Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 12 February 1939

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  • 17 1 The Sunday Tribune VOL 6— No. 36. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1939. FIVE CENTS. The Sunday Tribune
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  • 250 1 Italy Preparing For War With France Britain HALTS military preparations are brag conducted, together with those of •h?r axis friends/' with a view to the possibility of war with Britain and France. s»ys the officially inspired Stamoa, a Rome ■cwspaper. Some, Feb. 11. The newspaper Stampa, commenting on Franco's successes,
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  • 158 1 Hongkong, Feb. 11. Till anti-war sentiment among the Japanese troops in China and among ihe Japanese people in Japan coniinyyT^ w* gpfc, ■< mm jlur > re^Wso£l»e€SsHl here. \-«^v > .-."»»r^swfc It U also said that a colSiwr anti-wa* orgariiSatfbri exist in the Japanese army in
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  • 282 1 SHARES SPENDING FEVER Sini;iipore, Saturday. "JJUAY.W trade figures make ><rry reading rompami with years hut aie still hand--i2? head of those of 19^2. rrietically every rountry of imr^nte is squander.no on a warJJT ale Malaya shares in this ***t of spending Uc t c
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  • 41 1 Vienna, Feb. 11. Six of ten Viennese Nazi leaders have been replaced, according to an annoucement by the Nazi Austrian Commissioner, Herr Buerckel. It is stated that the purge is a result of Herr Buerckel's fight against corruption.- Reuter
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  • 46 1 Moscow. Feb. 11. Soviet Polish trade negotiations have yielded a comprehensive commercial pact, now ready for signing. The trade turnover between the two countries, which was practically negligible in 1938, will be increased under the agreement from £200.000 to £6.000,000.- Reuter
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    71 1 JOA:s CRAWFORD (right), film star of "Grand Hotel" fame, has filed divorce papers against her film star husband. Franchot Tone (left), ?h*t r ?b* S J R u U f me f saffe from Los Ar <geles It will be recalled *?n~ri? *2?Z a J t statemen July
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  • 75 1 Paris, Feb. 11. After three days of deliberations the Senate Commissions for the Army, Navy and Air Force have issued a communique affirming absolute confidence on the French armed forces. The ministers concerned furnished all the information requested and the Commissions noted with satisfaction the efforts for
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  • 63 1 Chatham, Massachusetts), Feb. 11. The American freighter Lightburne has sent out an S.O.S. stating that it is aground on Block Island, off Rhode Island, in a dense fog, and leaking badly. A. radio report says that the Lightburne is breaking up. It is believed that there are
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  • 34 1 Mandalay. Feb. 11 The police opened fire and dispersed an unruly procession of 20,000. Twenty persons, including some monks, were injured. The demonstrators had defied an order prohibiting them to assemble. Reuter
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  • 627 1  - JAPANESE STRADDLING SINGAPORE HONGKONG ROUTE Sin Chew Jit Poh TV T aval Chiefs Anxious Hainan Island A Second Majorca WESTERN naval authorities in the Far East, including those at Singapore, are closely watching developments at Hainan Isbnd, which is described in Shanghai (says a Reuter message) as a potential "Majorca/'
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  • 157 1 500 Killed In Japanese Air Raid Kweiyang, Feb. IJ. THE prticc Igmi show t l ?at several ,!ap""icsr pi incs dropped 124 bombs on Kwciyan?;, the capital of Kwcichow Prrvince, in southwest China on Saturday, wrecking 1,326 houses on 42 streets. Tbe material losses are estimated to bn 25 million
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  • 120 1 ANGLO- GERMAN TRADE CLASH i Ruchar««t, Fob. 7). 1 ORD Soinpft. Member of the Council for industrial Research and Air Ministry export, who has been in Rumania for some days on behalf of a group of leading 1 British industrialists finanoers, has left f<>v London, His mission oootemplaites long-term Anglo-Rumanian
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  • 50 1 Paris, Feb. 11. The French Government has instructed the French Ambassador in Tokyo to ask the Japanese Government for an explanation regarding the occupation of Hainan Island, also to inquire about the extent of its duration. It is believed the British Government will follow suit. Reuter
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  • 39 1 Port Moresby, (Papua), Feb. 11. The I mission of Australian military engineers has arrived by air to select sites for defence establishments. An artillery ex- pert is expected next week to nlan the disposition of batteries.- Reuter
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    • 39 1 Front Page Xews Inside Film News 5, Extracts 6, Strictly Between Ourselves 7, Short Story 8, (i. S. Hammonds 9, Women 10 and 11. C. H. Stanley Jones 12, Poultry Notes 14, RADIO 17, Badminton 19, Sports Parade 20,
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    • 147 1 LATEST NEWS ON PAGE 22 "KEY" BRANDY BADGE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. rr-, r Prizes will be awarded at the GREAT WORLD on 19th FEBRUARY 1939 Prizes will be awarded at the NEW WORLD on 20th FEBRUARY 1939 Prizes will be awarded at the HAPFY WORLD on 21st FEBRUARY 1939 All you
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  • 275 2 BODIES ON MUD FLATS Singapore, Saturday. THE enquiry into the death of two Chinese wood-cutters named Ng Kim Sen*? and Loh Bak Sim, who went out to cut wood on the morning of Jan. 10 and did not return home, came up for hearing at the Coroner's Court this mornin.cr.
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  • 122 2 ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE EMDEN A TWISTED, rusty mass of -fV metnj behind the Marine Police Station is all that was salvaged from one of the moat successfully destructive of sea raiders in Eastern seas. In this p^e of scrap metal one will notice on close inspection parts of
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  • 494 2 THE NAVY'S CINEMA PIONEER NOW LIVES IN SINGAPORE FILMS ON WARSHIPS (Tribune Staff Reporter) first man to show cinema pictures in the Royal Navy— and in the Merchant Service too, for that matter— is Mr. R. L. Bridges, Manager of the Victoria Theatre, Singapore. Mr. Bridges can remember the time
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  • 284 2 Singapore Factory Removes To Johore (Tribune Staff Reporter) WHAT was previously Singapore's I j only match-making factory has I been transferred to Johore, where the new premises will bo opened in April. Cne of the chain of well -known "Elkay.es" factories, this match factory when in Singapore faired so badly
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  • 47 2 The Conte Biancamano is due in Singapore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, from Genoa, Naples, Port Said, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and is pxrected to sail again at 60 p.m. on the same day for Manila, Hongkong and Shanghai.
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  • 529 2 Singapore, Saturday. 'THE Australian policy for absorb ing Jewish refugees was outlined to-day in the course of an interview with a Malaya Tribune reporter by Mr. George Wilson, Australian M.P., who is now making a world tour, during which he will visit Egypt, Palestine, the
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  • 165 2 FASTER AIR MAILS? ACCELERATION of the Impen rial Airways' service from Lcndon to Singapore, hinted at in the cable news from London last week, depends entirely on how soon arrangements for night-flying can be completed in certain landing areas in India and other places along the route, the Tribune is
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  • 117 2 ANEW Malayan periodical is the Planters' Bulletin of the Rubber Research Institute, a pocket-£?ize pamphlet containing information and short articles of value to all interested in estate work. ITie Institute already publishes an Annual Report, and a Journal which appears several times a year. The Bullet
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  • 39 2 t I Reports of dry rubber, uncorrected I figures from Malaya, Brunei and Laj buan for January, are as follows: Mainland 31,996 tons: Strait* Settlement Islands 126 tons; Brunei 110 ton.s. Labuan 8 tons. Total 32,24:0 tons.
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  • 288 2 What The Stars Foretell MONDAY FOR ALL READ- ERS. An exceptionally good day I and business progress should be l made and financial matters prove veiy satisfactory. Forge ahead with commercial enter- prises, and start any new venture. A strong Saturn aspect favours fl land and property interest's, and augurs
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  • 60 2 Thr<^ tiucks live at Tanionjr Rhti. and they envy oth-w Onir vneri-. \iho have a n-ca pond to swim on. All they have is tb t s ?a. :.nd thS find Uieir bathing hours restricted to the times that th< ti<{^ bC In the picture above,
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  • 222 2 New Blooms Will Be Feature Of Coming Singapore Flower Show 'Tribune Staff Reporter) NEW flowers and plants, particularly in the local hvbrids, wil! be some of the features of the forth.-omitii? Flower Show which will he held at the Victoria Memori«l Hali on Mar. 24, 25 ant! 26. In the
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  • 88 2 Pineapple Exports During- the week ending I porus from Malayan ports amounted u <5 5a5 cases, of whicn 70.653 «S4 pent.) cases were to the United Kin?(icm, I.GOO (2 per cent.) caus to tk Ccntinent oi Europe. 1,800 (2 per r cases to Canada, and 1,502 (2 percent.' cases elsewhere.
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  • 52 2 The Band of the Straits Settlement Police will perform under the direct** of Mr. s. Chapman, Bandmaster. at Wednesday at Telok Ayer at 6P^ "Victoria' Von Blon; "Morning. Noou. an f j Night in Vienna" Suppe: 1* Mikado" Sullivan; "The Wee UUV+ e:or" Amers; "Triste" Sibelius; "Li l
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    • 22 2 a IiUNE 5904 ~A^ Telccraphif Address JjL ail BAR LOtNGE-FIBST CLASS RtSTAIRAKT [^.I^o^a^m. u«^^rrnL. r- 3 }|l o> <-» <=»- S-..7-,, „J. ■■.KJT^^l I^lmfj
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  • 287 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) witch doctors, quacks the hist u In the east they have afo •h i habit tht Malays ..rehh£». oitofbSt'thS'ha^ S h dwU;rs rc- in iii i y n c vc away f L 5? SJg*. T&e quack has
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    25 3 i i ha San. who gives the famous r GuddoV* dance, returns to bnsapore with the Marcus Shew at the Cipiui next month.
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  • 419 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) STIRRING appeal to the millions of Britain's womenfolk to vote the m;;n in their particular borough who takes up borough rk because be has a real mission and because he '^e urge fife safer and worth living for his
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  • 208 3 CATHAY CINEMA TAKING SHAPE (Tribune Staff Reporter) popular entertainers Cowan and Bailey, who have run the U>conut Grove so successfully for JhnJf i t T° and a half y ears^ will shortly be leaving for pastures new. fortunately, however, they will not be leaving; Singapore. It is merely a case
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  • 119 3 FOUND WITH ILLICIT CHANDU Singapore, Saturday. SENTENCE of 12 months* rigorous imprisonment was passed on a twakow man. Chua Lian, on his conviction this morning, before Mr. L. B. Gibson, th^ District Judge, on a charge of possession cf 42 56 tahils of non-Government chandu. A revenue officer en duty
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  • 132 3 SEA CHASE ENDS IN COURT Singapore, Saturday. TEMAN bin Tebu and .Awang bin Tohat, two Malay fishermen, were to-day fined $256 or, in default three months' r.i. each, when they were convicted on the charge of importing twenty pieuls of rubber into the Colony without a certificate of origin on
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  • 109 3 MORE EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS CINCE Feb. 1, eleven Europeans u have enrolled as volunteers, but it is yet too early to say what the response to the appeal made by the General Officer Commanding, Major-Gen. W. G. S. Dobbie is likely to be. Europeans of British descent are wanted to serve
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  • 297 3 ACCIDENT TO MR. H. ELFHICK: COURT SEQUEL Singapore, Saturday. FURTHER evidence was to-day re- cGrcted in the case in which Mr. H. L. Round is charged with causing grievous hurt to Mr. H. EJphick by a negligent act, by driving negligently and colliding and overturning another car at" the junction
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  • 398 3 A NVONP o- Tr 'bune Staff Reporter) Ahe moiest m sZ° re "ST Ca btt T e artiste. For Latest enterprise of a radio firm in Singapore, records can now be made by any and everybody within the short space of
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  • 144 3 Singapore Mourns The Pope JJEQUIEM High Masses will be said during next week for the Late Pope Pius XI, i n a number of churches in Singapore. it T h hi f H lloWi^ g is a list of tile churcnos at which such masses will be saidMonday at 6.30
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  • 93 3 I From Our Own Correspondent] T uv a Malacca, Feb. 11. HE body of a 22-year-old Chinese, stabbed and hacked, was found bv a Malay corporal a few chains from the railway line between Blimbing and* Durian Tunggal yesterday morning in?\ e ow?s y n S
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  • 201 3 NEW BUDDHIST HALL BEING BUILT IN SINGAPORE OUTRAM ROAD MISSION (Tribune Staff Kcpoitcri piLLLVJ a tag-felt desire Co.premises where Buddhist missionary activities could be carrie I out, the Singapore Buddhist Association has started to ered a new Buddhist temple on a plot of land acquired last year at Out ram
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    8 3 ■J^^BuOOi^^onJ^Hjsit a pp ears to day
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    • 482 4 A World-famous Jungle Thriller comes back! 4 SHOWS 5 1 1 TO-DAY at the CAPITOL |„J W :!^L., |l >^ j j >*J& f%+^ Brand New Copy of ca, J*<4Aii* M c M s r lest I V^Jllfi^ '^%M most exciting j JW^X^^t^'Vk Jungle Adventure! j i W^K Come and
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    • 325 4 Opening To-Day 3.15 6 15 9 15 PAVILION jtA£*± GLAMOUR. ROMANCE, FUN AND MUSIC IN RKO RADIO'S DARING gBp^JBSBMLfe COMEDY ABOUT LONDON'S SMART SET ■Kir "BLOND CHEAT" ff Jf Jjß PSJR' "Iji^ WITH A NEW AND SPARKLING SCREEN TEANJ A mm k joaN FONTAINE^ jP Jj^f WITH THE FAVOURITE OF
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    • 422 5 OUTDOOR LIFE IS TffP RfTVT MMETIM&S v. m ivn y. h feel en\yin- a femora ,tar. think „l thi>. He n.»- i■» friends. In ease you inagree, I'll prove it to you this w;iy. Most of e si irs iij h kl tact a u
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    • 82 5 r^AMLN Prtnklin's blood is in C? hp<)U h tl veins of a redNwhtV nn! ««rect line of -u hat f amcua >id phiiosopm than the one r-pre-?^ter»v na e Vioia Franklin s t ld{% ■■vitl: a second Skadso^. .Mayte tht red E? 3t >riiy l ln "Secret
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    • 12 5 DON'T ENVY THE STARS TOO MUCH! This Page Tells* Yo« Whr m
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    • 316 5 Best Of The Week JIM the picture for the Chinese ..i. X? Vcar holi «lay season will be Monday coming to the Pavilion in«atre this week with Katherlne Hrpburn and arv Grant in the 1 r.timg rcles. Out of the unconquerable depths «f a gallant girls heart and the heroic
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    • 177 5 Brat Makes Film Fame WARNER Bros, again demonstrates lf its talent for combining real entcrta'nment with soc^l problems of s'gnificance in the picture, "Beloved Brat", which is coming to the Alb:imbra shortly. Woven round the life of a young sir] Bonita GranvfUe, the picture tells a dismatic story of parental
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    • 264 5 Air Film At Capitol THRILLS in the strenuous life of a nf.rSfrel cameraman, and romance between Clark Gable as the adventurer of the lens and Myrna Loy as a daring: aviatrix. comes to pitol The atie this week in rco Hot to Handle." This picture is the dramatic story of
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    • 79 5 IT wasn't cheering news to Dick Pow- j lmr> e nL When Warne Bros, took out a $100,000 insurance policy to protect the company against possible delays in production in case he was injured in the 165 f WS 11CW Pictu e P^ eI1^ haci
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  • 214 5 HOLLYWOOD'S BEST ALL ROUND SPORT IS ANN SHERIDAN IXX Sheridan i< a very unusual i-v.:.s(jn. She is a man's woman but is equally popular with women. Wh>ii is admitted by all students of human nature and women themselves to be quite an achievement. She is capable of sitting up half
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  • 208 5 pAT O'Brien was thr first and the last to try out Dick Powell's mechanical horse. The mechanical horse was a prop on a set representing Powell's New York apartment in '^Cowboy from Brooklvn." Powell, portraying Wyommc S^eve Gibson, is the idol of the nat r on
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  • 85 5 VA n po*e i hcpu u r h.hu dungs Uer id iulcr,.s tO lit:' i CJI UICC agi.m in HoLda:,:* ch u.a aa next w a at the Pavilion. C<jUuTi ing itUh Mss Hep■■i rn is Caiy Grant, one j* KnUytooo&'t viust success* J tort, "Ho.id'-y' ts cm
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    • 122 5 (PEKOM4I jPPgA&tWCe} sj^bk r\ rE-rn HELPED /HE >_I I Slil Neat nair adds so much to personal xi^**-^* THE BOSS NEVER LIKED JOE— appearance. And a little Stacomb, >5 fj HIS HAIR WAS NEVER NEAT applied regularly, solves the problem of keeping hair in place. It gives an iN attractive,
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    • 397 5 I was O~ CONSTIPATED B and Couldn't Eat for PaivM^ UNTIL I BEGAN MY MEALS WITH CICFA PS,' t r pii tf y°°* S^ SBm you with FLATUINMGEST lOHcauses f 1 tiiif* 7 our HEAD achc y Qur tongub ACIWTY, with Heut- i~'l»S JSSTIw" 1 e emi ha a '>
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  • SOME EXTRACTS
    • 7 6 That Italy Would Like To Make vbvnbmn
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    • 65 6 Bij the United Press KEENE, N H.-- This would-be fosterpareit probably would have boon more successful lor knowing the adage, "Birds of a feather Hock together." Mrs Maude Kew found a toad sitting en three eggs In a birds nest.. After several clays of futile
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    • 141 6 U.S. Crime Army Of 4 Million RAVAGES of "joy-sticks" r hashish cigarettes) in America are giving more iZjadaches to crime-cops than to weedheads. Marihuana (hashish), which can be grown in the back garden, made into fags, drinks, or candy is now creeping insidiously into the jails. Secretary of Los Angeles
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    • 77 6 H R. A. THOMPSON Dr. of Ocular Science. Govt. Licentiate (U.S.A.) H M.0.1. (London). f| Honorary Member; World's Cen tral Council (International Honorary Fraternity Physicians and Ocular Scientists.) It Member; Better Vision Institute, U.S.A. H Doctorate Degree; (i Years Personal Attendance Course) Northern Illinois University Chicago 1)
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    • 95 6 WE shall not uersonally sheathe (still less swallow) the sword till the British Government sets back Hanover from (Germany, Aquitaine and Calais from the French, America, Montmart re and Montp.irnasse from the Americans. Budapest from Eric Mason wit z, the Lake District from Uncle Hush Walpole, Switzerland from Arnold
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    • 120 6 QUINS INVITE THE KING MK. and >»J^. Oliver Dionnc want ad\i<«- from the Kin^ and Quren. when th»y visit (a nadu in Ma' on h<i\\ to brin? i |> the Qmnv. Thev li;tv<- 1 the« Majestic n t<i t>' »i ««Ul«' home lure tor a hcai't -Ui -heart chat. In
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    • 124 6 Sacred White Elephants Seen From The Air I HAD flown the 8.500 miles Irom London to Singapore in the extraordinarily comfortable Douglas plane Kwak of the K.L.M. Dutch Airline^ piloted by the famous Commander Evert van Dijk* During the five days' flight. Command.er van Di.ik often Invited me to sit
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    • 116 6 THE cat family divides itself into two main branches. One branch includes all the long-haired cats. The other branch takes in all the shorthaired cats. In the long-haired divsion belong the Angora, ihe Persian, the Maine coon cat, and the very rare kussian Blue. True short-haired c?ts include
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    • 190 6 THE ten leading science stories of 1938 i selected by Watson Davis, director of Science Service, Wasl^itfton, are:— 1. The new synthetic fiber that promises to make stocking legs free of Japanese silk. 2. The movement toward more adequate medical service ior all the
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    • 90 6 A SEA lamprey— a fish which fastens itself on to rocks and boats by its mouth to rest attacked a 21 iu. torpedo in Weyniouth Bay.' The fish 2 ft. long, fasUned on to the torpedo and could not be separated until the torpedo was towed
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      19 6 Tliis is a Miapshot at very t high speed of a Hub-head hit- tins a goll-baH.
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    • 65 6 MEN 4 who .-tay bachelors until are thirty-five are too old J^^rf riage... accord; ii<! to a r^ oluTl^JuS« at a conference of women in Jr a :^JiIP India. The c mterence ureefl i^^ to refuse their dr. ushers 1 hanas w who have reached that
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    • 24 6 r^I the beer that never changes BHBnHBHBTHBB ■B I 4 ifl II Wk W%¥ BB BB WB mW II Distributed by Fraser Neave Ltd?
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    • 275 6 0S l£l I2i is! ££i Isi 3BS* £1 Isl 22 OEi 12 13 SI isi 6J isl -itfSftKfM.. I Nasty Acid Mm MEANS i Digestive Trouble f Gil i Take this Advice and I, I EAT WHAT YOU LIKE m M That excess outpouiing of acid in the stomach is
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  • 1763 7 STRICTLY BETWEEN OURSELVES WpSESEXI i: one ol these hisiorkdJ tilms 1 make my \v;.y to the encyclopaedia afterwards and read up on the subject. jn this way I have become quite a little authority on the French Revolution, the ioez Canal. Francois ViUon and various o'.her matters. It is curious
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    • 52 7 I I O V I S I I Every day I I <H oyis' I I BI *EAKFAST W 9 STARTS THE I I D AV RIGHT PHOIS'K: STORE 5376 (5 lines), K. U .MITR SSSI (S lines), IPOH: 110 111 (2 lines). Aclot. of Singapore Cold StOTOff Co Ltd.
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  • 2599 8  - This Week's Short Story UP TO ANY AMOUNT W. A. Sweeney ^V WITH timidity, hope and tear Monsieur Petitpois waited in the ante-room of Laplage and Co. in th«; rue Richelieu in Paris, a newspaper folded in his hand, in that newspaper was an advertisement, the exact Uk* 1 of
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    • 207 8 A GORGEOUS fa&piaeSl DRINK =tS^l ywy. "\> yT" IT T.ZJ. ~jP^^g^>~ *|^fe-- cools, refreshes lilt an( l nourishes W<Jj As one hot day succeeds another, the strain on body axd mind is intensified S 11^1 nd unless you take steps to conserve your energy and strength, you feel too W/'\
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    • 504 8 1 1 H *J* I r~ retiring at night and you will ris« in II M »U'| I I*™ the morning fresh and vigorou* ready jj <^'Vl- |B^ > chocolate laxative easy and pleasant W^BfISfOPHEnE '/l|l\\\ CnSTTO OIL CHOCOIATES DbJrihutovs: ~C";..r;o:S LACOTlA'iOiil. i 'P. 1 1 r Sinjrn"- c m...
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  • 741 9  - THE BEAUTY AND PEACE of Windsor G. S. Hammonds Terrorists Threaten By rrHE cables during Ja^t week con- tained the astonishing news that as the result of the activities of Irish terrorists armed guards had been placed outside the Koyal residences at Windsor Great Park. To those who d" not
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  • 26 9 An aerial view of Windsor. The cas tie is in the centre of the picture and the Great Park lies behind it.
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    • 168 9 VVK JCir\ 1. Now at an amazingly Pmrir low prlce I^P I I H Th° tremendous reduction J^ B ll J J in the price of Sunlight Soap brings it within the reach of everybody No more need to buy TBT^ IF\ I^k W T TW\ W "^T narsh inferior
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    • 549 9 Colombo. 4 (iiai: r i:k oi a-milf of x\ ptooi bing i!i n-iid is "worse th.m SO mik Ml h«>r i uck. a<cording Susantha inn-?:!-.a. r**i)-.;<y Speaker 01 the State Ccunril, w ho fainted dariif I deinonstraUlon of |>!oucfiiitf to a crowd ui Carmen here. He la of buffaloes over
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    • 6 9 Deputy Speaker Faints In The Field
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  • 1727 10 By I Our Own Correspondent To Make A World! TTIL" Wuhan Songsters, who sang for three nights at vhe Victoria Theatre, concluded their engagement there la. c ,t Monday with a most successful performance. I was interested to note thai there was a good
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  • 103 10 It Takes All Sorts (Of Weather) 11/HILK Singaporeans lake full advai tags of sunny hours to enjoy themaelwi by the whntt and in the water, residents on home leave arc enjoying a variety of weathers, ranging from blinding fog to dazzling snow. The little yroup below seem to be happy
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    • 17 10 PRISCILLA Ltd. FO/? 77/£ It A C i: S AFTERNOON DRESSES SMALL SHIPMENT. rhone 3035—11, Stamford Road.
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    • 25 10 7^ JWL JELSIE MARY] Has a New Collection n of Dresses for all Occasions. jlf 5 to $30l Rodney House. r Tel. 4772. Battery Road
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    • 85 10 UIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIDIII M j Palais des Modes I 12- A. STAMFORD ROAD, I PHONE 4616. LOVELY SELECTION OF AFTERNOON DRESSES, HATS AND HANDBAGS FOR THE COMING RACES. 5 Also You Will Find THE MOST ELEGANT EVENING GOWNS. ■■■■■■■■■■IMIIIIIIIIII muni inillUM" 1 A SURE TIP *wR for the Races 1 To look
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  • 523 11 Fraser's Hill News TH2 Hiii »•> still a "mixed bag,* 1 but on the whole it is ir.ilder, ccla windy mornings giving place to miici 5pring-Ii*e afternoons, -April" showers, December "drenchers," and rmsts reniniseenl oi November in lingland,— these muke the sum total of last week's weather up here' Visitor^
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  • 538 11 On Plain Potatoes 'J^AKE 1 lb. potatoes. V 2 lb. onions, 1 pint white sauce, 1 oz. butter, seasoning to taste. Peel and slice the potatoes, about 1/8-inch thick and slice the onions very finely. Fill a well greased casserole with alternate layers of potatoes,
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  • 345 11 Lucky Charms Come Back Again Fashion Trends I In Jewels For j 1939 IVRESS fashions may hark back to Victorian days, but there is no sign that jewellery and silverware will follow suit. The florid applied ornament tation so marked in the silver work of the 'nineties or of the
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  • 566 11 Kuala Lumpur Notes yiSiTiNG (fee Miops lai>t wtck I bratiJ that there vus little to write In the way of new arrivals, for both little's and Robinson's were in the tnidst of sales. Then west many tempting bttglii however, especially at Little's vheta some really lovely handbags were bi cJTered
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    • 33 11 MORNY's BATH LUXURIES. DATLJ SOAP D/\ 1 n ESSENCE POWDER CRYSTALS \fj V A tor Wen SH *VING SOAP BOWLS WtILUANTINES (No|| <i and Liquid Me *al Hall Ltd. 3 BATTERY ROAD. i
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    • 53 11 /\AMAIR_ Ladies' Cent's Outfitters Fancy Goods Specialists for Latest Fashion Goods I. V--North Bridge Road. N '\^EBSBy wnoon O LX :^oS^^S9b bIY L E D Ue^flft- HATS *T» r^^v^flilF "Persondlity counts. Add Your head 'SSmA y s by in9 deserves an V^» WW B.H.nb, F u r f.ii Hat" All
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    • 20 11 W£4Ai)£?ft££ 1. aequer S e v€ x en s I And Cabinet *t 18, Battery Road, Ist floor. 'Phone 7143,
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    • 194 11 DEAFNESS- p a lw or total— complicated with h .:id noises and other troubles cured absolutely in four weeks. Success, complete satisfaction. Full particulars on request KAMALA WORKS (M.T.), Fanchpota, Bengal, INDIA. HEAT IS HARD ON BABIES! There's Protection And Relief In BABY'S OWN TABLETS. Hot weather is exceptionally trying
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    • 55 11 fli^l LOVELINESS Shampoo makes Vy hair dean heaithy, /I "^S^ Settings, too* are |y wonderfiiUy caiy 1/ fot Amarai makes Too* really \^2^^.^^ manageable. BRUMETre$..Ji^ I N BLONDES Ho. 5 FRIDAY NIGHT IS NIGHT If unable to obtain Amami, writf to A. T GUleapic, Arcade Buildings, Rafiici Square. P.O. Box
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    • 29 11 MADAME PAGE LATE 92, Plcadilly, Loi.t'oiv Dress Maker Designer. Tailor Modes:— Conns For al! occasions: in stock: from: $5: $30: Telp: 6327: Top Floor. 13 Battery Roail. j < Singapore.
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  • SUNDAY TRIBUNE
    • 474 12 DECENTLY we expressed the hope that the authorities in Singapore would proceed to put the recoiumen-i-ations oi the frame Commit iee, or vuch oi them as they corvsiaerai applilabie, into etfect early this year We did not expect that the authorities would seek to go beyond those recommendations,
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    • 103 12 l^j ANY Indians, especially those who are in Malaya and can obtain a more detached viewpoint, see the Indian Princes as the evil gmam of their destiny rather than the British Raj. They have somo hope of steady concessions towards full Dominion status from Brfiain. with all fhnt
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  • 55 12 Aircraft Carrier For Singapore? COMMENTS ON THIS PAGE on re-armamort in the Pariflr have referred to ths possibility of an aircraft-carrier being bm&t4 M Singapore. Here is a former armed merchantman, the 14.450-tons "ArKim" which has just been converted at a cost of £500,000 Into an aircraft Mtfffal and is
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  • 1102 12 War Peril In Europe Recedes New Air Force Station At Penang? Malaya i Looks At The World SINGAPORE AND FAR EAST CRISIS IIALF th« world waited for crisis to develop from Mussolini's speech to the Fascist Grand Council at the week-end. Would he defy Rooserelt'g plain hint of American support
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  • 144 12 has insisted week in and week out on this pair* that crisis wou'd t come first and In greater degree < in THE FAR EAST and th* occupation of Hainan t Island by crack units of the Jap- y anese Navv and Army on Fridav confirms
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  • 303 12  -  Anglius "WHO was that girl you Just spoke to?" asked Joan. "Never mind ju»t now, dear," replied Jack. "I'll hav« enough trouble telling her who you are." HE had never struck such a stuffy hotel in his til*. In tain did h« try to
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  • 253 12 TEACHING Britain a lesson In modern transport reforms >s Malaya's S. W. Nelson. ex-Min-istry of Transport official :n Midlands. Birmingham born Nelson claims to have done in twelve months what British transport experts have bepn trying to do fcr fifteen years. As Chairman of Federated
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 107 12 MODERNISM .BIH V The Style II Moutrte Piann li« enjoyed enormous popularity over < I •~lfr l>eriod of nury y ars Now, this ii' strum^nt is available in the confer Native modernistic case illustrate*! U M extra cost. Price $500 This perfected miniature upright hai JB jL been hail d
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  • 352 13 NEW TONGKANGS CRIPPLED TO PREVENT USE BY JAPANESE? SINGAPORE INCIDENT (Tribune Staff Reporter) t\, r r ine new tongkangs u: an Indian Muslim who has been a boat contractor and tongkang owner for the past 30 years. About two months back construction on ten new tongkan^s wa.s started, four at
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  • 219 13 MERELY MUSHROOMS! (Tribune Staff Reporter) rO Segri Sembilan planters have paicf dearly for a meal of mushrooms which they shared last week. They gathered the mushroom^ in the early morning and were carrying them triumphantly homeward when one recollected the danger of having accidentally included a poisonous funSo, to make
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  • 254 13 BOOKS FOR CANADIAN PRAIRIE FARMERS Ottawa. A STRONG bond of friendship has, developed between the Western Canadian farm homes and Government House here through the Prairie Library Scheme, in whic Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of the Governor(ieneral of Canada, takes a prominent part. In an address to a croup of wamen
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  • 311 13 Couldn't Get On, Committed Suicide London. JHK phrase, 'i will not continue to live like Micawber," wa« contained in a letter written by Patrick Montgomery Gover. 31, an actor, on whom the Paddington coroner, Mr. Inglehy Wdie, recently returned a ver diet of suicide while of unsound Bind. Gover was
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  • 205 13 CHINESE NEW YEAR SHOPPING RUSH (Tribune Staff Reporter) WITH the Chinese New Year just a week ahead, Singapore shopkeepers are reporting an enormous increase of business during the past few days. *fl| 0 The majority of silk shops and cloth merchants, especially around the High Street and North Bridge Read
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  • 207 13 The Marine Court Is Different (Tribune Staff Reporter) fFHERE is one court in Singapore which is different from all other courts I have been to. Here, instead of criminals, hard-faced individuals I with shifty eyes or hunched up shoulders, you see smiling, openfaced men, well-built and bronzed. men of the
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  • 132 13 New York. AMERICA should not help Great Britain in solving political problems in Europe, said Miss Gordon Holmes, the British economist and feminist leader, speaking here on international affairs at a meeting r he Business Woman's Round Table Club. There is a great deal of
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  • 348 13 Ruined Dresses At Windsor Wedding London, lan. 2S. HUNDREDS of dainty shoe* and bug, (Wy dm*. as their owners trudged through a Minding snowsU,™ to Windsor Castle for the weddinjr of the Hon. Anne \V. Mr i i Harvey in St. George's CfaapeL L L Cars were unable to dimb
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  • 103 13 THE "DUD" NOTE WAS GOOD Edwatdsvillc. Illinois. A Vi;AK affo Jack Brickey bought someone A drink. "Thanks Jack" said his friend, '(are to have this bill for fun? Its for 10.000 dollars (12.000)— but it's counterfeit." "I>»m't mind if 1 do. It's nice to look at" Jack replied. He tarried
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  • 85 13 7 Prague AFTER stealing £9 from a house m n Smichov, a suburb of Prague a burglar found himself being followed j and was in danger of being caught As he ran along the streets, he .started to shout "stop thief." Hearing his cries two men
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 36 13 EYESIGHT SERVICE OF UTMOST SATISFACTION MM Model Bt-sf Fquipment. Rdortiflc F>«' i- .m.iP.atM.n. Latest Styles of Glasses. Si'rprisinjly Low Charges. Everbright Optical Co. Qualified Eyesight Specialists 19. Chiil»a Street, Singapore. C. S. CnONG, Dr. of Optometrv.
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    • 595 13 Nervous! Weak! Get Up Nights! Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids I'M TIRED OUT f TRY CYSTEX I I IT HELPEDYOU If YES, MY ANKLES NERVOUS, ACHING MAYBE YOUR WONDERFULLY AREN'T SWOLLEN AND6ET UP NIGHTS I KIDNEYS NEED HELP v -1 AND MY DIZZINESS R~2£ r^Pll' i \pz~~ r: $K /"■•;■■•<
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    • 208 13 I SPARKLING TEETH- The pride of every woman Bad teeth mean bad health. Wrak and yellowish tnth and hlrrdin» I gums are higus of tooth d.« ay, vshich General Weakness affect your wkk Lo<l.l y health. XXT Brushing the teeth and rulwf th^ and Weakness mouth alone canm>t r#move t}jr
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  • 1154 14 SYMPTOMS OF INFESTA TION, AND_METHODS_ OF TREATMENT POISONING BY GIANT SNAILS (By ••©rpingtoiO MANY flocks in this country suffer from a serious and often unsusnected infestation of parasitic worms. Under favourable conditions, these parasites multiply so rapidly that epidemics may occur both amongst old and young
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  • 90 14 New WB*SOME 411,000 tooth brushes purchased from England f« W use of British soldiers in Indto 1937-38, according to a report 3^ issued. nenM me This was an increase of lOe.ow jjj the figure for 1936-37. and about 1»^ more than In 1935-36 Other purchases included: ww*
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  • 50 14 Mr. T. W Ong. of Messrs EWJ Bros., and Mrs. Onp had intended"* leave for Europe on Feb. 14. tf As. however, Mrs. Ong is only out of hospital and has bee n meoj-j: advised not to travel for tne JJJJf their departure has been postpone
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 186 14 jY^T\l/'r TICKE'rS ISSUED S ALL STEAM- 1 TDA\/T! SHIP AIR AND •^^VLl^ railway LINES. SO BOOKING FEES. 1 Chinese clients and those of all I c>thi-r resident communities are 1 givci> the be.st of attention and J assistance. t oS, KOSINSON RD., SINGAPORE S TELEPHONE SSOB. S ~~^^^.^^.^r*^ .^*^r*^^. <^^
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    • 884 14 I RHEUMATISM Sciatica, Lumbago, Gout, etc. Men and women whose limbs have for vears been locked in the vice-like grip of rheumatism find it hard to believe that thnre toold be a really quick cure for such pain. Yet Fyiinon Salt is brinßins that blessed relief in thousands of cases
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    • 187 14 9|hHk The Finest Food Mf v 3 or Puppfe* Dogs ij^^^^ps^^'^^C^r^r^XpV remedy the trouble by cutting down his meat 1 SHERLEYS 164 PAGE' supply and substituting LACTOL. A daily drink 'i|"X^Xf» R^ l^# P^K' I means continued good health for your dog a \hJKJ\^ DV/ V-r IVI, i,. een appetite,
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    • 95 14 THE SIGNS OF UlAßE**'Are you the victt" these >vmptoi»»v <„&*£ b«e puffy aiid dull c 00 111 1^ i; you arc suffering tVt •»J (^g& tirlay. it m*cat« the a f"^ j,SUW k with D T \^*]rtEo- ard enjrv the thrill of g<x» Available I rum— i rth ore Bh»rU
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  • 1784 15  -  Robert Brenard By Safety First On Air Trip To London Stei th! n" 1 t?"? er maintains a compass course. Tha latter siniulSj^ys '"herent gyroscope principle, f.e. fixity of pisition.-Impena^ Ten Million Miles Without Fatality Special to the Sunday Tribune (By Arrangement with
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 36 15 Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? "A-ha-a-a!!" Macleans® R^re»entot/Ve: DFDOYInE *^BS^ A. T. Gillttpit rtHV/AIMi; Madooit patented TOOTH PASTE 52 g; squeeze to iut. If you ÜBe a >olid dentifrice, try Macl— n» Solid Peroxide Toothpaste
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    • 518 15 7 INCHES OFF HIS WAISTLINE Man of 80 Loses 26 Pounds of Fat Apparently one 15 r.ever too old to It» duce. Here wntes a man of 80 who has I just rid himself of Ist. 12 lbs of unwanted fat:— "You may be interested to bear tliat i after
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  • 563 16 EYE-PRINTS ARE A NEW TRAP FOR CRIMINAL Just A Guilty Look And Science Can Prove It NO TWO ALIKE •THAT guilty look" in your eyes when you've been r.-rond out is no figure of speech. Your eyes really do give you away-to expert opticians meeting at Blackpool at a regional
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  • 197 16 Gen. Smuts Sounds A Warning Cape Town. a STRONG warning against the < A "Nazifiaation" of the Nationalist party was delivered by Gen. Smuts, the Deputy Prime Minister, at the Cape Province United party congress recently. If the present tendency continued, j he said, the Nationalist party would become more
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  • 77 16 COINCIDENCE OR.... Washington. S U/ AS jt A that John Me Michael and his i wife each broke an ankle at the same time, although neiS ther knew of the other's acci- dent? John fell down while work- S in? at his petrol station here. They telephoned home to tell
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  • 191 16 KILLED BY TRAP HE HAD SET A MAN who w.-ts accidentally shot dead as ho opened his car door "set a booby trap for himself," in the coroner's words. He was Mr. E. J. Clowes, aged 46. business man. of Ipstones, Staffordshir* into whose death an inquest was held at
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 1058 16 7%e Remedy That Ha* Definitely Mastered BAD CIRCULATION For 8100d 9 Veins, Arteries and Heart IT is the function of the blood to carry health-preserving nourishment to the countless millions of living cells of which the body is composed. When it fails in this important function the cells break down
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    • 234 16 i ^aifl HHuiwikA^o^N.o, i^.- '■'■"•vV.'-V' 'j^l t, v.^l^H ■PSHHHKyH^ififißtt&^^^v ■■XV.-.--:- \_.sjl- B reveafed Stomach Ulcers But this sufferer /'A marveriouT r— escaped operation #^%fty^««m^' Almost as difficult to bear as the wand m Welf SL^^ach fronhleiiid i psin itself is the dread that a badly Hospital fwiiaX^ WeSt I disordered
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    • 194 16 ASEPTIC OINTMENT Jppt >^^f| HEALED HER I^^N^wa^J SCALDED witn G^KMOLENE^ in^UKj \(/CjM^ j t r Vrpst thine f >o huiid was I^^^^ I Efen bu h t ad ln g ora^j4 If You Suffer fe-^ I I- ours my hand was perfectly noiiriul. I think it is wonderf u. ■MMP^V
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  • 405 17  -  R. A. Thompson [By Doctor Of Ocular Science] J|ICKOPHOTO«KAPMV will some day be in common w*. Vour danl Carry an encyclopaedia in their pockets, or take handba» honsand volumes f °r a summer holiday in your Ah. but wait a minute!
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  • 90 17 MOST WOMEN HAVE NIGHTMARES Richmond, Virginia. WOMEN dream of hearing music more often than men; they see colours in their sleep more often and have more nightmare, a doctor told the American Association for the Advancement of Science at a meeting here. The doctor, Dr. Charles M. Disrens, also declared
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    • 354 17 WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE. V FTA R 7O BLOOD lip VETAR-ZQ SS^S S 3 VETARZO REGULATORS 1^ rJ^pr^o'tk^^ws'^NDbN^Cn/n- for security) to Vnmo remedies Co.. 1^51??? MIMIMIIIUIIIilMlllllilllllltlll*II(tiallESIIIIIIII||lll||ai||i a all l||||a|||||||| |a||l||aaa |la aa ..■■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■ flflV j| Bk B BBBB V BBBBBBBBBBBBBB V I^l BHHHHHHHHHHHfIV *****^ BBB H BBB^Sj^^SßflH
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    • 258 17 PARISH COUNCIL MEETS BY ROADSIDE StUikliOUu. PIE Paris Council dI ckwaby, near Halmstad, Wesi Sweden, was <.liliged to hold its last meeting- by the roadside owing to the prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease in the district. The chairman of th£ council has been declared isolated on account of the disease affecting
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 692 17 ON THE AIR TO-DAY When^AndJVhere To Listen In SONGAPOIfe LONDON MO.. D.D, University Chap. ,a\ '25 metres (133 nu- luin Organist, A. M. Henderson. ihfmlkJ metrrs ii.i» mcs> TRANSMISSION 5 20 «"nclay news, weekly newsletter, Ln% sports summary, and announceGSB 9.51 Mcs (31.55 m KS?' l S Military Band miisict
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  • 199 18 This Tiger Was His Own Doctor TPHKEE keepers it the London Zoo A have spent a whole week try% (o trap Hlanj», a fierce litfer, in order (o perform an operation on his foot. They baited a trap with horse-flesh. waited hours to drop the slide as soon Blang walked
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  • 416 18 London. rjETAILS of a .scheme whereby elecirically-driven aircraft, operated by means of power cables from the ground, could be used for barrage purposes in air-rai !s, have l:een submitted to the Air Ministry. The scheme has been devised by a London engineer, Mr. H. Tudor
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 278 18 IiIcYCLES DIAMOND METAL PRODUCTS CO,, LTD. 601. KA;\\PO\r; BAHRU ROAO SirN'CAPORL Ask for descriptive foldjr (S). Read The MA LA 11 TRIBUNE Domiraht In Malaya Curbed in 10 Minutes Since the discovery of Mendaco hy an American physician it is no longer necesKary for anyone to Buffer from choking, wheezing,
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    • 434 18 MAN ROBBED OF HIS YOUTIK Have you given years of your youth to unremitting labour in an enervating climate? Are the years taking their toll of you far too quickly, robbing you of energy and vital force, draining you of your natural joy in life? Most men and women think
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    • 114 18 RE AWAKEN AND FED those HAIR ROOTS! M Roats in< not ■|y- v .^^B Sttfdttd 9f tM j ■talehair-Doiaon-j Nourish the Hair Organis:;; »>y ma&iuming with KOTALKO True Hail y' Grower. m H^^ YOU WILL QUIOKLY 41 H^. I BEE NEW H AI I growing throufrh the Scalp, even where
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    • 85 18 Is your child highly strung, nervy CO OFTEN when a child tires easily, looks pale. is nervy. food-faddy, or restless at night, the trouble is Night Starvation. Get Iforlkks today. Plain or chocolate flavoured. Horlicks is best when made in the special llorlicks t£!sr~' mixer. Send only 50 cents for
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    • 98 18 WORLD'S NEED OF QUALIFIED ENGINEERS Bright Protpectt and Kg P«Y lor the Trained Man I NOW Is get out of the rut and qualify fora r^** l^ I well-paid post. Write TO-DAY <* great Guide which contains widest choice of home-study •"J'JJJJ! courses covering Ovtlf MeeM** ll^^ frlcal. Automobile, AfOWM*^
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 174 18 Sally was Pale and /i m n jf If Y WMlsrtßs: MAl^tftf i|J^>l^ JOHN. I* WORRIED |^Cs| W W B) ABOUT SALLY. S«t wm.S?£BS /<^< A ill °V^rJ? D OU wGKty-smmGaiun\ PINNER TIME "P^T^^S. I 4r ™g POCTOftS T "-v- 1 /maPPA A LIKE THAT. MRS. KEMP. AND irS M/v"
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  • SPECIAL BADMINTON FEATURE
    • 362 19 (By 'Sphinx" Penang) the annual general meeting of the Penang Badminton Asmciatiofl over, both players and enthusiasts in the Settlement will soon be in the throes of great preparation for the forthcoming Penang junior championships. These championships are. indeed, a trial f r the younger
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    • 489 19 GREAT STRIDE MADE IN JOHORE STATE BADMINTON PROGRESS IN 1 938 i I (By "Chessnur— Batu Pahat) JF any state in Malaya could be said to have made a great stride in badminton, it was certainly Johore. Par ticipating for the first lime in the important Foong Seong Cup Competition
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    • 218 19 New Covered Courts For Selangor (By "Rambler"— Selangnr) QFFICIALS of (he Selangor Badminton Association and especially that very energetic sports benefactor. Mr. Ho Liang Tian, are concentrating: their attention iust now on getting" a suitable hall for indoor badminton. The Victoria Institution Hall, by cour- tesy of the headmasters, has
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    • 186 19 SAMUEL WINS KENT SINGLES TITLE (By "Phoenix"— Singapore.) jyjALAYAN badminton wizard, A. S. Samuel, who is as uncanny with the racquet as the magician is with his wand (so says one of the commentators in England), is doing extremely well in championship tournaments in various parts of England and Scotland.
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    • 399 19 MAY NOT BE RESUMED YET (By 'Racquet '—Perak) A LTHOUGH the Kinta District Badminton Association, which has been making rapid progress, has already started the season and made the necessary arrangements for the 1939 season, the annual general meeting of the parent body— the Perak Badminton Association—
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 287 19 PILES Sufferers from ihe maddening irritation, the exhausting-, agonising pain caused by piles! Do not wait until piles (hemorrhoids) reach such a terrible state that a serious operation may be necessary. Ask yocr chemist all about this special remedy. He kcows the ingredients from which this inexpensive and scientific remedy
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    • 411 19 OPERATED ON FOR GASTRIC ULCERS But No Real Relief Until This New Drngless Remedy Came. Let this fellow-sufferer Rive practical advice to all who suffer from aiiy tout) of inriigertinn. Be has found in Ctomtaox a new, refined, super-ad tasteless charcoal, 50 times mor< ;> ful tlun the orrUnarp Kind.
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  • SUNDAY MORNING SPORTS PARADE
    • 1138 20 A MALAYAN HOCKEY TEAM IS CHOSEN J. Rajasooria Reviews The 1938-39 Hockey Season In this review, the SWMtaj Tribune hoekCgl correspondent «ives some frank opinions on hoc key during an interesting season. C 1 A'l K hockey matches are over, and Perak finishes the season in n Maze ol glory,
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    • 636 20 PROSPECTS FOR MEW SOCCER SEASON Ilii^li Siavaj*! 1 llis«-nss«'s TiHE permisability en- otherwise of a player to represent more than one team in the football League has long been a debatable point. This point was again raised at the last general meeting of the S.A.F.A. but no definite decision on
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    • 434 20 "IVIr" >TEXT Saturday, boxing fans will i see the revival of those ten cents boxing shows at the Happy World Covered Stadium which were first sponsored by Mr. Goo Hood Kiat, th? first promoter of the Happy World Boxing. vv It i.s very gratifying to .see that Mr. Seorge
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 91 20 Thero i aothing'to compare ncr even |^^«^ii^M^ii^"X to approach the sure and prompt %<£&. efficacy if this supreme Hormone Tonic. OKASA possesses enormous |f v iJ^i^^ Hcaith and Vitality restoring proper- <J v «H*lm ftk tu- It completely removes every trace o* debility and weakness from your organism making you
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    • 594 20 Piles Cripple Your Nerves Stop Pain and Itching in 15 I headache r^\ LOSS OF MEMORY J Minutes, Avoid Operation r/^\ j with New Discovery |weak f .Since the discovery of Chinaroid by an I\\ American Physician it is no longer nece.s- NERVOUSNESS Q sary for :ii!\one to suffer from
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  • 976 21 Mannequin Parade Of Motor-Cars Lady McElwaine Will Judge A. A. M. Rally At Singapore Gymkhana At The Civil Airport (Tribune Staff Kcporlcr) 4 IiYMKHANA. a treasure hunt which, by the way, should prove A to be highly amusing a dinner and dance and a Concours lyUkH'M < these should make
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  • 342 21 Singapore, Saturday. T'HE preliminary inquiry into the death of a Chinese, Lim Kim Pong, who, it is alleged, had last year at the coolie lines at Pula'i Tekong, been shot by Yiew Sim Song early in the morning of Dec. 11, concluded this morning in the second
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  • 94 21 Salamanca, Feb. 11. A FRANCO communique an mujncri that the war in Catalonia is over, with the Nationalist forces having reached the Ficnch frontier. Reuter. Madrid, Feb 11. Senor Ncgrin, announcing that the Govc» nment's headquarters have been established in Madrid, declares that the Republicans intend
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  • 123 21 London, Feb. 11. The morning papers devote many columns to the life of Pope Pius XI, dehow his successor will be cho,'tii, with editorials eulogising Him ana xplaining his difficulties in dealing with the international political problems with which lie \va^ faced in his closing years. The
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  • 80 21 Singapore, Saturday. The funeral of Aircraftsman Fedenck William Evans, found d Cp^ place this afterr.ocn with full S^vice honours at the BfcfcdaTi g^^E^.?^ cortege and mourning parties Kirrt.-.u\» before the main gates and n rlr s! OW time to the accompaniment of the "D^ad March" played by vne
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  • 40 21 Bucharest. Feb. 11. -Continuing th? aopeaseme«t policy towards minorities tl'io Rumanian Government has made an agreement with the Bulgarian min-o'-itv vb.ereby Bulgarians who are RuI maniaii citizens will adhere en bloc to the new mitiona] Regeneration Front- Reuter
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  • 135 21 Singapore, Saturday. TXEMPLIFYING the many different patterns which can be made from the various Tootal products now on display at John Little's, a mannequin parade was held this morning at the Cafe. Dresses worn by the mannequins ranged from simple-cut frocks for outdoor use to tailored
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  • 21 21 Above is a picture taken at the R.S.Y.C. Regatta yesterday. Sea and weather conditions were not altogether favourable.
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  • 148 21 Catholic Festival To -Day TO-DAY is the annual festival of the Church of Our Lc;dy of Lourdes, Oplnr Read. Solemn high mass is being sung this morning at 8 o'clock and in the evening at 7.15 o'clock there will be the u^ual precession around the church compound and the service
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  • 60 21 Hongkong, Feb. 11. It reported that the Japanese are exerting efforts rigidly to control China trade, in which the Japanese are adopting a "separate competition" method in order to squeeze out third Powers' com merce Irom China. They will also organise a fisheries company to monopolise the
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  • 107 21 CINEMA SHOW BRINGS $6,425 FOR JEWISH FUND THE committee of the Jewish Refugee Relief Committee in presenting the account of the cinema charity show "The House of Rothschild" given recently by the Capitol Theatre take this opportunity of thanking the public of Singapore for their very kind and generous support
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  • 339 21 Alleged Attempt To Murder Singapore. Satartiav. FURTHER evidence was recorded this morning: in the Fourth Police Court by Mr. Kennel h A. Blacker in the preliminary inquiry into the charge of an alleged attempt to murder Sim Gong, alias Soh Chin Huat. with a pistol on or about 10 p.m.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 41 21 Midnight Premiere SAT. 18th February. ALHAMBRA Warner Bros, present The Most Thrilling Mystery Drama Since "DR. JEKYLL MR. HYDE" "THE AMAZING DOCTOR CLITTERHOUSE" Healer By Day! Killer By Night! with Edward C. Robinson Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins. -4r J^C
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    • 89 21 SAVE YOUR MONEY through the BUILDING SOCIETY •OF MALAYA LTD- M 1 ~j~ lßj not less than 3% PER ANNUM. Monies received irom Depositors are invested only in: Advances by way of mortgage on properties. Purchase of freehold and leasehota properties. I Public Funds. fl Trustee Securities. YOUR MONEY IS
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    • 39 21 I 'T'HE difference in smooth- I #^m I I tipped. But I've got to .^v I admit she was right r& I remarkably smooth J9 ttl^' I jL.^f^Sl^^!&i^S&S^ A. tight 'Tru-vac' tins, or in moisture-proof Bpn i: i'iß pleasure.
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  • 296 22 Pope Admired The English People London. Feb. 11. A LAST memory of the Pope is recalled in a touching story by the Times diplomatic correspDntlent who referred to the British delegation's visit to Rome where Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax had conversations with Mussolini last month. The British Prime Minister
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  • 248 22 Chungking A me ri runs Appeal To Roosevelt Itntnedia te Action Urged U. S. Policy Must Be Changed Chungking, Feb. 11. AMERICAN residents of Chungking including Mr. George A. Fitch, chairman of the former Nanking safety zone,
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  • 144 22 Railway Workers' New Demands \From Our Own Reporter] Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. MS. John Hands addressed the 2 000 employees of the Central Workshops, who had bean lockci cut since Monday following a serious strike and, as a result, the workmen submitted a new set of demands which Mr. Hands promised
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  • 104 22 London, Feb. 11. THE apostolic delegate to the United Kingdom, Moneiseneur Godfrey, arrived in London last night from Rome. He had heard of the Pope's death while passing through Paris. On arrival in England, he said that when he saw the Pope only a few
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  • 51 22 Chungking, Feb. 11 —Mrs. Chao, known thioughout the world as "mother of the Chinese guerrillas." arrived here from Kunming yesterday afternoon by air after tourirg the French Indo-china and the South Seas Islands, where she lectured on guerrilla activities in Nor.h China anG f-.funchuria.— Chinese
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  • 119 22 Manchester's Biggest Fire For Twenty Years London, Feb. 11. rrtHE biggest and the most fierce 1 outbreak of lire seen in Manchester for th2 last twenty years destroyed the interior of Kendal Milnes' stores in the centre of the city. All the live floors were blazing at one time. There
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  • 26 22 Lausanne, Feb. 12. The Boy King of Siam returned to continue nig studies flfter a brief visit to Bangkok for his coronation.- Reuter
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  • 110 22 Mrs. Roosevelt's Article Causes A Stir Washington, Feb. 11. SOME stir was caused by an article in defence of the Republican Government written by the President's wife in her daily newspaper column. Revealing that >he had just accepted from the Spanish Ambassador a gift of Goya prints, Mrs. Roosevelt rejected
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  • 53 22 Bucharest, Feb 11.— What is believed to have been a plot against the life o f M. Calinescu, Minister of the Interior and a strong man in the Cabinet, has been discovered by the police. Twentyfive arrests have been made and a large quantity or hand grenades have
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  • 43 22 London, Feb. 11.— Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminister, will leave London to-mor»ow for Rome tr> take part in the funeral ceremonies and afterwards attend the conclave of Cardinals for the election of a successor to the Pope.— British Official Wireless
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  • 39 22 The Hague, Feb. 'll.— Vice-Admiral Van Dulm, accompanied by several military experts, left for the United States, to investigate on behalf of the Government defence measures on the Dutch island of Curacao in the West Indies.— Reuter
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  • 73 22 PIRATES BOARD SHIP London, Feb. 11.— About 30 pirates ttlte morning boarded the gunboat Alexandra as she anchored off a port in the lower Yangtse They damaged and rendered useless the wireless equipment and forced the captain not to move an inch at pistol point. The gunboat was aL;j forced
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  • 389 22 London, Feb. IK FIFTH round of the F.A. Cup was played to-day. Everton and KirminsF ham will have to replay havinff drawn in their tie, as will many other tides. In the' Scottish league, Dunfermline slaving in the second division, defeated &»st Fife by 7-3. while Airdrieonians
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  • 211 22 Berlin, Feb. 11. rE launching of Germany's biggest post-war battleship, at present, known as "F" has been fixed for Feb. 14. The day will be made the occasion for an impressive ceremony, at which it is believed Herr Hitler will speak. Ihe name to be given
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  • 185 22 ARMING OF NA TIONS: AN ECONOMIC STRAIN l,<md«m. Feb. 11. T<HE Minister of Health, Mr. Walter Elliott, in a speech at Halifax last night, said that certain simple facts in the internal ional situation were strikingly clear. The economic strain on all the arming of nations to-day was severe and
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  • 98 22 Madrid Feb. l: THE return of the Government to Uac rid is welcomed in official Spar.. circles, feenor N^grin i.\ at present, n Valencia, and the Ministers of Finan# of the Interior and ol communication ar expected there to-morrow. The population of Madrid, are taiuir life calmly,
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  • 112 22 Lcndon. Feb. 11 A COMMITTEE to advise on tfce rangements to be made for Ifr supply, control and distribution United Kingdom ol wheat, include flour and other cereals, in time cf has been appointed by the Preddent i the Board of Trade. In peace time,
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  • 56 22 Students, oroiersors, friends E£ merry at the annual dance of the Ra*.. College Union held last night at I headquarters of the Singapore Volunte Corps. Nearly six hundred people were F sent, among these being Professor k Owan, principal of the Collect Dtf 011 was indulged in
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    • 29 22 SPORTS EVEXTS TO-DAY HIGH TIDE: 3.45 a.m. (8.5 feet), 5.10 pm. (2.7 festi. LOW TIDE; 10.31 a.m. (2.7 feet), 10.17 p.m. (2.7 feet>. t YACHTING: Bi-annual Regatta— R.S. Y.C.
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  • 262 23 Hongkong's 18—11 Victory In Keen Game [From Our Own CorrespOjide?il] Hongkong, Saturday I HE Malayan Rugby side played the last match of the tour to-day, meeting a team representing all Hongkong and including Club, Navy and Army players. The result was
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  • 493 23 SATURDAY'S RACES AT BUKIT TIMAH F U I0 U IU CaiCl Of evfcnts C«*J« to scratching and n-an ••••:> :i, mi ninnin* order) for Saturday FeblS, Kuk^J limah in the first iUy of the Singapore Turf Club's *S D rinL> meeting. -Ht»^ Horses, Class Div. I, 7 furs. 33
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  • 18 23 Champion Beaten 1 1 contest i **>Mi On Pltt sh «^h. brat 'Ci ard *d a. Polnts Apostoli
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  • 61 23 £30,000 DOG TRACK PLANNED PROVIDED a licence to race, as laid down by the Betting and Lotteries Act is obtained, a £30.000 greyhound racng stadium is tp be built between Hastings and Bexiiill. It is hoped that the -rack will b? com Dieted and cpen in time for the Raster
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  • 269 23 Yachting At R.S.Y.C. Singapore, Saturday. ftt£ Royal Singapore Yacht Club Regatta opened under rather severe sailing conditions to-day, when the boats took the water with a hard tide, rough sea and a pretty siiff bresze. r^e last race of the day was the 14 foot one-design c!3ss with five boats
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    42 23 fn the nnals of the inter-regimental hockey tournament played at fanghn Barracks on Saturday, the Sappers beat the Airmen bv the only goal scored. Plummer scored early in the first half. Above is the R.A.F. team pictured before the match.
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  • 605 23 12 Teams Enter For Business Houses League TWELVE teams have entered for the Business Houses' League, 1939, matches of which start on Monday, Feb. 13. The teams are: Joseph Travers, Malaya Publishing House, Asiatic Petroleum Company, General Electric Company, Nestle Anglo Swiss, Overseas Chinese Bank, United Engineers. Wearne's. Singapore
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  • 339 23 S. U. C. SOCCER TRIAL Singapore Saturday. FIGHT nt wconicrs wire amongst trier: v.h;. tJJok p:)rt in thr BHlf apcit Cricket Club's soccu- triak the Alison Koud Stadium, to-day, which lesulitd in a itkau. one ycial taih. 1 None of the newcomers impressed I though it must be born- in
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    • 126 23 iboxing; SAT. 18th FEB. AT 8.45 p.m. j I I Race- Week Junior- Promotion SYLVER STARR CYCLONE KID I 6 <3> RDS. Slcgger Chiang vs. Bud Lewis r 4 rds. Kid Lang ford vs. Gerald Vii e 4 rds. Young Silva vs. John Bull 4" rds. Blue Warren vs. Young
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  • 152 24 Mannequin Parde at John Little's picture shows mannequins wearing a wide range of "P.obia" novelty I vcifr* whf«h wpro on dispTav. Made in fancy embroidered, strned and check styles in pastel shades, these voile", which were exquisitely delicate, may I be used for many purposes. More mannequins appear in the
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