Morning Tribune, 21 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL l.—No. 94 i SINGAPORE THURSDAY, May 21, 1936 FIVE CENTS.
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  • 224 1 JAPANESE POLICY EXPANSION Will CBUAWfI] OPPOSE? LONDON MAY 20 -ti* voREIGN POLICY OF THE T^aSStc empire MUST BE THE ISfINTHE WORLD." SAYS SlMP H^vr-T FSTER GUARDIAN. "IT TO EXPAND. ECONO--IS. SH°KTLY. iy MILITARIM i CA wwFMEVER AND WHEREVER pL<;trJ? AW NO CIRCUMSTANCE SS OR
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  • 116 1 Japan May Want A Quid Pro Quo Tokyo, May 20 |T is learned that Britain through the (Japanese Embassay. has invited ;I Pan to participate in a tri-power treaty The Foreign Office r^T esman announced that Japan was pivuir very careful consideration to Britain's memorandum received a
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  • 33 1 London. May 20. JHE Emperor of Abyssinia who is an Uri«» n rary doctor of Cambridge nwrsity W as elected an honorary a! ber L of tne Cambridge Union societv night. British Wireless
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  • 161 1 Smaller Passenger List Than Majestic London, May 20 QUEEN Mary will spend five hours aboard the giant Cunard WhiteStar liner to which she has given her name when she visits Southampton SSS Monday, accompanied bv the Duke and Duchess of Kent and the Duchess
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  • 78 1 What The Smuggling Racket Mi ans Shanghai, May 20. IF the China Government is dissatisfied 1 with the Tangku Truce because it prevents the' despatch of armed troops to the demilitarised Zone Japan is willinT to conclude a political pact to replace it. said Major
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  • 38 1 Madrid. May 19 Arrests ln connection with the Army mutiny now total 83 officers and men. SeFlrrt Cavalry Regiment has been transferred to Valencia wdw tore move it from the seat of the trouble. Reuter Wireless
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  • 48 1 London, May 20 AN arrangement has been concluded between Messrs. Harland Wolff, shipbuilders, of Belfast and Short Brothers, seaplane builders, of Rochester, which the two firms are to form a new company to construct aircraft of both land and marine types in Belfast. British Wireless
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 1 Mr. Vaughan Jones, secretary (left) and Mr. H M. Cantrell, assistant secretary, of the Singapore Swimming Club, who to-day take over control of the new building of the club on its opening. A special article describing the new building is in pages 13, 15 and 19 of this issue and
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  • 36 1 Singapore. Wednesday Alex Bell, the 17-year-old Eurasian who pleaded guilty before thc Third Magistrate, Mr. M. H. Blacker, yesterday to two charges of cheating, was today bound over to be of good behaviour for six months.
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  • 107 1 New Agreement I Likely London, May 20. CAPTAIN Evan Wallace, secretary ot the Department of Overseas Trade, Who is in Paris in connection with the negotiations for a new Anglo-French trade agreement, stated yesterday that the negotiations were now in an advanced stage and should soon be cornet
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  • 86 1 Gat wick Aerodrome In Use London, May 20. THE new London airport at Gatwick. Surrey, which was only opened on Sunday, is already being extensively used. i There were nearly 80 landings and departures yesterday. The principal services ar e to France, Holland, Germany and Scandinavia.
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    • 6 1 Races 1 I Page 30 j
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    • 53 1 RICH FRESH MILK WITH THE RISK REMOVED BEAR |§tBRAND THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE NATURAL SWISS MILK Delicious milk from the mountain valleys of Switzerland, prepared in its natural state with its health giving vitamins. Endorsed by the medical profession as the best obtainable. Joseph Travers Sons., Ltd., SINGAPORE (Incorporated in
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  • 383 2 ENVOYS FROM CANTON Raising Chinese Standards Singapore, Thursday MR. Woo Ding Seen, President of the Koh Min University, Canton, who has been sent by the Kwung Tung Provincial Government as a special commissioner to investigate educational methods as practised in Chinese schools in Malaya, Java, Sumatra, the
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  • 18 2 London. May 19 The air routes financial resolution ho.s been carried by 259 votes to 122. Reuter Wireless
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  • 180 2 Surprise At End Of Hearing London. May 19 rE Judge's questions elicited interesting revelations in the final day's evidence before the Budget Tribunal. Kenneth Butt, son ol Sir Alfred Butt, testified that his firm was annoyed when they discovered he had done budget business and asked him for
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  • 133 2 Italian Supply Ships Expected Djibouti, May 19. SEVEN Italian ships are expectec* here bringing supplies and foodstuffs en route to Abyssinia. Difficulties are anticipated in connection with the use of the railway since the Italians have not paid the dues on the first consignments and the railway refuses to
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  • 174 2 Question Of Continuation Discussed London. May 19 THE Dominions Secretary was asked In the Hous° of Commons whether invitations had been or would be issued to the Governments of the countries concerned in the Ottawa Aereements, to attend a further conference with a view to continuing those agreements
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  • 55 2 Washington, May 19. THE United States cruiser Minneapolis has been seriously damaged, necessitating extensive repairs, as the result of a collision with an unnamerl merchant steamer. The accident occurred during fleet manoeuvres off Balboa about a week ago. says the Navy Department which, hitherto, did not
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  • 147 2 Massacre Narrowly A voided Nairobi, May 19 THE Commission inquiring into the rioting at Zanzibar considers the action of the police in firing on the mob was justified as a possible massacre of all European and officials was thereby avoided. The report, however, adversely criticise the Administrative and Agricultural
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  • 76 2 Demand To French Government Paris, May 19. FINANCIAL circles are perturbed by the vast unemployment programme launched by the General Confederation of Labour, which is assuming power behind the throne in the new Socialist Government. It calls on the Bank of France to advance immediately five hundred million
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 2 Mr Woo Ding Seen, president of the Koh Min University, Canton, who is in Malaya to study educational methods here.
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  • 97 2 Nanking Takes Action Nanking. May 20 AS a part of a new plan to cherk the contraband trade in North China the Government have ordered that railway employees guilty of aiding smugglers shall be punished in aecordance with the anti-narcotics law which provides for the death penalty'
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  • 135 2 Singapore, Wednesday THE weather was bright and sunny at yesterday's race meeting and the ladies all looked bright and cheerful In their attractive dresses. Mrs. Rene Ullman was extremely chic in a white crepe skirt and cape. With this she had on a very pretty brown
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  • 258 2 Mrs H. Elphick wore a beautiful lonsblack frock. It had a gathered bodice and long sleeves slip from the shoulders to the tight fitting cuffs. Around the shoulders it was trimmed with <zold. Mrs Albert wore a verv dainty long black and white checked frock. It had
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  • 153 2 Mrs. Bain looked very smart wearing a white linen suit and navy blouse. Her white straw hat was trimmed with a large curly feather at the back. Another looking attractive In a linen .suit was Miss Pamela Owen. Looking very fit after her long holiday on a
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  • 31 2 Rome, May It It is officially denied there have w*n mass executions in Addis Ababa, it stated that there have only been sow executions of those found guilty brigandage. Reuter Wireless
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  • 223 3 MR. MARCUS DUKES 24 Years In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) (From um*~ Lumpur May 20 KIALA LUMPUR has lost a wellknown personality by the untim death of Mr. Marcus Dukes IfSSafaaf IMaP*»l n, ht V Mr Dukes was co-operative marketing officer, but was better k
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  • 175 3 Han Declared In London London, May 20. THE Bank oi England has requested the bullion brokers to cease buying gold coin at a premium over bar gold or to sell them for hoarding, thus joining in the Bank of France's efforts to check the hoarding propensities of French
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  • 114 3 "Midsummer Nighfs Dream" Singapore, Wednesday SINGAPORE film fans seem to like the combination of Shakespeare and Mendelssohn and last night's performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" trie Alhambra was as well attended be special showing of this film here a few months ago. It would be invlmous to
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  • 25 3 Estate fnr P tv, of Ayer Molek Rubber wafqßw K the month of A P ril 1936 lb 9832 lb Total for 6 months, 68,458
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  • 2330 3 Mr. CS. See Describes To Local Rotarians His Tour Of The World Singapore Wednesday "EXPERIENCES of his world tour, out reaches nf Rotary, and his impressions of America" were the interesting subjects chosen by Mr. C. S See the well-known local Rotarian. who has recently returned to Malaya after a
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  • 118 3 Position Needs Clarification London, May 19 animated discussion took place at a meeting of the China sub-Com-mittee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and members of the House of Commons under the chairmanship of Earl Winterton, when it discussed smuggling in North China. Representatives of the British Residents' Association
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  • 98 3 China League Right To Permanent Seal On Council Geneva, May 19 SURPRISE has been created by the recent report circulated in China to the effect that Lord Cecil, had expressed opposition to China's longstanding request for a permanent seat on the League Council. Reuter Is informed from a most reliable
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  • 29 3 Rome. May 19 M. Jarousseau, the French missionary Bishop of Harar. has txvn ordered to leave Abyssinia on the ground that he is engaged in anti-Italian activities. Reuter Wireless
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • 228 4 THE LOCAL MARKET I Buying Interest (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 25% cts., Market Tone: Easier. Tin (Singapore) $98Vi, down $1%. To-day's Prices: London: 7 5 16d., down ljl6d. Market Tone: Easier. New York: 15 9;i6 cts., down V» ct. Market Tone: Dull. I London: Spot
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    • 85 4 r Singapore, Wednesday. There are no changes to report in the rubber share market which with the ex cept ion of a few deals at slightly lower prices continues neglected. The prices of tin shares have been well There is no pressure to sell but buyers are holding
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    • 80 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 20. FHE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, copra and wolfram: Market Tone: Quiet. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 711 32 (down 1 32). July-Sept.: 7 13 32 (down 132). LONDON TIN Spot: £198 (down 1). Forward:
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    • 47 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 20. THE closing prices were as follows London New York Cross Rat L97 (up K). London Paris: 75 Y_ (down 116) London Amsterdam 7.35 Y 2 (down 3 4 London Hongkong: ls. 3 Vid. (down «^d.).
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    • 92 4 The Singapore Chambei Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Wednesday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F.0.8. May) 253/4 25% Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. May) 25% 25% No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) awardable S'pore) 25 11|16 25 13|16 do. June 25*% 26 do. JulylSept. 26 26% do. Oct.Dec.
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    • 344 4 •New York prices quoted in U.S. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. London, May 20 6.30 p m Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Previously Yesterday Rise or fall War Loan, 3y 2
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    • 24 4 I SOUTH I ItltlllSll INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand). I imssi:\i;i:ii>> I iiam.ai.i: VV. J. DEXTER, Manager. Tel. 5926, 2, Finlayson Green.
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    • 43 4 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y. 100,000,000 Reserve Fund Y.129,150,0011 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. tjnagami. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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  • 1041 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Wednesday, May 20th 5 pjn. MINING Buyers. Sellers Ampat Tin (45.) g» W Zm Kumbang «> gg Austral Malay <£) Hitam Tin (SO cts.) .47* .50* SISjM iff 3 7 2 6 CdCb Ipoh Tins (16|-) 31i 32 jelapang 14 jelebus ($1) -»3 -97cd Johan
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  • 79 5 Greece is to place an order for a destroyer with England, it is learned from semi-official sources. It is explained that the order is not to be placed with Germany, since it would necessitate years of study to enable the engineers to master the complicated German engines. An order for
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  • 1037 5 Fraser Co's Report FRASER and Co.'s report on the Singapore share market, dated 19, states: The prospect of an immediate devaluation of the franc and the guilder having been shelved for the time being local markets, at one period of the week, developed quite a bright tone
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    • 9 5 •J. A ABSOLUTE SECURITY j Moto ii Ukiox j
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    • 224 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., THE HO HONG BANK, LTD., AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. r CAPITAL: Authorised 540.000.000.00 Paid Up $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE: CniNA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH: 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee Swee
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  • 350 6 Miss Claudette Colbert MAE West and Ruth Roland have the reputation of being the smartest business women in South California, but there's another young lady who knows what to do with her earnings. Her name is Claudette Colbert. Miss Colbert's business acumen is w j ll known
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 6 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and chorus in one of the many attractive dance numbers in "First A Girl," which is drawing crowded houses to the Pavilion.
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  • 183 6 In "King Of Burlesque" INDIVIDUALLY Jimmy McHugh and I Ted Koehler have been setting the country on its ear. Now the composer and lyricist of the hour are combining their efforts to turr. out a bevy of brand new tunes for "Kinj of Burlesque," the 20th Century-Fox
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 6 Madge Evans and Richard Dix in a scene from The Tunnel," the British picture which opens at the Capitol to-morrow.
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    • 161 6 UUU ami POSITIVELY LAST The picture the whole world is Raving over concludes its Season To-Night IIMPITOT] 9.15 CHARLIE f CHAPLIN "MODERN TIMES" with PAULETTE GODDARD J HIS ACTIONS SPEAK EVERY LANGUAGE The whole world knows him The whale world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius! I *\_\o*
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  • 279 7 "Return Of Peter Grimm" (J RIPPING suspense is provided in the •n,J Ve i r t ly dra matic picture, "The Reurn of Peter Grimm" which stars Lio'tanHi rrymore rated America's outvolS character actor Having liter in f tosier dau Bhter and her lovthrnLt l rair l P
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    • 197 7 J~| I M H I fl tttt^tt fl Oil Mil t hui A Dazzling New STAGE Attraction- t v f Presented with a Grand Musical Comedy A «J» Weds. May 27th at the CAPITOLi *The FAMOUS I GAETANO GIRLS and X v VIOLETTE iFERRETTI X The Gayest and Fastest Dancing
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    • 191 7 fI A Troublesome Man l AT lili^flra But a Movable Chost! I j&* -J^E_t_i Y5 LIONEL I THE change '<i^3a___.:'--. I t&K _te_\_y X__T David Belasco's great state f*Mgr- ___hmX < uae RKO. T An J| f J__liH_k_ A D/ PICTURE Attrlctio! iBWSM DONALD MEEK To be presented with a
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  • 563 8 AN ENGLISH ESTATE Scheme Of SmallHoldings London. A REAL, if only a small-scale, beginning has been made with the settlement of unemployed men on the land in West Cumberland. It li the first result, in that part of the country, of the efforts of the Land Settlement
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  • 230 8 Tragedy Of Boy And Dead Mother New York WHEN David De Pinna, aged ten. was told his mother had "gone to heaven," he sought her even in his sleep, until he fell from a window and was seriously injured. It was live months ago that David's mother
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 8 The Inniskillings beat the Malays in a First Division match on Tuesday by 3 goals to one. Above is a picture taken during the game, which was played on a field made muddy by heavy rain.
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  • 226 8 Judge's Scathing Comments Cardiff SCATHING comments on what he described as wholesale perjury in connection- with the charges of riotous assembly i?t the Taff Merthyr Colliery, Trelewis, were made by Mr. Justice Humphreys in sentencing 51 men and three women at Glamorgan Assizes. "I have? never during
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  • 36 8 The Mayor of Southland has presented Kendrick Barton, an employee on Southend pier, with a Corporation Life Saving medal for diving into the sea to the rescue of a woman who had fallen from the pier.
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  • 277 8 Tien tsin Revenues Depleted Tokyo SOME curious aspects of the North China tariff war. born of the snuggling which is depleting the revenues of the Tientsin Maritime Customs, are described in dispatches in the vernacular Press here. Mr. Yin Ju-keng. chairman of the Autonomous Council in the
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  • 18 8 According to the latest registration figures the IO h.p. motor-car is the most popular type in Great Britain.
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    • 77 8 i i i i i a i i a i a i a i a a t i a i a i iiitiiiiiaiiiniiiiiii i i i i i i iiniiiiiiiniHiHiiliHulinniiniliil'Ul tmm^ A T THE j EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE C01tl»01IATI<»\ LIMITED., J ancorporated in the Straits Settlements) j FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR,
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    • 103 8 PALACE Theatre (EU TONG SEN STREET) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.50 P~ "The SHANGHAI REVUE" Company of 50 Star Artists frcta Stage Screen in Spectacular Dances, Singing, Clowning and Acrobatic Acts. PLUS THE YONG SISTEKSPrices: 20c, 40c, 60c, 80c Sl y0 •J. iNew World Cabaret! I j ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY Friday, Saturday and
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  • 1204 9 NEEDS OF BRITAIN The European Outlook Manchester. LORD Derby presided at a public meeting at the Free Trade Hall, attended hy some 2,000 persons, to hear Mr. D'.iflf Cooper, Secretary of Sate for War. as principal speaker in an appeal organized hy the East Lancashire Territorial Association
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 9 Jumping to it in the Inniskillings- Malays match at Anson Road Stadium on Tuesday. Tempers became frayed towards the close of the game, three players being ordered off
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  • 153 9 Gallant Effort To Save Master Stonecliff (Ontario) CARRYING out the last command of his master, a dog limped into this settlement with a mitten tied around its neck as a distress signal. The dog belonged to Lawrence Larochelle, a 25-year-old trapper and a rescue party was at once
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  • 56 9 During February 25,769 private motorcars were produced in the United Kingdom. This figure compares with 24,330 for February, 1935. and increases the total for the period from Oct. I— the beginning of the motor industry's year —to 139.995 (against 123.708 for 1934--351 The output of commercial vehicles for' the month
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  • 31 9 An application has been made by Benn Brothers, Limited, for permission to place a bronze bust of the late T. P. O'Connor and a commemorative tablet at Chronicle House. Fleet Street.
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  • 312 9 Cultured German Nobles Munich. ALL Wagner's operas are to be "corrected" this year, to bring them in line with Nazi conceptions of history. It is announced here that the alteration of •Goetterdaemmerung" has already been completed. In the past, the second act of "Goetterdaemmerung" has brought a
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  • 52 9 Of the pedestrians killed in road accidents 45 per cent, are over 55 years of age, according to the National "Safety First" Association London. An investigation of 300 fatal accidents to pedestrians over 55 in the last quarter of 1935 shows that the greatest number of victims were between 70
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  • 62 9 Pleading "Guilty" at Clerkenwell Police Court to summonses for selling intoxicating liquor without a licence and serving after permitted hours at Phil's Club, Carlisle Street, W., Phil Walsh, stated by his solicitor to be an electrician by trade, was fined a total of £80 and ordered to pay £20 costs.
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  • 300 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Thursday, May 21, 1936. BROADCASTING TMIT. news that the Malaya Broadcasting Corporat ion's itation will be in operation about D<r. l ia very welcome. Blalaya has had an unconscionable time to wait for what to-day is regarded M an ordinary amenity of civilisation. Tho activities of
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  • 525 10 THE large increase in the number of accidents among young workers was brought out at a recent meeting at Balliol College, Oxford, of the National Industrial Safety First Association. It was the opinion of one of the speakers that the majority of the accidents, due to horseplay, would
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 10 Over this Savings Bank counter at the General Post Office, Singapore, millions of dollars have been deposited and several thousands are lying unclaimed. (See story on opposite page.)
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  • 218 10 Mr. M. J. Kennaway, of Tanjong Malim, is on a short visit to the Cameron Highlands. a a Mr. G. M. O'Hara, formerly of the Forest Department, has joined Jabi Estate, Alor Star. m w *P It is understood that Mr. H. L. Murray, the Penang cricketer, is proceeding
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  • 728 11 U nclaimed Money Lying In Singapore THOUSANDS IN POST OFFICE No Claimants For Ten Years Singapore, Wednesday. JT may seem strange but it is nevertheless true that thousands of dollars are lying unclaimed to-day in Singapore with all its talk of depression, unemployment, distress and relief measures. The most recent
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    • 349 11 5933 Telegraphic Address: PHONES mm r-"~_V GOODWOOD mw SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th. UNE SOIREE AI.TISTIQUE CABARET PRESENTATIONS MR. MRS. VYNER GOMEZ, MISS MARY HENJAFIELD, THE MISSES DULCIE LULU GOODALL. DINNER $1.50. ADMISSION CHARGE $1.00 JUST COUNT THE NUMBER OF RUBBER BANDS o^-> ITO WIN A PRIZE!
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  • 2475 13 NEW SWIMMING CLUB IH lIIHX. WHICH WILL BE EXVY OF ORIENT ANEW epoch in the club life of Singapore which has been aptly described as a city of clubs is marked to-day by the opening of the new premises of the Singapore Swimming: Club at
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  • 267 13 The Toast Is, V. J. MANY of the members of the committee of the club, including especially Mr. F.G. Hill, have done a tremendous amount of work in connection with the new building of the Swimming Club, but none has worked harder than Mr. Vaughan Jones, the club secretary. "VJ."„
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    • 55 13 I* •j. 4. •8* *5* I ELECTRICAL GLASSWARE A Jta v 7 •fi** SWIMMING CLUB JL A v T JL A TT X Was Supplied By a I THE NOUVEAUX Co. J JL <• Leading Manufacturers 65 67, The Arcade <L .;.»X«* v* ♦•fr4 M B M fr«fr«M M 8
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  • 45 15 WITH (he opening of the new pre- mises of the Swimming Club, the telephone number has been changed. In future it is to be L and instead of there being separate c numbers, all lines are on the one c number. a
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    • 69 15 for BRILLIANT LIGHTING at maximum possible ***mwmwmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm j EFFICIENCY, AND FOR TROUBLE-FREE WIRING I instal ROYAL "EDISWAN" LAMPS and EDISON SWAN C.M.A. WIRES and CABLES. THE WIRING OF THE NEW CLUBHOUSE FOR THE j SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB has been I INSTALLED BY US, USING APPROXIMATELY 1000 I "EDISWAN LAMPS and
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    • 33 17 U Bfl^^ m. ufi^j V^\_____i_ Y V AJ« 119 _k j-*mtMlj-Mmi Aoe-Pompeian Enamel Finishes were used exclusively on the New Swimming Club buildings. Sole Agents for Malaya: McAllister A. Co.. Lid. (AND REDUCED)
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    • 137 18 jjssss. ;jrs:::s:s:.iJJJJJSssS!SSKs:wss:K;;2;s««*^;**^*** l ::*::H;:!:;:,',' :;ss;s22isiiirzi:JJisi"ii::«:!"****'*** *ss;_;ssss_siSsssrsrs_ssSS_ss_sssssss2ssssrsSSSSS_sss_-_i-2-S-._»- .-••---•••.Z-rr.i-.srTs:;:;. •;:u' iiiii lilv 1 "The Choice of the Discriminating" j _r______- —*a»^.V ...a. ml^^ ~~~-_-_m. T I" .itfiTiir'TffVWM— _iii m '••__~._aa*__Mi^M _m .IT* ,i i I »._*_««___aaai ok i-__________ iii a _^^mm > fT**««B__»^_»_ ___pm V, t* ____i Mm i_k if __M __H
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  • 1202 19 road end there is an extension to the end of the building which can be brought into use when required. When that is done there will be comfortable dancing accommodation for 800 people. Thr dining room forms the foot of thc •L" and is constructed with a tiled floor There
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  • 49 19 Cheap Return Tickets On F.M.S. Railways FOR the Whiteuntide Holidays the F. MS. Railways are arranging cheap return tickets on all classes to and from every station in the country. These tickets will be available from May 28, to June 3 and details are available from any station-master.
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  • 55 19 Washington, May 18 THE Senate ratified the London Naval Treaty orally without recording a vote. Only a small group of Middle Western Senators, led by Senators Nye and Frazier opposed ratification of the treaty which they denounced as a "Swiss cheese treaty" because it was
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  • 13 19 Mrs. O. S. Webb, of Kuala Lumpur is leaving for home this week.
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    • 83 19 1 M ~^_~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^^m^^_~^~^~^~^^_^_^_~—~^~^~^~^~~^~^~^~^~^~^~— AN EVER-WIDENING CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE I IS THE BEST MEASURE OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION I we supplied ihe following for the new 1 SINGAPORE S WIMMING CL UB I REIN roRC ED conc RE t_ DE s, GN .c ANE c I INSULATING BOARD, ASPHALT ROOFING, I I
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    • 77 20 r B| 0 I I UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) I j j v PENANG IPOH SEREMBAN MALACCA THE FEDERATED j S ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR j j CONSTRUCTED j j THE PALATIAL NEW BUILDING 1 1 J 1 m SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB i I 4"
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  • 1000 21 First Class Amenities for the (By Our Woman Correspondent) BECAUSE women constitute a large proportion of the membership of the Singapore Swimming Club there has been considerable interest shown in the women's quarters of the new club building perhaps even more so because the building committee was composed
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  • 194 21 Black White Rprentlv a distinctive makeup has been developed by a noted beautyauthoSt v that is designed to accent trie sKin SM»?IJM^S costui e p «.kin is given a foundation tone though the useTf a soft textured loUon. made by nearly every house of beauty Sreolrations. This lotion is in
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    • 68 21 j SANITARY EQUIPMENT B _w_— aaa»B«a_aß___-aaaa___oa. m^ •m* __L _t\ I^l L-J *V* A r 1~ 1 AmW f FIRE APPLIANCES' f _^P •tl^^ *~*1 P M^ MM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^iMiMß^iW...MMat~a~—__--__------*^~----~***M I THE NEW PREMISES I THE SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB j aEa SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED WATTS and BAKER I T Phone 4025 4»
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  • 587 22 Decorative HOMES The siieeessful renovation of an old-fashioned house THE pictures this week are of Navy E House which is the residence of Commodore WP. Mark-Wardlaw D.5.0., R.N. of H.M. Naval Establishments. It is an old fashioned house with wide verendahs and spacious open rooms for large sralc entertaining, and
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  • 551 22 IF home life was slighted during those light-hearted, pre-slump days when the various members of the family went their respective ways seeking entertainment and recreation in public places, so has the home itself— ln the nature of its furnishings— been sighted on without buying anything new to
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    • 9 22 fj.. j Maison jiSßh j Perm 9Q§fu§ 4010- /jjL^
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    • 77 22 OASIS PORTUGUESE SAIUIIMS <SL Not just plain [i\ small fish, but f3^ J^ GENUINE /ftlif»____Jw sardines from \____J_W^y Portugal, a tin fWjff^'/' Y of which con--11 f I Ku J tains more vita--1 \/f Jr" mins than a 7*_^_3s a^fc-* > litre of Cod Liver Oil. Try Oasis once and
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    • 115 22 WANTED KNOWN Why go to Peking to buy the famous Fette Peking Live-wool Carpet-rugs? We have them all ready to lay on your floor at Peking factory prices in Singapore. We are offering these rugs at prices never before witnessed in Singapore. The JADE TREE RAFFLES HOTEL Open daily till
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    • 90 23 CARRIER SINGAPORE 1 LUGGAGE I CARRIER CO. B-n-f* contractora Forwards East Asiatic Line f Nederland Line I 8.15.N. Co., Ltd., 1 t pte etc. v Tel Address.- -LUGGAGE'' PHONE 2428 or call UnionJßldg^ 1 Cj laUj-J mmaaaaaaaaaaaaaam -m^^ Optical jC^^ 0^ 4 Arcade. (Qualified Eye Specialists. Eye Examinations. Eyeglasses. Exclusively.
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    • 122 23 A TOUItIST 9 S I SHOPPING GUIDE TAILOR Fresh stocks of English Suitings and Shirtings of various quali- I ties* Please come or write to us so that we could come and 1 see you for a trial order. Best 1 workmanship at very low prices. S lIAIIKAT ALI BROS.
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    • 124 23 SILK STORE EXCLUSIVE DRESS-MAKERS WE UNDERTAKE TO DO f AT SHORTEST NOTICE Tajmahal Store 23, HIGH ST. TEL. 3849. CURIOS 0 iaaa ■1 ■■~*~^~^y t Dear Lady, Or Gentleman, Please Come, Have A Look. Good Service Man, Good Respect. I Chinese Needle-Work Done By Hand. You An buy every thing,
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    • 208 23 CHEMIST NYAL CORN REMOVER 50 cts. Nyals Corn Remover forms a protective cover over the Corn and gives immediate relief. Agents: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD* (Inc. in F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. BOOKSHOP Alex. J. Morrison A new way to I£B 11 1 I. I.OLI m I First Cheap Edition Now
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  • 100 24 TO-DAY Pengerang (Aik Soon) 9 a.m. Penang (Kedah* 10 a.m. India East, and North Khandalla* 2 p.m. India South 1 Rohna* 2 p.m. Burma <Khandalla* 2 p.m. Bengkalis. F. de Kock. Padang. Pakan Baroe. Siak. S. Pandjang (Tinombo* 3 p.m. Europe:—Great Britain and Europe generally Rajputana) 7 p.m.
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  • 61 24 SHD?S ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Manila Maru 9 Silverwalnut 37 Kaiiangata 50 8 KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Dolphin. Lch. Spartan. Lch. Mary Rose. Singkara, Pangkor. Duymaer van Twist, W/Bt. Asnes I, Sipora. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS ranjong Pagar Victoria Dock: Ngow Hock. Keppel
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  • 79 24 Mails expected from Europe etc. (London) by Air (Imperial) time of de- I] livery of boxholders' letters onlv 7 n.m. j to-day and general delivery of letters 8.45 a.m. to-morrow. Mail expected from Europe etc. b' Air (Netherlands) general delivery of letters 8.25 a.m. to-day. Mails expected from
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  • 163 24 The stranding of the trawler Confederate, on the Scaurs of Cruden. on Jaunary 16 last, had a sequel at Aberdeen when Andrew Baxter (28), of Aberdeen, was fined £10, with an alternative of 30 days imprisonment for having discovered his skipper's instructions. He pleaded guilty to neglecting
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  • 79 24 During thc week ended April 17, 1026 vessels, representing 1024.612 net register tons, used thc DOTt of London. Of these. 526 vessels 814.963 net register tons* were to and from Empire and foieign ports and 500 vessels 209,643 net register tons* were eng-l■■-.ed in coastwise traffic. The arrivals
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  • 89 24 Gotaverken, Gothenburg have received an order for the construction of a 12.500-ton tanker from a new company which Is about to be founded under the name of Rederi Aktiebolaget Tankoil. The order was placed by Mr. Rolf Soderman. The vessel wiil be 482ft. long, 39ft. wide, and the depth to
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  • 28 24 Sidney Meyer, of Lochee. Dundee, was washed o.crboard when the steam trawler Tunby was struck by a sudden j squall off Fair Isle, between the Orkneys and Shetland.
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  • 215 24 Bock Pu rch ase Decision Reached On M a CV' %*s AT the Tyne Commission meeting. Sir Frank Simpson officially confirmed the report that the Tvne Commission-:-and the London and North Eas 4 Railwav had come to an agreement regarding the price for the acquisiti. Tyne Dock, and the railway
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  • 133 24 No material improvement Is I in our coal exports for Hard that the month's figures are better than those for the short of February. The months 2.620 287 tons, compares with tons for February, and With tons for January, the total for quarter of the vear being 8.001
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  • 37 24 THE Messageries Maritimes Ifall Passenger Vessel s.s. "D'Artacnan From Colombo Is expected to arrive iu Singapore on Saturday. May 23 a 3.m. and sail on the same day at l P for Saigon. Hongkong. Shanghai an« Kobe.
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    • 485 24 0 r-JL -=n-m-"i L 1 I j v ifJB i vJ VV-J y» t m _______m m^ u^m^_^ tlili^t^ri^ ■i __f__\ Mo— C fc— _**~P ■>■■—^ > P. a O. SAILINGS Tonnage S'-iore. Tonnage S'pore 1936. 1936 RAWALPINDI 17.000 May 22 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 31 BURDWAN 6.070 June 4 CHITRAL
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  • 25 25 Col. R. 11. L. Fink and Mrs. Fink retu rned to Singapore by the Rajputana after a holiday trip to China.
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    • 303 25 It 1 It X S PHILP LIXE. (Incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. MERKAR June 28 July 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia Issued at the following rates. Fird Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Mel bourne to tne connecting K.P.M. Vessel. BRISBANE SYDNEY
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    • 596 25 A ~^^+*mm*.^m***rm*^mmm-*~mm~m~m^*mm»^ A DESLRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 C D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Na ites. St. Nazaire Bordeaux July 27 LINOIS For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk July 4 OUTWARDS (from Marseilles). FORBIN JfcJ. 4 J FARES FROM ANY
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  • 660 26 EAST OF THE TOWER C. C. And The Proviem London. A DECISION to make increasing: use ol* tunnels, particularly east of Tower Undue, in orc'er io solve London's crossriver (rallic problem, will profoahly be taken before long. The London County Council Highways Committee, which reported recently
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    29 26 McFarland, the Inniskilling centre- half, was always prominent in foiling the attacks of the nippy Malay forwards in Tuesday's match, which the soldiers won by 3 goals to one.
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  • 34 26 Alderman W. H. Jarvis, a retired schoolmaster, who had been a member of Croydon Borough Council since 1922. has died suddenly at Croydon. For 34 vears he had been secretary of the Croydon Y.M.C.A.
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  • 64 26 Bertram John Kenkins, 26, waiter, of Petherton Road, Highbury, and Stewart Blissets Nicholas, 21, waiter, of Denbigh Place, Victoria, were remanded on bail at Bow Street Police Court on a charge of stealing by finding four £500 Bank of England notes, two £100 Bank of England notes, and six £10
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  • 592 26 Finding Wishes Of Each Person London. THE India Office have sent to all o tributors and beneficiaries of the four family pension funds arising I service of the Crown in India a of the draft Order in Councii. to<j» with an explanatory letter and other material to
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    • 42 26 \W^kWmmm- m^J m mm^M* m Mm m mm^^ m mw _mr^^^^_\^m%^^ r lj I Jlh 1 t 1 l -^mmm\\r____s_W_ fcliJOyaDlt. m m hf m*.* Afif\ OXFORD mP* All A m mm SAUSAC^cb WWW m m. ~m~ mmw mr m. ~mm^ mmmw
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    • 2128 27 ~~~*mm**m~mm~*. *m--.^—m mO -.J^ Wa velength 25 23 metres 1 1 ,880 kcs I Summary of news for the week ln I i 2.20 p.m. Relay from P. T.T Japanese. __m -v f__T I MM^ 91* m\ mi aa \m —XAm. 1 Transmitter Pianist. Arturo Siciliano: Brahms. IMM |m| II
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  • 336 28 Ex-Detective 's Damages London DAMAGES of £300 were awarded to ex-Detective-Sergeant James Ernest S'ent. of Dryden-avenue, Southend, in the King's Bench Division against Mr. George Robert Crockford, Chief Constable of Southend, and Inspector John Groom, of Southend police, for false Imprisonment and conspiracy to defeat the ends
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  • 63 28 A daylight theft was committed in' the office of Mr. Rye Smith, estate agent. opposite Wimbledon Park station. S.W. A man called and asked for change so that he could use a public telephone. While an assistant was taking the copper.- irom a sash box the man threw a bag
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  • 299 28 Denounced By Bishop London CHRIST would be murdered^ again if He returned to earth tb-day, said the Bishop of London at St Paul's Cathedral. "Let Him stand up in Italy and denounce the use of poison gas upon defenceless barbarians, and He would be at once
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  • 49 28 The secretary of the committee for Great Britain of ihe International Union of Local Authorities has written to the Corporation of London inviting the appointment of delegates to attend the sixth congress of the union, to be held in Berlin and Munich from June 8 to June 13 next.
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  • 33 28 R. and W. Hawthorn Leslie and Co.. Limited, launched from their Hebbum yard recently the single-screw motorcoaster Alnwick, which they are building to the order of the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company, Limited, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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    • 31 28 ffiffiiniiiinlniMiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiititii'iiTiiiiiiii)i'iliiliiintiiliiiniiiiniMiniiiti.iitiiii'iiiiiniiiiMr is-sMtMiM^M, ANCHOR I^a^A mmaaaammm\_l mmmT^^^^^^ I I DEEK. Brewed and bottled in Singapore by the ARCHIPELAGO BREWERY CO., LTD. SOLE AGENTS: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. 11 .in i i^aaaaw»araarsaa»aT«ta«Tassa«as tf
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    • 271 28 O* THE RADIO fir^ 50 ?u m So ts of Wan «*ering 8.00 p.m. Recorded Variety continued. ''Folk About Travelling Circuses and 8.30 p.m. What's On In Penang r L >T 8 33 pm. Recorded Violin Soles. 920 p_m. News and Economic Re- 8.40 p.m. Prose Reading-Extract view in English
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    • 83 28 CINEMA DIARY CAPITOL IB 9 TO-NlGHT:— Charlie Chaplin in "Mo- DAX/II I.f>IVI dern Times", with Paulette Ooddard. T"l\ V 1 1— I V> IN TO-MORROW:— "The Tunnel", with Richard pi£ Leslie Banks, Madge TO -NIGHT:-Jessie Matthews in "First Evans and Helen Vinson. A Glrl Sonnle Hale ALHAMBRA MARLBOROUGH TO-NIGHT:— "A
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    28 29 Canute winning the first race at Bukit Timah yesterday by a head from Golden Queen and Little Miss X, who dead-heated for second place. McPherson is the jockey.
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    • 136 29 CAPITOL TO-MOIIIIOW! 1 The Year's Most Sensational Production The Drpam of a Century Realised i "Must be regarded as one of the "A real thriller— and there are lots of reasons why it will be greatest pictures of the year remembered in British Film —DAILY MAIL. History" —EVENING NEWS. RICHARD
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  • 2821 30 GOOD RACING SEEN Short Suit's Victory Singapore, Wednesday. IT was delightfully cool this afternoon for the fourth day of the S.T.C. (Governor's Cup) Race Meeting, the sky being overcast but without rain until after the last race. There was a fairly good gathering present for
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    • 140 30 i i C 'y V '■"•> -y 3Ja.*y m^^Mr*^^hM/MSSkJv^m. Trflft m '-'l v c *^*^^v mm wM$ Prepared from malt, mik More Ovaltine for the Sam r and eggs, Ovaltine' is a Prce. Larger tins, but Sam- perfect tonic food. It pro- Sum>rb auniihi Vldes aII the nutritive ele- Superb
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  • 47 31 Final Of Volunteer Tournament **HE final of the SCC Volunteer i Snooker tournament will be pla yed to-morrow and not Tuesday next as nroviouslv arranged. M F H R Bowerman and W J. m. Wtfden will meet F. J. L. Mayger and j. V. West.
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  • 64 31 Rome, May 19 T HE release is announced of four hun--1 dred and ninety-eight P^lWcal nrisoners who were confined to Lipan Kas and elsewhere The reason not given but it is presumed tojeWJ nVcted with Italy's victory in Ethiopia^ ne AU Fascists capable of faring arms between
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    • 31 31 ftj§H§j§f|l» RACKETS %L dp RESTRINGING There is only y RELIABLE H PLACE 0 QUEEN'S 111 3, Prince Street. Phone Telegrams 1, 7634 "Tennis" ish. Australian Amencan Gut, only used. No other.
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    • 26 31 west a V I Lw tm. *^aH A^mmW'^ AW Jm. aT^**^ Mf Wm M^^^^^. M M £AW Lm_ ATM A___f M—W J^\ _A m mtr^^^ 4^aiaMaßaWaWaWa^a^a^a^a»^a*B»aTa*a*a*a*a*aTaTaT»»aTaTaTaTaTa-aa««'
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    170 32 One of the party of French convicts, of whom at least one was a murderer. Of the six men escaped, five survived and one died from privation. A party of convicts who escaped from the French penal colony at Devil's Island by canoe arrived at Port of Spain, Trinidad, recently.
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