The Straits Times, 9 May 1937

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 281 Sunday, Ntey 9, 1937 Price 10 cents. FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 281 Srnday, May 9, 1937 Price 10 cents.
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    GAS MASKS FOR ALL IN MALAYA
    417 1 Ultimate Aim Of Precaution Plans For Civilians SAFETY CENTRES FOR CITIES WHERE POPULATION IS MOST DENSE BY A STAFF REPORTER I WORE A GAS-MASK YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST 1 TIME IN MY LIFE. Anti-gas training of civilians will be introduced in Singapore and the
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    You Can Have A Coronation Medal!
    178 1 You Can Have A Coronation Medal! ANYBODY in the Straits Settle- 1 nic.its who wants a medal as a 1 memento of the Coronation will be able to buy one next week. The most expensive type of medal, made of silver, will cost nine dollars, but smaller onet in silver
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    BRITAIN'S MINISTER IN BANGKOK LEAVING
    38 1 (From Our Own Corresponcemi Bangkok, Sati'rday The British Minister is leaving Bangkok on May 19. joining the Ranpura at Penang. for London. He h ipes to return before the end of the "ear.
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    STOP PRESS
    73 1 HOME CRICKET At Lord's: NorthanU 260 (TLiuru 92'; vs. Middlesex. At the Oval: Surrey 149; Key Zealand 161 for 5. At Bristol: Gloucester 32$ for 8. (Ba-nett 115. Hammond 121); vs. Glamorgan. At Oxford: Liincs. 149; Oxford Univ. 115 for 0. At Tannton: Somerset 223; Es-iex US for
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    ITALY TO IGNORE CORONATION
    99 1 ITALY TO IGNORE CORONATION Rome, Saturday. IT is officially announced that all British newspapers, except the Daily Mail, Evening News and Observer, have been banne J from Italy. All Italian correspondents in London are being withdrawn, thus the Coronation will be practically icnored Reuter, JUBILEE HANDICAP Jubilee huidirup run at
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    IPI FAKIR WORKS A "MIRACLE"
    117 1 IPI FAKIR WORKS A "MIRACLE" "INFIDEL'S bombs shall be turned j to sheets of paper." Standing at the mouth of his cave in the hills of the North-West Frontier, the Fakir of Ipi pave this assurance to a crowd of his followers. 4*Ls he spoke a plane droned overhead, and
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    200 CHINESE DEPORTED
    31 1 Shanghai. Saturday. More than ?00 Chinese in Russia, mainly In Siberia, have been ordered deported, according tj reports received tonight. No details are available. Sin Chew Jit Foh.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    77 1 (From Our Own Correspor ent) London. Saturday RI'BBER: Strong I ondoa. spot 10 15 164. 11 1 Itid July-Sept 11 3 16d HWd. Oct-Dec. ll'/.d. 11 5 16d. •an. -Mar 11 5 16d. llftd. COTTON: 7 42 d. COPRA: Straits SI) Rot Apr. £17 17. 6d SAGO: May-June.
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    Indian's Death Fall From Changi Crane
    49 1 Indian's Death Fall From Changi Crane THE Singapore ambulance went out yesterday because: An Indian was killed when he fell from a 40-foot high crane at Changi and Another Indian was severely burned when he attempted to put out a fire in an attap family house in Joo Chiat.
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    NEW GUARD FOR SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE
    106 1 NEW GUARD FOR SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE CPECIAL precautions are to be taken to guard the seciets of the Singapore Naval Base, and for this purpose a special division of the Straits Settlements Police is to be formed in the near future. The Sunday Times understands that a senior Assistant Superintendent
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    TWO SINGAPORE FLYING-BOATS FOR BATAVIA
    91 1 TWO Singapore flying-boats of No. 205 Squadron of the Royal Air Force will leave Seletar on Tuesday morning to spend Wednesday, Coronation Day, at Batavia. It is a gesture of goodwill to the British community there and an indication of the amity which exists between
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    £52,000 COLONIAL MARKETING BOARD
    40 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Saturday. THE Government has approved of a scheme lor a Colonial Empire marketing board to stimulate the sales of colonial produce In Great Britain, at a cost of £52.000 a year.
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    Thousands Jam Trade Fair On Last Night
    148 1 THOUSANDS of people jammed the Great World Amusement Park last night, the final night of the Singapore British Trade Fair. Every second person had a kitbag crammed full of all manner of articles, for the closing night of the Trade Fair is a
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    ATTENDS BRILLIANT LONDON RECEPTION
    111 1 MALAYA'S CORONATION CONTINGENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lonc'on, Saturday. J^HEIR Highnesses the Sultans of Johore, Pahang and Trenggana and the Yang-di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, with all the Malayan official guests to the Coronation and leaders of the Malayan community in London, were welcomed by the
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    U.S. INQUIRY INTO AIRSHIP DISASTER
    166 1 Incendiary Bullet Theory Scouted OFFICIAL DEATH-ROLL NOW 33 Lakehurst, Sat in Jay. THE wreckage of the airship Hindenburg, which exploded on landing at Lakehiirst, has been impounded by the I .S. Department of Commerce for investigation. The results will be known on Monday at public
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    PENANG BEGINS TO CELEBRATE
    111 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. Till: Indian Recreation Club, one of the oldest clubs in Penai'.ff. set the Coronation celebrations in j Penang rolling by giving; a ton party this evening at the Elysee Hotel as an expression of their loyalty tj Their Majesties. The
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    JOY RIDES IN TAIPING
    64 1 i From Our Own Correspondent > Taiplns Salurday. /CORONATION celebrations began i.cc today and will bo continued for 'i\. days. Tl« Town and Lake gardens are well Illuminated and thousands oi people enjoyed Joy-rides in motjr boats which plied the whole day long. Tonight there are
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    Colony Cavalcade
    1534 2 On Parade— And on Active Service Highlanders in Jungle Pity the Poor Pointsman! lIGHTS will be burning in Singapore cantonments before four o'clock next Wednesday morning, so early do the Services have to rise in order to be ready for the Coronation parade. And it will be past
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    Firms Who Make It Difficult For Young Men To Be Moral
    398 3 Firms Who Make It Difficult For Young Men To Be Moral ATTACKED BY MALAYAN CHURCH MAGAZINE FACILITIES FOR MARRIAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN EMPLOYERS' restrictions on the marriage of their employees arc attacked by St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly journal of the Presbyterian Church in Malaya, which says: We judge no man,
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    England's Oldest Caddie
    15 3 82-year old Jim has caddied at Sunn ingdale for over 30 years.
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    "LIVING BUDDHA" WEDS
    25 3 The mairiage of Count Kosho Otanl. the "living Buddha" of Japan, and Miss Yoshiko grand-daughter of Princ* TokudjUJi. took place at Kyoto.
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    R.A.S.C. MAN DROWNED
    22 3 Driver Richardson, of the Royal Army Service Corps, was drowned while bathing in the sea of Galilee, near Tiberias.
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    MARSHAL CHIANG'S DIARY PUBLISHED
    78 3 THE New York Times has begun elusive publication of translate 1 from a diary kept by Marshal Chian» Kai-shek during his Slan detention, and notes by Madame Chiang on the same subject. The rights for serial publication were purchased, it is understood, for U.S. $5,000. all
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    FRASER & CO.'S REPORT
    167 3 FRASER CO.'S REPORT IN their dally report on the share market Issued at the close of business yesterday. Messrs. Fruer and Co. write that the local price of tin rose HJTH t:> $123.25. There was a fair demand for sterling tin shares during the day. the popular counters being Kamuntings.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    75 3 Saturday, Noun. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 38 s 38 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F.0J1.) May 37"t, 31*, No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awaxdable H'port 37-, 37', May 37*. 31% May-June 37 3S July-Sept
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    Nudists Praise Fitness Campaign
    150 3 at their annual conference at the headquarters of the Lotus League at Friern Barnet praised the Government's fitness j campaign. About 100 delegates were present at the conference, which was organised by the National Sun and Air League. The room where the conference was held was
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      168 3 GUEST HOUSE JUST OPENED! "SENTOSA" 61, STEVENS ROAD. A charming 'louse standing on five acres of elevated ground*, this Establishment ortVrs unique facilities with Private Suites fltted with flnr-meshed wire gauge (nett- ing) door* and windows. (Own entrance), i Long aaths. Private service of meals. Efficient and willing "Boys." Really
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      87 3 London 7l days Brisbane 3i days ft Four sflgined air liners Ittve Singapore for LONDON every We^Mtdty aid Staday--1 ftr BRISBANE on Mondays and Fridays. I A Passengers enjoy every comfort. Nights are spent on land. jt Hotels, meals -mi tips are included in the moderate fart. AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
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      628 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY INEMA SWETTENHAM To4ay Today AUIAMBRA: Cod's Coun.ry and Tae n -v 353 1.1. 13.1 ft.; 4.10 p.m. WO.IMU) Kith George Bre.it aho cv scage ;s ft. Wan Wan San. 3. IS 6.15 9.15. Following Day CAPITOL: That Girl from Paris" Jack H W. 4. 36 a.m. 13.9
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    STOMACH PAINS THAT "CUT LIKE A KNIFE"
    232 4 Mr. J. F. S. was going cheerfully about his dally work when he was suddenly stricken with stomach trouble that required weeks of medical attention How he was eventually cured is best told by himself. "Just a few lines to say what great
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    MAN FIRES DANCER'S GRASS SKIRT
    85 4 San Pedro. MAY PERDI'E, beautiful young hula dancer, was near death here after her grass skirt burst into flames as a result, police charge, of a weird jest as she was performing in a crowded night club. The girl became a human torch. Patrons joined
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    NEW CAR COSTS £100,000
    80 4 IT costs £100.000 to begin produc- tion of a new car. This figure was mentioned by Mr. C. J. Bartlett, managing director of Vauxhall Motors. Ltd., at an! Industrial Co-Partnership Associa- j tion luncheon at the Holborn Restaurant. "Practically the whole of the money goes to
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    18 4 On the way to the summit of Mount Koscinsko, New South Wales, one of Australia's winter sports resort
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    29 4 Mr. C. F. Smith complained of the nuisance caused by unlicensed dogs, hawkers, foul drains and unhygienic eating stalls, at the last meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of Malacca
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    Windsor Pictures Banned?
    226 4 IS there a "gentleman's agreement" among newsreel companies to keep the Duke of Windsor off thr Empire's cinema screens, at least until after the Coronation? It is significant that fe r if any, scenes of the Duke have ipeared in newsreels shown in Singapore since the abdication,
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    U.S. BUILDING 72-SEATER AEROPLANES
    87 4 U.S. BUILDING 72-SEATER AEROPLANES New York. LJOT and cold running water throughout of the new SuperClipper flying-boats now being constructed for the Transatlantic flying service. Pan-American Airways announced i that the machines will weigh b?tween 40 and 50 tons, and will be equipped ;wlth four 1,500 horse-power engines. j They
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    TUBERCULOSIS SCOURGE IN SINGAPORE AGAIN INCREASES
    364 4 TUBERCULOSIS SCOURGE IN SINGAPORE AGAIN INCREASES Typhoid Worse Too DOCTORS BLAME SLUMS AND FOOD HAWKERS By a Staff Reporter I AST year 1,406 people in Singapore died from tuberculosis. and of 455 people who caught typhoid 157 died. These figures represent considerable increases over those for the past five years,
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    Tell It To Your Grandmother!
    103 4 QRANDPARENTS in America are to be taught to grow old gracefully. The State Charities Aid Association is to hotd a series of lectures, which will answer such questions as "Why does grandfather collect uselesa odds and ends?" and "Whp does grandma keep the bureau cluttered
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    WHAT THE STARS TELL FOR THE NEW REIGN
    255 4 WHAT THE STARS TELL FOR THE NEW REIGN THE stars indicate that the possibilities of war during the reign of King George VI are remote. This assurance was given to the Astrologers' Convention at Harrogate by Mr. C. E. O. Carter, President of the Astrological Lodge I of London, discussing
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    24 4 With drums and full band, the cadets and scouts made a brave show at a rehearsal of the Coronation parade at the Malacca Reclamation.
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      231 4 THE SENSATIONAL STAR OF BIDHMIPiM| 1 V^ii^aJHHM THESE THREE SCORES ANOTHER I |-^^^S^ TRIUMPHANT PERFORM AN< EIN I 4L %r 'J3fe_HS AN EMOTIONAL MELODRAMA. F^ffffMßli u\ \^T?-^3t^ MIRIAM HOPKINS In an unusual drama of th- etrrnal MMglt] 'MEN ARE NOT GODS' A London Kilm Produrlion with GERTRUDE LAWRENCE SEBASTIAN SHAW.
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    SULTAN AMAZED AT LONDON
    322 5 'Bewildering Traffic, Astonishing Crowds Trengganu Ruler's Greetings To Malaya From Our London Staff) London, Apr. 30. LJ H. the Sultan of Trengganu is not particularly enamoured of the English climate in April. "1 have not been really warm since the boat left Port Said," he told
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    Convicts Vow "Never Again."
    53 5 Granite, Okla. "POUR convicti here \ace vowed never again" after receiving their punishment for attempting to escape from the reformatory. Walter Colling and Fred Kappell were forced to go through their regular work in women's bloomers and George Lar.c and Louis Campbell had to don skirts
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    Race Winner Fined Won Under False Pretences
    248 5 Race Winner Fined Won Under False Pretences *THF. winner of an MMteaf walking race at Belle Vue. Manchester, was fined £20 and costs, or 73 days' imprisonment, at Manchester for having won the prize by false pretences. The man was John Thomas Lund, of Burlington Avenue, Tang Hall. York. Mr.
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    60 5 <'.»■ iirjj taken after the weddinz at St. Peter's Church, Malacca, of Mr. H. M. de Souza. Jr. and Miss M. A. Richards. Left to right are Mr. H. M. de Souxa. Sr. Mrs. H. M. de Souza. Miss Emma Ferroa. the Bride«r i.im and Bride. Dr. (Miss) Gladys da
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    NEW RIOT GUN
    78 5 DISPERSING CROWDS WITH SAND Paris. PARISIAN police may, in the near future, be equipped with machines capable of dispersing the most resolute and the most numerous of crowds without shedding a drop of blood. The new machines, which are being tg£t?d now. are powerful motor trucks equipped
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    Popular Badminton Player Engaged
    366 5 MISS AILEEN WONG I_IER many friends throughout the country, and local badminton enthusiasts in particular, will join in congratulating Miss Aileen Wong, the well-known badminton player, on her engagement to Mr. Oei Ing Djoe, a popular sportsman and a keen business man of Probolinggo. Java, which
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    U.S. 'HUSH-HUSH' BOMBER
    98 5 It Weighs 20 Tons STREAMLINED DEFENCE ARMAMENT A GIANT bomber, built secretly for the U.S. Army, has been completed at Seattle, Washington. The bomber weighs 20 tons and contains living quarters for its crew, a mess hall, sleeping quarters, wash-room and refrigerator. It has been built by
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    DOWAGER DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHE DEAD
    59 5 Inherited £5,000.000 •yHE Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe. 1 widow of the eighth Duke, has died at her London home. Carlton House Terrace. Daughter of the late Mr. Osdeti j Goelet, an American millionaire, she was stated to have possessed a fortune of between £5.000.000 and
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    Ex-Bus Inspector Now Aids Spiritual Journeys
    167 6 Ex-Bus Inspector Now Aids Spiritual Journeys Runs Buddhist Shrine In Amusement Park /")NCE a Singapore Traction Bus Co. inspector, genial, 47-y.ear-old Mr. Yaw Kui Yau now devotes his life to Buddhism, spends his time chanting prayers in a small shrine at a Singapore amusement park, has no interests outside the
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    Chance For Lonely Bachelors! 50 Pretty Girls At Singapore Ball
    214 6 Chance For Lonely Bachelors! 50 Pretty Girls At Singapore Ball rE number of girl helpers at the Coronation ball and pageant at Sea View Hotel next Saturday in aid of the Singapore Children's Aid Society has now risen to more than fifty, will be dressed In peasant costumes representing most
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    CANADIAN POTATOES FOR SINGAPORE
    42 6 Canadian table potatoes were exportcc during a recent week to Colon, Honolulu, Singapore, Demerara. Barbados, St. Lucia, the British West Indies and to New Ycrk and Boston. Ir addition onions, carrots, parsnips ar.d turnips were shipped to Honolulu.
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    MALACCA EXHIBITION
    45 6 An exhibition of oil paintings by Mr. Van Kee Leong will be held at the Banda Hilir English School. Malacca, on May 28. 29 and 30. in aid of the unemployed The exhibition will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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    Heads Now Bowed In Real Sorrow
    62 6 ELEVEN passengers dressed in >p mourning walked down the gangway of the mail boat from Corsica on arrival at Marseilles and stood with bowed heads as a cof»in was land* d. Noticing that there wen no women among the mourners a Customs officer became
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    23 6 The Malacca Indian Club will hold a dinner on the eve of Coronation Day and participants are asked to come in fancy dress.
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    Scots Guards Under Fire On Rifle Range
    288 6 MISLEADING SIGNALS LEAD TO. PRIVATE'S DEATH A COMPANY of the Ist Scots Guards were marching across the Pirbright rifle ranges when there was a sudden burst of machine-gun fire.* Lieutenant Digby Hamilton shouted the command "Get down." As the officer spoke Guardsman Alexander
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    STRATEGIC SPEEDWAYS FOR GERMANY
    63 6 Warsaw. THAT three strategical automobile speedways leading toward the Polish frontier are under construction In German Silesia was announced by the Warsaw press under banner headlines. Th? autostrades. which are being built at the demand of the Berlin military authorities, branch fan-wise off the main Berlin
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    Nine Men Take An Anti-Opium Oath
    262 6 U/HEN officer-bearers of the Singapore Anti-Opium Society were sworn in by the acting Chinese Consul-General (Mr. Sze Zau Tsung) each' had to take an oath not to smoke or to deal in opium in any way and to help in bringing about the suppression
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      92 6 fwe must have jftr-— \SELO films /^lm\Sz^ It makes me boil." snapped the Box Camera, getting Inferior films and being expected to turn out clear, brilliant pictures A-ictd," said the Folding Camera. "We can only give as good as we get. Ltt us have .x-.o Films and we've got It
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    THE TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 213.)
    1290 7 In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 4 of the Traffic Regulation Ordinance, the Chief Police Officer, Singapore, hereby males regulations for the following occasions during the period of Coronation Celebrations 1. On the occasion of Coronation Week. Daily from May
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      175 7 NEAR LONDON Letchworth Hall Hotel Letch worth, Herts. This 17th Century Manor House, completely modernised will be ready for visitors on Mar. 1, 1937, Central HeatIng; H. C. water throughout; quiet and comfortable 18 hole Golf Course within 50 yards: 2 :iard and grass Tennis Courts; 2 new Squash Racket
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      176 7 S LONDON CALLS INSISTENTLY COME! and enjoy at either HOTEL RUBENS BJ' kingnain Palace Roaa facing Buckingham Palacr /|^b^^ or KOTEL W^Sk REMBRANDT ASJif 8 South Kensington, S.W 'T^»j3v facing the Victoria and mw Albert Museum Every attention in pleasing surroundings PFRPECT QUIETUDE 111! Sh COMFORTABLE HOTELS WITH ACKNOWLEDGED RENOWNED
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      1543 7 Today's Wireless Programmes MINvjArUKt CIiDIDT CTATIAM 9.20 News and review of the week tn NIROM LlfirlKL Ol A 1 IUIi. English on DJE, DJN, DJQ. and in mnUWI. Stati*. ZHLIU Me s <»5 a.) Dutch on DJB. DC i 5 5 rle IM ra am. TDAWCMICCIfIN 9 9 3 RIS
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    LAST YEAR'S CRIME INCREASE
    282 8 Three Murders Still Unsolved RICKSHA ROBBERS' MD EXTORTIONERS' GANGS BROKEN BY POLICE THERE was a general increase in crime in Singapore last year, according to police figures made available to The Sunday Times yesterday. This however, is commensurate with the increase in the immigration quotas, and
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    "CATASTROPHE FOR ENGLAND"
    178 8 German View Of British Arms Policy Munich. WUNICH'S Conservative newspaper Muenchener Neueste Nachrichten." has published an article entitled "The World's Fear of Its Own Courage." by LJcutenant-General von Metzsch, wno proclaimed England's armament policy to be on the wrong tack. Prophesying economic catastrophe for England, the United
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    "Overseas Chinese Treated With New Respect"
    51 8 Shanghai, Saturday. "Chinese abroad are being treated with a new respect," says a message from Dr. H. H. Kung. leader of the Nanking delegation to the Coronation. "Wherever I went," Dr. Kung continues, "foreigners were full cf praise for China's progress." Sin Chew Jit
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    PANDIT NEHRU TO VISIT CAMERON HIGHLANDS
    85 8 PANDIT NEHRU TO VISIT CAMERON HIGHLANDS (Frim Our Own Corespondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, president of the Indian National Congress, will be in Malaya before the end of the month. Pandit Nehru, who is at prcsjt.i at Rangoon, has accepted the .nvitatlon of the management of the newspaper.
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    MR. WANG CHING-WEI AGAIN ILL
    81 8 Nanking, Saturday. MR. Wang Ching-wei. president of the Central Political Council, has suffered a relapse from his old Illness. He is living at Government House where a doctor is In attendance. Meanwhile he will continue to attend to his duties wherever possible. Rumours that Mr.
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    THE CAPITOL
    115 8 That Girl From Paris. With Lily Pons. dene Raymond, Jack Oakie. R.K.O. Radio picture. At the Capitol Ripple after ripple of laughter rolled through the vast auditorium of the Capitol theatre yesterday during the screening of That Girl from Paris one of the best types of musical comedies
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    THE COTERIE
    35 8 The Cot?rle wi!l hold a dinner to celebrate ths Coronation on Saturday, May 15. These members who wish to bring their wives to the dinner ar? asked to communicate with the honorary secretary.
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    28 8 MR. K. F. Nariman, the Bombay Congress Leader, addressing meeting held at Chowpatty, Bombay, to protect airamst the new Government of India Act which recently came into force.
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    12 8 The Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association has decided to admit women to membership.
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    Active In Sugar Talks
    49 8 THE World Sugar Conference which has just concluded in London had among its delegates from 23 countries (left to riffht) Mr. Norman Da via of the United States, Dr Call in, the Dutch Prime Minister, and Mr. te Water, South Africa's High Commissioner in London.
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    BIG N.CHINA DEFENCE CONFERENCE
    226 8 BIG N.CHINA DEFENCE CONFERENCE Seven Provinces To Take Part Shanghai, Saturday. A REPLY to the Japano-Manchu- Mongol conference summoned at Jehol earlier this week by Gen. Uyeda, commander-in-chief of Manchukuo is seen in a seven-pro-vince parley called by Gen. Yen Hsishan, the Shansi leader, to discuss comprehensive defence plans for
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    Elizabeth's Bed Returns To Town
    267 8 Elizabeth's Bed Returns To Town DICKED as carefully as eggshell china, carried by swift passenger train hundreds of miles from Cornwall, a piece of England/3 history went back to London recently after an absence of 363 years, writes a Daily Mail correspondent. Old chronicles nam? :t "T!v Royal Golden Bed."
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    Cheering Crowds Greet The Queen Mother
    387 8 THE CORONATION London. Saturday. CCENES not witnessed in England since wartime attended the arrival at London railway termini today of 30,000 officers and men toj take part in the Coronation. Troop trains came from as far distant as Plymouth, Inverness and Belfast, while seven
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    JAPANESE TO SHOW FIREWORKS
    35 8 A display of Japanese day-fireworks will be given by Y. Okazakl and Co., in celebration of the Coronation on Monday, May 17, at Raffles Reclamation, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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    RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
    49 8 In connection with the Coronation programme members of the Indian and Ceylonese communities are reminded ot the foUowlnj (unctions at the Ramakrishna Mission, 9, Norrls Road: Tuesday, at 7 pm R^.rttnur of an address in, loyalty In Tamil, Hindustani am English; Wednesday at 11 la.m. Religious service*.
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    828 9 Closely-Guarded Secrets Of Kuala Lumpur Survey Office (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. THE number of Malayans who have never seen a rubber expert coupon must be very high. Yet these little slips of paper are the Open Sesame of every rubber
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    224 9 A TRIBUTE TO HER FARMERS 2,000 Miles Tour Of Britain t'R/lANY people in this country and elsewhere attribute Austral. as recovery from depression to the uronu cause. Legislative enactments have helped, but the main reasons are the courage and endurance with which the man on the land
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    114 9 Tokio. T"HE Tokio Nichi Nichi announced here that it was negotiating with the London Daily Mail on a plan for a round-the-world passenger air derby in which passengers would follow regular air routes in a race similar to that staged last summer by three American journalists. i
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    BOY PUTS OUT TONGUE AT SENTRY
    143 10 BOY PUTS OUT TONGUE AT SENTRY "Incident" With Japan Just Averted AN international "incident" was nurrowly averted in Shanghai recently when a smail boy from the Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys who was passing the headquarters of the Japanese Naval Landing Party took it into his head to
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    NEW FLYING RECORD
    41 10 Capt. Rossi, the French airman, set up a new world's flying record lor 5,000 kilometres 3,107 miles by covering the distance in 16 hours 4 minutes at an official average speed of 311.184 kilometres 194 miles— an hour.
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    PENSION FOR BORNEO PRINCESS
    414 10 Recognised As Heiress To Sulu Throne ADOPTED AS DAUGHTER BY SULTAN UNCLE BEFORE HE DIED Job, Apr. 26. SULU Princess Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao has been granted by the British North Borneo Government the pension due her uncle the late Sultan Jamalu'l Kiram. Dayang Dayang who has
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    TRAIL OF HAVOC WHEN BOAR RUSHES IN TOWN
    242 10 Belgrade. AN extraordinary tale of havoc caused by a wild boar Is reported from the little Macedonian town of Kitchevo. A short time ago a boar, which had been wounded by hunters, appeared in the town and rushed into the house of
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    MORE JOBS THAN JOB-HUNTERS IN JAPAN!
    84 10 MORE JOBS THAN JOB-HUNTERS IN JAPAN! •T*HERE are more Jobs than Job-hunt- ers in Japan. This fact may sound strange when to many millions of unemployed persons are registered In various other countries. According to the statistics just announced by the Japanese Social Wellare Bureau of the Home Office, during
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    77 10 Wins Rome Sculpture Award HTHE British School at Rome has announced the winners of its annual scholarships for mural painting, sculpture and engraving. The winner of the sculpture scholar^'i is Mr. William E. Tocher, of Belfast College of Art, with his Diana." Winners c f these scholarships are entitled to
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    CHARGE AGAINST JOURNALISTS
    150 10 "Alarming Rumours" Vienna. IT is officially announced here that by the decree law for the protection of the State the Public Prosecutor has taken proceedings against Reuter's Vienna correspondent, Mr. H. A. Kuranda. He will be charged with "spreading alarming rumours concerning the foreign relations of the
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    46 10 The "Reich Anzeiger," the official German gazette, publishes a list of 36 men and women who have been deprived of their German citizenship. They Include the wives of the Socialist Reichstag members Breitscheid and Hilf reding, and the wife of the novelist, Lion Feuchtwanger.
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      271 10 Tired? -not at all WB "J havt found Sanatogen reall> marvellous. Undei the trying conditions on* has to live tn this country. Sanatogen is a boon to those who are run-doum," writes Mr. F.D. 8.H.. Motihari. Br India. WeakneM. listleMness and fatigue will toon disappear alter a short course of
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    186 11 Frontier Fires. By Victor Bayley. Robert Hale. 7s. (id. Explosion. By P. C. Wren. John Murray. 3s. (id. (First Cheap Edition.) THE author of Frontier Fires Is a recognised authority on the NorthWest Frontier of India, and his tales of that wild and inhospitable region are
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    156 11 Hidden Cipher By CapUin A. O. Pollard. Hutchinson 7s. (id. The Red Spinner. By Edmund Snell. Robert Hale 7s. 6d. LJERE are two books for those who love excitement with an international flavour Captain Pollard's story is staged in Austria, and an antiaircraft gun. or rather the
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    700 11 Books Of The Week DOETRY is slinking out of the attic. It has glided down the bannisters into the bathroom, through city streets and even to besieged Madrid. Shedding its flowing cloaks, it is swaggering in nlus fours. The poet of 1937
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    193 11 AMUSINGLY DIVERSE FAMILY All Their Children Were Acrobats. By Harry Hamilton. Hurst and Blackrtt. 7s. M. •"THERE was really no obvious reason 1 why the three children of Mike janagan and Emma Songerman should develop into "The Flying Flanagans" r xccpt that both Emma and Mike were gay and took
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    97 11 103. CORONATION George, our King uiui Emperor Solemn the vows note made. Great is your trust, great is our faith— IS either shall be betrayed Our fervent prayers ascend for you God's grace be yours, ive plead. Our fealty true tee /five, nor think Of colour, caste or
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    SEIZED BY LUMBAGO IN VENICE!
    208 12 Free From Pain After 3 Weeks On Kruschen. An art'jrt. she was painting a picture In Venice, when she pot a sharp attack of lumbago. She "tried everything," but that lumbago wouldn't budze. Then she saw a Kruschen advertisement. And now— well, her letter tells
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    1354 12 \Tf HEN I sat down to do my lessons for the week with a nice clean blotter and new nibs and a pile of virgin writing pads beside me, I went right back through the years until I was a little boy again
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      446 12 CONTRACT BRIDGE gy THE FOUR ACES tne clubs break ne cou:d run lne first ten tric|cs At tne \K7-E are indebted to our old friend, f V4ITFS same tlmc h? re W 01 r values. membered that Sidney S. Lenz, for this "Cannibal O f the west had bid a
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    1449 13  -  Onlooker By The A Sultan's A.D.C. In Town Polo And Tact In Perak From Ponies To Planes In The Ulu—"New Fort" On The East Coast— "Days That Are Dead"— "Orang Puteh's" Prestige And A Wise Old-Timer IJOT on the trail of Coronation visitors from all parts ot
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      256 13 A BEAUTY HINT STRAIGHT FROM lovely MIRIAM HOPKINS Mary. "Why do you admire Mar, If only my sVln were A MQNTH LATER: Mmm Hopkins o much, Jack.'" lovely as Minam Hopkins I*.1 1 A w 1 LAIW% Jack- «Sh* IV rt wonder how she keeps ie to Uar) I m
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    500 14 The Straits Times EDITORIAL. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore. Totidem Verbis Their Majesties |_|ERE"S a health unto Their Majesties— long may they reign! This week's celebrations take on a special sincerity and significance because of the events which have preceded them. King George and Queen Elizabeth are magnificently
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    2067 14  -  Victor Purcell Singapore Salvo VI By Sixth Of A Series Of Articles Illustrated By the Author THERE are five magist- rates' courts in Singapore so, in order to give you a general impression of the procedure without unfortunate complications (such as a warrant for the arrest of the
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      473 14 THE OPTICAL HOUSE A swell pair of spectacles enhances the individual appearance, at the same time giving clear visiou. Sight, comfort and style in one value. Optometrist A. TAN, D.0., M.N.A.O. 65, Siamford Road. 4310 Phone 4310. fNADIO lECORDS... (REFRIGERATORS MOUmiES Distinctive designs of CORONATION souvenirs in spoons, plaques, medals
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      235 14 THOUSANDS OF "HUMAN WRECKS" gp <L*L^>f& Wtk IB T B\ 4 I fla^mjMßAGOl b?K\ .L^l "j Hmm I/_ IX W Efc^*- pu•* R Bimin, si rung DT isditi<; mm VA| WK^i NERVES. GIANT VIGOUR.... IAHIHKI 113 J M I i lclI U u»"h *w "FILLER CELERY PERLES tuvt given [M
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    ASIA'S CHALLENGE TO WORLD'S DOCTORS
    598 15 Old Taboos About Disease Must Go, Says Physician URGENT NEED FOR DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE "ASIA STILL SHAKES HER FIST AT SCIENCE. OF ALL THE CONTINENTS. SHE OFFERS TODAYS GREATEST CHALLENGE TO MEDICAL MEN." Dr. F. H. Dieterich, prominent New York physician, who is making a
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    163 15 AMERICAN GIRL FINED BY JAPANESE Camera Confiscated: Pictures Taken in Fortified Zone Fusan. Korea. lUllsS athertn? Elkabeth Graham. 20-year-old daughter of »Ir. John Graham, an American architect of Shanghai, has been arrested and fined V.30 for violation •f the I< >n>d Zone Law. Her 1 camera was confiscated. Miss Gra::»in
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    53 15 Flyria, O. A REPORT of a baby's body in the Elyria Million Co. dam pool sent police and firemen racing to the scene. Sixty feet below the top of the bank thexj saw a form. A fireman, Mr. William J. Burnett, made the hazardous descent and found
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    Finishing Touches To Bust Of Princess Elizabeth
    54 15 THIS butt of Princ<*s Eliubtlii has just been completed in marble by Profn--1 mm- Strotwl thr portrait sculptor specially roramissionrd by the Queen. Prin- ess Elirabctb. attended by her Goveroen, and the Queen's bdy-ia-waitinff, gmve mx sitting* for the bast to the artist
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    101 15 Swansea. A FTER nearly seven years of idleness, the largest works in the Welsh tinplate trade are to be restarted almost at once. They are the Cwlfelin works at Swansea, owned by Richard Thomas and Co., who control about 60 per cent, of the total Welsh
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    43 15 Berlin. It is announced that Herr Hitler has created a new Order, to be known as the Eagle of the German Reich, which will be bestowed on foreigners for service to Germany. Baron von Neurath. the Foreign Minister, is empowered to make recommendations.
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    1045 15 A Continuation of Victor Purcell's Singapore Salvo in Page 14 THE SIXTH MAGISTRATES COI'RT. SINGAPORE. COURT CLERK. REX V, LIM CHENG 8001. Accused for sentence. MR. WARREN HASTINGS CORNH'ALLIS CLIVE, advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Your Worship. Mr. Eugene Marlborough who was
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    504 16 TRAGIC DEATH OF MAN WHO WON £30,000 IN SWEEPSTAKE Widow Has To Borrow To Help Pay Funeral Expenses "THESE big sweep prizes are a curse to any working manj »<* £30,000 is too much for a family who for years have struggled on a few shillings a week A poor
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    518 16 SILHOUETTES "SILLY-ETTES" NO winter season of picture-taking can be complete unless you have made indoor silhouette pictures and tested your originality, imagination and ingenuity in devising interesting scenes and poses. Making silhouettes is fairly simple if you follow directions, but ideas for subjects! There is where you can
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    110 16 ISOLATION URGED FOR AUSTRALIA LABOUR'S POLICY Sydney. AN assertion that Mr. J. A. Lyons, the Commonwealth Prime Minister, could not speak with authority on foreign affairs at the forthcoming Imperial Conference in London because he was near the end of his electoral mandate was made today by Mr. John Curtln,
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    40 16 The 500,000 th passenger to book s passage by Royal Dutch Air Lines was glren a free ticket for hlmaelf and his for a five-day trip to London, everything paid, starting on May 12.
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      282 17 GA. \s\' I > SMOKE AS MUCH ye. J t J )c^^ as you wili V egge*, 6UT BE REASONABLE .-—tb^ Take a few "GABA" Tablets bt- fIL //^B, «***•> > our imokcs They improve Vk \V v t"^^J^ tie taste, prevent "Smoocr s Jj Itrntth" and proUet jour threat.
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      181 17 Water will help but Wetting the hair constantly with water to keep it in place is only a temporary measure and some claim it is a very harmful practice. For water robs the hair of valuable oils, leaving it dry, brittle and dull. Stacomb restores natural oils to the hair;'
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      624 17 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MONEY PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD tNTHUSIASTS «UR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly, the $100 will be awarded in respect of the
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      260 18 COMPETITION FOR PHOTOGRAPHS CONNECTED WITH THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. •^7/ ir r^^Pn /ke,JYeitf j .g£) [I Jj—^ E553fi33 I it uper t? TWO -POINT SETTING FOR SNAP SHOTS The photographic rule that the smaller the lens aperture, the greater the depth of focus, and that with a large aperture the focus
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      466 18 Prizes: $40, $25 and $15 And Two Special Extra Prizes of $10 each for entries made with box cameras and submitted for this Competition. 1. Only genuine amateur photographers resident in Malaya, Siam, Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo, Dutch Borneo, French Indo-China, Java and Sumatra may enter. The competition is
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    561 19 Things Now Adorning Milady's Dressing Table IN- a world that is filled with new fangled can openers, trick cigarette lighters, fancy window-washing equipment, and electric maids, gadgets come to the dressing tables of the glamorous ladies of filmland to serve many practical purposes. The newest of these
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    94 19 LJANDBAG handles are as important as the new bags, strange, still handles being among the ornate accessories which are considered smart and elegant. There is a new kind of handbag in soft leather in which a stirrup strap encircles the bag, the saddle serving as the handle.
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    72 19 •TTtOLLEY tray and table cloths in raffia are among new ideas for the country cottage. Fine flat strips of raffia are woven through an open mesh thread net. This raffia cloth is extremely supple. In one colour scheme the raffia is dyed pale primrose yellow, and also
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    86 19 INITIALS are becoming übiqui- tous. There are monograms on the towels we use first thing in the morning. More monograms appear on the breakfast cloth, and the table napkins. Initials again make an appearance on handkerchiefs, the lapels of our coats and handbags. So anything to do
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    76 19 DEMOVE the seeds from one cup of prunes, put them through the food chopper and measure after the pulp has been tightly packed down in the cup. Mix the prunes with one-half cup of water and bring them to a boi!. Simmer, covered, for ten minutes before adding
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      634 19 THE SOUTH PACIFIC LINE inaugurates a new and direct route to NEW ZEALAND NO TRANSHIPMENTS. NEXT SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE: m.v. "MAETSUYCKER" 15th June For particulars apply to X.P.M. LINE, Finlayson Green, SINGAPORE. Maison "VOGUE" Singapore's Largest Exclusive Ladies' Ready-to Wear Store FOR THE GALA EVENTS OF CORONATION HIS MAJESTY KING
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    536 20 Fashion Follows Royal Taste In Jewels DOYAL taste in jewellery has certainly influenced the vogue for garnets. Quite recently the Queen wore garnets with her woollen clothes, and now grey, and wine-coloured weaves are being worn just because they are such lovely grounds for pale ruby-red garnets. These stones have
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    36 20 WHERE a cape is wanted for a smart evening occasion, let it be brief and neatly fitting, and wear with it a Juliet cap made from sparkling paste and silver threads.
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    35 21 Tan Shade For This Neat Little Suit The new London tan shade is chosen for this suit with double linked front. A fine blouse in a pale shade is worn with it. Model by Emme.
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    715 21 The Care Of Your Dog-VIII TEETHING, DOCKING AND FATNESS A PUPPY is born without teeth but by the time it la from five to eight weeks old hus twentyeight, called puppy or milk teeth, which seldom give trouble whilst being cut. When about, four months old, sometimes a little sooner,
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    165 21 •"FIIIS is a pleasant variation of the usual bread pudding. At the bottom of a buttered pie-dish put a thick layer of half-cooked sweetened apples, or crushed pineapple, or tinned raspberries with most of the juice drained off. or sliced bananas sprinkled with sugar and lemon juice.
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    1153 21 Ursula Bloom Writes Of Modern Marriage And Warns A Girl To Look Before She Leaps *J*HE problem of modern marriage presents debits and credits which it would be wise for the young woman contemplating matrimony to tot up. She needs to make out an emotional balance-sheet. Reckon up the debits
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    30 21 •THIS smart dress has an at- tractively designed front with a high neckline, and the coat has emphasised shoulders and a linked button front.
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN'S FIRST RAILWAY
    250 22 Line Now Used Only For Goods Traffic FIRST OPERATED BY PRIVATE COMPANY From Our Seremban Correspondent. Sembilan's first railway is no longer in operation for regular passenger traffic. This is the Seremban Port Dickson line, then known as the Sungei Ujong; railway. A few years ago
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    13 22 OEREMBAN Epworth Leaguers on an Institute excursion to St. John's Hill at Malacca.
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    IMPROVEMENT OF PEOPLES' PARK URGED
    180 22 A CORONATION SUGGESTION (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. TTUCKED away in. an obscure corner of Seremban, in the Temiang area of the town, is a government reservation commonly known as Peoples' Park to the| Asiatic man in the street. Except; for a few palms of
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    RACING AT SEREMBAN IN THE 'NINETIES
    222 22 'From Our Own Correspondent.' Seremban. THE announcement that the Negri Sembilan Sporting Club will hold a one-day amateur race meeting at Seremban in June recalls incidents of the early days when race meetings were held regularly. I am indebted to a writer hi One
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    126 22 Memorial To Seretnban Doctor (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. UNDERSTAND that the Negri Sembilan Club is making vigorous efforts to star^ work in connection with the proposed memorial pavilion in memory of thH^ late hnnnmry secretary, Dr. A. S. Muttu. who died last year. More than $3,000 has been subscribed.
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    SERVICE OF DEDICATION AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH TODAY
    204 22 (From Our Seremban Correspondent. AT St. Mark's Church, Seremban, on Sunday, May 9 at 6.30 p.m. a service of prayer and dedication will be held. This dedication is in connection with the Coronation and the "Form of Prayer and Dedication," for use
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    88 22 Group taken at the recent NecTl Sembilan celebrations of St. Grace's Day al the Sun/rai Ijonc Club. Sealed (left to right) H.II. the Tenjku Ampuan (consort of the lanf di Perl'ian Be ar of Nejri Sembilanl, the Tcn>fcu Bc-^ar of Sri M-nanii M (the Deputy Var* di Pertuan Besart. and
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    Around Malaccas' Clubs:: Sport Of The Week
    1061 23 AS published last v;?ek, a petition by i the Malacca Young Men's HHidu i ...tlcn was addressed to the Resident Councillor urging him to tak.^ the necessary action for the imme- < appointment of a Hindu Justic" of the Peac? in Malacca A
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    108 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. At a meeting of the Batu Pahat Football Association. It was decided to start the league after May 20 but not later than June 1. The following were elected to the Board of Referees Talb b. Abd. Manap. Koe
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    53 23 The combined soccer teams of the Selangor Club (in colours) and tbe Malacca Club (whites) when they met at Malacca. Selangor won by five goals to four. F. Lucock (2), T. D. Doig, K. Peacock and R. Bennett scored for Selangor and L. H. Eastman (3) and M. E. G.
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    INTERNATIONAL CLUB LAWN TENNIS
    102 23 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Entries have closed for the annual lawn tennis tournament of the Royal Johore International Club and the competition is expected to begin after the Coronation. The tournament Is made more interesting by the addition of two more events this year
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    SUNSHINE SUE WINS THE CORONATION CUP
    2213 24 ALSO PAYS HIGHEST DIVIDEND, $96 CFNSHINK Sue ran a great race to win the Coronation Cup and pay the highest dividend, $96, at Bukit Timah yesterday. Miftondale enrri'.-d 1,006 tickets but he dropped hack in (he straight and was far behind at the finish.
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    FOOTBALL FOUNDER DEAD
    63 24 Orrlt Smith Miller, known as the founder of the first organised football team In the United States, has died at Peterboro at the age of 92. Mr. Miller founded the Onelda football team in Boston. Massachusetts. In 18«2. Sixty years later a tablet commemorating him as the
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    FILIPINO SUCCESS
    23 24 Modesto. Cal. Pablo Dano. the Filipino boxer, was awarded the decision in a 10-round bout against Danny Laverne of San Francisco.
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    WINS SECOND BOUT
    37 24 Los Angeles. In his second fight in the United States. Alberio Lovell. 194 lb.. a heavyweight from Buenos Aires, gained a decision over Marie Rosebloom. 182 lb at the end of their 10-round bout.
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    Canzoneri Loses World Title
    308 24 Ambers' Youlli Beats Veteran New York, Umj S. JN I bout for the worlds lightweight championship I.«u Ambers, the holder, outpointed Tony Canzoneri, a former holder of the title. Both boxers welgSied in at 9 stones 9 lb. and Ambers was a 3 to 1 favourite.
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    BATU PAHAT SPORTSMEN'S SUCCESS AT SEGAMAT
    321 24 (From Our Own Corespondent) Batu Pahat. THE Batu Pahat Chinese visiU'J I Segamat and played the Chines'" there at football, table tennis an-1 basketball. They lost the football match, but won both the other games. FOOT BALI. The Segamat soccer players, thou^n good in
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    DADO LOSES
    29 24 San Jose. Horace Mann 121 San Francisco boxer, held a 10-round decision over Speedy Dado. 122. Los Angeles Filipino. Both boxen guttered eye cuU la lh« bout
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    MIDDS. BEAT POLICE BY ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME
    358 25 Soldiers Keep Good Grip On Their Opponents Middlesex Regt 1. Police 0. \Tf ITH eyes on the championship, the Middlesex Regiment went all out at Anson Road stadium yesterday to beat the Police in a First Division match. They gained their
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    Coronation Land And Sea Sports In Singapore
    392 25 AND sports organised by the Rotary, Club of Singapore will be held oni Saturday. May 22, at the Ja!an Besar un b ■-•inning at 2.30 p.m. The meeting la open to both sexes between the ages of 14 and 20 years only <exDg
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    ALVIS BATS AND BOWLS WELL
    230 25 S. R. C. Victory Over Middlesex THE Middlesex w t -re off form yesterday Mm the S R.C. beat then-, by three wickets and 88 runs at Gillman barracks. L. Alvis knocked up a useful 51 for the S R.C. and took three wickrts for
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    BATU PAHAT C.R.C.
    55 25 (Frorr Our Own Correspondent). Batu Pahat. The Chinese Recreation Club is beginning Its annual table tennis competition this week. The keenest competition will be among Keng Hng iC.R.C. champion Chin Kean (district champion :Jid C.R.C. runner-up) Lim I Chye Thiem. Llan Chuar. Tan Llan Choo. Wong Ann
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    AIRMEN JUST BEAT INDIANS IN DIV. II
    194 25 AIRMEN JUST BEAT INDIANS IN DIV. II WEEHAN, R.A.F. right winger, was ITI sent off the field yesterday .following a clash with Ahmat, Indian Association left back, in the second half of the second division soccer which ended two-all at the Police Depot. Play was keen with the Airmen dominant
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    SOCIAL A.P.
    76 25 The following will represent the Social Athletic Party in a friendly game of soccer against the IbrUkllhngs today at Taa«Un. kick-oH 5.15 p.m.: Ah Pang; Jimmy Wee. Ah Chew; Ah Lye (Capt.), Kirn Swee, Cheng Poh; Mlcheal Voon, Lian Sin. Cheng Hoe. Chong Blan. Kla Chew. Reserves: Ban
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    EMPIRE CYCLING CLUB
    95 25 In the Coronation Cycling Carnival at the Jalan Besar Stadium on May 14, IS and 16 the following cyclists will represent the Singapore Empire Cycling Club in all the open championship events and non-cham-pionship events. Leslie Wnlford. Mawl bin Itam, Osman bin Mansoor, Sherrif bin Taib, Samsorl
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    FILIPINO WINS
    23 25 London. In a preliminary bout Small Montana, 112 lb., gained a decision over Pat Palmer. 114, over a ten- round route.
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    18 25 The Young Men's Association footbal' team of Batu Pabat which beat the Police by four goals to two.
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    19 25 The Batu Pahat Police footb M team which lost by four coals to two to the You Men's Association.
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    BIG WEEK OF SPORT FOR BATU PAHAT
    202 25 BIG WEEK OF SPORT FOR BATU PAHAT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. TWO athletic sports meetings will be held at Batu Pahat during Coronation week. One meet will be for all school children attending the English and Malay schools, and will be In charge of the Games Master of
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    NAGASU TAKES 6 FOR 7
    208 25 (From Oar Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. THE bowling of Nagaau, who took six wickete for seven runs, mainly contributed to the defeat of the Muar Cricket Club by the Johore Cricket Club at Johore Bahru on Friday by 95 runs. Johore C.C. Ahmad b Marshall
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    LAND OFFICE STILL LEAD LEAGUE
    98 25 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Muar. JNUE to preparations for the Coro- nation celebrations several matches in the Muar Football league have been postponed. The following tables show the positions of teams at May 4: and Ofi«e 3 3 11 5 6 Moms Sports Club 4
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    S.C.C. DRAW WITH THE ENGINEERS
    228 25 STAUNTON GETS A HALF CENTURY PNTERTAINING cricket in the match between the S.C.C. "A" team and the Royal Engineers attracted a remarkably small gallery at the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The match was drawn, S.C.C.'s total < of 184 being followed by the Engineers' 124 for
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    SLOW PLAY ON S.R.C. PADANG
    238 25 OLOW play was seen in the one day "A" team fixture between Indian Association and the S.R.C. 0:1 the j S.R.C. padang yesterday. S.R.C. J. Cockburn c Varma b Sithambram 12 A. B. Collick st. and b Baskaran 0 O. Westerhout b Baskaran 12 J
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    CHINESE SPORTS MEET ON JUNE 19—20
    83 25 TO SELECT TEAM FOR MALAYAN OLYMPIAD At a meeting of the proposed Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Association, held at the premises of the Basketball Association at Neil Road and attended by representatives of the various Chinese sports ciubs R 1 schools. It was decided
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    14 25 The "Hua" basket ball team, champions .of the .Batu .Pahat inter-club basket ball competition
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    14 25 The Government English School team, runners-un it; the Batu Paii.-.t Inter-school basket-ball com petition.
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    H.K.S. SECTION WIN BLAKAN MATI SPORTS
    434 25 (From A Correspondent.) In the Blakan Mati Royal artileery sports last week one of the features ot the day was the tug-01-war between H K.S. and H.Q. sections in which the gunners pulled hard to the perfect rhythm of heave— hold it— heave, in
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    S.C.C. TO MEET GORDONS
    58 25 Owing to the Coronation celebrations there are no league soccer matches in Singapore this week. There w 11. however, be a friendly game on th? padang. on Friday between the S.C.C. and the Gordon Highlanders. From 4.45 p.m. until play begins. and during the interval, the
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    SEPOY LINES G.C.
    79 25 The women's spoon competition at the Sepoy Lines Golf Club was played on Monday and Tuesday, and resulted in a win fcr Miss I. D. Brown with a score of 46— 18 28. The following cards were returned Miss I D. Brown. 46-18 28: Miss V. V.
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    KEPPEL G.C.
    50 25 Fifteen cards were taken out lor the May women's spoon competition at the Keppel Golf Club which resulted in a triple tie:— Mrs. E. O'Sullivan 46— 10=-36 Miss D. H rst 52—16 36 Mrs. J. r Carr 54- 18" 36. The tie must be played by May 14.
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    B.A. M. ANNUAL MEETING IN MALACCA TODAY
    999 26 Inter- State Tournament Likely To Be Main Topic Of Discussion Players Back From Kuching fi\ OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT TTHE Interest of all followers of the game throughout Malaya will no doubt fee focussed on the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of
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    REX B.P.
    77 26 The C Team of the Rex B.P. beat the Merridale BP. c team by three games to two. Results (Rex first) E. W. Yeo beat T. B. Tuck. B—ls. 15—7. 15—7 C. Eng lost to M. P. Kee 13—13 (5 0), 9—15, 9—15; Y. F. Sim lost to
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    CHIN KOON SCHOOL B.P.
    58 26 The following will represent the Chin Koon School B.P. against the Fraser li Neave B.P. at 3 p.m. today at the former's court (Holloway Lane) Y. S. Chan, Lee Season. Llm Joo Ouan. Llm Hong Kheng, Llm Jitt Pong. Lions York Poo and Poo Sh»e Hal.
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    Malayan Team For Hong Kong?
    259 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. AS exclusively stated in The Sunday Times a few months ago the proposal of Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng. the well-known local lawn tennis and badminton pla., r, to take a badminton team to 'ong Kong some time In December
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    MERRY YOUNGSTERS' B.P.
    82 26 The following will represent the Merry Youngsters B.P.s "B team against the Merridale B.P.s "B team today at the Devonshire B.P. court 36. Grange Road, at 3 p.m. Johnny Llm, Wee Hong Loo. Ho Kong Enp. Michael Wee, and Larry Llm, Misses Hilda Schelkis and MoUy Poh
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    SEGAMAT PING PONG
    85 26 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. In a ping pong match here the Batu Pahat Chinese proved too good for the local players and comfortably won all the five games played. Results (Segamat first) Yap Yin Vow lost to Ng Siew 800 I—3: Tan Yap Thlong lost to
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    33 26 The badminton teams of the Merry time B.P. and thr General Hospital Recreation Club which met in a friendly came last Sunday at Geyianf. The Merrytime B.P. won by four games to three.
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    ASTON A.C.
    80 26 The Aston Athletic Club will celebrate the Coronation and 'sixteenth anniversary of the Club on May 18 at their premises In Loke Yew Street starting at 1 p.m. with a group photograph. At 1.30 p.m. tiffin will be served. There will be a dance from 2.30 p.m. to
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    16 26 The Malacca Epworth League members who took part in the southern district institute held at Malacca
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    UNION STAR B.P.
    51 26 The following will represent the Union Star B.P. in a friendly badminton match of five singles and two doubles against the Blue Bird B.P. today at 2 p.m. at their court: Ahmad Yasin. Sallay, Ismail, Koon Robert Yap. Noor. Serat Bin Ahjee Tahar, Chit, Ahmad, and Rajah
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    PENANG NOT IN TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
    416 26  - PENANG NOT IN TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT Shuttlecock By m Penang. DENANG'S intention not to particl- pate In the triangular badminton tournament with Perak and S.langor, for the Tungku Permalsurl and Leong Sin Nam cups, which Is scheduled to be played in Ipoh in a fortnight's time, will cause a postponement of
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    P.W.D. TO MEET EDUCATION
    297 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. •"THE p.w.D. and the Education De- partment have reached the final ot the inter-departmental badminton tournament. The teams will meet on Friday, to decide the championship The P.W.D. possess two outstanding players in Ng Ngok Tee. the State champion, and
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    Games Played In Malacca
    397 26 (From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. HTHE Quinates B.P. of Si-ntul tour d Malacca and Seromban last *kend and m:t the Railway Ir.s:ltme and the Malacca Indian Club. The Quinates— lnstitute llxtur drawn, each side winning two ties. Th? remaining doubles was abandoned owing to failing light.
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    OEI KHEE ASSOCIATION
    36 26 liie management committee of "Tfcong Yew O.K.A. was ente'tained li dim "T by their patron, Mr. Wee Thiam Suw. on the occasion of the marriage of his riiHi sun, Mr. Wee Aik Long
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    ROUGH PLAY IN SOCCER MUST STOP
    752 27  -  "ECHO" By Incorrigibles Should Be Drummed Right Out Of The Game I^l ANY of us who love the soccer, irame are becoming seriously prtufbt-l aL.vUt the prevalence of ton] play aad \>nd U-mper an the iv Id in Malaya. There has, incidentally, been a
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    MALACCA BOXING
    54 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Tonight's card at the City Park boxing stadium includes two tenround contests, in ore of which Speedy Pancho, flyweight champion Penang. will clash with Young Aman. a contender from Singapore. The other main bout will feature Little Juan, of Ipoh. and Joe Summers,
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    FORT CANNING LOSE
    66 27 The V.M.C.A. beat a cricket eleven Trom Fort Canning yesterday by 16 runs. Batting first the Association were only able to knock up 52 runs, but Fort Canning fared worse, being skittled for 36. The matcji ended before tea and it was decided to continue, each side
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    ARMY BOXING TOURNAMENT AT BLAKAN MATI
    372 27 ARMY BOXING TOURNAMENT AT BLAKAN MATI L/Cpl. Hull Wins Welter Tide GOOD DISPLAYS B\ AMATEURS (From a Correspondent.) QNE of the best shows of this year's Army boxing was seen at Blakan Mati Royal Artillery Barracks when the open amateur championships took place. Capt. Phillips, R.A.S.C, was referee, the judges
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    JOHORE BAHRU BOAT RACE
    71 27 i From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. As usual a boot race was held on Wednesday— the Mandl Safar festival day— at Pantai, Sungel Chat. The following koleks took part Togo, Koka£. January. Mata HaU, Trima Kasl and Asli. The course was for two miles and
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    28 27 The Setamat and Batu liat Chinese teams photographed before the football match which the B.P. Chinese last by two goals to nil. The game was played at Segamat.
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    147 27 Monday's Ties in the V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament are: Men's Singles 'B 1 Tan Peng Cheow v. K. M. R. Menon to mush. Men's Singles 'C: Lee Pek Tjln v. Looi Eng San. Men's Double*: R. Nathan and I. Manesseh v. S. A. Dawood and C. Reshty. Tuesday:
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    MALACCA TENNIS
    82 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. Latest results in the Malacca Club's annual spring lawn tennis tournament are: Men's Singles Heap: A. J. Donald (—3) beat L. H. Eastman (scr), 7—5, 2—6, 6— A, in the final. Men's Doubles H'cap: L. H. Eastman and A. J. Donald (scr.)
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    SELANGOR POLICE BEATEN BY Y.M.C.A,
    114 27 Jumeaux And Labrooy Each Get 46 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. By 64 runs the V.M.C.A. defeated the police in a fast soaring match on the Padang today. The Association, taking first lease of the wicket, put up 170, of which E.C Jumeaux
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    LIM CUP TENNIS
    109 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. r\R. Lim, a well-known sportsman of Batu Pahat who has been transferred to Muar, has presented a cup to the Chinese Recreation Club to be competed for in a lawn tennis doubles tournament. Two matches have been played but owing to
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    International Fours And Junior Sculls At R.S.Y.C.
    469 27 »T*HE principal event, the final of the International Fours, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club yesterday, fully justified expectations in providing a hard fought race of a high standard. The English and Colonial four defeated the Irish four by the narrow margin of
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    CHINESE STUDENTS' LITERARY ASSN.
    263 27 A tea-party was held at the Chinese Students' Literary Association, premises last week-end where an enjoyable time was spent by the members, each of whom gave a short interesting speech. After the loyal ton proposed by the secretary, had been honoured, the chairman, Mr. Koh Yee
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    54 28 Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace f"|N the left is the west front of London's historic Westminster Abbey, the scene of so many coronatiens, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will be crowned on Wednesday, May 12. On the right is Buckingham Palace, their Majesties' London home. In front is the
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    Defence Lawyer's Theory Of "Red Max" Killing
    190 28 VERNON GOES TO GAOL |\4 LEGRAND, French lawyer 1TI and the Marshall Hall of France, reconstructed the killing of Red Max Kassel, gang leader and white slaver, at the Little Newport Street flat where he met his death in January, 1936, his body
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    Lifeboat Rescue
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    Tragic Mother
    64 28 >_*V t..e iv.iiK's command, C-yiar-old Mrs. MaO'Connor, Sheffield's tragic war mother, has been invited to attend the Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Five of her sons went to the war. three being killed, one gassed and the fifth severely wounded and each Armistice service, wearing her nine medals,
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    Prince Sees Gymnasts
    33 28 Crown Prin > Gustaf Adolf of Sweden watching the inarch past of tl. gymnasts, when he attended a gymnastic display given by officer-cadets of the military school at Carlberg, near Stockholm.
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