Morning Tribune, 24 March 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL I.— No. 45. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, March 24, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 154 1 KESEAIUH WORK NEW MOVE SCIENTIFIC BODY (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, MAR. 22. •THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TROPI- CAL MEDICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE IS ANNOUNCED. THE DECISION TO APPOINT THIS BODY HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IN CONSULTATION WITH COLONIAL OFFICE THE NEW COMMITTEE
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  • 43 1 Akron Ohio, Mar. 23. THE Goodyear Co., stated today that full production would be under way within a week. The workers will begin to return to-day following acceptance of the strike settlement plan at a mass meeting on Saturday Reuter
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  • 268 1 'No Compromise Reply To Powers rS situation m Europe remains at a deadlock. Hitler has returned an emphatic "No" to the proposals put forward by the Locarno Powers after their deliberations on the question of the Rhineland. He reiterates again his desire for a treaty which will
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  • 40 1 A CORONER'S inquiry will be held tomorrow afternoon, into the death of a five-year-old. Dutch boy who sustained fatal injuries on Sunday morning when he fell from a bedroom window m a friends' house m Lloyd Gardens.
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  • 204 1 New Official Arrives Singapore, Monday. IMPROVEMENT m business conditions I m America has resulted m Malaya's "pick-up" from the -slump and also m increased work Jor the office of the American Trade Commissioner m Singapore. This has necessitated the expanse? of the personnel and Mr. Harold D.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 169 1 Last Night's Football Pages 23 And 24 Clark, M.C. F.R.S., Dr. N. Hamilton Fairley, O BE., Professor W. W. Jameson, Dr. Edward Mellanby, F.R.S., Dr. Muriel Robertson, Major-General Sir Leonard Rogers, X. C.5.1., F.R.S., Dr. H Harold Scott. Sir Thomas Stanton, K.C.M.G., Dr. C. M. Wenyon, C.M.G., F.R.S., Professor Warrington
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    • 33 1 Mr Edward Walker, of Penang is on a visit to Ipoh and is staying at the Station Hotel. Mr A. Bean, Inspector of Mines F.M.S.. left for Home last week on a holiday.
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    • 56 1 RICH FRESH MLX WITH THE RISK REMOVED bearJ^brand THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE NATURAL SWISS MILK Delicious milk from the mountain valleys of Switzerland, prepared m its natural state with its health giving vitamins. Endorsed by the medical profession as the best obtainable. Sole Agents for Malaya: JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS., LTD.,
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  • 320 2 TRAINING IN "HAWKERS" Enrolment Next Week r'O additional Singapore 111 flying boats are to be adder] to Squadron FB 205 at Seletar shortly. They will leave England on their 8,000 mile flight about the middle of April and are expected to arrive m Singapore on April 2M.
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  • 87 2 Inquest To Be Held On Saturday Singapore, Monday. rE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter will commence an inquiry on Saturday morning into the deaths of Flight-Lieut. W. D. Gairdner, D.F.C., and Leading Aircraftsmen T. W. Watson and S. p. Jenner, who were killed on Friday night whilst
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  • 197 2 New Empire Link With Kenya (By Air Mail) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 10. RADIO-TELEPHONIC communication has been opened this week with KenyaNews that the next Imperial link, Kuala Lumpur, will be available by mid summer is welcomed by London merchants dealing with Malaya. Mr. W. H. Gartsen,
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  • 221 2 Alleged Murder On Troopship (By Air Mail) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 10. TOWARD Styles, 51, ship's fireman, C whose home is at Woolston, Southampton, was at Hants assizes, Winchester, found not guilty of a charge of murdering James Mcnally, another fireman who lived at Liverpool, aboard
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  • 213 2 Leaves For Java But Will Return Singapore, Monday. MR Charles Chaplin, Mr*. Goddard and 'Miss Goddard left Singapore this morning for Java and Bali by the Qantas Airways liner. They are due back m Singapore m about ten days, and will then visit Indo-China. It was reported m
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  • 139 2 Alleged Wrongful Restraint Singapore, Monday. THIRTEEN Teochew Chinese seamen of the Clara Jebson are being tried m the Second Police Court before Mr. T. D. Hughes on charges cf wrongful confinement and wrongful restraint. Two of the accused Lam Kee San and Vow Choy Keng who were employed
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  • 55 2 A PIGEON fluttered above the hour hand of the town clock ,at Rothes, Moray swooped down alighted fell asleep. The minute hand crept round. Suddenly the pigeon woke to find itself a prisoner wedged. The clock stopped, a watch-maker was called m, and the bird released, contain
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  • 106 2 Father's Appeal To King New York, Mar. 23 THE father of the famous Dionne quinI tuplets has writen a letter to King Edward asking that the babies, who had been made wards of the King, be returned to the custody of the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dionne,
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  • 260 2 rE first round of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's Novices competition was held on Sunday evening. The results are appended: Mosquito-weight L. Dumbleton beat L. Fenton B. Nunls beat Yew Kiat Seng Mahmood b. Awang beat.Mohd. Noor Tony Teo beat S. Charlie Fly-weight Rahmat b. Abdullah wo from
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  • 46 2 PATTISON-FOSTEIL-At 12.10 p.m. yesterday, the death occurred of Mrs. Amelia Pattison Foster, of 25 Grange Rd. Singapore. She was the widow of tne late Mr. WUliam Alfred Foster and mother of Mrs. C. E. Gibson, Mrs. J. r. Usher and Mrs. W. A. Foster.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 65 2 w,,... f FRESH MILK— WITH ALL THE TROUBLE REMOVED! TET Klim put an end to delicious, nourishing milk Lj your troubles with milk, to drink. It is especially For Klim is rich, pure cows good for babies. If your milk, powdered— with only dealer cannot supply you, water removed. Klim
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    • 55 2 T ~NKf~qiANGEVthe CAPITOL A Magnificent Pictorial Record, of a Great j i Achievement Rear- Admiral RICHARD BYRD'S SOUTH POLE Expedition A "AT THE BOTTOM OF \iH THE WORLD' i, )TO BE PRESENTED AS Special Supporting- Attraction with PAR A MOUNTS Snappy comedy < "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" j I Featuring
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  • 195 3 STOR V TOLD AT INQUEST Chinese Who Died In Hospital Singapore, Monday. FE death of a 47 -year-old Chinese named Tan Tock who died m the General Hospital following his rescue from the Singapore River was the subject of an inquest held m the Coroner's (Mr. W.
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  • 78 3 Golf Professional's Fate London, Mar. 20. THARLES Bradbecr, formerly profesv sional at Basingstoke Golf Club. Kempshott, has been found hanging from tree on the course. Bradbeer, who was flfty-flve years of age and lived near the course, severed his connection With the club last October. He joined its
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  • 1327 3 SHIPMENT OF INFERIOR RUBBER Association Confers With The Government Singapore. Monday. IN view of the many complaints which were received on the subject of short weight packing- and packing of rubber inferior to type, Government was approached m the hope that they would render assistance m this matter. "A meeting
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  • 131 3 Parts Of Town On Fire Rome, Mar. 23. TWENTY-SEVEN Italian bombers participated m the aerial raid on Jijiga yesterday and dropped 17 tons of explosives, says a telegram from an Italian source m Mogadiscio confirming earlier reports The raid lasted for an hour and a quarter and parts
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  • 100 3 Halifax, Nova Scotia. ABRAHAM JAGGER, fifty-seven, Sandbeds, Queensbury, an employee at the Black Dyke Mills, Queensbury, near here, fell 200 ft. down a well at the mills. He was inspecting the pumping apparatus at the top of the well, when he lost his foothold, and
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  • 40 3 PUBLIC motor-coach excursions over Honister Pass, m the heart of Lakeland, will not be run. Before the Northern Road Traffic Commissioners, sitting at Carlisle, the two motor-coach operators concerned withdrew their applications to run public service vehicles over the pass.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 7 3 j "MAX A LION" i RAPID-HARDENING CEMENT
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    • 51 3 i i m i him iiiiiin i iiiii iiimii "MASTEB" LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS iJQvVj|||Hß tt^^ ■i Hi l THE SOLE GENUINE ROSKOPF V \TEi\T WATCHES INTRODUCED /qSS6B&\ MILLIONS 70 YEARS (•jji^jj*) IN USE AGO V Jllsii TO-DAY Mj£>^ See the new displays at all dealers. Sole Agents: Yf&Xt MoiltOr W.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 185 3 To-day In Singapore Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. II S.C.F.A. II v. R. A. n, Anson Road Stadium; Com. Cup, F. and N. v. Straits Times, F. and N. Annual Drill and Games Competition of Singapore Malay Schools, Geylang Malay School. 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Police Band Performance, Katong Park,
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • 218 4 Still Moderate Inquiry .(From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Monday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26*4 cts., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet Steady. Tin (Singapore) $103%. To-day's Prices:— London: 7 7;16d., down I|l6. Market Tone: Quiet. New York: 16 116 cts., up I|l6 ct Market Tone: Steady. TIN London: No market.
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    • 129 4 The tin share market was quite active y r( L ay H S ams being m good demand at higher prices. Johans quietened down to a narrow margin between buyers and sellers Business was reported m Kramats with a slight rise m price. Malayan Collieries published an excellent
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    • 69 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, March, 23. THE closing prices were as follows LONDON RUBBER Market Tone: Steady. Spot: 7 17 32 (up 116). July-Sept.: 7 2132 (up 1:32). LONDON TIN Spot: £213 Va. .April- June: £205 4 LONDON GOLD Spot: £7.0.11 (unchanged). LONDON SILVER
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    • 46 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, March, 23The closing prices were as follows: London New York Cross Rate 4.95 11 16 (down *****). London— Paris: 74 15|16 (up 1|32). London— Amsterdam: 7-27 V 4 (up f /i). London Hongkong: Is. 3%d. unchanged).
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    • 92 4 During the week ending Mar. 14, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 24.503 cases, of which: 20,206 (83 per cent, cases were to the United Kingdom. 305 (1 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 2,050 (8 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 1,940 (8 per cent.)
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    • 328 4 •New York prices quoted In OS. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; Jobbers margins, brokerage wid Stamp duty are not included. 1 London, Mar. 23, 6 30 pm Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Previously Yeste/day Rise or fall War Loan, 3%
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 23 4 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD (Incorporated m New Zealand) Fire, Marine, Motor and Workmen's Compensation. W. J. DEXTER, Manager. OFFICE t, FINLAYSON GREEN.
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    • 67 4 TO LET. Accommodation suitable for Offices, Showrooms, etc., on the Giound and Second Floor, 35, Robinson Road. Apply, Asst. Divisional Manager, E. Ex. Telegraph Coy. THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) V.100,000,000 Reserve Fund V.129,150,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES
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    • 34 4 IF YOU WANT A CHEAP WATCH DON'T BUY A CYMA IF YOU WANT A REAL TIME KEEPER BUY A CYMA BUY QUALITY A SWISS WATCH A CYMA Obtainable from all watch dealers m Malaya
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  • 1101 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Monday. 5 p.m. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000. Interest Mar. 31, Sept. 30 108 110 noo* 4^> 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31. Sept. 30 112 114 not \Vz% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept. 30 118 120 no;. 4% 1913 red.
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  • 158 5 Deficit Substantially Reduced THE report of the directors of Alexandra Brickworks, Ltd., to be presented at the eighth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders to be held at the office of the secretaries (The Borneo Company Ltd.), Mercantile Bank Building, Singapore, en Thursday, April 2, at 12.3 C
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  • 160 5 Closer Co-operation Urged London, Mar. 15. IN a paper read before the Quantity Surveyors' Section of the Chartered Surveyors' Institution recently, Mr. J. Stinton Jones, a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Sanitary Institute, emphasized the importance of close co-operation between architects and the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 27 5 Sime, Darby Co., Ltd. Insurance Agents and Broker^ (LLOYDS) All classes of insurance transacted 5, Malacca Street, AGENCY APPLICATIONS INVITED. Singapore. Phone 5144. "LOWEST QUOTATIONS PROMPT SETTLEMENTS."
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    • 241 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corpora ion Ltd* i lncorporated m Straits Settlements). SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.. AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. CAPITAL: Authorised 540.000.000.00 Paid Ud 810.000.000.00. HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING. CHILIA STREET, SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH: 458. \OFTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee
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  • 468 6 Famous Novel In Film Form BRINGING to the screen fictiou'3 bestloved family since that of "Little Women," RKO Radio presents the Whiteoaks, of "Jalna," m a picturization of Mazo de la Roche's novel of the same name. As a novel, "Jalna" won the MO.OOO prize offered by
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  • 258 6 Next Change At Capitol THAT epoch-making polar trip, starring Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his loyal band of fifty-six followers, has been recorded for all time m Paramount's "At the Bottom of the World.' an actual scene by scene account of the intrepid explorer's second Antarctic
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  • 45 6 r HARLES BOYER narrowly escaped v death and Walter Hoffman, a workman, was painfully injured recently when a pistol was accidentally charged during the filming of a motion picture scene near Triunfo. Calif., recording to word received m Hollywood
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  • 62 6 CEQUEL to "The Notorious Sophid Lang," the film which shot Gertrude Michael to the top, "The Return ol Sophie Lang," has been set us another star role for the willowy blonde Southerner. Based on the Saturday Bvenii Post stories by Frederick Irving Anderson, 'The
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 167 6 A Beautiful Star m a Glamorous new Paramount Production. TO-NIGHT 4ns-^ CAPITOL MARGARET i SULLAVAN i Famous for her roles m "Good Fairy" "Little Man, what now", etc. Hsoredl^^ B^B B^B riBBBB r^^^^^~* JBBW i TP LjLi If^'^^^W i r BbV'^b^E^*"^^ '^BWafc^T^^ I I\v/i3Jli v^bVbVbVbVbbbwbhHlHl'^^w^'. -v*- j i With Walter
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  • CINEMA DIARY
    • 33 7 Margaret Sullavan. \FXT CHANGE "Bottom of the World," the official record of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. COMING SOON Eddie Cantor m •'Strike Me Pink." "A Tale of Two Cities," with Ronald Colman.
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    • 9 7 TO-NIGHT:— "Jalna." NEXT CHANGE:— "Mutiny on the Bounty."
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    • 12 7 TO-NIGHT "The Great Hotel Murder," with Edmund Lowe and Victor Maclaglen.
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    • 195 7 Wallace Beery And Lionel Barrymore r IE-HONOURED tunes of the past, some so unknown to-day that it took considerable "digging" to find the music, come to their own once more on the talking screen. They are the tunes popular from 1902 to 1906, and are used as incidental
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    • 95 7 FIFTEEN shows m eight days. That's a record of which anyone would like to boast— and of which Henry Fonda is boasting. Having two weeks vacation between pictures, Fonda flew to Omaha to visit his parents. Then he went on to New York.
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    • 95 7 THE suit Fred Mac Murray is weiring now Tie chose with more care than usual. A tan cashmere with colse-set diaRonal brown stripes, it is single-breasted with twin vents m the coat. He wears it with a blue sweater, a lighter blue shirt
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    • 24 7 TO-NIGHT:— "While Parents Sleep," .with Jean Gillie. NEXT CHANGE:— "Passing of the Third Floor Back", starring Conrad Veldt COMING SOON:— "Three Live Ghosts."
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    • 7 7 TO-NlGHT:— "Fighting Pilot" and ~Mystery Ranch".
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    • 99 7 •fHEY were just dogs of the nondes--1 cript type that defied identification of ancestry. And they were within 24 hours of death m the city pound. Henry Hethaway, director, showed up at the city pound. "I need 14 dogs— just plain dogs for
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    • 86 7 THE mountains near Catsworth rocked to the concussion of exploding dynamite as hundreds of pounds of the explosive were set off m the filming of an exciting scene m "Desert Gold." Explosives experts employed by Director James Hogan to instruct Tom Keene and Robert Cummings,
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    • 82 7 FRIENDSHIP doesnt mean a thing when a motion picture fight is staged William Gargan and Grant Withers are close personal friends and both are cast m "Sky Parade." The script recently called for a fight between the two, staged on rough ground. Withers came
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    • 75 7 CHAKESPEARE'S immortal love story, w "Romeo and Juliet," has inspired the latest Hollywood production flurry with two major studios currently engaged m a race to reach the screen first. So far the race is led by Gladys Swarthout and Jan Kiepura, whose new musical,
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    • 58 7 BECAUSE of the success of colour photography m "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Walter Wanger has announced that "Spawn of the North will be Mimed m colour. He is planning to send an entire company to Alsaka to make the film m
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    • 83 7 MAE WEST has now switched from diamonds to sapphires with the acquisition of one of the four largest star sapphires m the United States. The huge stone, weighing more than 150 carats, is of a deep blue colour and shows a perfect star m
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    • 63 7 FORTY thousand dollars' worth of authentic airline equipment had to be leased for "13 Hours by Air," featuring Fred Mac Murray and Joan Bennett. This included five teletype machines, radio receiving and sending apparatus, Page printers, perforator and reperforator for sending weather reports maps
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 563 8 WAR DARING RECALLED Officer Who Was Thanked By Tsar CURBING incidents at sea during both war and peace are recalled by the announcement that RearAdmiral Noel F. Laurence is to become Rear-Admiral Aircraft Carriers, m succession to Vice-Admiral the Hon Sir Alexander Ramsay. Educated on
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  • Article, Illustration
    133 8 tlfiOOfiOO Less In New Budget London, Mar. 20. A REDUCTION of nearly £1,000,000 m the amount set aside for war pensions will be made m the coming Budget. The pensions of officers, nurses, and £300,000 less than m the year that is just ending. Pensions of non-commis-sioned officers
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  • 191 8 The State Wants More Money London, Mar. 20. MORE taxpayers' money is wanted— nearly two and three-quarter millions more. Most of it will go to the Post Office, but the 8.8.C., the Ministry ot Labour, the Colonial Office, and other Departments are to have their "whack." A new
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 66 8 A MYSTERIOUS MURDER m IN A LUXURIOUS HOTEL fl 9 YOU'LL GUESS AND I w Ta\ A^^H youll gasp I IJvHMhHJ p9 As there rival detectives m^ m^ m^ Kmmmmm^ mmmmmm m—^~mm—m~ follow the mystery trail of a killer •The Great "Hotel Murder Fox Picture with EDMUND LOWE VICTOR McLAGLEN
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    • 132 8 SUN TALKIE HALL 7.15 (New World) 9.15 RAMON NOVARRO m -The Night Is YifUiig" Prices 10c, 20c, and 30 c. i THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR, ACCIDENT WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE UNDERTAKEN. FULL PARTICULARS AND RATES APPLY. 16D, CECH STREET L. Q.
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  • 425 9 NEW PASSPORT REGULATIONS All Foreigners To Be Checked Up London, Mar. 15. WITHIN the next few days representatives of the Home Office, Foreign Office, and the Special Branch of Scotland Yard are to meet m conference to devise a scheme which will make it
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  • 128 9 Interviews Lead To Court Case London, Mar. 20. IT was alleged against George Samuel 1 Fisher (twenty-one), kinema manager, at the South-Western Court, that he interviewed a number of girls, promised them parts m a film and jobs at £3 a week. The girls complained to the police.
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  • 384 9 Collecting Officers And Legal Help London, Mar. 20. THE hard lot of the unmarried mother is being mitigated a little by magistrates m consequence of a letter sent to them by the Home Secretary. For every police court where it has not already been done, a Collecting Officer
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  • 99 9 Caused Gangrene Of The Lung London, Mar. 20. WALLOWING a peanut, which get into his lungs, led to the death of four-een-year-o!d James Briggs, of Poplar. His mother told the Coroner, at the nquest, tnat, a month ago, her son told rr he had swallowed a peanut.
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  • 131 9 Pilgrimage Of Nurses To Gallipot London, Mar. 20. SO rapidly is the little band of survivors of the epic landing and evacuation at Gallipoli dwindling away that organisers of. a pilgrimage to the Dardanelles are finding difficulty m making up their party. Notwithstanding this— and other—difficulties, they are
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  • 112 9 Secret Mourner Who Loved And Lost Amesbur^ Wilts, Mar. 20. 'ARRYING a sheaf of red tulips and lilies of the valley, a young woman walked alone before the escort at a Royal Air Force funeral here. After the Last Post had been sounded she laid the flowers
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  • 99 9 Al Capone Wants To Change Prison San Francisco, Mar. 20. AL CAPONE, the famous gangster and once undisputed was wounded m the arm when three convicts threw window weights at his head. Luckily for Al, another convict gave him a push or at least one of the
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  • 343 9 Daughter To Lose A Fortune London, Mar. 19. THE ambition of twenty-one-year-old I Miss Betty Muriel Steele once was to go on the stage. She told her father so. He disapproved. Now he is dead. But if Betty attempts to realise her ambition she loses a fortune. For
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  • 111 9 Violin String For Lumbago HUNDREDS of Londoners are wearing "E" violin strings knotted round their waists. They claim it cures their U The doctors are baffled, but the violin string makers are pleased. The manager of a Bond-street firm said: We sold almost 1,000 more gut 'E'
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  • 89 9 Watchmaker's Craft As An Epitaph London, Mar. 20. N epitaph on a tombstone m Lydford. Devonshire, reads Here lies the outside case of George Routleißh. watchmaker. Integrity was t'ne mainspring, and prudence the regulator, of all the actions m his life. So nicely regulated were his movements that
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  • 309 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Tuesday, Mar. 24, 1936. LOOKING AHEAD ItN spite of its claim to be a modern city, Singapore still lags well behind the van m matters which other cities of its size and importance have come to regard as indispensable adjuncts of civilisation. In two directions m
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  • Article, Illustration
    582 10 noWN m the harbour just now you will see, if you are observant, a number of sailing junks of a type not quite so familiar as those which sail m and out to the fishing grounds daily year m and year out. They are bigger, stur-dier-looking craft than
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  • 215 10 Mr. J. Huggins, M.C., M.C.S., sailed for Home on furlough last week. Mr. A. E. Sanger-Davies, Conservatoi of Forests, Malayan Forest Service, has returned from Home leave. Mr. F. Bolton, who has been on a brie! visit to Ipoh, has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mrs. Bolton is remaining m
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  • Page 10 Advertisements

  • 432 11 VISIT RUINS OF ANGKOR Attractions Of Indo China Singapore, Monday. pROBABLY for the first time m Singapore a local steamship company is organising a special holiday trip for the benefit of residents m Singapore and Malaya generally which will enable them to go to Indo-China, a
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  • 165 11 Ninety Firemen Use Gas Masks London, Mar. 20 A SERIOUS fire occurred at the paint factory of Messrs. Symonds, Ltd.. Wick-Lane, London, E. The building involved was one of three floors, used as workshops, offices and laboratories. The alarm was raised by a policeman who was attracted
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  • 73 11 London, Mar. 20. OVER one thousand London Motorists have either no'sense of moneyvalues or else are very forgetful. Although the horse-power tax on their cars was reduced more than a year ago, they have sent remittances to the L. C. C at the old rate, and much
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  • 98 11 Grateful Husband's Tribute "MY indebtedness to my wife for what she has been to me throughout our married life is inexpressible. To her loving care, advice and sympathy I ow? my good health and longevity, and much of my happiness." This tribute is paid m the will of
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  • 28 11 lEGACIES amounting to over £20,000 have been left by Mrs. Lucy Waltcn Walter, of Warlaby Lodge, Pelham-gdns.. Folkestone, to her companion, Violet Mansbridge. The estate is worth £112,280.
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  • 108 11 No More Dazzling Headlights London, Mar. 20. DAZZLING headlights—bugbear of U night driving and the cause of many road deaths will soon be a thing of the past The Ministry of Transport will issue regulations shortly under which every car will be required to have dipping headlights
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 42 11 PHONE 5934 J /^-*'ik" > TelMmuhir Address: The most charmingly situated Hotel m the Island. Ideal for permanent residents RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. Special Dinner Dante on Wednesday March 25 DLNERS $1.50. NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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    • 114 11 T TIFFIN: $1.00 Cream of Asparagus Fillet of Selangin Longchamp. Roast Fricandeau of Veal Spinach Lyonnaise Potato Cold Meat Salad Vanilla Ice Cream Chesse, Fruit, Coffee Try Our SPECIALTIES*. FRESHS liors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Baked Alasca A Choice of Over 100 other dishes. 'Phone 4906. Tolley's Brandy COMPETITION IDEA. PRIZE
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  • Article, Illustration
    92 12 Men of the 2nd Batt. the Grenadier Guards going aboard the "Cameronia" at Southampton to the music of the Grenadier Guards' Band, which played on the quayside. They are bound for Egypt. A fatal R.A.F. crash occurred near Catterick, Hvinßli outright. Photograph shows:— fly Flight-Lieut. Tommy Rose fives
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    113 13 The wedding of Miss M ary Casson, the actress daughter of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Mr. Lewis Casson, and Mr. William Devlin, the young Shakespearean actor, took place at the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer, Chelsea, London, S.W. lyinMlinr Legg and Flying Officer Teter Godfrey being killed
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  • Page 13 Advertisements

  • 711 14 Special Skin Care In Tropical Climate I AM often infuriated by the women I call "defeatists," those who go round moaning "I can't help my face, it can't be cured, it can't be altered, so it must be endured." I seem to meet these people more frequently out here. They
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  • 435 14 MANY p, opie say that their backs feel so weak that they cannot sit or stand erect for any length of time without discomfort. This is natural because if the back muscles are weak and flabby It is well-nigh impossible to expect the other large muscles
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 73 14 OASIS PORTUGUESE SARDIXES Not just plain HL— small fish, but jtjML f/^ GENUINE (iMTi*fj sardines from IMaEX^A^ Portugal, a tin If l/T^ J of which conI\/' I J^hl. tains more vita LAW^b*. mins than a V'-*^^"^ litre of Cod Liver Oil. Try Oasis once and you will have no other.
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    • 216 14 MAISOX PERM LADIES' HAIRDRESSERS. 79 Stamford Road. Tel. 4610. CORNER HOUSE The cycla x TREATMENT EIGHT ESSENTIAL PREPARATIONS Every type of skin and every possible beauty-need is provided for by Cyclax— there are more than one hundred preparations from which to choose, each perfect oi its kind. Eight ofth^se stand
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    • 117 14 doroihr ni»r< k ijives Zota Foam reducing baths m h?r new salon.. Invaluable for Rheumatism, Sciatica Lumbago. 2ND FLOOR. 18, BATTERY Rl). Phone 6995. now COTY j)cnumes can testow tne |)ower to cliarm j PoR »v tr y TsooMn tb(>r«« i* ONE perfect frftgr*c« ONE Coty Perlucii. th»l spoilt* to
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  • 460 15 WATCH EYE -STRAIN The Greatest Enemy To Beauty TYE-STRAIN is just about the greatest enemy to beauty any woman has to. combat. If you could go behind the scenes and observe the conduct of many beautiful women noted for tlie flawless perfection of their skins you would be surprised to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 130 15 LUGGAGE CARRIER SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Baggage Contractors Forwarding Agents. X Booking Agents for F.MS. i Railways. Baggage Agents for:— 'i Blue Funnel Line I East Asiatic Line Nederland line 8.1.5. N. Co., Ltd., etc.. etc. J Tel. Address.- 'LUGGAGE" PHONE 2428 or call Union Bldg. GRAMOPHONES COLUMBIA GRAMOPHONES and
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    • 58 15 SHOPPING GUIDE C4ME/L4S HAIRDRESSER )m i J^MMarcelle J I Hress for modem < 35 Stamford Rd. Proprietor: Y. Kooy, Tel. 4807. RESTAURANT Real European i Food Come and have your steak cook- ed as you like it on an open charcoal grill by JOHN, Singa- pore's leading Chef. OPEN TILL
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    • 110 15 CURIOS Camphor-wood Chests Mah Jong sets Handkerchiefs Emb. linen table cloths Chinese curios. Obtainable from Soon Joo Coy. 53, High Street, at lowest prices. SILK STORE Tfl|mfiHßL/TOR( 2i HIGH i/m STREET. t±^*^ J J l W .1' VH 2>i BOOKSHOP LAWN TENNIS HANDBOOK OF MALAYA 1936 j*'oreword by The Hon.
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    • 66 15 CHEMIST NYAL CORN REMOVER 50 cts. Nyals Corn Remover forms a protective cover over the Corn and gives immediate relief. Agents: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. (Inc. m F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. STATIONER feature TEN RULES OF SICCESS OX THE SCBEEX fully explained m April issue PICTURE BOOK ORDER YOUR COPY
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  • THE HARBOUR
    • 140 16 Ten Men In Vessel TWENTY men are feared dead In two I British trawlers which vanished into a waste of wild waters while a gale lashed desolate northern coasts. Owners of the Grimsby trawler Merrivale, wrecked m the Orkneys, have abandoned hope for her crew of ten. It
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    • 118 16 Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive: Oodown Gate No. fcohna 22 1 Cretner 20 1 Anhui 20 1 Pangkor 18 3 Kedah 18 3 Muinam 17 3 Kepong 15 3 President Adams 11 3 Preussen 11 3 Kudat 8 3 Gleniffer 6 3 Getsuyo Mara
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    • 276 16 Ship Smuggled To Review Glasgow, March 15. THE fact that the first tiny steamer equipped with Parsons turbines was "smuggled" to a Fleet Review at Spithead forty years ago, and proved itself immune from pursuit, was revealed by Mr. John R. Brewster, of the Engineering Department of
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 458 16 BRITISH INDIA II mI Vv \i I■*-^ a In nJ I lit SW' 1 v II •II 1 II Iv m W w P. A O. S. X. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS. Due Dae Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936 1916 2iS^ AOE 15 000 Mar w BURDWAN 6,070 June 4 s?K£S£*t
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    • 58 16 B. I. < \IM AR> SAILINGS FOR HONG KONG, AMOY, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Tonnage Lea*w SHIRALA 8,000 Mar. 26 TELAWA 10,000 Apr. 9 SANTHIA 8,000 Apr. 23 FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. TALMA 10,000 Apr. 4 RIRDHANA 8,000 Apr. 18 Special Holiday Return Tickets to China and Japan issued at greatly
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 146 16 MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Karimon (Tong Heng) 9 a.m. Tcmdjong Pinang (Silver Gull) 9 a.m. Pengerang (Aik Soon) 9 ajn. Western Canada and Western States of U.S.A. (Anhui) 2 p.m. Phina (generally), Hoihow {Anhui) 2 p.m. Hongkong (Anhui) 2 p.m. japan (Anhui) 2 p.m. Netherlands Indies, Bagan and Selat Pandjang (Hong
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  • News Of The Day
    • 129 17 THE following visitors to Singapore are staying at the Raffles Hotel: Mr. G. M. Mackie, Mrs. and Miss Tubby, Miss M. Cox, Mr. Charles H. Werner, Mr. Byron T. Ipoch, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stout, Miss M. and Mrs. W. Hellmers, Mr. Mrs. and Miss A. H.
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    • 54 17 THE following visitors to Singapore are staying at Goodwood Park Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. R. Buddinger, en route to Rotterdam, Mr. J. A. Nyholt, Mr. Rella Hedrick, Mr. a?d Mrs. D. G. Skey, just returned from South Africa, Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Voght, en route to Saigon,
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    • 58 17 London. Mar. 18. LARRY ADLER, the harmonica virtuoso, played to a London music-hall queue one night recently tfor fivepence —and nobody recognised him. He did it for a bet, and he won, He bet Eric Maschwitz, the 8.8.C. director df variety; and Jlenry Hall that he would
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    • 224 17 House of Commons, Mar. 16 IN introducing the naval estimates (by 1 a striking coincidnce on the day of Earl Beatty's funeral) Lord Stanley paid a moving tribute to the deceased admiral, saying that another of the great ones had passed, leaving the country to mourn
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    • 25 17 Mr. V. L. Bain, Extra Assistant Conservator of Forests, has been appointed to officiate as District Forest Officer, Kuala Lumpur with effect from Mar. 1.
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    • 14 17 Mr. J. McLeod, Manager, Guthrle and Co., Ipoh, is shortly proceeding Home on furlough.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 209 17 BURi\S PHItP LIKE. (Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Salis. MARELLA Mar. 31 Apr. 3 MERKUR Apr. 28 May 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. t First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney of Melbourne to the connecting KP.M.
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    • 411 17 j^ yj TO FRENCH PORTS 1^ fIT homewards. V OUTWARDS (from Marseilles). For Saigon, Tourane Halohong. Apj> ft DALNY Apr 8 CAP VARELLA May 5 J D'ENTRECASTEAUX May 6 CAP TOURANE FARES FROM ANY PLACE, MALAYA TO MARSEILLES 5504. For Saigon Mar 30 G.G. MERLIN n Apr. 4 I VAN
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  • 1445 18  -  P. Jerome Willis. By ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS QUESTION OF DEFENCE: A BRIGHTER ZOO: RUBBER ROADWAYS. (By Air Mail) London, Mar. 14. AOOR old Disarmament Conference ar*u London Naval Treaty! Out of their ghosts arise the ominous White Paper on defence, which is causing the lights to
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  • 56 18 CHESTER CONKLIN, Hank Mann, Philo v McCullough, Frsjiklyn Farnum and Lawrence Wheat have been added to the cost of "Preview." Other veterans m the cast include Reginald Denny, Rood La Rogue, Conway Tearle, Bryant Washburn, Jack Mulhall and lan Keth. Gail Patrick and
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    • 55 19 "An Excellent Film" —THE ERA By "^ri'^^'^^^r jjiii'' 881 Bv*BB« ♦g^ fv c. i^i t> ff\^^ I i JB^B^B^Bk. S THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD ON THE SCREEN 0 AS A PLAY FOR MANY YEARS IT GRIPPED THE X IMAGINATION OF ALL THOSE WHO CARED FOR THE g FINER THINGS
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1081 19 !Oi\ THE RADIO mA 0 m w* 8.05 a.m. The News. British tllipire B^o a.m. Close down. Programme transmission 2 6.20 p.m. Big Ben. "How's That?" A Transmission GSO IS.W variety entertainment compered by <17 7» mcs.) from 6J» pjn. to 745 pja. Ralph Coram. The artists will include: »n«
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    • 565 19 and Bruckner. Soloist: Prof. Karl v. tion becomes his beacon-light to EternBaltz, Violin. ity). «w o *t« 10.35 p.m. "Wings over Westralia." A Composed by Nareshwar BhattaRadio Play about the German non-stop charya. Flight from Germany to Australia (m Music by Amba LaU m coUaboration English). with Sailesh Datta Gupta.
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  • 394 20 World Tourist Passengers Singapore, Monday. THE Dollar Liner President Adams 1 arrived m Singapore this morning from Manila. She should have put into port last Saturday but had been delayed two days m Hongkong, where she went into dry dock. It Is usual for the Dollar
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  • 229 20 Stabbing Ends Cards And Whisky Joliet, Illinois, Mar. 20. TONVICTS m Joliet Prison are annoyed. y Just because one of them was careless enough to kill another convict by slashing him with a knife, the happy social club life which they had m jail has ended. An
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  • 389 20 Dividend Of 12 l 2 Per Cent. Last Year THE annual meeting of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., will be held m Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Mar. 31. The report for the year ended Dec. 31 last, the 22nd year of the company's existence, states that .the profit for
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  • 169 20 Where Cornishmen Live London, Mar. 20. nESCENDANTS of Cornish fishermen who were recently threatened with starvation when food supplies ran short m their colony on Tangier Island, off the coast of Maryland, U. 8. A., are again m the news. Their dramatic rescue from starvation—by means of an
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  • 15 20 Mr. R. C. William, of Sungel-Sungkal Estate, is spending a brief vacation on Fraser's Hill.
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  • 53 20 Senate Economists And Expenditure Washington, Mar. 20. THE Senate Governmental Economy Committee, headed by Senator Harry F. Byrd, has decided to seek the advice of five professorial business leaders regarding possible savings. The names of the persona to be consulted will not be announced until the Committee's invitations
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    • 272 20 O\ Till: RADIO (Continued from page 19) (3) Some day, perhaps, melody (Hawley) (4) Ganz allerliebst, waltz (Waldteufel). (5) Fantasy from the opera "Pique Dame" (Tschaikowsky) (6) Two Hungarian dances. (Brahms) (7) By special request, potpourri (Riskin) 9.35 p.m. Sandy Macpherson at the cinema organ. 9.50 p.m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
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    • 196 20 Gino del Signore (tenor); songs by Denza, Tosti, Brogi and others. TO-MORROW 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement News bulletin m English. Eiar Orchestra conducted by Maestro Victor De Sabata. "Juventus," symphonic poem by Maestro Victor De Sabata. Rina Giorgini (soprano); songs by Rossini, Somma and others. In the interval: Address by
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  • 2709 21 REVIEW OF THE YEAR BY THE BISHOP Steady Advance Throughout Diocese HOW CLOSELY THE ECONOMIC WEL FARB OF MALAYA AND THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH HERE ARE BOUND UP IS SHOWN IN THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE FOR THE YEAR 1935. HE
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  • 1683 22 CHIEF CLERK IN BOX Strong Denial Of Charge Singapore, Monday. I COMPLETE denial that he ever handled the cheque oi draft that formed the subject matter of the charges of criminal breach of trust against him, was made by Dorai Manickam Davis, former Chief Clerk, Miscellaneous
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  • 170 22 Seven Men Get Clear Through Tunnel Amoy, Mar. 20 CEVEN out of nine convicts have sue »J ceeded m escaping from the District Court prison here. The escape occurred m the early morning and was done by digging tunnel from their room to a side street adjoining the
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 126 22 KID From Spain Then KID MILLIONS. .Now EDDIE, THE\ KING of LAUGHLAND BRINGS lof Fun and Btautyl M 'i% GOIDWYN i If ETHEL merman m i LL^i^ SALLY EILERS V I i H^U r PARKYAKARKUS and tht I \^t%^ Gorgeous GOLDWYN GIRLS s *«'toitd thru UN;rfo A»r/srs ■E?^ J Opening
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  • 505 23 FIRST-CLASS SOCCER AT S. H. B. Publishers And Harbour-Men Draw Singapore, Monday. A GOAL scored by the Singapore Harbour Board before the end jnflted th «n drawing 2—2 with the M.P.H. m Their Commercial Cup fixture on the Harbour Board ground this evening. The issue was quite a fair reflex
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    • 58 23 For or l^iii iii: I RESTRINGING There is only I ONE RELIABLE PLACE QUEEN'S 3, prince Street. Phone Telegrams "Tennis" YOU ARE GROWING OLDER THK COST OF LIFE ASSURANCE INCREASES WITH AGE. i 1 INSURE NOW WITH THE GREAT EA§TERNLIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated to the Strsits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE:
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  • 674 24 Madon Shines In Victors' Attack nESPITE the slippery nature of the ground which made good football a difficult task, the Commercial Cup match between the Post Office and the Municipal Services "B which was played at the Fraser and Neave ground yesterday proved
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  • 322 24 Lively Match In Div. 2 Singapore, Monday. THE Marine Department Football Club obtained full points at the expense of the "Terror" at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon, winning by the odd goal m three m the Second Division of the S.C.F.A. League. The Marines, who
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  • 246 24 Singapore, Monday. BY nine goals to nil, the S.R.C. 2nd XI trounced the S.C.C. 2nd XI at football on the Padang to-day m a friendly match. The* 6.R.C. had a number of first eleven men out and the S.C.C. were beaten m all
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 130 24 OUR CUSTOMERS CONFIRM OUR OPINION i if/ii n "i® "I nniw ss I pi i hds no p equal among cars of F its price and its size j THE ONLY EIGHT PRODUCED BY OVER 108,000 MORRIS CARS SOLD IN 12 MONTHS Britain's motor Industry has never before known such
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