Morning Tribune, 4 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 79. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, May 4, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 891 1 OFF TO IMI -MM Tl WITH FAMILY ADDIS IN FLAMES mob law bri:aks oit ix THE i APITAL EMPEROR Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has fled from his capital, Addis L Ababa, to Djibouti, in French Somaliland, and the impression in Europe is that his departure means the
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  • 386 1 Urged Upon Negus By Empress m REUTER'S special correspondent in A AddiS Ababa in course of Ms first orn nftcr the departure of the Em--ST&SS3 from the Legation by wtoSess owtag to the closin* down of i, o.vernrrnt Station, says that £k u
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  • 75 1 Tokio May 3. Official circles here are watching events 2 th Jopia with deepest concern in *;jw of Japan's treaty, commercial and otner vested interests. IncltnUng exJjrw to Ethiopia cf a_ roxUnating ten tV. ,i i n X? n annwtHy, which it is feared I WJ will
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  • 18 1 W; T. Creswell. K.C., chairman "SB*? the Royal Sanitary 1934-35. has been elected a "Resident of the institute
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  • 268 1 ITALIANS HURRYING TO TAKE THE CITY Advance Guard Only 25 Miles Away FROM Paris it is reported that a telegram from the railway authorities at Djibouti has been received which states that the Negus and his family have arrived. According to the latest official reports, received from Addis Ababa, French
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  • 130 1 Select Committee On "Leakage"? London, May 3. FURTHER consultations have taken place between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the chairman of Lloyds regarding rumours of the leakage of budget secrets, which arose out of the unusual amount of business in budget risks which occurred in the last
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  • 43 1 Garrisoned By Troops From Bavaria Munich Apr. 29. IT is stated that the number of troops i in Bavaria Ls now* smaller than before the occupation cf the I.hnieland as a large portion of the Rrineland garrisons came from Bavaria.- Reuter
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  • 143 2 BRITAIN MAY HELP Protest From rr* J _f C//v*C/ Tokio, May 1. JAPANESE Press reports from Pe- king foreshadow serious complications in North China following the announcement that the Peking-Muk-den Railway Bureau plans to construct 200 miles of railway from Tsangchow to Shihchiachwang linking the Tientsin-Pukow
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  • 52 2 Arrangements For "School Practice" BY arrangement with the Education Department, the school practice of Raffles College students taking education as part of their course will begin on Monday, at 7.45 a.m.; for men students at Victoria School and fori women students at Raffles Girls' School and the Methodist
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  • 49 2 1915 Class To Be Called To Colours Vienna. May 1. I\R. SCHUSCHNIGG the Austrian Chancellor in a broadcast speech, announced that all men born in 1915 would be called to the colours. He declared that by Oct. 1. there would be 15.000 men serving their country.- Reuter
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  • 39 2 London, May I. The famous poet, Mr. A. E. Housman, author of "A Shropshire Lad" and professor of Latin at Cambridge University since 1911 died at Cambridge to-day aged 77. British Official Wireless
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  • 26 2 Nanking, May .2 The sugar merchants of Chaomui, in the Swatow district, appealed to the Central Government to check the smuggling of sugar in North China,
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  • 135 2 Nazi Plan Nipped Budapest, Apr. 29. AN alleged plot by Nazis to stage a march on Budapest and seize control was nipped in the bud. while the police arrested the poet Bofzormenyi and eighteen other Nazi leaders. Bofzormenyi is alleged to have distributed large sums of
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  • 140 2 Further Meeting Of Cabinet London, Apr. 29. THE coming questionnaire to be sent to Germany was considered by the Cabinet but a further meeting will be necessary to give final approval of the questionnaire which is likely to be sent to Germany either on Friday or Saturday. While
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  • 94 2 Mr. V. K. Dason And Miss Ivy de Salis (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, May 1. THE marriage was registered yesterday by Mr. J. B. Weiss, Senior Registrar of Marriages, Johore Bahru, of Mr. V. K. Dason of Telok Sengat Estate, Kota Tinggi, with Miss Ivy de Salis,
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  • 237 2 Assault Charge Against Students London, May 2 TWO students appeared in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with assault in connection with Houston affair. The proceedings were private and brief No plea was taken. It is understood that bail in £5 each was allowed.— Reuter. A previous message stated
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  • 154 2 New Carnegie Scheme London, Mav 3 THE Carnegie United Kingdom Trail announces the approarhin<> ter mination of grants for public libraries iMsm so noted a feature of Its policy in past years. Trustees are of opinion that in this field and some others they have helped to
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  • 67 2 Heavy Increase In Duty On Rayons Cairo. May 2 lINDER a flccree signed by King Fuad on Apr. 28, a few hours before his death, the duties on coloured rayon yrrns are increased to 600 per cent uncoloured 550 per cent and rayon articles 100 per cent. The
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    • 57 2 KLIM t j POWDERED WHOLE MILK START A KLlM<^|lg§|g^™RE FRESH MILK j TTT (SS^mrf^ 1N POWDERED: i COURSE AND WATCH fwflWvl f 11, Vl Ij I FORM ADD WATER c THE IMPROVEMENT JBE^OTftMU A xm „at, 1 IN THE HEALTH OF iKE^^BB THE FINEST COWS j YOUR FAMILY. k^^^^^} MTLK.
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    • 115 2 DO NOT MISS VISITING AUSTRIA DURING YOUR NEXT LEAVE. THE AUSTRIAN S ATE TRAVEL INFORMATION OFFICE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL DATA REGARDING HOTELS, RAILWAYS, EXCURSIONS, ETC., ETC. FREE OF CHARGE FIRST FLOOR THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL OFFICE THE ARCADE A MONTOR, Hon. Representative SINGAPORE PHONE 6046 •iiiii■i i i
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  • 376 3 NE W MOVE IN CHINA An Economic Bloc? Shanghai, May 3. THE Japanese military has laid T down a Plan for the concentration of Japanese troops at Shichiation oi Kalgan, Huailai, £2dJ^- chin hai t0 he,p £"|W forces in *g£>*t ir^S32a to Th Ge S n
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  • 145 3 House Of Lords Motion Withdrawn London, Apr. 29. "IS long as the sanctions front is maintained I still believe Italy will find she is in a far worse position than if rhe never resorted to War," declared Lord Stanhope, replying to a House of Lords' motion urging with
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  • 63 3 Officer Administering Govt. To Speak HE. THE Officer Administering the Government, the Hon. Mr. A. S. Small will give an address on Government Service at the meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Adelphi, Hotel on Wednesday. The Roval National Orthopaedic Hospital. Great Portland Street, W. I
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  • 93 3 Film For Lovers Of "He-Men" Singapore, Sunday. LOVERS of strong meat will be delighted with "Dangerous Waters," which opened at the Alhambra this evening. Starring that well-known he-man, Jack Holt, the film contains enough thrills to satiate the most avid seeker after sensation. The story is based on
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  • 26 3 Passed By House Of Representatives Washington, May 1. THE House of Representatives passed the Navy Bill providing for an expenditure of $531,000,000.— Reuter.
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    • 47 3 Law Xotice Ftur To-day The Acting Chief Justice at Kuala Lumpur— Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 10 a.m. Summonses-in -Chambers and Originating Summonses. At 11 a.m.:— Assizes- 1. Rex vs. Lim Pong Kiat. 2. Rex vs. Ting Koon Ing.
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  • 410 4 F Steadier Tone Revealed fhy Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Saturday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26*4 cts unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. Tin (Singapore) $101%, up $VB_ To-day's Prices: London: 71/^d., up 1!16 d. Market Tone: Steady Quiet. New York: 1513 16 cts. down 1j 16 cts. Market Tone: Very
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  • 67 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 2. HPHE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, copra and wolfram: Market Tone: Steady. LONDON RUBBER Spot: IVi (unchanged). July-Sept.: 717 32 (down 116). LONDON TIN No market. LONDON GOLD Spot: £7.0.10 (unchanged). LONDON SILVER
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  • 41 4 Saturday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 2. The closing prices were as follows: London New York Cross Rate 4.93 15 16 (unchanged). London— 7sll32 (down 1|32). London Amsterdam: 7.28 (unchanged). London Hongkong: ls. 313 16d. (unchanged).
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  • 259 4 •New York prices quoted in UJ3. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; Jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not Included. London, May 1, 6.30 p.m. or fall. Share of £l denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rist otherwise stated 105 13 16 105% +1,16
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    • 44 4 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y.100,000,000 Reserve Fund Y.129,150,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAML Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. h 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 H 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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    • 17 4 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 92 4 A Couple of HINTS to Seekers of Really Good Entertainment this week! TUESDAY: Naturally you'll go to see JEANETTE MacDONALD and NELSON EDDY in "ROSE MARIE "AT THE CAPITOL. then WEDNESDAY— IF you're wise. you'll rush to the ALHAMBRA to Laugh until your sides ache! IT'S THE OPENING GALA "SCREAMIERE"
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  • 1107 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Saturday, 1 p.m. Buyers. Seller* Ampat Tin (45.) triimhane (£) 53 289 519 306 Asam KUmDdiiß rna en c Austral Malay (£) 00 o 146 15|3 Aye r Hitam (55.) AyerWeng(sl Bangnn Tin U 1.67 ft 179 86 Vi 1.75 189 .90 y 2 T3ntn
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  • 438 5 Annual General Report THE thirty-fifth annual report of the Crown Life Insurance Company, covering the operations of the year ended Dec. 31, 1935, was recently published In Toronto, as follows:— Very substantial progress was made in every department during the year 1935. New policies issued amounted to
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    • 34 5 T J I j ABSOLUTE SECURITY 1 j r i Motor Union j INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. j J 1 SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. t Singapore ft Branches *-^*^--**-g^ m m^^^ama t^-mmm*-- m \m-^*+m^ m
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    • 206 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated ln Straits Settlements). SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., THE HO HONG BANR, LTD., AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. CAPITAL: \uthorised $40,000,000.00 Paid Up $10,000,000.«>. HF*n* OFFICE- CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. HEAD Wnww BRAN cH: 458, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee
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  • 130 6 New York A serious situation exists in the Mexican village of San Felipe Torres Mochas, in the State of Guanajuato, where Federal troops have been called in to restore order after a clash between a body of teachers and the congregation of the church, in which
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  • 23 6 Film star Clark Gable is a grandfather—indirectly. Mrs. Thomas Burke, daughter ot nw estranged wife, has given birth to a at Houston, Texas.
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  • 81 6 The- Czechoslovak Government has prohibited the Import and sale of 128 Reich German newspapers and period!- i cals Ralph Bellamy, who is now in production in the leading role opposite Fay Wray ln "Roaming Lady," has been placed under a long-term contract by Columbia Pictures. One of the screen's most
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    • 200 6 STH DAY AND POSITIVELY LAST TWO PERFORMANCES! DONT MISS IT! OAWTOL R.K.O. Radio's Grandest Musical Comedy— The show that 197,211 people stormed the Radio City Music Hall to see during it's FIRST WEEK in New York! 'jftfy vx\\\^__. fii _____Dt vyyyl__±-sf__ VYXYV _S_ ____k ife \Lv\ JFy _____?>" ■>wßw(o__s_i' A^XV.
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    • 179 6 I PAVILION «-w xigMy »-iJ I j I j Ask any of the Enthusiastic s pectators during the week-end shows! J They'll All Tell You! S 'Ms _fl Ws®&* If 1 ifcjlkm mmy .-.-Ml ffi|. j*- I BB ____B_r__w^ ________r KK-: '^HM|ta__MHMK r V s_K2<_a_ _^___M____ wSFzaf& mr < '*BiS&i>fr
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  • 413 7 "Modern Times" Next Week THE slightly older generation remembers Charlie Chaplin much as it remembers i_s own youth. At the mention of his magic name, the moustache, the derby, the cane, the baggy trousers flash across the mind an unforgett bic scene f^om a favorite picture brings
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    19 7 Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Godddard in a .scene from. "Modern Times," opening at the Capitol on Tuesday, May 12.
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  • 183 7 "Rose Marie" To-morrow SHOOTING night scenes in broad daylignt is the latest accomplishment of the wizard motion picture camera. This was done recently at Lake Tahoe, where W.S. Van Dyke was directing scenes for the spectacular Totem Pole Indian dance of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 'Rose Marie." This picture opens
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    • 68 7 I M EM A DIARY PAVILION CAPITOL u!t K H J Litt,e Lord Fauntleroy" TO-NIGHT. "Top Hat/' with Fred Asw 'iH Freddie Bartholomew. taire and Ginger Rogers. TO-MORROW u Rose Marie.'' with NelK4 a v-*. son Eddv and Jeanette MacDonald. L t ROUGH ALHAMBRA Millions." d e Cantor in <Kid
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    • 181 7 MORE than $I*ooo.ooo M spent tor bring ils __3_v_ i -^^MW^^S^mm-- glorious story to the screen! mmi^ '"'S^^ l ie P er^ ec I drama vou y/__m__^____J^m________\ l es before »l s coii-plcl-on. IREN I. IM W E and ji RORERT TAYLOR ?^«jjJg| fc^^^iiiiP 1 A Lnivereal Picture presented by
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  • 593 8 MR. BORAH'S ATTACK Republican Split Possible Washington. gENATOR Borah is causing many Government supporters here to rub their hands in glee because some of the speeches he has been making in his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination are seen as "playing right into the
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  • 105 8 Between France And Canada Paris. THE terms are published in the "Journal Officiel" of an agree rnefct between the French and Canadian Governments whereby France reauthorises the importation, on a quota basis, of certain Canadian electrical appliances including aspirators and heaters, while Canadian hairpins, outboard motors and selenium
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  • 31 8 The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, has decided to publish a volume on the life and work of the late Soviet scientist. Professor Ivan Petrovitch Phvjloff, in Russian and English.
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    46 8 Mr. A. G. Harrington, of Bedford, with the liquid fuel burners he has devised for use in orchards. Heaters will be in general use during the next six weeks to prevent a repetition of the disastrous loss of last season's fruit crops through a May frost.
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  • 272 8 Details Of His Resignation London THE following official announcement has been issued from 10, Downing Street:— "The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy MP., has resigned from the office of Minister without Portfolio." Lord Eustace Percy's resignation was conveyed in the following letter sent to the Prime Minister:—
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  • 116 8 Back In New York After London Exhibition Utica, New York. AFTER being exhibited in London for a year the rarest and most valuable oostage stamp in the world, owned by Mrs. P. Costa Scala, of Utica, New York, is back in the United States. Mrs. Scala, widow of
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  • 60 8 Seven children were injured when a car came into collision with a lorry at Tooting Bee Common. The car mounted the pavement, where it overturned and fell upon the children, who were waiting for an omnibus. The roof of the car had to be smashed to release the driver, Mr.
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    • 53 8 "'""""■"■"'"'"■"■"■■um 1 1 ii .ww. m S THE 1 j EASTERN UNITED ASM HAM E rOIUMMIAIIOX LIMITED., j 'Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY,/ i WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY IN-) SURANCE UNDERTAKEN. Full particulars and rates apply, 16D. Cecil Street, Singapore. i L. G.
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    • 60 8 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. Warner Bros. Super Musical "HAPPINESS AHEAD** with DICK POWELL J TEA DANCES j From sto 7.30 p.m. Every Tuesday, Thursday JL j v And Saturday <V 1 j NIGHT DANCES Nightly <V^ </ < V Dance I 4 ,-41% To The
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  • 1270 9 HER ARMY NAVY Revelations By Britain (By Air Mail) London, Apr. 20. u HE N the Great War began, fl mm extraordinary state of .fair- existed at Constantinople. Britain was fiffhtin* Germany, and Turkey, for the time beinK was neutral. Yet Zth the Turkish Navy
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    47 9 Wreckage of the 'plane in which Mr. Clive Nuttall, brother of Sir Keith Nuttall. and Instructor H. C. Buchan crashed and received fatal injuries at Nursling, near Southampton. Mr. Nuttall had only just joined the Hampshire Aero Club and was on his first flight as a pupil.
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  • 153 9 A I Jolson To Play G.8.5.? Kansas City. AL Jolson, the "black-face" comedian, acting as George Bernard Shaw in a film of Shaw's life will be made in Hollywood shortly— if Al Jolson succeeds in his present mission. Interviewed here while on his way to New York
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  • 122 9 Trooper George Weir, 23, of the Royal Scots Greys, who surrendered to the police at Edinburgh after three years' absence from his regiment, pleaded "Not Guilty" to desertion at an Aldershot Court-martial. Giving evidence, Weir stated that while stationed at Tidworth he received only ls. a week because of stoppages.
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  • 520 9 More Beer And Wine London. MR. George B. Wilson, consulting secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance, in his annual statement on the consumption of alcoholic liquors in Great Britain in 1935, directs particular attention to the increased consumption of and expenditure on beer and wine. DRINKING
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  • 33 9 llr. and Mrs. Barratt have arrived m Taiping from Home. Mr. Barratt ver from Mr. R. B Black. Chairman of the Larut and Ifatmng Sanitary Board, who left on transfer to Kuala Lipis.
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  • 282 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, May 4, 1936. PEACE AND TRADE "DEACE is not to be aimed at through mere emotional appeal, still less by threats. The stabilisation of peace depends upon the slow and careful building of healthy economic relations between nation and nation." No better summary of the
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  • 517 10 rpHE important matter of the King Edward VII Maternity Hospital at Penang was brought up at the recent meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of the town, when Mr. D. A. Mackay asked some interesting questions regarding the origin and administration of the hospital. It may not be well
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    24 10 Relaxing for a few hours from affairs of State, Mr. Anthony Eden (left) visited the Plaza Theatre to see Marlene Dietrich's latest film, Desire."
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  • 201 10 Mr. R. Pedder, of Stoughton Estate, is at present in the District Hospital, Taiping >\i 0 Mr. J. G. Martin, of Carey Island, Selangor, has left Malaya for Home on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett-Singleton, of Hibernia Estate, have returned to Malaya from Home. Mr. F. K. McNamara, of
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  • 676 11 BEER BOTTLES TO ANCHORS Where Do Empty Tins Go? Singapore, Sunday. t OCATED in Singapore's Chinatown are real big busies houses, the likes of which probably do not exist and prosper in any other part of the world Each of these houses is crammed full
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  • 20 11 The leave of absence granted to Mr. R. W. Grant, M.C., has been extended for three months on half pay.
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  • 18 11 Dr. A. Bearblock and Mrs. Bearblock have returned to Kuala Kangsar after a fortnight at Maxwell's Hill, Taiping.
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  • Article, Illustration
    37 11 Badly damaged by fire in 1931, the People's Palace— the "Poor Man's Club"— ln Mile End-road is being rebuilt. Here is the Lord Mayor, Sir Percy Vincent, at the stone-laying: ceremony. Watching (right) is Mr. George Lansbury.
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  • 146 11 Three Killed In Poland Warsaw. THREE people were killed and forty injured (including twenty policemen) in serious riots at Lvov at the funeral of an unemployed workman. During the procession a large number of men began to smash shop windows and in several places the crowd
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 41 11 PHONE 5W4 L*. Telegraphic Address: The most charmingly situated Hotel in the Island Ideal for permanent residents RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. special Dinner Dance On Wednesday, May 6. MINERS $1.50. NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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    • 91 11 ~*i__**r JJ I r*~r i TO-DAY TIFFIN: SI.OO. Creme Au Rie Fish a la Florentine Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce Brussel Sprouts and Pomme Boulangere Cold Meat and Salad Vanilla Ice Cream Cheese, Fruit, Coffee. Try Our SPECIALTIES. FRESHIC Hors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Baked Alasca A Choice of Over 100
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  • 257 12 AFRICAN LIONS: CR ART: GAME SHOO OLE OF ITALIAN N G IN SPAIN A striking picture taken In Florence, the cradle of Italian art and the centre for its study by foreigners. The Marquis Del Merito with a good seventeen-pointer killed in the Sierra Morena. On one occasion, during a
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    882 14 New BOOKS Book for boys girls by Malayan Author Book Society's Recommendation "As I Lay Dying RECOMMENDED BY THE BOOK SOCIETY I I mmmmmmmmmtmmtmmm I— IT is strange indeed in this essentially adult country, where children are sent home at about the age of six, to find a writer of
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    12 14 Cover designs of three new books reviewed on this page
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 10 14 fMaison t^sss***] t Perm iJ||| 1 j 4610- //L^ i
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    • 74 14 jr-~x CROWN CORKS I carry ready stocks of crown corks, crown-corking machines and aerated water machines. My prices defy competition. Phone 3784, call or write for particulars. M. WEINBERG 189, Cecil Street, Singapore. r FREE SAMPLE OFFER ""1 Send 10 cents in cash or stamps, to cover postage and packing,
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    • 62 14 dorothj more gives Zota Foam reducing baths in her new salon.. Invaluable for Rheumatism, Sciatica ft Lumbago. 2ND FLOOR, 18, BATTERY RD. Phone 6995. j riioi my j LEMON BARLEY WATER A BEVERAGE j 1 I*"" |».,fl) i I" f i .'f»? I J mi M M^-ft J i Manufactured
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  • 99 15 "Stings And Wings" INSECTS have Inspired Humbert Wolfe I to some delightful verses in a delightfully produced and illustrated (by A. Savory) volume, properly entitled "Stings and Wings." It ls with nice classical allusions and a masterly variety of metres that Mr. Wolfe conveys his opinions of the hornet, the
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    • 89 15 IVGGA C%RIER SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. j mm 7 M 7 8 Baegage Agents for:— Ba Blue Funne Une East Asiatic Line i Nederland Une 8.15.N. Co., Ltd., Address"- "LUGGAGE" SILK STORE CILKS j Tajmahal Store 23 HIGH ST. CURIOS CHINESE NEW SHIPMENT ARRIVED Please come to have a visit
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    • 110 15 I A TOUIIIST'§ I SHOPPIN GUIDE j i i RESTAURANT m\ «S» m i Real European Food Come and have your steak cook- J ed as you like it on an open charcoal grill by JOHN, Singa- i pore's leading Chef. > OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT S {Arcade Restaurant. Collyer Quay,
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    • 95 15 EYES Jb±v^ 4 Arcade. Qualified Eye Specialists. Eye Examinations. Eyeglasses. Exclusively. Phone 3002. GRAMOPHONES fy m\ COLUMBIA J GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS NEW MODELS $21 to $50— Jo9m ROBINSON PIANO Co., S-S. LU. Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. 1 opposite the NEW PIER. •J. TAILOR Fresh stocks of English Suitings and
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    • 128 15 CHEMIST ENYAL CORN REMOVER 50 cts. Nyals Corn Remover forms a protective cover over the Corn and gives immediate relief. Agents FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. I (Inc. in F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. CAMERAS AND FILMS r__________________m_____________~ __2^^__r M I___Pl __v^.tf*K__ l a. tlm-J T-i v t :y ■3^3Pjj I 'h|f*
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  • THE HARBOUR
    • 73 16 MR. H. N. Hooper of Dreyfuss Co. returned to Singapore on Saturday by the President Wilson after a trip Home to the United States on leave. Other passengers disembarking here were Mr. C. St. J. Bremner, Mrs. Max Field. Mr. C. L. Marsh, Misses A. and
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    • 412 16 Southampton. MR. Robertson F. Gibb, chairman of the Union-Castle Line, who has returned to England from the Cape, where he had been in consultation with the Union authorities regarding the mail contract and acceleration of the company's service between Southampton and Capetown, has revealed the extent of
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    • 62 16 H.M.S. Guardian, Captain G. C. Cooke, has arrived at Devonport to be recommissioned. The Guardian was completed two years ago. the first vessel to be specially built for service as a net-layer and target-towing ship. She ll attached to the Home Fleet, but was among the vessels sent to Alexandria
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    • 79 16 The Right Rev. William F. Brown. Roman Catholic Bishon of Pella and Auxiliary Bishop of South wark. was presented with a cheque for £2.000 at a reception in the Hotel Metronole in commemoration of the golden jubilee of I his ordination. The chair was taken by the Bishop of Southwark.
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    • 125 16 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Dolphin, Singkar. Lch. Spartan. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjong Pagar Albert Dock: Boelongan, Tohiti. Keppel Harbour King's Dock: Malayan Prince. No. 2 Dock: Tug Pentower, Kajang. Godown Gate No Rajula 22 i Erria 18
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    • 172 16 Five Destroyer Contracts For Clyde Yards It is reported in the "Glasgow Herald that, subject to the settlement of certain points of detail, the Admiralty have decided to place orders with Clyde yards for five Tribal class destroyers. The cost .f each vessel will be about f 400,
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    • 188 16 Biff Increase In, Italian Tonnage Last Year A d. crease n 'tonnage.? carried by British ships through the Suez Cana. in 1935 and a substantial increase m Italian tonnages is shown in return* published in the "Board of Trade Journal Britis".i *hips arried 15 <3o.uu, tons through
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    • 477 16 f 1 O~~J _^m-\mmaa-W^ __________V .O BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. SAILINGS, Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage ItoM SOUDAN 6.500 May *6 NALDERA 16,000 July 3 RANPURA 17.000 May 10 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 July 17 RAWALPINDI 17.000 May 22 BANGALORE 6,000 July 30 BURDWAN 6,070 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 31 CORFU 15,000
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  • 22 17 Mr Marcel Khill, secretary to the French poet Jean Coctean, who left for Hongkong by the Kashima Maru.
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    • 329 17 aMa p M l^l M l^l^i^^j^M---W_---W-iM->* > 1 1 BURNS PHILP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. MERKUR In Port May 3 MARELLA May 28 June 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at tha following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney
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    • 454 17 I s_Kv >M TO FRENCH PORTS j t V U Sr HOMEWARDS. T DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 5 J DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 1 D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 I S CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux
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  • 1554 18  -  P. Jerome Willis SOHO MURDERS: COVENT GARDEN: 8.8.C.'S SEARCH: THE BUDGET: "OOP FOR THE COOP": COCKTAIL PARTIES By (By Air Mail London, Apr. 21. ASOHO murder, the start of the season and the Budget are the main interests in town this week-end. Beside anyone of these
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  • 116 18 Bombay Boy Scout's Easter In London London. Apr. 16. A Boy Scout from Bombay has just spent a quiet Easter in London after bicycling 16,000 miles on a world tour. He is Rover Scout J. R. Mody of the 51st Bombay Troop, who started from Bombay in
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  • 52 18 New Japanese G.O.C. In North China Tokyo, May 1. lIEUT.-GENERAL Kanichiro Tashiro, commander of the 11th Division succeeds Lieut-General Tada as G.O.C. to the Japanese garrison in North China. This is the first appointment made thereto by the Emperor himself which illu.strate.s the increasing importance attached to the
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  • 29 18 The Dickens exhibition in Melbourne to mark the centenary of the publica tion of "The Pickwick Papers" ha* among its exhibits a large collection of early editions and manuscripts.
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  • 149 18 Miners Just Hear Of King George's Death Hobart. Tasmania. Apr. 21. MEWS travels slowly in the rugged south-west of Tasmrnia. King George died nearly three months ago. but metal miners in the Port Davey area learned about it only a few days ago. The news came to them
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  • 44 18 The Archpriest Augustin Peterson \vtconsecrated and enthroned as Metropolitan of Riga and Primate of the Orthodox Church in Latvia in the Orthodox Cathedral in Riga. Archbishop Germanos. Metropolitan of Thyateiia and Exarch of the Orthodox Churcl in Northern and Western Europe, conducted the ceremony
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  • 60 18 Colonel James Walker, the last surviving officer of the original Northwest Mounted Police, now ihe Royal Canadian Mounted Police, died at Calgary at the age of 90. Colonel Walker rode into Winnipeg at the lead of detachment of the Police in 1874. and was later made an honorary Chief ot
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  • 152 18 Big Expenditure Tokio. Apr. 30 TO-MORROW morning the Emperor convokes an extraordinary session oi the Diet, which for the first time in Japanese history meets on May 4 under Martial Law conditions imposed on Feb 26 Th^ proceedings are expected to be of unusual importance, particularly in
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  • 9 18 Wireless telephony between Cairo and Baghdad has been inaugurated.
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  • 67 18 Three armed men entered the hrancji of the Bilbao Bank at Melilia. Spanlsn Morocco, recently, and made the clcn hand over 100.000 Pesetas (about £3.000' They then decamped In their car drove at full speed ihrough a bar r *J; on the outskirts of the town, and maofor French territory.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 547 19 JojiTthe radio I British Empire Programme Transmisdon 2: GSG ifiaW) from 6.20 p.m, to 785 p_m_ .Vm mSTtrom 7.35 pjn. to 9.15 p_m rft 19 82 metre* (15.14 mcs.) froai K0 pm to 9.05 p.m.; Mid GSB 3L5* metres (951 mcs.) from 6.20 p-m. to aO5 ddl (experimental only). TraiSmlssion
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    • 584 19 Mitchell Wiley. Production bv William MacLurg. 6.50 a.m.— A Programme of Early English Music. The 8.8.C. Empire Orchestra; leader, Dan. el Meisa; conductor, Eric Fogg. Gwenn Knight (Soprano). Orchestra; Suite, Venus and Adonis, (l) Overture, (2) Sarabande, (3) Gavott, (4) Ent-'acte, (5) Dance of the Cupids and Musi.- of the
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    • 503 19 Hogben.).) Greenwich Time Signal at 11.50 p.m. 0.20 a.m.— Close down. -Xirom Station TO-DAY 10.50 a.m. Opening. 10.55 a.m. Musical selections. 11.30 a.m. Morning talk. 1.K.R.0.5. speaker. 11.50 a.m. Time signal. Classical concert 12.20 p.m. Lunch time programme. 1.10 p.m. Nirom news bulletin. 1.20 p.m. Dance music by the Roy
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    • 457 19 man, English). German Folk Song 4.15 p.m.— Greetings to our listeners. 4.20 p.m.— lntroducing Experts: Edu- ard Erdmann plays Piano Compositions bv Schubert. 4.50 p.m.— News and Economic P.e- view tn English. 5.05 p.m.— "The Birthday." A Merry Musical Hour, arranged by Heinz Steinbock. 6.05 p.m. News and Economic Review
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  • 134 20 Theatre Owner Leaves £100 For Doorkeeper London, Apr. 26. MRS. VIOLET MELNOTTE WYATT, best known as Miss Violet Melnotte, the West End theatre owner, has left £13,425. Bequests made in recognition of long and faithful service are: £100 to Mrs. Nellie Ridley; £50 to Henry Cohen; and £100
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  • 37 20 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Leslie, the retiring Adjutant-General in India, has left Bombay for England at the close of 40 years' distinguished military service. Lieutenant-General Sir John Brind will arrive in Bombay to-day to succeed Sir Walter Leslie.
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  • 191 20 Typist's Vain Bid To Save Employer New York, Apr. 26. AFTER being held ln mid-air by his girl typist and a window-cleaner until the girl's strength failed, Mr. Henry Gerdts, a New York silk merchant, plunged to his death on the pavement five storeys below. The typist,
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  • 550 20 Name Unrevealed In Charge London, Apr. 26. LETTERS said to have been written to a financier by two former employees were read in a £6,500 menaces charge at Bow Street, when details were given of a scene in a lawyer's office when a hidden detective took shorthand
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  • 116 20 German Scientist Explains Berlin Apr. 26. ACCORDING to a German scientist n people who complain about the noise made by the morning milkman and other early workers are doing them a grave injustice. They are not, says the scientist, making half as much noise as the disturbed
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    • 30 20 m I. fl fl 1 fl fl _P^ __________ijflwi|i^n^jw^__^^_fl m.ll__l _1 "V ill Ii I Sole Agents for Malaya: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., Singapore Muar Malacca Seremban Kuala Lumpur Ipoh
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  • 733 21 CONTROVERSY ON THEATRE Commission And Committee mHE minutes of the meeting of the 1 Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association held on April 27 have now been made available. It appears that the minutes of the previous resolution were amended, the resolution then passed bemg altered to read
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  • 51 21 UJS. Gunman's Meek Surrender New Orleans, May 1. HPHE police have captured Alvin Karpis public enemy No. 1, as a climax to a nationwide s arch of several months. Twice previously he had shot his way out of police traps but this time he surrendered meekly.-
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  • 40 21 Workmen who were pulling up floor- < boards in an old cottage at Rochford, near Southend, found over 100 ancient 1 coins. One of the coins is Roman and < others date from reigns of Charles II I and William IV. I
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  • 264 21 An Amazing Discussion Recalled (By Alr Mall) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 22. NEWS of the death of Professor Harrower has evoked eulogistic obituary notices in the home papers. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith writes to The Times as follows: "In the face of exceptional difficulties he
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  • 106 21 Arab Delegation's Arrival Postponed London, April 29. rE Colonial Secretary was questioned in the House of Commons on the Arab Delegation to be invited to come from Palestine to state their views regarding the constitution. Mr. J. H. Thomas said that he understood the leaders of the Arab parties
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  • 166 21 Steel Firm's Appeal To Workmen (By Alr Mail) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 22. THE bottle manufacturing Industry of Great Britain, recaptured from foreign countries in recent years, is about to encounter fierce competition from the Welsh tinplate trade. Messrs. Baldwins, Ltd., the South Wales steel
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  • 80 21 Mr. J. G. Hay Replies To Cheviot Shareholders (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 1. SHAREHOLDERS at the Cheviot Rubber Company meeting interrogated Mr J.O. Hay regarding the reasons for' the committee's increase in the qU Mr a Hay replied that the committee was not concerned with the
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  • 117 21 New Anti-Communist Moves Peiping, Saturday. CTEPS have been taken to enforce the anti-Communist pact concluded by i the Japanese authorities and the Char-Ihar-Hopei Political Council. Four Japanese destroyers and two bruisers are being sjtationed permanently at Tangku to give assistance to the troops. Col. Kita, the Japanese military
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 117 21 __7^ HAVE YOU BOOKED FOR TO-MORROW NIGHTS GALA PREMIERE? t j The famous singing stars of "NAUGHTY MARIETTA" together again! I At CAPITOL JEANETTE MacDONALD j 4 B- _;__^______i I M^^^i^^M-----^i^-^--"^-^""--"a i,, l> ,il l 1^ 1 «_-_M-_----iMi"i"i™^^i»--^^"^'----*^^--- l^^^ il^^""^"^ ,B-^™ j .^KJI SPECIAL MATINEES NELSON EDDY JM*. mmmmm dailv
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  • 1408 22 UPS DOWNS IN LEAGUE Charlton's Fine Record THE final matehes of ihe English football season were played on Saturday, and the results hs cabled by Reuter, together with the final tables in the league, are given below. Sunderland are champions of the first division, with Derby
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  • 59 22 Five For The Middlesex Regiment IN the first division of the S.A.F.A. league on Saturday, the Middlesex Regiment defeated the Malays by five goals to nil, in a game which was rather one sided and in which only the fine display of Said, the Malays' goalkeeper, prevented the
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  • 73 22 The following are passengers by the Jutlandia which left Marseilles for the East on Apr. 28: Mr. M. Steincke, for Penang. Mr. J. Broadbent, Mrs. Broadbent and infant. Mrs. I. Mackintosh and child. Miss G. M. Mullie, for Port Swettenham. Mr. H. Byron, Mrs. Byron, Mr. G. E. Cath.
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 22 Watson, the Middlesex regiment skipper and centre forward, was moving so fast when this picture was taken that even the camera coulri not catch him properly! An incident from the match Middlesex Regiment vs. Malays, won by the regiment s—o.5 0.
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  • 117 22 To Be Played Next Wednesday THE following players are invited to attend, prepared to play, at Anson Road Stadium on Wednesday, May 6 1936, at 5 p.m., for the second trial match to select the team to represent Singapore in the forthcoming Malaya Cup Competition: Ah Chong,
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  • 37 22 Shanghai, May 3. The Chinese football team for the World Olympic Games left Shanghai yesterday for Hongkong. Saigon. Singapore and the Netherlands Indies to play exhibition matches before proceeding to Berlin. Sin Chew Jit Poh
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  • 13 22 The air service between Amsterdam and Liverpool will be resumed on July 1.
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    • 49 22 J THE ONE PICTURE THE WORLD IS RAVING OVER J 2__*i rlmjmtomdiajonmyat'thm grmoimmt ____f_____!____»_^fc QliVfTof Mod»rn.Tlm«_l ifi 1 __rf i^-iiaa f-__^ a__y m\ may wt_ t m f m I B_^»^^ umt a* w^ %^Jy\ P CjftciiAtiis»cHAriiM mmff^i t 1-IMiM VMI.IO AltllTl > OPENS TUESDAY, MAY 12TH IT'AI'ITOIJ <• m
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 128 22 To -da j In Singapore HIGH TIDES:— 9.3B a.m., 9.37 p.m. FOOTBALL: q.A.F.A. League, Div. II S.C.F.A. H, v. Ft. Canning, Anson Road Stadium; Com. Cup M.P.H. v. Straits Times, Post Office ground; Friendly. St. Joseph's Institution I v. Minto C.U., S.J.I, ground GOLF: Ladies* Monthly Medal (Bogey) S.G.C. CAPITOL:—
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  • 398 23 JUNCTION ON JUNE 19 Finest Club In East mill new premises of the Singapore T sJ mming Club, designed by L k wTre\er and erected under >!r, I i»v Messrs I nited Engineers \7Xe nou almost completed and r brought into use as from May 21.
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  • 42 23 A water polo match between a team of the Singapore Swimming Club and the RE. will be played at the club tomorrow, at 5.15 p.m. Mr p a. Mollov. Senior Executive Engineer, has been appointed to act as State Engineer. Perak. P
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  • 602 23 TRAINING FOR SUMMER MEETING Weights For Next Saturday, (By "Capt. Hawk.") Singapore Saturday. THE going was inclined to be soft this morning when training was continued on the second track at Bukil Timah in preparation for the S.T.C. Summer (Governor's Cup) Race Meeting which opens on Saturday, May 9. A
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  • 42 23 London, May 2. THE following Rugby Union matches were played to-day: Abcravon 3 Llanelly 0 Bristol 13 Gloucescer 0 Cardiff 3 Neath 5 Hartlepool R. 0 Oakcs XV 24 Northampton 3 Coventry 15 Plvmouth A. 0 Torquay A. 8 —Reuter.
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  • 105 23 Derby Call Over Pay Up Heads Betting List London, April 30. THE latest Derby call-over is as follows: 11 to 2 Pay Up offered, 6to 1 taken. 10 to 1 Rhodes Scholar offered; 100 to taken. 100 to 9 Bala Hissar offered; 100 to 8 taken. 20 to 1 Noble
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  • 50 23 Bold Venture Wins In Exciting Finish Louisville, May 2. THE Kentucky Derby resulted as follows:— 1. BOLD VENTURE. 2. BREVITY. 3. INDIAN BROOM. Won by a head; six lengths between second and third. Betting:— lo to 1 Bold Venture; 6to 5 Brevity; 2 to" 1 Indian Broom.— Reuter.
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  • 1054 24 Club Held Advantage Over United Services Singapore, Sunday. RAIN intervened in the two day cricket fixture between the S.C.C. and the United Services which was played on the S.C.C. ground over the week end, and the match ended in a draw. At the close of
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  • 114 24 Tennis Tourney At S.C.C. Ends WITH the playing of the final tie in the Doubles Championship, in which the contending pairs are N. S. Wise (singles champion) and R. F. Smith and W. J. M. Warden and E. C. Cherrington, the SCC Spring tennis tournament will be bought to an
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    36 24 Said, the Malayas' goalkeeper, comes out to handle a hot shot put in i« from the wing by Dean, in the match against the Middlesex regiment, jjf which the regiment won by Ave goals to nil.
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  • 111 24 First Returns Of The Season London, May 2. THE following were the scores when stumps were drawn at the end of tl& first day's play to-dav:— M.C.C. v. Yorks, at Lord's. M.C.C. 170 (Smailes 5 for 63). Yorks 123 for 3. Glamorgan v. Kent, at Cardiff. Kent 187
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  • 27 24 Queen Mary, accompanied by the Princess Royal, paid a visit to Adelphi I Terrace, and carried out an inspection I of the buildings and the arches beiow
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