Malaya Tribune, 21 April 1939

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    39 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales VOL XXVI- -No. 94. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Friday, April 21, VXW). The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 FIVE CENTS.
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      184 1 "oassified ADVERTISEMENTS bring you RESULTS for only 3 CENTS per word in this paper IRAOt MAftM I MEUKOW I I /'7a t a; cocmNAc brandy mj^^ Be Sure you get the BEST! So p Agents; j]v WPS. 33A With LUX TOILET SOAP to easy to have a lovely skin the"
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      179 1 DIFFICULT YEARS FOR j CHILDREN It's when children start to shout up suddenly, that they need your special attention. Children who are growing fast often tire easily, get pale, listless and do poorly at school. The trouble is that children have i double job of work to do. They use
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      46 1 MADAME PAGE LATE 92. PICCADILLY, I LONDON. I DRESSMAKER, DESIGNER i TAILORMADES GOWNS FOR ALL OCCASION* IN STOCK. FROM:— j $5« 30. 13 BATTERY ROAD, TEL. 6327. SINGAPORE l J THE FORTH BRIDGE SOLE AGENTS: SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE JOKORE MALACCA NEGRI SEMBILAN WP.S. 8B
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    SINGAPORE AFTER DARK
    69 2 7APITOL: "Stablematcs ALHAM3RA: "Always Gooiibve." PAVILION: "The Gill Downstairs." ROYAL: "Chin Lno Troupe of Shans hai MARLBOROUGH: "Toofan (Hurricane)* Express.'* GARRICK: "The Drum" and Buck d,w^ S ln The Thro "batk" (Western) ROX\ "The Dr Clilkrhou.se." IAPPY WORLD: Cabaret. Sirie Shows cinema, and other at traetions. NEW
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    Homespun Heroism
    42 2 j A little midwestern community is the (background l ot RKO Radio's "A Man Ta Remember." dramatic- story of a rural doctor s courageous career in Se face o Edward Ellis, Ann Shirley nd Lee Bowman ,hare acting honours 3
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    ENTERTAINMENT Broadway's Loss
    32 2 A Man To Remember" RK< Rim featuring Edward Ellj ft Mid Lee Bowman, is Gar screen directorial effort Foi he was associated with Geor :oted New York theatrical pr
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    What The Stars Foretell
    286 2 to-morrow for all READERS. Up to noon apply yourself closely to busine j J airs and neglect nothing kith I 6 ecu possibly be fini. hcd L f no correspondence unan crcd. The afternoon is fai <jn;< bl< J travel, pleasure, ana ao I sport if
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      404 2 steamer sailings. P& C^and BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). i\ ,v o. s. n. co.\s sailings. OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage 9 pore. 1939 Uri I ANA 17 00« Apr 21 RANCHI 17,000 May 5 i BHUTAN 0,100 May ;3 1 BEHAR 6.000 May 14 RANPUHA 17.000 May 19 RAWALPINDI 17,000 June
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      476 2 STEAMER SAILINGS, §NORUDEI TS( tIrJK (Ircorporatcd in Germany). The undnnoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARD, lor MANILA, HONGKONG. &HANGUAI, NORTH CHINA and JAPAN. Due Spore. 1939 TJPPE" omits Manila TsingtaU Dai ten Japan Apr. 2v S m-s. "ELBE" omit Manila Dai:en also calls Bangkok May l HOMEWARD. For HOLLAND
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      488 2 THE HO HONG STEAMSHIP COMPANY (1932) LIMITED. Regular foitnlghtly ..vrvice between Rangoon. Pettang, Por'. Swettenliam, fa ngapore, Hongkong, Amoy. (Kulaugau) and Foochow. Special cheap return tickets to China for short holiday tr.ps. NEXT SAILINGS:— Tor CHINA For RANGOON Hon;; Slang" Apr. 24, 4 p.m. "Hons Pen- Apr. 21 "Hong Peng"
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      155 2 I HAMBURG;. \MERIK.A LIME I i.. j Deutsch- An st ra U«die I Damp'"scruffs Gesellschaf( (Companies incorporated in Germany) I PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE OUTWARD. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI. NORTH J CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS, Due s pore 1939. BJt. HINDENBURG not calling at China Japan ports In port m.s. DUT3BURG via
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      193 2 [DAILY CROSSWORD! I AH SEE CLIJES DO* N CLUES ACROSS: 1. There. Dan' 3. I study tip -anagram*. 2 Twilight. 8. Tennyson wrote these of the King. 4; Larva of a frog 10. It's not very clear. 5. Meadow 11. Stay put. 6. Ur°ed by force 12. Ealing should ue
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    Reuter's Commercial Service
    395 3 LONDON COMMODITIES Xl BBEB Previous JfS** 1 Thursday. Buve-s rd -May. Buyers 7 1516 7 15 lfi Sellers 8 1516 2 -yard (July Sept.) Buyers 8» 8 8' Sellers 8 116 0 ?1R 3rd l ►rward (Oct. Dec.) Buyers 8' 8 f, 16 Sellers B*4 8^ LONDON
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    FRASER AND COMPANY
    141 3 List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Apr. 20. 5 p.m. Companj ni iH Total fOJ Dividend Boom financial n V dose Date Ix. Dtw. yeai r Hitam Tin 2 Vv; Anr II Pa 7, able Dat «0 da* less tax y Pr 24 5% rin *> Apr. 19
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    784 3 Quotations By Fraser And Co. MINING Singapore, Apr. 20, 5 p.m. Owing to disturbed conditions in Europe, a number of these quotations must be regarded as nominal. Fraser and Co. Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin 2 6 3 6 Austral Amal 4 9 53 Austral Malay 43
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    RUBBER
    87 3 AUenby 1.15 1.25 Alor Gajah 0.85 0 95 Amal Malay I.35 145 I Ayer Hitam 0.90 100 Ayer Molek 0.90 100 Ayer Panas 1.00 1.10 Fassett 0.45 0.50 Eatu Lintang 0.90 1 00 Bedford 0.80 0.90 i Benta 0.95 1.00 I Borelli 1.05 1.15xd I Broga 0.60 0.65 Brunei
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    Lyall And Evatt's Share Quotations
    304 3 oiusapore, Apr 20. MINING 'Ampats BU 3 y 3 ers S el Q ler Ayer Hitams !8q J Bangrins l 8 y 199 115 SSSLSr iH Ipoh Tin ijfi JjJ Jelapangg 26- S?J Jelebus 056 OfiS Jonan 023 026 Katu Tin 21 99 Kamunting Tin
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    TIN
    15 3 Singapore, Friday. The price of lin at noon In Singapore to-day was:—--$lll% (up $1%).
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    RUBBER
    18 3 me price or rubber at noon m Singapore to-day was:— Buyers 27 (down i) Sellers 27% (down
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    269 3 0% Maynard sc Co.. Ltd.. 330,000 Int Apr. 30. Oct. 31 W 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: 1% 1901 red. 1940 $442,000 Int. Mar. 31. Sept. 30 .......100 101 norn 1907 red. 19*7 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31. SeDt 30 .106 108 norn 4fc»* 1909 red. 1905 i1.00t.000 Int.
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    FRASER'S DAILY REPORT
    78 3 Singapore, Thursday. Tin at midday was $110 3 8 down 5 8 and the price of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 27 1 4 cents, buyers July September 27 3 8 cents, the market was steady but quiet. Although very little actual bus' n s
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    105 3 London. A uril 20. 1 raris 176 45 64 New York 4.68 Montreal 4.70 1 2 Brussels 27.85 Geneva 20.86 > 4 Amsterdam 8.81 J/ 2 Milan 89 Berlin 11.67 Rio de Janeiro 2 31 32 sellers Copenhagen 22.40 Oslo 19.90 Prague nom. Hclsingfors 226 7 u Madrid
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      33 3 THE EASTERN UNITED I '«ANCI CORPORATION. LIMITED [.J';!,• UAKINi.;, MOTOR VEHICLE, b, V {v PERSONAL ACCI HODMEN'S COMPENSA ,N AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. OFFICE: C ECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. F. W. HALL, General Manager.
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      194 3 I SAVINGS 2/ou to A dollar saved is an extra dollar earned. A Saving Account is the best inducement to save. To have a Savings Account and to see this account grow from time to time is to be a contented person. A Savings Account may be opened with this
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      376 3 HA Mi OF I lIIXA Incorporated in China by Special Charter). 12, Cecil Street, Sin era port Telephones: Manager's Office 6444. Asst. Manager's Office 6442. Exchange Dept. 6441. General Office 5188 a Cable Address: »CHUNGKUO." Paid Up Capital $40,000,000 00 Reserve Funds in Excess of eh. 1 5,200,000 00 Total
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      623 4 »Ml« >M M l, > A H 1 > l -^^l^! Situation* IfaccJit WANTED experienced general new.-, sub.editor for Malayan newspaper in Singapore, well-trained Asiatic prefertf- must br- able i, kindle Renter and haw sound general news sent*. Write In nrst instance giving experience ar.d term, required, lor v three
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      540 4 I .SITUATION WANTED— Young and educated Straits born Chinese, age 23, seeks position of a bin collector or any other .similar job. Can furnish secur^y. I cash or bond. Box No. 411 Malaya Tribune. Singapore. BOOK-KEEPER, TYPIST GOOD CORRESPONDLNT seeks part ume J-.b, morning or evening. Apply Box 388 c
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      649 4 TO LET COMPOUND HOUSE No. 70. Wilkinson Road, partly tarnished, Main Building. 4 b?drooms with bathroom attached, fitting and dining room Outhouses, storey buildinr, Ist floor 4 bedrooms. Ground floor, a large dining room, servants' quarters and garage, electric, water and gas laid. Badminton Court Entry 4th May. Apply Ch.
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      544 4 Dometfic Occurrence ENGAGEMENT. OH—KHOO Tlv engagement is announced between Mr. Oil Kwec Lia.n eldest son of Mr. Mr> Oh Coin Siew and MiSfl Khoo Gel: Ohoo eldest daughter ol the late Mr Khoo Pec* Lock and Mrs. Khoo Pock Lock and a niece of Mr Ong Boom Tat. JP. and
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      437 4 EXOTIC ORCHIDS of many varieties for exchange. Write 12, Jalan Datoh Ipoh. (835FOR SALE Complete Printing Plant, now in working also Photo-Buttons. Out fit Cameras Lenses and Accessories. A;jplv to Retire, 3 Second Cross Street, Malacca. (S3*J ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS AC OR DC. MAINS' Various sizes. QoAtik cheap or let smali
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      495 4 SHERIFFS n IN THE HIGJ l STRA [TS SETTLI SETTLEMENT < c-,« WRIT OF SUZHiE iv 2TfH u</i Suit Me. 0?; uJ IN THE MATTVR 01 DECEAsi J'he BritLh Malaya t** Eaiecutor C Ltd Arnold Maurice p Trustees of th m abovenamed (struct 001 n ed by Order >J Com
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    Monks Make Mischief In Burma: Report Of Committee On Riots
    270 5 Reuter. London, Apr. 20. INCREASING political mischiei-making by the younger Buddhist priests is exposed in the final report of the Burma Riot Inquiry Committee as the conspicuous cause of the "disturbed political condition of Burma after two years of self-Government."
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    Birthday Celebrations
    176 5 Berlin, Apr. 20. IjERR HITLER rose at six this morning, as millions of Germans 1 throughout the Reich and annexed territories prepared to celebrate his fiftieth birthday with pomp and glory befitting an Emperor. Equipped with woollen blankets and parcels of food, hundreds and thousands of people were
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    CHINESE EXCHANGE BROKERS ASSN.
    93 5 j The seventh annual general meeting ol the Enmapore Chinese Exchange Brokers' Association was held recently at the Association premises. 12. South Canal Road, when the following officers were eiectrd for the current year: President. Mr. Seah Mm S:a; vicepresident, Mr. Yeo Toek Kwang; joint hon.
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    51 5 untitled Wednesday-Four Chinese and one Malay. Joon Ttng, Wah 3eng Huat, Prat Lee and Kassim re charged beTor.e Ungku Ismail bin U Rahman, the Batu Pahat Court Magistrate, yesterday for throwing re fu 5 e on the read. All the five accused pleaded guilty and the Magistrate fined each fifty
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    67 5 REPORTED to have been knocked down by a motcr car at the I mile, Upper Thomscn Road (formely 1 Selctar Roadn a 10-year-old Chinese girl was taken in an ambulance with fracture cf the left shin bone, to the General Hospital, yesterday. Knocked down by a bicycle hi Duxton Road
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    Postman Gaoled For Theft Letter
    136 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Apr. 20. A POSTMAN employed at the Batu J\ Gajah Post Office. Chong Yok Sam was on Monday charged in the Pcrak Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice C. M. Murray Aynsley with the theft of letter containing 30
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    IPOH CLUB TO BE CONVERTED INTO OLD ENGLISH "CASTLE"
    190 5 iFrom Oz/r Chen Reporter) Ipoh, Apr. 20. AN eld fashioned English castle of <h" medieval period, with all the appropriate fittings and decorations, including probably two knights in full armour, guarding the entrance tc the castle, will be "built" in the
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    REV. JAMES BISHOP
    30 5 THE Rev. James Bishop, Principal of the South India Bible Institute Bangalore, will speak at the Faya Lebar Epworth League devotional meeting at F. p.m. to-day (Friday).
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    CHINESE CLOSING IN ON CANTON
    371 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Hongkong, Apr. 1! \yHILE Chinese reports claimed that Chinese troops have advanced as far as Ta-In just a few miles north of the Shckcheng arsenal within striking distance from Canton, it is learned here that the Japanese will make every effort
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    PRISON OFFICIAL IN FATAL ACCIDENT
    748 5 Negligent Driving Charge Follows IT Singapore, Thursday. BR. i redbrick James Fuller, a Prison officer employed by the Johore Government, was to-day charged with causing the death of a Chinese female Koh Toh, his amuh, by negligent 'Jriving, not amounting to culpable homicide, at the
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    Y.W.C.A. NEWS
    111 5 I weekly class in conversational German will commence on Tuesday, Apr. 25 at the Y.W.C.A., Raffled Quay, at 5.30 p.m. This class nas vacancies for further students, and I is an opportunity to prepare for the j trip abroad or to take up a cultural 1 interest. i
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    Beginners' Malay
    114 5 I In order to enable newcomers to the country to acquire a knowledge of Malay sufficient for every day use an evening beginners' malay class will commence on Thursday, Apr. 27 from 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. for a term of ten weeks. The class will be open
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    Germans To Build Turks' Naval Base
    67 5 Reuter Ankara, Apr. 20: After keen competition with Britbh and Dutch firms, a German group obtained the contract from the Turkish Government for construction of an up-to-date Turkish Naval Base at Gueldjuk on Gulfismid. involving expenditure of nearly 12 1 millions. The Dutch concern
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      331 5 GREAT WORLD CABARET NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVFN that new ipc.ns will be i sued by th j Cabaret on ar.d after thr May 1939, that old h ere acceptable at pre- be accepted after the 30»h patrons are zequested to coupons for new ones be April. 1939 19th day of
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      247 5 J __f^ His First Tooth When baby pets his first tooth it is quite an event. But teething time is hard on infants, and is a period of trial lor parents, too. A means of helping baby at this time winch has be?n endorsed by thousands of par^n.'> i- by
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      24 5 THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS No. 64, Chulia Street, 'Phone No. 7755. General Auctioneers, Commission Agents, Etc., Etc. The Organisation For Prompt, Courteous And Efficient Service*
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    More British Army Reforms: Drive For 100,000 Nurses
    194 6 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 20. WHILE EUROPEAN CAPITALS HUM WITH DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY, BRITAIN IS MAKING RAPID PROGRESS IN HER NATIONAL DEFENCE CAMPAIGN. THE WAR OFFICE TO-DAY INTRODUCED TWO ARMY REFORMS. The first reduces the period of foreign service to four instead of six
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    CHINA RELIEF FUND
    49 6 THE China Relief Fund Committee of Singapore announces the receipt from the St: aits Chinese Recreation Club of $649 50. repr:sentinqr the nett proceeds cf the tennis exhibition given at the I "lub on Mar. 31 after the deduction of I advertisement and other expenses I
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    HITLER'S BIRTHDAY PARADE
    500 6 Reuter. Berlin, April 20. FIFTY thousand troops assembled early this morning to take part in the 'biggest parade the capital has known, in honour of the birthday of Hitler, who is 50 to-day. For five hours they goosestepped and marched through the city. A letter conferring honorary
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    LEWIS & PEAT'S REPORT
    97 6 LEWIS PEAT'S REPORT Singapore, Friday. mur"" 31 "*HB has shown /line or no improvement and s£2£. Wfa m K ain,v earb >' requirements, dated Apr. PCa s lul ">« "port. on L ?o a l 1 h V P 'i"^r. r is I yer >' SI °w coming Apart from
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS
    111 6 The following is a list of outputs for the undermentioned estates tor the month of March 1939: Output for Total to date cf Output for Mar, 1939 current financial March. 1938 year for Bukit. Timah 8.850 lbs. 3 Mths. 25.110 lbs. 8.364 lbs Changkat 19,241 lbs. 2 Mths.
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      296 6 THI TRUI TONIC FOOD Obtalna b/« of mil Chmkrts mm 4 Storm Do You Need /JfjV Classes? It®*' A littlo attention to your eyenow will reward you with long yearof perfect vision. Let a modern examination reveal the evact condition of your eyes! If glasses are not needed, MUM will
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      50 6 NEW ARRIVALS FANCY AMERICAN AND FRENCH MADE CLOCKS A GRAND SELECTION OF THEM AND SO MODERATELY PRICED. YICK WOH HING 429. NORTH BRIDGE RO \D •Near Miatiie Roadi PHOMfc a Week Days Open from 8 a.m. to S p.m. j ISundays1 Sundays Open from 1! c m. tc 5 p.m.
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      4 6 Singapore HOngkong sll:u --ggr==»
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      1201 6 To-day's Radio APR. 21 LONDON NIROBl SINGAPORE TRANSMISSION S YD( v v m% GSB 9 51 Mcjs (31.55 m a m. ZHL 225 metres (1 33 mrsi a.m. ZHP 30.96' metres (9.69 mc|s) r> 40 Storts news and Market notes. G2O Opening He p.m. 045 "Grieg." Winifred Small (Vio- 6-25
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    CONSTABLE FINED FOR TRYING TO EVADE CUSTOMS PAYMENT WHILE WEARING UNIFORM
    237 7 (Tribui.? Staff Reporter) KuaJa Lumpur, Thursday serious mailer He is a pOiceman and has abused the fact that in uriiforin, remarked Mr A.J. Grattan Hollow Ihe Firet V, t six uc'Vkf' rt: CĔ& Amar Singh a Sik constable lault
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    DEEP OR BOMB-PROOF SHELTERS NOT FEASIBLE
    146 7 A.R.P. WHITE PAPER Reuter. London, Apr. 20 appointed in February under the chairmanship of advis Sir John Anderson (Civilian Defence Minisv. shelters, stales in a report issued as a White Paper. >Oses the provision of den) or bomb-proof shelters lor the civil population, and
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF CAR
    104 7 day.- Charged at the r w. G. Trewin of I i' lice Station, a 20 inanese answering to the Heng Mo claimed trial to charges in the second po- thi afternoon: he on AprU 3 at 8.30 p.m..at et ci remitted the theft of a No.
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    BRITAIN'S CIVILIAN DEFENCE PLANS
    222 7 Reuter. I.nrinn. Apr 20. SIX John Anderson. Minister oi Civilian Defence, announcing the shelter policy, declared that deep or bamoproof shelters for the whole civil population were impracticabi i. No grounds had been shown for departing from the policy of blast sna.n'er proof protection already announced,
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    Branch Manager's Breach
    105 7 LEONG Tow Chow, English speaking Chinese, aged 23, until recently branch manage; of the Swee Radio Company pleaded guilty before Mr. J. P Hiddulph, Seremban Magistrate, to a charge cl criminal breach of trust in* volvlng :»774.80. and was .sentenced to six months' r i Accused pleaded
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    Bulgaria Neutral
    109 7 Reuter. Sofia. Apr. 29. The Premier. M Kio? <-ie\ \v :lf. at a secret meelinu of the foreign remittee of the Sobranjc, declarid that Bulgar a rena:n?d slricth neutral. Her polic;" was "wait and see.' She had not received ar.y invitation to join an> group ol powers. The
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    WOMAN SMOKES IN COURT
    96 7 •Singapore, Friday. CMOKE curling U p from the f well of the Third P.lice Court yesterday made the magistrate (Mr. Kenneth Blacker) to ask who was smoking. A woman was almost at the vame time seen trying l 0 hide away a lighted cigarette stub. She
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    Weddings At Muar And Singapore
    541 7 Singapore, Friday. TX a beautiful wedding gpwn of brilliant silver lace. Mis< Margaret W. Divine yesterday became the bride of Captain Charles Harold McVittie, of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. The ceremony took place at St An- Drews Cathedral and the Rev. K. A Pun
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    ROYAL WEDDING CELEBRATIONS
    91 7 Reuter. Teheran. Apr 20. fpARL of Athlone ar.d Princess Alice A who repres( nt.-d the King at the wedding celebrations of the Crown Prince tf Iran, arrived here for an air rally, accompanied by Capt. Poland, activ.fx Commander of the East India Squa dron. They ver; 1
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    MALAY GIRL DENIES LOVE LETTERS TO DEAD SINGHALESE
    285 7 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. FIND that the deceased, a Singhalese male adult named T. H. Frederick, was found dead in a drain in Gottleib Road and that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning. My verdict is "cyanide poisoning" there
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    MEMORIAL HALL CONCERT
    31 7 Mr. Werner 3aer and Miss Nancy i owicr. the well-known singer, will give a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall r*n Sunday at 6.15 p.m. admission la free.
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      56 7 dfflSsL ffit ure d ath ,o |nsect /jgm\fffiruß couso It is a combination of po- n 9 agonts which cannot 'A X *>• oxcelied Flit has undorgono mo<) oxhaostlvo ttsts and It f known dafintta killing powo*. /JO That's why you should always «titutos. Flit jpray will not stam. SP/
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      352 7 Whij is she flj^B^ soY>uncj for JwM her ijears Her husband thinks she's a wonde>. I fl She would easil/ pass for a dozen fl years less than she real I Bk km mr And what is more, she feels F J mW^j r-arvellouslv young, no surplus fat, I fl
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      324 8 A Grand SHOW For Your RACE WEEK Entertainment! 3 SHOWS DAILY OPENING TO-DAY.. CAMTOE shows on SUNDAY The Star of "BOY'S TOWN" And "The HARDY Family" Series! Co-star, fd W, th WALLACE BEERY! PARAMOUNT j Technicolour Subtect ANvJfcN I EGYPT" I 1. JEANETTE MacDONALPj Singing gloriously with 2. _NELSON EDDY
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      390 8 Another Laughter Hit All-Fun Show! gHH^- PAVILION A SWISS COMEDY ROMANCE AS FULL OF FUN AS J|p J i SWISS CHEESE IS FULL OF HOI ES a'HTRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S PRODUCTION "THE GIRL DOWNSTAIRS" WITH WALTER CONNOLLY REGINALD OWEN FRANKLIN PANGBORN RITA JOHNSON j LATEST GMJMONT NEWSREEII >~IPUR- in TEi'HMCOH M "P A
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    Speeding Magistrate Acquitted On Negligence Charge
    326 9 Ipoh, Thursday. R' l h v n dOUbt there speeding for nhuh defendant has offered a satisfactory explaxjtion which accepted, Che Ismart the Ipoh Second Magistrate, yesterday, quitted and d,scharged Yeop Abdul Hamid Amin, a Lenreoii* Magistrate, on a charge of driving a motor
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    MR. N. H. TAYLOR
    30 9 a, ;N. S- Ta ylor. who was formerly Assistant Engineer. Singapore Municipality, has returned here as Assistant Engineer, Air Ministry. He is accompanied by Mrs. Taylor
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      345 9 KEEP the DATE OPEN! SAT. 22x». AT THE NEW WORLD CHILDREN'S FETE. A TREAT FOR ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN. 5 CENTS Entitles All School Children to be Admitted to the Park have Free Rides to the Flight-lo-the-Moon. 18th Hell Also Free Magic Shows. 1 GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK. BRING YOUR CHILDREN
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      173 9 I NEW WORLD DANCEi I PALACE, I IJjThe Largest Air-conditioned I aba rot m Malaya with Bar and f taurant Attached.» TEirNo*****. NSGHT^AN^E NIGHTLY AT 9-30 P.M. TEA DANCES I (FREE ADMISSION) Every lues. Thws. Saturdays. SUNE AY TIFFIN DANCE I ROM i. ;o p. M TO 43|p g| I
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    A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK
    699 10 THE great essential at the present time is to keep steady and not to give way to nerves. We must get away from the "war must come" type of thinking. Admittedly this is difficult when the air is filled with rumours and threats and we anxiously scan
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    The SECRET of Mahatma
    992 10  -  GANDHI By C.F. Andrews MAHATMA GANDHI has reached th** threshold <>f seventy. We may well thank Cod for the wonderful gift that He has given to India in preserving his life for us so long! For there is no single man in the whole world to-day
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    GERMAN FLEET SIGHTED
    59 11 Reuter. London, April 2i fUPTAIN Moll, pilot of Dutch liner, reported on landCroydeti from Amster- hat be had seen part of German fleet in the North !he crors-channel steamer, i l 1 hanet, en route from vne to Boulogne, wire- < i at 6.30 p.m. that she
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    Halifax On Reform In The Empire
    145 11 course of his speech on for--1 tign policy in the House of Lords, Lord Halifax (Foreign Minister) |Ui are sometimes asked hew we reins with che posses n ati stl Empire fen the world. It c we have applied out (if freedom to the
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    SOUTH-WEST AFRICA WILL BE DEFENDED
    71 11 Reuter. April 21 Wo would tie.? Africa Just as soon as the Union, declared peaking in the second South West Africa Police Hou S€ of Assembly. We will protect the terri- protect our own nation- opposition leaden moved 1 He bill on the ground that
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    AMERICA DEMANDS JUSTICE FROM JAPAN
    173 11 FLEET MOVES TO PACIFIC REUTER. Washington, Apr. 21. ORAL representations to the Japanese Government are hems made by Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretarv of Mate concerning the right of American citizens in the upper I angtze valley. Mr. Welles indicated to the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Horinouehi,
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    CHINESE WRECK JAPANESE TRAIN AND COALMINE
    119 11 Reuter. Peiping, April 21. THE wrecking of trains and blowing up coalmines ar? anion" the latest activities in North China Travellers r reiving from Kinhan describe seeing the longest military tra'n completely wrecked at a paint a few miles north of Poalingfu. and apparency
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    CAMPS FOR SCHOOLS
    56 11 London. April 21. The principle business in the House zf Cormons yesterday was the coni Ideration in committee of the Government's Camp Bill, which facilitates the provision of permanent camps for .school use in peace time and evacuation pur- poses in war, through the agency of aon-prcfit-makne
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    Without Limits Or Reservation
    147 11 Soviet's Pledge Without Limits Or Reservation Reuter. [T is gathered says the Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent, that he Soviet has now put forward constructive proposals. •'ale they may raise a numteennica] problems, appear to oeyond all question the willingSoviet to join with France without limits or reseralj
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    Japan Finds Spratley Isles Are Useless
    74 11 Reuter. Tokyo. Apr. 21. \S assurance that Japan does not intend "to extend he r lines Of defence" to the Sprat lev islands. Which she seized recently through France claimed them, was given by Hear Admiral Kanazawa, Chief of the Admiralty Publicity Bureau yesterday.
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    ITALY BUYING WAR MATERIALS
    55 11 Reuter. Rome. April 21. ll is announced that Italy has purchas- ed from Norway about 6.000 tens of copper and 1 500 tons of nickel. A big tarter deal is also said to have been contemplated between Italy and Portugal for the supply of minerals from
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    A Big Post
    16 11 Mr. Edward Burgin, Minister of Lamport, ls to be appointed Minister of Supply.
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    Precautions In Egypt And Gibraltar
    112 11 Reuter. Cairo. Apr. 21. PENERAL Percy Scarlett and several v other officers of the Indian Army are arriving i n Cairo from India in four days' time to discuss garrisoning by troops from India in E?vpt in the event of war. It is understood from
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    Roosevelt Hopes For Economic Conference
    246 11 New York, Apr. 21. PRESIDENT Roosevelt mil await Hitler's answer to his p. ace appeal oerore taking any action in regard to Bending back Mr. Wilson. 5 Am ;'<>*f>l»>;. his posl in Berlin, according "informed sources quoted by the Associated Press. An Official of the
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    GERMANY'S NEW GUNS
    128 11 I Bciiin, Ap:tl 21. I II7HAT they described as the big»f «i it anti-aircraft guns they had vtr rren arimsed interest among' the military attaches darinf yes terday's m litary parade in honour of Hitler's birthday. The pans were carried vi tractors In thice parts—the barrel, the
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    Chinese Guns Trained On Canton
    304 11 Hongkong, Apr. 21. CANTON is within Chinese artillery range, '/hough Tsangcheng has again been abandoned by the Chinese after complete destruction of the Japanese defences, the Chinese threat to Canton still persists, in view of the fact that they are consolidating their positions in Hsinkai
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    Berlin Says "Peace" But Anglo-Russian Parley Continues
    417 11 Reuter. Berlin, Ap. 21. jyjISSOLINI'S speech in Rome yesterday was received with 'Satisfaction and the fullest agreement" in po'itica! cirdes here. It is regarded as an indirect reply to Mr. Roosevelt's proposals and another decisive demonstration to the democracies of the solidarity of
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    BALLOON INJURES 30 CHILDREN
    37 11 Reuter. London, Apr. JI, THIRTY children were burnt, 1 but not seriously harmed, when an experimental balloon was brought into Paignton harbour, alter beim» round at sea, and suddenly burst into tames —Reuter.
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    WHY SOVIET HELP WAS DELAYED
    132 11 London, Apr. 21. THE veil over British approaches to the 1 Soviet to secure her adhesion to the Anti-aggression front is lifted by (tie Daily Telegraph. The British Ambassador, it understood, submitted to M. L tvinofl a sugge tion that the Soviet should.extend to Rumania
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    Mr. C. R. Cherry Elected To Succeed Sir John Bagnall
    80 12 Singapore, Thursday. AT a meeting of the Board of Electors of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, the Hon. Mr. C. R. Cherry was elected to fill the vacancy on the Legislative Council created by the resignation of Sir John Bagnall
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    EMPIRE READY -Mr. Churchill
    206 12 Reuter. London Apr. 20. SPEAKING at leagth or th 1 inter national situation it tl e dinner of the Canada Club, ?Jr. Winston Churchill dealt wilh tho part played by the Empire and said tha 1 if on some fateful day Mr. Chamberlain was compelled to
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    U. S. TRAINING PILOTS
    37 12 Reuter. Washington. Apr. 20.—A Bill authorising the civil aeronautics authority to Mart immediate primary training of 15,000 civilian air pilots has been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate.—Reuter.
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    RUSSIA WILL BACK BRITAIN AND FRANCE
    720 12 NO WAR, SAYS MUSSOLINI IN ROME SPEECH Reuter. OIMULTANEOUSLY with reports of dramatic moves by Russia in connection with the European situation, with the recall of her Ambassador., in London. Paris and Berlin for consultation with Stalin, and an expected proposal thai Russia will
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    CORPSE FOUND IN ESTATE
    98 12 (From Our Oicti Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Api. 20. A STRIPPED body of a Tamil in a highly decomposed condition was discwered early yesterday morning on the Effingham Estate. Damansara Road. It is believed that the body is that of a missing labourer of the estate who
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    A. A. M. PERAK BRANCH
    77 12 From Our Own RepoHej) Ipoh. Apr. 20—The annual genera l meeting of the Automobile Association cf Malaya. Perak Branch was held in the Ipoh Club last evening with Mr. B. N. Bintley in the chair. After the report and accounts for the previous year were
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    Failed To Maintain Wife; Teacher Summoned
    128 12 'From Our Own Correspondent) Balik Pulau. Apr 20. 4 CHINESE school teacher named ia Beh Keh Choo appeared before Mr. S T Stewart at the Balik Pulau Police Court on Tuesday morning when he was summoned by his wife for failing to maintain her.
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    END OF A PRETTY WIFE
    54 12 From Our Oicn Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 20. VTEWS reached Seremban of an alleged murder at Rembau where an elderly Malay, up-et by j-exual jealousy, stabbed to death his pretty 22-year-old wife. It is stated that the woman succumbed to the injuries almost instantaneously. The alleged
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    MORE CHINESE SUCCESSES REPORTED
    315 12 JAPANESE PLANES DESTROYED Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 20. JJARDLY a day passes now without further claims of Chinese sure'"*on the various fronts. Among the latest assortment is one alleu'r that Chinese vanguards have reached a point only five miles from C i from where the Japanese are
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    ITALY LINING UP HUNGARY AND YUGOSLAVIA
    74 12 Reuter. Rome, April 20. ITALY is anxious to see a pact.negotiated between Hungary and Yugoslavia, it is indicated here in connection with the visit of M. Teleki and Chaky. Hungarian Premier and Foreign Minister respectively. It is understood that Yugoslavia, was the chief subject
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    NEW MARKET FOR SELAMA
    65 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Parit Buntar. Apr. 19.—Nearing completion is the new market situated at tne foot of the Court House hill which will serve the marketing needs of the Selama public. It will replace the old market near the bus stand. Built of brick and
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    Kathi On Breach Of Trust Charge
    60 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 19.—The case in which Sheikh Hassan, Kathi of Jelebu, is charged on two counts of criminal breach of trust in respect of Govern ment and Mosque funds, was mentioned again in the local Police Court yesterday. The* case
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    AIR MAIL
    14 12 An Imperial air mail arrived this mornimr. Another is expected this evening.
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    "STOP WANG CHING WEI"
    56 12 (from Our Own Rcp<>:. Penang Apr. 2 AVER 3(1 different Chinese associations of Pen have decided to despatch a wire to the Central Era tive Committee of the L mintang, C hina, opposing the actions of Mr. Wang Ching Wei. They further a k the committee
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    Death Of Mr. V.P.F. Walsh
    233 12 THE sporting and business cm* munity lost yesterday a real friend in the death of Mr. V. I 1 F. Walsh which took place >udru: the General Hospital Even more keenly felt Is I among: the members of the stall Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd.. Mr.
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    THREW PEPPER IN THE FACE AND STABBED
    138 12 (From Our Own Report* Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 20. fYN Tuesday night a cowardly U assault took place at Sun-* Besi when a Tamil was set by a couple of men who thre" chilly or pepper powder into face* and stabbed him 1 times.
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    CREATION OF NEW DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
    475 13 Reuter. r, London, Apr. 20. N h e House of Commons to-day, Mr. Chamberlain announced that thi Government had decided that a bill should be introduced as possible to establish a Ministry of Supply under a minister who a member of the Cabinet. The bill
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    KEDAH INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    40 13 At the annual general meeting of the Indian Association, Patani, held recently it was unanimously agreed that the name of the Association should be changed to "Indian Association, Sungei Patani" instead cf "Kedah Indian Associaticn, Sungei Patani."
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    THE LATE MR. ABLITT
    68 13 In additicn to those already mentioned, poppy wreaths have been received from the following and placed on the Cenotaph in memory cf the late Mr B. E. Ablitt:— Major R. A. Phavre and Major J F. Faterson, Major and Mrs. A. P Goldman. Mr. and Mrs.
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    To-day's News Review
    507 13 of European peace brightened by guaran- Poland and Rumania, but Te rather lessened, until the mdi ration came that Russia was willing |u,!i l!,t defensive alliance WithRussias help there is little that Britain and Prance could do to save i oJand and Rumania from destruc- ■"<> il
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    NEW LAWS IN SIAM
    340 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 19. 'JtIE cremation of the body of the late Chao Phya Yomaraj took place last week, when all Bangkok sought to honour the memory of a .very able and hard-working statesman. He was lor twenty years a Minister (Public Works,
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    ALLEGED STABBING
    49 13 A Chinese woman, alleged to have been stabbed in her sleep by former servant late last night, was rsmcved to the General Hospital from hei heme in Denting Lane, off MacPherson Road. She sustained a stab wound in the left shoulder. The Wcman's husband accompanied the ambulance.
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    BOY STABBED?
    56 13 An 8-year-old Ch'neae lad made a 1 report last night at the Kandang Ker- bau Police Station that he had been stabbed by an adult Chinese. The boy rhowed an incised wound over the back cf the upper portion of his right leg. He was removed tv ambulance
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    DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON COOLY
    635 13 'F,(,m Our Own Reporters Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 20. gINNASAMY, ;J5-year-old grass-cutting coolie of the Irrigation Department, who stood his trial on a charge of murder, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Gordon Smith at the Selangor Assizes yesterday. The assessors who returned a unanimous
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    NEW GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED IN AUSTRALIA
    283 13 SPLIT BETWEEN PARTIES DEVELOPS Reuter. Canberra, Apr. 2'). FOLLOWING the election of Mg R. G. Mantes as leader of the United Australia Party, Sir Earle Page, leader of the Country Party, who has been acting M Prime Minister since the death of Mr.
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    MYSTERY SUBMARINE
    76 13 Reuter. Ottawa, Apr. 20: "Patrols are watching for a mysterious unidentified submarine reported to have been seen off the Nova Scotia coast," stated M. Mackenzie (Canadian Defence Minister) to-day. He said that the utmost vigilance was being exercised to establish whether the submarine did, as was reported by
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    War Peril Strengthens Sugar Price
    118 13 Reuter. London, Apr. 21. r JpHE recent strength of raw sugar was carried further yesterday, when the May position touched 7s 2 a cwt., which is the highest price recorded since 1932. Well informed people point oat that the strength is largely concentrated on near
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    Probables For 2,000 Guineas
    96 14 Reuter. FOLLOWING are the 2,000 Guineas prohables:— Fulham (Jones) High Peru (Richardson i Wheatland fT. Burns* Pairstone ißeaiyi Triguero (Bartram I Signal Light (Pat Beasle'yi Control (Ma her* Tarn worth iPerrymam Dispenser (Gordon Richards) Romeo II <Brethes> Liandaft (Lowrey) Mcrwell (Sam Wragg> His Highness (Crouch I
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    May Badminton Party
    104 14 In a friendly badminton match of fou: i .singles and one doubles, the May bad- mm ton party defeated the Henry Waugn badminton team by three games to two at the latter-s court last Sunday. (May B P. players mentioned first* Pang Eng Guan lost to Ng
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    WINNERS YESTERDAY AT THE S.C.C.
    32 14 Mrs. Cherrington and Paul Clerc who won the mixed doubles final at the S.C C. yesterday when they easily beat Mrs. Sewell and Cherrington in straight sets.
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    POSTALS BEAT R.A.O.C IN GOOD GAME
    416 14 Postals S, R.A.O.C 2. I NTERESTING soccer was witnessed at the Stadium yesterday when the Post Office defeated the R.A.O.C. by the odd goal in five. The Postals supplied the majority of the interesting phases in the game though the Corp did not let
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    JOHORE BOAT RACE
    144 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Wednesday. I I by groups of interests spectators who gathered alont; i the banks of the Johore Straits, the 1 boat race was held at Stulang Laut yesterday, it being the Mandi Safar holiday in Johore. I Successfully organi.srd by Inchp
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    Soccer
    88 14 the Muslim Improvement Club will entertain the Siong 800 Athletic As-o-cjat.-on to a friendly soccer match on Sunday April 23 at 5 p.m. sharp on the j Fairer Park Ground. The following will represent the Muslim Improvement Club:—V N Ismail A. A. Alia Pitchay, S. M. Seny Mohamed K.
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    Y. M. C. A. Invitation Tourney
    397 14 THI following: were the results of ft vterday's tics in the V.M.C.A. t)pcn Invitation Tennis Tournament I played on their own courts at Dhobv I Giiaut. Junior Championship Robert chia beat Cecil Wong, I—l 6 1: R E. Thoy beat H.Li Wee. 6- 1;
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    APRIL L.G.U. MEDAL
    23 14 JteJSftA?'*' Medal al the Keppel Golf Club was won by Mrs W Gunstone with a score of 103—36 67 nett
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    MRS. CHERRINGTON AND P. CLERC WIN MIXED DOUBLES
    239 14 Opponents Beaten In Straight Sets TENNIS Singapore, Friday. THE semi-final in the Mixed Doubles cbamoion.-hip at the S.CC. between Cherrington and Mrs. SewefL and Mr. and Mrs. Warden, which was left unfinished on Wednesday with the positi( n <>-(> in the third
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    S. R. C.
    99 14 Singapore, Friday. HN BALUATCHCT and M A ordciro aaaHtted for the Men's Chanpionshifi Doubles when lhey heat P and E. le Mcrcier yesterday in the semi-nnal'i re Tboy scored a convincing rectory over R.H. Bain in the Men".: Championnip Singles by 8 0; 0 0 Other tics
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    Home Soccer Fixtures
    209 14 HOMt ■occer fixture for |o>mpmw arc as fcl.ows: FIRST DIVISION Birmingham vs. Blackpool. Bolton vs. Wolves. Ch iriton v. Bvertoo Chelsea vs. Portsmouth Leeds v.s. Aston Viil Leicester v Grimsby Liverpool vs. Sunderland. Mancncster U. vs. Brent ord. Middlcsbrou: h Dei by. Preston vs Huddersneid! Stofcc v.s.
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    S. C. R. C.
    203 14 PURTHES play in the s.C.R.C. tennis teqrpamenl on HOll5 Lim Green yesterday resulted as follows:— "A" Singles Handicap:— Yap h£i k Kirn iscr.l be.it Y. P Wee <—9). 6 3. 5I "B" Singles Handicao: —Lew lluca Yang < 31 peat Wee Teck Ben?: <--6>. C 1.
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    TABLE TENNIS
    247 14 Playing at home premises, the Ngo |Fjna Le Chin Sia, which has arranged iin hand a list ol friendly Tabic Tennis fixtures to keep their player; in trim for the Singapore Table TfenrJc Championship, had another victory against the I-cng YUeng Old Boys' Association en Saturday last by
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    36 14 Ruith vs. Queen of the South. Rangers vs. Hamilton. Third Lanark vs. Hibernian. SECOI'D DIVISION Brechin vs Morton. Cowdenbeath vs. King's Park. Dumbarton vs. Edinburgh Dundee U. vs. Montrose. Bast Stirling vs. Btanhoiisemuir. Leith vs. Forfar.
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    Chinese Bank Beat Jacks 3-0 In B.H.L. Soccer
    318 14 0 Chinese Bank :i: i N TOOD work anions- the forward* v coupled with a mediate line, enabled the < Chinese Hank to set re three goals to nil over thoi nent*. the Jacks Sports t tub Padang yesterday. The game was
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    BANKA S.C.
    108 14 Th" following Have turn up lor aoooer for the Bai Club: To-day againsl tin- Pn I Of!ic» 1 i' the Post. Office Club ground p.m.: Ah Poon Bee Cheow J B Stephen Dimj;. Lim Bwang, Thiai 1 Ah Bah (Capt .>. Boon Kwuj Teck. Chin Oeok, Khie 7
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    Hobbs' Horses Exercised This Morning
    394 15  -  ALL IMPRESS IN STRONG GALLOPS (By I 1 I >L** U "Marcus Superbus" iiuWnS horses were seen out on the tracks at Bukit Timah for thp T i' m H K Wilh Stron Kaliopl and Z the i«,rm displayd this Kuala Lumpur stable will have
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    56 15 h« following have been selected to tor the V.M.C.A. Junior day a sainst S.CC. **B" XI to- f 10 on the S.CC. ground: wee aa Chan. Choo Seng Chye, Chan n 1 Orton G.J. Moxon, W. v Deans. Chin Sun Swee, Soong c leon Goey Teck Chiang, Tan
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    J.C.S.A. Beat Y's In Div. IIB Soccer
    343 15 JHr: Junior Civil Service Association's soccer team won a decisive victory over the Y.M.CA. soccer team yesterday playing on the former's ground at Balestier Plain, when the Services scored five goals to two in a Division II B of the S.A.F.A. fixture. The
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    JOLLILADS SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    175 15 The following players have been selected to represent the Association in a friendly game of table-tennis against the Chinese Sports Association on Friday, Apr. 21, at 7.30 p m. at the latter's premises: Ong Keng Siong, Kok Phen.4 Hui, Lim Thian It. Kee Yew Leng. Lev Hal
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    Further Weights
    84 15 on the tourtli Jay lIOKSFS, CLASS 4, 6 FURS. A Handicap for Horses tlmt havi* not won since .May 1 IS ,8 Achilles Q7 We 2 Jock Success 81 o L'ght Supper 81 3 Cai mtop a Vision J,, Lady Ida mil Work and Play X 4 Clunv
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    SATURDAY'S CARD AT BUKIT TIMAH
    839 15 pOLLOWING is Saturday's racing card at Hukit subject to scratching and re arrangement in running order. Anniversary Cup—Horses—Class I —Division 1— 6 Furs. 114 EASTERN KNIGHT 9.7 Wearne Konß r Bllett I 0 1 ROYAL HAMPTON 9.6 "Mr. Cheah" Van Breukelen 10 0 JACK DRUCE
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    HOLIDAYS FOR ESTATE ASIATIC STAFFS
    249 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 20. AT the annual meeting of the Estate Asiatic Staffs Association of Negri Sembilan, held at Seremban questions regarding annual holidays, unemployment, gratuity fund for retired members were discussed. Mr. G. Kathiravelu, who presided said that some form of
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    ECHO OF SINGAPORE CHINESE MILLIONAIRE'S WILL
    790 16 TRUSTEES MAKE APPLICA TION Singapore, Thursday. APPLICATION by the trustees for direction on certain matters relating to the will of Seah Liang Seah, better known as the "Capitan China" and a well-known Chinese millio?iaire, whose family connections with Singapore date back over a century
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    JAPS BOMB THEIR OWN POSITIONS
    68 16 Changsha, Apr. 20. large force, equipped with 30 to 40 field and artillery pieces, the Japanese launched a vigorous attack on the Chinese guerrilla stronghold at Ruling, a mountain resort, where severe fighting is in progress. Six Japanese planes dropped over 10 bombs on the
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    STANTON NELSON'S MARKET REVIEW
    273 16 Singapore, Friday. ANCE again the new world has been called into redress the balance of the old. By crystalizing in his message what the vast majority of reasonable people in all countries would have wished him to say, President Roosevelt, unquestionably the greatest statesman of our
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    Sailing For Home By Corfu
    656 16 Singapore. Friday. The list of pa v r>engers booked by the ss. '-Corfu" leaving here to-day, at 9 30 a.m. for Europe, j Mr A J. Abbott. Lt. A. T. Board, I Mr &.Mrs. J. A. Barton, Mr. Mrs. G. E. W. W. Bavly. Miss
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT
    204 16 Singapore. Thursday. IN their weekly rubber report, Guthrie and Co.. Ltd.. state: With the statistical position of th? rubber market improving steadily, the political tension in Europe is having little effect on prices, but uneasiness whicn i: engenders is no doubt largely responsible for the dullness of
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    Health Of The East
    208 16 THE HEALTH BULLETIN Of Tm LEAGUE OI NATIONS EA» ERN BUREAU, SINGAPOReTmL' THE WEEK ENDED \pim STATES:— L lj No plague was reoorted durt— th week from any Eastern port There is no further increase'in chofcr in Calcutta, where a slight drcUne isrl ported (208 cases
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    BLIND MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER ATTEMPT
    172 16 (From Our Owji Reporter) Kuala Lumour. Thursday. yADIVELU, a blind Indian, i s alleged 1 to have attempted the murder of his wife with a knife and then turned the knife on him with the intention cf committing siucide. This morning befcre Mr. J.
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    Cheaper 'Phones In S'pore
    136 17 Singapore, Friday. fOOD news for te e Phones subd i. in Singapore comes in th» announcement by the Oriental Trlrphoi tnd Electric Co., Ltd., that the basic rate for telephones in private "< nf>es vHI be reduced trm Ut S!OS a year from Juty i>e>oiul the
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    WOMAN ALLEGES PARANG ATTACK BY HUSBAND
    250 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 20. JEALOUSY is alleged to be the cause of a cowardly attack with a J parang by an Indian on his wife in an estate in the Mantin disir (t some time ago. The man is alleged to
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    MR. A. MONTOR
    22 17 Singapore, Friday. Mr. A. Montor, of the firm of Monto: Ltd.. left for Europe to-chay by Imperial Airways plane.
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    Constable Appeals Against Bribe Conviction
    336 17 I Singapore, Thursday. I MNG that the learned itrate should have tried the ":used on two separate charges, astead ol on one charge was the lea mad( by Mr. A. J. Braga in fu- High Court to-day before the fhief Justice Sir Perry McElwaine, rhen
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    PRESENTATION TO MADAME PAI
    34 17 Apr. 20—Chinese women and in Liverpool have presented a Madame Pai Chung-Hsi, wife of tor of the Generalissimo's proheadquarters for south-west a ceremony held here yester- < huiese Central News Agency.
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    Alleged Gambling At Stall In Park
    190 17 Singapore, Thursday. FOUR men and two women were produced in the Third Police Court to-day following a raid last night on a "rolling-the-ball" stall in the New World Amusement Park, by the gambling suppression department of police. The women and two of the men
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    Bonnet Acclaims Roosevelt Effort
    108 17 Reuter. Paris, Apr. 20 WITHOUT pretending to settieat one stroke international disputes, the causes of which are so complex and whose expression is confused, Mr. Roosevelt has made non-violence the immediate rallying point of all men of goodwill, declared Mr Bonnet. addressing the America Club toMr
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    CORDIAL NOTE OF JAPANESE EMPEROR
    26 17 Reuter. Tokyo, April 20. THE Japanese Emperor has cabled to Herr Hitler cordial felicitations to-day on the occasion of his birthday.—fteuter.
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    Angry, She Drank Caustic Soda
    173 17 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. '•VOL' made trouble for yourself over a small th*/;ht. I bind you over for a perioif ol six months in the sum of $25," said Mr. Lim Koon Teck to a Chinese girl, H'ng Oaik Choo who was brought
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    Thrilling River Rescue In Vain
    194 17 (From Our Own Correspondent; Butterworth, Thursday. BEFORE the eyes of hundreds of horrified Malays, a thrilling: a.tempt at rescue of a drowning man was witnessed in the river of Bobong Nema, Kuala Nema. a few miles away from town here at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The
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    KOREAN VOLUNTEERS HELPING CHINESE
    87 18 Ciiaugsha. vOREAN volunteers have won wide an '.aim fer their bravery and herc-i m in helping the Chinese to harass the Japanese. A few day* ago. a combined unit Chinese troops and Korean volunteers in ambush at an undisclosed point, trucklocda of Japanese troops i tanks
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    Chinese Educationists Appeal To U.S. Congress
    183 18 Chungking. f riiE presidents of 17 Chinese colleges and universities have sent a joint appeal to the American Congress urging j that a distinction be made between the aggressor and his victim in the revised neutrality measures now under consideration. The telegram reads: We,
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    STAGGERING FOREIGN LOSSES IN CHINA
    110 18 Shanghai. A CHINESE maritime customs survey of 1938 trade, estimates foreign losses i n China 1 (.suiting from the undeclared Sino-Japanese war a< approximately U.S., 5800.000.000. Of the grand total half is British, U.S., $200,000,000 American and the remainder largely German. Shanghai damages include eight
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    Mobile Military Schools
    160 18 Shanghai. "MOBILE military schools" situated fI just behind the filing lines are is'viin. training to tfeoa*ai«ta ~i c-m--nas future non-commissioned officers. Attached to army cr dhisional headitu ,o scnoola are siaied to have become indispensable for strengthening the fighting power of the Chinese troops. SeJected from the
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    CHINA BUILDING NEW STEEL WORKS
    174 18 IChungking.1 Chungking. a «erene Szechwan village about a day's walk from Chungking more than 1,000 workers afc busily dynamiting rocky hillocks. h-vcM.ng patches of rice fields. hu< a.nz unpretentious houses, and in;taling machines. They are ouu.ing a new s'cel Avorks' at cost of 52.600.C00. J
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    YUNNAN'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN
    20 18 A FIVE YEAU p,a„ bJW&. fT'he Pnrp^! ,Wans rovi '>"'«> bank To facilitate the wnrt tK* been divided
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    China Makes Synthetic Cotton
    321 18 Chungking. AF the 25 units organised by the V Chinese Industrial Co-operatives in the vicinity of Chungking the most interesting and unique is the Sterilised Cotton Manfacturing Cooperative. With eight members, including two college graduates and a girl, the small factory daily produces 200 pounds of
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    Training Guerrillas Behind Firing Lines
    119 18 Shanghai. 'MOBILE military schools" situated ITI just behind the firing lines are giving training lo thousands of China's future non-commissioned officers. Attached to army or divisional headquarters, these schools are said to have oecome indispensable fci strengthening the fighting power Of the Chinese troop^ Selected
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    STATE CONTROL OF FOREIGN TRADE IN CHINA
    234 18 Counteracting Jap Blockade STATE operation of foreign trade may be adopted h„ rv a measure to protect the country's imports A Japan's naval blockade, according to the China Press THE MEASURE HAS NOT YET BEEN I'Rmu i, DOUBTLESS IT HAS BEEN CONTEMI'I \TFn
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    "Throughout My Career, I've Never Broken A Promise," Says Gandhiji
    868 19 DEMONSTRATORS' INTERFERENCE 1 WITH PRAYER DEPLORED Rajko Demonstration Against Gandhiji I!"' ?ft arrOWS Whilst ,o concede „^ind\n 7a breach ,f promise is lacking, »T a ys JlkXtiii f n-IM in P ,TT'- H ?J? "7 """i"' ir-,lor«. frnnsMin. nf Hnc
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    445 19 Details Of Majdiah Train Disaster Calcutta, Apr. 17. T Ik t .s by United Press in authoritative quarters in connection with the iter at Majdiah station early this morning go to show that at mils Cfclcuta while 16 Down Passenger (North Beneal Express) arrived at h a«
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    Sardar Patel May Not Go To E. Africa
    124 19 Rajkot, Apr 15. MR. J. H. PANDYA, Member of the P Executive Council and also of the Legislative Council of Kenya in East Africa, arrived here this morning and discussed with Sardar Patel the present deplorable condition of the Indians in East
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    Gandhiji Submits List Of Sardar's Nominees
    542 19 NO MUSLIM INCLUDED S TV Rajkot, Apr. 16. IX clays continuous negotiations with Muslims having failed, Mahatma Gandhi on behalf of Sardar Vallabhai Patel has sent yesterday a letter to the Thakore Saheb of Raikot submitting a list of seven non-official names for the
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