Malaya Tribune, 18 April 1938

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: —>*"" Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXVII- -No. 91. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Monday, April IS, H) ;S The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 18, IN38 JTVE fi-.NTs,
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      166 1 I THE NEWS I vvini YOUR I BREAKFAST I MORNING kS saves time^ 1 1" about 4 days it attains the same strength as ordinary Portland cement in 28 days, thu.< .saving considerable tune and overhead I 2. At the same age "Ferrocrete" is considerably Jf m stronger than oidinary
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      153 1 I i s Agents: KOON SENG CO.. LTD., 36-38, Robinson Road. Cold Leaf Tea is a luxury that all ean afford and enjoy. It always gives more more :*ups more energy more weahh of flavour more frag ranee. Cologne. For the dark romantic tyP* °f woman glamorous like a soutncrn
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      39 1 Redd The SUNDAY tribune; Dominant In Malaya C MARSHALL'S MALTED MILK^V jjjj tlS C5t "j "1 f jjji% 'n' X \J UN ITS OS' SOLE AGENTS: J£±\i c TOXG LAM CO. 183 S^^ ET I AGENTS WANTED THROUGHOUT MALAYA.
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTES BRITISH MARINE SERVICE
    763 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES BRITISH MARINE SERVICE Disheartened Boys NATIONAL ATTITUDE DEPLORED nrUE Duke ol' Kent was the chief guest ol* the Honourable Company of Master Mariners at its annual dinner at the Mansion House. The King is Admiral of the company, and its Master, Sir Robert BurtonChadwick, presided over a
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    ARAB REBELS CHANGE THEIR TACTICS
    105 2 Jerusalem. AS a result of the change in the British Army's tactics against thci the aimed Arab rebels have alreren their stratgey. Instead of massing in large ban.s. with which the military forces can move easily contend, tne rebels are now carrying out isolated attacks.
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    M. P.'s Cost Halfpenny A Word
    112 2 Colombo. EVLR\ word uttered by members oi Parliament In the Ceyion state Council cosU the taxpayers about a halfpenny. This was announced by the Financial Becretan In reply to a private member's question in the Council. Commenting on this Ceylon Daily News says that
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    Assisted Migration To Australia
    131 2 Nearly 1,000 Nominations Canberra, Apr. 8. WITH the development of the assisted migration scheme, the tide of British migration will again commence to flow in favour of the Commonwealth,' said Mr. McEwen. Commonwealth Minister for the Interior, in a statement to the press here. Nearly 1.000
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      472 2 STEAMER SAILINGS ii and BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated ln England). p, o. S. N. CO/s OUTWARDSDue. Tonnage, ypore. 1938. HITKAJj 15,000 Api. 22 CARTHAGE 15.000 May 6 BURDWAN 6.070 May 7 RANCHI 17.000 Ifcty 20 RAJPUTANA 17.000 June 3 SOMALI 6.800 June 3 NALDERA 16.000 June 17 RANPURA 17.000 July 1
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      546 2 5 BANGKOK LINE. CHINA JAPAN LINE. J t Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Big Cargo vessels with limited but t Cabins Have Adjoining Private Bath, comfortable Passenger Accommoda- S tion. j i To: Marseilles. London, Rotterdam. To: Port Said, Palestine, Rotterdam, I Hamburg and Copenhagen. Hamburg and Copenhagen. r 5
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      329 2 lIA RIK A LIN 11' Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (Companies incorporated in Germany). PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. OUTWARD. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH (ULNA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due Spore 1938 t m-s. RAMSES, via Manila Apr. 21 .s.s. PREUSSEN via Manila May 4 m.s. ASSUAN via Manila May 14 T m.s. KULMERLAND via
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      370 2 STEAMER SAIL! NORi>IH.i M Kh [noroj juoygj The undernoted are 11 intended fixture OUTWARD For MANILA. HON< iKH NORTH CHINA 1 "FRANKFURT" omit M and Japan "GNEISENAU omfti China I "ALLER" omit* Man..., Japan "SCHARNHORST" omit i China HOMEWARD For HOLLAND, HAMBURG Sails from s'poxr* "LIPPE- also call Oi "SAALE
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    PENANG-PERAK INTER STATE MATCH
    619 3 COLOURLESS BATTING BY IPOH PLAYERS (From Our Oton Reporter) Ipoh. Sunday. UNLESS something sensational happens, Perak appear to be due for defeat in the three-day cricket match at Ipoh against Penang. On Saturday, Perak h id made 85 in their first innings and Penang for 8.
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    Rain Curtails Play In K. Lumpur
    303 3 Selangor vs. Negri (From Our t)wn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. a SPLENDID first-wicket partnership A between Caldwell and Arittn which yielded 86 runs and goooknock. L, ro Id veil 75». NrJ.liah 13IJ ww Srtlta <M eStbled Setangor to bat hav »6 mns for «c
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    DERBY DARK 'UN WINS AT KEMPTON
    56 3 Reuter. Kempton Park, Coventry. Saturday. npHE Easter Three-Year-Old Stakes run I here resulted as follows:— PASCH (7 2) (Gordon Richards) 1 THE WEED (25|1) 2 TAHIR (i> 2) Twelve ran. Won by two lengths and Bb Mr l Morris owns Pasch who is considered
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      461 3 Classified Advertisements PUBLIC NOTICES Singapore Municipality DC J f n -)w invited Tor the rials or service. tot Municipal Tender Room Date of Closing. c H. POLPIE, Municipal Secretary. ;ORDINANCE. THI 1; WETTER OF ii H \MbSS rHEATRES, LTD. ALU >H>i Liquidation). t. BY GIVEN that a Creditors ol the
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      596 3 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. SUMMER (GOVERNOR'S CUP) MEETING. SATURDAY 30TH APRIL, WEDNESDAY 4TH, SATURDAY 7TH WEDNESDAY 11TH SATURDAY 14TH MAY. Summer Extra Professional Meeting. WEDNESDAY 18TH SATURDAY 21ST MAY. ENTRIES CLOSE for BOTH MEETINGS 12 noon WEDNESDAY 20TII APRIL 1938. SWEEPS:—A $5 UNLIMITED SWEEPSTAKE FOR MEMBERS ONLY will be
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      164 3 WE STOCK AND SELL MORE WATCHES than any other firm to Malaya and Far East. We can always Bell lower. Good values are obtainable in all lines of watches we stock. Enquiries invited from at! markets. WHOLESALE ONLY. Thone 3785—Write or call at E. NASSIM SONS, Watch Manufacturers, 881, North
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      345 3 THE TRUE TONIC FOOD Obtainable of all Chomists and Stores THE SOUND INVESTMENT AND FINANCE CO. Can take Mortgages, finance sound propositions and buy landed properties, have Town and Country properties for sale. Principals only, apply to Box 769, Had Painfu I Boils. Lost Weight And Got Run-Down. "Owing to
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    GIRL'S FIVE-MINUTE KISS IT'S A RECORD-Says Actress
    381 4 GIRL'S FIVE-MINUTE KISS IT'S A RECORD -Says Actress (By Air Mail) London, Apr. f. •IT heals the movies said Mr. P. 11. Morton, solicitor, at Dorchester Police •bus-c.nd„ct.r M~d her continuously for live minutes aga"*** ncr wuj. "I. don't believe it is possible to kiss J anyone for live minutes."
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    Navy Declares War On — Cockroaches
    351 4 Navy Declares War On Cockroaches (By Air Mail) London, Apr. 8. AFTER many years of experiments and trials of all manner of poisons, a foreigner claims to have discovered a which will free a ship of cockroaches in a very short space of time and prevent their recurrence. The formula
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    BOY OF 9 TO PAY 5,000
    65 4 Damages of £5,000 were awarded by an Australian Supreme Court jury to Mr. Edward Muns, schoolteacher, against Ewen Cameron, a nine-year-old schoolboy, for malicious prosecution. Cameron's father was originally joined as co-defendant, but the Judge directed the jury to find a verdict in his
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    COLD COMFORT
    150 4 Prague 4 MAN was kept prisoner in a i\ butcher's refrigerator for several hours after he had been detected trying to steal meat from it. He was nearly frozen stiff when released. A local butcher had long been aware that articles were disappearing from the refrigerator and at
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    Suicide By Jumping Into Tigers' Den
    73 4 Gwalior. AN Indian has committed suicide here by throwing himself into a den of tigers. Sheik Munne, a driver employed by a local contractor, went to the State Zoo early in the morning and was seen to jump into the tigers' den. The tigers
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    STRIKE IS FINISHED
    139 4 Reuter. Peris. Apr 16. THE Executive of the Engineering and Metalworkers' Union here has accepted terms offered by M. Ramadier, Minister of Labour, which means that 158.000 members who have been on strike will resume work on Tuesday. Sit-down strikers left the factories immediately the news of
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    51 4 The Deptuy Commissioner has promulgated orders under section 144 Cr. P.C. lor three days. Gurkha pickets have been posted in all religious places and strategic points. Streets are being patrolled. Four arrests have so far been made. Twelve injured persons have been sent to hospital. Tension is gradually subsiding.— (United
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    Stalin Executes 11 Beautiful Spies
    328 4 MERCY PLEAS FAIL •By Air Mail) London, Apr. 4. OTALIN, denying mercy even to Russia's v most beautiful women, had eleven of the most famous shot in Moscow's Lubianka Gaol just before dawn yesterday. Nine faced the death squad calmly. Two fainted, were carried to
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    SPRING GLORY
    22 4 The blossom-laden boughs of a cherry tree attract the attention of two viritors in the sur.shine of Kew Gardens.—Planet News.
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    (CASH) ALLOWANCES FOR LOVE
    143 4 YOU must make "allowances*' for love, in effect the suggestion of psychologist Dr. Ethel Dukes made at a public meeting, is being quoted across the breakfast tables cf Britain by wives who she says, should have something to spend as they like—and no questions. And husbands
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    "FLYING TORPEDO" TESTS IN U. S.
    178 4 QECRET tests are bein U vxrriH ne,d the Philadelphia navy yard v [h pilotless, radio-controlled which could be leaded plosives and used us torpedo" in time of vmr. The "flying torpedoed towards Its object r. accuracy by an officer in plane cruising at a
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    ENGAGED
    62 4 (Frofti Our Oum Corresponds ißy Aii Mail) hoaciUii Apia I. MR. John Hlgham, Royal Engine* Miss Elizabetn Campb U ol ft oington. Wedding in Singapore. Lieut.-Col. J. C. P. Tosh, RE. t Rosamond, eldest daughtei General Sir Arnold Sillem Weddin Singapore in July. Mr. Christopher G. Windic. ol Singapore,
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    ON LONGEST AIR ROUTE
    36 4 "Centaurus," the Imperial Airways flying-boat which iV f u r>" r mini.Hi new accelerated England-India service, being prepared at ><>v for hei flight. Captain Sheppard, in command, at tne cm Planet News.
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    Fish Travels 200 Miles In Month
    221 4 Sydney. OF the 528 mullet with tags on them, which were] «JgWjJ Jj, *nE Department off the South Coast of New South Wales bered 304, has turned up. The first batch of mullet w&s released over a month ago as part of a scheme
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    FEDERAL COURT
    105 4 Enrolment <>i Advocates iBy Air Mail' N cw Deiti! t>! IN important amendirv 'A made in the Ftd era! i relating to the enrdmeni A person rannot bo vocate in the Federal c lis an advocate in the H- v orovince for not less t in the case
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      303 4 THE I EASTERN BANK LIMITED. j i {Incorporated in England] •SINGAPORE BRANCH! ft, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed Capital 12,000.0» 1 Paid-up Capital £1,000,000 Esserved Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Horn bay, Calcutta, Colombo, j Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, i Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and •Jncapore. JURREHT ACCOUNTS opened
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      22 4 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) MARINE IXSUBAXIE W. J. DEXTER. Manager. TeL 5926. ft. Finlayson Green. 1 r
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      95 4 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements and registered as a Trust Company). Guaranteed and controlled by The Mercantile Bank of India. Limited The Company, having the necessarj powers, is prepared to undertake. Executor and Trustee Business and ab ./her work authorised by Section 7 ol
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    CAR WHICH MAY ATTAIN SPEED OF SIX MILES A MINUTE!
    124 5 Kir Mail) i London, Apr. 8. r were given at the car which igned for John ttempl on George M.h. world's land -ay without fear al is one of the ea of British de- I and workmanship j been created,
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    ADMIRATION
    123 5 aa they peered ind the chassis, ninutely, eagerly, ere studies in adand amazement, might be. for the car wheels that X' ithi r Cobb nor redaction as to the machine. frelj say; 'The car has U" faster than any for the world's land I "r any car which will
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    A GIANT SLIPPER
    214 5 '•tier to achieve the alining possible, awoth skin of the :nu>t be kept to tne use of hinged covering fuel, oil .°J 10 gPt access «wi, tor their edges increase skin friction. So Railton designed the body all in one piece, constructed so that it is attached
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    ICE TANK!
    398 5 THAT tank will be filled with ice before each run. and the water to cool the engines will circulate through the ice. Then Railton had to face the problem of getting the two big 1,250 h p. Napier engines with their superchargers and transmission gear into the least
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    HE SHUNS LIMELIGHT
    246 5 REID A. Railton probably knows more about designing for high speeds than any other man in England. Shy. spectacled, modest, he shuns the limelight. When he has to get on his feet and talk about his achievements he always says that he "really had very httle* to
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    70,000,000 Radio Sets
    34 5 hv Ait Mail, TUf&] I ondon. A,, r 8 1 v ~eiirl > 70.000,000 use throughout *»»ich about Europe. many ncv moW thl ac,s lh world J»rij uoo.ooo h.ures ure ti, internatieiiai
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    GERMAN FORTIFICATION THREAT TO BRITAIN
    222 5 threatened. The strongest fortifications in all Germany, the paper says, now extend across Schleswig-Holstein from the North Sea port of Hamburg to the Baltic port of Lubeck, and 100 miles eastward along the Baltic coast to th? island of Ruegen. The inhabitants of the island
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    U.S. SPY ROUND-UP
    131 5 New York April 8INTENSE activity by the Federal pclice is now going on with the object of checkmating the Nazi spy ring, existence in the United States was firs' revealed a month ago by the arrest 01 a manicurist employed in a German shu and two renegade
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    SCOUTS GET A WARDS
    217 5 London. THREE Boy Scouts have been awarded the Cornwell Scout Decoration by the Boy Scouts Association, one posthumously. The three Scouts were awarded the badge, which Is in memory of Jack Cornwell, the bey hero of Jutland, and the highest in the Scout Movement, for "undergoing
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    £10,000 For 'Perfect Secretary'
    220 5 SMILING, fair-haired Mrs. Mar.jorie Taylor, regarded before her mar- j riage two years ago as the "perfect pri- vate secretary," receives £10.000 under the will of her former employer, a wealthy 60-years-old bachelor. Miss Marjorie Tyrer Blakey started as a young clerk in 1916 with J.
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    KING HURT
    52 5 King Gustav of Sweden was slightly injured while playing tennis when a ball struck him in the eye, breaking bis spectacles. One of his eyelids was cut by a fragment of glass, but the King insisted on finishing the match after receiving i Intention from his private physician,
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    BURGLAR KIDNAPS VICAR
    72 5 Copenhhgen DENMARKS first kidnapping case has attracted wide attention here The Reverend Philipsen. Vicar or Toftlund, was kidnaj ped by the Danish 'master burejar." Moritz Lindbergh, who ha! 32 years ci his life in prison Lindbergh overpoweied the vicar and nut him in a large trunk. Then
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      32 5 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLE, BURGLARY, PERSONAL ACCI DENT, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE. 161). CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. W. E. ACRAMAN. Acting General Manager.
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      364 5 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter). 12, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Asst. Manager's Office 6442 Exchange Dept. 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHUNGKUO." Paid Cp Capital h 40,000,000.00 Reserve Funds in excess Ch. 4,800,000.00 Total Assets approximately Ch. S 1.800.000.000.00 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI.
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    122 6 Singapore, Apr. 18. Ships alongside the Wharves or ex peeled to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Rohna 22 Sheers Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Nil. Main Whart (Entrance Gate 2) Perseus 14; Kudat 13; Patroelus 9; Mentor 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2) Hakodate Maru 30; Singkco 32;
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    To-day's Diary Of Events
    175 6 SPORT Races: Ipoh Skye Meeting". 2nd day. AMUSEMENTS ALHAMBRA: "Melody For 2." 3.15 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Night Club Scandal," 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL: "Rosalie," 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH: "Bala Yo&ini" 2.45 5.45 and 8.45 p.m. THEATRE ROYAL: "Miss Kamala." 3.
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    Republicans Hope For Outside Intervention
    194 6 Latest News From Spain Reuter. Vinaro/. j (> SOON after Gen. Fran,., entered Vinaroz, a Xat soldier walked ceremonially Mediterranean and planted a yellow banner ol' National j in its blue waters. The Republican trocp: North and South, and V filled with nationalist whom raced
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    Great Showman Passes Away
    187 6 London, Apr. IC. THE death look place in London of Mr. Bertram Mills, proprietor of the Bertram Mills Olympia and Tenting Circuses, at the age of Go— Reutdf. Mills who was a freeman cf the city c; London. Livarymah of Lonners and Farrier- Companies, was in
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    AMERICAN MARKET DAILY REPORT
    499 6 iiy S. K. Levy Culbertson Fritz Singapore, Monday. EITE aie indebted to Alcbsrs. S. E. Ixxx and and Messrs. Swan, lulbcxtson and Fritz, Singapore, for the following on American Market cd editions: M t .,,:a. White, Weld and Co.. New York, report te u.s by cable
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    U.S. Offer Of Planes To Great Britain
    263 6 (By Air Mail' London. Apr. 8. INFORMATION has reached the British Government of an important development in the American at Itude towaids the defence policy of Great Britain. It has become known that the United Slates Government is prepared, if requested, to supply
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    195 6 Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air I K.N.I LM. I to-morrow Deliveries of boxholders" Letters only 1.30 p.m. and general deliveries of letters and parcels 1.40 p.m. 'respectively on the same day. Mails expected form Netherlands Indies by Air »XL.M.> to-morrow. Deliveries cf bcxholders' letters only at
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    28 6 The s.s. Mentor for Hongkong &c. (Parcels only*. Mails previously announced as closing at 1 p.m. on Apr. 16 will now close at 10 a.m. to-day.
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    MAIL DELIVERED
    19 6 The Air Mail (Imperial) despatched Tiom Singapore on Apr. 9 was delivered in London on Apr. 1(5.
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    Made "Ruin" Vow When Wife Died
    168 6 /"|NCE the happy home of a sever, ty- year-old couple, a little house in fetation-street, Kenilworth, Warwick, England, now stands derelict and unkempt—condemned to destruction through a vow made by It* owner on the death of his wife. When Mrs. W. Warirg died her
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    ROTARY DINNER
    33 6 The Singapoie Rolarj < !ci> j hc|ding a dinner in honour <>i Duperrey, president of Etotar) International, and Madame Duperren The gluncr lakes plan Adelphi Hot i root garden at p.m. to-morrow.
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    37 6 Mr. A. Robertson, untitled of Messrs. John Lit;a and Co Ltd., a prcc?edi:rg on home !< a Usia to-day. accompanied by Mr bei During bis absence. Me r AI I and A. A. Ross will act [or him.
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    26 6 The Rev. Goh Hood Keng untitled preach to-night al tin meeting to be held at the Christian Gcapcl Kail. 393 J Chial Rtt sharp. All are
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      154 6 MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL _j I TO-NIGHT j j COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 r.M. DINNER DANCE (informal) 94*1 1« Midnight. I rOPCLAR CABARET ATTRACTION. j I iiAiivi:v voi \i- j Wi l l-KNOWN AMERICAN COMEDY DANCERS. Singapore's Favourites. Re-en-agerntnt by Numerous Requests. J LOOK VOL!' TABLE. NON-DINERS SLOP. RAFFVKS ORCHESTRA
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      57 6 "Britannia" STEEL TUBULAR CHAIRS "SELL ON SIGHT* I In Type V i Modern. Comfortable. 11 Strong. Stove-enamelled Mil tni with upholstery to matt" contrast. For the JJome, Offices. Cafes, S» 1 eh. Write for Illustrated Retail Agents: CHOP CHLN GIAP, 226, Victor.a Stl Manufactured by Diamond Metal Products Co., Ltd.,
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      194 6 CLUB DIARY OF EVENTS [There are numerous Clubs in Singapore members of which ci'c readers of j the "Malaya Tribune:' This Diary is provided specially for them. score- I taries arc invited to co-operate iv keepinn it up-to-date and complete Happening* of general interest will still <• included in the
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      374 6 i j POSTAL IMTELLM-EW X i STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES TO-DAY FO R PER DATE AND TIME Denmark .Parcels only) Alsia Apr. 18 J pm New Zealand Swartenhondi IJ P m Pontianak Pang!:or I» Rengat and Tembilahan Igg Sa East "Cordelia;; 18 P£Canada Whole CordeUa h }8 2 p.m. c China
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    Office Boy To Theatre Magnate
    546 7 SES LAST OF THREE FAMOUS BROTHERS London, April 8. r oi the ramoas brothers, who for the nast 40 years have made ,1 history in London, the suburbs and the West End Frcdied suddenly at his bungalow at Shorehav-on-Sea and death is believed o a
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    TOURISTS WILL SEE SPANISH BATTLEFIELDS
    86 7 Bilbao. r.iSTEIIMENDI, the place vsherr Rilbio'-- iron belt" \um hnkca in la;-t year s campaign, is tn he turned into a "'«iViii>t .'Uraitinn." Thy V<ii. inlM authorities in-t*-nn tn huild an ohelSk on the P 1 U) constrict a motor Mad eivc access to it.
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    CASED UP
    48 7 The tracery steehcork that now completely surrounds the Victoria Tower of the Mouses of Pari'ament during renovation wort:. Stonework of the Tower is completely hidden. The steel tuba of the scaffoldi to, if placed end to end, »oula stretch over one Hundred miles. —r rtcnci News.)
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    Shirley Temple Is To Visit
    218 7 Dionne "Quins 99 SHIRLEY Temple is to visit the Dionnr Quintuplets at their home at Callander Ontario, during her summer holiday, which starts in June. She is motoring across America with her family, and her mother has decided that it shall be a real holiday
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      71 7 Be "are Kidney 6 «nis II Tired f "wous, Aching v >> ng Passages. Ankl, j,• 1M lr cles Under yj- --nt Headaches and Kn»-rgy? v ~,„...n ''s are attacking 1 ,r you, l l v f erms a« killed 4mSft Ordinary •'■uh<. lh K-rtus r ause they re »Ponsibl
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      49 7 KOBAWL WUm does get H the detail what makes a good 5§ f^^f^^^ snap difftrtnt from ar» c\_ ordinary one Us \|M f Jj-' Jnd double-coated— highlight and shadow. kODAJC Roll Film and Film Pack From a// Kodak Dealers KODAK LTD. (Incorporated in England > 130, Robirscn Road, Singapore. 5-38.
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      144 7 niinn iiimminßnin mm iiwwiiiiwuniiiiiii mi SOLE AGENTS: SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd. WPS. 1A These fine pipes made from If Note the graceful shapes selected old briar root, ji and the comfort mouthsmoke cool and sweet, arc *w\kY pieces. The exact fit of low In price yet high In stem —no
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      174 7 v "Even focus different as you and me agree about one thing— we must have Selo films' 3 Selo and Scloi hrome, the famous Butish Films are made to fit evrry make, every type and every size of camera. What is more, thanks to their extra r pccd and latitude,
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    WOULD YOU DEPRIVE HIM OF TODDY ?
    7 9 WOULD YOU DEPRIVE HIM OF TODDY I
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    30s A WEEK PENSIONS FOR ALL AT SIXTY
    35 9 H| WELLINGTON 7 U»R 8. BROADCAST MR SAVAGE, THE PRIMF MINISTER W rUNED HIS GOVEKNMI NTS LONG -HERALD--1 ,TJ S ITER AN NI ATI ON SCHEBO replaced
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    Terrible Jew-Baiting In Austria
    77 9 II Nu remiss immediately A i stro-German Sri n against Aus- more radi:ui r rince than Nazi Germany dog whip itfc him. will the Jews Liting weekfaciag squares alcer Adolf move out of wentf-foui hours picketed by Tans care not d a Dlac ud with the
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    Sabu Just An Ordinary Boy
    366 9 'By Air Main r-AP- London. April 8. S j 0 mbreatered Indian robes received the homage of a n^- nifn l an,i women last nurht at the premi-re cf his new film The Drum, nar spent the day hke any 14-year-old boy. xjressec m oar*
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    ARCHDUKE'S CAR OVER RAVINE
    128 9 L Idon Apr 8 ARCHDUKE Francois Joseph, brother ol the Archduke Crto. claimant to the Austrian throne had a remarkable escape frcm death yesterday when driving between Nice and f'an::=i. H: car OTer-rai a turning on the mountain r< ad and plunged into a deep ravine.
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    RECORD FLIGHTS DON'T PAY
    228 9 'By Air Mail) London, Apr 8 Record breaking flights by Individuals may soon be a thing ot the oast, unless better financial bucking is forthcoming for future venture* c. w. A Scott bolder of the EnglandAustralia record, said to-day: "Record breaking flights of the future will
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    CZECHOSLOVAKIA MAY NOT BE NEXT
    764 10 rpHE world congratulates Mr. Neville Chamberlain and Signor Mussolini on the successful conclusion of the Anglo-Italian talks, as a result of which the European outlook is considerably brighter. The only stumbling block to a more substantial an.l reliable outlook is Germany and her designs on
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    H.M. SHIPS
    178 10 British Naval Ratings Due On Tuesday Singapore, Saturday. OVER lOu British naval ratings who have served on the China Station returning to the United Kingdom on the s-s. Prometheus which is expec ed here on Apr. 19. Movements of H.M. ships, as per notification received from the Nav>Office,
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    38 10 Mrs. R. S. Reid of Glendale Estate, Negri Sembilan, Mr. C. H. O. Strettel, of Bute Estate, Negri Sembilan, Mr. j. Wilson, Secretary of the Selangor Club and Mr. and Mrs. Latimer are leaving for home this week.
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    46 10 Mrs. H. T. Oswell and infant, Miss R. Ow ra ll. and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Crusn, Kuala Lumpur are leavin" f<~r South \frtca on April 19. Mrs. Osw il and h sr daughter and child are Joining Mr H T W O-well in Mauritius.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS No Night Soil-No Vegetables!
    274 10 NOTES COMMENTS No Night Soil-No Vegetables! rtISCUSSION at the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Beard meeting of the ber-borne eewasre scheme which it Is oped to establish in the Federal Capital some day brought forth the inter esting information that the vegetable I gardeners naa peti- j tinned the Board on the
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    Roosevelt's Bold Experiment
    179 10 THE decision of President Roosevelt to allocate over three thousand millions of dollars in a spectacular attempt to enforce a return to better economic conditions in the United States one of the boldest experiments in the history of modern civilisation. The effect of it will L c
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    Y. M. C. A. Quarterly Bulletin
    112 10 t-HE Quarterly Bulletin Y. M. C. A. under the Jun rt 30. 1938 \s an inU rest of the activities of the A tsocj Singapore. Quite a large pre the publication is taken up account, B V.M.C A Whi c *i r< ■•><.!.•,. groat
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    Ceylon And Air Mails
    257 10 THE all-Up air service, a v people trading beta en Colombo and Malaya, is in practice proi be far from a cnami* Usually the sea mail service brought Utters and documents across in thr a-half 'Jays, ard functioned ritk greater freouer.ey than the subsidiary service between
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    Topics Of The Day
    363 10  -  By "Looker On" rpHOSE connected with the film Indus try have their ups and downs, «ye read, so have those who occupy end seats in a crowded cinema. Some snakes which escaped on a Unci were all recaptured withiu a few minutes. Nevertheless, a nervous passen
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    ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS FOLLOW ON AGREEMENT WITH TIALY
    339 11 Ministers To Visit London Next Week London, April 17. FURTHER stage in the general appeasement of Europe is foreshadowed in the mnouncement that RA Daladier, the French Premier, and M. Bonnet, his foreign minister, are to visit London on April 28 at the
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    GOLD MINE DISASTER
    65 11 TUTNE natives were killed and 13 others in in red five of them seriously, in a fall of rock in the shaft of Western Reefs, near Klerksdoro. A mass of rock broke away and fell 150 ft. to the bottom of the shaft, where a sinking oarty
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    Europe War Is Not Inevitable
    76 11 Pragoe, Apr. 16. CZECHOSLOVAKIA believes in if regimes must res„l, other's integrity," said important statel< ion f ,f the (Yechoi .ill pea cc wppk. that he still berces of pence. AH without stronger than they reason, he still rein armed conflict inevitable. could not reconcile
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    untitled arrival at arrival at \wstralia in ■(ally denied • * thai he was to i the film indiMr, n England.
    19 11 untitled arrival at arrival at \wstralia in ■(ally denied thai he was to i the film indiMr, n England.
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    6 11 untitled Chile and an Venezuela have
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    AVIATION SUBSIDY INCREASE
    75 11 Government Bill Is Drafted Reuter. London, Apr. 16. THE text of a Government Bill for increasing the maximum amount of subsidies, which are paid armualhr tc develop civil aviation, from £1.500.000 to £3.000.000 sterling has been issued. The bill implements the promise made by the Government on
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    SKI-ING TRAGEDY
    68 11 r rHREE skiers from Geneva who were attempting to cross the Argentiere lacier in the Mont Blanc range by night lest their way in the dark. One of the them, M. F. Kurt, fell 'sft. into a crevasse when a snow bridge collapsed. A companion was lowered, but
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    GLIDING RECORD
    31 11 Reuter. Moscow. April 17. ANEW record for gliders is claimed by the Soviet flyer Makarov, who remained aloft for 19 hours eight minutes in a two-seater machine carrying passenger.—Reuter.
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    18 11 Mr. R. S. Thacker. Attorney-General of Fiji, has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya.
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    MYSTERY SHIPS IN P. I. HARBOUR
    78 11 Reuter. London. Apr. 16. THE Times New York correspondent states that it is reported from Mamla that two United States dcshave been ordered from there to Davao. Mindanao Island, and three Philippine Army aeroplanes have been di«natched to tho same destination. They will, it
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    JAPANESE LOSING THEIR MORALE
    275 11 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai. Apr. 18. (GROWING tension and a slate of I nervousness pievail amen; the Japanese troops following the suo" den revival of hostilities on the eastern front where Chinese and mobile units are exceedingly active along the Shanrhai-Hangchew highway. Within the last
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    K.L.M. LINER'S RECORD
    46 11 Reuter. AX.L.M. Royal Dutch air liner on the Batavia —Croydon route with ten passengers aboard broke the commercial reccrd yesterday by flying from Alexandria to Croydon via Thetis, Budapest and Amsterdam, in 12 hours flying time at an average speed of 192 m.p.h.—Reuter.
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    Italian Cape Flight Attempt
    83 11 Reuter. London, April FOUR Ita'ian airmen left Croydon at 1110 a.m. to-day in a twinengined Caproni monoplane for Tripoli, and thence will ply direct to the Cape in the hepe of beat ng the Croydon-Cape record and possibly also the return record. They are first and
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    30 11 It is estimated that 25 persons were killed and 150 injured in a toniad', which swept a number of villages in the Narayanganj Division of the Dacca District of Bengal.
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    Premier & Duce Exchange Greetings
    183 11 Premier Duce Exchange Greetings Reuter. IMMEDIATELY on Signature of the Anglo-Italian Treaty Mr. Neville Chamberlain telegraphed to Signor Mussolini expressing his satisfac ion that such a comprehensive agreement had been reached Mr. Chamberlain added "I hope the agreement, when it comes into full operation will dispose of all outstanding coints
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    Austria Pleased With Pact
    80 11 Reuter. Vienna. April 17 WHILE expressing tempered approval of the Anglo-Italian agreement. Ihe newspapers here pay tribute to 'he statesmanship and far-seeing wisdci.i" of Mr. Chamberlain. The press is unanimously of the a nvicMon that the agreement will con; ribute to appeasement in Europe with Hit
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    32 11 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Hankow, Apr. 17. The French authorities at Shanghai a"* 5 resisting the Japanese attempt to take over control of the radio stations ii the Concession.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    RUMANIAN FASCIST PLOT THWARTED
    306 11 Reuter. Bucharest, April 17. M. CODREANU, leader of the Rumanian Fascist Iron Guard, has been arrested with 200 of his followers, following discovery of a plot to march on Bucharest with plans for a coup d'etat. The official communique declares that all the arrested persons, who
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    SPAIN OPPOSED TO ROME PACT
    102 11 "Ignores Rights Of Republic" Reuter. i?irce1ona. Apr? 17. f>UH -itun.ticn to-dav is \?.s° grave L .han f" tn'fbt a 10 a; we have more ,n?.'r ir' to irons'fled ercry n n 1 cm hnr'.a .ti of Spaniards in \ict twenty dr.ys," d-clared Premier 1« g
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    EXILED
    59 11 Colonel Paiva Couceiro. a Portugu?s.* Monarchist, and a former GovernrnCeneral cf Angola, wiio last November was expelled from Portugal for two j cars, apparently tried to re-enter the country Horn Spain last week. It h announced in Lisbon that he has be i arrested and that the Spanish Nation;.
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    FIREMEN FIGHT KAMPONG BLAZE AT ORCHARD ROAD
    263 12 Police Probe Mystery Cause 4 FIRE, which broke out towards d u»k yesterday, completely gutted about 1- cubicle, behind a shophousc, :m. Orchard Road. Though the fire w is not very serious and there was no loss ol life or injuria all the
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    CUT CABLE RATES ON MONDAY NEXT
    474 12 Singapore, Monday. A FORMAL announcement of the reduction of cable rates which a w ill come into operation on Monday next is issued by tlw Singapore branch of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Ltd. The circular emphasises tha* the company's surplus over a row
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    Flood Threat On Perak River
    128 12 <Fmm Our Own Correspondet-.n j Kuala Kangsar, Saturday. rpHE recent heavy rain in both the I pper Perak and Kuala Kangsar Districts has swollen the waters of the Perak River and Kangsar River respectively. From the early hours of Thursday morning the waters of the
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    COOLIES DRUNK ON SAMSU
    177 12 (From Our Oven Correspondent) Muar, Sunday. COMPLAINTS have been received from the manager of Jorak Estate that samsu had been sold to estate coolies and that the coolies had been found drunk," said Inche Abdul Rauf bin Aman, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Preventive Branch, when he
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    19 12 The Swiss Legation in Vienna has been reduced to a Consulate-General .uider M. Jaeger, the Swiss Minister in Budapest.
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    17 12 Mr. Martin Burrell, Parliamentary Librarian in Canada and a forrru r Minister of Agriculture, is eravely 111
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    ITALO-FRENCH RELATIONS
    154 12 French Press Urges Rapprochement Reuter. Paris, Apr. 16. A LARGE section of the Press continues to urge a speedy ItaloFrench accord. For example, the "Petit Parisien" declares that France should hold out her hand sincerely to Italy, knowing that it will be grasped with cordiality. The "Louvre," however,
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    AT HOME JUST NOW
    68 12 'From Our Ou y> Correspondent > (By Air Mail) London, April 6. MR. Lan Patterson of F.M.S. Mines Dept. has arrived on leave and is staying at St. Ives. Mr H. B. Gifford. F.M.S. Railways arrived from Marseilles this week and left for Belfast. Capt. Nelson
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    SUNDAY MUNICIPAL MEETING
    42 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Bangkok. Sunday. THE newly-elected Bangkok Municipality set a new record by meeting on a Sunday, today, to consider the programme for the next twelve months. Two lady members, successful in the polls, took their seats.
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    Mr. Duncan Sandys, the Norwood MP. and Hon. Secretary nt the Parliamentary Air Raid Precautions Committee (extreme i>gi t) with Mr. Oliver Simmonds, M P Chairman of the Committee, photographed amid the ruins of ocmbtd Duildings in Barcelona, when as representatives of the Committee they investigated the effects of the recent heavy air raids there.
    55 12 Mr. Duncan Sandys, the Norwood MP. and Hon. Secretary nt the Parliamentary Air Raid Precautions Committee (extreme i>gi t) with Mr. Oliver Simmonds, M P Chairman of the Committee, photographed amid the ruins of ocmbtd Duildings in Barcelona, when as representatives of the Committee they investigated the effects of the
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    CASH THEFT FROM OFFICERS' MESS
    153 12 Gillman Barracks Report A EUROPEAN yesterday reported the loss of a*money bag containing $31.50 local currency. The loss was from a room at the officers' mess, Ci ill man Banv Tan Heng Hai. a resident of Gopeng Street, complained that he lost property valued at
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    FRANCO'S MEN ADMIT RETREAT
    104 12 Reuter. Paris, April 17. A STRATEGIC retreat at a certain point is admitted by the Nationalist high command ot Saragossa. who deny the Republican claim to have recaptured Benicarlo. A Barcelona communique maims max the Republicans defeated the Nationalist attempts to extend the Vinaroz wedge to
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    BOMB AT "BOGUS" MAYOR
    76 12 Hankow, Apr. 17. AN attempt was made on the life of the bogus Mayor of Shanghai on Friday night, it is now revealed, when a grenade was thrown on the top ol his motor car from a house in a side street of the Bund. Pootung.
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    SWIMMER DROWNED AT MOUNT EMILY
    98 12 A CHINESE was drowned the Me Emil\ Swimming Pool afternoon. He died Before the arrival of the ambulant;- though artificial respiration \»as tried without vn,. A Chinese woman, knocked down by a motor van at the Junction ol Dhoby Ghaut and Pnnsep Street yesterd ceived
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    MEXICO TO SELL SEIZED OIL
    52 12 Reuter. New York Ap*i! M IT is learned that an agro been reached betf Government and Mr. Ricketl fcr of refined petr I im The quantity be small The head of the Mexican Gov< oil sales department oil from the expron:. be shipped to foreign
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    French Strikes Over
    38 12 Pai 1 Apr* ii* roRTY-s:x thousai Rsnuilt plant and thei already evacuated thi factor* h tion of the Citroen work rapidly. Tu V/ork iscxneeted to begm on thus ending the stay-in s 1 metal industries.—R^utei
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    Money Market
    61 12 Umden Apnl Despite a good demand I currency, borrowers found supplies. Discount b supplies of treasury to keen competition foi er offerings, though the average at which bills were al»< -ed a as last week. Foreign exchanges are g but American dollar under the influence ot Pr Veil's
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    27 12 A military Court at untitled tenced four numbers ~1 the! munist Party to terms of UnpiJ from seven to 12 mon h served In the Spanish R
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    BACHELORS NEEDN'T APPLY HERE
    134 12 HERE is a dictators-eye view of Love:— Fascism's "crusade against bachelors il now beirg strictly enforced in the Italian Civil Service. Signor Guido Guidi-Buffarini, Italian Home Under-Secretary, told the Chamber of Deputies in Rome that during 1937 not one administrative post was given to a bachelor.
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    ROTARY DEAD IN CENTRAL EUROPE
    1668 13 CRUSHED BY THE NAZIS ■m Our O m Reporter; Penang, Sunday. p, nasi, VI THE OFFICIAL DINNER HELD LAST NIGHT, OF THE C ONFERENCE, M. DUPERREY, PRESIDENT OF ROTA UY INTKKN AMONAL, TOLD OF HOW ROTARY WAS PROGRESSING ||ROl hoi T THE WORLD. led thai
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    7-Ft. Snake As Sleeping Companion
    131 13 RToemfortein, Orange Free Slate WAKING during the night, Mr Oswald n pover i I Babananeo, Zululand, felt sonu thinf? stirring near him. He thought it was his kitten and settled down to sleep again. The movements rentinued, however, so lie decided t<» investigate threw hack
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    MUAR MOSLEMS ORGANISE
    122 13 "Nothing To Do With Politics" i Front Our in. Correspondent' Muar, Sunday. f pHERE was a larg* gathering ol -I- leading Indian Moslems at the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Indian Moslems Asso nation held a* the association's premises :»t Jalan Meriam. Mr. T. Talukdar, presiding,
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    NATIONAL DAY
    61 13 Indian National Day was celebrated In the Indian Sanmarka School, Muar. on Wednesday with refreshments, songs and games for the children. The school building presented a gay appearance with flags and buntings Alter refreshments were over, there was a gymkana. lor which prizes were awarded At the end
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    33 13 M. V. Calves, the French teacher, is now on holiday for three weeks at Dusun Tua, where he will give lessons to those pupils and friends who may feel disposed to visit him.
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    CEYLON WINS CRICKET TEST MALAYA WAS SET TO SCORE 287
    2859 14  -  Thrilling Episodes In Big Easter Match (By N.H.L. Siebel) -r v, mu o.t M-!ava by 127 runs in two days in the Easter cricket t N (1 P the SC C. rp«nd en Saturday and yesterday. each side had completed
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    Bateman & Elkins In Coif Final
    142 14 Bateman Elkins In Coif Final (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumnur, Sunday. M. M. PATERSON, reigning Malayan golf champion, was sensationally dfefkatrd in the first ro»m.i of the Malayan championships which reach th° semi-finals to-day and will |H 4 pd 10-morrsw. n, who qualified fnr the comp< tition proper with
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    The Score Board
    584 14 CEYLON IST. INNS. M K. Albert lbw. Gill l*j W. L. Mendis c Andres b G.U 0 J. E. ML Fernando c Andres b Dynes 6 J M. Kelaart lbw. Sabapathy L. D. S. Gunesekera lbw. Growder 8 S S. Javawickreme lbw. Andres 12 H S Roberts
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    Malayan Badminton Tourney
    185 14 (From Our Omm Reports Kuala Lumpur. Sunday [HE Malayan Badminton i ships reached th? semi-fin md the matches, though all :aused no .surprises. Wong Peng Soon, who is tipped a e» am w.nn:r of the singles title ran Kirn Hcng, but very leing forced three sets In
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY'S RACES
    379 15 a yf MEETING IN L iPOH SECOND day I 4 n0 tht r Card Of Nine Events by -Argus- 1« t«v ;1 |im»Ii. snhjeel t<> ;ls iullolV*-' Ml. :iiii! yds. l>iv. I •">' lurs. I i i it' i N l»-v. r Ml> s I V
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    Each Side Scores 105 Runs
    208 15 State (Ticket In fto \j K N! 11 Ut Sunday. I > fed the annual keti Hjrtae 5 Miauh bct-l*-ia* Selangor, played I and i lected to v isly at the start. pulled the no ifiij]... n were out V i M and Loh 11
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    Schmeling Knocks Out Steve Dudas
    204 15 Foord Disq v a lif ted Against Walter Nettsel Reuter Hamburg, April IT. \1 W Schmeling (Germany) knocks ed out Slt-ve Diiflas (U.S.A.) i t (>t»- fifth of their 15-»round contest here !asi night, and Walter Neasel (Germany) beat Ben Foord (Sooth tfrieal in (h»*ir
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    S.C.R.C. Has Membership Of 281
    565 15 AnniiaI Report Issued THE report of tho committee of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club lor the year ended Dec. 31, 1937, reads us follow.*:— The meetings held during the year were: The annual general meeting, an extraordinary general meeting. 12 general committee meetings. The membership
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CARNIVAL
    244 15 {From Our Our Reportc) Penang, Sunday. THE Easter triangular swimming meet between the three Chinese Swimmine, Club; ol I enang, Kinta (Ipoh), a>d Singapore opened at the Penang Chinese Swimming Club yesterday and concluded this evening. Penang proved vastly successful. Yesterday they won the 100 metres tree
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      19 15 PLEASING I BRIDAL j 1 GIFTS 1 t U. S. de SILVA. I JEWELLER. 106, ORCHARD ROAD. J j
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      346 15 ESCAPE THE HEAT FLY TO JAVA'S MOUNI [INS (ONLY AYi HOURS FROM SINGAPORE). A DOUGLAS AIRLINER OF THE fLN.I L M. Leaves Singapore Every Wednesday, sou a.m. For RATAYIA and HANOOFM. I SPEND YOUR LOCAL LEAVE IN JAVA'S FA MO 1 MOl i KESORTS. FLY K.N.I.L.M. VP t ,Asgp*&\ Relieves
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    Easter Soccer In England & Scotland ARSENAL UNLUCKY AT HIGHBURY
    1340 16 Easter Soccer In England Scotland ARSENAL UNLUCKY AT HIGHBURY Manchester City Get Seven Against West Brotnwich RESULTS of Saturday's English and Scottish League fo..tball match- I es. as cabled by Reuter. and tables revised to date, are as follows:— ENGLISH LEAGUE, DIV: 1 Arsenal 0 Blrmii ".ham 0 Blackpool 4
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    R.A.F. Beat
    18 16 Mrs R P. Binsrham. in play in the S.C.C. Mixed Doubles tournament on the Padang. (Tribune)
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    HOME RUGBY
    97 16 London. Saturday. SATURDAY'S principal rugby fixtures resulted as follows:— Bath 43. Headingley 41. Bristol 14. Leicester 11 Gloucester 24. London Welsh 16. Llanelly 21. Northampt mO, North of Ireland 3. Birkenhead P. 13. Plymouth Albion 14. O.M.T. U. Sale 24. Rosslyn Park 6. Swansea 9. Harlequins 3. Torquay
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    INDO-CEYLON TENNIS
    69 16 (From Our 0:»u Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Sunday. FOLLOWING are the results of the semi-finals and finals of the IndoCeylonese tennis championships played here. Some matches, owing to rain were uncompleted to day. Men's Singles Semi-finals P Suppiah v. Ramaiya 6—4, 4—5 (to be continued >. Pereira v. J.
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    S.C.C. Tennis
    100 16 Tics lor Wednesday in the mixed doubles tournament at the S.C.C. are as follows: E C Cherrington and Mrs. D. S. Ainger r_!s) vs. T. C. Hamlyn and Miss R. Etlin (scr.). E. J. Cassels and Mrs. A. Hinds <— 2' vs. O. W. Gilmour and Mrs. R.
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    St. Andrew's School
    199 16 Cricket On St. A..S. Ground IN an interest ng cricket n ed at Stamford Road cn noon, the Royal Air For < St. Andrew's School XI bv The Airmen, who battei 153 and declared lor nim major port on of tho so y. tributed by Hr-ll. Dn.r.icl
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    FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS DEATH
    63 16 London, Apr. i<> npHK death took place in the» wrll-kin»wn Mhalk'r. Bloomer, at the age of M. Mhh"' died of bronchitis. He plaved mostly for Derbv_ v. brief period for Middlesbrou*' h obtained 23 caps for P la >' d Scotland. Wales and f J rel r
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    CYCLING CARNIVAL
    142 16 Accidents Mar Interesting Sport A NOTHER card of thrilling Car A provided bv the Grand > nival at the Great World Several bad accidents somtNV rt red an otherwise i nl^' c s1! (!i fiv The following are the l»na eV Two Miles Cycle Race (for Govci r
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    Muar Soccer
    143 16 (From Our Own Corrc;. Muai. THE Muai F< >tball A i OompetiUon will start 21st. 53s year then- v nil taking pari namely tne last year's champions: ro up. rcwn Beard Public went, Muar Castors Spoi Chinese. Johon WUW Rangers. Notable absentees an Tunggol who were Lea in
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      1067 17 0\ THE AIR TODAY ceylon ««r?| A 1 fW% W V (Wavelength 47.9 metres) When And Where lo Listen in Jj| P- m News 111 Sinhalese. 7 -35 p.m. Tamil music (records). r-lMr APHRE I I OWnnM f Ua leader. Leonard Hirsch; conductor P.m. Bnhalese music. SllNtlMrUnt fc-WINLJUIN e% Fog*.
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    BRIGHTER DAY DAWNS IN EUROPE ANGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT PLEASES BIG POWERS
    1465 18 New Era Of Understanding Peace In Europe London, April 17. i• ut KSid m on Saturday, and is acclaimed the biggest THE Anglo-Italian agreement was signed a i on g time. Germany is pleased and so 1 contribution towards the
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    CAVALRY RIDE 700 MILES
    59 18 jbeigraae TEN Yugoslav cavalry nfYicers have left here on a ride of mere than 700 miles, to SiWn t>*e chief Rumanian cavalry school, where they hope to take part in a tournament Frcm Sibin the* Bucharesl and -in iia, return home. Their mounts, all have been
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    Australia's Trade Balance Improves
    116 18 I asdMft!. \nr 8 1 AUSTRALIAN I nine months of the fist I yta I which were annou th*. Common wealth S pr Roland Wttetn, suggest >iv is unlikely to call on London fnfc to meet this rear's deol Hurra overseas. Adverse balan< made it uncertain
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    Beggar Leaves A Million
    56 18 <By Air Mail) j^^M H A BEGGAR of Braszkow, on the P '1 Lithuani than a million pounds to tl fmm for Poor Students. J In the cellar alone in :bi h and died, a hoard of Mw.vn mm more than £100.000 was found The beggar
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    SPECIAL INDIA PAGE "Get Rid Of Autocracy In The Indian States"
    247 19  -  PANDIT NEHRU'S ADVICE S G.S. Muthukrishnan, B.Sc. (United Press). (By Air Mail) Shivapura (Mysore). Apr. 11 State, as every other stale in India, is an ral pari >f India. Mysore's j, edom the re l ore, is part of
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    PIG CAUSES RIOT
    397 19 (United Press). rill mm .I. Allahabad, Apr. 11. N ut 1 P'B kl "ed and sliced was found having been thrown into remises 0 f a mosque in Ranimandi (a thickly populated locality loneri i,. u ed lresh panic in tbe cit y this morning which soon
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    COLD WAVE HAVOC IN JUBBULPORE
    48 19 (United Press). 'by Aii Mail) A ,M official reports Hm about «rtri|!g! lht .'"bbulpore affected by (o |d ttrLr r r^ parts Ml (h Vk llnd RS r tPhs,,s hn, h T he Depi,tv l :J ubbu| Pwe. has O'lisju i f v
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    Prchistoric Man In Burma
    70 19 Bv V r f implements tmou P V- Van vvh o came °"teh ArcheaV ?»rma a short mo :> wn «*re he n wiu leay e wiu .spend three tllei fei Holland. f ;[ma he i,r mthe service ShtehiE of strata hich th" nr^ le SPond
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    "We Want A Gandhi And Not Lenin "
    236 19 "We Want A Gandhi And Not Lenin (United Press). (By Air Mail; Patna. Aor. 8. A STERN warning to the kisans (peasant) of Bihar against being misled by what is inspired by Western ideas j.nd al>o by the Red Fla? n hich is a symbol of violence and against the
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    ORISSA CABINET
    108 19 Portfolios Reshuffled (United Press). <By Air Mail) Cuttack, April a. IN order to facilitate administrar«s:h»flun g of the Portfolios of t <h» r"l!? ters has bee made at the Cabinet meeting held at Puri Orissa Governor, presiding. wiif r h^n SW f nuth Das Chief Minister, WU1 be
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    CONGRESS NOT TO CO-OPERATE WITH MYSORE GOVERNMENT
    142 19 (United Press). 'By Air Mail, Bangalore, Ajjril 10 riV/.? Mysore State Corgvess Working Committee met lest evening with Air. T. Siadalingwh, thz President, in the chair. The President pl.iced before the Working Committee in detail his interview with Sir Miria Ismail, Dewan oj
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    CLOVE BOYCOTT TO BE STIFFENED
    194 19 "MT*s A LUXURY" SAYS SARDAR PATEL (United Press). (By Air Mail). Bombay, A mil 11. HEC ISIONS to stiffen the clove boy- cott campaign in the Bombay Presidency were, it is understood, taken by the All-India Clove Boycott Committee of Bombay Provincial Congress Committee at
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    BIHTA TRAIN DISASTER
    138 19 Adjournment Motion In Assembly (United Press). (By Air Mail) New Delhi, Apr. 11. TWO adjournment motions, one by Mr. A N. Chattopadhyaya regarding the non-removal of protective duty on the import of salt and another about the Government's failure to take adequate action on the findings of
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    MYSORE CONGRESS CONVENTION PRESIDENT ARRESTED
    236 19 (United Press). (By Air Mail) M. Shivapura (Mysore). Apr. 11. K. siddalingiah, President-elect oi the Mysore State Congress Convention, was arrested this noon for defying the order of the District Magistrate by hoisting the national flag opposite the Convention pandai. Some perturbation prevailed among the
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    Sir J. C. Bose's Donations
    120 19 (United Press). •By Air Mail) Calcutta. April 11 IN pursuance of the last wishes of the J luk Sir Jagadiah Chandra Bose, v/e'lknown scientist, Lady Abala Bose has executed a deed of trust in respect ol Government promissory Notes to the value of Rs. 2
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    Students Lie Down At School Gate
    109 19 (United Press). (By Air Mail. Lucknow, Apr. 9. THE strike in the Government Technical School took a serious turn this morning when the strikers prostrated themselves in front of the school gate preventing the teacher; and otherj from entering the school thereby stouping the
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    BRITISH TRADE DELEGATION
    97 19 (United Press). <By Air Mail). New Delhi, Apr. 12. PRIVATE advices received here from commercial circles In Bombay indicate that Sir Purushotamdas Thakurdas end Ste'th Kasturbhai Lalbhai have agreed to meet the Lancashire Textile delegation to evolve a settlement of the conflicting views between the British and
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    EASTER PROCESSIONAL AT CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
    27 20 SSES 4»»«. «ierviee»; at all churches, in larxe numbers. Scenes at the Easter Sunday service at St. Joseph < hur. h. sin.apore CTrib
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