Malaya Tribune, 24 March 1937

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIV, -No. 70. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1937 FIVE CENTS- The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Wed., March 24. I*):> 7. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1937 FIVE CENTsT
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      74 1 Read The tribune Dominant In Malaya M ffc^j&WHisKY •'r^ t SP,R,T OF FRIENDSHIP So!c Agents:—SlME, DARBY Co., Ltd., Singapore-Johore-Malacca and Negri Sembilan. W.P.S. 2 I I SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITE BR AN II j THY BABY I I Blue Cross Milk Is Especially Made For Babies It Og J tains The Nourishing
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      203 1 I THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST Try The tribune em M.-urn mwmmw-~mmmmmum t»— n_jfui s i j Powdered Whole Milk j I j ON ANY OCCASION WHERE PURE MILK IS REQUIRED, USE KLIM, FOR KLIM IS THE J j j RICHEST AND FINEST COW'S MILK IN j j POWDERED FORM
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      864 2 EASTER is now quite close •5» and if it is to be a new hat or a new dress or f •5» perhaps a beautiful bag, or something else, •j»it will be worth your while to inspect the new and smart selection goods at "SCHIFFNER'S" I X 3, Anderson Road.
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      740 2 WANTED to BUY FOR CASH Por.tage Stamp Collections. Big or small. Also Collector's Duplicates or l<x>se lots. Any qtmntßy. Apply Box No 127. Maiava Tribune. Singapore. PUBLIC^ioTICES PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Estate of Shaik Abdulrahman bin Mohamed Baswedan, deceased and Estate of Shaik Sallim, Shaik Ahmad and Shaik Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Baswedan
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      592 2 i THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OP COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. NOTICE is hereby given that the Rubber Market will be closed officially on the following days:— Friday, 26th March, 1937 Public Holiday. Saturday, 27th March, 1937 Public Holiday. Monday, 29th March. 1937 Bank Holiday. By Order of the Committee, GATTEY BATEMAN. Secretaries.
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      460 2 FOR SALE A GOOD FUTURE INVESTMENT. Land at Paya Lebar Changi "Hilly Top" will suit every pocket. A boom to every person. A home of your own, A Good Bungalow with spacious land at No. 368, East Coast Road. A Bungalow with spacious land No. 9 Geylang, Lorong 18. Land
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      210 2 A.„ FOR j s i: it v i r 1 I satisfaction entrust all your Clock Wat<!< i t Repairs to:— Yick W«h igiii.;: i 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD I {Near Middle Road) Contractors for the Repair y Clocks Si Watches to the Rrii J Army R.A.F. Base in M
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES U.S. MARITIME STRIKE
    460 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES U.S. MARITIME STRIKE Total Loss Of Thousand Million Dollars COMPUTATIONS by the San Francisco "Shipping Register" put the cost of the recent maritime strike in America aimosi a billion American aoiiars, Tne big strike which came to an end on Thursday noon, Feb. 4, was"described editorially by
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    ITALIAN SERVICES
    182 3 Transfer Of Trans-Atlantic Liner To Far East Sailing "am Genoa on April 16. Mk? irons-Atlantic liner Conte Biancamaao will enter the Europe-Bombay-Shan d hU ?xnrSs service of the Lloyd Tr.csUno Thenceforward the sailings on thu routc Will be twice monthly The Conte Biancamano 1s a last turbine ship
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    RUSSIAN YARDS
    129 3 16 Motorships Being Built For Canal Service It is reported from Gorky that the .{rasnoye Sormovo shipyards are duuuins 16'motorships. intended for trafly -,i the Moscow- Volga Car a!. They wiU be launched in time for the opening ci the canal in July next. Heading these vessels are
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    FIREPROOF U.S. STEAMER
    50 3 The steamer Catherine, which has been rebuilt in compliance with the of the United States of Commerce «ncermng fire hazards, has been completely firepi oofed, and now only contains 1 Deicent of wood; the remainder of her construction is of steel, fireproof composition material and compressed asbestos.
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      464 3 STEAMS SAILINGS and BRITISH INDIA 1». O. S. N. Co.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Spore. 1937. RAJFUTANA 17,000 Mar. 26 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 SOMALI 6,800 Apr. 9 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr. 23 BANGALORE 6,000 May 3 CORFU 15,000 May 7 N ALDER A 16,000 May 21 1 ARTHAGE 15,000 June
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      591 3 i. _i M. Pa K. j j j KOKUSAI LINE (KOKUSAI KISEN KAISHA) C (Incorporated in Japan) For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) t Due Due Sailing Dae S Penang S pore Spore via New York m s KANO MARU Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 15 June 1
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      455 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT 1 SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorshlpa. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From M.S. Spore Malacca P.S'ham P'ng ERRIA 31-3 1-4 ALSIA 6-4 6-4 7-4 S-4 BORINGIA 27-4 27-4 28-4 30-4 FIONIA 18-5
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      547 3 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHER m XiL LLOYD NORD (Incorporated in LLOYD Germany* The undernoted are the Company* intended fixtures:— OUTWARD FOR MANILA, HONGKONG. SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA JAPAN Due Spore. 5 937. s.s. "LAHN" omits Singapore, Japan Ports calls Hongkong, Shanghai, and North China. Due Penang Mar. 31 Due Port Swettenham Apr.
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    CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY
    1170 4 Noticeable Increase In Attendances THE Child Welfare Society of Singapore will hold its annual general meeting at Government House on Wednesday. Mar. 31 at 5 p m. Th? following l the annual report for 1036 In presenting the thirteenth annual report of the Child Welfare Society, the
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    GAMBLERS SUICIDE
    132 4 Press Attacks On Casino Control System Vienna. THE suicide of an Austrian municipal employee who is alleged to have embezzled the sum of £2 000 and lost it at the Casino in Baden. the Spa near Vienna, has given rise to bitter press at'acks here on the method
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    MAY BE A "BLESSING"
    125 4 Air Vi e-Marshal On Air Warfare I 'By Air Maili London, Mar. 18. Air warfare may prove a blessing in he opinion of Air Vice-Marshal Gostatte. Lecturing at London University, said that it might limit the period ol a uture war. "Aerial warfare may produce a
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      1499 4 THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS ARE They care bathed only with PALMO LIVE the Soap made with Gentle Olive Oil BECAUSE the Quintuplets tic enough for the Quintuplets' first Vm were born prematurely, their baths. And then, out of all the "^^^\SsF^ skin is unusually sensitive. So deli- soaps available, only Falmolive,
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      13 4 |H Ira "S&S f*| CRAVEN A MADE SPECIALLY TO PREVENT SORE THROATS 26»
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      105 4 POCK TYPEWRITER CO., 28-A, Chai.rf? SMey, Singapore. Telephone No. 2633. i Brand New Port- q\\ able Typewriters, 4 CftAN i»=\/?rj Banks with Eng-^^lrillK©! ,ish. Keyboards fitted with Stand- ard Pica Types Automatic Key set ffi<MTii /r Tabulator. Also Ss3iißsi Dealers in New m \J Secondhand TypeStockists of ERIKA writers and
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    PRISONERS JUMP OVERBOARD
    222 5 Incitement On Dollar Liner Singapore, Wednesday. •iSSENOICKS on board the Dollar liner Ppn-tictenl Monroe, which arrived mirApore this morning, had quite fViliii* experience whilst the vessel u." R» Mekong recently, when 9even '«itiy Filipino prisoners who were Vi .tupped irom the St. Quinton Prt- n America to
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    AT THE CINEMA ALHAMBRA THRILLS
    166 5 Exciting- Double Feature Programme S'ngapore, Wednesday. I AST NIGHT saw the opening of 'in exciting double feature programme Alhambra Theatre. Starring that very popular hero of the Ken Maynard, the first item of the double is, "In Old Santa Fe," a romance of a lone
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    THE FIFTH ARMY
    135 5 Long-Standing* Slur Cleared Reuter Wireless London, Mar. 20. 1 LONG and striking message from Mr. fl Lloyd George, fiankly acknowledging that whoever was responsible for the disaster to the Fifth Army in the famous retreat in March. 1918. it was certainly not General Sir Hubert Gouch was
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    110 5 Increase Of Membership In 1936 Hl. innuttl report for 1936 of th« Chamber of Commerce states lnc ome for the year amounted n r s and expenditure tc -un 7-j 3 h our j np a on the 7 working of $2,098.21. I l|r i year the
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    JAPANESE WARSHIPS
    44 5 Xl > Concentrate In Shantung Waters Shanghai, Mar. 24. of eo warships is con"ia jii u t Tsingtao, in Shanfcung, tor 'Wivm. .it the end of this month, tlx, h| nese fleet in FaWen are carrye j> {jff the Fukien coast.— Hi Pnh
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    SALES GREATLY INCREASED
    1449 5 MALAYAN COLLIERIES NEW CAPITAL ISSUE IS ANNOUNCED NEW capital issue is announ.ed by Malayan Collieries, Ltd. in a circular to shareholders «hich accompanies the annual report. The annual general meeting will be held on Mar. 30 at the company's office, Hongkong Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur. The
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    REDEMPTORISTS IN SINGAPORE
    726 5 Survey Of Successful Activities THE following article of the work of the Redemptorist Mission in Singapore is contributed by "P.F.J." Catholics of Singapore, or. to be more precise. Catholics of the Diocese of Malacca resident in Singapore, were unusually astir during what was known to them as
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR
    53 5 Singapore, Wednesday. A Chinese was knocked down by a motor-car in New Bridge Road near the Upper Circular Road junction, shortly before c'ght o'clock this morning. The man reserved a gash on his forehead and a fracture of the wrist. He was removed by ambulance to
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      22 5 THE IDEAL LUBRICANT for household appliances A Sewing Machines, Sweepers, Fans, Tools, etc. I^MB Wl cut***** LUBRICATES lISS CLEANS |cl«s PREVENTS RUST
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      220 5 I I 1 '^t*m ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR Automatic focussing and foolproof film winding device. Exposures from 1 sec. to 1 1000 th. Over 400 accessories to choose from making Leica the world's most flexible camera. I I I M II 31 HIT SIMM I LTD., 90, Robinson Road, Singapore. "THE
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    430 6 LONDON COMMODITIES RUBBER London, Mar. 23. Last Price To-day Change Tone Steady Steady Spot Buyers. 12ft ***** 116 Sellers 12% 12 516 -1;16 April Buyers 12 516 12 3,16 —ft Sellers. 12 716 12 516 -ft Apr.i June Buyers. 12% 12ft —Hi Sellers. 12ft 12% —ft July
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET
    887 6 The Tin Position FRASER AND CO.'s REPORT jpRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the share market, dated Mar. 23. stales: Nothing of a particularly startling nature appears to have happened since our last report to disturb the trend of markets, but judging from the daily cables the
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    OIL PALM "A" ESTATE
    478 6 Summary Of Work In 1936 rE following is the report of the directors of OH Palm Plantations. Ltd.. for "A" Estate, for the vear ended Dec 31. 1936 Th»« directors submit herewith their report on the working ol the estate for the year ended Dec. 31,
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    WORLD SHORTAGE OF STEEL
    159 6 British Arms Policy Nut Responsible London, Mm "J" Government rearmament vik.v A was in no way responsible for kcent commodity scramble, asserted Thomas Inskip in the deba'-L Air estimates World demand, including 3 tewvj. u the United States, had caused a >1" age of materials. Actually
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      779 6 V I Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. j (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). i Successors to 1 The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited, The Ho Hong Bank Limited and The Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited. I CAPITAL: 1 Authorised $40,000,000.00..155ued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. V I TELEPHONES:
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      32 6 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION IJMliri) FJftE. MARINE. MOTOR VEHICLE. BFRttLARY, PERSONAL AliiDENT. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. tJEAD OFFICE: 16D. CECIL STREET, SINGAPOKC L. C. JOHNSON VIROL for robust health
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1578 7 ~W b Y Fraser and Co. Lyall and Emtt< Exchange Bnkm MINING LSL 12 Vr*" Singapore, Mar 24. 10 a.m. Stiver* Belters Buyers Sellers 4- Amnut Tin 6'- 6 6 510 63 rraser 8s Co. Lyell Evatt fl Asam Kumbang .35 3 36 9 35 35 6
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET
    780 7 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday morning. RUBBER Singapore: 41% cts., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. London: 12 3|16d., down 116U Market Tone: Steady. New York: 24% cts., down V« ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Quiet conditions continue locally and there is little inclination to open up new business before
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    158 7 An Easy Tone In Many Sections Reuter Wireless. London, Mar. 20. ON the Stock Exchange disappointing week-end advices from Wall Street and considerable Paris selling imparted an easy tone to many sections, notably Coppers, Oils and Internationals. Nevertheless, these frequently closed above lowest and industrials comparatively steady. Wheat
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    AMERICAN STOCKS
    93 7 Foreign Buying Exceeds Selling Reuter Wireless Washington, Mar. 20. FOREIGN purchases of American stocks in the first week of March exceeded foreign sales by $20,000,000, according to Government statistics. British sources have been the heaviest buyers. Switzerland and Holland ranked next with France fourth. The Government's data indicates
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    GOLD ENGAGEMENTS
    28 7 Reuter Wireless. New York, Mar 2.) It is announced that the latest engagements of gold to Amer'ca exceed $6,000,000 from England, and $5.000.0f)0 from Japan.—Reuter Wireless.
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    405 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Mar. 24. Total for Books COSe flnanrtjU Company Dividend Date Ex. Div. year N Payable Date to date Ayer Hitam 15% Int. Mar. 9To Mar. 24 Mar 15 30% Sungei Besi 17 Y 2 Int. Mar. 24 To Mar 25 30% Sungei Way
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      52 7 NEW I I SPORTS SHIRTS I RAYON CELL! LA It. in 3 COAT STYLE, LONG MAW.Mmi%\ Navy—While j SLEEVES. BANDED Blue—Green I COLLAR. Biscuit. Grey. i be worn with or Wk mj PRICE t r Sports wear. Jj| «g a/V WHITEAWAYS KUALA LUMPUR CI Air A DADE PENANG taipeng OlnuAT
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    AMUSEMENTS
    113 8 ALHAMBRA.—Ken Maynard in "In Old Santa Fe" and 'Hidutn Valley,"— 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL.—'Born Tc Dance," 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION "Crime Over London," 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH—"Magic Wand" (Hindustanii—6.ls and 9.15 p.m. EMPlRE.—"Custer's Last Stand" 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. THEATRE ROYAL.—"Viswamitra" (Tamil)—s.4s and
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    THE HARBOUR
    107 8 Singapore, Mar. 24. Ships alongside the Wharves or exj.euteu to arrive. IWiaT. Wnnrt <Entr*»nr« Gate 1) Rohna 22; Mata Hari 19. N-nri Wimii <isiiU*nc* Gate S) Carthage 18; Kepong 16; President Mcnroe 11; Kumsang 8; Tunni 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Steel Navigator 32; Khandalla 34; Adrastus
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    MALACCA ELECTRIC LIGHTING
    50 8 Singapore, Wednesday. A dividend of five per cent, was declared at the ninth annual ordinary general meeting of Malacca Electric Lighting, Ltd., held at the registered offices of the company in the French Bank Buildings, Singapore, at noon, today. Mr. W. H. Maegregor, the acting chairman presided.
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    96 8 Medan, Jask§, and +London§: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-day. Australia, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 7 pm. to-morrow. Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Hongkong, Canton, •Shanghai, 'Kobe •Manila and vUB.A.: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. Saturday. Penang, Siam. Burma, India Iraq
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    141 8 Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands) to-day Deliveries of boxholders' letters only at 3.30 p.m. and general delivery of letters and parcels at 4.05 p.m. respectively to-day. Mails expected from China and Japan by the Taijin Maru to-day. Mails expected from China and Japan by the
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    ACCELERATED DEPARTURE
    31 8 The s.s. President Monroe for UJSA. (Parcels only). Mails previously announced as closing at 7 p.m. on Mar. 25 will now close at 11 a.m. on the same day.
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    NOTICE
    38 8 Owing to Mar. 26 falling on Good Friday no supplementary despatch will be forwarded by tram at 7 pjn. en that date. Mails for Europe and Great Britain will close at 7 p.m. on Thursday Mar. 25.
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    VESSELS IN PORT
    72 8 Angley: British; 504 tons: from Samarang 23.3 to Samarang 26.3 «J? IJe r: o? e o therlands; L 127 tons: from Batavia 23.3 to Batavia 28.3 pJJ?H£. mbo^ N o etherlands; 525 tons from Pandjang 23.3 to Pandjang 26.3 Radnorshire: British; 4,809 tons: from Antwerp 23.3 to
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    157 8 Arrivals and departures by X.L.M. and K.N.I.L.M. planes:— Arrived from Europe, India and Modan by the "Perkoetoet":—Dr. W.F. Theunissen, Mr. Ch. H. Maxham, Prof. W E. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Creighton. Mr. W. Creutzfeldt, Mr. M. J. Gattiker Left for N.E.I, by the "Perkoetoet":— Dr. W.F. Theunissen,
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    PASSENGERS BY CARTHAGE
    401 8 The following are passengers proceeding from the Straits by the P. and O liner Carthage which will leave Singapore for London on Friday, Mar. 26:— Mrs. C. Adls, Mr. Brown. Mr. A L Birse, Mr. R. Blacklock, Mr. S. A. Beavis, Mr. G. C. Bedington, Mrs. E.
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    NEW MAYOR FOR SHANGHAI
    195 8 Mr. Tsang Yang Fu May Be Transferred Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking, Mar. 24. MR. Tsang Yang Fu, the Mayor of Canton, is likely to be transferred to Shanghai as Mayor. Mr. Wu Teh Chen is winding up affairs in Shanghai, indicating his acceptance of the
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    PRESIDENT MONROE
    150 8 Very Few Tourists On Board Singapore, Wednesday. There were comparatively few tourists on board the Dollar Liner President Monroe which arrived in Singapore this morning. Mr. John L. Frey, who is connectec with the Standard Oil Company of Sumatra, has been visiting the United states and is now
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    FOUND HANGING
    60 8 Dead Man In Raffles Place 0 Singapore, Wednesday. A 53-year-old Chinese named Chin Chay was found hanging in 22-A Raffles ng. He was discovered at the back of the premises and was hanging by a yore and was dead The police were informed and the SdTlater W McQuarrie
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    18 8 Mr D. A. Mackay, of the Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd.. Penang. and M™ l6ft f r AuStralia a
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    WHAT'S ON?
    227 8 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, MAR. 24 \>otball: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I. M.F.A v. Middlesex, Anson Road Stadium; Div. in, s.H.B. v. Medical Services, S H. 8.; Govt. League, Div. I, Post Office I v. Police I. P.O. Cricket: St. Andrew's School v. R.A.F St. Andrew's; R.i.
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    NATIONAL GRID SYSTEM
    273 8 Electricity Output HUGE EXPANSION REVEALED British Official Wireless. London. Mar 2.'; •JpHE ninth annual report of u> Central Electricity Board revealthat cost of the National Grid date, including extensions ami r,>i n foreements, is about £30,000,(mm while it is estimated that hy U, end of 1936 the
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    FRONTIER TRIBES ATTACK CAMPS
    55 8 Reuter. New Delhi, iMar. 23. TRIBESMEN made an unsuccessful a'tack on the picket of the British camp at Damdil, on the North West Frontier, on Sunday and the pickets of two other camps were heavily fired on. An attempt was also made to blow up the
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    CAR CRASHES INTO A TREE
    131 8 Two Europeans Injured In Kuala Kangsar (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Kangsar. To-day. MR. G. Wilkinson, Officer, Kuala Kangsar, and Mr. J. E. Garfitt, while going to Lengong yesterday met with an accident at Talang, two miles from Kuala Kangsar. The c.ar in which they
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    PENSIONS EXTENDED
    96 8 To Black-Coated Workers In Britain Reuter. London, Mar 24 BLACK-COATED workers and owners of small businesses and their children will obtain the benefits of oldage, widows' and orphans' pensions un der a new Government Bill, the scheme to be on a voluntary contribution basis. Income limits for men
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      235 8 MAi-AYA'S PREMIER HOT.€L _Jl Cocktail Danoe 6..30 to 8.3© p.m. Dinner and Dance (informal) 5.30 to midnight J OmT and New Cabaret Attraction j HARLES ROBERT J i Character, Classic, Comeuy, Adagio and Ballroom Dancers Non-diners $1.00 j Friday I Easter Sunday Special Dinner and Dance (informal) Cabaret Orchestral Concert
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      326 8 Tpostal intelligence j s s STEAMER MAIL S DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DATE AND TIME Ceylon Buenos Aires Maru Mar. 24 1 p.m. America (South) Buenos Aires Maru 24 1 p.m. Africa:—South Buenos Aires. Maru 24 1 p.m. Djambi and K. Toengkal 8 Togian 24 1 p.m. Kretay Valaya 24
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    Increasing Number Of Toddy Shops In Selangor
    2481 9 EXTENSION OF "DRY" AREA URGED CONTRIBUTION TO CRĔME IN MALA YA the opening of the Selangor State, Council oh Monday, Mr. J. R. Vethavanam potitioneci His Highness tne Sultan of Selangor on the increasing consumption of toddy ant the number of toddy shops
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    FENS FLOODS
    79 9 Heavy Snowfall In Danger Area British Official Wireless. London, March 23. lITTLE change has taken place in the L flooded Fens district since yesterday. The immediate danger has been averted but with the approach of the high tides in two days time the position must remain the'cause of
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    QUARREL OVER RENTAL
    103 9 Chinese Charged With Grievous Hurt Singapore, Tuesday. Cheng Ah Tai was produced to-day before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the third magistrate with having caused grievous hurt to one Ah Lah at Boat Quay on Mar. 21. The accused admitted having slashed at the complainant w'.th a chopper,
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    TOOK POISON
    140 9 Suicide Verdict On A Woman Singapore, Tuesday. i VERDICT oI suicide was returned to-day at the conclusion of an luquest into the death of a 37-year-old Cantonese woman named Wong Ail Looi who died in the General Hospital on Feb. 20. Evidence Riven by the deceased's step-mother disclosed
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    STKH FINED
    118 9 Took A Grindstone Without Permission Singapore. Tuesday. CHARGED with the theft of a grindstone valued at $80 from a stonemason at Serangoon Road, Chanan Singh admitted before Mr. W. G Reeves the third magistrate, that he had removed the stone for purposes cf worship at the Sikh temnle.
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    PALESTINE UNREST
    112 9 Firm Measures To Be Taken Reuter Wireless. Jerusalem. Mar. 22. COINCIDENT with the return of the High Commissioner, Lt. Gen. Sr A..G. Wauchope, the Government is taking firm measures to deal with the unrest, especially in the northern district. Unfettered discretion and wider powers to make defence regulations
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    RIOTS AFTERMATH
    108 9 Clichy Funeral Passes Off Quietly Reuter Wireless Paris, Mar. 22. THE funeral of the five persons killed in the riots at Clichy passed off quietly. The police, who were kept in barracks ready for an emergency, were not needed. Tens of thousands of people silently lined the streets
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    CITY PILLAGED
    83 9 Bandits Repulsed After Heavy Fighting Reuter Wireless. Tokyo, Mar. 20. FIVE hundred bandits made a surprise night attack on the walled city of Ilan, a prosperous trading centre 300 miles north-east of Harbin and forced an entrance and massacred a number of the inhabitants, plundering and burning buildings,
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    19 9 Mr. J. Trevett, Locomotive Running Assistant. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, arj rived in Ipoh last week-end accompanied by his wife.
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    30 9 Mr. Y. C. Kang has taken over the duties of honorary secretary of the Ipoh Rotary Club from Mr. T. Y. Ogilvio w ho is going on Home leave .shortly
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS
    139 9 Chinese Man And Woman Face Inquiry Singapore, Tuesday. A COMPLETE paraphernalia for counterfeit coins Was laid before Mr. H. As'orrer District Judge, Criminal District Court, to-day. when charges of possession of counterfeit coins, possession of implements for counterfeiting and counterfeiting coins were preferred against a man named Lim
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    ANOTHER STRIKE
    81 9 Dublin Grave Diggers Want Justice Reuter Wireless. Dublin. Mar. 20. BECAUSE the staff of 52 grave diggers at Glasnevin Cemetery went on strike the Mourners at funerals were obliged to fill in the graves themselves to-day. The strikers hung a notice on the gate stating "grave diggers have
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      426 9 CLUB DIARY [There are numerous Clubs in Singapore members of which are readers of the "Malaya Tribune." This Diary L< i provided specially for them. Secre- I taries are invited to co-operate in keep- ing it up-to-date and complete. Hap- j penings of general interest toill still be included in
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    KING LEOPOLD IN ENGLAND
    89 11 Meets British Ministers After Banquet Reuter Wireless. Loudon, Mar. 22 MUCH Importance is uttuchcd to the arrival In England afternoon •)1 the King ol the Belgians, in view o! the discussions on international relations In which it If expected he will participate with leading members of
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    EMBASSY BANQUET
    78 11 British Official Wireless. London, Mia, 23 Aftev a banquet In hla honour at ihrt Belgian Embassy last night, King Leopold met Informally several British Ministers, including ihe Prime M'niHter, Mi. Baldwin, the Foreign Secfetary. Mi Eden, the Home Secretary, Bir Johi» t Simon and Lord Halifax To-day King
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    MAIN TRUNK ROADS
    68 11 To Be Taken Over By Transport Ministry British Official Wireless Londcn, Mar. 23. The Transport Minister, Mr. Hore Bt-lisha. informed the Country Council's Association, at its annual meeting to-day, that agreements had been worker, out wi hout any friction in connection with the corning transfer to the
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    NEW SPEED LIMITS?
    743 12 QINCE we last wrote, a week ago, on the question of accident in Singapore, calling attention to their incre sed frequency, the position appears to have gr< w worse. It is not a case of o c serious accident daily but of several, and of almost daily
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    MALACCA NOTES
    283 12 New Adjutant For The Volunteers rriilS week Mr. and Mrs. G. Beat*:. A are leaving Malacca on long leave. are eery popular and win b Dlisaed. Mr. G. Beatty. an excellon mis player, was president of the Malacca Lawn Tennis Association last •car and has been on the
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    16 12 Mr and Mrs H. untitled Carter of Singapore pon a nhrtrt holiday at the Cameron Highlands.
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    19 12 The death took place in London on Mar 14 r»f Jacnueline, the wife of Mr S Bayley of Taiping.
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    20 12 Mr. M. G. S. Parker, of Carey Island Estate, Port Swettenham, is in Singapore and is staying at the Adelphi.
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    19 12 Dr. M. Sivasambandam of Perlis sailed for India from Penang last week. He will be away for four months.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS The S.S.A. Election
    193 12 NOTES COMMENTS The S.S.A. Election rpHE election of Mr. N. A. Mallal as a nominee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association on the Municipal Commission shows that there is no truth in the suggestion that only Europeans are elected through the medium of this body. Mr. Mallal had strong European
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    Public Service
    210 12 members have not entered into these disputes, and it is surprising to hear such a suggestion as that the Association should be dissolved and a body with a membership confined to British Europeans formed in its place. By all means let Singapore have a British European Association if
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    Sir Oswald Mosley
    132 12 <JIR Oswald Mosley, head of the BriI tish Fascists, has not been in the public eye for some time. Recently j however, he delivered a speech which is interesting as showing his party s views on leading questions of the day. He would, he said, return to
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    The "Common Cold"
    175 12 rjpHE menace of what is known as the "common cold" in the humai. scheme ot things was emphasised r fresh the other day, when the scourge was mentioned in the House oi Commons. The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Ramsay MacDonaldt was asked what progress had
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    Topics Of The Day
    366 12 By "Looker On" IN explorer claims to have come across a tribe of wild women in Mexico who cannot speak. That's enough to make any woman wild. A A A A film actress's life is not so easy after all. Apparently she has to sit through
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    POWERS' NON-INTERVENTION PLAN COLLAPSING
    505 13 SHOCKS FROM ROME AND MADRID REFUSAL TO CO-OPERATE ITALIAN TROOPS DECIMATED ON GUADALAJARA FRONT British Official Wireless. JHE plan to supervise Spain nnd prevent further intervention by otrt*kfc powers in the civil war appears to be collapsing. Following the Spanish Government's in'imation that it rejects any
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    BATTLE FOR OVIEDO
    719 13 Civilian Population Being Evacuated Reuter Wireless. Santander, Mar. 20. THE civil population at Oviedo is being evacuated on foot, taking the chance of being caught by the republ'can besiegers' fire, which intermittently sweeps the approach to roads by day and night. The republicans claim the insurgent concentrations
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    CHILDREN EVACUATED
    112 13 British Official Wireless. I London. Mr a. 23. Two British destroyers recen'Jy jvj- runted 450 B'lbao ch'ldren to Saint Jem» Luz. and the Spanish Minister o Marine and Air has. In his capacity both as Minister and a* the Member foi B Jbac. sent a personal letter expr«Sbitr'
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    REVISED SALARIES FOR MINISTERS
    95 13 Leader Of The Opposition To Be Paid? British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 23. FN connection with the revision in the salaries of Cabinet Ministers, it is Undei that there will also be two mrther scales of salaries for ministers outside the Cabinet and for Parliament- 'in
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    SMUGGLING IN CHINA
    72 13 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Mar. 24. The Chinese customs authorities here seized thre? trunks of allegedly smuggled cents on board the Nagasaki Maru before she sailed yesterday morning. The Tientsin customs department is hing anti-smuggling stations in he provincial districts. Th*» Welfare Workers Society in Nanking
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    UNRULY SCENES IN CHAMBER
    115 13 Clichy Riot 1 PREMIER REBUKES FOLLOWERS i Reuter. Paris, Mar. 23. BLUM (Premier) rebuked section of his followers in a j speech to the Chamber. He said that the appeal to the population of Clichy on Mar. 16 to protest against a Fascist meeting was a
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    OSLO CONVENTION
    88 13 Mr. Sandler's Recent Visit London, Mar. 23. THE President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Walter Runciman. replying to a Parliamentary question regarding his discussions with the Swedish Foreign Minister during the latter's recent visi*. o London said that Mr. Sandler, in the course of a conversation mentioned
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    CANADIAN PREMIER
    67 13 To Open New Chelsea Bridge London, mar. 23. THE Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. MacKenzie King, has accepted the invitation of the London County Council to open the new Chelsea Bridge over the Thames on May 6. Lord Snell. Chairman, said the Council was most gratified at the
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    FREE TRADE WITH CHINA
    157 13 Will Japan Object? PERTINENT QUERIES IN COMMONS Reuter. London, Mar. 23, IN the House of Commons Mr. J. Lees-Jones (C., lilttckliy) u*k*-i whether any recent communication had passed with Japan with the ol) jrct of securing". Kubjcct to Chinu's sovereign rights, a free field for all
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    NORTH CHINA
    138 13 Japan To Maintain Her Political Gains? Shanghai. Mar. 24. JAPAN'S minimum .l«nuind in the mutter of economic co-operation with China is the malntuiiincc of the status quo in regard to maximum concessions gi anted by China. Therefore, she con- skiers that the quectioas ol smuggling in North China
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    WHOLE SUBURB GASSED
    39 13 Reuter Wireless. Nantes, Mar. 20. Three people were suffocated, two are dying and another score are ill as the result of the gassing of a whole quarter of the town owing to a fractured gaspipe—Reuter Wireless.
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    CHILDREN BLOWN TO BITS
    147 13 GAS EXPLOSION i Further Revelations At Inquiry Reuter Wireless. New London, Mar. 22. HALLS filed wiih gas which cxl 'cded caused the Texas school di aster, in which 600 children were kii'ed, according to Doctor Schoch, the gas explosion expeit, conducting one of the three official
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    FLYING DUCHESS MISSING
    168 13 Last Seen Flying Low Over Wood Reute r. London, Mar. 23. ANXIETY is felt in regard to the septuagenarian Duchess of Bedford who left her home at Woburn Abbey, near Bedford, yesterday afternoon for a short solo flight and has not returned. It is believed that she
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      54 13 EASTER HOLIDAYS Owing to the Easter holidays publication of the Tribune Group of Newspapers will be suspended on the dates mentioned hereunder:— 31 ahi in Tribune Singapore. No issue on Mar. 26 (Good Friday) K. Lumpur. No issue on Mar. 27 Ipoh. No issue on Mar. 23 Morning Tribune No
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    DANGER OF SLUMP AFTER PRESENT BOOM
    5384 14 SIR JOHN BAGNALL'S WARNING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS: YOUTHS WITHOUT WORK Singapore, Tuesday. COMPREHENSIVE review of the Colony's trade was given by the Hon. Sir John TSagnall in his address as chairman at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of
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    Four Thousand Miners Out In Selangor
    371 14 STRIKE SPREADS TO COLLIERIES MASS MEETING In Sympathy With Estate Coolies (From Our Own Reporter, Kuala Lumpur, To-<la\. a mass meeting ia>t A night, 4,000 Batu Arang meters downed tools this morning, canine a complete cessation of all ewUmining operations on the mine. The
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    SITUATION BETTER
    120 14 Official Communique Issued Singapore, Tuesday. AN Official communique issued this aft*ernoon stated:— The position in regard to the strikes in Selangor is rather heiter to-day. The strikers in the Klang district have gone back to work and will submit a petition setting forth their grievances. Elsewhere, the strikers
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    Bridal Couple's Motor-Car Crash
    264 15 CHARGE AGAINST MR. GARRARD BAIL OF $2,000 Wife's Condition Improving 4 Singapore. Tuesday. I \<T night's motoring accident in L Dunearn Road, in which Mr. h. Garrard. the well-known prof(«ional .jockey and his newlyunld»d wife (the former Miss Pearl Ucbh). wera injured, had a sequel hi
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    27 YEARS DETECTION IN SINGAPORE
    96 15 MUTHUSAMY, Detective No 65, 171 who after 27 years of service is retiring from the S. S. Police. He joined on Dec. 7, 1911 and was attached to the Orchard Road Division for some time. On the transfer of Mr. Coctello, the officer then in
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    MUSSOLINI HOME AGAIN
    71 15 Reuter Wireless. Rome, Mar. 22. SIGNOR Mussolini arrived in Rome this evening and went immediately to the Pallaza Venezia. Official quarters state no significance is attached to the fact that II Duce curtailed his Libyan trip by a day and his visit to Ghadames was omitted owing
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    MR. AW BOON HAW
    32 15 Mr. Aw Boon Haw left Singapore for China on Monday by the Conte Verde. will attend the opening of the new hosnitai and sports stadium in Foochow. Fukien.
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    FREAK LIGHTNING IN PERAK
    135 15 Alarming Experience For Chinese Tapah, Tuesday. A CHINESE family, consisting of three elders and Tour children, living in Kuala Wan about seven miles away from Tapah, had an alarming exnerience this morning when their attap house was struck by lightning. Fortunately no one was hurt. Two
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    GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
    108 15 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 730 a.m. Matins and Litany. 8 a.m. Ante-Communion. 10 am Children's Service. 12 Noon to 3 p.m. THREE HOURS DEVOTION. 6 p.m. Evening Service. EASTER EVE (MAR. 27) 8 a.m. Ante-Communion. 5.15 p.m. Remembrance Service at B'dadari. 6.15 p.m. Evening Service. SALVATION ARMY Special
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    HAWKERS BY-LAWS
    44 15 A notification in the latest issue of the Government Gazette gives the proposed revised by-laws which will be submitted to a special meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Lists of streets which are prohibited and streets where hawkers may use are given.
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    21 MONTHS FOR FORGERY
    601 15 Singapore Assizes YOUTH'S PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS Singapore, Tuesday. ADMITTING two previous convictions for criminal breach of trust and one previous conviction Tor forgery, Koh Gee Bah a 19-year-old English speaking Chinese was .sentenced to 21 months' rigorous imprison men't by Mr. Justice Home at the Singapore Assize
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    CHOLERA INCREASES IN SIAM
    75 15 Franconia Passengers' Caution (From Our Oicn Correspondent j Bangkok. Mar 23 WITH the advance of jhe hot season cholera cases in the provinces are rising, also the number ot deaths, but the Bangkok figures for the week ending Mar. 20 show only 57 cases and 37
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    23 15 Lady Hilda Keith Falconer, the Hon. Mr. Ariel Baird and the Rev. Father A. J. P. Brennan have arrived in Penang from Rangoon.
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    England v. New Zealand Test To-Day: Play Begins
    414 16 TENTH MATCH OF THE SERIES HOMESTERS HAVE NOT WON A GAME THE only Test match between England and New Zealand, on the present tour "down under" of the M.C.C., led by G. O. Allen, begins to-day at Wellington, and wiil last until
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    LOCAL BASEBALL
    205 16 C.C.A.A. Beat The Cubs At Farrer Park The Chinese Companion Athletic Association team defeated the Cubs team in a friendly baseball match at Farrer Park, on Sunday, 20—8. In the opening innings the Cubs played well, scoring seven runs, after which the Chinese replied with eight runs. The
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    FRISCO V. RIVERS ON APR. 9
    186 16 For Two Titles ORIENT MALAYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS YOUNG Frisco, middleweight champion of the Orient, and A 1 Rivers, middleweight champion of Malaya, have signed articles for a 15-round battle on Friday. Apr. 9. unner the promotion of Mr. Bertie Bell. The tight subject to the
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    CRICKET TEAMS
    52 16 V.M.C.A. Junior Department v. Raffles Institution on Wednesday at R. 1.: X Leembruggen (capt.*. Ong Swee Kene. Ong Swce Law, B. S. Varma. Shim Kah Foo, V. Armstrong. Tav Yew Wee Goh Chin Chye, Gob Keng Swee. Tan Guan Kiat. Benny Fones Reserves: Mun Cheng, Kow Chu. Scorer:
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    20 16 Reuter. London. Mar. 23. In a Scottish Leaeue (Div. I) match to-day. Clyde beat Hearts by 2—l. —Reuter.
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    23 16 There will be a friendly basketball match between Loke's Badminton Party and Tuan Mong School Old Boys today at the later's basketball giound.
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    OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE TODAY
    239 16 OXFORD will strive their hardest to break Cambridge's sequence of wins in the Boat Race to-day. although the betting has reached 5 to 1 on Cambridge (states a Reuter Wireless message).. In some quarters, nevertheless, a large number of people anticipate a close race.
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    SEVEN MOUNTS—AND ALL FIRSTS!
    263 16 Remarkable Riding In Shanghai BUFFY" Maitland, Shanghai's most popular jockey, and the best rider la the country, cracked every known Shanghai racetrack record at the annual meeting ot the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club on the city course In mail week, when he made seven starts and
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    CHINESE CHESS
    136 16 China's Champion Held To Draw Twice Singapore, Wednesday. T>VO great exponents of Chinese Chess 1 met at the Southern Hotel last night in two exhibition games, both of which ended in a draw. The contestants were Mr. Chew Teh Yee. known as "Chinese Chess King of Seven Provinces
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    MALACCA CRICKET
    145 16 Malacca. Monday. The I.C.A. .suffered defat at the hands 01 the S.F.I, on Saturday at cricket by 69 runs. Batting fiist I.C.A. scored a paltry 35. Arumugam being the only player to enter double figures ilO>. The S.F.I, replied with 91, de Vries with top-scoring with 20. Hamid
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    NELSON F.P. SOCCER
    94 16 The Nelson Football Party defeated the Middlesex Regiment "C Coy" by 3—l on Sunday on the Nelson Road ground. The scorers for N.F.P. were Kukang <2i and Chelliah 1. The following will represent Nelson Football Party against the Police "D" Division, Tanjong Pagar, on Saturday on the
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    TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN MALACCA
    542 16 Soring Meeting At The Club (From Our Oxen Correspondent Malacca. Monday. THE Spring tennis tournament of the Club, Malacca, is now in full swing. Miss Johnstone is in the final of the ladies' singles handicap. The results are as follows: MEN'S OPEN SINGLES Fitst Round.—N. B.
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    FOOTBALL TEAMS
    89 16 Div. 2. on Thursday, S.R.C. ground, S.R.C. v. H.M.S. Terror:—T. Alphonso, •J. Ritchie, A. B. Collick, R. Barth, W. F. Gomes, H. A. Savage. P. d'Almeida. A. G. Valberg, H. M. Valberg, J. Reutens, N. Sullivan, T. Albuquerque. J. Loveday, S. Barth. Loke's Badminton Party vs. Balestier Friendly
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    264 16 ENGLAND BAT 80 FOR 1 AT LUNCH Wellington, Mar _'i rj»HE Test match between and New Zealand ln?uan to-day. Allen, the English skipper. \v.. i toss, and elected to bat lir^*. i lunch-time, the -«corn was Hn far the lo*s of one wicket. NEW ZEALAND TO TOUR ENGLAND NFW ZEALAND
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    WICKET-KEEPING RECORDS
    268 16 Oldfield Heads List Of Test Players OLDFIELX) the Australian wirM keeper, broke another rerorU ihc fifth Test of the present tC> He has bettered the record of Bbck ham. who kept lor Australia in Tests, catching 36 uiKlstumpmt--» turning out for Australia in 3. Oldfield has caught, out
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    International Cross Country
    47 16 Reuter Wireless. Brussels, Mar. 20 The international cross country race was won by England with flfty-fi vc points, and the individual championship was won by J. Flockhart, the Scottisn champion, covering the course ol nine miles, in 49 minutes 50-45 sec <rx Reuter Wireless.
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    POOR FINISH OF THE CHAMPIONS
    580 17 GUNNERS SAVED FROM A LEAGUE DEFEAT Singapore. Wednesday. THt: R.A.F., last season's league champions, «honld have been at the winning end in their First Division fixture against the R.A. at Road Stadium yesterday, hen( P the result, a goalie s draw, jgs hardly a fair
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    NESTANGLO'S HAVE THEIR OWN WAY
    271 17 Paterson's Trounced By 8-1 Singapore, Wednesday. IN a game that was inclined to be onesided at times, Nestanglo beat Paterson Simons in their Business House League fixture on Fraser and Neave's yesterday by eight goals to one. The game was played in a heavy drizzle
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    MATCHES POSTPONED
    76 17 V.M.C.A. Tennis Tourney Owine to the rain there was no play in S!e V M.c.A. Tennis Tournament ye rs%cn Men's Doubles final between Wise and Chartikavanij and Kamis and Yadi will be played today ogether with the following ties:Handicap Doubles semi-final: Dr C sSfth and Dr. Chong Tat
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    S.C.C. BEATEN BY ONLY GOAL
    558 17 Early Score Decides Padang Soccer Singapore, Wednesday. i STEADY drizzle and a slippery ball A did not conduce to good soccer when the S.C.C. second string met the R A M.C. in a friendly game of soccer on the S.R.C. Padang yesterday. The Club were
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    196 17 Reuter Wireless. White City. Mar. 20. IN the inter-Varsity athletics before 5,000 people in ideal conditions. Cambridge beat Oxford by 9 events to 2. The winners were:—loo yds. Brown (Cambridge) ten seconds; half-mile NcNair (Oxford) 1-minute 57-2 seconds: Weight putt: Irfan (Cambridge) 49 feet 3 3
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET
    828 17  -  The Malayan Cricket Team Muthucumaru's Selection Surprise Inclusion Of Whitaker Local Matches Evan Wong's Century Excellent Performances (BY "VERITAS") SO the final selection of Malaya's crwket representatives to meet Sir JuYen Cahn's XI over the week-end has been decided. It must be a great relief to the selectors
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    HANDICAPS FOR IPOH RACES
    298 17 SKYE MEETING BEGINS ON SATURDAY (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. FOLLOWING are the handicaps for th? first day's events of the Perak Turf Club's Skye Meeting on Saturday March 27:— Race One—Ponies, Class 2, Div. 3. 6 furs. Bright Eyes J*-* 1 Foxy 10 9
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    STUDENT ETHIOPIANS "BUTCHERED"
    78 18 Legation's Allegations In London Reuter Wireless. London, Mar 22. ItUREE young educated Abyaslnlani who studu'd in England -one the son ol the Abyssinian Fore gn Minister. Mr. Hcrouy. the other two the sons oi the Abyssinian Minister in London, Doctor Martin, are announced by the legation to
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    MARSHAL FOCH'S REMAINS
    76 18 Reuter Wireless. Paris Mar 2') Marshal Fochs remains, which haw been resting In the crypt since 1939 were removed to Les Invalides on the eighth anniversary of his death in the presence of his widow and an imposing congregation headed by President Lebrun. The body will lie
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    673 18 STERLING. STRAITS DOLLAR Month Average Highest Lowest Average Highest lov January £201 15 3 £208 0 0 £194 15 0 $102.41 $106 12' $999« February 200 0 5 203 10 0 190 15 0 1C1.58 103.50 MftfCll 204 12 7 206 10 0 201 7 6 103.46 104.75 *****1 April
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    COMMITTEE FOR 1937
    259 18 The report of the committee and balance sheet and accounts for the year lt velc Mr J w fie Plro re- j flfcted chairman, and Mr. F H Tern- perley was elected deputy chairman j P i££? STS 6 8 of the committee were f T llows:
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    MOTOR-CARS STOLEN
    66 18 Singapore, Wednesday. Motor-rar thieves are again active Two vehicles were stolen last night. The first case occurred In Maxwell Road. OUMde the Air View Hotel The owner. Chlnea*. oarked the vehicle out. side and wti*n he emerged from the °lv later the car wa s missing. The second
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    BURGLARY EN SINGAPORE
    31 18 Singapore- Wednesc Twenty-six dollars in cr-h. a wat a cigarette case and two fountain pen were stolen from a house occupitd b European in Cavanagh Road last nil
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    21 18 Mr. L. D Wood. J.P., an unofficial member of the Province Welleslcy Rur. Board, will be going on Home leave shortly.
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    PASSENGER MISSING
    43 19 Singapore, Tuesday. On the arrival of the Muinam at Hongkong from Singapore on Mar. 13, the master of the *hip reported that a Chinese passenger bound for Hoihov was discovered missing whUst the vessel was in the Qulf of Tongking. I
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      2242 19 IIiIIATAII I _B -r- m 11 J »-30 P.m. Light concert 11 50 am. Time signal. Weather l" m«M€»T Cm MM X UniA 120 p.m. News in German. report Operatic music. w W MliltlJllf 13 5 P-m. Light Concert «continued t. 12.20 p.m. Lunch concert by Nirom m —iw■■■■'■■*«aaa*H*M Greetings
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    LEAGUE OF NATIONS MATTERS
    2779 21 CONFERENCE ON TRAFFIC IN WOMEN Gf CHILDREN f HE President of the Monetary and Economic Conference which was oed in London in 1933, and the L .m.aii of the Economic Comiee of that Conference have that an international meeting held to consider the possibility of agreement
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    BRITISH POLICE V. ARAB BANDITS
    428 22 Outing In "Sudden Death Car" Described Jerusalem. A SMALL green limousine, with a driver and four passengers, cruiseslowly in pitch darkness under the beetUng. ove r hanging cliffs of a main Psl<»stir*e hi°hv."v Th" five men 101 l back as comfortably in their seats as
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    24 ISLANDS FOR SALE
    580 22 Extraordinary Variety A LONG ENGLISH \m SCOTTISH COATS "JWEXTY-FOUR island, sale" may be some future historian's most illuminating ment upon 1936. He will probabiy also remark the significant fact that becau 1936 several hundred British lenders were anxious to buy islands of their own, the supply
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    "SPY DRILL"
    116 22 For German Soldiers HH<"' They Go On Ix-ave «U <NV| All German soldiers who at Easter are to have in-- 4;, > fore thev quit the barrack wt» r d oIT spies durinc their 1 An order in an olnei*« states:— "Instruction must t>r ?iv n the beginning
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    JOHORE MURDER INQUIRY
    758 23 pineapple Planter BODY FOUND IN A WEIX Our Own Correspondent) Johcre Bahru, Mar. 22. THi; preliminary inquiry into a most brutal murder which, it is Relieved, was committed in the lon e hut of a pineapple planter named Chye Nee at Kulai on the nigh: of Feb.
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    BUSINESS TRAINING
    204 23 Scheme Of Calcutta University Calcutta. k SCHEME to provide practical trainn ing in trade, business and commerce for its unemployed undergraduates and graduates has been approved by the Senate of Calcutta University. The plan was formulated by Mr. Syamaprasad Mookerjee, the Vice-Chancel-lor, in consultation with prominent business men.
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    BETTING CHARGE FAILS
    256 23 Acquittal In Singapore Case Singapore, Tuesday. JUDGMENT was delivered to-day by Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third Magistrate, in the case in which Lee Yew Ctiye, is charged with using a house in Coleman Street as a common gaming house on Feb. 3, 1937. The prosecution alleged
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    UNEMPLOYED IN CHILE
    112 23 Only 3,500 Throughout The Republic Santiago. Chile. Three years afco the number of unetnoloyed in Chile was approximately 100 000 Now the m'al throughout th« Republic lis onlv 3,500 according to report made by the Inspector General of Labour. "The unemployment problem has ceased to exist." he
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    FOREIGNER'S MISTAKE
    76 23 New York. When Vincent D? Falla was questioned in court on a gun carrying charge his blank stores and shruffs convinced the that De Falla could not speak English. An interpreter was obtained. Through the interpreter De Falla pleaded ignorance nf the charee as well. As he stepped
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    EGYPT A FREE COUNTRY
    203 24 Two Farewell Parties: Selangor Badminton Function: Egypt's First Ambassador To London: Local Chinese Music Broadcast Dr. Hafex Aflfl Pasha I above* Ejypt's filtt Ambassador tc London, has arrived at Victoria Station to take up his duties. Egypt appointed an Ambassador following th < signing of the
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