Morning Tribune, 27 April 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 73. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, April 27, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 121 1 CAPITAL EXPECTED TO I PRINCE STILL FIGHTING ITALIANS SAID TO HAVE HHOHI A I Li:» Rome, April 26. ANNOUNCING the occupation of Bahrdar, at the confluence of Lake Tsana and the Blue Nile, by a column of white native troops from (I ndar, message from
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  • 459 1 A Communique indicates that an advance on the Southern front has taken General Graziani's troops nearly a hundred miles from the starting point of it. Hundreds of Abyssinian corpses are being carried on swirling flood torrents ii a sequel to a violent storm which broke over
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  • 109 1 May Take Place At Time Of Coronation London, April 0. THE British Government hopes that it may be possible to arrange for an Imperial Conference to take place m London next year at the time of the Coronation. This statement wos made by tne Marquess of Havtinglon. Parliamentary
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  • 44 1 Domestic Quota Increased To 62 Per Cent. .T is announced by the Senior Warden ol" Mines that the Central Committee has received the position m the tin industry and has decided to increase the domestic quota from 61 to 62 per cent.
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  • 43 1 A notice Issued by the Master Attendant states: The signal mast on Mount Faber has been moved to a position close to the Time Ball on the south eastern slopes. The normal duties of this station will be resumed as from May 1.
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    18 1 Dr. P. L. F. de Livera. another of the delegates to the Malariological Research course which opens to-day
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  • 58 1 SIR SHENTON IN BANGKOK (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 26. CIR SHENTON THOMAS arrived here m the Imperial 'plane this afternoon and is staying the night with the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr. John Bailey, and Mrs. Bailey. After being photographed outside the railway terminus he left on a brief
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  • 167 1 £160 Millions Extra Washington, April 22. WHILE Great Britain shivered under Mr. Chamberlain's additional taxation of a mere £20.000,000. the United States Congress was presented with a tax bill, based on President Roosevelt's recommendation to raise between 140.000.000 and £160.000,000 more revenue. Among the sweeping tax changes
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  • 26 1 H.H. the Sultan m Council has appointed Mr. L. A. Allen, O. B. 1., Malayan Civil Service, to officiate as Commissioner of Lands and Mines, Johore
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    • 3 1 Final |»aia»e 22
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    • 58 1 DELCO -LIGHT kV There are njgjF Jj£) > self 11 is sufficient testimony of the great service they o£}^aMt\t A have been to the world. Jfftii'i_=£K In far distant and outly- g vl^ no^obtainable and power R^P^^Z^'' work smoothly and fault- passed for economy and dependability— spare parts and fittings
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  • 1658 2 MEMBERSHIP RULES Stricter Control Necessary Singapore, Sand iy. EXTREMELY important alterations lo the Articles of Association of the Engineering Association of Malaya were discussed and approved with a few amendments at the sixteenth annual general meeting held to-day at the Adelphi Hotel Koof Garden. The
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  • 351 2 H. E. the Governor and High Commissioner, Sir 'Shenton iViomas, .left Singapore by air yesterday morning en route to England, travelling In the Imperial Airways liner Aurora. He was thus the first administrator to leave Malaya for Europe by the most modtrn method of travel. BRIGHT
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  • 79 2 (From Our Own Correspomh<a l Bangkok, Sunday. AN application by sun-bathing enthusiasts to form a society for the carrying out of their principles has been turned dov,n by the police on the ground th.U the climatic conditions are not the same as m Europe and
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    • 90 2 i m m m vvv^MP^FOTn T "THIS MILK KEEPS S 7_ WITHOUT REFRIGERATION!"^ |f^ 'T q rpRY Klim Powdered for a// uees. Recommended 8 L Whole Milk the milk by doctors for even the frail- 5 that keeps. Klim is pure, est babies. If your dealer U fresh milk— only
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    • 88 2 DO NOT MISS VISITING AUSTRIA DURING YOUR NEXT LEAVE. THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL ■M-__M—_— I■■■^■^■^^^^^1 INFORMATION OFFICE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL DATA REGARDING HOTELS, RAILWAYS, EXCURSIONS, ETC., ETC. FREE OF CHARGE FIRST FLOOR THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL OFFICE THE ARCADE A MONTOR, Hon. Representative SINGAPORE PHONE 6046 NOTICE OF
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  • 805 3 ANTI MALARIA PLANS Demolition Of TT J.* Huts Singapore, Saturday. r() NSIDERABLE discussion took at the meeting of the P „nrr Municipal Commissioners hOUS n the S o< ■n«» sures Sen to combat the breeding of the ludlowi mosquito. ....<r tn the notices m respect of
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  • 30 3 Officers for the Rotary year beginning July 1 will be elected at the meeting cf the Singapore Rotary Club to be held at the Adelphi Hotel on Wednesday.
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  • 17 3 Mr. and Mrs. J. Innes Millei returned from Home on Friday by the P. and O. Chitral.
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  • 94 3 H.M.S. "Capetown" Due In Singapore Singapore, Saturday. THE following notice has been receivea from the Naval Intelligence Centre, Fort Canning, regarding the expected movements of H.M. Ships a' Singapore and Penang. H.M.S. "Capetown" (Capt. D.A. Budgen. R.N. I will arrive m Singapore from Hong Kong on April 30 and
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  • 21 3 Sydney Leonard Johnson, aged ten, of Sandhills-lane. Virginia Water, was run over and killed by a steam roller outside his home.
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    • 44 3 <. mm. "MAX LIOVj I km"/ (0* \C#W i '_n I jp*o',^ j* I i RAPID- HARDENING CEMENT •J. I.il i i i i i i i i i i iiiiiii, r MASTER LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS MTm\f^- l_o%. WnLy m ij&jfe 'm I I B
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  • 349 4 A More Steady Tone (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Saturday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26 r cts., up w et Tin (Singapore) $102', up 1 8 Market Tone: Steady. To-day's Prices: London: 7 9 16d., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady after easier. New York: 15 15 16 cts., up
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  • 92 4 Arabs Threaten General Strike Jerusalem. April 22. ARAB leaders are reported to have met m this morning and decided to postpone the visit of the Arab delegation to London to discuss tho proposed new Legislative Council and to enforce o general strike throughout Palestine. An attempt at a
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  • 68 4 Special London Cable London, April 25. THE following were the closing rfteM for rubber, tin, gold, silver copra and wolfram: Market tone: Steady. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 7 9 16 (unchanged). July-Sept.: 7* 8 (down 132). LONDON TIN Market closed. LONDON GOLD Spot: £7.0.11 (down 2 d.). LONDON SILVER
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  • 45 4 Saturday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, April 25. The closing prices were as follows. London New York Cross Rate 4.93 (down 1 16). London— Paris 74 31 32 (down 1 32). London Amsterdam: 7.28 (unchanged). London Hongkong: Is. 313 16d. (unchanged).
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  • 131 4 After-Effects Of The Budget London, April 22. PRICES on the Stock Exchange were marked down to-day m expectation that selling pressure would follow the Budget, but tho selling did not materialise. Apart from irregularity among giltedged securities, the market ruled firm under thc lead of industrial and oil
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  • 46 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. Following the "commencement of the ploughing ceremony" yesterday an official forecast of the next crop issued states that the paddy crop will be 75 per cent, of the average, the rainfall having been less than last year.
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  • 36 4 Tokyo, Apr. 25. The Japanese Foreign Office has instructed the Japanese Ambassador m Moscow to demand an early resumption of negotiations for the renewal of the Fishery Treaty, which expires on May 28. Reuter
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    21 4 Another picture taken at Seletar yesterday, showing Sir Shenton Thomas standing m the companion of the machine just before takm? off.
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  • 220 4 Japans New Policy Towards China Shanghai, Apr. 26. CONSCRIPTION has been enforced m v Siberia, from yesterday. The headquarters of the Red Army m the Far East is to be reorganised shortly. Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Japanese Foreign Minister, has tentatively drawn up his new policy outwards
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  • 42 4 "The Millionaires' Club," m Park-st, Regent-st., was raided by thieves who got away with wine, spirits and cigars valued at £500. They got into the building by climbing a fire escape at the back and breaking a glass panel m a door.
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  • 66 4  - Not Selling IN Bombay Sin Chew Jit Poh China And Th? Silver Shanghai. April 26 A MESSAGE from Washington State? that Mr. Chen Hwang Pu. the leader of the Chinese financial mission to the United States denied to the Daily Mail correspondent the report that the Chinese Government wr.s selling
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  • 71 4  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Moving In The Direction Of The North Shanghai, April 26 THE REDS under Shiao Ho are moving north. Some have arrived ta Hooching, Leepkiang and Chien Chuer. The Central Military Council hai supplied the Suiyuen— Mongolian CouncL with 100 lorries to facilitate its campaign
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  • 50 4 Pensions cost the Great Britain a million pounds less last year than they did m 1935. Last year's total was £$4,988,108, the principal decreases being m war pensions paid to merchant seamen and pensions of the Royal Iris] Constabulary. There was an increase of £58,100 m superannuation and retired allowances.
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    • 42 4 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 PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAMX Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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    • 17 4 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street. PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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  • 935 5 FRASER CO.'S SHARE LIST Singapore, Saturday, 5 p.m. i Tin (4s 5|3 6 Chende Tr g ,socts) 50 53cd JelapaM .94 .98 XL. 11" vi> 14 ssk jt 76 KuchalTin '50 cts.) .76 .80 K. Kampar (10s H.« 12 6 Mines u6) g 8 6 ]o 8 3 9 dcb
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  • 453 5 Jeram Kuantam Estate I Dividend Of Six Per Cent. I Recommended THE report of Jeram Kuantan Rubbe. Estate, Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31 states:— The profit for the year (after providing for directors* ires, audit fee, depreciation and manager's commission) amounts' to $10.743 40. The balance brought forward
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  • 233 5 Annual Report: Profit Of $7fi24.48 THE following is the annual report of Trafalgar, Ltd., which is to be presented at the twenty-sixth ordinary general meeting of the company to be held on Tuesday May 5, at 12 noon at No. 2, Prince Street, Singapore. The profit for the
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  • 96 5 London, April 20. THE ease with which large operations are being carried out was further exemplified this week by the repayment of £44,000,000 of 3 per cent. Treasury Bonds and, although admittedly partiy held by Government departments, the redemption, combined with other maturing obligations and calls on recent
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    13 6 Edward Everett Horton and Peggy Conklin m "Her Master's Voice" at the Pavilion.
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    • 163 6 The Outstanding Screen Entertainment Of The Era! OPENING TO-DAY 1 L 3.15 I I 6.15 I 9.15 I AT THE CAPITOL j SPECIAL MATINEES DAILY 3.15 FRED AST AIRE AND GINGER ROGERS TOPPING THEIR PERFORMANCES IN "GAY DIVORCEE" and "ROBERTA" with a Recordsmashing new R.K.O. RADIO Musical Comedy Triumph jP^
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    • 224 6 J m A Gay Fox Comedy .Show just made to keep you V Merry and Bright V Z AunnA TO-NIGHT I ALHAMBRA 6 15 I •J. r 1 1* \The loudest laughs you ever laughed! #■<__. «S_R"!v?& "hß^' v'-'^'-hRS- 1 _^-_fc m. 'a-\y' jk*-. {•s*'' lv\\\lV v 1/ ci _Mn_P^Afm\v
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  • 272 7 "TOP HAT" TO-DAY Dancers At Ine Capitol FRED ASTAIRE and Ginger Rogers say Ith lyrics and dance steps m "Top Hal." their lavishly produced new musical comedy, which opens at the Capitol to-day, to 'introduce a most novel way of telling a screen love story. Practically all of their love
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    • 75 7 CINEMA DIARY CAPITOL PAVILION *fr*il \w^m t^B_-_owctß« >_^^a _____k_^^' __S____S^ SmVIGB '^w$ v s afl tflS_r_ W__ A. jH un and Ginger Rocers Fred mmmwn nogers. Edward Everett Borte*. who appears with Peggy Conklin m "Her Masters Voice." at the Pavilion. ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT:— Her Master's Voire." with Edward Evereit Horton
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    • 206 7 I TO-NIGHT EDWARD EVERETT #*SPa__. HORTON i^ftH m a Riotously Funny W*W- murk J _____KlJ«>' J _^__________l m __________H ____________P^^^k _________^^6c v^'. ____^^^.H aMmmm^^^^ 'i^^^^v ___________^^^I_____h\__^4 W »jp|&, \mmiWmm^W Po r amount Picture wifh Edward Everett Horton "l||g|k 1^ Peggy Conklin ms inlaws drove Uwwi Hope Crews H,M He TO
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  • 765 8 GERMAN NOTE DISLIKED A Thinly- Veiled Threat Paris. THE first effect of the German reply to the suggestions of the Locarno Powers has been to deepen the pessimism which exists here as to the possibility of finding a constructive issue from the present deadlock. This feeling is
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    24 8 The Oxford University football team prior to leavin? Victoria on a tour of the Continent. They will play matches m Belgium, Austria and Czecho-slovakia.
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  • 58 8  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Action By Puppet Government Shanghai, Apr. 24. THE East Hopei (Autonomous?) Government announce that eight Customs Inspecting Bureaus have been established between Shanhaikwan and Tangku for the imposition of duties on export goods. Duties will be payable as from May 1. The Tientsin Maritime
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  • 248 8 Housekeeping Adventures On Estate (By Air Mail.) (From Our Otvn Correspondent) London, April 8. MRS. Burgess broadcast an entertaining talk on "Housekeeping on a rubber estate m Malaya" m the National programme this evening. Introducing the talk the Rado Timesaid: "Thirty years ago, when rubber planting
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  • 258 8 Children Badly Beaten Strasbourg HAPPENINGS, that vould seem incredible were they not borne out by sworn statements, have come to light m connection with a children's home at Neuf Brisch. near here. SIX 'SISTERS'' The institution was privately ownei the nominal owner being an aged v who
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  • 72 8 During the week ending April 11 1936. exports from Malayan por amounted to 16,319 cases, of whic 10.043 (62 per cent) were to the Unite: Kingdom, 300 (2 per cent) to the Cor. tinent of Europe, 3.200 (19 per cent* I i Canada, and 2.776 (17 per cent)
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    • 48 8 T THE j eacteiix i \iti:» asm 11 \\< i 1 <oiii»oiiaiio\ i nun i».. Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) j FIRE. MARINE. MOTOR. PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY IN- SURANCE UNDERTAKEN. Full particulars and rates apply. 16D, Cecil Street, Singapore. L. G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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    • 65 8 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD* 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. rFox Film Presents MARTIN JOHNSTONS Wild Animal Thriller "BAB00NA" m 4 New World Cabaret I j FOUR NIGHTS ONLY SUNDAY 26h April to vVednesday 29th APRIL SPECIAL CABARET TURNS j by I "LA VALENTA" 1 Who will appear at all Nijjht
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  • 367 9 VETERANS OF NEXT WAR" Rights Of Future Victims Princeton, New Jersey. IN a grimly humorous manif esto, undergraduates of Princeton University call on their fellows all over the country and on the members of women s colleges also, to prepare for the lime when they will
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  • 103 9 Two Parsons For One Service Leicester, Apr. 22. DESIDENTB here await with interest developments at St. Luke's Church We vicar of which. Dr. Samuel Shanwas released on Thursday from where he had been for nearly montfcj following a committal for mpt of court. Dr. Shannon has announced tnat
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    30 9 A new R.A.F. fighter, which is capable of a higher speed than any military aeroplane yet produced. The monoplane m flight showing the enclosed cockpit and the under -carriage retracted.
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  • 177 9 Scotland Yard's Aid Urged Capetown, Apr. 2_. SCOTLAND YARD'S h.lp is being urged m solving the mystery of a maniac motorist, whose "Jack the Ripper" crimes have terrorised sections of Capetown. Police have been rounding-up ali motorists and searching their cars for evidence of bloodstains, but without success
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  • 88 9 Curios From Coast Of Chile London, Apr. 22. THE King has deposited at the British Museum "on permanent loan" a fascinating series of things collected by him during his world tour, and the collection has been formally accepted by the Trustees. Perhaps the most striking items arc
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  • 102 9 Sparklers From The Courts London, Apr. 22. Wife: I was too petrified to pause for a breath, lest my husband should get a word m. Husband: I refused point blank to desert my wife, consequently she has summoned me here for breach of promise. Witness: Each knock
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  • 233 9 Jewellery Stolen In Accident Berlin, Apr. 22. DARONESS MAUD VON THYSSEN, who m was badly injured m the car smash m Spain when Prince Alexis Mdivani was killed, has lost her entire private fortune. This statement was made here by her lawyer. Count Strachwitz. "Though the London lawyers
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  • 204 9 Non-Swimmer Saves Boy From River London, Apr. 22. lOHN DEATTS, of Chesney-st.. BatterJ sea, was riding home on top of a bus when he saw a small boy fall from the stops near Battersea Bridge into the river. Deatts cannot swim, but, witn amazing presence of mind, he
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  • 321 9 Double Life Of Scientist Paris. NO arrest m recent years by the sureteSpationale has caused more astonishment than that of Max Scholberg, an Egyptian doctor of science. He moved m the most exclusive circles. Famous diplomats were among his friends. Even Presidents of the French Republic might
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  • 138 9 Neither Guilty Nor Free San Jose, California. THREE times tried for the murder of his wife, and still neither a condemned nor a free man This is the story of David Lamson, American sales manager. In 1934 his wife found dead m her bath. Lamson was arrested, convicted
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  • 95 9 Suit Over Share Transfer London, Apr. 22. A TEST case against Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is to be heard shortly m the Chancery Division to ascertain whether, under the Articles of Association, share transfers must be registered by the club. Some months ago a writ was served on
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  • 293 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, Apr. 27, 1936. PEDAL RICKSHAWS A MIDST all the artificial excitement over the hiring of the Victoria Theatre, which wasted so much of the Commissioners' time on Friday, few people realised that an item of some importance to the traffic conditions m Singapore was discussed.
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  • 518 10 HPHE synthetic rubber bogey— an oft repeated phrase of doubtful vintage —has again come into the news. This time it was introduced by no less a person than Lt.-Col. B. J. Eaton at the laying of the foundation stone of the new building of the Rubber Research Institute
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    27 10 Steady progress is being made m the transfer of the Imperial War Museum to the old Bethlem Hospital, Southwark. At work arranging exhibits m the Army Oallery.
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  • 228 10 Mr. C. N. Maxwell, of Lumut, is on a visit to Ipoh. Mr. K. R. Bulloch, of Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., has left Ipoh en route Home on furlough. a a Mr. and Mrs. David Storch, who have been away from Ipoh m Penang on a holiday, have
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    • 21 10 1 I _P'l|JLl'ltU"' W I*'"M n i ti >wf\w <to E 1 1 ii 1, tt i ni iTm il _TmV.7_n.7rji
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  • 321 11 v C. O. GETS FIVE YEARS Head Of German Service Metz, France. SENTENCES of five years imS prisonment and 10 years local banishment have been passed by the Metz Correctional Court on an N.C.O. named Gridli-r. of the 402 nd aircraft defence regiment stationed at
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    85 11 A new aircraft-carrier has been specially designed by John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., the shipbuilders and engineers, to deal with machines of the seaplane type. When completed the aircraft-carrier will be fitted with the Hem Landing Canvas for taking 'planes on board, instead of the special stern shown m
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  • 379 11 rrnnrf th( resuJ tant evidence are two reports by the Commissioner, the Master h n e Hl Eh Court of Justice m Galway nnd Clare. Mr. G. Horan, X.C.. who held iiquiries m many parts of the country One report deals with a visit to an
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  • 159 11 British friends to take all adequate measures to ensure m case of need and m the minimum time the security of their coasts, and even of their territory." HALF FLEET AWAY M. Paul-Marmont estimates at 530,000 tons, or roughly half the British Fleet, the vessels now m
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    • 46 11 PHONK 5933 5934 s-ik^ Telefraphie Address: ■jSJsz&miiwl^W^^ The most charmingly situated Hotel m the Island. RPCTAiTnSi or Permanent residents roPvil RANT Tab,e d h ole and a,a carte W UCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. k i^cial Dinner Dance On Wednesday, April 29. $1,50 NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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  • 83 12 Work has begun m the construction of the new reservoir m the Derwent Valley, near Sheffield. This picture shows work m progress near Arshopton. The new reservoir will eventually submerge the village of Ashopton and a considerable area of the surrounding district. A remarkable photograph rell, near
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  • 157 13 ELEPHANTS: A GOLFING HARD ON HIS BRUSH. g pool m Africa, completely oblivious of the photographer's presen ce. _W^_Bl__i^M— _^_MB— B^^—M— M_B— M_B— n foxes as U H dS ta ken durin a hunt after meeting at Bradford Pevelotogr aD hPr i__* e u° hounds, ounds as this get away
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  • 1461 14 Books and AUTHORS My Country &My People— A Fine Interpretation Of China's Ancihent Culture And Its Present Bewildering Turmoil LONG ago the Assyrians, Babylonians and Egyptians passed on into oblivion, but the Chinese, who began m equal antiquity, are still among the historymaking nations of the world, and despite the
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    • 79 14 jr CROWN CORKS I carry ready stocks of crown corks, crown-corking machines and aerated water machines. My prices defy competition. Phone 3784, call or write for particulars. M. WEINBERG 189, Cecil Street, Singapore. r FREE SAMPLE OFFER P ""j Send 10 cents m cash or stamps, to cover postage I
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  • 94 15 Publisher's Note JONATHAN CAPE have recently published "Naval Odyssey" by Thomas WoodrufTe, well known as the able radio commentator on naval events of imortance. Mr. Woodrooffe entered the Navy m 1917 and served m H.M.S. Resolution m Grand Fleet until the end of the war After the war he saw
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    • 225 16 CONTINUING 'their refund the world trip Miss K. Edge and Miss A. Hickson left Singapore on Saturday by the P. and O. Chitral. Miss Edge and Miss Hickson came out from Home by way of Suez stopping for some time m India and Burma. From there
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    • 78 16 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Dolphin, Tug Pentower. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Keppei Harbour No. 2 Dock: Pacific, WBt. Sweet. Godown Gate No. Anshun 20 1 Plancius 18 3 Talang Akar 16 Menestheus 1* Perseus 1® Ipoh I 3
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    • 153 16 IN announcing the arrangements for the pilgrimage m the Cunard White Star liner Lancastria, which leaves Liverpool on May 1, the Gallipoli and Salonika Pilgrimage Committee state that it is likely to be the last organised pilgrimage to the Near East battlefields. The 21st anniversary of the
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    • 33 16 THE following were passengers by the Imperial Airways Aircraft "Aurora" Karachi Singapore arr. April 23: Mr. A. Corbet, from Penang; Mr. M. S. Motora, from' Bangkok; Major Brackley, from Delhi.
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    • 21 16 (The Air Mail (Netherlands) despatched frcm Singapore on Apr. 18 was delivered m London on Apr. 24 (6 days)
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    • 50 16 The Lloyd Triestino "Conte Verde" is due here at daylight on Thursday. 30th instant, from Shanghai and Hongk. She will berth alongside the S Up, wharves and is expected to sail aeam the same day at 5 p.m. for Colon, bo Bombay, Port Said, Brindisi, Venice i; Trieste.
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    • 552 16 A New Floating Cabaret London THE former American four-masted schponer Columbia has been sold to act as a floating cabaret m New Zealand waters. She has been renamed the Showboat, and her purchase and refitting are estimated to cost about £2,000. She is to I moored to the
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    • 428 16 l 4_-_ fi k M~ BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. IV. COS SAILINGS, ODTWASDB. Due Dne Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 1 936 SOUDAN 6.500 May 6 NALDERA 16,000 July 3 RANPURA 17,000 May 10 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 July 17 RAWALPINDI 17,000 May 22 BANGALORE 6,000 July 30 BURDWAN 6,070 June
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    • 61 16 11. I. (APCAR) SAILINGS FOR HONG KONG, AMOY, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Tonnage Leaves TALMA 10,000 May 7 SIRDHANA 8,000 May 21 SHIRALA 8,000 June 4 FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. SHIRALA 8,000 May 2 TILAWA 10,000 May 16 SANTHIA 8,000 May 30 Special Holiday Return Tickets to China and Japan issued
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  • 23 17 News Of The Day Miss Audrey Pierrepont and Mr. H. J. Beverley snapped on board the Chitral when Mr. Beverley returned from leave.
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    • 343 17 BUBNS PIIILP LIME. 'Incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MERKUR Apr. 29 May 3 MARELLA May 28 June 3 special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Mcl bourne to tne connecting X.P.M.
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    • 556 17 \f^ y^ TO FRENCH PORTS i ■j-'P Vgy HOMLWAKDS. CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 2 DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 5 DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 i D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 OUTWARDS (from Marseilles). 1 1936
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  • 1242 18  -  P. Jerome Willis SNOW AT EASTER: BATHING BELLES SHIVER: THAT 8.8.C. ACCENT: SILENT HOTEL: THE KING AT ST. JAMES. By (By Air Mail) THIS is the first Easter for many years that we have been deprived of the Smiling Bathing Girl, adoring the pages of Monday's
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  • 323 18 Daffodils And Snow k BITING wind and rain greeted Lon- doners on Easter Monday morning but yet there was quite a goodly trek to the Coast But holiday-makers had not that happy and carefree look. Rather did they set out on the journey with a prim determination on their faces
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  • 263 18 Judge Gets Taste Of Unemployment London, Apr. 22. WANTED: Jobs for Judges. Apply King's Bench Division, Royal Courts of Justice. If the present situation m the Lawcourts continues much longer, a notice such as the above might well be posted on the boards m the corridors of
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  • 151 18 Traction Engines Overturn Hersham. Surrey, Apr. 22. TWO massive traction engines lying on their sides m the road... behind them, on a specially built truck, the world's largest electrical transformer weighing more than 100 tons. then another traction engine. This was the amazing sight on the Seven
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  • 47 18  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Apr. 24. The Charhar-Hopei Council at I meeting yesterday discussed what procedure should be adopted at the SinoJapanese negotiations to be held soon Generals Nagami and Matsumuro. the Japanese delegates to the negotiations, will leave for Peiping on Apr. 26.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 50 18 mmmmm^mwAAm EVERY DOG-LOVER WILL TALK r^i J ABOUT THIS PICTURE Y% E Pavilion.Wednesday i Mwk LIONEL BARRYMORE ffl _1 and MAUREEN O'SULLH AIS I i \T~n ln Ha\\ A] M.-G.-M.'s inspiring adaptation of > yWp i "the" voice of The story of a great OUuLh AIMJN Love between man and
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    • 34 19 "A TRIUMPH" "BETTER THAN THE STAGE PLAY" READ THIS WEEK'S MAIL PAPERS! ________________.__________> _j___g'&/.v ■■> _%_<__^_a J&F fi^P mAkm '_k_____j______l_l r^TI l^^jl I J ___P r~mYm*Bk _L___L______^<. > fp]re*W^i I'l VVS H V_l_____p IVI^E _b_ I "'C-^'"'
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1702 19 r~.^^^-^^^^._r A Locumba (Levant). If I had Loved you 8.35 p.m. Concert re\&y. (Nadosi. West Wind (Mencher). Al- 9.20 p.m. Talk on beautiful arts by T pine Waltz (Perosa). Rio Magdal.na: M. Philippe Diole. M rM^MMWT* WM M ~__T___W___r___k Street m Havana (Marzedo). I Live for 9.30 p.m. To-day s
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  • 213 20 Squadron Leader Flinn Promotion For Singapore Officer (By Air Mail.) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 8. SQUADRON LEADER C. H. Flinn, serv--5 ing with No. 36 (Torpedo Bomber/ Squadron at Singapore, is among the officers promoted m a recent list. In 1920, when with No. 14 Squadron m the
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  • 52 20  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh L Eight Arrested In Tientsin MARTtat v S1 an hai A Pr. 24. ARTIAL law has been declared m Tientsin following the discovery of an alleged Communist organisation m that city. J?fi___5 iolli inclu <ttne some univerof Apr 2?- S WGre arrested on th
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  • 199 20 DANCE -MAD SOVIET Etiquette On Floor COVIET Russia has gone dance-mad P since the foxtrot and the waltz were decreed no longer a capitalist "vice" but a pleasure m keeping with the ideals of the proletariat. A lead has been given by well-known Commissars, from Maxim Litvinoff (Foreign Affairs) to
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  • 66 20  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Figures For Current Year Nanking, Apr. 24. THE National Budget for the current 1 year has been tentatively fixed The expenditure on heavy Industrie. and the development of natural sources, will absorb $10,000,000 $5 000 oon has been put aside for education nJ $6,000,000
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  • 58 20 A fortune of £493,033. on which -i_tv of £138.809 has been paid, is left by jtf John Ashworth Crabtree, of Endwood! Little Aston Park, Streetly, Staffs, who was a Walsall manufacturer. He left £500 to his private secretary, Frances Annie Wallace, sums of £100. £75 and £50 to a number
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 45 20 <. I I j There are many ffp|llpj cures for that j overtired feeling m. «w But only one cure for that Car mam _^_________V j INDIA'S i INDIA cew "s I i INDIA TYRE DEPT. SIME, DARBY 1 Co., Ltd. S 5, Malacca Street, SINGAPORE. <
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 808 20 OX I HIV It tnill Programme by Taylor's Gramophone WA MMMMj Mt_l__LP_lU Saloon. A recital of the latest "Parlophone" recoids. (Continued from page 19) 640 P m Time Signal. Semi-Final of Beighton Hockey Tournament ComStar Variety Show. mentator:— Bertie Meyer. (Relayed TThe artistes m this progiamme will from the C.
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  • 162 21 Opening Postponed Again FROM time to time reference has been made m the press to the opening of the South Malaya Flying School. At a committee meeting held at the Royal Singapore Flying Club, it was decided to postpone the opening of this school until the new civil
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  • 171 21 Art Treasures For Sale Collection Worth At Least £100,000 London, Apni 9. ONE of the world's most valuable pnrate collections of art treasures is to be out up for auction a. ChiisUes m three months' time. It is the property of the late Mr. Henry Oppcnheimer. financier and philanthropist. There
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  • 33 21 The King, who, as Prince of Wales, was the president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 1919 to 1936, has now become its patron. Queen Mary has been a patron since 1911.
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  • 313 21 Singapore, Saturday. ST. Andrew's Cathedral was the setting of a pretty wedding this afternoon, when Mrs. I. P. Wishart, younger daughter of Major and Mrs. Elkington, became the bride of Mr. L. H. Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearce, of Berkphamsted, Herts. Mrs. Wishart
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 45 21 -GIRL SUFFERS FROM NEW DISEASE! HAS NOT STOPPED LAUGHING FOR 6 DAYS" K xtract from recent news m a Local 1 aper.) SHE MIST HAVE BEEN TO SEE Jffl MARX BROTHERS m "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" LOOK OUT! IT'S COMING TO THE ALHAMBRA SOON!
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  • 923 22 ARSENAL'S VICTORY Great Struggle A t Wembley London, Apr. 25. THE Arsenal won the FA. Cup .to-day by a single goal victory over Sheffield United m a great match which was full of thrills. The weather was breezy and the sun made furtive attempts to
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  • 277 22 Car And Lorry Collide And Overturn (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, April 24. rOLLOWING a collision between a r lorry and a motor-car at the 14th mile, Pontian Road, on March 18, the driver of the lorry, a Chinese named Chong Huan. was charged before Sheikh Abu
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  • 29 22 Messrs. Harland and Wolg recently nched ai North Woolwich two open w;i_; bargea which they have built to tht order of Messrs. c. and A. Etheredge. Ltd.. of London.
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  • 145 22 Edward Everett Horton At His Funniest EDWARD Everett Horton is almost invariably a guarantee of a good picture, and his latest efforts, "Her Master's Voice" at the Pavilion, is more than up to the standard of his former films. Opposite him plays Peggy Conklin. apparently a newcomer, and
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  • 133 22 Delightful Story In "Welcome Home" WHOLESOME humour and a delightful story combined' with splendid acting by James Dunr and Arline Judge make "Welcome Home." wluch open.d at the Alhambra Theatre yesterday an excellent film entertainment. The story deals with the adventures of a party of four, portrayed by
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  • 53 22 Addition Of 302,000 To Number London, Aoril 23. IN a speech at Southampton to-night the Postmaster General stated that since the reductions m telephone rental inaugurated m October 1934. there had been a net addition of 302,000 to the number of telephones In service thioughout th? countiy.-
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  • 167 22 Biggest Total In History London, Apr. 25. THE Secretary of the Board of Trade states that there were 10.630.00u employed between the ages of 16 and 64 on April 23, representing the largest number m British history and that cost of living was stationary and savings increasing
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  • 54 22 The Deutsche Werft. the biggest shipyard m Hamburg, concluded the 193: business year with a net profit of 647 000 marks (£53.900) The general meeting sanctioned a dividend of 4 per cent the first m several years. The company announced that it has sufficient orderon hand to guarantee work until
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  • 25 22 H.M.S. Mallard, the first ol tvc coastal sloops under construct; on by Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Ltd., for the British Admiralty, has been launched.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 20 22 fNOW le'ttQnßiToloneiat'flie^Qfeatetf WfT?roln«Tjfof?ModernlTii^Vil IS THE A TIME moDERn TimESl CAPITOL Vrltten, directed end produced i i l •electee' UNITIO AtTiSTI
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 119 22 To -da j In Singapore HIGH TIDES:— I.36 a.m., 3.25 p.m. FOOTBALL:— S.A. F. A. League. Div. II Govt. Monopolies v. R. Inniskillim. Fus. 11. Anson Road Stadium; Com. Cup, Straits Times v. Nestangk F. and N. ground; S.H.B. v. Post Oifice, S.H.B. CAPITOL:— "Top Hat" with Gin: Rogers and
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  • 1360 23 BEATEN BY BLACKBURN Div. 2 Leaders Still Close he*— scoring m the T ;f J .„ri srottish League Games by Renter: HRST DIVISION Blackburn R. 4 West B'wich A. 2 Sunderland 0 Birmingham Manchester C. 1 Stoke City 0 Grimsby T. 2 Leeds U. 0 Liverpool
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 23 Haalebos' crew m the club fours event at the K.g.Y.C. regatta en Saturday, who were runners up m the final of the event. They are: Bear Major D. F. Brown. I H O. van Os van Delden, 3 G. C. R. Franks, stroke J. Haalebos. The cox is Mrs. Brown.
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  • 168 23 Sundays Races At R.S.Y »Cc YESTERDAY the International Sixmetre Class sailed a Sweepstake Race m a very light variable breeze from the N. Ea-st. The sea was smooth and the tide flooding Ramona skippered by J- E. s. Alexander finished first. The finishing times were: 1 Ramona (J. E.
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  • 36 23 London, Apr. 25. The following rugby matches were olaved to-day. Bridgewater 3 Ston SuperMare i* Coventry Northampton 6 Cross Keys 6 Lionel y DevonportS. 3 Redruth v Gloucester 6 Bristol Mosely 12 Rugby 5
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  • 52 23 Companies Oulwit Stadium Authorities London, April 26. NEWS reel companies outwitted the Wembiey Stadium authorities, who made their own picture of the Cup Final and excluded the usual companies following a dispute over royalties. The companies chartered four autogyros which hung over the area and filmed the
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    • 30 23 BffiS::i:_:l RACKETS \k^ J§ l jf RESTRINGING There is only y REUABLE B PLACE I QUEEN'S 3, Prince Street. Phone Telegrams 7634 "Tennis" English, Australian American only used. No other.
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  • 1366 24 I Cricket Of The Weekend THE Singapore Recreation Club scored 1 a 95-run victory m the first innings over the United Services m a two day fixture on the Recreation Club ground over the week end, the mateli concluding to-day when the United Services had scored
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  • 100 24 Singapore, Saturday. ATRIAL match will be. held at the Anson Road Stadium on Wednesday April 29. to select the team to represent the S.A.F.A. m the forthcoming H.M.S. Malaya Cup Competition. Teams will be selected from: Abdul Ar.iz, Ah Chong. Ah Kow. Aslar bin "hoo, Awang
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    42 24 "D" crew, winners of the R.S.Y.C clubs fours at the regatta on Saturday. The order of rowing was: Bow J. B. Dunne, (second from left), 2 R. Hanson (right), 3 C. W. Macpherson, stroke L. F. Duncan. Miss Uniacke is the cox.
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  • 210 24 Win For Mr. Duncan's Crew Singapore, Saturday. DESPITE the inclement weather, a very exciting race was witnessed m the final of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club's Rowing Regatta this afternoon, the finalists being the crews captained by L. F. Duncan, J. Haalebos and Lt. C. H. Barnett, the
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  • 40 24 Tenders are being called for thr building of a road bridge over the Muar River at the 6th mile from Segamat on the Segamat-Muar Road, North Johore. and a road bridge over the Sungei Surang Buaya, Muar.
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