sotoeittit secnet the soap that enables the skin to juese rre through the mid day heat the refreshing coolncsa of tbe morning. There is nothing in Wright's to harm the moat wnnitive •kin. To its cleansing qualities are added unrivalled antiseptic properties which protect tbe skin
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  • 365 18 A LIBEL action brought by Lieut.- 1 Colonel Frederick Hermann Kisch against Lieut-Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison and Messrs. H. F. Lucas and Company, a firm <;f piinters, was settled before Lordj Hewart in the King's Bench! Division recently says the News' Chronicle. Mr. B. B. Stenham
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  • 328 18 May Be Able To Put Up Presidential Candidate. ANE of the most interesting results in the recent New York Mayoral elections, which swept Mr. Fiorello La Guardia and his party back into office with hujje majorities, was the size of the sote polled by
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  • 48 18 I The Minister of Health, Sir Kingsly I Wood, is directing That a public inquiry j be held into an outbreak of typhoid in I the Croydon district where to date 95 I uses have been notified. Five deaths have so far resulted.—British Wireless.
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  • 259 18 Nazis Attack Jews In Danzig. DEFI'GEES are streaming over the Polish frontier, fleeing from the wave of anti-Semitic violence, in the Nazi-ruled territory <-! Danzig says a special correspondent of the Daily Herald. Words can hardly describe the bestialities officially planned, officially perpetrated. Official sanction to Danzis's previously more cr
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  • 73 18 Dublin. Nov. 19. A STATUE of King George II at the entrance to the Weavers' Hall, Dublin, has mysteriously disappeared. Several attempts hay; been made In the past to blow it up with bombs, but each attempt failed although on one occasion the statue was partially
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