The Straits Times, 10 April 1939

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    44 1 piM.i pn «v MNAL tU IN. The Straits Times [£STABUSH£D NEARLY A CKNTUKY.J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 10. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 2(1 PAGES, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1939. PRICE r > CENTS.
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      184 1 Singapore: 140. cecil st. i PHONE 6471). MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. t>m Coleman St. Singapore. Photic 4H16 JOHNSON Portable, Self-Priming I DRAINAGE PUMP I Tlie complete power pump The ideal pump for dewaterim? of incorporating the famous Sea Hor^ Trenches, Foundations. Excavations. B motor
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      137 1 RE-FURNISHING? AN EXCLUSIVE RANGE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS DIFFERENT in FABRICS «t NETS together with an outstanding selection CARPETS RUGS CRETONNES FOR LOOSE COVERS DAMASKS BROCADES FOR HANGINGS •TAPESTRIES FOR UPHOLSTERY Something New! AN IDEA FOR YOUR NEXT SCHEME PLAIN WOOL REVERSIBLE RUGS in a delightful range of exclusive Furnish
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      86 1 Madame Pa,.., DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER Tailorwade Gowns for all occasions in Stock Irom $5 $30 13. Battery Road Sfc"SS: C.« 46* 9 tX- "^^^BBL/^^B^B^B^^^t. w J an cconomicti/ treat full of concentrated go odn ess. Kidneys on toast have louu Ik-cii .< l:i\.>nrit« of thf breakfast table. Not w <!<•
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      42 2 Mrs. A. S. Giles wishes to convey her sincere thanks to all friends who have written to li>r and otherwise rxpressed thiir sympathy in her recent sad bereavement. Will »Ii sympathisers klndlv accept this notl'C as an exDiession of her thanks.
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      487 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying lor any position advertised In these columns send copies «f testimonials. Do not send originals. REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Lady Stenographer. State experience, age and .alary required. Box No. 124, Straits Times. WANTED, European Medical Practitioner, for Short Locum, with experience of Estate practice— Up Country. Apply Box
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      847 2 SITUATIONS WANTED EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN Lady stenographer recently arrived In Singapore desires a position. Excellent references. Apply Box 128 Straits Times. VERY TRUSTWORTHY Baby Amah available for six months from May 12. Also another amah requires permanent position good needlewoman. Phone ***** after 5. WANTED TWO EUROPEANS invited to Join Seaside
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      390 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE BASSETT RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Twentyfirst Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, No. 1, Weld Quay, Penang, on Wednesday the 12th April, 1939, at 11.15 a.m. By Order of the
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      190 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, Chevrolet four- door sedan; 56,000 miles. Has had excellent care. Fort Canning Road. I'SED CARS: Austins, Fiat, Ford, Morris, Norton motor cycle, etc. The Eastern Auto Co., Ltd., Singapore. VAI'XHALL 14 De Luxe, late 1936. Regular, ly serviced and in beautiful condition. $1,130. Available early May.
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      150 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC Medical Masstge A Electricity. J4 Capitol Flats. Phone 7354 (Stamford Rd. Corner) SINGAPORE ATHLETE FOOT Guaranteed complete cure within a few days. Money refunded if not satisfied. Write for full particulars to: "VAIOAK Cf'RE CENTRE." P.O. Box ,'i67, Singapore. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE
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      705 3 P 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. HAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. CARTHAGE 15,000 Apr. 7 BANGALORE 6,000 Apr. 9 RA.JPUTANA 17 000 Apr. 21 RANCHI 17.000 May 5 BHUTAN 6.100
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      535 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Penang. Colombo, Aden, Suet, Port Said Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Vessels Tonnage Dv Sail 1 HUSIMI MARU 10.900 Apr. 14 15 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 Apr. 26 27 SUWA MARU 10.700 May
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      617 3 LUXURY with ECONOMY ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS. CABINS WITH PRIVATE BATH. EXC ELLENT CUISINE. MODERATE F \P.KN To: MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTER- To: PALESTINE. ROTTERDAM. HAMDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN BURG AND COPENHAGEN MEONIA Apr. 12 MALAYA abt. Apr. 28 ALSIA May 2 KINA May 20 SELANDIA May 23 JAVA May 30 BORINGIA June
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      663 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Quay, Singapore Tel. ML Chartered Bank Building. Penan* Tel. 1366. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND (il ASC'.OW (In conjunction with the Glen Linei Due RaiLs ANTENOR Mars. L'don, R'dam, Ham I G'gov.' Today Apr. 13 THE3EUS L'don, R'dam Hull
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    FACTORS INFLUENCING WALL STREET
    465 4 Swan Culbertson's Weekly Market Review IN .1 weekly report on the New York Stock market, issued this morning, Swan, Culbertson and J ritz, write A further deterioration in sentiment concerning the European political outlook and domestic business prospects is evidenced by the sweeping declines which have
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    Cirl As "Miracle Worker"
    226 4 '/"•REEN-EYED. chestnut- haired An- dree Maurel, aged 15, described by scores of people as a 'miracle work|er," stood in the dock at Albl. in the South of Prance, last week charged with illegally practising medicine. Maitre Puntous, who entered a claim for £500 damages on behalf
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    CHENONCEAUX
    27 4 The Chenonceauv from Japan. China and Saigon arrived this morning and will sail about 3 p.m. for Marseilles. via Colombo. Djibouti, Fort-Said. I Berth: S.IIB. wharves.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    562 4 New York, Apr. 8. rE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today: BROKERS' COMMENT CWAN, CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on Saturday's New York markets Prices slumped, ranging up to five points. The averages were the lowest since June. Americans and foreigners dumped their
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    Gestapo Active In London
    194 4 Gestapo Active In London A MAN impersonating a Scotlam'. Yard officer, telephoned recently to the Putney house of M. and Mme. Bonus Ber.es and warned Mme. Benes against her husband (nephew of the former President of Czechoslovakia) talking politics. Scotland Yard and the Foreign Office were informed. Mr. Wicltham Steed,
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      202 4 Taday Prance (Parcels only) iChenonceaux) 1 p.m. Indo-China < Kutsang) ..1 pm. Pamangkat. Ramiraa and Singkawang (Boelongan) 1 p.a Pontianak (Raub) 1 pin. Tomorrow Indo-China (K.N.I. L.M.> ..11.30 am Aden .imperial! I pi Cast Africa (Imperial) S p.m South Africa (Imperial) >pm Burma (Imperial) I p.m. Wnole
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      156 4 THE SINGAPORE HARBOU R BOARD The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharvts or expected to arrive: Last \Vbarf, l.ntranre Gale I) Exit 1:— Peisander, Norviken. Anshun 22; H.MS Herald 20. Maia Wharf. Entrance! Gate 7; Exit J:— Chentnccaux 18: Bangalore 16: Antenor 14: Kajang 11: Tali;,-* 9:
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      16 4 Mails from China and Japan ex pected today, Apr 10. by London Maru
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      NEW ZEALAND'S TRADE
      23 4 EXPORTS irom New Zealand during February amounted in value to .€5.172,000, compared with £5,718.000 in the corresponding period last y<-?r.
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      TIN MERGER APPROVED
      54 4 TIN MERGER APPROV ED AT an extraordinary meeting of '.r.e Associated Tlr. Mines of Nigeria. held on Mar. 31, the proposed merger with the London Nigerian Tin Mines into a new company called Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria «1939 was unanimously agreed to. Shareholders of London Nigerian Tin Mines yesterday
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      297 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Departures ■MM Wcanca: rraas reaaac. Ipoa. U4 Kaala l.urapur 4rr»*cs r*nt eveninc I Impr.-ial: Frooa Enopc: Drc and expected on Urdncsd.iy mtnint I K.J.M.: Irom N.llipi lands Indies; Ar; iMI tomurrow afternoon. Qanias: Irvm Au-iralia: Arriiea Uoaorrow aftcrnooav I K.L.AL: From I'uropr: Irrives tvuoi.ow (Train c
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      FROM MALACCA
      95 4 Correspondence tor transmit air via "Netherlands 1 must be lull/ prepaid and clearly lapcncribed "By X.L.M." •HI close tron Malai\-.i s foUows IMb*. Slam. Burma. India Iraq, Palestine. tvp-. Uaontius. Europe. Britain. Irrla:iu N i S America. E. s; S Africa. Nißeria and Gold Coast by Jr (Imperial)
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      596 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P M.S.) TELEPHONE: Frelcht 5433. Rosace M3l. CANADIAN i lnterpolated In England) THF FMI-KtSS BOtTE ofl*rs TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES via HOXOLI'LU or direct ™H UESS t. VANCOtVKR-ACROSS CANADA b, TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN nitl.ou! Vhanrr-«hf«e by CANADIAN PACII IC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT— aU under
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      163 4 The secretary neat and qun-k Expert with her typi.-i': Kt-«-ps herself from falling sick With .1 laxatire, non-gripi I^' Takes Pinkettes Women engaged in business 5 MaWaßwM lind that the sedent:.rv nature of their work tends t to cause digestive and other > health disturbanres. In such rases PtakettM arc
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      327 4 TIDE TABLE sr\c. Arose H. W. !49 a ra. 8.5 ft.: 3.02 p.m. 1 It. L. W. 8.21 a m. 1 ft.; 8.19 p.m. 3.8 It. Tuesday H. W. 2.30 a.m. ft.; 3.57 p.m. 5 ft. L. W. 9.15 a.m. 1.5 ft J 9.02 p.m. 4.3 ft. Wednesday H. W.
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    THE NEW LIGHTWEIGHT RADIO
    24 5 Ifck picture of the new lightweight radio being handed aboard an Imperial air-liner shows the convenient portability of the set.
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    THE IMPERSONAL VOICE AT BROADCASTING HOUSE
    657 5 Difficult Art Of Announcing And Its Many Pitfalls London. THKKfc are now about 30 an1 nouncer* in the 8.8.C., including eight for the Empire Service, writes Professor Lloyd James. They are national, if largely anonymous, figures. It is upon them and those who guide
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      203 5 RIDE THE WINNER and WIN THE RACE with VELOCETTES Sole Agents Malay i: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 122/124. Orchard Road, Singapore Phone 4566. Why tuffer when immediate relief it at hand Take SENGOVAN PILLS. Sengovan revives and revitaliies the nerves and glands and gives jhundanre of vigour and vitality after
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      14 5 Received New Shipment of National Transmitting Parts. WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 98, Robinson Road, Singapore
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      242 5 KID THE SCALP OF DANDRI'FK WITH THIS MEW .\NTISF.PI H One tablespoonful of G.G. Germicide to a pint of water makes a lotion which if massaged into the scalp will free the scalp from dandruff and keep it perfectly clean and free from irritation. Rinse thoroughly after use. Obtainable from
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      511 5 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 m«trn. ZHP 30.06 metres, p.m. 5.00 Malay songs by Miss Maimoon.t 5.30 Cantonese drama. t S.45 Cantonese Amateur Musical part; at the Studio. 6.10 Cantonese childrens' programme. 6.30 Cantonese music from the studio. 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.15 Time, weather and news announc:ments. 7.30 "Inspector
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      246 5 NIROM TODAY \t>\ IK/I i la. i. m.i YDB 9.6S ine,s (31. m.i. YDB 11.88 me i (25.3 m.). PMN 10.28 me <S».^ 4. SO Programme prevue Oaumont British symphony 5.30 For the children, by Uncle Dick. G.20 The plantst Leu Oreen syncopate 6.30 News. 7.40 Thing* in which a
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      LONDON METAL MARKET
      459 6 MODERATE AMOUNT OF LIQUIDATION MALCOLM ROWLEY'S WEEKLY REPORT IN a weekly report on the London market dated Mar. 31. Malcolm Bowley and Son write Markets this week have naturally been dominated by the political situation, in which the next events are quite unpredictable Amid the welter of
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      MANAGEMENT OF UNIT TRUSTS
      134 6 MANAGEMENT OF UNIT TRU STS Frauds Bill Change AN important Government I me nil ment to Clauac 16 of the Prevention of Fraud 'Investments) Bill was considered in the House ol Lords last Tuesday. It provides that an authorised unit j tiust sohc-nii' shall be "such that the; effective cnvtrol
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      MORE GOLD FOR U.S.
      40 6 /"•OLD exports to the United States registered by the C;is'.oms lor 1 ya ended midday Mar. SO, amounted to .£22,471,212. This brings at M.'>t j n days to .<:?,*. 2GQ:>TS eiI.TWJII liming ir days to M; 1
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      Plan For Growing Rubber In Ethiopia
      56 6 Amsterdam. Mai 31 prepared lor the tunent oi a nttpany to lv known Baiopi having its hvadRome and with a icpre- v. nil tin- object <'! cuKl Abyssinia A capital ol F1.2.000.0M is to be luisfd Htcb combine, H Is intended to .:i;c the
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      MINING
      577 6 Issue Val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 3/3 3/8 3/3 3/9 5/- Austral Amal 4/9 5/3 4/9 5/3 £1 Austral Malay 39/- 44/- 38/- 43/5/- Ayer Hitam 20/- 21/- 19/6 20, D 1 Ayei *Veng 0.65 0.70 0.65 0.70 £1 Bangrin Tin 18/6
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      GENERAL
      474 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 1.32>/ 3 1.40 2 2 do V^c prefs. 2.30 2.3".?- 1 2.27'i 2.3'icd 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5 25 5.00 5 50 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0 50 O.tiU 0.50 160 10 5 B M. Trustee S75 7 50 8
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS
      280 6 S':. Mav.Kirc Co. Ltd. $30,000 int Apr. SO Oct. SI 90 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5T 0 1901 reti. 1940 $400,000 Int. Int. Vat. 31 Sept. 30 .100 4V>'~. 1907 red 1947 Sl.600.000 Int. .Var. 31 Sept 30 106 4 I 2 r i 19GP red 1955 $1,000,000 Int.
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      RUBBER SHARES
      399 6 Fraser Co. Lyall Eva'.t I Allenby 120 1.30 120 1.30 Alor Gajah 0.90 0 9'/ v 2 0.90 100 Amal. Malay 1.35 1.45 1.35 1.45 Ayei Hitam 0 90 1 00 0 90 100 Ayer Molek 0 90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.16 121 1.15 1 20xd
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    109 6 Thursday. Apr. 6. ooon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 27.. 1" '4 No. IX li s s f.o.b. in cases 1 April Vt% 28 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales April 273,, 27H FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales April 27',. 27 4 KITIRt QUOTATIONS No. IX
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    EXCHANGES
    190 6 Thursday, Apr The following are trie exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kon and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T MRk London demand 2/ 3 3 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 240'i I Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand
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    London Stock Exchange
    360 6 London, Apr. 6. I The following are today's closing j middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. The quotations for American stocks are In American currency Con. Loan 5% 1944-64 107 -i Fund Loan 4% 1960-90 105'^ War Loon 3'i p.c. 95H Com. Union
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    LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    95 6 London, Ap. 6. The following were todays closing mean rates- Paris 174 4964 Athens M7'4 New York I.S3'» Rio 3 1 32 Montreal 4.70 1 i severs official Brussels 27.82 B?i«riMle 2O» Gfnf\a 20 87 Bucharest 6Mt Amsterdam J.Sl 7 Buenos Ai.t» 20 1 7* i S)
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    MORRIS MOTORS OUTPUT
    64 6 THE directors of Morris Motors an- nounce that more than 31,000 oars have been delivered during the rirst three months of this year. In March 12 349 models left the factory. Both totals constitute de.:very records :or the company. Orders for Morris models during the last six
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    Swiss Prepare For Defence
    369 6 Gold Reserves Sent To London New York OWITZERLAND, while outwardly calm, Is preparing against a possible attack. Within the past three weeks work has been intensified on the fortifications under construction along the Rhine and in th* cantons bordering what once was Austria. Heavy artillrry. machine-guns
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    FEW CAPITAL ISSUES
    77 6 Smallest March Total Since 1919 NEW capital issues la Man h amounted to £2,396,764. the lowest total reached since the immediate post-crisis month ol October last. Statistics of new laan compiled by the Midland Bank show that this la also the lowest March amount 10 oe recorded
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      GOVERNMENT PLANS TO AID SHIPPING
      1047 7 Subsidy Of £2,750,000 For Five Years For Tramps £10,000,000 IN LOANS FOR BUILDING NEW VESSELS State To Acquire Tonnage Reserve For Emergency THK Government proposals for assisting the shipping industry were outlined by Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Hoard of Trade, in the House
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      SHIPS NEEDED NOW Building Fund
      104 7 SHIPS NEEDED NOW Building Fund These measures of assistance, said Mi. Stanley, might be expected .to re nit In due course in the placing o! ciders lor new ships, but it must be seme time before orders of this kind took ei'.ect Meanwhile, the ■Upbuilding capacity must be maintained and
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      PLAN STIMULUS TO SHIPBUILDING Industry And Defence
      79 7 PLAN STIMULUS TO SHIPBUILDING Industry And Defence Members of Parliament associated with the shipping industry welcomed Mr. Oliver Stanley's statement and regarded the Government's decision as one that would greatly stimulate shipbuilding. The Government's plan, they agreed, wou'd work back in the ■nd to tbe benefit ot ship-building. Apart from
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      137 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore Api 6. 5 p.m Book* Company Dividend Clou Total lor Datt Ex. Div flnanrial vcar 1'IN. Payable Date to date Hal ll Sclanior 2< Apr. 13 Julian 3% final Apr 8 Rawang Tinftelds I'd. No 13 Mar. 2» Takuapa 6d Apt 24 Apr.
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      PREVIOUS SCHEMES
      256 7 Importance Of Freight Rate Average Tiie Government's previous MhaMy is.-h*"T>e to assist shipping or>er»ted daring 1935 and 1936 The amoiuit of stiiisidv *ras limited to €2.000.000 a year, provision being made lor reducing the total of assistance in any v?ar i! the average level of IMftt ratal rose
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      MOTOR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN IMPROVES
      57 7 London. Apr. 7. jUIAKCH production figures continue to reflect the recovery of the motor industry from its setback last year. Sales in this country this season so lar are 27 per cent, higher than in the same period of last year, and there is lilso
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      PROBLEM OF CORRECTING EXCESS TIN EXPORTS
      580 7 Bolivia And Belgian Congo The Culprits I'totn Oar Own Correspondent) i London, Mar. 24. HTIIK nu'cii-di-«cussed meeting ot the Internatioual Tin Committee duly took place on Mar. 22, but the 1 official communique which fol- j loved the meeting has not proved, very popular.
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      198 7 COMING SHORTLY Singapore. Apr. t. uoun. Buyers Sellers OiuiiJwer S 750 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12 00 Pcpprr White Muntok $12.75 White $12.25 Black $800 Copra Mixt'd $:s.2u Sun Dried $3 45 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingua $2.47'.. Pair $2.45 Sarawak $2 37'.Jelotong Palembang $6 00
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      976 7 TENDERS TENDER TENDERS are iuvitod fiom appiovrd contractors foi the erection and completion of five bungalows, etc.. at Grange Road. Singapore for the Ngee Ann Kongsi. PUns and Specification can be seen at the office of tl.e MfM Ann BaaMMi Cliurch Sue. -t. I Sinsapoie between the hours of 10
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      697 7 BANK OF CHINA inroruoralfo id CkUM ov ttuci la Ji... "ii. t: Cent Mrrel Siacjpoir l'elepbone». Hiiurrr OflHr »IU Ami Mvnatrr > otlirr biix r.\rh.ini;i' llrpl »<!! (irnrnl IMTii-r iiK» (ablr \drt.rs. 'llll<N(,KI (> rmd lp UmMM in I ki.ii.mi. ion M Kfsrni r un«l- in excess or h *.!il»
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      124 8 POSITIVELY LAST DAY! r^ ai 55 3 p.m. ALHAMBRA SHIRLEY TEMPLE 20th Century-Fox Comedy Hit M 'JUST AROUND R^RJh Jt^^^^. ANO Also Excellent Supporting' shorts including The Latest BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS, A COLOURED FASHION FORECAST, "WINTER FORECAST" "MYSTIC SI AM" and SHOOTING FOR PAR". ALHAMBRA— TOMORROW Warner Bros. Rollicking Comedy
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      134 8 fll^ G SOME OF THE "ofy"! FAMOUS CHARACA J TERS OF MODERN *M HISTORY- (Motion Picture, of Coursr!) s JK!reit N '^BSL Sycamore who'd S^ST-JSJSt^tfi love to be a writer! 3UI WO rk-for funl YOU'LL MEET them SHORTLY A COLUMBIA PICTURC Last NIGHT 6.15 and 9.15 VHHPRI^PRVBHPMPJ THI most FASCINATING
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      230 8 SEASON EXTENDED owing to SUCCESS I GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR EASTER! 4* A DITH I 3 showsHdaily WM n I VL| 3.i S 6.15 91S A REAL TREAT for EVERY MUSIC LOVER! FROM M-G-M COMES RJHRJRjgRJRJRB THE NEW HIT! The Music! The Life! iH^l The Loves! Of "The I^-j Wl m
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    MUSLIM WORLD ANGERED BY INVASION OF ALBANIA
    701 9 Italian Aggression Is Called "An Act 01 Savages" Paris, Apr. 9. ITALY'S invasion of Albania, which is virtually a Muslim country, has provoked strong feeling throughout the Muslim world, according to reactions in the French Empire. A Beirut report says indignation is rife
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    Conquest Nearly Completed
    210 9 Rome. Apr 9 THE Foreign Minister. Count Clano, returned today to Rome by air from Tirana. A communique from Tirana states Italian mechanised troops have occupied Argyrocastro. in southern Albania, and that infantry has taken Scutari. Another communique states an j Albanian administrative committee. composed of "the
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    EGYPTIAN CABINET CRISIS SOON?
    116 9 I Cairo. Apr 9 I THE Egyptian Cabinet crisis, which I had been placed in the background I en account of the wedding of the Iranian Crown Prince with the sister of the King 01 Egypt, seems to have come to the foreground again now that
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    "NO MORE ITALIANS FOR SPAIN "
    52 9 "NO MORE ITALIANS FOR SPAIN Burgos. Apr. 7. 'THE Spanish Government has emphatically denied rumours of the arrival of fresh Italian troops at Cadiz. It is stated the departure of the present Italian forces is expected to take place very soon after the official entry of Gen Franco in Madrid—
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    Big Offensive In Kwangtung Tide Of Battle Tunis In Favour Of Chinese
    200 9 Big Offensive In Kwangtung Tide Of Battle Tunis In Favour Of Chinese Chungking, Apr. 9 THE war in most districts in Kwangtung has turned definitely in favour of the Chinese who are attacking the Japanese in the north, west and south .simultaneously. On the south bank of the Pearl River
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    How Malayan Chinese Serve Their Nation
    78 9 Chungking. Apr. 9. AN official announcement states that 12,000 Chinese from abroad art now serving their country in all parts of the unoccupied provinces. The majority, the report states, are now undergoing "political and milii tary" training under the direction of the Transport Bureau
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    TOKIO STATEMENT ON SPRATTLEYS
    132 9 Tok.o Apr 9 'THE Sprattley Island-s. which the Japanese Government on Mar. 31 announced had been placed und»r the jurisdiction of the government oi Formosa, consist ot 14 islands, ac cording to the spokesman ot the Admiralty. ReD!v ng to a loreign newspaper correspondent, he dismissed
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    WANG CHING-WEI DENIES STORY OF SECRET PACT
    311 9 *T*HE Chungking report of an alleged secret agreement between Mr. Wang Ching-wei and Baron Hiranuma. the Japanese Prime Minister, have been followed by denials on behalf of both parties. Mr. Wang was dismissed from the vice-presidency of the Kuomintang and exiled for advocating
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    LONDON EVACUATION IM.ANS
    43 9 piANS complete almost to the last detail for the evacuation of scho>l children from London should events ever make it necessary, have been issued by London County Council to the head* of all schools In the MetropolisBritish Wireless. I i
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    26 9 Warm Sprlna.s, Georgia, Apr. 9. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT today en- dorsed the statement of the Secretary of State. Mr. CordeU Hull. condemning Italy's forcible Invasion ol Albania.—Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APR. 10, 1939. More Kultur
    898 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APR. 10, 1939. More Kultur A tew days ago a bulky package posted in Macao, was receivec at the Straits Times office. It was addressed to the Editor by name, but there was no indication of the identity of the sender. The contents were seven
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    North Lands Desire No "Protectors'
    138 10 Close collaboration between the northern nation was urged by Mr Sandier, Swedish Foreign Minister, in a Riksdag speech on Aaland Islands fortification. "It Is necessary. 1 he said, 'to consider all question in their widest aspects, and in relation to the necessity of defending our
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    PRECAUTIONARY DECREE IN BELGIUM
    77 10 Brussels, Apr. 10. A Royal Decree enforcing the ri^ht of civil requisition throughout Belgium will be published tomorrow in the official Gazette. It is understood the decree will empower the authorities to requisition transport, including private cars, lorries, carts and horses and accommodation, where required. It
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    Hungarian Occupation
    21 10 Budapest Apr. 9. Hungarian troops today marched into the territory allocated to Hungary under the Slovak-Hungarian frontier agreement.— Reuter.
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    THE EURASIAN
    747 10 Moral Philosophy the Problem "DISTRIBUTIST" AND "TUKANG" To the Editor of the Straits limes Bir,— ln your issue of Mar. 3( "Tukang" replies to my letter, and his very first words are "Failing a Journa: of our own." But is it not a fact thai when offered a
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    Malayan Civil Service
    30 10 Mr. N. R. Jarrett, M.C.S.. has been appointed Controller of Customs SS and F.M.S. Mr E. N. Taylor. Magistrate F.MS has been promoted Official Assignee. S S
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    Volunteer Commission
    21 10 Mr. Bernard Kauffmann has been granted a Commission as SecondLieutenant on probation In the S S Volunteer Force. i*
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    GOODBYE TO EUROPE
    836 10 From Dictatorships To Freedom From A Correspondent IN these days when oppression In so many parts of the world is compelling thousands to nee from their native lands it is comforting to think that we In this country still have our freedom Here are the thoughts of
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    712 10 !vr Full Soil picturesque yarn about a Hne-of-utleship seen under full sail in ineties turns out to have been a too picturesque. Laurence Henderson was quite in saying that he had seen ths flagship of the African station under full sail In that period, but a
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    ANGLO-ITALIAN PACT AND FUTURE OF ALBANIA
    552 11 Awaiting The Next Step By Britain MANDATED TERRITORY OR FART OF ROMAN EMPIRE? Tension Slightly Less After London Talks DEPORTS that Albania is to be proclaimed an integral part of the Italian empire, following the occupation of the country by Italian forces during the
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    Blow At Italian Good Faith
    165 11 Britain To Denounce Rome Kgteem.tn.tl London, Apr. 9 ITALY'S tweupation of Albania »s bcinj; treated in London as a MM>( serious alteration in the I'liropean situation, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Sunday 'limes. One of the most st-rioiis ionvequeiKcs is the blow dealt at
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    57 11 Strung Anti-Italian ffolinu is reported to hnve been provoked in the Arab and Islamic worlds by the invasion of Albania. Here. Signor Mussolini, self-proclaimed "protector of Islam" is seen rinliracing a Muslim airman durinr the Italian Air Force Pay celebrations in Rome recently, when l| Duce presented 10<> medals won
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    SAUDI-ARABIAN OIL FOR JAPAN?
    50 11 SAUDI-ARABIAN OIL FOR JAPAN? Cairo, Apr 9. A HKPOHT from Riyadh, the capital u> Saudi- Arabia, states that! Befotiatlona arc taking place lor a treaty of i Headship and commerce between Japan and Saudi-Arabia. The negotiations are stated also to concern the granting to Japan of a petroleum concession. Reuter.
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    SWIFT MOVES BY AXIS?
    160 11 Coups Feared By Rumanians DICTATORS' NEXT STEPS SOON? Bucharest, Apr. 10. THERE is speculation in many circles here on the possibility of swift moves by Germany and Italy following the invasion of Albania. It is even suggested in quarters friendly to the Axis Powers that on
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    TURKEY & RUMANIA DRAW CLOSER
    106 11 TURKEY RUMANIA DRAW CLOSER Istanbul, Apr. 10. A COMMUNIQUE issued last rt nifht at the conclusion of discussions here between the Rumanian and Turkish foreign ministers states Turkey and Rumania have agreed to pursue the policy of the Balkan Entente, aiming at strengthening the security and independence of friendly and
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    FRENCH STAND ON GREECE & CORFU
    119 11 FRENCH STAND ON GREECE CORFU M. Daladier Summons Cabinet Meeting Paris, Apr. 10. IT is stated in authoritative circles here that the French Government is not satisfied with the Italian explanations in regard to the occupation of Albania. 1 It is felt that any attempt on Greece or Corfu would
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    MUSSOLINI FOR ALBANIA
    27 11 Rome, Apr. 9. It is believed that, weather conditions being favourable, Signor Mussolini Intends to leave for Tirana, capital of Albania, tomorrow morning. Reuter.
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    27 11 Gen. Franco photographed as he arrived at the military headquarters at Burjos to fg^gg Field-Marshal Petain when he presented his credentials as French Ambassador to Nationalist Spain.
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    CABINET TO MEET TODAY
    524 11 Greek Minister Sees Premier I...iiii'in. Apr. 9. RJIK. Neville Chamberlain, the I'rime Minisler. returned to London today, having cut short his holiday in Scotland to attend tomorrow's Cabinet meeting;. The Cabinet meeting indicates the inevitable concern with whicn i the British Government is watching the situation.
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    37 11 On his ay to France to inspect th c Marmot Line and a French army corps at exercises— General Viscount Gort thief of Britain's Imper«al General Staff, speaks into a ncvs-film microphone at Hcndon on Mar. 28.
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    NAZI ATTACK ON THE PRIMATE
    116 11 Church Leaders "Sever All Relations' Berlin, Apr. 10. j *J*HE Nazi Church leaders have severed all relations with i the Archbishop of Canterbury, accusing him of anti-Nazi agitation and bolshevik tendencies," announces a statement published in the official Church Gazette anrt signed by Dr. Werner,
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    POPE'S PEACE MESSAGE
    168 11 'Pledged Word Has Lost Its Value' Vatican City, Apr. 9. THE POPE in a short broadcast peace speech today .-aid there was discontent in the I souls of men. "In truth, there cannot exist, that tranquillity and order which constitute peace when even in the same land
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    KING ZOG LEAVING GREECE SOON?
    65 11 Athens, Apr. 10. IT is understood that Zog and Geraldine, who were Kunited at Fiorina yesterday, v ill leave Greece very soon. The Kin? fled from Tirana on Friday. A Salonika message says that »he royal couple with members of the Albanian Government have left
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    DR. GOEBBELS FOR TURKEY
    22 11 Renter understands that Dr. Josef Goebbels, Rtlch Propaganda Minisur. is arriving at Istanbul on Wednesday on a fMt
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    200 MALAYANS WANT TO BE RESERVE PILOTS
    273 12 Penang Non-Europeans Send In Many Applications SEVERAL FOREIGNERS ALSO SEEK TO ENLIST MON-EUROPEANS in Penang are apparently more air-mind-ed than those in Singapore: more applications for enrolment in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve have been received from Penang non-Europeans than from those
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    ESTATE ASIATIC STAFFS' ASSOCIATION
    135 12 Need For Full Support Stressed In Report (From Our Own Cons.spondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 8. ONLY by embracing every Asiatic employee in its fold can the AliMala.Tin Estate Asiatic Starts' Association improve its status, states the annual report oi the Association, which will be presented at
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    FRENCH CONSUL HERE FROM BATAVIA
    66 12 A FTER being for three years French C msul-Oeneral at Batavia, Monsieur R. Di;lai.;<', tccompantod by his wife, arrived from Java by the K P.M. reael Nteuv /.■■•land thi.s mornlm. They are on their way to Europe on lcive. It is likely th.it M. DeUge
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    AMUSEMENTS
    212 12 SI.N(, \POR£ ■Arrus hoi li Cocktail Dancp 7 p m. to 9 p tn. Diiiiit <fc Dance 'J. 45 ir> Midnight. CMiUU A I lit.\ IKK I.IIIXM. W-Uad. EgyptiU Talkir at ti. 15 4c Si Id p hi. GRL.VI mmtM Cabaret G. 30 to 8.45 Jc 9.30 p.m. to
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    King Victor And Crown Of Albania
    77 12 London, Apr. 10. IT is announced in Rome that a group of Albanian notables. headed by a chieftain named C.ioni, offer'd the crown of Albania to King Victor Emmanuel in the name of the Albanian people before the occupation of Tirana by Italian troops,
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    LOCAL HOTELS ARE FULL
    232 12 100 Australian Tourists Here SINGAPORE hotels are booked out. The demand on accommodation caused by the influx of j Easter holiday visitors from up1 country centres was accentattr"! this morning by the arrival from Australia of 104 people aboard the X.P.M. vessel Nieuw Zeeland. They Include
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    RACEHORSES HERE FROM AUSTRALIA
    24 12 pOUK racehorses were among the the "passengers" which arrived by j the X.P.M. vessel Nieuw Zeeland Irom Australia this morning.
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    CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF FINAL
    382 12 Thomson's Great Recovery VICTORY BY TWO AND ONE TODAY IN spite of being three down at the turn E. L. Thomson became the Malayan Golf Champion this morning when he beat H. C. Ainslle two and one over 18 holes at the Royal Singapore Golf Club. Thomson's
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    FORMER COLONY JUDGE
    97 12 DIES AT DURBAN ""PHE death is announced at Durban. 1 South Africa, of Mr. SwinforJ Leslie Thornton, who was Senior Puisne Judge. Straits Settlements, in! 1906 Mr. Thornton was 86. After being called to the Bar in 1877. he came to Malaya nine years later and was
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    JAVA PLANTER-PILOT BACK FROM LEAVE
    94 12 MR DIRK DE YOGEL, a sugar planter at Cheribon, Java, who is a wellknown amateur pilot in Netherlands Indies, and has a private aerodrome to hi.s American Waco plane, arrived ai Singapore after leave in Holland, b; X.L.M. plane last evening Mr. de Yogel. who
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    Plan Urged For Evacuating Children In Crisis
    440 12 TTHE need to evacuate Singapore's 1 22.000 schoolchildren if the iiland were attacked, is discused by Mr. Leow Kim Fatt, of Outranv School, in an article in the school annual. He states that although early this year an A.R.P.' officer visited the .school
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    P.&O. Picks Up Pilot
    33 12 P. &O. Picks Up Pilot With the pilot launcht flag fluttering on the breeze, the P. and O. liner Carthage made an attractive sight as she rcachtd Srnqapore from England.— Siraitt Times picture.
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    Teachers Wed Today
    187 12 TTWO Singapore teachers. MUs 1 Catherine Chen Goke Ho nrt Mr. Loong Leek Chow, were married at the Geylang Methodist Episcopal Church this morning. Third daughter of Mr. and Mr.<\ Chen Keng Swee, oi Singapore, Miss Chen is a teacher at the Qeylang Methodist Girls' School, while
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    MR. W. E. PEPYS TO RETIRE
    25 12 RJIr. W. E. Pepys, Johore's General Adviser, is to retire in September. He was appointed General Adviser in 1935
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    WEATHER EXPERT ON VISIT TO SINGAPORE
    413 12 Was With Scott On Last Trip To South Pole A MAN who was with Captain Scott on his last voyage the South Pole in 1910-12 and who also spent a year in th« Arctic Circle about 35 years ag-> h in Singapore today. He
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    SINGAPORE MAN'S WIFE ARRIVES
    39 12 AN attractive young New Zealander. Mrs. John L. Greer. arrived j;rom Australia by the Nieuw Zeeland this morning to Join her husband. who is a chartered civil engineer with i a mining concern at Singapore
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    AIRPORT WET & SLIPPERY
    130 12 AIRPORT WET SLIPPERY Plane Reduces Load For Take-Of i OWING to the risk nvolved In takint;off during the present wei and slippery condition of the Singapore airport, the captain of the X.L.M. plane, which left at 6.30 this morning (or Java, decided to leave behind three booked passengers, and fly
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    EXTRA TRAIN TONIGHT
    71 12 "PO cope with the heavy traffic causea by people returning to up-country centres after spending the Easter holidays at Singapore, an extra tram will be run tonight The night mail wiil leave as usual at 10 o'clock but will carry only first -class passengers. It wU oaiipme
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    BACK FROM LEAVE
    68 13 BACK F ROM LEAVE R. P. Eitii-ham, M.C.S.. Protector of Chinese, Malacca, ivho returned from leave bp the P. and C) liner Curlhaac. Mr. L. F. Knight, of the Specia} Branch, s.s. Police, wtu another officer toho returned from leave by ih L Carthaue. Ur. J. V.chiUffM Hurl, of me
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    RESCUED FROM POOL
    53 13 WHILE bathing ai the Tiger ,wim- Bring pool. Pasir Panjang. yester(::iy o'irrnoon a CbliMM is reported to have got. into difficulties. He was wen by .1 Ufeaaver, who quickly pulled lum out of the water. The ambulance was ioon on the ■eene, but the man recovered before
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    RAIN MARS EASTER FOR SINGAPORE HOLIDAY-MAKERS
    285 13 Sun Shines Brightly This Morning After Three Dull Days BAD WEATHER CONFINED TO SOUTH OF THE PENINSULA AFTER a wet beginning to Easter rainy weather which had prevailed throughout the week-end it shone bright this morning and gave hopes of a fine day for
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    Ex-Inspector Of Markets
    262 13 Ex-Inspector Of Markets Mil. V.A. BODESTYNEj DIES AT 50 THE ticath took place on Good Friday of Mr. Archibald Aloysious Bodestyne, a memb?r of a well-known Singapore Eurasian family. He was 50 years of age. He was formerly a keen Volunteer. He retired from the Singapore Municipality as Senior Insnector
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    Mrs. J. A. Schelkis
    97 13 THE death took place at her rcslder.ee in East Coast Road. Sinaapoie. on Saturday morning, of Mary Ann/ Schelkis, wife of Mr. J. A. Sclielki.s. M.s I St-helkis had been ill for some time. I She was 52 years »f age. Besides her husband, she is
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    23 13 I Inche Abi' Bakar. A.S.P., Sercmban, who was away on three months' leave, j has returned to Seremban and resum- j ed duty.
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    PENANG PLANE HAS MISHAP IN JOHORE
    128 13 Aircraft Brought To Singapore THE damaged Penang Flying Club de Havilland Moth plane, which overturned after a forced landing in a pineapple plantation at Scudai, Johore, on Good Friday was brought to the Singapore airport by motor lorry yesterday. The two occupants, Mr R.
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    16 13 Mr. A. E. Wootton. secretary of the Taiping Turf Club, spent Easter at Maxwell Hill Taiping.
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    Car In Collyer Quay Collision
    27 13 This car not wrecked when it ccllidcd wUM a post at CcOper Ovcv. ,'rar Clifford Pier, on Saturday tight— Straits Times picture.
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    NO SUN FOR SINGAPORE'S EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
    364 13 Uncertain Weather Fails To Deter Pilgrims To Mount Sophia DETWEEN 500 and 700 people gathered at dawn yesterday in an Easter sunrise pilgrimage service on Mount Sophia. The service was held by the Methodist churches of Singapore. Worshippers came on foot, in rickshas
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    QUININE STILL FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST MALARIA
    506 13 "QUININE retains its place as th<? i *t first line ol defence against Vuiuiia," writes Mr. A. S. Haynes,] lormer M.C.S. oflicer, in the Asiatic Review in an article on Malaria and Quinine in the East. Mr. Haynes was chairman of the
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    $40,000,000 SPENT ON.RICE
    421 13 $40,000,000 SPENT ON. RICE What Malaya's Imports Cost PRODUCED ONLY THIRD OF NEEDS MALAYA last year produced only 33 per cent, of hrr domestic rico requirements, it Is revealed in the Malayin Agricultural Journal. Imports of rice from countries were highvr by 5<>.Ont) tons las' year while domestic production tell
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    33 13 Miss E. Scowxrolt Principal of the Vcmbndi High School Jaffna aec M panied by Miss S. Allen. PituUam] of Kandy Higa School, visited Ta'.pinK during tne v.rek-end in the com tour of Malaya.
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    NEW GUINEA AND DEFENCE
    177 14 Territory 'Waiting to Be Picked' MKW Guinea bangs lil«' an overripe peadl over the fence of (he Australian orchard, waiting to be picked by some pausing maraod- r." Sir Waiter McNicoll. Administrator ol New Guinea, mudt- that statement I in Ills presidential address to the LeglalatiYe
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    TWELVE NEW FLYING PUPILS IN PERAK
    118 14 Club's Progress Report •THE Perak Flying Club report tor March says that flying times show an average total. Dual instruction hours were very good as the club has now 12 ab-initio pupils learning to fly. Instruction in instrument and night flying is now being
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    TIGER SHOT IN BATU KURAU
    60 14 'From Our Own Corresponded! I Taiping Apr 10 •yHE carcase ot a full-grown tiger measuring over eight feet was brought down trom Batu Kurau by a Mclay. The tiger had been terrorising the district for some time, and after a long watt, Uu Malay managed
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    42 14 A verdict of death by drowning was returned by the Seremban magistrate at the inquest into the death of a two-year-old Tamil boy who fell into a drum containing water and was drowned, while his parents were out working on an estate.
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    Soldiers And Sailors For Indo-China
    26 14 trench soldiers and saHof who passed through Sinqavore M the vtty to Indo-Chiua in the Jean Lab orde. -Straits Times picture.
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    SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE BECOMES POPULAR
    308 14 Wailing List Opened For \cn Students, Announces Principal (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. If). THK two-years' ctMM at the School of Agriculture, Serdanp, has become s<» attractive that it has been found necessary to open a waiting list. 1 "The number of applications
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    MAGIC CIRCLE FOR SELANGOR
    92 14 New Club To Organise Charity Show (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 6. "THE Selangor Magic Circle was form- ed at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur. First president elected was Mr K. R Blackwell The hon. secretary is Mr. H. Miller, and committee members are
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    TAIPING CORONATION SWIMMING POOL
    69 14 <rroni Our Own Correspondent > Taiping. Apr. 10 WORK has started on the Coronation Swimming Pool sponsored by the Taiping Rotary Club The site, given for the purpose by the late Sultan Sir Iskander Shah, is an excellent one. being situated at the foot of the
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    IPOH SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
    153 14 Founded By The Late Mr. Chin Sem Lin (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Apr 10 /"VNE of the three scholarships donatv ed by Mr Chin Sem Lin to St. Michael's Institution. Ipoh, has been awarded to Yuen Sze Tuen. who came first in the order ol merit
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    STEPFATHER & STEPSON
    497 14 STEPFATHER STEPSON Murder Charge Reduced FOUND GUILTY OF HOMICIDE (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Apr 8 I*ll AT his step- father was jealous ol him and that he had. in self-dc- i fence, killed his step-lather was the defence put up by a 20-year-old Malay youth when charged with the
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    Johore Scholars Visit Straits Times Office
    37 14 P'ip'h and tewhcrs o/ the H'xa Han Girls' School and the inriii Hwa Boys' School ut Muar, Johot". phoU*rrophcrt ichtn Ihr,, rmme to visit the Sua'ts Times offices —Strait* Timex picture.
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    H.M. BATEMAN DEFINES A SENSE OF HUMOUR
    305 14 "Greatlj Affected By Condition Of A Man's Liver" (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney. Apr. I. MMC of humour is greatly affected by condition of his liver," said Mr. H. M. Bateman, the caricaturist who ha< arrived in Sydney after visiting Singapore. Mr Bateman
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION REMOVAL OPPOSED
    92 14 AT the last meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, a discussion took place regarding the decision of Government to move Raffles Institution from its present site to a site near the new aerodrome The committee were unanimously of opinion that the new site was most unsuitable
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    15 14 The annual general meeting of the Taiping Turf Club will be held on April 17.
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    18 14 The Anglo-Chinese School, Taiping. has recently forwarded a donation of $50 Straits currency, to the China Relief Fund.
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    NO PLAGUE IN ANY OF THE EASTERN PORTS
    204 14 TPHE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau, SlngaJ pore, for the week ended Apr. 1, states that a satisfactory feature is the ab- sence of plague notifications from any 10l the eastern ports. Cholera was reported trom Calcutta and
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    CARE OF CHINAS WOUNDED TROOPS NOW IMPROVED
    921 15  -  DR. F. C. YEN, BY Ever-Present Danger Of Japanese Bombing Of Base Hospitals Director-General of the National Health Administration. U/HEN hostilities broke out in Shanghai on Aug. 13,1937, the care of the wounded soldiers was mainly undertaken by private organizations under the auspices
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    Bomb Explosions On Hammersmith Bridge
    56 15 Two bomb explosions, suspected to be the work of Irish Republican Army terrorists, damaged Hammersmith Bridge so badly recently that police closed the bridge. A bis steel girder and part of the link of the suspension wires of the bridge were shattered and 15 yards
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    British Assistance For Czech Refugees
    443 15 ]fl ARM approval was given by the House of Commons to the Governments proposal that the £3.250 000 halan™. nf Great Britain's «,«ftfl& gift t 0 c/echo SL S "the Bank of England should be used for helping Czeeho-Slovak refugees in a wider sense than
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    Model Villages For Refugees
    307 15 Relieving Congestion In Wartime Capital Chungking. IN the picturesque countryside around Chungking there will in a lew months' time rise a string of model villages and little industrial units, which will not only absorb thousands of refugees from the city but will also supply more food
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    £30,000,000 WORLDS FAIR OPENING AT NEW YORK
    770 15 Vast Picture Of Contemporary Civilisation To Be Presented A PRIL SO is the opening day of the World's Fair at Flushing Meadow Pa^k, New York a vast picture of contemporary civilisation on the site of what was once a rubbishheap. The King and
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    AWARD ON RAJKOT DISPUTE: SIR M. GWYER'S FINDING
    387 16 Complete Vindication Of Mahatma Gandhi 9 Is View In Delhi New Delhi, Apr. 3. Cllt MAURICE GWYER, giving his award on the Rajkot dispute, observes that in his opinion the true construction of documents is that the Thakore Saheb has undertaken to
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    MAHATMA GANDHI'S ALLAHABAD VISIT
    198 16 Pandit Nehru Denies Fanciful Reports Allahabad. Mar. 26 OANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru in a press statement expresses surprise at the various reports appearing in the press regarding the recent visit to Allahabad of Mr. Gandhi and characterises them as fancitul and having no basis. Mr Gandhi visited
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    JAFFNA TO HAVE A MUNICIPALITY?
    111 16 .Jaffna. JLJK 8 W R D BANDARANAIKE. the Minister ior Local Administration, has sent a letter US Mr. Sam Sabupath.v. chairman ol the Jaffna Urban District Council, requesting him to communicate to the Minister as early <s possible the decision of the Council with regard
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    Prohibition Extended in Hajipur
    41 16 Prohibition Extended in Hajipur Hajipur. Apr. 3. TTHi: prohibition scheme has been 1 extended to the Hajipur Subdivision and a MM of fivr miles around it. All the toddy and liquor shops have bffu closed and tapping has been stoped. I
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    "GANDHI GREATER THAN HITLER"
    237 16 Retired Judge On The "Essential Difference" Vizagapacam. Mar. 23. •TTODAY there are a number of great men in the world. Hitler is today a very great man and so is Mussolini. Mahatma Gandhi is also a great man. But there is one essenI tial difference between
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    MR. SUBHAS BOSE'S ! HEALTH
    76 16 MR. SUBHAS BOSE'S HEALTH Jharla, Apr. 3. a BULLETIN issued this morning on the condition 01 Mr. Subhas Chani dra Bose states that Mr. Bo.se's temi perature was up to 100 degrees last evening and today it is 98.8. He is iraking slow progress and is having better sleep at
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    BOMBAY'S NEW MAYOR
    17 16 Bombay. Apr. 3. Mr. B. N. Koranjla (Congress> has been elected Mayor of Bombay.
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    MAHATMA OPENS A NEW TEMPLE
    39 16 Mahainia Gandhi resting in the Lakshmi Narain Temple fn New Delhi, after he had performed the opening ceremony The temple is open to all castes. Nearly 50,000 people greeted the Mahatma at the ceremony.
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    India's Role In Wartime: Pandit Nehru's Advice
    586 16 CALL TO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS DANGER OF COMMUNAL PROBLEM DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, National Herald, under ernments Wake Up," says provincial Ministries has be of pride, but if the Ministers realise the change in the nation, they would lose grip ineffective and wrapped up difficulties.
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    FRONTIER CHIEFS COME TO PEACE
    152 16 Five-Year Feud Knded By New Pact Pesnawir. Mar. >>i. U/HAT is described as a "perpetual peace pact." has been arrived at between the Khan 01 Khar and the Khan of Nawagai. thereby terminating intermittent hostilities which 'iave lasted ior the last five y^ars. The pact
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    MAHARAJA OF SANTOSH DEAD
    31 16 Calcutta. Apr I •T^HE death occurred early tills morning of Maharaja Sir Manmathanath Roy Chowdhury of Santosh aged 61. He had been suffering from high blood pressure
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    Scene In The Punjab Assembly
    416 16 Lahore. Mar. 29. TUX allegation that Alain Iftikhai Ucl-din. Secretary of the CongreM Assembly Party was assaulted by a police officer when he objected to the arrest by the officer of some person* in connection with Kisan Satyapraha, was made in the Punjab Assembly towards
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    CONSTITUTION OPPOSED
    164 16 Public Meeting In Rangoon Rangoon. Apr. 2. IINDER the auspices of the Burma Congress Committee, a public meeting of the citizens of Rangoon was held yesterday at the Hita Bardhak Sabha Library, to observe the Anti-Constitution Day. Moved by Mr. H. Shastry and seconded by U Hla Min.
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    CONGRESS EXECUTIVE TO MEET THIS MONTH
    74 16 Allahabad. Mur 26 MR D Narsingha acting General Secretary. All-Indta Congress Committee, has Issued the following communique: 'A meeting of the A I C C will be held at Calcutta in the month of April The exact date of the meetin? will be announced
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    WONG PENG SOON BEATEN AT PENANG
    541 17 Eng Hee Only Singapore Survivor In Singles (From Our Own Correspondent) 'TAN CHONG TKE, Malayan single difficult hurdle today in the Mala! when he l>eat Wong Peng Soon, Sing; (luarter-finals of the singles champ; Hall. The match, which drew a big crowd, lasted two
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    SINGAPORE GUN CLUB A. G. Beohm Wins Gimerack Cup
    158 17 SINGAPORE GUN CLUB A. G. Beohm Wins Gimerack Cup During March the competition for tiie "Ulmcrack" Cup at the Singapore I Uun Club was extremely Kci-n. This trophy was won by A. G. Beohm with a to'al score of 920 points. TIM four best scores of tne month were A.
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    RUGBY UNION
    80 17 Results of Home rugby union matches on Saturday were: Bath 6; Sale 12. Bidlord 5; Metropolitan Police 3. Birkcnhead P. 5: North of Ireland 11. Biackhrath 18; Northern 8. Brldgwater 23; Northampton 10. Bristol 18: Leicester 10. Carditr 6; Barbarians 11. Coventry 9: Waterloo !0. Gloucester 10; London
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    RUGBY LEAjGUE
    71 17 Results of Home rugby league matcnes on Saturday were Bramley 10; St. Helens 8. Featherstone 8: Broughton 3 Dewsbury 2; Hull 2. Halifax 23; Leigh 2. Huddcrsfield 9; Batley 8 Hull X R. 8; Castleford 11. Huns'.et 10: Widnes 4. Reighley 5: Leeds 10 Oldham 2. Barrow Roihelaie
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    VISITORS' WIN
    28 17 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Apr. 8. •pHE Klang Malays visiting Malacca beat the Malacca Muslim Perhimponan Stia Club at soccer by six goals t-j two.
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    19 17 i i)/ the srec team fhotoj.-aphtd a the Athlone C(,v.le on arrival SottttumpUm \mc\- jrovi th; South A/rkan tour.
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    KLANG HIGH SCHOOL PRiZES
    223 17 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. MR. J. R. Neave, District Officer, Klang. distributed the prizes to j the winners at the High S?hml Hall. Tiie stall and the boys were assembled in the School Hall, and the District Officer and the Headmaster were
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    23 17 C. 1- Button and f W. Sir^pcon qo.ng o»t to open the Cfob'l i:riir:gs against Cvlin Miller's XI en Suturdai'.— Straits Times picture.
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    ARMSTRONG TO DEFEND TITLE IN LONDON
    57 17 New York. Apr. 8. HENRY ARMSTRONG, the world welter and lightweight champion, has left for England with the object of defending his welterweight title In London against the British champion. Ernie Roderick of Liverpool Armstrong's share of the purse, it iz reported, will be
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    DOCTORS' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    55 17 The golf competition for the Watson Cup, played at Sepoy Lines Saturday in conjunction with the conference ot the Malayan branch of the Britlsn Medical Association, was won by Dr K. Ando, 85— 2'1, 63. Runner-up was Dr W. Diamond. 73—9. 68. and Pro-! fessor J. S.
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    17 17 Amsterdam, Apr. 8. Hulland beat Scotland 4-1. after a halflime -score one-nil In an International hockey match.
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    CHEOW TEIK SCORES 104 NOT OUT AT PENANG
    402 17 Perak In Hopeless Position In State Cricket (From Our Own Corresponded I, Penang. Apr. 10. A brilliant century by Eu Cheow Teik, who was unbeaten with 104, greatly helped to put Penang in a sound position in her inter-State cricket, match against
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    Today's Sports Events
    41 17 TODAYS sports fTints will b«: Coif: Malayan ihainpi<mships ■t It.S.G.C. Irirkct: S.C.C. <rickrt; St. Andre iv's School vs. Naval Basf at Naval Rase. Baseball: VMS. Aucusta vs. American Assoriat.i^n at Ja'an fiesar. Spurts: (.ejion Tamils metinit at baksticr.
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    SINGAPORE LEAD PORT MCKSON
    118 17 THE Royal Singapore Ysrht Club led > the Port DickK>n Yarht Club by i the narrow margin of 11 points at the I conclusion of the flrbt half of the inter-port yachting regatta, yesterday. First day's racing on Saturday belne abandoned owing to heavy rain and
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    NO AUSTRALIANS FOR WIMBLEDON
    166 17 'From Our Own Correspondent.; Sydney i The LMB Tennis Association cl Australia has reiected a motion to send I two junior players to Wimolcdou tilts > year. The decision vas reacr.ed oy a narrow majority after a lengthy fltti cus-slon. Opponents of the scheme itMMi nie
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    131 17 DAIN caused the postponement ol play In the Padang cricket fixture between the S.C.C. and Colin H. Millers XI after only a short time of play en Saturday. There was no play yes terday but It is expected the game will be resumed today. S.C.C. Oapt. F. W.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    44 17 SOUTH AFRICAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Johannesburg, Saturday year-old Sturgess I youngest PCRM ever to wii •Then he beat E Fannin. ttl€ Davit Cup player. 6—- 2. 9—7. 3—6. ft— 3, i -5 in the South A!ri«;ni lawi tennis '•hnmpionships mtU'l -u'l- s final H UtlT.
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    1818 18 Many Players Injured In Saturday's Matches (From Our Own Correspondent) i London, Apr. 9. IWIAN'Y players in the Home football matches yesterday were badly injured. Isaac of Huddersfield, sustained a broken nose and Russell, Northampton, a leg broken and many others were hurt. It
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    23 18 Mrs. Little (Dorothy Ruund) and Miss J. Fry valkivg on to the court for their match at the Herga Club. Harrow hardcourt tournament.
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    285 18 Weights And Selections For Today and selections for today's races at Ipoh are as below (Harfleur was the only scratching yesterday). Ponies, Class 3, Div. Z, 5 furs Glamour 11.00 Koseolet 9.08 Lassar 10.12 Taj Mahal 9.01 Anaconda 10.07 Phoon Tok 8.04 Bay Rose 10 05 Gayloo 8.03 Cash 9.12
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    811 18 Craik And Bain Beaten After Close Games C L. THOMSON and H. C. Ainslie will contest the Malayan Golf championship when they meet in the final this morning at the Royal Singapore Golf Club. Thomson and Ainslie passed through the semi-finals yesterday afternoon, winning
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    563 19 Third Day's Play In Tennis Tournament (From Our Own Correspondent) •THE third day of the Klang Cl.ili terrupted by rain. In the men's fight of three sets beat Upton in the don in two straight sets of 9—7,9 7, 6In the women's open singles. Mrs.
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    1559 19 Good Dividends At First Day Of Skye Races pOUR winners, including a hat trick by L. H. Whitaker, featured the opening day of the Perak Turf Club's Skye meeting at Ipoh on Saturday. Whitaker rode the winners of races four, six, seven and tight.
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    1027 19 Cheow Chye Plays Well For 53 In Second Innings (From Our Own Correspondent) THE Singapore cricket team score the week-end, forcing victory b of the second day. The game was remarkable for b and for the excellent showing in th youngest players in
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