The Straits Times, 26 February 1939

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    38 1 The Straits Times. THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FlriAL EDITION No. 375 Sunday, February 26, 1939 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 375 Sunday, February 26, 1939 Price 10 Cents
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    ATTACKS ON DEMOCRACIES
    396 1 Nazi Denial Of Mobilisation Rumours HITLER GOEBBELS ON 'WAR INCITERS' "We Shall Attain Our Mission," Declares Fuehrer Berlin, Saturday. [JERK HITLER and Dr. Josef Goebbels, the Reich Propaganda Minister, raised a cry against war inciters within a few hours of each other. Dr. Coebbels. writing in Voelkisclier
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    France And Britain To Recognise Franco
    255 1 France And Britain To Recognise Franco A PACT has been reached at Burgos whereby the French Government recognises Franco Spate, it U learned. It is expected that Great Kritain and Franco Spain will exrlvinjte ambassadors on Monday. Although further details have not teen disclosed reports from San Sebastian received in
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    U.S. To Buy $100,000,000 Raw Materials
    46 1 U.S. To Buy $100,000,000 Raw Materials Washington, Saturday. Vil. Military Committee or the S:-n.itc has unanimously pproved a bill authorising the expenditure of $100,000,000 during the next four years for the acquisition of strategic raw materials. Many such raw materials must at present be Imported. —Reuter.
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    49 1 London Saturday. P PHK hut iTJL borealls (or nothern light* > was seen last night over a large nrea In Great Britain. When first seen early in the evening it formed a large arc. from winch rose a reddish curtain. The display lasted in sini^ places for many hours.— Reuter.
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    ANOTHER CLASH BETWEEN SOVIETS AND JAPANESE
    49 1 ANOTHER CLASH BETWEEN SOVIETS AND JAPANESE Tokio, Saturday. A NOTHEK frontici clash be- tu.T.i Japanese and Soviet troops is reported in a message from Harbiu to the Dome! A#;eucy. H-,htiii(r which involved 50 Soviet cavalrymen and Japanese border patrols lasted two hours near LJupitc... on the Ar»un River. Reuter.
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    A.O.C's SARAWAK TRIP POSTPONED
    52 1 THE visit to Sarawak of the tit Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Far East. Air Vice Marshal J. T. Habington, which was to have begun tomorrow. ha> been postponed until DSBi month. The trip will be made in a Short Sunderlar.d flying-boat. Kuchlng and Mirl will
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    MAJOR NUNN OUT OF HOSPITAL
    39 1 "FHE Director ox Public Works, BJS.. Major R. L. Nunn. who has been ill In hospital, is now convalescent. It is expected he will be well enough to attend the Legislative Council meetr." tomorrow.
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    AEROPLANE LOST
    39 1 London. Saturday. CIX passengers and four crew of the German airliner which failed to reach its destination in the Gulf of Genoa last evening on a flight from the Balearic Islands, have been given up as lost
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    GANDHIS ORDERS
    25 1 Bombay, Saturday. Mahatma Gandhi, who has travelled from Ward ha to Rajkot on a peace mission, has ordered the suspension of civil disobedience.
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    Armenian Patriarch Dies
    54 1 iii Pj.ri.irrh. Ti.orso. l Kuusliakian. head cf the Arm. n.an < I unli died on the same day as the Pope. HLs funeral took place in the Armenian cathedral of St. James, after a procession through the old rity of Jerusalem. The body Is seen here lying
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    Preparations For Election Of New Pope Completed
    173 1 VaUcan City. Saturday. PREPARATIONS for the election of the new Pope on Mar. 1 are virtually completed. Violet canopied seats for the 62 Civil naLs have all been installed, and the Cardinals' cells have been partitioned off and furnished with monastic severity, consisting
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    HUNGARIAN POLICE ARREST NAZIS
    25 1 Budapest, Saturday. CO far 200 people have been detaln- ed by the police in a round-up of National Socialists (Nazis).— Reuter.
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    MR. C. K. MORRISON
    45 1 London. Saturday. T*HE death occurred in London yesterday of Mr. Charles Kennedy Morrison, assistant managing director of Outhrle and Co., Ltd., and a director of the Renong Tin Dredging Co, Ltd., and Sembamas. Ltd. Mr. Morrison had not served In Malaya.
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    Strange Funeral Of Assassinated Puppet Minister
    119 1 Shanghai, Saturday. I*WENTY members of the East Surrey Regiment today formed part of a grim gathering at the graveside of Mr. Chen Lu. the Foreign Minister o! the pro-Japanese Reformed Nanking Government, who was murdered here on Feb. 19, at one of the strangest
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    BANK MANAGER CRITICALLY ILL
    68 1 MR. WILLIAM HAY. manner of the m Singapore branch cf the Hongkong and Shanghai Cinklng Ccrporation. U critically ill in the Grnsral Hospital. V- was r:por:ea late last night fiat tbert bed h'"i a s'.isht improvement in nl3 cor ("lien. A 83-, of p:am for babies;
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    Soldiers To Be Home By Midnight
    167 1 Soldiers To Be Home By Midnight THE Sunday Times understands that. ;;s v temporarymeasure, the Singapore military authorities h;ive decided to amend the time limit la late passes issued to men of the garrison. As from March 1, U] require men from Tonßlin and Gillman bi-.r racks to be back
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    SEARCH FOR LAUNCH
    54 1 A search lasting three quarters <>I an hour off Singapore Island mr an overdue Customs patrol launch was made by the acting Chief Instructor of the Royal Singapore Flying Club. Mr. E. A. Wiide, in the Chib Hon..' M<>m yesterday. The overdue patrol launch wa.i sighted off
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    KING & QUEEN TO STAY WITH ROOSEVELTS
    105 1 KING QUEEN TO STAY WITH ROOSEVELTS lii'.ctoii. Saturday. is stated the King and Q will spend some time both at the White House and at Hyde Park, President Roosevelt's hoim? in York State, during their Majesties' visit to the United States in .Tun* 1 It is understood their MaJestUs v.iii
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    REFUGEE FUND
    14 1 Tl-.r Baldwin Refugee Fund is sUI {Trowing md is now over 400.00:)Reuter.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    96 1 (From O'Jr Own Corrc-ipondrnl i London, .Sit'ndiv El bber Steady. uiidon 8 3 16d. t",d. Apr-June 8' ,d. X d July-Sept. 8 5 Ifid. s 7 164 O \-Dec. 8 il. f• ,d OOflTBl Bob..' U C f.a.q.. .Un.-Mar.. 26* P\LM OIL W. African Soil. £13 r.s. COPIA
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    "Indians Returned As Sucked Oranges And Human Derelicts''
    282 2 "Indians Returned As Sucked Oranges And Human Derelicts' MADRAS ATTACK ON MALAYAN POLICY Money Remitted Is Mere Bagatelle (From Our Own Correspondent.) Madras, Feb. 18. "WE are told that if emigration is stopped, then, India will cease to get the sixty lakhs of rupees which Indians in Ma'aya remit annually
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    Mr. Egmont Hake Leaving For London
    163 2 Mr. Egmont Hake Leaving For London i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. AFTER 20 years in Malaya, Mr. H B E uncnt Hake, C.8.E., former Fed•rai Councillor, will leave Kuaia Lumpur early In March for England to take up an appointment In the London office of Harriscns, Barker
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    EDUCATION CHIEFS TO CONFER AT K. L.
    74 2 *THE Education Department is working out details for a conference to be attended by educational heads f rcm every part of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur from Aug. 8 tc 11. The conference will be In the Victoria Institution. Asiatic headmasters will attend as
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    POLICE BAND
    45 2 The Police Band will play en Monday at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m.: March. Florentine!* iFucik^: Overture Raymond (Thomas), Sf lection, Th 3 Merry Widow (Lchar); Cornel Solo, Softly Awakes My Heart (from Samson and Delilah^, Valse, Estudiantina (Waldteufel); Selection, The Geiiha (Jones).
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    GAOL SENTENCES FOR ROBBERY
    85 2 SENTENCES of 18 months' and 14 months' rigorous imprisonment were passed on two young Chinese, Van? fang Woon and Ng Kun Chok. rerpectively, by Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Singapore Crimlnol District Court, yesterday. Accused were alleged to have robber) a compatriot of $120 in
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    NEW POST OFFICES DEFERRED
    74 2 From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Saturday. •"|*HE plan to erect a modern post office at Port Swettenham at a cost of nearly $20,000 has been deferred In view of Government's intention to economise. The scheme to build a new post office and courthouse at Klang also
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    GOVERNOR BACK FROM KUALA LUMPUR
    57 2 AFTER attending a meeting of thp Federal Council, the Governor and High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, returned to Singapore yesterday morning. He was accompanied hy the aide-de-camp. Captain R. A. Owyn. His Excellency and party will leav* for Kuala Kangsar this week to attend the
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    26 2 Mr. Lee Low tung, a n.^-,cuown miner, who has died in Kuala Lumpur, aged 62. Hz left a uidow, si~ sons, four daughters, and nine grand-children.
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    AIRCRAFTMAN DROWNED WHEN CANOE UPSET AT SELETAR
    229 2 AIRCRAFTMAN DROWNED WHEN CANOE UPSET AT SELETAR lIOW two Europeans were caught In a squall while out boatins near Seletar, one being drowned, was told to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W G Porter, yesterday, during an inquiry in'o the death of Aircraftman Frederick William Evans, a 30-year-old Englishman, attached to
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    Difficulties In Filming Nazi Spy Drama
    183 2 Difficulties In Filming Nazi Spy Drama Hollywood, Feb. 18. U/ARNER Bros. Motion Picture Studios report serious complications during: the filming of their new picture, Confessions of a Nazi Spy which will be banned in the totalitarian states. The difficulties were said to have reached a climax when Horace Brown, an
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    Killed By Fall Of Earth: "Remarkable State Of Affairs"
    177 2 AM not satisfied the employer did •I anything to safeguard the life of deceased while he was at work, and certain evidence has disclosed a remarkable state of affairs which should be the subject of further action by the police." These
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    Round World By Foot, Camel, Car Bicycle, Train
    116 2 Round World By Foot, Camel, Car Bicycle, Train TWENTY-THREE- YEAR -OLD Eric B. Whelan arrived in Singapore yesterday one year and nve months after leaving his home town, Liverpool, to see the world. "I had a'ways been fond of travel books, and wanted to see the countries and peopls fcr
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    Air-Conditioned Building For Rubber Agency House
    163 2 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. T^HIS week-end one of the oldest of Malayan rubber asency houses will move from its present home in Old Market Square to a modernistic airconditioned building on the fringe of the residential area in Ampang Roa<*. The
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    48 2 Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kltto and family *Ish tc express their heartfelt thank* to all relaUves and friends who attended the funerai ot their beloved son Mr. Noel Clayton Luca< D'AranJo, m well as those who sent wreaths and te!~jnims of condolence in their sad bereavement.
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    Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
    292 2 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures mwmmm Unintt: I rora IVnani Ipoti tnd Kuala Lur.ipL-i trii"'* r\rr* -vi-ntne X.L.M. From Lurope Arrives this urn in Qantas From Australia Arrives th.s afternoon Impel ial: From Europr: Dur Wednudav ■nomine. K N. 1.1. M.: from Nrlliril.mds Indw Arrins Tuesday aftcrr.oon 01/IWAUD AiHtOKi fILLAR
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    SINGAPORE MAII CLOSE
    66 2 ■r Aletian iPlanenift) Sumatra, s.-: Bnini'i, CekJcs. Molucca* T D.IIt (Vn:cn'.:!ii> Im U.S.A. i P-.v Polki ir.'Jo-Chir:: <K.N 1 L Mi 11M :;.l. Samh.is gnu Tomolior i Kotk. Padang Pakan Baroe 6iaL (Hcnjj K Wcdn. Whole Australia iQuitasj > a.m. Java iiid Tanor Dilly iQantas) ..74, New
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    THK SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    86 2 iU'iirJß}, rercru..: J. i la- Wharves or expected i<i arritr. Knt>aiu< I m UmMw sluy. Gadewß Gate :.:!crL'2 1 Plancius 20 1 Main Wharf GcwaiiK 1G 2 3 Perak 17 Ben'.aw.r: 16 Deuca!iMi 14 2 3 Chan; 11 Pres. Polk 8 2 Glengarry 6 2 k
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      145 2 FlaVOUr that has never R ECI P been matched and which has made for taking or I>oilm»{ Pineapple Hams famous in Malaya for PINKAPFLK NAM over twenty years. Only the finest Biab f()r „,u r hMSn hams a/c selected for tl»e special curing cold r then rompletcly rover process which
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      119 2 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMA Today AUiAMBRA Sa:ly, Irene and Mary *ith Tony Martin and Alice Faye. 11 a.m., 3.15, Ml and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Tlie Cowboy and The Lady wl:h Gary Cooper and Merle Oijeron. 11 a.m., 3.15. 6.13 .-nd 9.15 p.m. PAVILION MoUisr Carey's Chickens with Fay Biinter and
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      187 2 L. W 8.41 am 2 ft.: 8.40 n.m. 3.5 ft. Monday H. W. 5.55 am. 8 I ft.; 4.oti p.m. 6.7 ft. L. W. 9.3» a.m. 2.4 ft.; 9.27 p.m. 4 4 U. Tuesday H. W. 3.43 a.m. 8 ft.: 5.40 p.m. 3 ft. L. W. 10.47 n.m. 2.5 ft.:
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    "EURASIAN BEAR HAS A SORE HEAD"
    916 3 "Too Prone To Remain Scratching It" Community Leader Declares There Is Too Much Self -Co mpassion "THERE has been too much growling: lately. The Eurasian bear has acquired a sore head and is much too prone to remain content .scratching it, at the same
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    Home After Twenty Years Abroad
    63 3 .in paiiy Servant .'.Uj<..- .1. \Y. Junior of the Indian Si.jnal >rp. ha been with the Army in India for 10 years, has just returned kMk U llr.Uin to retire. H.- is ?c?n hrro o:i rrrlval at Southun;>:<»:i v. ilh hi.> iS-month-ald tl.iu ;'.itrr. Va'erlc.
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    Many Planes Shot Down In Sino-Japanese Air Battle
    126 3 Many Planes Shot Down In Sino-Japanese Air Battle (';.unjr'.;.ii£, Saturday. CIX JapUMM l.ombers were shot i'ow:i in a furious a!r battle yes--1 r. lay wh.-n M Japanese plants raided Lanchow, capital of Kansu. pays an otik'ial announcement. The communique adds that 4 2uu bOOMfI v/crc demolished by Japanese bombs, but
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    CHINESE IN MUTINY AGAINST ENEMY
    56 3 •X^jwßE than 10.000 Chinese troops who had been fighting on the side of the Jipanese forces mutinied on Teb 21 at Llanghslang and Fanshan. on the Pelplng-Hank.iw Railway, according to Chinese reports. It is claimed the mutine <a are now engaged in a battle with
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    REFUGEE CAMP MOVFD BACK TO HONG KONG
    49 3 Hong Kong, Saturday. AS a result of the Japanese Lombing of Samchun. near the Hong Konf border, the refugee camp at fitmrlwi has been moved back to the Eritish N.w Territories. The Honi; Bam artbortttej ar.« tcok'nj after the It in* ecs.
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    24 3 imrcriij Au-waji* 21-ton flying boat Cabot which will lead the fleet when the regular England-Canada air •ervices are established ia May/jun e this year.
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    RETIREMENT OF TWO NOTED SOLDIERS
    110 3 London, Saturday. HPHE retirement is gazetted of two distinguished soldiers— Major-Oen. 'Sir Bertram Sergison-Brooke with the honorary rank of lieutenant-general, and Major-Gen. Sir John Duncan.Peuter. Oen. Sergison-Brooke, who has been chairman of the Royal Tournament since 1934, entered the army In 1899, and served in
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    Widow Aged 24, With 7 Children, Is To Re-marry
    41 3 Widow Aged 24, With 7 Children, Is To Re -marry Paris. Milccnt, who was lfl married at 13, and left a widow with seven children at 22, has announced that she is to marry a young farmer. She is now 24.
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    ATLANTIC AIR-MAIL SERVICE
    61 3 Washington, Saturday. •THE Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives has approved the appropriation of 5996.000 to enable the Post Office Department to launch Its trans-Atlantic air-mail service on May 1. Reciprocal services from Great Britain and France and possibly other countries are expected to follow. The
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    GUIDE DIES
    17 3 Christian Kaufmann, a well-konwn Alpine guide, has died at Grindelwald at the ase of 66.
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    70 3 Till new 1,136-ton Straits Steamship vessel Pahang, which arrived in Singapore last week on her maiden voyage from Hong Kong;. The new vessel, which increases the Straits Steamship Company's fleet to 49 vessels, was built by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co., Ltd., of Hong Kong. Captain E. Dowzard, Master
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    39 3 Captain Arthur Sydney Wilcockson, manner of Imperial Airways At* lantic division. Captain J. C. Kelly Rogers appointed to command Imperial Cabot which will lead Imperial Airways trans-Atlantic fleet of flying boats when the regular srrvice Is established this spring.
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    CIANO'S MISSION TO WARSAW
    139 3 Polish Neutrality Sought By Rome? Warsaw, Saturday. TTHE arrival here today of Count Ciano, Italian Foreign MinistI er, clearly indicates that Italy attaches great importance to his flve-day visit. Poland's attitude toward the Italian claims on France is expected to take a prominent place in the
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    THE PAVILION
    91 3 TTHE camera has caught the homely, enchanted atmosphere of a recently bygone age In Mother Carey s Chickens." t*ie RKO Radio interpretation of Kato Douglas Wiggin's worn. which opened at the Pavilion last night. The swish or flowing while linen dresses fellows one out of the theairp after
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    "THREE SISTERS'
    73 3 i OOPULAR Errol Flynn appears in a story of the lives ot three smai:town sisters in Edwardian days in tne Warner Bros, production M The Sls- tzn," which had a midnight premiers last night at t'.:e Alhambra thsatre. Portraying the three sisters lro:n tnc best-selling novel by Myron
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    NEW TERRITORY
    27 3 Norway has annexed new territory !n the Antarctic. Berlin, Saturday. Mr. Prcntlss Gilbert, United States Charge d'Affaires. died suddenly from a heart attack today.— Reuter.
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    TOKIO INFLUENCE IN SIAM
    184 3 French Writer Sees Luang Pradit Hong Kong, Saturday THE high morale of the Chinese and their unswerving d?terin to win the war against Jap.;:i mentioned by M. Marc Cluilourne. correspondent of the Paris newspaper. Le Paris Soir, in an Interview at Shanghai on h arri- ul
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    'FLAME-THROWER' PLOT TRIAL
    97 3 Gaol Sentences On 9 Iron Guards Bucharest, Saturday. CENTENCES ranging from one to eight years' Imprisonment were passrfl by the military court on nine member* of the banned "Iron Guard" (Fascists), Including Buttu. a wealthy doctor and son-in-law of M. Marinescu, the noted neurologist, in connection with
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    INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    58 3 Office-bearers elected at the second annual general meeting of the Indian Chamber of Commerce: Chairman, Mr. G. Maganlal; deputy chairman, Mr. G. Uttamram; hon. treasurer, Mr. A. Nomanbhoy; committee, Mr. N., B. Karanjia, Mr. Bansllal B. Shah, Mr. Gulamhusaln Najmee, Mr. Kurban Hu.shain, Mr. Himatlal H.
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    36 3 WTMlllill at St. Andrpu'i Cfeftht l-ii of Mr. Andrew I.oh Chran? Tloag Wah and Mm fenny i.r 800 M i Wedding .it the St. Theresa's Church or Mr. K P. llendrirks and Mtai Begin* de Rozariu.
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      344 4 "SALLY. IRENE and MARY" IS EXCELLENT MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. A PICTURE WHICH WE CORDIALLY RECOMMEND Malaya Tribune. TODAY AT 11 A.M., 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P*M. TOMORROW AT J.I 5, 6.15 9.15 P*M. 'jy^B* UPROARIOUS! STAR-GLORIOUSI lh» now top-hit musical from A«f 3B^» Hjy Jta hit-makf Darryl F. Zonuclcf a^ ALICE TONY
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      333 4 BKO RADIOS COMPANION SUCCESS TO "LITTLE WOMEN" A Rare and Refreshing Motion Picture Experience Awaits You! TODAY AT 3 15-6159.15 PAVILION W From the living pages ©I this JlW^ irl glorious novel Hames ihe JswiP? Wo^4^ la great heart drama oi one oi iJsp^jP*^ fJrQL fiction's best-loved families! <9fi f
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      178 4 TWO POPULAR STARS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! CAPITOL] 4 fSfl? 11 am. 3 15. 6 15, 915 From the Thrills of CHINA as Marco Polo To The Wilds of Wyoming as the Cowboy who VM "lassoed and branded by i I^v A Fascinating story of a Society Butterfly who
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    Big Orchestral Concert Planned For Victoria Theatre
    306 5 Big Orchestral Concert Planned For Victoria Theatre Entertainment THE well known Hong Kong pianist. Professor Harry Ore, will appear in Singapore again at the forthcoming full orchestral concert of tUe Singapore Music Society on Sunday. Mar. 12, at 9.15 p.m. in the Victoria Memorial Hall. At this concert the Society's
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    "George And Margaret"
    96 5 THt Singapore Repertory Players me presenting G^ralc 1 Savory's brilliant play "George and Margaret" at the Victoria Theatre on Wedn?sday. Friday nd Saturday, March 8. 10 and 11, at 9.30 p.m. Those in the cast and assisting in the production are: Eileen Folliot. Patricia Finigan Beryl Holdridge.
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    Gives Extra A Chance
    217 5 RONALD YOUNG, who is a comedian but can be serious when necessary, has an idea that Hollywood can lend a helpin j hand to its own extras with ultimate benefit to itself. His idea is to establish a "little theatre" in Hollywood, with the talent limited
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    Robeson Again
    26 5 Paul Robt-son. who has not acted on the screen ior two years, has beeu signed by Al xander Korda for The Thief of Bagdad."
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    Hollywood's First Film Of A Diet atorship
    716 5  - Hollywood's First Film Of A Diet atorship Sunday Times Hollywood Correspondent By REPORTED to be acting with the complete sanction and cooperation of the Hays office, Warner Brothers announce plans for the screen Industry's first celluloid blow at political dictatorship. The picture, to bo known as "Confessions of a Nazi
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    THE WEEK'S MARKET ACTIVITIES
    1216 6 Political Atmosphere Improves Conditions r THE week has experienced an all- round improvement in worid markets, prices generally are a little higher and sentiment Is better than it has been since the international crisis in September last. Politics again take the credit for this improvement, most
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    41 6 Singapore, Feb. 25, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntol: $13.25 White $13.75 Black 8.75 Copra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.75 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $2.30 Pair $2.30 Sarawak $2.25
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    108 6 Manila, Saturday. THE following were yesterday's quotations and this morning's quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange. All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos, and the quotations are in pesos. Yesterday Today asked bid asked bid AnUmok 0.45 0.44 0.45 0.44
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    77 6 Saturday, Feb. 25. noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28*£ 28% No. IX R.S.S. r.o.b. in cases February Z»% 2»% C.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 2814 tt% F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 274 Zl% FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on Registered tender March
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1276 6 Fraser And Co. s List I Sungei Tukar.g ($1) .90 .93 Tambalak (sl> .35 .40 Tapai> ($1) |.6O T. Anson 1.30 1.3 a. Temcrloh .35 .40 IYalaigai ($2) .75 80 Ulu Benut (SO cts.) .33 .34 Ulu Pandan 1.40 |.M United Malacca ($1) 1.40 1.55
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    Current Company Dividends
    65 6 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1939: 1 P.M. lot a.i ror Company Dividend Bosks Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. yen Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Mar. 3 Feb. 25 Raub 51. final, 2d. bonus Mar. 8 Mar. 15
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    HIGH-POWERED SIRENS WILL ANNOUNCE NEXT BLACK-OUT
    158 7 HIGH-POWERED SIRENS WILL ANNOUNCE NEXT BLACK-OUT Penalties Will Be Imposed For Non-Compliance With Regulations fHK shrill note of six high-powered sirens giving warning of approaching "enemy" air squadrons will announce Singapore's compulsory black-out which will be held in conjunction with combined Services manoeuvres on March 16, and for which last
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    Special Lights For Homes
    103 7 rXPERI MENTAL electric lights for use during air raids have arrived in Singapore and are being tested by the A.R.P. authorities. They plug into ordinary light sockets but give a blue pencil of Ugh* about as broad as a ten cent piece. The li?ht is sufficient
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    HURRICANE LAMPS TO BE USED IN HOSPITAL WARDS
    90 7 HURRICANE LAMPS TO BE USED IN HOSPITAL WARDS AMPLE notice will be given and steps will be taken in advance to "educate" the public. Following the trial black-out last week, no insuperable difficulties should be encountered. During the black-out no lights must be shown which would be visible from the
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    Return To The Waterfront
    397 7 Return To The Waterfront |i>st before you enter the snaky road to ihe East Wharf you pass unaer the overhanging balconies oi houses which look as if they had taken out of the picture 44 Algiers." Goodness know.< (or a statistician might know) how many seamen have ambled under those
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    FISH CATCHES BOY
    66 7 FISH CATCHES BOY VVERY day fishvionqer George Burnett, aged nineteen, had to pass a school at Bainton, near Driffleld (East Yorks), and every day the schoolboys shouted rude remarks about his fish. Exasperated at last, he flung a fish into their playground and hit a five-year-old boy in the eye.
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    NEW YORK TO BE A CITY OF LIGHTS
    128 7 New York. DLANS have been completed for the installation along the main roads of the city of New York leading to and from the World's Fair of amber globes designed to guide visiting motorists. These special lamps. 3.500 of which will be
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      146 7 how your skin is cltartractive. No longer will .^H-H-H-^-W you have an inferiority .flj^B Him coi-niex and 1«1 that .■^'^^^'H o"r life ls socially W l| ruined because of a bad skin. Instead you win br W winning and keeping the 1 *^Y> friends you desire. And J W It
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    RESCUE OF PASSENGERS OF VESSEL WRECKED ON CORAL REEF
    718 8 RESCUE OF PASSENGERS OF VESSEL WRECKED ON CORAL REEF Captain Tells Own Story To Sunday Times AFTER her splendid rescue of eleven passengers from the Singapore-bound Norwegian freighter Hoegh Silvercrest, shipwrecked in mountainous seas off Manila, the 6,000-ton British Silver Line freighter Silveryew, has arrived at Singapore. The 5,000-ton new
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    Singapore College Students
    254 8 Singapore College Students To the Editor of The Sunday Times DERMIT me a few words on the complaints of Singapore College studrnts concerning their food and accommodation. The comments of the principals and of your editorial ring with good sense. Any unbiassed person will agree that the diet, approved by
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    BRIGADE FOREMAN ACQUITTED
    64 8 ZARKATA BIN SOUDAP, foreman of the Sir.gapcre Harbour Board Fire Brigade, was acquitted by Mr. Conrad Oldham. in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of assaulting a young Malay woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Complainant alleged accused entcrei. her quarters during her
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    KLANG DESTRUCTOR
    65 8 From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Saturday. •T*HE Klang Sanitary Board has built a modern destructor at 2nd mile, Langat Road. Klang. The whole scheme cost about $60,000 The destructor is worked"' electrically, and the various functions Of burning the refuse and other rubbish including tins are done by
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    Chinese Worship God Of Heaven Tonight
    504 8 TTONIGHT, thunderous detona- tions of fire crackers between 11 p.m. and 1.30 a.m. will proclaim the birthday of the God of Heaven, Thean Kong. Malayan Chinese will set out on the flve-foot-way and in their front rooms, tables of the ctfoicest offerings ever laid
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      210 8 SINGAPORE COLD STOPxAGE Mf&tfji&f Supplies obtainable everywhere. Kfr WPS. 3 J, J?* [-O^ A IVEEK AGO Y^^^^XjjA^abeaten man *S NOW THRIVING ON THE >^ WINE OF LIFE 1 >3 A I lC tren B t l >r| d hcht had p fl u i| Ch^l gone out of him, deserted
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    Mainly About Malayans
    1463 9  -  The Onlooker By Read Of RAJA ABDUL RASHID, who has served four Perak Sultans as Aide-de-Camp Malay Secretary at Kuala Kangsar, where preparations are being made for the installation of the Sultan this week AN'E of the busiest men in Perak for the past month has been
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    Red Star Over Malaya
    590 10 THE red star floated over Malaya. Communism had spread from Moscow to China, there mixed with Sun Vat Sen's Kuo Mm Tang, dominated it, and then, with the cleansing of the Chinese party, it veered towards Malaya. The star glowed enticingly for Chinese students and young
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    ONRAET'S CASES
    195 10 T^HE Sunday Times begins thi; week a series of articles on the cases which distinguished the career of Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, the Inspector-General of Police, who retired on Feb. 24 after 31 years' service. Mr. Onraet had more to do than any other man in
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    PINOCHLE FOR TWO
    860 10 Cards For All OECENTLY there has been a great revival of interest in the old game of Pinochle, especially as a game for two people. lam not surprised at this for it is one of the best games for two players despite its age. After all whist
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      162 10 High Blood Pressure Kills Men Women Twlro as many worm n as men suffer from IliKh Blood Pressure, which is a mysterious disease, that star:s about the time of Change of I.ifo and is the real cause of much heart trouble and later on of para> lytic strokes. Common symptoms
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      175 10 recommend for Bronchitis. Coughs and mmy AngiersV uM is the answer \^Sl^^ It j-our chest is your weak spot general health. No other emulsion if you catch cold easily and are is so highly recommended by the seldom free trom catarrh or a cough, Medical Profession. It promote* a course
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    Books Of The Week
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    A DOCTOR'S VIEW OF A WORLD WAR
    426 11 A DOCTOR'S VIEW OF A WORLD WAR The Doctor's View Of War. Edited by H Jouules. M.I) M RT. Allen and L'nwin Ltd. 3 6. HERE indeed is a valuable, timely and most informative book. Its purpose is to put In clear perspective the function of the medical profession in
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    GREAT DISASTER AVERTED
    199 11 "Slack Water." By A. D. Divine. Collins. Sons and Co., Ltd., 7s. (kI. A THRILLER!— Y"s. a real thriller. The last lifty panes cover a period of only four hours: and. as the minutes go by. you get more and more excited, and cannot put the book
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    These Names Made Words—37
    343 11 These Names Made Words— 37 EVERY day we use words which commemorate the lame of tome man or woman or place that mould otherwise be lorgotten. Few people know how these names came to be common nords. and in this special Sunday Times series of shor* articles the story of
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    Contented Ireland For A Stronger British Empire
    914 11 Contented Ireland For A Stronger British Empire Ireland— The New Ally. By John (iibivons. Robert Hale Ltd. Bs. fid. net. IRELAND in British politics is a subject about which a great deal has been written, and there is every justification for this course. The bad feeling existing between Great Britain
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    STORIES GAY AND GRAVE IN INDIA
    417 11 STORIES GAY AND GRAVE IN INDIA Indian Artifcx. By Victor Ba>ley. C.I.E, C.B.E. Robert Hale. 12s Cd. IN his charming apologia the author rogrets that so prosaic a person as j an engineer cannot aspire to any but a j humble posiUou in the ranks of art. but such an
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      316 11 Asthma Agony Curbed in 10 Minutes Since thp dl«roverr of Mendaro by an and enables you to sleep, but also builds An:eri- an rhyskian it is no loncir neces- up th« systrm to ward oft future attacks. map- for anyone to suffer from chokins. For instance. Mr. J. R. writes:
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      398 11 GREEN CIRCLE LIBRARIES I 18-F. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. ALL THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS AT CHEAP RATES NEW BOOKS EVERY MAIL. SPECIAL RATES. OUTSTATION MEMBERS. CLUB MESSES HOURS Or BUSINESS:- 8.30 A.M. TO 6 P.M. SBst L^Bk /sT'9^QBK7 *ssTsl I I 'vP^BaaaaW '''"■V^ifiS' -^BBaaaaaw m i^.9H9£rsHi llk the great PM_«> x iSP-V
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    PUNJAB REGIMENT RETURNING TO INDIA FROM MALA YA
    362 12 Second Battalion Of 17th Dogras Replacing Them beinjj in Malaya for three years, stationed at Taipinjr, the Ist 1 5a Ma I ion. 2nd Punjab Regiment, is leaving for India in two batr' es nc\t month and in April. The battalion, which
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    Inside Information
    65 12 Inside Information TWIN'S who arc not quite two 1 years old. Peter and Elizabeth Ainster, were among child refugees from Germany and Austria who reached England last week. When authorities wanted the number of their baggage which is shown on a label suspended from the neck of each child thr
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    BUSINESS TRAINING FOR GRADUATES
    246 12 BUSINESS TRAINING FOR GRADUATES TTHE employment of persons for six months in businos. alternating with six months of full-time attendance at a university is one of the possibilities mentioned in a report issued by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on the commercial employment of students with degrees in
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    MS. OF FAMOUS HYMN FOR SALE
    290 12 Lyte's Transcript Of "Abide With Me" 'THE auction 100 m has seen in:i.iy I manuscripts sold of Baring Gould's immortal hymn. Onward Christian Soldier.s." which he wroto to cheer up a procession of lit 1 2r children tramping to a Sunday school treat. It
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    "Moon Madness" Killer Hanged
    46 12 I JOHN daymond. the nineteen old farm labourer who was sentenced to death for the murder o! his employer. James Irwlo V sen., at Woodsldc. Cumberland been executed ut Durham Prison. Daymond pleaded at his trial that he suffered from "moon mad:
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    One Hundred Years Of Photography
    400 12 I*HE Exhibition ol Early Photograph 3 to commemorate the centenary of photography, opened ln London at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and is attracting a steady flow of visitors writes Jan Gordon in the Observer. And so It should. For it combines noc only scientific
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    Behind The News
    1016 13  -  Crux Australis By CHARACTERISTIC of Japanese boldness and also indicative of the importance of propaganda in international politics, is the suggested publication by the 'Japanese of a daily Chinese news- paper in Singapore. The Japanese have already completed plans for the publication In Singapore of a dally
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    Selangor Notes
    794 13 By The Sunday Times Kuala Lumpur Correspondent KUaLA LUMPUR chose to be infernally hot during the Chinese New Year holidays, but this heat failed to check the energy of more than 100 young men and women hockey players gathered here for tournaments, and of nearly 100 Malays who
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      404 13 Where to spend your holiday at: D A L A T (Annam) French Indochina The astonishing mountain resort of the Far East Lying 5.0«0 feet above the ser level 190 miles from Saigon. Average temperature: 62* Fahrenheit Dry winter season, the coldest (end of November to March) 60' Stunner Seas-n:
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    MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR CHINA
    362 14 Dr. Wu In Singapore On Way To Burma To Prepare New Route To Yunnan PARRYING with him films and photographs of China's war frcm the viewpoint of a doctor, Dr. C. Y. Wu, recior of the Chinese National Quarantine Service and of the Hong Kong Bureau
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    NEW PRESIDENT
    30 14 The election of a new French President to replace M. Lebrun, who is due to retire after a term of seven years, will take place on April 10.
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    19 14 Locusts are more numerous Ln Kenya than tn recent years, but the position is not officially regarded as alarming.
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING DEATH BY NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    292 14 C. C. S. TILLBKOOK, a European, claimed trial yesterday before Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the Singapore Traffic District Court on a charge of causing death by negligent driving of a Chinese, Yeo Ann Tian, on Jan. 18, in Telok Blansah Road.
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    Sapper Who 'Wanted War Experience'
    102 14 Sapper Who 'Wanted War Experience' CKNTENCE of 6G days' detention WM announced at Chatham in the case cf Sapper Edmund Dincen, 25, of the Training Battalion. Royal Engineers, who was found guilty of desertion. It was stated at the court-martial that he absented himself frori August last year until January,
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    Soviet Ice-Breaker In Singapore
    227 14 CREW OF 156 INCLUDES 6 WOMEN The Soviet ice-breaker Kaganovich passed through Singapore last week on her maiden voyage to the Arctic circle. The Kaganovich, which is capable of crushing her way through ice 12 feet thick at a speed of eight knots, carries five stewardesses
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    THE GREATEST CIGARETTE SMOKERS
    56 14 THE GREATEST CIGARETTE SMOKERS The average American smokes 1,045 cigarettes a year, according to a statistical survey made by M. Ernest Duprachon, of the Smokers' Club of Paris. The average Briton smokes 946, while the Mexican comes third with 740 and the Belgian fourth with 630. The annual consumption for
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    DEATHS FROM COLD
    14 14 Fifteen deaths from the cold are reported In the United States.
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      24 14 PTHK WORLD RENOWNED NATURAL MINER**. WATER Bottled as It flows from effective 9 mmmm W CASES CF *10 STOMACH I LIVER TROUBLE, GOUF, RHEUMATISM
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1706 15  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By AS you probably all know, dear readers, most of us are such selfish and complacent pigs that If we are in trouble or are sick we often comfort ourselves with the reflection that others are in a worse plight. That is our sweet
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      361 15 The nervous, highly strung 1 child presents LMtfi^ one o/ the most diffl- J^L II cull problems the teach- jj^^ tt has to face. -^H Though often above the U average intelligence, jJM self -consciousness and excessive shyness ties- U f troy hi* initiative and keep him backtcard m jLP^^il
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      373 15 CONTRACT BRIDGE THE luckiest hand we have ever The first lucky break came when seen occurred in a Rubber game West decided to make what appeared at the Regency Club in New York to be the safest opening— the Jack of not long ago. It all happened be- spades. Declarer
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    Opinion i i>ll < >|{Ml. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore.
    552 16 Opinion i i&gt;ll &lt; &gt;|{Ml. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore. Museum Hours rE potential value of Raffles Museum in the community life of Singapore was shown once more by the large crowds which visited it during the Chinese New Year holidays, when its grounds resembled those of a
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    "I Have Just Been Making A Little Tour....Here Are Some Of My Impressions "
    1443 16 "I Have Just Been Making A Little Tour.. ..Here Are Some Of My Impressions Writes H. G. Wells LONG years ago, when his Majesty King George the Fifth was Prince of Wales he made a memorable speech at the Guildhall of which the dominant phrase was "Wake Up, England." The
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    Cinema As Part Of Malayan Education
    379 16 IN England school inspectors are acquiring the disquieting habit of going into schools and saying What No films For, while there is still much controversy in England on the value of films In education, the Board of Education is favouring films as a part
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      140 16 The NEW WORLD CABARET TODAY TIFFIN DANCE 1.30 to 430 p.m. Admission Ft**. TONIGHT 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT Admission 50 cts. PIANO TUNING-REPAIRS REMOVALS-HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 212, Orchard R&lt;L flb^. Unbreakable Waterproof Wrist-Watch \fl V* Guaranteed lOycars [B^°*~Wm Men's "Streamline" M Service Model V^yjf] s 13.15 .CM Rr Sold
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      36 16 BALI Easter Excursion, dep. Singapore March 31st, return Singapore April 17th. All-inclusive round trip $240/00. Pull particulars from K. P. M., Pass. Dept. Phone 5451. K. P. M. N. V. KONIJNKLIJKE PAKETVAART— MAATSCHAPP*. (tncorp. In Holland).
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    GARRISONING OF PENANG BEGINS
    319 17 Gunners Transferring From Singapore FIRST DETAILS GOING INTO BARRACKS AT GLUGOR Important Strategic Point In Great Britain's Far Eastern Defences ACCUPATION of Penang, Malaya's new fortress to guard the western approach from the Indian Ocean, will begin next month, The Sunday Times understands. One heavy batteiy
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    TWO PEOPLE DIE IN FIRE WHICH NOBODY SAW
    90 17 THE village postman called with a letter at a small bungalow near Medstead, Hampshire. He found just heao of twisted metal and ashes. The house had been burned, and the two old people in it had died, without a soul in the
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    I SEARCH IN SNOW FOR SHEEP
    44 17 I SEARCH IN SNOW FOR SHEEP •"j-Hl MUM over trackless sections of Dartmoor are six men whose mission is mercy. Their task is to rcsctt? and renJer first aid to some of the hundreds of cattle and sheep buried in the heavy moorland snowdrifts.
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    This Year's War Games Will Be On Small Scale
    137 17 QEFENCE manoeuvres to be held at Singapore during the next few weeks will not he on the scale of some previous combined operations which have been held here, hut Ihc&gt; "ill be significant in that they will entail the active co-opera(ion
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    Russian Oil For Italy EFFECT OF TRADE PACT
    171 17 Russian Oil For Italy EFFECT OF TRADE PACT Moscow. IT hoped that as a result of the i the Soviet-Italian trade protoroK signed in Rome trade between the two countries will be restored to something like its former level. The trade m never very lar^e. and since pute in October.
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    LORD NUFFIELD GIVES £10,000
    45 17 Bush-Fire Victims LORD NUFFIELD, on his way home from his visit to Australia and South Africa, radioed from the liner Ulysses to Mr. J. A. Lyons, Australian Prime Minister, presenting €10,000 to the relief fund for victims of r.ie bush fires
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    'WHY WORK?' ASKS THIS SCIENTIST
    222 17 I JNIMPORTANT, work. Imw portant, PLAY. Mans chief aim in life should be to enjoy himself gospel expounded by Professor F. A. E. Crew, of Edinburgh University, in a speech to Edinburgh business men. "One would have thought that when science had once given us
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    MOTOR FACILITIES
    18 17 Various facilities for motor traffic between Czechoslovakia and Germany have been introduced by a new agreement.
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    LAUGHS FROM THE COURTS
    125 17 LAUGHS FROM THE COURTS tl/I YES aiid husbands made good laughs in the London courts last week, as these stories show Counsel: The magistrates have been very lenient to you. You are a free man. Husband: But I'm ctill married! Husband: My wife said. 'Stay there while I go and
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    REGIMENT BUYS MODEL SOLDIERS
    111 17 "THE Queen's Royal Regiment has purchased some life-size models of grenadiers of the regiment, discovered 50 years ago in a Carlisle inn. It is believed that the models were made in 1715, when two companies of the regiment were quartered in Carlisle. They were then used
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    Prepare For The Worst, Hope For The Best, Says Archbishop
    320 17 Prepare For The Worst, Hope For The Best, Says Archbishop pREPARE for the *M* and hope for the best is the Archbishop of Canterbury's advice to the people of Great Britain in facing world problems in the New Year. Broadcasting from Lambeth Palace he said: "It sometimes seems as it
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    Horse Is Electrocuted, Rider Unhurt
    114 17 HIS saddle probably saved the; life of Mr. John Willett ReH.I second-year undergraduate of Trl- 1 nity College, Cambridge, whose j horse was electrocuted while he; was out with the Cavalry Squadron of the O.T.C. He was taking one of the smaller jumps when his
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    Salvage Attempt At Treasure Wreck
    142 17 Capetown. 'TflK first steps have been taken in another attempt to salvage the treasure of the Grosvenor, the English East Imiiaman. which was wrecked off th«» coast cf Pondcland, between the Cape and Natal, in 1782. Her cargo consisted of 720 gold bars, valued at
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      138 17 FOR MORE THAN YEAR* I hr Sun Life Aftauranre Company of Canada baa bc«n presiding protection and future ■ecuritjr to poliohnlilrr* and brnenciarie* b» mean* of a variety of practical life in* •urance plan*. To-day A*enci~&lt; of the Sun Life of Canada encircle the alobe 133 Branch organUationt are maintained
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    240 18 HOW TO PUT ON POUNDS OF FLESH IN A FEW WEEKS! Take Tasteless Vitamin Tablets. Men and women who are losing weight, who live under the shadow of a nameless dread, can take fresh courage. During the iast two years, a wonderful new flesh-forming, weightlncreasing tonic has come to this
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    231 19 JN the last issue of The Sunday Times there appeared a story under the heading "KILTS MUST STAY, SAY SINGAPORE SCOTSMEN." The story 'oas based on a statement made in a Home newspaper and consisted of a series of interviews with local Scotsmen regarding
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    574 19 44 Views Of The Younger Generation Who Wear The Kilt Would Be Unprintable" To the KdJlor of The Sunday Times. fJpHE article which was printed in your last weeks issue regarding the possibility of the Army Council modifying or abolishing the kilt has caused a great deal of interest and
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    190 19 To the Editor of The Sunday Times. I WOULD like to give you the views of the men who do wear the kilt. Our idea i* that it should be abollsr.ed. and the following are our reasons. Firstly: as tne climate here is inclined to be a
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    559 20 LJERE, ;?oupc&lt;! according to month of birth (Irrespective of year), is a statement of probabilities to be exprctrc* thlr &lt;veek:— JANUARY (Dec. 23-Jan. ,&gt;o&gt;Not quite so lortunate as last week. Life seems good on the surface but beneath the surface there is vague worry and unrest.
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    546 21 "Don't Do It The Hard Way" ••J\Oh'T do it the herd icay!" Such is the advice, somewhat flippant In its tone, but very sensible in its import, which I have on many occasions heard a picture director give to an actor or an actress who
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    371 21 These Things Are Popular In London London, Feb. 18. |T would be difficult to explain why one fur is more popular than another. Beaver lamb, for instance, is a first favourite this season. It is, actually, lamb treated to resemble beaver. The colour is that of beaver. It is warm,
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    599 22 Hat Designs Continue Their Weird And Wonderful Way From The Sunday Times London Woman Correspondent LIAT designs continue their weird and wonderful way through today's fashion album. Among the newest models are many turbans with nothing new about their line, but with some very unusual trimmings. Tall turbans are slashed
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    281 22 Blonde Stage Star Has Red As Her Favourite Colour London, Feb. 19. IN a recently produced play, the fair-haired leading lady wears a really delightful selection of clothes. Her favourite colour would seem to be red, and many shades of red are seen in this production. In the first scene,
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    88 22 I*HIS season seemr; to be extraordinarily fruitful of new ideas for bathrooms. In one well-furnished bathroom bent glass forming a mirror is exceedingly useful for facial t:eatments, and make-up generally, since the owner can sit with her knees under the mirror. Arranged in a well-lit corner, it takes
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    480 23  -  Ruby Evans By How To Restore Cushions Which Have Become Faded And Limp CVERY living-room needs gay comfortable cushions, but how to keep them in this gay-and-comfortable condition is often a problem, for cushions get hard wear in most homes. They soon become faded and limp. Our first
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    562 23 DALELY tinted furniture is often chosen because it gives a spacious look to a room. White furniture has certainly been used for this reason. And now pale gold sycamore ia used as a pretty, practical alternative. It .is seen as small, fancy tables, as
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    ANOTHER ROYAL BABY.
    336 25 In view of certain important honours and distinctions gained, the last 3 years have been memorable ones for Messrs. Cow k Gate Ltd., manufacturers of the vellknown Infants Food. In 1936 they" received from the Palace •t Baghdad the Royal Warrant of Appointment to H.M. the King
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    323 25 Oh no. It Is not because thoy are glad that mosquitoes exist that eminent representative* of science, commerce and Industry take part In a banquet every year, held In London on May 13th. On the contrary. It is to honour the memory of two
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      615 25 Today's Wireless Programmes SINGAPORE EMPIRE STATION &HL 225 metres. zhf ,i M »eu* TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. 11 00 Hand music t Gsu 81 aBC/l J sl aLI G8 17J&gt; "••^ror I X IC Lrine S ----M W ch of the «fW -&gt;; -c, .U» Kings Men 1 "Loving Cup
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    I.C.A- WIN SEGAMAT HOCKEY LEAGUE
    512 26 Europeans Beaten In Key Match (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. CHDR the third year in succession, the India Ceylon Association won the Segamat and District hockey league by beating the Europeans by five goals to two In their last fixture of the competition last week.
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    SINGAPORE VISIT TO BATU BAHAT
    243 26 "From Our Own Correspondent. &gt; Batu Pahat THE Tien Khong basket ball team of Singapore was *oo strong for the Tlong Hua team of Batu Pahat. and easily beat them by 42 points to 18 when they met here in aid of the China relief
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    TANJONG MALIM CLUB MEETING
    85 26 (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 24. AT the annual general meeting of the Tanjong Malim Club, held yesterday at Tanjong Malim, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year: President, Inche Mahmood (ex-offlcio); hen. secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. G. Layer; committee, Messrs.
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    O. B. A. BEAT THE SCHOOL
    299 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Saturday. TN a soccer match on the school padang, the Old Boys' Association beat the Segamat English School by seven goals to three yesterday. The schoolboys had a weak defence unable to stand the rushes of the opposing forwards.
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    37 26 Photograph of the police and clerks of the Klang Police Station, on the eve of the depature on leave of Mr. R. P. J. Rycroft, 0.C.P.D., Kl.m Mr. Rycroft, is seated in the centre in plain clothes.
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    2673 27  -  Nomad By A GAME of thrills followed the soccer clash between the Royal Engineers and the Malay Sappers before the former managed to run out winners of a close game by the odd goal in three. Quail again won the toss and elected to kick against the
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    TREDELLA WINS SINGAPORE SPRING CUP
    2772 28 Major Lindsay Years Saddles Winners Of Two Big Races IDEAL weather favoured yesterday's races, the concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club spring meeting. There was a large crowd present including the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas. Main feature of the day's races
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    102 28 S.C.C. cricket teams for a match on today at 10.30 a.m. are: Riff Raff Club: T. M. Calhaem. W. H. Day. Major D. V. Hill (capt.), J. W. Jackson, J. E. Jeans, W. H. Lait, F. J. L. Mayger, Major A. Nevill, A. C. C. Perdriau. F. K.
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    53 28 The following will play soccer for S.C.C. scerad team against a company team of the Loyals tomorrow at S.C.C. E. C. B.irr.es- W. W. Uothery, W. R. Kavie; H. A. Porter. A. Morgan, J. Welsh (capt.i; J. D. Morrison, Kurt Blach, A. J. A. Goetzee, A. Fraser, Lt.
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    EMPIRE DOCK SHIELD WON BY COMBINE
    235 28 SCORING four goals. Ah Chong of the Electrical Combine team did much to help his side beat the Head Office by five goals to three in the finals of the Singapore Harlour Board inter-department soccer competlticn for the Empire Dock Shield yesterday. The other
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    S.R. A. PRIZE MEETING
    107 28 THE Singapore Rifle Association prize meeting opened at the Bukit Timah Range yesterday. Major Davidson (Manchester Regt.) and Lieut. Best (SVC.) topping their classes at the end of the day. The weather was fine and visibility was good. The second aggregate will be shot at 7.30
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    SCHOOL GAME DRAWN
    21 28 A SOCCER match between Victoria School and Raffles Institution, on the Victoria School ground y&lt;?sterdas\ was drawn, four-all.
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    BUSINESS HOUSES SOCCER
    306 28 Nestles Big Wm Against Jacks NESTLES SPORTS CLUB, In second match in the Business Houses League, did not belie th sir reputation as one of the most foi able factors in the campaign this i season when Uvy beat Jack&gt; Sport dab by six goaia to nil
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    MANCHESTER STAYERS' HANDICAP
    81 28 Manchester.. Saturday. The Stayers' Handicap steeplechase. i over three and a-half miles, resulted: Handy Mundy. lOst lib 1 Inverstble. lOst 101 b 2 Frankle, 9st 121 b. I Five horses ran. Won by six lei three lengths between second and third. Betting: 5— 1, 6—l, 20—1. The
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET SEASON'S OPENING
    459 29 Indian Association Beat Malays By 65 Runs THE Indian Association cric--1 ket team beat the Malay FootbaU Association's cricket team by 65 runs in a single innings match on Balcstier Plain yesterday. INDIAN ASSOCIATION C. Sandosham c Hus"Mn Phah b Mahmood 14 Tharam Singh c and
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    V.M.C.A. Beat Selangor Club
    285 29 V.M.C.A. Beat Selangor Club (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. IV their first cricket match of the season, the V M.C.A. beat the Sclangor Club by 61 runs today. Battirg first the Association declared at 139 for eight wickets, their captain. E. C. Jumeaux scoring a very fine 69.
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    190 29 piKEWORKS anticipated in r the Dharmara j- A rqu c r bout at the covered stadium last nisht failed to materialise when Dharmaraj was warned for a low punch in round two of a scheduled 10 three-minute round event. Tommy Arquero went down apparently in pain and
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    22 29 L.. .t.n, Ai-stnal's outside left, in a tussle for the ball with a Sunderland defender, during the fame. Arsenal won 2 o.
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    J.H. Ho To Play For China In Davis Cup
    139 29 (From Oar London Staff.) London, Feb. 15. II HO. son of Mr. Ho Kirn Tctfc, of Penang, has been in- vitcd to play lawn tennis for China in the 1939 Davis Cap rntn^rtition. I shall accept the invitation, which is to
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    Samuel Beats All-England Champion
    39 29 Samuel Beats All-England Champion (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. K S. SAMUEL, the Selangor badminton player, won the Sussex Championship at Kove, teaiin&lt;? the All-Enjrland champion, R. C. Nichols, in the second round, 15-6. 15-6. Sunday Times copyright.
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    Singapore Team Visits Segamat
    215 29 Singapore Team Visits Segamat (From Our Own Correspondent). Segamat. THE Tan Kong basket ball team from Singapore visited Segamai last wesk and met the local Chinese in a frisndly match. The result wao a win for Singapore by 49 points to 37. Play was fast and keen. The visitors were
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    SELANGOR CLUB TENNIS GAMES
    227 29 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. /"VNLY two matches, both men's singles handicap ties, were played today in the Selungor Club lawn tennis tournameht. In the first. J. Sterling-Lee (—l5) beat H. E. Desch (—3) in straight sets. Sterllng-Lce did not have too easy a
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    1490 29 RESULTS of yesterday's English and Scottish football games and tables up-to-date are: V.i ..;i!ay (West Ham) falUn- ,\or the back of Kidd, of (hes'.erfietd. during a heading duel for t^.e ball in tho game wkkk was dr.«\»n DIVISION I Birmingham 1 Grirnsby 1 Bolton 3 Huddersfleld 2 Charlton
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    RUGBY UNION
    101 29 Army 8; Oxford 18. Bath 0; Moseley 0. Birkenhead P. 9; Waterloo 8. Cardiff 1C; Richmond 6. Coventry 9: RAJ*. 3. Gloucester 0; Llanelly 1. Guy's Hosp. 3: Devonpo.t Serv. 10. Harlequins 8; Royal Navy 6. Leicester 14; Northampton 14. London Scottish 7 Cambridge U. 13. London Welsh
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    74 29 Batky 0; Wtkefleld T. 13. Bradford N. 27; Hull K.R. 0. Broughton R. 7; Liverpool S. 2. Featherstone R. 2; Halifax 11. Huddersfleld 26; Bromley 2. Hull 17; Hunslet 0. Kcighliy 8; S:. Helens 5. Leeds 5; Warrlngton 8. Leigh 0. Oldham 7. Rcchdale H. 2; St. Helens
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
    63 29 The following is t.:e result of the second round of the women's club championship at the Royal Singapore Golf Club Mrs. E. A. Elder beat Mrs. J. S. English 5 and 4 Mrs. H. H. Start beat Mrs. J. Moncur 1 up Mrs. G. F. Simond beat
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    WALKING RECORD
    43 29 Sydney, Saturday. ATHOL STUBBS, who will probably represent Australia in the 1910 Olympic Games, established a world mile walking record of 6 mm. 18 I/a sec. today, beating the previous record of 6 mm. 21sec. held by P. Bernard, of Latvia.
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    SIONG 800 WIN
    32 29 The Siong 800 Athletic Association beat the Mental Hospital by two goals j to one in a friendly game of scccer n'ayed on the latter's ground jesterI day. I
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    Ireland Beat Scotland 12-3 At Rugby
    368 29 Dublin, Saturday. a crowd of 23,020 people watcherl Ireland beat Scotland by twelve noints (twe tries, one penalty goal, enc £oal from a mark) to three points (one try) in an international r.iißby game played here to in drizzling rain on a soft turf.
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    BRADMAN FAILS TO BEAT WORLD RECORD
    145 29 BRADMAN FAILS TO BEAT WORLD RECORD Adelaide, Saturday. r\ON hrudman today failed to break the world record of six successive centuries held by himself and C. B. Fry. Bradman was out for five when playing for South Australia against Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match. Bradman's effort to tit.world re?ord
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    PRACTICE FOR JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
    559 30 Revision Of Rules: No Full Report Of B. A. M. Meeting By Our Badmint 117ITH the Chinese New Year festivities practically over, local badminton players are now! once again actively engaged in practice games. Several friendly Inter-dub matches are being played j today with a view
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    521 30 DRIOR to the beginning of this year s i badminton season it !s appropriate to refresh the memories of every local follower of the sport regarding the numerous achievement* of Selangor's leading racket wielders, both In local and inter-State tournaments during the past year. Ah outstanding accomplishment was
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    POSTAL UNION MEETING
    191 30 THE twentieth annual general meeting of the Postal Union Athletic Club, Kuala Lumpur, took place on I Saturday. Feb. 18. at the Club premises. Jalan Raja. Mr. B. N. Flavin, the President, was in the chair. He reviewed the activities of the past year and congratulated the
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    13 30 ''&gt;»■ I Ibrahim b. Hustrin, the new honcrsry secretary of the Johore Badminton Association.
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    295 30 (From Ov.r Own Corres^-r.dent.) oegamat. j •"THE first annual general meeting of the S:gamat Lawn Tennis Assccia-I tion will be held on Wednesday at the Indo-Ceyloness Association premises. I The Association was formed early last! &gt;ear with Mr. A. J. Grade, the Assls- tant Adviser, as the
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    MUAR CRICKET
    56 30 (From Our Own Correspondent. &gt; Muar. AT a meeting of the Muar Cricket Club the following were elected off.ee -bearers for the current year: President. Mr. J. J. Sheehan; hen. secretary Mr. Arumugam: hon. treasurer, Mr. T. S. Pillay; captain, to b= elected; committee, Messrs. N. A. Hannay,
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    JOHORE BADMINTON MEETING
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    USEFUL B.P.
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    SOCCER SEASON GETS UNDER WAY
    238 31 Last Year's First Division Winners Beaten Twice In Friendly Games SINGAPORE'S soccer season, which officially opened two weeks a-ro with the Business l!ovses League competition, will be in full swing whin the other (1 visions start a week on Monday. Four first division sides have
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    MUAR PREPARE FOR CRICKET
    514 31 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Friday. IN preparation for the coming cricket s:ason the Indo-Ceylonese Association held a Home and Home mate i at the Police Patiang which resulted in Atchuthan's team beating A. Pcnnampalam's team by seven wickets. Scores: riAMMI'A! AM s XI (Ist Innings)
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    YOUNG MEN BEAT SCHOOL
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    Review Of North Perak Sport
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    Englishman & Irishman Due Today
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    Making Soya Sauce, Indispensable To Chinese Food, Is A Long Process
    237 32 OUPPLYING Singapore Chinese with one of their indispensable items of food, the Chinese sauce, involves a process extending over six months. &lt; Before the sauce goes out to Chinese homes, bottled and ready to flavour the soup, fish, meat
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