Malaya Tribune, 14 April 1937

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  • 40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXIV.- No. 87. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937 FIVE CENTS- The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Wed., Apr. 14, I9*i7. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937 FIVE CENTS.
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    • 408 2 SCHIFFNER CO., LTD., SIN^APORK. i M. HASSAN. 36 ft 37, Bras Basah Roa4, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 341 L Branch at 24, Jalan Ibrahb* JOHORE. STOCKISTB OF: Koldchesta, modern •lectric chandeliers, fancy lamp nowls and shades, bed lamps, Jans, electric bells, batteries, wiring accessories, domestic apollances, sanitary wares and etc CONTRACTORS
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    • 438 2 I EDUCATIONAL FAR EASTERN MUSIC SCHOOL J-A, Kirk Terrace. (Off Dhoby Ghaut) a T Singapore. An Institution which provides thf Musical Knowledge, Practically and Theoretically. Join it right now and be *u-e of your artistic success. BOOK-KEEPING BY POST EXPERT TUITION TERMS STRICTLY MODERATE ENROL NOW ROYAL INSTITUTE 189 A
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    • 798 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SALE BY PUBLIC TRNDRrT Estate of Prince Purachatra of Siam, deceased. r,f T f T N T D S are invited for the purcha c oi all the Assets, Furnitures and fittings of Straits Neon Company carrying on business at No. 78-B, Robinson Read c>mgapore as a going
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    • 432 2 NOTICE In the estate of ABHAJEE BIN ESAJEE deceased. Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 50) NOTICE is hereby given that all creel jtor-- and persons having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed ABHAJEE BIN ESAJEE DECEASED late of Gogha, District of Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency,
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    • 325 2 I MURDER .OF FRENCHM AN Death Sentence Passed By Cairo Assize Court Cairo. For the savage murder of a 39--old French butcher, M. Serge Bernard in May last Mahmoud Safaa ha sentenced to death by the Cairo Ass:z i Court. Attia's accomplices, Mahamed M- d I bculi Abdel Meguid and
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  • 486 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES HOLIDAYS IN AMERICA Cunard White Star's Facilities PLANS have now been completed for the Cunard White Star programme of holiday tours in the United States and Canada this year. An interesting series of holidays has been arranged, including several specially conducted tours. An important feature is the
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  • 108 3 Presentations By Chairman Of Lloyd's Presentations to f rescue of the crew of 19 of the steamei rrym during a North Sea gale m J. niiarv were made recently on board mi Bergen-Newcastle mail -ship Venus, lying at North Shields. nV irmin Lieut.-Colonel W. Roylance, chairman □i
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  • 78 3 Service To Szechuen To Be Resumed Nanking. The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company has been suspended for the last years, sometime next June- 1 ship which will be chnstened the Chingkiang is being built for use the number of the maritime 0 '"on the Shanghai-HanKcw line, the
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  • 39 3 Berlin. Nearly three times as much milk as beer was drunk in Germany last year, according to stAtistics publtehed here. Last year's consumption of milk was about 17,598,000,000 pints, while that of beer was about 6,862,000,000 pints.
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    • 467 3 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA I» O.^S. N. SAILINGb: OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Spore. 1937. RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr. 23 PANGALORE 6,000 May 3 rORFU 15,000 May 7 NALDERA 16,000 May 21 CARTHAGE 15,000 June 4 BHUTAN 6,100 June 5 REHAR 6,000 June 14 17.000 June 13 goUDAN 6,500 July 2 KAISAR-I-HIND 11-000
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    • 608 3 -8 j ML B H K. I KOKUSAI LINE i (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) I (Incorporated in Japan) For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES. NEW YORK (via Panama) Due Doe Sailing Due Penang Spore Spore via New York Ims KANO MARU Apr. 10 In port Apr. 15 June 1 \m s X CRAM
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    • 439 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE iuxurious Qne Class Motorstaips. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Exellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From M.S. Spore Malacca P.S'ham P'ng BORINGIA 27-4 27-4 28-4 30-4 FIONIA 18-5 18-5 18-5 21-5 LALANDIA 8-6 8-6 9-6 11-6 JUTLANDIA
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    • 564 3 STEAMER SAILINGS lT JfS /J NORDDEUTSCHER XIA LLOYD NORD (incorporated *n LHOYD Germany). The undernoted are the Company'! intended fixtures:— OUTWARD FOR MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA ft JAPAN Due Spore. MR, I m.s. "FULDA" omits Singapore Manila, and Japan Ports— calls Hongkong. Shanghai and North China—Due Penang Apr. 29
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  • 729 4 I Congress Debate i PLEA FOR SMALLER ESTIMATES Washington. PLEA for a naval and "anti-war" conference and doubts as to th > purpose of America's new naval building programme were voiced In a debate on naval affairs in the House <>f Representatives. Mr. Hamilton Fish (New YorkRepublican)
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  • 96 4 Hooks In Circat Demand In Finland Helsinki, Finland. English grammars and dictionaries are now best sellers In Finland, bookshop proprietors report, sVresst g the crazj -o learn the English language which i. now sweeping the country. An unprecedented demand for uch bo ks as "One Thousand English Wards,"
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  • 341 4 Tasmanian Government's New Policy Sydney, N.S.W., Mar. 31. rHE Premier of Tasmania (Mr. A. G Ogilviei who was ihe guest of the New South Wales Community Hospital at a luncheon in Sydney recently, outlined the Tasmanian Government's new policy of nationalised medicine" He said that on Jan.
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  • 204 4 Burnt Bank Of England £100 Note Sydney, N.S.W., Apr. 2. A REMNANT of a Bank of England £100 note was sold at auction f or £36 The note, which was burnt and showed only two figures of its serial number, Sli e m^ n in tft e
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  • 127 4 Psychologist Describes What He Should Be New Orleans, Louisiana. surUs° U n g ar „o t w he ma^v Pe f J'?r a p T y h?s iL°£ ri F Tn em Beairfce Candii S! made b y gist of t h^%o s r u k P%vfng
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    • 697 4 Acid In Your Blood Kills Health and Vigour Kidneys Usually fo Blame *3C l£F£3£Z£& SttS SSVKrV*" un,ess the Kidneys functlon fi 8 m "lV XCeSS f Acid l n y ur P lood Ever y Chemists and doctors in over 35 different SS even 2» r SS?* 1 **oStf>oul!tn™world &£££ert
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  • 821 5 ACUTE SHORTAGE OF STEEL EMERGENCY Substitutes Are Sought Reuter. (By Air Mail) Berlin, April 5. GERMAN industrialists, including those connected with the country's re-armament, are facing the problem of how the necessary «upplies of iron and steel are to be secured to carry out all the
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  • 71 5 Penang Business Man Charged (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Apr. 13. KHOO Soo Thye, a prominent business man at Penang, is alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust hi resDect of rubber belonging to the Netherlands Trading Society. He was arrested and produced before Mr. Hughes, the
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  • 97 5 So Overcome By Horrors Of War Prague. "That whipped cream isn't fresh!" This was the first remark made fo: 2U years by 50-year-old Anton Palasthv ct Michalove, Slovakia, In February. 1917, overwhelmed by the horrors of war and the misery it brought, he maai. ;>. secret
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  • 27 5 Mr. N. Nichols, Chief Police Officer. Batu Pahat, was entertained to a tea3arty prior to his departure on lea\e Mr/T. Mac Donald from Selangor takes his place.
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  • 394 5 Acquitted Of Theft Of Purse- Singapore. Tuesday. THAT the complainant had followed her into a trolley bus asked her to accompany him to an hotel and that on her refusal he had threatened to arrest her. And that later when she alighted from the bus
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  • 90 5 Reuter Wireless. London. April 13 Queen Mary's Coronation dress will be classic design by Reville in pale, supple gold cloth, hand embroidered with silver and a fine diamante In a cascading design of ro:es and fuchsias according to the details just released The small sleeves of fine
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  • 13 5 Mr P. Arumugam of Sitiawan has U ft on transfer to Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 39 5 .j. 4» I CORONATION J A wide range of 1 DECORATING ARTICLES ach as I FLAGS j SHIELDS j LANTERNS j j Trimming Cord j i just arrived. I 1 Baba Co., I <d- Middle Road. Phone 2115 4
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    • 133 5 Seems like a Miracle Actual Photographs Showing Ml What This Amazing JH Cart Do For YOU KrmW^Bi p one short JjJ-S&St »^«2^^ A dekghted women have made tkralw ca Apply .t every look years youn ge r. Their hn«a nd 10 fejuvenate wrinkles completely B^ne' Science your skin while you
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    • 258 5 MILK AT ITS BEST I SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITE BRAXD j I H HEALTHY BABY I Bus Caoss r-*J 1 I I Specialists Recommend. Be Sure You Get Bue t™««"« j The Perfect Baby Food. Its Quality Is Not Excelled. I BLUE CROSS Stocks Are ALWAYS FRESH j V ■T ROOFING TILES
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  • 419 6 LONDON COMMODITIES RUBBER London, Apr. 13. Last Price To-day Change Ton e Quiet Quiet BP OI Buyers. 117,16 11% —1;16 Sellers 11% 117 16 —116 May Buyers 11% ***** —116 Sellers. 119 16 119 16 July.Sept. Buyers 11% 11% Oct'ber Sellers. *****6 *****6 UCt|L,ec Buyers 11% li:»
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  • 638 6 £7,ooo*More Profit Jn 1936 'By Air Mailt London, Mar. 23. THE sixth general meeting of Rambutan Rubber Estate.s (1930), Limited, was held yesterday at 58 Mark-lane. E C Mr. R. b. Fidler (the chairman) who presided, said that 'he London price of rubber for the year 1936
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  • 40 6 Malayan Figures For March THE Controller of Rubber announces that exports of dry rubber (uncorrected figures» from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan during March were as follows:— Tons Mainland 39,888 S.S. Islands 657 Brunei 149 Labuan 15 Total 40,709
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  • 189 6 To Investigate Religious Conditions In Spain London The Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hew lett Johnson, is among a party of nine British men and women who have lef; England for Spain to investigate religious conditions in territory under the ccntrol of the Spainish Government. The party is
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  • 117 6 Man Who Kept Sunday As "Day Of Rest" as 545 fn fe f ome m or t h. s sheep' nd £SSJ« «*S tr> E a h ly ln the mor nlng, the police wert J&iEf h S bewildered Then Sffi?feJ& and Th he h/fiStE. to the
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  • 417 6 Dividend 2»/ 2 Times Increased By Air Mail) London, Mar. 31. I THE twenty-sixth ordinary general i meeting of Mengkibol" (Central Johorei Rubber Company, Ltd., was held yesterday at 7, Great Wii -chester-street London. Mr. Philip C. Turnbull, O.B.E. 'the chairman), who presided, ;aid that when addressing
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  • 35 6 Miss Christian Nicholls is now on her way home via America after a stay of many months in Kuala Lumpur She was one of the leading lights of the recent amateur revue "Up She Goes.''
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  • 22 6 Dr. John Martin is joining Drs. Fowlic and Black in practice during the absence on leave of Dr. E Glenny, of Singapore.
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    • 785 6 p. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. i (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). Successors to The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited, 1 The Ho Hong Bank Limited and t The Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited. i CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000,00. .Issued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. 11 HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONES: J 11
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    • 144 6 YOUTH VIGOUR, VITALITY Restored in 30 Minutes. It is no longer required to carry through a treatment for hours or weeks if yon feel weak or prematurely old. German Doctor's latest discovery by the name Man Power Pills give marvellous and immediate results in cases of exhaustion, etc. They work
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  • 1772 7 Li/all and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokcrshsued by Fraser and Co. MINING Eraser Go. Lyaii Evan Buwmv? Sellers Bayers Sellert 4 Anipai Tin 6 6 69 6!3 6f) f-A .n:. Kumbang 35 3 36 9 35 35 6 11 Austral Malay 57 59 6 56 58 6
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  • 803 7 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday morning. RUBBER Singapore: SSM/i ets., down 1 ct. Market Tone: Steady Quiet." London: 11 7 16d., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady after weak. New York: $3% c ts., up 116 ct. Market Tone: Dull. After the heavy shakeont In all the markets
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  • 83 7 Spending £1,000,000 A Year The number of State-owned theatres in Germany has incieaseu 149 since the beginning of the Nazi regime In 1933. Altogether there are now 332 theatres in Germany. More than £1.000.000 is spent each year In the Third Reich on the upkeep of publicly-owned
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  • 263 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. April 14. Total for Books C T ose financial Company Dividend Date Ex.Div. year Payable Date to date Batu Selangor 7%% Mar. BTo Apr. 14 Apr. 9 12V 2 Hons Fatt s'; Final Apr. 10 Apr. 21 Apr. 11 15 r Hong Fatt
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  • 102 8 Mrdan. Jaskl, -Amsterdam* and +Londonlj: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-day. Java, and Southern Sumatra: Netherlan.';, closing 4 p.m. to-day. Australia, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 7 p.m. to-moi row. Hongkong, Canton. 'Shanghai, 'Kobe ♦Manila and vU.S.A. Imperial, closing V pjn Apr. 17. Penang, Siam.
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  • 122 8 Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands) to-day. De liveries of boxholders' letters or.fy 3.30 p.m. and general delivery oi letters an.l parcels 4.05 p m. to-day. Mails expected from Holland etc.. bj Johan de Witt due at Singapore o-d ,y. Mail? expected from China by i-ridde:
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  • 29 8 The s.s. Kudat for Siain I Parcelsonly t. Mail previously announced :s closing at 11 a.m. on Apr. 14 was closed at I p.m. on Apr. 13.
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  • 38 8 Tne Air Mail (Imperial) despatched from Singapore on A nr. 4 was delivered in London on Apr. 13. The Air Maii i Netiierlands"» despatched from Singapore on Apr. 7 wa.s delivered in London on Apr. 13.
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  • 205 8 Controls Jammed In Freak Accident San Francisco. CONTROLS jammed by a freak accident—a microphone falling among the elevator controls—caused the mysterious airliner disaster which plunged 11 persons to their death in San Francisco Bay on Feb. 9. This solution has been announced here in a statement
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  • 86 8 Epidemic Sweeps Tribes In Canada Ottawa. Red Indians are the latest people ta succumb to influenza, and an epidemic of the disease has been sweeping the tribes of the entire Dominion. The Indian Affairs department, however, reports that the death-rate ha? comparatively low. Doctors have i
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  • 112 8 Singapore, Apr. 14. Ships alongside the Wharves or exacted to arrive. East Wharf <Entrance Gate 1) Hasans 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3> Fukuyo Maru 18: Centaur 16; Bulan 14; Johan de Witt 12; Neekar 9; Kidderpcue 7. Empire Dock < En'ranee Gate 3) City of Canton 32;
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  • 85 8 Tt ie following pa-rscngeis are arnvinr In Singapore by the Hector which is lue he>.e from the United Kingdom on Apr. 17: Mr. a,id Mrs. R. D. Holt, Mr. and Mrs V. B. Ruddock, Mr. T. Carter, Mrs. R L Moody, Mrs. F. S. Housley. Mr. R S
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  • 130 8 ALUAMBR A. —''The Mighty Treve «i.lo. o.io and 9.15 p.m. Smart Girls" 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION --Stole n Holiday" 6.15 and 3.15 p.m. ROXY.—"China Clipper" preceded by shorts 6.15 and 9.15 n.m MARLBOROUGH.—"Fighting Blood •Hindustani 1—6.15 and 9.15 p.m. EMPIRE.—*The Cowboy And The Kid" ana "King Solomon
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  • 156 8 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY. APR. 14 Rotary Club Tiffin, Adelph» Hotel. 1 n m Address by Rotarian Angus Mitchell, leader of the Australian Rotary Goodwill Mission to the Far East. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I. M F A. v S C.C., Anson Road Stadium; Div. Ii,
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    • 247 8 MALAYANS PREMIER HOTEL Jj S TO-NIGHT j COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. j DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight. j CABARET ATTRACTION EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT j NINA VLADIMIR POPULAR CONTINENTAL DANCERS S S NON-DINERS $100 ***m*mm+mw- BRAS BASAH RAFFLES BRASSERIE road j POPULAR GRILL FOR j CONTINENTAL DISHES A SPECIALITY
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    • 30 8 TOOLS NEED THIS OIL Keep working parts well lubricated f and free from ff IsS rust they'll Wm last longer./ Xfry/y /jfcWj m CLEANS ///l&twF IUM, CATIS __L]l±*?ML/ prevents rust
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    • 299 8 'iO»N is SO COm>t;pa:{o and ;/V I NOTHING i HAv/f S££MS, TO SUIT MtQ.Nl'ftSi. WMAT f V -i> OO ▼Ok QICCMMfNO' I •'I know, Mrs. Wills. Ever mothei has the same trouble with children suoner or later "I've had a lot of experience and mv advice is —give California Syrup
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 497 8 I POSTAL INTELLIGENCE STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES* TO-DAY FOR PER DAT? AND TIME Djambi and K. ToengkalS Togian Apr. 1 p.m. Philipnine Islands Saparoea 14 1 p.m. Kreiay Valaya M 2 p.m. Palembang Thedens 14 3 p.m. Medan Both 14 3 p.m. Muntok and Palembang Thedens 14 3 p.m. Pontianak Khoen
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  • 506 9 RICKSHA PARADE (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir.—l shall be much obliged to you if you would publish this letter of mine in reply to "Anon," which appeared: in your paper on the 10th inst: I always welcome criticism in all its aspects and
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  • 143 9 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune; Sir,—Ycur correspondent "Anon" seems to have misunderstood entirely •he object of Mr. Perera's valuable letter. Mr. Perera's object was to demonstrate an evil which has taken root prominently in Waterloo, Bencoolea, Queen Streets and Stamford Road, with the result that a terrible example
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  • 172 9 Chinese For Trial At Assizes Singapore. Tuesday. FO PENG KEE who is charged with the murder of a compatriot named Chia Ec Eow and voluntarily causing grievous hurt to another Chinese Chia Kirn Huay was to-day committed to stand his trial at the next Assizes by Mr. W.
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  • 66 9 Allegations Of Breach Of Trust Singapore, Tuesday. TAN CHENG KEAT a Chinese appearec before Mr. Tan Thoon Lip in the Third Court to-day charged with committing criminal breach of trust in respect of $17,054.09c belonging to Tan Kim Chwee. between April in, 1936 and April 11. 1937 The
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  • 135 9 Singapore Sinhalese Celebrate Singapore. Tuesday. A large gathering was present this evening at a garden party given by the president. Mr. P. E. Perera and members of the Singapore Sinhalese Association in celebration of their National Day. Among those present were Dr. E. C. Weerekoom. Mr D. P.
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  • 106 9 Declines To Talk To Press Singapore. Tuesday. A BIG Japanese merchant and president of the Naga Koshi Rubber Estates of Johore, Mr. K. Hoketsu arrived in Singapore to-day by the Yasukuni Maru in the course of a visit to the estate. He will stay here about two weeks.
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  • 76 9 The next Meeting of the Leaders' Course of the Catholic Action of the Church of St. Joseph will be held, on usual, on Saturday April 17. at the Mercantile Institution, Queen Street, commencing at 5 p.m. These Meetings are open to all who are interested and there is
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    • 13 9 ■A -V Hi MarcovitcK lite, STANDARD SIZE f5. ...v-. •ft it. i m
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    • 32 9 Even a connoisseur of good things would soon tire of a C# 0m steady diet of champagne and j s eur of Tea never tires of the j^^^^^^^^^^^ffi F. i%. Bartholomcus* Ltd.
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    • 179 9 -.4 1 Eafiiks uf... MffkMAID sweetened ccudeased MILJtv I' t'«ariKj» can often bo a rosily ~V^t/ <y process, hut prevention is nol C M H pardSraE-arly when you are !%y| A wi-h whiic-an.s. /jlB RUSTIKOI. which can be applied LimPS w a brush not onJy kills any white-ants which may
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    • 459 10 T g DEANNA RULES THE SOUND WAVES! 'to TO-DAY'S KVEIVT at thkCAPITOL j ■r 3 DEANNA DURBIN "TPS!^MARTJffI^ 5261 and BOOK EARLY I Binnic Barnes Alice Brady Ray Milland —Charles Winn.nger Mischa Aver EDDIE CANTOR Says: "DEANNA DURBIN POSSESSES MORE CHARM. More glamoron- than e\er Lovable comedienne who Handsome fan
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    • 640 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED —Smart Girl for a stall at WORLD. Apply personally to The QUCAT HOUSE, 54, Selegie Road. WANTED —A second-hand handwheel punting cutting machine, and a secondhand linograph. Apply Box No. 159, c o Malaya Tribune, Singapore. Dutch Chinese seeks sparetime work Dutch Shorthand-typist. Speaks English as well.
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    • 384 11 NOTICE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of 'the Shareholders of the Company will be held at its Registered Office, China Building, Chulia Street, Singapore, on Wednesday, the sth day of May, 1937, at 12 noon. NOTICE
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    • 346 11 Special Return Screening For Two Days Only liiii I" Fighting Blood"! HHiW!SSSJ!!!!t!!!S!SJJSS"r!2!;SSSSISSJSSSSSJ" Zllll _pp_ i W m YjT' Oeylang-Joo Chiat Road Junction V AR R I C*» To-night-Last Ni s ht— at 7.45 p.m. i MENG HEUNG" or "WHO IS THE UNGRATEFUL ONE?" S i (A Super Cantonese Talkie) Featuring:
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    • 325 11 5 1 William Powell in another grand, 'BUTLER" Role With "The Gorgeous Hussy'" and "Piccadilly Jim" aiding and abetting in the Fun-making! HILARIOUSLY Together! bob <fhd Bill at her feet 1 JL; It sM-G-M sflavest hit' FRANK MORGAN jessie ralph• mgel bruce .».mm»» FREDI RICK LONSDALE S FAMOUS COMEDY COMING
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  • 737 12 SOMEWHAT brisk correspondence has been proceeding in the Malaya Tribune under the heading of "The Ricksha Parade." It began with a letter from a correspondent who deplored the fact that women whose way of livelihood is obvious are tacitly permitted to flaunt themselves in certain prominent streets in Singapore,
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  • 440 12 Chancellor Under Fire In Commons London, Apr. 14. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer was 1 asked two questions In the Commons oy Mr. Bootnby. the Conseivative member who has oeen associated at various times with the advocacy of "planning a:d "managed money." He asked nr:t for an
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  • 19 12 Mr. C. T. Dobree, O.S.P.C. Teluk Anson, formerly O.S.P.C. Alor Star, is spending a short holiday at Alor Star.
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  • 118 12 NOTES COMMENTS Missions To Seamen AMONG the deserving institutions appealing for funds is the Singapore branch of the Missions to Seamen, and the report shows how excellent is the work done on behalf of the men who pass through Singapore. The Chaplain, the Rev. A. V. Wardle, gives particulars of
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  • 295 12 TN a forword to the report H. E. Ihe General Officer Commanding, MaiorGeneral W. G. S. Dobbie, writes:-- "A great deal of money has been expended in recent years to make the port of Singapore secure against any would be external aggressor. It It fitting therefore that
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  • 145 12 "J*HE latest numbers of "Poetry of ToDay give prominence to poems by Mr. C. E. H. Jacobs, of Singapore They include "Reverie" and "Southampton Water" and also a lengthy poem, "In Old Manila," which has particular distinction. It begins: 'Twas on a day I chanced to be
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  • 316 12 rpHE appointment of Dr. Kung Hsiang Shi a s Special Ambassador to the Coronation has given rise to speculation as to the true purport of his mission. The sending away of a man when he is most urgently needed at his post is a thing which taxc;
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  • 274 12 By "Looker On" "fTHHE youngster who simply thumps the piano out of tune isn't really trying," declares a tutor. Oh—isn't he? A gentleman who outbid a lady lor a pair of antique vases at an auction was struck on the head with an uirLrella by the
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    • 178 12 1 I I cotton I l TRAVELLING j l SIZE 72 X 55 INS. j j SPECIAL SOFT FINISH, REVERSIBLE. J FAST WASHING COLOURS IN A VARIETY OF SMART J MARL OVERCHECK DESIGNS. BROWNS, GREYS, BLUES J i AND FAWN-FRINGED ENDS. I REMARKABLE VALUE AT j $2.00 EACH NETT 1
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    • 18 12 THE Railways OFFER FACILITIES FOR THE COLLECTION, HANDLING, STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY OF FREIGHT OF EVERY DESCRIPTION mm
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  • 581 13 SHIPPING "Seized Or Sunk" Ultimatum Reuter Wireless. London, April 13. I NEW complication in the Spanish A situation is threatened following the disjiatch by wireless of a warning from an insurgent warship that all British vessels found in Spanish territorial waters in future will be seized
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  • 104 13 Seized Documents Sent To War Office Reuter Wireless. London, April 13. A GERMAN, OMo Karl Ludwig, has been charged at Mistiey, Essex, with being an alien and attempting to land a* Harwich on Saturday and being in possession of documents and data calculated *<o constitute an
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  • 144 13 Representation QUESTIONS PUT TO MEMBERS rpHE comnv'ttee of the Strait > Settlements (Singapore) Associa tion have addressed questions t) members on the subject of nominees to the Municipal Commission. Members are asked to answer the following questions: 1 Are you in favour of retaining I without
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  • 34 13 Miss Violet Baker, who made many friends in Kuala Lumpur when she was there several years ago, staying with Mrs Macaskill, is now on the South African staff of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.. Ltd.
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  • 573 13 SERIOUS EFFECT OF STRIKES OPPOSITION OF PREMIER DEMANDS CABINET SUPPORT TO FIGHT UNIONS Reuter. A SERIOUS situation is developing in the motor strike in A General Motcrs Corporation in Ontario. orders for the Oshawa works from Britain Expcr orders tm me American wor
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  • 317 13 CHINESE QUOTA RAISED; MORE INDIANS ALSO Singapore, Wednesday. rpHE quota for labour ;mmigrants from China ports has been raised to 6,000 from 5,000 from the beglwhn of this j month. This is understood to be the sequel to a demand for labour from all over Malaya,
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  • 62 13 An advertisement appearing in the Valava Tribune of yesterdays date rerardtag he General Electric Company s Coronation offer in radio setsstatec. that the guarantee given by the com pany for the Fidelity 8 Valve AC se. was s x months. hv tbp The actual guarantee offered by tne
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  • 51 13 London, Aor. 13. In the House of Commons, rep'vine to Mr Rostron Duckworth Mr. Eden said that smuggling in North China has aDparentlv diminished recently, but r view of the indications which reached him he is considering whether there were any further steps that could us3fully he
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  • 73 13 Incident Near Port Said Reuter Wireless. Cairo, April 13. rIE 20.000 ton P. O. Viceroy of India has grounded, 65 miles from Port Said. A portion of the cargo is being taken off and it is expected she will be refloated, tonight. The Oron'«es,
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  • 249 13 Apology Received REPRIMAND OF OFFICIAL British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 14. rrilK Foreign Secretary announced in the House of Commons at question time to-day the settlement of the incident at Keelung, Formosa, last October, in which British sailors and a naval officer were involved. Mr Eden said
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  • 99 13 TIN BULLETIN No Changes Under Restriction FE following notification has been issued by the Controller under the Tin Enactment, FM.S.:In view of the uncertainty which appears to exist on the subject, it is now published for the information of thoTS interested that no general reassessment of tin
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  • 78 13 Negotiations To Be Reopened? Shanghai. Apr 14. WITH regard to the proposals suggested by Japan for the readjustment of Sino-Japanese relations. Nanking has l her willingness to enter into neSotiltlons, and has tasteuctea the Charhar-Hopei Political Council to appoint a mission of enquiries to japan as preliminary
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  • 66 13 Negotiations Still In Progress British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 14. THE bureau of the international sugar 1 conference met this afternoon. official communique states ths t note of the progress made inthe wo« of the sub-committee entrusted with Tne i negotiations with the delegations forth purpose of fixing
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  • 49 13 Shanghai, Apr. 15. I Within the month of Marchi two r&ses of murder were reportedl m Tient -in in which it was alleged, some Koreans we re responsible. The Chinese airthormes had made strong represent- ""0 the Japarese. who promised to I pay compensations.-Sm Chew Jit Pah.
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  • 1117 14 PRACTICE AND THEORY 1937 COURSE Upcountry Field Work Singapore, Wednesday. MALAYAN" heakh officers will play a prominent part in the conduct of the fourth international malariology course which begins on Monday next under the auspieces of the Eastern Health Bureau of the League of
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  • 114 14 Charge Withdrawn INFORMATION TO A KATHI Singapore, Wednesday. JiHE charge against Dr. H. S. Moonshi. the well-known local physician who was charged wfth giving false information to a Kathi in respact of the age of one, Hamfa binte Khatoom, was withdrawn by the prosecution and the
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  • 106 14 Cabin Boy On S.S. Kedah Singapore, Wednesday. A HYLAM cabin boy on the Straits Steamship Co s vessel Kedah wa* ta*:en ashore at Belawan on Saturday suffering from cholera. The attack was a mild one and he is progressing satisfactorily. It is supposed that he contracted the
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  • 17 14 Mr. George A. Cotton, of Wath-on-Dearne. was appointed science master at Upton, South Yorkshire. Council Elementary School.
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  • 23 14 After the heavy rains landslides have burst water mains cutting off the valley's water supply. Abertysswg and its 3 OCO population are isolated.
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  • 16 14 Sister E. Smith has been posted to Alor Star to take the place of Sister Mackenzie.
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  • 257 14 Further Progress At Montreux Reuter. Montreux Apr. 13. THE Egyptian Capitulations Conference, which opened yesterday with a declaration by Nahas Pasha and which was generally welcomed as moderate and conciliatory, leaving the door open for negotiations, was resumed this morning when the heads of the various
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  • 95 14 Chinese Pictures DrawLarge Audiences AT THE CINEMAS THE Garrick Theatre was crowded last night for the screening of two excelent Chinse pictures—''Thin Lob Tay Meng," a picture with magical transformations and plenty of sword fighting, and "Toh Meng Haung." a Cantonese love story featuring Sit Kok Sin, the
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  • 38 14 Snanghai, Apr. 15. The Mayor of Chungking. Mr. Li Chian Ming wired to Mr. Aw Boon Haw. th e philanthropist of Malaya, thanking him for his donation of $10,000 to relieve sufferings in Szechuen —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 214 14 Driving Charge POSTPONEMENT ORDERED Singapore, Tuesday. jyjß. A. E. Garrard, the well-known professional Jockey, who was involved in a motoring accident a fewhours after his marriage on Mar. 22, and who is on a charge of causing grievous hurt to his wife by negligent driving, made
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  • 75 14 Cases And Deaths Again Doubled t'rum Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 13. Cholera cases in the Kingdom for the last two weeks are as follows:-Week-Ending Total Cases Death AprU 3 440 293 April 10 844 594 Total 1284 887 In Bangkok alone there were 79 deaths
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  • 30 14 The late Mr. Robert William Duff, founder of the Duff Development Co., Kelantan, and a great Malayan pioneer, who died in January, left £36 924 gross, with personal estate nil.
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  • 911 14 FRASER CO.'s SHARE MARKET REPORT WEEK OF RUMOURS AND ALARMS JpRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the share market, datea April 13, states: Since our last report much has happened, and apparently is still happening, in the world of high finance too technical and complicated to b? fully understood by
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  • 128 14 Inquiries By British (Government British Official Wireless. London, Apr. 14. IHE foreign secretary was questioned in the Commons about the detention in Malaga by the Spanish insurgents of Arthur Koestier, the representative there of a London newspaper. Mr. Eden explained that Koestier was not a British .subject but
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  • 79 14 Successful Children's Day Programme An enjoyable afternoon was spent by the members, children and friend? of the Lotus Club on Saturday at, the Y.W.C.A. premises B. Raffles Quay A short programme under the direction of Mrs. K. K. Menon proved most successful and entertaining. A poem written
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  • 21 14 Subadar-Major Inder Singh of the r M.S. Police. Kuala Lumpur, has gone on leave prior to retirement after 35 years service.
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  • 98 14 Traditional Policy Of Friendship Shanghai. Apr. 15. JWR. Cora, Italian Ambassador to Chi in a statement in Shangha said, "I am determined to push ahead the traditional policy of Italy towards China, which is one of good-will an co-operation. Count Ciaro is vert sympathetic to recent achievements
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    • 229 14 •J. m A FREE i j SLOGAN COMPETITION. J j "OLD RARITY" WHISKY. $250/- in PRIZES j J As Agents for Bulloch Lade Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Distillers of the famous De Luxe Whisky "Old Rarity" we offer 10 Prizes S for best advertising slogans submitted. The slogans must be origi-
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    • 20 14 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED. China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. ,11
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  • 506 18 Good Progress Reported "In the short space of two years the standard of weight lifting in the State has gin up beyond expectation and can he compared favourably with the res! of Malaya," runs a passage in 'he annual report of the Johore Amateur Weigh tLiftors Association,
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  • 135 18 Perak v. Selangor At Ipoh THE following have been selected to re--1 present Selangor against Perak at cricket on Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18 at Ipoh: R. H. White (captain), A. J. Hunter. H. L Ward. D Gulland, Dennison-Smith, J. D Hussey, Wong Kam Thong. B
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  • 63 18 The following were the results of the friendly match played between thr 7 C.R.C. at the J.C.S.A premises en Sunday J.C.S.A. names first: James Lee beat Tan Tian Teck 200---117; C Albuqueque beat Gan Kee Tian 200—167: A. Ghani lost to Poh Kin. Young 197—200: Goh Ch'ang Chua
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  • 276 18 Pudu School The Champions THE seventh annual Girls' Sports Day was held on the Victoria Institution ground on Saturday afternoon before a fairly large attendance including the British Resident of Selangor. the Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones and Mrs. Hugh Ftaser, who distributed the prizes at
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  • 224 18 Siamese Players Going To Hongkong Six first-class badminton players from Siam will pay a visit to Hongkong in May for a series of matches if present arrangements being made for them are completed by Mr. Vilas Osatananda. Trade Commissioner for Siam. who was responsible for introducing leading Siamese
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  • 36 18 T HE law bowls final < double l.m.di- rir w\Q be played at tn sc c to-morrow: 9i° Gi,mon i' and V. P Parhai ip'u-s <__4» A F Ferguson md C. G. Fugler
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  • 46 18 team v the Y.M.C.A. School o lnierce on Thursday on the Balesr S° ad r °und at 5.10 p.m.: tj 1 ***** K. Leembruggen, N. Jackson, w Bates, Kwee Thiam Teck, Thon? i T*? ng, P. Swyny, A. Noden. Lim &im Wee, R. Medland, A. Nathanials.
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    • 523 18 A Martyr to Indigestion J FOR 14 YEARS 14 years of suffering ended in a day. That's the wonderful story of the writer of the following letter **As a manufacturing chemist, 1 congratulate you on the excellent formula of Digestif Rennie I have been a martyr to indigestion and dyspepsia
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    • 102 18 One enemy —decay—attacks teeth. Another—Pyorrhea- threatens gums. This second enemy it, so dangerous that 4 out oif 5 people over 40 suffer from it. Merely brushing your teeth is Hut half the battle. Brush both and gums with FORHAN 9 an<l defeat l>o(h enemies. Forhan'scontainsa special gum-protecting ingredient r""» "l
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    • 99 19 Jhe Most Popular Radio Receiver of To-day! WELLS GARDNER Well known for Perfect reception, Good tone and High in Quality, low in Price. Prices from $80.00 Models from 5 to 13 tubes. Sun Radio Service Co. 124, Cecil Stre?t Phone 4454 BBW HOMELITE PORTABLE SELFPRIMING CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS nave 28 ft.
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    • 99 19 THE NEW PYE "EMPIRE" ALL-WAVE 10 VALVE RECEIVER. Designed to connect you to every important radio station in the world. Manufactured by Pye Radio laboratories in Cambridge—the true home ol radio in the British Isles. Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG, 7, Prinsep Street. Distributors: H. L. CARTER CO., 22, Orchard
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    • 134 19 122; J24, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. Phone: 4566 Head Office —PENANG. TAIPING 223, Batu Road, KUALA LUMPUR. Other Brunettes IPOH. 11 11 111 IyiBMMMHBMBBWBWMMMMMWi Have this new 1937 Model SI installed in your Home for FREE TRIAL ii MODEL (il PHILCO villi the new jSr spread hand dial tuning all overseas
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    • 1653 19 Malayan Listeners* Radio SrHr&2?3£S Revue (Pether). 1 1120 p.m. Jeanne de CasaJis In PROGRAMMES OF BRITISH EMPIRE Sanderson's Songs, by Stanley Pope r Vohn^lSdney ZHT. PROfIR A HtIUPC ißan.onei The Company Sergeant- W ith Reginald Foort at the BBC Ar,L ritUUKAMMIiS» major Charm me to Sleep. Susan Is Theatre Organ.
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  • 667 21 Presumed Dead TOOK UP FLYING AT AGE OF 62 London. rrilE death of the Duchess of Bedford at the age of 71 is presumed after eight days during which there lias been no news of her She set out on a solo flight over [he East
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  • 208 21 Demand For Smaller Joints I Rome. THE roast beef of Old England has 1 undergone a silent revolut on to bring it into l ne with the changed demands of post-war Britain. A report issued by the International Institute of Agriculture states that the British and American
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  • 134 21 Sat In Barrel Of Cold Water Waiting For Riches Berlin. This is how they do the confidence trick in Lithuania, according to a report that has reached Berlin. A peasant in the village of Rubiai, Lithuam, went to a gipsy fortuneteller and asked her how he could become
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  • 301 21 Duke Of Gloucester To Speak London. A MESSAGE from the King is to be sent *p by radio-telephone by the Duke of Gloucester to the Viceroy of India, and the Governors-General in Canada. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in connection with the opening, on Apr.
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  • 110 21 Retail Price May Fa 1 Soon Belgrade. The retail price of Europe's dearest petrol—that sold in Yugoslavia—may soon fall from 4 d. a gallon to about 1 3d. lor the same quantity. An amendment to the Yugoslav Budget, which has been promised considerable support, proposes that free
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    • 33 21 UREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO., Optician Mr. C. Y. PAN). (Tel. «64). 2 <5, Sooth Bridge Road. Singapore •> .J, FLAGS j I for j CORONATION j I DECORATIONS! j j 1 Piease phone 7268
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    • 138 21 Here's AII-Over_ Loveliness Jp for You-P^y—L^^v-Face beauty it enchanting, yed But there's charm, too, in keeping your whole body smooth, radiant, clear-skinned. Palmolive Soap, made with olive and palm oils, gives you this all-over loveliness. Try this: Morning and night massage Take this beauty shampoo every Palmolive's rich lather into
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    • 147 21 p.i;raifli|M iwMa dunlop 1«THI TSUI TONIC FOOD I _B_Efl_fnW?rS¥R r>r endurance NATURAL WHITENESS RESTORED to c/u// off-color teeth WL\ I liilifll I Mnk «yfl X c'xtlljyM Don't let dull, discolored teeth rob to teeth and the refreshed feeling it you,of social charm or business leaves in the mouth, vniio c
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  • 208 23 To Be Set Up On The Quai D'Orsay Paris. A statue to commemorate Aristide Briand, France's famous Foreign Minister, is to be erected here. It will be set up on the Quai D'Orsay only a stone's throw away from the famous clock room, where, among many other
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  • 130 23 Yugoslav Military Tailors To Study Methods a Belgrade. A number of- Yugoslav military tailor; ar. leaving here for England to study British methods of cutting a-:d fitting Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, it is sta\ed was so impressed on his lan v sit to Lender: by the excellent fit
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  • 193 23 Six Dead And Dying In Village Battle Belgrade. ANE man was killed and five others V seriously injured in a desperate battle at Kifino. Yugoslavia, between 20 rivals for the hand of the village beauAll the young rien of the villages of Kifino and
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  • 159 23 Missed Presidency By 27,000,000 Votes Washington, d.c. A mere 27,000.000 vote* ureventwi Mr William Lemke, who Third SSft,? n f dlda >' against Mr. and Mi London in the election from Instead, the defeated candidate, had to entertain them in a hotel, choosing one only a couple
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  • 196 24 Mr. W. T. Ro'we. or Pajam mate. Maat'n. ,as married to Miss Yvonne Lan f by the Rev. Baines, at St. John's Church. Itongkong recenuj. ««"re ..nows leii u> k a Rev Balnes behlnd Mr Mias Joan lantfey. bride's sister. H.H. the Tungku Mahkota |centre*,
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    • 24 24 TRY [frill [fa Mi IU| j PRINCESSOT I HOLLYWOOD COSMETICS I Just Arrived By "PRESIDENT WILSON Obtainable throughout Malaya Solvents: MONTOR LIMITED Singapore m
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