The Straits Times, 16 January 1938

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 317 Sunday, January 16, 1938 Price 10 cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 317 Sunday, January 16, 1938 Price 10 cents
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    BASE OPENING DRAWS THREAT
    201 1 Japanese Outburst Over U.S. Naval Visit SINGAPORE SEEN AS "ADVANCE BASE AGAINST JAPAN" America Is Told Of Sinister Britain A WARNING of unfavourable repercussions is voiced by the sensational Tokio newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun which, in common with the entire Japanese press, features the projected visit to
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    -SUN BURNS PENANG
    70 1 Ton- n inJSs!^^^^^ Trees are thedding their leave." and the grass is becoming br ><e« and scorched. The thermometer reading* are rat undid* high but 'he :easdeg3 beating doivn o} the sun 4 rom eari\i morning until well a*/?* vr p.m day afle: day U bring-"-] the
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    SINGAPORE BEAUTY QUEEN BACK AGAIN
    92 1 AAISS D. M. Dodsworth. who won the title of Miss Singapore at a bathing beauty contest held at Sea View Hotel in 1932. returned to Singapore by the steamer Olenapp yesterday as Mrs. A. Kidd. of Hong Kong. Mrs. Kidd is accompanied by her husband,
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    FOUR INJURED
    48 1 As a result of a road collision involving a ricksha and a motor-car in Orchard Road near Scotts Road last night four people were injured. One of the injured wa.s a European, the other three Chinese the ricksha puller and his fares, a man and woman
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    YOUTH IN SOVIET GOVERNMENT
    90 1 YOUTH IN SOVIET GOVERNMENT Moscow, Saturday. Tin: Supreme Council of the Soviet Union is meeting today to discuss the formation of a new government and other important matters. The Supreme Council consists of a joint sitting of the Council of the Union, containing 569 deputies, and the Council of Nationalities
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    CRISIS IN FRANCE
    43 1 ParLs, Saturday. In conversations with M. Leon Blum. M. Bonnet was informed he could not expect Socialist support With the Communists also in opposi- tion the chances of M. Bonnet sue- ceeding in forming a Cabinet are now s'ender— Reuter.
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    Miri Oil Man Weds
    131 1 MR Donald Andrews, of Miri OH Fields. Sarawak, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Andrews, of Hampton, London, was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday to Miss Eveline Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Barker, also of Hampton. London. Rev. A. V.
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    CLOSING PRICE
    82 1 I From Our Own (-respondent.) London, Saturtiay Hi *.»t.R: Firmer. London 7 1 13 d 7' rt «l JaiL-.\Ur. 7 1 16 d. Apr-June 7 3l«d. 7«id. Jul>-Sept 7 5 164. 7 COPBA: SU.. SI).. Rot £13 17>. 6d. GAMBIEB: Black. Jan.-rrb., ISi COTTON: 4.95 d GOLD: lta.
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    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WEDDING
    233 1 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WEDDING AT the Chinese Presbyterian Church in Prinsep Street yesterday Miss Susie Gaw, daughter of the late Mr. Gaw Khek Sin and Mrs. Gaw Khek Sin, became the britfe of Mr. Oscar Hing. 01 Gammon Malaya, Singapore, the P.ev. Gibson taking the service. The brid:?, who was given
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    Eagle Officer Marries
    320 1 A BOARD the aircraft carrier H.M.3. Eagle, which arrived in Singapore on Friday to take part in the manoeuvres at the end of the month, was a bridegroom-to-be who was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. He was Lieutenant John William Spencer Corbett R.N.. and his bride
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    SWORD DRAMA IN BRITISH EMBASSY IN TOKIO
    320 1 SWORD DRAMA IN BRITISH EMBASSY IN TOKIO Conflicting Versions Tokio, Saturday I*HE British Embassy at 1.20 p.m. today was the scene of a drama significantly exampling the Japanese attitude towards Great Britain. According to a police report the Japanese author Mako'o Watanabe a Rightist, in formal ceremonial dress called at
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    Army Win H.M.S. Malaya Cup
    29 1 THE ARMY BEAT SELANGOR BY 19 POINTS TO 5 IN THE H.M.S. MALAYA RUGBY CUP FINAL AT KUALA LUMPUR YESTERDAY. REPORT IN PAGE 25.
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    DUTCH WARSHIP HOLDS UP JAPANESE BOATS
    65 1 The Hague, Saturday. A NETHERLANDS destroyer be-! i** longing to the East Indies squadron has held up three Japanese motor fishing-boats which were al- legedly in Netherlands Indian ter- I ritorial waters in the Rhio ArchipHago. The Japanese boats did not carry 1 the
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    $700,000 TOWNSHIP FOR F.M.S. POLICE
    417 2 500 Will Live At Depot Now Taking Shape At K.L. TO BE READY EARLY NEXT YEAR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. ANEW township for policemen is rising four miles from the centre of Kuala Lumpur, in Rifle Range Road. Begun in the
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    Princess Liechtenstein Touring F.M.S.
    95 2 Princess Liechtenstein Touring F.M.S. (From Our Own Cot respondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. rrWENTY-SIX-YEAK-ILD, tall Princess Liechicn.ttin, niece of the reigning 80-year-oW prince, has arrived here from Penang with Baron and Baroness de Tuyll, of Vienna, and is staying c fortnight in Selangor irith Mr. M. F. H. Brunton. The Princess
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    Slight Decline In Rice Prices
    159 2 Slight Decline In Rice Prices 11TH1LE general prices are being stimulated liy the approach the Chinese New Year, the price «f rice, which took a 20 per cent, jump five month* ago when SinoJapantiie hostilities began, has been showing a slight decline varying from $5 to $8 a koyan, as
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    AMBASSADOR IN CAR HAD HEART ATTACK
    53 2 Rome. M. Ladislao Skrzinski, aged 69, Polish Ambassador to the Holy See. fell back in his car and died from heart failure while motoring back to his embassy after an excursion to Tivoli. His wife was sitting beside him. The Fope telephoned his condolenres
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    POLICE BAND
    65 2 The Police band will play on Tuesday at Telok Ayer at 6 p.m. March, National Emblem <E. E. Bagley); Overture, Light Cavalry (Suppe>; Selections, Harry Lauders Songs (Arranged by J. Ord Hume): Valse, Dance In the Twilight (Eric Coates) Oriental Phantasy. In a Chinese Temple Garden <W. Ketelbey);
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    THAIPUSAM
    32 2 -THE SILVER CAR which was taken in procession through the streets .of Singapore last night in connection with the Thaipusam festival. Devotees doing penance will be seen in the streets today.
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    Malacca Clerks May Petition Whitehall
    99 2 Malacca Clerks May Petition Whitehall (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. F! Is understood that Junior members of the Government services in Malacca are convening a meeting for Tuesday to consider the question of sending a petition to the Secretary of State through the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, requesting financial
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    Ribs Crushed By Lover
    44 2 Dallas (Texas). VF/'HEN Karl W. Hagedorn was wooing Mrs. L. Brunnett, a comely widow, he hugged her and broke four of her ribs. Recently, a jury decided that Mrs. Brunnett could not collect the £1,000 for which she was suing.
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    Famous Artistes May Come Here
    206 2 Famous Artistes May Come Here SOME well-known figures in the world of music are likely to appear in Singapore if plans made by M. Michael Podoli, the European impresario, are successful. M. Podoli L managing the Don Cossack Russian choir which opens a season In Singapore from Feb. 1, and
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    PEACE PAVILION FOR EMPIRE EXHIBITION
    137 2 PEACE PAVILION FOR EMPIRE EXHIBITION •THE proposed Peace Pavilion sX the Empire Exhibition, to be held in Glasgow has again been discussed at a meeting in Glasgow. It was decided to proceed with the scheme in view of the encouraging financial support already received. A sum of £2,300 is already
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    Planter Gets Fellowship Of I.S.P. For Text Book
    270 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. COR his work on the compilation of a "Manual of Rubber Planting" Mr. A. T. Edgar, manager of Suffolk Estate in the Dindings Rubber Estates group, was this morning awarded the highest recognition of the
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    Chandu Under Commander's Bunk
    70 2 Chandu Under Commander's Bunk COOS after HMS. Defender arrived at the Naval Base on Friday in connection with the combined manoeuvres 600 tahils of illicit chandu was found under the commander's bunk. The discovery was followed by the arrest of a mandore's boy, Chen Ah Meng, who was charged with
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    ARMS FOUND
    37 2 Following the attack on a Jewish 'bus on the Jaffa-Jerusalem road, police dogs led the way to an Arab village where arms and ammunition were found in three houses, the owners of which were arrested.
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    Planter Killed By Lorry
    91 2 Planter Killed By Lorry (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. jyiK. D. S. Little, until recently manager of Telok Gong Estate, Banting, and at the time of his death Assistant on Sungei Mangis Estate, Banting, was knocked down and killed by a lorry while walking on the edge of
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    $12,000 WORTH OF ILLICIT CHANDU
    67 2 CrVE Chinese appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court yesterday charged with having been in possession of 1,497 tahils of non-Government chandu, valued at $11,976. All the accused were arrested in a house at Jervols Road in the early hours of
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    BOARD MEETING LASTS THREE MINLITES
    84 2 BOARD MEETING LASTS THREE MIN LITES (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A special meeting of the Sanitary Board was held this morning to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Assessment Committee held oa Wednesday Che Ahmad bin Hajl Ibrahim propo.ed that the minutes be taken as
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      99 2 **mm H our ~~~~i M/UFD Nowhere will you purchase R t F* Beef of such outstanding Q r t quality with such fine flavour and tenderness f 3 as that which we can offer. J\ JLf fl II r Kept at just the right II 5 temperature which guards ■w
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    Singapore Shopmen Toil While Penang Men Are On Holiday
    292 3 CHINESF. WHO MAY REST ONE DAY IN THE WEEK EMPLOYERS HAVE OTHER VIEWS yyilll.K the employees of 50 or more Chinese shops in Penang are enjoying their first holiday today— because of the gesture of employers in allowing future Sundays as
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    23 3 Mrs. Wentscber at work on an Indian labourer, part of the mb«>cr estate scene in Malaya's stand at in* Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.
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    NEW BOMBER FOR THE R. A. F.
    90 3 The nr Ministry has placed a lar*« contract for the new Vickers 'Well.r.elon 1" twin-engined bomber which is the latest type to be built on the patented rrincJpl* of Vickers 'geodetic" construction and is the latest bomber for the R.A.f. The new plane
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    THE "L" LOVER
    106 3 JPINDING a motor-car standing c,t night in a country lane near Wrexhmm, a voice officer investiI and learned that the man ad on./ a nrov'sional ttcenc In WrexhtlM police court the man lias summoned for not having uiih hint a competent <lri;cr. A viag'stre'e c.<t'--?d the vun
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    TRUTH ABOUT THE ANT
    140 3 Dr. Julian Huxley's 1 Exposure p T\R. Julian Huxley, continuing his series of children's lectures at the Royal Institution, dispelled some popular notions concerning the ant. Tl'e ant was shown to be rather stupid, and the little -domestic animals which looked for it in the ant
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    DUCE ANGERED BY SWISS ATTACK
    193 3 DUCE ANGERED BY SWISS ATTACK Italians Are Not "Cafe" S»^~ Milan. IGNOR M»ssolini himself is believed once a rain to be the a-thor of an angry article m his newsnawr Popolo d'ltalia." In this an unnamed Swiss newspaper, which has ventured to say that Italians are not good soldiers, is
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    HISTORIC LONDON HOTEL TO CLOSE
    78 3 Link With Charles I /%NE of London's oldest historic hotels —the Arundel, which faces th.~ Thames from the foot of Arunde Street. Strand— will be closed shortly and will be converted into offices. As Arundel House, town residence 0. the Earls of Arundel. it was
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    VAREHOUSE SACKED IN ADDIS ABABA
    48 3 The plea of a London wholesi:< coffee merchant that his warehouse in Addis Ababa been sacked proved unavailing in the Appea, Court at Rouen, which gave JuJ,'ment ajalnsf. him in an action for non-dc ivpry brougnt by a French firm of coffee importers
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    WINDFALL FOR POLISH SAILOR
    99 3 POOR Polish MllEfSmni Dimynski. earning 325. Ed a SSWA 1"1- 1" same family in Poland by an uncle. ?uref o C( trSi. g m o aCh' nDrym"Ufl Fifty-five years ago the uncle, named Henry Duszynski. emigrated from I Poland. His family, who wer« livinin Western Poland,
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    FRENCH RAILWAYS
    17 3 All French railways are now under the control of the newly-formed French National Railway Company.
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      753 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY < ga HAJ I Friday, Jiuiuary 21. MMi-ufo. Uay^ ISouth ludia (Explorateur Oiandidien ILHAHBaU: t For nomance." ianajong fapcian iSiberc. 3.16, ti.ls and 9. ".5 p.m Mandar. January t4 vrnor.: -r<\L> PrLooa <t the Pa\upar" wi.h Mauritius (Hou:mtxii> B tl>nn. 3.15. 6.1S and 9.1 j. Thursday Ft-hiiu»r>
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    ADVENTUROUS FAMILY FOR SINGAPORE
    369 4 By Motor-Car From Paris To Boirbay ATTACK BY HYENAS IN WILDS OF SYRIA In Touch With World By Wireless WEXT month there will arrive in Singapore a South African officer who, with his family, recently made the journey from Paris to Bombay by motor-car. He is
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    62,200 MILES IN A YEAR
    38 4 More than 800 cyclists cheered 48--year-old Rene Menzies, of Cricklewood, who by cycling an average 175 miles a day for 365 consecutive days throughout 1937 established a new world's record of 62.200 miles.
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    LL. GEORGE'S GOLDEN WEDDING
    115 4 LL. GEORGE'S GOLDEN WEDDING TPHE whole of the Lloyd George family will gather in the Riviera —on Jan. 23 to celebrate the golden wedding of Mr. Lloyd George and Dame Margaret. Major Gwilym Lloyd George, M.P.. has already Joined his father at Cap d'Antibes. Dame Margaret and Miss Megan, who
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    WOLFRAM IN DEMAND
    86 4 AS could be expected with the big armaments programmes, wolfram has been in great demand, and the price has shown considerable enhancement. During the J ear the average price of the ore has been $180 a plcul, and tt reached $380 at one period. The present quotation
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    The King Will Modernise Sandringham
    62 4 The King Will Modernise Sandringham |£ING GEORGE has decided to mo- demise and redecorate Sandringham House on a handsome scale. The King and Queen wish to make their Norfolk home brighter and cosier. Recently two representatives of a London firm of decorators went to Sandringham end had conversations with the
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    Golfer Loses Love Of Game, Is Found Dead
    243 4 pVIDENCE that after playing: golf "morning, noon, and night," a professional suddenly appeared to lose his keen interest in the game, was given at the inquest on Tom Trapp, a«:ed 51. Trapp. who was found gassed at his home in Grcencourt-gardens, Addiscombe.
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    39 4 Many personalities and notabilities travelled to Marseilles to board the Stratheden, which was making her maiden voyage to Australia. In the picture are Sardar Bahadah Maban Singh (left) shaking hands with a friend prior to his departure from Victoria.
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    Wife's Words Too Strong For 'Caveman'
    46 4 Wife's Words Too Strong For 'Caveman' WILLIAM JOHN FIELDING, fifty-tvs>-year-old author of "The Cavtman Within Us," pleaded when his wife sued him for maintenance at Newark, New Jersey, that he was "extremely sensitive" to his wife's "harsh language," which, he said, compelled him to leave her.
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    HE WAS 100 YEARS OLD
    111 4 And Never Knew It I lEUTENANT Thomas Baskervilio (R.N., retired) died on his 100 th birthday last October without knowing that he was a centenarian. This has been revealed by examina- t tlon of his papers and records. He believed himself to be only ninety-seven
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    LIEUT.-GEN. ARMITAGE FOR INDIA
    128 4 NEW ORDNANCE CHIEF I lEUT.GEN. C. C. Armitage has been appointed Master General of the Ordnance In India in succession to Gen. Sir Henry E. ap R Pryce, who retires from the post, with effect from April 1, 1938. Lieut-Gen. Armitage is 56. He was promoted
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    ON GUARD
    20 4 Fourteen hundred police were needed to control shrieking New Years Eve crowds massed in Times Square, New York.
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    DOCTOR WHO HAD £50,000 SECRET
    125 4 DOCTOR WHO HAD £50,000 SECRET |\R. WILLLIM STANLEY MANS- FIELD, who in 1860 offered the then Archbishop of Canterbury 'The Secret of the World" at a price of £50,000 has died at Slough, aged 96. His offer was refused, and the doctor declared that the secret would die with him.
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    New Rhapsody In Blue Is Found
    77 4 Chicago. DAUL WHITEMAN, orchestra leader. has found among some old com- positions of the late George Gershwin a "Second Rhapsody in Blue." Apparently it was written ten or twelve years ago. Wlhteman, whose orchestra made the "First RhaDsody" famous, said: "I believe it equa!
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    The Duke's Detective Promoted
    65 4 pHIEF Inspector David Storrier, the Duke of Windsor's shadow," has been promoted to be superintendent. Burly Scot, forty-five years old. a bachelor, "Dave" Storrier. has been the Duke's pnvct«> bodyguard for more than eighteen ycais. He was specially seconded from Scotland Yard Special Branch to be
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    FAMOUS YACHT TO BE SCRAPPED
    113 4 I IBERTY, 1,600 tons, one of the 1- most famous steam yachts in the world, last owner Lady Hous'.on, is to be broken up. She has been purchased as scrap by Messrs. Cashmore, of Sheffield, and will be towed from Cowes to Newport, Monmouthv. shire.
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    DIRECTOR OF R.A.F. MEDICAL SERVICES
    121 4 Honorary Surgeon To The King THE Air Ministry announces the appointment of Air-Comm Albert Victor John Richardson C.B 0.8.E, to be Director of Royai At Force Medical Services, Air Mm ;;r r on March 1, 1938, in the place of A:r Vice-Marshal Sir Alfred W.
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      26 4 Free Press. "Easily Best Musical we have had .can be warmly rerommenrtcd" Tribune. 3-15 «-15 Her best and gayest film with The '."irious :Uim. of hrrislcr
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    ANCIENT LINK BETWEEN MALAYA AND CHINA?
    259 5 Archaeological Find In Fukien May Supply The Answer PREHISTORIC CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP POTTERY jar unearthed in Wu-ping, south-west Fukien. Orna. in the course of archaeological excavations bears a JMifi similar to that shown on prehistoric Malayan finds *n,J may be the long sought answer to
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    GOLD FOUND IN BRITISH COLOHY
    71 5 pURTHER gold mining developments in British Guiana are foreshadowed ir. report from tiie Commissioner Landa and lOnea, published m the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute South Kensington. Work carried out In the Quartzstone- I imu area is stated to be ot pn mary economic importance.
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    ICE ON RAILS
    30 5 fc D the rails caused the derailment of a train at Raucoules-Bros-Huate Loire). The guard and wero killed, the engine-driver '-idly Injured, and about 10 were injured.
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    Savants To Visit Malacca
    299 5 Stadt House Banquet To Prehistorlans (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. CEVERAL members to the third Prehistorian Congress in the Far East in Singapore will have the opportunity of re-living the past when they visit Malacca at the invitation of the Malacca Historical Society. For the
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    BULGARIA'S ELECTIONS
    33 5 By the wish of King Boris the Bularian Government is preparing a ecree fixing March 6 for the general lections in Bulgaria, which has been nder a semi-dictatorship for three ears
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    GOEBBELS TO BE DEPRIVED OF AN OFFICE
    271 5 GOEBBELS TO BE DEPRIVED OF AN OFFICE Hitler's Friend As Press Controller NO MORE SUMMARY EXPULSIONS 3 Berlin. ]>IPORTANT changes in the I control of the German Press are expected to take place this I month. It is understood that Press quesr tions will be taken out of the hands
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    PAY CUTS IN MADRAS
    121 5 Congress Ministry And Indian Officials Madras. ri TS by the Madras Congress v Ministry in Government servants' salaries are announced in a Madras Government communique which says that the provincial services are to be subjected to a graded reduction ranging from 5 per cent, to 30
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    26 5 hLE£ Fa th < thro f S little *lrl saved her life, but she at Kings Colle»e Hospital in London, where she is making K oo4 progress.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    75 5 tFrom Our Own Correspondent) Mm, The engagement is announced ot Mr. Tay Lay Soon, second son of the late Mr. Tay Boon Khoo and Mrs. Boon Khoo. and nephew of the wellknown Muar merchant. Towkay Tay Boon Plan, and Miss Tan Kirn Suan. seventh daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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    Trouble On Touch-Line
    51 5 WHEN Berryvnod County Mental Hospital, Northants. played the village team from neighbour, ing New Duston at football on the hospital ground there MM trouble among the spectators. Northant3 Football Association considered the matter, it recommended that in future Cup games the linesmen must not be hospital patient
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    FIRE IN CRIISKR
    64 5 Naval authorities are inquiring into the cause of a fire which broke out in the seaplane hangar of the new cruiser Birmingham (9,000 tons* at Portsmouth and was put out by the -crew. The authorities state the fire was got under control In 20 minutes and no
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    CHILD BORN IN TRAIN
    130 5 Incident In Royal Scot Jj^ WOMAN passenger in the Royal Scot, travelling from London to Glasgow, gave birth to a child a.; the express was travelling at 70 m.p.h When the train was approaching Rugby tlie mother was suddenly uktu. ill. and she was attended by
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      488 5 \on4 SCUltliYof\ UVEkYDMUFEI K|^^ WE ARE LIVING through ttrenuotu day*. Keen competition in business and the KVW necessity of keeping pace with modern developments, keeps oar nerves eternall-r on ■JfN Q» edge Kven our pleasures, recreations and sporting actmtie* arc strenuous wt art VKj ROW ktjed up mentallf and physically,
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    THE WEEKS MARKET ACTIVITIES
    1204 6 \l/E live in r oubled days and it ls unfortuna but not surprising that a week that full of promise ajid that recorded substantial improvement in all sections of stocks and commodities up to Thursday, should be unable to maintain this improvement at the close of
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    Wall Street Cable
    204 6 Jan. 12 13 M. American Can. Con. 82 80 80 American Telephone.aid Teegraph 149 1484 147Vb Atcheson Railroad 40 1 8 39 8 40 Chesapeak 37" 0 37 8 37 >■« Duyont 118 116' 2 118 Firestone 23 7 8 23» 2 24 General Electric 44» 4
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    89 6 Saturday. Jan. 15, N<x.n No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (FOB) Jan. 23 23 3 k Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) Jan. 22'h 22.. No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) A.tardabie 23' 23» 4 January 23 23 3
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    52 6 Manila. Jan. 15. Last Sale Prices Previous Today Pesos Pesos I Ant;;mok 0.51 0.51 j Benguet Consolidated 10.00 unq j Consolidated Mines 0.012 0.012 I. XL 0.62 unq !sanMauricio 0.485 0.49 United Paracale 0.46 0.46 The prices are published by courtesy Of Messrs. Levy and Co..
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List
    1290 6 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List 1 1L I F.I 1 JAD i 19) I W* MINING Bayers Setter* Ampat Tin Ms) 4b 4'td 4s 10 id Asam Kumbang (f) 32s 34s c.a. Austral Malay > 50s 55s Ayer Hitam (ss) 25s 26s Ayer Weng ($1) .75
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    163 6 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser v_ Co. SATURDAY. JAN. IV 1 Ml TOU: financial Company Dividend Boots D&u Ex D)v TIN Close To Payable Date Asam Kumbang Is No. bl fen. 21 Jar M Jan. 22 6d bonus year 'o date Ipch Tin Is. Int. Jan. 5
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      88 7 RARE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS STAMPS. I am alwr ys in a position to oiler rare Straits Settlements and States stamps at very reasonable prices. Want Lists will receive my prompt personal attention. SELECTIONS SENT ON APPROVAL TO ANT PART OF THE WORLD. My Speciality:— RARE BRITISH COLONIALS OF ALL PERIODS. T.
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      881 7 Today 's Wir eless Programmes SINGAPORE t 05 Greenwich time signal ZHL 1 11 mt'u r»»5 m.) 30 Soo B recital by Amy Evans (s«cranol Dv Wit die Ruh (Mv Smeet Repo»e> 11. W Miscellaneous songs, i Ras' loseLlebe Restles. Love (SchuTwo songs by Webster Boorh (tenon. ?«£>• T y*
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      468 7 NIROM. ri« IS 16 M«/» lit m PM.N 10.26 mc/s (29.2 at.) m 7.20 Sacred Heart Church, Soerabaya. 7.50 Cathedral. B. via-Centrum. 9.20 Protestant Ch, h, Soerabaya. 10.50 Time signal. 10.53 Variety morning concert. 11.20 Songs by Ir. Otto Aschenbrenner. 11.50 Intermezzo and marches. p m 12.05 Carel van der
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    BRITISH AIR ENGINES LEAD THE WORLD
    111 8 "Production Well Ahead" Says Sir T. Inskip London. Saturday. "PRODUCTION of air-engines is increasing well ahead of even what we anticipated." said Sir Thomas Inskip. Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, speaking at Havant. Hampshire. "British-made engines have led the whole world and are second
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    STIMULATING U.S. BUSINESS
    124 8 Many Tax Changes Proposed Washington, Saturday. THE House cf Representatives Ways and Means Sub-Committee on i taxation forecasts a substantial simulation of American business if its wide programme for revision of the existing tax structure is enacted. At the same time, the Sub-Commit-tee predicts that tfM programme
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    "PEACE IS NOT DISTANT"
    262 8 Newspaper Magnate's Prediction NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF SIN CHEW JIT POH MALAYAN newspaper magnate Mr. Aw Boon Haw declared in Singapore last night that the peace of mankind was not distant. "Although I am not a politician nor a prophet," he said, v still by the outlook
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    89 8 •filE engagement is announce uf Mr. 1 Donald Staplcton C'arden. of 'he I*l--i-i stershirr Rrjiment. rider son of Mr. and Mrs. R. \V. t'ardVn. of BurrhKU, near llaywards Heath, and MSv» Gertrude Aunrslry (Anne) West, daughter of the late I i.-ut -Col. R. A. \Vr«t. V.C.. and M*-«. Wwt. of
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    CHINESE CHARGED WITH DISTILLING
    87 8 From Our Own Correspondent, Muar, Saturday. A complete still and a deml-John containing two gallons three pints of illicit samsu, were produced as exhibits this morning when two Chinese Ngo Chew Sim and Yeang Vim, were charged before Inche Rauf bin Mohamad Sa'at with distilling liquor
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    CHINESE CONSULATE AT SEOUL TO BE CLOSED
    74 8 The Chines? government is reported to have decided to close Its consulategeneral at Seoul, Korea, and to recall the staff owing to alleged Japanese interference with the consulate, says Reuter. CHINESE ENVOY TO ITALY ARRIVES AT HANKOW General Liv Wen-tao. Chinese Ambassador in
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    TWO GENERALS EXECUTED
    91 8 Drastic Orders By Gen. Chiang Shanghai, Saturday. p«EN. HAN FU-CHU, Governor of Shantung, has been taken to Hankow where a courtmartial may find him guilty of dereliction of duty, the penalty being death. The dispatch adds that Gen. Li Tuochuan and Gen. Wan Fu-lin, former subordinates of
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    SHANTUNG FIGHTING
    105 8 Conflicting Claims From Tsining Sector Shanghai. Saturday. TIE p Mttlon at Tsining. strategic city in Shantung wiiere fighting lias been going on fox several days, remains obscure. Vivid Chinese details of the recapture of the city conflict with Japanese reports that the Japanese are not only in possession
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    MADAME CHIANG'S LIFE MENACED
    133 8 Disclosure Of Her Secret Visit To Hong Kong Hong Kong. Saturday. MADAME Chiang Kai-shek's entourage express indignation at the publication of news of her visit to th? j Colony which it was intended to keep secret. They say that Madame Chiang's life has been placed in
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    61 8 LIEUT. A. F. ANDERS, executive officer of the Panay. Mink l>> J.ipanese bombs, being: carried aboard the I.S.S. .^ucusta on a stretch* r. Anders was the hero of the Pan.ty taking full charge of the ship when the bombs were dropped. Wounded in the tl'roat. he w.is unable to speak,
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    DEMAND FOR TIN FROM YUNNAN
    127 8 DEMAND FOR TIN FROM YUNNAN 1937 Good Year But 1938 Is Uncertain The year 1937 was a sati>factory one for Arms dealing in Yunnancse tin, which was in better demand abroad. The United States < anci European countries sistent buyers for most part o: the year, and prices were at
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    $3,800,000 Electrical
    138 8 Renewal. Fund •From Our Own Kuala Lumpur. Jan. H A MEETING of ths Federal C will b neld at Kuala I Jan. tk The General Mannrer. F.M.S R.i;lways. will seek the approval of Coun- cil for the re-allocation zl provision, i voted in the F.M.S. Railway EsJi mates.
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    "ALL OUT" FOR THE FIRST TASTE
    33 8 Members of the boys' pipe band at Dr. Barnaul's Home at Kintston- on -Thames, chase the cook with a Christmas Pudding, aU anxious fur the first taste.
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    EX-CONSTABLE ARRESTED
    79 8 From Our Own Correspondent. Muar, Saturday, i WANTED in Singapore, Hamld alias La tiff, an ex-pollce constable In the Straits Settlements, was arrested in Muar on a charge of theft on a warrant issued in Singapore. Hamid was this morning produ^ before the second magistrate. Ire Raof bin
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    747 9 Mainly About Malayans By The Onlooker THE close association of 1 Major D. M. NoyesLewis with the modernisation of the Johore Military Forces during the past six years was rewarded last week with his promotion to the rank of LieutenantColonel by the Sultan. ore becoming Military Ad visi-r to His
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    MALAYAN JINGLES
    88 9 139— MATA-MATA A health to Singh ami Mat Brave mata-matas they. We doff to them respectful hat As they enter the hooligan fray. Alert by night or day. And knowing naught of fear. Their hearts are big (though small their IM y) When duty's vail sounds dear. Irksome
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    A Page Of Pictures Of Malayan Weddings
    276 10 For the first time in Kuala Lumpur a triple wedding took place last week. The ceremony took place at the Hua Keow Association and was performed by Mr. Sze. The parties were (left to right in the picture above): Mr. Tan Song Pek
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    PAIN WAS WEARING HER OUT. She Could Not Straighten Her Back.
    188 10 PAIN WAS WEARING HER OUT. She Could Not Straighten Her Back. For six weeks this woman endured the pains of backache. Then she began to take Kruschen. and in three weeks, what a difference there was But lot her tell the story herself About six weeks ago, I started having
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    COUNTRY LIFE
    177 11 Country Matters. Written and! engraved by Clare Leirhton. Gollancx. 10s. 6d. T"HIS is a handsome book, beautifully printed and produced, illustrated by the author's own woodcuts. The essays on country life deal with the simpler and humbler Inhabitants and events The village fair and cricket match the flower
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    TRIBUTE TO HER MOTHER
    218 11 The Mother of t lardine. By Colette. Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d. tribute could be more sincere and touching, and less sentimental than Colette s picture of her mother in relation to the various members of her very individual and difficult family Where, where are the children
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    461 11 Morning Telb the Day. By Barbara Goolden. Grey Children. By James Hanley Methaen. 7s. &d. «ach MISS OOOLDENS kindly humorous tale of family is at the same time wickedly penetrating study of character. The Grinlings are a family of five. Denver,
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    Bruce Lockhart's Boyhood Days In Scotland
    890 11 Bruce Lockhart's Boyhood Days In Scotland Books Of The Week VALUABLE PICTURE OF THE COUNTRY OF 35 YEARS AGO My Scottish Youth. By R. H. Bruce I/orkhart. Putnam 10a. 6d. JHIS writer needs no introduction to Malaya. He is now 51 years of age, has had a varied, exciting and
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    PENGUIN BOOKS
    52 11 I ATEST additions to the Penguin "Books series (complete and unabridged works published at 6d per volume) are: On England, by Stanley Baldwin. Seven Famous One-Act Plays. While Rome Burns, by Alexander Woollcott. Billiards and Snooker for Amateur Players, by Horace lindrum. Penguin Parade (a collection of new
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      138 11 I Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? Ah! I see you did If you use a solid dentifrice, try ■EkA M^A V\l '^J^offf^^^^ Sales Represencative: A. T. Cillespie, P.O. Box 217, Singapore THE LANKA STORES, Dealers in Newspapers, books, sports goods, prize cups, wedding presents, etc. 282 P. O. Box
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1372 12  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By INQUIRIES to decide which is the favourite "Sitting on the Fence" star have had what the organisers of charity call "a ready response," despite the rather meagre prize a pint of nourishing stout with me in any Fleet Street tavern. So far Sally
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    CONTRACT BRIDGE
    378 12 By THE FOUR ACES THE other evening we were watch- 1 incr a certain Bridge-player who for some time past has been complaining of his tough luck. While we are usually sympathetic to such sad stories, nevertheless we happen to know that this player is respon- sible for
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      244 12 NEGLECTED STOMACH PAINS nay end in DANGEROUS OPERATIONS! Many a stomach sufferer has had to submit to the surgeon's knife because be n< fleeted stomach pains pain* that came on after eating. He dismissed those little twinges as nothing more than ordinary indigestion— and paid the price of his neplect.
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    Ex-GOVERNOR IN BY-ELECTION
    93 13 Honours List P. C. QIR John Anderson, Hfty-flve-year-old Scot, who until a few weeks ago was Governor of Bengal and became a Privy Councillor In the New Year Honours List, has been Invited by the Conservative associations of the four Scottish Universities to stand as National Government
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    KING KONG OF WRESTLERS MAY WRESTLE IN SINGAPORE
    501 13 KING KONG OF WRESTLERS MAY WRESTLE IN SINGAPORE Forty-eight eggs cooked in relays of six, 2 Ib. bacon with onions, 5 rolls, lib. butter, 3 whole roast chickens with vegetable* and 1 quart of milk beaten up with three eggs and a little brandy. This is what Emile Czayea, Hungarian
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    364 13 PRECEDED by two small boys carrying hujje bouquets of ro^ a wamITZUiT? C U J )I e t he man wearin ff a well-cut blue suit, the VaTsZTo(%l^J nMaCkVelVei^ mi t0 in the f™ ™r y WGre i imediatel y followed by two sturdy-looking men—
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    27 13 The commercial wireless services In Hong Kong previously controlled by the Hong Kong Telegraph Administration have been taken over by Cables and [Wireless Ltd.
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    11 14 EDITORIAL. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore.
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    Totidem Verbis Surplus
    149 14 Totidem Verbis Surplus AT the end of October the General Balance Sheet of the F.M S. showed a surplus of just under $88,000,000, with a further $15,322,000 in the Special Reserve and over $30,000,000 in the Opium Revenue Replacement Reserve Fund. By Dec. 31 the surplus was no douDt well
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    209 14 /"VNE object of Mr. J. G. Hay's present visit to Malaya is to discover, if he can, if the costs of production of rubber are likely to rise further costs now being, in Malaya, the highest in the world." He means, presumably, that they are higher than those
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    Day Of Rest
    179 14 FROM today a large number of Chinese firms in Penang will give their staffs a holiday on Sundays. It may be hoped that this praiseworthy example will be followed throughout Malaya. A weekly day of rest for workers is most desirable, socially and economically. The six days
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    KAVADI The Devotee
    222 14 KAVADI The Devotee The Hindu Festival Of Thaipusam, Singapore Into my flesh the arrow, Into my breast the sword, Number the sweat my pains beget With the years of the ageless Lord Load on my head their prison, Press in each pore the dart, Pin to my cheeks a pierced
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    The $500,000 Copra Fraud Case
    1743 14 The $500,000 Copra Fraud Case Counsel For The Defence" HTHE Sunday Times continues this week the exclusive series of articles, compiled by Harry Miller, on the cases of Vincent Devercux Knowles, Malaya" s greatest criminal latvycr. WITH the ending of the trade depression in 1931 firms began putting their houses
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    12-STOREY HOTEL FOR SINGAPORE
    290 15 Architects Draw Plans For $3,000,000 Building BACKED BY GROUP OF FINANCIERS IN PARIS Facade Designed In Spanish Style DLANS for a magnificent twelve-storeyed hotel to stand on the site of the present Adelphi Hotel in Singapore have already been drawn by a firm of architects in
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    TYPHOID OUTBREAK
    36 15 There has been a serious outbreak of typhoid in th~ province of Seville in Southern Spain. A Gibraltar Government notice warns British suoJects obliged to visit Seville of the ne- cessity of previous inocu'ation
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    They Were Not Divided
    209 15 They Were Not Divided Belfast. A CHRISTMASTIDE tragedy of an old couple's love, of a Darby and Joan who had been inseparable since the first day of their youthful romance, was told at an inquest here on 74-year-old George Lemon, of Duncairn Gardens. He had returned home to find his
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    SHAKESPEARE PLAYED IN MONTE CARLO
    21 15 Shakespeare was played in French in Monte Carlo for the first time when Othello was performed.
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    Censored!
    45 15 Censored Athens. A^ international conference met here to discuss swearing. The hi£h aim was to bring about a world ban. Italy, said a Turkish delegate, was the country in which swearing was worst. Discussion immediately became heated and somebody swore Aghast, the conference broke up.
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    IMMIGRATION
    19 15 A genera! resumption of immigration from Northern and Central Europe into South America will take place this year.
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    FAMILY DRAMA
    138 15 Grand Guignol In Real Life Budapest. A story reminiscent of grand guignol is reported from Recede, on the Yugoslav-Hun-garian frontier. After twenty years of imprisonment Janos Krobot returned to the village where he had lived with his parents. Anxious not to startle t.^e old peopie by a sudden
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    FEWER BANKRUPTS IN BRITAIN LAST YEAR
    33 15 In 1937 there were 184 fewer bankruptcies in Great Britain and Ireland than in 1936, according to figures issued by the City trade paper Kemp's Mercantile Gazette.
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    VESSEL REFLOATED
    34 15 The German vessel Traunstein, 1,875 tons, which was driven ashore at Melilla, Spanish Morocco, has been refloated, but four others, one of them the British steamer Marklyn, 3,0»0 tons, are still aground.
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    PANAMA VISIT
    36 15 Sir Edward Detinam, Captain-Gen-eral cf Jamaica, has Just concluded a short private visit to the Panama Canal Zone, during which he attended a New Year reception given by MajorGeneral Stone commanding the Canal Department.
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    His Daughter Must Say "Yes"
    126 15 His Daughter Must Say "Yes" |F a Carmarthen father wants to re-marry he must ask his daughters permission or disregard a last wish of his late wife. Mrs Sarah Louisa Williams, of Danycapel. Rhyd-ar-gaeau. Carmarthen, who died last May. has left all her property to her husband and h.r daughter.
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    SWITZERLAND'S OLDEST INHABITANT
    23 15 Herr Konrad Hugentobler of Rheineck. Canton St. Gallen. ..iebrated his 103 rd birthday. He M the oldest Inhabitant of Switzerland.
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    31 15 Mile, de Fontanges. who shot, and wounded the former French Ambassador to Italy, the Comte de Chambrun has been deported from the United States in the liner Champlian.
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    TEN KINGS DESCENDED FROM BRITISH PRINCESS
    118 16 Europe's Royal Families HTEN of Europe's eleven kings are descended from one British princess. She was Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James I. She married Frederic. Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, in 1612. when she was sixteen. They had 11 children. The Kings
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    478 16 WE may sing of the flowers that bloom in the spring tra-la but a song cannot adequately describe the wonderful colourings that Mother Nature bestows upon the trees and shrubs in the fall. The woods are ablaze witn colour and new colourful fall flowers appear. Lakes, rivers,
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    VILLAGE GIRL NOW A BOY
    69 16 Betty Winter, of Brook Street. Alcombe. near Mlnehead. Somerset, formerly employed at a hostel. Is now Teddle Winter. 16-year-old grocer's assistant. She underwent an operation in a London hospital and changed her sex. "She" Is now a good-looking, smartly dressed boy. Teddie has thrown away
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    144 16 Windscreen Was Dirty, Fined £1 pOR having dirty windscreen on his van, Robert William Cummin, of Campsey Road, Dagenhatn, was fined £1 at Southend. It was stated to be the first case of the kind to come before that Court. The summons against Cummin, who did not appear, accused him
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    441 17 I*HE sun shining brilliantly in through the little lattice window made her blink and shut her eyes again tightly as she turned over in bed. Still only half awake she lay very, very still— thinking. It was her wedding day. She thought of the dainty frock lying
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    94 18 A MONG the many novelties deA signed for bridge players are sets of pencils, rubber-tipped, and with the sides decorated with all sorts of lucky signs— black cats, horse shoes, four-leaf clovers, and the various suits In their appropriate colours. Packs of washable playing cards are interesting.
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    155 18 WHEN buying new blankets, colour is not nearly so important as knowing the amount of warmth that various types will give. It Is a mistake to judge a blanket by its weight. Ofter the lighter one is better than a heavyweight, so long as the feel is
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    112 18 AMONG the many recipes which are popular for suppers, onioas are often one of the ingredients, and. as a rule, this means slicing, chopping or shredding them. Some women try to do this part of the work under water, which is said to rid one's task of the
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    97 18 APRONS are coming back. But not aprons of a kind to compete with the useful overalls which are smock-shaped, and enveloping. an A Pretty voile aprons handembroidered with Hungarian stitchery are bright in colour and round in shape, and mounted on long, sash waist-bands. The Swiss influence is
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    576 18 THOSE women who have expended patience, skill, and time on petit-point work may find themselves with many small pieces on hand, and they might follow the example of the experts who are having them mounted in ways which natter the bright, delicate
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    1279 19  -  Helen English By Trimmed With Feathers JJURIEL called round to see me recently, radiant with her luck and love. Darling, I'm in love I'm engaged I'm going to be married. Isn't it heavenly. I'm just the luckiest girl in the world." I congratulated her
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    285 19 "NINE-TO-SIX FROCKS ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR TAILORED LINES MANY of the new frocks ITI labelled nine-to-six are notable for their beautifully tailored line, and freedom from fussy details. These very characteristics make them as suitable for early morning as tea time in the afternoon. Smart women find such frocks as
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    MALACCA SELECTS SOCCER TEAM
    933 21 Two Muar Players In learn To Meet Islingtonians (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. HTHE Malacca Amateur Football Association has every reason to feel satisfied that the probable side chosen to represent the State against ihe Islington Corinthians next Thursday is a useful and wellbalanced side. Every
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    HOCKEY TRIAL ON MONDAY
    369 21 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. j^ALACCA meets Negrl Sembilan in IT the int>r-state hockey fixtur? played r.t Seremban next Saturday, and In preparation for this match are holding a trial on Monday before selecting the side to represent th'State. In view of the departure from the
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    JOHORE PREPARES FOR CRICKET SEASON
    631 22 Visit Of Team From Ceylon: Will An Association Be Formed? 'From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. •"THE cricket season is approaching and another month should see tfce hockey stick giving place to the bat ani ball. The arrival of the Ceylonese team, too, is hastening the
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    ST. FRANCIS ASSN. BILLIARDS
    171 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. A START has been made in the St. Francis 1 Association billiards tournament. The only surprise so far is the defeat of Goh Teck Watt by F. M. Theselra in the English championship. The winner was in good form, and with
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    TKACHERS' TENNIS
    140 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat RAIN held up the finals of the Segamat teachers' handicap lawn ten nls tournament for the Cheah'r Challenge Cup early in December and games were postponed to January. With fine weather at the moment the tournament should be concluded shortly. Lim Teck Siang.
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    SEGAMATS BUSY HOCKEY TEAMS
    225 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. *T*HERE appears to be a lull In hockey at ttM other districts in Johore bu* Segamat Is having a very busy time at the moment and this week will be no exception. The town field is new available and the new
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    CHANG KANG SWI SOCCER SHIELD
    52 22 From Our Own Correspondent.* Malacca. MALACCA is to have more soccer during the season. At a meeting of the Malacca Chinese Football Association held recently it was decided to revive the Chan Kang Swi Shield soccer competition amon? local Chinese in Malacca. The competi(Contlnued in
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    ANOTHER WIN OVER POLICE
    208 22 (From Our Own Correspondents Segamai ['THE India Ceylon Association continu- ed in winning vein last week and I scored a good win over the SetjanuU Police on the town padang at hockey. This was their return matc'i ol me season the first having ended in a
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    75 22 tlon was first staged in 1932 when Mr. Choc Soon Lee's team won the shield. It was also decided, subject to the approval of the M. A. F. A., to start a Malacca Chinese tunlor league open to boys of 18 years $t age and under. Tlv; competition will be
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    1539 23  -  Nomad" b THE R.A.M.C. were unable to field their regular XV for their match with Alexandra Depot on Thursday, Richardson, their brilliant threequarters vras in reserve for yesterday's Malayn Cup match, whilst Hassell. Bishop and C?ptain Eustace were not available Both sides had new men on view
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    872 23 j^ARKING better and being more l clever in attack. 7th Heavy Brl- gade R.A. fully merited thoir 3—l vkj tory over Khalsa Associat: h: a fast j hockey match on Wednesday. There was no holding the Gunners at the start. They played as a team —polished and determined—
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    ISLINGTON CORINTHIANS WIN HANDSOMELY
    365 24 Perak Beaten 3-1 In Game At Ipoh TOURISTS COULD HAVE INCREASED SCORE (From Our Own Correspond vnt) Ipoh. Saturday. ITU Islington Corinthians defeated Perak at Ipoh today by 3-1 1 after leading 2-0 at half time. The tourists were the superior side and would have won
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    WALES BEAT ENGLAND IN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY GAME
    520 24 WALES BEAT ENGLAND IN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY GAME INO in a terrific wind and before a crowd of nearly iriOOOO people, Wales beat England at Rugby at Cardiff yesterday by 14 p.*int> (one goal, one try. two penalty goals) to eight points (one goal, one try) The teams were:— V G
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    SKINS HOCKEY VICTORY
    49 24 The Royal Inntskilling Fusiliers beat the Gordon Highlanders at hockey at Selarang yesterday by one goal to nil. In both teams the defences were stronger than the cttack. Many of the Skins' forward movements were frustrated by r layers being offside. Brennan -cored the winning goal.
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    SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY DRAW
    101 24 r[E Singapore Cricket Club Rugby seven-a-side tournament begins tomorrow. Draw and dates and times of play: RAF 'A" vs. SV.C. A". Tuesday. 5.50 >.m.: R.E. (Changi- "A" vs 7th Hvy, Bde. R.A. Monday 5.25 p m Skins vs. H.M.S. Teror Tuesday 5.00 p.m.: RE. (P. Brani. "A
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    117 24 RUGBY games played yesterday resulted as follows: Bath 5. Cardiff 10. Blackheath 9. London Scottish 13 Bristol 9. Royal Air Force 5. Coventry 13. Harlequins 5. Gloucester 9. Bedford 8. Headingley 11. Leicester a. Manchester 6. Birkenhead Park •>. Northampton 3. London Wclsn 9. OM T 8. St.
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    PUBLIC SCHOOLS RACKETS
    212 24 Bruce Of Winchester Wins Keen Final The Hon. M. G. Bruce (Wlnche ter» (owe 2>. elder son of Lord Aber dare won the Public Schools Senior Rackets Handicap at Queen's Club. West Kensington, on Jan. 1. when, after a good all-round display, he beat D. G. Yeats
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    39 24 Maurice late. Andy Sandham and R. E. 8. Wy ttt were among Capt. T. E w. Brinichftns* teani of 10 cricketers who left London on Nov. 27 for a tour of the Argentine. They are due back In February.
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    24 24 The baseball team of th» Dollar liner President van Buren whit ii <ost t<» the Singapore Cubs bjr 6—lB in a seven -innings game.
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    HOME FOOTBALL AND LEAGUE TABLES
    1431 24 RESULTS of the English and Scottish Leagues with the tables up-to-date are DIVISION 111 (Northern) Atcrington 3 Halifax Chester 1 Tm.wer 0 1 Darlington 2 Port Va> Doncastcr 3 Southpor; 0 Gatcohead 6 Barren 0 Hull 4 Harilcr.oc!:; Lincoln 0 Carli.i'r I New Brighton 1
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    62 24 The follow lng have aic -p.ed to play hockey for S.C.C. Ist XI Again* Gordon Hlsblav.ders on Thursd S.C.C: C. I. H. Spragzeit: P. F. Ki>sey, R. A. U. Todd H. G. Shaw. E. W. Reevf, J. P. Wood: C. P. Liston. T. A. D. Hewan. F. K.
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    ARMY'S GREAT WIN IN CUP RUGBY FINAL
    810 25 Redoubtable Selangor Side Put Up Terrific Fight SIMPSON'S GENIUS BEHIND THE SCRUM Richardson Brilliant And Gets Two Tries (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE Army von the EMS. Malaya Rugby Cup for the first time today, two years after entering the
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    40 25 The four South African lawn tennis players to tour Britain and the continent this year are announced— Mrs "B;bby" Heine Miller. Miss Margaret Morphew. Sl.eila Piercey, and Olive Craze. Mrs. H. J. Fitzgerald will act as manageress to the side.
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    Malayan Team For Ceylon?
    206 25 Proposed Hockey And Football Tour A MALAYAN hockey and footrt ball team may visit Ceylon in August. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, of Ipoh, who is now holidaying in Ceylon, told the Times of Ceylon that the visit of the Sansonis to Malaya for two tennis tournaments had
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    CHINESE BOYS AND GIRLS ASSOCIATION
    55 25 <From Our Own Correspondent.* Johore Bahru. Saturday. AT a representative meeting held Mr. Wong Shieu Fong, thf President of the Chinese Chamber ol Commerce in the chair, It was agreea to form an old students association of the Fen Yew Chinese School. A committee was
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    8 25 Mall, last years National' winner, who finished third
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    66 25 More than £10,000.000 was wagered on racing in the Paris area during 1937, an Increase of about £800 000 over the previous year. The figures do not Include bets on trotting races at the Vincennes track or races In the provinces. A little over half the total was wagered on
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    SINGLES BEAT MARRIED AT BADMINTON
    334 25 PRIZEGiVING AFTER ANNUAL MATCH From Our Badminton Correspondent I THERE was a fairly large crowd at the Clerical Union Hall yesterI day to watch the third annual Marlied v. Single match for the Tan 800 |Teck trophy. The match ended in a well deserved victory
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    RUGGER CANCELLED
    24 25 The S.C.C. Vice Versa Rugby match which was to have been played on the Padang yesterday was cancelled owing to the rain.
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    South Johore Beat Sappers 20 Points To 3
    273 25 South Johore Beat Sappers 20 Points To 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Saturday. COUTH JOHORE scored the biggest victory of their season, today. heating the Royal Engineers by 20 points to three in a fast but somewhat scrappy game. Both sides were not at full strengtn. i South
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    BRADMAN BREAKS RUNS RECORD
    28 25 Sydney. Saturday. Don Bradman. scoring 44 against New South Wales today, beat Warren Bardsleys record of 17,461 aggregate number of runs for any Australian.
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    South Rugby Team To Meet North
    134 25 South Rugby Team To Meet North fHE team to represent the S.nith < il." o he u annual Norlh WM South Rutfhy m;.hh to be played at Anson Koad stadium. Singapore on Jan. 29, was sealed >cs(erdav as follows: Spr. Inn (R.fc.). CJ. D. A. Lundon (Singapore). Pte. Richardson (EJUIC).
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    North Team
    90 25 "pHE (earn to represent the North was chosen yesterday after the H. M.S. Malaya Cup Ru K by final in Kuala Lumpur as follows: D. R. Harper (Selangor) J. E. Slade (Perak). A. J. Hunter (Selangor). F. A. S. Caldwell (Selangor). H. V. Shelton Palmer (Selangor). I. M.
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    MALAYS' TENNIS
    65 25 DOR the second week-end play in the all Malays Lawn tennis tournament on the V.M.C.A. courts has been postponed owing to rain. Ties arranged for yesterday will bt played tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. Among tie more important of tomorrow's ties is the semi-final of the open men's singles
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    AUSTRALIA'S TENNIS WIN OVER US.
    45 25 Adelaide, Saturday. Australia beat America at lawn tennis today by four matches to nil. Bromwich beat Budge 6 B, 6—l, 6—3. Budge was not at his best. He is recovering from influenza. He did not play in the first singles.
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR TENNIS TOURNEY
    62 25 Entries for the Singapore Cricket Club Chinese New *ear lawn tennis tournament close on Jan. 17 H. Nussleln won a recent prof sslonal lawn tennis Tournament In Rome, beating H. Cchjt In tne final 6—2. 6—2. In the semi-nna!s W T. Tilden lest to Cochet
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    17 25 Photograph taken at the farewell to Mr. A. K. l«a»c and welcome to Mr T«. W HHHHHH
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    LOOKING BACK ON 1937 SEASON
    773 26 Pride Of Place Goes 1 j Tan Chong Tee Junior And Senior Players What Is The Gap Between Them BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT. fllE third annual Married v. Single match for the Tan 800 Teck trophy held yesterday, followed by an "At Horne 1 of
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    152 26 i From Our Own Correspondent Malacca rl£ ir.ter-party badminton co petlt.on has reached a very lnt-re.-tlng sU^e The Argonauts, one of 'ho formidable teams in Malacca, aie lf>.diin In the l~aw«\ The ahamro.'!:s ar-> a close K.cond wlin Ihe Canvtao !i«ve played all their n.atclies. hird. The
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    10 26 r *he t'an;onts« ll.l*. which recently beat (he Shamrock B.P.
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    SOCIAL A.P.
    129 26 At the recent annual general meeting of the Social Athletic Party, it was decided to cel.'biate the eleventh anniv«-sary wiU> a dinner at the Great World Restaurant or. Saturcay Feb. 5. Members desiring to attend are .liked to send their names to the hon. treasurer. Mr. Lim Cheng
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    GENTLE B.P
    61 26 The following players have been se icted to represent the Gentle B.P. against the All "Vlues 8.P.. in a friendly match of .our sln<»(w an-1 thrr-p donbl i ir>da>.- at the Clerical Union hall at 9 a.m. M. Hodrl. Suadi. AhrrM 'iaib, A Banman, A. Rahmln. S. Pardan.
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    47 26 Amur.j; the news agencies represented in Sincspore 1* Reuters. Here i» theii oQice staff <ku t ri.ht,: < U.v Cheont Mong, See Gim Stew. See Glm Hock (chief clerk), F. R. Jones (former manager and now in Bombay), J. r Henry (present manager). See Gim Clman, Peter Tan.
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    MUAR CLUBS
    370 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. WITH the advent of another year Muar Clubs have been busy electIng office bearers: Kwong Tone Association: President. Lim Cheow Eng; vice-president. Ong Chin Ouan; hon. treasurer, Tan Slew Heng; hon. secretary. Lim Ewe Poh: auditor. Low Mult Tong; Chinese cruTespondent, Lim Soon
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    268 26 The Mayflower Badminton Party c»iebrat«l I its ten h anniverrarv last wtek-end at Peng- gol. Over 40 members and priests TVrre present Sp-iking at the offlcial dinner, the President Mr. Lav Pau Song, welcomed tl:e guesU and thanked all the members for .heir supI tort Ihe hon. secretary
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    VEISUS B.P.
    108 26 The Venus B.P. lost to the Beginners 3.P. by 3 games to 4. Scores tVenuf first). Singles: George Tan beat Patrick Poo Boon Lay lo —1. 15—2: Fa Ikon Lim lost to Salleh 7—15. 13—13 (5—2 15— ft; Eugene Lim Ong Huat lo.;t to Suiiny Teo i Ban
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    15 26 M. Rajagopal. secretary of th«Indian procession which will take plate at the New World tonight.
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    MERKY UNION B.P
    201 26 The M-^rry Union BP. b-at the i. •B.P. by 6 gi»mes to 1. at home court S-oies '.Merry Union first) Singles: Chi n Chin Choon beat Lawrence Koh Cheng Hock 13— 6 15 6: C. B Nalr beat Song Bah C!i -c I 15—11. 15—3; Henry Ooi
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    KLUANG GAME?
    87 26 THE semi-finals in the Kluang district badminton tournament were decided during the week The most interesting match was that between Chew Cheng Earn and Chow Ah Chap, the former winning 15 10 15—12. In the other semi-final Ng Kirn Hong disposed of Rahman JafTer in three hard fought
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    RUGBY NEARS END
    229 27  -  Echo By Soccer Teams Get Into Training ISLINGTONIANS PLAY THEIR FIRST GAMES who won the big rugger match yesterday Selangor or the Army. You will have learned that before turning to these notes, in which therefore no prophecy is risked, beyond reiteration of the view that there
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    TWO GAMES-FOUR HAT-TRICKS!
    80 27 poi'R bat-tricks in two consecutive cricket matches is the extraordinary record of a 17-year-old Australian bowler named Whitehead. Playing; for East Malvern. In a Victorian Junior Cricket Association match on Jan. 1. he took 4 wicktls for 5 runs, including the hat-trick. The following day. playing In
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    339 27 there being no goa, in the game. Net too much need be made of thai wholly unexpected lapse. But they beat Penang on Friday by 3—o. Yesterday they were at rpoh and should have managed to dispose o: Pecak without great difficulty. The tourists will, of course, find that the
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    SEGAMAT INDIA CEYLON ASSN. DOING WELL
    348 27 SEGAMAT INDIA CEYLON ASSN. DOING WELL (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat I*HE India-Ceylon Association look like topping the tables of the Segamat and District hockey lea«u<\ which is to begin soon, by virtue of their excellent performance last week in a hockey match against the Segama: Youngsters whom they beat
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