Morning Tribune, 15 May 1937

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  • 17 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE -^TT-No- 88. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, May 15. 1937. FIVE CENTS. OFFICIAL VISIT OF CHINESE ENDING
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  • 511 1 I OVAL MIEETIXIiIS TO mi: kin« IRISH FREE STATE ABSENT JIEIGX AFFAIBS AXII DEFENCE 111 A IX TOPIC th perial Conference opened at 10 o'clock this morning m the' Queen Anne Room at St. James' Palace. Premier J. 5 j id the other Australians arrived first, half-an-hour
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  • 179 1 Preservation Of Chinese Rights London. May 14. REUTER understands that the Chinese press apprehensions regarding Mr. Anthony Eden's reply to Mr. Morgan, Conservative member for Stourbridge, recently that the Government does not intend suggesting the revival of spheres of influence m China, are entirely groundless The
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  • 296 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Assistance Of Japanese Alleged Shanghai, May 14. THE Kwantung Japanese Command and the North China Japanese Military Headquarters have each decided to appropriate $600,000 to the East Hopei autonomous movement, m order to assist Yen Yu Kang, th e Rebel leader, to construct
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  • 131 1 ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED Fireworks Go Off Prematurely (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. F;;OM Uiu Selangor como.s news of a Wch occurred during the Coronation celebration, a' that' place, on Wednesday night, resulting in' ..o man and injury to seven irs. The accident occurred during a
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  • 107 1 Rebels Repudiate "Red" Allegations London. May 14. THE Admiralty announce that eight persons are dead and 14 injured as the result of the explosion on the British destroyer H.M S. Hunter, while she was engaged m non-intervention patrol work off the Spanish coast. Inquiries into
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  • 32 1 Pittsburgh, May 14. The strike m the Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation plants have been settled, the workers resume to-mor-row. Details of the agrwrnent have not yet been divulged. Reuter
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  • 597 2 A SPLENDID EFFORT Patronage Of The Governor Singapore. Saturday. GREAT credit i* reflected on those who were responsible for the presentation of the Coronation Rally of Youth at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Arranged by the senior boys and girts of the English schools
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  • 403 2 Cyclist Killed By Trolley Bus In Penang Penang. A GRUESOME tragedy occurred at the junction of Penan« Road and Hut ton Lane at about 9.55 a.m. on Coronation Eve when a Javanese cyclist was run over and killed by a Municipal Trolley bus. The unfortunate man, whose
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  • 132 2 Scouts Camp Fire Singapore. Saturday Over 800 Boy Scouts. Girl Guides, Rovers and cubs were present at a Coronation Camp fire organised by the Singapore Boy Scouts Association and held on the Raffles Institution ground last night. A programme of 40 items was carried out without a hitch and much
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  • 92 2 Leads Special Prayer* For King London, May 11 THE Duke and Duchess of Kent led an audience of 3,000 people m Queens Hall at a service of intercession for the King and Queen. *J h v D ke s aid: "We can all see how the hand
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  • 544 2 Late Captain F. G. V. Stovell THE funeral of the late Captain Frederick George Vincent Stovell took place at the Bidadari Cemetery on Friday afternoon and was vfery largely attended. The Rev. A. V. Wardle. Chaplain to to the Missions to Seamen conducted the service m the
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  • 212 2 NERVOUSNESS ON BULLION MART Heavy Continental Pressure London. May 14 lINDER pressure of heavy Continent U discarding, the British and 2' bly, Dutch Controls were forc-d to d! two-thirds of the £765.000 sterling offer ed at the -old fixing to-day. the re going to New York. Even the large official
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  • 204 2 Halt On Upward Trend Of Commodity London, May 14 THE International Tea Committee an- nounce that as a result of representations setting out appreciation of the present statistical market position of tea the Governments of India. Ceylon and the Netherlands East Indies have decided that the regulation
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  • 108 2 Return Flight With Film Of Coronation New York. May H THE American trans-Atlantic flyjrs, I Dick Merrill and Mr. Jack^Lamb. who flew from America to l£*» *g a film record of the f^^^it ailship Hindenburgr. left Sou tnp (England) at 9.15 p.m. on their re t
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  • 156 3 Coronation Day At Penang nrcmonial Parade And Pageant Watched By Thousands Penang, Thursday. w,rMANG had her fill of Coronation P c ,Vorations yesterday. It was a day LJded with events and functions. broke with the tiring of crack,r to' lowed a few hours later by U* E Parade on the
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  • 323 3 Ridiculed By Cairo Museum Keeper THE belief that curses invoked by the ancient Egyptians still cling tc certain antiquities, and that mummified remains bring misfortune on thoir present owners, is ridiculed by Mr R Engelbach. Keeper of the Cairo Museum and one of the \vorld"s greatest
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  • 63 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Th( Shanghai. May 14. Japanese Government has acp the recommendations of Mr. rhino -S J a P anes e Ambassador to ■'»na. who in now on leave in Japan. j mow of this acceptance Mr. KawaJU not resign, as he has originally •njended, from the
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  • 1000 3 Deaths Of Well-Known Residents THE death took place at the General Hospital. Singapore, on Tuesday morning of Mrs. Gladys Ethel Hunt, the wife of Mr. E. V. Hunt, of the Works Department of the R.A.F. Base, Seletar. The funeral took place at the Bidadari Cemetery on
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  • 116 3 Coronation Tragedy In Singapore Singapore, Friday. JOHN Anthony Nuno da Cunpa, a y 16-year-old Eurasian lad living m the Katong district, was found dead m tragic circumstances early this morning. It appears' that he left his house on his cycle last night with the intention of
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  • 36 3 Shanghai. May 14. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek is makina satisfactory recovery from his recent illness. The wound on his back is healing up, and he can now move freely —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    • 329 3 FAT AND "FORTY" IN HER TWENTIES Lost 50 lbs. with Kruschen Is a Young Girl Again She was so fat she looked forty yet, she was only m her twenties. To-day, she bas the slim figure that belongs to her real age. This is what she says: "A year ago,
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  • REUTERS.COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 99 4 lUBBER x# London, May 14. font »ipot Buyers. Sellen May buyers Selleri. CLOSED July Sept. Buyers Sellert. Oct Dec. Buyers Sellers. lALM OIL (Malay) London. May 14 T £24.15.0 Value £24.10.0 Value i bulk May|June OP!C\ (Straits, F.M.S.). ay Shipment. »U Seller, £16.15.0 Pd. Value Ar.o KIAHJB (Sarawak)
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    • 72 4 ILontlon, May 14. Previous To-day Chang* .T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 110.31 110.26 —05 .T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.99^ 8.99 4 .T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2 19 32 Is. 2 9 16 —1 32 .T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 3d.
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    • 38 4 [London. May 14. *_TII D Previous To-day Change £7.0.54 £7.0.8 +2i/ 2 d. •me Bar per oa. >_-.*___* 2Q 3 8 20 7 16 +116 ip0t *k f^-_-.«i 201 /2 20 9 16 +116 monttui forward I
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    • 126 4 London. May 14 Distiller. 114 3 114- 3 Dunlop Rubber 34 44 34 3 __li 2 General Electric 849 8471 /2 —14 Imperial Chemical Industries 37.74 37 6 _li 2 ***** ***** Imperial Tobacco 4 0 3 39 Anglo-Dutch 103, 12 5„ Canadian Pacific Z 4 2
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    • 16 4 London. May 14 TIN Standard. To-day Chanp* Soot (afternoon closing price) £249 Forward £2464
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    • 47 4 RUBBER New York. May 13. Tone Steady Dull Spot Buyers. 21 916 20^ 4 —1316 Bellera 21 11 16 20 7 8 —13 16 July/Sept. Buyers. 213 4 204 —4 Sellers. 214 21 -4 TIN Standard. Tone Easy Dull Spot 545 8 545 8
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    • 58 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore, May 11 Total for Company Dividend Books Close financial J Date Ex. Div year Payable Date to date TIN To Lahat Mines 124 f Final May 17 20 Rawang Cone Vk% Int. May 19 May 26 May 20 W l%%% Bonus RUBBER Lunas
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  • 366 4 Trafalgar's Profit For The Year Singapore. Friday A DIVIDEND of six per cent, was ■f* declared at the twenty-seventh ordinary general meeting of Trafalgar Ltd., held at the registered office of the company at 2, Prince Street, Singapore, at noon to-day. Mr. F. H. Temperley
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  • 31 4 The children's playground on the Tower of London foreshore opened for its fourth season on Sunday. The use of he Tower foreshore as a play-ground was sanctioned by King George V.
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  • 92 4 New Constitution Bill Passed Dublin, May 14- THE Dail passed the second reading of the New Constitution Bill by 69 votes to 43. President V* Valera said that the new President s powers would at present be used w the purpose of internal affairs dv could later
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  • 19 4 The Royal National Ufe-bmt Institution has received a gift of tZb "om King of Egypt and the Queen Motnei
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    • 77 4 Miss Gina Malo, the American actress, tnd Mr. Romney Brent, actor and dranatist, were married at Hampstead Renter Office recently. The Carl Rosa Opera Company left London recently for a Coronation tour if South Africa. This is the first over*a visit which the company has underatom In its history of
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  • 1658 5 r___*/ by Fraser and Co& Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock RrnltPrs Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buvers Sellers Buyers Sellers 59 63 59 63 m *™pat 35 6 37 6 35- 36 6 H am ?XEi n 57- 59 6 57- 60Austr ?_Ji?_!nr 279 29- 28- 305
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  • 177 5 (From Our Financiu correspondent) It ii hln r Singapore, I iday morning. Singapore: 35 18 c\ down 158 ct.s Market Tone: Nomi. 1 and very dull London: 10 5'ltid., ci' en 5 16d. New York: 20 3 4 cU down 5 8 ct. Market Tone: Dull. Singapore,
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  • 165 5 Messrs. Fraser Co. 9 8 Report Tin at midday was $121%, down $1.0! Cables from London received till morning gave us very little informatio to state the London tin share market. Locally amongst Sterling shares ther is a fair selection of counters on offe: but the market interest
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  • 153 5 Messrs. Lewis Peat Report Singapore, May 14 The Coronation of King George VI hi to an intents and purposes closed rl markets in London It looked at o. time as though prices would remr very steady until after the holidays hi quite unexpectedly a sudden weakne developed and values were
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  • 242 5 Messrs Stanton N elson Report At the beginning 0f :he week __i all markets were steadily /L alue« Later New York showed si Rns 'J* 1*51 *0^ due apparently to a bear r«2i eakn« market. The weakness i* °n t commodities and was not 2^ rubber. COr»f_ned Operations have been
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  • 541 6 Pr+gress Report For April 'THE Report Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd. for the lour ks ending Apr 24 is as follows: MINING IHVELOPMENT C <v» BUKIT KOHAN SECTION Sinking of the main shaft to No. 9. I jevel has beer, si rted and the main .Crosscut
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  • 130 6 Indian Stabs Malay And Cuts Own Throat Singapore. Friday rULST a coastal vessel was steaming towards Singapore on Wednesday night an Indian passenger is alleged to have stabbed a Malay. The latter was asleep. The incident occurred shortly before midnight The victim's cries for help awakened the
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  • 77 6 7Y, The Schoolchildren Of Singapore THE Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works. Ltd., of Calcutta and Bombay, have sent a gift of 16 cases, containing 5.000 packets of samples' (comprising one piece of Charmos Soap, one bottle of Amla Hair Oil and one tube of Rodofen tooth paste)
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  • 45 6 Singapore. Friday. An enjoyable function took place at the Happy Restaurant, Happy World, last night, when Mr. G. C. Gregory, the Superintendent of the Malayan Live Stock Company Ltd.. entertained about 40 friends to sumptuous Chinese dinner, m honour of the Coronation.
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  • 184 6 SELLING Singapore. May 14. London T.T. 24 116 London demand Jj{J London 4 months' sight a Lyons demand JJJJ Hamburg demand MJg New York demand 5 g Montreal demand ml] demand 104 4 Samarang demand 104 2 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand I 54 Madras and Colombo demand 154
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  • 201 6 Singapore. May 14. R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $146 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $137 R. (Siam W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $132 R. <Siam) "White" No. Al $226 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 1 $213 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 2
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  • 81 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore, Friday noon. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. May) 35% 35% Good F.AIQ. m bales (FOB. May) 34 9f16 34 11J16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Spore) 35V 2 35% do. May 35% 35% do. MayjJune 35% 35% do. JulylSept.
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  • 29 6 Sir Henry Fountain, who was second secretary to the Board of Trade when he retired m October, 1935, has beei, appointed to be chairman of the International Beef Conference.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 220 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880. Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y. 100 000.000 Reserve Fund Y. 130.900.000 00 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE Manager T. YAMAMOTO Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk. Nederlandsche llandelMaatschappij. > V.
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  • Article, Illustration
    130 7 A troupe of native Zulus have been brought to London by Bertha Slosber/r, the first woman impressario to African nativ* artists. They are their native dances and war cries. Here we see a chief and one of his men leaving m a taxi after a rehearsal m Denmark Street, London
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    • 212 8 .s.^fr^fr^fr •> <• I [MORE IUN AND LAUGHTER PACKED INTO ONE! PROGRAMME THAN EVER BEFORE! S tOPENS TO-DAY PAVIMONI G-15 9-15 s ♦the laughs and the excitement make it* •> Yoiir KINl) ()F KNTERTAIXMENT <• MHSSB^^ Metro-Goldwyn Mayers Comedy Thriller IWm 'ESPIONAGE' i T lAi^m^S WITH JS"J& EDMUND LOWE |HBI
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    • 156 8 M-G-MS LAUGH RIOT! l u I STAN and OLLIE As a Couple of Singapore Eddntoes |ALHAMBRA| to -day 3 13 w .,r7j iSm Jr presents VI f mA I a 1 Q/4 Relations SHOWING TO-NIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE I EXTRA L TALKIE -Xew World 7.30 p.m. NIGHTLY 9.30 p.m. EMPIRE
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  • 345 9 All Communities Take Part 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Thursday. MALACCA, famous for her picturesque wankang processions, was once more th e scene of brilliant and picturesque pageantry yesterday when nine communities of the Settlement is observing th? Coronation Celebrations plunged the whole town into a veritable
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    • 177 9 bm I P* "^^■Of^ <-* MMTH EWs!^^ w V w ''^ij/.'.-. I *^_ft ROBERT FLEMYNG \,i< Week! At PAVILION i .> f Next Change at the CAPITOL j 1 at 3-15 6-15 9-15 1 V V i j •J« Warner Bros.' Hilarious Screen Version of the 1 Record-breaking Stage Comedy
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    • 159 9 ALHAMBRA .Vex I Change A HEARTFUL OF ROMANCE! An oarjul of ALSO! Exclusive Official Motion Pictures of the Sensational Heavy Weight Contest Between JOE LOCK (Detroit's Sensational Brown Bomber) and AL ETTORE (The Famous Brown Tiger) SEE The Sensational K.O. of AL ETTORE m Slow Motion n "Calling: All Boys!"
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  • 376 10 Life Of Licences Shortened I Amsterdam. Apr. 18. CO as to ensure regular exports of w rubber m accordance with trie quota, the Netherlands Indies has altered the decrees regarding the export of estate rubber In the individual rubber restriction districts. The decree, passed on Apr.
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  • 208 10 Told Him Story Of Her "African Allowance" CALLING at the Middlesex Hosoital, Mrs. Kate Florence Tipton, 51 housekeeper, of Denbigh-stree', Victoria. saw the chaplain and told him she received an allowance from someone m Africa. The money usually came on the first of the month, she said,
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  • 214 10 Owner, Wife, Two Others Perish In Blaze FOUR people murdered... a farm gutted.. villagers held at bay by a madman .his final suicide. These are the stages m a terrible peasant drama at Montereau Farm, m the peaceful little commune of Orsennes. near Chateauroux, m the heart
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  • 189 10 Walter Hageris Wife Granted A Divorce Newark, N.J. AFTER telling the judge that her husband's profession had made her "a peimanent golf widow." Mrs. Walter Haeen, wife of the famous United States golfer, was granted a divorce at Newwark. New Jersey. Mrs. Hagen, who said that her
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  • 282 10 Defied Hooligan Gan§ Though Aged 63 London. WHILE at home recovering Irom the effects of shock, a 63-year-old woman received congratulations from a stream of visitors on the plucky way In which she behaved during a street disturbance. She is Mrs. Mary Ann Loveys, of Ca-therine-street.
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  • 356 10 Husband Leaves Wife When Baby Is Horn DECAUSE a child he thought his was born to his wife two days after their marriage, a husband kft ht She had deceived him. he alleged This was the story told to the Creup magistrate by Arthur Thompson M grocer's
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  • 41 10 Tn the children's sect.on of the E.A' BC. (Singapore > broadcast progrpr.. a to-night at 6.30, there will be songs r-nd tap dancing by Joyce, Andrey and N Hobbs, who are later performing r tr. Cl.anty Ball at Scaview Hotel.
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    • 43 10 DOES' M/E 7J2t^1_Sf8I I mo warm r m S «r^' m THANKS P jv_^v__s\ t* TO ft A^f V '< f? Se J IS mTfi -JF I H jn* "4 v i 1 1 r ii 1^ I "FCr^-^^^^'ff 1 1\ Tl ffl MiiMlSBM-ra
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  • 99 11 Suspicious Insurances London CENIOR members of the firm of City S Solicitors called m by national insurance companies to carry out secret investigations into the scratching of race-hors-c entered for classics have now Sed a vial stage m their inquiries^ During the cast few days they visited
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  • 191 11 $3,000 From Estate Of Mr. Tan Scow Kong THE Singapore SiX:. jubilee Fund figures m the list of bequests left by the late Mr. Tan Scow Kong, and a cheque for 53.000 has been received by the Trustees of the Fund from Messrs. Chan and Eber. solutely
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  • 145 11 Beating Of Retreat On Tuesday THE following is the programme for the beating of retreat by the Massea Bands of the Malaya Command on the Padang on Tuesday, May 18, at 5.50 p.m.:— 1. Retreat. Buglers of Ist Bn. The 1! Inniskilling Fusiliers and Ist
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  • 46 11 b following Straits passengers from lr °pe arrived m Penang on Tuesday by Ulandia:— Mrs. F. Selbo, Mrs. E. fmdley, Mrs. A. M. Murray, Mrs. White, Miss H. L. Waite, Mr. and C F. Goemans, Mr. and Mrs. K. and Mr. M. J. W. t«n Bosch-
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1154 11 i TRADE BARGAINS i FOR SALE SPORTS GOODS WEARING APPAREL 1936 rRPATiY RPniTrFn Ri wSrF«! AT m re< l uisit€S Tennis, Golf, Bad Y ong Lee Co., High Class Ladle. greatly REDUCED PRICES minton and Base Ball stringing racket Dre ssmaker. Large choice of ready made 31/2 Cubic Feet $210.00
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  • 324 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Saturday, May 15, 1937. THE HONOURS [if ANY people m this country have been impressed by the fact that for the first time three knighthoods have been awarded to Malaya m one Honours List, and that m the award of these knighthoods all the three political designations
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  • 784 12  - Heritage Of The Centuries Autolycus PERSONAL VIEWPOINT by ICINGS and queens of England have been crowned with pomp and ceremony for a thousand years past, and so far as the fundamentals of the p.eremonv are concerned, there has been little change m th? form of the ritual during all those
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  • 160 12 Mr. Runme Shaw, who was on a visit to Hongkong, has returned to Ipoh. Mr. V. Thambirih, Post Master, Klang, has returned ana resumed duty after a week's holiday at Port Dickson. Mr R. S. Lopez, manager of the two Klang cinema halls, has gone a short holiday with
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 12 M. Pierre Cot. the French Air Minister, arrived at Croydon from p n Jon a visit to London. He will be the principal speaker at Albert Hal demonstrating on "Europe's Rally to the League and the International Peace Campaign". M. Cot is joint president of the campaign. Here we see
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  • 379 13 "The Woman Always Pays" Birmingham. jhowa onc c more ihat the wowa ya pay!,' 1 was one of the re--30-year-old wife of a former mdergraduate, after referi been made at Birmingham to a tion and a secret marriage. .r, concerning the romance of •v man were made
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  • 149 13 lit identified Young Woman .sitting on the Embankment wall Grosvehor-road, S.W., on the of March 22, a smartly-dressed suddenly twisted her legs over dropped into the Thames without ring a cry. far. no one ha s come forward to tify the body, which is m the Wc«t'ortuary.
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  • 623 13 Dividend Of 12i% Declared London. Apr. 17 THE thirteenth annual general meeting of the Labu <F.M.S> Rubber Co., Limited, was held yesterday, at 19 Fen-church-street, E.C. Brigadier -General the Hon. Charles Lambton. D.S.O. (chairman), said that results for 1936 showed a profit of £38.389. compared
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  • Article, Illustration
    102 13 At the age of 71, Mr. C. W. Hart, famous long-distance runner and holder of many records, starting a 50-miles run at the Richmond (London) ice rink. At the end of his run he is to givea lecture on "How to Keep Fit". Last year Mr. Hart made a 1.000
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 62 13 ffj^l wli| If I M Jl Tl THE TRUE TONIC FOOD Obtalnabl* of til Chwnisu ond Store* 1 Dine at the < AI r liOl Restaurant To -Night Try our SPECIAL DISHES you are assured of PROMPT SERVICE, DELICIOUS FOOD, and Best ENTERTAINMENT. Fire Over England BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW.
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  • 61 14 MALA YS STAGE SPECTA CULA SING CORONATION PAGEANT IN PORE Rajahs, Dyafa and n,,.,,. J pore's main avenues on long procession m honour *1 many Interesting historical J along the route. These pict, J vU > by s»d e (iown Sin S a h their mile- The procession included r
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 36 15 Rene ULLMANN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE Tf/Y Sauce Boats HOftS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc. ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES THE BEST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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  • 1448 16 BOOKS AUTHORS Extraordinary Tale* of Eastern Magi? -Stage Life by Maugham -Exhaustive ami Practical Page* for Dog Lovers 1 0 >IySUri 5 Somerset^ugham Dogs for Profit R« wlan <» Johns a «<> THE largest and most densely populated of the continents of the earth is naturally enough, the source of
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  • 233 16 TIEN HSIA is not exactly a new publica--1 tion I have known it from August of 1935 but it is yet little known to the reading public of Singapore and Malaya and I must say that it is something they have missed. Once met with. this magazine, a
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 31 16 KAYSER SILK HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR Sole Distributors: Tajmahal Store 23, HIGH ST. 9' x 12' Fine Peking Rugs. While they last $129.00 only Phone 7H 3 18, Battery Road, Ist Floor.
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  • 1365 17 after his premature death, IT is too soon after n p 1 *T Z civ Sed world are mourning but all tht ci pirande iio's work m md try to estimate which of the baUmce and try ai eyen bis works wW oe the Judg wifcfut rytog tons
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 82 17 S Maison Marcelle For a Natural J it^Sr^^ Permanent 7 Wave.. > Try our latest I i *&vf* point-winding V f system 35 Stamford Rd. Tel. 4807 Prop. J. EOOY. I "I Offers for your inspection her latest shipment of lacquer boxes, dressing table sets, linen and iqpUMUc table cloths
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    • 209 17 I A TOURIST'S KIIOI'lMXi; j I GUIDE STA TIONER I D/? V CLEANING JOIN Burtol Ouick GLOVER'S Cleaners Detective Fiction Banic f#r day I I IMC A ICY service Subscription 50 cents yearly Goods handed m by Lending Fee 10 cents per book 10 a m can be col 9
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  • 393 18 The Legazpi Runs Trials Round The Island BUILT at Kowloon Docks especially for the Manila. Cebu. and Zamboanga service the 1.288- ton m.v. Legazpi ran trials over the measured mile off Repulse Bay. The ship is a smart little vessel and proved herself capable of the 12
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 462 18 mm^ m BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Dae Doe fonnace Spore. ToDoate Spore. 1937. 1937. NALDERA 16,000 May 21 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 July 2 PARTHAGE 15,000 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 16 rhtitan 6 100 June 5 RANPURA 17,000 July 30 rphar 6 000 June 14 BURDWAN 6,070 July 31
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    • 134 18 iV K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseille* ft Gibraltar. s s "FUSHIMI MARU" May 27 s's "HAKAZAKI MARU" June 10 m s. TERUKUNI MARU June 23 ss. "HAKUSAN MARU" July 8 Rates to Ist Class
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 387 18 POSTAL INTELLNtiEXf'i; STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DAT 2 AND TIM* Tandjong Pandan Edendale May 15 8 am Sarikei and Sibu K S to "S 15 8 am Pengerang ik^ S< ?l n H 15 9 a!m Indo-China G. G. Merlin 1511 am Christmas Island Islander 15 v a
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    • 699 19 THE HARBOUR! SltU'S l\ IMIt X ||c Showed Them! n S i^^KaMB^ i> Seaman Challenged By OR t^ tv Trmrh r Crpni Godown Gate No. TaWieT L^reW Rohoa 20 l T° LD by tne crew of a trawler about Muinam g 3 to leave for the Iceland fishinc Lalandia 3
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    • 453 19 I fey >/^M T0 FR ENCH PORTS f. I gf _wf homewards. J FORBIN For MarseXs liny?? Na alr e Bordeaux May 27 j D ESIRADE rorVS! s^lt^^7Z^ x B 2 J OUTWARDS. I (from Marseilles) r MbSade FOf SSain'g n T Urane Hai P hon May 18 ANGO June
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  • 32 20 Some of the units as they marched past HE. The Governor.— (Tribune Pictures). The Gordon Highlanders. A detachment of the Royal Navy. The Middlesex Regiment. The Royal Artillery.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 846 21 OX THE RADIO! 1 i! fi k KmDirC anci Song, by George Blake. Music by Ijrll'^ 11 mjmmm r Purcell J. Mansfield. Conducted by II ffl'HlllllH* Kemlo Stephen. Production by John 8.20 p.m. Military Marches. 8.30 p.m. In Town To-night.' 9j5 8.50 p.m. The News and AnnounceTransmisskm 2:— Ui P
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    • 164 21 9.30 p.m. Reviews and Periodicals tv Mr. Francois de Teramond. 9.40 p.m. Gramophone Records. 9.50 p.m. Concert Relay. 11.25 p.m. Close Down. MONDAY Wavelength: 25.60 metres (11.720 kcs) 6.35 a.m. Concert Relayed from Radio-Paris. 7.35 a.m. News' !n French and Market Prices. 8 a.m. News In Spanish. 8.10 a.m. News
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    • 176 21 vices. 10.52 a.m. Light music. 11.20 a.m. Solo recitals by members of Nirom Orchestra 11.48 a.m. Church carillon. n 50 a.m. Cinema organ Inusic 12.05 p.m. Matinee by Nirom Orchestra, conducted by Carel van der Bijl. 12.50 p.m. Piano syncopations by Charlie Kunz. 1.10 p.m Nirom news bulletin. 1.20 p.m
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  • 226 22 Tinsley Green Had A Great Day i London. TINSLEY Green, a peaceful little village .near Worthing, has been thinking about only on? topic marbles. For the other day Tinsley Green carved a place that definitely put the village on the map of world sport. Tinsley Green by
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    14 22 This tastefully decorated car took part in the Chinese procession on Thursday night. Tribune.
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    13 22 Planes approaching the Padang for th» FIvin_r-»ast __t Wifci -_u-i ceremonial parade. Tribune
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    • 63 22 620 p.m. Concert of Light Music 7 15 p.m. Technical Tips lor the Rsdlofan. 720 p.m. News In English. 7.35 p.m. Concert of Light Music continued) 8 15 p.m. Greetings to our Listeners :n the Netherlands East Indies. 8.20 p.m. News and Economic Re\itw m German and Call DJQ 835
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    • 276 22 view In English on DJE, DJN. DJQ; m Dutch on DJB. 935 D.m. To-day In Germany. Sound Pictures. 950 p.m. Operetta Concert. 11. C5 p.m. The research of German history and folk-lore: German charactcrisfcs In our festivals. 11.20 p.m. Sign off DJB. DJN. DJE. DJQ 'Germ.. Engl.) TO-MORROW 6.15 p.m
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    • 164 22 de Waart. 3 Mission news. 4. Music. 5. Talk 6. Journal Phohi programme for the Netherlands Indies. a2O p.m. National Anthem. Openinc announcement. 8.25 p.m. Talk on behalf of V.M.C.A. K4O pm. Special broadcast for the Netherlands Indies by the Rom. Cath. Broad. Assn. 4. Music 2. Political talk by
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    • 109 22 2.05 a.m. Monitor Views the N*wsBoston, WIXK 9,570; 31.3. 4.05 a.m. European Post Box— Bostor WIXAL 11,790; 25.4. 5.20 a.m. World Youth Speaks Boston. WIXAL 11.790; 25.4. 6.05 a.m. Singing Waiters— Hollywood New York. W2XE 15.270; 19.6. 7.05 a.m. O'Leary's Irish MinstrelsBoston. WIXK 9,570; 31.3. 7.20 a.m. Ed Wynn, with
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  • 518 23 TORPEDO THOUGHT TO BE CAUSE OF DISASTER Submarine Also Reported To Have Been Attacked ml I>ORT from Spain alleges that a British submarine, I 35 was attacked off the coast of Spain and badly I I mired yesterday. It is also reported that the destroyer
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  • 236 23 Coronation Celebrations Great Success Singapore, Friday. -A F. officers who flew to Batavia to take part m the Coronation festis of the British community m the ue capital of Java report that the P and the programme m Batavia s a tremendous success and m spite v
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  • 140 23 Automobile Workers I Idle Detroit, May 13. ABOUT 16,500 General Motors employees has been rendered idle owing to sporadic strikes m Cleveland and Saginaw. (Michigan) and Janes ville (Wisconsin), of whom nearly 7,000 are involved m a sit-down strike at the Cleveland plant. United Automobile Union
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  • 129 23 Women Nearly Lose Lives Too See Procession Singapore, Friday. AT least three women nearly lost their lives m the course of the confusion which followed the torrential downpour last night which ruined the Chinese procession. So heavily did it rain that the big; drains of Orchard
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  • 266 23 Funeral Of Overseer Who Was Stabbed Singapore. Tuesday. THE funeral of the late Mr. Bernard Herman Klattig, who was fatally stabbed by a Tamil coolie on Sunday afteroonn, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon, preceded by a choral service at the Cathedral of
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  • 325 23 4 Persons Badly Burned Singapore, Friday. FOUR persons were badly burnt when two serious fires broke out almost simultaneously m the Rochore district during the downpour last night. The victims are a Chinese woman, her daughter and son, and another Chinese girl. All are being treated m hospital.
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  • 407 24 KILLED NEAR PENANG But The Show Went On Penang;, Thursday. NINE artistes of the Grand Nooran Opera who were returning to penans: from Parit Buntar where they went to perform during; the Coronation •elebrations, met with a shocking motor accident a about 130 a
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  • 146 24 Taken To Abbey Py Police Escort London, May 14. CLOSED car with a. police escort, nin which was the Imperial regalia, drove through the rainsoaked streets from the Crown jewellers m Abermarle Street to the Abbey. Only a few people saw the Crown and other jewels, securely locked
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  • 35 24 Excavations by Dr Wilson, who is diqtfinß at Hiph Down Hill. Worthing, for Worthing Archaeological Society have revealed a circular bath and heatine chamber, and iron ladle, a bronze spoon and some Roman pottery shards.
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  • 342 24 Crowds Greet The King London, May 14. 1-HEIR Majesties received 450 guests at Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the second state Coronation banquet. The King was wearing the scarlet gold uniform of a field marshal and the Queen was a lovely figure m a dress of
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    15 24 One of the cars which took part m the Chinese procession on Thursday ni^ht. Tribune
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  • 474 24 AMERICAN EXPEDITION IN SINGAPORE To Study Gibbons And Orang Utans In North Borneo AN American expedition, under the auspices of three UniversitiesHarvard. Johns Hopkins and Bard— is m Singapore at the moment and will leave on Saturday for British North Borneo to further their study of apes, especially of the
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  • 45 24 Shanghai, May 14. The Central Research Institute has decided to establish an observatory m Fukien so as to facilitate international astronomis's who may have to go to Fukien to observe the eclipse of f he sun m 1941.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 71 24 Propaganda Movement 1 Shanghai Shanghai. May W THE departmental stores m I are joining the Home good paganda movement hly The show rooms are n0 tirirs so corated with home-made aruc to convince the public thai making good progress In i lines of i ndustries^^^c Trading C( The
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  • 1032 25 E REMONIAL PARADE Eccident Mars proceeding Taiping, May 12. I .rriint surroundings of the ft" tv X,- Course presented I u k"round for the varied I l 0: r r f Colours seen there this IW"' 1 Xn vast concourse of ff' 1 1 1^
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    17 25 One of the man* interesting items m the mammoth procession staged by the Chine.c on Thursday. Tribune
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  • 48 25 Shanghai, May 14. The visit of General Sung Che Yuen, Chairman of the Charhar-Hopei Political Council, to Loling has aroused the suspicion of the Japanese. This time he refuses to be accompanied by Japanese advisers who are now threatening to resign enbloc— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 295 25 Three-Day Event Opens At Jalan Besar Singapore, Friday. THE opening events of the Three Days Coronation Cycling Carnival, took place to-day at the Jalan Besar Stadium under the organisation of Mr. Gnuiam Mahmood, sole proprietor of the Internation Cycle Agency m Singapore. A treacherously slippeiy track caused several
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  • 44 25 Return Flight To Japan Begun London, May 4. THE aeroplane Divine Wind has left Croydon for Japan at 8.10 a.m. this morning. The fliers are heading for Rome and to reach Athens to-night and take plan a week to reach Tokyo. Reuter
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  • 777 26 MANDAI AND FORGET-ME-NOT SHOULD ATONE Heavy Going May Cause Some Upsets "CAPT: HAWK'S" SELECTION Race 1 First Bid. Miss Singapore. Race 2— Hard Road. Gold Bell. Race 3 Mandai. Swift Arrow. Race 4 Ming. Stella's Pet. Race 5 Gee Vp. Queen's Course. Race 6—
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  • 26 26 An aeroplane which crashed at Hamble, Hampshire, recently carried away lines on which washing was hanging, but the pilot. Verett Newcomb. of Bilston, Staffordshire, escaped unhurt.
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  • 902 26 Acceptances For To -Day RACE 0NE— 2.30 p.m. Horses Class I—Division1 Division 3 l Mile 02 3 FIRST BID 9.00 Mr. Eu Tong Sen T 00 0 THE CRETAN GIRL 9.00 Mr. Cheong Yok Chong 12 0 LA COLONIALE 8.12 H.H. The Sultan of Perak 20 0 INDULT 811 Major
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  • 1203 27  - S.C.C. Surprise The Gordons Hermes GOOD VICTORY IN PADANG SOCCER FRIENDLY W 4 W "M Abbott Shines In An Improved Club Side (By Singapore, Friday. VING tne best game of soccer they have put up for many a long day, the 9n tpt Club scored a great triump when they
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  • 358 27 Clarke Cup Cricket EUROPEANS and The Rest will meet on the padang to-day to battle for the thirteenth time for possession of the Clarke Cup cricket trophy, and interesting cricket during the week-end is promised. This is actually the fourteenth year of the competition, but m
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    7 27 F. M. Adam, S.C.C. clearing his goal.
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  • 302 27 Good Card At New World Singapore, Friday. CAKAMOTO will make an attempt to •5 raise the prestige of Japanetse boxers at the New World Arena on Sunday night when he lights Johnny Morte'l m the main event of a card of four bouts. Mortell. who is a
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  • 25 27 With the object of reducing the number of road accidents, Kingston-by-pass road is to be patrolled by I squad of six police officers on motor-cycles.
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  • 21 27 Sir Malcolm Itaser has become a vicechairman of the Conservative Party Organization. The other vice-chairmen are Lord Windlesham >u\d Lady Falmouth.
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    70 28 Bishop Edwin Lee, extreme left, a of the clergy—Another picture taken at Tuesday's i: ted hr ian Service. Tribune The Governor congratulating Mr H. Raper.one of the Coronation Honours recipients. Mr. Raper received the 0.8.E.. Civil Division, Tribune The Bishop of oBfaptTC extreme "ight w?tb other monbers of tb( Christian
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    4 28 at Wednesday's ceremo Tribune
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