The Straits Times, 24 November 1937

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1 4 The Straits Times
  • 39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A 3ENTDR f.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 21 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 64 1 CiN'-ao'n-'-' 140. CECU. ST. CPIIO.^F 571). KUALA LUMPUR: C 3 JAVA ST. CPHONE 3653> (VESTA A i pun-tea J •a all P^J l^tt 1 1% tS% ~J| Bra U 4 §y M C.C' C^ |B'^^^^ f B^^^^™ TURKEYS have arrived Order Early To Avoid Disappointment. Weights 7 to 22 lbs.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 657 2 She Straits Wmtß SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED smart Chinese Salesman tar Binpaporc and outstations. must be energetic, tkiod prospects for suitable man. Apply Box No. 161, Straits Times. WANTED smart Chinese Salesman to canvas local and outstation dealers for department medicines and perfumes. Previous xperience essential. Apply 162, Straits Times. \rri.K
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    • 502 2 BOARD RESIDENCE ROGERVILLE 308 Orchard Rd. Double com, private bathroom Sc verandah. Mrs Platt. Phone 4461. rXOKAVILLt I St. rhomaf Walk »in»'f double rooms cnoaerD tan. ially ur monthly sarace rennt moderate P 4229 NAPIER HOUSE. 7, Nap. R. tel. 7406 comf Guest house in beautif surround, vac. big airy
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    • 911 2 EDUCATIONAL WIDFORD LODGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Chelmslord, Essex. OatartH especially for English boys from the East. Full Information from Headmaster or Mrs. Wright, Ulu Remis, Layang 'jayang. MOTOR VEHICLES jj USED CARS. Austins. Citroens. Austin Delivery Vans, etc. The Eastern Auto Co. Ltd., 69/79, Orchard Road. Singapore. FOR SALE 2 seater
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    • 991 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of fine design, polished teak household furniture including one set of well-made rattan lounge suite with fancy covered cushions, one latest 1937 table model H.M.V. "Magic-Eye" i radio receiver, guaranteed in perfect working I order, one exccilcnt-toned "Mouiries" conceit i piano, one almost new Royal Portable
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    • 866 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the construction I of roads, culverts and drains at Monks Hill from Bukit Timah Road to Clemcnceau Avenue. Tender forms may be obtained at the Municipal Engineer's Offlce. Tender deposit $50. Tenders close at 12 noon, Dec. 2, 1937. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 705 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. Incorporate ir England) MAIL t"ASSENOEH AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR ANL JRIENIAL 6 W Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAI* SERVICE OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore iStl RAWAIPTNDI n.OOO Dec S CORFU 15
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    • 514 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KA1SHA) (liK-)rc>OT«teo U! Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. 1() L.ONUON Naples. \JarwiUes London Antwerp and Rot eidam Vessels t'onn.,i!e Due Sail HAKUSAN MARU 10.MK Nov 24 25 HARUNA MAKU 10.50C Dec 8 9 KATOR1 MARU 10.000 Dec 22 23 KA<WIMA MARC 10.000
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    • 626 3 BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious one 'lass motorshlps Most -poms have »aioinlns private oath Excellent cuisine lOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON ROTTERDAM HAM3URG AND COPKNHAGKN From From pram Prom B'nore Malacca Por. r-enanc M.S. S'aarr ♦ALSIA 14/12 14 12 15/12 16 12 BURINGIA 4/1 4 1 5/1 II r lONIA 25 1 *>/l
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    • 297 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Proru Arrives H'kong 9 F Pres Taft Dec I Dec 21 Pres. Hoover Dec. 19 Jan. 5 Pres Coolldge Jan 8 Jan in Pres Wilson Jan 26 Pel) 15 Pres. Hoover Peb 5 Peb 23 Pres. Cleveland Feb. 23 Mar 15 Pres. Coolldge Mar. 5 Mar.
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    • 1097 3 REPRESENTING. SHIPPING nit BLUE rl NVFI LINI (Ocean l'h» Una Khiow St<Mmshlr> C* fIASi) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd and China Mutual Cunard White stai I. ln Steam Navira'lon Co Ltd.) Aberdeen St Commonwealth Line Ihr Strait; Steamship Co Ltd Sba« Suvih Union Co Ltd Iht China Vavißatlon Co Ltd
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 124 4 Wednesday, November 24. Ship* alongside the Wharves or expected arrive. Entrance Kill Location Ship Godown Gate Gat* East Wharf Shlrala 20 1 I Main Wharf Mata Hart 17 2 3 Cranfleld 16 2 3 Aeneas 14 2 3 Pyrrhus 9 2 3 Kepong 7 2 3
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    • 26 4 The Kepong for Siam (parcels only), mails previously announced as closing today Nov. 24. at 11 am. wil! now clone today at 7 p.m.
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    • 163 4 SING A PORE MAILS CLOSE. T«day Medan (Both) Spin. Muntok Palembang (Thedens) 3 pm Pontianak iKhoen Hoea) ..3 p.m. Slam (Parcels only) (Kepong) 7 p.m. Tomorrow FCvela Lumpur ai.d Penan* oy at: (Internal Air Service) 6am Tarempa (Merkus) ..8 a.m. Pengerang (Meranti) ..9 a.m. Sarawak (generally) Bintulu (Kampar) 9 a.m.
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    • 119 4 INWARD. Wearnes: From Penan* and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives ever; evening other than Sundays. Qantas: From Australia: Due Sunday afternoon. K.L.M.: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening Imperial: From Europe: Due Friday evening. OUTWARD. Wearnes: To Koala Lumpur and Penang: Mails close 6
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    • 165 4 Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Nov. 24, by air (Internal Service) will be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Nov. 25, at 8.25 a.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow, Nov. 25, by air i X.L.M.) wlil be delivered to
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    • 35 4 The Ozarda has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Monday. Messrs. E. Fowler and A. S. Mackie embarked in Memnon at Birkenhead on Nov. 13, for Malaya.
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  • 170 4 Singapore, November 24, 12 noon. Bu7-. Seller Gammer $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.50 Java $11.00 cpper White Muntok $14.25 White $13.75 Black $8.75 .'opro Mixed $4.35 Sun Dried $4.60 apioca Small Flake $4.20 Fair Flake $3.90 Medium Pearl $4.80 Small Pearl $4.40 i>ago Flour No 1 Lingga $2.60
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 554 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. incorporate- a P U 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS KM.S RLVB AND 41AM STATES BUlWllfL, TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— PaMace 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC (inroroorateO is England). TBB -tMPKtSS' ROUTE offers 1 IMNS-PAflrlC SERVICES »ta BONOLOLO at «tmi tmnmm to VANCOIVER— ACROSS r ANAOA tn TRANSCONTINKNTAI I'RAIN withra chance—
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    • 717 4 lO 1 IjK £L V L a ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (incorDorited ,ii errand) (InrorDorateo id 0.81.) mam*^>i BOSTON NEW f ORR BAI.11MOKI FOR HAVRE, LONDON VIA 8UEZ CANAl ROTTERDAM HAMBURG Ou STEEL TRAVELER Nov. 30 Dec. VU Port? *nd Sue* Cfcxal STEEL MARINER Doc. 7
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 451 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations i ester day Last night max rain- origin min temn fall s'shine temp •F inches ors. *F West Coast Alor Star 90 0.63 8.3 73 Bayan "Lepas (Penang) 87 Nil 8.7 73 Sitiawan 91 Nil 7.7 74 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 8.9 73
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  • 194 5 'Till: Bishop of London (79-year-old Dr. Winniii£ton Ingram) told a large audience at St. James' Church. Piccadilly, of the efforts he and his colleagues of the Public Morality Council (a non -denominational body) were making to clean up London, the stage, literature, and the cinema. He
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  • 189 5 rvETAILS about an ancient Persian manuscript written nearly 2.000 years ago for which an offer oJ £55.000 was made by the British Museum have been made public at Calcutta. It belongs to a scion of the o'.d French nobility. He is a trave'.ler and about
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 209 5 J^^XY BAR ()PEN TILL 1II>N t;llT TONIGHT G.15-9.1j A SPARKLING COMEDY I ~*Y w A ROMANCE— BI'BBLING WITH I W-, yQj^^ LAUGHTER AND MERRIMENT I SEYMOUR HICKS CLAIRE LUCE in 'VINTAGE WINE' with EVA MOORE A «aumont-british picture Tomorrow— JULES VERNE'S MIGHTY SPECTACLE ROMANCE MICHAEL STROGOFF m ANTON WALBROOK SSScSSSSTo^S?
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    • 149 5 BOOK YOUR SEATS NOV/ LOST HORIZON OPENING CAPITOL Jk KUNZ S m^b* PI *NO MEDLEYS MARLBOROUGH E^kteL SI", TONIGHT 9.13 DCrftDnC The AWAKENING L^°" II *i j l jj S fipnfl a grand first run Hindustani Picture UlflfliiiBMarUhMaMlKMlI Be up-to-date i Exterminate Astatic Petroleum Co fS S) Ltd. GREAT WORLD
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 260 5 WHAT IS OIV TODAY. T*HE Straits Times is publishing social functions and other outthis daily feature to give readers: standing happenings, i comprehensive summary of enter- Organisers of meetin;s etc. are Lainments, meetings, sports events invited to submit diary dates. Hotels. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. G 30 p.m. to 8.30
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 675 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore closing prices Tuesday, Nov. 23, 5 p.m. All shares quoted above are fully paid. Issue Val. Frasers Co Lyal) Si Fvat» Buyers- Sen ;-s Buyers Seller* Issue Val Frasers Co i.yall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers
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    • 437 6 2 2 Alex Br'rk Ord 1 5P 1 60 1 5.J 160 2 2 do 7',2'i Pr:fs. 2.27'/ 2 2.35 2.25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.OO11 8.00n IIP. M. Broadcasting 0 45 0.55 0.50 0 60nom 1 1 B. M. Trustee «0C 6.75 b 00 0.75 fl £1
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    • 240 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. S'l, 1937 red. 1962 »2,750,000 Int. May 15 Nov. '.a 99>i PENANG MUNICIPAL. k% 1926 red. 1956-66 Jn.COO.O'iO Int. May 1 Nov 1 II8V2 **4% 1929 red. 1959-69 <S.250,0OC mt. May 15 Nov. 15 II8V4 :<;; 1935 red. 1956-66 S625.000 int June 1 Dec. i
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    • 381 6 i Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Allcnby Frasei Co Lyali Evatt 1.40 1.50 1.40 1.50 Xuala Stdlm Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt 2.40 2.50 2.40 2.50 Alor Ga:a!i Amal Malay Ayer Hit am Ay?r Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Dutang Bedford j... 3enta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit
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  • 548 6 TIN AND RUBBER RISE SHARPLY. SHARES SLIGHTLY FIRMER. (Ey Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Nov. 24. The Stock Exchange in London yesterday opened very weak and in the early part of the day all sections were heavily hammered. According to cabled advices, however, strong support was received from
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  • 88 6 London, Nov. 23. Paris 147 9/64 Athens MM* New York 5.00"4 sellers Montreal 4.99-\ Rio 2"» Brussels 29.41 markot lates Geneva 21.814 Belgrade 216 Amsterdam S.OO'/i Rio 2"» Milan 95 1 16 Buenos Aires unquoted Mad.:J nominal Montevideo 39 :3/16 Berl'-i 12.38 sellers official Prague 142^4 Bucharest 675 Copenhagen
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  • 195 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 TT 2/4 1/32 London demand 2/4 1/32 London 4 months sight 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 1717 Switzerland demand 250 Hambure demand 142 New York demand
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  • 401 6 London, Nov. 23. The following ait today closing middle prten on the Londut StocK Exchance: Shares >t £1 ii^nominat.or. unless otherwise ?tated: YesMr- Rise say or Fal> of version 'joaii 5 DC. 1944-64 113T» F-iininc ljmd < O.C. 1960-90 lIP* War Loan. 3' 2 p.c 100H )4
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  • 85 6 Wednesday, Nov. 24, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Nov. 231,4 2M4 Cood F. A. Q. in bates (F. 0.8.) Nov. 22% 23 No. 1 X. R. S. S. Tone of Market Quiet Firm. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 6?id.
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  • 446 6 THE following quotations are pub- lished by courtesy of Messrs. S E. Levy and Co. Singapor? Messrs. W ;ite Wr'd and Company, New York, report by cable regarding yesterday's markets: STOCKS. Technical forces, reported fiivou. Pble utility developments, and report* of President Roosevelt's approval cf
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  • 23 6 The output of tin ore from Hont Fatt (Sungei Besi) Ltd. for the quarter July to September was 7,185 pikuls.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 39 6 21' ilit'Ur^ "HE"t"T 1I1 1 I -rK- y"^ if I! I 5■ '*rf%< *t II H S l &Kfc£ LillJlllTljf I *48T9- IVM I i'.'y.'-i z i 1 i t +mjlB M 9h 1 x tm WPS. i 2
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 396 7 STANDARDISED PRODUCT REQUIRED. IMPROVED LOCAL DEMAND FOR MILLING. "|T would seem that the time is opportune for a simplification of the method of grading of copra." writes Mr. F. C. Cooke, the Malayan Agricultural Department's coconut expert, in a treatise on copra published yesterday. There are now
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    • 144 7 CHINA'S TRADE AND COMMERCE. New Committees To Co-ordinate Plans. f:i order to increase production in th« country and to further trade and commerce during the present emergency, ths Chinese Central Government has announced the establishment of three committees to carry out plans for the readjustment of farm products, industry and
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    • 116 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 22. The following are today's 'bid' quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire 'A" 19 9 British Empire "B" 9 7Vi> British Empire Cumulative 15 9 British Empire Comprehensive 17 10'^ British General "A" 19 4V 2 British General "B"
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    • 133 7 London, Nov. 20. A RAY of sunshine pi3rced the gloom surrounding tiie money market tor;ay when the market succeeded in raising the average rate of discount when yesterdays Treasury Bills w.er.? allotted at 11s. Id. against 10s. 2nd. per cent, last week. This success
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    • 1027 7 Stock Markets Thoroughly Out Of Hand. MESSRS. Fraser and Co., in their weekly share report issued at the close of business yesterday, write: The role of Jtremiah is never a very pleasant or popular one and the optimist who finds sermons in stones and good
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    • 207 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Companr Dividend Singap>re, Nov. Books Close Date Ex. Div. Payable Date 23, 5 p.m. Total for financial year to date TIN. Ayer Hitam Vie 207, Int. Nov. 10 Burma Malay 6d Int Dec. 1 1 Hong Patt 3% Int. Nov. 24 Jtiebu 5". Pina.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 482 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. t Incorporated in the Colony of Hon.; Kong' The liability of members is limited to th xtent mid In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid -Up $20,000,000 ■MM Funds: Sterling G.3O0.OO0 Honj; Kong
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    • 651 7 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated in China by Special Charter > 12. Cecil Street. Singapore Telephones Manager's Office 6IH Exchange Dept 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHI'NGKUO" raid Up Capital Ch 40*00.000 0J Reserve Funds in excess Ch S 4.8M.0«0 Tetal Assets approximately Ch SI.SMOM.Httt HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI. Tse-Vung Soon?,
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    • 525 7 CHARTERED BANK OR INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in Enrriara ay Ro;m Charter 1853). 'Paid Up Capital in 600.000 shares oi £5 each £3.0iw,00# Reserve Fund 3.000.00* Rfserve Liability of noprietors £3.000.W# HEAD OFFICE: IS. Bishopsjatr London B.< I. Mor Stat Honu Kons Rihiro-xi £n;rifcsac lioilo Saiaon Eangkok Ipnh fc»
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  • 229 8 Progressive Laws Of Faridkot. Terozepore. *po encourage widow remarriage the Faridkot State has promised financial assistance to the marryinc couples. A short while ago His Highness the Raja of Faridkot summoned village officials and made it known to them that the remarriage of widows
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  • 25 8 Lady Baldwin, at the Disabled exService Men's Exhibition at the Imperial Institute. South Kensington, the other day bought a brown pullover "for a large man."
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    36 8 Extensive restoration has been carried out on Rheims Cathedral, to repair the damage done to the historic edifice by Great War bombs. and recently a solemn consecration service was held to commemorate completion of the work.
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  • 153 8 Davanagero. IJOW Harijans of Halebandi, a village six miles from Davangere, Mysore, brought to the notice of caste Hindus their grievances under the threat of becoming Christians Is related in a report from the village. The Harijans, it is stated, grieved at the treatment meted out to
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  • 301 8 CLERKS ACCUSED OF ALTERING PAPERS. MAYOR SENDS POLICE TO WATCH COUNT. I MEW YORK'S first experiment in I j proportional representation for the election of the new City Council, whicn is to replace the old Board of Aldermen I by which the city has been governed
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  • 96 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) "TTIE Duchess of Windsor, when she opens the annual jumble sale of Christ Church, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, a few days hence, will be making her first official appearance at a British thurrh function. She will be accompanied by the Duke.
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  • 204 8 MYSTERY DISEASE IN FRENCH SHIP. 20 Seamen Unable To Stand Up. Twenty French seamen were found to be suffering from a mysterious disease when they arrived at Dunkirk recently from London. None of them was able to stand up, having been overcome suddenly by a weakness of the spine. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 168 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. DUNLOP THE WORLDS MASTER TYRE FOR ALL I DEFECTS OF VISION OaWa*- Son} Establish*:
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    • 530 8 Put pounds of flesh on scraggy bones, increase weight, fill out hollow cheeks. BE VITAL ALIVE MAGNETIC THRILLING Thousands of men and women owe their beautiful figures and thrilling vitality to Clotabs. By putting on firm healthy flesh, by enriching the impoverished bloodstream Clotabs have changed them from thin, nervous,
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  • 448 9 CHINA'S PROSPECTS IMPROVING. Wusih-Kiangyin Line Held Despite Heavy Battering. Shanghai, Nov. 23. UfHILE some observers are pessimistic about the prospects of the Chinese checking the Japanese drive to Nanking, others say the Japanese will encounter many difficulties before they reach their objective and. suggest
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  • 161 9 Royal Pallbearer For Ramsay Mac Donald. AMONG the pallbearers at the West- minster Abbey funeral service on Friday for Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald will be the Duke of Gloucester. Earl Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd jeorge. The Duke of Norfolk. Earl Marshal. Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston. Garter Principal Kinj of Arms,
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  • 140 9 Sir J. C. Bose Dies In Calcutta. Calcutta. Nov. 23. OIR Jagadis Chunder Bose. one of India's most, distinguished scientists and the man who discovered ths heart-beat in trees, died today at Calcutta. His scientific work was so original that at Arst it was received w'.th
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  • 105 9 EXCHANGE RALLIES AFTER WEAKNESS. Market Turns Suddenly. London, Nov. 23. rN contrast ti this morning's dismal opening, the London mark;t flnilshed the day on the crest of an energetic buying wave. This volte face sentiment almost entirely was due to the surprising, albeit welcome, action of Continental operators, who refrained
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  • 48 9 QUEZON CHEATS DEATH BY ONE HOUR. Undergoes Appendicitis Operation. Manila, Nov. 23. CENOK Manuel Quezon, President of the Pliilippine Commonwealth, successfully underwent an operation for appendicitis this morning. The President's surgeon to'd the press that had the operation been delayed an hour his patient would have died. Reuter.
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  • 22 9 Salamanca, Nov. 23. The Duke of Alba has been appointed to represent Nationalist Spain in London, —Reuter.
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  • 56 9 Shanghai, Nov. 23. INURING an air raid in Nanking yesterday, General Chiang Kaishek and his wife motored through the strests of the capita l reassuring the people. They said the Government had made adequate preparations to meet the invaders and that ultimate victory would
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  • 328 9 Settlement Accepts Japanese Demands. "THE Shanghai Municipal Council spokesman told the pre.is yesterday that the council would carry out the following Japanese demands, j Firstly, to suppress all anti-Japanese pro- pagnnda and also to disband anti-Japanese j i organisa ior... including the Kaomintang: j Secondly, to close all Chinese Government
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  • 129 9 War Minister Makes Statement To Commons London, Nov. 23. Measures designed to recognise the full status of the Territorial Army as an integral nart of Britain's defence system and emphasise the fact that the Territorial Army now has a claim to the same source and standards
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  • 38 9 Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Employment in the manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries in America declined in October by 80,000. while weekly wage bills increased by $1,200,000. according to statistics released by the Bureau of Statistics. Reuter.
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  • 14 9 Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 23. Twenty-three people have been drewned in serious floods in Jamaica.
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  • 209 9 "World Has Never Seen Such Bombing. By Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, MOTHING paralleling the mass troops, towns and people whi during the past few weeks has ever In an effort to reach new lines from untenable positions which have been occupied around Shanghai for the past three months, Chinese troops, because
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 256 9 HOTELS. TONIGHT Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner Dance (informal) 9.30 to midnight CABARET ATTRACTIONS MINI de BONNE a.d JOSE REQUESEN TU.F.NTFO MEXICAN DANCERS presenting a repertoire ot vivacious dance routines. Non-diners SI.M MAKE YOLK RESERVATIONS FOR XMAS AND NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES EARLY. Apply at the reception desk
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    • 310 9 Burninp, Acfiinp i red reef -refreshed A \like Magic It you are a lTMct.-.t CIIM, I aching, burning. Mader )r perspiring feet, harj skin, corns, callouses, and bunions, you should know that these troubles are caused through excess i toot acid. You've got to get na ot t/uif add or
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  • 948 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1937. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS WITH PAY. In the controversy which has followed publication of the MacGregor Committee's report on temporary allowances, there has been frequent reference to the general conditions under which subordinates are employed in Malaya. One of the grievances of the clerical
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  • 69 10 NEW U.S CONSUL GENERAL. K. S. Patton Posted To Singapore. MR. KENNETH S. PATTON, American Consul-General at Amsterdam, will succeed Mr. Monnett B. Davis as U.S Consul-General in Singapore. Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, who was appointed to this post in May, has now been assigned as American Consul General at
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  • 1780 10 Eye- Witness Account Of Chivalry And Heroism. Mr. W. A. B. Goodall, of Pulau Serimbun, Singapore, was living in Penang in October, 1914, when the German cruiser, Emden, paid her visit to that port and attacked the shipping in the harbour. In the article
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  • 670 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Emotional. ■7ROM Anak Singapura. holidaying fn Sussex, comes this illuminating paragraph from "Hot Strip Tease," a new anthropological study of chorus girls and Sally Rands. In matriarchal societies women have perhaps more power, but the Kiwai of the Fly River in New Guinea are, I
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 364 10 I •J M M —LIKE CHAMPAGNE^ FRENCH SPARKLING WINE DEMI-SEC $2.50 Only H. BOLTER CO., 23, WINCHESTER HOUSE. FOR CHRISTMAS Greeting Cards Fancy Stationery Books (or Gifts MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE. Stamford itoad. ARE YOU RETIRING or MERELY GOING ON LEAVE? If so, then COUNTRY COTTAGES LTD. of Alton, Hampshire I
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    • 132 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. GARRICK THEATRE, GEYLANG Mr. Cinderella and Escapade «t 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Ladies In Love. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALKIE Sunny Side Up. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret Dancing. r»lkl« Cinemas. Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dtncisac ralkies Theatre* Clnctnts. RITZ. GEYLANG The Great Barrier. With
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  • 558 11 Hooded Men Planned To Wreck Republic, Restore Monarchy. POLICE FIND FULL PLANS FOR RISING DICTATORSHIP. pIVIL WAR and replacement of the French republican government by a dictatorship which would precede restoration of the monarchy was provided for in plans discovered by the French police
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  • 47 11 London. Nov. 23. rthe side of his mother, who nas suddenly beon taken ill, the Aga ■Chan is rushing t.o India in the Im- 1 perial Airways flylng-bcat Capella. From Karachi he will continue in i a special aeroplane. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 201 11 No Change In Declaration At Brussels. Powers Meet Today. Brussels, Nov. 24. I ORD CRANBORNE (Bri- tain). Mr. Norman Davis (U.S.A.) and Dr. Wellington Koo (China) reviewed the SinoJapanese situation at a private inciting last night. The Chinese delegates had not yet received instructions from Nanking and hoped that they
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  • 187 11 'Italy Japan Must Fight Hand-in-Hand.' INTEREST has been aroused in! Shanghai by a reported conversation between General Matsui, commander-in-chlef of the Japanese Army at Shanghai, and the Italian Ambassador, Signor G. Cora,! when the envoy paid an informal; call. Signor Cora observed that reconsideration was noticeable among Chinese statesmen in
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  • 98 11 SECRET ITALIAN COURT TRIES ALLEGED SPIES. Not Even Charges Made Public. Rome, Nov. 23. "THE utmost secrecy is being observed in the latest tr al by the special tribunal for the defence of the State. Nothing is al'owed to appear in th? press, nnd no information is available about the
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    20 11 FLYING OFFICER A. E.CLOUST^:, and MRS. BETTY KIRBY-GREEN leaving Croydon aerodrome on their record-breaking flight to the Cape and back.
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  • 147 11 Roosevelt Buries Hatchet With Utilities. Washington, Nov. 23. INDICATIONS are seen that the Administration is placing greater emphasis on a truce with utility interests rather than on tax revision as a business stimulus. Roosevelt today after a 90-minute talk with Mr. Wendell Willkie, president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation,
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  • 139 11 Premiers Meeting In London. Paris, Nov. 24. IT is understood that M. Chautemps. French Premier, and M. Delbos, French Foreign Minister, will visit London at the end of the week, at the British Government's invitation to discuss with Mr. Neville Chamberlain, British Premier, and Mr. Eden, Foreign Minister,
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  • 276 11 Japanese Troops Loot Minister's Home. Shanghai, Nov. 23. THE Swedish Minister, Baron Johan Beckfriis, informs Reuter that in spite of his protests to the Japanese authorities, his Hungjao Road house was entered two days ago for the fourth or fifth time by Japanese soldiers, who pilfered various articles and broke
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  • 161 11 Statutory Authority Wanted. London, Nov. 23. RESOLUTIONS passed at the Conference on Empire Development, held at Guildhall in October, are being formally laid before the Prime Minister todav by an influential deputation headed by Lord Home. One of these resolutions impresses en the Government the need to
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  • 47 11 The Supreme War Council in Nanking, it is learned, is contemplating assigning the north-western provinces of Sikang and Chlnghai, and possibly also Tibet, as military training zones for northern and provincial forces while Central armies hold the frcnts —Nanyang Slang Pau.
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    55 11 TRAGIC AIR CRASH IN BELGIUM. The loreckage of the plane in which the grand ducal family of Hesse was killed when it crashed into a chimney at Ostend. Inset are the new Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, formerly Prince Ludwig and Miss Margaret Geddes, whose wedding the ill-fated party was
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  • 120 11 Hitler Attends Japanese Dinner. Berlin, Nov. 24. LJERR HITLER will attend a ban- quet tomorrow given by the Japanese Ambassador in commemoration of the anniversary of the anti-Comintern pact. Herr Hitler will visit Berlin especially for the occasion. Her von Ribbentrop, Ambassador to Britain, will ny to Berlin. All available
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  • 29 11 Geneva, Nov. 23. The value of world trade in September was one and half per cent, higher than in August, according to the League of Nations' statistical bulletin. Reuter.
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  • 183 11 Japanese Demands Leave London Calm London, Nov. 215. QPINION in London is not unduly alarmed by the situation in Shanghai. The Japanese demands to the municipal authorities in the Settlement are not regarded as high-handed because it is realised Ihat the Japanese, now that they have taken possession of the
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  • 85 11 London, Nov. 24. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Coal Royalties Bill. The Government spokesman explained that the measure was designed net only to help ths coal industry in good times but to give it some protection if bad times
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    • 65 11 9Jtiu in. JthsL bag.! "Rd^i' Ci lOomanA. Swine Suit bolkvsL it oh. not -tat a^^Vm "Ripley" Swim Suits are an entirely new development in Lastcx application and are the most amazing Swim Suits on the market. "Ripley" Swim Suits appear to be ridiculously small, but fit any woman from size
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  • 187 12 Straits Times Reporter Sees Peninsula From Giant Airboat. CORDELIA QUIET AND VIBRATIONLESS. By IVAN PALMER. Aboard Cordelia, Penang, Today. ESS than a month before the regular Empire airboat service is extended from India to Singapore, I am today flying the route to Bangkok in
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  • 798 12 THE four biff supercharged motors are scarcely audib'.e from the passenger compartments Singapore people who are making the trip to Penang or Bangkok are chatting idly together: somebody suggests a bridge four. I apologise for the slight clatter of my typewriter. Sir John Salmond, a Government director
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  • 200 12 MALAYAN RUBBER OUTPUT BELOW QUOTA. MALAYAN rubber production in October was 1,303 tons under the monthly quota and 3,175 tons below September production, bringing total production compared with quota to an over-production ot 4.827 tons at the end or October. Statistics issued this mornin? show estate production in October :i
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  • 370 12 Further Delay In Airboat Service To Australia. BASES NOT READY ".V 1 ili.i: the Empire flying boat Mrvice from England is eiag extended from Karachi to Singapore on Jan. 19, next •t'T. a hitch has developed Mrhlek means further delay in the extension of the scheme to Australia, also scheduled
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    39 12 0 UIS IS THE VIEW those aboard the Empire .airboat Corde ia got of r-c Singapore Airport from the forward entrance to the flying-boat before she left for Southampton this morning. One of the floats dwarfs the nearby sampan.
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  • 250 12 China Does Not Want Hastily Trained Red Cross Units. Nanking Statement By Our Chinese Correspondent. £*HI\.V does not want hastily trained first aid men from Malaya. This is indicated in a letter received from the Nanking Ministry of Health by the Medical Board of the Singapore China Relief Fund Committee.
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  • 25 12 To inaugurate an "Association Of Non-Government Employees in Kuaia Lumpur."' a public meeting of nonGovernment workers will be held in the town hall tomorrow night.
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    26 12 PREPARING FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT: A novel picture taken on top of the icing of the Empire airboat Cordelia, which left Singapore for Southampton this morning.
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  • 121 12 A I/THOUGH seven months have passed since the Singapore Municipality requested the Governor-in-C'oun-cil to set up a committee to deal with the problem of car and lorry parking in the Singapore business centre, no committee has as yet been appointed, the Straits Times
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  • 87 12 $10,000 Breach Of Promise Suit. VIARY Joseph Arokiasamy. a younff Indian girl, claimed damages of over $10,000 for alleged breach or promise of marriage from G. S. Suncram in a suit hoard before Mr. justice a 'Beckett Terre'l, acting Chief Justice, in th" Singapore High Com-, tbla morning. She alleges
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  • 20 12 Mr Lee Kong Cliian. Singapore pineapple canner, has donated 1.00G cases of tinned pineapples for delivery tj the Chinese army.
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    • 171 12 AT LAST... the refrigerator that's B The final test of refrigera'or r ~~sP*'%*^^^« value is not -what it does in i* laboratory runs or showroom .;*s£■ E^ JSKiB Rl demonstrations. It's got to make h!P ii 'n Rk oul IN IHE KITCHEN Pi EPiljFi H Witl the eu> 19J Weslin
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  • 143 13 "Government By Committee" Has Saved Johore Millions. DATO WONG PREFERS IT TO BUREAUCRACY. Suggests Close Watch On Recurrent Expenditure. CONGRATULATING the Sultan of Johore on the creation of the Finance Committee, Building Committee and Tenders Board, Dato S. Q. Wong, reviewing the State's finances, at yesterday's meeting of the Council
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  • 136 13 Johore Needs Aerodromes Says Unofficial. AN appeal for the provision of aircraft landing grounds throughout Johore and a suggestion that a start should be made r.t Muar, roughly half way on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur internal air route, were made by Mr. G. D. A. Fraser, at yesterday's meeting of the
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  • 398 13 JXATO WONG said that so long asi the Financial Adviser persisted in such impractical theories, he would encounter strenuous opposition. Dato Wong described the proposition to increase taxation in good times as "as novel as it is unsound." He contended that fresh or increased taxation should only
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  • 163 13 European Firm Cheated By Indians. R/I SATHAIAH, P. S. L. M. Somal I Ir sundaram, Vincent Lingam Grece and H. A. Shukor, were yesterday convicted by the District i Judge (Mr. H. A. Forrer) on three charges of cheating Messrs. Harry Bowery and Leonard Richards of the firm Bowery, Richards
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  • 32 13 A Chinese, Yip Ah Kow. employed as a coolie by the Cantonese Labour Syndicate, was killed while unloading j cargo aboard ss. Kepong at the Singapore docks last night.
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  • 269 13 A GREAT deal of health and medical work is being done for the rural population of Johore accord- ing to the Chief Medical Officer (Dr. :G. H. Garlick), replying to questions raised by members at yester- day's Council of State meeting. Mr. D. G.
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  • 336 13 WOMAN'S $3,500 CLAIM AGAINST CHANGI FARM. Judgment Reserved. JUDGMENT was reserved in the Singapore High Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Howes, in the civil suit in which Mrs. H. A. R. Paulusz claims $3,500 from Changi Farm, as a sequel to a horse-riding accident on Jan. 14. Mrs. Paulusz. according
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  • 156 13 THREE DAYS FOR EUROPEAN'S TRIAL. Fatal Accident In Orchard Road. ■■pHREE days, Jan. 18, 19 and 20, have been fixed for the trial of J. H Wheeler, a European motor company employee, who has tc answer charges of causing the death of Kee Kirn Yong by a rash act and
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  • 30 13 (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, Nov. 23. The Anglo-Siamese Treaty was signed at 3.30 p.m. today. Following the signing the British and Siamese representatives toasted the respective
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  • 85 13 Shipping Chief To Write Life Of Raffles. \MR. C. E. WURTZBURG. liho retired recently from the chairmanship of Mansfield and Co.. Ltd.. in Malaya and is now managing director of the G'en Line, Ltd.. is contemplating writing a life of Sir Stamford Raffles. For the past 12 years. Mr. Wurtzburg
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  • 96 13 Agricultural Expert To Visit Malaya. OIR FRANK STOCKDALE, Agricul- tural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been invited, and with the approval of the Secretary of State has accepted the invitation, to visit Malaya next year. It is expected that Sir Frank will I arrive at
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  • 215 13 No Temporary Allowance For Malayan Pensioners Colonial Office Statement. J^ESTOHATION vi the temporary allowance which used to bo paid on "revised" pensions *f retired Malayan Civil Servants cannot bf tored at present, the As-ocia-tion of British Malaya has be n informed by the Colonk.l Office. A letter, received by from
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  • 36 13 A Malay revenue officer rescurd a Chinese wcman. whom he saw floundering in the sea off Clifford Pier itnis morning. She was taken by amI bulance to hospital and was not in a 1 cerious ccndition.
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  • 54 13 JAN. The annual "At Home" of the Association of British Malaya will be held at the Hotel Victoria. W.C.2. on Jan 5. Tne proceedings, which will include dancing and tea will begin at 4 p.m. i Malayans on leave who are not numbers of the
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    • 161 13 SINGAPORE DAIRY FARM FRESH COWS ffiß^ Doit:inp fre.su milk at Hpw»«aU the Cold Stor c mKs^^JQH flvwßH C Straits Times") Photo. —equal to Grade "A" Pasteuriser. Milk as sold in the United Kingdom. Produced at the Singapore Dt. iry I'sirm from im|>oi-te«l. pun bred dairy cows which :irt regularly R-Mcd
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  • 580 14 S.C.C. "A" Beaten After A Promising Start. AFTER dominating play entirely for the first 15 minutes of the game and scoring the first try, the S.C.C. "A" were defeated by the R.E. A by seven points (one try and one dropped goal) to three
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    40 14 «"i MfcA'iS lIIKK.r: MEN TO SCORE: After a fine swerving dash down the line, R. A. Elliott scored the first try for the S.C.C. "A" In the same against the R E. "A" yesterday on the padang:. Straits Times Picture
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  • 76 14 Hockey. The Royal Carps ot Signals < Chans;* defeated the 04th Coy.. Royal Engineers, by one goal to nil at Changi jrstsrday. The Engineers had most of the play but good defence work by Reiney Farley and Parkin prevented them trom becoming over dangerous. Parkin.
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  • 294 14 Winners' Fine Recovery After Interval. A good recovery by the Teachers In toe second half enabled them to beat SI Andrew's "A" team by 11 points (one goal, two tries) to 10 points (two eoals) in a scrappy match at Fairer Park yesterday. This
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  • 95 14 But He Wants It To Be A 12-Rounder. Little Palace, the brilliant little flyweight boxer, asks the Straits Times to state that there is no truth in the rumour that he has refused to fight Johnny Mortell. "I was." he writes, "offered a fight against Mortell
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  • 240 14 The rain yesterday caused the abandonment of the third Singapore hockey trial, but this will be played today on the S.C.C. ground. Two changes are being made in the teams which v/_»re picked after the second trial on Friday. With Barth unable to pay.
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    33 14 TOO GREASY TO PICK UP Lundon. playing at full back for the S.C.C. "A" XV in their came with the R.E. "A" yesterday, dri!»b'.e> past a Sapper coming across field. Straits Times Picture.
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  • 301 14 Probable Runners and Riders For Saturday's Big Race. THE Manchester November Handicap, last big event of the flat racing season at Home, will be run on Saturday over the course of IV, miles. Renter cables the list of probable runners and riders as under. Buckleigh (Carslake Atout
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  • 126 14 SELECTIONS FOR K.L. RACES. By "Captain Dash." Race 1. -DAZZLE Peony Hill. Brown Lady. Race 2.— PACAROJ? E. Bechester, Bay Rose. Race 3— WALAU. Bay Laddie. Torridour. Race 4— LARUT. Pernlet, Poxy. Race 5. PLEDGE. Policy. Beacon Race 6.— LA COLONIALE. Honey Girl. Upright. Race 7.— ARMY CONTRACTOR. Danse du
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  • 411 14 Kathleen Wins Second Race From Ella Dorothy. THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club's 6-metre race on Sunday lait, second of three for the Milner Challenge Cup, was sailed in the ultra-light weather conditions characteristic of the changing monsoon. The wind, from the east, never
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  • 155 14 Badminton. S.B.A. TOURNAMENTS. Malayan Championships Draw Tomorrow. Th-e following badminton t.e.s wIU Uplayed at the Clerical Union. Haw-Pic Hall, this week-end: SATURDAY AT 2.15 P.M.—lnter-School V.M.C.A. School of Commerce vi. Anglo-Chinese Secondary School. SUNDAY AT 10 A.M.—Women's Junior Doubles MiM Mary Wee and Miss Annie We; i Devonshire vs. Miss
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  • 654 15 Australians Well Beaten In Second Test. FNGLAND is still kins-pin among the Rugby League-playing nations of the world. The Old Country clinched another rubber in the second and vital Test of the latest series at Swinton on Nov. 13, winning by 13 points to 3.
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    56 15 XARNERA OF THE POLICE" TO JOIN THE R.A.F.: P. C. Roger Hunter, the 6 ft. 8 in. police heavyweight boxing champions is retiring this month to take up a commission in the Royal Air Force. Hunter is 23 years old and is called "the Camera of the Force," as he
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  • 212 15 Three Days' Events At Ipoh. The Perak Turf Club will hold their first race meeting of 1938 over three days on Saturday, Jan. 29, Wednesday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 5. There will be two runs eacli for Class 1 and 2 horses, and (or Class 1
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  • 102 15 JODAY. Hutrbj: S.C.C. B vs. 71h H.B.; Celt: S.O.C. annual meeting, 6.30. llorkrv: S.C.C. w. InnisMll.'ne";; S.C.R.C. C.S.C.- 11th A.A.B. (Changi) vs. Colts; R.I. \s. S.J.I.: S.J.I. 2nd vs. R.I. 2nd Y.W.C.A. 2nd vs. G.S.C. 2nd. TOMORROW. Rugbr: Singapore Asiatic trial. Farrer Pai'k. Thr Tuif: Selangor Skyc
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  • 602 15 Wants A Job—But No Gambling! Known to the bookmakers as the King of Punters," George Arthur Davis often put X. 1,000 on a horse or a greyhound. Once he offered £20,000 to buy a pair of greyhounds. Now he is broke,"' finished with gambling for ever
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  • 169 15 Boxer Pays £3,000 To Former Manager. TOMMY Farr and Ted Broadribb are settling the action brought by Broadri'ob against Farr when he returned to England. Farr has sent a chequs for A-3,000 to Broadritb's solicitors. Ted Brcadribb, speaking from Biri mirisham on Nov. 14.
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  • 677 15 Singapore's 2,000 Golfers— A Game That "Gets" You— U.S. Tennis Incident Amateurs Lose Status Turf Judge 's Erro r—Cricketersr Cricketers Who Give Bogey A Scare. Conducted By "ECHO." IN my notes In the last issue of The Sunday Times I suggested that there are probably ever two
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    • 50 15 tfgjSS* A at 1 311.4 2 MPH Capt. Kvston broke the Land Speed record previously held by Sir Malcolm Campbell. Capt. Kvston on Bonneville Salt Fiats, over a .iilo north and a mile south, averaged the wonderful speed of 311.42 miles per hour: C.C.WAKEFIELD&CO., SINGAPORE PENANG. 4 AFB C 2
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  • Correspondence.
    • 813 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. OIR, I read an announcement in your issue of Nov. 17, that the Jolonial Office had appointed Mr. C. E. Jackson, of the F.M.S. Railways, to be Control Officer, Game Department, F.M.S. It
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    • 225 16 Asks How To Cure His Sick Animals. THE King mentioned two of his favcurite shooting dogs were ill when he opened the new £250.000 building of the Royal Veterinary Colleg? at Camden Town. During a tour of inspection with the Queen he explained to Sir
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    • 121 16 Young Chinese Pleads Guilty. HAD i tew drinks, and w len I I came out of the place. I saw the \»r and t x>k it." said a Chinese, named 1 in Ke.it Snng. when he appeared be1 ir L > Mr. F. V Duckworth
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  • 59 16 The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race will be rowed from Putney to Mortlake on Saturday. April 2. starting at about 2 p.m. if Cambridge Senate lormal'.y approves that date. In the year ended March 31. the electricity output of the 620 authorsed undertakings in Br tain was ***** 000.000 units,
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    • 204 16 POST BY AIR kWWi SAVE TIME TIME TABLE PASSENGER FARES V jWf£ I Dtp. Singapore 7.00 a.m. Singapore Penan* \pil\r Air. K. Lumpur B.*o a.m. p rnjng Singapore I*p. K. Lumpur 9.00 a.m. h S5O U Arr. PenanK 10.30 a.m. en w SSL a!~a 2"p.r j= v lies. K. Lumpur
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    • 494 16 Lowers Operating Costs PROPANE-SOLVENT REFINING MAKES TRITON A BETTER LUBRICANT .WITH LONGER LIFE IN THE CRANKCAS6 HERE are 4 reasons Triton motor oil qualities is that Triton is 100% PURE will lower the cost of operating your Paraffln-Base— made by Union Oil car: Company's patented Propane-solvent 1 It stops carbon
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  • 462 17 THE MacGREGOR REPORT: A SUGGESTION. To the Editor of the Straits Times. ClK Apropos of the findings and recommendations of the MacGregor Committee, will you be kind enough to r.'low me. as .in onlooker, to put forv ard a few salient facts and observations in
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    192 17 AT SATURDAY'S COSMO. CLUB LUNCHEON Back row: (from left) J. Partridge puest from Amsterdam). J. Roubin iCl.Mirt Co). Roger Mills (Standard-Vacuum), D. Maloney (A. P.O. W Lucas (X P M.I. J Ph. N. dv Quesne van Brurhem (X.P.M.I, \V van der Bosch IN KM). M. C. Elliot (American Express) J.
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  • 88 17 Did Sir Malcolm Watson Read The Newspapers To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.—I am sure Sir Malcolm Watson must have been so busy whilst in Malaya that he had no time to waste i on reading the articles and letters in the local papers on the
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  • 391 17 Minister Replies To Lloyd George. R*R. H. RAMSBOTHAM, Minister of 1VI p ers ions, made a sharp retort recently to Mr. Lloyd George's statement at Caernarvon that Mr. Eden is a skilful chauffeur, but he has an assembly of nervous wrecks behind him
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    • 712 17 Asthma Germs Killed in 3 Minutes If you suffer from choking, wheezing, ronto, Ontario, Canada, recently snld: "I coughing. Asthma and Bronchitis If you felt better the first day I started taking gasp fur breath, can't sleep nights, and Mi-ndaco. I could breathe easier. 1 slept the feel your heart
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  • 316 18 RING'S LECTURE TO M AM T A< TURERS. FOREIGN CURRENCY ESSENTIAL FOR FOOD GEN GOERING. as Commissioner lor the Four Years 1 Self-Sufficiency Plan which confers on him the duty of co-ordinating the whole ot Germany's economic policy, has again appealed to German manufacturers tor
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  • 311 18 THE war in China has cost the British Navy a cruiser. H.MJS. Capetown, 1,200 tons, armed with five 6 in. guns and two 3 in. guns, will not be available for service for at least eight months, and possibly for the duration of hostilities.
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    27 18 The Kin* and Queen chatting to a number of tenants of the Lord Mayor's homes for the aged in N orth Hull during their tour of Yorkshire.
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  • 328 18 A RADIO broadcast from Berlin, followed by reports in the Arabic Press about a revolt in Transjordan against the Emir Abdullah, has astonished the inhabitants. Although they are capable of believing the wildest rumours about Palestine, they are unable to credit such a story about their
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  • 388 18 Duce Withdraws His Infantry From Spain. From Spain. STILL LEAVES 40,000 TECHNICIANS. ITALIAN soldiers are being withdrawn from Spain. The movement began about three weeks ago and has reached a point at which the bulk of the Italian infantry have now left the Peninsula. This news is contained in reliable
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  • 129 18 Women Live Longer Than Men. J7NGLAND and Wales cir<? becoming healthier, according to the Regis-trar-General's statistical review of England and Wales for 1936. jud issued. Points from his report: Women live longer than men. Population tables show that the proportion of women to men, livng. increases steadily after middle age.
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    • 130 18 nIU 4tßv S^iii^ -.•i^wb' ~!!LjJ 1 SINGAPORE MALACCA SEREMBAN KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. Head Office: 2 4 Orchard Road, Singapore. 4 APB 9a Hta IRIUM HELPS MILLIONS V^I^FIGHT DULL, DINGY TEETH! P^BS PEPSODENT alone of ail toota pasto contains this thrffiirj W ■ii^/' discomy for fivin; teeth amazing new luster!
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  • 1179 19 The Brighter Side Of London Life. William Powell And Myrna Loy Again Together. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Nov. 12. 'T'jiE suipn;>e, or perhaps 1 should say the disappointment, of the week has bp*r the withdrawal of Good-bye to Yesterday.' in which Gladys Cooper and
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  • 133 19 CROP CONTROL FOR UNITED STATES. Draft Of Farm Bill Is Completed. Washington DC. Nov 22. •THE Senate Agricultural Committee today completed the draft of the Farm Bill after two days and two nights of almost continuous sitting The bill goes before the Sanate today. It provides for a government-farmer partnership
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  • 33 19 As a gift on his retirement to Mr. A. W. Allen, for 26 years director of Education for Hornsey, teachers formerly under him are to pay for the garden of his new home.
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  • 241 19 Compensation Will Be Claimed If Damaged. London, Nov. 22. Qin ALFRED KNOX .Cons., Wycombe) asked in the House of Commons yesterday if Mr. Eden was aware that in recent operations in the neighbourhood of Shanghai the Japanese had done their jest to spare foreign
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  • 145 20 A DUMMY AEROPLANE mounted on bellows within a turntable, fitted with normal engine and flying controls, reproduces a'l the motions of an airliner in flight and schools the pilot in blind-flying. An instructor, with duplicate instruments, checks the pilot's course and can give him
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
    • 14 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT OUR PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1937 No. 116-
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      102 1 TELEVISION CAVALCADE OF WOMEN'S HATS. Dr. C. W. Cunmington, who believes all jcomen's hats are either "go away" or "come hither' types, tested out his theory at the 8.8.C. when he presented a pageant of women's hats as worn during the last 150 years during the programme entitled "Clothes Line."
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    • 521 1 Effect Of Sun, Rain Thunder. (By the information bureau of the German National Short icave Station.) A RELATIONSHIP between shortwave propagation and the weather U said to have been observed by many listeners. In the first place it must be clearly understood from the start,
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    • 90 1 Talk By Indian Statesman. Dlwan Bahadur Sir Ramaswaml Mudaliar. member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, will talk from Darentry tonight In the series. 'Matters of Moment.' Sir Ramaswaml Mudaliar, who was knighted this year, was born in 1887. He has held many important political positions.
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    • 130 1 MANCHESTER HANDICAP RELAY. A RVSNING commentary on the Manchester November Handicap, which takes place at the famous Castle Irwe I racecourse. will be broadcast from Dave\trv on Saturday This race, which dates back to 1876, is the last b-g event of the flat-racing season It is run over one mile,
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    • 143 1 Two men whose names are familiar to every follower of association football, Ivan Sharpe, the well-known writer on the game, and Dixie Dean, the Everton and England centreforward will broadcast from Daventry on Sunday in the second of the "Sportsmen Talking" series. They will talk about
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    • 144 1 The first commentary on a "real" tennis match ever to be broadcast will be heard by listeners to a programme from Daventry on Saturday. The commentator will be Aidan Crawley, who will describe a match between two first-class players on the court at Hampton Court. This
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    • 278 1 MEW ways of expanding the role of air communication in law 1 enforcement work have been developed recently, according: to reports to the International Association of Chiefs of Police at Chicago. With more than 550 city and county police departments in the country supplied
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    • 122 1 Ian Hay Will Speak Saturday. Listeners to Daventry will shortly hear a talk by one of the best-known novelists and playwrights of today. when Major John Hay Belth, who writes under the name of lan Hay, comes to the microphone to speak on a subject of his own choosing in
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    • 175 1 BIG BAD B.B.C, ANNOYS ISLANDERS. FOR the first time the 8.8.C. have been refused permission to broadcast a religious service. The mobile transmitter is in the Hebrides recording scenes of local life for a feature broadcast. A picture of life on those little-known islands is beiiu built up in sound
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    • 88 1 The Philips Radio Company is to opeu a factory at Blackburn for the manufacture of radio apparatus. An up-to-date plant is being built and soon afu-r its completion technical training will b..* given to local workers. Ultimately it Is expected work will be found for
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    • 66 1 All-India Radio announces that the Bombay Broadcasting Station was operating on a wavelength o* 244 metres from the first transmission on Nov. 15. The new wavelength has been chosen after listening to tests made by the Research Department of the AllIndia Radio over a period of thr-'e
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    • 435 1 A RADIO listener, writing to Ernest La Prade, who conducts the Home Symphony on Saturday afternoons for the National Broadcasting Company, New York, says: "I have been tuning In on programmes and playing my violin right along with them whenever I could, ever since I
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
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      • 89 1 YOUR NEXT RECEIVER MUST BE A PHILIPS RADIOPLAYER gßJjjff^v^^lffiffl that wonderful ri h TYPE 338— THE LITTLE WONDER <fc 1 4-S THE IDEAL INEXPENSIVE SET *T It pays to invest in a PHILIPS. WILLIAM JACKS CO. (Malaya) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. Foi tuU varticiiiart or a demonstration m
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
      • 741 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1 33 Me i (225 a.) p.m. 6.00 Chinese (.Teochew) music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Dance music. Gramophone records. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.50 "Faust." Opera in Five Act*. By Gounod. The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henri Busser. 8.50 News and
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      • 658 2 ROME 2-RO 11.81 Me/s (25.4 m.) pm. 9.20 Announcement. News tn English. Organ recital. "Pietro Brila Valle." Historical Ulk by Count d'Agliano dl Caravonlca. Band .oncct Npv.s in Italian. 10.50 Close down. MELBOURNE. VK 2ME 9.59 Mrs (31.2 m.) p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous orchestra. 6.20
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      • 539 2 Corporation) by an emigrant family settled in Canada, and including recorded flashes of the arrival of an emigrant vessel at Montreal. Produced by John Pudney. 1 20 Big Ben. News and announcements. TRANSMISSION S. GSD n.lt Me (25. a a.) GSO 1518 Nt.i (19.7 m.) a.m. b.40 Song recital by
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      • 401 2 8.35 Merry Peasants" Theatre. In liw German dialect, by Walter Tappe. 9.05 Short selections. 9. 23 News and economic review in English and Dutch. 9.35 Today in Germany. Sound pictures. 9.50 Herbert Ernst Groh will sing. Broadcast from the German Radio Station at Cologne. 11.05 German achievements (English). 11.20 Close
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      • 356 2 MELBOURNE. p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous orchestra. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results 6.30 Tour of the world. 6.50 Leading Dance Band. 7.20 Close down. LYNDHURST. w 8.50 Chimes. Fifteen minutes of pop .> r music. 9.05 Sporting news and notes. 9.20 News in French for
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      • 249 3 Too biff a gap 'TWIXT THE \fl ll3^ MID-DAY MEAL J /^'."■<> MID-DAY MEAI A AND TEA *---:r.,.: r gyf iftfl m A N&jj ||y TEA <^ EAT MORE OFTEIV 'Every two or three hours' SAY THE DOCTORS* We're all prepared to accept the fact that our meals say, iwo
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      • 184 3 SINGAPORE 'Continued from PAGE II.) "Chauve Sowris Dark Eyes." Tradition;- 1 ■tng by BalicH's Chauve Souris Company. 'Ho! Jolly Jenkin" (Ivanhoe 1 Sung by Ctorge Baker. "Rollicking Band of Pirates We; With Cat-like tread: Hush Hush and Softly Singtog." ("Pirates of Prnzance') The b'Oyley Carte Company. (.30 Dance ir.usic pla>ed
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      • 288 3 3> Adagio sosten^to '41 Allegro (Porpora). Menuct herctque (J. C. F. Bach, arr. W. H. Reed). Moto Perpetuo (Cupls, 1719, arr. Wachezi 7.20 "Westward Iroai Liverpool."* The propress of an emigrant from the North of England through the gateway of Liverpool to the West 'from 1830 to modern times), with
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      • 673 3 in Varied Porm. dive Carey i baritone). 8 50 News and announcements. C.05 Greenwich time signal. S.I 5 Close down. TRANSMISSION 3. pm. 9.35 Big Ben. BBC Empire Orchestra; leader, Daniel Melsa: conductor, Eric Fogg. Lance Dosser (pianoforte). Orchestra: Turkish Suite (from the Incidental music for Voltaire's "Zaire) <1) Allegro
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      • 253 3 CALCUTTA mm, d 56 Time signal. For the Children. 7.56 Indian music. 8.31 News bulletin in Bengali. 51 News bii.letin in Enclith. I). 11 Indian 'hea'rical night.. 12.11 Time siuna! Close down. HONG KONG p m. 6 30 European programme. 6.50 Stock quotations and Exchange Market report. 6.55 Continuation of
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      • 407 3 EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. am. 12.40 "A Visit to Daventry."* The new equipment and buildings described by Sir Noel Ashbridge, Chief Engineer. BBC. 1.00 Scottish dance music* The Strings of the BBC Scottish Orchestra; leader, J. Mouland Begbie; conducted by Ian Whyte. 1.20 Big Ben. News and announcements. TRANSMISSION 5.
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      • 314 3 11.00 Musical mterluiU.t H.05 "Royal Tennis."* Broadcast from Kin* Henry VIIs court at Hai .pton Court 11.20 Big Ben. News and announcements. 11.35 Greenwich time signal. 11.40 "The Kentucky Minstrels. A Blackfaced minstrel show, devised and produced ov Hasry S. P*i>uei Bones, tambourines, corner men. crack banjo team, stump speech
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      • 145 4 Crompton Parkinson Electric Motors CROMPTON JO-vy- 'A t ____W. There are few seaets in electric motor design. If cost were of no importance, any manufacturer could make improvements tomorrow. But what would be impossibly expensive in the ordinary factory is not necessarily impossible to Parkinson— because their works are equipped
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      • 376 4 PARIS. (Continued from PAGE III.) TPA-: 11 88 me (Si 84 mi ■m 11.35 News in French. Market prices, rai".of exchanjff 1 OS News m Arabic. 1 -'0 Concert relay. ROME :!oun<.ement Ne*s in English. Mews in Hindustani C 'rt of tolk si i rono.rt of request numbers. m Italian.
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      • 526 4 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of light music, t 1.30 Interval. 5.45 Organ recital. Relay from the Bethesda Hall. 6.00 Evangelistic service from the Bethesda Hill. 7.00 Vlclin recital. t 7.30 T.tr.e, weather, news and announcements. 7.40 Dance music* 8.00 Close down. EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a m 12.40 "London Log."* by
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      • 409 4 PARIS. TPA-4 11 72 me s <Ii El ra ID 6.35 Concert relay. ".35 News in French. Market prices. <-<Hea of exchange. 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Talk by M. Archlnard [W English* 8.35 Close down. rP.%-1 is 24 me (1)» M HI p m 6.20
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      • 779 4 7.30 Ti-^e, weather, news ana announce!.,ents. 7.45 "Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Op. 92.' By Bee:hoven.t 8.20 Talk: "Empire Exchange." Relay from London 1 8.35 Light songs.' 8.50 News and announcements. Relay from London 9.15 Variety. 9.30 Dance music. Relay from the Raffle* Hotel. 10 00 Close down. EMPIRE
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      • 286 4 ROME pm 9 20 Announcement. News in English. Symphony concert. Motion oicture survey Vocal concert. News <n Italian. 10.50 Close down. N1R0M. a m 6.20 Gymnastics. 8.35 Recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. Reconk-d music 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Opening announcement. 10.54 Opera selections. 10.30 Morning service. 11.50 Time signal. WeaUier
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      • 309 4 9 41 Talk "lii Temples ana Pagodat." 9.56 News bulletin In Bengali. 10 11 Indian music. 10 51 News bulletin In English. 11.11 Talk: 'Boxing Prosnects in Calcutta." 11 26 John Phil'lpe and Orchestra 12 26 Time signal. Close down. HONG KONG p.m p.m 3.30 European programme. 6 50 Stock
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