Malaya Tribune, 31 March 1938

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVII, No. 7C. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Thursday, Mar. 31, 19^8 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938 FIVE CENtI
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      97 1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST Try The MOUSING TRIBUNE J LOOK FOR THE 4< Dairymaid Stock* (I in 1 lb., 2 Ib. and 5 lb. packings by all high-class Provision Dealers. Sole Agents: GUTHPJE C 6b (Incorporated S.S.) W.P.S. 49 A. i >7 HEALTHY BABX j I MIItKAT «WP l^^^^
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      351 1 ~tt I Read The SUNDAY j TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya SEASON'S WINNING MOUTH WATERER IS MARZIPAN WRAPPED WITH CHOCOLATE tir<>rybo<l\ s favourite flavour in WEMB^^^l this (kidbury filled block SIB% 1 It son everyone's lips, in every- marzipan-two flavours combiner one's mouth, it's new. exciting it's into one new flavour
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTES SHIP INSURANCE RATES
    338 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES SHIP INSURANCE RATES Increase Of 15 Per Cent. In China INSURANCE rates on ships plying Chi- nese rivers and coastal waters, and their cargoes are up about 15 per cent Says the "China Press." In the case of former Chinese vessels now flying the Panamanian. Greek. Italian,
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    NAME DIFFICULTY
    224 2 One Ship Already Called Queen Elizabeth A LITTLE packet boat which steams up the Thames loaded with trippers on tine day, has caused the first hitch in the Cunard-Whlte Star Line's clans for Britain's latest triumph—"552," giant sister ship to the Queen Mary. When the Cunard Company asked
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    FRANCO RATIONS HIS NEWSPAPERS
    265 2 I._ San Sebastian. N view of the shortage of raw materials for the manufacture of paper, Nationalist newspapers are to be rationed. According to a new decree signed by the Minister of the Interior, the reduction in size of the various papers will be proportionate to
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      433 2 STEAMER SAILINGS P& Wand BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). P! O. S. N. O.s SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Due. Tonnage. Spore. 1938. CORFU 15,000 Apr. 8 oOUDAN 6,500 Apr. 8 CHITRAL 15.000 Apr. 22 CARTHAGE 15,000 May 6 BURDWAN (5,070 May 7 R A Will 17.0G0 M>y 20 RAJPI TANA 17.000 June
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      523 2 M, B. Ka j I KOKUSAI LINE (KOKUSAI KISEN KAISHA) I (Incorporated in Japan). For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama). Dne. Due. Sailing Due. Penang Spore Spore via. New York Jm s KANO MARU Apr. 29 May I Jun. 16 \ms KIYOSUMI MARU May 18 May 22 May
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      144 2 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., (Incorporated ln England). Direct Service to Japan via Hongkong and to Calcutta via Penang. Taking cargo on through Bill of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy. Cnefo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze ports, Formosa, the Philippines, ect FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. Arr. Balls HOSANG Apr. II Apr.
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      466 2 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class Motors-hips. Mod Cabins have adjoining private baU Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From Fron M S. Spore Malacca P.S'ham P'n< ALSIA 19-4 19-4 20-4 21-4 BORINGIA 10-5 10-5 11-5 12-5 FIONIA 31-5 31-5 1-6 2-6
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      421 2 STEAMER SAILINGS §NORDDEUTSCHER I LLOYD (Unofporati d v (jf many). The undernoted are the Con intended fixtures:— OUTWARD. For MANILA. HONGKONG. ST J NORTH china and JAPj j I "POTSDAM" omits North China I s.s. ISAR, omits Manila Japan s "AACHEN" omits Mai "GNEISENAU" omfts North China M;iy j HOMEWARD
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    BANISH THE CURSE OF CONSTIPATION
    112 3 QUICKLY, SAFELY AND PLEASANTLY IN PEW HOURS. Enjoy life to the full and keep 100 per cent. fit. Start taking Castophene to-day and banish the curse of Constipation for ever. Castophene purifies the Diocd stream, by keeping the internal passages and organs clear. It improvefimtstion
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    WEEK-END CRICKET FIXTURES
    526 3 PRICKET teams for week-end matches v have been selected as followsS.C.C. Ist XI vs. S R.C. Ist XI on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 11 a m. respectively at the S.C.C ground: W. van den Bosch, Capt. G J. Bryan, Lt. W D H Duke,
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    JOHORE CRICKET
    517 3 Batu Pahat Beat Segamat From O v Ou n Correspondent) Batu Pahat, Sunday. k VALJABI.E 47 by Wilson and the fine bowling of N. Rees, who tool; eight Wicketfl for 19 runs were the features ol the whole day rricket match between Balu Pahat and Segamat played at
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      636 3 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES Singapore Municipality TENDERS. BINDERS are now invitee ior vhe lohowing materials or service, ior particulars sec Municipal Tender Room Date of Closing. Supply of Tipping Wagons Supply of labour and explosives for quarrying, sledging and loading granite at Mandal Quarry for one year. (Deposit $100). 12
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      569 3 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Construction of semi-permanent roadside drams along the existing boundaries of Gentle Road, from Gilstead Road to the west boundary of Lots 82 and 83. Owners are notified that the requi.iestimate, and amended apportionment, in connection with Notices served under Section 103 of the Municipal Ordin°Ki Ce
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      497 3 POSITIONS VACANT WANTED a Chinese apprentice clerk 11 iv.st out from school, in a legal Arm. Apply personally at No. 3 Jalan Station, Kluang, Johore. Applications are invited lor the post f Euronean Office Assistant to the Chief Police Officer. Singapore, at a fixed .salary of $250 per mensem. Qualifications
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      153 3 I 5 f Made in Switzerland. comDme accurate time keeping with beauty Large selection of wrist and pocket models at THYE CHIANG CO.. LTD., 100, North Bridge Road. LATEST 'j EYEWEAR M Ful-vue." Safeguard your eyes—they are your greatest possession. It is dangerous to ntglect them. CONSULT NEW CHINA OPTICAL
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      156 3 STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY (Established 1914) 14A. Change Alley, Singapore. OUKONET ribbons and Carbons Over Hauling or cleaning of m cs in' Office 7536 er 248i n Help Nerves AidGlandsCinemaWay In Hollywood the Cinema Stars are un*Z& ncr OUB RtrH,n n ht In prescribing for and treating famoua actors c^iff 6
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    PRODUCE
    181 4 Singapore. Mar. 30. R (Siam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $153 R < Siam i W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $14r> R (Siam) W. Coasi. No. 3 per Koyan $14C Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 1 $200 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 2 SIBU Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 3
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    91 4 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Wednesday roon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. March) 17% 17% Good F.A.O. in bales (F. 0.8. March) 16% 16 7 /8 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Spore) 17% 17 V* do. April 17' 17% do. Apr. June
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS
    55 4 The following notice to mariners has been issued by Mr. Clive A. Robinson, Acting Master Attendant, Straits Settlements. Beacon (N) has been recovered. An additional unlighted survey beacon has been laid in approximately Lat 8 deg. 52' N., and Long. 97 deg. 54* E. These marks should
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    450 4 LONDON COMMODITIES London, Mar. 30. RUBBZ* Previous To-day Change Tout r Dull Steady Spot Buyers 5 3 4 J* 16 Zn it Bsflßf* 5 13 16 Ist Forward (April) Buyers 53; 18 L }J SeUers ***** g*« —716 2nd Forward (May) Buyers 5 13 16 716 Sellers
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    Local Views On New Rubber Move
    356 4 Singapore. Wednesday. "AFTER some years of control, we arc now back to a price level which is below production cost in the case of several big estates. One would say that the International Rubber Regulation Committee is composed of very clever men. wouldn't one?"
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    100 4 British Official Wireless London, Mar. 30. Rio 2 13 16 sellers official Athens 547 V 2 Montevideo 2VA market rate Bucharest G771/2 Buenos Aires Bombay V9% Shanghai 1 5 b H'kcng 12 3 4 Helsingfors 226Vs Yokohama 1 1 b 1 32 Silver Spot 18% Forward 18 1
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    AYER PANAS RUBBER ESTATE
    361 4 Final Dividend Of 5 Per Cent. A FINAL dividend of 5 per cent, (making 15 per cent, for the year) was declared in the report of the directors of Ayer Panas Rubber Estate, Ltd for the year ended Jan. 31, 1938. The renort will be presented
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    HEALTH OF THE TOWN
    164 4 Statement Of Singapore Municipality THE Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ended Mar. 26 shows that there were 210 deaths, compared with 203 in the previous week, and with 200 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of deatn were:— Beri-beri 12:
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    113 4 Arrivals in Singapore on Mar. 29:— Prom N.E.I, by KNILM plane "PKAFK": Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Toone. Mr. Hutchince, Mrs. Eichholtz, Mr. Kellinghussen, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, Miss Jennings. From Europe, India and Penang by KLM plane "Buizerd": Mr. and Mrs. G. Kaumann, Mr. L. Rohrbacker. From
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    29 4 Mr. R. W. Hughes, one of the Directors of Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, has returned after spending three weeks' holiday at Cameron Highlands, with Mrs. Hughes.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    177 4 Prices Realized At Sales Yesterday AT the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's 1375th auction yesterday th°re were: CatalogU'd 1.429.478 lb., 630.16 tons. Offered 744.759 lb., 332.48 tons. Sold 475,381 lb., 212.22 tons. Spot. London 5 3 4d. New York 11 5 16 cents. PRICES REALISED Ribbed
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    122 4 Singapore, Mar. 31. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Tsushima Maru 22; Cremer 20. Sheers Whart (Entrance Gate 1> Nil. Main Whart (Entrance Gate 2) Silveray 18; Ba-igalore 16; Java 14; Angelina 9; Karoa. Franken. 7. Empire Dock 'Entrance Gate 2>
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    SINGAPORE AUCTION
    101 4 Singapore, Wednesday The following Singapore proper: wore to-day sold by public auction in the sale-room of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd.:— Freehold land situate at Tembelms Road, area 27,996 sq. ft., for $3.079.56 ets. to Madam Lee Poh Neo. Freehold land situate at Kee Sim Road, area
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    POLICE BAND
    74 4 The Straits Settlement Police Bai will perform in public during April follows, under the direction <>l Mr. i Hitch. L.R.A.M A.k.C M li.M.S.iV Apr. 5. Tuesday. 6 p.m.. TeloK Ayei Apr. 7. Thursday. 6 p.m.. Katonu Pi Apr. 10. Sunday 8.30 p.m Bota. Gardens. Apr. 12. Tuesday. 7
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      563 4 i Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (incorporated in the Straits Settlement;,) Authorised $40,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE TELEPHONES; 4g44 Managing Director 3172 Secretary 3026 General Manager 3513 Ac .?™£pSfaTelegraphic Address: OVERSEA LONDON BANKERS: /fITX BANKEBS Midland Bank, Ltd. Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Chase National BanH. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CHEE
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      146 4 DAILY WEATHER REPORT Malayan Meteorological Service Yesterday. Las* Njf hl Max. Bright Mm. Stations. Temp. R'fall S'shineTemp. oF. Ins. Krs. or. WEST COAST n Alor Star 93 0.39 8.9 73 Bayan Lepas Senang) 88 0.24 Uj JJ Sitiawan 91 002 10.2 73 B. Jeram 89 Nil 5.7 73 Malacca 87
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    829 5  -  Quotation By Fraser And Co. Singapore, Mar. 30. 5 p.m. MINING Fraser Co. Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin 3 3 4»/ 2 As am Kumbang 28j- 30|Austral Malay 42 6 47;6nom Ayer Hitam 19 20iAyer Weng 0.55 0 65 Bangrin Tin 17 6 18 6 Batu Selangor
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    CHINESE TELEGRAPHISTS
    122 5 The Oversea Telegraph Chinese Staff Association celebrated its fifth anniversary by holding a dinner at the residence of its superintendent, Mr. Song Tian Choc The accounts, which were passed, showed a credit balance of $459.55. The office-bearers (who were all reelected) for the ensuing year are as follows
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    Garrison League
    87 5 In a Garrison League soccer match at Tanglin on Monday H. Q. Wing beat "A" Co. Skins by 3—l. A slippery ground handicapped the players and the Wing did well to win although Nind who was injured early in the game, was a passenger for the remainder of
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    THE AMERICAN MARKET
    385 5  -  Daily Report By S. E. Levy Co. Singapore, Thursday. IUE are indebted to Messrs. S. t\ Levy and Co., Singapore, for the following on American Market conditions:— Messrs. White, Weld and Co., New York, report to u.s by cable as follows:— STOCKS. W T e continue to
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    272 5 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Mar. 30, 5 p.m. Total for Company Dividend Books financial 1 J close Date Ex Div. year Payable Date to date TIN* Hong Fatt 9% Final Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 6 20'; Hong Kong Tin 10% Int. less tax Aprl. 4 Mar.
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    243 5 Maynard &Co Ltd $30,000 norn Int. Apr. 30, Oct. 31 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept. 30 102 104 norn Wk% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept. 30 108 110 nQm fift% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 trt. Mar. 31, Sept.
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    162 5  -  Report By Fraser And Co. Singapore, Mar. 31. "11INING. Tin three months £174 down 1*1 135 Spot £173.10.0 down 135 and New York 38 7 8 cts. down 1 3 8 cts. The market, opens depressed under weak Jondon advices both for shares and eomn*1ities. Conditions in
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    TIN
    17 5 Singapore, Mar. 31. The price of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— |84 (down $5).
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    RUBBER
    17 5 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— Buyers 16% (down-,); Sellers 16% (down
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    Lyall And Evatt's Share Quotations
    332 5 Singapore, Mar. 31. MINING Buyers Solid.; Ampat ;j 34 Ayer Hltam 19 *>o Eapgrtas 17)3 18 i 3 Batu Selangors 1.22 30 Chanderiangs 15 Kitam Tin 0.35 U 40 Hongkong Tin 17 6 l8 6xd Hong Patta 1.00 1.03-ci Idris Hya. 4 6 5 Ipoh
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    42 5 Information has been received by legraph that 317 state-aided labourers will arrive to-day by the Rajula. It is expected that 88 will be tent I i Pulau Jereiak. and the balance will proceed to Fort Swettenham for qua* rantine there.
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    GOLD OUTPUT
    21 5 The output of Raub Australian Gold for the four weeks ended Mar. 26, 1933. amounted to 2.088 18 ounces.
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    To-day's Diary Of Events
    184 5 SPORT The Tides: -10.24 a.m, 8 ft. I ms.; 10.48 p.m.. 8 ft. 4 ins. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div II Publishers v. R.a. Anson Road Stadium; Business House* League. F. and N. v. A.P.C, F. N.: Friendly, S.C.C. v. Malaya Cup -Old Crocks,'' S.C.C. Tennis: Tournaments
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    EXCHANGES
    222 5 London 4 months' Mght 2 '•lew York demand 58 7|16 Mew York 90 d s 58 15 10 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 155 i Madras and Colombo demand 155 Australia demand 2 11 2132 New Zealand demand 2 11 21 33 Bar Silver 1H Bank of England Rate
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    104 5 Tidore. Dutch. 525 tons, irom Belawan 20 3 o Belawan 1.4. Siberg, Dutch, 128 tons, from Batavia T>o.3. to Batavia 1.4. Cremer, Dutch. 2,769 tons, from Penang :.9.3. to Hong Kong 31 3. Kola, British. 729 tons, from Bangkok ?0 3 to Bangkok 3.4. Ngow Hod:, Norwegian, 7oc
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      345 5 S. E LEVY CO. I Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, j tuvestment Bankers and Broker* *n Securities and Ccmvoditit*\ Duuy Foreign Market Cable and Quotation Servux* Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE, j COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC OF N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, j CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. I
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    TIMING CHANGES
    151 6 In Transmissions 1 And i LISTENERS to Transmissions 1 and 4 of the Empire Service from Daventry will benefit, it is hoped, from programme changes that will take place in the near future. Fron: the beginning of May until the md of August, the timing of Transmistlon I
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    153 6 Mails expected from Europe etc. «Londoni by Air (Imperial) to-day. Deliveries of bcxholaeiV letters only 7.30 o.m. to-day and general delivery of .etters 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Fxrope etc Amsterdam" by Air iK.LM.> to-day. Deliveries cf boxholders' l^tte or-'v 0 o ).m. to-day and genera! delivery
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    AIR MAILS
    43 6 The Impr.ial air mail rrom H >me If rluc to airive between 2 30 and 3 p m. tomorrow i Friday I. Mails for Australia by Qantas cloie at 3 p.m. on Friday. The plane leaves lor Australia early the morning.
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    ACCELERATED D-PARTURES
    44 6 The s.s. Calchas for Hongkong &c. Mails previously announced as closing at lv a.m. to-uay will new close at y a.m. mc :;.s. Siberg for Tandjong Pandan. Mails previously announced as closing at 11 a.m. to-morrow will now close at j a.m.
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    MAILS DELIVERED
    32 6 The Air Mail (Imperial) despatched cin-.apore on Mar. 23 was delivered in Lonaon yestcraay. iui man uxetneilands) despatched irom Singapore on Mar. 2b was delivered in London on Mar. 29.
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    INTERNAL AIR MAIL
    107 6 On and from Saturday Apr. 2 Wearnes Air Services will call on Saturdays at Alor star in addition to Kuala Lumpur and Penang. commencing on that date Singapore will close an air mail for Ale Star Dy this means an Saturdays only, closing times at the General
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    Oil And Silver
    39 6 Reuter Wireless. Mexico City, Mar. 30. Conversations are conttruing here today between Mr. J. Daniels, United Slates Ambassador and General Day, Mexican Foreign Secretary, on the oil and silver questions outstanding between the two countries.—Reuter Wireless.
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    Strikers' Children Starving?
    149 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Wednesday. OVER 6CO Malacca hawkers again staged a demonstration at noon to-day when they marched from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to the Resident Councillor s Office. They sought an interview with the Resident Councillor who instructed them through the Office Assistant
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    Bluefield B.P.
    97 6 A friendly match will be played between the Bluefield BP. and the Reynards B.P. Sunday. April 3. on the lattei s court, at 2.30 p.m. Players and stipnorters are requested to assemole at Mr Song Bah Chee's residence before 2 p.m for free transport. committee meeting will be
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    RAILWAY INSTITUTE
    92 6 Railway Institute team vs, the Gordon Highlanders C" Coy. on Saturday at 5 pm at Chanel, 'bus leaves Railway Club at 4 pm.-- Chclliah. Ah Seng An Han Yeng Hong, Rajuloo. Vaithy, Pakirisamv, Sulong, Hassan, Wilfred. Baboo Ann. Reserves: Kirn San. Sam. Keng Pak. Sv/ee Hock. Railway Institute
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    EASTERN REALTY'S SOUND POSITION
    842 6 Singapore, Wednesday. THAT the company took the opportunity of selling the.r rubber estates when the price of the commodity was high and did not, therefore, suffer from the recession of the "wave of prosperity" which swept ever Malaya during the flrst half of last year, was
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      322 6 MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL A TO-NIGHT s i Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. S Dinner Dance (formal) 9.45 to midnijrhi t POPULAR COMEDY DANCERS j JUNE COLLETT j CLEVER BURLESQUE ENTERTAINERS'—LAST 2 NIGHTS j NON-DINERS $1.00. j J RAFFLES ORCHESTRA i When in Fenang stay j birected by Dan Hopkins
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      59 6 like wonderful] ■^^lanip^^g Tne wonderful tamp tfith a wonderful gfft of t?p to 10% Imore light; Nothing axtr* en your electricity account. An enduring full We. from start to finish. Famous everywhere for its quality. You'll be raving mottr- y with Otram Cet&fi Cot! tawf» your hottwu A paoouct Hade
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      404 6 I postal i>ti;li.m;i:x« i:; STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES TO-DAY Dungun (Parcels only) Hong Ho Mar. 21 2.30 p.m. Aden Karoa ?1 3 p.m. Purma Karoa J} g JJJJ Canada except Western Karoa 3 J pm Egypt, Sudan and Palestine t Karoa 3 J 3 p Great. Britain and Ireland i Karoa
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      84 7 V Overhead vahre tttgwe with floating oil Narrow body pillars. Large v imlsereon. f% in,ake six windows New 4-speed silent synchromesh Rear- Oraughtless ventilation. •X box. New radiator grille: new colour schemes. 5f Exceptionally easy entry and egress. Built-in luggage accommodation. )f Springs: smooth, even, non-swaying. 12-volt 5-lamp equipment with
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      378 8 fn¥AMBRA| Commencing I I Ist. April J TRUE ADVENTURE IS MORE THRILLING THAN FICTION! THE FIRST GREAT DEPTH-BOM B DRAMA OF THE MODERN UNDERSEA WARFARE DEPICTING SCENES NEVER SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE. WATCH OUT THE ESCAPE FROM THE SUNKEN SUBMARINE "THE J PANAMA CANAL". I A n mrii Thrills
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      316 8 !UAI"I T O L j LAST NIGHT! 6-15-9-15 j Don't miss sowing this reusing M.G.M. story of two young fighting J lads and the Gallant Spor .sman who taught them that "REAL MEN j LOSE WITH A SMILE" and that !"THOROUGHBREDS I i DON'T CRY" j d KM 7 GEYLANG—'PHONE
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      446 8 GRAND AND GLORIOUS NIGHTLY (U5 9.15 j FUN—HAPPIEST SHOW of YEARS! V |--SINI>AI DISPATCH, J I "PARADISE FOR TWO"; j AN ALEXANDER KORDA PRODUCTION, STARRING— JACK HULBERT PATRICIA ELLIS I "A general air of speedy gaiety 'Jack is at his best, we cannot V surrounds the film —NEWS OF have
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    Gave His Ex-Wife Away
    57 9 Denver, Colorado. A HUSBAND who recently divorced his wife gave her away at her next marriage here. Mrs. Juliette Johannessen divorced Mr. V. R. Johannessen, but Mr. Johannessen was a witness when his ex-wife took out a marriage licence with another man, Mr. W. E. Baker.
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    £947 FOR CHINESE MEDICAL RELIEF
    62 9  -  (By Air Mail London, Mar. 15. rj»HE proceeds of the exhibition of Chinese art held here, amounting to £947, have been paid to the International Kid Cross (Chinese Committee) at Hankow. The exhibition, which was held during January and February, was in aid of Chinese
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    MORE ELECTRICITY USED
    153 9 British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 29. ACCORDING to the tenth annual report of the Central Electricity Board, just issued, the total output of electricity from public supply stations in Great Britain in 1937 was 22.905 million units, compared with 20.221 million units in 1936—an increase which is
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    No Show To-night
    79 9 AS the Alhambra cinema, Singapore, is changing hands this week, there will be no show to-night The last performance under the oi l management ended last night, and to morrow, under the management oi Snaw Brothers, the cinema will re-open with the sea drama "Submarine D 1"
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    INDIAN SPORTS IN BRIEF
    32 9 MRS. C. V. N Sastri won the Ladies Singles Title of the South India Lawn Tennis Championship by defeating Miss L. Woodbridge in the final oy 6—2, 6—3.
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    "CANADA'S OLDEST" DEAD
    147 9 North Bay, Ontario. SBMO Commanda, believed to have been Canada's oldest inhabitant, has died on the Nipissinjr Reservation. Once a chieftain of the Nipissing Indians, Semo Commanda was born ii the reign cf George the Fourth. He wa.~ 110 years old. He claimed the title of "Canada's
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    THEFT OF PURSE
    77 9 Taken From Bus Passenger's Pocket Singapore, Wednesday. Claiming trial on a charge of committing theft of a purse containing $5 from the coat pecket of a Sinhalese named Doenis. Wh*le he was a passenger in a trolley bus at the junction of Roehore Canal Road and Bencoolen
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    FATAL MOTOR CYCLE CRASH INQUEST
    306 9 Singapore, Wednesday. A FATAL motor cycle accident which occurred at the junction of Balestler Road and Tai Gin Road on the afternoon of Mar. 25, in which Mr. Lim Swee Teng, a revenue officer attached to the Department of Excise, was killed, had a sequel
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    Sheik, 10 Weeks Widower, Weds Wife's Friend In Spite Of Oath
    247 9  -  (By Air Mail gHEIKH Abulia Ali, :i4-year-old chieftain of the Moslem community in South Shields, has married a seventeen-year-old local Moslem girl ten weeks after the death of his nineteen-year-old first wife and her day-old baby. The wedding, carried
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    NEW GOVERNMENT "HOME" IN LONDON
    143 9 British Official Wireless. London. Mar. 29. IT is expected that demolition of houses in Whitehall Gardens will be commenced before the end of June to clear the site for the first portion ol the new Government buildings. Six of the most important panelled rocms in
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    YELLOW MALACCA'S ELECTRIC
    775 10 i\ Maj 2, 1935, a \si 5 gallant Ruler of one of the Malay Mateo contributed a gift of haila million pounds sterling to Great Britain as a mark of his loyalty and great friendship towards the British Ciown. For a moment the pres> oi the world
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    ALIEN IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION
    329 10 To Tome Into Force On May 1 S; n r:a pore, Wedncsda y. A PROCLAIM \TION bringing into ciTect restrictions imposed on tii" immigration of aliens was issued by the Governor's Deputy <j\Ir. A. S. Small) to-dav. The proclamation stat.es. As fron May 1. 1938. no shioping
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Railway Travel Amenities
    346 10 NOTES COMMENTS Railway Travel Amenities A NOTE published in these columns on March 23 on the subject of railway travel amenities has elicited a protest from Damansara ft is pointed] cut that in regard to air-conditioning, the F.M.S.R. was the first Colonial system vo cuiiiuiji i mamenity and thai the
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    Second Class Comforts
    205 10 4.s regardi improvement oi travelling j conditions fcr second class passen- gets, we o v e iii— J Dormec! that since I 19SS unprovementi have been intru dnced Including; (1) Second class sleeping carriages unproved by reducing the seating capacity by 33 per cent. (2) Gauze window
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    Caught By The Horns
    258 10 M of us pre 1 re d wit«i a thiug oi a feeling ai' relief the an nouncenient by Dr. If. Hcdza, Llie c choslovakian Premier, the ether day to the effect, that taws would be enacted giving the German minority within the eourJ ry rerl
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    Germany's Strength
    195 10 no longei cau i fear the Fiuan arm y, though iaadmitted that no! very long ago there were getuunc j fears in Berlin that Prance might I i come dictatorial about the Pe-OCCUJ tion of the Rhineland and the official J pceciamation <»t German rearmament Such an admission
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    306 10  -  Hy "Looker On" at last we've discovered the reason I 1 the yellow lights Ln the traffic sig* s najs it gives the Scotsman a chance to 1 restart his engine. J» *U «JU •i- 1" fWhen the average woman goes shopV ping the oniy thing
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    MUSSOLINI ADMITS HE IS PREPARING FOR WAR
    117 11 AFFIRMS BELIEF IN CIVILIAN BOMBING fHE frank admission that Italy is preparing for war—"a war of quick decision—was made by Mussolini in Rome yesterday. "We are preparing men and means*" he declared. "The best defence is to take the offensive.* He spoke in
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    Senators Cheer The Dace
    613 11 Reuter. MUSSOLINI was speaking at. the opening of the Senate and at the conclusion of his speech the members stood and cheered and sang the Fascist anthem. "Air warfare must be conducted in such a wry as to throw confusion into the preparations cf the enemy,
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    U.S. PLANE CRASHES
    46 11 Reuter. Honolulu. Mar. 30. FIVi; nun are believed to have been killed when a United States naval patrol bomber crashed off the island of Oshu. sixth member f the crew, nhich numbefed seven, swam ashore and another was washed to Sfetj un< onscious—Reuter.
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    $550 MILLIONS FOR U.S. NAVY
    175 11 41,000 Tons Limit For Battleships? Washington, Mar. 30. Till. Senate liu.s approved a record pence t»mV n*va! appropriation of S»550 mHlicns for 1939. A note is being dispatched t(. London to morrow invoking the escalator ('mi. and it Is believed the United Slates are suggesting
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    Gandhi Weakens
    41 11 Reuter. Cafcu t:t March 30. fiANDHTS health nan a fairly bad breakdown to-day, according to. a doctor's bulletin issued at the conclusion -.t a conference to discuss village education and rural uplift, attended oy Gandhi at Berbhoi (Orissa).- -Reuter.
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    New Italian War Plan?
    91 11 Reuter. Rome, Mar. 31. a mysterious reference to H another campaign is reported to have been made by Mussolini when he received a number of Senators on the Palazzo Venezia after his speech to the Senate. Briefly addressing them, he thanked them for raiJng him to
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    PLAN TO SEND EUROPE REFUGEES TO COLONIES
    179 11 British Official Wireless. &IT<s*>*- London, Mar. 30. ASKED in the Commons whether the Government would evolve some scheme to offer Jewish and other refugees from Austria and similarly placed Euronean countries a new home in a suitable British possession overseas, the Colonial Secretary
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    New Protest To Framco
    128 11 Reuter. London. Mar. 30. WHEN flic bombing of the British steamer Stanwell by Nationalist planes in Tarragona port was raised in the Commons to-day, Mr. Butler 11 nder Secretary) i tated that alter careful consideration of all evidence the Government Pad come to the conclusion that
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    PALESTINE INQUIRY AFTER EASTER
    70 11 London, March 30. njIRS remaining member of the Palesi tne Commission which Is to mak -in Investigation into the scheme of ion Mooted by 'he Government. Lan annotated to-day. H« I: Mr Thomas ft-id. who served in the Ceylon civil Service tUI 1031 and recently orcsided
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    NEWS IN BRIEF
    145 11 RECRUITS for the regular army continue to enrol in record breaking numbers. The official returns for last week show that the week s intake was 710, an increase cf 435, or more than 15.8 per cent, over the figures fcr the corresponding week of last year. London,
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    Mexico Will Pay For Seized Oil Wells
    102 11 Reuter. Mexico City, March 31. PRESIDENT Cardenas has issued a mandat calling a special session ol the senate Chamber in order to place en the statute book a number of important presidential proposals, the most urgent of which is one that approve! an
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    NEW AIR CHIEF IN BRITAIN
    35 11 Lord Winterton (left) chatting with Lord Swinton after the Cabinet meeting in which he took his seat as an additional minister for air with a seat on the Air Council.
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    Aircraft Sabotage Not Work Of Spies
    115 11 Reuter. London, Mar. 30. IN a written reply to a series of questions In the ComrrTons In regard the sabotage of new British aircraft Lord Winterton mentioned four reca v cases of malicious damage by the 1 verance of electric wires ana the pOUte
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    'Imperial's' Reply
    165 11 To Cadman Committee Charges Reuter. London, Mar. 3U. (MPFRIAL Airways replies to Cadman Report's cri*isms in a letter to shareholders which in<rr alia complains that until the reoor* was published Imperial Airways had not the least idea that the managing director was to be charged wi'h being "intolerant
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    JEWELLED SWORD FOR THE KING
    123 11 British Official Wireless. London, March 30. fFHE Sultan of Musj.it and Oman, who -I- is at present the guest Of the British Government, drove to Buckinj bam Palace this morning and was received in audience by the King After the Kin" had Invested the Sultan
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    NEW CHAIRMAN OF P. AND O.
    38 11 London, Mar. 30. I ORD CRAIGMYLE has retired under medical advice from the chairmanship of the P. O. and British India comranies. He is succeeded by the deputy chairman, Sir William Currie.
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    VOTE OF CENSURE
    82 11 British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 30. THE Labour Opposition has tabled a vote of censure on the Chamberlain Government in the following terms: "That as the foreign policy of His Majesty's. Government cannot arrest the dangerous diift towards war and, is inconsistent with their election pledges this
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    PRIMATE'S SPEECH AROUSES INTEREST
    129 11 Reuter. London, Mar. 30. CONSIDERABLE attention has attracted, both in political and tv ele lastical circles, by the Archbishop of anterbury's remarks on Germany and Austria in the House of Leads debate last night. While condemning the forcible method of the German annexation, the Archbishop asked
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    Army Mission
    89 11 British Official Wireless. London, Mar. 30. QUESTIONED in the Commons on the results of the British military I mission to Portugal, Mr. R. A. Butler said l as the mission had only been in Portugal I for little more than a month and was 1 not expected to
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    China's Big Push About To Begin
    171 11 Shanghai. March 31. THREE thousand Japanese troops belonging to Isogals division which clashed with Ihe Chinese in th? south of Tsouhsien, have been reduced by 70 per cent. Many of them have been taken prisoners but the majority died in battle. Later large Japanese
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    Close Call For chiang
    91 11 Reuter. Hankow, Mar 30. A NARROW escape experienced by Marshal Chiang Kai Shek during a recent visit to the Tsin-Pu area was revealed to-day. It is learned that while the generalissimo was travelling to Hsuchow in his own aeroplane, escorted by 14 Chinese pursuit planes, 24
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    More Bills For Japan
    122 11 British Official Wireless. London. Mar. 30. ACCORDING to a Commons ansv.vr claims have been presented to the Japanese Government for Injury or loss of life to members of the British forces in China totalling £2.4?0, which sum h«s already been paid by the Japanese. Instruction have
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    Tokyo Spies In Moscow
    98 11 Reuter. Helsinki, Mar. 30. FIVE Soviet naval officers and three sailors of the Red fleet have been shot at Habarovsk on charges of supplying the Japanese with plans of Vladivy. stok's naval harbours and f ortificatior.s, according to the newspaper Svensla Pressen. It was also reported
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    Air Defence At Sea
    81 11 Reuter. London. Mar. 30. THE home fleet's important twr>-dav sea and air manoeuvres concluded to-day. The exercises proved that troop transport carriers, which were represented by battleships, protected at first by an outer destroyer patrol and then by cruisers, would normally have 15 to 20 minutes'
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    37 11 In a reply ln the Commons Lord Harineton said the examination of questions raised in course of the recent conversations between British ministers and the representatives of Eire is continuing and no statement can yet be made.
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    PENANG TRAGEDY LEADS TO LIVELY DEBATE
    635 12 Dangerous Traffic Circus To Go 'From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Mar. 29. "I CANNOT explain why Mr. Allen, *in giving evidence at the Coroner's inquiry, stated that he had never been consulted by the Commissioners in connection with the construction of the circus. There
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    TEXAS TORNADO
    39 12 Reuter. New York, Mar. 30 rRNADOES hit Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to-day and at Kansas eight persons were killed and over 100 injured. At Columbus, Kansas, a school was demolished and 49 other buildings ripped open.— Reuter.
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    CHEATED OF DIAMONDS
    137 12 Many Local Reports To Police A CHINESE resident of North Bridge Road yesterday reported that two unknown well-dressed Chinese had cheated him of a set of brilliants, valued at $230. That $17 cash and a cheque for $30 were missing yesterday from her residence at Lloyd Road
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    26 12 The Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, who was recently placed in "protective" custody, hUs bejen removed to a concentration camp in which other Austrian ncbihty are interned.
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    JOHORE DOES NOT WANT TO READ
    434 12 From Owr Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, March 30. THE International Library, Johore Bahru. which is housed in the bunding formerly known as the Johore Cmb. has made rapid progress since its intention on March 25. 1936. Mr j W Moore was appointed hon. secretary,
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    SALE WITHDRAWN
    51 12 The land and premises at Kleban? Kechil, Malacca, known as No. 1972, was withdrawn from auction at the Malacca branch of Ching Keng Lee and Co., Ltd.. on Mar. 30, owing to the reserve price not having been reached. The highest bid was $9:500, by Towkay Tan Koh
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    CAR IN RAVINE
    90 12 Three Chinese and their Malay driver narrowly escaped serious injury when their car fell into a ravine and turned turtle at the 7 i milestone, Bukit Timah Road on Tuesday night. The owner, Pang Kua, assistant manager of the Kong Hock Chung sawmill, and Tan Chwee Teck,
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    Stabbed Over 7 Cents Police Informer Gaoled
    127 12 Singapore, Wednesday. FOUND guilty on the lesser charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon to a Hainanese coffee shop employee at Pasir Panjang on Jan. 2 last by stabbing him with a knife, Sim Ah Poh, an elderly Hokkien, was
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    ROYAL VISIT TO LANCASHIRE
    105 12 British Official Wireless. London. March 27. OFFICIAL arrangements for a four days visit by the King and Queen to Lancashire in May are announced. Arriving at Colne on the morning of May 17 the King and Queen will motor through many Lancashire towns and villages to
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    Radio Denounces
    43 12 Reuter. Riga. Wednesday. THE secret Moscow radio station again transmitted last night fierce denunciations of the Soviet Government. Men and women speakers attacked the Jamming by Soviet radio stations succeeded in slightly interfering with the reception of the '"secret" broadcasts.— Reuter.
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    THROWN UP INTO THE AIR
    89 12 WHEN a furious cyclone recently raged Jf over Assam, a clerk on a tea estate was whirled high up into the air and thrown to a culvert about 150 feet away. The* body of a cooly was seen stuck up on ihe top of a
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    2,000 Japanese Face Death
    80 12 NORTH OF GRAND CANAL Encircled In Central Sector Reuter. Hankow. Mar. 30 BETWEEN 4,000 and 5,000 Japanese are encircled in the central sector of the Tsin-Pu railway north of the Grand Canal and faced with annihilation at any moment, states a telephone message from the Commander-in-Chief
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    WEDDING AT THE CATHEDRAL
    354 12 Mr. E. G. L. Russell And Miss Betty James Singapore. Wednesday. MR. Edward George Lambert Russell, Inspector of Explosives, R.A.F., Seletar, was married this afternoon to Miss Rosamund (Betty I Campbell Clif-ton-James at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. J. D. Hodge officiating. Mr. Russell is the
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    Court Warns Chinese Club
    241 12 (From Onr Own Correspondent) Malacca, Wednesday. TIOW a raid was conducted on a Chinese Club registered as a Musical Society was described by C. D. L Martin before Mr. B. F. Bridge, District Judge, when three Chinese were charged with gamin" in a common gaming house.
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    MR. K.N. CHELLIAH ENTERTAINED
    170 12 1 Prior To Transfer To P.W.D. Muar (Fiom Our Own Correspond mt) j Johore Bahru, Mar. 30. MR. K. N. Chelliah. who has been In charge of the Head Office Stores of I the Public Works Department, Johore 33hru, for* the past seven years, will 1
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    PRISON FOR HOLDING FORGED $10 NOTES
    346 13 ASSIZE STORY OF COFFEE-SHOP RAID Singapore, Wednesday. SENTENCE of four years' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. Justice Terrell at the Assize Court to-day en Wong Kiang Chin, a young Khih, who was found guilty <mi charge of being in possession •ii P> foiled
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    26 13 Reuter. Commons have approved the Government motion accepting the Cadman Report on civil aviation. After R the Labour amendment re!ting it by 129 votes to 67.—Reuter.
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    FINE COMEDY AT PAVILION
    230 13 Jack Hulbert At His Best AT THE CINEMAS THE London film production. "Paradise For Two," featuring Jack Hulbert and Patricia Ellis, which opened at the Pavilion last night, is a film in a thousand. It is chockful of comedy which only Hulbert knows how to put
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    CHEAP RETURN TICKETS
    47 13 Cheap return tickets are being issued by the F.M.S.R. from all stations during the Easter holidays. The outward journey can be taken from Wednesday. Apr. 13, to Monday, Apr. 18 inclusive, and the return journey from Friday, Apr. 15 to Wednesday. Apr. 20 inclusive.
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    Narrow Escapes In Ipoh Fire
    127 13 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday. TPHE timely discovery of a fire which completely destroyed two joss sticks and fancy paper works shops in Aylesbury Street. Ipoh, involving loss of several thousand dollars, saved a number of occupants of both houses. The outbreak was noticed
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    Gave Chandu To Prisoners
    163 13 Leong poh went to visit her hu band in the Civil Prison on Tuesday. She was accompanied by a friend. Lee Chia. who wanted to see a relative there also. The desired Interview daiv took place between the women and their relatives, an iron gratine se*>aratine
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    NO RADIO LICENCE
    77 13 (From Our Own Reporter; Penang. Wednesday. Mr. O. M. Noordin. the well-known racehorse owner, was to-day fined $30. in default one month's imprisonment, by Mr. Lim Cheng Ean (additional police magistrate i for keeping a wireless set without a licence in his house in Burmah Road. An
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    Death Of Mrs. Susan Neubronner
    498 13 THE death took place at the residence of her son. Mr. Norman Neubronner, in Charlton Road, Singapore, curly yesterday morning, of Mrs. Susan Maria Neubronner (nee Koek> at the age of 84 years. The deceased lady who was the widow of the late Mr. A.
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    TALK ON CHINESE CULTURE
    530 13 Interesting Address To Rotarians Singapore, Wednesday. THAT foreigners were now taking a keener interest in Chinese language nnd culture—witness the remarkable growth during the last few years of Chinese libraries, particularly in America, New Zealand and elsewhere—was the view expressed by Dr. Kiang Kang Hu. L.L.D..
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    CRICKET CLUB NEARLY BEAT SKINS YESTERDAY FUSILIERS' ATTACK WELL CHECKED
    558 14 LEAGUE POINTS SHARED IN PADANG MATCH S.C.C 1; Inniskillings 1. IN a game in which fortunes fluctuated the S.C.C. and the Inniskillings shared the points in the First Division of th? S.A.F.A. Leaeue on the pattancr yesterday, each side scoring
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    AMATEUR SPORTING ASSN.
    85 14 The eighteenth annual general meeting of the Amateur Spor'/ng Association will be held on Saturday next at the residence of the vice-president. Mr. Chew Keow Bock. 11. Blair Road, at 5.30 p.m. The annual report and the statement of accounts for 1937 will be presented and the
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    Warwick County Cricket Sensation
    96 14 Reuter Wireless. Birmingham, Thursday. THE President and Committee of 1 the Warwickshire County Cricket Club stated at the annual meeting that they would resign forthwith if the report for the year and their action of changing the captain were not adopted and confirmed. The Committee recently
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    S.R.C. II BEAT PRESS
    112 14 7—l Margin In Soccer Friendly gJGPLAYTNG pleasing combination and better ball control the Singapore Recreation Club II trained victory over the Straits Times Press by seven goals to one in a friendly game ?erdav Cer Played on SR c yesExcept for occasional raids by the Press
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    436 14 DOSITIONS in the S.A.F.A. League and Business Houses competitions, including yesterday's results, are as follows: FIRST DIVISION P. W. L. D. For Ag. Pts. Malays (9> 3 3 0 0 8 1 5 Chinese (1) 4 2 0 2 10 5 6 R.A. (4) 3 2 0
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    FIGHT ON SOCCER FIELD
    110 14 (From Our Own Reverter i Penan:-,. Wednesday. ROUGH which eventually led to a fight between Iwj players marred i the opening match of the Firat Division of Che League between the Old Xaverians 1 Association and the Muslim Recreation Club this evening. A iairiy large crowd
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    S.G.C. LADIES WIN
    40 14 The Sepoy Lines Golf Club (ladies* v. Singaoore Golf Club <ladies* golf match played at Bukit Timah en Monday afternoon resulted in a win for the Singapore Golf Club ladies by 6 3 4 points to 2.
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    Aussies Make Merry In Colombo
    69 14 Reuter. Colombo, Wednesday. IN a one-day match to-day, the Australians, en route to England, met a Ceylon eleven. The match was drawn, time saving the Ceylonese. Scores: AUSTRALIANS: 367 for nine declared (Hassett 116. including three sixes and 13 boundaries, and Badcock 116, including a
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    Open Badminton Tourney At Easter
    350 14 Taking Place In Kuala Lumpur THE following Is 'he result oi the draw for the forth coming Malayan badminton championships which will be held in KupJa Lumpur at the Victoria Institution Hall during the Easter Holidays. April 15 to IS. MEN'S SINGLES Bo?y Hean Sang
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    Spring Tennis Ties At Cricket Club
    151 14 MO play was possible in the Spring lawn tennis tournament at the S.C.C. yesterday owing to the rain. Revised Ties are as follows: TO-DAY'S TIES Championship Singles N. S. Wise vs. C. F. Sutton. Veteran's Doubles Handicap: G. C. Meredith and A. H Assiter
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    Indians Lose To Fort Canning
    288 14 Div. II Soccer At S.H.B. Fcrt Canning .3; LA. 1. IFTER an impressive start during v. hie: f* -hey scored the Indians fell baci. taoly and had to ar-k iov/ico-e del Fort Canning by three goal to one In the Second Division or the s
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    R.S.Y.C. Rowing And Yachting Events
    235 14 THE Rowing .season at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club w li open to-morrow-with a Regatta for Fcurs. This will be rowed over a new experimental coars m Keppel Harbour, starting from the B.I. Wharf to the western point cf Fulan Brani and from there to
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      37 14 LITTLE JAVIER j Making His First Appearance TO-MORROW NIGHT Against BOON MAH The Siamese Puncher, in AN ALL STAR CARD Headed By DHARMARAJ with Johr.ny MORTEIJL over 15 (3) HAPPY WORLD ST AD 11 H ft =t
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    R.A.M.C. HELD TO A 1-1 DRAW MATCH AT MENTAL HOSPITAL
    290 15 DIVISION II Medical Corps Led At interval xMC l; Mental Hospital 1. h Keenly contested game at the I M-ntal Hospital ground yesterday p MC and the Mental Hospital 1 l in a third division league fix- st massing, little
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    Championship Tourney At The V.M.C.A.
    116 15 F>EVISED open championship tournui ment ties at the V.M.C.A. are as I ilews: HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES t SEMI FINA.L) Bliss D. Fones and Yap Ah Hia.i Miss E. Wilson and R. Nathan. VETERANS' HANDICAP DOUBLES (FINAL) Pakix and K. M. R. Menon vs. Chee Tong
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    STAKING HIS TITLE
    35 15 David Dharmaraj, featherweight champion of Penang and Singapore, who is staking his Singapore title in a, fifteen three-minute round contest against Jchr ny Mortell at the Happy World Covered Stadium to-morrow night.
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    ISLAND LADIES' MEDAL
    121 15 THE Island Club Ladies March Medal held on Tuesday over the first nine holes resulted in a win for Mrs. J. G. Curric with a nett score of 35*/2The foDjOWfabg were some of the best cards returned. Mrs. J. G. Currie 53—CT%:35!Mrs. K. C. Eu 50—13 :37
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    Home Soccer
    37 15 Reuter. London, Wednesday. Tc-day's League soccer fixtures resuitea as follows: ENGLISH LEAGUE. DIV. 1 Portsmoutn Huadersfield 0 TH T RD DIVISION (Southern) Exeter 1 Southend 1 SCOTTISH LEAGUE. DIV. I Queen',; Park 2, Hamilton I.—Reu'er.
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    47 15 in the S.C.C. billiards tourney have been srtaftged as tollows: Thursday: H.andicap: C. R Vvardlc (_7st vs. J. C. Nauen. Championship: E. H. Coleman vs. v-inner of A. D. Baker and M S. Robinson. I Friday: Championship: C. R wartlK 1 vs. V/. H. Palgrave.
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    Chinese Trounce Excise In Division II
    273 15 One-sided Game At Stadium Chinese ■i.visc 1. YESTERDAY'S Sccond Division sccccr «it tho Anson Road Stadium, when the Chinese second string beat the Excise Department b ,r 6—1. was one-sidrd. 1 Tcck Kim who notched three goals, and Choe Luan the loft winger, were
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    GENTLE B.P
    26 15 Playing at homo last. Saturday the Gentle Badminton Party "B" team defeat ed the Central Police Station Badminton team by 190 points to 112.
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    To-day's Track Work In Penang
    502 15 (Fro'K Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. THE going was soft for this morning's training. A larger field was out and mere interest was evinced judgine by the crowd that was present. With the exception of candidates from Hobbs', Major Foxs and Sttley's stables who have
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    Saigor Team's Visit
    122 15 BAGIDOO" writes: "I notice in your paw that the selection committee has not Included the name of Seng Kwce. the S.CF.A. centre for training. In my opinion he is at the present moment \he best, centre half-back n the Colony. He has height and also weight and
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    DIETHELM-HOOGLANDT XI
    54 15 The Diethelm-Hocglandt XI vs. the Chartered Bank Sports Club in a friendly soccer on Saturday at Farrer Park at 5 p.m. will be: Jim Poh, Hup Guan. Men Su. Dendroff, Kheun Fah, Chin. Lay Yam Seng. Beng Kiat. Teik Kock. Teo Cheng. Kirn Cheng. Reserves: Yun Hoi Lim
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      276 15 CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN CURED. A REMEDY FOR CONSVMPTIO".\ HAS BEEN FOUND. r DKRK P. YONKICRMAN. DISCOVERED OF THE NEW REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION. Marvellous as it may seem after centuries of failure, a remedy has beeri discovered that has cured the deadly Consumption even in the advanced stages of the disease.
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    Belgium Acknowledges Italy's Conquest
    205 16 BELGIUM'S recognition of the Italian conquest in Abyssinia was officially intimated when the new ambassador to Rome presented his credentials, greeting King Emanuel as "King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia." 5jC *JC *JC *t* j The King and Queen paid a surprise visit to Shoreditch
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    SOCIALISTS IN THE CONGRESS
    142 16 Opposition To Federation (United Press). Madras, Mar. 24. THE Socialists were in the Congress only to see that there might not be any perpetuation of British Imperialism on Federation or any other issue. Thus said Mr. Batliwalla, Bombay Socialist, who was released on Monday last from
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    STREET NAMED AFTER SCSENTIST
    143 16 Pans. I k KAKE hOBMUT lias been conferred on M. Edouard Branly, the famous French scientist and one of the pioneers of wireless. The Paris municipal council has decided that a street in the Champs de Mars quarter is to be named after him. U is
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    £5 ENGINES SOLD TO NAVY FOR £3,800: M.P's ALLEGATION
    538 16  -  (By Air Mail London, March 15. IyjOTOR torpedo boats which were obsolete before they were delivered and failed when tried out engines bought up from £5 to I*lo and sold to the admiralty for 13.80/1 each and planting of a spy
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    MALAY TALKIE
    67 16 "Terang Bulan" At The Ritz ANE of the finest Malay talkies eve: v Shown In Singapore. Terang Bulan Will be shown to-night at the Ritz Cinema. Geylang. Terang Bulan" deals with a love story, the part of the heroine being played by Rukhyah. a well-!:nown kronchong singer of
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    Berlin Counts Her Foreigners
    110 16 Berlin NEARLY the whole of Berlin s foreign colony lives in the Tiergerten district, the eft) "ffyde Park," it is revealed by statistics just published here. In this "International Settlement" there live 629 Swiss. 5U Englishmen. 438 Rumanians. 3G7 Turks, 351 Italians, 331 Chinese. 73 Argentines,
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      330 16 CLUB 1)1A RY [There are numerous Clubs in Si pore members oj which are reader the "Malaya Inbuae:' This Diary v provided specially lor them. Secretaries are imittd to co-ope r ate In ing it up-to-date and complete. Happenings oj pentral interest will rtiU F> included in ihe "Diary of
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      270 17 1 PILES can be Cured V|#P Ml There ire thoasanda of Ben a*d wuir.« HMiiiim mini trouble, who do SSS^fi 3 Fee/tntf chitted? ttXZZZSSZ QmcA take a --S^SKSS COLMAH S 1 smssksm^ V l> Itl II .ore or Weeding pUee. MUSTARD 3TI W 1 ">m fecial applicator, is usually S
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      1423 17 ON THE AIR TO-DAY I nsrom x WC 19.8 metres (1515 mcs) and 4 1 tin V IF WIN 29.2 metres (10.26 mcs.). When And Where lo Listen ln i^;::.::^:,^ 0 6.20 p.m Popular concert. m amm ri5 Q p m News bulletin. j 7.10 p.m. Fccrman's Band. LONDON SINGAPORE
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    MILLIONS OF POUNDS MORE FOR EMPIRE TELEPHONES
    790 18  -  MAJOR TRYON'S PLANS (By Air Mail London, Mar. 14. T<HE Postmaster-General, Major G. C. Tryon, forecast recently, in an interview with a representative of The Observer, a further extension of the Empire Air Mail service, and referred also to important telephone developments, the
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    Kicked To Death By Favourite Horse
    159 18 Cootamundra. N.S.W, Mar. 8. MR. Ken Richards, father of the f.rmer Countess of Jersey, has been kicked to death by his favourite hack near the homestead of his country property. Cowcumbia, in the Cootamundra district. Mr. Richards was one of the most prominent sporting
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    33 18 M. Namain. better krown as M. Nainu Padayachi. the well-known Indian Contractor, aged 65, died at his Residence 245. S'erangoon Road, Singapore yesterday. The interment took place at the Hindu Cemetery. Bidadari, yesterday
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    Punctuality Nearly Killed Him
    88 18 Lucknow. Determination to get to his office punctually at all costs has nearly caused the death of a clerk at Chamoli Tehail. The weather had been unusually severe, and the man had to wade through snowdrifts waist-high in the Sukhtai Pass. After a time hp could
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    Bullet Hits Clock After Killing Man
    65 18 Washington. [Uii THE time of a murder was < blished here when tl bullet after passing througl victim's body, struck a clo the other side of the room The victim was a woodsman John Smith, aged 55, who killed by an unknoun He was
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    MORE FOR DEFENCE
    124 18 I nion To Spend Almost £2,000,000 Cape An increase of £183,250 in defence vote, bringing th< 2 E1.844.UOO is the molt sirikVil 0 the Government's expemtui. venue funds for the current year. Actually the gross deficit o\ u f ofp amounts to £251.250, but th., h Us
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      438 18 riS*} tjjDEWARS SUPERIOR WHISKY THE "FRIENDLY SPIRIT" SOLE ACKSTs SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. SINGAPORE-MALACCA NEGRI SEMBILAN-JOHORE W.F.S. 6 CHEONG KOON SENG CO., LTD. AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES. At the saleroom of Messrs. C heong Koon Sent* C 0.. Ltd.. No. 10, hulia Street. Singapore. ON WEDNESDAY, (>TL<
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      79 18 give your family and guests this high quality jam. I N S I S T ON CHI VERS JAMS C H VERS SONS LTD.. THE ORCHARD FACTORY. HIS TON, CAMBRIDGE. ENG. !T,> also Chicrs'Oide English Marmalade, Canned FnriU and Vegetables. I Ag.-nts: V. [>. \ILK 6* (JO., Hong Kong Bank
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      137 18 SGOOD5 GOOD REASONS SCRUBS S £Q Scrubbs makes every bath a (f^SSfIH uxury. It purifies and softens Tf&T&SS the water—removes odour of I jgXgsTl perspiration relieves prickJy J s|jSll I neat Use It regularly. f Scrubbs jives Immediate relief from insect bites and stings :e*c"efc^f>jv Neutralises the poison-allays ffl m\
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    30 Arrests In "White Slave" Purge
    109 19 Santiago, Chile. MORE than 30 people have been arrested in Santiago and Valparaiso in connection with police investigations into the activities of a "white slave" ring alleged to have international (filiations. Investigations began after patrols of carabineers had held up a motor caravan on
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    FASTER AIR MAILS
    239 19 Time Reduced To SVk Days piPKRIAL Airways announce a I considerable acceleration of their existing services and to maintain their connection with them, (juntas Empire Airways will also amend their schedules. Commencing with the departure east bound from Southampton on April ]i) .id westbound from Singapore on
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    CUT HIS THROAT
    128 19 'From Our Ou:)i Corresponds t) Johore Bunru. Mar. 2S. When Subramaniam. a Tamil labourer employed on Scudai Estate m ged before Shaikh Abu Pikir (Second Magistrate* yesterday, with ng attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat on Mar. 20 he led guilty, being asked by the
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    World's Tallest Boy Is Still Growing
    174 19 Weighs Over j 32 Stone I Alto, Illinois. DOBERT Wadlow, who claims the title of "the world's- tallest boy." is eight teet and one half inches tall and still growing. Wadlow has just celebrated his twentieth birthday. In the iast year he has grown
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    SCIENTIST SAVING THOUSANDS
    255 19 "Blood-Brotherhood" In Republican Spain Barcelona. A SCIENTIST working for the Republican cause in Spain may congratulate himself upon saving thousands of lives— at a cost." as he declared, 'of less than one bombing "plane." He is Doctor Frederic Duran-Jorda a specialist who is director of the Government's
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    42 19 The Burma Government, it is understood, have declined to reconsider their decision net to reduce the existing enhanced post and telegraph rates between Burma and India. A representation urging the restoration of old rates was recently made by the Government of India.
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    LEAGUE AID FOR REFUGEES?
    72 19 British Official Wireless. A London, Mar. 28. SKED in the Commons whether he i terded to propose to the League Council that Austrian refugees be placed under the League's protection, the Prime Minister said the Government was giving consideration to this question, the importance of which
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    102 19 Arrived in Singapore by aircraft Canberra VH-USC from Brisbane, on Mar. 26 Dr. H. W. Webb. Miss M. Cox. Left Singapore by aircraft "Centaurus" G-ADUT on Mar. 27 :—Miss M. Cox for London Mr. J. I. Dawson for Penang. Caot. Baddeley for Penang. Arrival in Singarjore by
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    War Bible Returned To Australian
    200 19 Adelaide. South Australia, Mar. 8. A COPY of the New Testament. found on the battlefields of r ranee towards the end of the war. is to be returned tn its South Austialian owner by a blind British soldier at St. Dunstan's. England. 6 r,rl he
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      34 19 Jjp?|jj MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Up spoke the brave old seamen with faces as bold as brass. We don't want your rum and salt beef %ive us each a glass 3 APB 6 I
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    Motoring Meet In Kuala Lumpur
    53 20 Th* Selaneor Branch of the A.A. of Malaya held a meeting in Kuala Lumpur recently Picture shows ears lining Int SeianfW Ung poinl for the ha lf.mile speed event. (Tribune). J. L. lioss at the starting point in the reliability event for motor cycles, which
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