Morning Tribune, 20 May 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 93. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, May 20. 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 1367 1 IDEA'S EXPLANATION lIH COMMONS ARMS FIRM DUPED AMAZING STORY OF tIIVIH I If 111 1 I. IN amaxing story of political intrigue was told by Mr. Anthony Eden, A the British Foreign Minister, when he explained to the House of Commons the real facts of the
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  • 111 1 Maintenance Of Old Ships London. May 19. IN view of disequilibrium between the destroyer and submarine strengths of countries not parties to the London Naval Treaty of 1930, Britain has intimated to the Powers signatoiy to part three of the pact her intention to increase her destroyer
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  • 68 1 TO-MORROW'S issue of the Morning Tribune will contain a special descriptive article on the new premises of the Singapore Swimming Club, which are coming into use for the first time to-morrow. There will also be a selection of pictures of the new premises and another special
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  • 70 1 Disapproval Of London Plan Tokio, May 19 Pis learned that the Navy Ministry and the Foreign Office are studying Britain's request for an increased destrover allotment. Naval observers believe that Britain is actuated by a desire to cope with the submarine building of France. Italy, and Germany and declare that
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  • 110 1 Upward Trend Goes On Ottawa, May 18 CONTINUING the upward trend of Canada's external trade, April again substantially exceeded the figure for the same month of last year. Exports of domestic produce exceeded $57,000,000, an increase of 21 per cent. Imports amounted to $42,000,000, an increase of
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  • 67 1 Rome, May 17 A CROWD of 6,000 witnessed an uffec-j tionate family reunion when Mus-| solini. accompanied by his wife and! daughter (Countess Ciano) welcomed the Duce's two sons, Vittorio and Bruno, Count Ciano and the Duce's I nephew, Vito Mussolini at Littorio Air-, port on their
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  • 35 1 Policy Of Leon Blum Paris. May 18. WHEN If. Leon Blum becomes the first Socialist premier of France he will re-open the disarmament question, according to Pertinax in Echo De Paris. Reuter Wireless
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  • 85 1 Weekly Connection With Africa London, May 16 THE world's fastest long distance airway was inaugurated with Air France's new weekly passenger service from London to Dakar, the West African port of departure for the Company's trance- Atlantic mail planes to South America. The passengers who
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  • 516 2 EXPLANATION OF DELAY Building Begins Singapore, Tuesday IT is announced that the British 1 Malaya Broadcasting Corporation hope to commence their local broadcasting programmes on Dec. 1. The building contract has been placed with Messrs. Fogden Brisbane and work will begin shortly. In a statement issued
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  • 24 2 Lord Addington has been elected president of the Bucks division of the National Deposit Friendly Society, which was founded by his great-uncle, Canon Portal.
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  • 30 2 The windmill at Fontville in which Alphonse Daudet began to write his "Lettres de Mon Moulin" will appear on a postage stamp for 2f. to be issued in France shortly.
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  • 86 2 Mad Murderer With Machine Gun Goruonsville (Virginia), May 16. AFTER a six-hour siege in which he withstood the assault of police armed with machine-guns, a demented negro named Wales, and his sister, died in a blazing cabin. Wales earlier shot dead the local sheriff who tried to arrest
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  • 90 2 Cremation At Golders Green London, May 18 THE cremation of Lord Allenby took place at Golders Green in the presence of his widow and daughter-in-law and a few other close relatives. The new Lord Allenby was unable to be present as he is now in Egypt. The sole
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  • 78 2 National Railway System Paralysed Mexico City, May 18 FIFTY-THOUSAND employees are In volved in a general strike in the National Railways of Mexfco. All stations and offices throughout the Republic are closed and guarded bv strike pickets. The windows and doors are covered with red flags. The British
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  • 46 2 Sir Alfred Butt Gives Evidence London, May 18 THE inquiry into the alleged budget leakage was continued to-day when evidence was taken from Sir Alfred Butt, a member of Parliament who effected Insurances this year, as in previous years, on Budget risks. British Wireless
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 2 Dr. Dde Langen, who is a member of the League of Nations commission which Is examining rural hygiene organisation in the East.
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  • 160 2 Italian Way in Ethiopia Djibouti, May 1? FE ruthless suppression and punishment of pillage Is l)rin» carried out in Addis Ababa, according to travellers arriving at Djibouti. Mass executions follow Italian court-martial, the looters bein? despatched by machine-guns in groups of thirty and forty and the bodies being
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  • 152 2 Royal Commission To Investigate London, May 18. QUESTIONED in the House of Commons on the disturbances in Palestine, the Secretary for the Colonies Mr. J. H Thomas said the Government had been piving earnest consideration to the situation in Palestine resulting from tht continuing slate of unrest. A
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  • 89 2 The following were passengers by Dutch planes during the past week: Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM plane "Kwak"— May 16, Mrs. E. M. Beevor. Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Hien Hie Liong, Mr. Tjia Kik Tjing. Left for Medan, India and Europe by KLM-plane "Kwak"— May 16, for Medan:
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 60 2 A y„ u j The \nvtsr Exposure Meter! j I made by the OMBRUX manufacturer*, but only of half r. u Umbrux size and 4 x as sensitive! a civtitc m Mi I I j JIA I UO S WILL ALWAYS GIVE CORRECT READINGS! Obtainable from all first class dealers
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    • 63 2 K L I ill j POWDERED WHOLE MILK j \ST A R T A K L I M j^SSl^^} PURE FRESH MILK j I COURSE AND WATCH r W^R^TR f Ma\l II |MM FORM. ADD WATER j THE ™™°™^l jg»g: AND YOU HAVE IN THE HEALTH OF |fi3S§3Bjf TRE FINEST
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  • 77 3 BUT NO BLOOD SHED Sequel To Gran Chaco War Djibouti, May 18. T rrived from Addis Ababa inL four journalists mens £2? it 's S^ d 22 300 more Rr tih P "nsulate at Djibouti has K neared from the train from t«l.s \baba. The Consul
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  • 184 3 May Travel From India By Air THE Morning Tribune is officially in--1 formed that H.H. the Sultan of Johore will sail from Singapore for Colombo bv the liner Gneisenau on Thursday, May 28. en route to Europe. fcfter a stay of a month or six weeks In Ceylon,
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  • 46 3 London. May 16. THE Duke of Gloucester fell from a pony while playing polo at Fleet 'Hampshire). He was taken to hospltal and x-rayed when it was found his elbow had been badly bruised but there was no fracture. Reuter Wireless
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  • 53 3 New York, May 19. THE tinplate millionaire Mr. William B. Leeds, is marrying Miss Olive Hamilton, a former hotel clerk whom he rescued from drowning six months ago. Mr Leeds wirelessed the news from his yacht, on which he is cruising with Miss Hamilton and
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  • 38 3 Batavia. May 19. The export duty on native rubber Jul be restored to 34 guilders as from May 20. says Reuter. It was only last *wk that a reduction from 34 to 33 •as announced
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  • 176 3 Jessie Matthews At Pavilion Singapore, Tuesday. JESSIE Matthews deserves the popularity that is hers in Malaya. Of that there has never been any doubt and her latest film to he shown in Singapore cements our fondness for this most talented actress all the more strongly The Pavilion
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  • 39 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 19. STAMPS bearing the portrait of King Ananda as well as places of archaelogical interest in Siam are being issued in the near future by the postal authorities.
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  • 27 3 Mrs William M. Francis has died at the age of 101 in Eastern Ontario where she had lived since she left Ireland as a child of five.
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  • 98 3 Tense Situation In Jerusalem Jerusalem, May 17 THE Cameron Highlanders have been ordered to march through the main streets of the City owing to the tense s&uaUon following the murder of three Jews, who were shot by an Arab while they were leaving a cinema. The Jewish population
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    • 10 3 i *'M iv Oil in v J KAPID-HARDENING CEMENT S
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    • 66 3 MASTER LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS £i 1 11 ll ■v *A I P |^7 DO NOT MISS VISITING AUSTRIA DURING YOUR NEXT LEAVE. THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL INFORMATION OFFICE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALT DATA REGARDING HOTELS, RAILWAYS, EXCURSIONS, ETC., ETC. FREE OF CHARGE FIRST FLOOR THE AUSTRIAN STATE TRAVEL OFFICE
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  • Up-To-The Minute Financial News
    • 312 4 Little Interest Shown (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday morning. Rubber (Singapore) 26 cts., down Uct. Market Tone: Quiet. Tin (Singapore) $99%, down To-day's Prices: London: 7%d., down l|l6d. Market Tone: Easier. New York: 15 11 16 cts., down 116 ct. London: Spot £202 5s M down
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    • 59 4 Badges Of Empire Order PRIOR to the meeting of the Federal CouncH on June 18, HE. the High Commissioner will present the Badges of the Order of the British Empire to Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake, C.8.E., and Mrs. M. J. Were, 0.8.E. Uniform will be worn at
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    • 82 4 Special London Cable (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 19. THE following were the closing prices for rubber, tin, gold, silver, copra and wolfram: Market Tone: Quiet. LONDON RUBBER Spot: 7% (down 132). July-Sept.: 7 7 16 (down 132). LONDON TIN Spot: £199J/ 4 (down 2«/ 2 Forward:
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    • 48 4 Yesterday's Closing Prices (By Our Financial Correspondent) London, May 19. THE closing prices were as follows 1 London— New York Cross Rat 4.96 ft (down 1). London— Paris: 75 9 16 (up London Amsterdam 7.36 Va (up V 2 London Hongkong: Is. 3 3 /4d. (unchanged).
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    • 89 4 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Tuesday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. May) 26 26% Good P.A.Q. in cases (P.0.8. May) 25% 26 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) Tone of Market:— Dull. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 7%d per lb. New York Spot Sheet
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    • 363 4 •New York prices quoted In UJ3. currency. The above are dealers' middle prices; Jobbers margins, brokerage ana stamp duty are not included. I l ««MliiM'lMt.,lM|lll.-il l:.l''i •T I I i I I I I II lllllll|ll|inil|ll|ll|llllll I .|ilil'ill|lH»lil|"ll'f'« London, May 19 6.30 p. m
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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.129,150,009 Head Offlce: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H. UNAGAML Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Offlce. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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    • 8 4 Far East Oxygen Acetylene Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE jm
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  • 1084 5 FRASER CO.'s SHARE LIST Singapore, Tuesday, May 19th 5 p.m. Buyers, belief* SalM m a?ay ng Aye Hitam (55.) Jig 15,3 Ay y er Weng ($1) J* 5 Bangrin Tin (I W MMI Batu Selangor ($1) M .81 Chenderiang Jg" JJ SS Tin 150 cts.) AV/ 2 JO* as ass™
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  • 180 5 After Being Burdened With Fat Burdened with excess fat and crippled by rheumatism and gout, no wonder this woman felt that life was not worth living. She tried nearly everything— then one day she began taking Kruschen Salts, and relief came at once. Now she is
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  • 156 5 750,000 Nazis Sworn In Berlin. MORE than three-quarters of a million of party officials, including 91.000 boys and girls, were sworn in by Herr Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy. They collected all over Germany around loudspeakers to listen to Hpit Btss's address from Munich. The speech was an exhortation
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  • 77 5 A householders' handbook of practical information concerning air gM attacks is to be issued bv the Government according to a statement bv Mr. Geoffrey Ilovd MP at Birmine-ham. Warn*"* people against unauthorised statements and wild exaggerations of the effects of various coses. Mr. Lloyd said this war partlv the reason
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    • 23 5 S I I ABSOLUTE SECURITY s J Motor IMox INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. I j Agents: SIME D*RRY ft r° ITn i Singapore Branches
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    • 205 5 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK LTD THE HO HONG BANR. ITD AND THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LTD. CAPITAL: Authorised 540.000.000.00 Paid Up $10,000,000.00. hfad am^cnSS TJSbjhmg. chuua street, Singapore. HEAD OFFI^ c b SaNCH: 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chee
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  • 410 6 Return In "Foreign Affaires'* PICTUREGOERS wim have enjoyed Tom Walls in his other sparkling role.s will be delighted with his new picture, "Foreign Affaires," In which he appear.s with Ralph Lynn and adds a lew years to his age and appear.s as a naughty old fellow, whose
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  • 1322 6 The LIGHTER SIDE of LONDON LIFE London, May 8 THE Royal Academy Exhibition opened at Burlington House, Piccadilly last Friday, and the usual crowd of wellknown people attended the private view— many of them coming to see old friends and new frocks rather than to admire the pictures. The show
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    • 75 6 POSITIVELY LAST TWO DAYS! Final MaliiH'c Tu-day at 3.1.» 1 I Ml%|§ r l^J fc I TO-NIGHT 9.15 9th DAY and still the TALK of the Town Hundreds ha ve been I o \io* NHMTLY /7\ -*AmM^ •.15— 9.15 1 /^litJ^ England's Queen of Musical Comedy t F I r
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  • 153 7 Bine Crosby is doing a lot of riding at hi f ranch these days, getting ready to play cowpuncher in Paramount s Rhvthm on the Range." Billy Lee, live years old, and Benme BartleU, nine, have been portant roles in Paramount s air adventure romance, "The Sky Parade. Marlene Dietrich
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    • 332 7 CINEMA I CAPITOL TO-NlGHT:— Charlie Chaplin in "Mo- DAI/ II lOM dern Times," with Paulette Goddard. I M V IL.I wl^l NEXT CHANGE:— "The Tunnel" with Richard Dix, Leslie Banks and TO-NlGHT:— Jessie Matthews in "First Madge Evans. A Girl" with Sonnie Hale and Anna Lee. ALHAIVIBRA MARI ROROUGH TO-NIGHT:—
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  • 833 8  -  Sir S. Hoare EMPIRE AIR LINES Speech By London. gIR Samuel Hoare, M.P., attended the annual dinner of the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club held here and spoke on the lijrht aeroplane movement and civil aviation. He said that politics and aeronautics had much in common.
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  • Article, Illustration
    51 8 The East End's wonderful lido-de-luxe in Victoria Park, London, is now completed and will be opened this month. Admission will be free on three days of the week and a charge of sixpence will be made on the remaining days. Above is a view of the new lido. (Air Mail
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  • 60 8 A miner whose hand was caught in machinery at Camerton Colliery (Somerset) joked with his workmates while waiting for a doctor. The man, Arthur Windmill, of Tinsbury, was trapped hundreds of feet underground, and efforts to liberate him were unsuccessful Dr. Bertram Crook went down the shaft and amputated his
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  • 147 8 London. Scotland Yard Special Branch are inquiring into a new passport racket. By this undesirable aliens are able to get into this country with ease. For a long while the police have been puzzled by the presence in London of people who they know should have no right
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  • 404 8 Son Accused Of Murder London iriOLENT quarrels between mother and I son were alleged by counsel in Dublin District Court when Edward Preston Ball (19), an actor, was charged with the murder of his mother. Mrs. Lavena Ball. Mrs Ball disappeared on Feb. 17. and although her
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 46 8 i THE J EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE I COItI'OIIATIOX LIMITED., (.Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) j FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, WORKMExNTS COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY IN- SURANCE UNDERTAKEN. J Full particulars and rates apply, 16D, Cecil Street, Singapore. I 1 L. G. JOHNSON, General Manager.
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    • 89 8 PALACE Theatre (ETJ. TONG SEN STREET) 7.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. "The SHANGHAI REVUE" Company of 50 Star Artists from Stage Screen in Spectacular Dances, Singing, Clowning and Acrobatic Acts. PLUS THE TONG SISTERS. Prices: 20c, 40c, 60c, 80c $100. S TEA DANCES j From sto 7.30 p.m. j Every Tuesday,
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  • 673 9 MR ATTLEE'S BROADCAST Dishonest Foreign Policy London. MK. R. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, in a broadcast speech on the Budget, described it us a war Budget, the natural result of the Government's feeble and dishonest foreign policy. Mr. Chamberlain's Budget, ho said, w&s the
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  • 248 9 Demands For Money By Clerk London SENTENCE was postponed at the Central Criminal Court on William Ronald Rees Jones. 22. n former bank clerk, who pleaded "Guilty" before the Common Serceant 'Mr. Cecil Whiteley. K.C.» to being armed with an offensive weapon and robbery. Mr. E. Clark,
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 9 The cargo-boat Adelong, built for Messrs. Ifuddart Parker, Limited, of Melbourne, just after her launching at Govan, Glasgow. (Air Mail Picture).
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  • 90 9 A conference of trade anions called by the North-East Federation oi Trades Councils was held in Newcastle to inaugurate a campaign to secure the second Cunaicl White Star liner for the Tvne About 40 representatives ol trade unions in the area, representina about half million workers, had been invited, and
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  • 172 9 While Rescuing Girl From Sea London WHEN a girl was washed into the sea from Looe Pier. Cornwall, one of three men who helped to save her. 22--ycar-old Albert Pengelly, last his life. Two girls. Phyllis Pote and Iris Priddle. began to walk along the pier, although
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  • 163 9 Signalman And His Duty London. A DYING signalman's last thought for the safety of the trains under his control was described at the Plymouth inquest on Ernest George Brook <49\ of Glenmore Avenue. Stoke. Plymouth. As he collapsed Erook telephoned to a clerk at a near-by station, and
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  • 48 9 On Apr. 1 there were 231 vessels of *****2 tons laid up in ports of Great tain and Ireland an increase of 11.3 per cent comnared with the total laid up on Jan. 1 but a decrease of 32.8 per cent on the figures for a year a^o.
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  • 34 9 A three-legged tomcat, which wa.; taken from Sheffield to Goole, 36 miles away, by its owner, Mrs. Gilbert Copp, last October, and disappeared from Goole in January, has walked back to its Sheffield home.
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  • 653 9 "No Hypnotism For Me" London. THERE is living in London to-day a distinguished medical specialist to whom the mere mention of the word hypnotism" conjures up memories of an experience he would give a great deal to forget. "It happened several years ago. tins incident which
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  • 39 9 Miss Ursula llorant, granddaughter ol Mrs J H M. Robson and ol the late Captain Byers, the ftrsl Commissioner of Police P.M. 8., arrived In Malaya last week and is staying with Mr and Ult Robson in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 289 10 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Wednesday, May 20, 1936 A PRETTY PLOT jy|R. Anthony Eden appears to have got homo I hard blow ■gainst the propaganda methods of section of the Kalian press in his complete exposure of the manner in which the story of the supply of dun-dun bullets to
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  • Article, Illustration
    512 10 IKITH the incidence of rainy weather and the resultant floods in all parts of the low-lying areas in the country the question of prevention measures again comes to the forefront With reports of widespread damage and disorganisation of traffic in various parts of the peninsula, it makes it
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  • 265 10 Mrs. G. C. Wemyss, cf Johore Bahru has left for home in order to undergo an operation. 0 0 Dr J P. Fitzpatrick has been appointed to act as Medical Superintendent Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan. with effect from the 2uth ultimo. Miss Isabel Andres on the nursing staff of
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    • 51 10 WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATOR 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 Electric t 1 Ltd. UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD., (All Branches), JOHN MOREY CO., Singapore. THE KINTA ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CO., LTD., Ipoh. M w.s.
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  • 793 11 WEA VERS AND PRINTERS Excellent Work Of Seminary Singapore, Tuesday. I (RATED in. delightful sur- roundings in a quiet Singapore suburb is an educational institution which rightly claims .1 to stand on a plane by itself, particularly in its useful vocational and productive industrial
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 11 A group of students of the Malayan Seminary busy at work erecting sheds in their school campus at Upper Serangoon Road.
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  • 24 11 Mrs. Sidney Morgan has arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Australia. She is the guest ol Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Crush of Seaport Estate. i
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  • 107 11 .4/1 Insult To Nazi Philosophy Berlin. Strong objection to "Sarah Bernhardt soup"— a consomme of game named after the famous actress has been taken by two inhabitants of Munich. They object, not to its taste, but to its name. And they have written to the "Stuermer." Herr Julius
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 33 11 The most charmingly situated Hotel in the Island. Ideal for permanent residents RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. Special Dinner Dance TO-NIGHT MINERS $1.50. NO AFTER-DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE
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  • 216 12 YUGOSLAVIAN PRINCESS: MODERN BENHURS Three railway coaches out of fourteen had to be unloaded to enable seven tank locomotives to be lowered below in the Belmoira at Middlesbbrough. The locomotives were destined for Madras and the whole job proved a delicate operation. (Air Mail Picture). Mr. E. Hamilton, the winn
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  • 1108 14 Company in the Morning A POPULAR and respected Malayan woman once said to me. "I do not consider a morning's bridge a waste of time." It was not said In defence of all that has been said ol the limitations of the Malayan Woman's interest— to bridge and mahjong rather
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 24 14 K 4 J Maison i|BBk I_Jv- j. m^r% nli U I IrsX ll 1 Ccui etc I otocktl M. Weinberg. 189, Cecil Street, Singapore.
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    • 24 14 I'llOl MY j LEMON BARLEY WATER J A BEVERAGE i if It IJil 1 Manufactured bv THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS I PHONE 3463
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    • 174 14 tlorothv more... give*: beauty treatments in her restful salon, where her special radium creams and lotions are also obtainable. She has just received new bath powders, bath foam and nail varnishes in beautiful colours. 2ND FLOOR, 18, BATTERY RD. Phone 6995. > >*\ ?£mr 2_ y "^_HP When your fancy
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    • 53 14 WANTED KNOWN Why go to Peking to buy the famous Fette Peking Live-wool Carpet-rugs? We have them all ready to lay on your floor at Peking factory prices in Singapore. We are offering these rugs at prices never before witnessed in Singapore. The j aim; tisii; RAFFLES HOTEL Open daily
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 105 15 LUGGAGE CARRIER i SINGAPORE j LUGGAGE j CARRIER CO. j BaC gage Contractors Forwarding Agents. Booking Agents for F.M.B. Railways. I Baggage Agents for:— Blue Funnel Line C i East Asiatic Line Nederland Line 1 8.1.5.N. Co., Ltd., etc., etc. > Tel. Address.— "LUGGAGE" 1 PHONE 2428 or call Union
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    • 92 15 HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle j l The Best Address for modern 1 i Hairdressing t 35 Stamford Rd. J Proprietor: Y. KOOY, Tel. 4807. SILK STORE SILK STORE l!i»li Reputation Tajmahal Store 23 High St., Tei. 3849. CURIOS Dear Lady, Or Gentleman, Please Come, Have A Look. Good Service Man, Good
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    • 153 15 CHEMIST EPHEDROL FOR CATARRH HAYFEVFR AND COLDS Ephedrol comes like a breath of fresh air to clear away all congestion and stuffiness. Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores. Agents. FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD., (Inc. in F.M.S.) 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. RESTAURANT j Real European iF H Come and have your steak
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 471 16 I». O. SAILINGS Outwards. Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage Spor« iy36. 1936. RAWALPINDI 17,000 May 22 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 31 BUKDWAN 6.070 June 4 CHITRAL 15,000 Aug. U CORFU 15.000 June 5 BHUTAN 6.100 Aug. 27 RANCHI 17.000 June 19 RANPURA 17,000 Aug. 2 SOMALI 6.810 July 1 BEHAR 6.000 Sept. 6
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 866 16 THE II Alt KOI It i smvs l.\ hock |fe% SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVI OR EXFECTED TO ARRIVE ,^ksoy Kaitangata 50 j Slfl^.^/ KEPPEL HARBOUR -^^^M^ Sfc- Main Wharf: Lc h- Dolphin. Lch. SnarW^ 1 vSSI tan Lcn Mary R(,SO, Si Pora. Sit:-, _^BH/ Pangkor. Duymaer van Twist, W Bt
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  • 25 17 >Irs. Dorothy Kilgore and Mrs. H. C. Tibbetts who passed through iingapore on the President Monroe They are disembarking at Bombay.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 294 17 BrRNS piiilp LINE. (Incorporated in Australia) MARELLA May 28 June 3 MERKAR June 28 J uiy o Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the FtsTci^pSsengers may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or Mel bourne to the connecting KJP.M. Vessel. ?nH class Ko A X YDNE
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    • 530 17 I i-S TO FBESCB ports vT^r^rv I DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazalre Bordeaux May 29 j L D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk June 4 CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux July 27 J LINOIS For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk July 4 j (from Marseilles). 1 I
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  • 399 18 Inter- American Relations ROOSEVELT CANADA Proposed Ottawa Washington. DRESIDBNT Roosevelt, who has been in friendly correspondence with LoH Tweedsmuir, the Governor-General of Canada, on the subject of a possible visit to Ottawa this summer, is reported here to-day M desiring to make the trip during the second week of June.
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  • 101 18 Motoring Forty Years Ago fHEERS greeted Alderi^^w TaylOt when bil 1897 Benz <>u under way and reached its maximum speed of 12 miles an hour! That was thirty-nine years auo m the solid-tyie days ol motoring, whei Mr. Taylor had tiie first car in Bunderland with the
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  • 249 18 Councillor Runs A Betting House Folkestone, COUNCILLOR Albert Jesse Kemp, a member of Folkestone's watch committee, and as such responsible for the morality of the town and discipline in the local police force, was fined £50 and £8 costs for allowing his grocer's shop to be used for
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  • 46 18 At a public meeting called to discuss the public lighting of the streets of Rossett, a village of 1,500 inhabitants near Wrexham, it was decided by 36 votes to 14 not to adopt the provisions of the Lighting Act; so Rossett is to remain in darkness.
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    27 18 Miss Picozzi and Miss T. d'Ambrozio who are on a trip around the world, left by the President Monroe yesterday after a two weeks' stay in Singapore.
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  • 73 18 After a 400-mile dash across the country from off the west coast, where they were fishing when thev heard an SOS broadcast informing them that their father was dangerously ill, two of three fishermen brothers reached Lowestoft They are Gordon Ashbv. the mate of the Lowestoft trawler Jacklvn. and James
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  • 168 18 Three Years In Arctic Ottawa. THE advance party of an Oxford and Cambridge expedition which will spend three and a half years in Canada's "Frozen North," has arrived in the Dominion and will trek towards th: Arctic in May. The young graduate adventurers wlv are already
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  • 68 18 Before a Commons Select Committee it was explained that the new railway which the London Transport Board proposes to construct will be a continuation of the Central London line to Leyton to relieve East End congestion. A modernising scheme for the Central London line was also described. The total cost
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  • 73 18 Charged at the South-Western Court with breaking into his lather's shop and stealing five keys. Isaac Sandler <17< steward, of no fixed address, was committed for trial. He was ordered to be kept In custody until the trial because his father had refused to stand suretj for him. At the
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    • 128 19 MBMMMBWW— I Hiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiii»iiiiii»iiwnitwirin^ to-day. BrTTFDTHE PROVED CAR fc I I PK THAN THE MOST til II SPECTACULAR EXPERIMENT For over twelve years the Austin Seven has been the world's recognised Baby I During all that time no radical changes have been effected, as has been the case with so many
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 557 19 iON THE RADIO British Empire Programme Transmission 2: GSG 16.86 metres 17 3 mcs I from 6.20 p.m. to 7 35 p m <n alM> from 7.35 pm to 9.05 p m r-cr 19 12 metres (15.14 mcs.) from m to 9 05 p.m.; and GSB 31.53 res (951 mcs.)
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    • 191 19 8 a.m. The News and Announcements. (Greenwich Time Signal at 8.05 a.m.). 8.20 am Close down. TRANSMISSION 2 6.20 p.m. Big Ben. The 8.8.C. Theatre Orchestra; leader, Montague Brearley; conductor, Stanford Robinson. 7.05 p.m. "Monologue in Melody." Denis Van Thai in Syncopated Pianoforte Music. 7.20 p.m. Out of Doors. Henry
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    • 156 19 Helliwell. Tony's Red Aces Orchestra. Produced by Martyn C. Webster. 11.05 p.m. Music by Eric Coate:>. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eric Coates: The Jester at the Wedding. March— Waltz. Orchestra Raymonde: By the Sleepy Lagoon. 11.15 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 11.20 p.m. 11.35 p.m. David
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    • 213 19 down 5.20 p.m. Recorded music. 5.50 p.m. Time signal. English course conducted by Mr. J. du Buy, Leeraar M.O. 6.20 p.m. Musical selections. 6.50 p.m. Nirom news bulletin. 7.10 p.m. Popular concert. 8 p.m. Talk by Dr. H.J. Brockveldt. 8.20 p.m. Recorded music. 835 p.m. Concert conduct by Paul Schramm.
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    • 43 20 ft Al II OL Saturday Next! (flfo "MK'KKY MOl SK MATIN KK t j So^ <iala Programme of Special ''^J^' Pictures including "Popeye The Sailor'' M in "Spinach Overture," "Mickey's Polo Team" (The Great Coloured Disney /?V& Triumph) and other Kxeellent Miklli J
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    • 24 20 .mlu* %vfc^ Ml €V?^ MHfl^Bflfl^l ~DflHs~_i Ml Ml I a_Br B 'I, a wj i H M^M^M^M^M^M^M^HMH^MR ■■■■■■■■■■■■■IB SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., Bl fit
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    • 429 20 os Tin: ii amo (Continued from page 19) Orchestra conducted by Prof. Dr. Willem Mengelberg. (2) Symphony no. lin e gr. t. (Bruckner) Allegro moderato; Adafflo-moderato- adagio; Scherzotrio; Finale-Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. 8.20 p.m. Weekly news bulletin by Mr. H.F. Joel. 8.45 p.m. The Nirom Orchestra. 9.20
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    • 441 20 420 p.m. All Sorts of Wandering Folk. About Travelling Circuses and Fairs. 4.50 p.m. News and Economic Review in English. 505 p.m. Musical Works Oi Romance. Played by the Hasse Cham-ber-Orchestra. 5.50 p.m. Virtuoso Flute Music. Ulrich Gebel. 6.05 p.m. News and Economic Review in German. 620 p.m. Concert of
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    • 180 20 4.05 p.m. Records. 4.35 p.m. News in French. 5.05 p.m. News in English. 5.20 p.m. End of Broadcast. Wavelength 19.68 metres (15,244 kcs > 6.15 p.m. Day's programme. 6.20 p.m. Relay from Radio-Paris. Concert. 7.20 p.m. News in English. 7.35 p.m. Continuation of relay Concert 8.05 p.m. News in French.
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    • 205 20 7.05 p.m. Recorded Dance Music 7.35 p.m. News Bulletin. 7.40 p.m. Talk— (Postponed from last Friday) "How To Keep Cool." by M» Lot Otter. 8.00 p.m. Indian Music 9.00 p.m. Close Down. TO-MORROW 700 p.m. Time Signal. 7.03 p.m. Day's Programme. 7.05 p.m. Recorded Varietv Programme. 7.40 p.m. 8.8.C. Weekly
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  • 1085 21 TRAGEDY AT K. L. Due To A Love Affair? (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. A VERDICT of suicide by shooting was returned by Mr. J. ('alder in the First Police Court to-day when giving his findings regarding the death of the Police Depot recruit. Ibrahim
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  • 49 21 The electrified section of the railway, 55 miles long, between Trieste, Gorizia, and Udine has now been opened. This completes the electrification of the whole line between the Austrian frontier at Tarvlsio and Trieste. The line from Trieste to Postumia is to be electrified by the end of October.
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  • 154 21 Address To New Johore State Councillor (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, May 18. THE Hon. Inche Onnjain Jaflar was entertained at a tea party by the Malays of Johore Bahru at the Arabic School Hall, in honour of his having been appointed an unofficial member or
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  • 77 21 At Singapore With Daughter Singapore, Tuesday SIR Charles Vyner Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, and his youngest daughter, the Dayang Valerie, arrived in Singapore this morning by the Vyner Brooke en route for England. Sir Charles, who is going on three months' home leave, will sail by
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  • 63 21 No Cattle From Johore For Singapore INFORMATION having been received 1 that a disease, namely, rinderpest, exists among animals in Johore, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, by virtue of the powers conferred on him by Rule (41 of the Quarantine Rules, 1915, prohibits absolutely the introduction into
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  • 53 21 Singapore, Tuesday A collision between a European motorcyclist and a motor-car alleged to have been driven by a European in Robinson Road yesterday afternoon, resulted in the former sustaining nasty injuries. The ambulance was in attendance. The motor-cyclist sustained two nasty injuries on the left leg and
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  • 352 21 Admits Charges Of Cheating Singapore, Tuesday THAT his parents were divorced and his father had nothing to do with him and he himself had to depend on friends for his food was the story related by 17-year-old Alex Bell when he was produced before Mr. M. H.
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  • 120 21 American Journalist At Penang Singapore. Tuesday. I>R Bolivar Falconer, of the Washing- ton Star, is due at Penang tomorrow by KLM. plane *n the course of his attempt to fly round the wor.d as passenger in 20 days. He left Lakehurst, U.S.A., by Zeppelin ten
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    • 77 21 Opening at the CAPITOL FRIDAY I A GAUMONT- 1 See What Eyes have never seen before! j^ BRITISH TRIUMPH The Year's Most Sensational Production! P- RD D,x [WrUNNEL> IE BANKS MMfc IVMllfc*/ MADGE EVANS, HELEN VINSON and C. AUBREY SMITH Mg Bv Courtesy of Mr. GEORGE ARLISS and Mr. WALTER
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  • 309 22 AND BRITAIN ALSO No Need For An Arms Race Tokio, May 18. EMPHASISING that readjustment of Soviet-Japanese relations is the most urgent feature of Japan's diplomatic policy, the Nichi Nichi declares that it has come to be keenly felt that Japanese relations with Britain
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  • 76 22 Commission's Case Against Wheat King Fails Washington, May 18. THE Government suffered a further re- verse in the Supreme Court, which upheld the Lower Court's judgment against the Grain Futures Commission. The latter desired to bar Mr. Arthur Cutten, the Wheat Pit King, from the Nation's grainmarkets
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  • 143 22 Alleged Breach Of Trust Singapore, Tuesday. AFTER further evidence was recorded by the District Judge, Mr. L. B Gibson, to-day, the case in which a Sinhalese, P. D. D. Appuhamy, is charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of 82 diamonds and $140 in cash, was
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  • 81 22 Norwegians Gather In Bangkok (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Monday. THE whole Norwegian colony afloat and ashore, met together yesterday for the first time in many years on the occasion of Constitution Day at the home of the Consul-General, where a. noon a reception was held, followed by
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  • 49 22 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Singapore has issued invitations to an "at home" on board the new fast motor cargo vessel Kashii Maru, which is making her maiden voyage from Japan to Europe via the Straits and Suez, on May 22, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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  • 16 22 Mr. G. Harris, of the Ipoh Electricity Supply, has been admitted to the Batu Gajah Hospital.
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  • 19 22 New York, May 18 The death has taken place of the banker Mr. Arthur Lehman.— Reuter.
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    • 102 22 A Guaranteed Family Income— During The Years When Most Needed A Simple, Practical and Economical Solution THE GUARANTEED FAMILY INCOME UENEFIT has been designed to meet the problem faced by all married men. IT PROVIDES A simple, economical, practical method, whereby you may adequately provide for the care and comfort
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 196 22 To-day In Singapore HIGH TIDES:— IO.2B a.m., 9.57 p.m. Rotary Club Tiffin. Adelphi Hotel, 1 p.m. Mr. C. S. See will speak on "Experiences of my world tour, out-rea-ches of Rotary and impressions of America" Deb aje between Y.M.C.A. and AngloChinese School literary and debating societies. Y.M.C.A., 8.15 p.m. Sub--1
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  • 610 23 SKINS DEFEAT MALA YS An Unsavoury Game Singapore, Tuesday. I'NSAVOL'RY scenes were witnesI sed at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon when the Innisktttaffi and tne Malays c,ashe(l in the First Division of the League. Tne Skins won by 3 goals to one. They
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  • 25 23 his Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Robert Howard Furness, Chief Justice. Barbados, to be Chief Justice of Jamaica,
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  • 139 23 Purchases From China Announced Washington, May 17 MR. Morgenthau, Secretary to the Treasury, states that the U.S. Government has agreed to buy large amounts of silver from China to provide a dollar exchange and help China to establish her currency. The decision to mint new coins
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  • 147 23 Italian Action In Ethiopia Djibouti, May 18 A MESSAGE from Diredawa states that Mr. Bonner, a warrant officer attached to the British Ambulance Unit in Abyssinia, has been arrested by the Italian military authorities. Mr. Bonner had been bitten by a dog believed to be mad and was
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  • 19 23 An Agency of the Mercantile Bank of India has been opened at Kuala Trengganu In the S'ate of Trengganu.
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  • 121 23 All Tourneys Off Singapore, Tuesday. THERE was no play in the S.C.C. Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament to-day due to rain. Rain also interfered with the Y.M.C.A. and S.R.C. Tournaments and no ties were played to-day. To-day's ties in the Y.M.C.A. Whitsun tennis tournament are as follow: Men's
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  • 124 23 Said To Have Asked "Consideration" Singapore, Tuesday. CHARGED with extortion of $2. alternatively with receiving illegal gratification, Idris bin Anbon, a Malay police constable attached to the Kandang Kerbau Division, appeared before thje Second Magistrate, Mr. T. D. Hughee, to-day. According to prosecution, he arrested a Chinese
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  • 44 23 Mr Johnson, the Governor of Colorado has ordered the National Guard to prevent indigent labourers and aliens from entering that State in order prevent growers of «ea r -beet from im porting cheap labour to harvest the crop of the detriment of local worl^rs.
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    • 28 23 |fek-jp|i|^i| RACKETS RESTRINGING There is only RELIABLE H PLACE j QUEEN'S U 3, Prince Street. Phone Telegrams M 7634 "Tennis" English, Australian American Gut, only used. No other.
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  • 427 24 ENTRIES ARE POOR More Scratchings Likely By "Capt. Hawk" Singapore, Tuesday. I IF this afternoon's weather is any in/lication of what the weather is likely to be to-morrow for the fourth day of the S T C. Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting, punters may expect
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  • 96 24 Programme For This Week-End ON Friday, May 22, there will be the usual afternoon races, starting at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday. May 24, the International 6-metre will have practice races, starting at 10 a.m. The "B" Class will sail the second 1 race of a series for the MacDonalo
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  • 45 24 Edward Preston Ball appeared again I on remand in the Dublin District Court, I charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Lavena Ball, on Feb. 17 last. The hearing of evidence was concluded and he was returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court
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  • 107 24 RACE ONE 1. Golden Queen. 2. Uttle Miss X. 3. Iseult's Daughter. Upset:— Kit. RACE TWO 1. Doueh Boy. 2. Unitv. 3. Arimanes. Upset: Asluj or Smeartown. RACE THREE 1. Lisheen. 2. Comma. 3. Twinkling Eyes. Upset:— Volniak RACE FOUR 1. Dangerous Lover. 2. Sir Theobald. 3.
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  • 1187 24  -  the first innings, Iddon being the best scorer with 102. They were thus en abled to take first innings points from Somerset. The match looked like finishing, but a last wicket stand for Somerset robbed the home side of victory. The visitors put up 257 and
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    • 66 24 fl_Hffi3SH_M_Hl A Troublesome Man at W "'^^"j^^Kßß But a Lovable Ghost! t^ £bF" j^fc^ ■•f^^Wc-x HI D<m</ "<r< An ji /K'^E^k Tadio pic7v\°e H nus al tP» fv Ji ■fc Attraction _t v?8 W tin u_ To be presented with a special R.K.O.Two-Reel Supporting Attraction"GOlNG ON TWO" The Life Story
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