The Straits Times, 12 April 1937

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1 20 The Straits Times
  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1937 PRICE 10 CENT
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 138 1 SINGAPORE! 140. CECIL ST. {'PHONE 34T1)« ■^19)7 Dont let the Heat get you iloutt/ 3 let i|our LOCK- LINK BLINDS SOLE AGENTS: THE BORNEO CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. WP.S. 36 a^— I BY special appoimtmeiit CONSULT THE LEADING HOUSE OF WDE SILVA, LTD. Fcr all HIGH- CLASS
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    • 117 1 Vuit-A LUMPUR 25, JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683). EXPRESSIVE CORSETRY I MODEL 683 MODEL 689 MODEL 1582 WRAP ROUND ALL ELASTIC PINK SURGICAL ELASTIC CORSELETTE BROCHE SATIN FRO NX WITH TWO MODEL. FRONT BUSK. BONES. STEP-IN MODEL rRONT TWO WAY ELASTIC SIZES 25-30 $7.75 '13 DEEP BACK WITH LACINC SIZES 31-33
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    • 6 1 Scots (Lihlsky Th» CKlin »,«ncl.s lid.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 615 2 SCOTT- -LIVINGSTONE MILLER.— At the Presbyterian Church Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 9. Charles Alexander Scott. Malayan Education Department to Ailsa Livingstone Miller, younger daughter of Dr. A. W. and Mrs. Penrose of London. SITUATIONS VACANT JUNIOR Clerk Singapore Golf Club. Vacancy filled applicants nanked WANTED. LADY HAIRDRESSER immediate vacancy. Box
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    • 531 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE, 80 New Double Side Steel Tip. ping Waggons by Krupp fltteo with Siemens Martin Steel Axles and Disc wheels, capacity 2 cub. yard, 24" gauge For further particulars and price etc. please apply to Bos No. 65, c/o The Straits Times, Singapore. MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE—
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    • 824 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET BACHELOR FLATLETS (European), 'ully furnished, with service dt catering, telephone, tennis Sc garage, now available off Chancery Lane Sc in Orchard Road. Particulars tel. 3269. FULLY Furnished House to let for 4 or 5 months at Pelrce Road. Accommodation S bedrooms with bathrooms, modern sanitation. Tennis
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    • 793 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold Singapore properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng 8c Co. Lt1.. No. 10 (old No. 30) Ctaulla Street. Singapore, on Wednesday. April 21, 19S7, it 2 M p.m. Valuable freehold lands situate at Marine Parade. Singapore, fronting the sea with sea
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    • 879 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Kota Tinggl Waterfalls are closed to the public until further notice. By Order T. AHMED, Ag. State Secretory, Johore. EASTERN REALTY CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the S.S.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed
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    • 445 2 'SCHIFFNER'S' S ANDERSON ROAD Is the addies* for MUllnery. underwear. ■MrelUes. Hewers, ladies' bag*, dresses, etc. etc. New goods constantly arriving. Tel: 4768— open 9 act, to g p.m. BUSINESS CARDS ETC MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Mia* HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. lOl'R HAVE LIVED
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 650 3 P.&O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. incorporated In England) MAk, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES: PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore 1937 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr 23 BANGALORE 6.000
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    • 585 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ggfif (nippom hjsbn kaisha) (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD I Ovnnv To Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp ar.d Rotterdam. Vessels Tonnage Due Sa t YASUKUNI MARU 12.001 Apr. 13 HAKONE MARU 10,400 Apr. 28 2 5 SUWA MARU 10,700 May VJ 1 I
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    • 989 3 .^isssssl ssssssT^^ff^^l^'^^'" fjt\ l^^^^^^^B mm m* "^W^guWWmm^f% W^\ H^^ BANCHOK LINE. TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS Luxurious One Class Motortmps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent VIA HONOLULU Cuisine FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. From Arrive HAMBURG A COPENHAGEN Hkong B. P. From Prom From Froja Coolidge Apr. 20 May 6 Spore Malacca
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    • 741 3 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The ilua Khiow Steamship Co. mq-o, l( i The Stratts Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Australian OrlTnr!? 1 7 i,* Aberdeen Commonwealth Line. Shaw SavUl T* Albtai Tco Ud. INSURANCE. ESrXra rjL 1 ***** Giobe and Mersey insuranc It \l l Wll VC The Federated M.U,
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  • 248 4 Singapore. April 12, 12 noon. Buyei sellei Gambier $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15 00 Java Cube $11 00 Pepper White MuntoK $19 60 White $19.25 Black $11 25 Copra Mixed $7.70 Sun Dried $8.00 Tapioca Smlll Flake $5 00 Fair Flake $4. 50 Medium Pearl $5.45 Small Pearl
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS,
    • 655 4 REVIVAL FOLLOWS TRADE RECOVERY. BIG FALL IN LAID-UP TONNAGE. THAT British shipping has a con- siderable time of comparative prosperity before it, is the view repressed in the current issue of the Westminster Bank review. While highly subsidised competition remains, it is unlikely to be more than
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    • 34 4 PASSENGER S Singapore are in the Terukunl Maru which l-.-i't London on Apr. 2, and is due in Singapore on Apr. 29:— Mr. H Alvinuissen. Mr. H. A. Hill, Miss Korswagen, Mr. I. Soelberg.
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    • 18 4 Apr. 11: Maros <Dut.). Asosan Maru Jap); Tung Song. Mata Hari (Brit.). Apr. 12: Malayan Prince (Brit.).
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    • 241 4 Today Dungun. Kcmaman and Kemasek (Honj Ho) < P-m-Pamangiat. Sambas ar.J Slngkawang (Boelotutanj DJtt Tuesday. Apr! 13. New Zetland (Narbada) 9 a.m. Pengerang <Alk Soon) 8 •m. Holhow (Muinain) ..1 p.m. B&gan Selat Pand)*n« (Hong rhong) S p.m. Bti.Rkalls and L. Btllk (Rokan) Port de Kock. Padang
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    • 74 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWARD. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. tomorrow. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 7 a.m. Wednesday. K.I. M.:
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    • 88 4 Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected tomorrow, Apr. 13, by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4 05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow Apr, 13, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m.
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  • 126 4 Monday, April 12. BMt Wharf Hai Hint 30 1 Main Wharf Maetsuycker 18 3 Klnta 16 3 Patroclus 14 3 Acapenor 11 3 Nieuw Z«eland 9 3 Empire Dock Perak 31 3 Malayan PriMe 33 3 Kajang 3* 3 Benrlnnes 46 4 Watt Wharf Narbeda 4
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  • 21 4 Mail dispatched from Singapore on Mar. 19 by Karapara was delivered in London on Apr. 10.
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  • 33 4 The President Doumer from Saigon is expected to arrive tomorrow at 7 a.m. and sail the sane day at 1 p.m. for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles. Berth: S.H.B. Wharves.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 451 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated to P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AOFNTS F.M.S. RLTS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Frefcbt M 33— Paaasct Mil. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £102-18-5 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange
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    • 449 4 WyifeAllf lS *1E R% ©^liv? tf^^i ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated to OS A.) (Incorporated in England) BOSTON NEW TORK BALTIMORE -ELLERMAN" LINB VIA SUKZ CANAL FOR HAVRE LONDON STEEL SEAFARER Api "'a Apr 28 ROTTERDAM UAMBURG STEEL VOYAGER May 22 May 28 VU Porto and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 234 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. W. 11.22 a.m. 9 ft.: ll.lt p.m. 9.1 ft. L. W. 5.38 a.m. 0.2 It.; 5.54 p.m. 2.2 ft. Tuesday. April 13. H. W. 12. M noon 9 ft.; 11.54 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 5.38 a.m. 0.2 ft.; 5.M p.m. 2.2 ft. Wednesday. April
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    • 138 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night max. rain- bright min temp, fall s'snine temp *F Ins. hrs. *F West Coast. Alor Star 92 0.39 3.7 76 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 0.20 7.3 75 Sitiawan 80 1.22 6.1 75 Bukit Jeram 92 0.24 6.1 75 Malacca 85
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  • WEEK-END CRICKET IN SINGAPORE.
    • 214 5 At Balestier yesterday. cs.c. K. Thillalnathan a W. Singh b Slttambaram 6 R. V. S. Sundram c W. Singh b Choor Singh 44 Aiyadurai b Santhoaam 8 V. Sabapathy c Sittambaram b Santhosam 50 M. A. K. Hamid not out 24 N. R. de Vaz c
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    • 226 5 At Hong Lim Oreen on Saturday. ST. ANDREWS 0.8.A. J Moss lbw. b Swee Keng 4 J. Ferguson c Swee Law b Swee Keng 1 P Hill c and b Swee Law 1 J Duclos c Swee Keng b Kee Choc 20 B. Willis c Kee Choc
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    • 165 5 On The R.I. ground on Saturday. ST. JOSEPH'S B. Scheerder b Watts 4 W. Oallstan b Sundram 8 J. Oallstan b Sundram 0 H. Boudwyn lbw. b Sundram 0 R Cordelro c Singh b Watts 1 OUvelro b Sundram 5 Orteera lbw Watts 0 A.
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    • 262 5 On St. Andrew's ground on Saturday. TEACHERS D. Ess b R. Thoy 27 C. Mosbergen c Koss b R. Thoy 26 Tharam Singh b R. Thoy 0 M.A.H. Whatt b R. Thoy 0 Wazlr Singh run out 17 Paramsothy run out 60 Tan Thiam Tet b
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    • 175 5 At Balestier on Saturday. M.F.A. A. K. Omar c Chandy »> Sandoaham 13 Mohd. Noor b Sandosham 3 Radln Sallm b Sandosham 0 Ismail Jabbar b Sandcwham 22 Md Hashlm b Sandosham l A M. AlsagofT b Choo» Singh 0 Shaffl c and b Sandosham
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    • 205 5 At McNair Road on Saturday. R.A.M.C. Tombs cJ. Fernando bde Vaz 2 Allcock b de Vaz 3 Cpl. Thompson b R. E. Fernando 0 Allen c and b J N. Fernando 11 Keep run out 2 Sgt. Coleman b Cooke 5 Robertshaw b Cooke 1 Howlands o
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    • 189 5 At Balestier on Saturday WEARNE BROS. Q. Michael run out 1 P. Sullivan b Retnam 9 R. Westerhout b Retnam 2 H. Van Cuylenberg b Thuraisingham 14 D. Angus c Thuraisingham b Retnam 5 F. Wearne c Sabapathy b Thuraisingham 0 Diaz c Retnam b Thuraisingham 0
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  • 53 5 HONG KONG CIVILIANS BEAT SINGAPORE SERVICES. Rugby Football. Zn a rugger match at Hong Kong, states a Reuter telegram, a Civilian XV defeated a team representing the Singapore Services by 19 points to 8. The latter team were presumably drawn mostly from the Innlskllllngs, who went to Hong Kong for
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  • 304 5 Yew Leng Sent Off The Field. The following were the results of the two matches played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday In the S.C.F.A. league: Social A.P. 6, Chinese High School 0. Aston A.C. 4. St. Mathews 1. The High School hav*
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  • 123 5 Out of the thousand- and-one aids to beauty there Is none to surpass Plnkettes, the gentle-as-nature laxative which keeps you clean within, for internal cleanliness is che first and greatest essential to good looks either n woman or man. Such cleanliness Is the basis of comp.exlon care.
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  • 39 5 The R.A.M.C. beat the Middlesex team In Division II of the garrison league by the only goal of the match. It was a very Interesting and exciting match and there was no score up to half time.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 551 5 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the execution of •Iterations and additions to Office and Garage at Kampong Java Road Animal Infirmary. Tender Deposit $100. Tenders close at 4 p.m.. Thursday. April 22. 1937. For further particulars, see Municipal Tender Room. J. C. S. WHITE. Acting Municipal Secretary. TENDERS
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    • 279 5 I JOHMNIf ISAIUNCIWISm) I KNfW WMATTOCIvjJ y^~y. HIM. NOBSt* "1 expect he's constipated. Show me your tongue. Johnnie Yes. I thought so. See now it's coated Your head aches, too. doesn't it Johnnie, and you fee! poorly? Sure signs thai he's out of sorts "That's the trouble. Mrs. Wilson. his
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 272 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstand ing happenings. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail Dance. 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. Informal dinner and dance, 9.45 to midnight. Cabaret. Nina
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 435 6 SLIGHT RECOVERY IN COMMODITIES. KEEN DEMAND FOR HAMMERS. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Apr. 12. The market opens this morning with rather more than the usual Monday dullness although commodities have recovered a little of their fall. Tin was up three-quarters of a cent in New York
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 614 6 Issue val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4.'- Ampat Tin 6/3 6/9 6'3 6/9 £1 Asatr Kurribang 35/3 36/9 35/- 36/6 £1 Austral Malay 57'- 59/1 56/- 58/6 5/- Ayei Hltam 29 30/- 29/- 30/6 1 Ayer Weng 140 1.50 1.45 1.60 £1 Sangiin Tin 23/-
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      • 450 6 2 2 Alex Buck Ord. 1.55 1.65 1 55 1 6S 2 2 do 7'2'i Prefs. 2.47"/ 2 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Atlas Ice d.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lO.OOn 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0 90 0 95 10 5 B M Trustee 8 25 7.00 8.25
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      • 206 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. si 1901 red 1940 5400.0C0 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 'fe 105V2 norn 4' i'i, 190"i red. 1947 $1,600,000,000 In» Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 110 norn 4Vz7c 190$ red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sem. 30 115 il7 ncm 4'; 191? red. 1983
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      • 390 6 (Shares are $1 unle-.s otherwise stated.) eraser Co. Lyall Evat Mlenby 2 15 2.25 2.15 2 25 Mor Gajah 1.65 1.72 y 2 cd 165 1.75cd \mal. Malay 2.15 2.30 2.15 2 30 \yer Hitp.m 1.75 1.82 V 2 1.65 1.75cd Iyer Molek 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.60 \yer
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  • 195 6 rne following are the excnange rate, mit morning according to tne -lallj circular iSbje-* ov tne Hong Kong ana Sr-anehai Banking Corporation. SKI.IiNO London I I 2/4 i/ia London demano 2/4 ./IB London 4 months sight 2/4^ Lyons demand 1260 HamDurg d» niano 141 New York demand 57Vi Montreal
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  • 76 6 Noon, Apr. 12. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F.O.B.) April 42V£ 42%. Good F. A. Q. in cases (F.O.B.) April 41*4 41% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 42i/ 8 42% April 42i/ 4 42>/ 2 May-June 42%
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  • 83 6 Calcutta Stock Exchange Closes To Effect Delivery. (From Oar Own Correspondents Calcutta, Apr. 9. BY an order of the committee, the Calcutta Stock Exchange was closed yesterday and today to enable brokers to make deliveries and effect settlements for transactions in Indian Iron and Steel
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  • 275 6 THK domestic production, as represented by exports from the F.M.S.. I .MS. and Maiacca. cf tin and tin-in-ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content, during March t .l.iiled 6.610 tons. The F.M.S. produced 6,428 tons; Johore 83 tons; Kedah 23 tons; Perils 26 tons; Kelantan 2 tons;
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  • 337 6 SOUTHERN KINTA 5,761 PICULS. T*HE following dredge statistics and outputs or tin ore refer to tht month of March. The net value of Kampong Kamunting output was $32,634: Asam Kumbang $40,182; Ulu Yam $42,180; Tliabawleik $43,000; Puchong Tin $25,309 and Pungah Tin $159,470. The estimated cost
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  • 57 6 During the week ending Apr. 3. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 80,360 cases, of which: 60,808 (76 per cent.) cases MR to the United Kingdom, 2,744 (3 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 1,525 (2 per crnt.)| cases to Canada,
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  • 285 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Apr. 12. Company Dividend Books Close Date Payable Total to* financial Ex. Dlv. vear Date to lata TIN Batu Selangor 7V4% Int. Apr D Hong Fatt i"c Final Apr. 10 Hon# Patt 4% Int. Apr. 10 Johan 12U.;, Final Apr. 17 Kuchal 20%
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. 'Incorporated in Kngland A.D. 1720) FIRE, MARINE LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chaptered B>nk Chamber*. Singapore. APB 1.
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    • 196 6 SLOGAN COMPETITION. "OLD RARITY" WHISKY. $250 in PRIZES As Agents for Bulloch Lade Co. Ltd.. Glasgow, Distillers of the famous De Luxe Wblslrv Old Rarity we oiler 10 Prizes for the Dest advertising slogans submitted. The slogans must oe original, suitable for publication and should not exceed eight words. The
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 166 7 No Government Subsidy For Interna Airways. STRAITS STEAMSHIP CHAIRMAN ON NEED OF COASTAL SHIPPING. J^|ALAYAN transport problems, particularly those affecting the Straits Steamship Company Ltd. were reviewed by Mr. F. S. Cibson, chairman of the company, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in Singapore
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    • 2822 7 PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the fiftysecond annual meeting of Straits Steamship Company Ltd. in Singapore on Saturday, Mr. F. S. Gibson, the chairman, said: In opening my remarks today I think you would like me to refer to, and to place
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    • 672 7 ALL PAY SUBSTANTIALLY MORE IN DIVIDENDS. THE report of the directors of Ayer 1 Kunlng (P.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd., states that after appropriating £628 for palm oil buildings and machinery, the profit for the year ended December last was £14,944 to which has
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    • 183 7 rE report of the directors of Edinburgh Rubber Estares Ltd. states that the ret profit ior the year ended December last was £5,029 and the sum now standing to the credit of profr and loss account is £6 877 The directors propose a dividend of 'Ad. per
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  • 88 7 Lonaon, Apr. 10. The following were mean rate? ruins at noon r^day: Paris 109 5/16 Athens 547.4 New York 4.90 Bucharest 670 Montreal 4.89.. sen-o Brussels 29.09 Rio 414 Geneva 21.54.i sellers official Amsterdam 8.95 Belcrade "13 Mton 93% Buenos AIM* -nquotpo Berlin 12. 19* Montevideo Madrid nomine sellers
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 603 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANUHA BANKING CORPORATION. UMOrpormtM in the Colony ol Hong Kong The uabilit} of m^moer* is limited to the extent *nu m mania i prescnbeo by Ordinance No 6 ol 1429 ot ihr Colony. AJthoruea Capita $50,000,000 Issueo anj Pu!lv Paid-Op $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6,500.000 HoiiK Kong
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    • 216 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated tn Chtna by Special Cnartet./ 12 Cecil Street. Singapore Telephone*: Manager* office 6414 Exenancr Oeot. «441 General Oilier 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHL'NGKL'O 1 Paid Dp Capital Ch S40.tt4.0M N Reserve Ponds tn excess ot Ch. $:.50«.OCO 00 Total Assets approximate!) Cb SI >uu U00 000 UC
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    • 557 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRAL. V AND CHINA. (Incorporated ji Cngiano ov Roya) Chanel 1853) Paid Op Capital in SOO.OOO shares 31 £8 each £3.000 000 Reserve Fund £3 000.(00 Reserve Liablhtv of Prooiietorg U.OOO.JUO HEAD OFFICE: JB. BhheiMcalc London B.C t. AJor Star Hong Kong Canton AnirttMr 110.10
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  • 213 8 FIRST TO UNDERGO A NEW METHOD. Mr. Walter Elliot, Secretary for Scotland, underwent a physical fitness test In Aberdeen recently and he did not pass with full marks. This does not mean, however, that the tall, well-built Scottish Secretary is anything of a weakling <
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  • 110 8 "M.P.s For Libya" Plan, Home. The Italian Government is studying the feasibility of admitting the Arabs of Libya, Italy's North African province, into the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations. This Chamber is to take the place of the present Italian Chamber of Deputies
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  • 143 8 A bridegroom who will spend the best part of his married life throwing knives at his wife was to have been married in England last week. He Is a good shot. He always misses. The girl doesn't mind; it's part of their business. Billerlcay
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  • 234 8 AN ASSURANCE OF PEACE. Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, president of the South Manchuria Railway, told me today that Japan was launching unprecedented developments in Manchuria involving a sum of £150.000.000 within five years (writes the Daily Telegraph Dairen correspondent!. 'This money will be raised without borrowing abroad." he
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  • 149 8 Loss From Greek Steamei The effort, to find the 1.4C0 gold sovereigns are believed to have been lost in the Thames oft Gravesend, have been discontinued. There is little hope for their recovery. The sovereigns were part of a total of 5.000 placed on the
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  • 82 8 £3,000 THEFT IN AQUITANI A: JEWELS RECOVERED. New York. Jewels valued at £5.000 were stolen aboard the Cunard-White Star liner Aqultanla. 45,647 tons, recently while the ship was returning from a South American cruise. The Jewels, which were the property of an American woman passenger, were Uken from the purser"s
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 226 8 6, Ova HI ne; *£^/?s/////ll /m V. Esiaollshea tn England 85 years Singapore Branch, undei European Management •I Unlteen BnilUin* River Vallc? Koad (entrancr Damar Rd Expert tuition Id ALL COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS Special coarse* in Shorthand. Tjrfewritinr Book-kecotnr Commcree. Malay. Dutcb and French. Individual instruction in all subjects Student* may
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    • 55 8 ANY MAKE OF REFRIGERATOR SERVICED BY M. dc E. NATHAN 25/28. ORCHARD ROAD. PHONE 4856REPAIRS AND SERVICING To all makes of Radio, Amplifier Sound Systems and Equipments Consult iv on your SOI Ml PROBLEMS WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 119. North Bridte Road Singapore. 4 new wide range- BMB TOOTAL M ShirU
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 790 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE-ZHL. 1.333 kc/s (225 m) TODAY p.m. 6 Malay mudc. Gramophone records: Bounga Italy. Sung by Miss Jam. Dona Clara. Sung by Miss Jull. Medan Tengali Malam. Sung by Miss Juli. Merak Putch. Sung by Miss Juli. Kemunchalc Ounong. Sung by Mr. O. M. Noor. Tanjong China. Sung by
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    • 689 8 BERLIN. DJB 15.20 Dc/i (19.7 ml; DJN 9.54 mcs (31.4 ml; OJE 15.28 me 116. 89 mi; DJQ 15.28 mcs (19.63 m); DJA 9.56 me s (31.38 IB). TODAY pm. 6 15 Call DJB. DJN. DJE. 6.20 Concert of light music 7.20 News in English. 7. 35 Concert oi light
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    • 129 8 6 50 News bulletin. 7.10 Variety popular programme. 7.35 Dance music. 8 00 English conversation lessons. S.20 Concert by Nlroa. Orchestra. 9 40 Phohi sports talk 9.50 Time signal. P. 51 Popular recorded n-udc. 10.20 Close down. TOMORROW am. j.30 Gymnastics. 6.35 Merry recorded music. 6 50 Time signal. Recorded
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  • 252 9 Charges Of High Treason. Berlin. Apr. 11 Glaring headlines in the German papers announce the beginning ot the trial before the Second Senate ot the People's Court of several Roman Catholics, including two priests and two prominent members of the Catholic Youth organisations on
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  • 134 9 Matter Easily Decided, Says Nanking Official. Shanghai, Apr. 10 Mr. Shao Ll-lse, Governor of Shensl who resigned following the Sian revolt in December, In a broadcast speech referred to the Government's resolution not to give up peace if hope of peace had not ended,
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  • 57 9 N. I. To Restrict Chinese Imports Shanghai, Apr. 12 A new Japano-Dutch trade agreement has been concluded, according to Chinese reports. The pact provides for mutual trade benefits and, it is reported, the Dutch have agreed to restrict Chinese imports into the Netherlands Indies in favour
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  • 34 9 London. Apr. 10 A hundred schoolboys are shortly going under the auspices of the Public Schools' Exploring Society to Newfoundland. While there they will live under the conditions of pioneers.— British Wireless.
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  • 279 9 DETERMINING POWERS OF GOVERNORS. LIFE OR DEATH: NOT DIPLOMACY. Bombay, Apr. 11. *THE appointment of an arbitration tribunal of three Judges to decide whether It Is competent for Governors to give the assuranre asked by the Congress Party, namely, that they will not use "their special powers
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  • 124 9 PROPERTY IN JERSEY. London, Apr. 10. LADY HOUSTON left an estate valued at £1,528,000 on which estate duty amounted to eeSJU.OOO. By a will made aboard the steam yacht Liberty in March. 1930, the whole estate was left to Miss Juliar.a Margaret Hoare. aunt of Sir Samuel
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  • 106 9 150,000 People Line Road For 30 Miles. President Lin Sen was given a spectacular send-off from Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi, on Saturday. More than 150,000 people, most of them waving national flags, lined the motor-road leading from the capital to Hunan for over 30 miles. Shouts
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  • 74 9 "Salvation Assured," Says Shantung: Governor. Tsinan, Apr. 11 "Gen. Chiang Kai-shek showed me concrete plans for national salvation during our meeting at Hangchow," declared Gen. Han Fu-chu, Governor of Shantung, on his return to Tsinan, the provincial capital. "I was truly impressed by conditions in the South,"
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  • 152 9 BRITISH CHURCHMEN IN ABYSSINIA. GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION. London, Apr. 11. THE expulsion from Abyssinia of six British missionaries, members of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society, is being taken up strongly in Rome by the British Government. A demarche has already bsen made by the Ambassador in Rome, Sir
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  • 292 9 CONFERENCE OPENS TODAY. London. Apr. 11 The Montreux Conference will open tomorrow. At the conierence representatives of Egypt will meet delegates of the 11 capitulatory Powers to negotiate for the abrogation of capitulations and to devise a scheme by which the mixed courts, on which the
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  • 65 9 Glasgow To Hold Biggest Since Wembley Rugby, Apr. 10 Shortly after the Coronation the King and Queen will visit Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, the site of Scotland's Empire Exhibition to be held in the summer of 1938. It will be the biggest Empire Exhibition since Wembley and a guarantee
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  • 61 9 To Be In London For The Coronation Rugby, Apr. 10 Approximately 30,000 troops will come to London for the Coronation. There will also be large detachments of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Each branch of the Regular and Territorial armies will be represented. They will be
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  • 278 10 NEVER TAKE CHANCES WITH STOMACH TROUBLE Few complaints are serious in the beginning The most common trouble today stomach disorder usually starts in a small 'vay. It may attack you us HEARTBURN. BILIOUSNESS. FLATULENCE or INDIGESTION, out Its meaning is always the same and so is its remedy. It is
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  • 798 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APR. 12, 1937. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME. Those who know the Malayan Chinese recognise them as a- loyal, law-abiding, hard-working and generous-hearted section of this country's cosmopolitan population, but, while many of them have their roots deep in the friendly Malayan soil on which they
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  • 292 10 Mr. John Hands was entertained at a tea-party* in his honour at the Penang Peranakan Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday. Mr. Edington, of the F.M.S. Railways, proceeded on leave at the weekend, prior to retirement, and is travelling via Canada. Tuan Syed Shaid All. headmaster Government English
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  • 1341 10  -  VICTOR PURCELL. A Mystery To Unimaginative Europeans. Reviewed By Secrets of the Chinese Drama. By OrHia S. L. Zun K (Kelly and Walsh $€.5«). The only thing I do not like about this sumptuous production is the title. It suggests the low-down on the greenroom, with scandalous
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  • 147 10 QUEENSLAND claims to have the oldest living thing on earth. It is a macrozamia, a tree about 20 feet in height and estimated to be more than 12,000 years old. In the Tamborine Mountain reserve there is a whole grove of macrozamia, the youngest of them
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  • 770 10 BIRD SANCTUARY |JEW people know that the whole of Singapore Island is in effect a bird sanctuary and has been for the last three years. There has been no proclamation to that effect, so that the island is not a permanent sanctuary, as certain areas in
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    • 137 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. GASBICK THEATRE. GICVLANO The Masked Terror A Hindustani Talkie. 6.15 9.15 p.m. GLOBE THKAIKt The Man Who Could Work Miracles. GREAT WORLD— THE SKY TALKIE Broadway Thru A Keyhole. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing Talkies. Th atres Cinemas. BITZ GEYLAMG The Miracle Rider— Chapters I—7. 6.15—9.15. RAFFLES
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  • 147 11 CABINET HAS SPECIAL SUNDAY MEETING. H.M.S. Hood Ordered To Go To Vicinity Of Bilbao. FREIGHTERS DIVERTED TO FRENCH WATERS BY GOVERNMENT. WHY has H.M.S. Hood, the largest battleship in the British Navy, been sent to the neighbourhood of Bilbao? Britain now has six
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  • 503 11 CARGO VESSEL IN TROUBLE. STOPPED BY REBEL SHIP. London, Apr. 11. In connection with the departure oi IMS. Hood from Gibraltar for thj lorth coast of Spain, it was learned esterday that the British cruiser Shropshire is being sent from Gibraltar to augment the British naval forces
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  • 378 11 MANY LOYALISTS KILLED. OFFER MADE TO INSURGENTS. St. Jean de Luz, Apr. 11. The land, sea and air battle for Bilbao is continuing with fury I which has made the engagement one of the bitterest in the war. The insurgents claimed to have burled 876 Government
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  • 103 11 Rugby, Apr. 10. Just before midnight yesterday the 8,433-ton Belgian liner Anversville, carrying 170 passengers on a pleasure cruise, went ashore on Dungene&s Bank and although no anxiety for her safety was felt throughout the night she was refloated in dense fog at 9.13 today, two
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  • 214 11 Programme Runs To Schedule. FOOD SUPPLIES. Rugby, Apr. 10. CIR THOMAS INSKIP, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, In a speech last night said that he hoped they would be able to complete the five-year rearmament programme within the allotted period. The programme was being carried out on
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  • 223 11 MORE WARSHIPS FOR CHINA WATERS. 'HUMILIATION DAYS' IN MAY. Shanghai, Apr. 12. A NUMBER of Japanese warships will shortly reinforce the Third Fleet, particularly the Yangtse squadron, as a counter-demonstra-tion to the three Chinese national humiliation day anniversaries during May. The first humiliation day fails on May 5,
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  • 55 11 London, Api. 10. The Parliamentary Labour Party has agreed in principle that the Leader or the Opposition should accept a salary under the Ministers' Salary Bill and his constitutional position in the State to be recognised but does not commit itself to the amount of the remuneration
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  • 125 11 London, Apr. 12. AN interesting side-issue of the world colonial question has been raised by the Primate of Australia Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia, the Rt. Rev. Henry le Fenu, who is visiting London to attend the Coronation celebrations. In a statement about
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  • 83 11 "IT was a magnificent flight," declared Rear-Admiral Sonosuko Kobayashi, who is aboard the cruiaer Ashigara at Singapore on the way to the Coronation naval review at Spithead. referring: to the record flight from Tokio to London by the Japanese built and piloted monoplane Divine Wind in
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  • 396 11 Strongly Armed Party In Day-Long Skirmish. New Delhi, Apr. 11. TWENTY-NINE soldiers, comprising seven British officers, 1 two British non-commissioned officers and 20 Indian other ranks were killed when tribesmen attacked a convoy in South Waziristan. In addition five British officers, one British non-commis-sioned
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  • 26 11 Mr. Chen Chung-fu, of the HopeiChahar Political Council, will head a Chinese "economic investigation mission" to Japan. The party sails on Wednesday.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 96 11 San Diego, Apr. 11. POUR United States naval air- men were killed when two bombers collided in mid-air and plunged into the sea after leaving the airrraft-rarrier Lexington 40 milts from San Pedro. Reuter Wireless. A move to dislocate tne flour market In North China by
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  • 124 11 Imperial Airways Operators. SERVICES NOT AFFECTED. STRIKE among Imperial Air* ways radio operators at Alexandria on Apr. 4 and 5, which threatened to hold up services to the Far East, failed to affect operations because all first officers in the line carry wireless certificates. The strike was
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  • 117 11 Men From British Steamer Found Guilty Brooklyn. Apr. 11. Six men, three of whom were mem* bers oi tho crew of the British steamer Taybank, were found guilty by the Federal Court or a conspiracy to smuggle opium into the United State.;. Ah Nrn, a
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  • 527 12 ACE CAMERAMAN READY TO 'SHOOT STORE $10,000 Equipment For Travel Film. HOLLYWOOD GLOBE-TROTTER'S 70,000 MILES ON JOB. (Special To The "Straits Times.") LIKELY to be Singapore's Public Benefactor Number One for 1937 Len H. Roos is here. Equipped with colour film gear
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  • 116 12 HERE is how Singapore wt'.l be introduced to the world's fJmgoers in the colour travelogue that Len Roos is making in the city for Warner Brothers. This is an extract from his script book:— U you want to know what it all means, ask Mr. Roos.
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  • 71 12 Japanese Marines Go Armed With "Bombs." Shanghai, Apr. 12. Following flst-flghts in cabarets in the Hongkew district between foreign and Japanese sailors, says a Chinese report, a number of Japanese marines armed with knives and tear-gas bombs, visited several cabarets last night. The marines behaved
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  • 153 12 Rotary Tour Of Far East. LEADER ON WAY TO CONVENTION. tfpo see you and to shake hands with you." This, said Mr. Angus Mitchell, the leader of the Australian Rotary Goodwill Mission to the Far East, which arrived In Singapore yesterday, is the main objective of
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  • 59 12 The Maetsuycker the new KP.M. motor vessel which will Inaugurate the South Pacific Line's direct monthly service between Singapore and New Zealand on Apr. 13 arrived at Singapore this morning from Saigon The Maetsuycker will call nt Batavla. Semarang. Port Moresby Samaral. Rabaul. Port Dina.
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  • 234 12 At The Cinema. Romance And Two-Fisted Drama In Logging Camps "God's Country and the Woman." George Brent and Beverley Roberts. Warner Bros. At the Capitol. T^HIS is an enchanting picture, as fresh and clean as the air midst the British Columbian pines, where this James
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  • 418 12 A HIGHLY important statement on Malayan internal air transport was made at the annual meeting of the Straits Steamship Co. on Saturday. It was revealed that the joint scheme of this company and Imperial Airways to start a Malayan air service had
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  • 562 12 Symbol Of Japan' s Naval Strength In Singapore. Cruiser Ashigara Here On Way To Coronation. CLATE grey, with raked funnels symbol of Japan's importance as a modern naval Power the 10,000-ton cruiser Ashigara arrived at Singapore yesterday morning on her way to take part in Britain's Coronation grand naval review
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  • 131 12 Intonation Of Holy Book For Three Days. Bearded Sikhs and their families all over Ma' ay a and throughout the world are celebrating their New Year today. The festival lasts for three days, and its principal feature la the continuous reading of the Holy Book In
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  • 145 12 FRESH LABOUR UNREST AT KLANG. Strikers Demand Comrades' Release. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. QFFICERS of the Chinese Secretariat have been called out to Klang this morning to investigate fresh labour unrest which has broken out in pineapple and match factories. 250 workers have been on strike for
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  • 127 12 (From Our Own Penang Apr. 11. Penang foundry and machine sho| workers, over 200 of whom went oi strike, resume work on Monday. Work ers were out yest^rdav and today. Th< strike was fortunately short lived an: there have been no serious develop ments This afternxm
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  • 505 13 Police Officer On Cheras Road Rioting. MAGISTRATES PLAIN WARNING TO AGITATORS IN THE F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 10. IN a riot in which the uniformed police are present instruc- tions are issued to detectives to concentrate on the identification of ringleaders.
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  • 47 13 The following programme will be broadcast today from Station Z.H.J., Penang: 7pm. Time signal and announcements for the week. 7.05 Recorded selections from the "Pirates of Penzance," 7 55 News bulletui 8.00 Vocal selections. 8.30 What's On In Penang. 8.35 Donee music. 9.00 Close down.
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  • 423 13 Two Contemporaries At Singapore Service. GREAT METHODIST MISSIONARY. TWO of the original 13 Chinese with whom Bishop Oldham founded the first Anglo-Chinese School in Malaya over half a century ago were in the large congregation at Wesley Church yesterday for the memorial service. They were
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  • 161 13 Picturesque Johore Ceremony. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Apr. 10. The Tengku Mahkota of Johore was proclaimed Regent at a picturesque ceremony at the Diwan this evening in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering from all parts of the State. He was received
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  • 89 13 Demand For Trainees Exceeds Supply. Some idea of the useful work being done by the Government Trade School In Scott's Road was gained oy the many parents and friends who attended the annual prizegiving and display of work on Saturday afternoon. At the prlzeglving ceremony. Mr.
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  • 28 13 S T.tul. a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, is to have a Roman Catholic Church The estimated population of Kuala Lumpur Town at the end of 1930 war 121.404.
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  • 715 13 MR. JOHN HANDS EXPLAINS HIS PUBLIC WORK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 11. «|7VER since I came to Malaya 26 years ago I felt that if one did nothing but go from office to Club and from Club to bed one was
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  • 180 13 DAWN VIGIL AT MALAYA HOUSE. Coronation Visitors Must Start Early. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 6. MALAYANS who have been fortunate enough to be invited to watch the Coronation procession twice past the windows of Malaya House, Trafalgar Square, received a letter from Mr. V. A. Lowinger, C.B.E., the
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  • 99 13 De-icers For HollandJava 'Planes. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr 4. UR. Albert Plesman, r-irector of the X.L M.. announces that -is from the beginning of May the AmsterdamJava service will be operated with Douglas DC. 3 aeroplanes all of which have been fitted with ce-icers.
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  • 88 13 Treat For Singapore Rotarians. Singapore Rotarians will have two luncheon meetings this week. At the first, on Wednesday, they will welcome the AustraUan Rotary Goodwill Mission to the Far East, led by Mr. Angus Mitchell, who will give an address on the mission. On Saturday,
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  • 389 14 THREE MEN SCORE WELL ON EACH SIDE. BARTELS BOWLS SPLENDIDLY FOR THE "RECS." THE week-end meeting of the first teams of the padang clubs, on the S.C.C. ground, produced some excellent batting on both sides. On Saturday Balhetchet, D'Cotta and d'Almeida got the
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  • 269 14  -  Fine Spell Of Bowling By Loveday. In the second team match between the S.R.C and the S.C.C. on the former's ground on Saturday scoring was on the low side. The S C.C. batsmen could make nothing of Loveday's bowling— his seven for 21 was a
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  • 166 14 Golf. Four Strokes Ahead Of Henry Cotton. London. Aor. 9. Sam King, a farmer* son and assistant at Kno.e Park. Kent, won the Dally Mall £2.000 golf \ournament at Little Easton Warwickshire with an aggregate of 283 ror 72 holes, his rounds being 73—74—67—69. The
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  • 798 14 SAVES GAME FOR PENANG AGAINST THE TOURISTS. MAXWELL STUMPS SEVEN MEN DURING THE MATCH. DENANG were able to earn a draw in their two days match with Sir Julien Cahn's XI which concluded on Saturday. They had four wickets in hand at close of
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  • 75 14 From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 11. The new Talping Cricket Club visited Ipoh as the guests of the Ipoh Sports Club today Talping. batting first, were dismissed tor 41. Appunl, the scnoolboy bowler took four wickets for 19 runs, hb victims Including Hart. The
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  • 358 14 DRESENT Buys beat the Old Boys on the first innings in yesterday's annual match for the Clarke Shield on the Raffles Institution ground. Had there been time to complete the second innings the result might have been different. Sundaram's six wickets for
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  • 84 14 for 10; A. Armstrong, one for 20; A. M. Valberg none for 19; All three for 5. PRESENT BOYS— 2nd. Innings I B. Surata run out 13 Mewa Singh run out 2 S K. Sundaram b Muthucumaru 1 A. Watts not out 17 R. I.
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  • 1068 15 LISHEEN SOME FLIRT PAY BEST ON TOTE. FARTHING ALONE RIDES MORE THAN ONE WINNER. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 10. A LARGE crowd attended the second and concluding day of the Penang Turf Club meeting today. Heavy rain fell after the fourth
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  • 72 15 London, Apr. 11. In consequence of incidents in the recent Austrian-Italian soccer match in Vienna, when the referee was forced to stop the match before its conclusion, and reports that there were likely to be serious d-iiion: tration in Paris if the scheduled French-Italian match
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  • 59 15 TODAY. Soccer: Oylon S.C. vs. Comals, Dlv. UL Stadium: S.R.C. vs. Social A. P., friendl}-. padang;: Y MCA. vi. T.J.R. friendly. Anscn Road TOMORROW. Soccer: Post Office vs. Indians. Dlv. II, SUdium; P. and N. vs H.K.S.B., B.H.L.. P. and N. ground. Lawn Hawk: S.C.C. doubles handicap
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  • 209 15 FOUR DAYS MEETING: JULY 30-AUG 2. The Malayan Chinese Olympiad for 1937 is to be held in Singapore on the four days, July 30 to Aug. 2 inclusive. This decision was reached at a meeting of the executive committee of the Olympiad at the SC.B.VA.
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  • 276 15 Golf. Mr. And Mrs. Fergusson Win With U l 4 Net The first bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah yesterday and resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. E. M. F. Fergusson with a net score
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  • 101 15 The Garrison Golf Club's men's monthly medal competition for April was played at Tanglln on Saturday and yesterday and resulted In a win for Lieut. R. G. Gregory with 2 up. The following were some of the best cards returned: Lieut. R. G Gregory 2 up Capt.
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  • 80 15 (From Oar Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 10. The Newbury Spring Cup race, ran today over one mile (straight), resulted as follows: Lord Portal's REMEMBER II 7.01 (Robertson) 1. Mr. R. Middlemas's FAIR PLAY 7.04 (Maher) 2. Mr. G. Lambton's PRICKET 8.01 (Crouch) 3. EUhteen
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  • 312 15 Lawn Tennis Brilliant Play In Beating Kamis. HKAMIS, former holder of the title, lost the AllMalaya Malays lawn tennis championship yesterday to Yon bin Mian, of Muar. the Johort champion. The match was played at Johore by agreement, rain having prevented the final being decided during
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  • 96 15 TODAY'S TIES Championship Singles. N. S. Wise vs. A. D. Anderson (sewiflnal). A. P. Webb vs. J M. Fraser. (••down Doubles Handicap. E. Cherrtngton and B. Neyland (—l5)( 15) vs. T. H. Holyoak and R. F. Smith (—3O). TOMORROWS TIK. Veterans' Doubles J. S. Nathan and J. A.
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  • 548 15 MALA YS TOO NIPPY FOR THE AIRMEN. Have Less Of The Game But Get More Of The Goals. By "Echo." APPORTUNISM wins lots of soccer matches. It won the Malays their Division I league fixture with the Royal Air 1 orce at A nson Road Stadium on Saturday. The airmen
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  • 53 15 In the All North Cup Final at Wembley on May 1 will appear Preston North End, who have only won the trophy once, in 1889. and Sanderland. who have never won it at all, though they have once -ni in the final, in 1913. when II ton Villa
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  • 309 16 MILL WALL AND WEST BROMWICH BEATEN IN THE SEMI-FINALS. AT Wembley on May I— the last day of the soccer season— Sunderland and Preston North End will contest the final of the F.A. Cup competition. The semi-finals were played on Saturday,
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  • 273 16 Arsenal Beaten By A Cleverer Team. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Apr. II.* In their important match at Manchester the Arsenal began well but the City were cleverer In the long run. Their goals were scored by Tilson and Toseland. one In each half. The draw
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  • 1503 16 MANCHESTER CITY'S VICTORY MAKES THEM FAVOURITES FOR THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE following are the results of Home soccer league matches played on Saturday, as cabled by Reuter, with the league tables up to date ENGLISH LEAGUE. Sheffield Wednesday Drop To Bottom Position. Blackpool Lose Point At
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  • 2040 17 SAYS SWIMMING CLUB PRESIDENT. Big Overdraft To Be Paid Off Within 14 Years. SOUND FINANCES: PROFIT OF $2,000 PER MONTH. T ACK of support for sporting events at the Singapore Swimming Club was explained by the President, Mr. William Hill,
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    • 112 17 GRANTS' WHISKY FROM THE FAMOUS GLENFIDDICH DISTILLERY A REAL STENGAH WHISKY WHICH STANDS -UP IN A SODA WATER AND RETAINS ALL THAT SMOOTHNESS BODY SOUGHT AFTER BY ALL TRUE CONNOISSEURS. It is only by comparison that one discovers the true value of anything. *Here is the test to which we
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  • 720 18 Demolishing Old Landmarks. HOW WRECKING FIRMS WORK. •yHESE are busy days in London for the demolition and excavation companies. There is the yawning chasm that once was the Alhambra; the gap beside the Empire; boards up at the Prince of Wales' Theatre; and now
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  • 460 18 Making Backblocks Life Easier. Forty "mercy" flights have been carried out by the pilots ot Canadian Airways during the last three months. While climbing the cliffs of Magdalen Islands. James Yojng was gravely injured when his (tun accidentally went oft, gangrene set in. and
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  • 267 18 Tristan Man Killed By Civilisation. CIVILISATION has killed Donald Glass, the one native who has ever left the island where disease is almost unknown— Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic— and the loneliest community in the world. He died, at ihe age of 28, at St. John s Hospital,
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  • 68 18 The first "Adolf Hitler" stamp bearIng the portrait of the Chancellor will be issued in Germany this month and will be on sale for only a short time. An anonymous subscr.ber having let his flat on the Coronation processional route for the day. has shared his financial gain with the
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  • 380 18 RELIC TAKEN FROM EGYPTIAN TOMB. ROBED FIGURE SEEN DURING NIGHT. Sir Alexander Seton. sold.er. business man and diplomat. Is "haunted"— by a bone believed to carry with it the curse o; a Pharaoh. Sudden Illnesses and the appearance Oi a spectral ngure have disturb' d nil
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  • 240 18 Special Plane To Contest French Event. Britain is to make a big eflort to win the international Atlantic air race, organised by the Aero Club de France and to be flown next August. The Clyde clipper which is being specially built for the event at
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  • 57 18 The Osaka Weaving Society has acquired 800 mow of land in the suburb of Tientsin for the purpose of building a new cotton mill. The Society is prepared to Invest $5,000,000 In the scheme. This new mill will bring up the total of Japanese-owiwd
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  • 59 18 Canton. Apr. 10. President Lin Sen leaves Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi. today for Hengchow, Hunan, where he will be met by Gen. Ho Chien, the Governor. The chief executive will probably rcurn to Nanking, the cruiser Yunp. Sul having been ordered to proceed
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  • 34 20 ABOARD THE ASHIGARA: From left. Rear -Admiral Sonosuko Kobayashi, Mr. Kiichi Gunjl, Japanese Consul-General at Singapore, and Major R. H. Quill. R M., Naval Intelligence Staff Officer at Singapore,
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    24 20 SWINGING LEVEL: Caught by the current, the visiting Japanese cruiser Ashigara swung quickly on both chains when she anchored in Singapore Roads yesterday morning.
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    9 20 JAPAN'S FLAG fluttering from the stern of the Ashigara.
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    8 20 THE ASHIGARA at anchor In the Outer Roads
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    28 20 MAJOR R. H. QUILL, R.M. (left), British Naval Intelligence StaH Office, at Singapore, expla.rung a map of Singapore Island to an officer of the visiting Japanese cruiser Ashigara.
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    22 20 I A MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY in Singapore presenting his card to Captain M. Takeda aboard the Japanese cruiy r A-h'-^i.
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