Morning Tribune, 25 March 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2— No. 46 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, March 25, 1937 FIVE CENTS
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  • 166 1 4.111 VI I VI STRUGGLE l\ LIVING MEMOItY SLOWEST TIME SINCE 1877 LOIM-i SEQUENCE OF DEFEATS BROKEN VI LAST THE 89th annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge to-day resulted in a victory for the Dark Blues. Oxford have thus broken the long sequence of
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  • 667 1 London. Mar. 24. THE weather is frosty and gloriously sunny. A fresh wind is blowing and the water is Likely to be rough at the start which should enable Oxford at least to be level at the mile-post, but the toss will make a great difference.
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  • 124 1 I Sit-Down Strike Of Six Years New York, Mar. 24. MR. Henry Ford might as well get ready to do business with his organised workers," declared Mr. Homer Martin. President of the United Automobile Workers, at a mass meeting of 100.000 auto workers. Mr. Martin was tumultuously
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  • 58 1 Expansion In Hongkong Contemplated Hongkong. Mar. 24. IT is authoritatively disposed that I Britain is sending two additional battalions to Hongkong very soon and probably several squadrons of °Present plans demand an expenditurTo! ffrtv million dollars ,n the next two vears for defences and Cantonments but this sum
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  • 133 1 Personal Interest ln Strike Situation 'From Our Own Reporter* Kuala Lumpur. Mar 24 HOW concerned the authorities arc regarding the widespread strikes in Selangor is borne out by the fact that His Excellency the Governor himself Ll taking a personal interest in the matter. His Excellency left Singapore
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  • 180 1 Mussolini Sounds A Warning Rome Mar. 23. A STRONG polemical speech was made by Signor Mussolini in the Piazza Venezia, on the occasion of the celebration ot the eighteenth anniversary of Fascism, in which he sharply rebuked newspapers which sought to make a mystery out of his return
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  • 146 1 A nglo -Japa nese Alliance? China Is The Key Issue Tokyo, Mar. 24. Till Asa hi Shimbun and the Nichi Nichi feature the foreign Minister's statement in the Lower House yesterday that the question of the restoration of the Anglo-Japanese allianec is extremely important, splashing Sato's remark that "the problem
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  • 176 1 IN order that no work shall be done on Good Friday, there will be no issue of the Morning Tribune on Saturday next, March 27. colonial possessions; thirdly, disarmament; fourthly, immigration issues. Pointing out that the Australia-Jap-an negotiations reached a happy compromise and Indo-Japanese and BurmoJapanese negotiations were
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    • 28 1 ON OTHER PAGES j Page I N.Z. Test Cricket 25 Y.M.C.A. Tennis 25 Gov't League Soccer 25 i Turf Topics 26 t I Ist. Division Soccer 27 JJM
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    • 50 1 mmmmmmmw^ m^^ m^^ mm^ m^ mm^^ mm m9 mm mw m KLIM POWDERED MILK j |_^^_i r" PUT KLIM IN YOUR PANTRY AND BE ASSURED OF A NEVER FAILING SOURCE OF SUPPLY— SAFE, CONVENIENT AND PURE SUITABLE FOR COOKING OK DRINKING FOR YOUNG OR OLD DISTRIBUTORS: GETZ lIHOS. CO. i
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  • 880 2 SHOCKS FROM ROME AND MADRID Italian Troops Decimated On Guadalajara Front I THE plan to supervise Spain and prevent further intervention bv outside powers in the civil war appears to be collapsing Following the Spanish Government's intimation that it rejects anv supervision by Fascist powers which are
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  • 533 2 Coroner's Inquiry Into Visitor's Death Singapore. Wednesday. THAT his passport was forged and his nationality was uncertain were opinions expressed by inspector Good-J ship before the Coroner. Mr. W. Mc- Quarne. to-day. in the course of his evi- dence concerning the death o* Jreob Oersfleld who was found
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  • 51 2 M. Vladimir Sokoline. Counsellor in the Soviet Embassy in Paris, has been appointed an Under-Secretary of the League of Nations in place of M. Rosenberg, now Soviet Ambassador in Madrid. M. Sokolin?. who entered the Soviet Diplomatic Service in 1926. was a member of the Disarmament Conference and the Economic
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  • 177 2 "Crime Over Undon n 4 Splendid Picture SOMETHING new presented by Criterion Filenew picture "Crime Ow l' m he opened at the PavUlTLi it is the story of a an which finding thing, a M too Snff 1 themm the States, COmeW to fndcasu their^attentions on a WesU&i
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  • 186 2 Eleanor Powell Stars 1 (fain SINCE Eleanor Powell was launched the Mii rather amusing production, "Broadway M lcdy of 1936" she b very and her com. -back in MG.M/s Born to Dance." which Is now ai C apitol. la welcome. It may >ound impel:' iy that a girl's
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  • 129 2 "Viswamitra." an interesting and to structive tamil talkie adapted from the Puranas of Indian Mythology, opened a the Theatre Royal on Tuesday Night De fore crowded houses. Mr Gopala Iyyengar. m the leadm, role with Misses W» *«^_^J& sela Devi, portray realistically the pare assigned
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  • 54 2 Youth Falls From Lorry Singapore Shortly after ten o clock 1; a Chinese youth was Jwjn™ r lorry which was rounding tne Street-St. Andrews Road l ju The boy sustained l i simpi of the skull, and Is suffering cussion of the brain. v He was removed man. condition to
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  • 1421 3 EAYAN COLLIERIES CAPITAL ISSUE is NEW capital issue is announced by Malayan Collieries, Ltd. in a circular to shareholders which accompanies the annual reThe annual genera] meeting will be held on Mar. 30 at the company's office, Hongkong Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur. The circular states: ISSUED
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  • 327 3 Ceremonial Laying By Sir Shenton Thomas ArterTa 7 v Singapore. Wednesday. C u w SmV ISS^XL.!^ br buned tn .tone ol Shenton S_oS_£^.S^j2! w,llbtliM HE thp Governor, Sir at 9 30 "a m interesting cerrmony on Thursday next week (April 1) k A t imber
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  • 99 3 Law Notice For To-Day Before the Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— B. 481 36— A. P. Scully vs. C. M. Lee and Summons- in -Chambers Ln Suit No. 540.36. Before Mr. Justice' Howes in the 3m Court at 11 a.m. S. 340 36— Teo
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    • 16 3 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Happy Days Are Here Again. "SUNSHINE SUSIE" and Jack Hulbert at the vilion shortly.
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    • 18 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Huilding, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor L VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 73 3 MKI.ATI RAIMA PERFUME ws-^a^g^sa_awsww-ws-wswssw-wswawaw i —n— THE FAVOURITE PEItFUME WITH A NICE, GENTLE, LASTING OOOUR. Obtainable from ALL HIGH-CLASS STORES AT POPULAR PRICE $1-25 PER BOTTLE. .J. .J. 15/J1 JAm\- Uc Ibdl t I "*:l! li L ,^u 9W f~?* il II II 11 V^ //V.' i/ 1 1 V
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  • REUTERS COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 140 4 RUBBER London. Mar 24. Last Price To-day Chang* Tone Steady Firm Spot Buyers. 12 316 11% MW SeUers 12 516 11% -3 16 April Buyers 12 316 12 716 4 SeUers. 12 516 11H -3 16 Apr.lJune Buyers. 12» 4 124 SeUers. 123 8 12* 8 +JJ JulylSept.
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    • 129 4 London. Mar 04 Distillers "•ST ,T3 0 day c hant Dunlop Rubber 36- General Electric 87 6 87 6 41 Imperial Chemical Industries 39 1U 3911 Imperial Tobacco 152 6 iss- 2 Anglo-Dutch 48 3 11* 26 Canadian Pacific i". S J +1 London Tin (New Share)
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    • 27 4 rTV 0 London. Mar TIN Standard. PreTloU To day Spot lafrornoon closing price) £293 3 4 300 -6i 4 Forward £284 2 290 ft -6
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    • 75 4 London. Mar 24 Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) ***** 106.35 —.01 TT on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8 92 13 16 8.93 -3 16 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2 11 16 Is. 2 11 16 T.T on Hongkong (closing selling rate)
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    • 37 4 London. Mar. 24. Previous To-day Chang j GOLD tine Bar Der c* £7.2 44 7.2.3 1 2 —1 SILVER Spot 205 8 20 9 16 —116 i months forward 20 5 8 20 5 8
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    • 36 4 RUBBER New York liar Pre\lous To-day Chi Tone Dull Quiet Spc\ Buyers. 243 4 Sellers 24" B Ap^UJune Buye_s. 243 4 24*, Sellers. H% 3 4 TIN Standard. Tone Firm Spot 1 64
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    • 25 4 Hollywood. Mar 24. Shirley Temple, the child film star. has been suddenly taken ill and taken to hospital for an abdominal operation. Reuter
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    • 183 4 Took Clothing From House Singapore. Wednesday. PETER Norhana was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment and 1 six months' Police supervision on a charge of theft of clothing valued at $36 from the house of a sikh named Basant Singh at Wilkie Road on the morning of Mar.
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    • 50 4 The Federal Council of the British Medical Association in Australia has awarded to Sir Henry Newland. of Adelaide, the Association's gold medal which is given to "those who have distinguised themselves by promoting the honour and interests of the medical profession." The medal has been awarded only three times before.
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    • 373 4 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Mar 24 Total for Boots Cose Date Ex. Div. year Company Dividend Payable Data to date Ave™nam Int. Mar. 9 To Mar. 24 Mar. 15 Sungei Besi 17% Int. Mar. 24 To Mar to Sungei Way Vk int Mar. 17 Mar. 31 Mar
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 165 5 Singapore Wednesday morning Singapore: 41 3 i cts., unchanged Market Tone Quiel Lundoh: 12 3h'.d.. down 1 16d Market Tone Steady. New York; 24 5 8 cts., down 1 8 ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Singapore, Wednesday evening. The market opened quite steady this morning with business at 42 l
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    • 32 5 Singapore, Wednesday noon. Singapore: $144, up $6 1 2. London: Spot .293 155.. up £10 10s three months £284 10s.. up £6 10s. New York: 64 cts., up 1 78 cts.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 702 5 rase r Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 6- 6 6 6- 6 3 ci Asam Kumbang .35 3 36 9 35- 36 6 Austral Malay 54 56 54 56 Ayer Hitam 28 6 30 6 28 6 30 l Ayer Weng 1.70 180 1.70 185
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    • 374 5 (Shares »*e 61 unless otherwise ,iauru» Par Pd. 2 Alex Brick Ord. 145 1.55 1.45 1.55 2 2 do 7i 2^c Prefs. 2.50 2.60 2^50 2£o rin Atlas Ice 3.00 10.00n0m 8.00 1000 M Broadcasting 080 tfl i0 58. M. Trustee. 6.25 7.00 0.25 7J6 <"100 £100 Cable V
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    • 228 5 ooft 230 210 2.25 Allenby *2 160 1.70 lor <*M! 230 JUOcd 230 2.40cd Amal. Malay JJJ IJO 190 Aver Hitam 80 LW Molek 15° Jg* 220 2 .30 Panas 225 2.35cd "t W ]60 g* g S 5Ki**r::::::: JS I-ukit Katil 130 1-35 130 1.35 Bukit K.
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    • 181 5 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. M Qom Mar. 31 Sept. 30 4>. r 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 n4 nom W W»6* 119 non, Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 nom Mar. 31 Sept. 30 3 MJ 1926 red. 1956-66 $22,000,000 Int May
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  • 243 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore. Mar. 24. Tin at midday was $144.00. up $6.00 The Tin share market generally wa.> again on the quiet side to-day but there was rather better enquiry following on the rise in the Metal at the midday market. Amongst Sterlings there are buyers
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  • 268 5 Tin locally up $6 50. Rubber locally closing firm with buyers si W July Sept. Mining. Raubs $7 00 $7 I.hares have not been very active t< and prices are generally unchsn d pite the harp rise In the metal S KlntSi $9 90 $10 20.
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  • 9 5 London -New York 488.47 New York-London 488 *****
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  • 865 6 FRASER CO'S WEEKLY REPORT Wild Fluctuations In Prices Of Tin ERASER and Co/a weekly report oi the share market, dated Mar, 28 states:— Nothing oi a particularly startling nature appears to have happened sinot our last report to disturb the trend o markets, but judging from the dail: cables the
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  • 75 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore. Wednesday noon. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB March) 42 491 Good FAQ. In cases 4 <F.0.8. March) 417 16 41qih HO. I.X.R.S.S. .Spot-loose* lawardable S'pore^ 413; 417 do. April 42 421* do. May June 42 >„ 493. do. July Sept.
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  • Exchange
    • 99 6 Singapore, Mar. 24 jf X)R S on J- T HM London demand 2 4 London 4 months' sight 24»4 Lyon and *_-> 4 q Hamburg item a 1 41 York demand 55 ..I demand 557 Bav mand i03 &a tg dema 103 Bomb d Rangoon 154» H .md Colombo
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    • 77 6 London T.T. 2 4 732 London demand 214 > London 30 days' sight 2,4^32 London 60 days' sight 2 4 5|16 London 3 months' sight 2 4 516 London 4 months' sight 2 4 1132 New York demand 571New York 90 d s 531 Calcutta. Bombay, Rangoon, LgfU Madras
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  • 205 6 Prod uce Singapore, Mar. 24 R <Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $156 JR <Siam> W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $146 R. (Siam> W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $140 R. i.Siami "White" No. Al $246 R. <Siami "White Rice" No. 1 $230 H. iSiam> "White Rice" No.
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    • 61 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FPEE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES hi our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can hav e access to these safe boxes, so that
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    • 184 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. N«ntd in i_80» tai Subscribed iFuiiy P aid U P> V|AA Reserve Fund v Y.130.900.000TC Head Office: YOKOII.-, SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS M_FFLES PLACE. Manager T v MlIl Tel: No. 6049 .vlanagers Room 5921 ffi 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk Xederlandsehe HandelMaatsehappij. X.V.
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    • 323 8 ___________________________am_* m w____mm »W--BB^ THE WEEKS BIG EASTER HOLIDAY SHOW! ITIII SPECIAL MATINEES DAILY 3-15 I ill I I IP I- 6 15 MGHTLY »-15 The Wizard Tap-danrins* Stor of "BROADWAY MELODY of ■?>:»«** in M.G.M'a §tor-«todMedi Show! THE MIGHTIEST SINGTIME MUSICAL OF THEM ALL". _mm__ mAm &*t jf^*m\ F.-CcC-ov
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    • 207 8 LOOK AT THESE LONDON REPORTS I "A picture that might be shown An UIVI^ -with a fair measure of pride nonestly exciting fii m in every country ct the five —Daily Express continents. A nn thriller, this —Sunday Referee. -Revnolds "Humour and thrills." "A fast and excitine film -Evenmg Standard
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  • 561 9 AMPAT (SUMATRA) RUBBER ESTATE Improvement In Earnings: Hopeful Outlook For Current Year London, Feb. 27. LpHE twenty-third annual general meecj |of the Ampat (Sumatra I Rubbc r Ltd.. was held yesterday at the red office, 52-54. Gracechurch(treet, London. Mr. W. J. Gallagher, who presided I am sorry to inform you
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  • 91 9 Malayan Book Of Reference For 1937 pI'BLISHED by the Eastern Advertising Agency and edited and compiled bv 111 M. M. Yavitch. the Classified Guide Manufacturers. Traders and ProfesMalaya. for 1937 has made its apnea. The scope of the Guide has :reatly enlarged and now includes hole territory of
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  • 76 9 Collapsed At Motor Salesroom Hollywood, f APSING at a motor-car salesroom ni Hollywood." Sir Guy Standing, th ir-old London-bom "actor and film tar died from heart failure. Guy's most recent success was the of old Colonel Stone in "The Lives Bengal Lancer." H went on the stage
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  • 86 9 caigary, Canada. Hon. Patrick Francis Perceval month-old son of the Bar] ami s.s of Egmont. has, died at th* J of his grandparents ai Calgary, la, a victim of an influenza epi--0 countesi had been spending a few at her former home witn
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  • 222 9 ".4 Plausible Scoundrel And An Inveterate L,iar" 'THIS man has been described as a 1 plausible scoundrel and an inveterate liar. observed Mr. Justice Swift in the Criminal Appeal Court, in dismissing the appeal of Harry Atkinson, 41, engineer, of Rochdale-road. Greetland, near Halifax.
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  • Article, Illustration
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    • 7 9 iR wi V l-H_sP— K^ •yii-A <% "____^_B_S_j2Sfc
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    • 75 9 ALSO I ROR STEELE in last I I "HIDDEN VALLEY" j™". II ®A BRILLIANT NEW SCREEN PRODUCTION Herbert Anne 0 and MARSHALL SHIRLEY Co-Starred in MAKE WAY I FOII A LADY- S with GERTRUDE MICHAEL PAVILION I j OPENING NEXT CHANGE I AT LAST IT S COMING RACK JACK HULBERT'S
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  • 324 10 Fa titer 'sDespera te Rescue Attempt London. DESPITE a father's desperate rescui attempts, two little children lost their lives in a Are which broke out early the other day in the upper floor of a house ln Battersea Park-road. London. The little victims were Doris
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  • 274 10 Action By Calcutta Stewards THE latest issue of the Calcutta Racing Calendar has the following:— Jockey S.J. Meekings. rider or Betty White, was fined Rs. 150 and was severely cautioned by the Stipendiary .Stewards for crossing and interference hi the Darjeeling Plate at Calcutta on l>bruary 23rd. The
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  • 17 10 G Somerville. acting Conseivu- its Kedah. accompanied bv ind children, will be going on home next Saturday
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  • 599 10 TRAFFIC IN BRITISH BABIES AGENTS ON CONTINENT SENT AIIHOAII I I\DEH GUISE OF AIiOPIIOV Evidence taken by the Departmental Committee on child adoption reveals that although baby-farming does not persist in Britain to any considerable extent, there is a great deal of traffic I [done under the guise of adoption,
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  • 55 10 The death is reported from Hamburg, at the age of 85. of Dr. Hermann Kuemmell. one of Germany's most famous surgeons. It is claimed that he was th e first man to perform an operation for the removal of the appendix. Dr. Kuemmell wa s a» one
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  • 233 10 Mary Fly tin* t ms ARRANGEMENTS are being mde in k S" 0 3 PrLson Ho «Pital to welcome a baby which is expected there earlH the spring. la The expectant mother is Man Fvrr who stood her trial with Arthur Strat ford, for the
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    • 156 10 Help Kidneys Cleat Oit Poisonous Acids Tour Kidneys have nine million tiny tubes or filters which aro endangered by cheap, irritating drugs or neglect. Unknown to you, weak Kidn* ys may be the real i of your Getting Up Nights. Nervousness, Dizziness. Swollen AnkUs, Bladder Trouble, Headaches, B.« kache. Rheumatism,
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  • 99 11 MRS. SIMPSON AR RI VES AT NEW HOME Mrs. Wallis Simpson arrived at her new home, the Chateau de Cande it Mnni. •>» «u_ known entrances. She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrl HerniaJ Rorers wh 0 h™? _7S Franc by rar erin K ,h ">e li.tleven throurh the main
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  • 312 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Thursday, Mar. 25. 1937 LABOUR UNREST IN MALAYA EK)LU)WIXG an official announcement to the effect that the position with regard to the strikes in Selangor had improved, came the news that 4,000 men at the Batu Arang Collieries had downed tools, causing a complete cessation of work
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  • 874 12 the SOME time ago the Tribune drew attention to the dangerous junction formed bv the confluence of Club Road. Douglas Road and Clayton Road at Ipoh and suggested that in the interests of the public safety a system of signals for the guidance of traffic be established at
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  • Article, Illustration
    46 12 Thames tMuirys celebrated its annual whitebait festival at *> .^j. which concluded with the annual whitebait supper. bawleys set out from tiie pierhead and the blessing th whitebait season took place when the flee* was afloat. Here^w c \m e Mayor's Chaplain blessing the whitebait. (Topical tre.
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  • 151 12 Mr. L. D. Wood. J. P.. the senior Unofficial Member of the Province Wellesley Rural Board, will be going on home leave next month. Mr. Siow Kim Sang, one time tennis champion of Seremban. and row working in Singapore, has gone to Seremban for a short holiday. i'fi Mrs.
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  • 448 13 WIFE'S "FRANK TALK" Suicide Verdict Returned Cambridge. MEETING for the first time a few days before tragedy brought sorrow into both their lives, a wife and her husband's woman friend ha_| a frank and open talk. This was one of the incidents revealed in the course
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    31 13 Mangnall, captain of Millwall, the winners, running through the huge crowd of spectators that swarmed on to the pitch to congratulate the players after the match against Manchester City. (Topical Press).
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  • 63 13 Sixteen Men Charged In 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Monday. I result of a serious affray which h took place at Lereh between a party Henghua fishermen and some Hakka isons on Saturday night. 16 Chinese produced before Mr. J. A. Faith. magistrate. The men pleaued not when
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  • 21 13 William Parkinson, a steeplejack, was I when he fell 180ft. from the top •himney of the Pinchbeck Flax Mins. hbeck, Lines.
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  • 135 13 Special Coronation Issue 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. TT has been proposed to take a group photograph of all registered members In Johore of "The Student" on April 3. This photograph is to be published in the Coronation issue of "The Student" Magazine and all members are
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  • 109 13 For Making Shells It; Japan? Shanghai. OFFICIALS of the Shanghai maritime customs were assaulted by renins when they attempted to prevent the loading of large quantities of smuggled cents at Huishan Wharf on Saturday morning. Seven were injured. The customs authorities were indignant and conferred on measures to
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  • 18 13 London. Mar 22. London peoper stocks on 8 totalled: White 11.814 toil Black 1.807 tons.— Router.
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  • 20 13 A one-year-old girl, Els Calvetti trav,l ea to Amsterdam bv air re: don unaccompanied on a Visit to nei dparents
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  • 130 13 WE A LTH MEA NT NOTHING Wife's Fortune For Husband Who Shot Himself BEHIND the will. jus. published, of Mrs. D Ivy Mabei Ibbetson. of Tuf ton Manor. Whitchurch. Bants, lies the .story oi a man to whom riches were nothing without his wife. Mrs. Ibbetson died on Dec. 27
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  • 101 13 Wife's Tragic Suicide At Eynesbury EVIDENCE of a wife's threat and M dramatic fulfilment wa ,t, th, inquest at Bt. Neot Huntingdonshire, oi Mrs. Edna Goodman, a b Her husband Rupert Go <■ n. a land Bui St, Edmund she was separated, told th th y
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  • 141 13 Breakdown Reported In China Shanghai, Mar. 23. THE n wspaper Tokyo Asahi, in an editorial, quotes a member of the Japanese Economic Mission as saying tha' both Chinese and Japanese economists have submitted flrtevances, so that there is no chance of discussing the question of economic co-operation. This
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  • 66 13 7:< reet from a bridge over the River Yarra, at Fairfield, VTc--12 year-old boy has been resrmed ive for a few minor brui boy, tfeil Whlbley, was walking the .rami work of the bridge when ■d. }\>- lunged t.\ feet down :0 li '-le i i
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  • 241 14 BRITAIN STAG "WAR" IN AT S AIR AND SEA THE SOUTH ANTIC The combined British Fleets Atlantic. The excises g^ cautejj arm are carrying nut manoeuvres in the South ll( Mediterranean to avoid danger in Spanish waters j\il war. A squadron of Blackburn Shark T) mb and torpedo planes flying
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    • 50 15 til 111 11 1 1-tSHIII BSISSIIi-BSWMBS-aSS-BSSSSi l n W 'l sll^mW'- 9 J A_H WATCHES at RENE ULLMANN ARE BETTER THEY COST LESS THEY LAST LONG! \\v are the only firm Vffclol) guarantee is valid in Bonf* Kong and various ports ot China. RENE ULLMAKN I Rallies Place, Singapore. l
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  • 3586 16 a vivid and tvorthy hionii lv of a pirlnrt* i| n f a in ilv I i t era r v triumph iii thv story of a rnf four twentieth century murders The Du Mauriers by Daphne Du Maurier Saha Uie Cat Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine C
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    • 217 17 \A i onus IS SIIOI»l»i \l, 1 GUIDE STORAGE CAMERAS .-t.vi_# FILMS PASKOE'S LTD. YOUR r^^^^«B_^T_rrsM WHILE YOU \KI ON LEAVI J HlS^| iUmUI GLOVER* g___pjj*gvjj Detective Fietion li ii ha it v l€k Subscription 50 cents yearly l« k ainer* Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground
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  • POSTAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 193 18 No parcel mail. Via Calcutta. ••Specially superscribed correspondence only for France and Western Canada must not exceed ll pounds ta "Parcels. Registration and Letters clo.e at the same time 7 pn I Parcels and RegistraVion close half an hour earlier unless otherwise stUedJ. Pamangkat. Sambas and Singkawang
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    • 395 18 Passengers By Carthage The following are passengers proceeding from the Straits bv the P and 0 liner Carthage which will leave Singa- por e for London to-morrow. 1 Mrs. C. Adis. Mr. Brown. Mr A L Bine, Mr R. Blacklock. Mr. S. A. Bea vis Mr. G. C. Bedingtor.. Mrs
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    • 500 18 ___________________m***mmmm*mmm*ma*m I mmw^'m\w^rwwr~m\^ m^^mTmmT I I I i. Mmm r__J___ I _B 3*B _/^^^^_fe% I I 1,,!1 sBY PaOandBRITISHINDIALINES Outwards. Due I Tonnage hjure. r we JE* RAJPUTANA 17.000 Mar.' 26 BHUTAN 6.100 June 5 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 BEHAR 6.000 June M SOMALI 6.800 Apr. 9 RANCHI IW»> RAWALPINDI
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    • 133 18 X.V.K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. i lncorporated ln Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar s.s. KASHIMA MARU Apr. 1 m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr 14 s.s. "HAKONE MARU" Apr. 29 s.s. SUWA MARU May 13 Kates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples
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    • 37 18 Owing to Mar. 26 falling on Good Friday no supplementary despatch Will D forwarded by train at 7 p.m. on jna date. Mails for Europe and Great Britain will close at 7 p.m. on Tnurs-W Mar. 25.
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    • 159 18 Mails I \|i«'« ivd Mails expected from Europe etc. •London i by Air 'Imperial) to-dav. Deliveries of boxholders' letters at 6 p.m. to-day and general delivering oi •etters 9 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Europe etc. 'Amsterdam' by Air 'Netherlands* today. Deliveries* of boxholders' letters iniy 7.30 p.m. to-day and
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  • 97 19 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Kittiwake. N. Baa* Lighter X" 180. WB Joan I. Lch Sir H. Anderson. Godown Gate No. Rohna 22 1 Hong Siang 20 Hal Lee 20 1 Carthage 18 2 Islander 16 L, Sibolga 15
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  • 37 19 The Hon'ble Mr D M. Tibbs. manager Lanadron Fstate. Muar. is going home on leave bv the Dempo. sailing on Mar 26. Mr. Tibbs is a member of the Johore S'ate Council and the Johore Rubber Committee.
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  • 23 19 Mr. P. J. Rowe, Social Credit Member the Dominion Parliament for th" A"habnsca Division of Alberta, has been rmally expelled from the party.
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  • 89 19 Air Mail Despatches Australia. New Zealand. Javn and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 7 p.m. 4 0-day. Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to-dav Hongkong. Canton, 'Shanghai, Kobe. "Manila and vU.S.A.: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. Saturday. Penang. Siam. Burma. India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, E. and S. Atrica. Great Britain,
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  • 127 19 Woman Pleads For Man Who Slashed Her With Razor Pleading for the man who wounded her. a woman at Hull declared: "It was all through drink. He has been good lf > me. It was mv fault." The man. Alfred E. Glentworth. 28 labourer, of Burton street, was sentence u
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    • 238 19 BIIIXS PIIILI- ILVE (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. .-.t.tt Mar. 29 Apr. 3 MARELLA Apr. 30 May 4 Sp E ecml U cheap round trip tickets' irom Singapore to Australia issued at the following rate* at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or First Class passengers may tranter at w^ Melbourne
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    • 588 19 M t TO FRENCH PORTS t. j CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes, St Nazaire Bordeaux j I ?ap T p R a E t?a A u!m A^ X L° r M l rstllles Ha vre. Antwerp Dunkirk Ap?'' IQ 2 T PADARAN E* Miirs lllc Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux
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    • 60 20 _^^^^_B___^^^^ ISPPriti QirgT] a H| ir^ -r r -_t__?^ 5£ "'^^^^S&^^-^ti. 1 j ,"tY^l^nffTHft vfi 5v _B _f B&^RlC^^___!Sm--kJS-Er ~V m\m\ar T-__-^r^^_^_av _> \W^ _^_h mmmmaamr^mmw m 2ozMoleN ut M i I k Al 2 Z DA,RY M,LK CHOCOLATE 2oz. MILK, FRUIT NUT CHOCOLATE 4 OZ. 20 CENTS 8 OZ.
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  • 153 21 Masterious Dea th Inquest On Expectant Mother Romford AN open verdict was recorded by tin coroner at the resumed inquest at Romford on Louisa Hannah Halfpenny, 41, wife of Willy Halfpenny, labourer, of Heathway. Dageihim Mrs. Halfpenny, an expectant mother, died in Oldchurch Hospital, and a postmortem examination revealed that
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  • 31 21 A training centre for Air Force Officer is to be built near the Casclnc Park at Florence this year. The cost is esttmal ed at about 20,000.000 lire (over £200.000 1
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  • 302 21 His Life Saved By Accident Kandy, Ceylon. March 15th. IT is stated that it was by pure luck that the life of Dr Eric Illangantilleke, of the Kandy hospital, was savea after he had bled for some time from a gash in his wrist. H e was
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  • 168 21 Mur dero us Attack Five Year Sentence Upheld London MO success attended an effort made ln 1' Criminal Appeal Court by Reuben Edward Grimwood to obtain a reduction of a sentence ol five years' penal servitude, passed on him at the Old Bailey, for WOOndlng a woman named Newman Mr.
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    • 1438 21 j||-|^ TMMM^ n T Programmes Ol /111. J MMj 11 Ifl ff i Singapore Station On 225 Metres mfjp **+~***~~m> fc fc w^.^.^^ p PN- TO-DAY lite Entertainers. finn *-„«f 815 P'" 1 Selections from Musical Bi-i lltJs I J*?! _r. Thp irE-S Music, played by Comedies. < Gramophone Records.
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    82 22 Mr. Frank Vosper. 37-year-old actor manager, disappeared from the French liner Paris a few hour, before the ves sel arrived at Plymouth. At th e time of the disappearance states Mr. Peter Wilies. they were having a party in 'he stateroom of Miss Muriel Oxford, the 1935 English beauty "Que?n".
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  • 551 22 Satisfactory Rise In Profits: Encouraging Outlook (By Air Mail) London. Mar. 3. rHE tenth annual general meeting of Kuala Kang-ar Plantations. Ltd.. pms held at Candlewick House. Gannonstreet, London, on February 26. Mr Clarance Frank Leighton Uhe chairman of the company) presiding. The chairman, in moving
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  • 28 22 Mr A. Dansie, assistant secretary of the Institution of Naval Architects, who will retire at the end of February after M years' service, was recently given a presentation
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  • 154 22 RIDDLE OF GIRL'S D EATH Not Solved At The Inquest London. "THERE are suspicious, but not suffi- cient evidence Is forthcoming to Justify any charge.' said Det.-insp. Smith at the resumed St. Pancras inquest on May Dorothy Sorrell, 17. of Lvndochstreet. Shoreditch, who died in hospital following a miscarriage. The
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  • 1499 23 MALACCA ELECTRIC LIGHTING LIMITED Profit Down: Dividend Remains At 5 Per Cent. Singapore, Wednesday. i DIVIDEND of five per cent, was deft dared at the ninth annual ordinary ral meeting of the Malacca ElecLightina Ltd., held at the registered of the company In the French Buildings, at noon, to-day. Presenting
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  • 40 23 Constable George Skinner, the man who remembers the face and nam e of every M.P. in the last four Parliaments, letired recently, after 10 years' service in the House of Commons and 26 years in the police force at Westminster.
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  • 270 23 BERRI NG CH ARGE FA ILS cfftt it tai In Singapore Com Singapore, I M I i JUDGMENT was d. liven d to-day by Mr. W 0 Ri 1 ves, the Third Ma in the case In which Lee Yew Chye, Is barged with using house In Coleman Btroei as
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  • 53 23 Singapore, Wednesday. A Chinese was knocked down by a motor-car in New Bridge Road near the Upper Circular Road junction, shortly before eight o'clock this morning. The man reserved a gash on his forehead and a fracture of the wrist. He was removed by ambulance to
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  • 18 23 Jersey's new airport was opened on March 10 by Mrs. Cputanche, wif c of the Bailiff of Jersey.
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 97 23 WBR^ Best in MbeUbrld f ImmW Try An Elegant Coloured J^l_r U Ikm IJarrel 0f The l/:l,< s, "~zi\ IM-% fr m W No l )Vn on tn<l market can surpass W^TJv^ /Ac "PILOT" in cheapness, refinement, soW Jr iwflflm Th< pILOT preasureless touch 111 111 lIM feather-light, unbreakable barrels
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  • 169 24 [SPREADING TO COLLIERIES In Sympathy With Estate Coolies (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 24. FOLLOWING a mass meeting last night. 4.000 Batu Arang workers downed tools this morning, causing a complete cessation of all coalmining operations on the mine. The strike is
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  • 289 24 Chinese Faces Charge In Court Singapore, Wednesday. FAT he borrowed $200 from the complainant promising to repay it within a week, failed to do so. and then when asked for repayment, tore up the IO U Chit, was the allegation made against Teh Peng Kim
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  • 114 24 Chamber Of Commerce The annual report for 1936 of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce states tat e iin C n^ e for the y ear amounted maM Vo 9 's° and ex P e "diture tc 3^7,050 79 showing a surplus on the year's working of $2,098.21 During th e
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  • 380 24 SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY Details Of Forthcoming Concerts THE Singapore Musical 'Society announces that Madame Lida VorenkampLaneerveld has accepted the position of leader of the orchestra, which she will take up on her return from Java m May. The presence of this fine and popular artiste amongst the members is bound
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  • 136 24 Further Revelations At Inquiry New London. Mar. 22 HALLS filled with gas which exploded caused the Texas school disaster, in which 600 children were killed according to Doctor Schoch. the gas explosion expert, conducting one of the three official investigations Dr. Schoch declares that on examination the six
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  • 41 24 A notification in tt* I*JJ* the prothe Government Gazette gives u be posed revised by-laws ahich submitted to »»g2? a LS_4oners. Singapore Municipal Coiiimis iblted Lists of streets which ar e p c and streets where hawkeis may giveti.
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  • 46 24 t thp Brit 1 At a board meeting of Mr Chamber of Commerce m J V. Clark was elected P re^? e F coi Mr. M. H. Norman and Mr Booln vice-presidents. Mr U. JJ B lTou r Hoi arv treasurer, and Mr u honorary secretary.
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  • 1139 24 ULU BENUT CONSOLIDATED RUBBER Per Cent Dividend Declared At Annual Meeting. Singapore. Wednesday A DIVIDEND of five per cent, was declared at the anuual general meeting ol the Ulu Benut Consolidated Rubber Company Limited., held at the Hongkong Bank Chambers to-day. Those present were: Mr. S. Q. Wong I chairman'.
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  • 295 25 NEW ZEALAND TEST Fine Stand By Wyatt Wellington, Mar. 24. THE only Test match of the preJ sent tour of the M.C.C. against New Zealand opened mis morning before a crowd of 3.000 in sunny weather. The wicket was soft, and there
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  • 186 25 Number Of Meetings Reduced OWING to poor entries the committee of the Penang Turf Club have reduced the meeting to two days on Apr. i and Apr. 10. Following are the entries: HORSES CLASS 3 Abbots Temptation. Amazing. Barford. Blazcmrv. Brittania. Burrancer. Carrntop, Eastern Wave. Golden Glimpse.
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  • 728 25 GOVERNMENT LEAGUE SOCCER Police Suffer Crushing Defeat By P. 0. Singapore, Wednesday. i EIGHT goals to nil and five of them scored in the first half, are the odds j Dy which ihe Post Office first eleven •rusningly defeated the Police first team t to-day, in a Government League foot-
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  • 399 25 For Good Friday And Saturday THE following are the home soccer fixture^ for Fridav and Saturday: FRIDAY FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v stoke Bolton v Sheffield Wed. Brentford v Preston Chelsea v Charlton Grimsby v Portsmouth Liverpool V Manchester City Manchester Utd. v Everton Middlesbro* v Birmingham Sunderland
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  • 377 25 KamisAnd Yadi Beaten Singapore, Wednesday. JN the Y.M.C.A tournament which was continued this afternoon, Wise and Chartikavanij, playing a steadier game, won with ease again t Kamis and Yadi in the Men's Open Doubles, bea'ing them in straight sets 6—2, 6—3. The score was no indication of
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  • 131 25 Man In Trouble Over Jewelry Singapore, Wednesday CHAN Khiang Chye was charged to-day before Mr W (i Keeve.s the third magistrate with alleged cheating In respect of two lots of jewelry vaiued at $100 and $56. The accused pleaded guilty. According to the prosecution
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  • 13 25 Tlie Crown Prince and Princess q| Norway expect to attend King George's Coronation.
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    1310 26  - TURF TOPICS Captain Hwak Reflections On Racing Matters THERE is nothing unusual in a new course record being set up. but it is sonuwhat unusual for as many as three new records to be established in one afternoon, and it is in the nature of a record in itself for
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  • 22 26 The National Savings Comnuttu nounces that 808.227 Hauon* Saving Certificates were |Hirchased during u* week ended March 13. making. total purcjha^j£j.2B4.449 a4O.
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  • 40 26 Official information from the of Transport has beem received Royal Automobile Club that tin has decided not to con m J made by tne Kent County Council posing a speed limit of 30 m^p.n. part of Chart Road. Brasted, Kent.
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  • 667 27 MIDDS. FAIL TO SCORE Opportunities Missed Singapore, Wednesday. THE Malays opened the season very I promisingly at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon when they met the Middlesex and beat them to the tune of 4 nil in a First Division match. It was more
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  • 342 27 Easy Win For Rallies Institution Singapore, Wednesday. DAFFLES Institution continued their run of victories at cricket when they scored an easy victory by 49 runs, over the Y.M.C.A. Juniors on the school ground this afternoon. The Y.M.C.A. Juniors took first lease of the wicket but
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  • 336 27 Singapore, Wednesday. TIME saved St. Andrew's School from an almost certain defeat at the hands of the R.A.F. when the two teams meet at Cricket on St. Andrews °round this afternoon St Andrew's batted first and after losing their first three wickets cheaply steadied up
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  • 26 27 Sir Walford Selby, the British Ministei In Vienna, was received by President Miklas tor the presentation of the lettei announcing the accession of King George VI.
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  • 597 27 THIRD DIVISION SOCCER FIXTURE Medical Services Beaten By Harbour Board Singapore, Wednesday. DY three goals to one. the Singapore u Harbour Board defeated the Medical Services In their Third Division fix- j ture on ihe Harbour Board ground this 1 evening. Tlie Boardmen would surely- I have won by a
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    • 30 27 'Toundmark" Roofing Tiles CHEAP STRONG COLOURFUL 77*e moat 1 elegant and economical roofing on the market A Product of The British Empire. SOLE AGENTS QUTHR^CS Ig S.S tl/ P I
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  • 316 28 Oxon Cantab Society THE Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya held their annual Boat Race dinner last night at the Adelphi Hotei H E Sir Shenton Thomas, the rresident of the Society, who is an Honorary Fellow of Queen's College. Cambria? t proposed the toast to the
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  • 149 28 Charges Against Man And Woman Singapore. Wednesday. r| preliminary inquiry into charges of possession of counterfeit ten and twenty-cent pieces, and implements for counterfeiting, preferred against a Chinese named Lim Kim Hoi and a woman Sim Gek Hong, was concluded in the Criminal District Court to-day. before Mr.
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  • 94 28 Singapore. Wednesday. A Johore Chinese taxi driver who was heavily fined by Mr. H. A. Forrer, in the Criminal District Court to-day, foi being in possession of a quantity of Government chandu, not being a registered smoker, caused a surprise by paying the fines. He was sentenced to
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  • 152 28 <F r cm Our Oun Correspondent i Malacca, Monday. The I.C.A. suffered defat at the hands of the S.F.I, on Saturday at cricket by 69 nins. Batting first I.C.A. scored a paltry 35. Arumugam being the only player to enter double figures (10). The S-F.I. replied with 94,
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  • 29 28 The of Pensions. Mr. H. Ramsbotham. has appointed Captain W. H. Rawdon Smith to be his Assistant Private Secretary in place of Mr. J. Worsfold. who has been promoted.
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