Morning Tribune, 30 April 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL I.— No. 76. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, April 30, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 171 1 IXIirSTRIAL VIEW RESOLUTION MTf** UME* THIO parliamentary committee of the Empire Industries Association passed a resolution last night recording its considered opinion that the territories held by the British Empire under mandate offered no solution to the problem of overcrowding in white countries. The resolution said
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  • 128 1 Market Recovers After Shock London, Apr. 29. JHE rubber market has somewhat remio i m the shock of yesterday's SELSnT* 1 Which sShStv^? S attem P t to test the Th V lhe existin Price. Com l dncial NfWi believes that the abo u r Lh t rC
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  • 33 1 London, Apr. 29. '--^l^^ York that the *m rp«i he Cunard Whitp st:^ r o w read Y f rt c^ve the Queen arrival in June.- British
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  • 109 1 London, Apr. 29. THE Crown Prince, Farouk, the sixteen years old son of King Fuad, was last night proclaimed King of Egypt in succession to his father, who died in Cairo yesterday. The boy King, who has been living for the last six months in England,
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  • 173 1 Question Raised In The Commons House of Commons. Apr. 29 MR. Chorlton asked the Foreign Secretary this afternoon whether he had drawn the attention of the Japanese Government to the serious consequences of the extensive smuggling of Japanese goods through East Hopei and inquired what steps he
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  • 184 1 Lords Bill To Abolish Ancient Laic London Apr 28. THE tabolition of a Peer's ripht to be tried by his Peers la the obiect of a Bill in its second reading, which was moved by Lord Sankey in the House of Lords. He pointed out that if
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  • 72 1 Wedding Of Sister Of Duchess London, Apr. 28. THE Archbishop of Canterbury offlciat- ed at the wedding of Lady Angela Montagu Douglas-Scott, sister of the Duchess of Gloucester, to Lieut-Com-mander Peter Dawnay at St. Margaret, Westminster. The bride received many royal wedding presents including a dressing-table? set
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  • 121 1 Very Latest At Gatwick London, Apr. 29. ANEW London air port at Gatwick will be officially opened in June. It has been hitherto used by continental air liners as an emergency landing ground, and has since been developed and is now stated to be one o< the
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  • 64 1 Paris, Apr. 28. M. HERRIOT is now certain of election at next Sunday's second ballet at Lyons. He has definitely decided to stand again and the regional Communist Party has decided to vote in his favour. Both the Right and Left are now preparing for
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 8 1 Entries for May S Races page 2 3
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    • 48 1 The Natural Flavour Products ASK FOR JiyLMER jam and MARMALADE THEY ARE BEST BECAUSE they are unrivalled for delicate yet rich full natural flavour. Only the finest of fresh-picked, sunripened Canadian fruits go into them STA.\O BRITISH TRADE FAIR Joseph Travers Sons, Ltd. ancorporated in England) SINGAPORE PENANG.
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  • 489 2 ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE Frenchmen And Rhineland Singapore, WeJnesday IN a redlining chair on the promenade deck of the Norddeutscher Lloyd li :er Gneisenau. shoitly after its arrhal in Singapore to-day vat, reading a newspaper, a mm who in 1918 held the destiny of Gernuinv in his hands.
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  • 86 2 h Volunteers To Drop Pamphlets Geneva. Apr 28. THE formation of the "First Peace Air Force" was decided at a meetIng to-day of the International Peace Council, representing nine countries under the presidency of Viscount Cecil The force will be recruited among volunteer plane owners of Europe
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  • 70 2 Consular And Diplomatic Service Bat red London, Apr. 28. TWO doors are still barred to women. The time has not yet arrived when women could be employed in the Conwlar or Diplomatic Service with ad- to the State or profi to thf wom< a Government statement announcing the
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 2 H. H. the Sultanah photographed before embarking. In the group are Air Commodore Smith and Mrs. Smith, and the Dutch Consul, Mr. W. A. A. M. Daniels.
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  • 329 2 Sultanah Of Johore Leaves For London By K. L. M. Singapore, Wednesday. H. H. the Sultanah of Johore left en route for England by the K.L.M. plane this afternoon. It was known that Her Highness intended to leave about this tune, but the actual date had not been announced and
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  • 220 2 Commission Arriving By Ranpura THE Mui Tsai Commission is expected to arrive in Singapore by the P. and O. Ranpura on May 10. It comprises Sir Wilfrid Wentworth Woods, K. C. M. G.. late Financial Secretary to the Government of Ceylon (Chairman Miss Edith Picton-Tuberville. 0.8.E.. M.P.. and
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  • 246 2 Regency Council Needed Cairo, Apr. 29. pRINCE Farouk was proclaimed Kin? and arrives from England on May 5. Reuter. Prince Farouk being under age, King Fuad's death necessitates the appointment of a Regency Council. The names of the Regents, which it is understood King Fuad approved
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  • 87 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Further Victories For Shanghai. April 29. IT is announced by the Peace Preservation Headquarters in Taiyuen, the Shansi capital, that the Reds in the districts of Chungyanf, Shihalo, Lishih and Linnsien have been entirely eliminated Rehabilitation work is being started. Marshal Yen Shi
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  • 28 2 Third Flight To Australia Completed Adelaide. Apr 25. THE Airman, James Melrose arrived I 4 p.m., thus completing his thira England- Australia flight.- Reuter Wir less
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 37 2 shark oik y^S f^ ENTHUSIASM I t KLIM Sv POWDERED WHOLE MILK /*l/» /^yjj is pure delicious fresh milk \KSA Xv&^Pi \[f in convenient powdered >| form. Try a tin to-day 1 EfEji V\ GKTZ BROS. CO. I
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  • 122 3 U. S. SHIPS UNSAFE? Widow 's Suit For Damages Washington, April 29. 1 1| (IATIONSJhat certain AmeriA ,ui ships possess insufficient lifebelts firehose and lifeboats are made in affidavits worn by a hun,lr«d seunen .'ml fonv;>rded to the Secretary of Commerce on behalf of strikir. memben
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  • 105 3 Japanese Delegation Here Singapore, Wednesday. THE Japanese delegation to the International Labour Conference to be held in Geneva arrived by the Terukuni Maru last night from Japan on their way to Europe Although Japan had withdrawn from the League she continues to co-operate with it in non-political matters,
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  • 26 3 Washington, Apr. 28. THE leaders of Congress have recommended the authorisation for two new battleships to be begun at the s discretion. Reuter
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  • 120 3 Former Spanish Police Chief And Brother Barcelona, April 28. A DOUBLE assassination occurred in one of the principal streets in the city when Senor Miguel hadia. ex-Chief of Police, and" his brother were shot dead as they uer? leaving their residence. Senor Mi i-in-l hadia was Chief of
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    16 3 Some of the friends who were at the Air Base to say good-bye to the Sultanah
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  • 75 3 Before the Acting Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Criminal Revision: Rex vs. Lim See Peng. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. S 660 35— A. Rajagopal Naidu, etc. vs. S. V. YalaixiDai <m.w. Pastor W. W.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 79 3 DO NOT MISS VISITING AUSTRIA DURING YOUR NEXT LEAVE. THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL INFORMATION OFFICF I 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 1 ■"■"■''■''•''•"■••■lUllWliHiHiiliHiilimiliil I
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • 314 4 k Values Drop Slightly (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday morniiig. Rubber (Singapore) 26% cts., down :r s ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Tin (S'pore) $101%, down To-day's Prices: London: 7%d., down Vad. Market Tone: Steady at decline. New York: 15 11 16 eta., down 3J16 ct. Market
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    • 140 4 Singapore, Wednesday. The IRC announcement of an increase of 5 per cent in rubber quotas took the market by surprise. The commodity fell sharply and share holders were left in doubt as to the reaction of the market. They consequently decided to do nothing. Buying orders, however, were
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    • 72 4 Special London (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, April 29. THE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, Market tone: Firmer. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 7 1732 (up 3 32). July-Sept.: 1% (up LONDON TIN Spot: £207*4 (up Forward £202% (down LONDON GOLD Spot: £7.0.9 2 (down
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    • 42 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, April 29, The closing prices were as follows. London —New York Cross Rate 4.9315 16 (up 316). London —Paris: 75 (unchanged). London —Amsterdam: 7.27% (unchanged). London —Hongkong: Is. 3 1.5 Hid (unchanged).
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    • 331 4 •New York prices quoted in U.S. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. London, Ap*il 29, 6.30 p.m. Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or fall otherwise stated War Loan, 31/2 p.c 106
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 24 4 SOI 111 umiisii INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., (Incorporated in New Zealand) Fire, Marine, Motor and Workmen's Compensation. W. J. DEXTER, Manager. OFFICE 2, FINLAYSON GREEN.
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    • 42 4 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y.100,000,000 Reserve Fund Y.129,150,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAMI. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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    • 42 4 f ,<^^| <or Amirarr cV lloamts |OH Tin- 111-:«»T Walrh K\ /v r^aml iUv world o\er Hj^^jj >l AST!• IK l» 1 1: < K m^^Si raM in modern watchmaking: history! Wt i Li^^Bß.^ Moine Comte Co., Ltd. 1 I Sole Agents for Malaya:
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  • 1168 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has been authorized to open a local fund for a memorial in Liverpool to King George. At a special meeting the general view was expressed that the cost of a national memorial, which would be erected in London, should be borne
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  • 808 5 Fraser Co 's Report FRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the Singapore share market dated Apr. 28 states: The chief item of interest during the week was the speech on the Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday last. His proposals for increased
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 25 5 I ABSOLUTE SECURITY S j I Motor ILmox S INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. I Ag ents: j SIME. HARRY CO.. LTD. I Singapore Branches i i
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    • 229 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., THE HO HONG BANR, LTD.. AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00 Paid Up $10,000,000.(10. HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING, CHUM A STREET, SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH: 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee Swee
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  • 84 6 Los Angeles. Douglas Fairbanks senior, has been ordered to repay over £14,000 to the United States Government which the Government declares it erroneously refunded to him on his income tax in 1927, 1928 and 1929. Federal Judge William James has ruled here that Mr. Fairbanks must
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  • 86 6 Hollywood TEODOR CHALIAPIN JR., son of the f famous Russian singer, has joined the staff of Seiznick International Pictures as an assistant in the research department. He is no newcomer to the Films. In the days of silent pictures he played in two films starring John Barrymore, and
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  • 244 6 70 Minutes Of Laughs BY actual stop watch timing .there are seventy minutes of solid laughs in "A Night At The Opera," the latest hit of the Merry Madcaps, which was produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Irving G. Thalberg and comes to the Alhambra shortly. NEW DEPARTURE Fifty
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 6 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Top Hat", which is proving such a hit at the Capitol.
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  • 479 6  -  Jeanette MacDonald Filming Of "Rose Marie By Co-starred with Nelson Eddy in M-G-M's magnificent outdoor musical romance, "Rose Marie," uhich opens at the Capitol Theatre next Tuesday. TO anyone like myself who had never been on one, a location is a real experience. It's like being plucked
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 180 6 S A thrilling New Picture that will grip j you from start to finish! A l l4 A MRP A OPENING TO-NIGHT j ALHAMDKA w 6 15 9 .i5 |j One of the most Exciting Stories of the Air ever produced! S See the DEATH RAY that will cause Havoc
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  • 257 7 What The Stars Are Doing MAE WEST, star of Paramount^ "Klondike Annie." sporting a brand-new custom built, cream-coloured Dusenberg roadster and "Chalky" Wright, her chauffeur, so impressed that he rushed right out and bought himself seven nev> uniforms Gladys Swarthout. star of Paramount s "Rose of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 123 7 cm ima PAVILION CAPITOL TO-NIGHT:— The Voice of Bugle Ann". vir.HT 'Top Hat" with Fred O'Sumian 61 Barrym Ie and MaUFeen Astaire'and Ginger Rogers. MARLBOROUGH ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT:— "Fighting Hero" and Em- TO-NlGHT:— "Gentlemen of the Navy", barraasing Moments." with iSr Guy Standing. ROYAL ROXY TO-NIGHT: "Naveena Satharam." I TO-NIGHT:-'The Bishop
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    • 276 7 •£a picture that will appeal to every person who y owns, or ever owned, a dog! *f PAVILION IWWgM I I I 0.15-9.15 a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR MvJP*' 'ty l^a now a Motion Picture Event! J*&Ht {mm I V/BUGL£ ANN i— i i 4* <• J^^^» METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER pro-
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  • 407 8 FORMER TIMES RECALLED Ex -Nobility At Wedding (By Air Mail) Vienna, Apr. 15. IX splendour reminiscent of the days of the Hapsburgs, the Koyal wedding took place here of Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma, niece of the ex-Empress Zita, and the Infante Alfonso, nephew of ex-King Alfonso
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  • 42 8 In I written reply to Lord Titchfleld. Sir Victor Warremlet states that 40 horses will be retained provisionally on the establishment ol each cavalry motor regiment and cavalry light tank regiment at home, and 44 by the cavalry motor regiment In Egypt
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  • 174 8 Scotland Yard's New Station London. THE new wireless station for the use of Scotland Yard which is in the course of erection at Grove Park, Denmark Hill, has been equipped with three masts, each 100ft. high. The masts are of latticed steel, and the work of assembly and
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  • 41 8 A list of 451 warrants issued at the Stratford Police Court at the instance of the old West Ham Board of Guardians against runaway husbands has been withdrawn at the request of the West Ham Public Assistance Committee, the board's successors.
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 8 F. M. Adam and W. M. Oakrhind. who lost to R. B B. Uonnell and W R. King in the Ciodown Doubles Handicap Final at the S.C.C
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  • 100 8 THE following visitors to Singapore are registered at Raffles Hotel: Mr. L. A. Wright, from Kunla Lumpur, !Mr. F. Fairley. from Kuala Lumpur. Mr. and Mrs. J. Paterson. from Batavia. Mr. H A. Quade. froni Batavia, Mr. J. W A Brims, from Batavia Mr. A. J. van Ibedel.
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  • 67 8 Me. Gcnrprs Desbons, the barrister wlu< undertook the defence of the three U-stachis tried at Aix-en-Provence Vor comi)lirity in th assassination of Kinp Alexander and M Barthou has berr. formally reinsta*'jd bv the Order of Advocates of Pari^ His reinstatement was made possible by the decree ol amnesty which was
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  • 274 8 RED BLACK SHIRTS Police Break Up Meeting AT the Westminster Police Court Valentine Ivor Boulton, 27, Utter, Claybrooke Road, Fulham, and Fn derick Cook, 26. labourer, of Langfoni Road, Fulham. were charged with insulting behaviour at EfTie Road, Fulham. Cook was also charged with obstructing a police-constable in the execution
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 74 8 ml l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 A THE J j EASTER* UNITED ASM It \\< I I rORPOIIATIOX LIMITED. J (Ineorportted In the Straits Settlements) i FIRE, BCARINE, MOTOR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY IN- I j SURANCE
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    • 52 8 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. Fox Film Presents MARTIN JOHNSTON'S Wild Animal Thriller "BABOONA" I TEA DANCES From 5 to 7.30 p.m. S Every Tuesday, Thursday V v And Saturday NIGHT DANCES V\V^ Nightly CftS* jf from \X Dance Irresistible V* Rhythms of i DE SILVA'S
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  • 464 9 OPINION OF EXPERTS Would Be "Selfsufficient" Berlin. PEEMANT believes she could make herself -self-sufficient if her African colonies, lost in the Gre»l WIT, were returned. Thi/. shown by the following analysis by Colonial Research experts hero. ,:,t 1,170,000 tons per from the Far East German experts
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  • 248 9 Forced Salute ml WV m m%J AN allegation that the object of periodical route marches by British troops in Bengal was to "terrorise" tne people of the countryside and create ri "moral impression" was made in the Bengal Legislative Council by Mr. P Banerjee. He also
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  • 99 9 .4///*/ Casts Slur On Gloria's Ma. Washington. Apr 26. THE for the custody of Gloria Vahdorbilt. the poor little rich girl who has already been the subject of several court actions, has be?n transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington. Mrs. Whitney, aunt
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 9 A picture taken during the match between the Inniskillinns and the Middlesex, which the former won by s—l.5 1.
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  • 163 9 Invention In So.viet Moscow GAS-PROOF -cradles' for babies have been invented by a group of Soviet doctors and engineers working at the Moscow Sanitary-Chemical Institute. Each "cradle" consists of a bag equipped with gas filters The bag completely encloses the child and is joined by a tube to
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  • 42 9 The staff of the P.W.D.. Kedah. are giving a farewell in honour of Mr. C. E Jenkins. State Engineer, who is retiring next month. It is understood that Mr. Jenkins intends to settle down on th coast, at Tanjoog Dawai. near Semilinu
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  • 232 9 A 100 -M. P. H. ITALIAN cities are to be linked together 1 by a 100-mile-an-hour train service. This announcement has been made by Signor Antonio Benni. Minister of Communications, while present inn to the Chamber of Deputies the estimates of the Ministry of Communications for the
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  • 137 9 Britain To Pay More This Year London, Apr. 26. DETAILS of the civil estimates relating to Foreign and Imperial Services shew that £271 500 I* required under the heading of "League of Nations." an increase of £48.000. Britain's direct contribution towards the expense of the League alone shows
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  • 304 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Thursday, Apr. 30, 1936. THE AIR WAY If K. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, left for Home by air on Sunday. Yesterday H.H. the Sultanah of Johore chose the same rapid means of transport for a journey to Europe. No longer is an air journey over
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  • 476 10 TOO muc'h publicity cannot be given the work of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society of Selangor of which little is heard, but which undoubtedly is rendering a great service to the community in an unostentatious manner There is no disputing the fact that the greatest punishment of a
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 10 The coffin containing the remains of Herr von Hoesch. the German Ambassador, being placed on a gun-carriage after leaving the German Embassy in Carlton House Terrace for Victoria Station.
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  • 231 10 Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Grumitt are staying -n the Cameron Highlands this week. I Mr. and Mrs. Claude da Silva returned to Singapore by the Gneisenau after a holiday in Switzerland. Mr. C D. D. Hogan has been elected President of the Penang Bar Committee for the year
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1 10 L..LU.t.:tt....-i.>.r..t.g~t>T?vni
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    • 58 10 WESTINGHOUSE LiBImI 1 1 till iT^ ll^^l This Refrigerator is leading in this market backed by the finest service throughout Malaya. Four Years Guarantee. Hire Purchase Terms to suit your pocket. The General VAvrtrir (o. Lid. Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Also obtainable from: UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD., (All Branches), JOHN MOREY CO.,
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  • 892 11 LOCAL FRENCH CONCERN Modern Welding Methods Singapore, Wednesday. HIDDEN away behind a row of drab houses on the foot of a hill down Pasir Panjanff way in Singapore is a factory the like of which does not exist anywhere in all Malaya. This plant, however,
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 11 A section of the Far East Oxygen and .Acetylene Company's plant al Pasir Panjang. Picture shows the huge cooling tower on the right,
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  • 198 11 able prices. South Wales, he said, depended almos. wholly on supplies from abroad to timber her mines, the total received last year amounting to 846,000 loads. France, owing to the Anglo-French scheme by which Welsh coal was exchanged for French pitwood regained a considerable amount of her pitwood
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 45 11 5933 PHONE i Telegraphic Address: v^^ll jL goodwood The most charmingly situntcrt Hotel in the Island. Ideal for permanent residents REST APRAXT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. Pecial Dinner Dance 0^ Wednesday, May 6. DINERS $1.50. NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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    • 77 11 ft- TIFFIN: SI 00. Potaue Saint C^rmain Fish a la Italienne Ciriliod Tournedos Nicoisc French B*»ans and Fr'ed Potato Cold Meat and Salad Chocolate Ice Cream Cheees, Fruit, Coffee Try Our SPECIALTIES. Hors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Baked Alasca A Choice of Over 100 other dishes. Phone 4906. fflßnj I^^^^^^^ 'BwEiH
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  • 1643 14 Decorative HOMES Arrange Your Flowers IN this day of neuroses and complexes, psychologists exhort us to find peace of mind and satisfaction in selfexpression. They tell us to develop hobbies— painting, dancing, amateur dramatics or writing. But actually, now, how many of us can leave our housekeeping and children long
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 74 14 OASIS PORTUGUESE saim»im:s KJL small fish, but 1 f^Sjl GENUINE //c' Pj? Jj sardines from fSwjP^ V Portu S a l. a tin I^l'fT'^ft''' which coni I 1 J-V JI tains more vitaIV^Jl^^^ mins than a i^Z^^^^^ litre of Cod Liver Oil. Try Oasis once and you will haw no
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    • 65 14 dorothy more Zota Foam reducing baths in her new salon.. Invaluable for Rheumatism, Sciatica Lumbago. 2ND FLOOR, 18, BATTERY Kl> Phone 6995. §TI .|ii|iiliilti|iHiill!liHii|iil'i|H|iilil|'t|iHii|iH:i|iilii|uliHillilliiimiilillli|iilflii|iil:ilii»i:i I I I I 1 FREE SAMPLE OFFER I I I I I Send 10 cents in cash or stamps, to cover postage and packing, and
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 14 Try asking for lotus seed-pods instead of the blossoms if you have a piece of old lacquer you can make into a vase. Wall vases are easy to arrange flowers in. Your Chinese chin a ware dealer has lots of fishes > »»n can use and you may be lucky
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 14 These arum lilies are arranged with privet berries in the shallow white china junks, but you can find equally decorative things in Malayan hedges. Eg£ plants, grapes and onions on a lacquer stand make a very unusual group for the dining table, above
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  • 94 15 DO you know that the heighth and width of your pillow, to say nothing of the liveness of its contents, can be the cause of restlessness at njßnt? Many amazing facts have been disclosed during recent investigations carried on by scientists to find out just why certain people aro afflicted
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 110 15 LUGGAGE CARRIER SINGAPORE j j LUGGAGE I CARRIER CO. \bwW Contractors* Forwarding j B00k1 8 R A Xa yS f r FMa j Baggage Agents for.- Blue Funnel Line East Asiatic Line Nederland Line I BIS.N. Co., Ltd., etc., etc. I Tel. Address- "LUGGAGET PHONE 2428 or call Union Blag.
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    • 89 15 A lIMIUVIS SHOPPING GLIDE HAIRDRESSER i Maison Marcelle j J The Best Address for modern Hairdressing 35 Stamford Rd. Proprietor: Y. KOOY, Tel. 4807. SILK STORE ii i \\v Offer You I when BIYIXG Tajmahal Store 23 HIGH ST. CURIOS CHINESE NEW SHIPMENT ARRIVED Please come to have a visit
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    • 111 15 RESTAURANT Real European Food j Come and have your steak cook- j ed as you like it on an open charcoal prill by JOHN, Slnga- t pore's leading Chef. OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT j Arcade Restaurant! (Oliver Quay, Phone 4825. BOOKSHOP lymiy MAX'S «\Y\ LAWYER BY A BARRISTER $9.00 Concise Dictionary,
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    • 81 15 CHEMIST NYAL FIGSEN. $0-60 A pleasant way to remedy constipation Nyals Figsen may be eaten like Candy and will act on the bowels, liver and stomach Agents. FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD., Rdnc. in F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, EYES W *^^*Z^ 4 Artide Qualified Eye Specialists. Eye Examinations. Eyeglasses. Exclusively. Phone 3002.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 492 16 BRITISH INDIA S». A O. S. X. tW§ SAILINGS, Tonnage S'poro. Tonnage S'pore. SOUDAN 6.500 Mny (I N ALDER A 16.000 July 3 RANPURA 17.000 May 10 K/VISAR-T-HIND 11.500 July 17 RAWALPINDI 17.000 May 22 BANGALORE 6.000 Julv 30 BURDWAN 6.070 June 4 RA.TPUTANA 17.000 July 31 CORFU 15.000 June
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 810 16 Xlill»*% IX IMN'K > SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVFS jM BW OR expected to ARRIVF v I I 1 > > v 5^V i-,-: W*t 1 1 1 1 I sm i .-y KI ppl lIAKBOrR vtik. sJ^ &Bp^ i< n Tain Wharf: Lcli. Dolphin. Singkar m. K^r^j on WfcMf: H.MS.
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  • 28 17 Mr. and Mrs. Claude da Silva and their small daughter returned to Singapore by the Gneisenau yesterday after a holiday tour around the world.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 321 17 BIR X S P 11 1 1. P LI XE (Incorporated In AustraliaMERKUR In Port Mav 3 MAKELLA May 28 June Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia Issued at the following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane Sydney or MeJ bun:;., to Uie connecting
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    • 556 17 yfl TO FRENCH PORTS U#^~sT\ CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazalre Bordeaux May 2 C DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 5 I DESIRADE For Marseilles. Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 I D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 OUTWARDS (from Marseilles). t 1936 i For
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  • 504 18 EXPERTS IN THE DARK Behaviour Of Wave Lengths THE B.K.C. is just as much in the dark as anyone else as to the range of the television signals from the Alexandra Palace transmitting station, and eagerly await the first experimental signals which are to be sent
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 18 J Fitzgerald (Lancing and Caius). an old Blue, who was selected as or the high hurdlers to represent Cambridge against Oxford in the Ln versity Sports, wears his monocle wh en hurdling.
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  • 155 18 Record of More Than LOOO Cardiff. Apr. 26. HARROWBY-ST.. a small thoroughfare of 49 houses facing the Glamorganshire Canal at Cardiff Docks, is known as "the street of life savers." Every householder has to his credit saving' of life from the waters of the canal. It is
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  • 98 18 Statements At An Inquest London, Apr. 26. FOLLOWING statements at a Shore- ditch inquest, an investigation has been made by officials of the City of London Hospital. Victoria Park, into the quality and quantity of the food supplied Colonel the Hon. Henry C. Guest writes to a London
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  • 199 18 A Holiday In England London I'X-SERVICE men from the Allied ex-enemy countries have been •vited by the Staffordshire branches the British Legion to pay a h< visit to Staffordshire next month The suggestion for such a gatheri] came from Lord Harrowby, Lord Lieu tenant of the county.
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  • 120 18 London During the hearing of a case fin which a settlement was reached) in the Commercial Court, some French barristers who were to be witnesses were lnvited by Mr. Justice MacKinnon to sit in the seats reserved for King's counsel "When this case began," said hlfl
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    • 30 18 f OXFORD Sausages you are ,\f J.< *>£/' t jj k &o^^^%*&-^ cious; and the knowledge tha: \^Kjr^ -^^p&wzJJ^\s absolutely pure renders these >K>' ''^f'^nK^r^'^lKi^f^^^^t appetising sausages even more s^^»-* .^^S
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    • 1162 19 JON THE RADIO j ll^Siifili IlllllirC 7.05 a.m. Chamber Music. The Brosa ISrill^ 11 M^mmm^w String Quartet: Antonio Brosa (Violin) Norman Chappie (Violin) Leo- •f*l«*l*JlHini^ nard Rubens Viola Livio Mannucri |W B (Violoncello). Vivien Lambelet (Mezzo- iam m«trci Soprano). Quartet: Quartet in B flat, Tmnsmlsslon Jg?**ZT 1 Una. G 458
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    • 827 19 ■m i 1.50 p.m. Instrumental music. Close ltatho-4 oloiiiail down 5.20 p.m. Light recorded music. TO-DAY s P m Time signal. 6.05 p.m. Musical selections. Wavelength 25.23 metres (11,880 kcs.) 6.20 p.m. Talk for children by Miss 2.20 p.m. Relay from Paris-P.T.T. jq. de Vrics. 2.40 p.m. Recorded music. 6.35
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  • 196 20 Lancashire Dealers Fined London. SIX wild British birds in a cage were produced at Greenwich- Police Court when Walter and Harry Makin, bird dealers, of RadclifTe, Lanes, were summoned for offering for sale three linnets, a chaffinch, a siskin, and a redpoll, which were not "close-ringed specimens bred
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  • 141 20 German Military Vehicles" Vienna. THE state of nerves to which recent events have brought "the countries which feel themselves menaced in this part of Europe is shown by an official statement issued by the Czechoslovak War Ministry. According to this the Czechoslovak authorities recently received information that 24
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  • 114 20 Constable Shot In Belfast Belfast Police-constable John Harrison, aged 36, was shot in the shoulder and badly wounded when he was stopped by three men in Crumlin Road, Belfast. Harrison was cycling into the city when, near Landscape Terrace, he heard someone shout 'Is that you, Harrison?" He got off
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  • 19 20 In the space of four minutes at Birmingham Police Court £190 in fines was taken in street betting cases.
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  • 329 20 Pernicious Anaemia Discovery London, Apr. 26. ANOTHER dread disease has been conquered Pernicious anaemia, always considered in the past a fatal condition from which the sufferer had no hope, can now be cured. This good news has been announced by the Medical Research Council, whose experts have been
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  • 94 20 After firemen and police had worked for over an hour, Hymic Feicka, aged 16, who was wedged between the wall and a streamer sign over the entrance to the Classic Cinema, Mile End Road. Stepney, E., where he is employed as an operator's boy, was rescued in a state of
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    • 515 20 O> Till: IIAIIIO (Continued from page 19) —The Little Man with the Little Gun. (2 1 Verses for Children. (3) Nursery Rhymes. 7.55 p.m. Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s Share Report. 8.00 Talk— "Spring in England", written by S. P. B. Mais. 820 p.m. Recorded Light Music. 8.30 p.m. News Bulletin.
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    • 64 20 'Germ., Engl.) 8.25p.m. Call DJA and DJE (Germ Bngl. German Folk Song. 8.3b p.m. Greetings to our Listeners. 8.35 p.m. News in German on DJA DJE. DJN, DJB. 8.50 p.m. Brass Band. 9.20 p.m. News in English on DJN. DJE. and in Dutch on DJA. DJB. 935 p.m. Germany celebrates
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  • 1440 21 CEREMONY AT CATHEDRAL Very Colourful Affair Singapore. Wednesday. C T Andrew's Cathedral was the S st ene of an interesting wedd ng Vn S apore became the bride of Ut f. L"by of Pottersbar. The bridegroom and groomsmen were in full dress uniform. NEW NOTE The
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  • 69 21 London. Apr. 15. MEW methods of training pilots for the N Roval Air Force ar? being introduced because of the rapid progress in equipment and the progress in equipment and the expansion programme. Within the next three vears the Service will receive at a continually accelerating rate new types of
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  • 445 21 Murder Appeal Dismissed No Possibility Of Jury Being Misled Singapore. Wednesday. THE appeal of Chhui Yi, a young Cantonese, against sentence of death passed on him by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell at the last Assizes, on a charge of murdering a compatriot, named Chong Seow Cheow. by shooting him with
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  • 98 21 Arrival Of German Singapore, Wednesday. The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Gneisenau arrived in Singapore from Europe this morning, and sails tomorrow morning for Manila and Hongkong It will be remembered that a fire brcke out in one of the holds of the vessel when she was in Singapore on
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  • 31 21  - Sin Chew Jit Pon Dr Tai Chi Tao, President of the Examination Yuen, has presented the International University founded by Dr Rabindranath Tagor, the famous Indian philosopher, 10,000 ancient Chinese books.
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  • 19 21 Mr Reuben Meyer, Mrs. Nassirn and Miss Abed sail for Europe by the Conte Verde leaving Singapore this evening.
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  • 514 22 ITALIANS* BIG PUSH Nearing Addis Gorahai, April 20. THE Black Shirts' camp and headquarters was seriously menaced and war correspondents had an alarming taste of war last night when there was a sudden and unexpected fierce Abyssinian counterattack by 5.000 troops. Thr situation for a time
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  • 25 22 Belgrade. AYSHA RAMITCH, a 14-year-old girl is now on her honeymoon with her 10--year-old husband after being married, divorced, and re-married within a few months.
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  • 236 22 Elotor Cyclist Killed At Bukit Timah Singapore, Wednesday. CHINESE motor-cyclist was killed and four persons severely injured in an accident that occurred in Buku iimah Road, near the 6! 2 mile, shordy before o o'clock last night. U appears that the deceased, who was carrying a pillion rider,
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  • 104 22  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Financial Assistance From Japan Hongkong, April 29. INTERVIEWED by Japanese pressmen in Amoy on MoTiday, Mr. Chen Yi said in reply to a question as to whether Fukien needs financial and technical assistance from Japan to develop its economic resources that was impossible at
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  • 93 22 No Hope Of Refloating Finnish Barque London, April 28. THE famous Finnish barque, Herzogin Cccilie, is hard and fast on the rocks which she hit in a fog and darkness on Saturday morning and no hope remains of refloating her. She is being stripped and part of
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  • 102 22 Alleged Bigamy By Javanese Woman (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, April 28. THERE are three criminal cases, three criminal appeals and four civil matters on the list of the Muar Assizes which open before Mr. Justice, J. V. G. Mills in the Supreme Court there on May
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  • 87 22  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Mr. Yen Yu Keng Out Of Favour Peiping, April 29. THE Manchukuo is» planning to readjTlst the banking system in Manchuria in order to enable tho Central Bank of the Manchukuo to secure complete control of the money firms. It is reported that Mr.
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  • 81 22 Two Singapore Lots Change Hands Singapore, Wednesday. TWO properties to the value of $3,300 were sold by public auction at the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co. Ltd., 30 Chulia Street. Singapore, this afternoon. Freehold land situated at Rangoon Road, Singapore, area 6,495 sq. ft., bought
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  • 119 22 Paris. AN audacious robbery was committed at the Palais de Justice of Rouen. Thieves got in by a coal-chute and made their way to the office of M. Bocquet, the Chief Registrar, where they made use of flies and dossiers to form a small working chamber
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  • 105 22 A Film For Dog Lovers DOG lovers should appreciate TOice of ATin." at the T>,ivilion Hie story deals with fox hun:ing in Missouri. wh_re the hui apparently sit over the fire while the dog hunts, but does not kill the fox. Lionel Barrymoro is an old farmer who
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  • 73 22 Nomination Of Officers For Coming Year Singapore, We Inesd rE following nominations of i bearers for the ensuing yeai announced at the business meetin the Rotary Club held to-day at Aaelphi Hotel Roof Garden: President. Mr. W. A. L. Schaub. Vlce-Presidents, Mr. David Frankel and Mr. Ng Sen
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    • 157 22 In the Central Station at Glas» the Royal Scot engine which made I first non-stop run from London Glasgow was named "Cameronia Officers and men from that fan, regiment were present, together Wltl the pipe band, and Driver Crowe Fireman Beattie, both of whom sen with The Cameronians during the
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 149 22 To-day In Singapore* HIGH TIDES:— 4.S2 a.m., 7 p.m. FOOTBALL:— S. A. FA. League, Div. 11. Marine v. R.A.F. 11. Anson Road Stadium; Div. 111, Y.M.C.A. v Medical Services, S.R.C. MEETING:— AnnuaI General Meeti:^ of Society of Yorkshiremen, Adelphi Hotel 5.30 p.m. CAPITOL:— "Top Hat" with Ginger Rogers and Fred
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  • 787 23 STORE MAY MEETING Total Of 209 Horses the full list of I"! HTt! the Summer (Gov--1 entries for we sj ernors (up M« U". MaJf 9 pore Turf Hub. start" entr es Altosether morn ing. and training starts tni HORSES CLASS 1 Ist 2nd 3rd run
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  • 194 23 Reports Of Tourist Agencies Singapore. Tuesday. LOCAL travel agencies report that the volume of tourist traffic in Singapore during the season which has just passed was more or less equal to that of last year. The Italo-Abyssinian War and the uncertainty of conditions in the Mediterranean
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  • 61 23 Flying A Machine For The Negus Rome, Apr. 28. THE report that an aeroplane from France made a forced landing at the Ciampino Aerodrome on Sunday apparently clears up the mystery of the wheieabouts of the airman M. Drouillet, who surreptitiously left Paris after the French authorities
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  • 683 24  -  HERMES ANTI-CLIMAX IN SOCCER Poor Form Of The Stars BY Singapore, Wednesday. TO the thrills of last night's entertaining soccer by the Inniskillings and the Middlesex Regiment, the anticlimax was provided this evening bv the first S.A.F.A. Malaya Cup trial of the season. It
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  • 369 24 Suggestion To J\* J\m Singapore, Wednesday. A SUGGESTION that a women's athletic meeting should be held under the auspices of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association in the near future was made by a delegate at the first annual general meeting of the Association held at the
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 24 Mr. H. G. Beverley and his bride, Miss Audrey Pierrepont, leaving the cathedral after their wedding beneath an arch formed by the swords of the bridegroom's police colleagues.
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  • 81 24 Results Of First Round Ties Deul, April 28. IN the first round of the British amateur golf championship, Bourn, the former holder, was surprisingly defeated by J.H. Hawkins (Maidenhead) a chauffeur at the nineteenth green. Two ex-British champions had hard struggles. Martin Smith beat H.B. Bennett, the Buxton
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  • 146 24 Final Of S. CC. Tennis Singles THE outstanding sporting event of today will be the final of the S.Cc tennis championship singles, which will take place at the club at 5 p.m. N. S. Wise, the holder of the championship, defends his title against A. d
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  • 170 24 Frisco vs. Malinao At New World Singapore, Thursday. DERTIE BELL'S card of five bouts proD mises plenty of hard-hitting and thrills at the New World Arena tomorrow night. Young Frisco and Frank Malinac head the programme. Both boxers ai> natural middleweight^ and there is n weight stipulation, they
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  • 71 24 Cobra On Golf Course Encounter At The Island Club Singapore, Wednesday. FOLLOWING the discovery of a python on the .site of the new Supreme Court in the heart of Bingapoi comes news of the finding of a robra at the Island Club. Mr. N. A. Mallal met the Intruder while
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