Morning Tribune, 8 March 1939

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 4— No. 31. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1939. FIVE CENTB.
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  • 156 1 FRANCO REJECTS PEACE \democrocies I Snubbed I BURGOS, MAR. 7. Lasco NEEDS NO PACT AXD NO SURRENDER IN IrDERTO ENTER MADRID ■SHE HAS CONQUERED BAREIONA. DECLARED THE ■fficial spokesman, Eeaking from the nationalist wireless sta- Is_a.ec._r.: institutes the first in- ot the Nationalist Government on the la est developments in
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  • 85 1 A .-cording to a Reuter message from Toronto, the Dionne Quintuplets, witb their parents, have been invited by the Ontario Government to go to Toronto during the Royal visit next month, to be presented to Their Majesties. It is suggested that the Quins
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  • 185 1 p U.S. Fleet Back Britain France? NEW YORK, MAR. 7. AL ACT lON BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE EVENT OF N AGRESSION BY FASCIST POWERS ON BRITAIN OR C E IS ADVOCATED BY COL. STIMSON, FORMER SECJUtY 0F STATE, IN A LETTER IN THE "NEW YORK 1 1 i
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  • 118 1 PROTEST FROM AAANCHUKUO Tokyo, Mar. 7. FE Manchukoaa Government have protested to the Soviet Union over 158 border disputes last year, according to an official statement issued at Hsinking. Altogether there were 166 disputes during the year, and Russia replied to only 51 of the protests. No
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  • 51 1 Vatican City, Mar. 7 The Pope this morning took possession of the papal apartments on the second floor of the Vatican previously occupied by Pius XI. The Pope later received Cardinals O Conn ell of Boston, Mundelein of Chicago, and the Italian Cardinals Maglione, Lapuma and Marcati
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  • 155 1 RAJKOT DISPUTE ENDS I MAHATMA WILL SEE VICEROY FOR TALKS Rajkot, Mar. 7. JHE dispute between Gandhi and Thakore Saheb, tit* nilpr t of Rajkot, was settled thit* morning, and ended Gandhis fast* Agreement was reached fallowing a period of almost continuous consultations between Rajkot and New
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  • 134 1 New York, Mar. 7. The New York Secret Service authorities claim to have smashed a million dollar counterfeiting ting with the arrest of six men and two women, lt is stated that the ring has been responsible for most of the spurious banknotes circulated in the United States
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    • 33 1 SlOO.OOO Or Life" J j Chinee In Siam J Markets 8 9 5 London Letter M 15 Women s rage* lg gS*F-r European g j Telegrams 22 23 5 Sportsfront Test Cricket j*
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  • 527 2 CHINESE ON CHARGE OF EXTORTION Singapore. Tuesday. ..5.00.000 TO BE PAID WITHIN TWO WW* *f-W«£ DEATH" would make any work of ""JV^JJS attempted ing y et U t.-day formed the bas.s --Jg^ Judge extortion, heard before »ir. I* against a young Chinese. Tan Ah Kai. prosecution
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  • 95 2 INSTALLATION OF PERAK'S SULTANA (Tribune a SIMPLE but dignified ceremony A marked the installation of the Raja Perumpuan yesterda> when the proclamation was read before Sir Shenton Thomas, the Sultan the British Resident and and Chiefs of the States and commun The Sultana ascended the dais, escorted by the Sultan,
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  • 119 2 Governor Attends Funeral Of Mr. Green (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. rE funeral of the late Hon. Mr. C. L. Green, Federal and Perak State Councillor, took place this morning at 10.30 at Batu Gajah The service was conducted by the Rev. S. C. Kell. These was an exceptionally large
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  • Article, Illustration
    83 2 Mr. Harry Ore. the famous Hongkong pianist and composer, who will take part .n the Singapore Musical Society's concert at the Victoria Memorial HaU on Sunday. The programme is a representative one, and includes Mr. R.bert Waddle at the organ in association with the orchestra. Mr. Harry Ore plays with
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  • 119 2 Tragic Death of Survey Officer (From Our Own Correspondenl Muar. Tuesday, MR. J. K. Ramsay, surveyor attache Malayan Survey Department and stationed at Muar. was foun dead in tragic circumstances th morning ai his quarters. Mr Ramsay was born in Mar. 24. l in New Zealand and was educatd Auckland
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  • 17 2 Renone Tin advise an output I No. 2 dredge for February of 51 pkls. I
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  • 351 2 MENTAL HOSPITAL CHIE GIVES EVIDENCE Singapore, Tuesday. riKIHER hearing of the Angullia case was continued to-day before Mr. Justice Homo. This is the ninth day of hearing. Ahmad Angullia, J.P.. and his two sons are seeking probate of the will oi one Essoof bin Mohammed
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  • 55 2 WOMEN'S DAY TO-DAY CHINESE women and girls In SUJ will gather at the Palace i in Eu Tong Sen Street at -2 P.'" to celebrate "Women's DM on women's problems will y v by some of the local leading ladies. t Volunteer contributions to w~i Relief Fund will be made
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  • 27 2 Dr. Chen Ren Bing. Supe^ of the Wuhan Songsteis Gr lecture in Mandarin on of China" at the Mandarin School. Prinsep morrow, at 8 p.m.
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    • 190 2 To be successful you MUST be fit !^> v The men and women who achieve success are brimful K-Wpn\ of health and energy. Success in any walk of life ,JHp \A never comes to the lethargic, the listless, the j?M^ JS irritable. If you've lost your keenness and zest for
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  • 272 3 Back From Tour IMPRESSIONS OF LOCAL CONSUL-GENERAL (Tribune Staff Reporter) JNTERMAKRIAGE between the Siamese and Chinese and the blood relationship between them serve as evidence of the iappy relationship between the two peoples," said the Chinese :onsul-General. Mr. Kao Ling Pai, on his return from a
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  • 251 3 WW TRADE ENVOY HERE THE hon.. t L Singapore. Tuesdav. <hare\ th \t nUed W U,d have an in^ ie asingly bigger ed bv Mr h i A ya r markel for American products, was expressfhp dr r J T. hompson
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  • 308 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. QVER one hundred Tamil coolies, employed in quarries at Batu Caves by Kenneison Bros., Ltd., who have been on strike since Saturday, following a refusal of the employers to grant an increase in wages, was dismissed and replaced by a batch
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  • 38 3 Tenders are invited lor the supply ot spare parts for Jaw Crushers and Crushing Rolls. For full particulars see Tender Room Notice. Tenders dose at 12 noon on March 22. 1939 C. H. GOLDIE Municipal Secretary.
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    • 109 3 THE SING EI BAGAN RUBBER COMPANY. LIMITED Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 2« 2 per cent, in respect of the financial year ending 30th June. 1939, has been declared by the Directors of the Company payable to Shareholders on the Register
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    • 342 3 PENSIONED OFF A FIT MAN Rigours of Police Life Did Not Harm Him At 50 years of age he was presumed to be beyond the arduous demands of police duties. But was he? Read what he says now— five years after he was pensioned: "I am a man of 55
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
  • 165 4 Singapore, Mar. 7. MINING Tin at midday was $109. up 4 The London Stock Exchange yesterday was reported to be brighter on the opening of the new account and Tin share orders received this morning were slightly firmer. In the local market this section to-day was dull
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  • 264 4 re market seems to be definitely on the upward grade and its emergence from the previous sideways movement is an encouraging technical sign, says a cabled synopsis from the "Trader's" column of "Barrons' the Americin National Financial Weekly. More reassuring news, both from tne administration and from business
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  • 99 4 The crop of Bukit Katil for February was 19.586 lb. a total for ten months of 189,703. Ayer Molek produced 13,028 lb., al total for four months of 57,737 lb., and 1 United Malaccas crop was 30.700 lb., making 368.300 lb. for ten months. Rubber turns of the
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  • 42 4 New York. Mar. 7.— America's im-cmploye-i during January increased nearly to three-quar.ors of a million compared with December, says the National Industrial Conference Board, but the total at $10,645 showed a decrease of quarter million compared with January. 1938. Reuter
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    • 80 4 sjmff^pf^ffff^fmfftfif^mi^. _=_g mm& i-*^- L-L -_JT -J NOMINAL CAPITAL: 1 I.# V a $40,000,000 I I ISSUED PAID UP 1 I CAPITAL: $10,000,000 I I BRANCHES throughout I I Malaya, Siam, Burma, I I South China, French I I Indo-China and Nether- 1 I lands East Indies. I I AGENTS
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    • 16 4 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD Is Your MOTOR < Alt fully insured? Tel. 5926. 2. Finlayson 3reen
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    • 397 6 "A marvellous film" OPENING TO-DAY. 3 SHOWS. "It is a treat to see this" SUNDAI CHRONICLE. nAII V PYPRF^^ "The audience followed the F" \f ILI C3 f\| film uith rapt attention" t> T" „!L E bn,,,ant PrOdUC DAILY SKETCH. *-U b.15 9.15 tion" THE STAR. {sjoanh a jL/omcUuj /cufy..
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    • 173 6 k j SUN TALKIE 1 (NEW WORLD I j 7.30 PM. TONIGHT 9 PJ| Special Stage I and Screen Attraction. i j The Worlds Greatest Mi nd j Reader ALSO -SWING HICH I j SWING LOW" j J Prices:— 2o at*. 30 cts. 40 cts. 50 its. S I EMPIRE
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  • 308 7 Chungking. March 6. BMR] Cu<me. French Ambassador. h arrived at Chungking by air .Ktuuning yesterday morning is l^H to call on the Foreign Minis* K win* Chung-hui. at 4 p.m __£_i the Foreign Office hostel. tl £te has not yet been fixed for \t[,-, presentation
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  • 243 7 801l every twenty-five years the 1 M. stake a sort of national inentory. They hold the Swiss Najona! Exhibition. In addition to laving a grand time, they put on elegint show and exhibit to the *>t 01 the world, as well as themdies. Switzerland's cultural and in-i-stnal
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  • 17 7 REOPENING OF PEARL RIVER Mfc-D. HO,,ekon B. Ma.ch 6. g 1 '>• scheduled to return to we Agency.
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  • 80 7 FIGHTING IN CENTRAL HUPEH Ichang, March 6. WEEK-END fighting in central Hupeh ff province on the central China front is still centered along the sixty kilometres of the Chingshan-Chunghsiang highway. Two Japanese regiments strongly assaulted the Chinese line, but made no gains. The Japanese in a flanking movement attacked the
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  • 43 7 Hongkong. March 6. Vice- Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-chief of the British China Naval Station left yesterday morning for Siam aboard the flagship "Resolute" to call on Siam s military and political authorities. Chinese Central News Agency.
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    • 136 7 THEATRE ROYAL I opening to-night r_V_V MU 6.15 9.15 P.M. MASTER SIRAZ GOHAR KARNATAKI in "KULDIPAK" A HINDUSTANI TALKIE PACKED WITH STUNTS, SONGS DANCES l—__\ mT^ 9 K^ -IB m w B :i B _________w xl MMMm\ MW^' :^MMmmmmm\ J^r^a(B_^aM \_^_^_^_^_^L _____W ilj^^^^^^^^^^^^Hß IN THEIR FUNNIEST, MERRIEST, MADDEST MUSICAL M
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  • 3342 8 The British Army Navy Of To-day I BEN CHIME'S LONDON LETTER (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 24. THE footslogger, the walking Christmas Tree. Bairnslathers "old Bill" the Tommy who marched along the roads of Flanders singing about Tipperary: did you realise that he had marched completely out of sight
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  • 255 9 Berlin. THE report of the German State Railways for the past year, reviewed in the Berlin financial Press, reveals thait the condition of the railway monopoly gives cause for anxiety. In 1929 there were 4,000 more locomotives and 80,000 more carriages and trucks on the books
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  • 333 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday. March 8. 1939. BRIGHT HOPES FOR RUBBER A few days ago we referred to the fact that stocks of tin are being heavily drawn upon at the present time and the outlook for the producing industry has greatly improved. It is pleasant to record that the same
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  • 540 10 How Germans Are Misled THE opinion is expressed in authoritative German quarters to-day that, in spite of the trade talks, Anglo-German relations must now be regarded as cooler than at any time since Munich, writes the Daily Telegraph Berlin correspondent. Attention is directed
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  • 293 10 RISKING no repetition of the recent gunman episode. First Marshal Benito Mussolini saw more police than civilians when he reviewed his Blackshirt bodyguard in Rome's Pincio Gardens. Civilians numbered exactly twentyfive, and throughout the ceremony were fr'.ced by 150 gendarmes. Other platoons of troops and police
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  • 46 10 London. Mar. 7. There is a marked fall in unemployment in the latest official figures. The number of unemployed on Feb. 13. shows a decrease of 142,000 compared with that of Jan. 16 but 86,000 more than for the corresponding date last year.— Reuter.
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  • 427 11 London. Mar. 6. JHE Defence Loans Bill passed its final stages in the House of Commons this evening. Speaking for the Opposition, Mr. Pethkl: Lawrence said they did not propose to divide the House on the third reading. In ip-te," he said, 'of our
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  • 376 11 Most Voracious Readers In Penang Are School Children [From Our Own Reporter] Penang, Saturday. P E °ff L _L i K P fv! la g d ,°iu ot Seem t0 take Vantage of the facilities offered by the local library, for in spite of the cheap membership fl &£_ftf! tHat
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  • 267 11 BRITISH ATTITUDE TO FAST OF GANDHI London, March 6- statement was made in the r House of Commons by the UnderSecretary ior India. Col. Muirhead, warding the circumstances in which Mr. Gandhi began his fast D n the question of reforms in Rajkot. Col Muirhead said that on Mar 2
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  • 74 11 London. Mar. t>. Mr. Mr. R A. Butler told the House of Commons at question time that Mr. Ashton G Watkin recently visited Berlin, in his capacity of head of the economic section of the Foreign Office, to renew personal contact with German officials and exchange
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  • 150 11 Parit Buntar, Sunday. Six persons were injured, when some Indian I coolies had a fight on Dennistown j Estate Road. Two of the persons were women. They received head injuries, and two men also received wounds. One man was taken immediately to the District
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  • 79 11 TOMATO vines 20 feet high with fruit 1 weighing two pounds each have been developed by two Portland agricultural chemists, Karl Stockiand and Boyd Hamilton. The new method is called the "'waterwick system." it is a simplification of the familiar -tank-farming" method in which plants grow with roots
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  • 137 11 War-time River Rescue Service ARRANGEMENTS are being completed by the Port of London Authority for a river rescue service in time cf war. Part of the service will be a river ambulance section, for which 14 pleasure steamers are being equipped as hospital ships. Each of these ships will be
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  • 88 11 London, Mar. 7. Between Jan. 16, the date of the last return, and Feb. 13, employment improved in all but a few industries in Great Britain. The registered unemployed at the latter date totalled 1,896,718, comprising 1,538,512 wholly unemployed, 291,680 temporarily laid off and 66,526 normally in
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    • 17 11 FRESH SYDNEY ROCK OYSTERS AND BANDOENG STRAWBERRIES (ALL BY AIR MAIL) OBTAINABLE TO-NIGHT AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT
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    • 208 11 THI TRUI TONIC POOD t. i i i —I THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of 5% in respect of the year ending 30th June 1939 will be paid to Shareholders standing in the Register on 23rd March 1939. AND NOTICE is
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  • 127 12 Women 's Auxiliary FIRE SERVICE __t_bets men v .re\eP b e Planet News S ib-Officer Hall fitting a gas-mask to a member of Ny 7 Division. This division is formed by six mothers fro* Fulham, London. Planet News Women members of thc Auxiliary Fire Service held their first full-dress parade
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  • Morning Jribune FILM FANFARE
    • 11 1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. Morning Jribune FILM FANFARE SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1939.
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    • SHINING STARS
      • 625 1 JOAN CRAWFORD DAN CINC AGAIN IN HER MOST ATTRACTIVE ROLE MELVYN DOUGLAS MARGARET SULLAVAN.. ROBERT YOUNG FAY BAINTER BRING TO THE SCREEN A GRIPPING AND EMOTIONAL STORY. THE girl who attended a convent and eventually became star in Hollywood pictures is dancing again,
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    • 132 1 JJOBERT YOUNG took an unwanted and unexpected bath when Pupchen Joan Crawford's dachshund, tripped him. Miss Crawford and Young were rehearsing a scene for "The Shining Hour.' A fish pond had been built on a sound stage at Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer and thc players were standing
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    • 102 2 TF it's a poor rule that won't work both ways, then what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If a stand-in works while you go to school, why doesn't the stand-in go to school while you work? If the stand-in takes your
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    • 147 2 Joan Cra vford dances for the first time in five jears in 'The Shining Hour,'' her new film which comes to the Pavilion on Wednesday. Tony DeMarco is her partner in a dance which he himself created Here they arc demonstrating a few of the dance
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    • 176 2 AN enormous amount of attention has teen aroused in Hollywood over Robert E. Sherwood's 'idiot's Delight." Norma Shearer's new film, which will soon be ready for release. The stage play in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were starred, won the Pulitzer prize in Ame- rica, so
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    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • 127 2 j FROM THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS PRODUCERS. BKO-Badio Pictures GUNGA DIN with CARY GRANT VICTOR McLAGLEN DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. j j JOAN FONTAINE EDUARDO CIANNELLI. j 5 "THE CASTLES" with FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS. j FISHERMAN'S WHARF with BOBBY BREEN. j j "LOVE AFFAIR" with IRENE DUNNE CHARLES BOYER. j
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    • 141 3 Could Double For Famous Hollywood Stars jEVERAL of the American girls in the Marcus Show, which opens at the Capitol on Tuesday March 14th., could easily be doubles for famous Hollywood stars. Below is Agnes McCaffrey, who bears a startling resemblance to Simone Simon, the little
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    • 292 3 W HEN Eugene O'Neil conceived the happy idea of substituting D at Qf Debbil Sea" for a flesh-and-blood villain in his famous Pfy Anna Christie," he unconsciously became the father of a new school f ,f melodramatic play writing. A Lwiii ion which
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    • 86 3 AN OLD FA VOURITE BACK AGAIN HARRY CAREY, currently appearing in RKO Radio's "Danger Patrol" and one of the screen's oldest and best-known portrayers of hell-for-leather cowboy ides, learned to ride a horse on the bridle paths of New York City's Central Park! Born in what is now the heart
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    • 370 4 ITS the Ritz Brothers GONE HILL-BILLY! COME absent-minded custodian left the asylum door open yesterday and three upper classmen graduated with several degrees of bug house. Which is only an inadequate way of trying to explain what takes place at the Alhambra when the
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      • 54 4 SI THE j/ \SYMBOL OF^x I T s >w ENTERTAINMENT/^ olour. THE NAME > M 9 »T __t I *__tMm__* I DRAMA. BEHIND *7 l S|Bfr_| COMEDY. THE STARS jSlW^'pS j SPECTACLE. BEHIND M| JSIC. thf j p >^ \AD VENTURE. HITS sS IF jS ITS A \v PARAMOUNT PICTURE
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    • 808 5 NEGLIGEES,., Are Indispensable THERE was a time when flattering negligees, seductively attractive, were to be found in the wardrobe of "the other woman" and not in that of the wife who if not plain, was a dowdy practical woman with clothes meant more for wear than style. Since
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    • Article, Illustration
      267 6 "The Mikado" The British Production Of Gilbert And Sullivan's Opera; A Fine Technicolour Film Which Is Coming To The Pavilion. THE cast is as follows:— JOHN BARCLAY (Mikado) A well-known concert and musical comedy singer. He played the Mikado many hundreds of times in America. CONSTANCE WILLIS
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    • 215 6 fIORN in 1899. he is the son of A. J. Toye. housemaster at Winchester College. He studded at the Royal College of Music and made his debut as a musical director when he conducted -'The Blue Bird*' at the Haymarket Theatre. Later he conducted works, at
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    • 31 6 Googie Withers is her name, and she will be seen in "The Lady Vanishes", an excellent British picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which will be coming here soon.
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 64 6 'm.G.w% 5 star] j SPECIAL STARTS TO-DAY! j I F AV II I O N II II 3.15 6.15 9.15 2•I m 2 I I •■iiiitiiiiiiMiit iiiaimi' m JOAN CRAWFORD I MARGARET SULLAVAN ROBERT YOUNG MELVYN DOUGLAS FAY BAIN TER 5 i IN ("The Shining Hour'l a 5 *K RKENTUI
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      • 113 6 f i |THE MARCUS SHOWJ 1| CAPITOL THEATReHI S a Special Announcement! j For the benefit of patrons who wish to pur- j chase Unreserved seats, we have arranged thatj js2 and $1.50 tickets can now be obtained at j jthe CAPITOL BOX OFFICE, thus avoiding: {congestion at the theatre
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    • 466 7 Child Sweethearts gOASTING a story genuinely human in theme, richly enhanced by homely humour, with scenes laid in the contrasting backgrounds of a quaintly rustic section of Pennsylvania and the entertainment world of Chicago, and with an elaborate and elaborate and beautiful sequence of an ice-skating carnival
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    • 87 7 TWO tons of spun glass shaped to represent snow hills, eighteen pine trees, a bobsled course and 2000 square feet of icy surface combined to make the most important set. in "Breaking the Ice." This set. occuping one end of the Polar Palace Rink, in
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    • 325 7 *PPiest man iob Purs g Ven the P ,easa ?la mour f U,n th screen's new N >h y^T' Hedy Umarr from a ?ain Yucatan and back _> o"lVi "r r CatCh her ™»t "*^_\to_-_2__* f^tured role 1 Mnro
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    • 446 8 She's HOLLYWOOD'S LATEST DISCOVERY TEN years ago Bing Crosby sang. "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store." And now he has found her. Big-eyed and brown-haired, she came out of Kansas City by way of Chicago. Just as if his song had been prophetic,
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    • 25 8 B *"v Grable. basking in the sun in betweei scenes. With i figure like thit she certainly deserves Kinir' Sol's attention!
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      • 160 8 f NEXT CHANGE ALHAMBRA shortly! ALHAMBRA ~*~——m—mmmm^mmmmmm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwm——wmmmmmmmmmmm———w——m S JANE W ITHERS I The Author of MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION" GREEN At Her Uproarious Best! LIGHT HAS DONE IT AGAIN! vr Mf£i<?s£s&^- .^Q-i ■< ':'f _^L&kX< r <3RC ISftW* HffL."/// 9!vX-> -\,!sm <3m\ "^ffsvyi-^vovy^. y*. -^^^Bcau^my^B?" *__C^ aa/ -J— l Mm _______H*& MwSm><?
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    • 140 9 A Sign Of The Times of *e Flee i Cft l* test and ft? ,u,moplane tV**-*** 1 1 s K et A-r Arm is F. ...vint close f£ MiheAd- ill be takKr complete LS of the train--1 Fleet Air Arm I „ut nr.-."e, K the A.r Minujkg? I--mbers fW" l
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    • 2068 10 WOMAN DAY BY DA I went to a very joyous dress collection this week and can no longer truthfully say that only Paris gives us extreme styles and unique trimmings. Teddy Tinling has introduced many bright touches, and at his preview, I was both entertained and fascinated. A few very
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    • 220 10 forming the various steps of this popular dance. At the neck was a posy of real chestnuts which had been specially sent from France. On one of the revers of the jacket was a copy of a Brighton beach windmill in the same shade of blueymauve. Another
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      • 272 12 THEY DO LOOK AFTER YOU ON THE p& CHEAP RETURN TICKET. TO CHINA. JAPAN COLOMBO, AND BOMBAY Available for two months. Prom SINGAPORE IO:— I** Class tnd Clam Hongkong $187.14 $***** Shanghai $***** $137.14 Kobe or Yokohama $222.88 $***** Bombay $300.00 $205.71 Colombo $282.88 $***** All vessels may c__l_ at
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      • 409 12 _m -«_#*~-^w_»-^_--' i_» j j k TO FRENCH Por t j'*. charc^T7 EUn| 1 HOMEWARDS. I I DESIRADE Marseilles, Harve, Antwerp, Dunkirk I CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazarie Borde Mi *M TO SAIGON INDOCHINI CAP ST JACQUES For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong Et. I CAP VARELLA For
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    • 428 13 A Man Who Never Spoke Harsh Word To Staff (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. TRIBUTES that he had never spoken a harsh word to those employed in Messrs. Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., and that he understood the mentality and outlook of those under him, were paid to Mr. H.
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    • 123 13 Chinese Detained By Jap Naval Authorities Hongkong, March 6. AS negotiations for the re-opening of tht Canton River to foreign navigation has reached a deadlock, the British river steamer "Kinshan'' which returned from Canton on March 3 has been transferred to the Hongkong-Macao line. Passengers returning to Hongkong aboard the
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    • 79 13 Large Scale Guerrilla Activity In North China Hongkong, March 8. REPORTS have again been received here regarding the recrudescence of large-scale guerrilla activity around Peiping and Tientsin in north China. Skirmishes already broke out between Tientsin Japanese and 3,000 Chinese guerrillas who are threatening the north China premier port, while
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      • 565 13 OSTAL INTELLIGENCE! -B aa ■■••a» TO-DAY rhnlp "Qantas" 8 7.45 a.m. aaa NVnoie Prachatipok 8 2 pm. lttl west Sumatra. S.-East Sou Twbes Moluccas and neo celeoes, K. N.I.LM. 8 nooa ior r> ll! > N n llv x "Qantas" 8 7.45 a.m an d Timor Diiiy x Thedens 8
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      • 69 13 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA "S II I It A I. A" 8,000 TONS SAILING MARCH 9 AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon am Second Saioon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China
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    • Page 13 Miscellaneous
      • 63 13 MAILS EXPECTED Mails from Europe &c/ (London) by Air (Imperial) to-day. Delivery of boxholders' only and general delivery of letters at 9 a.m. Mails from China and Japan by Ranpura to-day. Mails from Europe (London Parcel Mails) by Ajax. Time of delivery uncertain. MAILS DELIVERED The Air Mail (Imperial) despatched
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    • 150 14 Singapore. Tuesday. A HAINANESE answering to th name of Lim Joo Heng plead* guilty this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad OHham to a charge that he betwfd the months of Feb. and Mar. 199 at Singapore, being employed i servant by the
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    • 584 14 Singapore. Tuesday THE preliminary inquiry into three charges of cheating 0 eight preferred against Loh Hwee Cheng was commenced \W morning in the fourth police court before Mr. Kenneth A Bl- l and the inquiry is expected to last for three days, there being aj* 20
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    • Page 14 Miscellaneous
      • 822 14 ON THE RADIO J j "~—^"-^tFl __j m l l| il MARCH 8 I LONDON SINGAPORE transmissions GSB 9.51 Mcs (31.55 m.) ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mcs) ZHP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc;s) 640 France"— l: Paris Is P m nf Not France"— talk by E. M. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of
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      • 184 14 BERLIN DJB 15.20 Mcs (10.7 m.) pm. 6 20 Concert of light music. 7.05 The Frohlich Family has visitoro from Sweden. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert of light music (continued) 3.20 News and economic review in German. 8.35 Solo concert: Arthur Troester, cello 9.05 Light chamber music. 9.20 News
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      • 138 14 ROME I RO 11.81 Mcs (18.7 m.) p.m. 520 News in French. Opera drea Chenier"-Act 111 j <in French). News in Engus Ught music: Andrei." quar» and Cetra Orchestra. Otam Zanolli piano duo TaiK Chinese). News in Italian HONGKONG ZBW 9.52 Mcs (31 4 m > P m _t 1
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    • 410 15 very Of Malays' Stab Wounds Referred To At Inquiry vy Mr W- 6- Porter, the Singapore Coroner, an inquiry comH to-dav into the death of a Malay named Manak bin Akob, Eiw Feb 16. as a result of terrible wounds in the stomach d wbieJ. wan sustained while he was
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    • 202 15 [From Our Own Correspondent] Muar, Saturday. lINGKU AHMAD BIN OMAR, Assistant U Superintendent of Customs. Preventive Branch. Tangkak, has left for Kluang to assume duties as Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Preventive Branch. Kluang. Inche Abdul Manas bin Siman, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Preventive Branch, Batu Pahat, has arrived
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 114 15 HBmI..! ..I.!?! MHIHM*.»»M»»MHIIMHMIM*>I»HHMHf>»ttM<tmiM>MHM. K.,.. ••■••■■•Ill ____t .••II I (\ir Conditioned) Phone. 2477. Restaurant Bar Attached. PgHTDANCK (Nightly). From 9.30 P.M. to 12 Midnight. P>nss^so cts. fA DANCES; Every Tuesday, Thursday, ft Saturday. ■ADMISSION FREE. SUNDAY TIFFIN DANCE: From 1.30 P.M. to 4.30 P.M. JJWbsion "free? JNDAY NIGHT DANCE: From 9
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      • 209 15 A Show the whole family will enjoy CAPITOL [fgygfj SPECIAL MORNING SHOW SATURDAY. HOLD YOUIMIEA-tfr Here comes Bobby with the wonder baby of the rinks -PBSPy. jm/f mmm\ m&"mW^M*<m3mL\ "'So.-'v* fl _F"il E?*Q\ ■i v ffl vv Hf/M R_L 4_3^k v SmmmW \t* v r -..fl v x «f >:
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    • 842 16 STATE RUGGER PLAYER ST SENTENCED TO PRISON "YOUTH DOES FOOLISH THINGS," PLEADS HIS COUNSEL (Tribune Start Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. IN mv view driving a motor-car under the influence of drink is a 1 serious matter. It is a most serious motoring offence." remarked Mr. A. J. Grattan Belle*. First
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    • 124 16 WOMEN RALLY TO CHINA'S AID FINANCIALLY Chungking, March 6. BREAKING the previous seven days' record in Chungking's "Offer of cash to the State" contest, local women under the personal supervision of Madame Chiang Kai-shek won unprecedented glory vesterday when they abated over $630,000 (Chinese currency*, topping the mark registered by
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    • 544 16 FRASER'S WEEKL REPORT {HE IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS RECORDED IN Ifl WEEKS REVIEW HAS BEEN CONTINUED DURING ifl PAST WEEK (STATES FRASER CO. S WEEKLY KEP<fl OF YESTERDAY M The London Stock Exchange has given a good lead and there has been a bigger turnover with
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 108 16 WHAT MAHATMA GANDHIJI SAYS:— WEAR KHADDAR THUS HELP POOR. We deal in all kinds of Khadi Cloth, Pullovers, Towels, Handkerchiefs, Napkins, Caps, and such other things. Also all kind of Mill cloth, Kashmiri caps, Folding Caps Etc. Etc. All kinds of Bombay Pickles such as of Mango, Gunda, Chillies. Lemons,
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    • 284 17 ALARMING JAPANESE OVES IN SHANGHAI AND TIENTSIN Shanghai, Mar. 7. gIGHTY Japanese blue jackets surrounded the Settlement's police station in the Yangtsepoo district to-night "to prevent the escape of two Chinese residents charged by the Japanese military police with engaging in anti-Japanese activities." Justifying this show of strength the; Japanese
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    • 345 17 New Site For Raffles Institution lttel of the new site for 3S institution was further i at the last meeting of the m of the Straits SettleSingapore) Association. r received from the Colonial stated:— "The site for the new istitution was agreed upon by council after careful deliind the proximity
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    • 74 17 ine Chi* f t Ippea] m Just *e at Ipoh-Court of Mr t Pedlow at Malacca_A_.Before M r T PaV li'a.m" 1106 Horne in 3rd J° "JOB 3? rd RrL Proba te 252 38) (Suit t U f llla <»^5 S0 f Mo hamcd SaTleii Before
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    • 23 17 r> iSL? 6 Gove ™or's Cup fc Ci^ Si Ver the Garrison and 2 Dea «ng W. H McNeill by 3
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    • 257 17 I FROM PAGE 1] fleets in European waters, leaving exposed to the powerful Japanese Fleet the whole of the western Pacific Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand, and even Western Canada, a', well as Singapore, which is the key to the protection of those regions. "It is far from
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    • 461 17 I FROM PAGE 11 latter to include many men who fought during the civil wars. Since dawn in Madrid, the Communists have been carrying on a desperate coup d'etat, declared Colonel Casado in a broadcast from Madrid. He appealed to the soldiers who had been "tricked by the Communist
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    • 47 17 Gibraltar, Mar. 6.— When H.M.S. Boadicea returned this evening Reuter was informed that she went neither to Cartagena nor to Armeria but has been on patrol at Teutca Straits. She is now relieved by the destroyer Gipsy. Three Italian destroyers arrived here this evening. Reuter
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    • 63 17 THE ambulance was called to the F.M.S. 1 Railways at Keppel Road at 4.35 p.m. yesterday to attend to a Chinese woman who was found lying on the railway line The dresser discovered that she had bruises over the face and her forehead i and
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    • 116 17 MIAJA' S BROADCAST Madrid. Mar. 7. "UJE want peace, but we are worthy of peace in the way the war was worthy," said General Miaja in a broadcast. "We want such peace, while the others want to continue a fratricidal war. We hope after this war Spaniards will not be
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    • 136 17 IN order to give the poorer class a chance to see the show, arrangements have been made by the Singapore China Relief Fund to have public performances by the Wuhan Songsters, at the stage of the Tian Hock Temple at Telok Ayer Street, to-night, to-morrow
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    • 164 17 I FROM PAGE 11 Advisory Council of Rajkot State. If there is any doubt as to what these promises are, they will be submitted to the high judicial authority for decision Gandhi has accepted an invitation from the Viceroy to go to New Delhi as soon as
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    • 680 18 POLICE SURPRISE R. A. F. IN FIRST DIVISION SOCCE Weber Plays Grand Game In Goal Poikv 4, K.A.F 2. TN an exciting game packed with thrills the Police yesterday surprisingly defeated the R.A.F. by four goals to two. in a first division league fixture at the Depot. Ci The game
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    • 308 18 TRAINING NOTES FROM KUALA LUMPUR (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. SEVERAL fast gallops were worked out at Kuala Lumpur this morning, when candidates from the local and a few in outstation trainers were exercised. Associated with PRIDE OF PERAK 'Whalan> over seven furlongs, YOUNG GINGER (Dragon* did the
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    • 16 18 The Y.M.C.A. Swimm'ns Pool will je closed fcr cleaning on Thursday, Mar. 0.
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    • 550 18 gETTER understanding among the forwards and a strong ei were the main factors which went to make Pulau Brani beat i M.P.H. by three goals to one in a Second Division League game pl»! at f .^e Anson Road Stadium yesterday evening. Right up
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    • 123 18 R.S.Y.C W Match Again Seletar Yach I AST Sunday, at the R ov 4 pore Yacht Club, then wlf* races in the morning and 5& and the 14 ft. One-desLT Class and "B'' Class Vaeh"^ In the first, half, the m a l?k, the R.S.Y.C. and rT? Yacht Club, the
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    • 94 18 Week-end Racing At Yacht Club AN Friday. Mar. 10 there will be usual afternoon races fn classes, starting at 5.25 p.m.. al Royal Singapore Yacht Club. On Sunday. Mar. 12. the Inted al 6-metre Class will sail the m for the Dodo Challenge Cup mm 10 CO a.m. The "B"
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    • Page 18 Advertisements
      • 79 18 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM H ft li 'WWWw v > v —MMMMmW^^m^mam^ ..H _^_I________.^^_P JBk 9P. M. KOTJO. QUEE. J*V T SENSATIONAL RETURN CONTEST. P% fi. HOOA MAH Ibjf Js| HEMCHIT ■P M ch.t. HOY QUEE ■f POP! lIR PRICES vs. w Vl S2, si, bo &30 cts. I 1 1
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    • 347 19 Friday's Jouts At ppy World IK -Pete" Lifl and Hemchit will meet ..a,; on Friday at the rvorld Stadium when they over 10 (3) rounds, in the bout ot the evening. In i encounter a month ago, won on a knockout in the mG \v Roon Mah issued a chalfStSrTwSch
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    • 72 19 WARBOUR I BOARD WIN ,nB 2; Y.M.C.A. 1 1 a second Division league game jt Anson Road this evening, the J* Uuh beath the Y.M.C.A. by _t__i to one ln a keenly conI rlS? of SOccer*rt.B. wn the more aggressive deserved to win At half -Wb-\h were lea ding by
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    • 55 19 I umam have been chosen to Fcoter < XI **m r°y lame of T W! fflce) in a P-lldSt Au „occer on Thursday, B- An B,r Chyi El^ ch y e Ah !?< 'Can o Kai Ser S. John. Swee I* Seri fn.-, IS? Wlng Koan T*• S
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    • 67 19 S.C.C. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIPS Entries are invited for the S.C.C Billiard Championship and Billiard handicap tournaments, providing sufficient e.itries ar? received, the handicap will be provided into "A" and M L classes Entries will close on Saturday Apr. 1. the entry fee being $1 for each event. Members desirous to enter
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    • 83 19 The following will represent the M.F.A. at cricket in their week-end matches On Saturday against St. Andrews School at School ground at 2 p.m. A. R. Omar. Ali Yunos. Aman Puteh. E. E. Colman. Osman Abdullah. AU Ahmad. Hussain Shah. Taha. Ismail Jabbar, Shaffie. Abdul Aziz. Leyman. \_anap.
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    • 56 19 Th A following have been selected to play Cricket for the Y.M.C.A. -.gainst R.E. on Saturday, Mar. 11 at 2 p.m. on the Prince Edward Road Ground: Xavier Wilton. Surntta, R. Lyne. A. K. Frank, Lee Fong Um, K. Leembruggen. Chrysostom. Mohideen. Sybil, Tan Guan Kiat, A. Nathenials,
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    • 380 19 ALLEGED ASSAULT BY HUSBAND AND MOTHER -IN-LA W Singapore, Tuesday. ALLEGATIONS that her husband pushed her out of the bed on to thc floor and that while she was there on all fours, he got down and kicked her on the chest, were made in the Third Police Court to-day
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    • 237 19 Bankers Draw With Wearnes 0.C8.C.5.A.....6; Wearnes SJL....§ WEARNES held the Overseas Chinese Bank to a goalless draw in their Business House League match on the S.R.C. padang last night. Sheer bad luck dogged the Banker., who were a superior side both in attack and defence. They overran "Wearnes half of
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    • 73 19 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. at Waterpolo against the Loyal Regiment to-day at Gillman Barracks at 5.30 p.m.: "A" Team:— Chiam Koon Nam, Lee Fong Lim. Loh Heng Kee. Lee Choon Ngee. Kv/ik Sam York, Henry Yeo, Lim Cheng Sio:_g. Reserves Johnny Teo. j "B" Team:— Chan
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    • 101 19 Tho fo'lwwing are S.C. U.C. cricket terms for the week-end: Saturday. S.C.R.C. vs. Khalsa Asso-i elation at 2 p.m. on S.C.R.C. ground:' S ah Keng Siew. Chua Boca Unn. Yap Ah Chuan. Chua Boon Yew, Tan Thean Teck, Chua Hock Seng, Low Kee Choe. Un Hon Hin. Kam
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    • 405 19 Police Reserves Lose To Manchesters Manchester R. 3, Police 2 EXCITING soccer was seen yesterday at Tanglin in the Reserve Division of the S.A.F.A. League when the Singapore Police Reserves lost by two goals to three to the Manchester Reserves. The flrst half was marked by a lack of understanding
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    • 602 20 MAY HAVE TO FOmLLO WON Ames 82 Not Out, Paynter 62 WITH seven wickets down, England are still 262 runs behind South Africa on the first innings, in the final Test match. On a wicket which is coming close to being worn out it looks
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    • 74 20 IMPERIAL PACIFIC CONFERENCE? Melbourne, Mar. 7. I HINT that an early imperial pa- cific conference between Britain, Australia and New Zealand may be held is given in an editorial by the Melbourne Herald. noT_! e P ap^ r B ys tnat conversations nave already begun between Australia SE? Zealand »is
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    • 183 20 SOUTH AFRICA Ist Innings Van der Byl b Perks 125 Melville hit wkt b Wright 78 Rowan Ibw b Perks 33 Mitchell b Wright 11 Nourse b Perks 103 Dalton c Ames b Fames 57 Viljoen c Ames b Perks 0 Grieveson b Perks 75 Langton c Paynter
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    • 169 20 Tientsin. Mar.' QNE the eve of the commencement of the fishing season in the Oft Sea, ulu re further trouble is believed to be lurking, the Soviet breakers have begun activities this year earlier than usual i special instruction from Moscow. The centre of their activities
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    • 116 20 Kin g Leop Criticise Belgian Politics A REMARKABLE^etw Leopold has been public severely criticising recent conduct of BeigiJ tics. Complaining that i tive powers are "no long* exercised according to tutional rules'' the letter i that "he stated he «3 obliged to sanction ded in which he had no part
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    • 45 20 Budge Wins Big Money Montreal, Mifl DONALD BUDGE beat Ellsworth 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in the Anal m*j their professional lawn tennis wmm won the series by 22 matches to »J The receipts of the to ur '^lamm Budge's share exceeds tne i" £16,000— Reuter. I
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    • 82 20 UNKNOWN BRITISH PLAN London, M£ Following an i nfo J ma L D Goverfl night between the *Wf Jfi£ I and the Jewish deleg^sog tine issue, it is stated a fun" meeting wiU be held l sh ortiy^ It is understood *%odifl* gestions have been no way dele it is
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    • Page 20 Advertisements
      • 92 20 Bombay Tailoring Co., j ARMTY CONTRACTORS— GENERAL MERCHANTS Contractors to the Royal Artillery Changi 332 Orchard Road— Phone 4345. ODoosite Orchard Road Police Station. Th? World is full of Good Things S if you Look for them For instance A GOOD CUTTER AND A GOOD TAILOR l STEP IN Zverv
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