Malaya Tribune, 31 May 1938

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVIL- -No. 128. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Tuesday, May 31, 1938 The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938 FIVE CENTS.
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      97 1 THE NEWS WITH YOUR BREAKFAST fry The T RIB CINE Platform Weighing Machines Pooiey'fl have been manufacturing scales for over a century, and loth \h t|w L of the railway traffic of Great Critain 'WS^^^*^' T s Nvt iLinc ON r tne l*°°^ e y weighing I*~ machines. The cheapest
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      212 1 Read The SUNDAY TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya I [build youb own bouse IN KATO.U NICE LOTS FOR SALE AT "GROVE EST ATE" AT INTERESTING PRICES MORTGAGES CAW RE ARRANGED Apply: CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME ORIENT MEYER CHAMBERS (3rd floor) PROPERTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR SALE: Town Properties Shophouses Terrace Houses Bungalows.
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    SON 'CUT OFF' BY WEDDING CLAIMS MILLIONAIRE'S FORTUNE
    322 2  -  Girl Thrashed His Father (By Air Mail New York, May 1& j J7LISHA Iluson AVaterman, estranged son of Frank D. Waterman, j millionaire fountain-pen magnate who died recently, started a legal battle for Ihe lion's share of the Waterman fortune. For fifteen
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    DID NOT KNOW HER HUSBAND
    90 2 Auckland, New Zealand. A WOMAN petitioning for divorce here has a total stranger as her husband. The woman said she was marked in 1900 and her husband deserted her in 1926. •'He left you in 1926 and you have not seen him since?" her solicitor
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    Dentists "Black List" Patients
    67 2 Helsinki. —A "Black List," of all patients who conveniently forget to pay •heir bills will be nubllshed shortly by the Association of Helsinki dentists tor private circulation among members. It is estimated that approximately 1 000 of Helsinki,s inhabitants owe the town's dentists a sum amounting
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    BULLETS FOLLOW BAPTISM
    137 2 Paris. A BAPTISMAL paity came to an abrupt end when five gipsy families, assembled for the celebrations, quarrelled and settled their differences by shooting. Four large families had been in vile.', by another gipsy family to a feast fo'lowlng a baptism at Silmont, near u-cny-en-Barrols, in the
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    GIRLS PREFER YOUNG MEN
    58 2 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One thousand girl students at the University of Pittsburgh were asked to v..te on whether they would prefer to irarry an elderly man offering a large income and security or "a nico but poor youth." Sixty-* ne per cent, chose the youth. The remainder
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    MONKEYS CAUSE PANIC IN A CITY
    246 2 Halifax, Nova Scotia. TWENTY -FIVE young monkeys fresh from the jungles of India caused a panic in this city when they escaped from a crate in which a British liner brought them here. Soon after their escape was discovered, they led a chase over
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    37 2 By a majority of one vote, Maplet-harpe and Sutton Council I Lincolnshire) has decided to make an order under the Sunday Trading Act, to permit shops in the area to be open until 8 n.m on Sundays.
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    Britain Gives Guns To U.S.
    100 2 Ticonderoga, New York State. > i Six 18th-century nine-pounder cannon which were once grouped round a monument of Napoleon 111 at Woolwich have been presented by' the British Government to Fort Ticcndercg.i here. The gift is in memory of British soldiers who fought and died
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    EAR, EAR.
    51 2 Flaxen-haired Sonia Piddington nurses the long-eared Fcnnec fox in its den at the London Zoo. And the might-eyed fox, though usually tim>d. stems quite at home with its small visitor. Its extraordinarily long cars giv-3 it en ictff.l en c jj X artny, even better than tts English
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    GLASGOW PROFESSOR'S GIFT TO GREECE
    205 2 Athens. A 2,500-year-old marble head stated to be the work of the famous i Greek sculptor Pheidias has been restored to Greece through the good offices of a Briton. The head, which according to local experts was part of the frieze on the Parthenon, was
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    IN EGYPT
    40 2 Alexandria.—The Empress of Abyssinia has arrived here from Palestine to spend a few days in Egypt before proceeding to London to join the Emperor Accompanying the Empress are hrr oungest daughter. Princess FaUlla urn a suite of seven.
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    NEW COAT-OF-ARMS
    65 2 Rome.—A new coat-of-arms for Italy's possessions in East Africa Is in course of preparation, and will shortly be made public. The design consists of a border ol laurel surrounding two large pictorial fasces and includes the arms of the various governments of Italian Eas f /"frica. such as
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    THE DUCHESS WATCHES POLO
    40 2 1 The Duke at] I Gloucester playj ed for the Ran- gcrs "A" team in their match, against The Wanderers a t the Ranelagh Club. London. The Duche: s of Gloucester was j an interested spectator.
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    RUMRUNNERS TO INCREASE FLEET
    183 2 Helsinki. IgITM-RUNNERS in the Baltic are preparing to extend their illicit activities, according to information received by Commander V. Miettinen, chief of the Finnish coastguard service. Bootlegging has recently decrex i considerably, but it now appeal this decline is only temporary. The two most powerful Baltic
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    HER FIRST TRAIN TRIP
    96 2 Alamosa, Colorado AX 18-year-oid Colorado ranch n giil, Lfta Marion Elliott, has just been in a train for the first t'me in her life "This is the biggest thrill of my Hfe and I think I'm the luckiest srirl in the world." Mis;THiott exclaimed as she
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      72 2 A NOON TO WEAK AND EMACIATED i CHILDREN. aw Though mother' s milk is the very best form of food for a child it sometimes happens that Nature s metho d cannot be adopt c d. By §t AT r r°H^n f ng t tn r substitute you will be
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      171 2 IT) 1 WARIV voy..* You are just asking for serious trouble by neglecting your teeth in this way Millions of people who have sound, healthy Doctors and dentists recommend ODOL teeth when they are children neglect them so Toothpaste because it is antiseptic, badly that, by the time they grow
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    GAMBLER SAYS "I WILL MAKE MONEY AGAIN"
    320 3  -  Trusts Instinct (By Air Mail London, May 18. "f l-l niak<1 a for |une a«ain. I s tii| (rust my ffaniWe-s instinct I know it will pull me through." Thai Ill- spirit in which Emlyn Rosser ;!<»'• i'"- one-time a week Welsh miner,
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    Tennis Star Von Cramm Hears His Gaol Sentence
    442 3  -  (By Air Mail Berlin, May 18. JN a Court which had listened in private to evidence against him, a world-famous lawn tennis "ace M and one-time idol of tournament crowds at Wimbledon heard a prison sentence passed upon him here. He was
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    WED-LOCK
    59 3 1 Denver, Colorado IJONALD Palik, aged 22, heard u that his friends planned to "kidnap" his bride. Miss Adalena Toof. aged 19, at their marriage. So as they walked from the church, he fastened her to his wrist with a pair of hired handcuffs. When safely away, they could
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    Eire Joins New York World Fair
    160 3 New York. EIRK has signed final contracts here for space at the New York World Fair opening next year. Mr. Leo T. McCauley. consul-general in New York and commissioner general to the Fair for Eire, signed for his government. The President of the Fair
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    MORE BRITISH LISTENERS
    92 3 DURING March, 1938, the number yt British wireless licences issued was 692 662 an increase of 29,380 over the same period last year. The total number of licences to force at the end ol the month was 8,590,750, compared with 8 127.630 in 1937. The Royal Command
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    NO MORE "RUSSIAN BOOTS"
    75 3 Berlin. GERMAN women no longer will wear "Russian boots." "Leather stockings" or "boots for all weather." have been suggested more appropriate names for this form of foot-wear. This suggesti n is in line with the present tendency to abolish all foreign names for German-made articles. German
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    AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME
    52 3 Yon Cramm pictured in one of his most exciting matches— when he played F. J. Ferry in the final of the .Wimbledon singles c hampionship in When Ferry was an amateur, there was little between the two of them, and many times Yon Cramm
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    Man Exhumed: Murder Charge WIDOW IN COURT
    324 3  -  (By Air Mail London, May 18. pOLLOWTNG a three-months' investigation by Scotland Yard Ihe 27-year-old widow of a Norfolk farm labourer, who died in January, was arrested, and charged at a special court with murdering ICT husband by administering strychnine to him. She
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    SHORT WORK
    26 3 Harriett Haddon is one Oj thn reasons why gentlemen prefer biondes. The starlet is under contract to Paramount and has fust completed "College Swing.*
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    TAUNTS DROVE HIM TO FRENZY
    185 3 IT nil staffed uilii Im new g>een "poft-pie" hat v < v* nteen-yrai-old Thnma«; Stan\e\ Morgan, of uiru'-n'- Prvmonth, ha«l got hiv first job a nnfer cierii at a local timber yard. termlned f o look aj hii bait, Thomas :ong in that pest .Sunday
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    Gandhi To Live Two More Years
    87 3 Bombay.— Sixtynine-year-old Mahatma Gandhi, repeatedly reported to he. in poor health during recent month?, will live for another two years, according to a local prophet An Indian palmist and phrenologist. Mr. NaNrottamdas Desai, who tested Mr. Gandhi's "bump's", has prophesy 1 'hat he will
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    41 3 Mr. Charles G. Dawes, who was untitled Idenl of Use United States from 5925 to 1929 and Ambassador to the Hour! of St. James's from 1929 to 193?. ■r. ntlv underwent an oners tion for I appendicitis in the Roosevelt Hospital.
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTES FRENCH SHIPPING DECLINE
    648 4 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES FRENCH SHIPPING DECLINE Need For Tonnage OWNERS ARE CRITICAL OF POLICY 'J'HE French Mercantile Marine, like 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, M. Jacques Marchegay, in his annual
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    TRAMP SHIPPING
    164 4 Compensation Scheme Approved A FULLY representative meeting of British tramp shipowners was held at the Chamber of Shipping recently at which consideration was given to the a raft scheme for the formation of a compensation pool issued by the Trama Shipping Administrative Committee, and commended by them for
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    SALE OF DOCK
    217 4 Old Shanghai Property Changing Hands NO direct confirmation of a report of the sale of the Old Dock could be secured from the directors of the Shanghai Dock Engineering Co. (owners of the dock> in shanghai, but a notice to shareholders of that company was published by
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    LOCALLY BUILT
    160 4 Liwo Takes Up Yangtse River Service WITH Captain s. S. Schofield on the bridge, the new Jardine Matheson river steamer Liwo left her dock recently for her maiden trip up the Yangtse River to Haimen. This will be the Liwo's regular run. She will call there every two
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      493 4 IF" STEAMER SAILINGS B RITIIS H INDIA (Incorporated in England). P. O. S. N. CO.'s OUTWARDSDue. Tonnage. Spore. 1938. SOMALI 6.800 June 1, KANcm 17,000 June 3 NALDERA 16.000 June 17 RANPURA 17,000 July 1 BANGALORE 6,000 July 2 RAWALPINDI 17,000 July 15 CORFU 15,000 July 29 BHUTAN 6,100 July
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      46 4 1. ft. K. LINE (ISHIHARA SANGYO KAIUN KAISHA, LTD.) (Incorporated in Japan), Direct Japan Singapore Service. (Inward) (Arrival > BOSTON MARU June 10 Agents: ISHIHARA SANGYO KOSHI, LIMITED. (Incorporated in S.S.) TELEPHONES: 5211 5212. UNION BUILDING. SINGAPORE. Landing Agents: THE SOUTHERN GODOWN CO., LTDNo. 4, Battery Road
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      523 4 T~ j BANGKOK LINE. CHINA JAPAN LINE. S Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Big Cargo vessels with limited but 1 5 abl Ha Ad j° inin g Private Bath, comfortable Passenger Accommoda- t To: Marsedles, London, Rotterdam, tion. Hamburg and Copenhagen. M.S. From Spore M'ca P.S. P'ng To: Port Said,
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      307 4 HA A I 1! (J -A ME RIKA LIME Deutsch-Australisehe Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (Companies incorporated in Germany). PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. OUTWARD. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due Spore 1938 s.s. NORDMARK via Manila Jun. 5 t m.s. DUISBURG via Manila June 22 t m.s. SAUERLAND via Manila July
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      474 4 STEAMER SAILINGS §NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARD. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHM NORTH CHINA and JAPAN. Due S'po-c "SCHARNHORST" omits North 8 China j une "WIEGAND" omits Hongkong, Shangai, N China June 7 "COBURG" omits Hongkong Shanghai Nortn China Jan* 17 "POTSDAM" omits
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    A New Low-Price Five Seater
    1114 5 SESE NEWS FOR MOTORISTS fONMRMIM; nmnri uhkh have My l! 2! V reva i cnt in lhe ™<«nioMle industry for the past few kecks, Willys-Overland Motors. Inc marie an important and dramatic ™ov e in the muss production Held nl mf)' ,r-car .'nanufactnrin- u ph
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    Weatherproof Cars
    203 5 E' VERY day, torrential rain falls at the Morris factory at Cowley. Fortunatei ly this does not cover the whole of it, but is confined to a section where 9 new artificial rain plant has be.en installed. The object is to test thoroughly the waterproof qualities of the
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    New Morris Factory
    298 5 FACTORY whicn, including the plant I and machinery installed, will have cost more than £2,000,000, is rapidly approaching completion in the English Midlands. It is the new Morris Engines factory at Courthouse Green, Coventry, which experts declare is the eo'ial of any othrr factory of its kind
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    "A.R.P." At Wolseley Works
    235 5 AIR Raid Precautions are in the news in England, which country, although taking very far from a fatalistic view of the European situation, is realising the necessity of being prepared for emer- gencies and taking energetic step? towards safeguarding the populace from possible air menace One
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    UNLUCKY BREAKS
    75 5 Beaver D?m. Wisconsin. I IFE is just one unlucky ""break" after another for Harry Saver. a 28-year-old farmer of Markesan. While he was harnessing a horse a bridle bil struck r:«r of his fingers and fractured It. Anxious to continue his work, he had the finger placed in
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    TEAR GAS BOMBS AGAINST A WIDOW
    148 5 Prague. pOLICF. and firemen bad to ase tear gas bombs '.<• a 53-year-o!d widow who suddenly went mad here. Her doctor ordered her removal to an asylum, but she enlisted the help of her gardener, and the two barricaded themselves in the house. The
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    GRIM FIND AT CHANGI
    230 5 Singapore, Monday "THIS inquest is on the death of a Chinese. The deceased v. as a prisoner in the Changi prison and on May 25 was found dead in his cell" said Mr. W G. Porter, the Coroner, prior to proceedings. The chief sub-warder of the
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    52 5 (United Press.) Lucknow will be providing the first woman candidate for the forthcoming contest for the Directorship of the local Board of the Reserve Bank. Mrs Da mayanti Khanna, a graduate of the Punjab University, is so far the only candidate from v. P She comes from a bftnldnej famllv
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      1038 5 Classified Advertisements PUBLIC NOTICES ")pgapore Municipality TENDERS. •rrVDERS are now invited for the Jvi'ire materials or service. For '?hilars sec Municipal Tender Room P aJllcu Date of Closing. 0 !v of one "Connersor other approvea t«e of meter for GaaXks Kallang, 4 p.m., June 27, 1938. «55 30- dia. Steel
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      375 5 TOUR IN HIMALAYAS Calcutta.— Mrs. Odell, wife of Mr. N "2. Odell of th<- Mount Everest expedition, is on a trip to the Singilila Ridge, 'n the Himalayas. Aftc- leaving Falut, on the Nepal border, she has reached Lothana, a forest outpost, on her way to Reman. She was so
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    BUILDING WHARVES
    81 6 Japanese Busy-On Lower Whangpoo w Shanghai. More than 100 sappers were busily engaged in constructing seawalls and wharves under Japanese direction on the South bank of the Whangnoo River from the tide gauge on the Woesang breakwater to the Conservancy Board s station at Changwhapang River captains arriving
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    WRECK OF LUTINE
    236 6 Dutch Tin-Dredger To Undertake Work THE Committee of Lloyd's have°granted ho L? c for sa,va ge operations on ihe site of the wreck of H.M.S. Lutine which for more than 138 years has lain among the shifting sands at the entrance to the Zuider Zee The licence
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    387 6 LONDON COMMODITIES London, Monday. RUBBER Previous To-day Change Tone Steadier Steady Spot Buyers s>/ 2 5% l /s m $9 99 Sellers s*a 5 1116 +1116 Ist Torward (June) Buyers 5 9 16 5% +1116 3ellers 5 5/ 8 5 ***** I|l6 2nd Forward (JulylSept) Buyers 5%
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    P.J. BURGESS'S REVIEW
    1327 6 LARGER CROP AND BETTER PRICE Buffer Pool thirty-second ordinary general meeting of the Malaysia Rubber Company, Ltd., was held recently at the offices of the company, 1-4, Great Tower-street, E.G. Mr. P. J. Burgess (chairman of the company) president. The notice convening the meeting and the report
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    PRODUCE
    188 6 Singapore, May 30. R 'Siam) W. Coast No. l per Koyan $138 R. (Siam) W. Coast No 2 per Koyan $135 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $130 feiam Rice "Lowhway" No. 1 $220 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 2 $19.5 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 3 $185 Siam
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    EOW SENG RUBBER
    255 6 A Mistake Not To Reduce The Percentage DRESIDIN-- at a recent mi Eow 3eng Rubber Company Ltd held in London, Mr. R j> Vuille (chairman) said that the account showed a profit for the rear ol >• a very similar result to that shown year, and the
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    LENDU RUBBER ESTATES
    223 6 Replanting Scheme Completed This Year PRESIDING at the meeting of Lendu f Rubber Estates, Ltd.. held in London, Mr. D. Erroll Sinclair (chairman» said that the net result of the year's trading was a profit of £11.378, compared wi-th £5,987 for the previous year and it was
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    86 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Monday noon Buyers. Seller No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. May) 18% I» 7 Good F A Q. in bales (F.OB. May> 17% 13 No. 1.X.R.5.6. <Spot-loo.se i awardable Spore; 18 3 j do. June 19' 0 Ifl do.
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      545 6 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) jl CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00. Issued and Paid Up 510,000,000.00. II BEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. I TELEPHONES: II Managing Director 3172 Secretary 4944 J General Manager 3513 Accountant 3026 II Telegraphic Address: "OVERSEA," 1 LONDON BANKERS: NEW YORK
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    868 7 Quotations By Fraser And Co. MINING Singapore, May 30, 5 p.m. Fraser Co. Buyers Sellers AmpatTin 5.7% 4L/ 2 am Kumbang 28 30 A u Malay 42 6 47 6nom AUS Hitam 22 6 23 6 J£ 0.60 0.65 S&in Tin 20 9 21 6 anger
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    EXCHANGES
    201 7 Ihe following are the exchan&e stock into morning according to th* daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING Singapore. May 31. London T.T. 2 3 11 10 London demand 2 3 Jl 16 Lyons demand 2050 Switzerland demand 249 3 4 Hamburg demand 141
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    99 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. May 30, 5 p.m. Company Dividend Books Total for close financial Date Ex Div. year KiN: Payable Date to daje Penang Consol 10% Int. Apr. 26 June 1 May 9 10% less tax Raub 3d. Int. June 13 June 20 June 14 5%
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    189 7 Report By Fraser And Co. MINING. Tin 3 months £163.0 0 up 90 Spot £162.5.0 up 90 while New York is closed. Cables from London to hand this morning reveal that the market there is mostly on the selling side in regard to Sterling Tin shares although
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    TIN
    24 7 Singapore. May 31. T "The price or tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— $82 (up $1). London Spot £161-5 (up 75 r
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    RUBBER
    20 7 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— Bii yers 18*1 (down V\\ Sellers 18 y» (down
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    Lyall And Evatt's Share Quotations
    333 7 Singapore. Mr-v 31. Ampata 371.» *4i» 2 Ayer Hitam 22 9 23 9 Kangrins 20 9 21 0 Batu Selangor 135 1.4G Jhanderiangs 16 17 Hitam Tin 0.38 0.43 Hongkong Tin 20 3 21 3 Hong Fatts 1.03 1.07 Idris Hyd. 7-* 7 9 Ipoh
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
    250 7 Maynard Co., Ltd., $30,000 ne int. Apr. 30, Oct. 31 95 105 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: i9Ol red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept. 30 100 102 norn 1907 red. $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept. 30 105 107 norn 41 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31, Sept.
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    Passengers By The Chitral
    353 7 FOLLOWING are passengers booked by the s.s. "Chitral" leaving Singapore j on Friday, at 9.30 a.m. for Europe:— Mr and Mrs. L. G. Andrews Mrs. H. C Atkm-Berry, Mrs. F. H. Alian, and child, Mr. C. L. J. Ayres, Mr. A. N. G. Andrews. Mr- and
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    To-day's Diary Of Events
    192 7 SPORT Football;' S.A.F.A. Div. 11l Singapore Harbour Board v. Police 11, Malay? Cup Trial. Stadium. Lawn Tennis: Singapore Lawn Tennis Association champ.onshio, S.C.C and V.M.C.A. courts. Meeting Salvation Army Third Anniversary Meeting. 7 30 p.m. AMUSEMENTS ALHAMBRA: "The Painted Sta'lion." 0.15 and 9.15 pm. PAVILION: "Over
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    99 7 London, May 30. Paris 173 732 New York 4.95 516 Montreal 5.005 8 Brussels 29.30y 2 Geneva 21.72i 2 Amsterdam 8.96 9 16 Milan 94 v. Berlin 12.34 Prague :42i/ 2 Copenhagen 22.40 Stockholm 19.39 Cslo 19.90 Vienna nominal Madrid nominal Lisbon 110% Belgrade 218 R=o 2 13
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    CLUB DIARY OF EVENTS
    154 7 [There are numerous Clubs in Singapore members of which are readers of the "Malaya Tribune." This Diary is provided specially for them. Secretaries are invited to co-operate in keeping it up-to-date and complete. Happenings of general interest loill still be included in the Diary of Events:'
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    MERCANTILE MARINE DECLINE
    198 7 Sir Thomas Inskip's View 1 Criticised T TT London. HE annual report of the Mercantile Marine Service Association, submitted at the annual meeting of the association at Liverpool recently, contended that the country's present position with regard to shipping would be worse in the event of war
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    137 8 Mails expected from Europe etc. (London) by Air (Imperial), time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 4 p.m and general delivery of letters 4.05 pm to-day. Mails expected from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) by Air (X.L.M.). time of delivery of boxholders' letters only 7.30 t \m. to morrow and
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    MAIL DELIVERED
    19 8 i The Air Mail (Imperial) despatched I from Singapore on May 23 was delivered In Lcndon yesterday.
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    Exchange Market Easier
    130 8 Reuter. London, May 30. FURTHER lessening of the European Political tension is reflected in this j morning's foreign exchange market, where much calmer conditions were in evidence. While the turnover was not large, the majority of European currencies had a more settled undertone, and the market's chief
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    Gale Sweeps England
    79 8 Reuter. London, May 30. THE magnificent palace built in Hushmoor arena for the Aldershot Tattoo opening on June 2 has been wrecked by a gale. The palace took 100 workmen three months to build. An army of men is already feverishly working to rebuild it in three
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    Birthday Parade At Farrer Park
    231 8 LARGEST YET HELD? Singapore, Tuesday. SINGAPORE'S impressive King's birthday parade will this year be held at Farrer Park, when detachments numbering 1,470 from a I service and Volunteer units in Singapore will take part. Officers at Fort Canning who are in charge of arrangements claim
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    HIGHER TRADE TARIFF URGED
    137 8 Reuter. London, May 30. J<HE dangers to British trade of subsidised foreign imports was dwelt upon by a deputation from the Tarifl Policy Committee oi the House cf Commons, received by Sir John Simon and Mr. Oliver Stanley at tne House this evening. Mr. Thomas Levy,
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    No Trouble In Guiana
    102 8 British Official Wireless. London, May 30. A MESSAGE received at the Colon:a! I -t* Office from the Governor of Britis' Guiana states that there is no truth in the report of riots and disturbances in that colony on Friday. There had been a partial interruption of
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    SHIP RELEASED
    109 8 Hsin Tscarurtah Allowed To Sail By Japanese In connection with the report that a foreign owned vessel was detained In T.singtao by the Japanese, it bag been further karned that the steamer in question is the 9CU ton Hgtn Tseangtah belonging to the China Import and Expert Lumber
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    109 8 Lalandia; Danish; 8094 tons from Naksksov 29.5 to Saigon 30.5. German; 5328 tons from Bremen 29.5 to Hongkong 30.5. Benvarlich; Brit.; :jj>22 tons from Yokohama 29.5 to Penang 2.6. Marclla; Brit.; 4340 tons from Melbourne 29.5 to Australia 3.6. City of Wellington; Brit.; 3645! tons from Hongkong 29.5
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    Passengers By The Naldera
    300 8 ADVANCE bookings by the P. o Nal dera which sailed from London on May 20 for the Far East included For Gibraltar: Vice Admiral c p Talbot, Major F. C. Bedwell and Mr J. Fletcher. For Malta: Rev. D. J. Thoma3 Chan lain of the Royal
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    119 8 Singapore, May 31. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Rajula 22; Van Heuts. Busang 20. Sheers Whan (Entrance Gu.c Nil. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 2) Kedah 18; Glenrffer 14; Kamiming 12Kampar 10. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2» Eenvojlich 30; Talisse 32:
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    Canton Appeals To The World
    787 9 "HELP US IN OUR PLIGHT" Reuter. CANTON, MONDAY SUFFERING FROM INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING FOP 1 GOD S SAKE CAN YOU HELP?" This is a tvpieal of dozens of messages of annual k„ Britishers and others from Canton to In *ff*£ m SSLS Americans, the Japanese air
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    TO LECTURE AT OXFORD
    41 9 D:. X Binning, the former German Chancellor, n ho was l'crced to leave his country when Hitler came into power, has taken up residence at Queens College, Oxford, and will delivci lectines on economics during this term.
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    'Snow White' Dwarf Cows Tigress
    237 9 New York. DWARF three feet high, who is "Sleepy," the Snow White dwarf, in the Barnum and Bailey < ircus here, cowed an escaped tigress dapping her on the nose with a s h'ck when she escaped from her <*; r e here, and prevented
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    NAPOLEON'S WALKING STICK
    90 9 Cologne. A W^ L KING which once belcngn V? Na P°leon has been found in Coin?n a ii *P n at Ichendorf on the ioen-e Aachen mad. The inn is call-Napoleon-5 Walking sUck" !c 1« ii known to have possessed three walking sticks. One is said ro
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    DESPERADOES
    76 9 Melbourne, Victoria. NOISES on the roof of a factory at Richmond, Melbourne, at 1.50 a.m. caused the caretaker to 'phone the police and tell them that thieves were breaking in. A patrol car, notified by wireless, rushed to the scene. They found: .An 11-year-old boy huddled on the roof;
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    ENGLISHWOMAN SAVES LIVES IN SPAIN WAR
    356 9 Saragossa. ANY a Span Mi soldier on the Northern ftont has an Englishwoman, Miss Gabriel Herbert, to thank that he is still alive. Meeting her in an hotel lounge at Saragossa, slim, fair-haired and carrying a Pekingese, no one would imagine that Miss Herbert
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    KNEES FELT AS IF IN CEMENT
    211 9 Woman Who Had Rheumatism for 10 Years Since coming here from England in ?etR aero." writes a married woman. "I have suffered terribly from rheumatism. I have bought medicine, iotlons, Jiniments. and taken advertiser' concoctions until I was. weary I heard of Kruschen Salts
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    League Soccer
    297 11 Our Own Correspondent; Muar, May 30. A, roWD reminiscent of a Cup-tie was present at the Muar esterday wnen the Muar met the Town Board in the A game packed with ted in the Chinese winning hv 2—l--000 Chinese supporters fired after the match to celebrate *hs victory.
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    MALACCA BADMINTON
    86 11 A FRIENDLY badminton match v/;-s piayed at Malacca between 8t ish School and St. Peter's 25 on the St. Peter's Results. players mentioned first: N.C. Alphonse- beat An--8; 13—13: 5—2; N. C. AlA. T. Shepherdson 3—2; Michael Shepherdson ong Toh 11—15; 12—15. roo lost to Ratti Minjoot 13;
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    S.H.R BADMINTON
    35 11 on tournaments organised S.HJ3. Junior Service Club were concluded recently. Soon won the junior chamting Yeo Chow Heng 3-0: »-15; 15-10. novice's section went M&stafa who defeated by straight sets 15-5, 15-1. j
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    443 11 POSITIONS in the S.A.F.A. League are date FIRST DIVISION Goals Chmese a> %W6 'l' fi S'-ft' }J» 10 6 3 1 20 13 13 (8> I I 1 i ll o in Ha tp ~7k\ U 4 3 4 23 21 12 rc.A.j?. (5) q 4 2
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    Farrer Park Soccer
    78 11 Guthrie's team beat Duncan Roberts' XI by 9 —l in a soccer friendly at Farrer Perk on Saturday. Mr. C. Ah Long refereed and the teams were: Guthries Sports Club: Joon Kiat; Bok, Kai TecK; Boon Tat, Ah Wing, Nik; Kum Chee, Joo Kiam, Sum Wing, D.
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    Lai Tet Loke Cup State Tennis
    257 11 Selangor Beat Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Monday. IN the Lai Tet Loke Cup tennis competition, Selangor just managed to beat Malacca by nine points to eight. The matches were played at the Kubu tennis courts on Saturday and Sunday. The following are
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    Garrison League
    30 11 In a Garrison League soccer match yesterday at Tanglin, the R.A.M.C. were beaten by the "B" Co., Skins, by I—o, Parrish putting the ball into his own goal.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENT
    57 12 PANG—KHOO. The engagement is announced of Mr. Pang Leo.:g Choc second son of Mr. Pang Cheng "I and the late Madam Ho Kiok Nec, an?, Miss Khco Lee Neo, youngest daughte 1 of Mr. Khoo Teng Hin and ihe late Madam Lim Chye Kirn. The marriag: will
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    DEATH.
    94 12 TFO—Madam Teo Geek Neo. wife of the late Mr. Teh Chwee Chiang, RV*rj 72, passed away peacefully at her residence. No. 61 Havelock head, on 3ut:: May, 1938. leaving behind siv Ron Messrs. Poh Thiam Hock, Poh Ah Gob. Poh Swee Hoe. Poh Thiam Boo, Pi Thiam Teck and
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    LAND PLANES OR FLYING BOATS?
    683 12 JX the few months during which the Empire flying boats have been in use on the London-Singa-pore route of Imperial Airways there must have been a good deal of thoughtful reflection among the chiefs of the operating staff of the company as to whether it
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    Kuching Rotary Club: New Officials
    72 12 At the annual meeting of the Rotary Club of Kuchmg, Sarawak, held on May i 4, the following office-bearers were elected for the year 1938 39: President, Mr. D. MaeDonald; Vice-President, Mr. Tan Boon Siow; hon. secretary, Mr. Khan Ah Chong; hon. treasurer, Mr. Tan
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    GOVERNMENT NOTICE
    160 12 Owners and masters of shipping are requested to keep their vessels as clear oi the range as possible during the "One-inch Aiming Rifle" e. U n practice, which will take place from the undermentioned places on the following rates: Siloso—on June 14, 28 and 29 at 9 a.m.
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Traction Company Dispute
    271 12 NOTES COMMENTS Traction Company Dispute AN example of how disputes and grievances can be amicably settled without resort to strikes and lock-oms is furnished by the meeting held at the j Chinese Protectorate a few days ago be- i tween the Singapore Traction Company J discuss outstanding differences, there is
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    Central European Situation
    262 12 TiHE situation In Central Europe, with A Czechoslovakia as the principal centre of attraction, is somewhat deceptive in its outlook. Like the swing of a pendulum, it vacillates between tv/o points, namely, tension and abatement. At one time, the prospects of war seem dangerously near, while at
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    Singapore Gharries
    231 12 npHE gradual passing away of that uni A comfortable and extremely old- fashioned means of transport, the gharry, is reflected in the figures recently published by the Registrar of j Vehicles. It was revealed that there ai° at the present time only six gharries Plying their trade in
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    Cremation vs. Burial
    251 12 DIDADARI Cemetery, Singapore's present Christian burial ground, is faat filling up and it is understood that the authorities have already decided on a site in the Yeo Chu Kang district for a new cemetery. One of the most note- worthy features of Singapore is that practically every
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    Topics Of The Day
    275 12 By "Looker On" "tiARLY Socialism changed finally to and he ended his life insane, although, naturally, that had no influence on his political opinions." With some people, we imagine, it would have made a bit of difference. "The fish was exactly eight and a half pounds.
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      289 12 j WAR DECLARED! f, DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE BY ENEMY. "FOOD KILLS ENEMY"! j ¥es as boon declared on Cockroaches! lx the modern way—with Roach Food < are to be found in practically every kitchen and im< in Malaya, and it is difficult to estimate the enor damage
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    BRITISH CONSCRIPTION LAW DRAWN UP READY TO ENACT
    397 13 Secret Defence Measures DT?r> anp a amr% London, May 30. t .wifi r on im P ei,i defence to-nitrht, Sir Thomas inskip Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, said some of tne latest discoveries of our cleverest scientists in the sphere of aetence
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    Boy Kidnap Victim Found Dead
    134 13 Reuter. i New Rochelle, Monday. TBE wire-bound body of Peter Levine, the 12-year-old son of Mr. Murray Urine, New \ork lawyer, wtu was kidnapped on Feb 28 on hte wav Though the head, hands, and feet arc missing, identification was positive according to Mr. Hoover,
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    40 13 Reuter. Alexandretta, May 30. TROOPS in armoured cars have occupied Antioch, following a demonstration by armed Arabs in which one Armenian and several Arabs were wounded. A bomb thrown by an unknown person killed a woman and demolished a house.—Reuter.
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    LONG DROUGHT ENDED IN BRITAIN
    68 13 British Official Wireless. London, May 30. HKITISH agriculturists are siateful fcr the heavy rain which fell during the week-end and which continues intermittently to-day, thus bringing to a;; end the long dry period of last month and May, during which the drought had severely threatened
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    Fate Of Tin Pool To Be Known This Week
    296 13 Reuter. London, May 30. THE results of this week's meetings of the International Rubber and Tin Committees are the subject of animated discussion in the London markets to-day. The Rubber Committee to-morrow will have the difficult task of deciding on a
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    CONTROL OF AIR BOMBING
    197 13 Britain Preparing A Plan Reuter. London, iMay 30. THE fact that the British Government is working on a draft for a plan of international agreement on the limitation of aerial bombing was mentioned by Mr. Butler at question time to-day in the Commons. He said the
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    MALAYA'S "GRAND NEW WORLD"
    103 13 Reuter. London, May 30. POLONIL J. I LleweJlin Civil Lord of the Admiralty, was the guest honour at the annual banquet of lhe Association of British Malaya, at Sir Richard Winstedt presided In :i speech Colonel Llewellin recalled that Malaya has always outlived the worst of
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    DAILY RAIDS TO DESTROY CANTON
    134 13 Reuter. Canton, May 31. IT is reported from the Chinese Intelligence Office that the enemy are planning to repeat daily bombings of Canton until June 6. The object is to complete the destruction of the whole city. To-day's air raid has created zones, and the
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    China Warns Japan
    33 13 Reuter. Tokyo, May 11. FOUR Chinese planes flew over Amakusa Island, west of Kyushu Island, from 10.30 p.m. until 1.30 a.m. last right. The planes dropped neither bombs nor pamphlets.—Reuter.
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    New Suez Director
    44 13 Reuter. London, May 30. THE Premier has nominated Sir Maurice Han':ey for the appointment of director of the Suez Canal, renlacing the late Sir J. T. Davies. Sir Maurice Hankey will retire from the civil service hefore taking the post. Renter.
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    HE HAS BOUGHT HALF A CITY
    54 13 (the ri v«f SSSIrV 1 l J e b, S london syndicate which has bought half wLSI tanhn r the ie P° rled sum of £20,000,000 is Mr. Lionel nigram, senior partner ol the firm of Wigram and Company, solicitors of Street. London. W.,
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    CZECH FRONTIER ACTION
    63 13 Reuter. Prague, May 30. rpHE chief of the political section of the Czech Foreign Office has informed the German minister and military authorises that an Inquiry in legard to his complaint that Czech" war Dlanes had crossed the German frontier had shown that certain flying officers had
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    REFUGEES THROWN IN RIVER
    88 13 Overloaded Boats Capsize Canton, May 31. Til NDKEDS of civilians fleeing: from the bombing horror in (anton yesterday by river boats, laden to the Tullest possible e\tent, were plunged into (he river as the boats capsized under the excess leads. T hn '"ids tremendous confusion ail
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    ANOTHER PROTEST TO BURGOS
    150 13 Reuter and British Official Wireless. London, May 30. THE Government has made re--1 presentations to the Burgos Government in connection with the sinking of the steamer Thorpehall at Valencia and has requested s'rong disciplinary action against the crew of the offending aircraft and for instructions to
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    German Advisers To Stay?
    147 13 Shanghai, May 31. IT is reported that some of the German military advisers in China have expressed their willingness to ignore the order from Berlin that they are to withdraw and are willing to continue their work In China. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek has received them
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    AIR RAID DANGER IS A MATTER OF REAL GRAVITY
    467 14 GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT Singapore, Monday. "jT does not require much imagination to envisage what would have been the result of an aerial bombardment of the crowded parts of Singapore and if these places were caught unprepared, the damage would, of
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    FLYING TO EUROPE
    76 14 Mr. Joe Fisher of Amalgamated Theatres Ltd., left for London by the Imperial Airways flying-boat "Ci'norms" yesterday. He was seen off by a host of friends, including H.H. the Tpngku Mahkota, of Johore. Mr. Fisher will be away for about two months. On his return, he plans
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    HIGHLANDS PETITION
    95 14 AT a meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association* held on May 26, a letter of criticism from Mr. M. B. Bell, dated May 4. was considered, stating that he was of the opinion that the President and committee should rescind their support of their petition
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    Friends Extend Membership
    99 14 Singapore. Tuesday. PERPETUAL memberships, enabling all local firms, banks. Government departments, corporations and public institutions to become associated with the Friends of Singapore, have just been inaugurated by the Council of that organisation. Various public bodies, it Is reported, have expressed the wish to be given an
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    30 14 Mr. Kenneth G. Murray, the world traveller and lecturer, of San Francisco, California, who wa.s in Malaya for a short period, is in Singapore. He will return to America shortly.
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    Alleged Killing With A Hammer
    260 14 (From Our Oivn Correspondent) Tapah, Monday. THE preliminary enquiry into the charge of murder preferred against two young Kwongsais named Loke Kong and Loke Chor who were alleged to have intentionally caused the death of a compatriot named Loke Choy on the night of Feb.
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    Soldier Found Dead By Sea
    53 14 Singapore, Tuesday. The body of William John Mcßain ot the 34th Fortress Company. R.E. (Changi) was found in the sea off Beting Kusa, near Changi, on Saturday morning. An inquiry into his death will be held by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, on
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    STABBING AFFRAY
    58 14 Singapore, Tuesday. I A stabbing affray in Chinatown in the small hours to-day was reported at the Central Police Station when a male Chinese was brought in with a 2-inch stab wound just below the right shoulder blade, resulting in severe bleeding. Though extremely shocked, the man remained
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    Sikhs Injured In Car Collision
    56 14 Singapore, Tuesday. Three Sikhs, passengers of a motorcar bearing a Johore number, were injured following a collision between the car, which turned turtle, and a bullock cart at Bukit Timah Road shortly after 12 this morning. The bullock cart was completely smashed. All three men
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    COUNTRY DANCE CLASS
    46 14 To-morrow at 9.30 a m., a class for women interested in country dancing will commence at the Hostel, 8 Fort Canning Road. This is a very enjoyable form of light exeiclse, so beneficial to women in Singapore. Enrolments may be made by telephone.
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    EFFORT TO HELP WORKLESS
    576 14 Singapore, Monday PLEADING on behalf of the "poor, defenceless and helpless unemployed, and the poor parents who had struggled their utmost I I give their children education up to tne senior Cambridge," Mr. John F. Klyne. speaking at the annual meeting of the Si raits Settlements,
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    MOVEMENTS OF JAPANESE WRONGLY STATED
    124 14 Singapore. Monday. A EUROPEAN Police Magistrate spoke Japanese In court to-day In a case in which Shimichi Nrrashiki appeared on a charge of failing to furnish correct particulars to the Registrar of Aliens concerning the movements of a compatriot in his employ. Mr. G. S.
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    53 14 A young Indian schoolboy, on holiday leave from Calcutta, was disembowelled yesterday afternoon when his bicycle ran into a motor car at the junction of St. Andrew's Road and Coleman Street. He sustained a punctured wound over the abdomen with the intestines protruding. Though extremely shocked, he was conscious when
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    SEREMBAN TRADERS MUST MOVE THEIR PREMISES
    349 14 'From Our Own Reporter) fffrrmtHn. Monday. AFTER the lapse of nearly three and a half months, a meeting of the Serernban Sanitary Board was in the Council Chamber this morning and was comi plated In an hour and a half. Mr. N. Cocil the
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    STOP PRESS KILLED BY STEAM ROLLER
    58 14 The Coroiier, Mr. W. G Porter, returned a verdict of death bv misadventure at the inquest this morning into the death of a Tamil, Rahmocd, who was knocked down by a steam-roller on May 20 during the building of a new godown at the
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    GIRL STRANGLED
    110 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. A brutal murder committed apparently during a robbery has been reported to the Kuala Lumpur dolice. who discovered in a room in a house in Sultan Sljeet last nieht. the body of a twelve years old Chinese girl, bound hand and
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    ACTRESS SUES R. B. SALISBURY
    252 15 •STRANDED" IN PENANG? m Our Own Correspondent) London, May 20. Toil) that showgirls had been stranded" in Penang, Straits tlements, when a touring comn, ,'osed down. Judge Dumas, of estminster County Court, comMftfd: I think it dreadful that these girls taken out of this country
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    MALAY GIRLS' SCHOOLS
    56 15 The third annual drill and games lon of the Singapore Malay schools will be held at the Geylang School grounds on Monday, June 6. R.F C Markharchas consented j to be present to give away the prizes, re will be an enclosure reserved r women, and admission
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    35 15 The Management of Kannan Devan Hills Produce Ccmpany has donated lakh ol rupees to the Travanccre the interest from which is be utilised for any technical develop- which the University may deem fit.—l United Press)
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    OLEH OLEH PARTY
    64 15 The Straits Chinese comedy drama Kia Sai. Gong Kia Sai. is to be staged at the Great World on June 4, by the Oleh Oleh Party, by special request on one night only. This number drew crowded houses when presented previ- 1 ously by the Oleh Oleh
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    Accused Did Not Understand Proceedings
    239 15 SPOKE DIFFERENT DIALECT Singapore, Monday. A MILD sensation was created in the Fifth Police Court to-day when one of the 23 Chinese seamen, accused of landing in Singapore without the permission of the Immigration Officer on May 19, told the Court that he did not
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    RED PURGE IN JAPAN
    91 15 Reuter. Tokyo, May ?.Q. THE press ban has been lifted on the story of a wholesale roundup of communists, of whom 400. including 28 Buddhist priests and 33 students in Tokyo Imperial University, were arrested on May 21, 1936, and 1,100 in the following months. Most
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    Chinese Found With Stab Wound
    54 15 Singapore, Tuesday. Reported to have been stabbed by a compatriot in a house at Tanjong Pagar Road at about 2.25 this morning, a male Chinese was removed to hospital by ambulance irom the Kreta Ayer Police Station, suffering from an incised wound, muscle deep, over
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    GOVERNOR VISITS WEAVING WORKS
    355 15 Singapore, Monday. JJEENLY interested in new teste*. trial enterprises, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. R N. Irvine, and Mr. P. M.S; Mc ellow to-day visited the Malayan Weaving Works, Ltd and saw Malaya s youngest industry in nJI
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    Ambulancce Called To Dead Man
    48 15 Singapore, Tuesday. The ambulance was '•ailed this morning to a house in Lorong 18. Geylaiu;. where the dresser found the dead body of a 19-year-old Chinese. The cause of death was unknown, and the dresser advised the deceased's mother to notify the police.
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    ALIEN FINED
    50 15 Singapore, Monday. Miss irma Mafthea Dekker. a pretty stenographer, was this morning fined $5 by Mr. G. S. Rawlings. the Third Magistrate, on a charge of being an alien and failing to notify the Registrar of Aliens of her change of residence. She pleaded guilty to the charge.
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    DETENTION FOR JAPANESE WOMAN
    200 15 Singapore, Monday. "I'm not Grace Moore, I'm Grace White," said a 45-year-old Japanese woman I In the Police Courts to-day, when she I appeared on a charge of lodging in the j ooen air. Following a complaint made to the Police by Miss Price, secretary of
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    BUILDING LAND AT SEREMBAN ON EASY TERMS
    218 15 (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Monday. THAT the local Government was aware of the present serious shortage of houses and cheap land for building purposes and that it was doing something to alleviate this distress, especially amongst Government pensioners, was revealed at this
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    AIR RAIDS ON VALENCIA
    32 15 Reuter. Paris, May 30. Valencia was raided four times within 2 V 2 hours at night time and much damage was done. The number of victims is unknown—Reuter.
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    "WHAT BEATS PASCH WILL WIN THE DERBY" TO-MORROW'S BIG RACE AT EPSOM
    607 16 Rain May Lessen The Favourite 's Chances London, May 30. EPSOM critics have hitherto been vainly trying to find a horse to beat the favourite Pasch for the Derby on Wednesday, although the weekend deluge of rain makes
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    Ipswich Replaces Gillingham Next Season
    88 16 English League Changes Reuter. London. May 30. AT the annual meeting of the Football I League. Ipswich Town were elected to the Third Division, Southern Section, displacing Gillingham. Walsall were re-elected. Barrow and Accrington were re-elect-ed in the northern section. Port Vale were transferred to
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    Belgium Eliminates India
    23 16 Reuter. r I Brussels, May 31. In the Davis Cup. third round, Belgium eliminated India by four matches to one.—Reuter.
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    99 16 S.C.R.C. cricket teams for the weekend are: On Saturday vs. Medical College Union. a>t 2 p.m. on M.C.U. ground: Seah Keng Siew. Eu Cheow Chye. Ong Swee Keng, Low Kee Pow, Low Kee Choc. Ong Kirn Hoe. Robert Tan, Gau Kee Tian. Tan Thean Tek, Oon Khye Khlan,
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    N.A.A.F.I. SOCCER
    56 16 N.A.A.F.I. Europeans and Asiatics will meet at soccer in Changi to-mor-row. Teams: EUROPEANS:—TingIey, Ayles. Norris, Bird, Mosoman, Ashby, Masson, Gibbons, William, Hales and Young. Reserves: C. A. Travels and Angor. ASIATICS: —Edwards, Ah Boon. Joseph Kok, OTiua Kirn Kwee, Tan Nai Tong, Se Choon Kirn. Ismail,-Karim, G. Kirn
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    THE DERBY COURSE AT EPSOM
    48 16 A plan of the DERB\ COURSE at Epsom, which listeners to Daveutry will find useful when following life B.BjC.'s commentary on to-morrow's race. The plan may also be used for the commentary on the Oaks, which will he lim on Friday.—"By Courtesy 8.8.C."
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    Perak Girl Badminton Star For England
    153 16 To Study Domestic Science MISS WINNIE KHONG, the Perak badminton star, is leaving in July for England with her brother. Master Khong Kit Yew. to take up a course in domestic science, which will last ror two years. Miss Khong is one of the
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    CLARKE CUP CRICKET
    159 16 DR. H. O. Hopkins is unable to play this week-end in the Clarke Cup match at the S.C.C. and his place will be taken by Lieut. O'Dwyer. The teams will be: EUROPEANS: Capt, G. J. Bryan. Capt. E. D. Dynes. Lieut. Duke. Lieut. F. W. Simpson Pilot
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    JOHORE SOCCER
    411 16 Keen Competition In J.B.D.F.A. League Johore Bahru. Monday. lEAGUE matches to date in Johore Bahru have been noteworthy for the close results obtained: there is very little to choose between at least five out of the six teams uarticipating. This is evidenced by the fact that, however the
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    Second Division Soccer
    153 16 Fort Canning 2; Moravia 2. IN a second division match of the S.A.F.A. league played at Fort Canning yesterday. Fort Canning drew 2—2 with Moravia, after being a goal down at the interval. The Fort had the major portion of play in the first half but the
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    THIRD DIVISION SOCCER
    302 16 Casuals 2; S.C.F.A L AN even encounter was provided in the Third Division of the S.A.F.A League between' the Casuals and the S.C.F.A. played yesterday on the V.M.C.A. ground. Play was fast and both teams were strongly represented in the forward and intermediate lines. Hard drives in
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    PENANG TENNIS
    79 16 Penang, Monday. HE. SPARKS and A. V. Perrin «Kedah entrants) beat E. W. Hare and G. C. Watson B—6, 6--4. in tbe final of the Penang tennis championships veterans' doubles this* evening. Both pairs played a cautious game. Hare and Watson led 3—o in the first set. The
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    S.R.C. Trounce Gordons In League
    488 16 First Division Soccer S.K.C 5; Gordons L PLAYING one of their best games this season, the Recs. decisively beat the Gordons by 3—l in the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday. H. V. Street, who played us B.R centre-haif
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    Everton Beat Rangers
    34 16 Reuter. Glasgow. May 31. rVERTON beat the Rangers 2—o T in the soccer tournament at the Empire Exhibition to-day and meet the winners of Aberdeen vs. Chelsea in the next round—Reuter.
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    45 16 V.M.c.A. team vs. Airport XI tomorrow on the I A. ground at 5 I p.m. :—A. Smith, m. Swyny, Wer Aik Chan. G. C. ACkrili, Ranatunga, v.ley, Ja.lleh, Tan Guan Kiat. Thong Si"2 Ching, Hodgson. Quek Kirn Chuan. Reserves:—A. Or ton. C. Tcssier
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    ENGLAND'S POTENTIAL TEST TALENT
    1152 18  -  No Cause For Pessimism Says Macartney (By i Air Mail London, May 18. AS the cricket season is not yet far advanced, there has been little chance of seeing many County players in action, and thus obtaining some idea of what the Australians will have to
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    7 18 E. L. HASSETT Motor Racing Reuter Wireless.
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    Phenomenal Scoring By Bradman's Team Previous Records Eclipsed
    622 18 Indianapolis, May 31. In the Motoring Grand Prix over 500 miles. Floyd Roberts won in the record breaking time of 4 hours, 15 minutes, 58 2 5 sees, at an average speed of 117 2 m.p.h. Wilbur Shaw with an average of 115.5 m.p.h. was second and Miller third.—Reuter Wireless.
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    288 19 Annual Meeting Of JT.I.C. Union rpHE second annual general meeting of A the Johore International Cycling Union was held on Thursday last There was a large attendance. In the absence of the president, Mr. Y. C. Koh took the chair. The election of office-bearers for the ensuing year
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      673 19 HEARTBURN Many people suffer from this distressing condition without realising that it is a form of indigestion produced by the decomposition of indigestible food retained in the stomach An occasional dose of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder in water prevents the retention of indigestible food In the intestines. Apart from the
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      1133 19 ON TH1£ AIR TO-DAY paris When And Where To t i«t»- In v MAUI»VU mm* tf.20 p.m. News In English. 1 6.35 p.m. Concert relayed from ParI is-P.T.T. I ONDON QIMr* A n/Nnr- r> r.tr riaii-r 225 111 Talk on French events. j OIINGAPORE HONGKONG s^,T p m Concert relayed
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    CRIPPEN'S SECRET DRAMA IN LINER CABIN
    293 20  -  (By Air Mail London, May 21. yyHEN Crippen was being brought back in custody across the Atlantic he was allowed to meet Ethel le Neve, the woman for whose love he had killed his wife, Belle Elmore. wow, years after, the story is tcM
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    SETTLEMENT OF CLOVE DISPUTE
    107 20  -  (B\ Air Mail (United Press.) "THE Indian National zibar. have sent a lele?rpm to ll*e Government of India expressing their deep sense cf gratitude of deputing Mr. Bozman whose help and exper.ence have been mainly responsih'e 1 for bringing about a settlement of the J clove
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    GLIMPSE OF A PRIVATE REGIMENT
    55 20 The Duke- of Atholl inspected his own private regiment, the Atholl Highlanders (ihe only private regiment in the country to carry arms), at Blair Castle, Perthshire, ancestral home of the Duke of Atholl. The Pipe Band oi the Atholl Highlanders visited London to play at
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    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
    238 20 Bangalore. May 21. TIIE Budget of the Indian Institute of Science for the year 1938-39 which has been framed by the Finance Commit te? and will come up for consideration at the meeting of the Governing C ouncil on May 25 reveals that in !'.»33-39 the
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    MOSQUITOES COULD DRIVE MOTORISTS FROM THE ROADS
    354 20 ißy A Special Corresponded, WHEN, during your holidays. w, u travel hundreds of miles a s*i and use gallons of petrol, you certam'y spend so much time admiring the scenery that you have little opportunity for reflection. These whose business obli-jes t to
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    CONVICTS STUDY FOR DEGREES
    597 20 NEW CURE FOR CRIME Pretoria. AFTER serving a five-year sentence in the Pretoria Central Prison, a European, who will be discharged towards tbe end of this year, will be ready to take his final examination :or a university degree. He has completed two years of study
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    SCARS FOR BEAUTY
    64 20 Mcl bourne. A SCAR on a woman's f;«<»> makes it more attractive, in the opinion of Judge Stretton of Australia. A woman claimed damages in his court—Horsham County Court—following a motor accident which left a scar under one eye and on hc*r n>se. Judsre Stretton told her:
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      179 20 C THIRD PARTY I INSURANCE COAAPULSORY I Is. JULY 1938 J^^^^^ in the FMJS. will require by iaw to be covered by insurance against liability for injury o persons which in certain cases, includes passengers carried in vehicles. Simi'yi Legislation Is contemplated for the Btraits Settlement? and if tie S.S.
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    GETTING AWAY FROM WAR
    36 21 method of travelling on donkeys is fast—very fast, indeed—for ire fleeing from an area threatened by military invasion. This picture was taken m the neighbourhood of Peiping just before hostilities broke out.
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    SHANGHAI TRADE THREATENED WITH COMPLETE STRANGULATION
    319 21 Embargo On Exports May Be Imposed Shanghai. for 631 trade, already seriously curtailed by the Sino-Japanese nd the Chinese Government's limited allotment of foreign w threatened with complete strangulation by the Chinese, says. ■rates The Government in Hankow has approached all the banks and
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    BRITON RISKS LIFE TO SAVE YOUTH
    140 21 Shanghai. IX full view of hundreds of Chinese and foreigners, a 40-year-old Brit< n risked his life in a gallant but fruitless attempt to save an unidentified hinese youth who had fallen into the cold, muddy waters of the H'han»poo River from the Customs
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    Florence Nightingale
    75 21 THE anniversary of Florence Nighcingale's birthday found many thousand worm n nurses in active war either immediately behind the or in base hospitals caring for wounded soldiers and nursing back to health as their British had done during the Crimean nearly a century ago. Hankow the anniversary was
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    Weirdest Assortment Of Bank Notes
    65 21 Peiping. WITH no less than 21 different foreign and Chinese banks issuing their own paper money, Peiping boasts of the weirdest assortment of bank-notes in the world. These include those of the Federal Reserve Bank, the organ of the Japanese-sponsored "Provisional Government." the Yokohama Specie
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    RAILWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    28 21 THE first section of the ChengtuChungking Railway is now under constructionMore than 10,000 tons of construction materials will be shipped from Hankow to Chungking shortly.
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    LEAGUE MEDICAL EXPERTS ASKED TO STAY FURTHER YEAR IN CHINA
    524 21 SEE THE Chinese Government, through its national health director Dr. F. C. Yen, has submitted a formal request to Geneva, asking that the activities of the League of Nations Epidemic Prevention Commission be prolonged for another year after tfto expiration
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    CUSTOMS AGREEMENT
    103 21 Conditions For Approval By Chinese Government Shanghai. TLOSE attention is being paid to the negotiations in Tokyo regarding Shanghai Customs by the British and Japanese authorities, according to well-informed circles. Although it is reported that a tentative working plan has been reached and the detailed plan will be
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    Chinese Leader's Appeal
    214 21 Chungking. SPEAKING at the weekly Memorial Service held here recently, Mr. Lin Sen. Chairman of the Chinese National Government, called upon the entire nation to give their financial support to the Government by subscribing to the newly issued National Defence Loan and the Gold Loan. It is
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    GENERALISSIMO GIVES $30,000 TO "Y'S"
    93 21 /JENERALI3SIMO Chiang Kai-shek has contributed $30,000 to the National Committee of Y.M.C.A.'s in China for the maintenance and expansion of Warti T SerViCGS WhiCh the Y S haVC P re ndering donation represents the Generalissimo's deep appreciation of tne 1 work among Chinese soldiers at
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    Women Condemn Film Cartoons
    182 22 East London, Cape Province. RESOLUTION declaring that characters. shown in many short film comedies and cartoons frighten small children and that the attention of the Censorship Board should be directed to this fact was passed here by a conference of the National Council of Women. These
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    EFFECT ON ADULTS AND CHILDREN
    73 22 ii my cont ention that In every adult there exists enough of the child for the effect to be the same." concluded Mrs Esson. "So many unknown dangers and threats lurk ln the background of our modern life that it is a relief to the
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    Exercises During Working Hours
    81 22 Berlin.—A minimum period of two hours a week for gymnastics, athelctics or some suitable game during working hours is to be set aside for youthful employees—both boys and girls working in German factories, offices shops and other businesses. This measure is to help to ensure fee
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    SENDS HER MESSAGES BY THOUGHT
    283 22 A. Lon S Branch, Ontario, oility to paint scenes she has never seen, write scientific articles of which she has little !.nowJedge and forecast events is claimed by Mrs. L. G. Pearsall-Purvis who lives in a suburo of Toronto Mrs. Pearsall-Purvis also claims a power
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    160,000 Turn Vegetarians
    74 22 Jerusalem.—Over 160.000 residents of the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv, Palestine, have gone on an indefinite vegetarian diet In protest against alleged attempts by the cattle-dealers' combine to force up the price of cattle imported for meat. Supported the Tel Aviv municipal j council, which is powerless
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    HELPING A FLAG DAY
    31 22 The Duchess of Kent, attending her first public engagement since the death of her father, at the Alexandra Rose Day organisers meeting at the Mansion. House. London.
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    Germany's Miniature Mechanised Battlefield
    187 22 Fraiikfurt-oii-:,j,. A NOVEL of the G War called "The Living r has been opened here for Uefi| of disabled German ex-sen ice men The exhibition which cove oi 1,076 square feet, shows hi mVniah a section of the front with acl mg m progress. Everything is
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    COINS BY THE HUNDREDWEIGHT
    93 22 HUi I 1 1 Belgrade. l HOARD of Roman coins 180 pounds n in weight has been found by farmers ploughing at the village of Sunske Grede, in Croatia. The coins date from the time of the Roman emperors Claudius and Gallienus. An expert from the
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    GERMAN DESIGNS U.S. COIN
    110 22 Chicago, Illinois. AMERICA'S latest coin—a 'i.kkH n (five cents)—is to bea*- a Mga executed by a. German immi-rmt. It will show the head of a former President, Thomas Jeflcrsw (1801-9). For submitting the best design to the new coin, Mr. Felix Schlag i 5 a £200
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    PASSENGER LIST
    155 22 The following passengers-.u c sal by the Kasima Maru: For Penang.—Mr. and Mr. Rmyabhom For Colombo—Mr. J. Gibson. Mr. S. Miyosi. Mr. R. Murakami. Mr. K. Mylvahanam. For Port Said.—Mr. S. Inoko. For Naples.—Mr. M. Ane.saki. Mr. R. Imazato, Mr. B. Janekaln. M-s. O Janekaln, Mr. A. F.
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    NEW EXPEDITION
    66 22 Aalcsund, Norway—Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth American explorer, is to expi the Antarctic regions this summer the Norwegian sealing vessel, w Earp it is learned here. The Wyatt Earp (402 tops) is 1« towards the end of June Cor Ken V where aeroplanes will be taken on board. The expedition
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    23 22 The s.s. "Chitral is expected to arri at 10 a.m. on Wednesday She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. wharf <>n arrival,
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    316 23  -  MINISTRY'S TUSSLE WITH PARTY ENDED (By Air Mail (United Press). s h A wo, r ||AH VTMA Gandlil bridged .<he gulf between the Frontier Congress and (heir own Party which had threatened to destroy ilv in the Province. Party wanted to control
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    122 23  -  (By Air Mail (United Press). mup Madras, May 21. the Madras Government have received a report from the Statistical Officer attached to the Office of the Director of industries, containing the results of a a study of the family budgets of industrial workers, organised and unorganised
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    SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE
    73 23 (United Press). By Air Mail) Calcutta. May 22 c of the Indian Chamber Calcutta, have adm to the Government ing against the appointJ H. Thomas as Superinduce under the new Insurance Act. ttee state that the 1m- appointing an Indian to repeatedly emphasised ussion on the Insurance
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    70 23  -  'By Air Mail (United Press.) Poona, May 22. 8 'c- :a ls departure for Calcutta Mi. r Chandra Bose, Congiess y, an enquiry into the "> Vi f Girgaum District Con-bta-cr t lmi f tee a sainst several officetor rV Ii ch vari °us allegations of
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    452 23 (United Press.) T, London, May 13. HERE ft every piobability that Sir Shadi Lai will resign this year irom the highly important position he now occupies as Indian member of the Judicial Committee ot the Privy Council, and the question of his
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