The Straits Times, 8 March 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1937 PRICK 10 CEN
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      169 1 BRIHKmQNHtCQ GRRNCI ROOD sole THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD. AGENTS SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. i W.P.S. SA ■■kkb by special appmntment CONSULT THE LEADING HOUSE OF uijj DE SILVA, LTD. $>W(2P 72 For all HIGH -CLASS JEWELLERY, ENGAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS ESTD 2 WATCHES, SILVER, LP. «d Crystal Ware of erery
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      72 1 6 L A M|RRO rwk M RING jjj Ornamental q IZSS I I and Useful I TOUH BAC I A C ANCE IN CARDBOABD BOX PRICE $2.00 IN PRESENTATION CASE PRICE $2.25 ROBINSON «t CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. BREAD A meal in itself and an abundant source of energy.
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      676 2 SIR DAVID GALLOWAY p.p.c. Correspondence will be dealt with by The British Malaya Trustee Executor Co.. Ltd. Singapore. SITUATIONS VACANT REALLY experienced Indian or Malay boy required. Also first class cook. Apply 3 Mandalay Road. WANTED. Buropean Wlnchman for Bteam Dredge. Application with references (copies only) to Box 884, Straits
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      770 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE. 14' Sailboat built Sarawak half-deck centre-board. $80. Apply Box No. 866, Straits Times. FOB SALE set of five lady's golf clubs with bag, very little wed. $30. Owner leaving Cbieoy. Apply Box No. 845, Straite Times. FOR SALS. Rubber Factory Machinery. Scrap washer, creping maz-hiw. cratches,
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      855 2 AUCTION NOTICES PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Estate of ShaJk AMitataM Ma Mihi»»i fUflwarfan, Deceased aad Estate at Shafc SalHm. Shaik Ahnri as* Shatk AMaMah Ma ft Mali sb maaaa Piuihwl aai Shaft Awalh Mn AMalrahnun Fl«»wnit«B. IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE at Valuable Freehold and Leaseaatd Sioaxxxc properties. At Messrs. Cheong Kocn
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      834 2 PUBLIC NOTICES FOR SALE PRIVATELY. No. 1. Ho. 30. U—TiTtnr Road. areas 2.M1 and 4J61 square feet, Statutory Land Grant. No. 30. M-g*^— Road is wed m a storage godown. No. 3. Land situate at Henderson Road, suitable for the erection of godowns or factory, areas 11 acre*, 3 roods
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      905 2 PUBLIC NOTICES FRAJER NEAVL, LIMITED. NOTICE is h-rrby given that the Ordinary Share Tarnsfer Register of the Company win be closed from the 16th to the 20th Instant inclusive. By Order of the Board, H. L. VINCENT, Secretary. Singapore, March 6, 1937. THE KEDAH RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m the
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      792 2 "SCHIFFNEirS" MILLINERY, DRESSES A NOVELTIES have rsmovtd to No. 3, Arvderaon Road. Phone 4768. BUSINESS CARDS civ, MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE 'Irs. HARU and Miaa HANA 6C, WATERLOO STREET. Te««phone 7467. THE MASTER KEY. By Charles F. Haanel. Fhe Greatest work ever written on Psychology It imparts a Practical.
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      700 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporatea u> England) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N.CO. TJNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EASX MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore CATHAY 15.000 Mar Jjj BURDWAN 6.070 Mar
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      586 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels rr.nnage Due Sail 3 KATORI MARU 10.00U Mar. 17 IS S KASHIMA MARU Mai 31 Apr 1 1 YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Apr. 13 14 HAKONE
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      636 3 BANGKOK LINK FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN Prom Prom Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penan c M.S. Sham MEONIA 16/3 16/3 17/3 19/3 ERRIA 30/3 30/3 31/3 21 Alf-IA 6/4 6/4 7/4 9/4 BORINGIA 27/4 27/4 28/4 30/4 FIONIA 18 5 18/5 19/5 21/5 LALANDIA 8 6 B'6
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      266 3 [PRESIDENT LINERSJ TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Prom Arrive H'kong S.F. Pres. Cleveland Mar 18 Apr. 5 Pres Coolldge Apr 3 Apr 21 Pres Taft Apr 21 May 11 Pres. Hoover May 1 May 19 Pres. Lincoln May 19 June 8 Pres. Coolidge May 29 June 16 Pres Wilson June 16
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      1017 3 REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The fins Kblow Steamship Co (***** Lt« Steam Ship Co Ltd. and China Mutual The Canard WhIU Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Itd The Strait* Steamship Co Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line ltd. The China Navigation Co. Ltd.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    434 4 Aircraft Sydney arrived Mar 2 Mr i E C. Summerson. Mr. J. B. Mackie, The Hon. Mr J. D. Kemp, Mrs. J. D Kemp from Brisbane. Aircraft Aurora Mar. 3 The Hon. Mr. J. D. Kemp Mrs J. D. Kemp for London. Aircraft Artemis arrived Mar. 4
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    NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
    22 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDA M The air mall dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 27 was delivered in London on Mar 6
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      MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
      143 4 Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night mix rain- bright mln lemr fat) s'shine terrp Uu ftrs. *F bupei' <a tenden t. Meteorological Branch Malaya. Meteorological Office, Singapore, Mar. 8, 1937. West Coa»i. Alor Star Bayan Lepas (Penang) Sitiawan Bukit Jeram Malacca .man. Kuala Lipis K. Liunpjr
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      137 4 Monday, March 8. Ship* alvuif«Me tbe Wnanrea or expected i» arrlT* Main Wharf Heron. Chantek, Dilwara, Waterboat Splendour. Sumson 111, Lch. Sir H. Anderson. Oil Wharf H. M. 8. Pearkaf. Coal Wharl NU VESSELS IN OKI L> C»i Unwni ratjai Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock R.
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      99 4 During the week ending Feb. 27 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 48.029 cases, of which29.957 (62 per cent.) cases were to the United Kin.vlom. 1,687 i four per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 9.127 '19 per cent.) cases to Canada
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      297 4 Today. Java ft Southern Sumarr? b> at> iNethenandsi 4 p. m. Tuesday, March 9. Pengerang <S Soon Hengj ..9 am Bagan Selat Paodjanft (Hong Thong) i ''Jn. Port de Kjc'.i. Pedang. Pakan Barce Bias (Hong Kwong) ..3 pjn. Pet:ang. Siam, Burma. India. Iraq, Palestine, Egypt E. <Sj
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      AIR MAILS. INWARDS.
      73 4 AIR MAILS. INWARDS. KLM.: From Europe: Arrives tonight. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday night. OUTWARDS. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close today at 4 pm. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 r*m. tomorrow. X.L.M.: To
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      FROM MALACCA.
      105 4 Correspondence for transmission ty air "via Netherlands" must be special. v and clearly superscribed "By X L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Jova and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 9.45 ajn Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and South Africa by air (Imperial) ..9.45
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      113 4 Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today. Mar. 8, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow. Mar. 9. at 8.25 am Mails from China today Mar 8, by Glenflnlas Mails from China tomorrow, Mar. 9. by Cremer. Mails from
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      DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
      21 4 Mall dispatched from Singapore on Feb. 12, by Rawalpindi was delivered ir London today, Mar 8.
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      ACCELERATED DEPARTURE
      26 4 The Memmon for Philippine Islands. Mails previously announced as closing today, Mar. 8. at 11 a.m. were closed on Mar. 6 at 7 pm
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      FRENCH FRANC MAY BE DEPRECIATED.
      179 4 Defence Loan To Be Issued Today. Paris, Mar. 4. Prices on the Bourse substantially improved today on rumours of Impending Government changes and currency revaluation. There were reports of the imminent resignation of the Financial Minister. M. Vincent Auriol. and replacement by M. Blum Other
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      VETERAN OF ZULU WAR DEAD.
      49 4 London, Mar. 7. The death has occurred of Maj-Gen. Sir Ronald Bertram Lane. Reuter. Sir Ronald was 90 years of age. He served with the Rifle Brigade in the Zulu, Boer and Egyptian wars. He retired in 1909 and was created K.C.B. in 1912.
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      PRODUCE.
      172 4 Singapore, March 8, 12 noon. Buyer seller Oambler $1 61 Hamburg Cube 15.00 Java Cube 10 5( Pepper. White Muntok $19.00 White $18.50 Black $11.25 Copra. Mixed $7.95 Sun Dried $8.25 Tapioca Small Flake $5 50 Pair Flake $5.0C Medium Pearl $5.5i Small Pearl $5.60 Sago fiout So I
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      PASSENGERS.
      107 4 The fc^owing passengers for Malaya are in the Antenor which Is dua in Singapore from Europe on Mar. 20. Mrs. W. A. Allan, Miss D. I. Cornor, Mrs. Fraser and Infant. Mr. G C Kaje, Mr. G. R. Llvett. Mrs. Llvett. Mrs McCrow, Mrs. O'Grady and Infant Major G.
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      CLEARANCES
      45 4 Mar. 6: Kola, Medusa, Ipoh. Tiiawa, Rosalie Moller, PeUander, Malacca, 81a Aik Lee, Tandjong Balel. Pulau KidJang, Katong. Kajang, Raub (Brit); G.G. Merlin (Fch.); Scharnhorst, Gneisenau (Ger); Toklwa Maru (Jap.); Bdelongan. Valentyn. Tohiti, Toba. Palopo, Tobelo. Senang (Dut.). Mar. 7: Maros (Dut); Bulan 'Brit),
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      INDIAN LABOUR
      39 4 Arrivals from and departures to Hie Madras Presidency of India:. during February were as follow. Arrivals (State aided).— 37l a I ;'.;s, 72 minors. Arrivals 'ordinary deck pa 2,730 adults, 285 minors. D?D-rtures.— 3.205 adults. 239 ui.i.aift
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      511 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorpcrated In P. 1f. 8. LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS. F.M.S. KLVS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 6433— Pawage Mil. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (incorporated in England). FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin class from £105-10-2 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange
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      362 4 lnu>rporated to Straits Settlement*) EH ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP TO LTD. JSSL^! it (Incorooratecl In England) BOSTON, NEW VOKK A BALTIMORB VIA SUEZ CANAL -IXLEKMAN" LINK Due SalL< havkf I ONDON STEEL NAVIGATOR Mar. J2 Mar 27 FOB HAVRE. LONDON BTEEL SEAFARER Ant 22 An- M ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. STEEL
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      322 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 5.48 a.m. 7.2 ft.; 8.58 p.m. 6.6 ft. L. W. 1.48 p.m. 2.7 ft. Tuesday. March 9. H. W. 7.22 a.m. 7.3 ft.; 9.38 p.m. 7.1 ft. L. W. 1.45 a.m. 5.4 ft.; 2.53 p.m. 2.2 ft. Wednesday, March 10. H. W. 8.33 a.m.
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    REDS' SURRENDER TO NANKING.
    339 5 VIEWS OF JAPANESE AND SOVIET ENVOYS. MR. KAWAGOE CALLS ON GEN. CHIANG. <(|£UOMINTANGISM conflict* fund a mentally with Communism. I believe that co-operation between the two cannot be realised in the near fature." So said Mr. Ka./agoe, Japanese Ambassador, in an Interview in connection with the
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    N. CHINA REFORMS.
    94 5 Gen. Sung Che-yuan To Visit Nanking. Peiping, Mar. 8 Decisions of the recent Kuomintang Executive Conference to r; -assert Central authority in Hop:i and Chahar are being enforced. It is announced that Gen. Sung Che-yuan, chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Political Council, who has repeatedly been accused of
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    FAILURE OF AUTONOMY MOVEMENT. Japanese Abandoning Chahar ?
    86 5 FAILURE OF AUTONOMY MOVEMENT. Japanese Abandoning Chahar Tientsin Mar. 7. The Kwantung (Japanese) has decided to reinforce the Jehol garrison with two more divisions and a brigade of Japanese troops "to protect t..e gateway to Manchukuo." This decision has been apparently necessitated by the failure of the Japanese inspired autonomy
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    Mr. Kirkpatrick Visits Canton.
    61 5 Canton, Mar. 8 Mr. Kirkpatrlck. British Board of Trade Commissioner 10 China, Is now on a visit to South China. He met Canton Government leaders at a banquet given ln his honour last night. He toured the city yesterday and paid a visit to the Whampoa
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    GEN. FENG'S "LEAVE."
    58 5 Nanking Mar. 8 Gen. Feng Yu-hslang, vice-chairman of the Central Military Affairs Commission, who has been granted three weeks' "leave," has left for Anhwel Province where he will direct the transfer of additional garrison forces to the north-eastern section of the province. Gen. Feng may also Inspect
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    CORONATION SEATS SELLING RAPIDLY.
    314 5 Firm Places Order For £2,000. Seats to view the Coronation procession on May 12 are being quickly secured by the public. Many stands and buildings ln the best positions are already sold out. Several firms and private individual* cave booked large blocks of seats on stands,
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      316 5 LAST NIGHT C&L^a^HßPfc^frJtß) MIGNON G. EBERHART-S M^^T A. ▼^B^B WITH THE MOST BAFFLING "i 0» OF ALL HER GREAT R^^il^^^LS MB! MYSTERIES! MURDER ARISTOCRAT Warner Bros. Picture LTLE TALBOT. MARGUERITE CHURCHILL Tomorrow— THE BLAZING LIFE AND THE DANGEROUS LOVE OF A GIRL WHO PLATED WITH FIRE— R KO. RADIO PICTURE
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      348 5 1 idlH HR DELLA LIND. *l i- -*-V->*t bjr Mctro-CoidaTß-Muc.-. that CIEANSIS,'SOFTINS, SMOOTHS, CLEARS ■■< NOUIIS HES JLJrY SKIN turns soft and smooth before .your eyes clogged stretched pores reduce the youthful radiance of a clear, velvety skin soon returns all because science has at last discovered how to make
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      306 5 AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Sen* Co.. Ltd.. No 10 (old No. 3D) Chulia Street on Wednesday. March 10. 1937 at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land and houses Nos. 593 and S93A. Serangoon Road, Singapore, areas
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      77 5 j J j JULIAN FRANKEL j I Just returned fren Europe I With Tk€ Very Latest In I "THINGS BEAUTIFUL" New On Oitplay At 101, Victoria Street. I YOU ARE WELCOME, j j CUSTOMERS ARE j ALWAYS RIGHT I m IW^f%L.SSf»*W Cb.\ L J b^^b 1 fit iii f4 THE
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      234 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY, ROXY, KATONG: Murder by An THE Straits T1«ies Is publishing Ar^tocrat. 6.15. 9.15. this daily feature to give reader? GARRICK THEATBE: Leelavathl a comprehensive summary of enter Sulochana. tainments. meetings, sports events. MARLBOROUGH: Devadas, 6 15, sociaJ functions and other ouUtand 9 15. ing happenings. S^
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      442 6 MORE INQUIRY FOR RUBBER SHARES. BUT CONDITIONS GENERALLY DULL. From Our Financial Correspondent, Singapore, Mar. 8. The tin market continues strong, the price on Saturday locally being the highest since January 1928 and this price will probably be considerably higher today. There are, of course, no advices
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      STOCK EXCHANGE. Rubbers Enjoy Moderate Support.
      88 6 STOCK EXCHANGE. Rubbers Enjoy Moderate Support. London. Mar. 5. f"|N the Stock Exchange today French currency uncertainties couple i with the usual disinclination to extend commitments over the weekend resulted in a marked slowing down of business. Rubbers, as an exception, enjoyed moderate support, while Internationals, after an indifferent start,
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        MINING.
        559 6 Issue Vai. Fraser Co Lyall Evatt Buyers EellersBuyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 5/6 5/9 5/6 5/9 £1 Asa.ii Kumbang 33/9 34/6 33/9 34/9 £1 Austra' Malay 54,- 56/- 54/- 56/6/- Ayer Hitam 24/- 25/- 24/6 25/6 1 Ayer Weng 1.70 18C 1.70 1.80 £1 Bangrtn Tin 23/6 24/3 24/-
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        GENERAL.
        446 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.55 2 2 do 7V 2 Prefs. 2.50 2.60 2.50 2.60 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B M. Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0.90 0.95 10 5 B II. Trustee 8 25 7 00 S.25 7 25 !100
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        202 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL s"r 1001 red. 1940 S4OO.UK> Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 110 norn 4ft% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 11l 114 norn 4 2 v 1909 red. 19SS St.UOO.OOO Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 119 121 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        370 6 Frascr Co. Lyall It Evatt I Kluang Kuala Sichm Kundong Lunas Malaka Pinda Mandal-Tekong Mentakab (.20) New Serendah ($2) New Scudai ($2) Nyalas Pajam Parlt Perak Perak Rlve r Punggor Radella ($5) Sandycrot- (S2) Suloh (50) Sungei Bagan <S2) Pun^ci Ramal Sungei Tvfcang Iambalak r&pah Telok Ansnn Trafalgar
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    EXCHANGES
    191 6 The following are the exchange rates thn morning according to tne tally circu:. r issued o\ the Hong Kong ano Shan;;nai Banking Corporation SELLING London T T 2/4 1/1<J London demand 2/4 1/16 London months sight 2/4Vi Lyon demand 1250 Hamburg demand 141 New York riemand 56 15/16 Montreal
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    77 6 Mar. 8, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F.O.B.) 383/ 8 38i/ 2 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F.O.B.) 38 38>/ 8 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardablc Singapore 38 38V6 March 38 Vh 38% April-June 38% 38%
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    TAIPING TIN AND NORTH TAIPING TO A MALGAMA TE.
    293 6 New Company To Bs Formed With $2,000,000 Capital. •T*HE amalgamation of the interests of Taiping Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd. and the North Talplng Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. has been proposed by the directors of both companies. A circular Issued to shareholders
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    BUDGET PROSPECTS REASSURING.
    85 6 London, Mar. 7. Commenting on Budget speculations, the Birmingham Post remarks that though it is still too early for a/.ateur budget-making, it is by no means too early to give thanks for the fact that these abnormally heavy demands can be presented to a nation financially in
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    350 6 The Handicaps For Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent^ Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 8. The following are the handicaps [->r the first day's races at Kuala Lumpur on Sat ur lay: Horses Class 1 Div. 1. 6 furs.: Bestlot 9 0, Knights Eye 8.6. Wicklow Bay 8.3. Strathpeffer 8.2, Cockpen
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    FRASER & COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    162 6 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Books Close Company. Dividend Date Piyable Ex Div. Date Total tor •.manciaJ year to date TIN. Burma-Malay 6d. (12th) Mar. 22 Mar. 27 Katu Tin 6d. (13th) Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Malayan Tin 15% Int Mar. 3 Mar 13 Mambaus 5% Int. Mar. 12
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      24 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England A.D. i~20) FIRE, MARINE LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malay"Chartered Bjnk Chamber*, Singapore. \PB 1.
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      196 6 FREE SLOGAN COMPETITION. "OLD RARITY" WHISKY. $250 in PRIZES As Agents for Bulloch Lade Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Distillers of the famous De Luxe Whisky "Old Rarity" we offer 10 Prizes for the best advertising slogans submitted. The slogans must be original, suitable for publication and should not exceed eight words
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY MEETING
      652 7 Saving Of Severance With Shanghai Electric. AS reported in the Straits Times on Feb. 26 the annual general meeting of the Singapore Traction Company. Ltd.. was held in London on Feb. 24 Mr. L. W. Hawkins (the chairman* said that the accounts presented reflected the completion
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      FEBRUARY TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
      114 7 The following dredge statistics and production of tin ore refer to February: Hrs. Y'age Pels Ore K.L. Tin No. 1 520 76.178 145 K.L. Tin No. 2 486 123,220 351 Kuchal Tin 526 130 000 1.060 Malayan Tin 2.600 Nawng Pet Tin 252 Rahman Hydraulic 1.000
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      Persistent Steady Demand For Near Rubber.
      819 7 REGULATION COMMITTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PRICE RISE. F their weekly report on the London rubber market Issued on Feb. 24. Messrs. Symington and Wilson write: At the date of our last report the rubber market showed a nardenlng tendency but went dull again on
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      VEGETABLE OILS.
      261 7 THE Liverpool correspondents of William Jacks and Co.. (Malaya) Ltd.. in their report of Feb. 18. comment as follows PALM OIL. After being quietly steady for some days, prices have started to ease off and most descriptions are 5s to 7s. 6d down on the week. West African
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      EXCHANGES
      139 7 London, Mar. 7. The following were mean rates ruling at noon today: Paris 107 5/16 Athens M7H New York 4.87 13/16 Bucharest 6674 Montreal ..4.87V, seller* Brussels 28.91 Rl< 414 Geneva 21.38W seller! offliia Amsterdam 8.91% ee;graat 21 i Milan 92 23 32 Suenos Aires unauvu-c Berlin IS.MM Montevideo
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      MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE.
      174 7 Increased Business Last Year. A SUBSTANTIAL Increase in assets and in insurance in force features the annual report ol the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company for 1936. New Insurances amounting to £11,599.177 were written bringing the insurance in force to £109,425.967, an increase of £2.585,571. Payments to pollcyholders
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      TREASURY BILLS
      41 7 London, Mar. 7, The total amount applied tor In tenders for £45,000,000 Treasury Bills was £75.050.000 The average rate per cent, for bills at three months was 10s. 8.76 d. against 10s. 5.19 d. a week ago.— British Wireless.
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      COPRA SCARCITY.
      385 7 N.I. Only Source Of Supply Available. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 19. AFTER the recent consistent ad- vance in commodities, a nervous tendency developed in most markets, and the price of copra has receded more in sympathy with the decline in other oil seeds, than from weakness
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      SUEZ CANAL DUES APPEAL.
      79 7 A plea for a still further reducJonlnj the dues of the Suez Canal was mad? by Mr. John C. Denholm. when presid- ing, in Glasgow recenMy. at the Sir annual meeting of the Glasgow and Clyde Shipowners' Association. Thp j rtues are to be reduced in
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    OLDEST MUMMY IN WORLD.
    522 8 Found Near Step Pyramid. A UNIQUE VASE. A YOUNG British archaeologist, Mr. Walter Emery, has discovered the only body of a noble of the First Dynasty of Egypt yet found. He found It at Sakkara, almost within sight of the step pyramid of Zoser. The body
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    ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH, KLANG.
    80 8 The annual genera! meeting ol St., Barnabas' Church, Klang was held recently, when the election of Church. officials and committee for 1937 resulted as follows' Chapiain the Rev. J. G. Hall; Chaplain's Warden and People's Warden. Mr A X Frugtneit; hon. secretary and tnasurer, Mr W.,
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    OLD BOYS TO ENTERTAIN, EX-HEADMASTER.
    66 8 Old boys of King Edward VII School. Taiping. are making preparations to entertain Mr R F. Stainer. a fcrmrr headmaster, when he visits Taiping on March 17 In the course of a world tour. Mr. 1. F Stainer was headmaster of the Central School, Taiping.
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    PENANG MOHAMMEDAN ADVISORY BOARD.
    106 8 His Excellency the Governoi has nominated the following to be members of the Penang Mohammedan Advisory Board for 1937: Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, M.C.S., Chairman; Dr. Knmil Md. ArilT. .T.P., Vice-Chairman; Sycd Salich bin Sycd Hashlm A!sagoff, M.8.E., J.P.; Syed Mohdar Idld bin Sycd Hassan
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      323 8 ANOTHER STOMACH OPERATION AVOIDED By Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. Round about the first week jf February." writes Mr. M. B., I became 111 The iirst symptoms v.ere that I was very weak, could hardly walk, and could not at wcause of terrible pain In the stomach, 'j'otween the slit uldors.
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      230 8 PENANG. ZHJ 6.08 me s (49.3 m.V, TODAY p.m. 7. Time signal and wjek's announcements. 7 05 "Potted Puccini". 7 30 Recorded variety programme. 7.55 Straits Echo news bulletin. 8. Musical serenades. 8.30 What's on in Penang. 8.35 Selections from "The Pirates of Penzance"; "Princess Ida" and "The Mikado". 9.
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      811 8 TOKIO. JZJ 11.80 Mc/s (25.4 m.) p.m. 9.20 Opening announcement. 9.23 News In English. 9.33 Music or lecture of actual happenings. 10.03 News in Japanese 10.13 Resume of the following day's programme. 10.20 Close down. MELBOURNE. VK3ME 9.59 Mc/s (312 m.) p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous
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    VON RIBBENTROFS SPEECH.
    145 9 GERMANY'S OWN STRENGTH." NEW INTERPRETATION OFFERED. Berlin, Mar. 6, a new Interpretation of Herr voRibbentrop's speech on colonies a: Leipzig last Monday Is furnished by official of von Ribbentrop's office. Many Germans are under the Impression that yen Ribbentrop sought to place before ths world the alternative
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    AMERICA TO GIVE LEAD?
    178 9 RUMOURS OF WORLD CONFERENCE. Washington, Mar. 7. It Is persistently rumoured that Mr. Bullitt, U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, who was a member of the America delegation to the World Economic Conference, has returned with the object of impressing on Mr. Roosevelt the desirability of sending out
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    SMALL NATIONS IN CONFERENCE.
    133 9 Removal Of Trade Barriers. The Hague, Mar. 6. The economic league of small nations, strong in spirt. opened a conference today which will last several days with the aim of laying the foundations of economic appeasement The conference consists of signatories of the Oslo Convention Holland.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY, MAR. 8, 1937.
    1020 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY, MAR. 8, 1937. A PIGEON-HOLE AND A PIGEON. Everybody who is familiar with the official world in Malaya knows whore to look for pigeon-holes, which are standard government furniture, but the particular pigeon we have in mind is not so easy to find. To begin
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    35 10 Mrs. Kennaway. wife of Mr. M. J. Kennaway, Escot Estate, Tanjong Malim, left bj the Arizona Maru yesterday for South Africa Mrs. Kennaway will stay In Rhodes. a for a month before proceeding tc England.
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    CHINESE DINNERS FOR EUROPEANS.
    1512 10  -  LIN YIA-FENG. By A Celestial Gourmet Initiates His Foreign Friends. (Reproduced from the People's Tribune, Shanghai.) /"VNLY a year ago I was dismayed to discover that some of my close friends had no knowledge of the variety and variation In Chinese cooklng. A few confessed to
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    693 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. EMPIRE DAYDREAMS. pONGRATX'LATIONS to Miss Renee Chew, of Raffles Girls* School, on having won first prize In an essay competition organised by the Royal Empire Society. The set subject was: "Hoy; is Empire Day observed in your district and how do you think the cel:brations
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    MR. SASTRI APPROVES LABOUR CONDITIONS IN MALAYA.
    187 11 ONLY A FEW MINOR POINTS FOR AMENDMENT. Educational Facilities Should Be Improved. RECOMMENDATION AS TC CARE OF SICK ON SMALL ESTATES. A continuation of voluntary assisted immigration of Indian labourers to Malaya, the exemption cf Malaya from the sex-ratio rule governing immigrants, the
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    LABOUR DEPARTMENT. MR. SASTRI COMMENTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN MALA YA. INDIAN AGENCY STATUS SHOULD BE RAISED.
    2692 11 LABOUR DEPARTMENT. MR. SASTRI COMMENTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN MALA YA. INDIAN AGENCY STATUS SHOULD BE RAISED. Perhaps it is not generally known in India, says Mr. Sastri, that the Malayan Governments have an organised Labour Department which has been in existence for more than 30 years. It is the
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    RUBBER STRIKERS OBDURATE.
    46 11 Akron, Ohio, Mar. 7. Members of the United Rubber Workers of America yesterday voted unanimously not to return to work in the closed factories of the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company until their union is recognised as the sole collective bargaining agency. Reuter.
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    DOLLAR LINER IN COLLISION.
    112 11 TANKER SUNK IN FOG. ALL CREW REPORTED SAVED. San Francisco, Max. 7. The Dollar liner. President CooLc^e, 21.936 tons, was in collision wkh a COOO-ton oil tanker, the Frank H. Buck, beneath the Golden oa'e Bridge in a dense fog yesterday. The tanker's crew of 30
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    ACCIDENT ON H.M.S. RAMILLIES.
    37 11 Gibraltar, Mar. 7. THE British battleship Ramillies has returned unexpectedly to Gibraltar and reported that four naval ratings were injured by the accidental firing of a gun loaded with star shell yesterday. Reuter.
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    SPANISH FRONTIER CONTROL.
    71 11 Virtual Agreement Of Powers. London, Mar. 7. After a ten-hour sitting, the nonintervention sub-committee iast nighr reached virtual agreement on the outstanding questions regarding the observation scheme. The full committee will oe aiied tomorrow to adopt the recommendations, bringing into immediate iorce the first stage of the
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    EGYPT WISHES TO JOIN LEAGUE.
    58 11 Cairo, Mar. 7. Having received invitations from 22 members, Egypt has formally applied for admission to the League of Nations, expressing a sincere desire to participate in international co-opera-tion. M. Avenol, Secretary-General of the League has been asked to include the application in the agenda
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    MONKS ON STRIKE.
    234 11 Sit-Down Idea Spreads. ABBOT WHO WAS TOO SEVERE. Cairo, Mar. 7 The stay-in strike habit has extended to the desert Coptic monastery of Deir el Moharrak, near Assiut, Upper Egypt., where the Christian monks have declared they will remain in the monastery until their demands for the
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    TENSION SLACKENS IN PALESTINE.
    70 11 Isolated Outrage. Jerusalem, Mar. 7. The tension following the disturbances yesterday, in which one Arab was shot dead and a Jew and another Arab were seriously injured, has slackened today. The curfew which was proclaimed last night has been repealed and the situation is becoming more
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    EXTRALITY ABOLITION New Nanking Foreign Minister's Aim.
    109 11 EXTRALITY ABOLITION New Nanking Foreign Minister's Aim. Shanghai, Mar. 7. Dr. Wang Chun-hui, the newlyappointed Foreign Minister, will assume charge of the Ministry tomorrow, when he is expected to issue a declaration outlining his line of action in the near future. While the foreign policy of the Central authorities will
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    MR. MACKENZIE KING
    40 11 Washington, Mar. 7. Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Premier, concluded his talks with Mr Roosevelt yesterday. No communique was issued, but it is understood the conversations embraced every topic of mutual interest between America and Canada. Reuter.
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    HAUPTMANN CASE TO BE REOPENED.
    174 11 New York, Feb. 20. QOVERNOR Harold Hoffman, of New Jersey, has secretly launched a new investigation into the Lindbergh kidnapping, hoping to prove a theory that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was not solely responsible. Hoffman held conferences this week with Norman ("The Fox") Whittaker, convicted of
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    "SOCIAL CREDIT" IN ALBERTA.
    69 11 Aberhart Government Still Holds On. Edmonton, Mar. 6. A motion of want of confidence in the Aberhart Government moved by the Conservative leader, Mr. David Duggan, was defeated by 52 votes to 7. Mr. Duggan declared that instead of gaining a reputation for solving problems and
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    49 11 Frank Vospcr, the well-known English actor, who made a tour of the Far East in 1922, is reported to have disappeared from the liner Paris following an end-of-voyage party in the cabin of Miss Muriel Oxford, (above) a 21-year-old beanty-contest winner who had been undergoing film tests at Hollywood.
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    OPIUM SEIZURE ON BRITISH SHIP.
    108 11 MALAYAN MEMBERS OF CREW CHARGED. Brooklyn, Mar. 7. A record haul of opium was confiscated by Treasury officials in New York harbour from the British steamer Taybank yesterday. The consignment valued at between £40,000 and £100,000, was hidden in 12.000 small tin containers. A writ
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    STOPPED SHIP.
    210 11 Insurgents Halt British Vessel. ORDER IGNORED Gibraltar, Mai. 8. The British steamer Springwear, en route to Spanish ports, was stopped in the Straits by an Insurgent trawler and ordered to proceed to Ceuta. The captain, however, refused to comply with the order and steamed rapidly to Gibraltar. It
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    CORONATION CEREMONY TO BE FILMED.
    43 11 London, Mar. 7. The Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey will be filmed in order that a comprehensive historical record will be available. Befoie being publicly exhibited, the film will bs passed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.— British Wireless.
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    GERMAN DIESEL PLANE LANDS AT KALLANG BY MISTAKE.
    558 12 ESCORTED TO SELETAR BY R.A.F. MACHINES. 13,700 Mile Flight To Australia. RUMOURED PURCHASE FOR INTERNAL AIR SERVICE. HUNDREDS of coolies, working overtime on the completion of Singapore's great Kallang Airport, crouched low as a giant brown monoplane roared over the landing field
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    SWIMMING CLUB FEES RAISED. 50 Cents For
    238 12 SWIMMING CLUB FEES RAISED. 50 Cents For Visitors In Future. IF you are a member of the Singapore Swimming Club and you want to take a visitor to the club, it will cost you an initial fee of 50 cents in future. A by-law to that effect .s to be
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    FLYING-BOATS LEAVE FOR HONG KONG.
    80 12 Air Commodore Off To Manoeuvres. Air -Commodore A. W. Tedder. Air Oflice r Commanding the Royal Air Force In the Far East, left to./ flyingboat at 6.45 a.m. toda i for. Hong Kon*. where cr mblned manoeuvres are to be heM shortly. The drcraft In
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    MALAYAN SIKHS TO CONFER.
    97 12 Meeting At Kuala Kanesar At Easter, The Khalsa Diwan Malaya, an organisation linkinp Sikhs domiciled lr Malaya with tr-tlr mother country, j will ho:d its 29th Convention at Kuala i k during i*t« <.ast»r notldays. Sardar Jagat Sfrgh will preside. Taere will be .n active participation
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    Italian Artists Please At Sunday Concert.
    489 12 AFTER the oppressive heat in which Faust was performed in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night the markedly cooler temperature last night was most welcome, and the concert given in the Memorial Hall by members of the Italian opera company was an unquestionable success,
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    Sultan's Religious Lecture.
    55 12 Sultan's Religious Lecture. From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Friday. LJIS Highness the Sultan of 1 Perak paid visit to the Malay Girls' School, Taiping, this morning and delivered a religious lecture to the students. His Highness later attended prayers at the Kota Road Mosque where he addressed a large gathering
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    TO HOSPITAL BY FLYING BOAT.
    91 12 Mr. Wavmouth's Condition Satisfactory. The condition is satisfactory today of Mr. H. L. Waymouth. aged 40. who was brought to hospital at Singapore from Kuantan, Pahang, by a flyingboat from the Royai Air Force station. Seletar, which r;".ced to the aid of the sick man
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    'ONE FRIGHTENED HOUR."
    122 12 At the Cinema. Thrills And Comedy In Capitol Film "One Frightened Hour." With Mary Carlisle A Mascot Picture. At the Capitol. There are plenty of thrills intermingled with slapstick ccmedy In this quite entertaining but not particularly clev picture. The theme of an eccentric old man. in
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    "TURKEY TIME" AGAIN.
    118 12 "Turkey Time," with Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn. (Gaumont-British). Pavilion Theatre. Yesterday saw a revival at the Pavilion Theatre of that uproarious Ben Travers farce "Turkey Time," with the old favourite Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn. Mary Brough and Robertson Hare at their best as fun-makers and an
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    24 12 The great brown Junker Diesel monoplane which passed through Singapore yesterday with five Germans aboard bound for Australia on a 13.700 mile experimental flight.
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    Indian Merchants Condemn High Freight Rates.
    871 12 "AUTOCRATIC ATTITUDE* OF SHIPPING CONFERENCES. UKiH freight rates adopted by th which are harming the en severely criticised by Mr. Mohamed Chamber of Commerce at the annua The autocracy of the shippi acute every day," Mr. Jumabhoy d "Another one has been added to
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    SINGAPORE OPERA IN 100 DEGREES.
    155 12 SINGAPORE OPERA IN 100 DEGREES. Mephisto In His Element. \yHEN Mephistopheles materialised to tempt Faust at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night h° did so in an atmosphere that bore a resemblance to the inferno, for the Italian Opera players sweltered in a stage temperature of over 100 degrees, wearing
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    MALAYA'S DOMESTIC TIN QUOTA.
    25 12 The Malayan domestic tin quota for the period April 1 to June 30. 1937, has been determined at 72 per cent.
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    TAMPIN FIRE INQUIRY CONCLUDES.
    106 12 Three Chinese Committed To Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) J Seremban. Mai. 6. After a hearing which had .asted eleven days in the Tampln Police Court, the preliminary Inquiry into a case of mischief by fire to gain insurance money against three Chinese concluded today, when
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    26 13 Mr. J. C. Dallow. Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs Department. S.S. and F.M.S., has been seconded for service under the Government of Kedah. with claim to pension.
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    24 13 Dr. R. A. Mac Nab, Medical Officer. Malayan Medical Service, has been seconded for service under the Government of Johore, with claim to pension.
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    44 13 A picture taken at the bei-sanding ceremony at the wedding of Incbe A. Mubin, son of The Hon. Dato Abdullah bin Esa, State Commissioner Segamat, with Wan Am inah, dauch ter of the Hon. Dato Mohamed Salleh bin All, Acting Mentri Besar of Johore.
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    IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE RATES.
    206 13 Number Of Recruiting Licences Issued. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Mar. 6 The record of a meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee under the chairmanship of the Controller of Labour, Malaya, the Hon. Mr. C. Wilson, on Feb 20, which has just been issued, states that
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    BALINESE DANCES.
    65 13 it Art Exhibition Today. The exhibition of Balinese paintings by M. A. J. Le Mayeur now being held at the Y.W.C.A. Is arousing considerable interest among Singapore art-lovers. The beautiful Balinese dancer, Polok, who was the model for several of the sketches and paintings In the exhibition, will
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    SINGAPORE'S $1,000,000 CINEMA.
    195 13 Flats And Dance-Floor As Well. The wealthy Loke Yew family of Selangor *is to give Singapore a new, million- dollar cinema to bo known as the Cathay. Adjoining it will be a restaurant with a dance floor, squash courts, and an eight-storey block of residential fiats. The
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    RETURNED FROM LEAVE
    57 13 The following Government officers have returned from leave: Mr. G. A. de C. de Moubray, Dr. (Mrs.) L. J. Bentinck, Major H. S. Paterson, the Hon'ble Mr. R. H. de S. Onract, Mr. J. J. Warren, Mr. S. P. Morton, Dr. J. M. A. Lowson. Mr. R.
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    35 13 The leave of absence granted to Dr. C. T. MacCarthy, Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service, has been extended by the Secretary of State for the Colonies for four months with effect from Apr. 23 next.
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    BOTH DRIVERS TO BLAME.
    295 13 Fatal Kuala Lumpur Motor Accident. CORONER'S VERDICT AT INQUEST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Mar. 6 The double Inquest on Mrs. Lena Evelyn Glffening and Mr Claude Marcus. v J .?Ums of one of the worst motor accldenU ir> 1936 which occurred In Victory Avenue.
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    VOLUNTEER FORCE
    56 13 New Advisory Commi.U'e Member. The Hon'ble Mr. H. R. S. Zjhnder. 0.8.E.. has been appointed to be a member of the Volunteer Force Advisory Committee tor Singapore, vice Dr. N. L. Clarke, resigned. The promotion of Sub-Lieut. G. C. Ashworth, Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to the
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    OFFICERS ON LEAVE
    58 13 The following Government oUlcers have been granted leave: Messrs. W. U. Higgins, S. Tonkin, A. H. Carson, C. U. E. Baughan, J. S. Macpherson, R. Walker, A. A. Strachan, A. D. Reddlck, B. W. Allen, T. W. Moore, Dr. O. H. Garlick, Miss N. F. Careless, Dr.
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    S.C.C. BATSMEN IN A "PROCESSION."
    287 14 Capital Win For Chinese On Padang. A STRONG S.C.C. team were well beaten at cricket on the padang yesterday when they were all out for 55 in reply to the small score of 94 compiled by the S.C.R.C. The Club's innings was made almost a
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    S.C.C. LOSE TO R.I.
    70 14 Another S.C.C. team lost to Raffles Institution on the padang on Saturday. Hie school batted first and made 171 for seven wickets, declared (Suratta 40, W.uts 35, Kohloff 20), the best bowling figures being Hunter's 3 for 34. The S.C.C. replied feebly, totalling only 49, of
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    29 14 Jake ICilrain (Belshlll), British welter-weight champion has been called upon by the Scottish branch of the Control Board to mcc Ernie Roderick, of Liverpool, at Glasgow on March 10
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    SELANGOR TRIAL.
    169 14 Teams For Two Days' Match Next Week-end. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. The following have been invited to play in the two days 12-a-slde State trial on the Kuala Lumpur padang next week-end: Mr. R. 11. White's XI: V Ponniah. Chanan Singh E. J. Perimpanayagam.
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    18 14 Cricket reports from Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Penang and Taiping held over owing to extreme pressure on space today.
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    OXFORD ROWING WELL.
    93 14 Full Course Trial In Good Time. London, Mar. 5. Oxford did their first lull course trill From Mortlake to Putney in 19 minj. 28 sees., which is considered satisfactory. They were favoured with a good ebb tide, but faced a strong wind and choppy water. London, Mar.
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    BROWN'S BRITISH RECORD FOR 300 YARDS SPRINT.
    63 14 Cambridge. Mar 4. A. G. K. Brown, who ran second In i the O.ympic 400 metres in Berlin, broke the British 300 yards .ecord, his time being 30.5 sees. The p-eviou: record of 30.6 sees, was established by the Varsity runner Guy Butier.—
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    24 14 The soccer team of H.M.S. Terror, who opened their league programme with a 3—* victory over the Indian Association on Saturday. —Strait* Times Photograph.
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    24 14 .ay in progress on the padang yesterday in the match in which the Chinese achieved a substantial victory over the S.C.C. Straits Times Photograph.
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    R.S.Y.C. JUST BEAT THE NAVY. Sailors Began With "One Out Of The Bag."
    355 14 R.S.Y.C. JUST BEAT THE NAVY. Sailors Began With "One Out Of The Bag." Yachting. The Navy certainly took one out of the bag against the R3.Y.C. yesterday morning when all their five boats finished within the first six places, Punai (Bath) being the on> well placed Club boat, coming In
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    MIDDS. vs. R.A. TODAY
    41 14 The First Division programme in the S. A. F. A. League will open today with the match at Anson Road Stadium between the Middlesex Regiment and the Royal Artillery (S. A. F. A. Cup winners last year).
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    49 14 Lawn Bowl*. The following are ties arranged In the S.CC. pairs knockout handicap: Today: F. W. Peachey and E. O. Mozar (+3) vs. O. W. Ollmour and V. P Barbat (+2). Tomorrow: A. Ferguson and C. O Fugler (—4) vs. E. Fozard and F. H. Brooks (scr)
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    WOMAN'S RECORD SWIM.
    43 14 Copenhagen, Mj. 6. Ragnhild Hveger beat the women's world record for the 300 metres freestyle in the time of 3 nuns. 50.1 sees. The previous record was held by Den Ouden of Holland and was 3 mm. 50.4 sees. Router.
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    MUTHUCUMARU JUST MISSES HIS CENTURY.
    289 14 Ceylonese Batsmen Give The Chinese A Leather-Hunt. "I "ME Chinese were visitors to Balestier on Saturday and were soundly beaten by nine wickets by the Ceylon Sports Clnb, who continued their innings to give the S.C.R.C. men a leather- hurt. Dudley hit a half-century and
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    LEEMBRUGGEN HITS UP A HUNDRED.
    197 14 A not out century by K. i>eemb»uggen was the feature of the Y.MC.A.'s big victory over H.M.S Terror at Anson Road on Saturday Scores: H.M S. TERROit Hodgson c Barker b Hay 14 Workman lbw. b Hay 15 Smith lbw. b Hay 12 Mansford lb*.
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    TERRIFIC FIGHT AT PENANG. Hemchit Twice
    328 14 TERRIFIC FIGHT AT PENANG. Hemchit Twice Saved by the Gong. BUT BEATS GABUCO ON POINTS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. 8. Johnny Gabuco, the Hawaiian featherweight, amazed a large crowd at Wembley last night in his fight with Neil Hemchit, the Siamese lightweight, by his remarkable toughness and aggressiveness,
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    K.L. RACES.
    22 14 The handicaps for Saturday, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Spring Meeting, will be found on Page 6.
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    S. A. F. A. League Victories For Chinese I
    247 15 EXCISE TRIED HARD BUT WERE OVERPLAYED. Chinese Should Have Had More Than Two Goals. fllE Chinese second team beat the Excise Department 2—o2 0 in their Div. II fixture at Ay.m fU&d Stadium on Saturday, but they should have had a
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    Coif. TITLE HAT-TRICK FOR ELKINS
    530 15 Coif. TITLE HAT-TRICK FOR ELKINS Again Wins Selangor Championship. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. W. H. Elkins retained the championship of Selangor Golf Club today by beating E. M. Scoular four and three over 36 holes. He has now won the title three years in succession. The
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    MISS HADLEY WINS AT KEPPEL.
    135 15 Consistent p!ay by Miss Hadiey and a final round of 89 gave h?r an easy win in the Kepp?l Golf Club's women's championship The winner's three rounds <v?re SB. 91 and 99 and she finished seven strokes ahead of ni:r nearest rival. Scores were as
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    21 15 N. S. Wise (left) with Kobayashi, whom he defeated in the V.M.C.A tournament after losing the first set -Straits Times Photograph.
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    WISE VOLLEYS WELL TO BEAT KOBAYASHI.
    537 15 A FTER playing indifferently and losing the first set, N.S. Wise, Singapore champion, got his eye in on Saturday when meeting a Japanese player, Kobayashi, in the open singles event in the V.M.C.A. open tournament. Volleying and placing well he went to match at
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    BANGKOK STUDENTS' TEAM TO VISIT MALAYA
    56 15 Association Football. From Our Own Corresoor.dent) Bangkok. Mar. 7 Ths soccer team of the University oi Political and Moral Sciences are to play matches in Malaya and will leave Bangkok on Mar. 17 At present tne team are undergoing ten days' intensive training at
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    74 15 TODAY. Si.cer: Mldds. vs. R.A. (Dlv. I), Stadium; 8.C.C. "B" vs. R.A. Battery (Chanel), padang: O.E.C. vs. HJC.S.B B.H.L.v S.H.B. ground; Nestanglo vs. P.O.E. (B.H.L.), Y.M.C.A. iround: K.A.M.C. vs. Y.M.C.A.. Tanglin Colt: S.O.C. women's championship final. Mrs. Cowen vs. Mrs. Hill. TOMORROW. Soccer: R.E. vs. Po!ic? (Dlv.
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    ENGLAND'S XV FOR MURRAYFIELD.
    48 15 London. Mar. 7. THE English rugger team to play Scotland at Murrayfleld on Mar. 20 has been selected as follows: Owen-Smith; Sever, Cranmer, A. N. Other, Unwin; Reynolds, B. C. Gadney. Prescott, Toft, Lonfland, Huskisson, A. Wheatky. W tun, A. N. Other, Cook. Renter.
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    And The " Terrors." SAILORS TOO GOOD FOR THE INDIANS.
    215 15 And The Terrors. SAILORS TOO GOOD FOR THE INDIANS. Maiuam Gives A Capital Display In Goal. nraREE geals to nil was the measure of H.M.S. Terror's victory <---cr the Indian Association in the Div. II match played at the P: ace Depot on Saturday. They played well, but the Indians
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    ARMY BEAT NAVY AT TWICKENHAM.
    205 15 Rugby Fomtbmll. Reynolds Plays Brilliantly And Wins His Cap. At Twickenham on Saturday the Army beat the Navy by 14 points (a placed goal and three tries) to 3 points (a try) in a grand game The soldiers, says a Reuter telegram, were the faster
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  • ARSENAL AND SPURS BEATEN IN ENGLISH CUP TIES.
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        ENGLISH LEAGUE.
        461 16 DIVISION I. Charlton Beaten At Sheffield. DIVISION 11. Bury Again In The Promo lion Race. Bolton 0 Blrnr Ingnam 0 Brentford 4 Leeds 1 Derby 1 Chelsea 1 Everton 2 Middlesbro 3 Manchester U 2 Stoke 1 Sheffield Wed. 3 .Charlton 1 P W. l. o F A.
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        GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
        458 16 "Lions" Run Manchester To A Standstill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 7. The F.A. Cup results yesterday were all wrong according to general anticipations. Nearly a quarter of a million spectators witnessed the four games, the largest crowd being 71,913 at Tottenham. Millwall played the
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        DIV. 11l (South).
        486 16 Brighton, Watford And Luton, All Win. Aldershot 3 Bristol C 0 Bournemouth 2 Luton 1 Brighton 7 Cardiff 2 Bristol R 4 Clapton 0 Gillingham 0 Queen's Park R. 0 Mlllwall vs. Notta Co. not played. Newport 3 Reading 0 Northampton 6 Walsall 3 Southend 4 Exeter
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        SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
        437 16 DIVISION I. Kilmarnock's Conquest Of The Hearts. Clyde 4 Albion 1 Dundee 2 Dunfermline 2 Talkirk 5 St. Mlr»en 1 Hibernian 2 Celtic 2 Kilmarnock 3 Hearts 0 Motherwell vs. Abroath not played. Partlck 1 Third Lanark 3 Q. of South 0 Rangers 1 Queer's Park 0 Hamilton
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        CHEAP WICKETS AT BENALLA.
        104 16 Bowlers' Harvest On Saturday. When the M.C C. vs. Country team match at Benalla was resumed on Saturday, the home side had lost two wickets .or 29 runs in reply to the tourists' first innings total of 344 (Fishlock 104, Voce 53 not out). They carried
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    THE "HAVES" AND "HAVE-NOTS."
    351 17 Correspondence, Germany's Demand For Colonies. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l really cannot understand what you are getting at in your leader of Mar. 2. You start, more or less, with the argument that because one country has fewer people per square mile
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    MALAYAN ITEMS.
    337 17 K. L. COUPLE TO SETTLE IN S. AFRICA. Mr. and Mrs. W. W Motion lett Kuala Lumpur last week for Singapore en route for Durban, ana were seen off by a number of friends. Mr. Motion has spent about 25 years In Malaya, mostly in Selangor. and hope*
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    30 17 Si Ahmed Hadji, a bronsed, bearded Moroccan merchant from the little town of Sale, near Rabat, admiring a silver cup, during his visit to the British Industries Fair at Olympia.
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    KING'S FIRST INVESTITURE.
    320 17 7 Women Among 150 Recipients. "LESS FORMAL THAN IN PAST." I*HE King held his first Investiture at Buckingham Palace on Feb. 24 and invested 150 people, including seven women, with the honours conferred on them in the New Year's list. It was an official occasion, and uniform
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    45 17 Dr. G. Osman Khan of the Malayan Veterinary Department, who has completed a post-graduate course in Edinburgh, has gone to the London School of Tropical Medicine for another course of studies lasting over three months. He is expected back in Malaya In about two months.
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    EUROPE 'MUSCLING IN' ON CORONATION.
    319 17 EUROPE MUSCLING IN' ON CORONATION. LURES FOR THE VISITORS. /CONTINENTAL countries are hopIng that the backwash of the Coronation will sweep much foreign gold into their pockets. They have cut fares and arranged elaborate programmes ol entertainment to tempt visitors away from Britain as soon as The Big Week is
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    Haile Selassie's Son At Coronation.
    34 17 London. Mar 1. Haile Selassie lias deemed that his eldest son, Crown Prince Asfaou Wosan, will represent him at the Coronation, announces the Ethiopian Legation In London.— Reuter Wireless.
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    CORONATION WEEK RENTS RAMP.
    586 18 £10 FOR ROOMS NOW BEING LET AT 255. Owners Demand £3,000 For Roof Seats Site. •TO a Bloomsbury boarding-house keeper recently came an affluent gentleman from North of j England who said You have 20 bedrooms I'll take your whole house for Coronation week. I'll give
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    State Funeral For Gen. Chiang's Friend.
    62 18 A Government mandate announces that it has decided to accord a State funeral to Gen. Chu Pel-teh. director of the Military Council in Nanking and one of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's warmest friends, in token of his meritorious services. In accordance with Gen. Chu's last
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    33 SEA POWERS INVITED TO NAVAL REVIEW.
    343 18 33 SEA POWERS INVITED TO NAVAL REVIEW. I LEARN that the Government has 1 now issued Invitations to 33 foreign Powers to take part In the Coronation naval review at Spithead on Thursday, May 20 (writes Hector C. Bywater, Daily Telegraph Naval Correspondent). Owing to the limited berthing space In
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    WITH THE DEFENDERS IN SUIYUAN.
    60 18 The Nanking Government's reported determination to press for the early restoration of Its authority over the J~; »nes«- controlled regions of North Chahar and East Hope) has again fociused attention on Suiyuan, which has successfully resisted invasion by the pro-Japanese irregulars of Chahar. Picture shows
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    M. P's OPPOSE COLONIES.
    61 18 31 Speeches At A Meeting. ONLY ONE IN FAVOUR. "THIRTY Members ol Parlia1 ment, at a private meeting at the Houae of Commons recently, spoke in opposition to the transfer of territories to Germany, and only one in favour. A warning to the Government that Conservative
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    WE RETURN OF
    263 18 mandated territories to Germany was given (writes the Morning Post political correspondent). A full meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the Empire Industries As»oclatlon, which has a membership of 300. at a meeting at the House of Commons passed the following resolution Would Imperil Britain This meeting,
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    DANGER AHEAD IN PALESTINE.
    584 18 DECISIVE ACTION NEEDED. The suggestion that the Report of the Royal Commission will not be published until after the Coronation ha» been received with regret in Jerusalem. as the present uncertainty Is acting as a drag on business generally, business men of all creeds being afraid
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    GAS EXPERTS GO BEGGING.
    283 19 WAR TIME SPECIALISTS NOT WANTED There are more than a thousand fully-trained, experienced anti-gas experts in Britain doing nothing. The men are former members of the secret "special brigade" of the Royal Engineers which was formed after the first German gas attack in 1915 at Ypres.
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    MONEY DEMAND AFTER KISSES.
    236 19 Prison Sentence On Husband. Herbert Victor Warman, 29. a Plymoutr waiter, who pleaded guifty to demanding money with menaces from a tradesman whom he had found embracing his wife, was sentenced recently, at Devon Assizes. Exeter, to riii'e months' imprisonment. His wife, Violet Winifred Warman. who
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    MANNEQUIN WINS £2,000 DAMAGES.
    270 19 Breach Action Against Soldier In Spain. Breach of promise damages amounting to £2,000 awarded to Miss Kathe.een Margaret On Thomas, a mannequin, were the subject of an appeal which has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal In London. Mr. Maurice Alexander Gordon Cadell of Weybridge.
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    8.8.C. SCHOOL HAS NO TIE.
    184 19 Teaching Budding Broadcasters. The BBC. disclosed to me the shameful secret of their school for broadcasters— it has no school tie, writes a correspondent In the Dally Mai' Ntws that never happen «it. drama the public never hears, a musical comedy for officials only are
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    Ex-Rebel Officers Meet Gen. Chiang.
    43 19 Officers of the former Manchurian forces now stationed In Shensi and Kansu. who were involved In the recent revolts, are proceeding In batches of six to Nanking for personal Interviews with Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    LORD BADEN-POWELL.
    93 19 80th Birthday Spent With Old Regiment Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout who is paying his first visit of Inspection to the Scout movement In IndU spent his 80th birthday, on Feb. 22. with his old regiment, the 13th Royal Hussars, now amalgamated with the 18th Hussars, of which
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    Peer And Ex-Wife Wed In Same Church.
    86 19 Lady (Marlon) Leverhulme was married last month to Major Selden Herbert Long at the City Register Office. Guildhall, where her former husband. Lord Leverhulme. was a bridegroom ten days previously. The two marriages were entered next to one another In the register. Like
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    ROBES FOR ONE DAY COST £80.
    197 19 Prices Of Coronation Garments. "Coronation robes for sale, good condition. Baroness," announced a personal column advertisement In London. The price Is £80. New robes cost £135. Even with rabbit fur Instead of ermine £75 is asked. The robes belong to the Dowager Lady St
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    JEWELS DISAPPEAR IN PARKED CAR.
    96 19 £8,000 Worth Missing. Jewellery valued at 8.000 is stated to have been stolen from a car left outside the London Manufacturing Goldsmiths and Silversmiths shop In Long-row. Nottingham, the Daily Express reports. The car belonged *o Mr. Abraham Brown, of Hatton-garden, London, and was parked
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    Old Masters Stolen From Church.
    80 19 Seven paintings of the Last Supper, the Kiss of Judas, the meeting with Mary, the Crucifixion, the descent from the Cross, the Sepulchre, and the Resurrection have been stolen from the Duomo dl Tuscanla at Viterbo, 40 miles from Rome. Thieves entered the church with
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    LORD GREENWAY'S HOBBY.
    193 19 MODELS OF INDIAN CAVALRYMEN. Lord Greenway. a retired Indian Army officer, aged 48. has a hobby which, he told a Daily Mail reporter, will take a lifetime :o complete. For ten years he has been engaged in making model soldiers— specialising in the Indian Cavalry regiments of
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    210 20 (Left) THe Nizam of Hyderabad, taking the sa :te at tne parade from ;he royal box. In centre i» ftauuma i.i.^ufer, charming Turkish bride of the Nizam's second son On extreme right Is the Besident, Sir Duncan Mackenzie. (Below) The Niaam's Lancers riding past
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