Morning Tribune, 21 March 1938

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 3.— No. 42 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, March 21, 1938. five cents.
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  • 192 1 COUNTERATTACKS LAUNCHED Shanghai, Sunday. CONTINUING their relentless drive on Hsuchow, the Japanese have now reached within 30 miles of Hsuchow and are pounding 10,000 Chinese entrenched south of the great canal at Hanchwang with aeroplanes and artillery. The capture of Hsuchow will not only mean the
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  • 111 1 Blenheim (N.Z.». Sunday. CLOUSTON and Ricketts landed at Blenheim. New Zealand, at 4.57 GMT to-day, thus establishing a new England-New Zealand record of 4 days, 8 hours. 7 minutes, as compared with Jean Batten's 11 d 25 m. Their take-off from Sydney I which they reached
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  • 410 1 -SAYS PROPHETESS WHO IS "NEVER WRONG" woman who -^r?£&«* sM3r ra,s ft A dication of Edward VIII has propi untll 1942 •.urte^mSs b? V the police of BudaPjg- changes ln confiden t words that Ur aSriSS ttSE of'deathl SlJJ** "J? hearers, but .she her.se.f cannot ■arry
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  • 82 1 U.S. Will Resist Mexican Confiscation New York. Mar. 20 Mr Foriah. president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, speaking for four American oil companies operatirg In Mexico, .-aid they were not disposed to stand Idly by and me their vestments confiscated. He indicated tint they will
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  • 190 1 Austrian Purge Brings Terrible Consequences MANY SUICIDES FOLLOW 200,000 Jews Badly Treated Vienna, Sunday. rffll new administration is rapidly A jamming control of every aspect of public life m Austria. There has been a purge m every department of the Administration, particularly m the Police. Hardly any Austrian [police are
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  • 89 1 Warsaw, Sunday. Plate glass windows of several Jewish establishments were smashed to-day and many arrests made for Jew baiting, chiefly by irresponsible youths. President Moscicki in a broadcast speech commemorating Pllsudski, deplo red the attitude of cer^in sections of young people who by sowing chaos, only bfnefitted
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  • 76 1 SPEAKING at a public meeting held m Calcutta, Mr. Subash t 1 Bose. Congress President, de- I plored the lack of discipline 1 amongst Congressmen m Bengal i J and the rampant communalism prevailing m the province, i Mr. Bose also criticised the I administration of the Calcutta
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  • 178 1 JAPANESE BOMB GERMAN CATHEDRAL Hankow, Sunday. DURING the Japanese bombing at Linyi (a strategic point m south Shantung) to-day. over ten bombs hit the German cathedral, which was destroyed. Several German and Chinese priests, m addition to scores of refugees, were wounded. The Bishop said that big German
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    • 33 1 Jon othep raon rage 1 High Seas Drama 2 i S Spore Weddings Labourers Toddy Broadbent's Escape R J K.L. Races ir Home Soccer 19 I Rifle Meeting 22 I Local Cricket 23
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    • 30 1 A WANT MILK THAT KEEPS PERFECTLY J WITHOUT REFRIGERATION ..IN ANY CLEVTE? S THEN GET KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MI\K. kw *HOLE MILK OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE DISTRIBUTORS. j VET/ lIIIOS. A CO,
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  • 531 2 MLEGED 4 a.m. AXE ATTACK TONGKANCS CAPTAIN ASSAILANT NAILED UP IN HOLD WITH CARGO OF FISH 'From Our Own Reporten Ipoh. Saturday. THE thrilling Story cf an attack with an axe at 4 a.m. m a tongkang upon the captain out m the open seas
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  • 44 2 The following passengers by the •Corfu" which left London on Mar. 11 are expected m Malaya:— Mr. W. Rae, Mr H J. Widdows from India: Professor HE. Dyer. Mr. J. N. Rofe, J. O. Strathdee and V. H. Winson from Egypt
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  • 71 2 PLANE SAWN APART TO EXTRICATE PILOT (From Our Own Correspondent* I Bangkok. Sunday. J THE Siamese Air Force has lost three Curtis Hawks inside a week. Two collided m mid-air the pilots parachuting to safety S while a third crashing m a paddy S field. The wreck had to be
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  • 180 2 FINGERPRINTS WHICH DEFIED READING BY EXPERTS 'From Our Own Correspond mt Malacca. Sunday. FOWL thefts m Malacca, especially m Klebang, Limbonggan. Jasin Merlimau. some of the victims of which were Europeans, have reached an alarming rate, said Chief Detective Inspector Martin yesterday at the District Court. A Cantonese. Chan Pak.
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  • 24 2 A meeting of the Johore Comic d State will be held at the Dewan. Jonui Bahru, on Tuesday, of April 5 at iv a.m.
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    80 2 Mr Cheng Lian Song, formerly a well-known local feather and lightweight hover :<nd his br.de. Miss Elizabeth Tal who were married at the Registrar's Office on Saturday before Mr. H. A. Forrer. The attesting witnesses were Messrs. Choo Seng Kay and C. H. Koh. Tribune Mr lim Seng Ghee (brother
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    • 34 2 To Radio Owners. Fcr expert servicing i I of any make of radios I do not fail to ring up 3893 for immediate attention. i i i Prompt and courteous y service. Charges moderate.
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    • 103 2 Kidney Germs Wreck Health Your Kidneys an a marvelous structure Within them ate 9 nillion tiny tubes which t ;»s tilters for the blood. When germ attack them you i Offer from Burning. Itching Passages, Jetting Up Nights," Leg Tains, Dizzinesi, Uheumatism, Lumbago, Nervine. Circles under Eyes or Swollen Ankles,
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    • 30 2 THE PHILIPPINE C(Tel. 4534) CO.. "/fa 330 orchard Kd t *J* DRY CLEANING E SpellS AND DYEING A With SPECIALISTS. fcl fl^/fQ Special machines WflAJif i«r dry cleaning competiiive Prices
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  • 517 3 Stop Toddy Evil To Improve Status Of Labourers, Pleads Lawyer "THEY WILL ONLY TAKE TO SAMSU," i From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Sunday. REFERENCE to the attitude of the Indian Government regarding the problems confronting Indians abroad was made by Mr. C. S. Venkatachar. Agent of the .Government of India,
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  • 107 3 OPEN VERDICT IN EXHUMED BODY INQUEST Singapore, Saturday. IN open verdict was returned by Mr. A W G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, at an inquiry into the death of i Kampong at the S*xtn m»c a* Road on the afternoon of Feb. The body was exumed after wans buried for
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  • 39 3 Married In Surrey On Saturday Sir Malcolm Watson was married at Windlesham, Surrey, to-day to Miss Constance Emelyn Loring, who formerly held an appointment on the researcli staff of the Ross Institute for Tropical Diseases.- Reuter
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  • 28 3 The ambulance was called to the Woodlands Police Station yesterday morning to remove to hospital an Indian womarTwno was reported to have been assaulted by a Chinese woman.
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  • 134 3 Drama Of America's Hoods At The Alhambra FLOODS, raging waters sweeping everything m its way— the destruction of bridges and property— people marooned m their houses as the waters of the Mississippi rise. These are some of the realistic scenes which you will see m -On Such
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  • 138 3 Entertained Prior To Going On Leave Singapore, Saturday. MR L. A. Williams, the Malayan principal of the Prudential Assurance Co Ltd was presented with a gold cigarette case by the Malayan employees of the company at the first representative dinner to be held m Malaya, which
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  • 64 3 FALLING through the asbestos i ceiling from the second floor of i a house m Hokien Street to the I 1 first early yesterday morning, a 1 Chinese of the vagrant class i was removed to hospital by i ambulance bleeding from his J left ear. It
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  • 85 3 WELL-KNOWN VISITOR DUE LT Col. Sir Eric Holt- Wilson is a passenger on board the P. and O steamer "Corfu," which left London on Mar. 11, bound for Singapore. Sir Eric, who is Deputy Commandant of the War Ofliee Constabulary, was associated with the early re-modelling of Singapore's defences. He
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 17 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, Cnina Building, Chulis Str«*t, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 70 3 For Everything m School Books, Stationery Supplies, etc. Go to PETER CHONG' S "j Educational Suppliers, Printers, etc. m U por; S Ci «0 g HAIR Remove! Dandruff. SB Prevents Falling-hair JIM and corrects disorders >k ef the scalp. m Wm To restore new hair- 'SB growth ask ycur CheL
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    • 87 3 NOTICE. The Public is hereby notified that my son Chong Thian Keng, son of the late Mr' Chung Koo of Taiping, has married one Miss Yong Kheng Yoke again** my 'TThercfole do not recognise the said Yong Kheng Yoke as my lawful daußhter-in-law and forbid her under any rircum.su. ncev
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    • 33 3 I HORSE HEAD I BRAND o J»* MADE IN BURMA I II UUAHAXTEEI* 100% r w* law II ■Bill I l^ll I I H\RPKR. GILFILLAN CO., LTD. ,1 Singanore, Ku-la Lumpur. Pe:.ang. f
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 61 3 Law Notice For 'May Before the Chief Justice m Ist Court at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers, Petition for Admission of Solicitor In Chambers, Judgment Notice, Judgment Summons and Petition of Course. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell a 11 am. Originating Summonses. Before Mr. Justice Milla m Lnd Court at 11 eih.
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    • 82 3 MUAR NAN YANG HOTEL AGENTS. Express Service 3 times daily. 1 HAI CHEW HOTEL, 33. Beach Road Singanore, Tel: 3015 2 NAN YANG HOTEL, 41, Jalan Maha rani. Muar. Tel. 156 3. NAN CHANG HOTEL, 84, Dunga Kaya, Malacca. Tel: 'JZ 1 Btotenoie to Muar. Malacca Iz XL at 7.00
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 120 4 London. Mar. 19. wrM ru Previous To-day Change HUBBEm Quiet Steady Reller* 6 13.16 6 13 16 Ist' Forward (April) Buyers 6-"» 4 TU ,r Sellers 6 13 16 6 13 lo Brd Forwrrd (July^ept.) Buyers 6 13 10 M% +JIJJ London. Mar. 19. PALM OIL (Malaya) To
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    • 115 4 London. Mar 13 Diallers Previous To-day Chang, Dunlop Rubber General Electric &p b 7- Imperial Chemical Industrie* 26 9 Imperial Tobacco 28 9 Anglo-Dutch 9fi n 63 Canadian Pacific 22 6 London Tin "q 53 4 Rubber Plan Investment Tnul 2 9 3 I 1 -rV 2
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    • 61 4 T.T. c/n Paris (closing middle rate) 161 31 161 37 5"5 n /closing middle rate* 8.97 15 16 Unchanged r.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) i 2' 8 Unchanged TT. on HongJ-'.v (closing selling rate) 13 Unchanged T.T. on Japan cv-sing selling rate) 1 31 32 Unchanged IT.
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    • 24 4 JW Standard London. Mar. 19. i j Previous To-day Change Snot (a fternoop closing price) £184 s Closed Forward £184' 2 Closed
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    • 9 4 Fine h^r oci oi. £7-0-2 *•> ?1 -0-5*
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    • 51 4 ROBBEB New York. Mar. 18. devious To-day Chang Tone I Steady Bpot Buyers 2 13 1H6 +3 16 7 SeUers 135 1313 16 -3 16 July/Sept. Buyers 13 1116 13 15 16 4-% Beilers 13' 14 116 3 16 HN Tone Easy Steady 41 4P rf 3
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  • 75 4 London, Mar. 20. The money market failed to be disturbed by the uncertainty prevailing m various parts of Europe and borrowers; found loans freely obtainable at cheap rates. Discount brokers were favoured I by a further increase oi their allotments m treasury bills although the average rate was
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  • 268 4 NO "RELIGIOUS LIPSTICK" Chelmsford THE Church of England has D learnt the dubious art of 'dressing the shop window." the Bishop of Chelmsford writes m the Chelmsford Diocesan Chronicle, referring to the recen: report of the Archbishops' Common Christian Doctrine. "No doubt it reflects that national characteristic which detests make-bt-lieve.
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  • 822 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Singapore, Mar. 19. 1 p.m. Ampat 36 41 t Asam Kumbang 28- 30Austral Malay 46 50 -n'om Ayer Hitam 2 1 22-xd Aver Weng o.6O 0 70 Bangrin Tin 21 22 Batu Selangor 1.37 x 42 Burma Malay 20 9 21|6cd Chenderiang 15 16 Hitam
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  • 153 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Saturday. Buyers Sellers Ampat 3;6 4|Batu Selangor 135 140» Hongkong Tin 18 19 -cd Hong Fatt 105 108 Jelebu 0.72 0.77 Kramat 10 6 11,6 Kamunting Tin 9- Killinghall 15,6 16 6cd Katu Tin 22|- 23Kuchai 1.10 115 Larut 10- 11Lingui Tin 1.15 1.25xd London Tin
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  • 26 5 London. Saturdayy. Sterling on New York 4.9f5 4 Paris 161 2 Gold 140|5ft Silver, spofl 20 9 16; forward 2V n British Official Wirelesa
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  • 204 5 Maynard Co. Ltd. $30,000 g IQS nQm SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102 4' 2 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 4ft% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31. Sept. 30 1» 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000 norn
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    • 222 5 X R LEVY CO. Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore. MMttaumr Bankert and Brokers m Securities and CommodMee. Daxti foreign Market Cable and Quotation Service. Members: MEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARE
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    • 243 6 DONT MISS THE GRANDEST FUN SHOW EVER FILMED PAVILION 645-945 To-Night "NOT A DULL MOMENT— A HUGE SI CCESS" says Tribune (Thurs.) W rk m owo wit W owt,fw d °V Sp™fl r lovt'i o m.«hty fvnInttood of n»o l N nov»» foil m j ond yoo wont to ip«nd
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    • 342 6 1 S CAPITOL TO-NICHT 6-15 9-15 j m n to town ih m*QZiwTM» L-k,^k rorW s dixnest dancing l J*♦ L J-k^^^y^i mW/W I W( >rd m last laughs KM 1 AY^mmW and lavish enS W -^L^lfcL^ .^mWWW i i Nt^F pflV^" t "^lli"*^ screom/ng sfory se* »o i i
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    • 130 7 MARLBOROUGH Mi TO-NIGHT 9.15 I JANMA BHOOMI CeatUrtni Devika Hani and Ashok I Kumar I THEATRE ROYAL 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 I Last two shows! DEVIKA RANI In _^ACHHUT KANYA To-morrow M arkandly.v I i I J Opening Shortly. I j AT THE CAPITOL I I j _____________WWW_W\Wts^A Ww r Vi.
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    • 165 7 BKOI'GHT BACK BY PUBLIC DEMAND— MIGHTIESI SPECTACLE OP nil DECADE NEXT CHANCE ALHAMBRA HHHTTVVIHHPFf[r a HK9S II N• W I*l T M J2f M I A^ 1 nhinmii i 1 ■JMf1 i nH ■hi rnw_u____yA^i Sfc^s I fißiliin mitt I I i___w*^r I 1 I^^^ i if Hi t A^d^j!^
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  • 390 8 PILOT FINDING HIM, DROPS MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION I 4ST seen on Thursday at about 12.15 a.m. heading m an eastern lAM seen on »i Timor islands, and a short while L du-ettion towards Wlmm m**— Braadbent the Australater doubling U* •JWJ g^K fli ht from Lvmpnc to
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  • 1533 8 F. N. Pay Bonus To Whole Staff YEAR'S PROFIT OF $400,000 WAS BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR'S Singapore, Saturday. STRIKING a note of confidence Mr. W. H. MacGregor m his speech at the annual general meeting of the company, expressed the view that 1938 was likely to be a year of
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  • 1046 8 Malayan Collieries Make $656,948 Profit Increase In Quantity Of Coal Sold From Our Own Reporter' Kuala Lumpur. Saturday A FINAL dividend of 7 1 per cent., making 16 per cent, for the yea: announced proposal of Malayan Collieries m their report for Unending Dec. 31. 1937. This dividend is based
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  • 305 9 A ngmeer Issues A Supplies Getting Very London. a A WARNING that the world i> running short of lead, nickel j and iron was given by Dr. William Cullen m his presidential address to the Institution of Chemical Engineers I here. It was generally realised, he
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  • 351 9 NO PUPPET GOVT. IN NANKING YET: FEW WANT TO HOLD OFFICE FORMATION of a puppet National Govr ernment m Nanking, modelled after the legitimate one set up which was scheduled for March 1 has been postponed to a later date owing to difficulty m securing P^sonjjo become Cabinet Ministers and
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  • 172 9 Britain And Rearmament London. REARMAMENT is leading the country into a financial maze almost as impenetrable as the diplomatic tangie which gave it birth, according to an article m the "Economist." It is pointed out that the Chai csllor of the Bxchequer will be faced wi 'h'" problem of raising
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  • 373 9 SAW 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL BAYONETED: Old Refugee Wants To Forget CHANG Chung-teh is 1 65-year-old man who had lived m a little village near Chang-hsin, Kiangsu. for more than twenty years until he had to flee. Old Chang was Living with his daughterl«M 1n... ~t «1 L« .......^'l rl.. 1111 11l
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  • 111 9 Belgrave THE Belfast Harbour airport, claimed to be one of the finest m the United Kingdom, if to be opened by Mrs. Neville Chamberlain, Wife of the Prime Minister The ah port, which is constructed on a great tract of land reclaimed from the sea, has
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    • 51 9 THE FRIENDLY ffl. I iUH la* fj I w3f If SPIRIT JIL PjmmWmmW Mm^mW m. M M*' 1 ,1- V Vi M NT ME NT L^SSfV J tyh ft cofl^ TCI L p £|1 j ■a i^w m DEWARS The Famous H Wl^JLab€*^ A^TsSiiiie, Darby Co. Ltd.Ntcißi mm** hwww W?.S
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  • 341 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Sinigapore: Monday, Mar. 21, 1938. A MALAYAN UNIVERSITY rpHE opportunity was taken at t he annual dinner of the Raffles College Union at the Sea View Hotel last week to draw attention once again to the need for the establishment of a Malayan University m Singapore. The Tribune
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    24 10 Digging a car from the deep drifts on Crete Road on the Kent Downs over looking Folkestone f ollowiu* a eccn snowfall. Planet News
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  • 956 10 AUSTRALIANS AT HOME A MYTH EXPLODED THE Australian myth, strengthened by the War and the subsequent observations of transient visitors, is not easily dispelled. All Australians are not sunburnt stockmen: they are not all interested m Bradman; nor do they all speak m that strange variant of Cockney which has
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  • 403 11 MAKING HAWAII A HORNET'S PLAN FOR UNDERGROUND HANGARS PROGRESS OF WORK ON WORLD'S I LARGEST AERODROME Honolulu. A PLAN to build huge underground h angars f or warplanes on Oahu. the Hawaiian Island destined to become the "Gibraltar of the Pacific," is being considered by United
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  • 212 11 Body Found Black By Sydney. Mar. 3. TN Summer Hill, a suburb Sydney, a 1 mother's dream saved the hie 01 her year-old baby. ar Edward Hamilton, aged one >ear nearly lost his life, when three year-old sister, Gloria, filled his bath with water. Ammm nrP
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    21 11 Miss Ellen Wilkinson. Member of Parliament, with Mr. J. *-_&*—> Member of Parliament, busy m conversation at the House Commons Planet News
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  • 257 11 Improvement Mercantile Marine London. A MARKED improvement m the position of the Mercantile Marine due to the Government's rearmament programmme was reported at the annual meeting of King George's Fund for Sailors at the Mansion House, London. The Lord Mayor. Sir Harry Twyford. presided Admiral Sir Aubrey Smith, presenting the
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  • 29 11 Canada's export trade m fisheries products m the first nine months of 1937 reached a total value of $20.*****0. an increase of 13 per cent, over a year ago.
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  • 122 11 International Function At Ipoh ARRANGEMENTS are m hand for an international Trade Fair to be i held at the Jubilee Park. Ipoh from April 30. stalls will be available, applications for which i should be mad; to the hon. secretary. Mr. T Heng Lui. before the middle of
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    • 80 11 X > **t*%_fe m\dT^'Wl^mmZ^^mm m^M him: DANCE at the Capitol Restaurant Music by KURT BLACH his Orchestra WEDNESDAY FRIDAY. S P.M. To MidniKht. NO ADMISSION CHARGE. L- SPECIALIZING: Ocular Muscle anomalies rossed ]S^d^| eyes. Complicated cases of defective lk Jr*' vision. Glasses if needed. i R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.S. (Dr.
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  • 113 12 SCHOLARS BUILD SCHOOL IN MINIATURE Young students of the Model Making Department of the Ealing School of Art. Warwick Road (London) are making a model school complete with dozens of tiny chairs and desks, every one of which has to be separately made and fitted together, to be put on
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  • 137 13 'he^e fine model sailing ships form the "schooner section" of the Southend lodel Yacht Club and are voyaging on the lake at Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea. Essex. Planet News In brilliant Spring sunshine, the annual Motor-Cycle Scramble of the Bermondsey Motor-Cycling (Tub took place at Kingsdown Park, Kent.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 41 13 YOU WILL FIND THE LARGEST SELECTIONS Of DIAMOND RINGS BRACELETS BROOCHES, etc AT Rene I LLMVW o WHERE ijL.iUTY u»d VALUE AKS TKADIIIOitAL. Jhe Best is to come and ?ee at RENE ULLMANN JEWKLLIUU. Raffles Place, olNtiAi'OUE. Opened daily including Saturdays
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    712 14 Some Useful Ideas For Using Up Awkward IN nearly every, house, there are corners, window recesses ai7»l Tether dd spaces which, far too often, remain bare expanses of wall, instead of being converted into useful or decorative fit- i ments. To do this is so simple, for the
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  • 424 14 CARE OF YOUR FLOORS YOUR floors can either add materially to the appearance of your home, or they can completely spoil it by looking, shabby, carelessly polished, or by having carpets and mats on them that look as if they have not had a thorough cleaning lor a long, long
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 50 14 A click of the switch liis I a I a V R i^ta eLXXW mmmm PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER We invite you to call at our offices m River Valley Road or at the MuniciPJ Electric showroom at Coleman St. to view the air-conditioned demonstrate room. Sole Agents W.P.S. 119 A
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  • 1157 15 Tasteful Arrangement Of The Right Furniture Will Do Much To Create An Illusion Of Space IN furnishing your house the first thing I I to do is to plan the arrangement of your furniture according to the purpose for which it is required m given
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 27 15 I MAISON PERMj 1 Telephone 4610 j takes pleasure m announcing t the OPENING of their new ultra-modern and j Am-CONDITIONED Ladles Hairdresslng Saloon 79, Stamford Road.
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    • 48 15 1 Maison Marcelle j permanent a3™P"K Wave J I TrT GUr ialfM i ¥3^2^ nomt-windin, S Wv^ o system i S \^T^<*A 35 Stamford Md. 1 C Tel. 4807 Prop. J SOOY. I m\~ A *"^~**^g I Fr^»Tr 1 1 111 a Saw V/^H I 111 1 ■*Jv^y*'^
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 388 16 BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA. LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Tonnage Spore Tonnage Spore BEHAR 6.000 Mar. 23* BURDWAN 6.070 May 7 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Mar. 25 RANCHI 17.000 May 20 CORFU 15.000 Apr. 8 RAJPUTANA 17,000 June 3 SOUDAN 6.500 Apr. 8 SOMALI 6.800 June CHITRAL 15.000 Apr. 22 NALDERA 16,000 June
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    • 429 16 BRITISH IMDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. I FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA TILA W A I I MAR. 24, AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon and Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China and Japan interchangeable with P and
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  • 30 17 n« v.- motor vehicle nlca m Canada during the flrst ten months of 1937 were valued at 1130,453,875, an Increaae of 28 pei cent, over the corresponding period Of 1936.
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  • 24 17 Asbestos production m Canada during the ttrst ten months of ly*l7 totalled 342.502 tons compared with 242,556 tons In the corresponding period of 1936.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 243 17 IBUHXS PIIILP LIKE. I (Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS roo^xr, Due Sails. il -ERKLR Mar. 29 Apr. 2 <J MARELLA Apr. 30 May 3 f special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the lOilowing rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
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    • 254 17 N. Y. K. LINE r GENERAL PASSENGERS AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated ln Japan). To LONDON via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. tm.s. TERUKUNI MARU Mar. 30 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Apr 14 1 s.s. HARUNA MARU Apr. 28 Rates to lst Class 2nd class Naples $574 $621
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 159 17 j POSTAL INTELLIGENCE j p i i i i p>- 1 j j _p» i_w STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES TO-DAY FOR t>»d Sarawak (generally! Bintulu K ER r DATE AND TIME U.S.A. Western Aircraft "Circe" 21 8 am Canada Western ator Maru 21 9 a.m. Hongkong Xatori Maru jj 21 9
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    • 128 17 SHIPS IN DOCK HITS ALONGSIDE THE WHAKVIS OK EXPtCTCD TO ARRIVE i Entrance Exit Ship Oodown (iate Gate Rohna 22 1 I Hai Lee 20 1 1 Sarpedon 18 2 3 Gewant; 16 I 3 Kinta 15 2 3 Menelau.s 14 2 3 Katori Maru 11 2 3 Eurybates 9
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  • 1713 18 SATURDAY'S A Dead -Heat lit The Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. FINE weather and a large gathering witnessed an enjoyable afternoon's sport when the Selangor Turf (tub's Spring professional rare meeting was brought to a successful close with the running off of the third and final card of
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  • 131 18 BOAT RACE PROSPECTS FAIRLY EVEN London. March 18. OXFORD rowed their first full i trial over the Boat Race COUI day m 19 m:ns 44 sees. The two tiials show that the crew! exceedingly well matched Unlike Cambridge. Oxford wretched conditions. There mi strong wind as they started and In
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  • 125 18 Paris, Mar. 19 A MEETING of the International Lawn Tennis Federation decided that "if a ball, thrown m the air for service, touches the ground before being hit by the racket it shall count as a fault." The proposal to allow ton. open to both amateurs
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  • 42 18 London, Batui Lord Burghlev. presiding at the nual meeting of the Amrul At hiAssociation, refused to allow discus of the general committee's resolution regard to the Tokio Olympics, wmwas previously stated to be oppf BritLsh participation Reuter Wireless
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  • 1376 19 CUP TIES IN SCOTLAND Revised League r'O of the four Scottish Cup fourth round ties played on Saturday were drawn, necessitating replays. Sides which won through were the Rangers and St. Bernards the latter accounting for Motherwell. Results of English and Scottish League matches, as cabled
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  • 73 19 Singapore, Saturday. A clerk m the Bankruptcy Office. Malacca, T. E. Williams, a Christian Tamil was brought up this morning before Mr. E. C. G. Barrett the Third Magistrate, on a charge of criminal breach of trust as a Rublic servant m respect of $600. The alleged offence
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  • 388 19 Scotland England Ren wick (try) 3 Parker (penalty) 3 Parker (penalty) 3 Ren wick (try) 3 Dick (try) 3 Unwin (try) 3 Shaw (try) 3 Half-time: 12 9 Reynolds (drop) 4 Crawford (penalty 3 Crawford (penalty 3 Parker (penalty) 3 Shaw (try) 3 j Result n 16
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  • 217 19 SECOND DIVISION SOCCER PLAYING better soccer II M.S. Terror beat the Indian Association by four goals to one In the Second Division of the S.A.F.A. League, at the Depot on Saturday. Good forward play combined with an equally stubborn defence was the chief feature of the Navy team. The Indians,
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  • 70 19 London, Mar. 18. AT Ashbridge, Hertfordshire. Henry Cotton, playing on his home course, won tile Southern section of the qualifying competition for the Daily Mail £2.000 processional tournament, the funis of which will .be played m Newcastle on April 6. 7 and 8. Cotton with 69—69, was
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  • 295 19 Calcutta Cup Rugby International At Twickenham London, Saturday. AT Twickenham to-day m glorious weather, before a gathering of 70,000 spectators including Their Majesties, Scotland beat England by 21 16, thus regaining the Calcutta Cup and winning the championship for the first time since 1933. The
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  • 119 20 Christmas Trees For Honolulu Vancouver. Canada. H7HEN the "Empress of Canada" clear- ed from the dock here on Nov 27 it carried a cargo of 4.500 Christmas trees which had been shipped to Honolulu to bring joy to the hearts of the white population living there. Based on this shipment
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  • 925 20  - FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore. Mar. 19. 1 pm Company Dividend Total fcr SEVERE REVERSES FOR THE m Linyi District. As a result of Chinese successes here, it is claimed, the Japanese centre has been shaken, and the centre of fighting has shifted 60 miles from Linyi. News
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    • 1021 20 [on the radio I 1 BRITISH EMPIRE Radio-Colonial France PROGRAMME Wavelength 19.68 metres (15.243 ket). o .a- or, 6.20 p.m. Gramophorue Records. TransmLssion 2^-6.05 p.m^.i& rj Q$ TaJk Qn Current French pm. GSJ 13.93 metres (UJi mcs), Events In Greek by Mr. Apostolis. GSH 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); GSG ?2Q
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    • 481 20 Cf PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C Singapore Station On 225 Metres I fi no nm —Malay Music <Gramo- and "All Gods Chillun got rhythr. k Lhn'tiA Records) "Tempet Pringetan." [Sung by Turner Layton and Quartette Miis Jacoba Regar. "T>men Sekola." "The World is Waiting for the Sunnse MLss Eulis
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  • 74 21 Many Japanese Killed In Honan Revolt AVER 600 Mongolian troops under the command of Chi Feng-hung, have mutinied against the Japanese forces at Tohsien m north Honan. according to military advices received here to-day. The mutineers, it is reported, disorganised the rear of the Japanese forces who were
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  • 119 21 Newark, New Jersey, Mar. 20. "G" men made an arrest m connection with the kidnapping of Peter Levine. The arrested man is Stanley Thomas Jasosky, aged U9, who is held on $25,000 bail. He was charged with attempted extortion and gaoled m Jersey City.
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  • 198 21 Barcelona, Sunday. PORTY buildings were destroyed m two Nationalist air raids at Tarragona to-day. states a Ministry of Defence communique. Eighteen bodies have so far been recovered and about 50 are known to have been injured. Several OiStricts and provinces m Tarragona and Castellon were also
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  • 89 21 Violent disorders broke out m Vienna and throughout \ustria when Nazis vented their fur> against Chancellor Schuschnigg's plebiscite on the question of a irci* German Austria." There were clashes between Nazis and workers vi.d Schu^chnisg supporters m many parts of the city, and :hcie were a number of
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  • 188 21 Fis reported that Chinese fishing companies are being formed m Singapore to deal with the demand that has arisen for fish, as a result of the partial boycott of fish caught by Japanese. One such company has been formed, and
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  • 68 21 Singapore, Saturday. Messrs S. E. Levy and Co, Singapore have received cabled news from Manila m «l. n f,.l h.M'HW, llfWn L;iVJlJli LUC ILUIUVWIIfc l^utu). Last Bale Pries Previous To-day Pesos Antamok DJI 0 495 Atok o *j<; unquoted coco Drove 0.51 04<j Consolidated Mines 0.011
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  • 112 21 Reading THE War Office ha decided to recruit between 800 and 800 cooks, arrorto an announcement made by Dame i Oliver, the well-known authority on Red CTOSfI work m a speech here "Of .these only 200 will be ordinary cooks," aid Dame Beryl The real will be hospital
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  • 462 22 HEAVY RAIN INTERFERES V Co., S. V. C Singapore, Sunday. ALTHOUGH heavy rain W* A perienced m other parti XiB ,Vmirp to-day the annual nne SnSSftaMta meeting of B Com«.nv SVC was successfully comfft& at tie Bukit Timah range without any interference with the programme
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  • 525 22 Singapore. Saturday. ST Joseph's Institution beat an B.C.C. eleven at cricket fairly comfortably when they got their opponents out for 106 and collected the necessary runs lor thc loss of only six wickets S.C.C. C. H. Olivier C Eber bS. Ortega 51 L. V Roife c J.
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  • 99 22 London. Mar. 19. AS a result of the Dorset Hotel Landlord's dream that Mythical Ray and Delachance will win the Lincolnshire and Grand National respectively, which has been made public all over the country, bookmakers are inundated with bets and stand to lose
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  • 109 22 Results Of Principal Matches London. Saturday. TO-DAY'S principal rugby matches resulted as follows: Blaekheath 5, Birkenhead Park 13. Bristol 13. United Services 5. Coventry 32, Moseley 6. Devonport S. 5, Plymouth A. 6. Headingley 6, Oxford U 8. Leicester 20. Bath 3. Newport 6, Gloucester 8. Northampton 23.
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  • 39 22 M. SZABADOS, world table tennis champion will meet Lee Chun Kai, Singapore champion, at the Happy World on March 22, at 8 p.m. nnd Y. Kelen will play Loh Kum Soon. Doubles matches will also be played.
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  • 127 22 TRIBUNE TIPSTER'S SUCCESS miARCVS SUPERBUS", the Tribune I" racing tipster, following consistent tipping for the first and second days of the Kuala Lumpur race meeting, had amazing success with his selections for the last day on Saturday. Here is proof of it. his selections as given m Saturday mornine's oaper
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  • 259 22 Singapore. Saturday TIES played this afternoon m the t V.M.C.A. tennis tourney resulted M follows: Open Men's Singles Chua Choon Leong beat Roy Smith. 6—2. 6—2. Handicap Mixed Doubles Mrs. D. W. Archer and J. S. Fisher plus 3> beat Miss S. M. Wong and T C.
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  • 1438 23 [easy for the Seven Wickets Singapore. Sunday HE S.C.C. easily beat thc Gordons at cricket to-day on the Padang by 7 I ketfl and 5 runs. The Gordons did hi tare very well though Lt. Duke and [a ior Graham made useful scores. den Bosch took
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  • 445 23 Ex-Malayan Tennis Champion To Play At Wimbledon? MRS. K. M.I.INS PLANS ANOTHER Perak tennis player will, it is understood, compete m the Wimbledon championships. Mrs. E. X Mini. Malayan and Perak title holder for several years, has left for England with Mr. E K. Mini, manager of Gloucester Estate. Teluk
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  • 21 24 o. Mar. 19. national t- -CommunlcaConference has decided to maintatus quo for extra European plain language cable rates.— er.
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  • 53 24 Sin Saturday. Convicted and sentenced to 13 months rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge on a charge of being found m possession of 300 tahils of non-Government chandu. Tan Ah Nee. a middle aged Chinese, appealed unsuccessfully against the conviction and sentence before the Chief Justice, Mr. P.
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  • 96 24 Prague. lr h THERE are expectations that contemplated concessions to the three and half millions of Germans m Czechoslovakia by the Government far towards meeting the German claims for autonomy. P I'nder the plan the Cabinet discussed yesterday Germans weald given 22 per cent, representation m
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  • 19 24 Belfast, Mar. 20. Ireland beat England 1 0 m the hockey international and „etained the championship.
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  • 184 24 Statement Expected Tim. Week London. Sunday THIRTY questions on the order paper of the Commons for Monday addressed to the Prime Minister relate to foreign affairs. He will be asked to make a statement on the progress of the Rome conversations, and negotiations among members of the non-intervention
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  • 77 24 London. Sunday Miss Margaret Bondfield. the Minister of Labour, and the only who to date has held Cabinet Britain, retired to-day from the poi Chief Woman Officer of the n•• anion of general and municipal w< after 42 years as union organia Drder to devote more time
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  • 72 24 London. Sunday The Kings Cup Air race, to be flow on July 2, will this year be more spectacular than usual, since the W« :overs 1,000 miles m twenty equal lapsand the spectators are able to watch uw progress of each lap. The race starts and
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  • 51 24 Hankow. Mar Before the present hostilities, sta a Sin Chew Jit Poh message, the voiuir of banknotes issued by the Ban k Japan was 1.200.000,000. but owing J increasing difficulties the Japanese i ernment are seeking lo Increi 700.000,000 to be backed by cunw similar to unredeemable
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  • 46 24 London. Sum The Agriculture Minister. Mr M >r son, at a farmers" meeting, said th) Government had a plan for a swiuover to emergency agricultural »»r k tion should the emergency occur, the Government would not hesitate nut this nl.in In o Deration. British Official Wireless
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    • 170 24 v- A. S. GILES. I S CIVIL, NAVAL AND MILITARY TAILOR AND OUTFITTER 1 No 6. The Arcade Singapore. PHONE 79!»4. THE TAILOR. JUST UNPACKED /7^^Q^^^\ a most fascinating collection of NAVY BLUE I\V Xv and WHITE toqu^ the new cloches, sailors J k |M VUth off-faces, open-crowns m over
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