Morning Tribune, 11 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 85 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, May 11, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 1292 1 HAIIOGLIO THE FIRST VICEROY A NEW ROMAN EMPIRE? JH'SSOMXI WANTS PEACE BIT IS READY FOR WAR THE annexation by Italy of the empire of Ethiopia was announced by Mussolini m Rome on Saturday. In a speech which was m truculent rein ha declared that Italy would
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  • 540 1 British Views On League London, May 10. THE Abyssinian situation Js the principal subject on the agenda for the League Council meeting on Monday at Geneva, over which the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, will preside. In view of his duties as president, Mr. Eden
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  • 93 1 BIG ROADMAKING PLANS FOR BRITAIN THE Highway authorities m Britain have submitted plans under which £130,000,000 is to be spent on the roads over the next five years, m addition to the many millions normally spent on maintenance. The programme should eliminate all weak bridges and provide for 850 miles
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  • 61 1 Japanese Alarmed At U.S. Programme Tokyo. May 10. U'AVY circles believe that the United ft States Benate'i pantos of the Naval Bill will Sttaiulata the activities of Japanese Bi^ Kavyltei who are pointing out thnt thf 1 American Nnvy will secure absolute rooremacy over the Japanese Navy m
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  • 40 1 French A viator A rrested Villa Coubloy, May 10. M Drouillet. the French aviator who escaped with his plane after being forbidden to fly to Addis Ababa, landed at the aerodrome here thLs evening from Rome and was arrested.— Reuter
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  • 697 2 THE ITALIANS ARE BUSY Bandits Run Addis Ababa. Saturday. THE Italians are vigorously grappling with the task of restoring orderly government to the distracted capital. The city is divided into four wards each with headquarters manned by 70 Carabinieri and 30 frontiersmen, the latter picturesquely attired
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  • 398 2 Half Million Visitors To Chinese Art Show In London Singapore, Sunday. DR. F.T. CHENG. Special Commissioner of Chinese Government for International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London. pas-rd Lhrcugb Singapore today on board the Rrnpura en route to China. "There is every reason to be satisfied with the exhibition In London."
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  • 157 2 Colombo, Saturday. CIR Henry Lawson de Mcl (uv v a member of the Utfeliu Council of Ceylon and of the M eipal Council of Colombo, was ffi dead on his estate at Elsnier,' n r Colombo, to-day. An estate i.n was also shot dead. Sir Henry
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  • 56 2 Hcrr Hitler's Invitation To Siam (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. THE Fuehrer has invited Siam to send I a representative to the conference on local government to be heli at Munich m June. He particularly invites the present Minister of the Interior. Tho matter is
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  • 756 3 BIG SOCIAL EVENT lovely Bride At Synagogue A\E of the most interesting wed0' dings of the year took place yesterday, when Miss Anita Frankel became the bride of Mr. Kurt Lewan<1 °Miss 1 Frankel. one of the most noDular members of Singapore's ,Cer set, is the
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  • 166 3 Multiple Birth In America AREUTER cable from Managua capital of the state "ot Nicaragua, South America, reports that septuplets, four boys and three girls, have just been born at Pozo Azul m that state. Four of the seven babies die.d at birth and the remaining two', a boy and
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    • 95 3 Law Xoticc Fur To-day The Acting Chief Justice at Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Motions. Followed by:— Magistrate's Appeals— 1. Rex vs. Goh Hock Leng. 2. Rex vs. Goh Kin. 3. Rex vs. Soh Yong Ann. 4. Rex
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  • 50 4 Sellers Hold (By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Saturday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 251,4 cts., up Vn ct. Market Tone: Steady. Tin (Singapore) $99%, up $V 6. To-day's Prices:— London: 7i/ t d., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady after easier New York: 15*4 cts., up 1,16 ct. Market Tone: Quiet.
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  • 25 4 I London: Spot £204 55., unchanged; three months £198, down 15s. New York: 46% cts., unchanged. Cross- Rate: London-New York 4.98^ New York-London 4.98%
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  • 159 4 The market is inclined to b* steadier this morning and sellers ar< holding off. The estimates of April consumption m the U.S.A. is between 47 anc 49 thousand tons. Singapore, Saturday noon. The market opened steadier to-day and, with sellers now scarce, values advanced slightly during the morning, business
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  • 89 4 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Saturday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases 'FOB, May) 25 4 25 3 4 Good FAQ. m cases M J P T v B D May) 25 116 25 3!16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) fawardable Spore) 25 3|16 25
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  • 61 4 Un^\7n 7^m Centi to the UiJSit^Effip? 1111 PMtt t0 Conand 6 077 (12 rent> mm t0 Canada--4,406 (9 per cent.) cases Elsewhere Total exports for the period Jan l to 6 73T978 cases or an aver^ge or 40.999 cases per werk. Total exports for the corresponding period of
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  • 70 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May. 9. THE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold silver, copra and wolfram: Market Tone: Steady. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 7V 4 1 32. July-Sept.: ***** (unchanged). LONDON TIN No market. LONDON GOLD Spot: £7.0.2 2 (down 3d.).
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  • 51 4 Saturday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) I London, May 9. The closing prices were as follows: i London New York Cross Rate 4.97^ 4 (up I i London Paris 75 s (unchanged). < London Amsterdam: 7.38 (up .03) l London Hongkong: Is. 3 131 fid. (up 1
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  • 220 4 Mr. Roland RraddelVs Son Engaged (By Air Mail) (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 29. THE engagement is announced between 1 Mr. Thomas L. Braddell, son of Mr. R. St. J Braddell, of Singapore, and Patricia Enid, daughter of Lieut. -Colonel W. H. F. a'Beckett of Beckenham,
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  • 68 4 A farmer at Morges, near Geneva bought an old desk at an auction sale f£« t j le 1 fi ulval^it of £3 ss. When he got n tK eS K hO u me he found a hic *den drawer m the back of it. In the drawer were banknotes
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  • 340 4 Mr. Eric Macfadyen On The Outlook London, April 22. THE twenty-seventh ordinary general meeting of the Ledbury Rubber Estates, Limited, was held at 1-4 Gt. Tower-street, London, E.C. Mr. Eric Macfadyen (the chairman) said that rubber sales (net) had realised more than £2,000 less than m 1934, namely,
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  • 111 4  -  Sin Chew Jit poh Sino-Japanese Co-Operation Shanghai, May 8. TEN. Sung Che Yuen is remaining m U Tientsin for some days m order to discuss with the Japanese military details of the latter's co-operation against the "Reds." The problem of how and when to abolish the Hopei-Charhar Consul
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  • 40 4 Many fishing vessels are said to have been lost and eighteen fishermen drowned m storms off the province of Finmark Norway >> i i i i i ii i i i i i ii i i i n i vrnin imiuk
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  • 257 4 Improved Position Of Property (By Air Mail) r London, April 22 THE fourth annual ordinary genem meeting of the Sempah r,S Estates, Ltd., was held at 71 st Axe, E.C. Mr. E. B. Skinner, who presided Sald Toti on the year>s was £1,375, and the debit remain!
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  • 51 4 The following are crop returns for April: lb. Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber 65.000 Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. 22.293 Brad wall (F.M.S.) Rubber 38.000 Chersonese (F.M.S.) 76,573 Dennistown Rubber 35.000 Highlands and Lowlands Para 105.500 Klabang Rubber 83.000 Krian Rubber 52.000 Sungei Krian Rubber 90.079 Sungei Way (Sel.t Rubber
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  • 65 4  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Misunderstanding Over Election Rules Shanghai, May 8. MR. Chen Shu Jen has witten to the 111 Legislative Yuen pointing out the election regulations of the People's Convention regarding overseas representatives was m slight contrast to the original draft. This might arouse misunderstanding among overseas
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    • 42 4 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) V.100,000,000 Reserve Fund V.129,150,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAML, Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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  • 118 5 Important work during the month of March was recorded at a meeting of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority, presided over by Sir Thomas Robinson. The vessels inspected at different points m the port numbered 220, and 69 had been found defective. British vessels were 149 of the
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  • 57 5 Further evidence of the increase m foreign shipping engaging m the interport trade of the United Kingdom is forthcoming following publication of Board of Trade figures showing that m rhe first two months of this year the net tonnage of foreign shipping increased by approximately 100 per cent., compared with
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  • 61 5 The L.N.E.R. announce that the Harwich-Zeebrugge service will be put into operation m June 26. The service will be maintained daily, including Sundays, by the steamers Archangel and St. Denis, and passengers will leave London (Liverpool -street) at 8.15 p.m. for Zeebrugge, and Zeebrugge at 11 p.m. for London. Cheap
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  • 1098 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Saturday, May 9th 5 p.m. MINING Bayers, bellen Ampat Tin (45.) 5j3 5j9 Abam Kumbang 28,9 29|6 Austral Malay 586 59 6 Aver Hitam (5sJ 14,6 15,3 Aver Weng ($1) 1-65 1.70 BJugrin Tin 17i9 18,7y 2 Batu Selangor (s;> .84 87 Chenderiang M|- 15|Hitam
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    • 354 5 MIIIIIIII!|lllll|l!|1t«HIII|lltlllliail|M|M|ll|lltH* I' l|li|;!|ii|i||| l( M|;i|f IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 155 (COMPANIES) IN THE MATTER OF CAPITOL THEATRES LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION). NOTICE is hereby given that the Creditors of the above-named Company are required, on or before 20th. May 1936, to send their names and addresses and the
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  • 449 6 THE CHAPLIN STUDIOS Visitors Are Amazed UISITORS comment on it. Newspaper f people marvel. Adjacent residents have never cease\i to wonder at it. But there it remains: five peaceful acres m the midst of a busy Hollywood thoroughfare— the home of Charlie Chaplin Comedies at La Brea Avenue and Sunset
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  • 318 6 Leading Mans Story "I DON T want to be a Hollywood KO d dess," declared Margaret BullavS star of "Next Time We Love," the universal picture which comes to \w Pavilion as next change. When asked what she intended by "Hollywood goddess," Miss Sullavan n plied,
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  • 54 6 Gary Cooper and Carole Lornb ■<. last seen together m "Now and For ever." will be teamed by Paramouni In •'The General Died A Dawn from novel by Charles G. Booth. The concerns two crooks seeking a Chin treasure m Shanghai. Lewi- Mllesi director of "Anything Goes" for Pa mount,
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  • 53 6 Gra.ce Bradley. Paramount titian tressod actress, has boon assigned important role In "13 Hours by Air.' Miss Bradley goes into this picture having appeared In Paramount 's "Any thing Goes" and "F Man." Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, ZaSu Pitts and Ruth Donnelly are In "13 Hours By Air," which Mitchell
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    19 6 A scene from the new British picture "Its Love Again," starring Jessie Mathews, which is coming to Singapore shortly.
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    • 235 6 •j« t OWING TO DEFINITE HOOKING OF "MODERN TIMES" TO-MORROW. SEASON MUST CONCLUDE I CAIMTOIJ T NIfIHT j 7TH LAST DAY IJ I A\ II I I x>|»e|lOi\AlJ> S I i\«:l^o.\ tiiiiv In M.-G.-M.'s Musical Hit of the J ,fv. ::!^S35^^ fc livo romance- in the S world's most enchanting
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    19 7 Charles McNaughton, Richard Arlen, Nydia Westman m "Three Live Ghosts," M.G.M.'s latest comedy, which was recently at the Pavilion.
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  • 156 7 "No Hollywood IN the new Fox Film production, "Way Down East," coming shortly to the Alhambra Theatre, Henry Fonda has a role that ideally suits his personality. A family branch of Dutch farmers who prospered m the fertile valleys 01 New York, endowed Fonda with the necessary
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  • 28 7 Car" Grant is scheduled to play the masculine lead m Paramcunt'.s "Florida Special" which Ralph Murphy will Lynne Overman will have an imponant comedy role m this production.
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  • 309 7 ration before the local coroner his wife would remain legally dead and mned— despite her return. he is now to do— but m tha leaattme, both Mr. and Mrs. Williams nave piacod flowers on the grave of me unknown woman who was the in,°H ent u Cause
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    • 74 7 LAST NIGHT OF DARING AND SCREAM- QH. I '^^P¥^^^| STAGE SUCCESS NOW Wml ""<•/ WkJ&H COMEDY RIOT! Starring A British Discovery of Great Importance JEAN <.11.l li: 1 While Parents Sleep' TO-MORROW A DRAMA OF THE RAILS, WITH 2,000 MILES OF STREAM LINE THRILLS! "The Silver Streak*" The World-Famous Zephyrt
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    • 144 7 Jfr LAST NIGHT of this Riotous Comedy! DONT MISS IT! 1| irs THE FUNNIEST IjliimJf 1111I 1 1 T PICTURE SHOWN I •> V FOR YEARS! M.-G.-M/s Grand Opera of X VI tmmm Comedy! T A A v Glorious with Music! Staggering with Spectacle!* Packed with Side-Splitting Marx Madness! t
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  • 587 8 A SERMON REWRITTEN 'Needs Of Nordic Berlin. REICH Bishop Muller, the nominal head of the German Protestant Church, has written a Germanised version of the Sermon on the Mount, which is reviewed by Dr. Otto Dibelius m the Evangelical or ff an Junffe Kirche. It
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  • 34 8 From her estate of £18,012 Mrs. Jane iPaterson Mackintosh, of Green Acre, iCanford Cliffs-rd., Bournemouth, and formerly of Llanelltyd, Dolgelley, left (£3,000 In trust for her housekeeper, Adc laide Clara Cox, and her children
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    30 8 Rex Story of Nine O'clock Revue fame is seen here m the role of golfer with Charles Chaplin, with whom he has played m pictures. (See Story on Page 11).
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  • 158 8 Pathetic Appeal To Police Deal, Eng. May 5. "Up want Mam so badly," was the pathetic appeal of a fifteen-year-old Barnsley boy m a letter to the police at Deal asking them to try to find his mother. The woman has been missing from her home for
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  • 51 8 Lord Sempill. who flew non-stop to Berlin m a Drone light aeroplane fitted with a Douglas (30 h.p> engine, was received by Baron von Neurath. the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and visited Lieutenant-General Milch, the Undersecretary for Aviation. A luncheon was given m Lord Sempill's honour at the German Aero
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  • 50 8 Dozens of snakes f^ll like a shower of r ain on a workman engaged m repairinc; the roof of a house near Dumka. Bengal. A storm' was blowing at the time, and it is thought that the snakes were blown from the surrounding trees. They were a species of cobra.
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  • 291 8 PRE-NATAL STRAIN Youthful Crime Wave Sydney, Apr. 27 DOLICE and prison authorities m Np, 1 South Wales are trvint? n i ew whether pre-natal inViSSf, duefej strain are to be blamed for the r lence of youthful crime l a Under the direction of the rw. troller-General of Prisons (Mr
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    • 32 8 J 'f'TIR i I ron^ i»n\Vio? ASSIJIIAIVCIE 'Incorporated m the ttndte SettlcmmU) SURANCE UNDERTAKEN. j Full particulars and rates a Pr )y. 161), Cecil Street, Singapore A L. G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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    • 50 8 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD) 7.15 TONIGHT 9.30 p.m. box's Sparkling Screen Romance LOVE THIS Featuring NILS ASTHER and PAT PATER SON Prices 10c, 20c. and 30c. TEA DANCES From sto 7.30 p.m. Every Tussday, Thursday V m a A^L s MCJHT DANCES /Jft*^ Nightly y V i ORCHESTRA. I
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  • 1055 9 UNEASINESS IN FRANCE The "Green Shirts London. vjo wonder the French Press is asking "What would Belgium do? Is Belgian public opinion behind the Belgian Government?" No wonder that they have withdrawn their special writers who were sent to look for trouble on the Rhine and
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    30 9 The light machine m which Lord Sempill flew to Berlin, a combination of glider and aeroplane, at Croydon, where she made a striking contrast to the giant air liner Heracles.
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  • 19 9 Mr. E. W. Mum ford, Police Department, F.M.S Kuala Lumpur, Mrs. Mumford and infant have returned from Home leave.
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  • 20 9 Dr. P. S. Hunter the Singapore Municipal Health Oflictr, and Mrs. Hunter sailed for Home on leave by the Carthage.
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  • 211 9 Safe Deposit Found Empty Leeds. AN elderly man was found guilty at Leeds Assizes of taking 12,000 from his private safe m the vaults of the Leeds Safe Deposit, and afterwards alleging that the money had been stolen. Sentence was deferred on the man, Michael Lewis (60),
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  • 50 9 At the annual general meeting of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, Sir William Reid Dink, R.A., was rejected pr^sidcn^. Mr. Gilbert Bayes. vice-president, and Mr. C. L. Hartwell, R.A., hon. treasurer. Mr. Joseph Else was eloc'ed. and Mr. Walter Marsden and Mr. J.A. Stevenson were reelected, to the council.
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  • 472 9 Says Money Was Taken UOW an 81-year-old woman was alleged to have been held "a virtual prisoner" m a dark room of a Kensington basement was told m m a remarkable story at West London Police Court. The prosecution alleged that the woman was "bullied" into writing
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  • 285 10 IF no progress is being made by the politicians m the removal cf friction between the nations, science is certainly making great headway m the elimination of distance between frontiers and the increase of international understanding by the provision of facilities
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    540 10 INTERESTING indeed is the report c the Customs and Excise Department just issued for the last year wherein the internal and external trade of the Federation is reviewed with comparative figures for 1934. The external trade showed a decrease of $13,583,424, or nearly five per cent., and the
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  • 282 10 Mr. W. Gratham, Drainage and Irri gation Department, S.S. and Malay States, Krian, Perak, has returned to Malaya Inspector Michael Boyle, of the Central Police Station, Penang, has returned from Fraser's Hill where he spent a short holiday The office of the Telegraph Engineer, Taiping, which was abolished a
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  • 916 11 Rex Story His "Eye-Dears" In S'pore TRAVELS IN AFRICA A Tonic For Jaded Nerves Singapore, Sunday. TOURING the world is one thins: and heading a troupe of stage artistes is another, but the genial Rex Story, who is now m Singapore, must be given the palm tor so successfully combining
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  • 50 11 The Rabbi Dayan M. Gollop, Senior Jewish Chaplain to H. M. Forces, 13. Fawley Road, West Hampstead, N.W 6, has requested information concerning officers of the Jewish faith serving m the R.A.F. All such officers are asked to communicate with the Secretary, Air Ministry, quoting reference number 503,192 36 s.7b.
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  • 112 11 Unruly Crowd Gets Out Of Hand Manchester, May 5. NEARLY every member of the Shelln Mcx football team from Ellesmere Port was injured at Heswall, Wirrall, Cheshire, recently at a cup semi-final replay. Five minutes from the end, J. Bellingham, a shell-Mex half-back, was struck m the mouth
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    • 51 11 i 5n 34 >^^M W GOODWOOD The most charmingly situated Hotel m the Island RFSTaitd *^Tri or P erman «m residents r^II URANT Tab| e d'hote and a la carte. Snp^Sol rfc L OCKTAI L BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. i)?\pp? I ner Dance Wednesday, May 13. Ksj $1.50. no AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION
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    • 50 11 TIFFIN: $100. r Cream of Pea Soup Fish A La Suchet Crumbed Chicken Cutlet Sugar Corn and Mashed Potato Cold Meat and Salad I Vanilla Ice Cream Cheese, Fruit, Coffee. Try Our SPECIALTIES. FRESHS Hors D'Oeuvres Varies "Capitol" Raked Alasca A Choice of Over 100 other dishes. 'Phone 4906. asdasdfasdfasdf
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  • 170 12 ADELAIDE EX CHURCH SOLDIER HIBITION: WINSTON KENT FIRE: S RETURN A picture taken m Sicily showing Mount Etna m the distance. In the foreground is the taormina tree, one of the rarest m Sicily. Lord Dorchester (left) and «l<»nel Mr. Winston Churchill speaking at t he don. On left is
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  • 425 14 Books and AUTHORS A Brilliant Novel By Rebecca I West Charles Morgan f s Sparkenbroke "—An American Saga DASCAL said that though man was but a reed, the feeblest thing m Nature he was a thinking reed. No doubt this generalisation is true; but only the second half of it
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    28 14 toUs&!°2lS'&? group of cosmopoliin portraying them Miss West's A uoMhut illustration to Barbara Baker's book for boys and Sta "lUe Talking House.- reviewed on tins page last week
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  • 252 14 Spar ken broke" MR Charles Morgan's novel "Sparken- broke," which has a contemporary scene m Italy, London and the English countryside, is a tale of Piers Tenniel Lord Sparkenbroke, poet and story- i ot George Hardy, remarkable m ntmst for thj plain integrity of hi aiSrt on and tne st
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    23 14 A new portrait of Rebecca West, whose novel, "The Thinking Reed," reviewed here, has received universal acclaim m England and the United States
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    • 5 14 rmr% I™ J 4610- fi(J^
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    • 83 14 £Z^ CROWN H^ CORKS I carry ready stocks of crown corks, crown-corking machines and aerated water machines. My prices defy competition. Phone 3784, call or write for particulars. M. WEINBERG 189, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. m\\mWm m Tl" rIrW ff n 4 vB 'I FREE SAMPLE OFFER I I Send 10
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    • 46 14 dorotliT more fives Zota Foam reducing baths m her new salon. Invaluable for Rheumatism, Sciatica ft Lumbago. 2ND FLOOR, 18, BATTERY RD. Phone 6995. j PIIOKXIX j J LEMON BARLEY WATER A BBVBRAGE i i\ W&i Manufactured by THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS PHONE 3463 j.
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  • 395 15 "HANDS," by Charles G. Norris, is a Heinemann Bs. 6d. novel, the best ol the month and the best value of the month m 611 pages. Twenty years ago it was an idea for a novelist to build a poor boy up to the status of a millionaire and
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  • 74 15 FIFTY Years a Surgeon" by Dr. Robert Morris, published by Geoffrey Bk\s a few weeks ago is already In a second large edition. It is a most interesting volume and although it is, as its title indicates, the reminiscences of a practising surgeon, it is enlivened by shrewd comments and
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    • 134 15 LUGGAGE CARRIER SINGAPORE j LUGGAGE CARRIER CO.J Baeeage Contractors Forwarding Bm Agents. Booking Agents for FM£. Railways. Baggage Agents for: Blue Funnel Line I East Asiatic Line Nederland Line 8.15. N. Co., Ltd., etc.. etc. 1 Tel Address;— "LUGGAGE" PHONE 2428 or call Union Bldg. GRAMOPHONES COLUMBIA GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS
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    • 44 15 A 101 ICISi S suoppinc; guide CAMERAS AND FILMS 17 i HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle j The Best Address for modern j Hairdressing t 35 Stamford Rd. J Proprietor: Y. KOOY, Tel. 4807. SILK STORE The Loveliest Lingerie m Town Tajmahai Store 23 HIGH ST.
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    • 171 15 CURIOS Don't Miss Best Opportunity Buying. Please Come, Inspection Invited. Wooden Figures, Lacquer Wares, Pewterware, Lamp Shades, Emd. Linen Bed Spread, Dinner Cloth, Handkerchiefs, Mahjong Sets, Ivorygoods, New Design Camphor Wood Chests. Fancygoods and Curios, Etc. SOONJOO&Co. 53, HIGH STREET, We Guarantee Satisfaction Prices RESTAURANT Real European Food j Come
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    • 117 15 CHEMIST NYAL IRON AND YEAST TABLETS $1.50 A combination of Iron and Yeast for improving the blood and clearg. ing the complexion. Agents: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. (Inc. m F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. j STATIONER A "NOVEL** 7|6d. and 3 6d. novels to be cleared at I 50 CTS. EACH.
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  • 111 16 While all the shipping companies belonging to the Atlantic Confrrcnce have recently chanced the name of the bost accommodation m their ships from first class to cabin class, and now carry cabin, tourist and third-class passengers, the Italian Line, which does not belong to th? conference, has kept
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  • 80 16 Orders for a number of dpstroyers for the Argentine Government are expected to be placed with British shipyards m the near future. It is understood that Vickors-Armstrongs may build one of them. There is already a training cruiser under construction at this yard for the Argentine Government. The others to
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  • 106 16 Vancouver The Rev. John Antle has announced that he is retiring from his post as Superintendent of the Columbia Coas 1 Mission. For more than 30 years the Mission, under Mr. Antle. has served the islands of the Gulf of Georgia and the mainland coast up to the
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  • 95 16 A reduction In harbour dues by not less than 28 per cent, is under consideration by the Municipality of Rotterdam. This reduction meets the devaluation of the belga and is a drastic attempt to counter the competition of Antwerp. The Dutch Government is prepared to eomnensate the city
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  • 76 16 A virtual Chinese Armada ol native junks, .snmpan* and v« various descriptions, set sail from Nantung recently m quest of the Yellow Flower fish, Which nre vn numerous m the China Sea during mis season. Those boats are organised mw erroups and are all armed against ates. In former days
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  • 67 16 M an extraordinary moot; Orient Steam Navigation Co.. v: solution was passed giving the con power to operat In air transp as a corollary, to Invest In companies which do so. The randum of association wouh cally altered to embody air cni M one of the declared object! company. If
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  • 62 16 Three vessels which have been lJ In the Tyne between five and six M; have moved, and it is understood at least one is returning to The vessels are the Vanduara. Vancou ver ami VirgUla, owned by MiHarrison and Co. The first two vessj have been docked by the llercan
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    • 455 16 V. O. S. X. rO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Due Doe Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 1936. RANPURA 17.000 May 10 NALDERA 16,000 July 3 RAWALPINDI 17.000 May 22 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 July 17 BURDWAN 6,070 June 4 BANGALORE 6,000 July 30 CORFU 15,000 June 5 RAJPUTANA 17.000 July 31 RANCHI 17.000 June
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    • 130 16 Mmr fI \t iTI Ra■ L% Uj. (Incorporated m France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles ARAMIS 17,5.36 T. May 12 PORTHOS 12.700 T. May 15 CHFNONCEAUX 14.825 T. May 26 JEAN LABORDE 14.595 T. June 9 Also Calling Madras, Pondicherry. To
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    • 238 16 THE IIARBOiJIi SHIPS IX DOCK \cw < 0n„, Godown^cate Na Interests' Suisang 20 1 The inaugural meeting of the Nanvc Bengalen 18 3 Line Limited, (capitalised at Y2 000 000 Kistna 16 3 with one fourth paid up) was held at Toussoum 15 3 -ho head offices of the Ishihara
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  • 32 17 Professor Gordon Thomson of the London School of Tropical Medicine, who is taking a tutorial part m the League of Nations' Malaria course now m progress m Singapore.
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    • 338 17 nrexs piiilp line. (Incorporated m Australia* NEXT SAILINGS. UAD Due Sail* meSkar T May o 28 June 3 MbKKAK j une 28 July 3 fSfoSn P r Und tfiP tlckets from Sm g a P or e to Australia Issued at the First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane,
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    • 615 17 jfifV^ JUT HOMEWARDS. V DESIRADE For MarseUles, Nantes, St. Nazalre Bordeaux May 29 CA? TOURAN^p^m^ arseillcs H^, Antwerp &DunWr U k X June y 4 For Marsepes, Nantes, St. Nazalre Bordeaux July 27 I LINOIS For MarseUles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk July 4 OUTWARDS (from Marseilles). I a For Saigon Tourane
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  • 27 18  -  P. Jerome Willis THE OPERA: CUP FINAL NIGHT: BRIGHT SHOWS: LONDON'S FADING GLORIES: BOMBPROOF CAVE STUDIO By asdfas asdf asdf asdfas dfasdf asdfasdfasdfas
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  • 161 18 Nazis Defend Their Party Berlin. AN outline of forthcoming new laws for the defence of the Nazi movement is given by Dr. Freisler. Secretary of State m the Ministry of Justice, m the latest issue of the "Deutsches Strafrecht" (German Criminal Law), tho official organ of the German
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  • 82 18 103-Y ear-Old Woman Robbed Of Pension Money Halitax, Nova Scotia. POLICE here are looking for the meanest thief m Canada. He ha^ stolen about 14 pension money from under the pillow of a 103-year-old woman as she lay sleeping. The centenarian, Mrs. Mary Frances Williams, wa* awakened at
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  • 167 18 "Jack The Ripper' 9 Murders Capetown. HAS Cape Town a "Jack the Ripper" at large? This theory has been cnco a^ain revived with the discovery within a few weeks of two girls, Connie Adams, and Gertrude Willtmberg, lying m the scrub at Milnerton, near Cape Town, with their
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  • 69 18 The services of the late Mr. Arthur Foster Griffith, a Brighton solicitor, to the Booth Museum of British Birds, Brighton, have been mrked by the placing of a bronze memorial plaque m the entrance hall of the museum. Mr. Griffith was for 40 years a member of the committee of
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  • 38 18 Air raid shelters are to be bui't In 130 of Paris'! underground railway stations When full, the shelters will be sealed, air being supplied by special filter apparatus designed to eliminate all traces of poison gas from bombs.
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  • 80 18 "I have tried during my life to i just and loving towards my family, and I trust that when the time comes for me to pass beyond the veil my children will be just, patient and lovnm ana kind to each other." This is a passage m the will published
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    • 1421 19 Tl P-»- Greetta^ to OUI Brten MSe^SSuSf^ (Albert WoJK.; l^_ P P G m-. earldom. Be- Hahn) Jh^Use- Fogg. Highland Patrol, Wee Mac- view^in German. Light Music of Saint Nicholas (D. E. Inghelbrecht) British Empire g^g- (JO h r n r S traur z MS J- SS^»3K w-tMfit 1 <Toselli,
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  • 302 20 Vocal Feat In Australia Ht^t™ Sydney Apr. 26. IGHER than the record of any soprano mentioned m musical history is the phenomenal vocal range of a former salesgirl, Miss Nellie Sheridan of Chandos Street, Ashfleld, N.S.W. Her voice has been cultivated for five years. Miss Sheridan is
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  • 71 20 Protest Against LowFlying 'Planes Northampton, May 5. TVHE executive of the Northampton- shire branch of the National Farmers' Union, meeting here recently, declared the low-flying aeroplanes were becoming a "perfect pest." One farmer, Mr. J. T. Eady, said that ewes were so frightened that they had trouble with
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  • 54 20 A link with Elizabeth Fry is broken by the death at the age of ninetyseven of Mrs. Georgina Doudney, of Worthing, Sussex, last surviving granddaughter of the famous Quaker prison reformer. One of Mrs. Doudney's most treasured possessions was a vinaigrette, which Elizabeth Fry used to prevent infection from disease
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  • 177 20 Car Bandit Have To Fight London. A CLEVERLY-PLANNED raid by car bandits on Bromley-by-Bow railway station was nearly frustrated by the courage of the station-master. Mr. Harold Watson. The thieves got away with a bat, r containing about £100. Mr. Watson had Just left the booking office en
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  • 157 20 Chinatown's Public Enemy No. 1 New York, May, 5. A COMPLETE set of modern step 1 armour, m the form of underwear has been found by G-Men (Federal agents) m the living quarters Harry Gee, a 16 st. Chinese describe m police court as Public Enemy Number
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  • 23 20 During the period Dec. 15. 1934. to March 6, 1935. £16.580 was raised m Hertfordshire for the hard-hit towns and villages of Durham.
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    • 68 20 CINEMA DIARY mm M VILJUIN TO-NIGHT: Nelson Eddy and Jeanette ru-^iOHT: 'Three Live Ghosts," with Macdonald m "Rose Marie." Richard Arlen. Beryl Mercer and TO-MORROW: Charlie Chaplin m Claude Allister. "Modern Times," with Paulette Goddard. MARLBOROUGH ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT: Jean Parker m "Sequoia." TO-NIGHT: The Marx Brothers m "A Night At
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    • 20 20 I m m Sole Agents for Malaya: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., Singapore Muar Malacca Seremban Kuala Lumpur Ipoh and Penang.
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    • 342 20 OX THE RADIO (Continued from page 19) (b) "Husheen" (A. Needham). cher March (Tschaikowsky) (c) "The Song 01 the Kettle" (R. 9.20 pm.— The Georges Boulanger Anthony). orchestra. (d) "Port of Many Ships" (Fred 9.30 p.m.— Sports talk by Mr. C. J. c Groothofl. Close down. At the Piano Madam
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    68 21 Starlight, the winner of the fourth race at Bukit Timah on Saturday, being: led m after the race. McPherson is the jockey. SnuiT Box, winner of the Perak Stakes, the third race at Bukit Timah on Saturday, with Davies up, being led m from the course. Winner of the fifth
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  • 105 21 Embargo On Gold Exports Imminent Whtt xr r» Paris, May 9. ,ml ariS te fuU of "unours that an and th? r h? Ol goW exports is imminent sons w n bu ?'i ng f gold by J> rivat€ P ei auho?iL b stopped, high banktaf.
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  • 16 21 Thp vrr, Haifa, May 8. *to\ SSSShP'r of J^ya^nia has arriv- *> JenSSSS P u P Reuter
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  • 40 21 Record Flight To New York Lakehurst (N. J), May 9. THE Hindenburg arrived 6.10 a.m. local time, a record airship flight of 61 hours 40 minutes. Thousands of New Yorkers were early nstir and enthusiastically welcomed the airship.- Reuter
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  • 31 21 The inspectors of the Maritime Customs and deputies from the Ministry of Finance conferred at the customs house m Tientsin yesterday on new effective measures to suppress smuggling m North China.
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  • 63 21 Hio Excellency the General Officer Commanding, Major-General W. G. S. Dob Die, C.8., C.M.G., D.5.0., accompanied by Mrs. Dobbie, the ADC, and Colonel Percival, will leave for Taiping. to-morrow, by the night mail. While m Taiping they will stay with the British Resident, the Hon. lir.
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  • 33 21 M. Flandin Uhe French Foreign Minister) will be unable to go to Geneva to attend the League meeting on Monday owing to illhealth. M. Paul Boncour will lead the French delega- tion.- Reuter
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  • 83 21 London, May 9. CEVERAL German newspapers severely w criticise the wording of the British questionnaire, the nature of the questions and especially the sudden publication, which took Germany by surprise. The Frankfurter Zeitung declares that the German Government cannot be expected to nail itself down
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  • 1957 22 S.T.C. SUMMER MEETING Winning Outsider Disqualified (By "Capt. Hawk"). Singapore, Saturday. THE S.T.C. Summer (Governor's Cup) Race Meeting opened today m fine weather. Although the sky was overcast during the latter part of the afternoon, there was no rain, and a good afternoon sport was
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    • 59 22 ALHAMBRA to-mobbow!_) S Zi Paramount^ rollickint; 'ißiik-. Comedy Hit '•(-V^n* i W IT§ A GREAT LIFE" ■ll^MilM^ll Paul Kelly *^^^feU -j'* y and ca>t of J^F Si^l^J IN, in 1 1 ii <stnr« ■M^Q^^^^^rx V I 1 ojiiluil .~icii>. \^B -''^flffli i{ I\l i -jStf%fc~ I ■■■Ert'ii nir- X r:
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  • 1163 23 SMALLER LOSS LAST YEAR K.L. Returns A Profit Singapore, Saturday. THAT the position and general outlook of the company seems more rising to-day than it has been o, several years past, m spite of he fad that the report showed a O ss on the year's
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  • 259 23 Saturday's Singapore Bride Singapore, Saturday. A PRETTY wedding took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd toiday, when Miss Eileen Marie Heytman, daughter of the late Mr. H. J. C. Heytman and Mr;;. Heytman, of Holland and Singapore, became the bride of Mr. Henry Herbert
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    • 37 23 EJ RACKETS mjTp"~7: iity RESTRINGJ N U ihere is on!) I 1 OXE wm RELIABLE »Yj PI. At E I QUEEN'S 111 3, Prince Street. Phone Telegrams Pnfrit ti34 "Tennis" Bn^toh, Australian American only used. No other.
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    • 38 23 fIIIIe:Ir<IIII.-IItII(•IIII•Ii I I I i I i I I I t i i i i i i I i i i i i i i i i 10 °l' or "DAIRY MAID" SOLE AGENTS (jUTIIRI^E O InC 8A)
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  • 457 24 FOUR WICKETS VICTORY Good Bowling On Padang Singapore, Sunday. 1 FINE bowling performance by Lock- heart for the Segamat Cricket Club resulted m his side beating the Singapore Cricket Club by six wickets m a cricket match played on the Padang to-day. Lockheart took
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  • 462 24 The Cricket match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Nondescripts Cricket Club at Balestier Plain this afternoon was left drawn. The CSC. batted first and were dismissed for 90 runs. No creditable batting performance was established by the Ceylonese. Morando and De Vac did will to take
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  • 46 24 Singapore, Sunday. The cricket match played between the Inniskillings and the Indian Association to-day resulted m a win for the soldiers by 21 runs. The soldiers, batting first, scored 74 runs, The Indians replied with 53. The highest score was Harigovind. with 26.
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  • 48 24 Singapore, Sunday. To-day's cricket match at Tanglin between the Singapore Cricket Club anci t'ne Middlesex Regiment resulted m a win for the S.C.C. by five wickets. The Midds batted first and were dismissed for 160 runs. The Cricket Club replied with 170 for the loss of six wickets.
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  • 31 24 Singapo:«, Sunday. The Ceylon Sports Club beat the SC.R.C. at cricket yesterday on the Hong Lim Green by 67 runs. The Ceylonese put up 141 runs and the Chinese scored 74.
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  • 12 24 Singapore, Sunday. The cricket match between thiSC.R.C. and the P.W.D. was cancelled.
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  • 12 24 The Match between the Indian Association and the OR. A. was cancelled.
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  • 20 24 Westminster Hospital. London, has received an anonymous gift of £1.000 to beautify sitting-rooms and library at the new nurses' home.
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  • 99 24 London, May 9. THE close of play scores m the English county cricket matches begun to-day are as follow: Middlesex 150 <Wyatt five for 44); Warwickshire 153 for three. Surrey 229 (Goddard five for 76 >; Gloucestershire 93 for six. Nottinghamshire 253 for six (Keaton 103 against Sussex.
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