Morning Tribune, 9 April 1937

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. l'— No. 58. SIAGAPORE, FRIDAY, April 9, 1937 FIVE CENTS.
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    R.A.F. Bomber Crashes Into Sea At Selectar
    96 1 MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THE OCCUPANTS Machine Sinks In !>«>** Than One Minute Singapore, Thursday. J^N R.A.F. bomber crashed into the sea off Seletar during exercises early this morning. The two occupants were unhurt but the machine was lost, sinking m 45 seconds. The
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    Change In Gold Policy?
    210 1 Alarm Caused By Present Trend London, April 8. THE effects of yesterday's gold canard has not yet blown over. While the ity accepts the official denials of any i' m th? United States' gold policy t least for the present th? opinion pns 3 that the
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    SIAMESE NEW YEAR
    50 1 I Many Messages Received M Bangkok, Apr 8. ANi messages have been received by the Government on the occasion of the Siamese New Year, m finding telegrams from King '•eorge and from the German Government whicto havo been cordially tcknowledged by the Minister of fo reisn Affair.
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    The Divine Wind
    105 1 Reaches Athens In Record Time Athens, April 8. THE "Divine Wind" arrived here at 6.20 p.m. (Local Time> to-day— Reuter. Baghdad. April 8. The Japanese plane. "Divine Wind" I left for Athens at 10.03 a.m. iG.M/n to-day.— Reuter. The "Divine Wind' arrived here at 9.15 a.m. to-day.
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    Salary Revisions
    180 1 Increases For Cabinet Ministers? London, Aoril 8. IT is generally expected that the Government's bill for a revision of salaries of Ministers of the Cabinet will be passed m its present form. The Parliamentary Labour Party yesterday decided to move an amendment which merely demands that an inquiry
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    CORONATION EXODUS FROM MALAYA
    353 1 WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS TWO MOlti: SULTANS SAILING FOR lO\ilO\ TO-DAY THE Coronation exodus from Malaya begins m earnest to-day, when threr 1 passenger liners will carry away amon <». many well-known residents m the country, two Sultans, whose presence m London will bring the figure of Malayan
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    21 1 London, Apr. 8. The building programme of the Post Office this year will involve the expenditure 1 i ?,000,000 British Wireless
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    DEADLOCK IN INDIA
    106 1 Mr. Jayakar To Intervene? Bombay, Apr. 8 THE prospects of a move to terminate the Congress Government impasse are featured prominently m the Indian j Nationalist press and it is reported that Mr. Sapru and Mr. Jayakar who played a leading part m the preliminary negol tiations
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    Franco Apologises
    94 1 To Britain Over The "Gallant" Incident London, April 8. IT is learned that an apology has been received m London from the Spanish Insurgent authorities for bombing H.M, S. Gallant while she was proceeding between Valencia and Alicante on April 6. Reutrr As already reported by Reuter. the
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    SALUTE OF 17 GINS FOR SULATAN
    98 2 Malay Spectator l>ics From Shock From Our Own Reporter) Seremban. Thursday Aiooundinu salute of 17 guns was fired this morning from the main padang to announce the departure of Hi> Highness the Yang di-Pertuan Besar ol Ne^ri Sembiian for Singapore enrouto to England for
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    H. M. S. EAGLE DUE TO-DAY
    312 2 World's Largest A ircraft-Carrier Singapore, Thuraday. The worlds biggest Aircraft-carrier, "Eapip' is expected to arrive In Singapore to-morrow morning from Devon port on her way tc the China Station. Sh la relieving the aircraftcarrier Hermes which left for England last month. The Eagle, which
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    RUBBER WORKERS IN MALAYA
    169 2 Mentioned In The Commons London. Apr. 8. IN the House of Commons last night wages of rubber workers m Malaya was mentioned by Mr. W. T. Kelly (Lab.. Rftchdale). The Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. W G. A. Ormsby-Gore. promised to circulate particulars. Mr. W. Paling
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    43 2 Samuel Dodd and Sons. Limited, of Oldhp.m, has been registered U I pnvate company to purchase certain of a company of the same name and to invent and manufacture textile plant and machine]-. The company has nominal capital ol '.Toooo m £1 ihai
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    Stormy Meeting
    284 2 Local Ceylonese And The Coronation Singapore. Thursday A GREAT deal of controversy was raised at the meeting of the Ceylonese Community which was held at the Association Hall this evening, to consider the suggested programme of Coronation Celebrations. The question, as to whether the celebrations should be conducted
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    Motor Fatality
    159 2 School Teacher Killed In Seremban 'From Our Own Reporter/ Seremban. April 8 A FATAL accident resulting m the death of a popular Malay Teacher named At ok bin Daud took place this afternoon m the heart of Seremban town. From information available it appears that the deceased was
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    TRANS-PACIFIC AIR SERVICE
    163 2 TRANS- PACIFIC AIR SERVICE Nex t Link Ma n i la To Hongkong THE Fan American Trans-Pacific Air Service will b? extended from Manila to Hong Kon» on April 20. 1937. With effect from April 24. air mail correspondence will be accepted for Manila. Guam. Honolulu and the United States
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    More Tourists
    172 2 President Adams Brings Another Batch Singapore. Thursday. TRAVELLING on board the President Adams, which If the fourth Dollar boat to come to Singapore since the shipping hold-up m America. La a party 01 20 tourists on a round the world trio. under the leadership ot Mr. Frank Reedy.
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    11 2 His lli?hnr s the Yang d-Pertii.iu Bt ar of Negrl So^bi'an
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    SULTAN OF THE NEGRI
    174 2 SULTAN OF THE NEGRI Looking Forward To His Trip Singapore. Tl. nis HIGHNBBB the Tang dl-Pertuai Besar of Negfl Sembilan. l!; Singapore by i ipeclal coach U) the day mail train to-day, accompj. ni d by a retinue of over 50 m» Ol the Royal houM'lviid. Indudin who will b
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    26 2 rmimr rWt«r:— M*m one of a Martv of 20 toiinj who arrived m Singapore vestert'. 1 by the President Adams on round the world trip. (Tribum
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    CEYLON TAMILS' ASSOC.
    83 2 Coronation Committee Appointed Singapore. Thursday AT a public meeting of the Ceyloneae residents of Singapore held r the CeyHm Tamils" Association Hali hsl night, it was decided to celebrate Hi> Majesty's Coronation, and Die following Ccmmittei was appointed *o make the necessary arrangements. Mrs B C Handy
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    The Mile Miglia
    68 2 Result Of Italian Motoring Classic Rome. April I THE Mille Miglia motor race was won by Pintacuds and Mambelli In 14 hours, 17 mi mi lets 32 seconds at an average .speed of 114.75. kilometres per hour. Farina and Meazzu were second m 14 hours 35 minutes
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    CHINESE YOUTH ON MURDER CHARGE
    345 3 CHINESE YOUTH ON MURDER CHARGE Alleged Killing Of Fifty Year Old Woman (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. PLEADING innocence cf the crime, Chan Hooi Yong, a 19-year-old Chinese youth, claimed trial on a charge of murder before Mr. Justice R. c. CuSfftH, at the Selangor Assizes to-day. Raja
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    CHINA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
    164 3 Speech By Mr. Wang Chung Hua Shanghai, Apr. 6. MR. Wang Chung Hua, Foreign Minis- ter, m a statement to the press, says that since the settlement of the Chengtu and the Pakhoi incidents, the SinoJapanese negotiations have been temporarily suspended. The fact is that Japan, following
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    New Light On U.S. Strike Situation By General Motors Stockholder
    284 3 Interesting Interview With American On Board The "President Adams" Singapore. Thursday. THAT there appeared little hope of eradicating the strike danger m America 1 and that misinterpretation of President Roosevelt's policy was partly to blame for the present hold-ups m
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    U. S. NAVAL OFFICER
    104 3 Recalled From Shanghai Singapore, Thursday. IN United States Naval Officer, attach- ed to the Marine Corps, Lieut. Col. W. Dulty Smith, pa.ssed through Singapore to-day -by the Dollar boat, President Adams, having been recalled from I year's duty leave m Shanghai where hi was attached to
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    ALLEGED TRUST BREACH
    60 3 In Respect Of Tongkangs Singapore, Thursday. FURTHER evidence was recorded by 1 the Fifth Magistrate (Mr. Tan Thoon Lip) to-day into allegations of criminal breach of trust against two Indian Mohammedans named Kavena Esmail Sahib and Ravana Abdullahsah Saiboo. The allegations concern several tongkangs which, it was
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      278 3 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS GREEN BUS CO. List of Committee Members and OfficeBearers for 1937. Chairman:— Tan Chu Ing. Esq. Hon. Treasurer:— Ong Chin Chai. Esq. Hon. Secretary:— Ong Kirn Joo. Esq. Hon. Auditor:- Teo Eng Ann. Esq. Supervisors:— ong Kirn Hock, Esq. Lim Kow Mui. Esq. Chng Pek Hin. Esq Ong
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      109 3 YOU CAN PAY MUCH MORE, BIT YOU CAN NEVER BUY A BETTER OIL THAN PENNSYLVANIA J*^ «g^ MOTOR OIL fea^ I 1 m^^^S^ZC^ safe rhwrtt' LU3RICATIOM PENNZOIL'S KEEPS MOTORS NEW. Pennzoil's high fire test, freedom from carbon, and ability to maintain its body under intense heat, enable Pennzoil to lubricate
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      75 3 fdss Before thc^ Acting Chief Justice at 10.30 a.m. Summcnses-in -Chambers, Originating Summonses and Judgment Summons. At 12 noon thp Ist Court: Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice Home m the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Assizes: Rex vs. AH bin Rahmat, Abu Samah bin Mat Ramli bin Din. iy^^v y^^v! i
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE!
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      LOONDON COMMODITIES
      139 4 KUBBJEK London, Apr. 8 Last Price To-day Change Tone Quiet Quiet Spot Buyers. 12 116 12 116 w Sellers 12 316 12's —1.16 May Buyers 12 1 s 12's Sellers. 12 3 16 12U -t-1 16 July|Sept. Buyers 12 12 4 Sellers. 113»«2 3 12 5 16 —1.16
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      77 4 London, Apr. 8. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 206.51 107.07 +.56 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.95 8 8 94 —V 8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2 2132 Is. 2 1116 +132 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 3d.
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      BULLION MARKET
      32 4 London. Apr. 8. COLD Previous To-day Change Fine Bar per o. «.1.9 T. 171% +2i 2 d SILVER Wpot 211 21 1 4 month* forward 21 3 16 21 116
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      Japan Opposes 40-Hour Week
      69 4 Japan Opposes 40- Hour Week Washington, April 6. DELEGATES of Belgium, Poland and Canada supported the proposal for forty-hour week for the textile industry at to-day's session of the World Textile Conference, but the spokesmen of Japanese employers of the Japanese Government urged that it was more important to lower
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      A MISGUIDED POLICY
      191 4 Japan's Attitude Towards China Shanghai, Apr. 8. AFTER returning to Japan from China Mr. Kodama, head of the Japanese Economic Mission, was busy interviewing leading financiers and industrialists m connection with the readjustment of Sino- Japanese relations He will submit concrete proposals to Mr. Sato, the Minister
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      109 4 London, Apr 8 Previous To-day Chance 1119 111 35 6 35 3 864 1 864*0 OOll" OQ Imperial Chemical Industries 2 Imperial Tobacco 466 47 Anglo-Dutch 143 4 Canadian Pacific sinu 6- -*-n b London Tin (New Share) iyj 4 ri 2 Rubber Plant Investment Trust <
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 London, Apr. 8 TIN Standard. Previous To-day Chanpt Spot (afternoon closing prtce) £274* 4 £275 Forward £272 4
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      54 4 RUBBER New York. April 7. Previous To-day Change Tone Dull Steady Spot Buyen. 254 24U 1 4 8ell«ra 25 5 a 24^ 1U ApriljJune Buye*t. 25 1116 243 8 —15 16 Seilerr 25 13 16 24> 2 —15 16 TIN Standard. Tone Easy Weak Spot 61 5
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      FRASER & COMPANY.
      351 4 FRASER COMPANY. Bonds amounting to £70,820 of the Brazilian Five per Cent. 20- Year Sterling Funding Loan of 1931 and to £62,140 of the Five per Cent. 40-Year Sterling Funding Loan of 1931 have been purchased for the sinking funds of May 1 next. Output of rayon (excluding fibre) m
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      21 4 SOI 111 BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, MOTOR CAR INSURANCE VT REASONABLE RATES. Tel. 5926, 2, Finlayson Green.
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
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      Rubber
      151 5 Singapore, Thursday evening. The market opened rather weak this morning with bu.sn.rss being done 11 low at 413 4 cents on the forwards A fair buying enquiry came m at this level and with a cram amount of Support from the trade prices hardened and moved steadily up to
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      Tin
      30 5 Singapore. Thursday noon. Singapore: $131. down $3 12. London: £274 55.. down £8 155.; three months £271 55.. down £8 15s. New York: 60 18 cts., down 112 ct.s.
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      Excahnge
      9 5 London-New York 489 15 32 New York-London 490.17
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      MINING
      675 5 Singapore, Apr. 8, 6 p.m. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers mDat Tin 63 69 63 69 Cl AsamMCumbang 35 3 £1 Austral Malay 57- 59 6 56- 58 6 •f Ayer Hitam 29 30 30- 31T Aver Weng 140 1.50 1.45 1.60 c Banerin TM 2
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      GENERAL
      386 5 I- £> J* 2 ]f ji J Xtr 8 .°j? ..25 7* noo £ioo Cabl -A" Wireless 7%* Norn Com Pref. Stock £26' 2 £274 nn con T.S.T'-cPre. 27- 28- 27,- 28,--fl ConT.S. Ord 313 32 3 316 32 6 Si SI E. Realty Co. 1.15 1.20 1.10 1.20
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      203 5 3% 1935 red. 1975-85 $4,000,000 Int. Apr. 1 Oct. 1 99.00 100.00 xi PENANG MUNICIPAL 1926 red. 1956-66 $4,000,000 Int May 1 Nov. 1 124 2 126 ci. 434% 1929 red. 1959-69 $8,250,000 Int May 15 Nov. 15 123 124» 2 ci 3% 1935 red. 1955-65 $625,000
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      RUBBER SHARES
      369 5 fflWK":." 3^ IS i-»" dOng 260 2.70 260 2.70 Ska Pinda 1»» 197 'z '90 200 Mandai-TeCg 0.2% 0.27^ 025 030 Mpntakab (20) 0.52'/ 2 055 0.53U 0.56 New Swndah ($2) 3.15 3.25 3 JO 340 New Scudai ($2) 190 IJI% 1.85 1.95 Nvala 130 135 1274 1.35
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    Share Markets
    196 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore, April 8. Tin at midday was $131.00. down $3.50. Despite the fall m the price of the metal, tin shares have remained a comparatively steady market to-day. London advices showed aj steady markfet there and this, of course, gave more confidence to local
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    Mr. Julian Israel's Report
    278 5 Tin locally down $3. Rubber locally closing about 42' B busters July Sept. <after fluctuations*. Mining. Raubs $720—57.35. Tin shares are inclined to be weaker but falls only on a small scale. S. Kintas $9.90—510.20. S. Luas $2.322-$2.37 > 2. Hong Fatts $1.472—51 52 V 2,
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    ARMAMENTS AND SALT
    53 6 Sino-Japanese Experiment In Manchuria Shanghai, Apr. 5. THE Hsing Chun? Oriental Development Co and the Msinchuria Sa! Enterprise Co. are jointly floating utal of $200,000 to experiment on the £X bed. of Huapei for the purpose of supplying chemical materials to the armament industries m japan— Sin
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    Alarm At Swatoew
    91 6 Appearance Of Japanese Warships Swatow. Apr. 5. SEVEN Japanese warships suddenly lnadl 1 M appearance at Swatow yesterday afternoon, without giving previous notice to the Chines? authorises. The people m Swaiow were terrorstricken. The Chinese Government is preparing to lodue a protest —Sin Chew Chit Poh. WW
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    Nederlansche Handel-Maatschappij, N.V.
    127 6 Nederlansche HandelMaatschappij, N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter AD. 1824. Paid Up Capital f 40,030.000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5.800,000 Special Reserve 1000.000 Chairman of the Board of Directors H C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D CRENA DE lONGH President. M TAUDIN CHABOT Director. A. A. PAUW >
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    Exchange
    182 6 Singapore. Apr. 8. London T.T J London demand Z4 1 London 4 months' sight Lyons demand 1^; Hamburg demand Nrw York demand 5^ ljb Montreal demand 57 la > lb Batavia demand JO4 Samarang demand 1U «5' i Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demands }^r? Madras and Colombo demand 154^
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    Produce
    201 6 Singapore. April 8 R. <Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $152 R. (Slam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $142 R. (Biam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $136 R. (Slam) "White" No. Al $234 R. (Slam) "White Rice" No. 1 5215 JR. tSiann "White Rice"' No. 2
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    OVERSEA – CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
    58 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FPEE yourselves from the FEAR cf BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) m SAFE BOXES our VAULTS CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes, so that SAFETY and PRIVACY
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    The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn.
    83 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore. Thursday noon. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F.OB. April) 42 42 U Good F.A.Q. m cases (FOB. April) 41 41U No. I.X.R.S.S. i Spot-loose > awardable Spore) 41 42 8 do. April 42 42U do. May June 42 423 8
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    25 6 London, Apr 8 Lady Houston, who died last December ift estate valued at £1.528.083 Estate duty amounting to £690.921 has been paid —British Official Wireless.
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      232 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. ifistablisned m 1880) Capital Subscribed iFuii* paid up) Y.ioo.oi Reserve Fund Y.130.900.0)oco Head Office: YOKOHaaia SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS -\FFLES PLACE. Manager T. YA.MAMOTO. Tel" No 6049 Idanagers Room 5921 5922 General Office. I,' 5923 6472 Compradoie Deik lI A \K OF CHIIN A (Incorporated
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      234 8 I POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT OF THIS RIOT OF FUN I You'll S« r< am al JO I- E. lIIIOWX I Talking CUmw! "JOE B. BROWN as a polo player, is the funniest thing imaginable. Last nights audiences rocked with laughter The Picture is one which should not be missed Malaya
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      210 8 Malaya Tribune \estyrdav m v stirring tale of the pioneer\ V P^ a'/»t> pushed our boundaries I J| utsluxxrd lo Kentucky A great adventure >A ft^PV »tar portray* the •J^ WBB W^^^B^i I greatest hero of <hi> early (rail 1 V S? HEATHER ANGEL exciting JOHN CARRADINE thrilling RALPH FORBES
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    STRAIGHT ROAD FROM PARIS TO BRUSSELS
    220 9 New Frenh Highway To Belgium Of Primary Strategic Importance Paris THERE is at last to be a straight road from Paris to Brussels. Hitherto, the main road, as the retreating British troops of 1914 discovered, ran down form Mons through Cambrai. Saint Quentin. Noyon,
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    Port Of Adelaide
    253 9 Increased Ship And Cargo Tonnage SOUTH AUSTRALIAN Harbour Board report that the tonnage of ships entering Port Adelaide during the year ended Jun#» 30. 1936. was 8.548.753 gross (net 5 061.747), and increase of 914.994 gross tons for the year. The cargo landed and shipped at Port
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    MADE FIRST COCKTAIL
    132 9 Origin Of The Name Lewistown THE grave of the woman who is claimed to have invented the cocktail—Mrs. Catherine Hustler— is to be embellished by a memorial here, according to present plans. The grave has only recently been found. The drinks which have made if famous were
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    SWIMMING RECORD
    36 9 Copenhagen, April 5. Ragnhildhveger established a new world record for 400 metres backstroke ir 5 mins. 44>/ 2 sees, the previous best bein" 5-59—4 5 by Riemastenbroek at Copenhagen on Dec 1, 1936.— Reuter.
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    China Appointments
    78 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Apr 8. The Central Political Council, presided by Mr. Wane Chens Wm held a meeting yesterday and confirmed the following uppointmrn 1 (1) Mr. Wu Teh Cheng, if Provincial Chairman of KWAJlgtunf. (2) Mr. Kuo Til Chi, as China's representative at the League
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      148 9 OPENING AT THE CAPITOL TO- MORROW (Saturday) With Special Matinees 8.15 I An Absolute Triumph m Colour Warner Bros, magnificent production of JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S famous Adventure Romance that has thrilled millions of Readers .^^^.hj itiMMiinmMßf^ ItfHfl .••■•'■'-■■l*' I An ,^y l^l^^K j£nMi?^B ■*S'3i^ '■•^'c'-'r^' '■"'•'•".■A Never before such gorgeous
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      28 9 THE leastern united assuranie corporation limited., S (Incorporated In the BtwdU SetUementi) KIRE. MARINE. MOTOR. PERSONAL ACCIDENT .BURGLARY. J WORKMEN'S <X>Msgs^ u^ I gJgg. tN F»U p^tlcuiar. «d
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    OUTLOOK IN MOTOR INDUSTRY
    1042 10 BIG 'MIXED" COMPANIES CBsAIVC.ES IN l»R©I»OHTIOX OF SALES NOT EXPECTED London. THE application of mass-production 1 methods Is almost equally suitable for commercial vehicles of the Light and medium weight types as for private ears I- each case the market is Dig enouan to make mass-nroduetion
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    A Lucky Find
    179 10 Bought £800 Stamp For 15s. New York. AFTER paying 3 dollars <15-i for a rare variety of the 30 cent 1869 issue with inverted flags, valued at more than £800, Herman Herst Jr.. returned to the Oregon curio dealer from whom he had purchased the stamp and
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    FLOODLIGHTING THE GANGES
    183 10 Modern Touch To Old Ceremony Bombay IMPRESSIVE scenes of religious favour were witnessed at Allahabad, where 500.000 pilgrims gathered from all parU of India bathed m the Holy Ganges River, m celebration of Amavasaya. the most important day of the Magh Mela, a religious festival of great
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    17 10 Mr. R. Nutt. Manager. Arcadia Estate. Bagan Datoh. Lower Perak. was at Sitiawan on business last week.
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    ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND
    134 10 Wanted To See His Mother Pa;. A CONVICT who escaped from Devil's Island, the penal settlement In French Guiana, has now been imprisoned m France— because he wanted to see his mother. Charles Hut was sentenced m 1920 for aggravated cases of theft. After iq years
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    Jubilee Fund
    102 10 they usually receive, and it will be accompanied by a photograph of Their Majesties and their children as a souvenir. Commemorating The Coronation FUNDS have been made available for the Committee of Management of the Singapore Jubilee Fund to give additional relief m the month of May In
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      72 10 I An H.M.V. costs no more than x^fr\ any other refrigerator m spite of its many superlative xff wastes wpcr I advantages. The H.M.V. trade mark has stood for many years for the very highest quality products obtainable. Each machine sold carries with it a guarantee for four years. The
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    130 11 Sienor Mussolini's visit to libya which has suddenly been cut short, reached its climax when Arab chiefs presented the Duce with the gold-hilted Sword of Islam, made by local goldsmiths at a cost of £2.000, to symbolise their devotion to himself and Fascism. Replying, Sijnor Mussolini prilkll new destiny for
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, April 9, 1937. NO PANIC
    314 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, April 9, 1937. NO PANIC to a Reuter message panic has spread m financial circles m London as a result of a report from New York ihat the United States Banks are refusing to accept consignments of trold. American banks m London have denied thn report
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    AROUND MALAYA
    641 12 TO the layman a map ll usually merely an effloresce nl d i rot th office wall To those who have been initiated into I tin- >ccict of looking at a map with 'he [required tilt of the head and the correct angle of the eyebrows a mere
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    PERSONALITIES
    196 12 H H Tunku Ozair and Mrs. Ozair mailed for Europe yesterday Inspector Teh All Kcw of Singapore \i at present m Penang on a short holiday *i* i«* fx Mr. O. V. Kelappan of Nova So'ia Estate, Teluk Anson. has left for India on leave wttb his wife and
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    77 12 Mr. Oswald Barron of Hammersmi'*i (London) has been appoint Maltravers Herald Extraordinary with the approval of the King, honour is awarded for work m connection with heraldry. The 1< carries with it duties of attending on the King on occasion such as t Coronation. From now on Mr. Barron will
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    Little Girl Of 4 Tortured To Death
    388 13 BY GANG OF BOYS Body In Mill Pond New York, i LITTLE boy's confession of how A be he'.ped to torture a girl to death has driven police at Windsor. Vermont, to a furious round-up of Black Legion of child sadists. Members of
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    69 13 Crashing into an artUanche that had fallen an the line, a train on which Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the British Admiralty, had been ling from St. Moritz to Lower Engadine, overturned. The engine fell into the River Inn killing the driver and seriously injuring his assistant. Nft passengers
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    Church Services At St. Joseph's
    74 13 Church Services At St. Joseph's SUNDAY— ApriI 11. 5.30 am Low Mass.. 6.30 a.ir.. Low Mass., 800 a.m. High Mass. Second Sunday after Easter. Proper of the Mass. p. 165. Second collect of St. Leo. third for the Pop 1 p. 60. Pascnal Preface, p. 43. At 4 p.m. Meeting
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    21 13 The appointments have been approved of Captain Brian Arthur Burke and Lieutenant William Hall Jackson to be Adjutants, Volunteer Forces. Malaya.
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    19 13 Mr. F. Bulner of the Kamunt.ng Tin Ltd., Taiping, has gone to Sabak Bernam to join the Irrigation Dept.
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    13 13 Mr. A. M. B. Boswell has assumed duties as Conservator of Forests, Kedah.
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    Hunger Strike In Russian Theatre
    197 13 ACTRESS'S GRAPHIC STORY OF ORDEAL Shoemakers Now Threaten A Similar Strike JANINA CLslinska, leading lady of the N the stage en which she and her codown strike for > even ty- three hours, a ordeal to the "Daily Mirror" Correspond' "It was hell. I was
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    392 13 The Hon Major E Newbold. O BE. has been appointed to be a member of the Committee for the Management of the Waterfall Gardens at Penang vice Mr. D. A. Mackay, resigned Warsaw. owcosci Theatre, Vilmo, stepped from stars had been on a hunger-and-slt nd stammered out this story of
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    78 13 White spumed waves cascading high over her driving bows, the warship "Royal Sovereign" smashes at full speed through the seas on her way home to England after the Fleet exercisers m the Mediterranean and Atlantic. This picture was mUde as the "Royal Sovereign", her {o.ooft tons driven by her 40,000
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    330 14 1 <>. he heard »)M- ii )t a m? the t°-ephone. Mr. fi. J. Johns, headmaster of th«- Deanery Senior Schoo illed a Pos* Office instruction set and stariod an inter-daiar— ui service to accnsi m liis pupils to th m i. l ;i^«> Of the telephone by holding con
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    86 18 Mails arrived from Europe etc.. <London by Air < Imperial yesterday. Goneral delivery of letters at 8.45 a.m. to-day Mails arrived frcm Europ c etc. 'Amsterdam) by Air 'Netherlands" yesterday. General deliv?ry oi letters 8 45 a.m. to-da\\ Mails expected from Europe etc. London mails > by P.
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    15 18 I The P. and O. Bhutan reached London at 11 a.m. on the 6th inst.
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    18 18 Mr. Geo Brown. Manager of Messrs. G. W. Wilson and Co., Sungei Patani. has gone home on leave.
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    22 18 Mr W. W. R. Lake has been appointed Director of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission m Malaya, with headquarters m Kuala Lumpur.
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    S.S. Nieuw Zeeland
    464 18 Full List Of Passengers THE following passengers are tr. inti on the Nieuw Zeeland. which U dv? at Singapore at 7 a.m. to-. Saturday i The Rev. J.M. Hanrahan. Mr. A.Q Hay. the Rev JH. OGrady. the Rev D. Shaw. Mrs KM. M.S. Bandsma. Miss AA. Banks.
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      185 18 M. M. LINE (Incomorated m France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles PRES. DOIMER 11,898 T. Apr. IS CHENONCEAUX 14.825 T. Apr. 16 ANDRE LEBON 13.681 T. Apr. 27 JEAN LABORDE 1 1.414 T. May
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      130 18 x.v.k. ll\i: GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated m Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. tm.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr s.s. "HAKONE MARU" Apr. s.s. SUWA MARU May 1 s.s. -FUSHIMI MARU" May 2. Rates to Ist Class tod class Naples 9497 1540 1317
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      133 18 POSTAL I A T ELLIGENC E j I STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY roR P^ DAT? AND TIMI Tandjong Pinang Mijer Apr. 9 8 1 m Europe:— Great Britain and Europe generally tt *J. V. Oldenbarnevelt Apr. 9 18 30 im Medan J. V. Oldenbarnevelt 9830 a Pengerang Aik Soon „9
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      117 19 KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Spartan, H Base Lighter "X" 180, Valentijn. Duymaer van Twist, Dredger Kuantan. Pacific. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjtag Pagar: Victoria Dock: Tug Varuna. Ki-pi>ei Harbour: hing'a Deck: Talang Akar Nu. Dock: Lighter Mambang, Tug Pentower, W B Enterprise. SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES
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      Air Mail Despatches
      78 19 Air Mail Despatches Medan. JaskS, Amsterdam^ and London§: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-morrow Hongkong, Canton, *Kobe, -Manila and v U.S.A.: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Penang, Siam. Burma, India, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, E. and S. Africa, Great Britain. Ireland, Europe and N. and S. America: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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    135 20 Palm Sunday, coinciding with the first day of Spring, was celebrated at Westminster Cathedral. London, where Archbishop Hinsley conducted the service and blessed the palms. Here we see the choir carrying the paims m procession past Archbishop Hinsley at the Cathedral. (Plaoet
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      966 21 ON THE RADIOj «m m 1? mmn m *Z fc #> I man, English). German Folk Song. ll r1 1 1 WjWM |f 6.20 p.m. Concert of Light Music m 7.20 p.m. News m English. p rOt£rttlOlll«' 7.35 p.m. Concert of Light Music 1 continued 1. 8.15 p.m. Greetings to
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      304 21 IVogratiiiiiM'K Of /111 Singapore Station On 225 Metres TO-DAY I 6.00 p.m. D'Souza's Great World I O'.chestra. From the Studio. 7.00 p.m. Recital of Chamber Mu.sk Gramophone Records) Quartet m A Minor. Op. 29 (Schubert Played by the Budapest String Quartet. 7.30 p.m. Time, Weather and Announcements. 7.45 p.m. Concert
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      329 21 Rustiques A Rural Organ ism. Played by Terence Casey. Orange Blossom and Lim» house Blu^s Played by Billy Mayerl Dixon HiU; Played by Reginald Dixon 8 15 p.m. Light Orchestral Concen. played by the Station Orchestra, under the Direction of Rex Allen. With lOOgi by Edward Lynch. Baritone, and Winifred
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    108 22 A party of students from Cambridge University is at present visiting the Rhondda Valley %o learn the conditions under which the unemployed live m the district. Each member of the party is living with an unemployed family to get information at first hand. Our photo shows Cambridge students digging o
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      381 22 Itaclio Colonial TO-DAY Wavelength: 25.24 metres < 11.885 kes 4 20 p.m. Gramophone Records. 4.35 p.m. News m French. 5 p.m. News m English. 5.10 p.m. News m Italian. 5.20 p.m. Clo.se Down. Wavelength: 19.68 metres < 15.243 kcs.) 620 p.m. Concert Relayed from Bordeaux. 7.05 p.m. Talk on Current
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    K.L. BANK ENTERS ITS NEW HOME
    1277 23 K.L. BANK ENTERS ITS NEW HOME KWONG YIK CORPORATION lIIIITISH lUSIIMM 111 4 I Altl S m\v oi 1 1 ris oi>i:\ Kuala Lumpur. AFTER being m existence for about a quarter of rectory the Kwong Yik A .flp'nnßOi) Banking Corporation entered into 111 own premises on Saturu'hpn the Hon'ble
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    Railwayman Charged
    153 23 Railwayman Charged Alleged Attempt To Stab Mr. Human (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. April 7 A SEQUEL to yesterday's alleged attack on a European official of 'the F.M.S. Railways took place m the police court this morning, where Palani. stated to be a gateman employed by the railways at
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    Sadar Jai Singh
    332 23 Sikh Leader Tour hut Malaya Penang. SADAR Jai Singh, leader of the Kerala Sikhs Community who is here for a short sojourn m the Sikh centres In Malaya addressed a big gathering of local Sikhs on April 6. at 3 p.m. at the PenanSikh Temple. Many prominent
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    FORWARD SALE OF RUBBER
    52 23 Teluk An.son Rubber Estate, Ltd.. adrlaefl the following forward ale <>i rubber made on beh.ill of the company: 120 tons London standard ribbed smoked sheet, to be delivered In equal monthly lots of 10 tons during JanuaryDecember. 1938. loose into buyers' sodown. Singapore, at 45 cents
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    FORD DEFIES UNION
    293 23 Hudson Workers Still Idle Lansing (Michigan i, Apr. 8. PLLOWING the Chrysler settlement an agreement has been reached settling the 28-day strike of the works of the Reo Motor-car Company, which rendered 2.200 people idle. The major strike still unsettled is that at the works of the
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    CORPSE ON FIVE-FOOT WAY
    97 23 Death Due To I\atural Causes Penang A CHINESE was found dead on the flvefoot way of a house m Dato Koyah Road. Penanc: at about 6 a.m. Un Tuesday morning The man, whose name was siven as Guan Kicw Saim aged about 31 y<ai > was
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    Counter Assault
    69 23 Indian Man And Chinese Woman Singapore, Thursday. |8 I result of an Indian assaulting he-l rivf-yeur-oid son, i Chinese woman m retaliation assaulted the Indian. The Alleged incident is said to havr occurred m Kamponn Bahru y.sterdav morning The boy received contusions over tiv 1 left cheek while
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    Japan Will Not Negotiate
    459 24 IN SHIPPING WAR India \s Request For Parley Tokyo, Apr. X. JIPANBBI newspapers feature a report that the Indian Ministry of Commerce has formally proposed to the Japanese Foreign Office the opening ol a conference for adjustment of Indian freight ratios between British and Japanese shipowners.
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    Indian Labour
    41 24 Arrivals And Departures In March ARRIVALS of Indian labourers from Madras Presidency and departures during March were as follows: Arrivals (State aided). 1,358 adults, 263 minors Arrivals < ordinary deck passengers) 3.069 adults, 306 minors. Departures: 3,460 adults, 226 minors
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    AUTONOMOUS REGIME
    39 24 Shanghai. Air. 6 By the help of the Japanese banks In Hupei, the circulation of banknotes Of the Northern Autonomous Regime is extending over a very much wider area than at first anticipated— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    Selangor Ex-Constable On Alleged Extortion Charge
    596 24 Selangor Ex-Constable On Alleged Extortion Charge From Our Own Re-porter) Kuala Lumpur. Wednesday. ALLEGATIONS that "monthly subscription' T A driV e„ to the police with resultant hicl( .actment, were made during the near ing oei to the Firs, Court this morning of the una t M one ex-police constable who
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    CRUISER FROM JAPAN
    311 24 For Coronation Review THE 10.000-ton^ Japanese cruiser Ashigara which'is on her way to the Coronation Review at Spit-head is expected to arrive m Singapore at about I eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. She will berth In the outer roads and sail at noon on Tuesday. Rear-Admiral Senosuku
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    Alleged Cheating
    71 24 Tale Of Dishonoured Cheque Singapore, Wednesday. A WELL-DRESSED Straits born Chinese. Tan Et Kee, was this mjpininf charged before Mr. W. G. Reeves." the Second Magistrate, with cheating Lee Mcc Kong by tendering him a cheoue for $100 made on the Overseas Chinese Bank which was dishonoured on
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR
    41 24 Foochow. Apr. 6. Sir Hugh Montgomery KnatchbullHugessen. British Ambassador to China, arrived at Foochow yesterday morning and called on Mr. Shen Vi, Provincial chairman of Fukien. They dined together In the Government House at noon. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    HONGKONG OFFICIAL HERE
    440 24 HONGKONG OFFICIAL HERE A Pop ula r Sportsman Singapore. Thursday A popular sportsman and known Hongkong Government of.al. Mr. Edward Boys Ree< Superintendent of Crown Lands and I Surveys. Public Works Department arrived In Singapore to-day by th Ranch! on his way Home on leav t prior to retirement. Mr.
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    ENGLISH TEA HABIT
    101 24 ENGLISH TEA HA BIT Helps Students Pass Their Examinations Sarnia. Ontario. THE English afternoon tea habit has 1 spread to the Canadian class room According to Professor D.J. Wilson of the University of Western Ontario it he>ps students to.pass theiP examinations. "The English custom of serving tea as bracer m
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    40 24 During January the quantity of homemade beer charged with duty amounted to 1,162.712 standard barrels. This shows a seasonal decline compared with the December figure (1.559,633 standard barrels), but is larger than that for January last year (1,115,076 standard barrels).
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    ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS
    943 25 Malayan Branch Holds Ist Annual Meeting At K. L. Kuala Lumpur. lßil l mcctiiiff of tltf Malayan Branch of th? London Association Hi: flr st annual mcc h j on Saturday at the Office of Messrs. Lumpur, with the President, Mr. A. C. J. [S )!vUig
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    China's Cabinet
    159 25 Six Decisions At Nanking Meeting Shanghai, April 7. .4 T the meeting of the Central Executive Yuen m Nanking the following resolutions were passed: 1 1 The awarding of a Third Class -Poa-ting" Medal to General Li Fu Ying for meritorious service m the defence of Suiyuen Province.
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    29 25 Reuter's daily index of staple commodity prices In the United Kingdom (September 18. 1931 100) was 185 6. against 185.2. 176.9 four weeks ago, and 140.7 a year ago.
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    Health Of The Town
    165 25 Statement Of Singapore Municipality THE Singapore Municipal health itatement for the week ended Apr. 3 shows that there were 206 deaths, compared with 200 In the previous week, and with 207 m the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were: Beii-beri 11;
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    AMBULANCE WORK IN SINGAPORE
    1109 25 Colonel J.L. Sleeman 's Interesting Address Singapore. Thursday THE Chief Commissioner St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. Colonel J. L. Sleeman, C.8.. C.M.G.. C.8.E.. M.V.0., M.A., who is representing the Grand Prior of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, H. R. H. The Duke of
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    M. C. C. CRICKET TEAM TO VISIT MALAYA?
    1413 26 Sir Julien Cahn Suggests That Coaches Be Sent THE suggestion that coaches from the Marylebone Cricket Club should be brought to Malaya to train Malayan cricketers and improve the standard of the same here was made by Sir Julien Cahn at a
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    ILL-MALAYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
    45 26 Final Match Postponed To Sunday THE final Tennis Championship itch between Inche Yon Bin Main hore and Inrho Kamis of Singapore Axed to play on Saturday Apr. 10 at the Royal Johore International Club, Johore Bahru. has been postponed to Sunday. 11.
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    DECISION FOR BOON MAH
    97 26 Thrilling Fight In Ipoh (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. SHOWING grit and determination and forcing- the fight throughout. <.abu< o. the Hawaiian boxer, provided another hard struggle for Boon Mali, the featherweight champion of Singapore, at the Jubilee Park to-night. It was a close contest
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    TITLE FIGHTS AT THE NEW WORLD
    63 26 Singapore, Friday THRILLING lights are anticipated at the New World Arena to-night There are two title fights. Young Msco. who holds the Orient middlew title, meets Al Rivers, holder of th< Malayan title, and Ignacio Fernandez defends his lightweight title against Young Johnson. Both
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    Home Soccer
    58 26 Results Of Postponed Matches London. Apr. 7. Postponed English and Scottish League matches played to-day resulted a< follows: FIRST DIVISION Manchester C. 2 Brentford 1 DIV. 11l (SOITHFKN) Luton T. 5 Gillingham DIV. 11l (NORTHERN) Gateshead 0 Lincoln C. 5 SCOTTISH LEAGUE Hamilton 1 Rangers 5 Queen's Pk.
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    S.C.C.Teams
    128 26 For Saturday's Cricket Fixture THE following have accepted to play for the S.C.C. Ist eleven XI vs S.R.C Ist XI on Saturday April. 10, starting at 2 p.m. and Sunday April 11. on the S.C.C. grounds: J. H. Abbott. P. Bartram P. ON>n Dunne. B. Gaillard. A. C. Growder.
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    The Tides
    28 26 TO-DAY: 9.05 a.m.. 7 ft 0 ins.: o.4f> •vin.. 7 ft. 8 ins. TO-MORROW: 9.54 a.m.. 8 ft. 5 Ins.. 10.15 p.m.. 8 ft. 3 Ins.
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    Police & Midds. In Thrilling Soccer
    703 27 Police Midds. In Thrilling Soccer AT ANSON RD. STADIUM Close Win For Police Bh-gapeta, Thursday. THRILLING saeear was seen at the Anson Road Stadium th.s afterneon, ajhen the Police and the Middles* met m the First Division the League. llx Police won by the odd goal m three, and were
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    HEAP ENG MOH DEFEAT WEARNE BROS: AT SOCCER
    474 27 Poor Display On The V.M.C.A. Grounds apore. Thursday A GOAL scored m the last minuie ol the game by Yin Choy their centrehalf gaw Heap Eng Moh a lucky victory over Wearne Brothers. When these twe teams met m a Business Houses
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    28 27 A Police back surrounded by Middlesex forwards m the first division match played at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The Police won by the odd goal m 3. (Tribune).
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    BANKERS BEAT PRESSMEN
    417 27 Poor Soccer At F. &>N. Ground Sinuapore, Thursday DV three goals to nil the Overs* Chinese Bank defeated the Straits Times Pre I m their Business House League encounter on th e Fraser and Neave ground this evening. A very poor standard of football was served up.
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    CAHN'S TEAM IN PENANG
    81 27 Staying At The Runneymede 1 Penang. CIX Jolien Cahn. Lady Cahn and his cricket team arrived on Tuesday I night by the Mail Train from Ipoh and are staying at the Runneymede Hotel. Tii visitors were entertained to a dinner at Kunn lymede last nii«ht. They
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    Ryder Cup
    57 27 Hasten As Non-Playing Captain New York, Apr. 8. AS a result of an Indian assaulting her five-year-old son. a Chinese woman lected for the Ryder Cup matches at 3outhport on June 29-30. Walter Hagen is non-playing captain, Mid the remaining four places m the side will be filled
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    Thrilling Soccer At Anson Rd.
    43 28 Police Doltat .Midds i 41 ~> o«^ n, ihnii "»i; <;ame of soccer at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. These pictures of The Mb. MM .he by ■•ffLfg! n hf th r; t^ ft r er? tokSl "he Tribune Cameraman.
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    PENANG FOUNDRY WORKERS ON STRIKE
    200 28 PENANG FOUNDRY WORKERS ON STRIKE Owners Consult Chinese Protector: Situation Tense Penang Apru r. rl filiation, arising Horn the local foundry workers" threat to go on striKe unless the demands which they presented to their employers are uranXt is understood that the Protector of Chinese, Dr. V. W. W. S.
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    39 28 London, April 8. A Bill uiv. lutory authority to ol the (lovernmt'iit's scheme, Improve tin Datlon'l physical fitness wliu h arc not. covered by administrative measures waa given ao unopposed second m the- lion ol Commons tixh Official Wireless.
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    MORRO CASTLE FIRE
    78 28 Prison Sentences Set Aside New York. Ap; 8. THE United States Circuit Couvi of Appeals has unanimously reversed the trial court decisions which found, acting Captain William Warms and Chief Engineer Ebens Abbott, of the Morro Castle, guilty of negligence on the high seas m connection with
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    30 28 At an extraordinary mce:ing of the "Shell" Transport and Tiv.aing Corrpany resolutions were passad, adopting ih'w articles of association converting the shares into stock ana cupitaliziiM; 1:4.824.2712 of the reserve.
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    ALLEGADE HIGHWAY ROBBERY
    536 28 "Ch incite w's" Loss Of 875 Guilders: Two Chinese Charged Singapore Thursday THAT the robbery was a pre-n^-aitated one and that the two accused har. hired a taxi and instructed the driver u> wait m Synagogue Street so as U enable them to make a quick get-away
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    Milliards
    78 28 Kingnlen Kennerley Beat* Title-Holder London, Apr. 8 AT Burroughes Hall, London to-day, n the English amareur billiards championship final. Klngsley Kennerley, tht 23 years old Birmingham Engineer beu the holder Joe Thompson of Workin; 1 ton by 4.703 to 3.633 points. Kennerley V aggregate is a record. In the
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