Morning Tribune, 18 March 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL 2.— No. 40. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. March 18, 19:57 FIVE CENTS
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  • 231 1 Japan Again Upsets Disarmament Hopes i IMITATION TO I M\< II 1.1 XS ICI II < II l» BRITAIN DISAPPOINTED 0.000 TO\ II 111 IMI IPS VOW i i: vita km: London, March 17. rftßß coming of the fifty thousand-ton battleship is gloomily forecast in naval circles as the result
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  • 63 1 Restriction 's Doom London, Mar. 17. r rilE removal ot tin restriction was 1 suggested by a questioner in the House of Commons, Mr. Ormsby (.ore replied that he thought the recent increase in the quotU had nelped the situation and added the bolition of the quota altogether did not
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  • 72 1 Paris. Mar. 17 Invo people were killed and 100 inred in a serious clash in the quarter of Pans between Fasand anti-Fascists. The latter to break up a meeting of the il Party. The injured, about equally divided bethe two sides, included the tfayor Clichy and
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  • 96 1 Governments A sked For Views London. Mar. 17. I HAVE asked the Governments oi Hongkong and Malaya to let me have their full views on both the majority and minority reports of the Mui Tsai Commission, but in view of the obvious complexity oi the problems raised I
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  • 81 1 Suppressive Powers For Governors Capetown. March 17. THE Union Government is framing a proclamation giving the administrator of south west Africa almost dictatorial powers to eradicate National Socialism from the territory, including powers to deport persons attempting to exert Nazi influence in politics or
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  • 144 1 MASSACRE AT ADDIS Questions In The Lords House of Lords. Mar. 16. THE alleged recent massacre in Addis I Ababa after the attempt on Marshal Graziani was mentioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who said it appeared the Italian troops and Black Shirt Labour Corps were encouraged or at least
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  • 33 1 Mrs. J. H A Trowell of Ipoh who returned last week from West Australia, is leaving for Home with her husband on the 27th inst. by \he P and O. Carthage from Penang.
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  • 127 1 London, Mar THE prospects of a rubber scarcity have been national Committee's decision." says the J******™**- I^nroduled ;bber at present is increasing a a £^?*Zlm? En-SSI here is no reason to suppose tnat tne possiuimy •«e near future can be altogether
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  • 96 1 Dykes Watched Closely London. Mar. 16. ANIGHT of anxiety in the Fen country passed with the dykes still intact but the threat ol tiie flooding of 250 square miles oi the countryside is still present. Hundreds of workers have been busy for 48 hours continuously .strengthening
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  • 26 1 General Goring, the German Mini-ter-Presiden'. has accepted an invitation by M Moscieki. the President of the Polish Republic, to attend a state hunting party at Bialowieza
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  • 34 1 During the past lew days several unexploded minei have been found floating in the sea oil the Cote d'Argent; they have apparently been washed there from the northern coast of Spain by the gales
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 1 Sir Austen Chamberlain. K.G.. onetime winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and a famous British diplomat, died at his London home on TuescJay. An appreciation of Sir Austen appears on page 23.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 37 1 <_ ON OTHER PAGES Page Rotary Meeting 2 t Crronation Plans 2 1 Irishmen's Day 3 1 Shares Report 4 Y.M.C.A. Tennis 26 i K. L. Races 26 I Faster Cricket Plans 26 Local Soccer 27 4. 4.
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    • 42 1 K Ll M <p-frfP] A POWDERED MILK P"""' ■**flflM_*T."j t, 1 < PUT KUM IN YOUR PANTRY AND BE ASSURED OF A NEVER FAILING SOURCE OF SUPPLY— SAFE, CONVENIENT AND PURESUITABLE FOR COOKING OR DRINKINGFOR YOUNG OR OLD DISTRIBUTORS: uw2ii. linos. A IO
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  • 772 2 PROFESSOR SPEAKS OUT I'OMTIO* SIMM Alt TO THAT Ol BRITAIN Singapore. Wednesday. JAPAN occupies a position In relation to the Asiatic mainland similar to that of Britain vis-a-vis Europe, and it is a fundamental point In her policy to exercise some measure of control
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  • 415 2 k STABBING affray which occurred in River Vallrv Wed **l| A oct. 16 1936 had its sequel in the i££e ESS^^^T 8 of a middle-aged Indian Municipal coolie, was sente^^V V^t£__ imprisonment by Mr. Justice d e Buriatte. on beinu
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  • 62 2 Berlin. March 16. IT transpires to-day that Doctor Paul Stuermer. ex-Chief of the old National Steel Helmet organisation which Hitler dissolved at the end of 1935. wafl arrested by secret oolice some time ago. It is believed he had monarchist sympathies. No confirmation is yet obtainable
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  • 170 2 Failure Of A Diamond Merchant Singapore. Wedneadtt FORMERLY a diamond merchant and now unemployed and with liabilities amounting to $6,598. SRR Lourdesamy was taken through his publ in examination before Mr Justice l" lin the Bankruptcy Court to-day. Bankiupt stated that ho was mar but had no children
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  • 184 2 Powell loy Settre Again mHOSE who Ml William Pow* 1 Mvrna Loy in "The Thta MM who have seen WBUaffl '^■JL* nthPr ereat successes since. \ull welcome ?he return ofthese two stars together ,in-fftei the Thin Man/" r,v at the Capitol. i This is a fast moving and
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  • 41 2 A fire broke out at a large convent in the village of Champion, near Namur destroying the chapel and causing much damage to the infirmary, where sick and aged persons were housed The fire also spread to an adjoining school building
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  • 356 2 Results Of Raffles College Diploma Exam inations RESULTS of the Raffles College Diploma examinations for 1937 are announced as follow: ARTS The following have been awarded the Diploma in Arts of Raffles College: Class II: Chong Hock Hai, Carl Rutherford Hoffman, Kwa Soon Lock, Jacob Yoong Class III: Anjang Saith
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  • 69 2 Great Demonstration New York W N ew York. Mar H ItoOUSANDS crammed JJ^Jgj 1 Garden at a fSfl nti Xi cere 'tration. The audien jUc every mention of Hitler, m hnson 5y e Major G^jal ant: Mayor I^iardia i r denunciation of Hi l tcn to W» peace, adding
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  • 1156 3 SOME NAMES RECALLED AT ST. PATRICK'S DINNER Greatest Of Them Have Been Guardians Of Law! Singapore. Wednesday. THE happy Irish spirit coupled to a large extent with real Irish wit kindled in the large gathering, numbering well over 200, guests and members of St. Patricks Society,
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  • 389 3 i SINGAPORE is in the thick of a rush for the Coronation of H.M. King George VI to be held in London in May. The local hotels are full, many of the guests being in transit for Home. The ships leaving here for
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  • 221 3 Fraser Neave Profit Over $350,000 Last Year THE fortieth ordinary general meeting of Fraser and Neave. Ltd will be held on Saturday at noon In the report for the year ended Dec. 31. the directors state:— After making adequate provision for depreciation and doubtful debts, the net profit amounts to
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  • 25 3 After a delay at Kazan, on the Volga, owing to bad weather, the Arctic airman. Farikh, continued his flight and landed safely at Sverdlovsk. Siberia.
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  • 83 3 Before the Chief Justice in the lst Court at 11 a.m. S. 529 36— Lola Sassoon ;< spinster) vs. E. Rueben etc. Before Mr. Justice Horne In the 2nd Court at 11 am. Assizes: (2 > Rex vs. Poo Koh Keng. (12) Rex vs. Kwok Sam
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  • 110 3 A merlcan Professor's Visit PROFESSOR L. A. Mills, Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, will write another book on Malaya. He Ls now in Singapore, in the course of a visit to Malaya to collect material tor a work on the present political
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  • 62 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Hongkong, Mar. 17. Mr. W. Kirkpatrick, the credits delegate of the Board of Trade, returned to Hongkong yesterday. Interviewed* he said that he had exhaustively discussed industrial, agricultural and other economic plans with financiers, merchants and officials in Canton. Judging by his experiences,
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    • 6 3 «__s lwP_ftjMi j* wsi& WmWfcGi _PSShI
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    • 17 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED. China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 109 3 w <'7(iccJouxler (BRITISH) Only the purest and finest qualit> ingredients are used in this Face Powder which is silk sifted and will not clog; thr pores. Gives the bloom of youth tc every skin. From all leading Dispensaries and High-Class Stores. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS 86, Robinson Road, Sin rc
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 148 4 London. Mar. 1< • PALM OIL (Malay) Last Price To-day In bulk Mar.Apri. £28.5.0 Value 128.15.0 Hellers COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.). March shipment. £21.5.0 Value £21.7.6 Value SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) Mar. Shipment. 12 14 Sellers TAPIOCA (lst quality) Seed Pearl (S'pore) Mar. shipment 17 3 Sellers PEPPER (FAQ) White
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    • 79 4 London. Mar. 17. Previous To-day Change T.T. T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 106.40 8.93» 8 106.59 8.93 3 8 ls. 2 23 32d ls. 3d. 4-.19 1 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) ls. 2 23 32d. T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling
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    • 33 4 Previous London. To-day Mar. 17. Change GOLD Fine Bar oer on SILVER Spot 2 months forward £7.2.4 20 8 20 7 s £7.2.4 20 15 16 20 15 16 4-116 4-116
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    • 157 4 Mussolini Busy In Libya Libyan Desert Mar. 16. (From Reuters Special correspondent by courier) A TRIUMPHAL 120 feet high arch in the middle of the desert at Arae Philaenorum. marking the frontier i Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. was inau- gurated by Mussolini at night following a 250 miles drive
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    • 39 4 The Dutch steamer Kertosono, which was in collision with H.M. battleship Malaya off the Portuguese coast arivec in the Tagus recently, having beer towed astern by two tugs for 177 miles J I Her prow was completely smashed In
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    • 139 4 W£ v< London. Mar 17 Distillers Previous 115-To-day 1146 Change Dunlop Rubber 34 9 364 1 —6 17i 2 1 General Electric 87 9 86 9 Imperial Chemical Industries 38 6 394i 2 —l -10», •l3 -li 2 3 Imperial Tobacco 147 6 148 9 Anglo-Dutch 49
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    • 19 4 TIN Standard. Spot (afternoon closing price) Forward Previous £29o £2B4 London. Ma: V. To-day Chanw £297^> —
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    • 60 4 RUBBER New York. Mar. lb. Previous To-day Change Tone Spot Buyers. Sellers Dull 23 5 16 233 8 Steady • 24'' i -1515 -1 2 8 April June Buye.i. Sellers. 23 9 16 23 11 16 24 15 16 25 1 16 -1 3 8 TIN" Standard.
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    • 895 4 TIN £300, RUBBER IS, IN SINGLE WEEK Boom Days Returning In Share FRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the k>cal share market, dated Mar. states: 'wTwiWiM* t m T h withHowever much events in the great world may have seemed to marc out special Incident during the past few days,
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    • 47 4 Home Rugby London, Mar. 36. In a rugger match played to day, Cardiff, at home, beat Oxfora University i-y 13 points to B.— Reuter. ■■■■■i ■■■■■■■■i I mh rn mm imi INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. CAN YOU AFFORD AN UNINSURED LOSS BY FIRE? T-l 0926, 2. Finlayson Green.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 577 5 Singapore. Mar. 17. 1937. 6 p.m. F-ase Co. ill Evatt Buyers s- Hers Buyers Sell 1 North Taiping 098 1 03 1.01 l 05 5Pahang Con. 31 6 33-3-31 32- 5 R. -14- 8--9-5 86 9 3 -9-1-1 Pa rei 070 0.75 070 0.75 5 Pengkalen 18 9 20--18
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    • 429 5 Par Pd. 1 1 Malacca Elec. lO'r Pref 2.30 240 2.30 2.40 10 10 Maynard 2.00 3 uOnom 2.00 300 1 1 M. Breweries 2.45 2.524 cd 2.42 2.52 10 10 McAlister 25 90 26.50 26.00 26.50 10 5 Overseas Ass. 8.00 8.25 8.00 8.30 40 40 O'sea CBC
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    • 194 5 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nom 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 111 114 nom • 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 Int. 1913 Mar. red 31 Seat. 30 1963 $2,000,000 119 121 i nom Mar 31 Sept
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    • 353 5 2.05 2.20 2.10 2.25 'wor Gajah 1.55 1.70 1.60 1.70 Amal. Malay 225 2.40cd 2.20 2.30cd Hitam 1.70 1.85 1.75 1.90 Molek 1.45 155 1.50 1 60 220 2.30cd 2.15 2.25cd 0.94 0.98 094 0.99 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.60 Td 1.30 140 1.30 1.40 150 1.60 150 1.55
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 214 5 Singapore, Wednesday morning. Singapore: 41 1 8 cto., up 2 l 4 ets. Market Tone: Firm. London: 12 1 4d up 58d Market Tol r: Mini after strong. New York 24 5 8 ets.. up 15 16 cts Market Tone Steady. Singapore, Wednesday evening. There baa bon considerable activity
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    • 29 5 Singapore, Wednesday noon. Singapore: $142 14. up $3 4. London: Spot £290. down £16; three months £284, down £15. New York: 65 14 cts., down 112 cts. easy.
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    • 10 5 London -New York 488.57 New York-London 488 23 32
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    • 174 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore, March, 17. Tin at midday was $142'. up The tin share mark°t to-day ls rather quieter than tho last few days prices, however, remaining fully steady. Amongst Sterling there was a demand for Siones, Kents. Ayer Hitams, Pangnga Rivers and Renong Tins. The
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    • 89 5 Mr. Julian Israel 's Report Singapore. Mar 17 Tin locally up $*4 Rubber locally buyers 41 7 July Sep. Mining. Raubs $7.05 $7 15 Tin shares have been generally teadj but B dull market, and a few share shows small actual declines The prospects however .seem excellent. S Kmfas $10
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  • 69 6 Lantern Procession By Chinese Singapore. Wednesday. A MEETING of representatives of the local Chinese business houses and guilds was held this afternoon in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, to con- sider the celebrations in connection with the Coronation. It was decided that a lantern precession should be held by
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  • 88 6 Singapore, Wednesday. Wong Yong Tee. a carpenter of Rangoon Road was charged to-day before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third Magistrate, with criminal breach of trust in the sum of $47 on Mar 12 The accused pleaded guilty and said that he had come from Malacca a
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  • 18 6 London. Mar. 15. London pepper stocks on Saturday last totalled: White 11.817 tons, and Black 1.796 tons— Reuter
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  • 120 6 Fifty Scouts From Johore From Our Ou*7i Correspondence^ Johore Bahru. Mar. 16. THE Boy Scouts Association of Johore will be sending fifty scouts to the Malayan Jamboree which la being held at tlie Sultan Idris Training College at Tanjong Malim from April 24 to May 1. The Scouts will
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  • 96 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore. Wednesday noon. Buyers Sellers. No. I X RSS In cases (FOB. March' 41 4P 8 Good F.A.Q. In cases (FOB. March i 40 7 8 41 No. I.X.R.S.S. i Spot-loose awardable S'pore 41 8 41 a do. March 41^
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  • 200 6 SELLING Smgapore. Mar. 17. don T.T. 2 4 lie .aon demand 2 4 1 M London 4 months' sight 2 4» B Lyons demand 1240 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 57 il6 ntreal demand 56 15 16 Batavia demand 103 5 Samarang demand 103 3 a Calcutta. Bombay
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  • 207 6 Singapore. .Mar. 17 R. tSiani' W Coast No. 1 per Koyan $148 R. (Siam i W. Coast No. 2 per Kovan 5142 R. <Siam» W Coast No. 3 per Kovan 5136 R. i Siam "White" No. Al 5240 R. 'Siam' -White Rice" No. 1 S2lB R. 'Siam' "White Rice"
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    • 60 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes, so that SAFETT
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    • 166 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880* Capital Subscribed iFully PaldUp) Y.100.000.000 Reserve Fund Y.130.900.000 CO Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS BAFFLES PLACE. Manager T. yamamoto Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Roum. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's D^sk Xederlandsrlie llaiidclMaatschappijj. X.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM
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  • 170 7 ONE KILLED, TEN INJURED IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TRAIN SMASH fasti was killed and ten other persons injured when a Great Western Railway Oxford to Paddington (London) pas enger train came into collision with a goods train outside Langley S'ation. Buckinghamshire. Coaches of the passenger train were badly smashed, and the engine
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    • 157 8 I What a Grand Comedy It even Out-laughs IJIII LLEB LADY" I j < AI'IIOI To-.\iuin I i > f IF YOU thought "THE THIN 1 l_« I fi*"" F I MAN W s SWel1 V U M $Qy 'j_w i our NEW P icturo i$ a riot Mr \>
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    • 220 8 RKOS BIG SCREEN lUI GRAM) MALAYAN PREMIIIRi: TOAH.HT I CEJPAVIUOIC-gii gj TRULY GREAT ENTERTAINMEVT i 0 <-^^-H EPBU R Nl -M«W-MARSHALL! vividly portraying a V i T tragedy of girlhood -**w X mm my mm *0» that became the foc.il J* i^^^dK mm mmm point of a mighty strug- M
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  • Article, Illustration
    258 9 Conditions Remain Firm P(By Air Mail) London. March, 2. WITH metals rather reactionary anc quieter yesterday, interest in thc r rnmodity maikets centied largely 01 rubber. Th? price rose to nearly 10 lb- ind oer ib. for spot at one time, but closed only 16ci up on the
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    • 124 9 ALII A MIIII A j NEXT CHANGE DOUBLE FEATURE BILL THE WOOLIES ARE COMING! j that was the cry of fighting cowmen in a feud against V. an avalanche of '^^Ss _r^. bawling sheep] Wr** 1 ALSO "STREAMLINE EXPRESS" with EVELYN VENABLE VICTOR JORY and RALPH FORBES B :i Famous
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    • 282 9 EMPIRE TALKIE j i 7 P.M. TO-NICiHT 9 P.M. I Final Chapters 12—15 of Mascots Thrilling Master Serial "MIRACLE mm it I WITH THE ACE OF COWBOY STARo I 1 TOM MIX Supported by A Thrilling Boxing Film Between i SCII>IIII\I, A WAIKIR j fl i SUN TALKIE j 1
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  • 743 10 REPORT OF MESSRS HECHT, LEVIS KAHN Reasons For The Rise In Rubber And The Effect Of Control ißy Air Mail) March, 4. rY is Rubber rising? This is a question which is being asked, no' only by members of the Rubber Market but bv the producer and consumer as well.
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  • 280 10 To Be Opened By H.E. On April 2 INVITATION cards will be issued to 1 guests to attend the opening of the Singapore Flower Show. 1937 to be rmened by HE. the Governor at the W"t noon on Friday. April 2 Ught refreshments will be served and the
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  • 20 10 Conde Francisco Matarazzo. one of the t industrialists in Brazil, who was ti Italian descent died in Sao Paulo recently
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  • 630 10 KILLED ON THE WAY TO HIS WEDDING n 0 g^a j* Tragic Story Of Policeman's R a u Death I Burnley. HER dream of happiness shattered, a Burnley bride-to-be is npw facing life without the man she was to wed. "I don't know what will happen to me.'* she declared.
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  • 22 10 A meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore l Association will be held on Monday at S p.n.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 176 10 Help Kidneys Clean Ost Poisonous Acids Tour Kidneys have nine million tiny tubes or Altera whi h are endani cheap, Irritating drugs or neglect. I'r.kr.own to you, weak Kidneys may be the real cama of your Getting l*p Nights. Nenrousaeafc. Dizziness. Swollen Ankles, Bladder Trouble. Headaches, Backache, Rheumatism, Leg Pains,
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  • 149 11 MARY QUE EN OF SCOTS IN ANNUAL PAGEANT AT ST. ANDREWS i Swa les, 4 a r"^ 10 1 d ent from Middlesborough. as Kate Kennedy, patroness of student chivalry the traditional Kate Kennedy Prore^ *-L»£j*** tl *g_*^ university town. Kate Kennedy was Lady Katherin e Kennedy, niece of Br^hop
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  • 322 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Thursday. Mar. 18, 1937. HUMAN SACRIFICE rjARDINAL Isidoro Goma. the Primafe of Spain, has stated that the civil war will cost a million lives before it is over. His view of the calamity is that the war is a tribulation visited on Spain so that she may
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  • 707 12 CTRIKERS and riots among strikers have been the feature of the week's news. It had been the general opinion that we had passed through an ugly phase in the struggle for better living conditions among labourers, when, last December, after several weeks of anxiety, miners were able to
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  • 356 12 PERSO NALITIES Mr J C Barry. Chief Police Officer, j Malacca, has been appointed a Justice I of the Peace for Malacca Dr. A. N. Kingsbury. Director. Institute for Medical Research. Kuala Lumpur, arrived from leave last week. Ilr. T. O. D A. Cooper, of the Seremban Customs Department, will
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 12 For the first time a husband and g^J-^^JK-j af Pf»* J^S Royal Academicians. Mr. Harold Kni^t husDand 193*>-ha> KnVht-who became a Royal Academician m- WJ Jg fir t been elected a Royal Academ cian s_f^SSy fa 17G8. ■"■•"fti be elected since the foundation of the Ac t n_r:ii.hfd at their
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  • 1617 13 FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS Rise And Fall Of Former Pit-Boy Newcastle. IN a prison cell where he is embark ing on a sentence of three years* p^nal servitude, a former pit-boy. now 68, is probably ruminating: on his romantic rise to wealth and then his
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  • 88 13 That the shock of recent, bereavements might have affected his mother's health was the opinion expressed at Bolton the other day by Mr. Herbert Murphy, of Rhosieigh -avenue, at an inquest on his mother. Mrs Florence Murphy The son told the coroner that his mother's sister
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  • 112 13 To Be Trained Ily British Supervision THE new Egyptian army, which is to be reorganised and trained under British advisory .supervision, will consist tirst of 14.000 Officers and m*n. Thp whole army will be formed as a mechanised formation. As suitable Egyptian officers are trained, the army
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  • 160 13 Watcher Sees Students Plunge To Death SCANNING 'he cliffs of a 3,000ft. peak near Bethesda, Caernarvon, a lone climber in the Snowdon range was horruied to see two roped figures crash from a rock cleft, strike a ledge, and plunge 500ft. to their deaths. Three other mountaineers, two
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    • 77 13 ij_^_ _^Ml_UgT___B_sE^___B£ mj. *^BL__Ljt^^_________\_fl_ _a I jjO^'»flW« «f mil Chemists end Storas SPECIAL \iimirio\ FIVE DAYS ONLY SI A>l I SI- ART UOKK asappuedto GOLD, Ml VI It. Ml IJO AUTHENTIC SIAMESE ANTIQUES AND CURIOS FROM THE STUDIO AND SHOW ROOMS OF: Ul MR. F. VY. MARGRETT OF BANGKOK SHOWING
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    • 38 15 _L/rtsWftiWsßP_i/^_l mm*J mmm WATCHES at RENE ULLMANN ARE BETTER THEY COST LESS THEY LAST I. ON C.I We are the only firm wh/«:r guarantee is valid in HongKong and various ports ol China. RENE ULLMANN Rallies Place, Singapore.
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  • 3056 16 < rifi < i s iii and pllilos o p li y Ail* oniii vv and diploma* 7 in Hurnia Slorv of young lo\« k in Hi a ins A naval adventure* Obiter Scripta Burmese Silver These Foolish Things The Happy Return (.eorge Santayana 1:d ward
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    • 34 16 .3, A Ladies Hairdressers i MAISON PERMj J 79, Stamford Road, i TeL: 4610 j MAISON MARIE! 63, Victoria Street. We Offe" Von Everv FaciK<* when Bl VI X' AT Tajmahal Store 23 HIGH
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    • 133 17 Ta TOURIST'S SHOPPING j GUIDE STORAGE PASKOE'S LTD. WILL STORE YOUR FURNITURE WHILE YOU ARE ON LEAVE. STATIONER JOIN GLOVER'S Detective Fiction Ll HR ARV Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor) The Arcade, Singapore. BOOKSHOP FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND FOREIGN BILLS in Theory
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    • 62 17 CAMERAS AND FILMS W '3U ->5 DRY CLEANING Burtol Cleaners im same day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. •71, Orchard Rd. Phone 777f. I EYaES live Examinations. Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO., Quitted cvesif-ht Specialists 4, ARCADE, GROUND FLOOR. LARGEST.
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  • 395 18 The "Rochester Castle Launched London, Mar. 4. AT Belfast recently. Messrs. Harland and Wolff. Ltd Punched the mo or liner Rochester Castle, built at the East Yard to the order of the Union-castle Mail steamship Co Ltd. ship, the Roxburgh Castle will *W\ launched from an adjoining berth
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    • 480 18 f *Wf* *W\ E r*^XJ fcy^ «^^B.gw __^Hii; wm __*^Q S BY P&0 and BRITISH INDIA.LINES Outwards. Due Jf** Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore 1937. «L BURDWAN 6,070 Mar. 18 CORFU 15.500 May 7 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Mar. 26 NALDERA 16.000 May 21 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 BHUTAN 6.100 June 5 SOMALI
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    • 138 18 N.Y.K. UNE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated ln Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseille* ft Gibraltar. ss. KATORI MARU Mar. 19 s.s. KASHIMA MARU Apr. I Tm.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr 14 ss. "HAKONE MARU" Apr 29 Rates to Ist Class tad < claaa
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 285 18 j POSTAL INT ELLICE^e] STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TOB »AIE AND TB.E Tarempa General Verspyck Mar ir q Pengerang Aik Soon J° 8 a m °enang Kedah H 9 a m. Denmark (Parcels only) Meonia M 1Q 10 a -m. New Zealand Nieuw Holland Mar i«\L Pm \ustral:a:— Eastern and Southern
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    • 241 19 BURNS I'll ILI' lixk (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAIUNGS. Due Sails. a Mar. 29 Apr. 3 MARELLA Apr 30 May 4 S P ™cheap round trip tickets'! rom Singapore to Australia issued at the iollowmg rates Qineanore Brisbane, Sydney or First Class passengers may transier at Smgapore, Melbourne to the
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    • 564 19 .5. m S fc^ jA TO FRENCH PORTS j <glUl£/ HOMEWARDS. 1 j 1 S CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Apr. 2 S I D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Apr. 10 t CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Apr. 29 ADEN For Marseilles,
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    • 379 19 J— j0 i m 0 > > w i w.m ■■_»»i^»i_>i \m»\*^ i_"n—^ i i m..^*..* x_*> **j j THE II All HOI II Ml IPS IN DOt K %ir ail OsA^paiHitv* SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KVthpr Java and Southern Sumatia. NetherGodown. Gate No. lands, closing
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  • 92 20 LAD Y JELLICOE LA UNCHES NEW DESTROYER Lady Jellicoe about to perform the ceremony of launching the new destroyer H.M.S. "Impulsive". (Topical Press) Samuel While'. <MwL".H*^l£J{^! »S_*" a lust of e, s ht destroyers of the lntrr pid [Z as ti _™c 'mplus.ve is the a vie, of M.S. mpulJv
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    • 161 21 sBP vitality. My complexion m*\ dear and bright, I cannot C-^v /\V speak too highly oj the ir value of K'd/cdiic/," f J/fl f miles Miss K.L. E. m£~ y \i I Attractive J^ Jp YOUTH depends upon GOOD HEALTH A woman's health and happiness are dependent, far too often,
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    • 965 21 lon the iiaiiio llSrisisli Empire G J$| afcv ,Jean I l9~__-i_~. -__-■■__> Barcarolle N. 5 (Gabriel Faure). I i^roUrnnimt* (Mtea Mad v Hardy). Quintet (Jacques Ibert) I Two Mo. ements (Ja:aues Ibert I I OA Q m. 11.20 p.m. Rates of Exchange and Transmission 2:— 6.40 p^m.— v.mo 1 Frencn
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    • 367 21 I'wpgramiiM** Of /II ISingapore Station On 225 Metres THE following are the programmes Of 7.30 p.m. Time, Weather. News and the* ilm.bc. station, smgapore. Announcements. for tlv week 7*• P m Rf x Allen anr Laura JCuerite, Entertainers. TO-DAY 8.15 p.m. Li^ht Orchestral Concert j (Gramophone Records) GOO D m
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  • 271 22 Beauty Who Left For Dance A MONTH ago a 19-year-old girl of; Garden City, near Flint, left her; home saying she was going to dance in the village institute She did net attend the dance, and has not been heard of j since Police, villagers, and her
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  • 43 22 M Henri Reymond, who had be+n rinSt°de m M USIC at the C^aJo?re et institut de Musique of Lausanne since 1895, has died at the age of 74 He was -FeuK' A and a,8 mu critic of T^ Feuille d' Avis de Lausanne
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  • 262 22 Alleged Attempt To Bribe Constable j COR attempting to bribe a constable with a shilling, a Lancashire county i magistrate. Albert Holroyd. retired cot- ton manufacturer, of Rochdale-road Royton, near Oldham, was fined 20s and costs at Bolton-by-Bowland A charge of causing damage to a holly tree was
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  • 172 22 Steps are to be taken to secure the release of Horace Fidler. a Framwellgate Moor, Co. Durham, man. who has been •11 inmate of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum for the past 34 years Fidler. when little more than a bov was santenced at Durham Assizes to
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    14 22 A picture „f the WWW Trocadero at the 1937 Parij exhibition. Frame- F r»sse>
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  • 95 22 'Unruly Conduct" After Motor Accident rpHAT eloi of blood on the brain wa> the eause of his unruly conduct VS* the defence put forward at Liverpool thc other day when a lad of 17 pleaded guilty to stealing £2 from thc walle; of his brother. The probation officer
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  • 207 22 Judge's Advice To Man CRIENDLY advice wa.. given at Liver- pool Assizes bv Mr Justice V. to a motor-cyclist, who was awarded Cl 800 damage, for the loss i a a road crash After giving his Judgment, called the man. Gerard John Wi son 27. before him.
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    • 237 22 j. ON THE RADK (Continued from page 21 > 7.05 a.m. Lowell Thomas, nsm New York. W3XAL 6.100; 49.1 7.35 a.m. Musical Revue- -Cinci kati, WBXAL 6.060; 49 5. 8.20 a.m. Beatrice LiUie, com 1 dionne— New York. W3XAL 6.100; 49 8.50 am. Ethel Barrvmore <cir Jmatic sketch New York.
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  • 1400 23 ON THE NOBEL PLACE PRIZE SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN |>l VIII IV LOM)O\ I IHMI 111 Alt I FAILURE London, Mar IG. «IR Austen Chamberlain, a former Foreign Minister and elder brother of Mr O Neville Chamberlrrfn, fhe present Chancellor of the Exchequer died at London residence at 6 p.m. to-day
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  • 146 23 O'cra Guests Of Italian Consul Singapore, Wednesday. THE following were guests of the Consul for Italy, Mr. A. Perego. and Mr.s. Perego at last night's gala performance of the Gonsalez Grand Opera Company at the Victoria Theatre: The Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. A. S. Small) and Mr.s.
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  • 375 23 I Western Pact Troubles London, Mar 16 THE hardening of points of disagreement between Germany on the one hand and Britain and France on the other on the form of the new Western pact i| the only result of the German Locarno note. The note makes two
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    • 98 23 WW _L If I /__F Try An Klegant Coloured Jf JftLr ILW Barrel or Th < l-»tesl '"^bW I r' 9aW No Pen on the market can surpass At.^^^ 'PILOT" In cheapness, refinement. soil* 1 F^w^W The PILOT preasureless touch m J Iff/ //w/flffl feather-light, unbreakable barrels of ft fu
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  • 2035 24 SOCIETY'S FIRST REPORT M \V $60,008 €LINIC NOW BEING FLAMMED -..tt- .r nM clinic of the Singapore Anti-Opium Society are contained RETAILS of «;e m^ clin^ol t ion started lU actlve work ln 1933 V In tlie firs «Por^ u ice^ bulUling W ill cost
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  • 331 24 CARRIED ON TOO LONG Studio Artist's Tai I ur e Sins. THOUGH fa x the Doo Stud! could meet business, as he wished tracts he ha the hope tha; bette, This was the statemi Duncan Charles 1 prietor of Doo Studio, a ager and chief ai I Studio, in tiexamination
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  • 96 24  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh mJSo,BSd According To Statistic* Nankins. MM i .WORDING to statistics Issued W A Ministry of the gJJ-J&IS reports from the ™f palities. the areas and populano. nrovinces are as iOIIou Pr Kiangsu 108 339 ■WJ^iSfc h tion 36.469.321. f^ ,5.541.636 *****.749: Hupeh 20..692. o*
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  • 13 24 Rome. Iferch l* Admiral Vincenzo de Teo pointed Governor oi Wireless
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  • 860 25 BISHOP'S REVIEW 111 111 lIS YEAR OX i; OF I'lMM.ltl SS AMI AMIIIA lAII I THE year recently concluded has been marked by a series of violent strains and stresses of which it is difficult to measure the derivative effect," writes the Bishop of Singapore, the
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  • 250 25 Bankruptcy Process Must Not Be Abused Singapore, Wednesday. WARN you that the process of this 1 Court must not be abused. You I appear to have treated this order with contempt, and to have made no effort to pay until the motion was taken up against you You
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  • 109 25 Hidden For Years In Garret London. Mar. 16. AN auction sale at a country house at Cheam provided a sensation when and oil painting which had been lying in a gar.'et for many years realised 12.100 guineas after excited bidding. The picture was simply catalogued a.s 'Portrait of
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  • 721 25 FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HOTEL Visitor Front Siam Who Was In Worried State Singapore. Wednesday. FfVIDENCE concerning the death of Jacob Gersfield. a Czechoslovak ian who was found unconscious in his room in the Adelphi Hotel on the afternoon of Mar. 15, and who died in the General Hospital the following
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  • 141 25 Power* Of The Governors London, Mar. 16. THE special powers granted to the Go- femora, to which reference w_s made in the Congress resolution, may be summed up as follows: authority to take whatever action the Governor thinks necessary for preservation of peace and tranquility, notwithstanding the
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  • 87 25 Burst Of Activity In Rubber London, Mar. 16. THE Stock Exchange to-day ruled dullish and uninteresting until the sharp rise in the price of the commodity led to a burst of activity in rubber shares in which the majority of leaders rallied briskly. Industrials generally were easier but
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    • 155 25 Loral <.ol_ Keppei G.C. To Meet Sepoy Lines G.C. THE Sepoy Lines Golf Club will meet the Koppel Golf Club at Keppei on Sunday. The following are the teams, Sepoy Lines players mentioned first: a.m. 25 N. Jackson and E. A. Corless v. J. M. Harper and H Gray. 8
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  • 710 26 Surprise Defeat Of N. S. Wise In Open Singles At Y.M.C.A *>,y£ANESE WINS HAHII lI AH II STRONG FINISHING AIZAWA MEET* KAMI* IX IHE FINAL Singapore. Wednesday lAPANESE tennis enthusiasts turned out in large numbers to-day. on thi J Y.M.C.A. courts to watch their compatriot. T. Aizawa and Singapore' No.
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  • 313 26 Admission Free For Malayan Cricket Test Singapore, Wednesday. FINAL preparations for the all-Malaya cricket test against the touring team of Sir Julien Cahn. during the Easter weekend, are now well under way. There will be no activity of any kind on the S.C.C. padang during next week, the ground staff
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  • 1016 26 Spencer Davies Each Score A Hat Trick (From Our Onn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Wednesdav rE second day of the Selangor Turf club Spring meeting was held In sunny and fine weather w-aay. The going was good, and a large crowd was favoured with some
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  • 324 27 CRICKET CLUB DEFEAT GUNNERS A SOLITARY GOAL >I\\Y CHANCES .MISSI. I) S.S ■•All A.M. IHI IMM Y Singapore. Wednesday. 4 excellent header by W. D. J. Vincent, their centre-forward, gave the A SC.C. victory in their friendly soccer match against the RA. (Changi t 1 the Padang to-day. This was
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  • 206 27 Regatta Event Yesterday Singapore, Wednesday. A STIFF cross wind and a choppy sea contributed towards making things difficult for the first heat of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club Rowing Regatta, senior pairs, to-day. There were to hav e been two heats but J. B. Dunne, R.
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  • 168 27 Royal Party At Centenary Aintree Mar. 16. EXTRA charm will be added to Friday's l*Grand National by the fact that Their Majesties, who are staying with Lord I), rov at Knowsley Hall will be present for the first time for many years that reigning sovereign has attended tne
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  • 144 27 Feat At The Island D AY ING in a three-ball game at the 1 Island Club with Dr. H. L. H. Lim Chua Cheng Liat. T. C. Yap, holad In one at the 17th hole, a distance 11 yards. B is the second occasion that th. I
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  • 227 27 Raffles Bowler's Feat Singapore, Wednesday. A SPLENDID bowling performance by Sundram for Raffles Institution was mainly responsible for his side defeating the Royal Artillery (Blakan Mati) by rine wickets in a cricket match playei on the school ground this afternoon. Sundram took six wickets for eight runs,
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  • 673 27 Singapore, Wednesday Brilliant goal-keeping by Muthucumaro saved the Ceylon Bporl Club from a severe defeat at the hands of the S C.F.A. 111. when the two teams met In the Third Division of the R.A F A Lea KIM on the Singapore Harbour
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  • 74 27 Cambridge Still Favourites London. Mar. 16 OXFORD to-day rowed from Barnes Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge in 7 minutes 42 seconds despite a stitt head wind in the latter part of the row. The previous best was 7 45 by Oxford in 1933 The Oxford crew moved like a
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  • 32 28 UtS!(l( S /«''<' H, m etterday l-ndon. M ar JJ »Wte Bandiea'p M horses faced the f h < a head from l_3s*|<ft 5* bv oldro„ (O-l) Uill Vm:;'' length^ behind. Reuter
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  • 144 28 THE following are the result* day's ties in the 8.C C Spring Tennis Tourney Championship Sin$le>:— E C Cher rington beat V Anderson. 6 0, 3 0. rtd Wi.se beat Drabbe I H Phillips beat R K B 4—6. 6—3. 8—6: A D Anderson beat A. R
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    102 28 Hammond makes a great effort to clelar. while the watchful Abbott stands by ready to lend support an incident from the friendly soccer match on the padang yesterday in which the S.C.C. beat the Gunners I_o. (Tribune). McCaffery. who again played a sound game for the S.C.C. is here beaten
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