Morning Tribune, 22 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL I.— No. 95. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, May 22, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 261 1 WILL IT BE CONFLICT? WAR SHADOW lIIVT FROM ROME ■THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE BANCTIONB ISSI T F BETWEEN ITMV AND THE MEMBER STATES OF THI F FACIE OF NATIONS WHO HAVE IMPOSED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS UNDER THE COVENANT IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ITALY-ABYS-SINIAN WAR?
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  • 124 1 pli/ To Britain On Smuggling London, May 20. J** the House of Commons at question mm Mr Eden said the situation -aids smuggling was receiving the attention of the British Govern- D t and the difficulties experienced m,, Ch mese authorities m combatS^ K mu WliHg were recently
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  • 50 1 M?hi! appointm ent of Miss Anne ConPolice nm ice i ter 's second woman Can* X^ c f r has been announced. Miss is 26. She comes from EdinFdinh,\ a u d took her M A degree at 2 ur h University. Leicester is Se appoint a third woman con-
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  • 307 1 Protection Of Suez Canal London, May 21. AVERY important statement on British policy m Africa and the Near East was made by Mr. Stanley Baldwin at question time m the Commons to-day. The National Labour member Mr. Leckie asked whether m view of the decision
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  • 69 1 Anglo -Soviet Naval Talks London. May 21. THE Anglo-Soviet naval talks, which T were begun at the Foreign Office vestSrdii* and Will be continued on Monday next, have for their object the negotiation of an agreement to assoSate the Soviet Union m the execution of the recently concluded London Navai
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  • 27 1 MAURICE TWOMEY. desonrcd U chief of the 1.R.A.. was arrested byarmed detectives after attending Mass. Con Lehane, another well-known Republican, was also arrested. Reuter
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    28 1 An interesting view of the new premises of the Singapore Swimming Club, which were m use for the first time yesterday. The official opening is on June 19.
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  • 100 1 To Pay Another Visit To Giant Liner London, May 20. THE King, who to-day visited Aldershot I and reviewed the 3rd battalion of the Coldstream Guards and the 2nd battalion of the Scots Guards, intends to .see the Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary again before she sails on
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  • 24 1 Washington, May 20. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the President's mother, fell and fractured her hip while visiting her great grandchildren m New York Reuter
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  • 252 1 Italy Asks For Withdrawal London, May 21. THE position of the British legation a i Addis Ababa is under careful examination m London, with particular reference to the indications given by the Italian Government that the reinforcements added last autumn to the regular Indian guard of the
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  • 77 1 Labour 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 m the new Socialist Government. It calls on the Bank of France to advance immediately five hundred
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  • 47 1 Police Station At Jaffa Bombed Jerusalem, May 20 SHOTS were fired at, Acre. Dai an. Jenin and other towns to-day according to a Government communique. The Jaffa police station was bombed, the windows being smashed. Curfew regulations have been imposed aloiu the railways throughout Palestine.— Reuter
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  • 564 2 A SINGAPORE DEBATE University Not Singapore, Thursday. THAT Singapore Ls not ready for 1 a university was the opinion of two-thirds of the audience at a debate m Singapore on Wednesday. "Culture is only for the rich," said one of the speakers. A fair crowd
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  • 83 2 foal BUI To Allow Price Washington, May 20. FOLLOWING President Roosevelt's insistence that the New Deal must keep on trying to reach the objectives of the invalidated Guffey Coal Bill. Mr. Guffey has drafted a new bill to allow price fixing, to be presented to Congress at
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  • 79 2 Hypnotic Crystal Was In It Singapore Thursday. SOMETHING very unusual m the form of a radio hypnotic crystal, on which its owner places a high value, is reported to be missing. The owner, Mrs. L. G. Perdra, whilst out shopping m Stamford Road yesterday afternoon, left her handbag
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  • 58 2 Sailing For England By Rajputana Singapore, Thursday. H.H. the Rajah of Sarawak and his daughter the Dayang Valeric will sail for England to-morrow on the Rajputana. His Highness expects to be away for four cr five months. Mr. Nigci Hughes, A.D.C. to the Kajah, who accompanied His
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  • 173 2 Policeman Sent To Gaol For Extortion Singapore, Thursday. I THINK it is on the border line ol robbery, your worship," said Court Inspector McLennan to the Second Magistrate, Mr. T. D. Hughes, to-day, at the conclusion of a case m which Idris bin Imbong. a Malay
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  • 75 2 May Be Scratched From Derby London, May 21. LORD Astor's Rhodes Scholar, one of the best backed Derby candidates, must be considered a very doubtful starter. Although connections are silent, it is understood that the colt jarred himself In training owing to the hardness of the going, which
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  • 31 2 The 8.1. liner Australia, 7,551 tons gross, built m 1912, bound from Calcutta for the United Kingdom and Continent, reported a fire m No. 1 hold whilst discharging jute at Dundee.
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  • 72 2 Captain H. J. Ferguson, D.S.C., of Crosby, has been appointed commander of the Canadian Pacific steamer Beaverdale, of 10.000 tons. Prior to his appointment Captain Ferguson was chief officer of the Duchess of Atholl. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for services during the war. His patent, known as
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  • 226 2 Lilli Krauss s Recital A FULL audience welcomed Lili Krau-s and Simon Goldberg at the Memorial Hall last night for their only recitai m Singapore and they were not disappointed. It was a wonderful musical evening. Goldberg plays with a dreamlike ethereal quality, with perfect tone and
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  • 66 2 Tamil Who Could Not Find Employment Singapore, Thursday. PLEADING guilty to a charge of attempted suicide, a Tamil told the Second Magistrate that he had relatives but they refused to help, and he was unable to find employment. It wps stated that the man climbed n tree and
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  • 74 2 Paris. An important business man j)f Sousse. Tunis, M. Vittorio D' Albert Errera. has met his death by drowning m a vat of olive oil m his own warehouse. He went to the warehouse for sample of oil from a huge reservoir. He failed to return
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  • 387 3 NEW DECREE MADE Supreme Court For North Shanghai, May 21. IT is reported that officials of the I xiiniltrv of Finance and the SSr Custom* have privately Mar,l,m Je«l the Powers with big a,,p roa i terests m North China t bnS "nnn^ -for collective action
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  • 443 3 ARMAMENTS B UDGET PASSED Chancellor's Statement London May 21. JHE second reading of the Finance Bill was carried m the House of Commons late last night. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who took part ih the final debate, compared the estimates for defence services with those m
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  • 73 3 Fined £20 and his licence suspended recently for driving m a dangerous manner, a Beligian was at Reading sentenced to a month's imprisonment for permitting a driver to use a car without being insured. He was Joseph Houtet, of Old Basing, (Hants) It was stated that he left the police
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  • 80 3 A few hours after having been m a car accident, Mrs. Alex Jackson, wife of the former Scottish international footballer, gave birth to twins a boy and a girl— in an Edinburgh nursing-home. Mother and children are doing well. The accident occurred at Salsburgh, near Harthill. Lanarkshire, Mr. Jackson was
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • THE LOCAL MARKET
      • 44 4 Little Business Passing (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 25'! i cU., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady. Tin (Singapore) $98 f^. down $1%. To-day's Prices: London: 7 5 16d., unchanged. Market Tone: Dull. New York: 15 916 cts., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady.
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      • 162 4 The market continues to be very dull with little interest being shown by the trade and m the absence of sellers values are inclined to be a trifle steadier this morning. Singapore, Thursday afternoon. With sellers reserved and arrivals ot new supplies to the market very small prices here
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      • 26 4 London: Spot £198 10s., down 255.; three months £194 55., down 15s. New York: 45 Vy cts., unchanged. Cross-Rate: London-New York 4.96% New York-London 4.97
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    • 74 4 Singapore, Thursday. The market continues depressed. Rubber shares are freely offered, lower prices are indicated, but buyers refuse to be attracted and no business of any account is reported. The tin share market appears uneasy. There Is uneasiness and apparently an overbought position. The industrial market shows no
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    • 197 4 inp; are: Spot 25. 3 4 cents up 5 a cent. London 7.5 16d. unchanged. New York 15.9 16 U.S.A cents up M USA. cent. The following are details of American Statistics for last month (m tons):— April March April 1936 1936 1935 Stocks on last day of
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    • 71 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 21. THE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, copra and wolfram: Market Tone: Quiet. LONDON RUBBER Spot: ***** (unchanged). July-Sept.: ***** (unchanged). LONDON TIN Spot: tm% (up fc). Forward: i'194 7 (up l 8 LONDON
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    • 51 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 21. THE closing prices were as follows London New York Cross Rate 4.96 1516 (down 116). London— Paris: 7515 32 (down 1 32). London Amsterdam 7.35 V 4 (down x London Hongkong: ls. 3 9 16d. (up 1 16
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    • 100 4 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Thursday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. May) *****6 ***** Good F.A.Q. m cases (FOB. May) 25 15|16 *****16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Spore) 25% 25 7 8 do. June 26 26*8 do. July Sept. 26V<
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    • 333 4 London. May 21 6.30 p.m •New York prices quoted m U.S. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; Jobbers margins, brokerage ard stamp duty are not included. Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Previously Yesterday Rise or fall. War Loan, 3V 2 p.c
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    • 90 4 Prices Realised At Weekly Sale Singapore, Wednesday. THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its? 1,278 th auction, to-day, when there were: Catalogued 1,015,036 lb.— tons 453.14 Offered 942,750 lb.— tons 420.87 Sold 768,166 lb.— ions 342.93 London—Spot 7 sjl6d. New York— Spot 15 9 16 cents.
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    • 130 4 (Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) V.100,000,000 Reserve Fund Y.129.150.00G Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAML Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Ofllce. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk. Fine Quality p a i c No Sales
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  • 1063 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Amal. Malays ($2) 3.32% 3 42% Ayer Hitam ($1) 1.30 lAOxd Ayer Molek ($1) .95 105 Ayer Panas ($1) 1.45 155 Bassett ($1) .57 .60cd Batu Lintang ($1) 1.00 l.lOcd Borelli ($1) 1.40 1.60 Brogas ($1) .85 .89 Brunei United ($5) 3.00 315 Bukit K.B. ($1)
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  • 51 5 Councillor Walter E. Loweth. a former Mayor of Hackney, has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London. A member of the Hackney Borough Council since 1912. he has taken an active part m opposing the London Country Council scheme to appropriate a portion of Hackney Marshes for
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  • 465 5 Hints To British Government IN a letter to "The Times" on the shipping situation, Mr. H. Leslie Boyce, M.P., expresses the view that discrimination against the trade of those countries who subsidise their shipping would bring about conditions under which British shipping could demonstrate its superiority. In the
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  • 25 5 H.M. the King has graciously signified his intention of becoming an annual subscriber to King George's Fund for Sailors, of which he is the patron.
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    • 20 5 ABSOLUTE SECURITY I Motor Ixiox j INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. j SIME DVRRY ft CO.. LTD. j Singapore Branches •J« .g.
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  • 280 6 "The Return Of Peter Grimm" THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM," written by the late David Belasco, now comes to the talking screen as a human interest dramatic masterpiece that bids to eclipse its phenomenal stage success. The play was especially appealing m that it was a thing
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  • 140 6 Ethel Merman's first glimpse of a motion picture was through a knothole m the fence of the Paramount studio an Long Island She now has a leading role m Paramount^ "Anything Goes." currently playing at the Prince Edward ♦Theatre. Sydney. Margaret Sullavan, playing a sensational film m Walter Wanger's production
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  • 187 6 In "Foreign Affaires" WALLS-LYNN pictures have been renowned for amusing situations, but surely nothing has ever exceeded thi absurdities of the French Assize Court trying the two for theft m "Foreign Affaires," a Gainsborough picture, which comes to the Pavilion on June 2 They are bewildered by
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  • 121 6 Coming East For Shooting SPANNING the Pacific as a passenger on the China Clipper isn't enough for Clark Cable. He will continue or. to Indo-China to hunt saber-toothec timers Although Gable is noted for his ability as a hunter, this will be the first time he has gone
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  • 61 6 Henry Hathaway. director of Para mount's all-colour picture. "The T; the Lonesome Pine," was a child aci (or the Old American Film Co. arhKl m 1908, produced a picture a d^y, nj rt'iys a week, and rested or!; ote: m vvctk-ends Following completion of her rol "Desert Gold." Marsha Hunt.
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 6 A futuristic scene from "The Tunnel," starring Madge Evans, Richard Dix and Leslie Banks, which has its first screening: m Singapore at tne Capitol to-night.
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    • 181 6 A Dazzling New STAGE Attraction- X Presented with a Grand Musical Comedy ♦[OPENING Weds. May 27th at the CAPITOLI* The FAMOUS I GAETANO GIRLS t The Gayest and Fastest Dancing 4r Madcaps ever presented on •Jr a local stage y *I 1 J Direct from New York and Hollywood. I
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    20 7 i ,nel Barrvmore and Helen Mack, who co-star m "The Return of Peter Grimm," the next change at the Pavilion.
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  • 161 7 Sentences totalling 12 months imposed by Radcliffe magistrates on Cornelius Ashworth. 30. formerly of Queens-place, Summerseat, Waterfoot, were, at Salford Hundred Quarter Sessions, reduced on appeal to nine months. Ashwor'.h had been convicted on charges of false pretences and converting jewellery to his own use. After a warrant was issued
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    • 170 7 Cl N EMA mm—. DIARY CAPITOL TO-MGHT:-"The Tunnel," with Ri- PAVILION chard Dix. Leslie Banks, Madge rMYIUVH Evans and Helen Vinson. TO-NlGHT:— Jessie Matthews m First ALHAMBRA A Girl with Sonnie Hale TO-NIGHT:-"A Midsummer Night's MARLBOROUGH Dream," with James Cagney, Joe E. M-mm-mmm-m &MsrtS? HaY TO-NIGHT:-Oeor g e White's Scanda.s
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    • 111 7 <. TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF THIS GREAT WARNER BROS. MUSICAL SPECTACLE j S 1 S TO-NIGHT t 1 ALIIA3I IK It A ui_mi i JV j_____v__\W_r^ t**^» J^^ mm\^3*mmm_ M^ > fS/_____\' 1 i i >^ it ifjA iT^v i I MIDSUMMERBBM< prices j ANITA LOUISE W Without .j. <• Singapore's
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  • 666 8 THE GERMAN COLONIES Progress Under Mandates London. THE German Colonial Empire al one time extended over moro than I million square miles; jp Ash. Africa and the Pacific Islnnds. Bui its German population never reached twenty-five thousand all told, and m the eighteen eventful years
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 8 Mrs. P. Logue's Canute (McPherson up) being led m after winning the first race at Bukit Timah on Wednesday.
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  • 518 8 Made Faces At Window London THIS woman has locked herself m her bedroom, and nobody can uer?uade her to come to court." The statement was made at Btj ford when Miss Emily Camp, 33, of Ruckholt-road, Leyton, should have answered an adjourned summon charging her with having
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    • 72 8 a>>ia l I Ilil I II II I I I I I II HI I I I 111 I I I I I I I UJI T THE i SASTERN IMITU ASSURANCE I COIII'OItATIO* LIMITED^ ancorporated m the Straits Settlements) j FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND
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    • 97 8 PALACE Theatre (EU TONG SEN STREET) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. "The SHANGHAI REVUE" Company of 50 Star Artists from Stage Screen m Spectacular Dances, Singing, Clowning ami Acrobatic Acts. PLUS THE YONG SISTERS. Prices: 20c, 40c, 60c, 80c Sl 00. jNew World Cabaret I ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY j Friday, Saturday and
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  • 785 9 GERMANY THE DANGER Right's Wish To Cut Adrift Paris. /COMMENTATORS on foreign policy m the Paris newspapers have suddenly divided themselves into two schools, and the dividing line is roughly that which separates the Right from the Left on issues of home politics. There are, however,
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  • 279 9 Centenary Of Bristol Orphanage London. SEVENTEEN hundred people took part m a meeting at the Central Hall Bristol, m continuance of the celebrations of the centenary of Muller's Orphanage, Bristol. It has been described as 100 years of miracles, for never has an appeal of any sort been
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 9 A group taken at the Berlin Chancellery after German leaders had received promotions on Heir Hitler's* birthday. From left to right are General -Admiral Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy; FieldMarshal von Blomberg; Herr Hitler; Colonel-General Goering, head of the Air Force, and General von Rundstedt.
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  • 454 9 A Village College Project London. rE Cambridgeshire Education Com mittee have decided, subject to con firmation by the County Council, to ac cept an offer of £1.200 so that the village college projected for Histon may be designed as a model educational building and community centre. The village
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  • 199 9 Execution Or Robbery? Paris. A CHAUFFEUR of Avignon, Fernand Laget. a man of 31, has been found shot at the wheel of his taxi, m a vineyard near Chateaurenard, some 9 miles from Avignon. He had been shot from behind, and death had been so sudden that
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  • 374 9 Prospect Of Better Conditions London. OVER 30,000 men and women Civil servants are likely to benefit by the negotiations, which are on the point of conclusion, for the reorganisation of the general clerical and writing assistant classes of the Civil Service, m accordance with the recommendations of the
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  • 68 9 MorrLs Bloom, a wholesale sausage manufacturer, of Wentworth* Street, Stepney, was ordered to pay £65 m fines and costs at Old Street Police Court on six summonses for permitting two men to drive for continuou.s periods amounting to more than 11 hours out of 24. contrary to the Road and
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  • 300 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, May 22, 1936. NO UNIVERSITY? T4ifcl envoys from Canton University who have arrived m Singapora to study educational methods m the country might possibly gain a wrong impression of this city's attitude to higher education by reading the report of the debate held at the
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    535 10 ILTHOUGH educationists m this country are supposed to be progressive and even revolutionary m their methods they have never, we believe, adopted the >ystem of co-education m Malayan schools. A mild form of co-education has been practised m the lower elementary classes of many schools but even this
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  • 248 10 Mr F J Steggall, of Eastern Smelting Company, Penang, has arrived m Ipoh. Mrs. Holmes; wife of Dr. W. E. Holmes, Health Officer, Batang Padang, has left for Home. Mr B Henderson, a Home merchant is In Ipoh at present m the course of a business tour of Malaya.
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    • 59 10 WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATOR _____m 1 I H \ui\\Vi lull *w_7 m This Refrigerator is leading m this market backed by the fine t service throughout Malaya. Four Years Guarantee. Hire Purchase Terms to suit your pocket. The General Eleeiric Co., EitlAlso obtainable from: UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD., (All Branches), JOHN MOREY CO.,
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  • 452 11 WHY MUSLIMS BATHE Crowds Besiege Sea Coast Singapore, Thursday. PRACTICALLY the whole of Singapore's coast line, particularly the stretches at Katong, Siglap, (hangi and Pasir Panj ing, were besieged by the followers ol Islam throughout yesterday. The day was "Mandi Safar," which f a
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  • 162 11 An Old Fashion And London. AN increase m snuff-taking was remarked upon at a meeting of the Society for the Study of Inebriety. Dr. J. D. Rolleston said that m the middle of the nineteenth century thc snuff-bos was an integral part of the gentleman's equipment, and
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  • 116 11 Summer Exhibition In Amsterdam Amsterdam. AN exhibition of English art from the period of the 18th century to the, present day is to be organised here. The exhibition will be open from June to September m the Municipal Maseum and will be called, "Hundred Days of British Art."
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 11 Animated scenes like this were seen all along Singapore's coast line on Wednesday— the day of "Mandi Safar." This picture taken at Katong shows crowds of devotees performing their yearly religious ablution ceremony.
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  • 114 11 Award For Personal Injuries London, IN the King's Bench Division Mr. Justice Horridge awarded Mrs. Edith Graystone, of Windermere Road, Coulsdon, Surrey, £2,100 damages for injuries which she received on October 22, 1934, when a motor-car driven by Mrs. Lizzie Gwendoline Drew Wheaton, of Berry Head Road, Brixham,
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  • 132 11 Says He Will Go Straight London. A 72-YEAR-OLD man who was stated j to have received sentences totalling 46 years came up for sentence at London Sessions, for him a familiar experience and was placed on probation for three years! The effect of this kindness is that after
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    • 107 11 Creme De Florentine Fish A La Normande Roast Fore Quarter of Lamb Mint Sauce Long Beans Lyonnaise Potato Cold Meat Salad Vanilla Ice Cream Cheese, Fruit, Coffee. Try Our SPECIALTIES, Hors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Baked Alasca A Choice of Over 100 other dishes. 'Phone 4906. Vh_B9 __f'™* ';v *^3@H ?%J^flHl
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  • 267 12 ITALIAN BOMBING ACTIVITIES IN EAST AFRICA The British Legation Guard at Addis Ababa, but for whose presence lar [J*__jf!***___ Sj capital would probably have beenkilled when the tow* was Mooted. The g uard consists of Sikhs from the 5 14 Punjabis and arrived m Add if Ababa from Poona last
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    • 97 14 WANTED KNOWN W T hy go lo 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 m Singapore. We are offering these rugs at prices never before witnessed m Singapore. The J AIIK THEE RAFFLES HOTEL
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    • 152 15 LUGGAGE h CARRIER SINGAPORE j LUGGAGE CARRIER CO- 1 savage Contractors Forwarding a^ aß Agents. Booking. Agents for F.US. i Railways. Baggage Agents for:- Blue Funnel Line i East Asiatic Line Nederland Line J 8.15. N. Co., Ltd., i etc etc. i l Tel Address;— "LUGGAGH" J PHONE 2428 or
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    • 51 15 I a ioi nisi SHOPPINI CAMERAS AND FILMS -mm__m__Z^ZZZ=ZZZ I \\w^_\r_ m w^**^**^*_\ W\w *____M__mA*^^^^ M \^m_______\\ I i HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle j l The Best Address for modern j Hairdressing 35 Stamford Rd. 5 Proprietor: Y. KOOY, j Tel. 4807. SILK STORE j CILKS Tajmahal Store I 23 HIGH
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    • 132 15 VS I U GUIDE I Dear Lady, Or Gentleman, Please Come, Have A Look. Good Service Man, Good Respect, Chinese Needle-Work Done By Hand. You can buy every thing, very Fair Prices. Emd. linen Bed Spread, Dinner Cloth. Handkerchiefs, Mahjong Sets. Pewterware, Ivory Goods. Camphor Wood Chests. Fancy Goods and
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    • 118 15 CHEMIST i NYAL IRON AND YEAST TABLETS $1.50 A combination of Iron and Yeast for improving the blood and clearing the complexion. Agents: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. (Inc. ln F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. i STATIONER New shipment of ship-soiled 36 and 7;6 NOVELS arrived! To be cleared at by well-known
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    • 463 16 w _____y_i_i___H ■^k. r^ m _*yw m *Zjm I». 4\ O. SAILINGS Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore 1936. 1936. L RAWALPINDI 17.000 May 22 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 31 BURDWAN 6.070 June 4 CHITRAL 15,000 Aug. U CORFU 15.000 June 5 BHUTAN 6,100 Aug. 27 RANCHI 17.000 June 19 RANPURA 17,000 Aug.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 922 16 I THE H ARBOUR PASSENGERS RY AIR THE following were passengers by Dutch planes during the past week Arrived from N.E.I, by KNILM-plane "PK-AFJ," May 19: Mr. Pinson, Mr. Dalgarno, Mr. Okada, Mr. Yamada, Mr. Varkevisser, Mr. Bartels Troye, Left for N.E.I, by KNILM-plane "PKAFJ." Mav 20 Mr. and Mrs.
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    • 131 17 -ur p O Rawalpindi is expected to T arrive m Singapore at 3 p.m. this IiSmS-SSI Singapore Jf£? leaving to-morrow morning by he^Rawalpindi for China and Japan are Phelps. MissD. FarMr and Mrs. R. J. Watson, IT^H V Lansell. Mr. G. Crearer, Mr. f g sn-ivener. Mr.
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    • 51 17 British India Steam Navigation Co. have placed an order with Messrs. Barclay. Curie and Co. for a vessel of 11.000 tons pross with first and secondrlftiw passenger accommodation, also accommoda ion for 1.150 troops. The is to be fitted with Barclay CurieDoxford oil engines to give a speed of 16
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    • 35 17 inagnle Maritime Relee Is I to have placed an order with John Cockerill, of for 'lie construction hip of 7.500 tons deadressel is intended for the to the Congo and specitr insporl of palm oil.
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    • 217 17 Tug Arrives From Australia COMPLETING a voyage of 32 days from Port Headland, Australia, the Saucy, crack tug of the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Co.. Ltd., for which Wheelock and Co., Ltd. are the secretaries, arrived m Shanghai recently with the Mindaroo m tow. The Saucy left Shanghai
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    • 44 17 Traffic receipts of the Manchester Ship Canal totalled £97.392 m March, compared with £91.655 m Mar. 1935, an increase of £5,737. The receipts for the first three months of the year, at £295,268, show an increase ot £20,515 over the corresponding period of last
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 319 17 KI'RXS PHILP LINE. (Incorporated In Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MARELLA May 28 June 3 MERKAR June 28 July 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Mcl un the connecting X.P.M. Vessel.
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    • 539 17 i TO FRENCH PORTS U*"""~*\ j fgp _VTJg HOMEWARDS. V j J DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 I I D'ENTRECASTEAUX For MarseJ:e.s, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Na ites, St. Nazaire Bordeaux July 27 i J LINOIS For Marseilles, Havre. Antwerp Dunkirk
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  • 401 18 (By Air Mail* London, May 8. ADVANCE fashions for thc RoyaJ Garden Party receptions, (which will take the place of court presentations this yean are already being decided upon, and while many debutantes will favour "fluffy" gowns m a variety of light shades,
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  • 138 18 Site Suggested Near Word London. THE City Lands Committee, which was charged m December. 1933, with the duty of considering the question of providing an airport either within or within a short distance of the City, i.s recommending, with the concurrence of the Special Committee ol the Corporation,
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  • 171 18 Husband Among Film Stars London. DECAUSE of the way her husband w lived where American film stars make their homes, Mrs. Stella Maud Court Treatt, of Cromwell Road, South Kensington, was granted a decree nisi by Mr Justice Greaves-Lord m the Divorce Court. Her husband, Major Chaplin Court
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  • 229 18 Woman Sentenced To Penal Servitude London. SENTENCE cf three years' penal servitude to be followed by five years' prever.*.;vr detention, was passed by Jud?e Doc.son at the Central Criminal Cour. on Hilda Harris. 47. a domestic .servant, who pleaded "Guilty" to stealing money and jewellery at houses at
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  • 105 18 Stockholm. When a joiner's workshop m Umea, North Sweden, caught fire the flames were mastered by milk being cast on them. The fire brigade was summoned but the fire spread so rapidly that it seemed the place would be m ashes before the firemen began work.
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  • 216 18 Severed Gas And Water Pipes London. EXTRAORDINARY conduct of two boys belonging to a "great public school" was disclosed at Bropiley Juvenile Court when they were charged with being found In an enclosed garden for nn unlawful purpose and with doing wilful damage. A police officer told the
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  • 112 18 Berlin. The company sergeant-major stepped ?wo paces forward and smartly presented a baby at the front. In the background, ranks of uniformed soldiers stood at attention while the baby was christened. The sergeantmajor took back the baby from the officiating clergyman, about turned -and the men marched
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  • 145 18 15-Year Reclamation Plan Amsterdam. WORK on ihe second stage ot the vast scheme to reclaim 600,000 acres oi the Zuider Zee is shortly to be started Six thousand men will, under the decision of the Netherlands Government, now be given employment on the cond of the four
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  • 139 18 Wellington. Thc number of people killed on tht Roads of New Zealand during 1935 was slightly greater than m the previous year, according to figures just issut d b> the Ministry of Transport. In 1934. 175 people met their death through motor accidents while during the
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  • 29 18 Two men fishing m the river Lledj at Bettws-y-Coed found the bod: Miss Eileen Mary Salmond '32 whom a four-day search had lv made. She was a well-known W
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 509 19 lon the radio British Empire Programme Transmission 2: GSG 16.86 metres J-S mcs) from 6.20 p.m. to 7.35 p m 2 JZ f from 7.35 p.m. to 9.05 p m VA 19 82 metres (15.14 mcs.) from ?2 pm to 905 p.m.; and GSB 31.53 Sn* n m (experimental only).
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    • 518 19 West Wind (Ager). Minuet (Barrow). Old Cronies (Arthur Wood). 6.50 p.m. "Under Big Ben." A talk by Howard Marshall. 7.05 p.m. The Children's Hour "The Merry Month of May." A programme of entertainment and light music. 7;50 p.m. A Recital by Frank Titterton (Tenor) The Rose of Tralee (Glover). Phyllis
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    • 493 19 arr. Murray). London Philharmonic Or- 1 cheotra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. (3) Le Corsaire overture (Berlioz). London Philharmonic Orchestra, con-i ducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. 9.50 p.m. Dance music by theSUverkings, conducted by Ch. Overbeek Bloem. 11.20 p.m. Musical selections. Close down. Radio-Colonial Wavelength 25.23 metres (11,880 kcs). 2.20
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    • 461 19 2 Ro, Rome Wavelength 25 4 metres (11,810 kcs J. TO-DAY 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement. News bulletin m English. One act from Italo Montemezzi's Opera "The Love of the Three Kings," conducted by Maestro Tullio Serafln. Principal interpreter: Maria Caniglia. Transmitted from the Royal Opera House. Rome. In the interval:
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  • 383 20 Girl Strange Man London. DRAMATIC evidence regarding an alleged ordeal m her flat with a strange man was c'.wn at Marylebone by a young dance hostess when Frederick James Bradbury, 22, occupation not tendered, of Lupus- street, Victoria, S.W., appeared m the dock. He was charged
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  • 99 20 In Department Of War London. FIREMEN quickly subdued an outbreak of fire at the offices of the Chemical Research Department of the War Office m Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria. It was confined to one room. A man who was en tlie scene said "Thick clouds of smoke were pouring
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  • 38 20 Two men who dragged an invalid from a blazing room were complimented by the coroner at a Shoreditch inquest. Accidental death was the verdict on the victim, Sidney Harris (53 h formerly a clerk, of Newington Green-road, Islington.
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  • 67 20 A special meeting of the London County Council Public Assistance committee was summoned for 12.30 at County Hall At 12.30' L "late arrivals" found the meeting was over. The summoning of the meeting was not an April Fool's joke, for business had to De dealt with a.s a matter of
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  • 386 20 h "Working Back" The Paintings z London. A CHARGE of receiving two oil paintings, valued at £1,900, the property of Sir Gervase Beckett, knowing that they had been stolen, was preferred against Joseph Mollett, 58, caretaker, of East-cheap, E.C, who appeared on remand at Clerkenwell Police Court. Assessors
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  • 129 20 London. AMAN telephoned the Children's Hospital. Great Ormond Street, and asked if they could give him the measles! The hospital is appealing to men and' women convalescing from measles for blood for serum to combat the present measles epidemic m London. "The man said that if we
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  • 73 20 The submarine Spearfish. built by Cammell Laird and Co. at Birkenhead for the Admiralty, has just been launched. She is 193 ft. long and 24ft. broad, with a standard displacement of 670 tons on a 10ft. 6in mean draught. Her estimated horse-power is 1.550 and her speed 13 3 4
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  • 66 20 On the occasion of the tercentenary of the University of Utrecht honorary doctorates have been conferred on General Hertzog and General Smuts, of South Africa; Sir Henry Dale, director lof the National Institute for Medical I Research at Hamstead: Mr. G. N. Clark, lof All Souls. Chichele Professor of Eco-
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 184 20 4.20 p.m. Folk Music 4.50 p.m. News and Economic Review m English. 5.05 p.m. "Die verwandellen Weiber." A Song Play by Johann Adolf Hitler. (Relayed from the Theatre at Potsdam Palace) 6.05 p.m. News and Economic Review m German. 620 p.m. Concert of Light Music. 7.20 p.m. News m English.
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    • 174 20 DJB (Germ., Engl.). TO-MORROW 4.10 p.m. Call DJB, DJN, Dj(j (German, English). German Folk Song. 4.15 p.m. Greetings to our listeners. 4.20 p.m. Woman's Hour: "Die Schulzenhof tochter Manuscript: h. H. Eichmuhl-Glanzer. 4.50 p.m. News and Economic Review m English. 5.05 p.m. Concert of Items by Request: Hallo, Hallo. You
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  • 311 21 Inbroken Progress In Prevention (By Air Mail) London, May 6. Hinfl praise for precautions now bew taken m India against out-,rp-,ks" of' malaria has been given at a ti n ,r of the Industrial Advisory mittee of the Ross Institute, held to the successful malaria ,nntrol
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  • 129 21 Wirt less Station Nearly Ready Rangoon JT will soon be possible to talk from London direct to every important town m Burma. The new beam wireless telephony station at Mingaladon which will link Rangoon with the world ii nearly completed. The new station establishes radio
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  • 90 21 Coolie Killed By Load Of Rubber Singapore, Thursday. A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Coroner. Mr. w Cr porter, to-day, at the conclusion "i an inquiry into the death of Choo jng Beng, a coolie employed at th^ ranjong Pagar docks. According to the
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  • 772 21 THE following i.s the report of the directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1936: The net profit disclosed for the year is £37,768.6.4.. after writing off against revenue an amount of £48.000.132. comprising £8.591
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  • 164 21 Prominent Travellers From The East IT is remarkable how many prominent 1 perons of Indian and East Indian cocietv have travelled lately m K.L.M.oKnes The Lijster "Thrush" carried from East to West the Maharanee of CoTch Behar, bound for London, and fhTsulUnah'of Johore. who had booked for
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  • 98 21 New Publication By Dr. Withers Payne "1 LAWYER'S Notebook," by Dr. C. H. A Withers Payne, has just been published by the Malayan Law Journal Office. Singapore. It is a small practice booklet which should prove useful to members of the Bar. particularly those engaged m conveyancing.
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  • 64 21 A profit of £928 is shown by these- din 5 £4?2 gE (against £102, tM£ ed from tax reserve. The erectors propose to pay a dividend of 2 per rpnt (aeainst 3 per cent.), leaving tne SSance fSrward slightly lower at £3.019 (against £8.176) Cash «nd(Kj ornment securities
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  • 20 21 many enthusiasts can send their films with X.L.M -planes to London and get them back developed almost within a week.
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  • 331 21 An Engineering Feat Desert Railway Built In 77 Days Alexandria. BRITISH workers wearing gas masks— as protection from the sand— have accomplished a remarkable engineering feat m the Egyptian desert. In 77 days, they have built a 49-mile railway through a sandy^ rocky and waterless region to connect Alexandria with
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  • 68 21 Bill Goes To Senate For Consideration Washington. THE .ROGERS Bill, which authorises an increase m tfie Army Air Corps strength from the present 1.800 planes to 4,000 planes within the next five years, was passed by the House of Representatives recently and sent to the
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  • 106 21 Inche Ibrahim bin Esa (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, May 20. THE death occurred suddenly at Pontian yesterday of Inche Ibrahim bin Esa, brother of the Hon. Dato Abdullah bin Esa, State Commissioner. Segamat. The deceased was the Government Vaccinator, Johore. The body was brought
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  • 647 22 ACCUSED MAN A COUSIN Dissatisfied With Wages Chilaw, May It A VERDICT of homicide was recorded by Mr E V R Samarawickrema. Police Magistrate of Chilaw, to-day, at the inquest on the death of Sir Henry de Mel. Carolis Appu. Sir Henry's chauffeur, said
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  • 209 22 Germany And Manchukuo Surprise For Chinese Berlin, May 6. THE apparent recognition of Manchukuo by Germany m the economic treaty concluded between the two countries has come as a surprise to Mr. Tang Leang-Li, Press Chief of the Chinese Government, who is on a visit to Germany. "I am convinced
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  • 128 22 Bishops Ban Bare Backs "Immorality" Protest On The Adriatic Belgrade. THE seven Bishops of the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia have protested against immorality at the seaside resorts m a circular letter. They complain that the behaviour of visitors to the coast is a menace to the ideals of Catholic Christian
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  • 190 22 Big Massacre Narrowly A voided Nairobi, May 19. THE Commission inquiring into the rioting at Zanzibar considers the action of the police m firing on the (mob was justified as a possible massacre of all European and officials wa> thereby avoided. The report, however, adversely criticise the Administrative and
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  • 205 22 "Fighting Spirit" Germans' Safeguard Berlin. THE future of Germany cannot be safeguarded except m a soldierly way— that is, m a fighting spirit," declares Lieutenant-General von Metzsch (retired) m a leading article m "National Socialist Education," the weekly organ of Berlin school-teachers. It is this organ which
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  • 154 22 For Those Who Fell In War Lille. THE memorial to the 20,000 carrier pigeons who died during the Great War was unveiled here recently by General Charite, the Commander of the Army Telegraph Corps. It is a monument showing a sturdy peasant woman, representing France, with a
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  • 25 22 London. May 20. Chinese Government has ordered tie deahh penalty for smugglers convicted of armed violence or evasion of duties exceeding $6.ooo.— Reuter.
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  • 248 22 Bolivia And Paraguay Exchange Of War Prisoners Buenos Aires, Argentina. THE exchange of prisoners of war between Bolivia and Paraguay has begun under arrangements worked out by the Gran Chaco peace conference. Bolivian prisoners m Paraguay wil be transported by boat, rail and motor lorry through Argentina to Bolivian headquarters
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  • 14 22 Southwark (London) Borough Council is to spend £36,167 for a health cci.ire m Walworth-road.
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  • 166 22 To-day In Singapore HIGH TIDES:— I2.OS p.m., 11.18 p.m. FOOTBALL:— S.A.F.A. League, Div I. Police v SCC, Anson Road Stadium; Govt. Services F.A. League, Div. I, Medical Services v. P.W.D, JC S A Annual Sports of St. Joseph's Institution. Jalan Besar Stadium, 2.15 pm. "At Home" on board the Kashii
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 57 22 Jj^_^.-__^___m._m_m.. m^^-m.. .mm—*^m. .._m,. *>+- I i The Famous Hela-(" j PAVILION Next Change >*-- j j\) I years! s j LIONEL BARRYMORE j jin "THE RETURN OF PETER GgjMjT j To be presented wKh a ■pecml RJLO. Attraction THE LIFE STORY OF THE WORLD FAMOUS "PIONNE QUINTUPLETS" i Intimate
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  • 640 23 SATURDAYS EVENTS Xntt-Beresford Cup m ____m RSY.C. will hold the second TnJrtaf Re^tta of the season IJr X breakwater couree on SaturZ May 23. Spectators' Hunches v leave Clifford Pier at 5.15 p.m. 3 the first race will start at 5.30 P The fin* race Ls for
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  • 258 23 Police Hunt For Man In Vain London. AFTER a fortnight the hunt is still being pur- ued In London for two people, a man and a woman, who committed an unprovoked assault m a West End theatre. The victim of the assault was a woman well-known m society.
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  • 199 23 Without Any Form Of Subsidy COMMENTING on the expansion of modern Danish shipping and the increasing use of the motorship. the "Danish Foreign Office Journal" points out that Danish shipping progresses without any form of susbidy. "Danish shipping, m common with the shipping of all other countries, has
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  • 288 23 Budeget Secrets Scandal Hearing Of Evidence Concluded London May 20. THE Judge's questions elicited interesting revelations m the final day's evidence before the Budget Tribunal. Kenneth Butt, son of 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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  • 187 23 Rain Holds Up Progress OWING to the wet courts there was no play yesterday m the V.M.C.A. Whitsun Tennis and the S.C.C. mixed doubles tennis tournaments. To-day's ties m the S.C.C. mixed doubles tourney are as follow: Mixed Doubles Level Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Smith vs
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  • 93 23 Berlin. By March 1937, Germany SH nrlv e four aircraft carriers. A new carrier, specially designed for the Germany to South America service, has been ordered by Lufthansa, the air traffic company, and will be ready by this date. It will be built at the Howaldt shipyards
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  • 62 23 A machine belonging to Air Service Training of Hanwell, and piloted by a Mr. Reeves came down m the Thames near Purfleet. The machine sank, but Mr Reeves was saved by a passing steamer and taken to Gravesend. He is licensed for the carrying of passengers, and was undergoing an
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 32 23 !B:fe|^g:3| RACKETS Wt-4+f i:B m •'v W~^rr-r~K~f-^r or RESTRINGING YJr There is only RELIABLE PLACE I QUEEN'S 3, Prince Street. Phone Telegrams 7634 "Tennis" tagnsh, Australian ft Amencan oniy uoed. 0 other.
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    • 34 23 GILBEY'S J^ XmM'' '^^^^L |^H| THE PURE GRAPE JUICE H\_\^A A rich and mellow wine with a delicious flavour for all occasions. No better value js_w* GuTnwE c 6b II w.s. 13 m mmmm
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  • 343 24 TO-MORROW'S WEIGHTS Last Professional THE following are the full handi- caps for the fifth and last day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting on Saturday The Governor's Cup, Horses Class 1, Div. 1, 9 furs. StrathpcfTer 9.0 Prohibition 8.5 Miltondale 8 4
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  • 569 24 School Sports At Jalan Besar Singapore. Thursday. AVERY pleasant afternoon was spent at the Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon when the twelfth annual athletic sports of the Geylang English School was held m the presence of a large number of parents and wellwishers of the school. The programme was carried
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  • 173 24 Damages From Prison London. SAW her husband fatally injured m a road crash later, twice attempted to kill herself and her infant son. sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment so that she could be properly looked after. That was the story unfolded by counsel In the King's Bench Division
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  • 37 24 Women's Golf Title IN the final of the British Women's 1 Open .golf championship, played at Southnort. Miss p am Barton defeated Mrs. Newell easily by seven up and Aye to play, says Reuter.
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  • 59 24 Several people waiting at the bus stop outside some partly demolished premise m Oxford-street, W., had a remarkable escape from injury when a piece of masonry, six feet square and nearly a ton m weight, crashed through a protective hoarding to the pavement below The masonry fell over forty feet,
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  • 32 24 O- _m_. Singapore, Thursday. In the Third Division League game which was arranged to be played this afternoon on the Harbour Board ground the S.R.C conceded a walk-over to the S.C.F.A. 111.
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