Malaya Tribune, 28 April 1936

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    37 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya 's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXTTT -No. 98 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936 ITVECSM The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Tuesday, Apr. 28, 1996. Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR5~^1936 fTVE CEN^
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      68 1 1 Bead The i TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya I I 1 SAUSAGES'/ MILK AT ITS BEST I I l SAFE FOR BABY I i j Blue Cross Milk contains {he nourishing: and essential ingredients baby I specialists recommend: Vitamins, Proteins, Sugar and Fat, all i necessary for building a healthy
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      96 1 Joe &Co Led., S,n g opo r e-JoHo.e■ M,,,., Ntgrl be bi|an ■lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW Poundmark" Roofing Hies A Product of the British Empire CHEAR STRONG COLOURFUL THE MOST ELEGANT AND ROOFING ON THE MARKET TRY THEM AND SEE A. S ,CA l nlS: GliTniME S €b Incorporated i» S.S. 1 w.s.
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      12 1 THE NEWS I WITH VOI R BREAKFAST I Try The I MOIIMmJh
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES THE SATISFACTORY SHIP
    305 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES THE SATISFACTORY SHIP Technical and Decorative Considerations i PAPER entitled -The Fitment and A Decoration ol Ships" was read recently before the Royal Society of Arte*** John de la Valette, Sir Percy Bates Bart., chairman of Cunard Wmte Star Ltd., P Tn id ln!-course of his remark.j
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    OVERSEAS SHIPPING
    185 2 Report Of Swedish Board Of Trade Sweden's direct shipping to and from ioreign ports during 1935 reached a higher volume than during any preceding year, says a recent report from the Swedish Board of Trade. Vessels arriving from foreign ports totalled 19.550,000 net tons, against 18 160,000 tons
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    PANAMA CANAL
    128 2 U.S. And Present System Of Collecting Tolls Washington. The Senate has voted in favour of a preliminary inquiry into the system of collecting Panama Canal tolls. The Bill passed by the Senate authorises ihe President to appoint a committee rf tvee to examine the collection of tolls under
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    THE NORMANDIE
    107 2 Pans. Just as the Queen Mary was starting her trials the French customs administration had the No-mandie is, in fact, the biggest snip means of vertical measurements of «ection of the French crack liner, later checked up by calculations mad.jon the basis of the plans of the ship
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    LOANS TO SHIPPING
    216 2 Comptroller's Report On Year's Operations REDUCTION of £21,861,193 in the A nominal amount of the Nationa Debt was the net result of the deb operations during the financial yea. ended Mar. 31, 1935, states the Comptroller and Auditor-General m his report on the Consolidated Fund during that
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      397 2 P& and BRITISH INDIA P O. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Doe. Tonnage. Spore. 1936. RAWALPINDI Itg corfu *m 5S 6 4 RAN CHI *7,000 Jttne 1» SOMALI 6,810 July 1 16,000 July 3 KAISAR-I-HIND 11*00 July 17 i BANGALORE 6,000 Julj 30 RAJPUTANA 17 000 July 31 CHITRAL 15,000
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      297 2 O. S. R. 1 DECK I COLOMBO $17 Next Sailing m.s. "LA PLATA MARU" APRIL 29, at P.M. For particulars xpply to: OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, TEL. 5337—9. j I m Lloyd Triestino S (Incorporated in Italy). j EXPRESS SERVICE. CARGOSERVICE j S Calling at Hon"gkS?g"and Shanghai calling at Penang Colombo
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      224 2 N. K. E GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS, CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penan* Colombo, Aden, Port Saia, ManedlM Gl ™?2% m.s. TERUKUNI MARU Apr. HAKU6AN MARU May 14 s. HARUNA MARU May 28 s .s. KATORI MARU -J^Ls ssr ss s s as s To H
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      482 2 SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships Mos. Cao?ns have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine LONDON, FOR MARSEILLES,> *£Jf AN D ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG Aixu KUI COPENHAGEN. From From From Horn |$o?e Malacca Port Penang v c; s nam 0 > MS k k 5-5 6-5 8-5 ERRIA 5-5 a a
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      455 2 STEAMER SA4WN«» NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated In Germany). The undemoted are the Company 1 «>- -tended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. c MiVTLA HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, For JAPAN. Due Spore 1938 May 2G f "NECKAR' ♦"GNEISENAU" omits North China HOMEWARDS FOR HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN:— "POTSDAM" also calls Marseilles, Barcelona M a > "DONALI" also
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    186 3 PRICES NOMINALLY EASIER No Interest Whatever Being Shown /From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26Vfe, 'town Market Tone: Quiet. Tin (Singapore) $102«/;, up %M. Today's Prices:— London: down ljl6d. Market Tone: Barely Steady. New York: 15" a cts.. down 1 16 ct. Market Tone:
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    NOT SLLLING IN BOMBAY
    66 3 China And The Silver Probhm Shanghai. April 26. A MESSAGE from Washington states that Mr. Chen Kwang Pu. the idei of the Chinese financial mission to the United States, denied to the Daily Mail correspondent the report that the Chinese Government was selling diver at Bombay
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    62 3 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore, Apr. 28. MINING: Steady. Kuchais still in demand 79 cents bid For shares, Unguis $i.07 $1.09. London Tin middle price 7 7. Hong Fatts .90 .92. T*inin« Tins .55 .57. Southern Kinta 55.55 $5 60 Rahman $102 $1.04 cum 2*A rp r 2nd intprim. Rawang
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    FINANCIAL NEWS & VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    1563 3 FINANCIAL NEWS VIEWS LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS Tb following share quotations are issued by Fraaer and Co, and Lyall and Evatt:— MINING Singapore, Tuesday, 10 a m. Issut. Fvaser Lyall Value Co Evatt 4 Ampat 5 3 6 5 8 6 3 £1 A. Kumbang 28 9 30 28 3
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    BUKIT CLOH RUBBER
    122 3  -  By Air Mail London, Apr. 15. Profit of Bukit Cloh Rubber Co. for 1935 was £1,766 lagst. £4.103), plus £2,713 brought in and £364 (£1,000» from inc.-tax reserve (no longer required;. Divid. %d. per 2s. share (agst. l 3 /4d>; to write off estate, etc., £250 <
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    RUBBER MARKET
    251 3 Messrs. Lewis Peats' Weekly Report Messrs. Lewis and Peat, Ltd., London, in their weekly' rubber market report, dated April 15, state: PLANTATION—The Easter holidays have intervened since our last report but the market, although quiet, has been very steady with a slight improvement in values. America has shown
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    CHANGKAT SERDANG
    311 3 Accounts Show Profit Of no,4.>r>.i6 THE following Ls the report of the dilectors of Changkat Serdang Estates. Ltd., for the year ended Jan. 31. 1936. U) be presented to .shareholders a* their annual vomeral meeting at French Bank Buildings on May 4 at 12 noon Your directors .submit
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    NANKING CENSUS
    29 3 Nanking. April 24. The results of the census taken in Hanking in March are: Families 197 221: population 1,017.643. ma'e.; 609.211; females 408.432—5 in Chew Jit Pch.
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    SIGNS OF RECOVERY
    236 3 French Appr2hensions Allayed Paris, Apr 1. THIS morning the French Finance Minister. M. Marcel Regnier, gave audience to M. Malvy. President of the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, and to M. Barety the Rap-porteur-General of the Committee. The Minister laid before them a synopsis of
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    HARPENDEN RUBBER
    124 3  -  (By Air Mail London, Apr. 15. Accts. of Harpenden tSelangori Rubber for 1935 show loss, after deprecn. and deb. int., of £498 (agst. profit £3.558 >. Balance brought in was £3,877 and, deducting year's loss and one year's div. on Pref. shares to 15th May, 1931, paid Gth
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    MOTOR EARNINGS IN U.S.A.
    287 3 Popular Wall Street Stocks GENERAL Motors, Chryslers and some cf the smaller members of the industiy continue to be among the mast popular Wall Street stock, writes a correspondent in the Financial News. Therefore, the showing made by the impending reports of the vaiious companies for
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    105 3 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Monday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. April) 26 11 16 26 13 16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (FOB. April> 26 5 8 26" 4 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loosei (awardable Spore* 26 5 g 26 4 do.
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      87 3 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: 4, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital £1,000.000 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON BRANCHES: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and money received on Fixed Deposits or
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      31 3 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLE, BURGLARY, PERSONAL ACCI DENT, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE. 16D, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. L G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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      450 3 THE UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED, (Incorporated in the S.S.) 31-A, Chulia Street, Bonnam Building) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,0*11 ucG, Subscribed and Paid Up $1.000,000 Telegraphic Address: TYEHUABANK Telephone Nos.:— 5182, 5J83, 5184, 5185 5186. Board of irectors:— Wee Kheng Chiang, Esq., Chairman, Khoo Beng Cheang, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Chionh Ke
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    NEWS FROM CHINA
    106 4 Reds In Shihsien Now Eliminated Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, April 27. THE Nanking troops in Shansi have reached 40.000, and are under the command of General Chen Cheng. The Red? in Shihsien have been eliminated. A semi-official report states that after General Ho Ying Ching has
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      534 4 M. HASSAN 36 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work I 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 obliga- tiqn. 'PHONE
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      545 4 f THE SINGAPORE TAO HWA SCHOOL NO. 15-4, NTVEN ROAD. MANDARIN CLASS FOR BEGINNERS Opening date—Tuesday, sth May, 1936. Time—4.45—6.30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Fees —$2.00 per mensem. For further particulars apply to the Principal. TrJE NEW STRAITS UNION ENGLISH SCHOOL 113-A B, CECIL STREET Re-opens 27th, April, 1936.
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      729 4 Estate of R. M. L. LETCHUMANAN CHETTIAR, Deceased. AUCTION SALE OF Rubber lands situate at Chin Ghin, Jasin and Sungei Rambei in Malacca To be Held by PUBLIC AUCTION at our Sale-room, No. 17, First Cross Street, Malacca, On Wednesday the 29th: day of April 1936 at 12 noon. PARTICULARS.
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      652 4 The SOCIETY of YORKSHIREMEN IN MALAYA Eighth Annual Meeting will be held in the Adelphi Hotel on Thursday, 30th April, 1936, at 5.30 p.m. To be followed immediately by the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society's Benevolent Fund. E. GEOFFREY BROWN, Hon. Secretary. THE SZE HAI TONG BANKING AND INSURANCE
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      609 4 .J. .3. 1 Take all your Clocks, Watches J S and Gramophones that go wrong V |YICK WOH HINGj 429, North Bridge Road, S 5 (Near Middle Road). J and they will have them going 1 right for you in no time. I I Contractors for the Repair of Clocks
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    A "DESPICABLE" OFFENCE
    260 5 Adulterated Milk BENGALI'S APPEAL DISMISSED Singapore, Monday. ntSC RIBING his offence as a very D mean and despicable one. and remarking that it was nothing more or less "than wholesale cheating, the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Jiistice N. H. P. Whitley, dismissed the anneal of Jain Narayan
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    EVADING RUBBER CESS
    544 5 Rubber Not C overed By\ Coupons Chinese named Neo Boon Tiong. B rubbei unsuccessfuliy appealed againsl conviction and sentence passer. on him by the lower Court on two charges of (1) receiving 5.53 piculs of rubber, locally grown, which was not covered by coupons or transfer certificate
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    CASE DISMISSED
    226 5 Sequel to Alleged Breach Of Trust Singapore, Monday. A CASE of alleged criminal breach of trust in respect of $200 which was reported to have been committed in May last year had a sequel before Mr. T.D. Hughes, the Sjcona Magistrate, this afternoon whrn a Chinese named Ong
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    COMPOSER DEAD
    20 5 Reuter Wireless. London. April 24. The death has occurred of the famous composer Bernard Van Dieren. Renter Wireless.
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      34 5 well worth waiting for! IB J^S a t 4.000 to 6.000 fee' BOH TEA aas llllP^^V^C^^^ BOH BOH PLANTATIONS LTD. i jfknm CAMERON HIGHLANDS Distributors:- HARPER, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd. Obtainable at your usual Store.
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      448 5 I to look in Mm, too, will find Wincamis invaluable a* a PerHaps o\e day you noticed that your comftick me up. Whenever you are exhausted by the i j *v a«_ J plexi&n was pale and that there were dark rings heat, have a headache, or a bad night
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    MENGKIBOL RUBBER
    112 6  -  (By Air Mail London, April 15. Rept. of Mengkibol (Central Johore) Rubber Co. for 1935 shows output 997,000 lbs. certain export rights having been acquired in order to complete contractual commitments to this figure: Selling pride 5.72 d Estate costs snow unavoidable increase. Profit was 1:5.224 <agst. £9.626».
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    THE HARBOUR JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW— To-Day's Shipping
    106 6 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Apr. 28. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Indrapoera 22; Muinam 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Terukuni Maru 18; Menestheus 14: Kepong 12; Perseus 10; Pangkor 8; Kedah 6. Empire Dock
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    33 6 The P. and O. Bangalore is due at Singapore from Hongkong at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. i The P. and O. Mirzapore is due at Singapore from Hongkong at 7 a.m. on Saturday.
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    MAILS DELIVERED
    38 6 The Air Mail (Imperial i despatched from Singapore on Apr. 19 was delivered in London on Apr. 27 and that by Ntthenand Air Mail despatched on Apr 22 was also delivered in London on Apr. 27.
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    29 6 The s.s. Perseus for Hongkong &c. Mails previously announced as closing at 10 a.m. on 29th inst. will now close at 2 p.m. on the same day.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    64 6 Mails expected to-day from Netherlands Indies by Air Mail (Netherlands*, Holland, etc., by Indrapoera, and China and Japan by La Plata Maru and Terukuni Maru. To-morrow from China and Japan by Hague Maru, and from Eastern Australia by Merkur. The Mails from Europe, (London Mails, etc* are expected
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    Money Market
    305 6 SELLING Singapore, Apr. 27. London 4 months' sight M J 32 London 3 months' sight ap das London 60 days' sight 2 4 rib London 30 days' sight 2 4 Ilb London demand 2 4 i|£fi London T.T. 2 4 1|32 Lyons anc Paris aemand Jg Hamnurg demand
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    PRODUCE
    177 6 Singapore, Apr. 27. R. iSiamt W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $136 R. (Siam) W. No. 2 per Kcyansl27 R. <Siam> W. Coasi No. 3 per Koyan $122 Siam. Rice, 1 $225 Siam, Rice. 2 $206 Siam, Rice, 3 $180 R. (Siamt "Sinhuay" No. 1 $178 R. I Siamt
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    AMUSEMENTS
    77 6 ALHAMBRA. —'Gentlemen or the Navy." CAPITOL—"Top Hat" with Fred Asiane, Ginger Rogers, etc. PAVILION.—"Her Master's Voice." EMPlRE.—"Naughty Marietta." GREAT WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, Side-shows, Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas, Talkies, etc. MARLBOROUGH. —"Charlie Chan in Pans." NEW WORLD. —Cabaret Dancing, Side-snows, Malay Operas, Chinese Wayangs. Cinemas, Talkies etc. REGAL.—"Fighting Hero" ana
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      289 6 MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL Jj TO-NIGHT i l/i CABARET ATTRACTION Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. T ie Worth Special Dinner Sisters Dance TmTW^ST 9.45 to midnight NON-DINERS $1.00 RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA I WHEN IN PENANG STAY Directed by DAN HOPKINS 1 AT THE B. O. HOTEL. fAdelphi Hotelf ,8, FAVOURITE
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      143 6 GEORGE fra* tJtat ~\<hed I r SOMETHING'S WRONG CUftiW WITH ME TOM. I'M ™i t *sl I TIRED ALL THE TIME. IJ iW *CV DA« I THINK. I NEED A -'lIN > LQ NG VA^ AT>QN _J jil^^^M WAS HARP j _,^vbe Gt U ilm 0 LESS TEA Wt A|lVH£
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      104 6 NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Marks and Names depicted above are and each of them is the exclusive prop-rtv of Messrs. A. Adamson Co., cf No. 17. Cecil Street. Singapore, and are used by them in respect of preserved pineapples in tins. And Notice is hereby further given
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      176 6 Postal Intelligence SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Rengat and Tembilahan (Makassen 11 a.m. Hoihow tMuinam) 1 p.m. Java, South- West Sumatra, S.East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and T. Dilly (Indrapoera) 2.30 pm. Netherlands Indies, Bagan and Selat Pandjang (Hong Thong) 3 p.m. Fort de Kock, Padang, Pakan Baroe and Siak (Hong Kwong)
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      216 6 Diary of the Day j *.l WHAT'S ON? Public Functions And TO-DAY, APR. 28 1 High Tides:—2.26 a.m., 4.35 p.m. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I, R. Inniskilling Fus v. Middlesex Rgr. t Anson Road Stadium. Lawn Tennis: S.C.C. Godown Doubles Final: S.R.C. Tournament continued. Cricket: YM.C.A. "B" v. Rangoon Roai
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    Mr. Churchill Startles House Of Commons GERMANY'S HUGE ARMAMENTS
    391 7 £800,000,000 "Europe Approaching A Climax" Reuter Wireless. London, Apr. 23. IN the House of Commons during I the debate on the Budget, Mr r hurt nil* made striking allegations of Germany's armament expansion. oiu-luding with a peroration which held the House
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    JAPAN'S NAVY
    54 7 Reorganisation of Fighting Units Reuter Wireless. Tokyo, April 23. THE Admiralty has submitted the 1 Naval Budget, requiring 552,000,000 t plus supplementary credits of 134,000,000 yen including six millions for reorganisation of the air service. 21,000,000 yen for reorganisation of ru val arsenals and 54,000,000 yen for modernisation
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    SCHOOLBOY BOUND OVER
    159 7 Robbed $75 From His Father To Pay Gambling Debts Singapore Monday. Tan Kirn Guan, a 17-year-old extudew ol the Straits Union School in Cecil Street, pleaded guilty before Mr. M. H. Blacker, the Third Magise, this morning to theft nf $75 from his father to pay his
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    SOVIET-JAPANESE RELATIONS
    179 7 Both Really Desire Peace Reuter. London. April 27. THE Times, commenting on the in- cidents which continue to multiply on the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia frontier, says there is no need to doubtthat both the Soviet and Japanese Governments really desire peace, at any rate for the time being, and
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    U.S. FISCAL YEAR
    63 7 $460,800,000 For Old Age And Unemployment Reuter Wireless. Washington, April 24. President Roosevelt has submitted to Congress supplementary estimates for the appropriation of $460,800,000 for old age and unemployment insurance during tne present and coming fiscal years. The appropriation is necessary this year owing to the late
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    JAPANESE ARMADA
    109 7 Secret Manoeuvres Off Fukien Shanghai, April 27. THE movements of the Japanese Armada are being kept secret. Chinese and foreign steamers who have passed the warships report that a number of them have been carrying out manoeuvres off the Fukien coast during the week-end. The conference of Japanese
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    ALLEGED THEFT BY WOMAN
    73 7 Singapore Monday. Arrested in Singapore on a warrant issued by the Muar Police for a charge of theft, a Tamil Mohammedan woman named Minna Bibi Binte Akbar Khan was this morning produced before Mr. T. D. Hughes, the Second Magistrate. Minna is alleged to have stolen
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    RESPITE GRANTED
    62 7 Reuter Wireless. San Francisco, April 24. An hour before their execution was cm a, the Governor granted a respite to Mackay and Kristy. This action was taken in response to a request from the British Government, backed by a telegram from Mr. Cordell Hull, urging such a course
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    WIVES WHO COULD NOT AGREE
    347 7 Alleged Quarrel INQUEST ON CHINESE WOMAN Singapore, Monday. "WHEN I returned home, I saw my second wife running away." "I gave chase and caught her, and bound her to a tree," said Wee Siew Kee, in the course of his evidence before the Coroner, Mr.
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      6 7 7 VAPEX and stop that Cold
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      170 7 Ideal delicious with iH^'ian'im Ff% H■■ mm WEET-BIX. Good for you, WEET-BIX retains all the ■r 111 I and marvellous to eat! The goodness, all the health-giv-■V IkM m I crispest, nuttiest, crunchiest, ing and body-buiidins ele"m m m flavoured cereal yet made! ments of whole wheat—the vitamins, proteins, minerals,
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      204 7 GOLFERS 1 II I Just look at this! The BENCOWAT PORTABLE GOLF RANGE INDICATES DISTANCE, DIRECTION, PULL, SLICE. CAN BE USED WHEREVER A CLUB CAN BE SWUNG. EQUALLY SUITABLE FOR LEFT OR RIGHT HAND PLAY. This extraordinary device 1 enables the keen golfer to >^>. keep in practice when any
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      286 8 •j. I A Rousing Naval Story with Two of the Stars of "BENGAL j S LANCERS"— J S i ALHAMBRA. Opening TO-NIGHT j Matinee TO-MORROW 3.15 j ecur °Q e i mm m \mm i Adolph Zakor preseotM mM J I j I SIR GUY STANDING 1 W ROSALIND KEITH
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      226 8 THE WHOLE WORLD IS RAVING OVER "TOP HAT" —NO WONDER ALL SHOWS WERE PACKED OUT LAST NIGHT! BE AMONGST THE FIRST to SEE and TALK ABOUT THIS GRAND SHOW! capitoll SPECIAL MATINEES DAILY 3.15 6.15 NIGHTLY G. 15 glorious romance enough fo send BPtlS^fr you home a \\r liPf II
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      255 8 T AST NIGHT of this Hilarious t> arc? Comedy wfth EDWARD EVERETT HORTON in his first starring role. \T\ 6 15-9 15 PAVILION TO-NIGHT j Bit JHBHHmkvb -HER MASTER'S VOICE" 1 OPEN I $4! TO.MORBOW I 'j\ BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR iMP*' /7 now a Mofion Picfure Even*/ J
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    HINDU-MUSLIM RIOT
    54 9 British Troops Called Out Reuter Wireless. Bombay, April 24. British troops were called out at Poona in consequence of a pitched battle between Hindus and Muslims arising from music being played in front of a Hindu temple. Five-thousand rioters were involved and over 40 people were injured, including
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      318 9 I SELECTED AS THE BEST ACTRESS OF 1935 AWARDED THE COVETED TROPHY BY THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOB HER MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM BETTE DAVIS NEXT VICTORIA THEATRE .J. _j_ Announcing The Grand Opening of the < PALACE T ALKIES! I (FORMERLY SHANGHAI CINEMA)
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      215 9 CLUB DIARY IThere are numerous Clubs and Societies in Singapore, most of th* members of which are readers of the "Malaya Tribune." -This Diary is presided specially for them. Secretaries are invited to co-operate in keeping H I up-to-date and complete. Happenings of general interest will still be included In
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    THE ACID TEST
    899 10 gIR Shenton Thomas, one of the most attractive personalities to occupy the post of Governor and High Commissioner in this country for many years, left quietly, without any big send-off, for a four-months holiday in England on Sunday. The comparative smallness ol the crowd which wished him
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    MINISTRY FOR ARTS
    97 10 Mrs. Roosevelt's Plea For One In America Washington. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt urged that a Ministry of Art and Health be formed in the United States, in the course of an address broadcast from here. "It is my hope that ultimately when normal conditions are restored and we
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    MR. J. A. HUNTER
    50 10 Appointed To Act As Colonial Secretary, S.S. Singapore, Monday. A Gazette Extraordinary published to-day states that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. J. A. Hunter, M.C.S., to act as Colonial Secretary. Straits Settlements, with effect from April 26, inclusive.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS The Malay Weapon
    209 10 NOTES COMMENTS The Malay Weapon «ITERIS and Other Malay Weapons," by G. B. Gardner, is a book just produced by the Progressive Publishes Company and is on sale at $2. A special signed edition is obtainable at $10 a copy. Mr. G. B. Gardner, of the Johore Civil Service, has
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    The Spirit
    261 10 ALD weapons are said to possess a spirit. There is a keris which has to be kept locked up, for at night it is said to become thirsty for blood and if loose will go out, kill someone, clean itself and come home again. Many Keris are supposed
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    How Legends Arose
    198 10 MR. GARDNER gives explanations of how various legends possibly arose. He mentions a weapon in his possession shaped like a keris, but apparently of European manufacture, which is said to have belonged to a Maharaja. It has two small pistol barrels, one on each side of the
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    Still Worn In Perak
    134 10 •THE keris has fallen into disuse, says the author. From a sacred and royal weapon, it has become a mere curio. However, in Perak one often Bees a Malay nobleman wearing his keris as a badge of rank and may even see it worn by a
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    Topics Of The Day
    425 10 By "Looker On" SHOE soles made of tough, pliant wood, have been produced. Only vei-y hardened small boys will receive this Dews with indifference. A In America a parachutist landed on a lable sst for a meal on the roof-garden of a house. It appears that
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    EGYPTIAN KING'S LIFE DRAWING TO A CLOSE "IN A STATE OF COMA"
    173 11 LATEST NEWS Family At The Bedside Reuter. Cairo, Apr. 27. I/ ING Fuad of Egypt is sinking fast and the Royal Family have been summoned to his bed -ide. —Reuter. An earlier message stated that king Fuad's condition
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    BID FOR LIBERTY
    81 11 Convict's Attempt To Escap? Reuter. San Francisco. Apri! 27. a UONVICr, Joe Bowers, who w;*s sen- need to 25 years' imprisonment for armed mail robbery, tried to escape from Aleatraz Island, "the United States Devils Island." He ignored the guards' orders to reirn, was shot in the
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    U.S. BATTLE FLEET
    67 11 Six Weeks' Manoeuvres In Pacific San Pedro, April 27. Vile United S.ates battle fleet of 150 warships of ail types from battleships suomarines sailid from here to-day six weeks' manoeuvres in the Pacific were accompanied by 450 planes in m-carriers and warships. explained that the present exerv.ere
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    ALLEGED BUDGET LEAKAGE
    323 11 Matter To B° Sifted To The Bottom Reuter. London, April 27. IN the House of Commons to-day Mr. Neville Chamberlain. tfiĕ Chancellor reolving to Mr. A. Greenwood (Labour* said he had personally interviewed the Chairman of Lloyds, who informed him *hat he was making a careful and
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    S.S. "MIRZAPORE"
    34 11 The P. and O. steamer "Mirzapore" has left Hongkong and is expected to arrive in Singapore at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 2. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. wharf on arrival.
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    ITALIAN PUSH ON BOTH FRONTS THREAT OF MASSACRE
    174 11 Unless Enemy Submits Reuter. Dessie, Apr. 27. THE final Italian push to Addis Ababa has begun., Italian outposts are already within 70 miles of the Abyssinian capital. —Reuter. Mogadiscio, Apr. 27. The Abyssinians' front at Sasa Baneh has been surrounded on three
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    QANTAS 'PLANE DAMAGED
    200 11 Landing Mishap In Java Singapore, Monday. IT is rumoured in Singapore this evening that the Qantas aircraft which left Singapore this morning f>, r Australia, carrying mails from Europe which were transferred from the Imperial machine arriving yesterday, and mail from Malaya, had met with a mishap
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    THE GOVERNOR
    45 11 Arrival At Rangoon To-day Bangkok, Tuesday. H.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, dined quietly last night with the British Charge D'Affaires, the party all told numbering ten. He left Bangkok sharp at five o'clock this morning and landed in Rangoon before 10 a.m.
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    RELEASED MISSIONARY
    116 11 Thanksgiving Meeting In London Reuter. London, April 27. A thousand people attended a thanksgiving meeting in London to-night for h- release of the Missionary Mr. BossJtardt Hayman. from the hands of Chmese Communists. The meeting was called by the China Inland Mission. A prayer was offered for the
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    THE WORLD USING MORE TIN
    160 11 U. S. LEADING Appreciable Increase All Round Reuter. London, April 27. THE extent to which the world is using more t n is shown in the April Bulletin of the International Tin Research Development Council, revealing that the world's apparent consumption for the year ending
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    MUTUAL FEARS OF SUSPICIONS
    138 11 Obstacles To British Trade Reuter. London, April 27. AT the annual meeting of Imperial Chemical Industries, Sir Harry McGowan said that Japanese competition had been persistent throughout 1935. Politically, he continued, the expansion of Japanese influence in North China threatened British trade in that vast and
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    JOHORE BAR APPLICATION
    256 11 Procedure Was Not Quite Correct (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. April 29. Mr. E. N. Griffith-Jones applied this morning before Mr. Justice J. V. G. Mills, in the Supreme Court. Johor Bahru. that Mr. Arnold Forster Thornr be admitted to practise as an advocate and solicitor
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    SULTAN OF SIAK
    27 11 The Persekutuan Arab Peranakan will hold a tea-party to-morrow, at 5 p.m., at 163-B, Palm Road. Siglap in honour of the Sultan of Siak.
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    THREE STEAMERS IN DISTRESS
    222 11 In North Atlantic LINERS RUSHING TO HELP Reuter. New York, Apr. 27. TWO British and one Norwegian 1 cargo boats are reported to be in distress in the North Atlantic this morning. One of the British vessels, St. Quentin, was proceeding to St. John's from New
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    FRENCH ELECTIONS
    50 11 Reuter. Paris, April 27. The latest election statement issued by the Minister of the Interior shows that 611 of 618 results were received. The statement adds that 179 candidates were definitely elected, comprising Right 75. Centre 12. Left 62. A second ballot will be necessary in 432 constituencies.—Reuter.
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    JUSTIFIED IN PRINCIPLE
    88 11 China's Claim To A Seat On The Council Reuter. Geneva, April 2. It is understood that the Committee responsible for the composition of the League Council has decided that the principle of China's claim to a seat on the Council is justified. This decision, which will be
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    JAPAN'S WARNING TO RUSSIA
    296 11 MONGOL PACT Smuggled Goods In Central China Shanghai, Apr. 28. THE Japanese Government has 1 warned the Soviet against the conclusion of the Russo-Mongol Pact. The war preparations proceeding in Siberia have deepened Japan's suspicion and the ill-feeling existing between the two countries. MORE JAPANESE ADVISERS
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    UNIVERSITY TRAGEDY
    77 11 Frofessor Shoots Colleague And Then Himself Reuter. Lincoln (Nebraka), April 27 nit. John P. Weller, Professor of v Foreign Languages at the University of Nebraska, who was under notice of dismissal, fired two shots at Dr. Harry Kurz. head of the Foreign Languages Department at the University, shattering
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    Japan To Abandon Dumping Policy? VIEWS OF CONSUL GENERAL
    341 12 LOW PRICES Many In Favour Of Raising Them Singapore, Tues'lav. WILL Japan abandon her dumping policy by raising the prices of her goods and thus create a new trade outlook in Malaya? The Japanese Government is at present considering the matter,
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    DEAF MAN IN DOCK
    212 12 Judge Puts Questions On Paper (From Our Own Correspondent) johore Bahru, April 25. his name as Magistrate, two bottles of '"wilnTegreates; difficulty the Magistral recorded certain evidence and pursuant to Section 253 of the Criminal Procedure Cpde forwarded these notes of r °evldence to the Judge
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    OLD RUSSIAN COINS FOUND
    46 12 Moscow. A Soviet schoolboy has found over 5,000 round, rectangular and oval Russian silver coins, of the 17th century, in a garden at Kazan. The coins have been taken to the Kazan Museum which is now carrying out excavations in the garden.
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    JAPANESE MISSION TO SIAM
    358 12 No Political Motive NOBODY BELIEVES KRA BOGEY Singapore, Tuesday. jN an interview with the Malaya -l Tribune yesterday, Mr. Kuchi Gunji, the Japanese Consul-General in Singapore, strongly denied that there was any political motive at all in the Japanese goodwill mission which has just completed its
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    LIVED WITHOUT SALT
    347 12 Students' Sacrifices In Tests With Doctor (By Air Mail) London, Apr. 15. SACRIFICES of a doctor and three medical students, one of them a woman, who went without salt for 11 days, are described in "The Lancet." The story is told by Dr. R. A. McCance, assistant
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    MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE WORK
    347 12 MATERNITY CHILD WELFARE WORK New Low Record In Death Rate British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 27. rE latest figures showing the progress of maternity arid child welfare work were announced by the Minister of Health in a speech at Mansion House this afternoon. Sir Kingsley Wood said that the outstanding
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    AUSTRIAN CONSCRIPTION
    54 12 Under Consideration Of British Government British Official Wireless. London, April 27. Answering a House of Commons question regarding the decision of the Austrian Government to introduce conscription, the Foreign Secretary said that the matter was under consideration and he was not in a position to make a statement
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    EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA
    33 12 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Apr. 28. An earthquake shock occurred in Chungking, in Szechuen, yesterday morning. It leasted 20 seconds, but only flight damage wa3 done.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    LEAGUE'S FAILURE IN ABYSSINIA
    134 12 Reform Wanted SMALLER POWERS ANXIOUS Reuter. Geneva, April 27. PE question of reforming: the League of Nations is being widely canvassed in view of its failure to arrest the Abyssinian War. Many desire to abolish Article XVI, arguing that Germany is particularly disinclined to pledge herself
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    BRITAIN AND THE LEAGUE
    232 12 Labour Suggestion For Withdrawal British Official Wireless. London, April 27. MR. Anthony Eden was- asked in the House of Commons this afternoon by a Labour Member whether the Government would make a public declaration to the effect that unless immediate and effective sanctions were imposed to
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    A DISTILLERY IN JOHORE TOWN
    260 12 Smart Capture By The Customs (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, April 26. AS the result of certain information received, for the first time, a distillery was discovered in the heart o. Johore Bahru town by Customs officers. Wan Ibrahim bin Uda, Assistant Superintendent of
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    GNEISENAU DUE TO-MORROW
    417 12 THE following passengers are disembarking at Penang and Singapore from the ss Gneisenau which is due to arrive here on Wednesday: Mrs. Martha van Aken, Mr. Peter van Aken, Mr. Willem van Aken, Miss Frieda van Aken, Mrs. Hendrika Oltmans Bakker, Mr. and Mrs. Jan Hendrink Brinkman,
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    RAFFLES HOTEL
    93 12 THE following visitors to Singapore are registered at Raffles Hotel Mr. M. OeUzttler, from Sourabaya, Mr J. de M. Mayer. Bourabavft, Mr. R Cadringher, from Batavia. Mr. Jarrtes C. Baldwin, from Batavia. Mr. F Rem berg from Rieuw. Mr. and Mrs. L. Ilesvay, en route to Trieste. 1
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    THE "BANGALORE"
    34 12 The P. and O. steamer "Bangalore," has left Hongkong and is expected to arrive in Singapore at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 29. She wilt proceed alongside the S.H.B. wharf on arrival.
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    ISO TRANSFER OF MANDATES
    393 12 Premier's Statement ALL APPREHENSIONS UNFOUNDED British Official Wireless. London. April 27. GROUP of Conservative Members A of Parliament, which has been formed with a view to securing official assurances against the future transfer of League mandates held by Great Britain, are understood to intend to take
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    U.S. PRISON SYSTEM
    169 12 Island Penal Colonies Suggested New York. THE suggestion that the present prison system in the United States shouid be scrapped as a failure, and that the advisability of substituting a chain of modern, humane island penal colonies running from the Virgin Islands to the Aleutian Islands should
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    Entrusted His Fortune To Friends ALLEGES BREACH OF TRUST
    148 13 STOKER'S TALE Saved 3,000 Rupees Aboard Ship 'From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. AHAKKA Chinese, who had worked and saved over 3,000 rupees in Calcutta while employed as a stoker on board ship, and who arrived in Malaya to seek
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    MET A GIRL
    440 13 And Threw His Money About This money he changed at a moneychanger's shop in Java Street. During the first few days in Kuala Lumpur Wong Choi lived in a lodging house. Here he was introduced to a Chinese girl named Kam Sut Mooi. A few days later
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    MISS BETTE DAVIS
    67 13 Prizje For Best Performance Of 1935 IT has just been announced that Miss 1 Bette Davis has been awarded the first prize of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best performance by an actress in 1935. This was awarded for her brilliant playing
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    AT THE CINEMA GAIETY OF "TOP HAT "
    421 13 AT THE CINEMA GAIETY OF "TOP HAT Sparkling Film FRED AST A IRE AND GINGER ROGERS ajro the names of Fred Astaire and his sister Adele formed the best known dance team in the world. Then sister Adele became a Countess and Fred was left forlorn. He was seen with
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    SIR SAMUEL HOARE
    62 13 Premier Anxious To Have Him Back In Cabinet Reuter. m.mm VUUIIIVi London, April 27 ALTHOUGH the story that Sir Samuel Hoare is succeeding Viscount Monsell as First Lord of the Admiralty is officially unconfirmed, it is admitted that Viscount Monsell is anxious to retire, while Mr. Stanley
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    HUNGER-MARCHERS IN NEW JERSEY
    98 13 Provision of Relief Funds Demand Reuter. 0 KT Treton (New Jersey), April 27. ne thousand of New Jersey's 270,000 unemployed to-day made a hunger--march to Trenton and camped outside andl inside the State Parliamentary Buildings, announcing then* intention to keep the Legislature Fitting until relief funds
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    TAMIL POET
    66 13 Lectures By Mr. N. K. Bharathi Mr. N. X Bharathi, the Tamil poet, delivered a lecture on "The Aim of Human Life" before a packed audience in the Koona Valoo Pillay Hall of the Ramakrishna Mission (last night. Mr. T. Sivapragasam presided. The poet will deliver another lecture
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    Friday Night's Big Fight FRISCO AND MALINAO
    193 14 Hard Hitting Bout Expected Singapore, Tuesday. VOI'NG FRISCO and Frank Malinao wind up their training to-morrow afternoon. Both fighters have had plenty of sparring partners. FRISCO AT WORK Frisco, who works under the watchful eyes of Mr Castro, brushes up his speed with
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    A.C.S. ANNUAL SPORTS
    58 14 Singapore, Tuesday. Parents, old boys and friends of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, are invited for the annual sports to be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday, May 1. Mrs A S. Small, wife of the Hon. Mr A. S. Small. Officer Administering the Government, will distribute
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    69 14 Arsenal Held To Draw By Chelsea Reuter. London. April 27. The following matches in the English and Scottish Football Leagues were played to-day: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal I; Chelrea I. THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN) Coventry C. 0; Luton T. 0. THIRD DIVISION (NORTERN» Chesterfield 2; HartlepooLs U. 1. Crewe Alev
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    FRAYED TEMPERS IN COMMERCIAL CUP MATCH TWO PLAYERS SENT OFF
    950 14 'SKINS AND MONOPOLIES SHARE HONOURS Singapore, Tuesday. FRAYED tempers marred the Commercial Cun match between t*ie Singapore Harbour Board and the Post Office on the Harbour ground yesterday when Sah'm bin Omar, the Post Office right back and Saniff. the
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    PRESS BEATEN
    111 14 Nisstanglo's Win In Comm. Cup THE Commercial Cup soccer match between the Straits Times and Nestanglo on Fraser and Neave's ground ended in a win for Nestanglo by 2—0. The Straits Times was the weaker team, but played up well and managed to hold their own in the
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    165 14 Win For Municipal Services THE Municipal Services beat the S.C.R.C in a friendly soccer match played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday by the odd goal in five. The winners were easily the better team and showed superiority in every depeartment of the game. Khoon Onn and Ahmat
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    SEVEN TO TWO!
    195 14 "Die-hards" Trounce S.C.C. Again In a friendly second eleven soccer match played on the Padang yesterday, the Middlesex Regiment beat the S.C.C. by seven goals to two. Tnere was no doubt about the superiority of the soldiers who treated the crowd to some fine football. The Midds
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    TO-DAY'S BIG MATCH
    66 14 Middlesex To M-set The Inniskillings Singapore. Tuesday. A GREAT game is expected at the Anson Road Stadium to-day, when the "Die-hards" and the "Skins" clash for the first time in Division I of the S.A.F.A. League. The "Skins," who have won their last two matches, are full
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    2,000 GUINEAS
    243 14 Probabk Starters and Riders Reuter. London, April 27. The following are the probable -tarters with their riders for the Guineas to be run at Newmarket on April 29 over one mile: Squadron Castle D i? e 2 Pay Up Dlck Rhodes Scholar Sirett Convert Weston Abjer E lliott
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB
    180 14 Programme Of Races For Week-End ON Friday, May I, the "B" Class will sail a Team Race. The "C" Class will sail the usual afternoon race. Both Classes starting at 5.20 V-™-On Saturday, May 2, the B Class will sail a Team Race against the R.A.F.
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    LAM YEW ATHLETIC PARTY
    68 14 The team 10 represent the Lam Yew Athletic Party in a friendly match of soccer against the Bata Shoe FC. today t Tuesday I. at the Party's ground at 5.10 will be selected from the following:—Boon Choon. Ah Seng, An Kow, Ahmad Kuppay. Abdui, Raja Mai.
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    Exciting Tennis In Veterans' Final BRITISH AND U.S. BOXERS
    745 15  -  Equal Standard AMERICAN HEAVIES' GREATER WEIGHT (By Air Mail London, Apr. 15. THE contest between Farr and Olin at the Albert Hall, which was won by the Welshman, clearly indicates that boxing in the United States stands at no higher level
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    39 15 Jl 16 LadieS Junior Double. °n May o ar ,ftil ow open and close ice fi i *n^ at 12 noon Tll c iC e fee is $2.00 per pair -«v be senl diivri tl) lhe Hon
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    THE CALCUTTA CUP
    175 15 Unusual Interest In Next Contest THE next contest for that somewhat troDhv ra fh P e > u .v ce^ tai Rll bv football usual Vteres C t aiCUUa m ™be of un even t wiu take on, as it were n lease of life on account
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    47 15 Doctor Who Murdered Wife And Nursemaid London. April 27. The appeal of ht. Ruxton was dismissed —Reuter. Dr. Ruxton was found guilty of the SS[ th r f iIIS T fe and their nursemaid and throwing the bodies in a ravine at Mogat in Scotland.
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    MARECHAL JOFFRE
    27 15 Thp Marechal Joffre was expected to arnye m Singapore from at 10 a.m. and sail at 3 pm for .Si°eT. DO, Dilbouti Port Said SS^mS
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    WINDSOR CASTLE
    94 15  -  Extension To Golf Course (By Air Mail T London, Apr. 14. HE routine repair and decorative work at Windsor Castle is being continued and certain other alterations which the King has decided upon are being nut in hand. 5 Tho King is unlikely to be in residence at
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    S.C.C. SPRING TOURNEY
    356 15 Farther Results Of Ties Rr it ti Singapore, Tuesday. F. Uhitlcy won the Veterans Doubles event, i„ (far S.C.C S Tennis Tournament yesterday rle? Seating s. E. Newbcry and r "I Stephen after one 0 th? nost ex citing matches of me tournament. PERFECT UNDPi'R&TANDINCr The score
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    RHEUMATISM SPREAD TO ALL HER JOINTS
    190 16 Ordered To Bed After Months of Suffering. Here is a sad story of suffering, but it has a happy ending. This woman was attacked by severe rheumatism which spread to every joint in her body and finally crippled her. So great was her relict
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    BIGGEST SAILING SHIP
    163 16 Doubts About Salvage Of Wreck London, April 27. i DECISION will probably be reached A to-day as to the possibility of salvaging the world's largest sailing ship, the 3111 tons Herzogin Cecilie which went on the rocks at the bar of Bolthead in fog early on Saturday
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    SWEDEN'S SHIPS
    161 16 Increased Activity Last Year London, April 26. SWEDEN'S direct shipping to and from foreign ports during 1935 reached a higher volume tnan during any preceding year, says a recent report from the Swedish Board of Trade. Vessels arriving from foreign poits totalled 19,550,0u0 net tons, against 18 160,000
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    LONDON OPERA
    63 16 Season Opens At Covent Garden British Wireless. London, Apr. 27. JHE London opera season begins toThe e season opens with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting "Die Miestersinger" with Bockelmann as Sachs ana four artists new to Covent Garden Tiana Lemnitz, Karl Neumann, Ludwlg Weber and Miss Margery Booth, an
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    THE RED ARMY
    56 16 Fivs Divisions Named After Cossacks Reuter Wireless. Moscow, April 23. Fl\E divisions of the Red Army will be renarred after Cossack tribSt and supplied with special Cossack uniforms by order of M. Vorosnilo/. Commissar of Defence. The decree follows the removal of trw restrictions on service by
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    SANCTIONS HELP AUSTRIA
    599 16 TRADE BOOM Views Of A Vienna Pressman Singapore, Monday. DR. KARL W. SCHUTZE, r pre -cuing "Reichcnberger Zeitung, a Central European paper, is mak an extensive tou- of the lar hast to study the economic, social and political conditions. particularly those of China and Japan. He is
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    HITLER PEACE PLAN
    156 16 Questions By France Reuter Wireless. London, Apr. 24. French Ambassador to London with Jhe Foreign Office concerning the forthcommg qaeftttonnmlre to GermW seekms f,Mhcr elucidation of Herr Hit.ers French want the following questions ask?d:— FIVE QUESTIONS First docs Germany want the revision of" the Covenant before joining
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    PEACE PLANS
    150 16 British Questions Nearly Ready Reuter Wireless. London, Apr. 27. IT is generally expected that the, docui ment inviting elucidation of various Mints in Herr Hitler's peace proposals wiU be handed to the German Govern ment towards the end of the present work upon the questions which it is
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    TOKYO PARLEY
    101 16 Soviet-Japan Border Disputes Shanghai, Apr. 27. k TAS3 Agency report states that M. A Yurenoff, the Soviet Ambassador in Tokyo, ha.s approached Mr. Arita, the Japanese Foreign Minister, with regard to the Soviet-Manchurian frontier dispute. Mr. Arita Is said to have agreed to the establishment oil a joint
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    JAPANESE CRUISER
    33 16 (From Our Ou v Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 27. THE Japanese cruiser Yubari arrived in Bangkok to pay her respects to Siam and will be leaving for the South Seas on Thursday.
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    OF PERIL AND ADVENTURE
    233 19 jiediial Missionary IvBXRS IN ARCTIC London. have i, v ed such a life of rt\V adventure as Dr. peril one of sir Wilfred i t ra ,;V )t al missionaries in f h o after 21 years in übri d °m«r n has come home to
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    59 19 'Mass Migration From Rumania Ankara. Hi t a million Trucks who have been ttions in Rumania I arkey following negotia.uian Government Thi 'ion of 452.UUU seri >us problem foil Government which will md capital in the ilturaJ implements ana I settlement on the land. il rants do
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    FARMER'S BEQUEST
    140 19 American Land For Gr2at Britain Cambridge, Mass. AN American farmer, has bequeathed to the United Kingdom a plot of land in which lie burici British Redcoats who fell in the Battle of Lexington in 1775, during th? American War of Independence. The land forms part of the actual
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    118 19 Womrfh Killed By Tree She Tried To Save Budapest. Mrs Jacob Zaftr, an ola widow; living at Gete, Hungary, was the prouu owner of an oak tree reputed to oe oldest in the country. For years she refused to have it cut down, although its touring branches
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    363 19 Calais Marseilles Port Dues Increased Paris. BRITISH passengers embarking and disembarking at Calais will in future have to pay higher port dues. *L Calais Chamber of .Commerce anxious to raise 80,000 francs (£1,060 approximately) to improve the marking of the Ridens -andbank. outside the port,
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