Malaya Tribune, 18 April 1936

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    43 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales vol xxni. -No. »O SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Saturday, Apr. 18, 193 G. Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936. tl Vfc. KjiL.\ i Z
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      52 1 Read The SUNDAY TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya I I mat am lilotker do Baby must be fed and fed well. If I I Mother is not strong enough to feed j him herself and Fathe^ I price I I s excellent Milk or babies—pure, I Cheel-W/fi Ttbthe'i J wßmSmßt MM
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      11 1 j ——1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST Try The MORNING TRIBUNE
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    TO REGAIN THE BLUE RIBAND BRITAIN'S WONDER LINER
    1335 2 SAFE DOCKING Lavish Comfort Of Vessel London, Mar. 29. THE. Queen Mary, Britain's new wonder liner, which the wholo country hopes will soon be Queen of the North Atlantic, is now for the first time at Southampton, her home port, being finally
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    THE CLYDE'S ANXIETY
    674 2 Liners Narrow Be ape From Disaster Glasgow. The Queen Mary, once "No. 534" in John Brown's shipyard at Ciydebank, proudly sails the sea."., but as yet there i iiC "No. 535." That number, it is generally admitted, has been re rved by the shinvard officials specially for
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    THE QUEEN MARY
    104 2 Gross tonnage 80,773 tons. Length overall 1,018 feet. Width 118 feet. Height— Keel to superstructure 135 f:et. Keel to masthead 234 feet. Horse-power 200,090 Estimated speed 33 knots. Complement— passengers 2,000 Crew 1,050 There are 12 decks and two acres cf space reserved icr recreation purposes alone.
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      349 2 p. M j THE "SUPER MODERN TWELVE" I IS STILL THE MOST REMARKABLE S j CAR EVER MADE 1 Comparisons show the "Super Modern" CITROEN still to be "Two I j Years Ahead" in design, performance and comfort. Write for catalogue 1936 M odel now available. j I i Sole
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      119 2 TOCK TYPEWRITER CO. 28-A, CHANGE ALLEY SINGAPORE Telephone No. 2333 Stockists of Eiika Brand New Pif. able Typewriters. 4 Banks with C-t lish Keyboards fitted with Pica Types. Also Dealers in new and seronohar! Typewriters REPAIRERS of rj] makes of Type writers, Calculators. Adding Machnv etc We sell Kolok Rjhhon.s
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    MALAYAN CHINESE AFFAIRS
    1085 3 This Year's Trade Fair—To Be Held In October Europeans Know The Real China—Shan ghai Banks To Open Branches In Singapore—Three Local Football Players Going To The World Olympic Games Dr. Chen Su Lan On The Straits Chinese Opium Addicts. (By Our Chinese Correspondent) JAM informed that this
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    MOST TRAVELLED MAN?
    222 3 American's 23rd World Tour Sydney. April 3. M R. M. Franklin Kline. American bu siness man, is the world's mo f :t bored traveller. He "just gets dizzy" going rw.nd and round the world, he says. Ho arrived at Sydney from San Francisco before breakfast and almost
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      189 3 jFull jteam ahead.. Succqm in 1ife,.... JtaMny yvuth. ARE NOT THESE LIFE'S IDEALS? ARE THEY NOT BETTER THAN PREMATURE APATHY AND EXHAUSTION? Nature whispers to us to be careful of the preservation of our masculine faculties. He who takes VIRIIINETS the reproductive gland hormone tablets built up on decades-long medical
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      209 3 teeth that sparkle and charm You, too, can have them if you know this secret about removing film Brushing with ordinary dentifrices can never teeth. Yet it contains no grit—nothing <o !n--give you the gleaming white teeth you envy, jure tooth enamel. Only brushing with an effective film-removing So tf
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES THE MERCHANT NAVY JACK
    832 4 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES THE MERCHANT NAVY JACK Ambiguity As To Its SINCE the publication in The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph" more than a year ago of my article on the "Origin of Pilot Flags,'' various developments have arisen due to fresh information and later opinions on the subject.
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    THE PEARL RIVER
    177 4 Dredging Of Shallow Reaches To Start Shortly Dredging of the shallow reaches of the Pearl River will shortly be undertaken by the Canton River Conservancy Board in view of the frequent stranding of steamers from Macao and Hongkong, says the "Canton Daily Sun." The decision to deepen
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    KOBE PIER OPENED
    63 4 Will Be Used Chiefly By The Formosan Liners The opening ceremony of the central pier in Kobe Port was held recently being attended by approximately 1.000 leading officials and others, including Governor Okada arid Mr. Motoo. chief of the Kobe Customs. Costing Y490.000. work was commenced in
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    SHIPBUILDING IN ITALY
    90 4 Proposal For Specialised Tonnage The Italian Metal and Engineering Corporation is reported to have addressed a request to Signor Mussolini asking for the adoption of measures to enable Italian shipping companies to build tonnage in Italian yards, despite the present amount of second-hand vessels. It urges that
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      437 4 BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Dae. Tonnage. Spore. 1936. BEHAR 6,000 Apr. 21 CHITRAL 15,000 Apr. 24 SOUDAN 6,600 May 6 RANPURA 17,000 May 8 RAWALPINDI 17,000 May 22 BURDWAN 6,070 June 4 CORFU 15,000 June 6 RANCHI 17,000 June IV SOMALI 6,810 Juif 1 NALDERA
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      28 4 no. k. DECK I COLOMBO $17 Next Sailing m.s. "LA PLATA MARU" APRIL 29, at P.M. For particulars apply to: OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, TEL. 5337—9. 1 I.— 1
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      471 4 N. Y. K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. M.s. TERUKUNI MARU Apr. 29 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU May 14 s.s. HARUNA MARU May 28 s.s. KATORI MARU June 11 Rates to Ist class 2nd class
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      357 4 Passenger and Freight Service. Luxurious One-class motorships. "ERRIA" From Singapore May 5. Fare To: Marseilles £55-£75 London £60-£ BO For further particulars please apply to: The East Asiatic Company, Ltd., 12, Raffles Quay, Tel. 5323. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE Deutsch iHlifcQ AustralLsche Dampfschiffs Geselbchaft t Companies Incorporated in Germany). PASSENGER AND CARGO
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      479 4 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD vJr (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company s intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI. NORTH CHINA JAPAN. Due Spore 1936 5 "ISAR" Apr. 26 ♦"GNEISENAU" omits North China Apr. 29 HOMEWARDS FOR HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN:— "LIPPE" omits Holland Apr. 18 "GOSLAR" also
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    RUBBER REPORTS
    157 5 Messrs. Lewis And Peat (Singapore) Singapore Friday. MESSRS Lewis and Peat (Singapore; 111 Ltd.. in their weekly rubber report With little or no business passing o advanced last week five-eiy;uths a cent on excellent statistical VvjAd stocks continue to drop while v '/vmeiican Questionnaire figuie* much better than
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    STANTON NELSON & CO.
    357 5 STANTON NELSON CO. Will The Export Quota Be Increased? The rubber market review of Messrs Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd, Sing«*P< The S market has ruled fully steady, In .r re of the interruption of holidays, but the volume of business passing continues below normal. The rumour that at their
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    GUTHRIE & CO., LTD.
    37 5 GUTHRIE CO., LTD. or considerable decrease of 3,282 tons an now stand at 144,175 WMAt the Auctions held yesterday was a eood demand for all w 336; ton! Catalogued. 335 tons were offeied and 273 tons sold.
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    TREASURY BILLS
    18 5 British Official Wireless. Lor don, April VI. "*S?SU. rate per cent for b U>s at Wireless.
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    FINANCIAL NEWS & VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    1427 5 FINANCIAL NEWS VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS Tb. following share quotations are issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt: MINING i Singapore, Saturday, 10 a.m. I Issue. Eraser Lyall Value Co. Evatt 4 Ampat 5,9 6 3 5j9 6 3 £1 A. Kumbang 2b o 29 b 28
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    105 5 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. Saturday. mTRRER- Shares in good demand vSSkS." buying .40%. Uta n'-vers .47. seUftia .49. Indragin $1. 0 2i iIS Nvalas .96 .Q9. Lunas $l- 8< 2 £g&' Smbtlata /35 Malacca Fmdas' $1.37V 2 $1.41%, Ayer Panas |1.46 $1.47%. Other Sections quiet. The Budget announcement on
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    U.S. BALANCE
    53 5 Revenue Increase Reported Washington, Apr. 6. THE United States Treasury DepartH>pnt renorted that revenues for the month of March exceeded expenditures by $173,000,000 which is the first month's increase since 1935. However the deficit for.the fiscal yeai 1 so far is still $2,237,130,511 Even the members o'thoWav, and
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    MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA
    342 5 Final Dividend Of Six Per Cent. THE 43rd annual general meeting of shareholders of the Mercantile Bank of India. Ltd.. was held at Winchester House. Old Broad Street. London, on Tuesday. Mar. 31, 1936. The following is the 43rd annual report of the board of directors
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    GERMAN SHIPPING
    321 5 Financial Reorganisation Of Two Companies Berlin. THE financial re-organisation of the two biggest shipping companies in Germany, the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg Amerika Line, will be decided upon at their special meetings convoked for Apr 23 ana respectively. The meetings will be asked to sanction of
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      96 5 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. MEYER CHAMBERS. capital Fully Pa>« Yen 129.150.000 Dairen, Fengtien. Hamburg, king> Harbin. Honolulu. Hongkong. Karnchi. Kobe• Lmidon. Manila Moji, wigoon, York. Osnka. PWJfv nc i<, C o SemaRio de Janeiro, rang. Seattle s ™?s" a Tokyo (MaruSydney. Tientsin. Tokyo lonyo nmicW. Tsingtau, Ymgkow The Bank
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      349 5 The P.&O. Banking i Corporation, Lid. (Incorporated In England) SAFE I DEPOSIT j SERVICE Sale Deposit; facilities are now Ij available at the P. &0. Banking I Corporation, Ltd., Union Build- I inff, Singap ire. Conditions of I service and lull particulars may I be obtained ot; application to the
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      216 5 l SAFEGUARDED INSURANCE. So long as premiums on insurance are met protection for your family is a certainty. But there is always the danger that Protection may b» lost, when an i accident diverts funds from the Insurance to meet expenses. The Asia Life offers a sure and exclusive way
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      594 6 M. HASSAN 36 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work in electrical, gas and water service lines. We give prompt attention to all orders either big or small. Why not consult us about your requirements Estimate submitted upon request without charge or obligation. 'PHONE 3411. SITUATIONS
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      752 6 WELLINGTON ENGLISH SCHOOL 82 RANGOON ROAD. Second term commences 27th April Pupils can now be enrolled. Apply Afte?n P oons at school Mornin gsT or BOOKS BOOKS bought and sold; send lists, state wants: BEACOM BUREAU, Post Box 50, 7 Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur. FOR SALE GRAMOPHONE NEEDLE S.—Buy direct
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      793 6 THE SINGAPORE SWORD CLUB SWORDPLAY. Would any ladies or gentlemen interested in fencing with Poll, Epee or Sabre communicate with the undersigned. No subscription.—Members provide their own equipment. Information as to gear required obtained from C. G. TOH, Hon. Secretary, Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place. ESTATE OF R. M. L. LETC
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      470 6 I Singapore Municipality TENDERS. TENDERS are now invited for the following materials or services. For parti, culars, see Municipal Teader Room. o i Date of closing. Supply of 26,250 sq. ft. of interlocking steel sheet piling, weighing about 12 lb. per sq. ft. in 15-ft. lengths, delivered alongside Bukit Timah
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      116 6 ORDINANCE NO. 44 j (BANKRUPTCY) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Summary Case. In BankruDtcy. No. 247 of 1534. Re M. G. BACON (w) of No. 88, Cairnhill Road, Singapore. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First and Final Dividend is intended to be declared
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      363 6 MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF Valuable freehold residential property situate at and known as No. 753, Grove Road, Singapore Tc be held'at our saleroom, No. 27, thulia Street, ON TUESDAY, 21st APRIL, 1936, AT 2.30 P.M. PARTICULARS I Valuable freehold land and compound house No. 753, Grove Road, Singapore area 24,179 square
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    Chinese Language In English Schools? ITS RESUSCITATION FAVOURED
    607 7 LOCAL DEBATE Commercial Language Of The East Singapore, Friday. *N English education is to-day nc ft longer the passport to a job. Monbers of the Chinese Christian Association are in favour of the resuscitation of the study of Chinese in the curriculum
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    THE OPPOSITION
    395 7 Difficulty Of Teaching Chinese Opposing, Mr. L. S. Li, saicl that ths r f r i' ulty of teaching Chinese in English hoots where the pupils are cosmopolii was apparent, and it would not be r to students of other nationalities '•'•ho were studying side by side with
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    OUR READERS' VIEWS Letters To The Editor
    90 7 [Our readers are invited to wrVe to us on subjects of public interest. It t!3£ J? e un i erst °od that the "Malaya inoune does not necessarily enaorse °Pjjiions expressed by correspondac nk* TTERS SHOLLD BE AS BRIEF /w l OSSIB^ E
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    Representation
    297 7 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) S^r 0 11 wading Mr. Alii Ahmed Khan SSES? S r f in t0 d ay's Malaya Tribune, I felt deeply touched at the writers sympathetic interest on behalf of the Indian and Moslem Associations. Mr. Alii Ahmed Khan Surattee ther goes
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    Hindu And Muslim Nominees
    236 7 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir—l have read with great interest the letter of Mi All! Khan Surattee which appeared in your issue of the 11th inst. Many enlightened Hindus I and Mohamedans regard the present j system of nomination to the Municipal Commission
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    BUST OF STALIN
    94 7 Dictator On A Mountain Moscow. II bust of Stalin has been set up on n the top of Mount Kazbek. (16. 546 fe?t)-one of the highest mountains in the Caucasus. It has been put there by 280 men. a detachment of the Red Army. In order to
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    15 FILMS BANNED IN COLONY
    215 7 TWO CHINESE Murder And Gun Play MO fewer than 15 Cin:ma films were 11 banned from exhibition in thColony during the first quarter of 1936. from Jan 1 to Mar. 31—it is notified in the Government Gazette. Of these 13 were American pictures, fhe other
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    SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
    100 7 London, Mar. 26. A first edition of the famous children's book—"Swiss Family Robinson"— has been sold by auction in London for £225. This book, written originally in German by a Swiss poet J. Wyss was published in English at the expense of the poet Shelley. It was
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      529 7 I, CHURCH SERVICES Details For This Week-End CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL Sunday 6.50 a.m.. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m., Matins. 8 a.m., Chora! Eucharist. 9.15 a.m., Holy Communion. 5.30 p.m., Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: Rev. D. E. J. Hodjc. Weekdays: Holy Communion. Mon day, Wednesday and Friday at 8
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      416 7 5.30 p.m.. Boy./ Biigade Drill. 8 p.m., Epworth League Business Meeting. TAMIL METHODIST CHURCH Short Street 8.15 a.m.. Sunday School 930 a.m., Public Worship Service (Tamil). Preacher: Rev. j. S. Arthur. 3 p.m., Divine Service at Royal Air Force Base. 4 p.m., Dxvine Service at Alexandra Brickworks Chapel. 6 p.m..
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      258 7 v VAPEX and gjgg that Cold beauty in •ilver live* when cleaning is left to JSBrffy, Bf Afftintmtnt SIL V O LIQUID PLATE POLISH for silver and glass ReCttTT Iz SONS LTD., HULL LONDON. ———»ni luvnuk .ji-mm— NEW MATT FINISH FACE POWDER WITH DOUBLE MOUSSE DISCOVERY BY PARIS CHEMIST REVOLUTIONIZES
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW — To-Day's Shipping
    125 8 JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW To-Day's Shipping THE HARBOUR I SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Apr. 13. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Rohna 22; Apcey 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Arabia Maru 18; Raub 15; Misaki Maru 13; Pies Hayes 11; Halvaan 8; Poelau
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    119 8 Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands Indies by Air (Qant ts), time of delivery of bcxholders' letters only 3.30 p.m. to-day and general delivery of letters 4.05 p.m. to-day. Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air <Netherlands', time ot delivery of boxhclders' letters only 3.30 p.m. to-day and general
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    Money Market
    192 8 SELLING Singapore, Apr. 17. London 4 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London 3 months' sight 2j4 3 32 London 60 days' sight 2 4 1,16 London 30 days' sight 2|4 116 London demand 2:4 132 London T/T. 2|4 xj32 Lyons and Paris demand 870 Hamburg demand JJJ
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    94 8 British Official Wireless. London, April 17. Paris 74 59 64. New York 4.94» 8 Montreal 4.97%. Brussels 29.21. Geneva 15.15 3 4. Amsterdam 7.28. Milan 62 11 16. Berlin 12.28. Stockholm 19.39*%. Copenhagen 22.39% Oslo 19.90%. "ienna 26'/, Prague 119 7 16. fTelsinefors 2*>7 Madrid 36 11 64.
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    PRODUCE
    199 8 Singapore, Apr. 17. R. <3iam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $132 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $125 R. I Siam I W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $120 1 Rice, B. Siam, No. 1 per Koyan $110 Rice, B. Siam, No. 2 per Koyan $107
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    Diary of the Day WHAT'S ON?
    282 8 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, APR. 18 High Tides:—7.28 a.m., 8.46 p.m. Football: Friendly, Middlesex Regt. v. Sino-Malays, Anson Road Stadium. Cricket: S.C.C. v. Inniskillings. S.C.C.; S C R C I v. R.A.F. I, S.C.R.C.; S.R.C. v' CSC. I, S.R.C.; Indian Assn. v
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    AMUSEMENTS
    78 8 ALHAMBRA.—"Music Is Magic." CAPITOL—"By Your Leave." PAVILION.—"Peter Ibbetson." EMPIRE. —CaiiLuiicse lanae. GREA'i WORLD.—CaDaret Dancing Side-shows, Maiay Operas, Cninese VVayungs, Linc-nias. talkies, etc. MARLBOROUGH.—"Bright Eyes." NEW WUtiLAJ.— Uuu.a v dicing. Side-shows, Malay Operas, Chinese W<*yangs, Cinemas, TaiKies etc. REGAL-"Semangat Ular." Malay talkie. RITZ. —"The Three Musketeers' preceded by "Shadow of
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    GOODWOOD PARK
    77 8 The following visitors to Singapore are staying at Goodwood Park Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Carrirre. Lt. and Fam. HL G. Baxter. Fam. L. Lameraud, Mr. and Mrs. L. Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Jaarsma, Mrs. L. Anthony. Mr. E. B. Chanell, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges,
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      357 8 MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL jj TO-NIGHT f\ l I /1 CABARET ATTRACTION Urciiestral concert —worth 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. k 4j T i; U c •in* o 1 liJia Umner J impressions of 2 English Dudes 2 popular Song A L ittle Bit 1\ ,v Independent UdnCe f o rmai J
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      141 8 €'3 XTO matter how severe hB your stomach trouble, IB Bisurated 9 Magnesia Wm quick relief by removing 111 the cause. Try it now! Wk Don't suffer another day. Bisurated' Magnesia costs i-erv little, from any good cltemist or drug store, but always see the oval BIS MAG sign on
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      122 8 BEEN USING WjjZ*t&\ ORDINARY I ll HOW YOUR HAIR WILL BE Washing the hair with ordinary soap or inferior shampoos is often decidedly risky. The alkali in many soaps and shampoos dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, often ruins it. That is why every woman who values her hair
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      40 8 j TEA DANCES j From sto 7.30 p.m. j Every Tuesday, Thursday V v And Saturday NIGHT DANCES Nightly I from 1L c j Dance 5 I ToThe S Irresistible ay Rhythms of S DE SILVA'S LIVE i ORCHESTRA. V
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      196 8 ///,#7l? DIARY Chinese Association: Club dance, 5 ,K/ ***-*J prn Dance orchestra in attendance. IT here are numerou* Clubi end Tn MO pow APR |Q Societies in Singapore, most of the i»u n members of which are readers of the Singapore Buddhist Association: Lee"Malaya Tribune." This Mary is pr+- i
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      172 8 i Postal Intelligence ■fr- —*i SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Hedan, Jask, Eushire, Amsterdam and London by Air (Netherlands) 12.45 p.m. Djambi (Hog'.an) 3 p.m. tfew Zealand (Narbada) 3 p.m. Vliri, Sarikei and Sibu (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Borneo (North) Brunei and Labuan (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Sarawak (generally) (Darvel) 3.30 p.m. Netherlands
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    ANIMAL COLLECTOR HERE
    524 9 Twenty-First Trip SPECIMENS FOR THE TEXAS FAIR Singapore, Friday. Ml». D. W. Callaghan, whose first trip to the Far East was as a aptain in the United States Army hiring the Spanish-American War f 1808, is now staying in the Raffles Hotel. This is his twenty-first trip
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    AN OIL SEARCH IN FRANCE
    146 9 Caused By Old Roman Manuscripts Paris. THE mention in ancient Rome manuscripts of "oils that bubbled from the ground" in certain regions of Gaul (France* has led to an oil search all over the country. These oils, the manuscripts state, were used to cure certain
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    43 9 Notifications in the Government Gazette state that the Registrar of Societies is satisfied that the following have ceased to exist. The Anglo-Malayan International Correspondence Club. Singapore, the Sinaram Chava Pringgit Club. Malacca; the Indian Club, Jasin, Malacca; the United Indian Boys' Society. Malacca.
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    BRITISH POLICE MISSION
    160 9 To Visit The United States London. BRITISH police are to visit the United States and Canada to study crime detection methods. The mission will sail on April 15 and will be absent for about six weeks. It is understood that for some months a Home Office committee
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    1914 SURVIVORS
    132 9 London, Apr. 13. DLANS are on foot which may lead to a mobilization of suivivors of the first British Expeditionary Force. Branches of the Old Contemptible. 1 Association Lhroushout the country aie being invited to participate in a camp at Shorncliffe Kent, from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8,
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    MR. GANDHI'S SILENCE
    77 9 New Delhi Mahatma Gandhi is now silent lor seven hours every day. Acting on the advice of his doctor, Dr. M. A. Ansari. who prescribed a complete rest after examining him. Mr. Gandhi remains mute between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. His health is
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    THE LATE KING GEORGE
    268 9 Great Love For The Empire (By Air Mail) London, Apr. 3. STORIES of King George's love for the Empire continue to be told. Two more instances have just been revealed:— During a luncheon yof the British Empire Producers' Organisation, held in conjunction with the Empire Fibrp
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    BRITISH ROADS
    79 9 London, Mar. 26. Nearly 500 miles of cycle tracks are to be provided under the Minister of Transport's £130,000,000 five-year-plan for the improvement of British roads. Other features in the programme— which have just been announced by the Minister, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha —are:— Reconstruction of 1.040 weak bridges.
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    BOMB SHELTERS
    230 9 "Air Safety" For £2 Leipzig. BOMB-PROOF cellars into which 50 people could scurry to safety at the first signs of an air attack are the most popular exhibits at this year's Leipzig Technical Fair. They are displayed in the "air protection" section which has, without a doubt, the
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    FORMER SLAVE DEAD
    108 9 East London's Oldest Woman Has A Stroke East London, Cape Province, j "rRANNIE" BOOYSENS. East London's to oldest woman, has died at the age of 110. Born in slavery in the Cape in '1826 and retaining vivid memories of the Battle of Blood Rivor and other big
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    FIDELITY TO THE LEAGUE
    149 9 General Hertzog's Statement Capetown, Apr. 13. THE foreign policy of the Government was attacked from two sides here. Mr. Leslie Blackwell (United Party) criticized the Government's continuance of payments under the Itaiian shipping subsidy. He argued that these payments were illegal in view of the Union's
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    157 9 Death For Rare Beast Durban, Natal. PERMISSION has been given here for one of the world's rarest animals to be shot for display at the Empire Exhibition at Johannesburg this year. It wiH be a white rhinocerous, one of the odd 200 of its species remaining in the
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    MEMORIAL TO GEORGE THE V
    174 11 Bombay Makes Decision Bombay. F' has been unanimously decided that Bombay's memorial to King George is to take the form of a statue of the late King and some institution for helping the sick and suffering of the city. Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bombay, declared
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    HALF-A-CROWN
    144 11 Weekly Allowance For Women? New York. A HOUSEWIFE can dress herself on an allowance equivalent to half-a-crown a week—according to statistics published here. The American working girl needs about six shillings a week in order to dress herself "respectably." Minimum clothing budgets have been worked out fin theory 1
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    82 11 New Indication Of r.K. Prosperity British Wireless. London, Apr. 17. A RET URN issued by the Ministry of Transport shows that the gross amount received in payment of licences for road vehicles issued during the three f-.onths ended Feb. 29 last was £20,018,420. In the corresponding period last
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    CAUGHT NAPPING
    201 11 Police Raid On New York Plat New York, Apr. 13. IN a raid on a flat in West 90th Street 1 just off Riverside Drive, at midnight the police arrested a number o* the inmates and discovered a small arsenal. —mut Six of the s-ven men and one
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    A LOOK AROUND
    866 12 QNE of the greatest forces in the higher development of civilisation is the exchange of national ideas in art. When it was known that the National Government of China had consented to the temporary removal of priceless art treasures in order that they might be exhibited in
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    18 12 H. E. the Governor has appointed Mr. R A. Ward. M.C.S. as Third Assistant Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office.
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    24 12 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of Mr. A.J.S. Hulton to be Senior Assistant Architect, Malayan Public Works Service.
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    30 12 Mr. F. C. Johnson, superintendent ot the Singapore Reformatory, will sail for Home on leave op the Naldera on Apr. 24 Mr. Johnson is well known as a b.-xing referee.
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    28 12 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has aporoved the promotion of Mr. I.C. Macmillan. Assistant Superintendent of Police, S.S., to be a Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.
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    30 12 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has aoproved the promotion of Mr. W.H. Noble. Instrument Repairer, Survey Department. F.M.S. and S.S., tc be Chief Photo Lithographer, F.M.S. and S.S.
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    45 12 The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. Charles Edward Wurtzburg, M.C., to act as honorary Consul of Poland at Singapore with jurisdiction in the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States of Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu, has received His Majesty's signature.
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    53 12 H.E. the Governor has appointed Mr. C.J. Parker. M.C., to act as Director of Public Works. S.S., and Director of Civil Aviation. He has also been appointed temporarily an official member of the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements during the absence on leave of the Hon. Majo r R.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Imperial Flying Boats
    189 12 NOTES COMMENTS Imperial Flying Boats THE acme of flying comfort will be offered by the flying boats which are now being built for Imperial Airways and will be in use by the end of the year between London and Singapore. Twenty-eight flying boats are now under construction by Short Brothers.
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    Night Travel
    207 12 TO all sections of the community the coming of the flying boats will be *>t special importance as they will inaugurate the carriage of mails by air within the British Empire without surcharge. To the fortunate people who will be able to travel by the service, the accommodation
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    146 12 THE April issue of "Motoring in Maiaya* contains still more reading matter and photographs, and is altogether very bright and interesting publication. In "Car Designs for the Tropics," a contributor is brave enough to voice a complaint in which he will have the full support of the
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    174 12 jyjAJOR R. L. NUNN had a humorous tilt at the present design of cars at the recent Motor Traders' dinner when he said that, having nothing left to improve in the matter of engines, designers had turned their attention to shape and colour, and we were getting to
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    406 12 By "Looker On" THE chaperon is returning. You have been warned. A ĕ\ m\ m "What is the youth of the nation looking forward to?" asks a politician. Would it be the Whitsun holidays? There are still a few people who give up reading novels during
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    REPORTED TURKISH OCCUPATION OF STRAITS ZONE SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET
    82 13 A DENIAL Alleged Cabinet Decision Reuter. Paris, Apr. 17. A MESSAGE sent under reserve from Stambul states that it is reported from Ankara from an usually well-informed source, that the Turkish Government decided to militarily occupy the demilitarised Straits Zone.
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    A DENIAL
    38 13 Reuter. Ankara, April 17. A semi-official Turkish News Agency declares that the report that Turkish troops entered the demilitarised zone are baseless and states that no meeting of the Turkish Cabinet was held in the week—Reuter.
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    SOVIET BACKING
    57 13 Reuter. Moscow, Apr. 17. The Soviet Government has informed Turkey her readiness to participate in negotiations to bring her status in the Straits in conformity with interests of security. The Turkish note points out that the Soviet always held the opinion that Turkish sovereignty in 'this zone was
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    INSURING THE QUEEN MARY
    128 13 Premium Of 25 Shillings Per £100 British Official Wireless. London, April 17. EXCELLENT progress is being mace with the placing of service risks oi the Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary on the London market and it is anticipated some £3.000.000 will be covered. The balance
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    MELROSE'S FLIGHT
    36 13 British Wireless. London, Apr. 17. MR. C. J. Melrose the young Australian airman, who is engaged on a flight to Australia in a new machine, left Calcutta shortly after noon to-day for Rangoon.—British Wireless.
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    NEW VICEROY OF INDIA
    93 13 'pHE Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy-Designate of India, the Marchioness of Linlithgow and their eldest daughter. Lady Anne Hope (who is 21 this year) arrived in India (Bombay) yesterday and are due in Delhi to-day. Lady Linlithgow will be very much missed both in Scotland and London
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    Failure Of Peace Efforts
    34 13 ETHIOPIA IS IMPATIENT Demand For New Sanctions Reuter. Geneva, Apr. 17. rpHE Committee of Thirteen has 1 decided that its efforts at conciliation in the Italo-Abyssi-nian dispute have failed. Reuter.
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    EMPEROR'S NOTE
    97 13 A Rebuke To League Powers Reuter. Addis Ababa, April 17. A rebuke to League Powers for their delay in enforcing effective sanctions and a demand for immediate measures to end the aggression are contained in a note from the Emperor to the League. The note declares that Ethiopia
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    LEAGUE COMMUNIQUE
    375 13 Ethiopians Reject Italian Proposals British Official Wireless. London, April 18. There will be a meeting of the League Council in connection with the ItaloAbyssinian dispute on Monday a', Geneva. The announcement is contained in t< communique issued after a secret meeting of the Commitee of Thirteen this afternoon,
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    BOMBING OF RED CROSS
    489 13 Britain Rejects Italy's Explanation British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 17. Correspondence between the United Kingdom and the Italian Government regarding the bombing by Italian military aircraft of the British Red Cross in Ethiopia is published as a White Paper and comprises the Italian aide memoire with
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    FRENCH CHAMBER ELECTIONS
    231 13 Medley Of Parties PEACE, PATRIOTISM PROSPERITY Reuter. Paris, April 17. IT is reported that 5,000 candidates are contesting Gl5 seats in the Chamber elections on April 26. The number mdicaics the continued existence of a medley of parties, but the rea' tussle lies between the Popu'ar Frc.it,
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    SHOOTING TRAGEDY
    53 13 Coroner's Verdict At Inquest Singapore, Friday. THE inquest on the death of Mr. M. K. Mohamed Yusoof, who was found shot in his home in Adis Road on April 8, was concluded yesterday afternoon. The Coroner*; verdict was that the deceased shot himself with the intention of taking
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    MADRID STRIKE
    32 13 State Of Alarm To Be Continued Reuter. Madrid, Apr. 17. The Government has decided to continue the existing state of alarm in connection with the strike, ior 30 days. —Reute/.
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    FORMER DUTCH PREMIER
    21 13 Reuter. The Hague, Apr. 17. The death is announced or M. Ruys Van Beerenbrouck, a former Prime Minister.—Reuter.
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    15 13 The sixth Pacific Rotary Conference will be held at Auckland, New Zeaiund. during February, 1937.
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    WILD RUMOURS IN TSINGTAO
    184 13 Visit Of Japanese Armada Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, April 18. AS a result of the visit of the Japanese Armada, wild rumours aie afloat in Tsingtao. the Shantung port. Food prices are soaring, and the peopie are nervous. Admiral Hsin Hung Leh, the Commander of
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    5,000 REDS KILLED
    99 13 Three-Day Battle In Kweichow Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Apr. 18. The Communists in Kweichow are attempting to invade Szechuen. A Kwanming communique states that 5,000 Reds under Siao Ho were annihilated on the east bank of the Putoho River after a three-day battle. One-fourth of the
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    ANDRE LEBON LEAVES
    169 13 i NUMBER of passengers disembarked here from the Messageries Maritimes m.s. Andre Lebon, which arrived from Saigon yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hartman. who were married in Penang early last month returned from a short visit to Saigon where they went following their Cameron Highlands' honeymoon.
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    27 13 Mr. K.C. George, president of the Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association, and Mrs. George and family are returning to Malaya, by the Porthos. due at Singapore on Tuesday.
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    RANPURA SAILS AGAIN
    103 13 NO DAMAGE Due In Marseilles On Sunday Reuter. •r Gibraltar, Apr. 17. rpHE 1*. O. Ranpura is expected to sail this afternoon. She is being surveyed by a surveyor of Lloyds Register who has so far found no trace of damage. j A later message states that
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    VOYAGE RESUMED
    71 13 British Official Wireless. London. Anril 17. Divers who have been examining the hull of the P and O. liner Ranpura, which was refloated late last night, after being aground on the sandy bottom in Gibraltar Bay since last Tuesday, have found no damage and the l>ne r resumed
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    IN 2½ DAYS FROM AMSTERDAM
    57 13 New Machines For Dutch Air Service Reuter. The Hague, Apr. 18. manager of the Royal Dutch Air Lines states that owing to the increase in passenger traffic on the AmsterdamBatavia route, new big Douglas machines are to be purchased which in the near fuiure will
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    NANKING AND CANTON
    54 13 Prospects Of Co-Operation Brighter Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking, Apr. 13. It is learned that Dr. Tai Chi Tao and Dr. Yeh Cho Chong, the Kuomintang leaders, have accepted Canton's proposals for the revision of the Constitution. Prospects of Co-operation between Nanking and Canton are now brighter
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    TIN COMMITTEE
    18 13 Reuter. London, April 17. The International Tm Committee meets at The Hague on April 22.— Reuter.
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    SOLICITOR'S FAILURE TO APPEAR ORDERED TO PAY COSTS
    1374 14 TOO CASUAL Bankruptcies In Singapore Singapore, Friday. AN unusual order was made by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice i N. H. P. Whitley, in the Bankruptcy Court to-day, when his lordship ordered that Mr. Osborne-Jones. solicitor for an Indian named 4
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    DEFENCE AGAINST COMMUNISM
    68 14 East Hopei Manchukuo To Co-Operate Reuter. Tokyo, April 17. A MESSAGE from Sinking states that it is authoritatively learr.t that the members of the East Hopti Autonomous Government's Goodwill Mission are at present the official guests of Manchukuo and were approached by the Manchukuo Government with a
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    SPEEDING IN JOHORE
    108 14 Lorry Driver Fined And Licence Endorsed (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 16. A Chinese lorry driver was charged before Mr. J. B. Weiss (First Magistrate) with speeding on the Kota Tinggi Road. He pleaded guilty, whereupon Mr. L. H. Pearce, C.P.0., Johore Bahru, who prosecuted,
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    CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    43 14 Christmas Island is to have a ne%Sikh Temple, the existing one to be pulled down. Tenders for the works are notified in the Government Gazette. The present District Officers' Quarters are also to be demolished and new quarters to be erected.
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    JOHORE COURT OF APPEAL
    611 14 Chopper Attack KIDNAPPED TAMIL GIRL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Apr. 16. FE first session for the year of the Court of Appeal was held in the Supreme Court, Johore Bahru, this morning presided over by Mr. N. H. F. Whitley (acting Chief Justice) who
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    MR. H. R. S. ZEHNDER
    151 14 Appointed To Legislative Council MR. H.R.S. Zehnder, 0.8. E. of the law firm of Zehnder Brothers, has been appointed 10 be temporarily a nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council. He succeed,* Dr. Noel Clarke as the representative of the Eurasian community. Mr. Zehnder, who
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    138 14 Samsu Discovered In Thermos Flask (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 16. On information given him a customs outdoor officer visited the house of a fruit seller named Ng Yong Heng in Jalan Ungku Puan. Johore Bahru, at about 6.30 p.m. on April 10. On searching
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    HEALTH OF THE EAST
    430 14 League Of Nations Bulletin THE following is the health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau, Singapore, for the week ended Apr. 11:— Plague: Colombo was the only port in the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague during the week, one fatal
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    NEW NAVAL SHELL
    70 14 Capable Of Piercing 12-Inch Armour Reuter. London, April 17. ANEW 16-inch naval shell capable of piercing armour plate 12 inches thick without breaking, was described by Sir Robert Hadfleld, the eminent metallurgist yesterday. He said that one shell of this kind in the region of a magazine
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    SOVIET BARRACKS
    86 14 Feverish Building On Border Of Manchuria Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, April 17. The Soviet is making feverish attempts to complete the barracks at Tawuli, Habarovsk. Shuengchengtse and Blagoveschensk—towns near the Soviet Manchurian border—for the accommodation of two additional divisions oi infantry, a brigade of cavalry and several
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    JUMBLE SALE AT Y.W.C.A.
    31 14 Singapore, Friday. A jumble sale held at the Y.W.J.A. tliis afternoon largely attended by the housewives <tf Singapore Bargains were picked up at most of the stalls.
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    WIFE'S STORY IN COURT
    455 14 UNHAPPY LIFE Afraid Of Husband's Threats «V Singapore. Friday. MR. H. E. Trenerry living in Marine Parade, Katong, appeared on a summons before Mr. Cunnyng-ham-Brown, the Fourth Magistrate, this afternoon to show cause why he should not be bound over to be of good behaviour for
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    268 14 Married Aeainst Mother's Wish Mrs. Rebecca Trenerry, in her evidence said that her people were against her marrying the defendant owing to the difference in religion. They, however subsequently agreed. "My married life has been very, veiy unhappy." said witness. "I separated from my husband in 1933. I
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    530 15 NO HOSTILITY Race Strengthened By German Action Singapore, Saturday. is no hostility on the part of the American people against the Jews in the United States, which number the most in any country in the World," said Rabbi Edgar Magnin, a
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    MUSICAL HOAX
    197 15 Cobbler Alleged To Have Posed As Conductor 1 Munich. AN astounding musical hoax, which deceived the entire population of Schweinfurt, Northern Bavaria, has resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of Karl Peukert, a 29-year-old cobbler. Karl became tired of mending shoes in his native Leipzig so one day
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    MALAYA'S WILD GAME
    445 15 Th>2 ir Preservation VIEWS OF SIR THOMAS COMYN-PLATT CIR Thomas Comyn-Plati, who is cc "f ,ud n R his tour in Malaya to study the preservation of wild game save his impressions to the Tribune »n an interview yesterday. He expressed h'mself as extremely pleased and interested
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    GALLI-CURCI SUED FOR £10,900
    69 15 Sequel To Motoring Accident Los Angeles. AMELITA Galli-Curci. the opera singer, and her husband, Mr. Homer Samuels, concert pianist, are being sued here for £10.900 The case arises ou: of a moto.in" accident. The complainant is Mrs. Tnsnus Kienstf-r. w te of a city fireman, wiio
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    FORMOSANS ARRESTED
    63 15 Police Officers Assaulted In Swatow Sin Chew Jit Poh. Hongkong. Apr. 18. A Chinese Poli -c Officer in Swatow, Mr. Chu Muk Kunfj, was assaulted by a number of Formosan.s and Japanese ronins yesterday. He suffered serious injuries and was takm to hospital. Two Formosa ns were arrested
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    RAFFLES HOTEL
    46 15 THE following visitors to Singapore are registered at Raffles Hotel: Mr. W. D. Carew. Mr. and Mrs. Harraan. Mr and Mrs. Cameron, en route to Freemantle. Mr. L R. Miicphail, Mr. and Mrs. Ifttnjro Park, en mute to England, Mr. and Mrs. Caruth, Malacca.
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    32 15 The Secretary of State lor the Colonies has approved the cieation of the post of Secretary to the British Advisers, Kelan-an in Class IV of the Malayan Civil Service.
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    487 16 Progress Of S.R.C. Competition Singapore, Saturday. FURTHER progress was made in the S.C.C. Spring Tennis Tournament yesterday when four ties were worked off. Vhe most exciting tie was the Veteran's Doubles event between T. H. Holvoak and H. S. Godwin and R.
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    97 16 S.C.C. "B" Beatsn By 4 Goals To 2 Singapore, Saturday. IN a friendly soccer match played on the Padang yesterday, jthe Mental Hospital beat an S.C.C. "E" team by four goals to two. It was unfortunate that the S.C.C. failed to do better considering that they had the
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    52 16 The following will represent the S R.C. against the S.C.R.C on Monday on the S.R.C. ground: C. Alphonso, H. Humphries (Capt.). J. Ritchie, L. Reutens, F. Ayres. R. Bay .n, G. C. R)ss, D. C. Ross, A. M. JReutins N. Sullivan. Reser/es: O. C. Aeria, A. B. Collick,
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    DAILY MAIL GOLF TOURNEY
    1316 16 ALFRED PADGHAM'S GREAT VIC TOR V (By Air Mail) London, April 8. A. B. PADGHAM (Sundridge Park) n won the Daily Mail Professional Tournament at Bramshot recently with rounds of 73, 73, 70, and 68-284 —a great achievement. S. L. King, the young assistant at Knole
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    AMICABLE A.A.
    81 16 The following will represent the Amicable Athletic Association against the Police Sports Club at soccer on Sunday at th? Police ground: Yeo All Kow. Tan Cheow Hin, Chan Ah Bah, Lim Lian Lock, Tan Lye Chuan, Chan Chang Kwang, Lee Keng Swee. Ong Heng Teow. Tan Chim Bock.
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    w I Hennu-n and F. P. H. Peaise in action in the Championship W. I. Henman Mio , Tournammt yesterday.
    19 16 w I Hennu-n and F. P. H. Peaise in action in the Championship W. I. Henman Mio Tournammt yesterday.
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    PENANG RACES
    121 16 Order Of Running Scratching (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Friday. THE following are the scratchings and order of running for to-day's races in Penang, the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Easter Meeting: Race I—Horses Class IV Div. 4—Nil Race 2—Horses Class IV Div. 3— Flushed. Veracity
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    TO-DAY'S MATCH
    117 16 Middlesex To Meet Sino-Malays Singapore, Saturday. AN enormous crowd is expected at the Anson Road Stadium to-day, when the Middlesex and Sino-Malay meet in a friendly. In their previous appearanc? at the Stadium the newcomers met a strong S.A.F.A. side and won before a crowd ol about 9,000.
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    SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER
    143 16 Ten Teams Enter For S.C.R.C. Tournament At the football meeting of th? S.C.R.C. held on Friday at the Cub House, it was decided that ten teams be entered for th? Six-a-Sidc Tournament. The following were elected captains oi the ten teams:—Messrs. Kam Gim Hock. Gan Kee Tian, Yap
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    SELANGOR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCLAIR HAS EASY WIN
    292 16 Results Of Ties In First Round (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. H. .J. SINCLAIR, the holder, had an easy passage in the first round of the SHangor State lawn tennis championships, which began here tKis evening on the Selangor Club courts.
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    THE RANGERS MUST WIN TO-DAY SCOTTISH CUP FINAL
    619 17 Champions Out For "Hat-Trick" (By "The Pilgrim") Singapore, Saturday. rkNCE again the giants of Scottish football have defied killing! Once again the familiar light blue shirts and white shorts will be seen in action, playing the game with that precision and skill
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    S.R.C. BILLIARDS
    141 17 Tournament Ties For Next Week The following ties in *fS.R Billiards Tournament have been arranged for next week 0 cc n Monday, April 20. 6.30 i p.m.. Russian Pool A G. Valberg and R. D. Nicnoi son (owe 50. vs. E. H. Valberg and P. R. Lewis (owe
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    MANY CYCLISTS FOR BERLIN
    420 17 200 Riders Expected At Olympics THE Olympic cycle races on track and road are expected to bring 200 riders, representatives of 24 nations, to Berlin. This number exceeds the entries for earlier Olympic contests; at Los Angeles only a few European cyclists competed Fourteen entries is
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    HOME TURF
    246 17 Call-Overs On Coming Races Reuter. London, April 17. rE following is the latest call-over for the City and Suburban Handicap to be run at Epsom over 1 mile 2 furs, on April 22: 4 to 1 Rippontor taken and offered. 5 to 1 Highlander offered, 11 to 2
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    248 17 List Of Fixtures For To-Day THE following mutches in the English and Scottish Football Lefgues will be played to-day: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v. Aston Villa. Birmingham v. Middlesbro". Blackburn R. v. Portsmouth. Chelsea v. Preston N.E. Grimsby T. v. Derby C. Leeds U. v. Eve-rton Liverpool v. Rrentford.
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    EVERGREEN B.P.
    44 17 Hie following will represent the Evergreen Badminton Party "B" agauUt the Reynard Badminton Party "B on Sunday, at 330 p.m. sharp: ong Bok Eng. Nei Eng Whatt, Nah Gim Kee. '<oii Hock Tencj. Kh'.n Heng Cheok, Leng Lee Choon and Joseph Koh.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    177 17 England vs. Rest Match To-Morrow The following are the teams for the England vs. The Rest match to be played at Keppel links tomorrow. <Enelnnd player:. rr mentioned first I AM. 8.45 A. Wolfe and G Pritchett vs. A. M. Low and R. J. Fennie. 8.50 E
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    BASKET-BALL MATCH
    177 17 Kclantan Team's Visit To Pahang I «f HE Tsing Nien Li Chih Shsh BasketBall team, Kt.antan, under vhe leadership of the (.-nib's Pres dent, Mr. Mak Kee Kiat visiteo Pahang during theEaster holidays. lhey first called p.t the Capital, Kuala Lipis, and while they were engaged in a
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    SWIMMING AT Y.M.C.A.
    68 18 Beats In 120 Yards Breast Stroke —ttt, Singapore, Friday. THE following qualified for the final in 4 fi he o 12 y *L rds st y le Handicap m the Senior heats decided at the Fort Canning pool this evening :—E S M Khatena, Sim Boon Hoon,
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    NEW ROTARY CLUB
    26 18 Ku A C hfr 0 ary T. CIU haS be n for d in heW h Sf ApS 1 e l4 inaUgUral I
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    717 18 ROLLS OVER 5 TIMES 250 Miles Of Thrills (By Air Mail) London, April 8. AN amazing escape from death otrn In 1 rked the earl y stages of the miles road race for the British Trophy in Derby recently. L. Handley, the well-known racing motor-cyclist, who
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    PREMIERIAN B.P.
    69 18 An inter-team tournament (League System) of the Premierian Badminton Party is to be held shortly. The closing date is May 3, 1936. Those who wish to taki part in this tournament are requested to give their names to the Sports Captain. The charge for an entry shall be
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    Aime Favoured To Win To-morrow THE "BABY" HAS OTHER VIEWS
    276 18 Natori-Som Pong Clash (BY "K.O.") Singapore, Saturday. AIME Raphael, Baby Johnson, Soni Pong and Natoii, (he principals in to-morrow's big fights at the New World Arena, wound up their training yesterday. All four are reported to be in tipI top
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    PLAYER INJURED
    200 18 R.A.F. Share Honours With C hinese i I Singapore, April DLAYING at the Stadium yesterday 1 afternoon in the Second Division of the League, the S.C.F.A. and tho R.A.F. left the field with honours even, there being no goals scored. On the run of play it is difficult
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    OXFORD BEATEN AT ATHLETICS
    836 18 Varsity Sports LIGHT BLUE RISE TO OCCASION CAMBRIDGE lose to the occasion so v splendidly in the University Sports at the White City Stadium on March 14 that they won what was expected to be an even match by the surprisingly large margin of eight events
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      847 19 Malayan Listeners 9 Radio I vuc CALCUTrA SRITISH EMPIRE Me,.,, Raehma PROGRAMMES "a*™ 226 to-day Comrosntary On Rugby riSPJTJ j£*SS!» dowa ScoSSS? and j League Cup Finaf SSSTSS f~ S Salvation Army «a n 'gt ealth Mev?r r Und c °™»entator: J^ffi 905 P: C down. TO-DAY oeil 1 «—O*
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    "MUSIC IS MAGIC"
    159 20 Entertaining Film At The Alhambra AT THE CINEMAS Singapore, Saturday. i BRIGHT musical comedy, around A which is woven an entertaining story interspersed with excellent song hits opened at the Alhamora Theatre vast n?gh when Fox Films' latest picture •Music is Magic" had Its premiere uc th
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    THE VICTORIA
    152 20 Another Good Musical Film Singapore, Saturday. SINGAPORE seems to un^rgoin? is showing not the least these in "Broadway Hostess, www opened last night. Fans will remember Wini Sna.v. ai. appeared as the "Lady m J*** *IrT Caliente" some time ago. She make, n we'come re-appearance in Broau way
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    "The Three Musketeers' At The Ritz
    88 20 Those who missed seeing the thrillin J picture -The Three Musketeers which is based on the novel of that name by Alexandre Dumas will have the oDDortunity of seeing it to-night at tnl R?t P z Geylang. when it will be shown at the
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    Malay Talkie At The Regal
    79 20 "Semangat Ular," a Malay talkie based on the well-known Chinese histonca novel "Om Chua Pek Chua," will bo shown U) night at the Regal Geylang ferT There will be two performance, „o-night and to-morrow rught, at 6.15 P '^emangat l Ular is a thrilling picture.
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    WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE
    126 20 Lived On Snow For 14 Days Hull, Massachusetts, j HOWLING dogs led police to a desert ed wooden house near here. Insioe thev found a woman of thirty who lo.d hem thpt. for a fortnight she had livac on nothing but snow. The woman. Miss Elsie Thurber, o*
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    MALAYANS AT HOME
    401 20 Two Interesting Engagements <By Air |§tfl' (From Our Own Correspondent j London, Apr. 7. UTING COMMANDER P. B. Hunter, W recently returned from Singapore where he had been senior equipment officer Far East Command, is upm France He was promoted captain December, 1916, while at No. 2
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    BOGUS SCHEME
    247 20 For Fraud On Housewives London, Apr. 13. rHREE men, who pleaded "Guilty*' to conspiring to che.it una defraud persona as coujU be induced to par. with money in connection with the purchase of tea, were (sentenced at the Central Criminal Court. Thomas Henry Black, 41. traveller, was sentenced
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    "FOULEST SLANDER"
    69 20 Hackensack, New Jersey. On the grounds iha« the t*axatf«o| Shylcck in Merchant of Venice is the "foulest slander ever.penned IV the hand of genius.' Biiman, of the liackensack Hebiea in stitute is attempting to na\* the play omitted from the English course at Hackensack High School As a
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    UNTOUCHABILITY IN INDIA
    185 21 "Eradicated" RECENT EDUCATION REPORT New Delhi. EDUCATION is having such a magical effect upon the teeming populations of many parts of India that "untouchability" has been definitely eradicated in several provinces. This is revealed in a remarkable report published by the Government of India on education for
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    NAUTICAL SCHOOL
    188 21 British Seaman's Venture in China Shanghai. A P 0 R f I Tte T kin n rt aUtiCaI adtmy the first >Tt "ces during the World War and lUs IxPWnces on the China coast e instruction offered at the academv bas ed on British Board of Tride re
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    TYPEWRITERS BLAMED
    108 21 U.S. Children's Handwriting Deterioratiiitf New York. English and French schoolchildren are far in advance of American children in handwriting— and the increased use of typewriters in America may be une of the reasons. This is the view expressed by the editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, in an
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    "SHADOW" ARMS INDUSTRY
    457 21 Production Of Planes And Engines London, Mar. 19. A "SHADOW" arms industry is to be rna„ C a l ed whicn will undertake the £?£n a a i Ct H re armam ents "on an educational basis so that it will be ready rp S ment the
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    LADY ANGELA SCOTT
    226 21 Royal Duchess's Sister Engaged (By Air Mail) London, Mar. 19 lADY Angela Montagu-Douglas-Scott youngest sister of the Duchess of Gloucester, has become engaged *o Lieutenant-Commander Peter Dawnay, Royal Navy. Lady Angela was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her sister, Lady Alice, Ito the King's
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    MOUNTED POLICE
    99 21 Turkey To Copy London's Example I Istanbul. A pat on the back for London's mounted police comes from Turkey. The Istanbul municipal authorities, who have been studying the London force, are now attempting to create a similar force in Istanbul. Fifty horses have been purchased Irom Hungary for
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    LETTER PROM THE KING
    231 21 Reply To Australian Boy's Sympathy Sydney, April 2. THE most prevalent item oi gossip among schoolboys at Drummoyne, near Sydney, is: "Did you hear about Johnny Selberg's letter from the King?" Johnny nominates himself as the proudest boy in Australia, because he has received from Buckingham
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    System Of Hearing Matrimonial Cases SEVERAL REFORMS ADVOCATED
    1262 22 Report Issu:d THE APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN JUSTICES (By Air Mail) London, Mar. 29. WIDESPREAD reforms of the system of hearing matrimonial cases are advocated in the Report of the Departmental Committee on the Social Services in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction issued last
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    PHAR LAP'S DEATH
    139 22 Scientists To Investigate Mystery Sydney, N.S.W. April 2. The death in America of Australia's champion horse Phar Lap is written down in racing history, but Australians are still wondering about the cause of death. The latest person to come to their assistance is the director of the
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    WOMAN WHO FLOATS ON WATER
    190 22 Low Specific Gravity Of Body Sydney, April 4. A WOMAN who cannot drown—sh cannot even sink unless weighed down —has arrived in Sydney from a country town for examination by city specialists. The woman is Mrs. Rebecca Parker and the unique buoyancy she possesse is,
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    REMARKABLE FEAT
    152 22 Black Maria Climbs Skyscraper •To "Collect" Men New York. A "Black Maria" of the New York police department has performed tho remarkable feat of collecting ten ai rested men from the tenth floor of a skycraper here, and driving away with them. A small crowd was demonstrating outside
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    ENGLISH DOMINATES
    123 22 Language Used By 220 Million People Munich. English is spoken to-day by eleven times as many people as it was 100 years ago, according to calculations of Munich language experts reported in the south German press. The experts add. "English speech now leads tho world." In the last
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    GOVT. & MUNICIPAL CO-OPERATORS
    1206 23 GOVT. MUNICIPAL CO-OPERATORS Report Of Malacca Society THE following is the report of the committee of the Malacca Government and Municipal Servants* Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., for tne year ended Dec. 31, 1935. The Society will hold their eleventh nnual general meeting of the Hign School Assembly Hall,
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    CANCER DETECTION
    160 23 Sydney Doctor Discovers Test Sydney, Mar. 31. simpie tests whi"h will prove the absence or presence of cancer cells in human blood have been formulated, after 10 years' by Dr. Warniord Moppet t, of tne Cancer Research Bureau, Sydney University Successful results obtained in the test constitute a
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    110 23 "Engaged In The Maddest Shipbuilding Race" "The United States aKgS^irraceTn d th n p i 23 maddest shipbuildtag ~fo i n o the hlstor y of civilisation declared Senator Gerald P. Nye Chairman of the Senate Munitions Inquiry m a speech here. 4 y The Senator said
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    COMFORT KILLS MAN
    75 23 Hot Water Bottle Explodes In Bed n Munich. Comfort has killed Heinz Jauche of Memmingen. South Bavaria. Although Spring, the night seemed chilly so Heinz decided to warm his bed. He filled a bottle with boiling hot water and put it between the sheets A few minutes
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    INTERNATIONAL AIR RECORD
    317 23 United States Claim To Be First Washington. GREAT Britain is bottom of the world international air record list as issued here by Mr. Charles F. Homer, President of the National Aeronautical Association. "The present standing of the nations in regard to international aviation records," he has announced,
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    SAW FIANCE DROWN
    200 23 Woman 7 Hours In Water Before Rescue Came Queensland. April 5. THROWN from a canoe into rough seas off the coast near Brisbane with the man she was engaged to marry, a yountr woman struggled for seven hours in the water before she was rescued After two
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    CHURCH TO BE SOLD
    118 23 Has Withstood Traffic Noise For 39 Years Sydney, N S W. April 2 CT. JOHN'S Church of England Rocku dale, has stood for 39 years sandwiched between a busy highway and railway line. For 39 years the preacher has raised his voice in a struggle against
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    DETERMINED TO FLY
    102 23 Boy Sells Vegetables To Pay For Tuition Sydney, N.S.W., Apr. 6. Harold Cleary, 16, the youngest member of the Grafton Aero Club, is paying for .ais flying tuition by selling vegetables grown in his own backyard. Young Cleary is determined to fly and to make his way
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