Morning Tribune, 1 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 77. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, May 1, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 426 1 HIXSTHI T «TION AXII iiexewal 38 NEW VESSELS OLD DREADNOUGHTS TO HE RETAILED London. April 80. SUPPLEMENTARY estimate of €10..°,00.000 to meet additional naval A Expenditure not provided for in the original naval estimates was issued It makes provision for starting a new construction
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  • 52 1 Election In Spite Of Death Ot King Cairo. April 30. CEVEN people WCTt shot dead and 23 wounded in the electoral campaign i' ine Smnewa constituency where Tew--1 RfTendl, prtprietor of the 1 n< «P< r El^had. is a candiindhwj King Puad's death will be carried out on
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  • 26 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, April 30. 11 H. Rung, the Finance Minishat the Chinese Govern•ncluded a dim purchase with the United States.-
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  • 18 1 A R. Barron, of the Borneo (l Ban-kok and formerly of the 1 haa left Siam on retire-
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  • 90 1  -  Views Of Japanese Ambassador Shanghai, April 30. A TIENTSIN press report states that during his interview with Sir Frederick Leith-Ross. the British economic expert. Mr. Kawagoe. the newly-ap-pointed Japanese Ambassador to China, said that smuggling was a nation-wide problem In China and did not concern North China alone.
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  • 30 1 Mr G AC. Preston, manager of the Borneo Co. Ltd.. in Bangkok, who is at present on leave, has resigned from the company and will not return to the East.
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  • 23 1 Mr, and Mrs. ,T R. Chong and family, of Kunln Belai' Brunei, are loft Singapore yesterday for Hongkong on holiday by the Crema.
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  • 282 1 How The Negus Was Routed Addis Ababa, April SO. MEMBERS of the British Ambulance unit report that Italian advance guards have captured the strategical mountain, Tarmadur, practically unopposed and are now advancing on Debra Breham, 70 miles from Addis. There are 10.000 men in the army.
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  • 175 1 ADVERTI SING BY RADIO IN U.K. London. Apr. 30. DURING ag< I debate on the future of he House of Conui h then was considerable he rcc >mmendation Ullswater report that private rel should beabsorbed by General Post Oflice and controlled by the 8.8.C. There are :i present 350 of
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  • 60 1 Beven hav< been uneartl d by frorkmen wigac:ed in demolition work In Blß' kwood :< m Wai "th, S.r. i; js believi hat Ih waa oiw where pJagui r n buried. Mr. Ju Ucp t Iboi has been elected Treai Inner Temple, His ur A. V B K.C., ha.s beni
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    24 1 Miss Hilda Chang, sister of Marshal Chang Hsiao Lang, who passed through Singapore yesterday on board the Conte \>/de M the way to Europe.
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  • 42 1 Special Inquiry In United States Washington, April 30. THE immediate establishment of a special board to investigate seamen's allegations that certain American ship* possess Insufficient lifebelts, firehose and lifeboats is announced by Mr. Roper, the US Secretary of Commerce. Reuter
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  • 56 1 Joe Diamond Outpoints Tarley (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Apr. 30 IOE DIAMOND (fet 91b. outpointed Youns Tarley («st mib) at the Pa rt thl -<'i over 12 tnroo „.■,,,,,<, rounds Diamond had tIW advantage In weight, hoi-ht and n icj and sent Tarirv down for a count
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  • 90 2 GIRL IN POOL OF BLOOD Tragic End Of Party New York, April 30. k SENSATION has ocen caused on n Broadway by a tragic incident in a flat in which Mr Sidney Kingsley, the eminent playwright, was entertaining friends. Miss Doris Dudley, the 18-year-old daughter of the
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  • 297 2 Wife Of "Young Marshal" Mrs. Chang Hsiao Liang In Singapore Singapore, Thursday. MRS. Chang Hsiao Liang, wife of the Young Marshal," former ruler of Manchuria, was In Singapore to-day passing through by the Conte Verde on her way to Europe. Marshal Chang, who is now engaged In bandit suppression in
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  • 78 2 Increasing Popularity In India Bombay. A striking increase in the popularity of air travel in India is shewn by figures now issued here. On one of the most important inland airlines (from Karachi to Madras) the passenger mileage has been trebled In one year. In 1934 it was
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  • 62 2 Local Branch To Re Opened Shortly THE temporary office of the £ank of China has been removed from China Building to the Great Eastern Life Assurance Building 12, Cecil Street. The Bank has leased the ground floor and mezzanine of the premises and the branch will be
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  • 50 2 The Bank of China has applied to the New York State Banking Department for permission to establish an agency In New York City. The bank s lawyers stated that the bank recently sold large quantities ol Chinese currency to the United States Government, converting it into 810,000.000 worth of Rold.
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  • 156 2 Humours of Border Moves Denied Vienna, Apr. 29. Austria i.s preparing to move contingents of troops from Vienna and eatern parts of Austria into Salzburg and Tyrol. Reticence is maintained in military circles, but it i.s officially stated that the troop movements are due to training purposes 1
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  • 33 2 The Maidstone and District Employment Committee has been informed officially that tliv- Minuter of Labour is arranging for the establishment of advisory committees throughout Great Britain to co-operate with the Unemployment Assistance 3oard
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 2 Vlr. Shen Tsonton, who is attached o the Chinese Embassy in Rome, ihotographcd yesterday on board he Conte Verde when he passed hrough on the waj back to Europe.
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  • 198 2 Paper Substituted For Money Singapore, Thursday. THE police are searching for a Chinese who li alleged to have got awav with 2.500 guilders, the property of a Hyli \r living at the Empress Hotel. It appears that the victim and tvo acquaintances went to Chulia Street vZ terday
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  • 31 2 Output Of Over 2/)18 Ounces THE .secretaries of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., report that the output for the four weeks endc-ii April 25 was 2.018.74 ounces.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 37 2 SHAKE OUR J^9kk EM 111 SI \sM I K I M JV^ POWmtD WHOLE MILK <^. J is pure delicious fresh milk \Kx\ J y^\) Jj in convenient powdered CrM^S vl and be convinced V^A GV.T7. UPU)S. CO.
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    • 107 2 THE SOLE GENUINE IIOSKOPI PATENT INTRODUCED /^jjSßJ^ MILLIONS 70 YEARS L( ./^l*| IN USE AGO K^&M I TO-DAY M2ssy See the new displays at all dealers. Sole Agents: Weill MoiltOr Ltd. SINGAPORE. ■iiiliii■iiiiiiiiiiiiiii i i i i i i i r i i i i i i i i The
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  • 97 3 MEETING OF Importance Of proceedings Tokyo, April 30. t ,,.morrow r^J^wS; I«W n ese history m« s EXPANSION I'KOGKAMME j- tip expected to be Thl proceedings riie W*^^ in of unusual expansionist proconnection Army and Navy. gramme; of the Japanese VVhU rer that the Navy's Press
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  • 78 3 To Defray Cost Of New Opium Clinic Singapore, Friday. m r AW BOON HAW. the well-known M SingaiW philanthropist, has promised to defray the cost of a new opium clinic large enough to accommodate 200 patients or more. The site chosen is in Sepoy Lines, about
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  • 45 3 The London 'Royal Free Hospital > School nf Medicine for Women has received an anonymous pi ft of n 1.000 to endow •'The Free Woman's Lectureship in Clinical Medicine. Dr. Una LediiiTham. M.D.. MR CP.'Lond.i. Assistant Physician, Royal Free Hospital, has been appointed to the lectureship.
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  • 235 3 If Britain Challenged In Mediterranean (By Air Mail* London, Apr. 8. "IT would be a very good thing if it were made perfectly clear to Signor Mussolini that if he challenged the British sea power in the Mediterranean the whole force of the British Empire would be behind
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  • 83 3 Rubber Land In Malacca District THE sum of $2,700 was realised at a sal of rubber land conducted by Messrs. Chins Keng Lee and Co., Ltd., at Malacca yesterday. Details were as follows: Land at Chin Chin, 2 acres 1 rood 04 poles, bought by Mr. Manikchan Nanji
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  • 20 3 London, April 30. Mr. Cecil Bennett, Superintendent of the General Hospital. Sooohow Road, Shanghai, died to-dav at Westerfiate, Sussex. Reuter
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  • 64 3 District Lit By Hall Of Fire Belgrade. DURING a terrific thunderstorm near Djakovitsa, Yogoslavia, the whole district was lit up by a ball of fire which shot across the sky in the direction of the Albanian frontier. Frontier guards have stated that they saw the meteor fall
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  • 55 3 The Rev. W. G. Howard, curate tt Christ Church, Victoria Road, Kensington, has declined the vicarage of Pinner. Middlesex, because he does not regard the present vicarage which is some 200 years old -as suitable for modern requirements and the Parochial Church Council cannot at present undertake to build a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 31 3 j-MAX LIOX-j KAPID-HAKDHNING CEMENT t I I I I r^| I I I I I Ivl |ll|i:|< "MASTER" I AMIN ATED STEEL PADLOCKS Hi K/Vi J A k la H>7l V
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    • 54 3 sSk&Sb L f///IIIIIIH ""^V .^■^^^^^^^^^ffiv/' :'>'-. A I 1 111 II I I I Li I I V.:\ ABoHK^r'"'^** IM "-'.vi-.v .jiX;- 1 ja^^CT?ty/j "^J^ffl?J? KHIPI L Ar.O BREW ERY a».Lli SINGAPORE i I It tf^Mr I 1 a. once a Piamano v-'- 1 --•-'■■•■a jk a always a I/rAmencf
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 49 3 Law \oii«-« k For To-day Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. fiummonses-in-Chambera, Originating Summonses and Motions. At 2 15 p.m.: --Judgment in Bkcy. 546 29 Re Tan Hock Kee and Bankruptcy. Before the Ar. Registrar at 10.30 a.m. Fixing list of civil cases.
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • 399 4 Better Inquiry Yesterday (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26;J« cts., up i ft. Market Tune: Steady. Tin (S'pore) $*****, down $ft. To-day's Prices: London: T^d., up Vad. Market Tone: Firm. New York: 15 va cts., up 316 ct. Market Tone: Steady. TIN London:
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    • 170 4 Singapore, Thursday. The 1.275th Auction of the Sinpauore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held yesterday, and resulted as follows Catalogued 1.239,813 lbs— tons 553 49 Offered 1,201.201 lbs.— tons 536.25 Sold 938,920 lbs.— tons 419.15 London— Spot 7.3 Bd. New York— Spot 15.11 16 cts. PRICES REALIZED
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    • 84 4 Special London /7 nip (By our Financial Correspondent) London, April 30. THE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, copra and wolfram: Market tone: Quiet. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 7 15 32 (down 1|16). July-Sept.: 7 9 16 (down 116). LONDON TIN Spot: €207 7 H
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    • 41 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By our Financial Correspondent) London, April 30. The closing prices were as follows. London New York Cross Rate 4.93?8 (down 1 16). London Paris: 75 (unchanged). London Amsterdam: 7.27%. (unchanged). London Hongkong: Is. 313 16d. (unchanged).
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    • 96 4 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Thursday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. In cases <F.0.8. April) 26 > 2 26.116 Qood FAQ. in cases FOB. April* 26 516 26 71G No. I.X.R.S.S. i Spot-loose i 'avardablo Spore 26 516 26 r < 10 do. May
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    • 322 4 London, April 30, 6.30 pjg B*New York prices quoted in U.S. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or fall. otherwise stated War Loan, 3V 2 PC
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    • 171 4 By Messrs. Guthrie Co., I td Singapore, April 30. THE only n.atter of interest, which has occurred since our last report, is the decision of the International Rubber Regulation Committee to increase the July December quota to 65 per cent. Tho quota for the remaining two months c
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    • 32 4 A safe containing £200 in cash, a quantity of papers and jewellery, property of Mr. Goodman, was from a house in Finchley Road, Hamr stead, by thieves wh forced the f door.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 42 4 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Cauital 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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    • 15 4 CORPORATION, LIMITED. China Building, Chulia Street. PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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  • 1090 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Thursday, 5 p.m. Bayers. Sellert Ampat Tin (45.) 53 5]V/ 2 Asam Kumbang 28 9 30 6 Austral Malay 586 59 6 Ayer Hitam (55.) 1416 15,3 Ayer Weng ($1) 67^ 1<75 Bangrln Tin 17 9 189 Batu Selangor ($1) .86»' 2 .90»' 2 xd
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  • 326 5 Lorry Driver Is Not Blamed London. THE jury returned a verdict of "Deatl: by misadventure" in each case at the inquest at St. Albans on the bodies of John George Abbey, 49, of Barrington Road, London, S.W., professionally known as Jack Dale, a wrestling promoter, Samuel White, 25,
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  • 91 5 Ostend British Mercantile Marine war medals and British war service medals have now been presented hero- 18 years after the end of the Great War— to a number of Ostend seamen for their services in the war. The men were handed their medals by the British ViceConsul
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 18 5 j Motor Uxiox j INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. i Agents: J STMR, DARBY CO., LTD. i Singapore ft Branches
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    • 235 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in 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 Up $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING, CHI T LIA STREET, SINGAPORE LOCAL BRANCH: 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 148 6 i iin mm iiAitnioi.o>ii:\v i j Fresh from his triumph in "DAVID COPPERFIELD" brings another beloved character to Life! I Opening To-night at the PAVILION Jr^Q^m i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^nM^^™^™™""^^^ '^Bfl B^r^ FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT'S Immortal Story of the Little i bV .^bh i j t i jjKßsgjSjS!;'-' :"»w:. -v g^^H^IHHH^^^H^IIH^IHV'^3SBIIIH^IHB^^^I^IBBBBBBBBBIBIBBBBBfIBB^BI^BBBB9BBBBBIBB^BSB]BSS9BQBSBfIB^S^KfIES73^^D I %r
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  • 215 7 SUan Fear Famous Children S A \vnnH ik l actor t0 tne a^rage Hollvfor the VoriH and you will learn a lot TrmnlPs n fi d T may lOVe the shirle y bur thp Jane Withers of Hollywho have t0 att and keenthiSH thoir own Pictures tun, tol™
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  • 45 7 Charlie Ruggles, featured in support of Bin» Crosby, Ethel Merman and Ida Lupino in Paramount \s "Anything Goes," is one of Hollywood's most avid detective story fans. He reads from three to five a week, depending on whether he's working in a picture or not.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 141 7 ""come and get an idea what the next war may be UKE! HERE'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PICTURES OF THE YEAR! [ujl%mbim| rr. See WILEY POST, famous Dare-devil Aviator match his wits ■gated The DEATH RAY. One of the most Destructive Inventions of modern Aviation! B*^^ >: v-^^P mil
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    • 225 7 NIGHT after Night hundreds of Enthusiastic Patrons acclaim this great musical comedy. 1 to-day ;.i:,— 6.i.v-<u:. I 197,211 PEOPLE STORMED TilF RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL THE FIRST WEEK TO SEE THIS GRAND MUSICAL SHOW! ";??x- v^^yX-:..;':>?» j^T^vWl i-fc'Tfijir :'%^HB^I I r^^h4^V7 tt <^^» ':-;-y ;>v:;:'^ %^B J^f^^B Comedy Gst includinj
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  • 718 8 "DOWN WITH OTTA WA Assembly Votes Termination Delhi, Mar. 30. HPHE Indian Legislative AssemA bly, by 70 votes to 65, decided to-day in favour of giving notice to terminate the Agreement signed at Ottawa, in 1932 between the British Government and the Government of India.
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  • 41 8 Mr L A Allen has been appointed: Local Examiner In Johore for the purpose of Government examinations in Malay, vice Mr. A. E. Coope. m. ipiiili I f I I I I I I II I 111 I I I I'lnK
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 8 A thrilling scene from "Way Down East", coming to the Alhambra shortly.
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  • 209 8 "Torture" Scenes Described Shanghai, Apr. l. MRS. KAN WOO-SZ, age 42, was sent to prison for six months in Shanghai for maltreating her 4-year-old adopted daughter. Woo Dong-yeng. She was charged with undue brutality against the person of her little adopted daughter. Beside beating the child,
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  • 50 8 The G O C Malaya, and Mrs. Dobbin are spending a short holiday at Por Dickson, where Major-General Dobb will inspect the Mala> Regiment. Mr A C. Brooke has been appointed Deputy Government Analyst, Penan?, and Mr C L Southall has been appointed Senior Assistant Analyst, Singapore I, HIIO.^ 'M"
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 123 8 DIARY PAVILION CAPITOL TO Nirirr. Mtjoi r r, TO-NIGHT:— "Top Hat" with Fred w!rh H Fr7ddie"^arSnfe; UntlerOy Astalre and Glnger R gerS MARLBOROUGH ALHAMBRA to viruT TO-NIGHT:— "Air Hawks", with Ralph SanSlM M Ung er and Em Bellamy, Wiley Post and Tala Birell. ROYAL kuay to MiruT x T j
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    • 76 8 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. V>arner Bros. Super Musical "lIAPPIXESS A II E A D with DICK POWELL |l I I ■>ltl,|ll|!'l:i| '|!!|llll.l I I I I I w^^ w^» <-*^ I TEA DANCES From sto 7.30 p.m. Every Tuesday, Thursday Jt S And Saturday KV
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  • 813 9 WARSHIPS AND AIRCRAFT Lack Of Skilled Labour I London. t (s h,ld at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi. Lord Stonehaven, in his presidential address, said the Queen Mary the latest embodiment of British shipping enterprise and shipbuilding skill, was characteristic of the steady progress
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  • 182 9 Registrar's Comment On\ Fashion London, Apr. 1. WOMEN'S hats were the subject of comments by Mr. Register Friend at Clerkenwell County Court when a number of assistants at a costumier's shop gave evidence. "Can you do anything about that hat of yours?" he asked one witness, whose model
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 9 Princess Margaret Rose standing by the model village church at the Exhibition at Beaconsfield, Bucks.
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  • 388 9 Men To Return To Work PEVERAL hundred men employed at the aeroplane factory of the Fairey Aviation Company. Hayes Middlesex, struck work recently in sympathy with the men on strike at the firm's factory at Stockport. The Amalgamated Engineering Union does not countenance the strikes, and has
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  • 65 9 Volunteers in the F.M S will be interested to learn that Lieut-Col James Travers Leslie has been anoointed to the command of the 2nd Battalion, the Roval Berkshire Repiment 'Princess Charlotte of Wale's). Col Leslie first came to Malaya as Brigade Mai or in January, 1929. Two years later he
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  • 236 9 Playground Or Gutters? London, Mar. 20. CKIKING confirmation of the value d of the English Press campaign for opening school playgrounds after school hours will be forthcoming when the Inter-departmental Committee on Road safety among schoolchildren is published in about a week's time. It is understood that
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  • 59 9 Greenfinch Sold As Golden Mule London, Apr. 5. nOBERT James Hall, K street E.2, who was said to nave Western Police Court. Mr. Jones, for the R.S.P.C.A. prose bought it back from a member of the 155.. bin I greenfinch was onl> wortn that the bird Ihe '.old.
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  • 291 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, May 1, 1936. LABOUR DAY 'TO-DAY is Labour Day, and it represents in Europe, America and other parts of the world the expression of new life and new hope for millions of people. Originally a festival of spring. May Day has been adopted by working
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  • 545 10 'T'AlN't a werry good 'un to look at. but it's an astonishin' 'un to wear and afore the brim went, it was a werry handsome tile. Hows'ever its lighter jwithout it, that's one thing;, and everv hole lets in some air, that's another— jWentilation gossamer I calls it,"
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 10 The England po'o team, which is to meet the T.S.A. team in the West Chester Cup matches during the coming season, are now in practice al Aldershot. From left to right are Capt. 11. P. C.uinnesv H. H. Huues Tyrrell Martin (captain) and Capt. M. V. Ansell.
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  • 229 10 Mr R L Akers has arrived in Malaya from home to join the Drainage and Irrigation Department. The Rev. Fergus Ferguson, formerly of Kuala Lumpur, is now living at The Manse. Abernethy. Mr. F. E. Shaw, a London merchant, jis at present visiting Ipoh in the course of a
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  • Page 10 Advertisements

  • 1357 11 FAMOUS STORE MODERNISED Grand Opening In May Singapore, Thursday. nRESSED in a snappy uniform V of pleasing colour with cap t0 match at a rakish angle, a nre ttv Singapore girl is now grating an electric lift for the first time in the history of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 48 11 5933 Pn NE 5934 In Telegraphic Address: >^ M GOODWOOD The most charmingly situated Hotel in the Island. Idcal or Permanent residents RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. Qt, i COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. S P inner Dance O^i Wednesday, May 6. "I^ERS $1.50. NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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    • 48 11 TIFFIN: SI 00. Potage Saint Germain Fish a la Italienne Grilled Tournedos Nicoise French Wans and Fried Potato Cold Meat and Salad Chocolate Ice Cream Cheees, Fruit, Coffee Try Our SPECIALTIES. FREorlsi nors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Baked Alasca A Choice of Over 100 other dishes. 'Phone 41)06. IpiESTMTIES
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  • 150 12 BAY OF NAPLES ANGKOR RUIN ST. PETER'S ROME: PARIS FLOWERS A statue of a god at Angkor-Vat. This century, but other groups are particular work dates back to the 12th as much as 300 years older. A view of the Bay of Naples, looking towards Pompeii. pail with the iikkl
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  • 2115 14 Won't you come to tea? THOUGH with a cocktail party you can entertain at least forty people. I do think it's pleasant and restful for a few people to sit in the living room, or round the dining-room table and eat paperthin bread-and-butter and strawberry jam and "coeur a la
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 36 14 CORKS I carry ready stocks of crown corks, crown-ccrkincr machines and aerated water machines. My prices defy competition. Phone 3784, call or write for particulars. M. WEINBERG 18?, Cecil Street, Singapore. Tel. S v 4010- I/L^
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    • 31 14 j PIIOEXIX i LEMON BARLEY WATER A BEVERAGE I j j JBW* 1 t JWfiv i i fc at-. A M| i Manufactured by THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS PHONE 3463
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 64 15 LUGGAGE L CARRIER SINGAPORE j LUGGAGE i CARRIER CO. j JBa^e Contractors ft Forwarding BooKin* AggU far F.M.S. Baggage Agents for: Blue Funnel Line East Asiatic Line Nederland Line 8.1.5.N. Co., Ltd., etc.. etc. Tel Address.- "LUGGAGE*' S PHONE 2428 or call Union Bldg. HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle j The Host
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    • 119 15 A r l 1 4kl T IIIk; r l I*^1 I CHOPPING GLIDE 1 SILK STORE OF High Reputation Tajniahal i^tore 23 High St., Tel. 3849. CURIOS CHINESE NEW SHIPMENT ARRIVED Please come to have a visit Beautiful assorted colours. Porcelain tea sets. Pewterware, Silk underwear Emd: Linen bed spread.
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    • 72 15 BOOKSHOP EVERY MANTS OWX LAWYEB BY A BARRISTER $9.00. Concise Dictionary, Legal Terms Handy book of Principles of Law and Equity Rights and Wrongs of Individuals. KELLY WALSH, LTD., SINGAPORE. STATIONER liiliiliiluiMliiliiliiliiliiliilimilTiliiliiliiliiiniiiliiliiliiiniiiliilLliiliiS A NOVEL BARGAIN 7 6d. and 3 6d. novels to be cleared at ■■■-35© CTS EACH. Limited copies
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    • 165 15 NYAL ANTACID POWDER $1.00 Acidity of the stomach is oftrn accompanied by gas pains, dyspepsia, ulcers, digestive disturbances and heartburn Nyal Antacid Powder will quickly and safely relieve this condition. Agents. FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD., (Inc. in F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. GRAMOPHONES COLOMBIA GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS NEW MODELS V $21
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  • THE HARBOUR
    • 223 16 Yard Turnover THE annual report of the board of the Deutsche Werft for the year ending Dec. 31,* 1935, states that the activity j in German shipbuilding which began at j the commencement of 1935 had affected their yard to a considerable extent. As a result of
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    • 163 16 PASSENGERS BY CONTE VERDE THE General Adviser to_ H.H. the Sultan of Johore accompanied by Mrs Pepys and her two daughters, the Misses Joan and Sheila Trump returned to Singapore yesterday after a short vacation trip to Hongkong and Shanghai by the Conte Verde. Mr. Charles Burke was a passenger
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    • 94 16 A passenger with a remarkable record of travel arrived in London after having returned from Australia in the P. and O. 1 liner Moldavia. He was Captain James M. Caulfeild. a retired Naval officer, who was completing his twelfth voyage to Australia in the same cabin of the
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    • 249 16 Campaign For i THE Northern District Council of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, which represents 41,000 skilled and semi-skilled men, at a Newcastle conference passed a resolu- tion urging the executive committee to press forward with all its influence to secure the building of
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    • 86 16 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No Plancius 22 1 Shirala 20 1 Benrinnes 16 3 Cyclops 14 3 Kota Radja 10 Kola 8 Deucalion 6 3 Steel Traveler 30 I City of Bristol 32 I Steel Ranger 34 Irisbank 36 3 Bennevis
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    • 106 16 The following visitors to Singapore an registered at Goodwood Park Hotel Mr and Mrs. W. K. Jaggar. from Gibraltar to P. M.S.. Mr. and Mrs. J C Wiechert. from Batavia to Den Haa" Mrs. E. E. Mac. Laurin. from Sjrdnej to England. Mr J. S. Hill, from Lo
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 458 16 BRITISH INDIA I*. O. SL X. tWS SAILIXGS. SOUDAN 6,500 May 6 NALDERA 16,000 July 3 RANPURA 17.000 May 10 KAISAR-I-HIND 11.500 July 1? RAWALPINDI 17,000 May 22 BANGALORE 6.000 July 30 BURDWAN 6,070 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17.000 July 31 CORFU 15.000 June 5 CHITRAL 15.00 Aug. 14 RANCHI 17.000
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 50 16 MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY Tandjong Pandan <Siberg> 8 a.m. Karimon iTong Heng) 9 a.m. Pengerang (Aik Soon) 9 a.m. Tandjong Pinang (Bee Tong' 10 a.m. Ivengat and Tembilahan (Flevo* 11 a.m. Java. South-West Sumatra, S.Eftin Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and T. Dilly (Plancius) 2 p.m. Muntok (Plancius) 2 p.m. (•Mails' for Europe).
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  • —News Of The Day
    • 267 17 Death Of Captain W. P- Baker Dn hqs b een received by Jardin? sssafes* as Heart trouble. the Com jrSp B of C t h e Indo-Ch'na Steam Na rtha O t n d^ l .,"benHv'n g 19 at 2 -Yen d s n M^rt Shanghai, with
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    • 167 17 Retirement Of Director WE understand that Mr. Cameron McGregor is retiring from the position of managing director of the Glen Line, Ltd., in the autumn. He is also chairman of Messrs. Mcgregor, Gow and Holland, Ltd., and the Glen Line Eastern Agencies, Ltd., Shanghai. His family has
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 312 17 rirxs philp line. (Incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. 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 Mel bourne to the connecting KP.M. Vessel. BRISBANE SYDNEY return $642.86 Ist class
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    • 518 17 y™ to french ports v\^*^^^rv S Bi .J_/Jb homewards. V i CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazalre Bordeaux May S DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 5 I DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 29 c D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 i OUTWARDS
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  • 743 18 NO SUPPORTS PROVIDED 398 Killed In Past Year HPHE need for greater precautions to prevent fatal and non-fatal accidents in the mines of the Midlands and the South of England was one of the points emphasized by Mr. E. Rowley, H.M. Divisional Inspector of Mines, in
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  • 311 18 A Vast Library In London AVAST library for the blind— where 186,000 volumes in braille are stored —has been opened in London. Any blind man or woman in the Empire or in foreign countries can borrow books from this library, and before long it is hoped that
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 18 Cars speeding round the Brooklands track during a meeting. Reports are current that the famous track, which is owned by Dame Ethel Locke-King, is to be sold to a London syndicate.
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  • 376 18 May Be Abolished In Autumn TITHES sore point with farmers all over England may be abolished by the Autumn. A Royal Commission on the subject recommends issue of a new Government loan of £69.908.427 at 3 ner cent, to put an end to tithes for all time. Simultaneously
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  • 70 18 The Postmaster-General. London, an r.ounces that the special inland telegraph service of Gre( tings" telegrams, which was introducer) last year, is being extended to radioteleprams from ships at sea, through all British (oast radio stations, for addresses in Great Britain and Northern Ireland At the delivery office these radiotelegram-. will
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  • 428 18 Worst In Four Years THE most serions dock fire in Lon- don since the disastrous outbreak on Rum Quay in 1932 occurred at Surrey Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe, recently and burned for seve ral days. One fireman was so badly injure, i that he had to be taken
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  • 120 19 Suppliers Heavily Fined Lisbon, Apr. 5. THE suppliers of the 9.900 tins of sardines that were condemned as unfit for human food in London on Feb. 16 have now been fined £2.000 by the Portuguese Fish Board and have been prohibited from trading in the same branch for
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1584 19 ju works by Bach and Mozart:— Dutch on DJA, DJB. V (1) S o na ta in a kl. t. (Bach; 9.35 p.m. To-day in Germany. Sound \an THE RADIO ite»?fer SsWTOS I P i^| M. mB-*^ m^iTm*^ M_^T (3) Sonata in a gr. t., 6 (Mozart) X SI^ nmn
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  • 541 20 Jeram Kuantan Rubber Profit Of $19,743.40 For The Year Singapore, Thursday. DRESENTING the report and accounts 1 at the twenty-fourth ordinary general meeting of the Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd., held at the registered offices of the company in tho Chartered Bank Chambers at noon to-day. Mr. H.C. Atkin-Berry, the
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  • 50 20 Two men attempted to steal a horseracing trophy irom the window of jewellers' premises in Goswell Road, EC, but the stone vhich they threw In order to break th<^ window knocked Uw trophy back into the rhop. The escaped In a car which was later found abandoned in Clerkenwell Road.
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  • 35 20 A Khartoum correspondent reports the birth of a son and heir la the Seyyid Sir Ali Mirghaj^i K.C.M.O. This event is of much importance in the Northern Sudan, where the Seyyid is a religious leader.
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  • 316 20 Week-End Flights In England London. A FLYING Flea has begun a long tour of week-end exhibition flights which will continue until the late autumn. This has been arranged by the Car-den-Baynes Aircraft Company as a step towards placing this type of aeroplane within the easy reach of people
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  • 185 20 At Request Of French Police Porto Alegre, Brazil. CATHERINE Schissler. a lovely dark- haried woman, whose hair had been dyed blonde, was arrested here at the request of the French police, in connexion with the assassination of King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia at Marseiles in 1934. Colonel Albert Birinski,
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    22 20 Centre Mr. Wan Sfiung, Chinese military leader, sent to Europe to study military affairs. On his left and right are his secretaries.
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  • 164 20 Takes Over Working Of Town New York. GIRLS, as a "leap year prerogative," took over all municipal powers in Aurora, Illinois. At a City Council meeting the "Mayor," Miss Margaret Esser a 24-year-old school teacher, proclaimed "all bachelors to be public enemies." Unmarried girls of the town, drafted
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  • 27 20 Seven survivors of the French steam?] Boree, which sank recently with heavy loss after a collision with another vessel near Cromer, have arrived by train at Liverpool.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 45 20 j jßm* om/j om^ cur^ /or f/taf i Undertyred Car and^ et I *iw* INDIA if#fi^ I i INDIA TYRE DEPT. j i j j-SIME, DARBY Qf* Ii J i I (x v/o*^ LilQ* j i I 5, Malarrn Street, j I SINGAPORE. I s.
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  • 715 21 ONLY ELEVEN LEFT Centenarians (By Air Mail) London, Apr. 15. ONLY twelve survivors of the Crimean and Indian Mutiny campaigns are now known to be alive. As the Crimean War was fought in 1854-56, and the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58. the age of any survivors must
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  • 36 21 Members and friends of the Y.W.C.A., both men and women, are invited to a May Day party at the Raffles Quay building at 8.30 p.m.. to-day. The programme will i nclude May Day dances and games.
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  • 735 21 Coach Drive To Rochester Rochester. WHEN Mr. Pickwick, complete with notebook and telescope, set out over 100 year ago with fellow-members of the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club for that journey to Rochester which was the precursor of many strange adventures, afterwards to enrich the
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 172 21 To-clav In Singapore HIGH TIDES:— 6.3O a.m., 7.52 p.m. FOOTBALL:— S. A. FA. League Div. I, RAF. v. S.C.C, Anson Road Stadium; Friendly, St. Joseph's Institution I v. M. Mouse Club, S.J.I. SPORT:— AngIo-Chinese School Annual Athletic Sports, Jalan Besar Stadium, 2.30 p.m. BRITISH TRADE FAlR— (Great World), Opening by
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  • 501 22 Ch i na's La bour De lega tes TO GENEVA m*^T I m^ m i^Hßi Labour Problem In Orient Singapore, Thursday. "THE workmen in China are in a 1 very bad state and require some form of protection urgently. This is obvious to anyone who has taken a little interest
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  • 83 22 Red Cross 9 Refusal To Supply Information Geneva, April 25. THE International Red Cross is obliged 1 to hold aloof from any action which might have a political character, declares M. Huber, President of the International Red Cross, replying to the League's protest against the Red Cross' refusal
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  • 38 22 The Colonial Office announces that the King has been pleased to approve the extension of the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Bernard Reilly as Resident, Chief Commissioner, and Conv.nander-in-Cnief at Aden from April 13, 1933, to March 31, 1937
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  • 215 22 Passing Through Singapore On May 10 Singapore, Thursday. ALONGSIDE the Tanjong Pagar wharves on May 10 will be the priceless Chinese art treasures which are being taken back to China after their exhibition at Burlington House. They are on board the P. and O. Ranpura which went aground
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  • 153 22 The A 1 hambra Daring Aerobatics In New Film A FAST moving story crammed with action and some particularly daring aerial displays is the feature picture, "Air Hawks" which opened at the Alhambra Theatre to-day. The story concerns the battle of two rival air transport companies for air mail contracts,
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  • 35 22 The lext of the Housing Bill to consolidate the Housing Acts, 192j to 1935. introduced in the EfoUK of Lords by Lord Gage, baa be^n issued. The Bill contains 19 1 clauses and 12 schedules.
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  • 238 22 Last Night's Annual Meeting Singapore. Thursday THE annual general meeting of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya was held at the Adelphi Hotel this evening. The annual report and statement of accounts were approved and the following officers were unanimously elected for the year 1936:— president, Mr. S Reason:
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  • 149 22 New Czechoslovak Measures IN order to meet potential requirement, for the security of the country the Czechoslovak Government has introduced in Parliament a Defence Bill The Bill provides, inter alia for the establishment of a Supreme Army Council and authorises the Government in the event of mobilization or
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  • 101 22 THE following visitors to Singapore registered at Raffles Hotel: Mr. L. A. Wright, from Kuala Lump* Mr F Fairley. from Kuala Lump Mr and Mrs. J. Patcrson. from I via Mr. H. A. Quado, from Batavia Mr J. W. A. Bruns. from Batavia. Mr A. J. van Ibedel.
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  • 96 22 Paris. VaU crowds saw the first bi.! that has been fought in Paris, I, place in the Sports Palace, where rh pion women skaters recently perform* gracefully, and where numerous box championship have been hew. Ac infuriated bull took to the r h and slightly gored a matador
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 25 22 HE STANDS ALONE AS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER (IF M.O.D.ERN TIM ESI Cjp H ri-LI CHAIUS CHAPUN f 1 h OPENS at the CAPITOL May 12th.
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    • 30 22 1 HOOK NOW FOR TIKSDAYS OPENING I I AT THE CAPITOL I JEANETTE MacDONALD Hi f and NELSON EDDY Metro-Cioldwyn-Mayer's brilliant adaptation of D V The World-famous Musical play that
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  • 457 23 DRAW EARLY TIES Big List Of Entries ni \Y in the mixed doubles tennis S in the handicap event:- x, Mrs T U. V. Anderson owe 3 vs iir &M«. M- G. Marriott plus 1. F C Cherrington Mrs. Ainger owe 15 4 A
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  • 73 23 Arsml And Rangers London, April 29. THE folUing latches in the English j and Sottish vootball Leagues were I played today:— FIRSIDIVISION 1 Bolton N 2, Ar. na l l. SECONLDIVISION Bradforl C.I, Fham 0. Bury 2, Manches r u. 3. THIRD DIVISIC (SOUTHERN) Bristol C. 2, Crysi
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  • 347 23 Death Of Foner S.S. Police Oicer THE following account the career of 1 Mr. A. S. Wilson, la- Chief Inspector of the Straits Polk who died at Rorhford recently, i.s tn» n from the Malayan Police Macrzin__ An officer of ripe expetnea the late MT. Wilson
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  • 102 23 Appointed Fourh Magistrate Singapre Singapore, Th'sday. MR. G. W. Davis, former ssistant Protector of Chinese. Pen IK. has b^en appointed Fourth Magis&te in the local police courts in plae'Of Mr. Cunnvneham-Brown who h? been transferred to Klanc?. Mr. Davis wan attached to the>hinese Protectorate. Sincanore in Anr
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  • 42 23 Leeds Special Const; bulary has been supplemented by a srr»all group of ai pilots who are to assist the civil authorities when required. The pilots arr members of tho Lefcgne of Frontiersmen which has three flying sections, covering York, Leeds, and Doncaster.
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  • 66 23 En Route To England For Re-Fittin, Singapore Thursday. H.M.S. Capetown (dpi. D. A. Budgen, R. N., Commanding) arrived in Singapore this morning from Hongkong en route to England for refitting. She will sail for Colombo on Saturday. It is expected she will return to the China Station after
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  • 135 23 Ist Day 2nd Day 3rd Day 4th Day sth Day Saturday Wedn. Saturday Wedn. Saturday 9th May 13th May 16th May 20th May 23rd May Distance Distance Distance Distance Distance HORSES Div. 1 7 f 6 f 9 CLASS 1 „2 7 f 6 f 9 f
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 36 23 E IB RACKETS t :w or \j^ :VW RESTRINGINIi >^Sp^ There is only U ONE I QUEFN'S 11 C» ii. Prince Street. Phone Telegram.> Kn»li.i 7634 "Tennis" »8h Awstolian fc American Out, unly used. Nc other.
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    • 60 23 lAt the PAVILION IRENE DUNNE, beautiful sinking star of "ROBERTA."— presented in UNIVERS AI/S FINEST PICTURE of the Season MAGXf Flf I- XT OBSK^IOX" With ROBERT TAYLOR and Cast of Distinguished Artists. _J spey gl r6yal SCOTCH WHISKY Every drop is Guaranteed 10 ?/^r?r.s old or older! I wllT|inipr|O |TD
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  • 203 24 INTERESTING FINAL Anderson Plays Well Singapore, Thursday. CPAKKIJXG tennis was witnessed *> on the SCC Courts to-day when in the final of the championshin Singles in the Spring Tennis Tournament, N. S. Wise defeated A. D. Anderson in two straight sets 6—3; 6—3.
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  • 134 24 A Services— Singapore Trial? k SUGGESTION made by a football f 1 critic in a contemporary is taken up by a correspondent of Morning Tribune He writes: The Sports Editor Sir, As a "Malaya" Cup trial between a Combined Services side and a Singapore team would doubtless create
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  • 87 24 AIRMEN AT S.C.C. TO-DA Y IN division I of the S.A F A league 1 to-day the Royal Air Force will meet the S.CC and on current form they should resume the leadership .of the first division as a result of this game. The club will be more or less
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  • 39 24 Inayatullah Samiy, at present Minis ter to Iraq, has been appointed Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs in succession to til* Seyyitf Bftgher Khan I emi. who hnd held the offlr since S< r* iember, lf>33. and has- now resigned
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  • 433 24 R.A.F. II Lose To Marines Singapore Thursday. A RECOVERY too late by the R.A.F. II resulted in them losing their Second Division match against the Marine Department at Anson Road Stadium this evening by the odd goal in nine. The Marines led by four ffoals to
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    33 24 N. S. Wise, holder of the SCC singles tennis fiampionship title successfully defended the title yesterday at the Jub against A. D. Anderson, and thus becomes champion for the send year in succession.
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  • 197 24 Gallops At Bukit Timah (By "Capt. Hawk") Singapore, Apr. ."0. TKAINING started to-day in fine weather in preparation for the S.T.C. Summer (flovernor's (up) I!nce Meeting which opens on Saturday May 9. The going was good and although only ftve stables were represented— the v.peountry horses not
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  • 24 24 Two men nrmcd wHi loaded reyolvws raided thelElfrin Strfol bmtr-V. rA Pank of Nova Scotia, Ottawa, in daylight re"orAly and f-scaped with ***** <£500>.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 68 24 TOUCH Here is the So«t in writ- COMFORT I ing machines for the 1/ CV C 1 CONTROL home. Surprisiugly low KtlO I in«.ntlT adiu*- »n Price. Made and^r- VWte letters on j I IS^S^JU^I^ ant«edbytheßoytn>p^ black, tdentifically I finger yumm* writer Company. prerent eye-strain. p^Of^f^O LTD> 3 Malacca Street.
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