Malaya Tribune, 8 April 1937

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    39 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXIV.- N* 82. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937 FIVE CENTS- The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Thursday, Apr. 8, 1937. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY APRIL 8, 1937 _hve_
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      135 1 Head The SUiVDA TRIBUNE Dominant i In Malaya 1 The Original primus f% Wither for HEATING and LIGHTING »^-^^P^, or occasional COOKING when it seems unnecessary to iigiit a wood fire the Oriinnal Primus Apparatus has no equal for efficiency and economy. The superior •vorkmanship and materials used in their
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      89 1 Powdered Whole MUk j I r^om,=L° CCAS,ON WHERE PURE M"-X IS I RICH EST KUM, FOR KLIM IS THE P«wrfJ D ND E T COWS Mll -K IN POWDERED ORM ECONOMICAL AND CONVENIENT. j TRY A TIN AND BE CONVINCED I OBTAINABLE AT ALL THE LEADING PROVISION STORES. Distributors:— V
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      9 1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST Try The MOHAIXG TIUBIiVE
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      560 2 "TOBLER" Swiss Chocolates Toblerone" "Hazelnut" "Bema" "Toblerettl" "Amanda" Assorted ln tins etc., etc. These delicious Swiss Chocolates are obtainable at Provision Stores, Calea, Railway Stations, etc., etc. An Interesting Picture Album combined with a "Question Answer" competition is given free of charge when you buy a Tobler Swiss Chocolate. If
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      507 2 RAPID COURSE 1937, NOVEMBER, L.C.C. EXAM. Horning, Afternoon Evening Classes. SHORTHAND (Pitman's or Gregg) BOOK-KEEPING TYPEWRITING. FEES $4.90. tpply: ROYAL INSTITUTE, 189 Cecil St. MISCELLANEOUS FRIGIDAIRE reduces operation costs Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd. FOR SALE—One European Piano, uood condition $175 One used Frigidaire cheap one child's bed complete one chad's
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      744 2 SINGAPORE DIRECTORY COMPANY has started compiling "SINGAPORE DIRECTORY 1938," and all the sections of the public are requested for their kind co-operation by supplying us with complete information about themselves and their activities for publication in the directory free of charge. AUCTION SALE OF SINGAPORE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. At
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      533 2 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the goodwill of the Palace Shoe Store of No. 223, South Bridge Road, Singapore, lately carried on by me the undersigned Kwan Kin Wing ha.s this day been sold to Mr. Woo Lai Kong of No. 28-B, Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore, who will
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      325 2 "YOU PAY TOi LOOK NICT LJ Price $6.00 jS YAMASHITA, Hair Dressing Saloon. 246, Middle Road, Singapore. IDEAL FOR THE RACES 1 17 T PSYCHO RAY BADGE WEAR IT! SELF-TREATMENT OF DISEASE V d WITH MARVELLOUS RESULTS. Trice 53.00 I m m Sole Supplier:— j kgjk- MAX TING SUM, dmt
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      70 2 Freckles Secretly and Quickly Removed! Stillman's Freckle Cream bleaches them out while you sleep. Leaves the skin sort and white—the cum. rlexion fresh, dear and natural, or 37 years thousands of users have endorsed it. So easy to use. The first jar proves its magic trorto. Stillmans Freckle Cream Removes
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES DUTCH SHIPPING LOANS
    354 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES DUTCH SHIPPING LOANS Expected Remission For Companies nPHE financial relief which the Dutch A shipping companies will derive from the possible remission of their obligations to the State for the interest-free advances and laying-up credits granted by "Benas" (State Company for the Protection of the Interests of
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS
    176 3 Heavy Gun Practice This Month Owners and masters of shipping are reQuested to keep their vessels as clear cf the range as possible during toe Heavy Gun Practice, which will take place from the undermentioned Places on the dates stated below commencing at times stated below. A
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    189 3 Arrived in Singapore from N.E.I, by XL.M. plane "PH-AKR" on Apr. 3:—Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Piper. Mr. and Mrs. X W A Beukema Toe Water, Mr. W. Gordon Hall, Mr. R. S. Pilch, Mr. H. E. Thiede, Mr. K. S. Walker. Left Singapore by X.L.M. plane
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      464 3 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA 1». ft 0. S. N. Co.'s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Spore. 1937. RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 SOMALI 6,800 Apr. 10 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr. 23 BANGALORE 6,000 May 3 CORFU 15,000 May 7 NALDERA 16,000 May 21 CARTHAGE 15,000 June 4 BHUTAN 6,100 June 5 BEHAR 6,000
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      41 3 O. S. K. reduced fare to ENGLAND via Africa, returning to Singapore via Suez £103-8-0 Up Fare provides SingaporejAlrica OS.X Cabin Class; Africa England Union Castle 2nd Class; LondonSingapore N.Y.K. 2nd Class. For further particulars, Apply to O.S.K. PASSAGE DEPT., Singapore.
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      674 3 M. B. K. j j I KOKUSAI LINE I i S (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) (Incorporated ln Japan) C For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) t Dae Due Sailing Dae J Penang Spore Spore via New York m s KANO MARU Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 15 June 1
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      432 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LI NTLuxurious One Class Motorships. 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 BORINGIA 27-4 27-4 28-4 30-4 FIONIA 18-5 18-5 19-5 21-5 LALANDIA 8-6 8-6 9-6 11-8
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      566 3 STEAMER SAILINGS &i/J NORDDEUTSCHER mm vL LLOYD NORO (Incorporated <n LLOYD Germany). The undernotcd are the Company'! intended fixtures:— OUTWARD FOR MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA JAPAN Due Spore. )937. s m.s. 'FULDA" omits Singapore Manila, and Japan Ports— calls Hongkong. Shanghai and North China—Due Penang Apr. 29 Due Port
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    COINING CHARGE FAILS
    587 4 Selangor Assizes Acquittal ELEMENT OF DOUBT, SAYS JUDGE (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. QN the ground that there was reasonable doubt whether it was the two accused who were respons.ble for the coining, two Chinese. Tan Boon Hong and Tok Kin, wen. discharged to-day by
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    WORLD TEXTILE PARLEY
    71 4 Japan Opposes 40-Hour Week Reuter. Washington, April 6. DELEGATES of Belgium, Poland and Canada supported the proposal for forty-hour week for the textile industry at to-day's session of the World Textile Conference, but the spokesmen of Japanese employers of the Japanese Government urged that it was more
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    COAL-FIELD AGREEMENT
    64 4 London, April 5. An agreement which will govern conafternoon by the owners' and miners ditions of employment in the Soutl Wales coalfields as from to-day until thf end cf March. 1942 was s:gned thb repiesentatives —British Official Wire less. Dr. R. D Health Officer. Malay *n Medical Service,
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    BRITAIN & HUNGARY
    122 4 BRITAIN HUNGARY Closer Union Being Forged British Official Wireless London, April 7. AT a reception held by the AngloHungaria Society yesterday Lord Londondery said that since its foundation in 1930 the number of visitors from England to Hungary had increased by 100 per cent, Britain had been the eighth or
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    ROYAL ACADEMY
    105 4 10,000 Works In Oils Submitted British Official Wireless London, April 7. SIXTEEN thousand work or art produced during the current year, which were submitted for the examination of the reaction committee for "he Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, ncluded about 10.090 in oils ano of h3Se 1.003 have been
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    6,500 KILLED
    156 4 Britain's Road Toll Last Year Lendon. nURING last year 6,561 people were u killed on the roads of Great Brita n and 227,813 were injured, according to a return just issued by the Home Office. These totals compare with 6,502 killed and 221,726 injured in 1935. The number
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    "PICKWICK" INN FOR THE NATION
    257 4 Dickens Frequented It London. mHE George Inn, Southwark— the nm,. surviving galleried inn in London said to be the setting of "Pickwick p nftion mC thC Ploperty of It has been given to the Nation Trust by the London and North Eas Railway, who have
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    TRAINS COLLIDE
    72 4 Two Morp Accidents In Britain Reuter Wireless. Lcndon. April 0. TWO more railway accidents, ma': 1 six within six days, occurred on the Southern Railway early to-day when an empty electric train collided with a shunting engine near Victoria Station and the driver of the electric trai died
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    40-HOUR WEEK
    66 4 Paris Shops Close On Mondays Reuter Wireless. Paris, April 5. THE forty hour week was Inaugurated with the closing of all retail shop? in Paris to-day with the exception of those privately owned. Parisians had difficulty in finding a barber as Monday is their closing dav in future.
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    LEGATION STATUS
    49 4 Italian Consulate In Dublin Reuter Wireless. Dublin. Arril 6 iT is officially announced that ihe 1 i1 lian Consulate in Dublin has been raised to legation status and Sienor Lodife, now Consul-General, has bee i appointed Minister. The Free State will aopoint a Minister in Rome.—Reuter Wireless.
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    MR. NORMAN DAVIS
    40 4 Reuter Wireless. London. April G It is believed that Mr. Norman Davis's visit to London is connected with Mr. Walter Runcimnn's recent talks in Washington, which reputedly concerned the possibility of an AngloAmerican commercial agreement Reuter Wireless.
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    SWINBURNE CENTENARY
    56 4 British Official Wireless. London. Apr. 7. The centenary of the birth of Alg« i Charles Swinburne is beiiv c memorated by articles in the press, exhibitions and public reading poetry. An exhibition at the Bodlean libran at Oxford will be open for thro.- and includes some of the
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    LORD CLARENDON
    25 4 British Official Wireless London, April 5. Lord Clarendon, the retiring Gover-nor-General of South Africa, arrived at Southampton from Cape Town today.—British Official Wireiess.
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    THE QUEEN
    28 4 British Official Wireless. London, April 5 *vS v en Mary visited Westminster Abbey to-day and inspected the progre. of preparations for the coronation British Official Wireless
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      131 4 A deftly reddened mouth is attractivebut it dots draw attention to your teeth. Make sure that they are white and lovely by using Macleans Peroxide Toothpaste. Macleans contains a special solvent to remove stains so that its sate whitening ingredients can gently but thoroughly cleanse and^^ white** The greatest shaving
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      204 4 2 V l <- k J AS**--* I I Blow HOT I Blow COLD j Blow \OHTEI. EAST, I j SOI TH ar WEST J 1 Way the arrow U P° ints a Place where J is serving with distinction From Canton to Cairo, from Reykjavik to the Cape of
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      290 4 PILES There is no need for us to tell you of the maddening irritation, the day and night torture caused by pile trouble. We tell you that if you only start using Man Zan at once it will stop the terrible pain, soothe and completely heal blind or bleeding piles.
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    AN UNDERSTANDING OF CHINA ROTARY ADDRESS BY OFFICIAL
    1026 5 "MUST ARM" Chinese And British Relations Here Singapore, Wednesday. DX. T. F. HSIAO, a member of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in China, was the speaker at to-day's meeting of the Singapore Kotary Club, which was unusually well-attended, and included a great
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    SIXTY YEARS IN SALVATION ARMY
    425 5 China Commissioner Arrives COMMISSIONER ALFRED J. BEN WELL the leader of the Salvation Army In China, who is passing through Singapore on his way to England, will conduct the meeting at headquarters. 47. Killiney Road, to-night (Thursday) at 8 p.m. Commissioner Benwell was appointed Commissioner
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    SIT-DOWN STRIKES
    70 5 U.S. Senate's Important Decision Reuter Wireless. Washington. April 7. THE Senate has refused to declare sit--1 down strikes illegal by defeating by 48 votes to 36 the amendment to the Guffey—Vinson Bill for stabilisation of the bituminous coal industry which would have this effect. The leaders of the
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    HEALTH OF THE TOWN
    163 5 Statement Of Singapore Municipality THE Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Apr. 3 shows that there were 206 deaths, compared with 200 in the previous week, and with 207 In the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were: Beri-beri 11;
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    CHOLERA VICTIM
    193 5 Funeral Of The Late Mr. Van Haselan Singapore, Wednesday. THE funeral of Mr. Samuel van Haselan who died of cholera on board the Kedah from Penang, yesterday took place to-day. The cortege started from St. John'i Island, and the body was brought to Clifford Pier, where the hearse
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    SOLDIERS CHARGED
    145 5 Alleged Theft Of A Taxi Singapore, Wednesday. TOUR privates of the Middlesex Regi- meat. John Commerford. George Ernest Rawlings. John Patrick Cooke and James Valentine Roberts, wen- this morning produced before Mr W. G Reeves In the Second Police Court and charged with the robbery of a car
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    THE DIVINE WIND
    122 5 Japanese Plane Making Good Time Rangoon. April 7. THE Japanese monoplane Divine Wind passed over the vicinity of Akyab at 3.20 A.M.. according to a radio message received at the airport here from Calcutta. The plane arrived at Calcutta at 11.04 P M. (Calcutta timei and left
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    ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY
    72 5 Singapore, Wednesday. The case came up for mention before Mr. E. C. S. Atkins In the Third Court this morning in which Leong Khim a Cantonese is charged with armed robbery of $500 in cash and $76 worth of jewellery it is alleged, from Tan Chiap Yong
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    MR. H. SHRUBSOLE
    194 5 Farewell Functions At G. H. Cafe Singapore, Wednesday. rpHE G.H. Cafe was the scene of a v pIe sant i un ction this afternoon when the staff of Nestle and AneJoSwiss Milk Products Ltd., assembled" to bid farewell to the Manager Mr H c Shrubsole, who is
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    CROIX DE FEU
    72 5 De La Rocque Denies Charges Reuter Wireless Paris. April 7. TOLONEL De La Rocque. leader of the French Social Party. denied the charge the Croix de Feu had been reconstituted, since 80 per cent, of the members had never belonged to the Croix de Feu De La
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    FOLLOW GANDHI!
    172 5 Advice To Malacca Scholars St. Mary's English School, Malacca, was visited by Mr. P. Kodanda Rac, M.A., secretary of the Servants of India Society, Poona. on Monday and was shown round the school. Mr. Rao then addressed the Literary Association in session. Mr. Rao expressed his pleasure at
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    "MUTE" WEDDING
    122 5 Husband's Divorce Petition Dismissed Colombo. Although he has never exchanged a word with his wife—either before or since their marriage—Mr. William Singho. of Galpotha, a village in Ceylon wants a divorce. "There were times when I longed so hear m y wife to me," he told the judge,
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    25 5 Mr. J. Wishart, Chief Sanitary Inspector and Registrar of Vehicles.' Negri Sembilan. who was away in Hongkon° on short leave, has returned and resumed duties.
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    247 5 New Books For Issue On Saturday WHE undernoted newly added nonA ficlion and fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday:— Wanderings in Yugoslavia, Illustrated. Nora Alexander: Mahatma Gandhi: His own Story, C. F. Andrews; Challenge: Behind the Face of Japan. Illustrated. Upton Close; The Birth of
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    22 5 The marriage of Mr. E. Woulde-Flanagan, of Rantau. to Miss E. FitzgeraldLombard took place at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban, recently.
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      223 5 To Roiuvonato your Artorioi* Start taking VHYUOSAN' TABLETS TO-DAY! A FLYING STANDARD Mine Standard have built an altogether new kind of moderate priced car. STREAMLINED with attractive contours that flow unbroken, with spare wheel partially recessed at rear. FAST—its 4 -cyl. engine, with downdraught carburettor, aluminium cylinder head, 3-bearing crankshaft
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    BUKIT TIMAH RUBBER
    204 6 $28,000 Profit And 5 Per Cent. Dividend BUKIl Timah Rubber Estates, Ltd., report a net profit for the year 1936 (subject to directors' fees) cf $28,693.62. Adding the balance or $8,303.43 brought forward from last account the total is $36,997.05. The directors recommend that this be dealt
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    32 6 The outstanding Four-and-a-Half per J Cent First Mortgage Debenture stock of the Covent Garden Properties Company, amounting to £164.910, will be redeemed at 1021 2 per cent, on Oeto- ber 1 next.
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    445 6 LOXDOX COMMODITIES RUBBER London, Apr. 7. Last Price To-day Change Tone Very Steady Quiet Spot Buyers. 12»/ 2 12 116 —7 16 Sellers 12% 12 3 16 —7 16 May Buyers 12 9,16 12Va 7j16 m Sellers. 12 1116 12 3,16 —V 2 July Sept. Buyers 12
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    LONDON MARKET REVIEW
    886 6 RUBBER PRICE HIGHEST IN NINE YEARS London, March 25. AFTER being extremenly dull and depressed the London Markets put on a brighter appearance the last few days before the Easter Holiday. The Stock Exchange was inclined to disregard the less favourabi! political outlook due to Count Grandi'.s
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    285 6 FRASER COMPANY. UST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, April 3 Total lor Books Cose financial Company Dividend Date Ex. Div. year Payable Data to date TIN. Hong Fatt 5% Final Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 15 15 Johan 2%%'Final Apr. 17 Apr. 24 Apr. 18 17 -> Takuapa 6d. Bonus 6d.
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    CABLE AND WIRELESS (HOLDING), LTD.
    429 6 A Capital Reconstruction Scheme THE Court of Directors of Cable and Wireless (Holding), Ltd., on April I, unanimously approved for submission to Stockholders a scheme of reconstruction, the effect of which may be summarised as follows:— I. That the one and three quarters years arrears
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    Big Rubber Merger Imminent?
    57 6  -  (By Air Mail London, March 22. IT is reported that 17 different rubber companies are to be amalgamated into one large undertaking. Official details may be issued to shareholders this week. The capital of the merger company will amount to over £1,000,000. Considerable economies would be
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      409 6 A. j Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. j I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). I Successors to t i The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited, The Ho Hong Bank Limited and i The Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited. i CAPITAL J Authorised $40,000,000.00. .Issued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. S I HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING,
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      244 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED. MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Capital Fully Paid Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund Yen 132,650,000.00 HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA. BRANCHES at Alexandria. Batavia, Bombay, Berlin, Calcutta. Canton, Dairen. Fengtien, Hamburg, Hankow, Harbin, Honolulu, Hongkong, Hsinking, Karachi, Kobe. London, Los Angeles, Manila, Moji. Nagasaki, Nagoya, New York. Otaru, Osaka,
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1373 7 /s.s«frf by Fraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers MINING rr&ser Co. Lyall ft Seller- Buyer* Tin 65 69 63 69 35 3 36 9 35 35 6 t\ Austral Malay 57 1 40 1.50 1-50 1-65 I Ayer Weng 239 24 Q 25
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    718 7 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday morning. RUBBER Singapore: 41% cts. Market Tone: Steady at decline. London: 12 l ;>d., down 1 L »d. Market Tone: Steady at decline. New York: 24" jet.-., down l' j. cts Market Tone: Steady at close. The heavy shipments from the
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    SHARE AND MONEY MARKETS
    156 7 Confident Tone In Most Sections Reuter Wireless. London, April 5. AN the Stock Exchange a confident tone was displayed in most sections though business was comparatively small. The Continent bought oils and internationals. There were good local support for gilt-edged and &ome industrial specialties, of which
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    85 7 Sporadic Buying And Selling Reuter Wireless. London, April 7. AN the Stock Exchange sporadic buyin? and sell'ng imparted a patchy appearance to the markets and few sections display any definite trend, apart from shippings for which the improvement in the freight position stimulated buying. Ata shares also were
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      284 7 [BANK OF CHINA! (Incorporated in China by Special Charter) i 12, Cecil Street, Singapore. j I Telephones: Manager s Office 6444 J Exchange Dept 6441 t V General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHUNGKUO" 1 I 21 Ch 40,000,000.00 rTtli t c EST m CXCeSS of 3,500 000.00 J rotal approximately
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    94 8 I Australia. New Zealand. Java and I Timor Dilly: Qantas. closing 7pm to-day Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to-day Medan. JaskS. AmsterdamS and Lon- I Satorday Netherlands 12 45 p m •»SS?* <m *s Canto 'Shanghai, 'Kobe zt%iz^ sa imperiai Penang Siam. Burma. India,
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    87 8 Mails expected from Europe etc 'London, by Air (Imperial, to-day Deliveries of boxholders' letters only at 6 p.m to-day and general delivery of •fS at 84J am to-morrow Mails expected from Euiope et.Amsterdam* by Air .Netherlands) to"-' i PmZZ*** of letteronly at 7.30 p.m. to-day and general "vHS?
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
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    FORWARD SALE OF RUBBER
    55 8 n2?»L*£H5 Rubber Estate, Ltd advises the following forward sal*> nt ber made on behalf of the company" rnnti 011 1 h ondon ribbed s neet to be delivered in earn.l SeTemb y er lOte l 9 °3V 0 ft£ uecemDer. 1938. loose into buvm l godown,
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    20 8 An Appraisers Licence for the Settlement of Singapore has been granted to Mr. Reginald S. Potger. Licensed Surveyor. Union Buildine
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    JERAM KUANTAN RUBBER
    677 8 Ten Per Cent. Dividend Declared Singapore, Wednesday. A DIVIDEND of 10 per cent, was declared at the 25th. Ordinary General Meeting of the Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd.. held at the registered office of the Company Chartered Bank Chambers to-day. Those present were: Mr. H. C. AtkinBerry
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    UNITED CHINESE BANK
    542 8 Net Profit In 1936 $48,000 THE second annual general meetm.. The United Chinese Rant r 0 was held at its (old No. 31-Ai, Chulia Street j £iA B »S' 2> on Tuesday. Mr. Chionh Ke Hun? and those present were: Messrs Soo, Lim Kian Beng, Pang Che
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    25 8 Letter acceptance or the offer for i r Bnd share, 5l P 2J!5? M j!mlted havr> been posted, shortly 0 r0 CXP:C? d l bC2i;i
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      234 8 MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL 4 !!f— __r1 .N Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. J Dinner and Dance (formal) 9.45 to midnight. NINA and VLADIMIR j CONTINENTAL DANCERS NON-DINERS $1.00 s i j RAFFLES BRASSERIE B ™l% sm j POPULAR GRILL FOR I AFTERNOON TEAS j j CONTINENTAL DISHES A SPECIALITY
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      118 8 or/ou ore I THIN mIX^X m weak P'GVr^ run-down condition? ■V? SnSSffi vo„ ie lth r thlough n °s lect Powers are FTf Ste 'I? 0r all to P ie ces. take SanutafeT fp?fl, at J er JIW others you have tried before. Mr/M tiomng ceils and ?S? 2S? ld,
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      398 8 •> [postal intelligence I I 1 STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES TO-DAY Hoihow PE DA— AND TIMi Aden (Parcel Mail) fStol. Apr 8 2 P m India:_ East and North Karaanl* A Pr 8 2 30 P- m India South £Eff ta Apnl 8 3 P- m Burma Kara Lola 8 3
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    675 9 THE S.S.A. What Is A Confidential fommunication? To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir—A few weeks ago I wrote you '"it the proposal of the Presideni of Straits Settlements (Singapore) iciation that the Association should dissolved and that a new European ti.sh Association should be
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    The Editor of the Malaya Tribune
    176 9 i As a member of the Straits 1 it nt.s «Singapore) Association for e a number of years I have read interest the letters appearing in>"ir newspaper regarding the suggesof the President of the S.S. -apore) Association that the Asso- n should be done
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    SPECIAL AREAS
    105 9 Armament Orders Help Unemployed British Official Wireless. London, April 7. IN the House of Commons last night, in C moving a second reading of tne Government's Special Areas Bill the UnderSecretary for Scotland said that in the past month armament orders given to the special areas had increased
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    BELGIUM'S DESIRE
    84 9 Release From toearno Obligations British Official Wireless. London, April 7. IT is understood that in response to Belgium's desire to be released from the Locarno commitments, negotiations have been proceeding between Paris and London and it has besn found there is no difference in principle between the vietfs
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    21 9 Mr. and Mrs. J. Wishart are expected to return to Teluk Anson this week from Hongkong where they spent their holiday.
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST
    392 9 $316 Charge Against A Malay Singapore, Wednesday. rpHAMBY Kitchy a Malay appeared before Mr. E. C. S. Adkins in the Second Court to-day on a charge of alleged criminal breach of trust m respect of $316.68 belonging to Mohamed Noor between May 7 and 19, 1936.
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    NEW UNIFORMS
    113 9 "Terriers*" Kit For Coronation Reuter Wireless. London, April 7. HIS Majesty has finally approved of the uniforms which the Regular Army and Territorials will wear at the Coronation. In a room in Buckingham Palace he inspected six officers and six other ranks from different regiments and decided on
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    ITALIAN NAVY
    46 9 New Estimates Show Big Increase Rome, April 7. ITALIAN naval er:tima*es for 1927 8 show an increase of 218 00C OCO lire, according to the report sub:nlt*ed to the r, b*TOb° r of I>^ll*.:"the b°ln<? 1X57 million lire compared with 16J9 million ft*- .wAwW*
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    PRINCESS JULIANA
    27 9 Reuter. Paris. April 7. Princess Juliana and ttrnci! Lernfcurd returned to The to-day a three months' honeymoon trip in Poland, Austria and the Riviera Reuter.
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    THE RICKSHA PARADE
    597 9 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir. —I least expected a controversy on the above subject through the columns of the Malaya Tribune, which paper had not cared to publisn even one-fifth part of my letter and the Editor had used his own discretion in calling
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    EMPLOYEE'S SUIT DISMISSED
    567 11 Judge Not Satisfied MALICE CHARGE UNPROVED f Singapore, Wednesday. action for damages for mali-1 cious arrears of salary and for a month's salary in lieu of notice, brought by A. P. Scully a former employee of C. M. Lee, against his employer, was dismissed with costs by
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    CONVICTION NOT JUSTIFIED
    392 11 Liquor Dealer's Appeal Succeeds Singapore, Wednesday. PIVING judgment in the High Court 2 «,i^" da y' tne Chic Justice, Mr. P. A. McElwaine allowed the appeal of Chiah Tian a licensed liquor dealer against conviction and sentence of having in his possession or control dutiable liquor In
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    TELEVISION OF CORONATION
    35 11 British Official Wireless. London. April 7. It Is announced that BBC hope to televise coronation procession on its return journey from Westminster Abbey. A running commentary will accompany the broadcast.—British Official Wireless.
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    'SUBSCRIPTIONS' TO POLICE
    617 11 Alleged Extortion Case LORRY DRIVERS BUY FREEDOM (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. ALLEGATIONS that "monthly subscriptions" had been paid 'by Kepong lorry drivers to the policj with resultant immunity from prosecutions under the vehicles enactment, were made during the hearing before Mr. C. H. Dakers
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    36 11 Mrs. Sutherland Graeme, who since her return from a trip to Japan has been staying in Kuala Lumpur, has left for Europe by the Erria. Miss Graeme expects to go home towards the end of May.
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    40 11 Mr. H. C. Pinching, planting adviser and well known estate visiting agent for Kennedy Burkill and Co., Ltd.. Penang, was at Segari, Dindings and Sitiawan recently. It is understood that he will leave for Shanghai during this week on business.
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    45 11 His Excellency the High Commissioner has been pleased to accept the resignation of their commissions in the F. M.S.V.F. by the following officersCapt. H. C. Willan. MC. Capt. J. S. Maepherson; Lt. (Act. Capt.) F. W. WalkerrßTC., and Lt. (acting Capt i G. W. Somerville.
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    U. S. SECURITIES
    80 11 Britain Biggest Buyer In 1936 Reuter Wireless. i London April 7 TREAT Britain in 1936. bought $218 000--«000 worth of American securities Switzerland, the Netherlands and France f*****5 -99 0 -?°0. $107,000,0C0 and $14,000,000 respectively. These figures are taken from data compUfd.by the U.S. Treasury, which show
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    THE NEED FOR THE S.S.A.
    809 12 JN our issue of March 12th we referred to a strange suggestion said to have been made in connection with the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. The suggestion, which, according to a letter from a correspondent which we published, came from the president himself, was that
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    H.H. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE
    57 12 Farewell Function This Evening THERE will be a dance at the Royai johore International Club this evening (Thursday), starting at 9 p.m., as a farewell to His Highness the Sultan. His Highness sails for Europe to-morrow by 'the Johan van Oldenbarneveldt in order to attend
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    THE CORONATION
    81 12 King Invites Workers To Attend Reuter Wireless. London. Apr. 7. rmark His Majesty's interest in the industrial areas, the King, through the Industrial Welfare Society, has invited four workpeople to attend the Coronation service. They are a Scottish woman weaver, a South Wales tinplate worker, a girl employed
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    "FLYING DUCHESS"
    68 12 Duke Sends Cheque To R.A.F. Fund London, April 7. THE Duke of Bedford has sent cheque of £1.000 for the Royal Air Force units in search for the aircratt piloted by the late Duchess of Bedford. The Air Council acknowledging the cheque states that the whole Service profoundly
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    20 12 Mr. P. H. Romney, assistant editor, "The Malay Mail." was in Singapore last week en route for home on leave.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Air Mail To U.S.A.
    206 12 NOTES COMMENTS Air Mail To U.S.A. DV the extension of the Pan-American service from Manila to Hongkong the remaining link has been forged in aerial services so far as the Pacific route is concerned. A trans-Atlantic service has still to come, but that is only a matter of time. Meanwhile
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    Singapore To Hongkong
    175 12 rpHE establishment of the PaiAmerican service across the Pacific emphasises the value of the connection which Imperial Airways made between Penang and Hongkong. That service has been a success from the start, both from the point of view of passengers and mail. From Singapore, the passenger goes
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    Cameron Highlands
    182 12 IT is interesting to learn, from the minutes of the annual genera: meeting of the Cameron Highlands Society held recently, that a Government medical officer now pays a monthly visit to Renglet and Tanah Rata, the two largest towns In Ifalaj newest hill station area. Ever since the
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    Progress Made
    227 12 AUITE remarkable progress has beer. made with regard to the opening up of and settlement around the area, and another satisfactory factor. ?,c from the health point of view, is rework on the proposed army sanatoriun. has been begun. Cameron Higlands is ideally situatec and invariably boasts of
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    271 12  -  By "Looker On" "JS there any truth in the saying th?.t when a dog howls at night, trouble may be expected?" asks a correspondent. Yes, for the dog. A A A A Some people never let their right hand know what their left hand is doing.
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    SHIPPING WAR: JAPAN WILL NOT NEGOTIATE INDIA'S REQUEST FOR PARLEY
    215 13 "COMPLETELY UNYIELDING" REFUSAL TO SEND DELEGATES TO ENGLAND Tokyo, Apr. 8. JAPANESE newspapers feature a report that the Indian Ministry of Commerce has formally proposed to the Jauane.se Foreign Office the opening of a conference for adjustment of Indian freight
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    INCREASING DOMINATION
    251 13 IT was reported a few weeks ago thai the Imperial Shipping Committee was pursuing inquiries in Singapore to obtain data in regard to freight rates generally and especially between Malaya and India. The information was required for the British Empire Shipping Conference which is to meet in London
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    BRITISH SHIP FIRES ON PLANE
    123 13 SPANISH INSURGENTS DROP BOMBS Reuter. London, Apr. 7. IN the House of Commons Sir Samuel Hoare announced that H.M.S. Gallant, while proceeding between Valencia and Alicante yesterday was twice abortively atta ked by an aircraft belonging to the Spanish insurgents, presumably aving been mistaken for
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    SEE-SAW BATTLE CONTINUES
    815 13 Reuter Wireless. Londcn. Apr. 7. A SHOT was fired yesterday by the Spanish insurgent erusier Almirast Cervera which hit the bews of the British cargo steamer Thorpehall, carrying a cargo of food to Bilbao. In accordanc? with tha routine followed when a British vessel is interfered with,
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    FORD DEFIES UNION
    407 13 U. S. STRIKES Chrysler Dispute Settled Reuter. Lansing (Michigan), Apr. 7. THL Chrysler strike has been settled. Under the strike settlement agreement the Chrysler Corporation recognises the Union of Automobile Workers as a collective bargaining agency for its members. The union has pledged net to call or
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    WRONG ATTITUDE OF STRIKERS
    223 13 American Capitalist Interviewed Singapore. Thursday. THAT there appeared little hope of eradicating the strike danger in America and that misinterpretation of President Roosevelt's policy was partly to blame for the present "holdups in the motor and shipping industries in the U.S.A.. were opinions expressed to a
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    MORRO CASTLE FIRE
    85 13 Verdict Reversed PRISON SENTENCES SET ASIDE Reuter. New York, Apr. 8. JWE United States Circuit Court of Appeals ha.s unanimously ro versed the trial court decisions which found, acting Captain Wi l am Warms and Chief Engineer Ebens Abbott, of the Morro Castle, guilty of negli- gence
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    CIVIL LIST
    30 13 British Official Wireless. London. Ap:il 8 The first meeting of the select b mittee on the Civil List, postponed from before Easter, will be held to-morrow-British Official Wireless.
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    TWO DROWNED IN SUNK SHIP
    73 13 Collision In Fog In Irish Sea British Official Wireless. T__ London, Apr. 8. ML lives of the captain and one fireman were lost and 351 cattle were drowned when the Lairdsmoor. of the Burns and Laird line, on a night voyage from Dublin to Glasgow,
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    JAPAN'S POLICY MISGUIDED
    162 13 Significant Admission TRADE MISSION'S RETURN Sin chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Apr. 8. returning to Japan from China, Mr. Kodama, head of thi Japanese Economic Mission, was busy interviewing leading financier.-, and industrialists in connection with j the readjustment of Sino-Japanese I relations. He will submit concrete proposals
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    ESTATE DUTY 40 PER CENT!
    32 13 British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 8. Lady Houston, who died last December, left estate valued at £1.528.083. Estate duty amounting to £G90.921 has been paid.—British Official Wireless.
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    POST OFFICE PLANS
    26 13 British Official Wireless. London. Aor. 8. The building programme of the Post Office this year will involve the expenditure of £2.ooo.ooo.—British Official .'neless.
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    Speculators Rush To Sell Rubber FINANCIAL PANIC IN LONDON
    200 13 U.S. POLICY Refusal To Accept Gold? Reuter. London, Apr. 7; DANIC spread in the financial circles of London and the Continent following the receipt of a report.. from New York that United States banks have informed their London agents that they
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    "DIVINE WIND"
    43 13 Expected To Reach London To-morrow Reuter. Karachi, Apr. 8 THE Japanese monoplane Divine Wind, which hepped oft" at 5.45 a.m. for and which is trying to establish a Tokyo-London flight record, Basra, is expected to reach Croydon on Friday at noon.—Reuter.
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    MALAYAN RUBBER WORKERS' WAGES DISCUSSED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
    179 14 "PARTICULARLY LOW" LABOUR CRITICS OF PLANTING "MONOPOLY" Reuter. London, Apr. 8. IN the House of Commons last night the wages of rubber workers in Malaya was mentioned by Mr. W. T. Kelly (Lab., Rachdale). The Secretary for the Colonies, Mr.
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    GARBO PICTURE AT PAVILION
    308 14 "Camille" Drawing Full Houses AT THE CINEMAS IT was expected that "Camille," the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film drama which was given its Singapore premiere at the Pavilion theatre yesterday, would prove a good box office attraction and these expectations were more than fulfilled, for at both shows the
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    258 14 Uproariously Funny As A Polo Player JOE E. Brown is. a comedian who improves all the time. Good as his early pictures were, they are nothing compared to what he turns out to-day, and quite the best of the bunch is "Polo Joe," which is now to
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    WESTERN PIONEERS
    179 14 Fast Moving Drama At Alhambra k VERY fast and interesting picture opened last night at the Alhambra Theatre. Singapore. "Daniel Boone" is backed with a fine story and a very strong cast. George O'Brien and Heather Angel play the leading roles, and are well supported by John Carradine
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    LOCAL WEDDING
    184 14 Miss 0. Lang And Mr. C, W. Warren A PRETTY wedding was solemnised at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday when Miss Olga Lang became the bride of Mr. Claud William Warren, of the Commercial Assurance Co.. Ltd., Singapore. The Rev. Father Maury officiated. The bride, who
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    LONDON CITY AND GUILDS EXAMINATIONS
    77 14 IT is notified that the dates and times 1 for London City Guilds examinations have been arranged as follows: Practical Plumbing.—April 17 and 24, 2.30 p.m. Electrical Engineering (DC.).—April 26. 2 p.m. Plumbers' Work (written).—April 26, 2 Machine Design (Grade I).—April 27, 8-30 a.m. a
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    WOMANS' BODY IN STREAM
    342 14 MURDER TRIAL "Evidence Purely Circumstantial" (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. PLEADING innocence of the crime, Chan Hooi Yong, a 19-year-old Chinese youth, claimed trial on a charge of murder before Mr. Justice R. C. Cussen, at the Selangor Assizes to-day. Raja Musa, acting D.L.A..
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    COUNTER ASSAULT
    65 14 Singapore. Thursday. As a result of an Indian assaulting her five-year-old son, a Chinese woman in retaliation assaulted the Indian. The alleged incident is said to have occurred in Kampong Bahru yesterday morninc The boy received contusions over left cheek while the Indian sustained a contused wound on
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    ALLEGED ATTACK ON F.M.S.R. OFFICIAL
    155 14 TAMIL CHARGED AT KUALA LUMPUR (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, April 7. A SEQUEL to yesterday's alleged attack on a European official of the F.M.S. Railways *«ook place in the police court this morning, where Palani, stated to be a gateman employed by the
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    BASQUES HOLD OUT
    142 14 German Planes Used Against Them Reuter. St. Jean Deluz, April 8. YESTERDAY'S insurgent attack on the Basque front was the strongest yet launched, according to Basque defenders, who declare that thirty German bombing planes continually rained high explosives on their lines but thaf the Basque militia held
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    CHINA APPOINTMENTS
    80 14 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. Apr. 8. The Central Political Council, presided by Mr. Wang Cheng Wti held a meeting yesterday and confirmed th e following appointments:— (1) Mr. Wu Teh Cheng, as Provincial Chairman of Kwangtung. (2) Mr. Kuo Tai Chi, as China's representative at the League
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    COAL INDUSTRY
    46 14 British Official Wireless. I/ondon, Apr. 8 The coal industry i.s beginning to enjoy its share of prosperity, which returned .sooner to other industries. It is calculated that wages paid to miners in 1936 totalled £94.190,149. compared with £85.284,004 in the previous year--British Official Wireless.
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    Five Killed In Landslide On Tin Mine COOLIES BURIED IN MUD
    281 14 NINE INJURED No Escape From Disaster (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. FIVE victims were claimed by a landslide which occurred at a mine at Kepong, 14 miles from Kuala Lumpur, this morning. Nine ovhers were injured,
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    CORRESPONDENCE
    19 14 Letters to the editor regarding the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association and the "Ricksha Parade" appear on Page 9.
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    STATISTICS OF SUGAR
    141 14 Conference To Approve Them British Official Wireless. London. Apiil °> THE bureau of the International Sugar Conference met this afternoon and heard the report from Doctor Sachs oi Poland on the work done by the committee of statistical experts at his first meeting. "This committee examined errata
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    GIRL POISONED
    45 14 Singapore. Thurso \v A Chinese Kir] who is alleged to ha taken a solution of caustic soda in a nouse in Hokien Street yesterday afternoon was taken to the General Hospi\»: in a semi-conscious condition. She had burns over the tongue and lips
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    NAVAL BASE MUST BE STRONG
    281 15 IN SINGAPORE Admiral Fullerton Here Singapore, Wednesday. THE longer you live and the more you see of things, the plainer it becomes that you cannot exist without strong and reliable naval protection." This was the comment on the Sinua pore Naval Base, of Admiral Fullerton.
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    PIANO RECITAL AT DUTCH CLUB
    347 15 Mr. de Haan And Mrs. Lorna Barnes Singapore. Thursday IT is a pity that the Memorial Hall which is undergoing renovations, was not available for Mr. Francois de Haan, the Dutch pianist who gave a recital at the Hollandsche Club last, night. The Colonial Secretary
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    572 15 AN INVITATION Col. Sleeman Back Here Singapore, Tuesday. IN the near future. St. John Ambulance Brigade units will most likely be established throughout Malaya, in all the principal towns. Dr. J. S. Webster, Government Radiologist, it is understood, will be in charge
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    NAVAL GUNS
    69 15 No Action By Britain At Present British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 8. A FTER informing the Commons at question time to-day that the Japanese Government had declined on March 27 to accept the fourteen-inch gun limitation for future capital ships, Mr Anthony Eden stated there was no intention
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    SIAIM'S CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
    72 15 Reduction In Number Of Deaths (From Our Own Correspondent l Bangkok. Apr. 7. rE latest cholera figures throughout the Kingdom for the weekending March 27 reveal 480 ~'ases and 337 deaths; and for the weekending April 3. 440 oases and 293 deaths. ln Bangkok during the same
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    M. C. C. CRICKET COACHES FOR MALAYA? SUGGESTION OF SIR J. CAHN
    248 16 VISITORS ENTERTAINED DINNER PARTIES IN IPOH AND PENANG Penang, Thursday. DURING the course of a speech he made in Penang last night Sir Julien Cahn suggested that one way of improving the standard of cricket in Malaya was
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    IPOH FUNCTION
    553 16 M.C.C. Will Be Asked To Send A Team THE Hon. Mr. G. E. Cator, British 1 Resident. Perak. presided at a dinner given in the Ipoh Club on Monday night by the Perak Cricket Association to Sir Julien Cahn's Cricket team. There was a very large number of
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    ISLAND CLUB
    222 16 Draw In Colonial Cup Competition THE draw for the Colonial Cups (two ball foursome match play, on handicaps, over 18 holes), the first round of which is to be played off on Saturday and Sunday is as follows: S. F. Ho and A. B. Lim, B. A. Mali
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    BILLIARDS RECORDS
    85 16 Kingsley Kennerley Beats Title-Holder Reuter. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 8. AT Burrcughes Hall. London to-day in English amaieur billiards championship final, Kingsley Kennerley, the t years old Birmingham Engineer beat tne holder Joe Thompson of Workington by 4.703 to 3,633 points. Kennerley's aggregate is a record.
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    94 16 Louis To Meet Schmeling, Baer Or Farr Mr. Syd Hulls, matchmaker of HarAvens, announced to-day that Jo<* Louis, the Detroit negro, would definitely tight Schmeling, Baer or Farr at the White City Stadium on July 30, says a UmVed Press message dated April 1. 'Louis has accepted our
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    Y.M.C.A. FOOTBALL
    48 16 V.M.C.A. team v. Municipal Health Department to-morrow at the Farrer Park ground: G. Ferguson, K. Leembruggen, N. Jackson, Kwee Thiam Teck, G. Day, W. Bates,. P. Swyny, Kam Gim Hock, Lim Kirn Wee, R. Medland and Lim Bah Song. Reserves:—V. N. Pillay and Thong Sing Ching.
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    Y.M.C.A. Hold Chinese To A Draw
    420 16 Third Division Soccer ĕ Singapore, Thursday. LEAGUE points were shared by the Y.M.C.A. and the S.C.F.A. III in (heir Third Division encounter at Anscn Road yesterday, the final score being 1—1. The Chinese led by one goal until the closing stages of the game
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    412 16 St. Joseph's Severely Trounced In their match ai Hong Lira Green cn Saturday, the S.C.R.C. beat St. Joseph's Institution by four wlcke's and 117 runs, scores: S.J.I.: B. Scheerder c Kee Choe b -wee Law 4; W. Galistan b Swee Keng 11: A. c Yew Wee b Swee
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    ROUGH PLAY MARS DIV. II MATCH
    578 16 MARCHING ORDERS FOR MILITARY PLAYER Singapore, Thursday. OOMK excellent soccer was served up on the Singapore Harbour Board Ground yesterday when Fort Canning, XI, met the Indian Association a Second Division League fixture and won by 2—l. Fort Canning were much the superior team
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    JOHORE SOCCER
    163 16 League Season Opens Johore Bahru April,7. The first match in the Johore Bahru District Football League was played yesterday evening on the Istana Padang in a heavy downpour of rain. Conditions were very bad, the ground being water logged :n many parts but the match was played to
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    CRICKET TEAMS
    262 16 S.CR.C. team on Saturday v. Qi. 1 Andrew's Old Bnvs a f 2 n.m RMvLim Green: Evan Wong, Khoo Ten:: Kiat. Ong Swee Keng. Ong Swee Lav" Shim K.'ih Foo. Low Kep Pow Yew WeTay, Goh Keng Swee, Tan Huck Wan tfeo Geo Lee, Low Kee Chee. S.CR.C
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    RYDER CUP
    55 16 Hagvn As Non-Playing Captain Reuter. New York, Apr. 8. Gene Sarazen, Slute, Manero, Horton Smith, Ficard and Revolta have been selected for the Ryder Cup matches at Southport on June 29-30. Walter Hagen is non-playing captain, and the remaining four places in the side will be filled after
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    Y.M.C.A. SPORTS
    69 16 Entry forms for the twelfth annual handicap swimming carnival which will be held on Saturday, Apr. 24 ar2 now ready and entries close on Apr. 14. Entries for the V.M.C.A. tabk tennis championship will close en Saturday next. In connection with the V.M.C.A. championship tennis tournament the Comm
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    78 16 Tiei: in tha iifayflower BP tournament on Saturday and Sunday: Saturday: Been Hai v. Chim Bock, Lerig B;on v. Yong Kian, Eng Hee v Ens Liat Thiam Kirn v. Pau Soiv:. Lrliang Tian v. Tiong Hin, Xi::: L2e Cheng Hce. Sunday: Tommy Ngo v. William Funk. Chtt&g Tee
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    SOCIAL A.P. SOCCER
    67 16 Eoctoi Ath'etic Party at football vs. the City H gh School at the S.C.F.A. ground: Koh Chye Tuari. I mmy Wee, Fco Kia Sai; lan Buck Seah, Lim Cheng Poh (Capt i, Krh Ah Lck; Lean Chap Lian, Ong Swee Hock. Soh Kirn Swee, Ang Chong Bian,
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    Champions And Challengers Ready For The Fray TO-MORROW'S TWO TITLE FIGHTS
    356 17  -  RIVERS QUIETLY CONFIDENTFRISCO COCKSURE (BY “K.O.” Singapore, Thursday. HOLDERS and challengers in tomorrow, title battles ceased hard training yesterday.. .Al Rivers finished up with six hard rounds with Young Johnson and a couple of minutes of shadow boxing, whilst
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    S.C.C. v. S.R.C.
    108 17 Two-Day Cricket Match At Week-End I THE first important two-day first at tne S.C.C. will be played on Saturday and Sunday between the Padang m and 11 arr respectively The S.R.C. team will beF Chopard. P. d'Almeida W M Balhetchet. H. R. Bartels G C Ross £°ss,
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    BADMINTON FRIENDLY
    99 17 Ectipsc Beat Acme By Five To Two Acme Bp on Sunday »S at the latter s court by 5 games ia tasty* Eclipse Payers mentioned Singles: Scow Thiam Kirn lost to Douglas Chew by I—ls and 4—15 George Wan beat Quek chip Jian by Bdly See by 15—7
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    TABLE TENNIS FRIENDLY
    290 17 August Badminton Part- beat t.h" ese Chin Woo Athletic Association Th/'. 7 lcl:cilv table tennis match on lhui oav a: (he letter's pi-m.ses by o to 2. The ment interesting wen ol the evening was between Yeo X iq Hal ol the A.B.P. and L-ok Pai «»n
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    S.R.C. FOOTBALL
    45 17 on XI vs Social Athletic Party jn Monday at S.R.C: C. Alphonso. C.f.n.o hl T e V A B CoUick, R. Barth. W. F. 2 es H A. Savage. G. Loveday, J. A A M Valberg O Fernanda::. Armstrong, g. Ross, o. Palmer.
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    CUP SEMI-FINALS
    220 17 Lowly Millwall's Gallant Bid For Final rpHE F. A. Cup semi-finals will be Played on April 10. Millwall v. Sunderland. West Bromwich v. Preston Thrillers, both of them. Both pretty open-looking, too. And the chances of gallant go-ahead Third Division Millwall making an historic appearance in the Final?
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    WALKING RECORD
    70 17 Feven Miles In 50 Minutes Reuter. London. Apr. 3. On the White City track. Michaelson. of Sweden, won the Amateur Athletic Association's seven miles walk in the world's record time cf 50 minutes 19 15 seconds. Th.' previous record was 50 28-8 10ths. by tr c p.ri isher.
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    BLAKAN MATI CRICKET
    58 17 R. A. 'Blakan Mat it beat St. 1 Andrew's O'd Boy's in a mutch played at Mati on Sunday afternoon. The Old Uovs took first knock and declared at 1H tor five wickets, Arthur Arm trong top-scoring with 70. The Gunners replied with 150 for seven wickets.
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    WASHED OUT
    56 17 Singapore, Thursday. The heavy shower which fell yest«Tday afternoon washed out the cricket match between St. Andrew's School and the Royal Engineers was cancelled. For the same reason, the cricket match between Raffles Institution and the Anglo Chinese School which was to have been played on Raffles Institution
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    INTER-CLUB BILLIARDS
    44 17 J.C.S.A. team vs. the S.C R C. In a friendly match at the J.C.S.A. premises on Sunday ati 11 a.m.: James Lee, Goh Chiang Chuah, A. Ghani. Low Hock Kiat, Tan Bock Lim, C. Albuqueque. Tan Miang Kang and Lim Cheng Ban.
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    J.C.S.A. LAWN TENNIS
    36 17 Members are informed that the J.C.S.A. tennis courts are available for use daily. Entries are invited for the J.C.S.A. 1937 Tournament. Forms are obtainable at the club. The closing date is April 30.
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    SINGAPORE G.C.
    19 17 The first bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for April will be played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon.
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUES
    339 17 Tables Revised To Yesterday LATEST positions of teams in th< S.A.FA. League competitions are:—DIVISION I Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. P R.A. 4 2 1 1 8 2 5 Chinese 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 Police 2 10 13 1 3 R.A.F. 4 12
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    40 17 Y.M.C.A. untitled Department team leembrucgen -capt I CVL?w R r s S hlm K^' h Fo Store RhTw hsi arma e B M. Barker. J. B Wiaw, Goh Keng Swee. Tay Yew Wee bSES? B. Four, Receives.--Kow Cnu. Chin Chye.
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    TABLE TENNIS
    351 17 Every Champion Beaten In English Event EVERY title holder \va.s beaten during the course of the English Table Tennis Championship, which conch ded at the Empire Stadium. Wembley. Ehrlich (Poland), the singles holder, wenl out In the quarter-finals to the hard hitting of Jimmie McClure. th. 20--v( ar-old
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    SWIMMING RECORD
    35 17 Reuter. Copenhagen, Aprij 5 i > ..oj.shed a nev? r/Jila r. c rd tai MO bucKstrokt. Ir 5 tn.n H M c I'r.a previous being b-yi. to by Kicinastenbroek at "Liz. i. ivoj. —Renter.
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    Gordon's Make Soccer Debut
    222 17 Game On Padang Yesterday Singapore. Thursday. A SCRATCH soccer team from the Gordon Highlanders, making their debut in local soccer yesterday gave the S.C.C. a hard tussle on the padang, the Club .just manaping tc take the honours by the solitaiy goal scored. The new Regiment
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    HOME SOCCER
    66 17 Results Of Postponed Matches Reuter. London. Apr. 7. Postponed F -gilsh and Scottish League matches played to-day resulted as tel lows: FIRST DIVISION Manchester C. 2 Brentford 1 DIV 111 'SOUTHERNI Luton T. 5 Dillingham 2 DIV. 11l (NORTHERN i Gateshead 0 Lincoln C. 5 SCOTTISH LEAGUE Hamilton
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    P. T. FOR BRITAIN
    133 18 Second Reading Of New Bill British Official Wireless. liundon, April 8 •THE second reading of the Physical 1 Training and Recreation Bill, designed to give effect to the Government scheme for improving the health and physique of the nation, was moved in the Commons by the
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    AVIATION AND MOTORING NOTES SOLO FROM LYMPNE TO CHRISTCHURCH
    2497 18 PILOT'S STORY OF LONG FLIGHT WOWARDS the end *>f last year Mr. L. F. Clark, a New Zealander. decided on a lone flight from Lympne to Christchurch, although he had comoara'ively little flying txpericne- and had never done any night flying
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    THE MILLE MIGLIA
    63 18 Result Of Motoring Classic Reuter. Rome. April o Mille Miglia motor tv.ee W'U by Pintacuds and Mambclli in 14 hours, 17 minutes 32 .seconds at a# average speed of 114.75, kilomcm per hour. Farina and Meazza -vci<' second in 14 hour.- 35 minutes and seconds. The Frenchmen
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    COLMORE TROPHY
    159 18 Outstanding: Performances My Austins The Colmore Tropin' Trial, or?. '111 by the Sutton Co'dtield and Nor n Birmingham Automobile Cluo, ha c co:w< •o rank as one of the most stivr^ 1 and most important events of its ki-u-held in Great Britain. In this year's trial, which attrar*•
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    LOW PETROL COSTS
    136 18 Comparison of petrol prices (which include taxes) in England and European countiies, shows that a great advantage is enjoyed by British motorists, according to figures recently released by Ford Motor Company, Dagenham. Low petrol prices, while not generally realised, explain almost as much as low motor car
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    DELEGATES FOR CORONATION
    328 20 IN SINGAPORE Hongkong Civilians Honoured Singapore, Wednesday. rHE two men who are to represent, by invitation from the Government, Hongkong's civilian population at the Coronation, arrived in Singapore to-day by the Ranchi, on their way to England. Ihey are Mr. S. W. Tso, a former Legislative Councillor
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST
    415 20 Indians And Their Tong-kang-s Singapore, Wednesday A PRELIMINARY inquiry into alle" n tions of criminal breach of tr"wus commenced before the Fifth Ma-is trate Mr. Tan Thoon Lip. to-day tu, well-known Indian Mohammedans t». ing the accused. Kavena Ismail Salib was charged 11 on May 1920
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    CORONATION CHOIR
    217 20 First Combined Practice On April 16 JT has now been decided that the big r^fo* l t hat is bein S formed in BtagaH ke part in the Service of Pre--52 h n£ r tne c °ronation, will also be used on Monday, May 10. during the Ceremony
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    CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' OLD BOYS
    632 21 Second Annual Report Of Association mHE following is the second annual I reDort of the committee of the i Brothers' Old Boys' (Singa.4, Association to be presented to -embers at the annual general meetto D e held at St. Joseph's Institu- on Wednesday. Apr. 14 at
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    NEWFOUNDLAND
    97 21 New Commissioner Appointed British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 7. i''t King has approved the appointf of Mr. J. H. Penson of the Treato be a member of the Commission lie (Government of Newfoundland, ding Mr. E. M. R. Trentham, wh? appointed financial adviser to His ty's Ambassador at Washington.
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    MR. MONTAGU NORMAN
    31 21 British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 7. Montagu Norman was re-elected over nor ol the Bank of England to-day a Mr. B. G. Catterns Deputy Governor. British Official Wireless.
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    LITTLE ENTENTE
    111 21 Communique Welcomed In London British Official Wireless. London, April 5. A COMMUNIQUE issued after the meeting of the Little Entente at Belgrade has been well received in London. The clear re-affirmation of the three countries of their devotion to the principles of the League and the statement of
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    MANY ARRESTS
    93 21 Belgrade Demonstration Agjiinst Fascism Reuter Wireless. Belgrade, Apr. 6. THE visit of President Benesh of Cze- cho-Slovakia to Yugo-Slavia was the signal for a demonstration in which 600 students unfurled great banners inscribed "long live the union of d?mocratic countries" and shouted "down with Fascist Italy" as Dr.
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    APPRENTICE STRIKE
    67 21 Six Thousand Quit Clyde Shipyards Reuter Wireless. London, Apr. 6. ONE thousand apprentices struck work in the John Brown Yard on Clydebank where the sistership to the Queen Mary is under construction, bringing the total of apprentices new involved in the strike for better wages and conditions to
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    SIR JOHN LUSCOMBE DEAD
    43 21 Reuter Wireless. London, April 5 The death is announced of Sir John Henry Luscombe. "Father of Lloyds". He' was an old Rugby international and played for England against Scotland in the first International match ever held in 1B71.—Reuter Wireless.
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    PASSPORT BUREAU
    40 21 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Swatow. April 6. A Passport Bureau was instituted at Swatow on April 3. Its object was to examine the passports of foreigners in order to prevent in influx of undesirables. —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    HONGKONG OFFICIAL HERE
    435 21 Played Cricket Against Malaya Singapore, to-day. A POPULAR sportsman and wellknown Hongkong Government official, Mr. Edward Boys Reed, Superintendent of Crown Lands and Surveys, Public Works Department arrived in Singapore to-day by the Ranchi on his way Home on leave prior to retirement. Mr. Reed arrived in
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    DANISH PREMIER IN LONDON
    53 21 British Official Wireless London, Apr. 7. Herr Stauneng, Danish Prim? Minister who arrives in London to-day on a pr< vate visic extending over three or fo* r days, will meet Foreign Secretary Eden at luncheon to-morrow and it i> expected he will also meet the Prime
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    DISMISSED FROM OFFICE
    134 22 Chinese Ambassador To Austria Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. April 6 IN a mandate issued by the Central I Government, it is confirmed that Mr. Liv Sung Chic. Chinese Ambassador to Austria has been dismissed from It is reported that the finance minis try has petitioned to
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    SCHOOL TEA PARTY
    86 22 Puoils of the Pei Chin School, Jchore. were entertained to a tea party on Saturday, the occasion being "Children's Day." Prizes for physical fitness and general conduct were presented during the evening. Miss Yap Ah Khan winning the former prize and Masters L'n Wen Sian-? and Si
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    POLISH COMPOSER'S DEATH
    52 22 State Funeral To Be Held Reuter Wireless. Warsaw, April 6. STATE funeral is being accorded to the composer M. Szymanowski who oied in Switzerland. The Polonoa Restituta Order has been posthumously conferred on the composer rmd will be placed on his coffin bv the Minister for Education.—
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    CHINA'S CABINET
    241 22 j Six Decisions At Nanking Meeting Shanghai. April 7. 4 T the meeting of the Central Execu tive Yuen in Nanking the following resolutions were passed: (1 The awarding of a Third Class •Poa-ting" Medal to General Li Fu Ying for meritorious sendee in the defence of Suiyuen
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    41 22 Arrivals And Departures In March Arrivals of Indian labourers from Madras Presidency and departures during March were as follows:— Arrivals (State aided): 1,358 adults 263 minors. Arrivals (ordinary deck passengers) 3,069 adults. 306 minors. Departures: 3,460 adults. 226 minors.
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    SHANGHAI CUSTOMS HAUL
    51 22 Shanghai. April 7. The officials and guards of the Shanghai Customs discovered a large consignment of smuggled copper cents outside the Japanese Consulate. This led to a search on the Moya Maru, where another consignment was found. The raid took place just before dawn —Sin Chew Jit
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    27 22 Mr. E. A. Ross, an officer of Class III Malayan Civil Service, has been appointed to act Emigration Commteioner tor Malaya, Madras, Cia.v. iv. Malayan Civil Service,
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    SPANISH-AMERICAN DANCER COMING
    1140 22 LA MERI TO PERFORM AT THE CAPITOL ON APRIL 27 II/1TH a baggage list of seventy trunks and boxes, Mme. La ,\i t the celebrated Spanish-American dancer, will arrive in Siiv a;> u in a few weeks time, and will nuke her first appearance heiv at i
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    2,337 SQUARE YARDS OF CARPET
    226 22 For Use In Westminster At Coronation Glasgow. CARPETS which cost thousands V pounds to make and whose oriu'•;al function will be all over in one day have been exhibited to the trade uv their manufacturers here The carpets are these which will h* used in
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    RAILWAY AIR SERVICES
    85 22 Bigger Route Mileage Planned London. April RAILWAY Air Services will fiy 1.000.0(111 miles this year. The work, whifi: has been increased this year f ro: 10,000 to 12,000 route miles, foll^'closely the scheme recommended by t; Malbury Committee which investigate:, the development of civil flying in Bp
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    KING AND QUEEN AT ABBEY
    52 22 British Official Wireless. London. Apr. 7 The King and Queen were round the alterations in progress Westminster Abbey for the Coronation by (he Earl Marshall to-day. Later the Queen visited a firm oi g smiths in Albemarle Street and Insp the work on her crown.—British
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    45 22 On Saturday at 8 p.m. at the untitled Chinese Church Hall, the local Epwort Leagues wlil hold a Union Social with a view to preparing for the forthcoming Institute In Malacca. All member* an the Bp worth Leagues tn Singapoi and their friends are invited
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    CHINA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
    153 23 Speech By Mr. Wang Chung Hua Shanghai, Apr. 6. mmc wang Chung Hua, Foreign Minis- ter in a statement to the press, says since the settlement of the Chengtu the Pakhoi incidents, the Sinonese negotiations have been temtrily -suspended. fad is that Japan, following th: •tion of
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    ALLEGED CHEATING
    69 23 Tale Of Dishonoured Cheque Singapore, Wednesday. k WELL-DRESSED Straits bonA Chinese Tan Et Kee. was this rnpr-, charged before Mr. W G. Reeves tht Second Magistrate, with crseatrm Le, Mcc Kong by tendering him a checue for $100 made on the Oversea: Chinese Bank which was dishonourec presentation.
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    SOUTH WALES PEACE
    106 23 Owners And Miners Rea:h Agreement London, Apr. 5. Prospects of good relations between coalowners and workers in the South Wiles coalfields for the next four years ■c .rrengthened by the delegate conference of the South Wales Miners Federation deciding at Cardiff to-day to accept the terms of
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    ENGLISH TEA HABIT
    100 23 Helps Students Pass Their Examinations Sarnia, Ontario. The English afternoon tea habit has reread to the Canadian class room According to Professor D.J. Wilson of the University of Western Ontario it he>ps students to pass them examinations. The English custom of serving tea as bracer in the
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    ALARM AT SWATOW
    51 23 Appearance Of Japanese Warships Sin Chew Chit Poh. Swatow, Apr. 8. Seven Japanese warships suddenly mad* an appearance at Swatow yesterday afternoon, without giving previous; notice to the Chinese authorities. The people in Swatow were terror-stricken. The Chinese Government is preparing to lodge a protest.—Sin Chew Chit
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    SALT AND ARMAMENTS
    54 23 >mo Japanese Experiment In Manchuria Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Apr. 5. Using Chung Oriental DevelopTo. and the Manchuria Salt Enterprise Co. are jointly floating capital of $200.000 to experiment on the all beds of Huapei for the purpose of supplying chemical materials to the armament industries
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR
    45 23 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Foochow, Apr. 6. -Sir Hugh Montgomery KnatchbullHugessen, British Ambassador to China, arrived at Foochow yesterday morning and called on Mr. Shen Vi, Provincial chairman of Fukien. They dined together in the Government House at noon. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    AUTONOMOUS REGIME
    43 23 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Apr. 6. By the help of the Japanese banks in Hupei. the circulation of banknotes of the Northern Autonomous Regime is extending over a very much wider area tha n at first anticipated.—Sin Chew Jit Foh.
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    LONDON PEPPER STOCKS
    24 23 Reuter. London, Apr. 5. London pepper stocks on Saturday last u.iic! L 1,738 tons ol white and IW2 tons o| black—Reuter,
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    NOSE FOR BEAUTY
    140 23 Woman's Most Important Feature New York. THE nose—pert, aristocratic, classic or "coy"—is the most important single feature in a woman's face, according to Mr. Arthur O'Neill, a New York photographer of magazine-cover girls. Figure, poise, grace of movement, knowledge of posing and the indefinable "sex appeal," all
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    STATE CONTROL
    32 23 Nationalisation Of Industries In Manchukuo Shanghai, Apr. S. It is reported that Manchukuo is imposing nationalisation of industries. So far nineteen kinds of enterprises have been placed under State control.
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    DEVELOPING SZECHUEN
    58 23 Shanghai. Apr. 6 Mr. Liv Hang Shun, Finance Com missioner of Szechuen, is enlisting the support of the Shanghai financiers to establish a finance company in Szechuen in order to develop the economic resources of the province. It is reported that the capital for the projected scheme, will
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT
    55 23 Singapore, Tu'fsoay. Goh Ah Tian, a Chraese, wrs cnaiged before Mr. W. G. Reeves Itt the Second Court thi>. morning witn voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Sang Kwang Chiang on Mar. 5 in Ciawford Street Pending further inquiry the case was postponed for a week, bail in t!*e
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    U.K. RUBBER STOCKS
    37 23 Reuter. London, Apr. 5. London rubber stocks on Saturday last totalled 21,314 tons, and deliveries 1,736 tons. Stocks of rubber in Liverpool on the same day amounted to 30,265 tons, and deliveries 1,303 tons.—Reuter.
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    WIDESPREAD FAMINE
    37 23 The drought in Kweichow is causir.R widespread famine throughout the province. The local authority is appealing to the Central Government urging the latter to appropriate a sum of $2,000,000 for relief purposes—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    NO MOVE TO REMOVE TRADE BARRIERS
    459 23 Govt. Leaving Initiative To Others London. THE British Government does not intend to take any new steps towards initiating negotiations for a general reduction in tariff barriers, but is leaving other countries to take action. This answer was given by Mr. Baldwin to a
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    PEACE APPEAL
    116 23 Democratic Countries' Collaboration Paris, April 6. AN appeal for th e collaboration of the British Empire, the Unit3d States und France in the interests or world »ac.-» was made in a broadcast speech by M. Francois Detessan. Under-Secre-tary of Stats to M. Blum. He said goodwill of the
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    21 23 The promotion of Staff Sergeant E Preen, Instructor. Malay Regiment, Federated Malay States, to be a Company Sergeant-Major has been approved.
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    22 23 Mr. W. Prantham, Senior Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, South, has been appointed to act as Ass's!ant Adviser. Drainage and Irrigation. Malay States.
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    20 23 Mr. F. H. Allan. Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, has been appointed to act as Senior Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, South.
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