Morning Tribune, 26 March 1938

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 3.— No. 47 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, March 26, 1938. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 634 1 "NO OPEN DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE FOR BRITAIN" Sir John Simon 1 Warns Country Of Mistake Made In 1914 UPHOLDING BRITAIN'S REPUTATION London, Friday. AN OPEN defensive alliance for Britain would be wholly contrary to A the conception at the back of the Leagued declared Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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  • 148 1 I London, Friday. JHE British Embassy m Shan- i ghai has forwarded to Tokyo for presentation to the Japanese Government claims amounting t to about £100,000 for British J L losses on the Yangtze on Dec. 5, 11 and 12. i The biggest items m
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  • 50 1 Saragossa, Friday. The city of Huesca. which has been besieged since the beginning of the civil war, has been completely relieved following Nationalist operations. Franco's advance towards the Catalan frontier continues. Large numbers of Republican troops are believed to have been trapped at Sierra Alcubiesse m a pincer movement Reuter
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  • 59 1 Rome, Friday. HIS Holiness the Pope has instructed Bishop Hisley (Archbishop of Westminster) to pay a -substantial subsidy" on his behalf to the widow and two daughters of Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of the Hertzian waves. It had been reported to the Pope that the family, who are
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  • 229 1  - CHINESE REGAIN LOST GROUND Sin Chew Jit Poh 650,000 Troops At Grips In Hsuchow Battle SHANGHAI, FRIDAY USUALLY RELIABLE FOREIGN "gSS^S^g^^TOBTOCHW A U NOW A QUARTER OF A WUg>* «F««« S° TO-DAY PROVED YET S*™ STeSTanS^not A^Sve T l H y E SSK^ThToTHER HAND ARE b CO™T h in7fhe Japanese
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  • 49 1 Basrah. Friday. C L °T N atTo d am k rm. Tanl pre! _^M for at 10 p.m. g. m. t. P Tt^lav.ng Allahabad at After leavinK Karachi at 1.42 M W |Sey hole to be m I^ndon by 6 !,t™: tfmo^r.all times g. m U- Reuter
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  • 76 1 SINGAPORE CHINESE OVERJOYED I i SINGAPORE Chinese »re over- joyed at news of Chinese 1 i victories on the Northern front. I A cable has been sent by Mr. Lan t 1 Kah Kee. chairman of the cm- < nese Relief Fund of Sin B apore, J I on behalf
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  • 111 1 London, Friday. T HE National Council of Labour. 1 representative of all Laboin or^Sons. issued a sharply'Criticalstatement to-day on Mr. ChamX* Sreign P?"7 or^X^?The statement ca» for an imme diate meeting of the League As£mblv. 2nd special consideration by European members of the Leagu* particularly France. Great
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  • 96 1 next fiscal year Canada will Canada's defence esthnates tottJ aeroplanes, two new de 534,000,000, compared with $36,000,000 acq i flshermen naval reserve last year Mac-ken- will be' organised for the Pacific coast, The Defence Minister, Mi Ma«en wm k of yery zio,
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    • 37 1 'on other TagesT Page European Motorist Convicted 2 S Tree Crushes Woman 2 J I Commissioners' 1 Meeting 2 Millionaire Bankrupt 3 Singapore Strike 3 Motorcyclist Killed 3 i Bankruptcy Court 18 C Spectators Invade Field 23
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  • 240 2 European Drivers In Too Many Accidents SINGAPORE JUDGE'S COMMENT OSLER GETS NINE MONTHS Singapore, Friday. "THERE have unfortunately been too many cases of injuries to innocent pedestrians and rickshapullers by European drivers m the coarse of the last six months. "The public are entitled to be
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  • 90 2 DUTY NOT PAID, CHINESE FINED $5,000 Singapore, Friday. POUND guilty by Mr. H. A. Forrer, Dis- thct Judge, on a charge of being m possession of 1,632 lb. of dutiable Javanese tobacco m a house at Jellicc* Road on Mar. 10 last, Khoh Kip Swee, a young Hokien, was this
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  • 324 2 CHILD MUSICIANS ENTERTAIN QNCE again the musical inclinations of Singapore's young folks were demonstrated In i way that pleased considerably. The Children's Concert m the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon was the first of a series for 1938 Mr. E. A Brown, prefacing the programme with a short speech, told
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  • 83 2 BLIND CHILDREN'S THANKS (From Our Own Reporter^ t Penang. Friday. i THE official opening and dedi- j I cation of the new buildings of the St. Nicholas Home for blind i children. Bagan Jermal Road, i took place this evening. i Mrs. de Moubray. wife of the j J Resident
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  • 158 2 DARING CHINATOWN ROBBERY Singapore, Friday. EU Tong Seng Street— located m the heart of Chinatown, which is the 'he centre of great activity after dusk, was the scene of a daring housebreaking on the night of Mar. 7. Twenty-year-old Mvi Yong, a barber, closed his doors, but barely had he
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  • 65 2 'From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca. Friday. Wanted on a theft charge involving $9,200 at Seremban a Chinese woman was produced to-day before Mr. B. F Bridge. A detective from Seremban gave evidence to the effect that the woman was the one described m the warrant and wanted
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  • 78 2 i From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, Friday A YOUNG Malay woman was killed when a coconut tree crashed on her house near Matang about midnight on Wednesday. It appears the unfortunate woman was fast asleep when the accident occurred. Her face was crushed
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  • 71 2 Singapore. Friday "Doing an act likely to endanger your safety by crossing the railway line as a goods train was leaving." was the charge which faced Lim Chuan, a Young Chinese, who was cautioned and discharged, when he appeared before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, second police magistrate,
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  • 29 2 Singapore. Friday. At to-days meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, it was announced that g L SMI choy had been nominatec to fih the vacancy on the Artisans' Waees Committee.
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  • 577 2 Singapore, Friday, i THE question of public safety m cine--1 mas was once again broached by Mr. Gregory Jones at to-day's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Committee No. 4, at a meeting held on Feb 10, considered reports as to the safety of certain
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  • 190 2 Municipal President In The Dark Also Singapore, Friday. BUKIT Timah Road, from Queen's Road up to the Municipal limits, will be lighted by the installation of gas lamps. The decision to do this was taken by Committee No. 5 at a meeting held on Mar. 8, and
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    • 27 2 THE PHILIPPINE CCTeI. 4334) CO., mem LJltf 330, Orchard Rd. Ctt DRY CLEANING SpellS AND DYEING AjP SPECIALISTS. M Special machines \J^^lmJ for dr > cleaning Competitive Prices.
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  • 662 3 "EXTRAVACANCE AND RECKLESSNESS"— Judge PROPERTIES WORTH OVER $1,000,000 SOLD FOR $200,000 From Our Own Reporter) PENANG. FRIDAY."' •I THINK IT IS CLEAH FROM THE NOTES OF THE PUBLIC RilflMTn I THAT THIS BANKRUPTCY IS DUE LARGELY TO THE EX^TRAMOAN?^ AND RECKLESSNESS OF THE DEBTOR." REMARKED MR JUSTIC? A
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  • 56 3 SKIDDING MOTORCYCLE KILLS RIDER k (lIINKSK motorcyclist was "killed instantaneously when he was thrown off his skidding motorcycle yesterday afternoon m Balestier Road. When the ambulance came on the scene after being summoned, the motorcyclist's body was lying about three yards from the machine. He was dead. It is believed
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  • 142 3 "More Enjoyable Than A Troopship!" Singapore, Friday. OUR trip was more enjoyable than one on a troopship," said one of the fifty soldiers, who arrived here with their families by the Rawalpindi to-day. The wives and families of the Loyal Regiment, who are due from Shanghai
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  • 87 3 ANOTHER SINGAPORE STRIKE OVER 200 Chinese, Malay and Indian coolies employed by the United Metal Works. Paya Lebar, downed tools on Thursday as a sequel to the reported, dismissal of one of their number. The strikers presented certain demands to the employers including an increase m wages and restoration of
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  • 194 3 i 'From Cur Own Correspondent) Malacca. Friday. I THE Malacca Girl Guides Association was forced to close down m 1933 owing to lack of Guiders. Through the efforts of Mrs. Hoops, the movement has now been revived and there is a flourishing company at the Suydam Girls'
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  • 184 3 Daughter Suffered with Same omplaint Rheumatism often runs m families. In tht Cii.se. mother and daughter Wfff affected, and they both suffered v*rv verely. Head how they were rest to health by Kruschen Salt. "Until about four years ago mother, who is 67 year, »1
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    • 133 3 H.M. NAVAL BASE, SINGAPORE. VACANCY. A vacancy exists for an ENGINEER of one of H.M. Trawlers stationed at Singapore. Candidates who must be BRITISH EUROPEANS under 50 years of age. possessing a certificate as Ist Class Engineer under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance or other superior qualification, must apply to the
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  • 137 5 liquor shop m Joo Chlat Road, appeared for sentence this morninn on summons alleging that he had Infringed rule 57 of the liquor licencing rules by Felling a bottle of beer to a customer on Jan. 13. It will be recalled that question irose In the Fourth
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    14 5 ihri»iiif moment from wiotner •n, f -*»«-'*rs:rs^ "<"■""* „,day at Dawn" sta"'"S Ka> the Pavilion.
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    • 160 5 RIAI) WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT JACK HILBERT'S NEW i y COMEDY SITCESS. 1 COMING TO THE PAVILION NEXT WEEK' "A grand musical and the best pic- i FOli TWO" toZdaY A/"// f .J?sJ- Gala MICKEY MOUSE Matinee J Exceptional programme of selected coloured cartoons, t A\.dM musicals and comedies
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    • 139 6 London. Mar. 25 previous To-day Change LUMlliers Q0 fi Dunlop Kubbe: rt 97 General Electric RQ R n fi imperial Chemical Industrie. <>9 -0 Imperial Tobacco 135 134 4U TUri 4 \nglo-Dutch gj gy 2 2( Canadian Pacific London lin 3 8 3 8 Rubber Plan lu
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    • 65 6 Previous To-day Chang* T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 161.93 162.81 X.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle ratef 8.97 116 Unchanged |\T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2» 8 Unchanged T.T. on BoOfffr«>'{ (closing selling rate) Is. 3d. Is. 215 16 —1 16 T.T. on Japan (closing selling
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    • 25 6 JLN standard London. Mar. 25 devious To-day Changi Spot (afternoon .oslug yntc) £184 1 2 £184»4 -U 1 Forward £1843 4 £1843 4
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    • 52 6 RUBBER New York. Mar 24 "devious To-day Chani Tone Very Dull Very Dull Spot Buyers 12*4 12^ 4 Sellera 12 7 8 12% July /Sept. Buyers 12 7 8 13 +i 8 Sellers 13 13 3 16 ~3 16 itn Tono Quiet Steady 41 a 41 »V
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    • 251 6 Men In Australia Die Earlier Than Women Canberra. Feb. 26. THE odds against a man living to the age of 100 years are a little more than 2.000 to one. This is twice as great as the chances of reaching that ago were m 1890. when the first Commonwealth age
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    • 68 6 The local committee of the Tin Producers' Association (Incorporated) has passed the following resolution, nem. eon: The Local Advisory Committee of The Tin Producers' Association (Incorporated) reaffirm their entire approval In principle of a Buffer Stock Scheme as an essential adjunct for the stabilisation of prices m the
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    • 170 6 Messrs. Fraser Co's Report Singapore. Friday. MINING: Tin at midday was 592.00. up SI.CO. Although there was a slight improvement m commodities to-day there was very little doing m shares and prices were mostly easier while the amount ol business which passed was meagre London still continue sellers
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  • 803 7 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Ampul 3.6 3 104 Asam Kumbang 28 30 Austral Malay 42,6 47 Gnom Ayer Hitam 20 21 -xd Ayer Weng 0.55 0.65 Bangrin Tin 20 21 Batu Selangor 1.30 1.40 Burma Malay 20 3 21 -xd Chenderiang 15 16 Hitam Tin 0.35 0.40 Hong
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  • 38 7 A new home with 12ft. high ceilings and a special bed and furniture are befng lamed by his parents for Robert wadiow. aged nineteen, of Illinois who is Bft. 7ins. and still growinr
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    • 205 7 Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore. imminent Bankers and Brokers m Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cable and Quotation Serine. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF N.Y NEW YOKK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OK TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARK BROKERS' ASSN. MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE.
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  • 205 8 CEYLON FILMS FOR AMERICA CEYLON will receive free tourist publicity m Pennsylvania, which is the second most populous State m the U.S.A. as a result of the visit to the Island of Mrs. Edith Bane, an American travel lecturer. Mrs. Bane gives illustrated travel talks to all the high schools
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  • 138 8 ELECTRIC powder puffs run off the house supply are the latest brieht idea of Nicholas Testi. enterprising American inventor, who has just been granted a natent m Washington. Inside the puff is a tiny electric motor which vibrates a diaphragm and taps powder on to the face.
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  • 43 8 A little boy was sent by his mother with a note to the clinic's doctor. The doctor opened the note, which read: "Please, will you do something for Willies face? He's had it for a long time, and it's spreading!"
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  • 64 8 The Band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform as follows under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch, L.RA.M A.R.C.M, R.M.S.M on Thursday, Mar. 31. at the Botanic Gardens at 5.30 pm The Ulster Division F.M. Marks Poet and Peasant Suppe Chu Chin Chow flrederic Morton Lustige
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  • 1235 8 The Real Western And The Operatic Stars: (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Mar. 11 FILM fashions may ebb and flow: cra.-y comedies have their day and operatic stars draw their multitudes lor months or even years. But thej pass. There is one type Of Mm which seems
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  • 1081 9 From A From Our Own Correspondent) London. Mar. 11 LONDON'S newest artistic treasure is attracting visitors to South Africa j House where the fruits of two years' work on the part of two South African artists (preceded by many months' research at the British Museum) are to
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  • 160 9 New Way Of Making Husband Jealous A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD wife, Mary O'Farrell, who wrote a letter to herself to make her husband jealous was bound over for two years at the Old Bailey. She pleaded guilty to effecting a public mischief. Mr G. G. Raphael, prosecuting, said O'Farrell apparently had a
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  • 101 9 Best Age Is 32 To 37 Years Ames dowa». 1 MAN without domestic troubles beA 'tween the a«>es of 32 and 37 above five feet 10 inches m height and we ghh? anything from 12 stone to 12 stone WS the safest car driver acafter carrvmg out tests
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  • 150 9 Botany Bay May Become Air Base BOTANY BAY. the inlet I D IICS Utl oi Sydney, which wai ttscoveied Captain Cook In 1770, ai i latei b< c i penal settlement, may tx 01 long t<« come the terminus ol I mplre I i Mail Bei Although thecal Urn J*
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  • 84 9 One Of the smallest wsu '"tunoruih is a glass case on the front of a bloc* of workmen's fiats on Albert, Kmban* ment near Vauxhaii. London It is a simple affair enfthrtnlng on£ about a score of names 1 men hvirtK m the block who served m
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  • 290 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Saturday, Mar. 26, 1938. MASTERLY NEGATION VMM Mr Neville Chamberlain's Statement m the Commons on Thursday on British foreign t jjolicy, disappointing as it was on the whole one satisfying fact emerged. En regard to the conversation:, now proceeding m Home between the Earl of Perth and
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  • 732 10 We're Heading for a £1,000,000,000 BUDGET BRITAIN n.:.v i_ D thai a Thou.-and Million Bud B .t W s ™r (write. Pen* Cter Ifl U* Daily Mail'- will Sir John Simon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, achieve the -rim reputation that his first Budget took the natioll b^ to those "astronomical
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    68 10 Lsing the same supercharged streamlined Brough Superior machine on which he will shortly attack the worlds motor-cycle record m Budapest, Eric Fernihough gave a demonstration run m the first meeting ul »nr season at Brooklands tuck. He is bolder of the Brooklands Motor-Cycle Lap Record. Eric Fcrmhoush is seen on
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  • 75 10 Second-Lieutenant Frank Bernard Thurston, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, becomes Lieutenant with effect from Feb. 12, 1938. Mr. J. R. Bennett, J. P.. has been appointed to be the representative of the Straits Settlements on the Malayan Postal Board vice Mr. E. Newbold 0.8E.. deceased. ■<■ p Mr. Lim Soo
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  • 1556 11 Modern Aircraft Are Becoming Too Much For The Human Machine To Cope With World Of Flight 'Prom Our Oicn Correspond^!, London, Mar. 10. IS the modern flying machine becomI ing too much for the human machine? That is a problem which is now occupying the Air Forces of both Britain
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  • 117 12 Ministers attended an emergency Cabinet meeting to hear a statement from Lo-d Halifax, the Foreign Minister, on the grave events m Austria, including the German invasion and establishment of a Nati regime. Photo shows Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the War Minister tleft), and Lord Swinton, the Air Minister,
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    • 135 12 England now 7 days across the air all the way by Einp i r e ¥1y i n g-B ©a i on board, a promenade deck, hot and cold meals served while^JOU fl> The fare* include all night stop accommodation, all meals and tip*. Oi<ly drink* are extra there's a
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
    • 14 1 MORNING TRIBUNE SPORTS SUPPLEMENT No. 38 March 26, 1938. EDITED BY HERMES" Every Saturday.
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    • 940 1 NEWCOMERS WORTH Public Pitches At Farrer Park Need Attention THE big event of the Malayan cricket season of 1938 is due to take place at Easter, when at the S.C.C. during the holiday weekend the visiting Ceylon representative side will be opposed to an all-Malaya
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    • 872 1 Corinthians' Lessons Have Gone Unheeded UOPES that the visit of the Illlngton Corinthians would encoufpge a higher 11 standard of soccer m the local competitions than we were given last season seen; to have been dashed etily In the pi< gramme of tne first
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      • 34 1 ELSEWHERE In To-day's Supplement Page Notes from Seletar Tanglin topics State cricket open* Bradmans men leave Ipoh leads Malaya Cricket personalities Davis cup of goli New test selector* Boxing skill is dea«? Turf topics
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      • 78 1 (ZAS IT'S WORTH YOUR WHILE P^^^J^ l to VJ i MODK ELITK Rodney QoQfe, 10 /T^O^g^U Battery Road, winch is showing an exclusive 3M&^ Sprinfc m o,,(rtlon Millinery m Gage and Jf«H^»* v Saks models, so profusely illustrated by leading Why mai y U1 a PP (a,aru<> by wearing .m
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    • 947 2 I/O Gave&rom-Cave Hits First Century Of Flic Seletar Season (By Flash) IT times the job of sports cor- respondent for the Seletar area leaves me quite overwhelmed. We have periods here where either work, holidays or rain mean that little or no sport
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    • 441 2 R.A.M.C. Showing Fine Soccer Form In Two Leagues (By "Pete") THE continuation at Tanglin of games m the Garrison League was completely spoiled by the weather this week. The matches between A Coy. and H. Q. Wing; and the R.A.M.C. and C Coy. being washed out m the full meaning
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    • 63 2 OXFORD CREW BEATEN BY SECOND STRING THE Oxford Cf€W to ran m the Boat Race ircrc beat eh by two and a half lengths by r*i, the reserve crew, who received a length it art. m a lock-to-. ock trial at Henley, his who were given the insiae we re
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    • 129 2 Negro Heavyweight Best 1937 Boxer HENRY Armstrong. the coloured featherweight champion of world, has been voted by a comm: of experts and readers of the boi magazine, the "Ring." as the outsta Ing boxer for 1937. The facts taken Into consideration ror the award are that the boxer, not
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    • 109 2 International Galas Planned THE Empire Pool at Wembley, which opens on May 28. will be the scein of some fine swimming events this year. A big international gala has bee:, "planned for the opening night. There will be. m addition to the Empire's Swimming Club open tournament a
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    • 745 3 SELANGOR FIELDING STRONG ELEVEN AGAINST PERAK Newcomers Live Up To Reputations In THE first intei -state eiiikd match of the season will be played m S* Kuala Lumpur to-day between Selangor and Perak. The game should prove more than ordinarily interesting if the most recent performances of
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    • 202 3 PROFESSIONAL cricketers who are ■elected to represent England m the Tests are to receive £50 B match plus rail and hotel expenses as against the 140 and railway lares paid m 1034 The idea of paying hotel expenses la to keep the team under one
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    • 106 3 Popular Contests At Maidstone DARTS hzx become a popular game with convicts now, and Sunday matches are being played between inmates of Maidstone Gaol and teams from the local public-houses. Several teams have visited the prison, but the convicts, team, consisting of eight good-conduct men, remains unbeaten.
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    • 71 3 Anita Lizana has had a grassy court specially grown for herand this m record time. She told some members of the Chilean L.T.A. that shn preferred turf to any other surface. The Chileans are so keen that she should win the Wimbledon title this
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    • 91 3 Jesse Owens Must Remain Professional OFFICIALS of the International Athletic Association m Paris have been discussing the case of Jesse Owens, the coloured American sprinter who created such a furore at the Olympic Games and has since turned professional. Owens recently asked for reinstatement as an amateur, but m the
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    • 183 3 Australia Beats The "World" AUSTRALIA won the third cycling "test" match against the World at the Sydney Sports Arena by 22 points to 14 The World were without N. Borsarl, the brilliant Italian professional cyclist, who was seriously injured when he fell at the conclusion of a training
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      21 3 OHnn Practised at Bmokiaods .ra. k CBWWJ) v, openhu; men,,, ,'f the nr« MM, which was on .Mar. IZ. Planet News
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    • 87 3 A CROWD of 5,000 gathered at Melbourne to see the Au^n lian cricketers, under the cap taincy af Hon Itradman, leave Free man tic m the s.s. Maloja on their way to Kngland for the coming tour. A green and gold bag containing the "Ashes", together with
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    • 154 3 New Manager For Tommy Farr TOMMY Farr, the British and British Empire heavyweight champion, has announced that ha had engaged J<x* Gould to be his manager. Gould, one of the most astute men connected with the American ring, man a| ed Jim Braddock. the former world Champion, who beat Farr
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    • 121 3 Breakaway From The Professionals I BIG effort is being made to keep amateurism "pure" m Oermany and to this end several sports associations have been split up into amateur and professional sections. This has already been done with boxing, and now comes the news that the cycling and
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    • 83 3 Yorkshire Club's Novel System A PRIZE for the beat fieldsman m cricket haff been awarded foi ins now by the Hart ihead Moor C.C, In Yorkshire their crick' i hand B Cftld I the umpire, or a v ith some knoa I ime He ird aitt the name
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    • 415 4  - IPOH LEADS THE WAY IN MALAYAN CRICKET "Permainan" FIRST INTER -CLUB COMPETITION Eleven Teams Entered And Others Interested tßy THE first of its kind m Perak, if -,to{ also m Malaya, the knock-out 1 cricket league competition which i$ bang organised by the Perak Cricket Association has attracted no less
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      35 4 The Ceylon Sports Club sent an A" eleven to the S.R.C. to play the club last weekend and a fc«»ed game resulted. Here is the Ceylonese combination, which was stronger m batting than m bowling.
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      46 4 In earlier matches this season the Indian Association have not fared very well, their bowling on evasions being somewhat weak, but they turned out a fairly strong side against the S.C.C. on the padang last weekend and wrested the honours of the match from the club.
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    • 45 4 A party of students, including six experts m Japanese fencing, or "Kendo and six Ju-Jitsu champions, are sailing from Kobe for Europe, where they will Jive exhibitions of the two traditional Japaneae martial sports, with the object ol promoting international gOOdlWlll
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    • 85 4 A HOLE of 282 yards has been jilayed rt m one on a golf course with a bogey of four. The golfer was G. G. Usmar, and the hole was the second on the Effingham Manor course. This is not, however, a record Several players
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    • 78 4 THE South African Cricket Board of Control unanimously decided to recommend the M.C.C. io adopt the eight-ball over throughout the tour of South Africa this year. In the itinerary finally upproved by the Board, five Test matches, each lasting four days, have been arranged.
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    • 96 4 New Super Stadium For Bulgaria WHAT is claimed will be the largest and most modern sports stadium m thf Balkans is to be constructed by the Sofia City Council. It is claimed that the stadium will have seating accommodation for 300.000 people. The centre arena itself will hold 45.000 people.
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    • 77 4 MISS DOKEEN WOLFF, a 17 -year-old South African girl, claims to have established a world's roller-skating endurance record for women by skating for 19 hours 2 minutes. The previous record was 16 hours. Under the international rules governing her performance. Miss Wolff had to
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    • 343 4 RUGBY KICKING IS A SPECLALLST JOB TO-DAY IT is the player with a strong kick and a good judgment of the direction m which the ball will travel who scores the points m rugby. The man who can kick is a specialist He has probably devoted a great deal of
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    • 217 5 W. K. Jagger, formerly with the Services and now m civilian life, is showing promising form with the bat m S.C.C. club games so far. C. Growder. popular S.C.C. bowler, who it is rumoured may be dripping out of serious cncket this season having just been married.
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    • 101 5 Norwegian Girl Retains Women's Title a-ISS LAILA Schou Nilsen the eigMeenM year-old Norwegian girl. for woriSl Speed skating champ* ship for women at Oslo, with a margin v points above her nearest competitor, miss Verne Lesche of Finland. Miss Schou Nilsen he^d a kadof^on^ one point over Miss
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    • 21 5 Sir Geor S e J"tcm ionTcTes Great Britain m the WenuUona p^ the thirty-fifth anniveisary oi me chess club
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    • 133 5 Young Boxer With Good Prospects SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ex-choirboy A EFSEL* int-natmna. Mgf Champion m time. already lost hia amateur status. At the age of fourteen he entered for the Welsh schoolboy's championships. and WM regarded as a certain winner. Br ore the championship, were due. however, he went
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    • 108 5 Growing Popularity In England nASKET-BALL has been played for nearly fifty years now, but only m the past three years, since the players formed their own association, has It been regarded with Interest m England. There are now 200 English teams, and more than 5,00. members. They are even
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    • 60 5 ANYBODY KdOlnf an hOUfl we<: the Opanwood, Surrey, cricket pitch is rewarded with a Her pint ol brer or rider by Captain G A MOXOn, Wl determined to reatore 'hi i famou i cen tm:. ■..-old pitch to perfection It i, reported that the weeds, like
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    • 238 6 NEW BODY PLANS CONTEST On Lines Of Davis Cup s EUROPEAN golf championship. A with the players of a dozen nations taking part, is a future possibility as the result of the recent birth of the European dolf Asscciation. The new body, for the
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    • 149 6 133 Crews Enter For Thames Race WJXTY-TWO clubs, represented by 133 v crews, have entered for the annual Head of the River Race which is rowed over the Varsity Boat-Race course, but m the reverse direction— that is with the stream. The oigqest club entry is by
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    • 89 6 Triple Championship Scheme JACK HI/. PATRICK, the son of a Palmers Green denii I has Issued a I rhallt nge to all conn i world triple championship, His sports vre boxing, swimming and running. Ay 14 tone, he la 6 feet inches tall and hay won seven h-
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    • 61 6 Thrills In Island Club Golf Final S 1. M. Ibrahim, the Island Club golfer, who was at the losing end m a thrillin- match for the club title last weekend against S. N. Kellv. The match eventually was decided by a remarkable shot by Kellv m which he held out
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    • 412 6 game. There is, of course, one snag m the selection of playing cricketers and. that is. that they are unable to watch players m matches m which they are not themselves performing but this sphere should be covered adequately by the two
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    • 132 6 Good Friday Tradition In Sussex Hamlet THE villagers of Tirisley Green, near Crawley. Sussex, have received a mysterious challenge for the centuriesold marble championships, which take pli.ce every Good Friday. j The entry form remains blank, a note' at the bottom explaining that the challenge team wish to
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    • 35 6 "Amateur" By Cotton 'My definition of an amateur is one jWho plays from plus two and wants [four up when he plays me for £1 or more," said Henry Cotton at a professional golfers' dinner.
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    • 40 6 Knowledge of golf on the Continen* is backward. A story is told of a new golf course being laid m Luxemboun when some of the 350 members joined thought that the bunkers J holes and played to them.
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    • 355 6 U.S. Opposes Davis Cup Revision GREAT Britain's decision to support the scheme for making the Dav^ Cup competition a biennial affair considerably perturbed the United States Lawn Tennis Association. It is pointed out that the English LT.A.'S action is not coincident a their stand m 1934 when, together with the
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    • 60 6 DAR TS CHALLENGE TO 22-STONE PLAYERS! STAFF-SKRGEAST E. G Hansford, nf the 2?4th Field Battery Royal Artillery <?■>. once heavyweight boxing champion of the Army, noiv wants to become heaiyweight darts chmnpion. He has issued a challenge io all stalivarts weighing more than 22 stone uho think they can -throw
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    • 413 7 Boxing To-day Is Matter Of Brawn LEN HARVEY SPEAKS IT is true tv say that all brawn and no brain is what the public likes to see m the ring to-day? Len Harvey thinks it is. It is probably more correct to say that now, as ever, the public becomes
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    • 72 7 Light-Heavy Title At Stake IN all-black contest for the lightA heavyweight championship of the world is m the offing. ho t n( r Lou Pro^d middieleight SSffi'of the world, on a technical knockout, is considering lodgi n- lmge to John Henry Lewis, the noioti. with the Boxing
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    • 56 7 THE three London polo I la gh. Roel-mpton Hrt^ anticipate a 011 attendances both for play, and n di fol Stands are being buMM m re the record crowds ex Danelagh. C aptain F A. Gil. nasi v and from Calilornia t this sea India are
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    • 69 7 Milne Wins Though Sick Man RIDING against medical advice, Jack Milne the American winner of the world championship and the world Derby won the Gold Cup event at Sydney beating AG. "Bluey" Wilkinson, the West Ham rider, into second place. It had been announced that Milne who had
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    • 65 7 D ON RICHARDS will defend his AusX ra iian heavyweight boxing "tie against Ambrose Palmer at the Sydney SP R o [c t L?d™ U afso o ho.drthe 12 m iddleweight and Ught-heavyweight Australian titles Palmer held the heavyweight title Sim. retirement some time ago. An U
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    • 135 7 iiihfn Inoh Corinthians scored 56 WTainsflpoh sports club, the total included 24 extras. Kamnar Recreation Club totalled 25 against a total of 87. seven wickets foMl runs. R A F at fhe week-end brought 'he Stoga£re total of hundreds for the first month of the season to five
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      28 7 left to ri-ht I. Helen. M. Siabados,Loh Hum Soon and Chan Kwok Ming, who took part m the exhil.it.on tame tennis matches at the Happy World covered stadium.
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    • 146 7 Still Unfit To Resume Tennis JEAN Borotra has a new job. He is head of a company which is layin: down eight covered courts at Autueil. to house all the indoor tennis matches In France. One match has already been played on Bdrotra'a courts- the London v. 1'
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    • 218 7 JOE LOUIS m knocking OUI Nathan Mann In three rounds at MadiM.n Square Garden to succesafully defend his heavyweight title, showed some ol the boxing form which secured mm me championship Louis taught With all hla Old fury and he put
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      • 47 7 ll v 3=yf Infants Thrive fl I On It YV^\ I/ Build up your child's strength V^X 4 t V 111 on a foundatlon of s ml HbH^ health ■r '^1P go to make vigorous health KLJ^#» JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS, LTD. BgggS Singapore "nang Kuala I umpur. <^^^^
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    • 1731 8  -  "Marcus Superbus A Comment Which Met With Early Rebuttal (By IT was only about three weeks, ago that I made dissatisfied comment*, on the inconsistency the majority of our horses were displaying, and now as if to .nntSt S I said six doubles have been scored at
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      39 8 If Waetere reproduces the dashing form that helped her to equal the Malayan record for six furlongs at Singapore last month, she should earn a well deserved promotion to class two during the course of the forthcoming Penang meeting.
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    • 174 8 They Have Their Own Cup Matches 1 WOMEN'S interest m sports extent even to darts now. and difficultare already arising. b The fine play of the women who too.. part m the Hazelgrove Cup- a competition for women— at Brighton recent i« gave point to the question
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      • 157 8 YOITII, VIGOUR VITALITY m 30 Minutes There is no need for a lengthy and tiresome treatment for weeks or months if you feel weak or old before you are young. The latest remedy of a great German Scientist by the name MAN POWER PILLS give astonishing and immediate results m
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      46 13 Stom Troopers am,* w«„ and M„. two m e„ 0?"^ V ennl in,ereS,e< >Ut Planet News e|ebrated U ith traditional custom at Harrow School, one of Britain's ereatiM srhools t»i Pounders Day WM "J^^™™^ near Lolldoll was founded .n 1171 by John I.von. HHH Planet News
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      • 32 13 Rene ULLMANN is DISPLAYING ME LATEST PATTERNS OP HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE •088 D'OEUVRK Dl&i 1 1* MWKST Olgfln afe ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCIIL^ THE REST LS TO CO.:* AND ftftl RENE ULLMANN
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      263 14 PLAIN, slick little morning dresses, moulded to your figure and with their skirt fullness concealed lovely flowered silk frocks for afternoon glimmering gowns of metal mesh for evening how lovely and how varied can be our dresses this season. BUT remember, that your dresses must be suited to the time
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    • 699 14 Let Your Frocks Look Right On Every Occasion from bust to hip and the smartest should contrast vividly with the frocks. Then again, for evening they may be of matching material or. still more m rogue, of matching lace, since lace is definitely a safe bet
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      253 14 THE glimmer and soft sheen of lovely gems are the dream of every woman's heart and if you are lucky enough to make that dream real visit RENE ULLMANN'S shop m Raffles Place, for he has everything there that you can desire. Diamonds, rubies, pearls how beautiful
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      52 14 If you have age lines don't wear a dark costume with a light coloured hat or lirht facing. It shows up the lines, so instead wear a light dress or white at the neck. The reflection of the light colour soften^ the face lines enough to make a light coloured
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      • 22 14 MAISON PERM Telephone 4610 takes pleasure m announcing the OPENING of their new ultra-modern and AIR-CONDITIONED Ladies Hairdressing Saloon 79, Stamford Road.
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    • 391 15 May WE Introduce— ANEW HAT SHOP to your notice? this is Mode Elite, who. deciding to expand south, have opened their showrooms m Rodney House. And. we really do think they are worth visiting, for they have all the latest Gage and Saks Fifth Avenue models to show you exquisite
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      • 23 15 j Maison Marcelle Permanent W r ave. Try our latest no mt- winding system 35 Stamford Rd. i Tel. 4807 Prop. J. KOOY,
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      • 73 15 MAISON MARTIN Hair Professur W"JMjj&J3- Vjtfv L'academie and P~* de Gents France. Only the artist's flair can interpret the wave to suit your personality, creating from it a style for you alone. You may have an expert consultation free at your convenience. The best machines and perfect service makes everything
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      • 28 15 fi iPRr^ i H ii I I BEACH WEAR: LINGERIE: BEADED NECKWEAR: EVENING COATS; LINEN BAGS: etc. new stocks just received 18, Battery Road, Ist Floor, Phone 7143.
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      • 481 16 1 I _^^Q llii»Trsl BY P&Oa'ndBRITISH INDIA.LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Outwards. Due Due Tonnage Spore Tonnage S pore 1933 9" RATPUTANA 17.000 June 3 RAWALPINDI 17.000 In P olt SOMALI 6.800 June J CORFU 15,000 Apr. 8 NALDE ra 16.000 June 17 SOUDAN 6.500 Apr. 8 g^NPURA 17.000 July 1
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      • 442 16 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA S A STI I A SAILING APRIL 7, AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon im Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China and Japan unterchangeab,, P
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    • 140 17 TWENTY thousand square miles of New Guinea on which no white has set loot, and which are believ- to be inhabited by very fierce na Uvea, are to be officially explored .An expedition, with this object will be led by J. L. Taylor. Assistant Distric •hcer. on behalf
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    • 184 17 £2,000,000 GOLD FOR ENGLAND THE steamer Co-opcrat/.ia landed £2,000.000 worth Ol bullion at Tilbury recently. The gold was consigned to London. Police guarded all entrancea to the landing SUfi When the ship drew alongside, and no unauthorised person was allowed near. C.1.1), officers m plain clothe; were present. The t-.old
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      • 283 17 IURXS PIIILP LIKE. ancorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS MFRK-TTR D c Sai,S MbKKbK Mar. 29 Apr. 2 MARELLA Apr 30 May 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at' the following rates. first Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane. Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting
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      • 244 17 X. Y. K. LL\L GENERAL PASSENGERS AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. tma. TERUKUNI MARU Mar. 30 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Apr M s.s. HARUNA MARU Apr. 28 Rates to Ist Class 2nd ulan Naples $574 $621 $634 ><81
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      • 143 17 £500,000 A Year For Television TELEVISION is to receive aa aa nual jjrant of approximated 1500,000 from the Treasun. Hitherto development <»i the Lndu has been held up by lack <.t fund rhc grant win prove v. last fillip the Industry has yet received With E500.000 the 8.8.C ought to
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      • 124 17 {POSTAL INTELLIGENCE} STEAMER MA^LS DISPATCHES* ajong Plnang DATE AND TIKE Hongkong Rawalpindi HS am o Japan, o Formosa and o Macao Rawalpindi 26 io Ms' U.S.A. Western "Macao Rawalpindi 26 m Borneo (Horth), Brunei and Labuan I %SS** X 26 .will ''ujang rt/. mbi and X Tocngkal Kajang 26 ll
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      • 119 17 SHIPS IN DOCK SHU'S ALONGSIDE Till Wll AKVI B Oil expected TO \lim\E Entrance I \it Ship (iodoun (iatc (iatc Rawalpindi l;; J 3 dytooeni 14 2 3 Erie Main 11 3 Troilus 7 j 3 Taybank 30 2 3 Klang 32 2 3 Bteel Voyager 34 2 3 Hoegh
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    • 851 18 FORMER TRUSTEE, NOW MOTOR MECHANIC, HAS TWO WIVES, 6 CHIWRE.\ UNCLE ABSCONDED WITH MONEY Singapore. Friday ANTE tlMtae m his fathers estate U MMOnting to $125,000, of which his share was over 810.000. and now I motor mechanic. Song Kirn Cheng. :;.">- war-old Chinese, was taken
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    • 119 18 Ousted From England By Ceylon Singapore, Mar. 2d. THE Chinese tea market m England is now swamped by Ceylon tea. though business increased by 25 per cent, m the past few months." said Mr. Liv Kay Liang, the representative m England of the Tea Merchants' Association of China,
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      24 18 Nazis m civilian dres* but wearing swastika armband*, hold; U 01 the Austro-Swiss border. On right, a nriest is crossing into Suit/:. Planet News
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    • 330 18 Commissioners Make An Amendment Singapore. Friday THE principle contained m section 392 of the Municipal Ordinance, det with dwellings was affirmed at to-day's meeting of the Municipal Commissi It will be recalled that last meeting of the Commit Mr. Scow Pch Leng pointed out U an amendment to
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    • 88 18 Inquiry Into Death Of Wireman Singapore, Friday A verdict of death by m:sadventu£ was returned by Mr. W. G. Porter tl Singa-wre Coroner, this morning, ai inquiry into the death of Jofri bin Haoj Khar.' a P.W.D. wireman, who fell i a ladder on Mar. 22. whilst
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    • 341 19 fIOMEN 01 China fleeing from war to the Central China city of Hanio. have found shelter, rest and comfort at a pre-war cost at the floiT lory of the Chinese Y.W.C.A. m Hankow. bi h^AA: A %EJfcz s f c lat l!,st nolel
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    • 109 19 THE Government has many cats on its "pay roll", and there are a large number of them employed at Customs warehouses and other offices. They are official members of the stafT and special allowances are made for them. At this time of the year these
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    • 157 19 Waited For Death For 30 Years ALTHOUGH death has been hanging over him for 29 years. Archie Herron. who murdered a man m 1908. still manages to avoid the electric chair. In fact, he has become the "hermit" of New Jersey State Prison. Herron was condemned to death
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    • 76 19 Singapore, Friday An Indian named Anthony appeared Defer* Mr F. C. C Barwtt, i»-e Third Magistrate, this morning on charges cf cheating a compatriot named Sinnashr.mby of sums of $25 and $30 by falsely representing to him that^employment could be secured at the Naval Base. rexnandes, another Indian,
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    • 197 19 Cupid Fast At Work: Girls Marry At Rate Which Alarms Government! Darwin, Mar. 2. CUPID has been denounced as Public Enemy No. 1 by the administration of the Northern Territory. So many Government girl twists m Darwin. Australia's lonely outpost of the north, are getting married that the Administration is
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    • 68 19 Now Reduced To A Minimum Singapore, Friday That strict enforcement of the bylaws had resulted m an almost minimum amount of cruelty being done to animals was one of the points m the annual report of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Dog Registration Department for
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    • 62 19 Doubled Within Two Years THE average numbers recruited monthly lor the Navy during the financial years 1935. 1936. 1937. excluding entries as a result of competitive examinations, were: 1935 624 1936 871 1937 (April Ist to Dee 31st H54 I Tne figures are given by the First Lord
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    • 263 19 IDEA CAUSES DISCORD Prague. A WIFE'S faith m her husband's genius as an actor has taused him to apply for a separation from her m the Civil Court m Prague. The man was originally a bank clerk but lost his job because business was slack. He joined a travelling theatrical
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      111 19 There is alarm m Switzerland at the situation created by the entry of German troops into Austria. The number of Swiss troops concentrated m the frontier refloat now exceeds .'{o,ooo. Opposite (hem. on the other side of the border, are Austrian Nazis and German troops. A number of refugees, mostly
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    • 50 19 Singapore, Friday Queen Btreel (from Btamford Road to Middle Road) and Waterloo Street from Stamford Road to Middle Road' win m future be closed to Itinerant hawkers, ;i the result of an amendment to the Hawkers By-laws under the Municipal Ordinance passed at to-d meeting ol the Commissioners.
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      • 65 19 The CAPITOL'S NEXT ATTRACTION [Will introduce to you The new HUTIBH Hoy Star who has already captivated America's Millions RONALD SINCLAIR m a /OUSING M-G-M Hit i From the sam« studio that f| gave you "Captains Courl agoous," cows a now M-G-M I drama.. .O triumph of thrills I ond
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    • 381 20 Angered Peasants Fight Japanese THE Chinese flag is still flying valiantly m that part of Shangtung west of the Teientsin-Pukow Railway and north of the Yellow River, where thousands of armed Chinese peasants, angered by the brutalities of Japanese, troops m the occupied areas,
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    • 289 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Company Dividend TIN Books Close A. Hitam 15 "< Int. less Tax Mar. 8 Burma-Malay 6d. div. Mar. 24 Hongkong Tin 10% Int. less tax. Killinghall 7%% int. less tax 3d. Bonus Puteh Tin 5% Int. Mar. 26 Rawang T. Fields 3d. No. 11
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      • 876 20 I ON THE RADIO]! BRITISH EMPIRE j U. S. A. SHORTWAVE PROGRAMME PROGRAMMES Transmission 2:— 6.05 p.m.— 9.15 Tho |afc»l«l are the P™"' 1 1 r,l ?.s7 13 93 metres (21.53 mcs); An,,,!,.,,, short Wf-**5J &™H ttSl metres (21.47 mcs); GSG The number, ta-^gjg* £j J^SSSTSfi m 3 eTre^ 5
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      • 237 20 PROGRAMME OF B. M. B. C Singapore Station On 225 Metres i"45 Dm Lisht Orchestral Concert Announcements. Lived to "Belter's Hungartan Band. 745 pm. Duet Music played 5 reefed by C Roller. Relayed from the Silva's Band Relayed from fi!, H„toi WorW Cabaret. A -M) 0 p.m '-interval. 8.10 p.m.
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    • 749 21 LOANS FOR ME DICAL EXPENSES ARE TOO HIGH Harbour Board Co-operators Abusttw > w S Clety WW**" M^ r. H. Robinson, when 1 presiding at the thirteenth annual general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Employees Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.. held at the S.H.B. Junior Service Club last
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    • 57 21 Singapore, Friday. Among those who arrived at Singapore by the Rawalpindi to-day were Mrs G. W Bryant, wife of the Hon. Mr. G. W. Bryant, M.C.S.; Miss T. G. Bryant: Mr. F F B Sewell; Mrs. Sewell; Mr. G. R. Svkes M.C.S. Mrs Sykes; Mr. C. R.
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    • 330 21  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Hankow. Friday. HEAVY engagements with the enemy a l Peita on the east bank of the Yiho were reported on Wednesday and Thur.;dav. The Chinese constantly changed their tactics during the battles which puzzled the enemy, whose flank attacks were repeatedly repulsed The
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    • 211 21 Hankow, F'ridav. THE encircling movement of the Chitroops m the north section ol the Tsin-Pu Railway has proved rery successful. Chinese troops are launching attacks on the Japanese along the whole line from Yuancho* In the north to Ltncheng In the south The Chinese forces have already reached
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    • 40 21 Cannon Lord Arrhibari Douches, son of the seventh Marquis of Qn'ensberry and great-Uncle Ol the present marquis, died at St Anthony's Hospital. Cheam (Surrey). He was eighty-seven, and was ordained :i Roman Catholic priest In i«7O.
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    • 174 21 Britain U. S. Building Bigger Battleships londo 1 1 Mar. 24. THERE is reason to believe that Britain, like the Cnited States, has decided to invoke the escalator clause m the Naval Treaty m the face of the Japanese refusal to furnish details of her naval building. A Washington message
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    • 321 22 Third Division Soccer At S.H.B. R.A.M.C 2 Casuals GOOD football was witnessed on the S.H.B ground yesterday afternoon when the Royal Army Medical Corps gained a victory over the Casuals by 2—l m the Third Division of the S.A.F.A. League. Territorially the Medical
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      19 22 T— THREAD NEEDLE race m pie* lSM at the annual sports meeting yesterday of the Abattoir Sports Club. Tribune
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    • 450 22 CHINESE RESERVES BEAT PULAU BRANI 2-0 Winners Brilliant Individually, But Team Work Was Lacking S.C.F.A. II 2; P. Brani 0. ALTHOUGH they had the better of the play throughout the game. Pulau Brani were defeated by two goals to nil by the S.C.F.A. II m the Second Division of the
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    • 126 22 Last Night's "Prelim" Boxing RESULTS Of last night's "prelim boxing matches at the Happy World Young Choon 9.0 1 outpointed Joe Cotton 8 8 1 eight 3- minute rounds Little Mydin ll l 2 outpointed w Johnson 7.2 3 4 six 2-minute rou: Bud Lewis 8.0' 4
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    • 334 22 MARKETS WEAK Reports By Singapore Firms THE following reports on the market position are issued by local firms LEWIS AND PEAT (STORE). LTD. It might have been thought that thy partial clearing up of the Europear. problem at the end of last week might have kept markets steady, out the
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    • 310 22 FOREIGN BUSINESS IN PEIPING AT STANDSTILL Peiping. Friday. CURRENCY troubles here threaten to bring to a standstill foreign business m the refusal of the new Federated Reserve Bank to sell foreign exchange, and the refusal even of Japanese banks to exchange the new notes for yen, although the Federated Bank
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    • 60 22 Mr. I. C. Hannah 'Con.. Bilston^ ask« the resnlr of representations to Japanese respecting the collection custom^ duties m Shanghai. Mr. Butler replied that the Japi Government had promised early cv:. sideration of representations. He regretted that no report ol an> improvement m the situation had Deer received.
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    • 171 23 FISTICUFFS IN DIV, 1 LEAGUE MATCH IN K.L. State Players, Respective Captains Of The Sides, Sent Off Kuala Lumpur, Friday. J^FTER a long period of splendidly clean soccer m local competition, an ugly incident marred the First Division League match played this evening between the Chinese and
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