Morning Tribune, 25 March 1938

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 3— No. 46. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, -M-.irch 25, 1938. FIVE CENTS.
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    "BRITAIN WILL FIGHT IF NECESSARY"
    971 1 "BRITAIN WILL FIGHT IF NECESSARY" PREMIER 'S IMPOR TANT DECLARA HON London, Thursday "DEACE is the greatest interest of the British Empire. That does not mean that nothing can make us fight," declared the Premier, Mr. Chamberlain, to-day in the Commons when making a declaration on the British attitude towards
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    FRANCO TAKES TOLL
    68 1 FRANCO TAKES TOLL London, Thursday. ILL available men in the Republican zone of Aragon have been mobilised to erect fortifications in the path of Franco's advance. Meanwhile the Nationalists are continuing to drive wedges in Republican territory round Huesca, along the River Ebro, following recent victories hereabouts. Thousands of Nationalists
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    TSIN-PU JAPAN'S WATERLOO
    555 1 Shanghai, Thursday. IN an effort to avenge their failure to I reach Hsuchow down the Tsin-Pu line, all available Japanese forces have been diverted to a new triangular attack on the following lines. Continue the pressure southward to Tsin-Pu. cross the Yellow River at Kaifeng then east
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    Rubber Quota Increases Asked For
    94 1 Colombo, Thursday. CONSIDERING that the 120,000 tons rubber quota represents the country's 1939 productive capacity, the Ceylon Government have decided to inform the Secretary of State for the Colonies that this quota is essential for any extension of the restriction agreement. The Government have also
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    CHINA'S WATERWAYS: BRITISH VIEW
    110 1 London, Thursday. IN the Commons to-day, Mr. Butler 1 (Under Secretary) said that attention had been drawn to a press report of an announcement issued jointly oy the Japanese diplomatic, military and naval authorities in Shanghai that no hips were to ply in Chinas internal waterways
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    AUSTRALIA DOUBLES DEFENCE PROGRAMME
    122 1 CANBERRA. THURSDAY MR. LYONS TO-DAY or^a— V S«S oTiy £5,00.000 on the Am,. n h r;ea rS wH.he^.ooo. The Government is buyingjrom Britain two cruisers completed in 1936 and will hand over the seaplane carrier -Albatross" to offset a portion of the C °The Government plans
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    NO RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN CHINA WAR
    245 1 INTERVIEW WITH DR. SUN FO London. Thursday nR. SUN FO arrived here to-day by air U from Paris. Interviewed by Reuter. he said, referring to his recent visit to Moscow that Russia regarded the war in the Far Eaat with great anxiety, but at
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    INDIA IS WITH BRITAIN "IN ANY CONFLICT"
    107 1 Bombay, Thursday. IN an important statement on Congress policy to-day, one of the most prominent of the Congress leaders expressed surprise that it was anywhere suggested that Congress would take the opportunity of British pre-occupations elsewhere in order to embarrass the Empire by
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      42 1 T UN OTHER TaGEsT Page European Motorist Charged 2 Medicine Man On Trial 2 Child Scorched To 1 Death 2 Well-known Resident Dead 3 Bishop's Tribute i To Chinese 7 I Bong Soo v. Tilden 22 J i Div. I Soccer 2'
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    "MIGHT HAVE DOZED" AT WHEEL
    1299 2 /European Motorist On Trial At Assizes RICKSHA PULLER DIES IN GROVE ROAD SMASH MAGISTRATE GIVES EVIDENCE Singapore, Thursday. rAT he probably dozed off for a second or two, and this might have caused a slight zig-zagging as seen by Mr. L. C. Goh was the
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    AT THE ALHAMBRA
    113 2 "Partners In Crime" Is Good Entertainment PARTNERS IN CRIME", which had a premiere at the Alhambra Theatre, last night, is excellent light comedy entertainment in which Roscoe Karns and Lynne Overman share the chief honours. Overman is seen as a private detective while Karns plays the role
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    Whirlpool Claims Victim
    121 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar. Thursday. A SECOND drowning tragedy was reported to the Enggoi Police, at the week-end when a Hylam coffee-shop keeper lost his life in the Perak River. It is gathered that on the afternoon of Saturday the young man was having a
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    Chinese Junk Escapes From Jap Warships
    174 2 A Drama Of The Sea Told In Singapore ONLY the bare cetails of a voyage of great hazard and risk by a crew of a Chinese junk escaping from two Japanese warships in waters off Hainan Island were available when the s.s. Medusa, a
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    Medicine Man Charged With Attempted Murder
    549 2 FORMERLY LIVED WITH WOMANCOMPLAINANT <From Our Own Reporter) Teluk Anson, Thursday. PALE and frail looking, a Trengganu woman, named Raja Aimoon binte Raja Abas was the central figure of a crowded court of Malays in the preliminary inquiry in which a Malay medicine-man Yunus
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    BALL HITS CRICKETER ON EYE
    79 2 Mr. F. A. da Silva was badly injured by a cricket ball during practice on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. He suffered a deep gash just on the right eyebrow and was rendered extremely shocked and semi-conscious. The impact must have been terrific, judging from the
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    34 2 Mr. Roland Lyne will be the speaker at the Y.M.C.A. Fortnightly Club meeting to be held on Monday next, Mar. 28 at 9.30 a.m. at the Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay, his subject being "European Travels."
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    Child Scorched To Death Before Mother
    196 2 (From Our Own Reporter) S Seremban. Thursday HAPPINESS one moment and tragedy shortly afterwards i that was the fate of an In- dian woman in the Rahang l area on Sunday. There she was fondling and playing with i her three-months-old baby £iri when
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    AT THE CAPITOL
    135 2 "Man-Proof" Is Excellent Fare 'MYRNA LOY and Franchot Tone are lfl an excellent pair in any picture. and when the picture happens to be made by a reputable firm like M-G-M the result can only be excellent. In "Man-Proof," the M-G-M picture featuring these two, together with
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    45 2 Paris, Mai It is considered significant that i and Britain are both Appealing sections of the community to pull gether for the purpose of bu strong defence systems. The meej between Trades Unions and the P r< mier is viewed with sympathetic terest.- Reuter Wireless
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. B.W.SWYNY
    143 3 TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. B. W.SWYNY WELL-KNOWN LOCAL RESIDENT Till: death took place under tragit- circumstances last night at about 9 o'clock of Mr. B. W. Swyny. a well-known local resident, at his house in Cireen Lane, off Tanjong Katong Koad. A report was made to the police by one
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    Raffles College Diploma Examination Results
    447 3 Raffles College Diploma Examination Results THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS 1 EXAMINATIONS FOR 1938:— F THE RAFFLES COLLEGE DIPLOMA DIPLOMA IN ARTS Class I. Miss M I. Boswell, Paul Chang Ming Phang, Oon Khye Kiang, Tan Soo Chye. Class 11. Colin Roger Deans. Miss Emma Ferroa, Idris bin Babjee, Miss
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    TOWN'S HEALTH
    169 3 Statement Of Singapore Municipality THE Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Mar. 19 shows that there were 203 deaths, compared with 227 in the previous week, and with 207 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were:-* Beri-beri 8; Phthisis 23;
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    STABBED BECAUSE HE MADE TOO MUCH NOISE!
    215 3 Singapore, Thursday. *S a result of a stabbing affray which A occurred at about IWJ JO Jan. 8 last in Jurong Road, a Chinese rubber tapper named Lee Ah Heng faced trial to day in the Criminal District Court before Mr. H. A.
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    FIGHTING AMAZONS CAUSE RIOT!
    111 3 'From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Thursday. NEARLY 200 people saw yesn terday evening two Chinese women battling with fists at Jonker Street to the accompaniment of tooting of horns from cars, buses and lorries, which had to stop on either side of the road for a
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    EX-CHINESE CONSUL'S FATHER DECLINES PRESIDENCY OF BOGUS NANKING GOVT.
    146 3 AN items of news of particular Interest to Singapore has been cropping up recently and was recaaled by a Sin Cnew jit Poh telegram received last night trom Hankow. It referred to Mr. Tong Shiu Yi, fathci ot Mr Tong Lao,
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      109 3 HORSE HEAD BRAND Iff* ZT <4HD& MAPt IN BURMA GUARANTEED 100% HIIITISII II Mill i; GII.FII.I.AN CO.. LTD. Singapore. Km. hi Lumpur. IV. mc MUAR NAN YANG HOTEL AGENTS. Express Service 3 times dally. 1 HAI CIIE'.V HOTEL, 85, Beach Road Singanore. Tel; 3015 2. NAN YANG HOTEL, 41. Jalan
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      167 4 London. Mar. 24. RUBBER Previous Stead v To-day Easv Change Tone Spot 1st Forward (April) 2nd Forward (May) fii Buyers Seller* °» Buyers « 8eUers S'lTifi Buyers ° 5 lb Sellers 6 ;« 6 3 16 6 5 16 6 3 16 6
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      82 4 1 Previous London. To-day Mar. 24. Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 162.81 161.93 — .88 T.T. IVT. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate* on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 8.97 5 16 Is. 2' 8 8.97 1 16 Unchanged 4 T.T. T.T. T.T. on HOBffr*) (closing selling
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      METAL MARKET
      24 4 JIN standard Lonaon. Mar. 24. Previous To-day Chang* Spot (afternoon closing price) £184 £1344 ■H4 Forward £184 1 4 £184 3 4
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      BULLION MARKET
      33 4 GOLD Fine bar oez 01. SILVER Spot 4 n forward Previous £7-0-l 1 2 20 5 16 20 London, To-day £7-0-l! 2 203 3 20> 8 Mar. 24. Chan'" -1 16
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      60 4 RUBBER New York. Mar. 23. "devious To-day Chanj Tone Very Quiet Very Dull Spot Buyers 13 1 lb 123 4 —5 16 M Sellers 13 3 16 127 8 —5 16 July /SeptBuyers 13 7 16 127 8 —9 16 M 8«»llers
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      143 4 London. Mar. 24. Lisullers Previous To-day Change Dunlop Kuootr. 92 6 27 6 92J6 — General Electric 27 6 Imperial Chemical Industrie* 69,74 09 6 — INd. imperial Tobacco 29 9 133 9 301' 2 J3o+4i 2 d. Anglo-Dutch 13 Canadian Pacific 22 9 5
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      SHARE MARKET Messrs. Fraser & Co's Report
      289 4 SHARE MARKET Messrs. Fraser Co's Report Singapore. Thursday. MINING. Tin at midday was $91. down 12 As was to be expected there was very little doing in the local market to-day in view of the sharp falls in the prices of our primary commodities while market sentiment was not assisted
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      RUBBER REPORT Stanton Nelson's Weekly Review
      258 4 RUBBER REPORT Stanton Nelson's Weekly Review MESSRS. Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd, in their weekly report dated Mar. 24. state: Between them the political and economic dictators have been altogether too much for the commodity and stock markets of the world, and prices have lallen with a resounding crash. Rubber
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    54 4 Washington, Mar. 23. ARMY estimates for the next financial year were presented to Congress by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. They are nearly as large as in 1920-1. when the Army of occupation was still in Germany. The bill asks for $447 millions, which is $32 millions above the
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    STOCKS & SHARES Issued By Fraser & Company
    790 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Singapore, Mar 24 5 nm Ampat Asam Kumbang 3.6 283 10'.. 3047 6nom 21 -xd 0.65 21 1.40 21 -xd 160.40 1.06 19Austral Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Weng 42 6 200.55 Bangrin Tin Batu Selangor 20,1.30 Burma Malay Chenderiang 20 3 15 Hitam Tin
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    173 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapare Thursday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat 36 4|Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 Hongkong Tin 17.6 186xd Hong Fatt 104 1.08 Jelebu 0.72 0.77 Kramat 10,6 116 Kamunting Tin 9iKillinghall 15 6 16 6cd Katu Tin 23Kuchai 1.10 1.15 Larut WI11 J Lingui Tin LIS 1.25 London Tin 31(6
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    Mails Delivered
    35 5 The Air Mail < Imperial* despatched from Singapore on Mar. 16 WAS delivered 5n London M:«r 0. The Air Mail 'Netherlands' despatched from Singapore on Mar. 18 wtl delivered in London on Mar. 22
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    240 5 6% Maynard Co. Ltd. $30,000 95 11 35 nom Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 102 104 nom 4i/ 2 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 nom. 4i/ 2 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31.
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      321 6 -AN EXCELLENT HOW. PACKED WITH <;<>(>!> FOU rii:n<T ACT- II l\(i nj Iriliune (Than). I PAVILION M5-J-/.5 L457 1 A IGUT v What! Stanwyck and j Marshall throwing pie? /^"^mmms S Yes and you 11 love it jjjjr «B^ manceinthesrand M-- i^-^k^^mw" m\m\m\^fe effm^^ 3t_fl_____B MLh4(j^lV V GLENDA FARRELL j
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    TRIBUTE TO MALAYAN CHINESE
    434 7 Singapore Bishop Admires Their Self-Restraint INDIGNATION OVER WANTON DESTRUCTION OF LIFE DREFACING the annual report of the 1 Singapore Diocesan Association of Singapore His Lordship the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. B. C Roberts directing attention to the reports 0 f individual workers says: These
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    FALSE TRADE MARKS Chinese Pleads Guilty To Charge
    98 7 FALSE TRADE MARKS Chinese Pleads Guilty To Charge Singapore. Thursday. Chinese named Ho Mar *™W«£ in M the H C riSrre? D^rS Judge. :ore Mr. H. A. harges 0 f being this morning oiywo es^ in possession of 52 bottlfs 01 tradc wer Lotion, ha befng in posmark, and. ■^n^U.
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      170 7 EMPIRE TALKIES (Tanjong Pagar) 7.M am TO-NIGHT Mi pm GRAND DOUBLE FIRST-RUN WFSTERN FEATURE one tfttaM cafts ever asjembledi fcr a western years Ls seen in the new historical Weetern. JOJW wai.nl in THE OREGON TRAIL" and strongly supported by TIM MeCOY m __jj m o] as Gentleman TJm Madigan
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      66 7 IN AID OF Till: HIIJ)RKNS All) SOCIETY At The VICTORIA THEATRE Miss Joan Ilawtrey presents "Peg O' My Heart" A COmedy in Three Acts (by J. Hartley Manners) (Under the Distinguished Patronage ot HE the Governor, Sir Shenton Thoma:. and Lady Thomas I Prices: $2.50: $2.00: $1.00 SATURDAY: APRH 30,
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    Business Conditions
    725 8 FRASER O CO. REVIEWS PAST WEEKS LOCAL MARKETS MESSRS. Fraser and Co.. in their weekly markcl report, states: The past week has been full of excursions and alarums and generally business conditions have deteriorated. This deterioration has not been rapid but very gradual and very definite. When one
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    Alleged Theft Of Typewriter
    58 8 Singapore. Thursday When P. Dhass was charged in the second police court to-day with theft of a typewriter valued at $41. he claimed trial saying that he took the machine from the office to the store to practise on. The typewriter had since been recovered. The
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    Alleged Attempted Extortion
    62 8 1 Singapore. Thursday Lim Joo Hoi claimed trial when charged to-day before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, second police magistrate, with attempted extortion of $100 by putting Lim Hia How in fear of personal injury. The incident is alleged to have occurred at Queen Street on Tuesday evening.
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    8 8 MR. R. WELSH AND MISS BETTY THOMPSON. (Tribune).
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    LOCAL WEDDING Mr. R. Welsh & Miss Betty Thompson
    401 8 LOCAL WEDDING Mr. R. Welsh Miss Betty Thompson I THE Presbyterian Church was beautlI I fully decorated with white frangi- I panni. blue michaelmas daisies and hvdrangras by friends of Miss BetThompson, onlv daughter of Mr. and I Mrs. F. W. Thompson, at her mar: to Mr Richard Welsh, son
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    "WE MUST DEPEND ON OUR OWN SOIL" M. P. Pleads For Higher
    339 9 "WE MUST DEPEND ON OUR OWN SOIL" M. P. Pleads For Higher Westminster. STRAIGHT talk for British tariffs, strong enough to be useful, and for British self-sufficiency to the greatest possible degree, came from Sir Arnold Wilson (C, Hitchin) in the House of Commons recently. He declared his belief that
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    An Expensive brainwave
    174 9 An Expensive brainwave Cologne 1 "BRAIN WAVE"— which led him to become engaged to 15 girls at the same time— was mentioned in the Aixla Chapelle court in the case of a 31- 1 year-old man charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. He liked a gay life, it was
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    Following In Uncle's Footsteps
    171 9 NEW ALTITUDE RECORD Set Up By Mr. Kingsford Smith Sydney, Mar. 3. MR. John Kingsford Smith, a nephew of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, has established a new Australian light-plane altitude record. Taking off from the Mascot Aerodrome, he Hew to 20.100 feet. __«___m The
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    ARTIFICIAL EMERALD PRODUCED
    176 9 ARTIFICIAL EMERALD PRODUCED AN artificial emerald, made by the same process with which nature is thought to make them, has been placed on exhibition by the American Museum of Natural History. The stone is about 35 carats— the size of a large quinine capsule Made from a secret formula, it
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    Anglicans Divided By Hot Dispute On Whether Clergy Should Marry
    462 9 Anglicans Divided By Hot Dispute On Whether Clergy Should Marry London. i THE controversy whether or not clergy- i men of the Anglican church ought to be married or single will not fade out. though it is many weeks since a group of prominent laymen suggested voluntary celibacy in a
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, Mar. 25, 1938. JAPANS HATERLOO?
    282 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, Mar. 25, 1938. JAPANS H ATERLOO? VENTS in the China war in the past fortnight or so have tend ed to show only too clearly that all is not well with the Japanese There is ample support for the contention that the longer the war drags
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    PROBLEM OF NAVAL BALANCES
    745 10 PROBLEM OF NAVAL BALANCES ANE frequently hear.-, it remarked these days by knowledgeable people that it would be virtually impossible for Great Britain to go to war with Japan "even if she wanted to do so." because this would necessitate transferring the great bulk of our sea power to the
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    PERSONALITIES
    176 10 Mr H. B. Egmont Hake. C.8.1 has 1 returned to Koala Lumpur from a to Singapore. Mrs. Campbell, widow of Mr. Robe:: 1 Campbell, late of Singapore, left £28,000 (net personalty £30.6_5». Mr. and Mrs. P. Blackburn have returned from leave, and Mr. Blackburn has resumed duties as senior
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      43 10 To-days White Label M Announcement In the past a few good things were hard to get at all times. In the present all good things are hard to get at any time. It is a comfort to know DEWAR'S is obtainable everywhere. W.P.S.-E
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    GOOD WORK OF BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES
    692 11 China's Juvenile Force Of 500,000 Strong AMONG the heroes and heroines resisting Japanese aggression in China are China's boy scouts and girl guides, a formidable juvenile force of 500,000 strong. The under-aged soldiers of China do not resist with guns. But they
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    FIRST-CLASS SERVICE
    85 11 FIRST-CLASS SERVICE 1 I t Brisbane, Queensland, Mar. 18 S CAN the British Post Ofrcc j beat, this? I A Brisbane woman discove r ed too late to advise a friend, that i she could not keep an appoint- J So she sent a telegram ad- i dressed to "Mrs
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    Aeroplane Clinics Look After Health Of 115,000 Red Indians
    295 11 Ottawa, Canada. UEALTH surveys of Indians conducted by the Indian Affairs Branch, Department of Mines and Resources, are being expedited on reserves in out-of-the-way parts of Canada by the use of the airplane. i«f« Hiacmnstir outfit including an X-ray and electrical
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    Scientific Advice For Elndustrial Firms In Australia
    327 11 Scientific Advice For E lndustrial Firms In Australia Canberra. Feb. 24 THE creation of a technical infonna--1 tion service was announced by the Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research. Mr. Casey, the other day. as another step in the Federal Government's programme to provide research facilities for secondary
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    Breath By Weight
    43 11 Breath can now be weighed, according to the Medical School of the University of Rochester (New York) Each time a person breathes an infinitesimal drop of moisture is lost from the body. It is now possible to measure this loss.
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    CROWDS GREET GERMAN MINISTER
    233 12 A large crowd watched when Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister and former Ambassador in London, left the Foreign Office after conversations with Lord Halifax, the British Foreign Secretary. Large for ces of police were on duty to prevent possible demonstrations. Herr Ribbentrop spent a
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      37 12 <n I gmmammmmmmmmmmmmm "'■^■WWWWWWMWWWWMiWWWWS^ I QUr RSCHNIJI DURCH OAS BOM I BREGUET 414 I ari i A little Austrian girl studying a chart showing the construction an 'J i exhibition organised by the Austrian Air Defend- teas
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      40 13 YOU WILL FIND THE LARGEST SELECTIONS IN DIAMOND RINGS BRACELETS BROOCHES, etc AT Rene lIJMA.W s, WHERE QUALITY iiid VALUE AK| IKADUIONA— The Best is to come and iee at RENE ULLMANN JEWELLER*, Raffles Place, HNQAIUBB Opened daily including Saturdays
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    FISH For A CHANCE!
    1222 14 IN the tropics, it is inadvisable to eat too much meat, and fish should form a large part of our diet. It is less heating to the stomach, for one thing, and for another, it is extremely healthy, owing to the iodine contained. Nutritive, and more
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    A Lenten Menu
    279 14 I Grapefruit and Pineapple Juice Potato Straws I Steamed Salmon Roll Mushroom > Sauce Baked Rice l Lettuce French Dressing t Chocolate Blancmange Coffee 1 The steamed salmon roll is S simply prepared. STEAMED SALMON ROLL 1 pound salmon fresh or tinned V 4 tablespoons melted butter
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      26 14 [MAISON PERM! I Telephone 4610 C takes pleasure in announcing the OPENING of their new ultra-modern and AIR-CONDI1IONEI) I Ladies Hairaressing Saloon I 79, Stamford Koad.
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    WHEN THEY WONT THRIVE AS THEY SHOULD
    887 15 WHEN THEY WONT THRIVE AS THEY SHOULD Perhaps Their Teeth Are At Fa nil SJNGAPORE is a notoriously healthy 1 country for young children. Fresh air. sunlight, fruit, vegetables, eggs, milk and abounding freedom there are in abundance in fact, in spite of the heat, we would say that it
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    Let Them Amuse Themselves!
    265 15 Let Them Amuse Themselves! THE child who has no resource M» ms I own to fall back upon is a sad htj morsel of humanity, and it is l wm r est mistake a mother can make to Stantly watch her child .offering vice, playing with mm ;w hi t0
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      463 16 m i _^_hfc BY P&Oa'nd BRITISH INDIA.LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Outwards. Due |> ue Tonnage S'pore Tonnage pore 1938 1938 n BEHAR 6.000 In port RAJPUTANA 17,000 June 3 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Mar. 25 SOMALI 6.800 June 3 CORFU 15.000 Apr. 8 gftgg* Jg? 7 •SOUDAN 6.500 Apr. 8 g**™** IflS
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      432 16 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA TILAWA io,ooe TONS SAILING 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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    SAMSU IN CYCLE TUBE
    291 17 Magistrate Believes >s Story Oj Accused (From OUT Own Correspondent I Johore Bahru. Mar. 22. I RICKSHA-puller named 00h Huak i was produced to-day before Sheikh \bu Bakar (Second liaglstrate) with laving been in possession of three bot.les of samsu and a cycle-tube, also flll•d with
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    Negligent Driving
    51 17 Singapore, Thursday. On a charge of driving a motor-car in a negligent manner at thr junction of Victoria Street and Middle Road on Jan 15. Bajee bin Dabi was lined $10 by Mr. R. A Ward, the Fourth Magistrate, this morning Bajee wits represented by Mr. P. F.
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      573 17 I POSTAL INTELLIGENCE I ♦J. f STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES* FOR PER DATE AND TIME ..gat and Tembilahan Bankfl Tndo-China anka 25 1 p.m. Muntok *»*y m 25 1 p.m nkei and Sibu Op ten Noort 25 2.30 p.m. Angbv oc eo.Nortl,. Brunei and Labuan Kajang Netherlands Indie*: -Bagan SHES 26
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      352 17 SHIPS IN DOCK \i HM'S ALONGSIDE nil \UI\K\l OB EXPE4 ill) TO AltitlYt: op ten Noorl l 1 Kalsar I Hind i 0 j 1 Rawalpindi _n 2 I Malacca i. 11 KHanlan LS J 3 Clytoneus 14 2 3 Conte Biancamano U 2 I Behar y j a Borneo
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    AGFA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
    51 18 •Jungle Pool":— Ft. Lieut. P. Heath, H. M. S. Eagle, Singapore. "Rest":—H. NeiU Ashton, 50, Orchard Road, Singapore. From Koh Yew Keng. c o Q. P. O. S'pore "Marble Statue":— Tay Bak Hong. 97, Noffe* R Singapore. "The Goose and the Cinder":— G. Gan, 23, Balmor;.! Rd.,
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    8 19 •Silhouettes":— Tan Loy Nghee, 47. Boat Quay. Singapore
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    AGFA PICTURE! CONTEST
    416 19 YOUR Entries Are Invited AN this page and the one opposite wUI U be found pictures received for our photographic competition for which thpsp oaees are reserved every Tuesaay. The competition carries prizes of Agfa ine Three Agfa cameras cameras and films, inree nnd twelve rolls of
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    Fireman Acquitted
    79 19 Singapore, Thuradaj a Teochew fireman of the I'aya Lebar Plre station. Lee Hock Chew, was acquitted hi the Becond Court, to day, on a charge of cheaUng In respec ?S>i\lSSynote tor*? The 'cheating [he prosecution alleged, occurred at tiu Hre Btation mi November n Complainant, Harnam Snv h,
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      29 19 For this Competition only -Films can be nsed. Does this mean a handicap? Definitely not! The experienced photographer woold have chosen, anyhow, the reliable. ISOCHROME-^m The Film For thejtropics!
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    PROGRAMME OF B.M.B.C.
    146 20 6. c0 day Mas., Oramo pho R "Soenji," Miss minah "Slamat Tin.- Kola Betawi," djali "Di Bawa Remboeian,' Tarminah. "Ma taharl silem." "Telegawarna," Ml selin. Kerna Salah." S. Abdullah. Fadja Linjapken Soenji". Miss rtoseliii. I Boedak Oewang", S. Abdullah. Fayang", Mr Ons Guan Kawin I aki Biin".
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    OF B. M.B.C. On 225 Metres
    156 20 OF B. M. B. C. On 225 Metres (Berlin Metropolitan Orche Singer's Joy '—French Polka (g by 'In Bymphony Oi conducted by Johann Strauss. 7 30 pm.:— Time. Weather and Announcements. IB p.m.:— "From the Btud chair." 3.00 p m.:— Request Pr (Gramophone Records). 8.40 p.m.:— Next Week's vines Relayed
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    Berlin Station
    154 20 DJA 31.38 metres (9.580 kcs): DJB 19.74 metres (15,200 kcs): DJN 31.45 metres (9.540 kcs): DJE 16.89 metres (17.760 kcs) and DJQ 19.63 metres (15.280 kcs). 6.20 p.m. Concert of light music. 7.20 p.m. News in English. 7.35 pm. Concert of light music (continued) 810 p.m. Greetings. 8.20
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    Nirom Station
    131 20 YDC 19.8 metres (15.15 mcs) and PMN 29.2 metres (10.26 mcs.). 4.50 p.m.— Time signal. Concert. 5.50 p.m. Children's programme. 630 p.m.— Tangos 6.50 p.m.— News bulletin. 7 10 p.m.— Piano syncopations b "Notenkrakers." 7.40 p.m. A talk. 8 p.m.— Concert by Studio Orch conducted by Carel van
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      317 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Company Dividend Singapore. Mar. 24. 5 TIN Total for Books Date Ex. Dlf. f** Close Payable A. Hitam 15ft Int. less Tax Mar. 8 Mai. 28 Mar. 7 Burma-Malay 6d. div. Mar. 24 Mar. 31 Mar. 25 Hongkong Tin 10 r Int. less tax.
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      582 20 ['on THE RADIO f J. BRITISH EMPIRE PROGRAMME Transmission 2: 6.05 p.m. y.ia p.m. GSJ 13 93 metres (21.53 mcs); GSII 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); GSG 16.86 metres (17.79 mcs) and GSO 19 76 metres (15.18 mcs). Transmission 3.— 9.15 p.m.— 0.20 a,m GSH 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); GSG 1686
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      478 20 U. S. A. SHORTWAVE PROGRAMMES The follow ins; an the principal American short-wave transmissions. The ■■■hill immediately affer the rail-letters refer to kilocycles, and the second number set to metres 1120 pm. Italian Period (E^— New York. W3XAL 17.780; 16.9. TO-MORROW 0.05 a.m. Edward MacHugh. the Gospel Singer— New York
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    ANGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT LIKELY
    450 21 ANGLO -U.S. TRADE PACT LIKELY SMALLPOX ON INCREASE League Bit Helm On Eastern Health THE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau ior the week ended Mar. 19 is as follows: Plague: The only notification of plague was from Rangoon, where rodent infection was reported but no human
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    DR. SUN FO
    121 21 (Continued from page I) bihty of the Chinese currency The Chi nese reserves abroad were intact and she was able to finance the ***^*£Z£ abroad without injury to her cuiiency re Ch7na's restrictions on currency spoiled Japanese hopes of buying foreign ex change to finance the >
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    WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT AGREEMENT
    390 21 WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT AGREEMENT London, Thursday. APINION regarding a possible Anglov American trade agreement as a result of the present negotiations was expressed by the Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Euan Wallace) during the Commons' debate last night. During the course of the debate, which covered all
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    Italian Planes For Manchurian Beans!
    113 21 NEGOTIATIONS for the con- S I'clusion of a tripartite Japan i i Manchoukuo Italy barter ag- reement, whereby Japan will j aceuire Italian planes in ex- i change for Manchurian soya beans, are In progress in Rome J states the "Yomiuri" Tokyo >. One outcome
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    The American Navy Comes To The Screen
    357 21 MUSIC, love, thrills all the in- gredients for an outstanding film are to be found in "Submarine D-l", Warner Brothers' production which will be screened at the Alhambra at the beginning of April, when the theatre opens its doors under the banner of
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    LIM BONG SOO MEETS TILDEN
    406 22 BIG BILL CONCEDES SEVEN GAMES IN 3-SET ENCOUNTER Was A David -Goliath Match; But In This Case The Giant Won T HOUGH the tennis served up ~g_ ZX2&L "SA I Bill" Tilden and Lim Bong Soo at the Happy Worm cov Malay _nU v« n
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    S.C.C. LADIES' GOLF TITLE
    34 22 S. C. C. LADIES' GOLF TITLE Mrs. J. Hill who won the Singapore G.C. ladies' championship at Bukit Timah yesterday. She beat Mrs. K. A. Jackman (below) 4 and 3 in the final. Tribune
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    Wightman Cup
    46 22 New York, Mar. 24. Mrs. Wills _Moody is included in the American Wightman Cup team to play Great Britain this Summer. The team will be: Mrs. Wills Moody, Miss Marble. Mis§ Jacops, Miss Bundy Miss Fabyan with Miss Gracen Wheeler as reserve Reuter Wireless
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    Clouston's Progress
    14 22 Calcutta, Mar. 24. Clouston left at 5.00 G-M-T. for Alahabad.- Reuter Wireless
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    TO-DAY IS GRAND NATIONAL DAY!
    348 22 London, Thursday. rE European crisis and the shortage of ready cash does not seem to affect to-morrow's Grand National for which racegoers are coming from all over the world to see the world's most thrilling horse race. One railway company is running 52 race specials,
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    S.C.C. Billiards
    52 22 S.C.C. billiards handicap ties have been arranged as follows: Monday. (28th) Championship: A D Baker vs. A. Grimes. Tuesday, (29th) Handicap: H. F Foulds (scr.» vs. winner of W. H Palgrave (—45) vs. M. S. Robinson (—25) Wednesday, (30th) Handicap: C J R Bembroke (—25) vs. J. A.
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    S.C.C Cricket
    58 22 The following have accepted to play for the S.C.C. lst XI vs. United Service.' m Sunday 11 am. at Tanglin Baracks:—W. van den Bosch, A. Foster. M 3arden, A. C. Growder, Dr. H. O Hop :ins, J. E. Jeans, R. F. W. Leonard W H. McNeill, P. O'Neill
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    VARSITY GOLF Cambridge Register Easy Win
    169 22 VARSITY GOLF Cambridge Register Easy Win London, Mar. 24. AT Westward Ho, Cambridge beat Oxford by ten matches to four with one halved. It was their 50th golf encounter. Results: Scott (Oxford) and Carter halved I Carter reached the eighteenth with lound of 74. The Oxonian made 3 splendid recovery.
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      13 22 Imperial g "Good Companion" All-British SOLE AGENTS DUNCAN ROBERTS LTD SINGAPORE -KUALA LUMPUR
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      125 22 SKINS SOCCER "S" And "A" Companies Play A Draw THE soccer match played yesterday at 1 Tanglin between "A" Co. and "S" Co. of the Skins resulted in a draw of 2—2. Both teams kept play open from the start. -A" Co. showed a complete understanding between their players in
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    RECS HOLD ENGINEERS TO DRAW
    383 23 FIRST DIVISION SOCCER Sappers Should Have Won (By "Rover") S.R.C 1; R.E L IN the First Division League soccer I fixture played at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, the Singapore Recreation Club held the Royal Engineers to a draw of one-all Though the sides were
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    S.C.C Lawn Bowls
    68 23 Ties in the S.C.C. lawn bowls handicap tournament will be played as follows; Monday. (28th V. J. Coleman and C. V. Miles (4-4> vs. E. A. Brown and H. R. Wilson <+3»; W. Holley and J. A. Dean (+6» vs. H. Gild and H. E. Stevens -4).
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    ENGLISH & SCOTTISH SOCCER
    320 23 ENGLISH SCOTTISH SOCCER Saturday's League And Cup Ties jgNGLISH and Scottish soccer flxlows: UreS Satur <iay are as folF.A. CUP (semi-finals) Un&giSind^ V at Sheffleld bu Huddersfield vs. Sunderland, at BlackENGLISH LEAGUE DIV I Birmingham vs. Blackpool Charlton A. vs. W'hampton W Chelsea vs. Everton Grimsby T. vs. Sunderland.* Leeds
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    RUNAWAY WIN FOR "Y'S" IN DIV. 3: FINE SIDE MAY CAPTURE LEAGUE HONOURS
    396 23 RUNAWAY WIN FOR "Y'S" IN DIV. 3: FINE SIDE MAY CAPTURE LEAGUE HONOURS Y.M.C.A 7; S.C.C. II 1 THE Y.M.C.A. demonstrated their football strength on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday afternoon by defeating the Cricket Club II by seven goals to one in the Third Division of the S.A.F.A. League. The
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    Moravians Are Good "Bets" For Div. 2
    346 23 Moravians Are Good "Bets" For Div. 2 IMPRESSIVE FORM AGAINST TERRORS, THOUGH MARGIN ONLY 2-0 DOOR finishing by the Tenors, coupled with Blazeks splendid goalkeeplng, won for the Moravians the verdict oi two goals to nil over H. M. 8. Terror in iheir soccer fixture of the Second Division played
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    BUSINESS HOUSES SOCCER
    144 23 Pressmen And Shippers Share The Points S.T.S.C 3; H.E.M 3. SIX goals were shared in yesierday's Business Houses League soccer match between the Straits Times Sports Club and Heap Eng Moh. The game was evenly contested throughout although at one stage the pressmen held a two-goal lead
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    S.C.C TENNIS Yesterday's Play In Spring Tournament
    126 23 S.C.C TENNIS Yesterday's Play In Spring Tournament THE following were the results of ties played off yesterday in the S.C.C. Spring tennis tournament. Championship Singles: A. D. Anderson beat R. B. Perkins 6—2, 6 4. Championship Doubles: R. F. B. Gurr and K. MacLennan beat K. A. Seth and T.
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    Municipal Services Club
    57 23 Following are Municipal Services Club billiards fixtun for 3-ball championship (350 up. dual 300' FIRST ROUND Mah Beng Ouan (by< i Simon Cl* vs Loo Cheng Bwee 01 Mar 26, A vs w. f Oon n Mir YI tag Kee Kam 'i B Nagh oi y Ouan
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY New Books Ready For Issue
    252 24 RAFFLES LIBRARY New Books Ready For Issue THE undernoted newly added non--1 fiction and fiction works will btr ready for issue to-morrow: The Railway Age, Illustrated, Cvrii Briryn Andrews; Chinese Women Yesterday and To-day, Illustrated, Florence Ayscough; A Schoolmaster's Testament: Forty Years of Educational Experience J. H. Badley; Men of
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    60 24 Washington, Mar. 24. DECAUSE no formula has been foum to guarantee against its military use, shipments of helium to German? for the new zeppelin have been deiayeu by the Government. According to the department of Minister of the Interior, which has tm final say i_a the matter, changed pouucal conditions
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      155 24 J S. GILES. 1 CIVIL, NAVAL AND MILITARY TAILOR AND OUTFITTER No 6, The Arcade, Singapore. PHONE 79<>4. THE TAILOR. S ■km wi ■mW mmmmmw mmmm mn Mm mm mm mm W COMPARISON"— NO OTHER SIMILARLY-RATED CAR HAS SUCH A W WEALTH OF FINE-CAR FEATURES! fl Here is the simple
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