Malaya Tribune, 11 May 1938

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: >"" Guaranteed Largest Sales "Vol. XXVIL- No. 111. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Wed., May 11, 1938. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1938 FIVE CENTS.
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      193 1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST fry The MftHMVfi ritiisixs: I ii Don't suffer >^ HEADACHES—NEURALGIA —COLDS TOOTHACHE-FEVER OR RHEUMATISM Do what thousands of ingredients —in convenrs are doing to get ient tablet form, that acts ntdiate relief from instantly to relieve pain lin and suffering—Take and reduce fever. It does
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      57 1 mmu9a^m CHAMPION |Hf*|Bsp=» Outboard motors. jJb Reliability 2 m Dependability. Agents: BOON SENG MI)., 30-38, Robinson Road. JUST ARRIVED Large .stock of Fruit Essences for SYRUP MAKING. dps tils, Cork. Crown Cork, Labels, Ned Labels, of Attractive Kinls, nannies Cat—rtag, etc. Fail no! lo obtain your requirement*. Now. T. KSAT
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      206 1 KUILD YOUR OWN HOUSE! IN KATONG NICE LOTS FOR SALE AT "GROVE ESTATE" AT INTERESTING PRICES MORTGAGES (AX BE Alfcll V\<„l Apply: CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME ORIENT MEYEK CHAMBERS (3rd floor) PROPERTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR SALE: Town Properties Shophouses —Terrace Houses Bungalows. Vacant Land Seaside Land. LISTS WILL BE SUPPLIED
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      52 1 r i Read The S U TD A V ji Dcminani In Malaya ii *4 Special Tropical Piaaas j j PINE TON Ml)— Specially u\^\ r u< ied for 1 !|t J Tropics will) 1" years' guarantee. lStMtWw^v■ Imm tmi> S2O. liiontiiLU ]jSLvj£Sn ji SEASON CO.. LTD., 115. NORTH BRIDGE
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    Unknown Woman Urges Russian Revolt SECRET VOICE OVER RADIO
    232 2 Helsinki. pLKTHER details of the nightly broadcast bdng emitted by 'i secret radio station in Moscow in the name of "The Union of Liberators" are published in the Svenska press here-. The broadcasts being soon after midnight on a wave-length of
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    39 2 The Executive Committee of the Journalists' Association of India at a meeting held recently at Bombay authorised the Chairman to write to the Bombay Government to bring in legislation to provide for minimum facilities end amenities to working journalists.
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    FINLAND'S THANKS TO EX-KAISER
    97 2 Helsinki. A TELEGRAM was sent to the former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany by a number of prominent Helsinki residents, on the 20th. anniversary of the relief of Helsinki from the B, Isheviks thankins him for the assistance rendered at that time »n Germany in Finland's struggle
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    SECRET FRENCH RADIO STATION
    111 2 Paris A CLANDESTINE broadcasting station which is violently insulting to M Blum, the ex-French Premier, attacks the Jews and gives false news in favour of the Spanish nationalists, can be heard daily my French listeners announcing itself r.s "Radio-Naticnal-France." Th- ministry of Posts amd Telegraphs are
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    18 2 It is understood that Imperial Airways will shift their headquarters from Karachi to Calcutta during June this year.
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    THE TRAGEDY OF TORTOSA
    61 2 One of tne ium pictures rect «ved in London of th? damage in Tcrtosa, vital Government seaplane base on the Mediterranean coast, caused by repeated raids of France's bcmt'rs. Many of the inhabitants were killed. PHOTO SHOWS: The mass of debris left after a building in
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    DUCE REPLIES TO THE POPE
    95 2 Reuter. Rem:*, May 9. A REPLY to the Pope's recent attack Swastika was made by Mussolini.; newspaper "Popolo D Ital:a." which says: •We" should like to say to theifathei cf all us catholics .hut it is ye.v dangero' to speak of the crees of Christ
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    CANADA ENTERS NEW RADIO ERA
    169 2 Ottawa. CANADA is looking forward ecu la 14 hcurs dail- of "the entertainment in the English t from four high-powered broad ng stations claimed to be I best in the Br*fsh Empire. This new era in broade .promised by the chairman of Governors cf the
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    Incendiary Bombs Worse Than Gas, Says Hoare
    320 2  -  (By Air Mail London. Apr. THE danger from gas in an enemy attack must <«till be reuoncd uilb, hut tlie ri-'k firm incendiary trmbf and from high explosives is probably greater. a"rord"'n« 1n Sir i'rmucl lloare, lb* Horn! Secretary. IT old this re
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    COMMERCE PLANES NEW RECORD
    115 2 Cape Town. 4\TU\GING MS miles an hour, a A lew rercrd fcr ecmmeicial aerj»lnne i lor IK" flight between the spe and Natal has been by j Captain I. D. Kadcman. Hying a twin-engined streamline l Junkers machine —one of the newest aeqnisi- J lions of
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    BATU PAHAT FUNERAL
    161 2 Frow Our Quit CorrenpnndCfit Batu Pahat, May The funeral ol 'he hile M r Lee Tian Quai\ look place yesterday.and \v &1 tended bv u large circle of relativtvand fri?'idfc. The Intr Mr T an Quan. who wa* ascu 40, was he liUiUTU'r of the B?tU Paiut
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    CEYLON TAMIL WEDDINGS
    156 2 Three Ceremoni»> I" Negri iFiom Our Ou.n Com v Scrcoiotiu tmrfe Ccvlon *XJimil wert'i •»'«is", community "> dulert to On Wednesday Muy 1> groom's residence .U 1 JC riaj?o will ta-kt-* pluc«. at s liftneshiratnam wit mah A reception h ™„,e P-Hce in Un even The bridegroom
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    60 2 A general meeting of the untitled be held at the resworn c Keng Wee. 332. Geylaug X day at 1 P.m. The agenda to confirm the minutes ol l meeting: to puss the wea ment ot accounts; to recei views regarding new POPUjaj to consider applications Xroro membershlo; to elect
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      67 2 IjpSiip 44 Milkmaid" Milk, through constant use, has become a household word. Why is this? Because "Milkmaid" Milk is so safe. All the year round, under any climatic conditions the riflfim vast and exacting public know they can rely (XL _IK upon Milkmaid" Milk. It is first-quality full cream milk,
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      128 2 Ends that Tired \> 5"! Listless Feeling Weak, worn-out women find Water- 1 wla bury s Compound a marvelous source of Kv\fl[ new health and strength The many L > vital elements in this body-building /i^'^^A^^fil'' tonic nourish every part of the system— 8S» i make you look and feel
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    BACK VIEW
    41 3 Mam distinguished people attended the private view of the Rr»yal v.if' mv Summer Exhibition nt ForuWon House, Piccadilly, London. PHOTO SHOWS: A very unt• 1 Ire s vilh pleats wain l,\ Mis Zara R: rina at the private iew.
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    SEARCH FOR SOVIET FLIERS ABANDONED
    191 3 Sir Hubert Wilkins Gives Up A Ottawa. FILR six months of fruitless.. "Arch n the Arctic for the six S'.viet trans-Pclar fliers, lost since Ai'pjrJ cf last year. Sir Hubert VVilk ns has given up hope of findi2»B the m'ssing men. The search may be
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    SHIPPING STRIKE OVER
    35 3 Reuter. Paris, May 9. THE strike among the stewards of the Compaigne Generale Transatlantique. which affected five ships and threatened to held up the Normandie. has now been settled at Le Havre—Reuter.
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    BRIGHT PROSPECTS IN PRAGUE
    84 3 Reuter. London. May 9. REPORTS have been received at the Foreign Office respecting the demarches to Prague and Berlin on Saturday. It is understood that the Czech Government expressed gratitude for the interest shown in the minority problem, and their willingness to make every concession possible.
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    NO GUARANTEED PRICE FOR CORNISH TIN YET
    173 3 From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 29. ■""ORIS iduce the Government to guarantee a minimum price for tin have failed—for the time being at least. il thai the submissions to the Minister for Co-ordina-'ut Deicnt'f (>!: the grounds thUt increased heme production of
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    MURDER ON DESTROYER?
    70 3 Reuter. Hcngkong, May 9. H.M.S. Dorsetshire, which is proceeding to Manila from Singapore, has been ordered to divert to Hongkcng. It is reported that this is due to alleged murder or manslaughter en board. It is understood one rating has been taken into custody. Naval authorities here
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    STEAMER ARRIVING
    41 3 The following passengers are due to arrive in Malaya on May 27 by the La land ia: Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Miller, Miss Nella Stewart. Miss G. Arvcdsen, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McCarry, Mr. A, C. BraincBartnell.
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    69 3 The All-India Village Industries Association, Wardha, has been exemi CerJ from the operations ci the provisions of the Excise Act in respect of tanning of palm trees, states an official notification in the CP. Gazette. It adds: "The toddy drawn may be used for the manufacture cf or for use
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    THREE'S COMPANY
    52 3 Seven thousand degs under COO classifications are takmg wart in the first dog show at the' White City, Tendon, where the London Kennel Club's two-day *ho.v has opened PHOTO SHOWS: Miss Peg?y Oiffoid, wearing a scarf as headdress, with the Samoyeds "Snow Oueen «>i Kohc" deft) and "Champion
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    JEWRY AND DEMOCRACY
    121 3 Reuter. Washington. May 9. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, in a message to the Jewish Convention, declared 'Except insofar as we deplore the illtreatment of human beings, the domestic policies of other countries are of no concern to the United States. When, h( wever, alien Influences seek to i-ndeimine the
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    ART GALLERY "REPLACING CHURCH"
    203 3 London THE beautiful was worshipped too much and was becoming the object of a new kind of idolatry in which the art gallery took the place of the church th our civic centres, said Mr. Eric G 'I A.R.A. the artist sculptor, lecturing to the Royal
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    PARIS PREPARES FOR ROYAL VISIT
    126 3 Paris. tN readiness for the visit of tl King and Queen u> Paris at the end of June, the major part uf the Champs Elysees is being re-paved. Motorists will rejoice, for tne old wocd-bh.ek surface was liable to lead to skidding. On an average
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    GERMAN PROTESTANTS WELCOME "ANSCHLUSS"
    168 3 Rerlia I MESSAGE orelconiiftg the return of Austria btta the Germ VU <h has be?n adopted bj a conference uf the German Evangelical Churches hi to in Hanover. Among the clergy who supported the eeclution were representatives of the Church. Tiie message particularly welcomes ''3 lutu.ro
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    CURRENCIES MORE STABLE
    114 3 Reuter. Basle May 9. AN interesting economic analysis was presented at the meeting to-day of the Administrative Council of the Bank of International Settlements by the vicePresident, Heer Beyen (Holland) It examines the reasons for economic business revival in the first half of 1937 and the recession
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    SLEEP COST HIM YEAR IN GAOL
    189 3 Berlin. BECAUSE he slept in a dance hall a man has been sentenced c one year's Imprisonment "for endangering the peace". George and Willy, aged 20 and 21 r~sneetively. went to a dance in a hjul Wedding. former! y n Commiml srronehold in the
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      28 3 V 1 and 1 deposition. "m,,, d•» directed, Main** ood I p 1 vital nourishment I J *"U'»d constitution ia I V I <f o m Henry Rwl
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      16 3 .Give ifflWpfD-'" your Home l thyis bright I w X*Mansion Polish FOR FLOORS, FURNITURE LINOLEUM WPf5
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      291 3 Boz. 65 cts r Ask for ANDREWS in the NEW SMALL I ECONOMY TINS containing the jT 1 Si SAME QUANTITY as the former AftZ 35 cts bottles at a LOWER PRICE. V Hitherto you have bought your Andrews Liver Salt in 1 bottles. From now on it will reach
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTES ADMIRALTY COURT CRITICISM
    796 4 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES ADMIRALTY COURT CRITICISM Experts Conflict NORTH SEA FOG COLLISION npWO vessels which were involved in a collision in a fog in the North Sea on August 29 last, resulting in the sinking of one of them, were held equally to blame by the President, Sir Boyd Merriman,
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    130 4 Arrived by KLM plane Nandoe'' on May 7:— Mr. Filch, Mr. van .'Cnier, and Mr. F. V. Ash. Left by KLM plane "Nandoe" on May 7: For Fenang: Mr. J. G. Roosen.burg. For Bangkok: Mr. Th. J. A. Green. For Amsterdam: Mr. F. V. Ash, Mr.. G.
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    PASSENGERS LEAVING
    161 4 The following passengers are sailing to Europe by the "Boringia," which left Bl sg*H e A. Gerson. Master J. Gerson Miss S.Gerson. Mrs. r. Kris. Miss S. Knss, Miss JR. Kr ss. Mr J C Turner, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bmnerts Master R. E. Binnerts, Mr. and Mrs
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    PRESENT TO SWIMMER
    135 4 Expenditure Held Illegal THE Calcutta Corporation decided that the expenditure of Rs. 210 incured from the Corporation funds for the presentation of a set of diamond buttons to Mr P. K. Ghose, champion swimmer, be subscribed from amongst the councillors. This decision was arrived at following the
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      440 4 STEAMER SAILINGS British; INDIA (Incorporated In England). P 0. S. N. CO.'s SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Tonnage. Spore. 1938. RAJPUTANA 17,000 May 20 PANCHI 17 000 JUi:e I Somali 6,800 June 3 Sa 10.000 Junel RANPURA 17.000 Jug 1 BANGALORE 6,000 Jury RAWALPINDI 17.000 July p-orftt 10.000 July BHUTAN 6,100 July 30
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      539 4 j BANGKOK LINE. CHINA JAPAN LINE. j Luxurious One Class Motorships. Mort Big Cargo vessels with limited but S cabins Have Adjoining Private Bath, comfortable Passenger Accommoda- 1 To- Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, tion. S MS To: Port Said. Pa.estine. Rotterdam, S i FTONTA 31-5 31 5 1-6 2-6 Hamburg and
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      288 4 HAMIJURG-AMERIKA LIN IE Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (Companies incorporated in Germany). PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. OUTWARD. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due Spore 1938 ms. ASSUAN via Manila May 17 t mjs KULMERLAND via Manila May 25 s.s. NORDMARK via Manila Juu. 5 HOMEWARD. HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. Due
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      414 4 STEAMER SAILINGS TgjOy NORDDEI TS( HKR A LLOYD, BNQRnD ||iwWrll#| (Incorporated in Illoyd Qennany). The undernoted are the Cotnpa intended fixtures:— OUTWARD. For MANILA. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI NORTH CHINA and JAPAN Due S^pore. "SCHARNHORST" omit.? North China June *< "WIEGAND" omits Hongkc Shangai, N. China June 7 HOMEWARD. For HOLLAND, HAMBURG
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      420 5 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ;UC NOTICES Singapore Municipality TENDERSare now invited for the aterials or service. For Municipal Tender Room Date of Closing. 4 p.m., 24th May, 1938. 1 o Rotating reshmenia, etc., Sal m 1 swimming 12 noon, May 23, 1933. i joo Chi at into Coolie 12 noon, May 23,
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      583 5 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. SU25 E ™/S? TAT EFFECTS OF WONG HAN KONG, alias WONG HANG KVVONG. deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all p< rsons claiming to be next-of-kin or creditors or otherwise entitled to share in the distribution of the estate of the abovenamed WONG HAN KONG alias WONG
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      571 5 PUBLIC NOTICES BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45). IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Summary Case. In Bankruptcy. No. 388 of 1931. Re: P. J. DE ROZARIO, of No. 237, Ellison Buildings. Singapore, Clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Third Dividend is intended to be declared
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      463 5 PUBLIC NOTICES LN THE SUPREME COURT OF JOHORE. DISTRICT OF JOHORE BAHRU. Notice of Wage-earner's Administration Order. Name, of Debtor: ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL SAMAD. Address: 33, Jalan Skudai, Johore Bahru. Description: Peon, Religious Affairs Department, Johora Bahru. Number of Proceedings: J.B No 45 cf 1937. Date of which Wage-earner's Adminls--1937°
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      465 5 POSITIONS VAi ANT WANTED Chines stogie, experienced in rer tirs and up-keep of wireless •eta both mains and battery. Only ap- plieants with experience will be considered. Apply P.O. Box G69. lUANTED immediately by Solicitors' firm in Singapore, a Tamil clerk with experience in Court work. Apply Box 17G, c
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      210 5 I Chromium From .«8.00 18 ct. rolled gold 1100 Superior Quality Chromium From 14.00 18 c-. rolled .old 16.00 Stainless steel 16.00 Duty free in Malaya Opposite Clifford Pier i i For MONTHLY COMPLAINTS Take "Ladies Brown Pills" Full treatment—l bottle. PRICE SI. Sold by Mr. C. S. CHAN. I
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    PRODUCE
    186 6 Singapore, May 10. R. (Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $148 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $143 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $138 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 1 $220 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 2 $193 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 3 $185 Siam
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    413 6 LONDON COMMODITIES London. Tuesday. RUBBER Previous To-day Change Tone Quietest Firm Spot Buyers 5 5 8 5 7 3 Sellers 5? 4 6 /4 Ist Forward (June) Buyers 5 1116 5 15,16 -rU oellers 5 3 4 6 md Forward (July Sept» Buyers 5 3 4 6
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    LONDON UNMOVED BY ALARMS
    1084 6 FRASER CO.'S WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Singapore, Tuesday. MESSRS. Fraser <S: Co., In their weekly markets report, state: Events of the past week have again beer full cf Incident. European politics again take up considerable space in the newspapers and many headlmess have been devoted to Herr
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    129 6 Singapore. May 11. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Anhui 20. Sheers Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Nil. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 2» Katcri Maru 18; Sarpedorv 14; Santhia 11; Diomed a: Kepong 7. Empire Deck (Entrance Gate 2) City af Athens
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    67 6 Kedah, British, 1.033 tons from Belawan 10.5 to E-Uawan 12.5. Nieuw Holland; Dutch. 11.067 tons. from Adelaide 10.5 to Java 20.5. I Sarpedon. British. 11.381 tons; from Takubar 10.5 to Glasgow 18.5. Palopo; Dutch. 1,170 tons, from Cheribon 10.5 to Penang 11.5. Kuantan; British. 1,150 tons from Malacca
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    106 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Tuesday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. May) 195 8 197;, Good F.A.Q. in bales 'F. 0.8. May 1 18 &16 18 13 16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-looset (awardable Spore) 19 3 8 19V2 do. May 195
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    To-day's Diary Of Events
    190 6 SPORT Football: S.AF..I. Div L Loyal Regt v. S.C.C. Stadium; Friendly. R.A.F (H.Qj v. S.RC. S.R.C. Singapore Races: Fourth Day. AMUSEMENTS ALHAMBRA: "Big Town Girl." 3 15,6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Romance For Three," 3.15. 6.15 and 9 15 p.m. T.APITOL: "The Women Men Marry." 3.15.
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    Claims Against Japan
    159 6 Reuter. London, May 9 IN reply to a question to-day 111 I Commons by Mr. Wardlaw Milne, w regard to the British claims for compeu sation for damage to their property Shanghai and how long they would to wait before receiving compen>au^ Mr. Butler stated th* Mr
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      436 6 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 4 CAPITAL: 1 Authorised $40,000,000.00. Issued and Paid tip S 10,000,000.00. j HEID OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. jj TELEPHONES i Managing Director 3172 Secretary 4944 General Manager 3513 Accountant 3026 Telegraphic Address: -OVERSEA." j LONDON BANKERS: fO\ NEW
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      139 6 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. i (Incorporated In Straits Settlements and registered as a Trust Company). Guaranteed and controlled by The Mercantile Bank of India, Limited. The Company, having the necessary powers, is prepared to undertake Executor and Trustee Business and ail other work authorised by Section 7
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    715 7 (Quotation Uy Fraser And Co. MINING Singapore, May 10, 5 p.m. Fraser Co. Buyers Sellers 4 4 6xd 28 30!- ;al Malay 42 6 47 6nom Hit am 21 22 Weng 0.60 0.65 Tin 20 3 21 3 1.35 1.42 1 2 Bis lay 21 21
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    EXCHANGES
    204 7 Hie following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING Singapore. May 10. London T.T. 2 3 11 16 London demand 2 3 1116 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 2504 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand
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    AMERICAN MARKET DAILY REPORT
    600 7 By S. E. Levy Swan, Culbertson Fritz Singapore, May 11. WE are indebted to Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., and Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, Singapore, for the following on American Market conditions:— Messrs. White. Weld and Co., New Yoik, report to us by cable
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    124 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. May 10. 5 p m Company Dividend Books Total for v close financial Date Ji'x Div. year TIV Payable Date to date Amnat Tin 5% less tax Apr. 21 May 13 Apr. 22 8% Lahat *W* Final May 18 Pahang Consol 10% Int
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
    223 7 Co., Ltd., $30,000 nnm 30, Oct. 31.. 95 105 norn Sl -N'GAPORE MUNICIPAL: 1-40 $400,000 Int. nnm 31 Sept. 30..! 100 102 norn 10m 1947 $1,600,000 Int. n M m 31, Sept. 30.T!T. 105 107 norn I 1955 $1,000,000 Int. < 0t30..... 110 112 norn I 1963
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    167 7 Report By Fraser And Co. M TX T Singapore. May 11. INING. Tin three .months £108.15.0 up 15-. spot £168.0.0 up 10- and New York 38 cents up 8 cent. Cables from London disclose quite a number of substantial buying orders for Sterling tin shares this morning,
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    TIN
    21 7 Singapore, May 11. fhf pnee of tin at noon in Si°2»poie 10-day was:— $84V4 (up HVn). London Spot £167.15.0 (unchanged).
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    RUBBER
    19 7 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— Buyers 59% up i 2) Sellers 201 (UP
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    Lyall And Evatt's Share Quotations
    326 7 Singapore. May 11 MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat 4 jo y d Ayer Hitam 20 6 216 Eangrins 20 6 ,21 6 tatu Sejangor 1 37 142 Ohanderianga 13 6 14 6 Hitam Tin 0.35 0.4u Hongkong Tin 20 21 Hong Fatts 1 ft'> 1 M
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    31 7 The Belgian Chamber has pussed a Bill establishing a 40-hour week in the diamond industry, thus giving legal force to what has been the rule In the Industry for several months.
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    29 7 The window presented by the British Army to the Cathedral at Ypres was dedicated by the Dean on Saturday. May 21. The King of the Belgians attended the service.
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    MILITARY DICTATORSHIP DOOMED?
    175 7 Reuter. London May 10. IN an editorial comment to-day, the Manchester Guardian says that the Japanese public had been led for years on tales of Japan's invincibility and that China was peopled by cowards and weaklings. Now they must learn that they are committed to a grim
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    L.C.C. LOAN FOR SLUMS PLAN
    137 7 British Official Wrieless. mmm mm London. May 10. Underwriting has commenced on a London County Council loan pi n0.C00.000 at three and a hall per cent, to be issued at 101. tedeemable 1968 to 1973 At to-day's meeting of the fin; committee of the London
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    TWO NIGHT FIRES ON FRENCH SHIP
    68 7 Reuter. Le Havre. Mar 10. TWO separate and distinct outbreaks 1 of fir? occurred aboard the French liner Champion last night. One was in the cabin, and the other in the butler's stores. There i* no reason to be'ieve they are due to sabotage
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    NEWFOUNDLAND'S RECOVERY
    75 7 British Official Wrieless. London. May 10. FN a Commons answer to-day th° Dominions Secretary, Mr Malcolm Macdonald, sari ther* waa c rtainly no doubt as to the substantial economic progress made In Newfoundland under the commission of the Government. He added that the process cf recovery must necessarily
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    1,200 Students On Strike
    80 7 (United Press.) Karachi, May 6 TO DAY is the second day of the strike in the Oujra; V:dy!aya which was started by 1.200 students, mad" and female, in sympathy with the two Principals who ware suspended by the School Committee The strikers demonstrate this morning before
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    FRENCH SHIPPING DECLINE
    665 7 Owners' Criticism URGENT NEED FOR NEW TONNAGE ipHE French Mercantile Marine, i:k. j its foreign competitors, profited by the increase in traffic and the improvement in rates, states the general secretary of the Central Committee of French Shipowners If. Jacques Marchegay, in his annual report. Two things,
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    144 8 Mails expetted from China and Japan 'oy the Katori Maru due at Sinuapore to-day. Mails expected from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) by Air »XL.M.» to-day. Deliveries of boxholders' letters only 54 Q p.m. to-day and general delivery oi" letter 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    23 8 Tic z.:,. KepCCtu for Slam (Farcels i»nly>. Mails pr »vicnsiy announced as a* li 4ir». to-day wi'i now close at 7
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    LATE ARRIVAL OF "ROHNA"
    47 8 The Eastfcound Borop: mail cx 81. "Rohna" bt expected to arrive at Penang ut 1 p.m. to-morrow. lhe proba'cle date and time of delivery o[ the mails will be announced n the Pest Office Daiiy List a> sOOn as definite information is available
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    36 8 Mr. Arthur Hooton. a barister and son oi the Director of Education at Lincoln, i to be adopted by the local ConservaLvfi Asscciaticn as the prospective National Conservative candidate for the Clay Cross Division of Derbyshire.
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    RESUMED CONTROL OFF SPAIN?
    67 8 Reuter. London. May TT is understood that the q land and sea control in Sp been settled satisfactorily betwe< British and French govern vate discussions. It is expi I other members of the committee will find no ci:'. agreeing with this point. Discussions continue ta rej
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      110 8 CLUB DIARY OF EVENTS [There are numerous Clubs in Singa pore members of which are readers >: i ihe "Malaya Tribune:'. This Diary U provided specially for < hi m. Secretaries arc invited to co-operaie in keeping it up-to-date and complete. Httppenings of general interest mil still be included in
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    2,750-Mile Tour Of Republican Spain
    116 9 PEOPLE GO SHORT FOR SOLDIERS SpaciaJ C With The Republican Forces) Barcelona. ,s1 returned from a 2,750-mi! c motor lour of Republican during whr-h I lound discipline and cheerfulness everyi,,!.- of hardships. I visited the front able points, ate. slept men ol the peoi nalisl
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    ROAD DANGERS
    135 9 .Li? was accorded urney, and the aili'ary chauffeur ■n setting out from 1: road traffic con- hiir. to "drive care- r cyclists, adding y and people are out untry excursions.* w ii tii :iv? form warned more i r r p.. at-. 1 t< foe v; a re
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    TRENCH EDUCATION
    102 9 fact th.it many p n had been at since the war ettin? home to '<seemed cheerful Oniv v. ne e tf the enemv'-s and cirerafr did v creep into their Wji'i r th 1 quiet at the front. l'dance with the eliminate illi- ■-•■v aie encouraged Culture sireng"Both
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    BOME SHELTERS
    54 9 r J women are Iters night and 01 boulevard :s -.'Hinds of excavated ">ffngios" (airSri? light CQUiP the villages of f ual cave-houses, rocks, in which have lived for r '-a-' 1 t< tu republican fleet ying ready to i! 's notice and j, th] Jlld of its
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    DANCERS CLEAN UP
    16 9 Jjng dross from, a J H. Clarke to clear up m boot lac-
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    HER GOOD TURN
    41 9 The King, accompanied lhe Queen and the two Princesses watch' d as 1,200 Bo> Stouts zoarcher: through the Grand Quadrangle at Windsor Castle. Fhoto show.v The Q'jten talking to a crippled Strut in an invalid chair at Windsor.
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    WOMAN ENGINE DRIVER IS 86
    120 9 Toronto. Ontario. THE only woman engine driver who ever woiked for the Canadian Pacific Railv.ay has celebrated her Buih birthday. Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilkinson becam*' an engine driver when, she and her husband were pioneering at Cartier and North Bay, Ontario. A divisional superintendent of
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    EUROPE TRIP FRAUD STORY
    158 9 DETIRED Indian architect Pherozu shah Fardoonii Ralsara told the m?gislrates at Brighton Polirp iw t how a chain of tc-'grams let h m, in pursuit of a will-o-the-wisD 120.000 "deal,' from London to Pans, Monte Caiio, Marseilles, Genoa and home again. Arthui Cardiff Mead, lorty-threc of
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    Unemployment Relief In Madras
    179 9 (United Press.) 'By Air Mail) Madras. Apr. 26. A PRESS Note issued by ;he Public Information Ministry says: The Minister for Labour and ludusiries held a conference to elicit the views of the representatives of the employers ond workers on his draft proposals for for unemployment,
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    American Town Wants Lancashire Family
    164 9 Boston (Mass), DEPORTATION proceedings »hich ibt I.S. Government has threatened **V*u i a luas ilc f have put fhc little textile town of Fairhavcn (Ma>s:• husctts) up ir aim A round-robin petition is being circulated in the town asking the government not to proceed with
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      567 10 1 n 4 ction-and-Thrill-packed M.G.M. Dramatic Triumph with the stars of Melody of 1938" and "Life of LOUIS PASTEUR" TOGETHER m^ mm^^mmm^a^m I OPENING TO-DAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 C APITOL 1 ONE CHANCE IN pETI TEN THOUSAND J L jPfe jhould the find- MURPHY A Beautiful woman was his josephine prey! But
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    GENEVA'S BAN ON COMMUNISM
    78 11 Heme aatl communist taw. which 1 was adopted by the Council ~j state ol the Canton of Gene- has worn been ratified by the National Council (Parlial,v II» votes to 42. ihe la i li thus placed nnder ,i guarantee, in Kpftta'ol ,n l and Conuminiat
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    VARIETY SHOW
    120 11 I or The Malayalee |>uilding Fund Malayalee Association is a \areiy entertainment at theatre on Saturday, May V :ji p.111 with a view to increasing 'J*,;; building rund. h: cn! >yable programme has t it including many dance and lented girls, an original, hei India tableau, and an
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    NEW BROTHER FOR 'QUINS
    17 11 :t:iada's famous quint npDionne, has given birth hei thirteenth child—a boy, weighty Tftft
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    6-DAY RACE IS HER FOR TUNE
    153 11  -  (By Air Mail London, May 3. DtlNT. thr wife of a £5,000-a-year eycllng champion is not easy accord ing to JuM-phine Van Kempen, wife of Piet Van Kempen, winner of l«vi vear\ international six-day cycle race. '.fiit be:>an a t the EmWembley, recently. >
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    TANGLIN BLACK-OUT
    42 11 Normal Lighting Defect Kesponsible A black-out of a part of the Park un dktrict— Holland Road, the Road Hill, Ridout Road R< ad- occurred yesterday in that area failed at the failure is attributed feet, a Tribune represenaformed last night.
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    SUMMONED TO SHOW CAUSE
    122 11 Singapore, Tuesday. rshow cause why he should not be required to enter into a bond for $50 and also to give security by a bond of one surety in the sum of $50 each to keep the peace for a term of three months under Section
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    Britain Exiles Showgirl After Wrecked Romance
    353 11 Britain Exiles Show girl After Wrecked Romance ,f girl? Why did I seefr adventtir«and romance. be deserted at jast and refused my country—my English home?" EffflSSS/ ir, i and Dride of h€r Wends Z h she was b0 wept ?ral?ce she COuld not lea ;o fj^s^ai was fined ab °ut
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    PLANES SAVE 184 FROM ARCTIC
    124 11  -  (By Air Mail t Moscow. May 3. COVIET aviation wrote another epic of Polar heroism with the miss rescue by three aeroplanes of 181 marooned men, women and children Their ships jammed in th* ice. thev had been isolated since last October, and were in
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    NAVAL A.D.C. TO THE KING
    32 11 Admiral Sir Roger R.C. Backhou is to be principal Naval aide-de-camp to the King, in succession to Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl of Cork and Orrery.
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    BATTLE WITH STORM—OF DUST
    121 11 BATTLE WITH STORM —OF DUST Port Elizabeth. 1 SHIP which was smothered in a dust storm in mid-ocean has docked here. She is the Swedish tramp Troja, commanded by Captain Bohn. Fine sand began to rain on the vessel when she was making her way south well out to sea
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    VAULT OCCUPIED
    106 11 Paris. WHEN M. Rapult of Paris was arranging for his mother-in-law's funeral, he found to his consternation that tile large family vault which his father had had built in the Montparnasse cemetery already contained live bodies. As it was impossible to have the bocies removed, he had to
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    MRS. LEE WAI HEE
    102 11 Selangor Chinese Resident's Death THE death has occurred ol Mrs. Loe Wai Hee, wife of one of 8elangor*s leading miners, and mother-in-law or Mr. One Kah Lock the locel contractor The popularity of and the high etecm in which she was held was eloquently testified to
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    67 12 TAN—Mrs. Tan Te.-k Hee < nee GOO Hee Tlan) on 9th May, 1938 at her residence No. 14-2. Ah Hood Road, Singppcre. She leaves behind her husband. 2 scr.s, 3 daughters, one son-in-law, 2 grand-sons, and one grand daughter to mourn her loss. Funeral en May 15.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    44 12 Mr. ancl Mrs. J. W. Monteiro and fam'lv wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral of the late Vincen Nelson Cashin. as well as to all tho*e who sent wreaths and letters of con dolence.
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    CHANGE IN WHITEHALL
    759 12 SUCCEEDING to the barony on the death ol his octogenarian father, lord Harlech, the Secretary of State for the Colonies is expected to resign office within the next feu days and retire from active politics, a move which he foreshadowed many months ago when he stated that
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    Critic's Praise Of Girl Musician
    169 12 WARM tribute to the musical ft ability of Miss Joan Trump, stop-daughter of the Hon. Mr. W. E. Pepys, General Adviser, Johoi'». is paid by the musical critic of the Nici M Erlaireur." Miss Trump is studying the piano at Albert Tadiewski's Studio ol Mu**c
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    COTTAGE FAIR
    85 12 $1,000 For St. Andrew's Mission Sanatorium The Cottage Fair held at. the Victoria Memorial Hail on Thursday in aid of St. Andrew's Mission Sanatorium proved to be highly satisfactory from a financial pcint of view, resulting in a cheque for $1,000 being sent to the Treasurer of the
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    33 12 The Hon. Mr. A. S. Small, Colonial Secretary accompanied by the Financial p*cret*ry. Mr. h. Weisburg is visiting the Al-Junied Islamic School, to-mor-row in connection with the birthday celebrations of the Prophet Moharrted.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS The Family Dugout
    234 12 NOTES COMMENTS The Family Dugout IN view of the extensive preparations against possible air raids in practically every country, it is not difficult to imagine that the time will come when advertisements of property to sell or let will contain such items us "a commoci- ous and completely equipped dugout,"
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    China's Chances
    334 12 ACCORDING to Chinese dospatches, severe fighting has been going un in the South Shantung sector, with both sides unable to gain any appreciable ground. The ability of the Chinese forces to withstand the terrific bom- bardments of the combined Japanese infantry, artillery art' kir units without their p.
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    The Truth-Seekers
    194 12 JT has often been said that since the world has gone topsy-turvy ai the result of self-interest, pride, envy, vulgar ambition ahd every* kind of lniqu.t0OS emotion, the only class of humai beings who can be counted on to meet together and tali; With sanity are scientific men.
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    New Air Route
    228 12 JIM MOLLISOX, the airman, has not been figuring in newspaper headlines a great deal of late, but that is because he has been working sjaietij behind the scenes. It appears he fa is plans for commercialising the Great Circle route from Australia to England. Is this a
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    237 12 By "Looker On" DE not alarmed. Their isn't going to be any war. What do you think v.v employ diplomats for? a And many a girl has dropped a handkerchief and picked up a husband. While digging in his garden the other afternoon, a correspondent unearthed
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    FIREWORKS EXPECTED AT LEAGUE COUNCIL
    363 13 Negus Will Hear Abyssinia Debate Reuter. JT has been announced by the Ethiopian legation in London that Haile Selassie, who earlier was said to have decided not to go to Geneva, has altered his plans and is now en route. He intends to hear the
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    Recruiting Still Brisk
    48 13 British Official Wireless. London, May 10. RECRUITING for_ the Regular Army continues to run at a high level compared with a year ago. Figures for the London area las., week show the number of enlistments to be more than doubled at 113. —British Official Wireless.
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    Ireland Bill For Lords
    35 13 Reuter. London, May 10. THE House of Commons parsed the third reading to-day of the Eire (Confirmation of Agreements* Bill without a division and the bill was sent to the Lords.—Reuter.
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    Search For Mystery Arctic Isle
    115 13 Copenhagen, May 10. n r I nunc Koch, well-knmcn exD tea to-day from King's gen. in search of ay and believed to exist in lie Ocean and also to visit nr Koch who arrived at Kina's Aoril bit o*r, beWeve* 'ftaf he lhe ohantom island
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    BRITAIN TACKLING FIRE RISKS
    193 13 London, May 10. N wing the second reading in the 1 ,nm< n> »»t the'first measures dealing with tire precautions which had been before Parliament for more than 4i> years and the first legislatitn to pla< c "ii local legal •Migations to arrange for efficient Ire
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    18 13 Mr. C. M. Salinger, of the Royal Engineers, was drowned at Sidi Bishr flexandria when his sailing-boat capsized.
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    13 DEATHS IN AIR CRASHES
    54 13 Reuter. London, May 10. 10-DAY lias been a disastrous day for Service planes, no facer t\ha 13 deaths being recorded. E'ght were killed in four accidents in Britain, tao bombers, one tighter id one trainer machine being wrecked, while five were killed when a French
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    Wartime Oil Stores
    119 13 Reuter. London. May 10. THE Government purchase of whale oil for war emergency purposes, announced by Sir John Simon in the recent Budget sne.cch, was the subject of a question in the Commons by Sir Robert Rankin, who whether it would nave been possible to purchase palm
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    JAPAN'S NEW DRIVE WILL FAIL
    318 13 Shanghai. May 11. enemy on the south of the Huai River are proceeding north by way of Mongcheng in order to join their comrades in Taming for a big push towards Weiteh. In this way they hope tc encircle the Chinese in Shantung. The Chinese
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    BALLOON BARRAGE FOR LONDON
    85 13 Reuter. London, May 10. rHE formation on May 16 of three new balloon barrage squadrons of the aux'liarv Air Force, which' will be f he first units to be organised in the nev. balloon barrage group, Is announced by the Air If'nistrv i A total of
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    DUTCH CLOSE FRONTIER
    92 13 Reuter. The Hague, May 10 fT has been decided to close the Dutch frontier owing to the recent heavy influx cf 1-jrcitn fugitives into "olland. Two trto'sa**' 1 Austrian Jews trterea Holland Ln the la-t two months Fifteen thousand German immigrants have naised in me past two
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    Singapore Will
    30 13 Reuter. Lcndon, May 10. Mr Percival Lloyd Williams, director of Mansfield and Co.. Singapore, left £67,000. including £5,000 for each of three married lady friends or their husbands.—Reuter
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    22 13 At a Senatorial by-election at Pantin, an outer Faris suburb, a candidate named Hitler obtained two votes of an electorate of 1,252.
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    24 13 The railway between Vilna and Kovno has been recaired after an interval of 18 years the firstfruits of the PolishT.illiuanian agreement Of March 19.
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    REVOLT RUMOURS DENIED
    106 13 Central America Mystery Reuter. REPORTS from Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, stating that a revolt has broken out in Bolivia, are denied in other messages from Chaco. It was reported that an outbreak followed the shooting of Colonei Cardena! lor his part in the Chaco revolution of last
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    41 13 The export of citrus fruits, which accounted for about 83 per cent, of Palestine's export trade in 1937, reached a new level when by April 5 11,000.000 cases had been exported. This is nearly 1,000,000 more than in the past season.
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    KING & QUEEN OPEN GLASGOW SHOW
    113 13 KING QUEEN OPEN GLASGOW SHOW Glasgow's ten million pounds empire exhibition, in the ground* of Beuahoustan Park, Glasgow, was opened last week, by the King and Quezn, who received a tumuttuon welcome from ihc people of Wanned on a lavish s ale, the exhibition row prises on even more complete
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    12 DEAD IN WORST MINE MISHAP FOR FOUR YEARS
    382 13 London, May 10. CEVENTY-TWO miners were killed and Hi injured in the worst mine disaster in Britain since 1934, which occurred at Markham Colliery, Derbyshire, early this morning. A dmble explosion occurred in a shale seam S9O feet below ground while
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    MAYO COMPOSITE ON TRIALS
    112 13 Successful Flight At Felixstowe Reuter. London, May 10. THE Mayo Composite Aircraft, now undergoing official Air Ministry trials at Felixstowe, to-day made its first official separation flight, carrying a full Atlantic load. Two Air Force test pilots were at fhe controls of the seaplane Mercury and
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    CHINESE ONLY TWENTY MILES FROM TSINING
    522 14 SEVERE FIGHTING IN PUCHOW Hankow, Tuesday. SEVERE fighting has been in progress around Tsining (a strategic point in relation to the TientsinPukow railway) which Chinese circles beiievc are but a preliminary to the major battle which is imminent. A large number of Japanese troops
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    H.E. GOING TO KUALA LUMPUR
    53 14 PrrvftP LSS ernor ac s om Panied by the «H?i Secretary and Aide-de-Camp, will leave Singapore by train on the 2££S f ay 19 on visft to Kuala Lumpur. H.E. will return by the nfch* on al thp 0 25 arrivin S at Single on
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    CHINESE GIRL MISSING
    81 14 (From Our Oicn Correspondent) Taiping. Tuesday. REPORT has been lodged at the Taiping Police Station to the effect that a girl named Miss Ng Peik Chan, aged 22 years, is missing. It is alleged that the girl had a quarrel with her younger sister early on the
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    ITALIAN AIR FORCE DEMONSTRATION
    201 14 Dictators Watch Aerial Display Rome, May 8. THE big Italian air force manoeuvres cancelled yesterday owing to bad weather took place at Furbara air base to-day in the presence of King Victor, Hitler and Mussolini. The Italians deny that Italy has abandoned her interest in Central
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT
    95 14 Complaints To Local Police AN Indian was arrested yesterday by n the police, alleged to have assaulted a compatriot, while the latter was walking along Jalan Besar on Monday afternoon, and robbed him of $16.28 cash. That $75.65 cash was stolen from his house at 60, Peak Street,
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    JOHORE PRIVATE BOUND OVER
    166 14 Guilty Plea To Theft Of Clothes (From Our Own Reporter) Muar, Tuesday. "IN view of your age I am not going 1 to send you to prison," said Inche Mahmood bin Mohamad Shah, First Magistrate, when he bound over Ahmad bin Abdul Kadir, a young private
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    NOEL COWARD FINED
    42 14 ««h C 2 ward the fam^us composer and producer, was fined £2 10s at Bolton for speeding—and was given a week in which to pay—because he is abroad. He ls reputed to have made £100 out of "Cavalcade" alone.
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    VISITING BUDDHIST
    44 14 Brahmachari Devapriya Valisinha. 8.A., general secretary of the MahaBodhi Society, Calcutta, who arrived hei\s by train from up-country this morning. He was met on arrival by Dr. A. Weerekoon, President of the Singapore Buddhist Association, and many members of that body.— Tribune.
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    POSSESSED ILLICIT SAMSU
    152 14 Chinese Convicted At Muar (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Tuesday. "I admit carrying the two tins but I did not know what they contained. I was paid to carry them.'" said Toh Yeo when he was charged before Inche Mahmood bin Mohamad Shah this morning with being
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    4 CHILDREN LOST IN 6 DAYS
    110 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. THE pathetic tale of how an aged Chinese widow lost her four children within six days was related to a Tribune representative. The woman living in a small shanty on the outskirts of Ipoh in the vicinity of
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    30 14 Said to have been assaulted by a woman with an empty bottle in a house at Canal Road yesterday afternoon, another woman received a small lacerated wound over the scalp.
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    JOINT HOSPITALS APPEAL
    100 14 British Official Wireless. London, May 10. FOR the second year London hospitals have combined in an appeal to the public on a single .flag day in place of the former larger number of separate clays spaced through the year. The King and Queen and the little princesses
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    AT THE CINEMAS "ROMANCE FOR THREE"
    184 14 Refreshing Comedy At The Pavilion "DOMANCE FOR THREE" which opened at the Pavilion last night is one of those rare and refreshing comedies that is gay an* exciting without going too near the border limit of farce. It is beautifully acted amid excellent scenery,
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    153 14 Song Hits In "Big Town Girl" THREE new song hits, Argentine Swing, 1 Don't Throw Kisses, and I'll Settle For Love, are introduced in "Big Town Girl." v/ith Claire Trevor which opened at the Alhambra Theatre, yesterday. It has often been stated that anything can happen to a
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    MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY
    316 14 Celebrations In Singapore Singapore, Wednesday. THE AH-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society of Singapore has arranged an elaborate programme for the celebrations of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, which falls to-morrow. The programme began with a radio talk from the 8.M8.C. station on Monday in Malay by Inche Tamby
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    Japanese Move South To Amoy
    136 14 Reuter. Amoy, Muv |fc AFTER a naval bombardn.i M af a.m to-day, Japant forrJ attacked Amoy Island! Japanese planes dropped Kulangsu intimctin» that forces had occupied Amoj 1 were clearing off the Chini requesting foreigners to Island and foreign h p ta of Amoy waters,
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    PLEASURE TRIP TO MEDAN
    236 14 Penang Residents Charter Plane (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday JUST back from a pleasure trip to •J Medan in a specially chartered K.N.I.L.M. "Douglas D.C 2" plane party of well-known local residents including many ladies were met on irdval at the airport, Bayan Lepas, by
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    Budget Crisis In Brussels
    92 14 Reuter. Brussels, May 10. SHOWERS of leaflets, demanding the dissolution of Parliament, fluttered from the crowded public galleries in the Chamber during a speech of the Finam c Minister, M. Soudan. Estimates of the budget deficit have been difficult to determine but it la now clear
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    FIRM HAND IN SHANGHAI
    91 14 Reuter. Shanghai, May lv THE determination of the British mill- tary authorities to maintain the Intel rrty of the British defence sector was emphasised again to-night when a detachment of steel-helmeted Seaforth Highlanders turned out in Nanking Road near the great Chinese department -stores, following a
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    JUMPED FROM WINDOW OF POLICE STATION
    351 15 INQUEST ON INDIAN INFORMER ogapore, Tuesday. masamJ was found tres*f the AsUtk Inspectors' on the first flocr of the police Station on the V Apr. and in an endea•irrost, jumped from a f the quarters to the ground s received in jures wh?ch tth,
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    HITLER TALKS TO ROME CROWDS
    24 15 Hitlev and iv^ 6 uctoi lunmanneiol kva±y, ifcc**vk~g *ue ai»»«A«se of the crowds during the Fuehrers visit to Komi
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    31 15 The exports of dry rubber from Mv laya and Brunei during the month i were as follows: Mainland 30.066 tons; Straits Settlements Islands 95 tons, and Brunei 58 tons.
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    Sultan Of Perak's Birthday
    205 15 Subjects Flock To Capital (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Kangsar. Tuesday. TO-DAY is the 57th birthday and th 1 20th year vi the reign oi our beloved Ruler, His Highness Sir PadiUtaW Sultan Iskandar shah Ibni AWrtJJ Sultan Idris Rahmat JJ llah Shah. X C M.G..
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    GIRL IN ROAD ACCIDENT
    133 15 Knocked down i>y a ear a! the ninth Mileston Changl Road, yesterday afternoon, a Chinese sustained a lacerated wound over the .sculp and was bleed.nn lrom the right ear. He lost consciousness. While running acrosi the road, a 4-vear-old Chinese girl was knocked down by a
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    MR. TAN CHENG LOCK
    247 15 Resigns Prom The S.S.A." INURING a meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements Malacca Association, held on Apr. 21, a letter of resignation from Mr. Tan Cheng Lock. C.8.E., was tabled. Thus was accepted with regret, and the hon. secretary was asked to write to
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    36 15 Haji Busu bin Noh, Registrar of the Supreme Court, and family together with Inche Dol of the office of the Commissioner of Lands and Mines. Tiengganu. will be spending a short holiday at Brastagi next week.
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    "SECRET SIX" VANISH WHILE SPYING IN SPAIN FOR BRITAIN
    268 15  -  <Bv Air Mail London May 3 S IX C The V DOlic^av« V no^beeifInformed. No broadcast messages been »Sinp for heln No description of these men has been circulated. F nie six P men who have vanished since the beginning of
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    33 15 By order of King Carol all Rumanian villages are to have fire-fighting appliances as soon as the money for them can lao found, and in-themeantime-every village ls to begin training a fire brigade.
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    Malacca News
    110 15 (From Our Own Correspondent I Malacca. Tuesday. THE engagement is announced of Mr. Yoong Tee Pow. third son of Ton kav Yoong Kee Shian. Malacca and Miss Ho Yew Fon. fourth daughter 0l Mr. and Mrs. Ho Tye Yee. of MalacC; Miss Ho is in the nursing staff
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    AUSTRALIANS CONTINUE TO WIN BY INNINGS MARGIN New Zealander Gets First Century Against Tourists Paynter Hits Up 291 Runs
    420 16 AUSTRALIANS CONTINUE TO WIN BY INNINGS MARGIN New Zealander Gets First Century Against Tourists Pay nter Hits Up 291 Runs VS. HANTS Both Langridges Score Centuries Reuter. rj'HE Australians, who started their England tour with an innings win ovrr Worcestershire and then beat Oxford University by a similar margin, repeated
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    Ladies' Golf
    109 16 The fojlcwing is the draw for the first round 01 fee S ngapore Golf Club Ladies' Durrer i Cup competition to be played on rnursd&y, May 19 Mrs. Ncwey v. Mis. J. Wcrmaid. Mrs L. M. Mitchell v .Mrs. D G Moore Mrs. P. G. Pollard Mrs. J.
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    Business Houses League Soccer
    344 16  -  Bankers Beat Publishers By Rover Oversea Bank. .5; Publishers. 0. ANE-SIDED though keen soccer was V provided at the YM.C.A. ground when the Oversea Ch nase Bank beat the MP.H. by s—o in a Business Houses Leagu: fixture yesterday. The Bankers displayed Rood ball control and
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    AMATEUR GOLFERS IN FORM
    597 16  -  Extension Of Walker Cup Trial List Is Wise (By Air Mail ]VfOST of my impressions from the centred en our amateur players especially seme of those engaged in the ftallccr Cup trial curly next mcnth writes Henry Cotton "in £c Haws cf the VVcrld. m^ m
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    YACHTING EVENTS AT THE R.S.Y.C.
    477 16 White Heatfter Witts Lemberger Cup On Aggregate rE second race for the Cup presented by Flight Licptenant A. W. Macdonald, R.A.F.. was sailed at the R.S.Y.C. on Sunday by the "B" class One of the coiiditiohs Is that only Corir*h;an orcY>: are allowed. The race
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    Penang Cancels Extra Race Meeting
    30 16 TifflS Penang Turf Club have de--s cided not to hold their Extra Meeting on June 24 and 25 and the same has. accordingly, been cancelled.
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    G.G.C. Ladies' Golf
    57 16 The ladies' Robinson Cup competition played at the Garrison Goit Club durn-o j iast week, resulted in a win for Mrs. J. U Newman with a return cf 2 down. 1 'the following were tne best returns Mrs. J. D. Newman 2 down Mrs. T. H. DogUid
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    Davis Cup Tennis
    42 16 Reuter Wireless. Harrogate. May 11. ID the Davis Cup, Great Britain eliminated Rumania by three matches to L WC. Schmidt beat Jones 6—3. 6—l o— C 6 1 fi~n r ld S ye CaroluUs b-3. 6—o, 6—3 Reuter Wireless
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    S.C.C. Lawn Tennis
    32 16 \t r c Chemist on *s v Wi.so v ii! be pjaysd at fhcSC CT morrow and the final, between m c raday: SmiLh wL?I be *jfed Si 1
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    Skins Beat Fort Canning At Tanglin
    288 16 Second Division Of League Skins II 3; Fort Canning 0 IN the Second Division of the S F i 1 League at Tanglin yesterday the second string defeated Fort c tL*7° T hG Fort were weak m defence trie forwards feeble in the Koalmrm
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    POLICE BEAT R.A.F. (H.Q.)
    121 16 A Police eleven decisi A R.A.F. Headquarters 'cam ths Depot yesterday. Ths 3 n score in no way flattered the winners, who dora aaf cd the game throughput After r > minutes constant ores;-mv. RAHMAN took advantage of a misunderstanding between the R A F. backs
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    FOURTH DAY OF SUMMER RACES TO-DAY'S EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    717 17 .MOTHER AFTERNOON'S GOOD SPORT PROMISED the card of events arranged foi this afternoon at Bukit i fourth day of the Summer (Governor's Cup) race meetfturf C'.ub. The double tote will be drawn on races 6 sweep on ra?e 8. horses
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    Sappers Beat Gunners At Changi
    196 17 First Division Soccer ni: 3; X.A 1 niSIM.AYINO greater opportunism sJ the Royal Engineers took full points irom the K.A. in the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League at Chsnfi ye i tcrday with a 3 —l victory. Tha Sapper.. held the Upper hand for
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    The Derby
    26 17 Reuter. latest London betting on the Derby: 7 4 Pasch 14 1 Pound Foolish 16 I Mir/a 20 Greenwich All were taken and offered.—Reuter
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    RACE SELECTIONS BY "ARGUS"
    54 17 SELECTIONS by u Arroa" ft* today s races at Bukit. limah are as follows: Race I:—INEZ Just My lack Race 2:—LORD CRAY Nr wzy Race 3: COMMA Queen Been R*4 I:—MLRIDEN Gee Up Race S:—ST. CHARLES Miss Wendy Rac (I:—PROHIBITION Stailight Race 7:— TOURNIQUET Bilsdt an
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis
    136 17 In the y.M.C.A. tennis tournameiv the men's Double:; Match arranged fo to-day is postponed but the othe fixtures will be play« d To-morrow, the ties for last Monda will be played ofT. FRIDAYS TIES Men's Doubles: R. E. Meyer and J Manasseh vs. Dr. G. Handas and T
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    To-Day's Soccer
    52 17 S.C.C. Ist XT vs. Loyal Regt. in the First Division of the S CPA. League today at the Stadium: E. C. Cherringt a; T.*C. liamiyn. F. A. McCafTery; P. cv gtiff, K. C. Gillctt, J. .Velsh; J. E. D. Graham. P.. A. Forbes, A. B. Minns. H. Echelsheirn.
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    George Pope England's Reply To O'Reilly In Tests?
    180 18 SPORTS JOTTINGS FROM HERE AND THERE AMONG England's many promising bowlers is there one who will prove to be the answer to Don Brad man That is net the least difficult problem the four Test S, Actors will try to solve, and
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    England's Bowling Strength
    174 18 GEOPGE Pope is a fast-medium bowler. For her fast bowlers England is like!y to relv on G. O. Allen and X. Fames. I believe the bowline: of these two will prove a ereater menace to the o?i wickcts than it d in A" v.i'ia, where the spinners
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    Too Much Lawn Tennis?
    263 18 MO proposal has aroused n ore .lis- i in the lawn tennis world than the suggestion to hold the Davis Cup Competition in alternate jears instead of every year. The points in favour of the alteration were set out in the comprehensive memorandum drawn up by
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    Wooderson's Mit, And Cunningham's
    167 18 THE recent announcement that Sidnc*' Wocderson's world mile record of 1 minutes 6.4 seconds, set up at Motsnni Park last year, had been ratified bv the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Paris was quickly followed by the news that G. Cunningham, the trree American miler. had
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    Longer Strides, For And Against
    167 18 SHOULD runners try to increase the length of their strides? This question is important to athletes and their answers are by no means unanimous Conflicting views on the subject are expressed In Athletics", a useful contribution to sporting literature written by members of the Achilles
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    Earl McCready
    106 18 PARL MCCREADY. champion wrestler of the British Empire, who arrived in England recently from New Zealand soon discovered that the old catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling was not exactly flourishing in the home country having been largely ousted by the ugiv' and at times disgusting, "ajUin" stuff imported from
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    Olympic Games
    168 18 i ne International Olympic Committee, I meet lv at Cairo, have decided after I a.) to held the 1940 Games at Tokyo. t t ee.sion is not likely to receive nuich support from athletes in Great I Britain rnd the Dominions. The v>e-prrsident of ths Amateur! Athxtic Association
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    What England Offers Bobby Locke
    166 18 A warm welcome awaits Bobby Lockr when he again visits England, though there is bound to be disappo ntment in some circles that South Africa's most brilliant eolfer v ill not he entering for the Amateur Championship. His decision to turn professional was not surprising
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    World Golf Contest?
    171 18 The birth of the European Golf Association, to which fourteen countries are affiliated, raises the question of a European championship. A world contest, run on Davis Cup lines, is a definite possibility cf the iuture. It is argued that what cm be nis can be done for
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    Fathers And Sons In Spon
    150 18 LORD Aberaure. in Egypt for the national Olympic Confer ti miss the Amateur Rack ts Char;, ."hips at Queen's Club, and th? will seem strange without him I Aberdar.e has won the double- e; seven times, five times as the Hor C Bruce and twice
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    Batu Pahat Soccer
    188 18 (F" r fl Our Oxn Correspond, i Batu Pahat, May I. MAKING their debut un tb yesterday. Batu I Malay Teachers As a friendly match to Chinese Recreation Club by two to nil The game was keen and the <.;•- nese had to fight hard for victory.
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    MAN REQUESTS THAT HIS SON BE SHOT
    924 19 Dramatic Scene In Singapore Assize Court Singapore. Tuesday. "MANGGAL Singh, you have been m found guilty of an offence that may be punishable with penal servitude for life or with imprisonment for 10 years. "In passing sentence I take into account that you
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      1165 19 ON THE AIR TO-DAY When And Where To Listen In LONDON J SINGAPORE HONGKONG GS O 13 07 metres (2147 ™m); GSG 200 p.m. :-Interval. 5.20 p.m* Relay-Dance orchestra Sf metres (11.79 mcs) and GSO 6.00 p.m. :—Chinese Music—Teochew from the Roof Garden of the Hongkong 1M.76 metres (15.18 mcs)
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    Japan Prepares For Gas War
    524 20 FORMAL LEAGUE ACCUSATION Reuter. Geneva. May 10. A FORMAL accusation that Japan is on the point of using poison gas on :i largl RCide in ftrder to btl xV the Chinese resistance on the Shantung fr. tnt was made by Dr. Wellington Koo in a
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    MIDNIGHT ROBBERY
    115 20 Man Relieved Of $25 'From Our Own Correspondent\ Ipoh, Tuesday. A DARING mid-night robbery in which n the victim was severely assaulte has been reported to the Knmpar police It Is gathered that two Chinese armed with changkol handles entered the house of a compatriot at 1 a.m.
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    ix)hat fl&tuksiA. CbvL Saying GOVERNMENT'S DUTY
    311 20 Mr. S. F. David, of Kuala Lumpur, to-day urges Government to shoulder its l esponsibilities towards those who are genuinely destitute, and applauds the recent action of Mr. Justice Aiiken in quashing the sentence on a destitute Malay boy. We welcome intelligent letters on
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    A KLANG COMPLAINT
    226 20 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribunei t"i r —x wish to rut before the public and especially the Controller of Labour and the Indian Agent through tho columns of your to teemed journal, a matter regarding the medical examination cf dependents of labourers on estates, that
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    A PAGE FOR CEYLON READERS
    137 20 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir—The Indian page which you have recently started in your popular is undoubtedly meeting with the entire satisfaction of the vast educated Indian population in this country. Every Indian friend of mine (except a number who come from
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    TAIPING LAKES
    157 20 To the Editor of ihe Malaya Tribune. Sir.—The Taiping Lakes, which many have heard of and perhaps have seen, are the pride of the inhabitants of Taiping. They reveal Nature in all its cplendour to those who go there to seek recreation and to those who are interested
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    HEALTH INSPECTOR ASSOCIATION
    85 20 (To the Editor of ihe Mulaya Tribiair Sir,- May I be permitted a little s] ic< to suggest the formation of an All v layan Health or Sanitary Insp -Mors Association, if one is not existent present? This association would be of innnci. help to the health
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    133 20 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune> Sir, —The mere setting of another s grammatical errors may not be proof of i complete education but it goes a long wav to prove that some females have a better fundamental education with which to go forth and compete
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    285 20 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune> Sir,—May I have the courtesy of your columns to try and remove a misunderstanding which appears to be prevalent concerning the nature of the orthopaedic branch of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital which is going to be built a'
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    7 23 Sir M. Zafrullah Khan, it is understood,
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