The Straits Times, 2 May 1936

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY* MAY 2, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits times liO PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1936. PRICE 10 CENT
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      259 1 SINGAPORE 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 547 DV BOVRIL A pleasant and invigorating mid morning drink. An excellent and tasty ingredient for sandwiches. A stimulant for the most ■u^ Wfi A standby in the Home. On sale everywhere in the East SOLE AGENTS: THE BORNEO CO. LTD. HAVE YOU HAD YOUR
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      59 1 KUALA LUMPUR 26, JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683). Al Obtainable from all (jood Dealers ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. "First catch your hare then cook him. We oat eh em We sell em You buy 'em You cook 'em Everybody eats 'em Not only Hares, but Partridges. Pheasants, Teal, Wrhd
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      12 1 Daisy 15, ORCHARD ROAD for BOUQUETS BASKETS WREATHS Pbone 4007 (Amber Mansions)
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      636 2 WILSON. On May 1, to Constance, wife erf Commander J. P. S. Wilson, a daughter. CIHONH— CHAN.— At the Chinese Industrial and Commercial School, Outram Road. Singapore, on Sunday, May 3, 1934 at 10 a.m. Chlonh Doo Chee, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Chlonh Ke Hu of Singapore to
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      804 2 FOR SALE FOB SALE PRIVATELY complete household furniture made by Robinson li Co., together with 1 WesUnghouse refrigerator almost new in good working order. Apply Chlng Keng Lee fc Co, Ltd.. Baffles Place No. 11. BOARD RESIDENCE AIRY FLAT, also Bed-sittlngroom Oxley House, 1, Lloyd Road. SANS. SOUCL newly opened.
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      774 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE TUITION In Modern Ballroom Dancing. Box No. 554. Straits Tun«s. LESSONS IN ENGLISH given by Buropean lady to beginners. Apply Box Mo. 660. Straits Times. TOD CAN HAVE THE SUNDAY TIMES! delivered to you every week for three month* (or 11.60. Oeneral Manager. Sunday Times. IF YOU HAVE
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      816 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED. NOTICE OF LOST SCRIP. APPLICATION has been made by the Official Assignee, as Receiver of the propert of LOH CHUK POH, bankrupt, to the Dlr ectors of the above Company to Issue duplicate Certificate for 2,750 shares of fl each folly paid numbered
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      788 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. PENSION, 'BINNENHOF' 314 Orchard Boa*. 9 I Tel. 4228. Accommodation now for 3 bachelors, 3 rooms with full board, with own bathroom and sanitation for $70 each. A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY To Acquire CLEAN, QUIET OFFICE Suitable for PROFESSIONAL OR BUSINESS PURPOSES. WELLFITTED, OVERLOOKING HAHBOUR, MAIN BUSINESS THOROUGH
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      39 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly S 3.00 f MO f 1.50 Qmartertj S 8-50 fl&M 1M Half Vearly I17.M »4.»0 $1M« Yearly SS4.M H«.M »M»0 Nate.— OiHaUOwi ehe^aes akooU inclwii die nroal bank dlMoant.
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      768 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) \IAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR ANTJ ORIENTAL 8 N CO DNPEP CONTRACr WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAII- SERVICE. OUI^ARD PROM LONDON POR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage B'pore MM. SOUDAN 8500 May 6 HANFURA 17.000
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      381 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROrE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU May 14. SJ3. HARUNA MARU May 28. S.S. KATORI MARU June 11. S.S. KASHIMA MARU June
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      863 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINK Luxurious One Class Motorships Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOB MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Prom Prom Prom Proa Spore Malacca Port Penar.j M.S. Sham ERRIA S/S S/S 6 5 8/5 LALANDIA 26/5 26/5 27/5 29/5 JUTLANDIA 16/6 16/6 17/6
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      1145 3 THR BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Haa Khlow Ste.rn.hlp Co. (19M) Lta. Steam Ship Ce. Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White SUr Ltd. Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak StaUMM? CoLtd U v'ZaZt* Co> MS" The Au Oriental l.l« LU.' The China Navigation Co.. LM. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Co
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      703 4 BOUSTEAD C 0. f LTD. (Incorporated in P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. RLTS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. rnjTHONE: Freight s«33— Paoage Mil CANADIAN b 4 7.v> 4 w^B_ JMTSTTTm Jb iA A JB A (Incorporated in Erg land) (BE "EMPRESS" ROUTE otTcrt TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES Tta HONOLCLD or direct
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      784 4 SHIPPING MAILS. Malayan Meteorological Service Dally Weather Report. Stations *esteraay Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm Uuna ins Sunshine temo tur». F West Coast. Alor Star 86 0.03 5.1 76 Bayan Lepas (Penanß) 86 0.05 3.1 75 Sitiawan 89 Nil 6.0 73 Buklt Jeram 87 Nil 6.1 73 Malacca 85
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      671 4 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE Taday. Bag&n. Bengkalis St Selat Pandjang (Toboa)l > 3 p.m. Muntok PalemlMng (Senang) 3 p.m. Philippine Islands (Deucalion i 3 p.m. Borneo (North), Brunei and Labuan (Katong) 3.30 p.m. Miri (Katongi 3.30 p.m. East Africa (Chokoh Maru) 4 p.m. Rengat TembiUhan (Marosi 4 pm. Sarawak (generally) (Vyner
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      1003 4 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED (in corpora tw! to 9tnlts 9c ttlcincoio ETLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. (TncorrjoratKi to England) (Iscorsorsted tn USA.) ~If LL l ?!!!I^ N BOSTON. NEW FOUR BALTIMORE FOR HAVRE. LONDON. vfc f APE OF GOOD HO .X ROTTERDAM A HAMBITitO. Que g^jj
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      199 5 f a WbmmW lmmmm\ La Bhr^ 4l wM* ventures o\^ a^on>an^ fe^J sun* 40 BY ACTUAL COUNT>V A f^l A MILLION DOLLARS rf WORTH OF ADVEN- ■T/ ij^Ki TURE PACKED BY «F %> fljjS^ WARNER BROS. INTO BLOD|> Mutliludt of tlort including j m^mmWr ERROL FLYNN WJr OLIVIA De HAVILLAND
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      239 5 j TONIGHT GRAND TRADE FAIR WEEK ATTRACTION SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE VICTORIA GLOBE sS 6- 15 9 15 7|15 9.30 AT LAST THE SCREEN'S FEMALE FURY FINDS A ROLE WORTHY OF HER ELECTRIC TALENTS i kX A4mt. ?L Or A^ m. mmmmWlt*^"^^^^ wJm *-MM f 0 —j 1 mm a m**.
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      165 5 ialhambra" TODAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 Columbia's Popular Thriller RALPH BELLAMY WILEY POST in "AIR HAWKS" with TALA BIRELL OPENING TOMORROW JACK HOLT in 'DANGEROUS WATERS' MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 LOVE PARADE i |Ivfc. JL RECORDS ARE OBTAINABLE AT STALL Nos. 59 60. BRITISH TRADE FAIR 65 cts each. FREE:- 1 BOX OF
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      23 5 Wedding sifts jyyfi V/edding Gifts of exquisite workmamhip and taste await the lucky. BRIDE GROOM F R A NK ELS 101. VICTORIA STREET
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      466 6 U.K. Rubber Stocks Likely To Be Down 1,500 Tons. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 2. The statistical figures of rubber and tin have been very well received and such bullish features, coupled with the large number of dividends being paid by tin companies, must sooner or
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      PRODUCE.
      156 6 Singapore, May 2, 12 noon Buyer. Seller Gambler 6.75 Java Cut 8 75 Hamburg 10.75 White Muntok Pappir 16.50 Black Pepper 8.25 White Pepper 16.00 •Sundried Copra 4.55 Mixed Copra 4.25 Small r"lake Tapioca 4 50 Fai. Mow Fair Flafce Tapioca 4.25 Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Small Pearl Tapioca
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        MINING.
        556 6 Issue Val. Fraset Co. Ljall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers £1 Jelapang 5/3 5/9 5/6 6/0 V- Ampat Tin 28/9 30/6 29/- 30/£1 Asam Kumbang 58/6 59/6 58/- 59/£1 Austral Malay 14/6 15/3 14/- 15/5/- Ayet Hltam 1.67V4 1.75 1.65 1.75 1 Ayer Weng 17/9 18/7 V 2 17/9
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        GENERAL.
        418 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 2 2 do 1% Prefs 1.55 t.60 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 £1 £1 B. A. T 6.1.6 6.6 0 1 80 B. M. Broadcasting 0. 12 '/i-disO.OSdis 10 5 B. M. Trustee 6.00 6.50n. £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7%
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        170 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 norn AVi% 1907 red. 1947 $1,300,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 o.om 4'/ 2 c 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963
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        RUBBER SHARES
        333 6 Fraser Co Lyall Evatt ftllenuy 1.65 1.70 1.55 1.75 Mor Oajah 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.15 Amal Malay ($2) 3.30 3.45 3.30 3.40 Ayei Hltam 1.35 1.45 1.40 1.50 Ayer Molek 0.95 1.00 095 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.50 1.60 1.45 1.55 Bassett 0.55 0.60cd 0.55 0.60 33tu Lintang 1.15
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    EXCHANGES.
    213 6 Closing Prces, Friday. Rie following are trie exchange rates r ti\s morning according to the daily circular issued oy the Hong fCung and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London. 4 months sight 2/4 3/32 London, 3 months sight 2/4 3/32 London. 60 days olght 2/4 1/16 London. 30 days sight
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    105 6 Closing Prces, Friday. Noon, May 1. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 08.) May 26% 26 7/16 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 26 Vi 26 5/16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    386 6 London, May 1. The tone of the market was quiet and steady, internationals reflected the recovery in Wall Street. The foiiow.nc are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. Tester- Rise day. or Fmll Conversion loan. S o.c. 1944-64
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    88 6 London, May 1. Paris 75 1/64 Athens 521 sellers New York 4.93 IS 16 Bucharest 669 sellers Montreal 4.95 K Rio 4V4 Brussels 29.21 H sellers official Geneva 15.20'^ Belgrade 217 Amsterdam 728 Buenos Aires unquoted Milan 62% Montevideoo 39 Berlin 12.29 sellers official Madrid 36 7 32 Bombay
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET. EFFECT OF INCREASE IN QUOTA.
    493 6 SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET. EFFECT OF INCREASE IN QUOTA. Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd.. Kubber brokers. In tnclr weekly revicv write: The decision of the Intern.. rubber Regulation Committee, announced after their meeting on 28th April, to ralss the permissible exportable quota by five per cent, that is to say. from
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      48 6 DRY OLD TOM LONDON GINS. JAMES BURROUGH LTD., LONDON ESTABLISHED 1820. Sole Agents for Malaya: McALISTER CO., LTD. (AND REDUCED) WSmrm fm 1 THE NEW WORLD CABARET TEA OAICE Atinitstoa Fret) TUESDAY, THVPSDAV SATURDAY AFTER lIINNKR DANCES (ADMISSION 60 CTS.) EVERY NIGHT FROM 9. P M. TO MIDNIGHT
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    FINANCIAL' AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    1703 7 STERLING RUBBER COMPANY MEETINGS. Standardised Latex Commands Premium. JT\URING last week several annual meetings of rubber companies were held in London. Sir Frank Swettenham, presiding at Anglo-Malay meeting referred to the drop in yield owing to the strain of many years tapping. At the Ayer Kuning
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    MOTOR SECTION OF THE TRADE FAIR.
    863 7 The motor section of the British Trade Fair is a miniature Olympia— in modern setting and particularly suitable for Malaya. You wCI find cars which were displayed in London only a short while ago. Malayan Motors, Ltd. All the Interest which Is usually centred
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    SELANGOR RIVER RUBBER.
    560 7 Capitalisation Of Profit Approved. The ordinary general meeting of the Selangor River Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held In London last week. Mr. Charles Wreford Brown, who presided, said that with a view to including in the profit and loss account the profit which the company would realise
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      619 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony ol Hong Kong.) The liability M members Is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid- Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong
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      328 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in Erviano or Royal Charter 353 1 Paid Dp Capital in SuO.ooo shares of •»<•" f3.000.000 Reserve Pund 0.00a.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor! £3.000.000 HI- All OFFICE: 38. Blthopscale. bacdon. E.C. Z. Ba^vi. i?° h Seremban g££ ESS« g-s-Sn^i Kobe Sltlawan
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    32 8 The heaviest snowfalls for many years have occurred In Northern Sweden, making conditions ideal for winter sports. This photo shows boys ski-ing on the roof of a snow-covered building in Northern Sweden.
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      98 8 NEW RCA VICTOR with Magic Brain V*? i2\ Magic Eye Metal Tubes. An efficient Superheterodyne with Magic Brain, Magic Eye and Metal Tubes— Radio's Big 3— producing foreign and domestic programme and performance is superior to that of any set we know of. PRICES $175.00 to $1,200.00 For I •V'"<£"
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      120 8 THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY STEWART-WARNER FERRODYNE RADIO Equipped with metal tubes matched and balanced to form a unit of exceptional power and amazing musical quality— 7, 9 and 11 TUBE MODELS AVAILABLE. I METAL TUBES r OVERSIZE SPEAKERS -C* 4 AUTOMATIC STATION REGISTER DUAL TONE CONTROL fl* 43 CURVILINEAR CONE (incorporated
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      435 8 Broadcasting. EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 1. The follow in* frequencies will be oaed: G.S.N. 11.82 Me s (25.38 m.), G.S.B. 9.51 Mc/i (31.55 ut.). p.m. 2.15 The news and announcements. 2.35 Close down. TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will be uwd: C S (i. 17.79 Me s (1686 m), G.S.H.
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      473 8 (soprano) and Douglas Cameron (violoncello) May Busby: In Springtime (Schubert), The Dream; Th« Parly Dew (Rubinstein), Come, well Wander Together (Cornelius), Douglas Cameron: Legend (d'Ambroslo) Allegro Appasslonata (Salnt-Saens) May Busby: Beside the Clear River (Jensen). Eventide (Robert Franz). Laburnum (Montague Phillips), Cherry Ripe (Roger Qullter). Douglas Cameron: Intermezzo (from Goycscasj
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      796 8 Langslde Hill Church. Glasgow (Intcr-denoimnatlonal.) Order of Service: Psalm No. 23 (Tune, Crimond.) Prayer and Lord's Prayer. Hymn, Crown Him with ManyCrowns (Rv. C. H.. No. 136.) Scripture Lesson. Anthem. Unfold, ye Portals (Redemption) Gounod.) Address by the Rev. Peter N. Buchan, President of the Scottish National Christian Endeavour Union.
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      517 8 7.20 News in English Sign Off D.J.Q. 7.35 Concert of light music (.continued). 8.20 Sign off (or South Asia. 8.25 Call D.J.A. and D.J.E. 8.30 Greetings to listener!. 8.45 News and review of the week In German on D.J.A. D.J.E. D.J.N. D.J.B. 8.50 A Sunday evening programme. 9.05 Folk song.
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      431 8 PHOHI-HOLLAND. TODAY Wavelength 16.88 m. 8.20 p.m.— Dutch National Anthem and opening announcement. 8.25 p.m.— Latest News from Holland. 8.35 p.m. Broadcast by the R. Cath. Broadcasting Assn. for the Indies. 1. March. 2. Talk on literature. 3. Music. 4. Political review by I'au] de Waart. 6. Mission news. 6.
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      593 8 12.23 p.m. Carillon. 12.25 p.m.— Lunch Music by Nirom Orchestra. 12. 55 p.m.— Varied programme. 1.45 p.m.— Nm-x Bulletin. 1.55 p.m. Continuation of Rrrorded Musis. 2.25 p.m. Ll-ht Recorded Music. 2.55 p.m. Close Down 6.25 p.m. Evening concert by Nirom Orchestra 7.25 p.m. News Bu!!;:in 7.35 p.m. Russian programme 8.05
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    POLITICS AND CULTURE.
    136 9 JAPAN'S PROPAGANDA PLANS. Shanghai, May 1. The Japanese Foreign Office has decided to launch a campaign for the spreading of Japanese culture in China, Mongolia, Slam, Indo-China, India and the Philippine Islands. A sum of 200,000 yen has been set aside for the purpose cf establishing a
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    BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLIES.
    101 9 What Would Be Done In An Emergency. London, Apr. 29. Food supplies. In their health and defence aspects were subjects of House of Commons question to the Prime Minister yesterday. Mr. Baldwin stated that a special committee under the chairmanship of the Minister for the Co-ordination of
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    MORE AIR ROUTES IN ENGLAND.
    98 9 Railways And Aviation Co-operating. London, Apr. 28. Owing to the comparatively short distances involved and the excellence of rail and road transport services, the establishment of air routes within Britain have had no great Incentive. Nevertheless the railway companies, after three years' experience of running
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    NANKING CURRENCY REFORMS.
    70 9 Arrangement Reached With Canton. Canton, May 1. A branch office of the Central Bank will be opened at Canton shortly, and silver nationalised by order of the Kwangtung Prorlncial Government will be transferred to the control of the bank. The; Central Bank will issue its own notes,
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    "UNHAPPY EVENTS IN PALESTINE."
    99 9 London, Apr. 30. The Colonial Secretary Mr. J. H Thomas, delivered by wireless an address at the opening cf the International Lsvant Fair at Telavlv (Palestine) Speaking of the success of the fair two years ago, he said over 2,000 exhibiting firms from 32 countries participated
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    GAS MASKS FOR ABYSSINIA.
    76 9 Asked In the House of Commons whether he proposed to take any action with a view to supplying to Abyssinia gas masks and chemical materials for the treatment of easinflicted wounds, Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, said he understood that the appropriate medical supplies were being
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    69 9 A grim reminder of the perilous condition of Europe today Frenci delegates at Victoria for the General Staff Talks between the Hifh Commands of Great Britain, France and Belgium. This photograph shows, from left to right, Vioe- Adn iral Jean Charles Abrial, deputy chief of the Navy General Staff G
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    MURDER OF A JAPANESE.
    347 9 SENSATIONAL STORY IN SHANGHAI. Shanghai, May 1. A sensational story of the killing of the Japanese marine Nakayama, in Chapei on Nov. 9, was told in the First Special District Court this afternoon when Ying Wen Tao 47, an employee of the China Navigation Company, and
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    "MATTER FOR THE CHINESE CUSTOMS."
    138 9 Japanese Envoy's Views On Smuggling. Tientsin, Apr. 30. Interviewed by Sir Federlck LeithRoss, the British economist, now studying a proposal o take joint measurer, against the large-scale smuggling carried on in North China by Japanoe merchants, Mr. Kwagoe, Japanese Ambassador designate, stated that the matter
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    LARGE-SCALE KOREAN MIGRATION TO MANCHUKUO.
    29 9 More than 10 000,000 Koreans, uncter subsidies from the Japanese Government, have settled In Manc H «lcuo since 1931.— 51 n Chew Jit Poh.
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    TRANSMUTATION OF MATTER. NEW CAMBRIDGE EXPERIMENTS.
    77 9 TRANSMUTATION OF MATTER. NEW CAMBRIDGE EXPERIMENTS. London, May 1. Sir Herbert Austin's gilt of 250,000 for research work at Cambridge is expected to result in the early construction of a million-volt laboratory to conduct atom- bombarding experiments. Lord Rutherford declares efforts will thereby be facilitated on the transmutation of matter.
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    29 9 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, the Premier. Is now at Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi. In the course of an aerial tour of Central and North- West China. —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    AMAZING HAEMORRHOIDS CURE.
    49 9 AMAZING HAEMORRHOIDS CURE. All sorts of Haemorrhoids can be cured without operation by Unanl Medicine within a week. Terms Moderate. Consultation Hours 8 a.m. to 12. 2p m to 6. Interview at H. Karlm Buksh A Sons, 7*9, N. Brid« Kd. Unanl DUpenamiy. S>«re, or wll) call at home.
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    HORRIFIED WHEN SHE WAS WEIGHED
    197 9 Took. off 31 lbs. with Kruschen Why continue to be fat Why continua to be afraid to step on a weighing machine lor fear of what it may show? Once you start on Kruschcn. being weighed is no longer an ordeal, but a pl-asure. Read
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      464 9 HOTELS TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT Tur UIADTU 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. I lit WUK I II SPECIAL DINNER SISTERS 1 Yellow Vafac DANCE formal Amcrlcan Ne ro Cake WaUc W 2 No No A Thousand Times No 9.45 to Midnight (Son? of parody) NON-DINERS $1.00 BOOK YOUR TABLE hAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA
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      89 9 < tbt Sathnu of the Dai/ against DEBILITY and PREMATURE OLD-AGE. At $3 per box from Leading Chemists. Accnte: CHASI CO.. 9, Robinson Rd., Sines pore. For First Class Gentleman Tailoring. Messrs. GIAN SINGH CO., 4, Battery Road, Singapore. INSURANCE. FIRE- ACCIDENT-MOTOR RDELTfY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. THE LONDON ASSURANCE HONG
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    AMUSEMENTS
    135 10 SINGAPORE. GLOBE THEATRE Dangerous. With Bete Davis Franchot Tone. 7.15 9.30. GOODWOOII PARK HOTEL Dinner Dance. Wed. May 6. No after Dinner admission charge. GREAT WORLD Sky Talkie Chinese Sport Circus. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret, Dancing. Talkies Theatres Cinema*. RAFFLES HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to. 9.15 p.m. Special
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    SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1936. NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES.
    777 10 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1936. NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES. Recent events In Singapore have made many people ask whether the existing system of municipal administration is suitable and adequate to the needs of the present day, or calls for adaptation, both to eliminate proved defects and to satisfy changed
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    Rural Hygiene.
    345 10 Within a few weeks preparations will begin for the rural hygiene conference which is to be held in Java next year under the auspices of the League of Nations Eastern Health Bureau. The members of the preparatory commission will arrive in Malaya from India and continue their tour
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    EMPEROR: DIVINE AND HUMAN.
    1339 10 SYMBOL OF MODERN JAPAN. BY SYDNEY GREENBIE. /COMPARED with the Emperor of Japan, European dictators are but dummy despots. His claim to power is immemorial. Belief in him as divine is taught from kindergarten age upward, so that the veriest Infants feel that the Spirit of
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    A Gardens Calendar.
    579 10 Cannas ?lt Their Best Splashes Of Colour. J7OR massed colour there Is nothing In this country, so far as I know, to compare with the large canna beds which border -the main road through the Botanic Gardens. Singapore, at the lower end of the lake. When at
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    724 10 GODOWN SfiAKES. rys Thursday, whSB I was fortunate enough to b; lunching with a group of Chinese gentlemen, the conversation turned to th; finding of a python on the site of the new Supreme Court and I was surprised to hear several men at the table
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    HERR HITLER CASTIGATES HIS FINANCE MINISTER.
    307 11 Dr. SCHACHT DARED TO CRITICISE. Building Of Pyramids. "OUR GIGANTIC TASKS." Berlin, May 2. A CRYPTIC passage in Chancellor Hitler's speech last night is now interpreted as a castigation of Dr. Schacht, the German Finance Minister. It is believed that Dr. Schacht inspired an
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    JAPAN AND GERMAN TRADE.
    232 11 Details Of New Trade Agreement. Tokio, May 2. Under the lengthy and involved trad? agreement, the German foreign exchange administration rep'rted'ly permits the importation of Manchukoou products to the amount of a hundred million yon (taxing the twelve months commencing Jims 1. Germany paying threequarters in
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    COST OF NAVAL BASE.
    143 11 SAVING OF £326,000 NOW LIKELY. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 1. The cost of additional works at the Singapore naval base provided for in the Supplementary naval estimates published today will total £1,826,000. Of that sum £41 500 will be spent this year. With the
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    JAPANESE DROME IN TIENTSIN.
    158 11 The Hangars To Be Built Underground. Tientsin, May 1. The Japanese military are rushing to completion a number of large barracks with accommodation for more than 10.000 troops. Meanwhile, the Japanese military have acquired 4.000 mow (about 65C acres" oi land adjoining the barracks for the
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    NEW CONSTITUTION.
    98 11 Third Reading Passed By Legislative Yuan. Nanking, May 2. The third reading of the amended draft Constitution was passed by the Legislative Yuan yesterday, and it may be promulgated next Tuesday. The revisions in the draft include one concerning the powers of the President. It reads Only in
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    A. E. HOUSMAN DEAD.
    823 11 Famous Poet And Scholar. AN APPRECIATION BY ERIC GILLETT. (Formerly Professor of English at Raffles College.) Jj^. E. HOUSMAN, the famous British poet and scholar, died in England yesterday, according to a Reuter message. Best known as the author of "The Shropshire Lad," Housman was also
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    EPITAPH ON AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES.
    101 11 A. E. Housman commemorated the achievement of the old regular army in eight memorable lines. They show that he possessed greatness, as the poem is a worthy comment on tremendous theme; the services rendered to their country by the original British Expeditionary Force in
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    BRITAIN'S STRENGTH IS TRADE.
    233 11 BRITAIN'S STRENGTH IS TRADE. MR. W. RUNCIMAN ON ECONOMIC PEACE. London, May 1. Mr. Walter Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, in a speech last night at the annual dinner of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, said that Britain was the greatest purchaser in the whole
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    N. CHINA RAILWAY COMPLICATIONS.
    134 11 Britain And Likely Japanese Protest. Tokio. May 2. The Japanese press reports from Pek- j ir.g foreshadow serious complication in North China following the announcement that the Peking-Mukden Railway Bureau plans to construct a 200-mile railway from Tsangchow to Shihchiach, linking the Tientsin-Pukow and Peking-Hankow trunk
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    PUBLIC ENEMY NO. I. CAPTURED.
    45 11 New Orleans, May 2. The police yesterday captured Alvin f Karpis, public enemy No. 1, the climax of a nation-wide search lasting several months. Twice previously Karpis shot his way out of police traps, but this time surrendered meekly. Reuter.
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    SIAM CHINESE MISSION TO NANKING.
    34 11 Two overseas Chinese study commissions, one from Siam and th? ether from the Philippines, arc now in Nanking. They visited the Sun Vat-sen Mausoleum yesterday. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    45 11 Prince Teh has decided to comply I with a Central Government order for I the removal of the seat cf the Pel- I lingmlao Council to Chlaopusu which I J is to be renamed Tehua district, says a Nanking report.— Sin Chew Jit Poh. A
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    NEGUS WILL NOT SURRENDER.
    87 11 EMPRESS TO REFUGE IN JERUSALEM. Addis Ababa, May 1. The Emperor, after a discussion hero vith his Government, has decided to :ontinue the struggle, despite defeats. It is believed that ths Empress andi loyal Family will shortly go to Jerusalem. The Emperor and Crown Prince vill
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    CANADA'S BIG TRADE BALANCE.
    59 11 Ottawa, May 2. The Budget shows a revenue of >372,000,000 and expenditure $534,000,)00, of which $374,000,000 was ordinary md the remainder extraordinary, in:luding relief and railway deficits. Imports for the year amounted to .563.000,000 and exports to $765,000,000; idding gold exports of $119,000,000 and he tourist
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    "PEACE IS MY WHOLE AIM."
    257 11 Mr. Baldwin 's Speech On Defence. NEED FOR GREAT AIR STRENGTH. "gTHENGTH in the air and a knowledge of that strength abroad and of defences prepared apainst air attacks are the surest guarantees of peace declared Mr. Stanley Baldwin iast night. My whole aim as
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    MISS BRIDGET THOMAS.
    36 11 London, May 1. The formal announcement today of the engag.-m.nt of Miss Bridget Thomas to Capt. Lotinga was given considerable prominence in the Press, the evening papers publishing photographs of the bride.- Reuter.
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    DEER—KILLING CASE IN JOHORE.
    539 12 DEER— KILLING CASE IN JOHORE. Excessive Sentences On Estate Labourers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, May 1. BEFORE Mr. Justice J. V. G. Mills yesterday thirteen Tamil labourer! of Buloh River Estate, Masai, Johore, successfully appealed for a reduction of sentence. They were convicted on April 1 on charges
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    FOUND HANGED AFTER COURT ORDEAL
    129 12 Tragic Sequel To K.L. Complainant:} Protest. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 1. Wong Choy, the stoker complainant in the case in which a detective, Lim Hing, and his wife, Chia Kirn Kiew, are charged with criminal breach of trust of in respect of
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    MOTOR ACCIDENT AT GREAT WORLD.
    68 12 Mr R. W. Carter, factory manager of Hume Pipe Co., Ltd.. was badly injured in a motor-accident in Singapore early this morning. Mr. Carter was driving his motorcar out of the park opposite the Great World when the vehicle fell Into a drain and overturned.
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    CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOR.
    59 12 Dr. Mary Stone, the famous pioneer Chinese woman doctor who is a passenger on the President Wilson passing through Singapore has kindly consented to speak at the Fortnightly Club meeting which is to be held at the Y.W.C A. at Raffles Quay on Monday morning at ten
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    O.A.G. TO ADDRESS THE ROTARY CLUB.
    36 12 H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. A. S. Small, will be the speaker at next Wednesday's meet- ing of the Singapore Rotary Club. He will talk on "Government Service."
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    RED BANNERS.
    29 12 May Day passed yesterday without any trouble from Communists in Singapore, but several red banners were found by the Detective Branch in I People's Park last night.
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    22 12 The cannas in the Botanic Gardens are making a remarkably fine show at present. (See "A Gardens Calendar" on pace 10 today).
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    INDIANS WANT THREE COMMISSIONERS.
    63 12 Deputation To The Government The management committee of the Indian Association met recently \nd discussed the question of Indian representation on the Singapore Municipal Commission and the following resolutions were passed unanimously: 'That this Association is of the opinion that the grant of privilege to the
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    RUBBER EXPORTS.
    76 12 The Registrar-General of Statistics states that the ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, revertex, and concentrated latex, during the month of April amounted to 35,999 tons. This made the cumulative total for the year, to Apr. 30, 160,088 tons. The cumulative total at Apr. 30, 1935, was 207,877
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    101 12 mission is wrong in principle and prays the Government to withdraw such privilege. 'That' this Association is of the opinion that the Indian community, by virtue of its numerical strength and the percentage of the assessment paid by it, should have at least three representatives on the Municipal Commission, at
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    "BORROWED" MOTOR-CAR WRECKED
    255 12 Jaga-Kreta Boy Treated As First Offender. How a Jaga-kreta boy stole a professional Jockey's car from Raffles Place, Singapore, on Mar. 21 last and wrecked the vehicle in a collision with a lorry at Geylang was related in the second, police court yesterday. The complainant was Mr.
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    OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE.
    41 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) So re m ban, Apr. 29. Five street barbers appeared before the Seremban magistrate, Mr. M. J Hayward, charged with trespassing by plying their trade on government land outside the mosque. They were dischargedwittvacautlon.
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    16 12 An agency of the Mercantile Bank v to be opened at Kuala Trengganu on May IS.
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    SENTENCES "GROSSLY INADEQUATE."
    224 12 Sikhs Bound Over Now Go To Prison. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 1. "In my opinion the sentences passed by the learned magistrate were grossly inadequate," said Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., in the Supreme Court this morning, when he delivered juudgment
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    ROBINSON'S SMALLER LOSS.
    112 12 Improved Turnover That Was Not Maintained. The accounts of Messrs. Robinson Co., Ltd., for the year ended Jan. 31 were issued yesterday and disclose a -loss of $18,467. The loss for the previous year teas $40,315 and the balance at debit of profit and loss account carried
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    45 12 A section of the M.S.V.R. is to be started on the Bernam River. Parades i will be held four times a month on Ulu Bernam estate. It is expected that i there will be about eight or nine mem 1 1 bers of the section.
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    SEX AND JINX. Bette Davis Seduces And Jitters.
    467 12 At The Cinema. "Dangerous." (With Bette Davis and Franchot Tone.) Warner Brothers. At the Victoria Theatre. Bette Davls's acting in thLs picture won her the prize of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best performance by any film
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      399 12 WHAT iS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing j Happiness Ahead, with Dick Powell. this daily feature to civ* 7 15 9 30 readers a comprehensive sum- ««*u. Mary of entertainments, meet- Bette Dav^- 15-9. 30. injjs, snorts events, social fund ions I MARLBOBOIGH: Love P;«de. and other outstanding
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    BRITISH PRODUCTS ARE REAL VALUE FOR MONEY.
    1566 13 Fifth Trade Fair In Singapore. HELPING THE EMPIRE. "Best Material And Best Workmanship. EVERYTHING suggests that this year's British Trade Fair in Singapore must achieve bigger results than its predecessors. This is the conclusion arrived at after witnessing the opening of the Fair
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    14 13 The Officer Administering the Government declaring the Trade Fair open yesterday. Straits Times Photograph
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    12 13 S scene in the motoring section of the Fair. Straits Times Photograph.
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    SPEED LIMIT FOR LORRIES.
    87 13 In exercise of the powers vested In lim by Section 11 of Ordinance No. 29 (Traction Engines and Motor Jars), the Governor in Council has nade the following Order: 1. This Order may be cited as the ipeed of Lorries (Singapore* Order, 936. 2. No person
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    MR. & MRS. P. S. WILLIAMS. Tribute From Sitiawan Residents.
    151 13 MR. MRS. P. S. WILLIAMS. Tribute From Sitiawan Residents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipch, May 1. Sitiawan residents accorded Mr. P. S. Williams, District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, and Mrs. Williams a warm reception on the occasion of their last visit prior to leaving for Rome on furlough. In the course
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    95 13 allowed the appeal on the second charge of driving without from brakes, holding that the third charge of driving with inefficient brakes covered the second, but upheld the magistrate's conviction and fine on the charges of overloading and driving with inefficient brakes. He also ordered that appellant's licence should be
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    Lorry Peril In The F.M.S.
    198 13 OWNERS TO BE PROSECUTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.)' Kuala Lumpur, May 1. That it was the habit of some lorry drivers to remove their front brakes, so as to lessen the strain on their lorries which had been overloaded, was the statement made by the
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    AIRMEN UNIMPRESSIVE BUT FINISH WELL TO BEAT S. C. C
    883 14  -  Leighton. By CLUB HAD CHANCES BUT MISSED THEM. Hollingsworth Illingworth Get Two Goals Each. R.A.F. 5; S.C.C. 1. f\NCE again the S.C.C. put up a much better show in a First Division match than the score would suggest but they
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    SCHOOLBOY IN ENGLISH AMATEUR GOLF FINAL.
    69 14 London, May 1. At Deal today an eighteen-ycar-old school boy, John Langley, who won the boys' golf championship last year, qualified for the final of the British Amateur champion." hip by defeating the former international, Cyril Tolley, 1 up. In the other semi-final H.
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    THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL SPORTS.
    480 14 Athletics: 220 Invitation Race Won By St. Joseph's. MRS. A. S. Small, wife of the Officer Administering the Government, presented the prises at the: conclusion of the Anglo-Chinese School athletic meeting yesterday. The following are the full results'— 100 Yards— A: 1 Seah Yik Khiam (T.K.K.);
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    MALVERN WIN SCHOOLS RACKETS CUP.
    71 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 20. The meeting at Queen's Club for the Public Schools' Rackets Championship has been as keen as ever this year and the gallery was crowded en Saturday for the final match when Malvern (P. D. Manners and N. W.
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    POOR S.A.F.A. TRIAL.
    1080 14  -  Leighton. Local Soccer Topics. By Singapore Always Play Well In Cup Against Services —No One To Replace Old Stars A Grand Clean Game New Rule For Goalkeepers rpHE less said about the first S.A.F.A. trial match the better for It was a terribly poor affair and one
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    178 14 SATURDAY, MAY 2. Scccer: Div 1, Malays vs. Middlesex at Anson Road Stadium. Yachting: R.S.Y.C. vs. R.A.F. (B Class boats)' at 4 p.m. Golf: S.G.C. man's menthly medal (bogey). Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Unt'.ed Services, lit day at S.C.C: S.R.C. vs. Chinese a'., S.R.C.; Nondescrpts vs. R.A. Bla:;an Matl
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    22 14 Mizon of the Middlesex is a very useful centre-half and knows how to keep his forwards on the move. Straits Times Photograph.
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    DOUBLES FINAL AT S.C.C. ON MONDAY.
    237 14 Lawn Tennis? Mixed Tourney Starts Next Week. *THE final event of the S.C.C. spring lawn tennis tournament, the championship doubles in which N. S. Wise and R. F. Smith meet E.C. Chcrrington and W. J. M. Warden will be played on Monday. After the
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    CHINA DOING BADLY.
    66 14 Paris, May 1. China fared badly in the first two matches of their Davis Cup tie against FYance today: O. Rdiissus beat Kho Sin Kie 6—6,6 6, b— o. 6—l. Destremcau beat G. Cheng 6—l,6 1, 6—3. B—6. 6—3. Kho plp.ycd b?:t?r than the score vould indicate
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    TEN SUCCESSIVE BULLS.
    28 14 Ta^.ng part In the Kinta Erannri •".MS. V.R.A. Spoon shoot recently O. West got a possible at 500 yards scot ng ten bulls in succession.
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    BOY QUEE PUTS UP THE BEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER.
    1041 15 ANOTHER T. K. O. WIN FOR FRISCO. Kid Amat Much Too Good For Fighting Choo. By Leighton. yOUNG FRISCO added another T.K.O. victory to his list of Malayan victories at the New World Stadium last night when Frank Malinao was
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    49 15 rir£l_£^ d »nceof that enthusiastic supporter of A«ocUtk>n football Mr. F. C. Sauds seated second from runt— the Malaya Publishing House are serious challengers for admission to the S.A.F.A. Second Division In the group of players seen above are a number whose names are well known in local football
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    SINGAPORE MAY MEETING.
    320 15 Malayan Racing, Handicaps For Opening Day At Bukit Timah. yHE following are the handicaps for Saturday, May 9, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting: THE ANNIVERSARY CUP. Horses, Class 1, Div. 1. (7 furs.) Strathpeffer 9.0 Jack Fly 810 Miltondale 8.4
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    EASTERN KNIGHT AND BIGAMY LOOK WELL.
    508 15 THIS MORNING'S TRACK WORK. Wrong Numbers Carried During Training. (BY CAPT. DASH. WITH the arrival of Logue's string more horses were seen on the track at Bukit Timah this mornI mr on the second track. Chiefly slow and half pace work was done with
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    TODAY'S FOOTBALL.
    81 15 Association Football. Middlesex vs. Malays At An. son Road. TWt Middlesex Regiment pla> their third s»m t in the First Diyision at Anson Road Stadium this afternoon their opponents being the Malays. The teams for this game will be as follows: MIDDLESEX: Clarro; Bayliss and Lawlor; Freshwater, Mizon
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    JAPANESE HAVE THE SAME TEAM.
    190 15 Baseball. Singapore League Senson Opens Tomorrow. TWE Singapore ba.seoall league season opens tomorrow <«» the Si Tosephs ground at 2.30 p.ni with game between the American Association and the Japarv.se YMC The Japanese will have tne macm team with which they wxa the pennant last
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    39 15 The English cricket season st.im •jfflclally to\ ay and the following matches wtll be started- Lord's: M.C.C. v. Yorkshire. Cardiff: Glamorgan v. Kent Leicester: Leicestershire v. Surrey WoroesUr: Worcestershire v. All India Ox'ord: Oxford University j. Gloucestershire.
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    R.S.Y.C. SCULLS FINAL
    38 15 The final of the R.S.Y.C. sculls between J. Haalebos, G. C. R. Franks and F. Thomas will be rowed off this afternoon at 5.30 p.m. Launches for spectators leave the New Pier at 5.15 p.m.
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    A STROLL AROUND THE BRITISH TRADE FAIR.
    3087 16 WHAT TO SEE THERE. Comprehensive Display Of Empire Goods. THE following is a description of the stands at the British Trade Fair which was opened at the Great World yesterday by H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. A. S. Small: Advertising Publicity
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    THE EXHIBITORS. Alphabetical List And Stall Numbers.
    513 16 THE EXHIBITORS. Alphabetical List And Stall Numbers. 'THE following Is an alphabetical list of the exhibitors, with their stall numbers: Advertising; and Publicity Bureau, Ltd. (131 to 178), Art Furniture Depot. (103 to 105). Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd. (159 to 161), Australian Primary Producers Society (05), Anna Preparations (58).
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    TO ENJOY LIFE TO THE FULL YOU MUST BE "FULL OF LIFE"
    176 16 As you grow older you begin to lose the full zest of life and cannot get the kick out of things that you used. Some seek medical advice and receive the assurance that there Is nothing radically wrong.
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    CHURCH
    611 17 EASTER lII— MAY 3 A LITTLE WHILE. COR four Sundays the passages for consideration are taken from the sixteenth chapter of St. John wherein is given the last discourse of Christ at the Supper Table— "in the same night that he was betrayed"— for the concluding chapter 17 is
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    SERVICES.
    743 17 Changl, Messrs. Checseman Sands; 6 p.m., Evening Service Radio-broadcast. Mr. H. R. Cheescman; Thursday, May 7, C p.m., Choir Practice. STRAITS CHINESE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 138, Prinsep Street, Singapore. Sunday 8.15 a.m., Sunday School Bible Class; 9.15 a.m., Malay Service, Mr. Llm Thlan Pc:; 11.30 a.m.. Boys' Brigade Bible Class;
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    MOTOR SECTION.
    643 17 A description of the motor section of the Trade Fair appears on pace 7. the notice of present and future users, on a stall which Is full of dainty examples of dainty stitching. On the stall, It is worthy of note that every scrap of work shown both
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    CANOEING ROUND THE WORLD.
    237 17 German Now Making For Malaya. Paddling and sailing a precarious way down the west coast of Siam to Penang is Herr Oscar Speck, a 28-year old German electrical engineer from Hamburg, who left his home three years ago on a canoe trip round the world. Herr
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF THE RUBBER GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
    1819 18 MR. ROBERT STEWART ON ARTIFICIAL RUBBER. Mr. T.J. Gumming Elected Chairman For 1936. (By Air Mail. (From Our London Staff.) London, Apr. 24. ALL THINGS considered, it is clear that the future of our industry is bound up with international regulation of rubber
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    The New Viceroy's Message To India.
    2324 19 FOLLOWING is Lord Linlithgow's address which was broadcast from New Delhi: A few moments ago you listened to a brief but profoundly significant ceremony when you heard me take the oaths of allegiance and of office. Now, speaking to you In your homes with
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    69 19 Chancellor's Resignation Accepted. New Delhi. It is understood that the Viceroy has finally accepted the resignation tendered by the Maharaja of Patiala from the office of Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes. It is alto understood that all other ruling Princes v>ho had resiffned, or intended to
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    176 19 Investiture Durbar At Cooch Behar. Cooch Behar. gCENES of traditional Eastern splendour marked the formal investiture of His Highness the Maharaja of Cooch Behar with ruling powers by His Excellency the Governor of Bengal, at Cooch Behar. In his address to the Maharajah, Sir John Anderson stated that the old
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    FLYINGBOAT SERVICE ACROSS INDIA.
    100 19 Inspection Of Sites, Calcutta A party of experts has completed a tour of inspection by air of the proposed flyingboat route across India in order to select bases and make other arrangements In connection with the Empire air mail service. The party flew from Karachi to
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    50 20 The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, left Buckingham Palace after having presented loyal addresses to Kins Edward. The Lord Mayor was accompanied by his Aldermen and Sheriffs and representatives of rivic and other bodies. Photo shows: A crowd watching the Lord Mayor leaving Buckingham Palace In his coach.
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    41 20 Cardinal Hinstey, Archbishop of Westminster carried out the ancient ceremony of the blessing of the Palms at Westminster Cathedral, London on Palm Sunday for the first time since his Installation. Photo shows: Archbishop Hlnsley blessing the Pains outside Westminster Cathedral. Londor
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