Morning Tribune, 27 February 1937

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  • 11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE ai SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, February 27, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 759 1 fl VI MISSED SECOND STRIKE GRAPHIC STORIES TOLD BY PASSENGERS Marseilles, Feb. 26. THREE departments of the British Government, the Admiralty. the Board of Trade and the Foreign Office, are all conducting close inquiries into the mishap to the Union Castle iner Llandovery Castle off the coast
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  • 54 1 Singapore. Friday THE First Battalion the Royal Innis- killing Fusiliers are due to leave by H.M.S. Medway on Tuesday morning, Mar. 2, for Hongkong where they will participate In the lorthcoming manoeuvres there. Embarkation uili be carried out at the Ntofcl Base. Briefer, commencnig at 7
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  • 213 1 Over Forty In Reserve A t Viadivostock London. Feb. 26 j ACCORDING to reports whicii are oe- lieved to be credible the Soviet is intensively building submarines and actually adding to her fleet at the rate of one each month. At present, it is believed, she has
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    21 1 Dr. P. Madiarn and hi* bride. Miss T. Hiltermann, after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd .nesterday. (Tribune).
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  • 141 1 Hongkong, Feb. 26. THE Kai Tack airport here has received information from Fort Bayard that the two French airmen, Denis and Libert, who were attempting to fly from Paris to Tokyo in under a hundred hours, have crashed at Thakhet, Laos Province, in Indo-China. One
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  • 37 1 Detroit, Feb. 25. The President of Chrysler Motors, replying to the Automobile Union request, suggests that the Unionists should approach two of his executives, who will soeak for the Chrysler Corporation. "fcffii Reuter
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    • 30 1 0N OTHER PAGES j Pafic ane Board Plan I M( ,s q »ito Menace 1 S w (A. Fete lan ,d,an Trad, j Bf-«- NoU>S S )1,0,al So«..t j ;La
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    • 65 1 ViBSH^ rRESH MILK -WITH 4 |£Si ALL THE TROLBLE REMOVED! TET Kijir. pat an end to delicious, nourishing milk your troubles with milk, to drink. It is especially For Khun is rich, pure cows good for babies. If your milk, powdered with only dealer cannot supply you, water removed. Klim
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  • 1270 2 MUNICIPALITY WANT A WAGES BOARD AVOIDANCE OF STRIKES HOI NIX. MIIOli: lOH ALL EMPLOYEES? REGISTERING CYCLISTS 50,000 To Be Tallied Singapore, Friday. TO r Qinponore Municipal Commissioners are to approach the Government T^n rTnear future with the suggestion that a body, like a Wages Board, be formed, with a view
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  • 219 2 Orchestral Concert To Be Held MEMBERS of the orchestra of the Singapore Musical Society are advised that an orchestral concert, under the conductorship of Mr. John Tryner lias been arranged to take place about the end of April, and that rehearsals will commence on Mar. 8 at 5.15
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  • 47 2 By Election Conservatives Retain Richmond London. Feb. 2i>. THERE was no change in the by-election at Richmond to replace Sir William Ray (retired*: The voting resulted. Major Watt < Conservative > 20,546. Mr. Rogers < Labour) 7,709. Sir William Ray had a majority of 19.4P0 at the General Election. Reuter
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  • 26 2 Nanking. Feb. 28. General Chang Chun, the Foreign Minister, insists on resigning. He nai Urrdered his resignation a second time. ~S'h Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 27 2 Sperm whales are the richest prizes of the ocean. They yield spermaceti from their brain-cases, ivory from their lower Jawt, and rich yellow oil from their .cies.
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  • 2408 2 Mosquitoes Still A Menace To Health MOTION TO BAN OMNIBUSES WITHDRAWN "Very Efficient" Service On West Road Singapore Friday THAT the breeding of mosquitoes which was a menace to the cit 1 was still taking place in Singapore, was revealed at to-day's the
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    • 45 2 NOTICE. It is notified for general Information the closing date tor submission to the Coionial Secretary's Office ot appHns for admission to the Straits Settlement! Civil Service has been extended from the 27th February to the March, 1937. WING LOONG 100. HIGH STREET. PHONE 7627
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    • 108 2 I Oil SALE DOGS DOGS! DOGS For Sale. New shipment arrived. All peaj inimaU, Alsauans Male and ft 10 months old. Fox Jeincr.. haired and smooth l.a.'red. roUiej pies real beauties black anOJ smooth haired. Stump lian Sheep dog. Blue Au sti:»^ H Dogs and Puppies. 1 Pan B.i CatS
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  • 617 3 Y.W.C.A. FETE OPENED /In Interesting Display Singapore, Friday. riT ,-attl«r and a large crowd which KSSSbW at the Hall long be--1 ha d h scheduled opening time were f° re nn<ri ries tdr the /International ionised by Hhe President and Singapore Y.W.C J,A Coml s A? the Association funds, which
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  • 38 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Thr. Th- Nanking, Feb. 26. C t r i rd Plen ary Session of the V rv as a PPOinted Col. Chen Chine F orc e at CanuT f Kwangtunq: Air
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  • 203 3 Dr. P. V. MacGarry And Miss T. C. Hiltermann Singapore. Friday. THE Cathedral of the Good Shep•herd was the scene of a pretty wedding this afternoon, when Miss Theodora Caroline Hiltormann became the bride of Dr. Perciva? Victor MacGarry. Miss Hiltermann is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 11 3 A growing child should consume a pint of milk every day.
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    26 3 A scene at the opening yesterday of the Y.W.C.A. fete, the most ambitious effort the association have yet made. It is in aid of funds. (Tribune).
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  • 120 3 Compensation Given To Widow (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 25. A REPORT was made some time ago by the manager of Sagil Estate, Tangkok, in the Muar District, that, a Chinese rubber tapper named Foo Fah was attacked and killed by a tiger while the
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  • 203 3 Every Week She Grew Heavier Do you find that you have put on weight each time you step on the scales? If so, you will understand this woman's feeling of despair, as she found herself growing x,eavier with every week. And you will appreciate the
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  • 120 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Post Offices On Board Steamers Shanghai Feb 2fi. REPLYING to the Chinese protest, the Japanese authorities explain that the establishment of post offices in the Shanghai Maru and Nagasaki Maru— two Japanese steamers —does not violate Chinese postal jurisdiction. The Italian reply to the
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    • 16 3 (BRITISH) every skin. From alTlwdin* Dis^nsaries Tnd Hi^ClassJtores. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS 86. Robinson Road, Sin^pcre.
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    • 39 3 /^X "MAN LIOI\ M yij&W?) RAPID HARDENING CEMENT ROSKOPF j THE ONLY WATCH IMPORTED m MALAYA j vwSßms\\ since I Anil TRADE MARK g WRIST POCKET— GOLD— CHROME STEE^, AT ALL DEALERS IN MALAYA Sole Agents, Singapore. HIOXTOR LidL
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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    • 78 4 London. Feb. 2€. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 105.12 105 12 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.92 5 8 8 92 3/ 4 +i/ 8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2 21'32d Is 2 2132d T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate)
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    • 11 4 London, Feb 26 GOLD Previous To-day Change f^onthstorwwd 6
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    • 41 4 Singapore, Friday. A ten-year-old Chinese girl was knocked down by a cyclist yesterday morning at the junction of Middle Road and North Bridge Road. She received minor injuries on her body, and a comfxmnd fracture on her leg.
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    • 123 4 U. S. Strikes Serious Situation Threatens Santamonica, Feb. 26. A SERIOUS situation is threatened in n connection with the Douglas aircraft factory strike. The Grand Jury has voted 4UO indictments of felony and conspiracy charges and 200 officers have been sent to the factory under order to arrest the strikers
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    • 57 4 Singapore, Friday. Chinese workman attending to renairs at the Gillman Barracka mured by a fall from the scaffold- st«Pday morninq. He fell i t of fifteen feet. The man had severe contusions on W« body, and injuries on both his ankle He -lso complained of abdomi--I.l'.1' pains.
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    • 23 4 London. Feb 25 TIN Standard. pilous To-day Char.» Spot (afternoon closing price) £248 4 £247 i Forward £249' 4 £248 _ii.
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    • 156 4 A merica's A ttitude Changed? London, Feb. 25. FOLLOWING to-day's sharp advance in rubber well-informed circles are keenly speculating whether it signifies the end of the "hold off" strike on the part of United States consumers. It is pointed out that the disclosure of the British Government's rearmament
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    • 55 4 Singapore, Friday. A Chinese was found yesterday afternoon at Sin Koh Street, lyinn: on the floor of a house in a semi-conscious state. A dark yellow fluid was oozing from his mouth, and he was groaning in pain. The cause of his condition is not known. He was
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    • 26 4 Captain W. Fenrice, Straits Settle- j menus Volunteer Force, is to be Acting; Major whilst Second-in-Command of 2nd Battalion. Straits Settlements Volunteer! Force (Singapore Volunteer Corps).
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    • 237 4 Dutch Liner In Trouble Singapore, Friday. AFIRE broke out on board the Duicn mail liner Marnix van St. Alaegunae at 4.20 p.m. yesterday while me v&m was on her way to Singapore from Bau* via en route to Europe. She was then 60 miles from the pori
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    • 23 4 A Commission bas bee Mr. Richard Frederic OP' tl M Pilot Officer in he Ge Branch in the Strnits SetUen lunteer Air Force.
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  • 32 5 STOCKS AND S HARES. I™« h FmSer md C LvaU and E ™tt. Exchange and Stock Brokers sdf sdf MIXING sdf sdf GENERAL sdf sdf DEBENTURES AND LOANS sdf sdf RUBBER SHARES
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  • 222 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report I Singapore, Friday. In their daily comments on the clo~ smg trend of the W^rket, Messrs Fraser and Co., states:----Tin at midday was $123.50, up $1.50. After a bright start the tin share market rather putered out in the la^e morning and afternoon, prices
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  • 239 5 Singapore. Feb 26 Tin locally up $1.50. Rubber locally closes slightly firmer about 37Up buyers Mining. Raubs $7.00—57.15, Des- pite the substantial rise in the Metal price. Tin shares have been a very dul' market a»id prices show hardly any appreciation over yesterday's. S. Kintas $10.00—
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    • 185 5 THE LOCAL MARKETS (From Our Financial Correspondent; II libber Singapore, Friday evening. To-day's market has been very steady but quiet and the volume of business passing has been small. Nearby deliveries continue to be neglected but there is a moderate trade inquiry lor the forwards; and holdejs are in most
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  • 276 6 MORE interest has been shown In all markets this week both by the trade and by outside operators, and values have appreciated steadily, (states Messrs Stanton Nelson and Co. in their weekly rubber review >. London has given the lead with New York following apparently rather
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  • 269 6 Messrs. Lewis Peat's Report to the shortage of freight space during January, February and March, but locally stocks are accumulating accordingly. Although production and export are two entirely different things tihey are ape to get confused and although we cannot speak with anx certaintity, regarding the N.E.I, the same situation
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  • 222 6 Prices Tend To Move To Lower Levels I MESSRS (iuthrie and Co.. Ltd., in Mil their weekly report on the rubber market, state: In the absence of any large-scale buying by either manufacturers or dealers, prices in all rubber markets earlier in the week tended to move
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  • 102 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore, Friday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F.0.8. February) 36 11.16 36 13 ie Good F.A.Q. in. cases (F.0.8. February) 36 V 2 36% No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose* (awardable S'pore) 36 5 8 36% do. March 36 3 /4
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  • 42 6 Life in the great Sahara Desert depends to a large extent on the date palm. To avoid any tree being left unfertilised, the owners of the trees buy pollen and carry it from tree to tree, thus ensuring a supply of dates.
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  • 191 6 SELLING Singapore, Feb. 26. London T.T. 2 4 1 16 London demand 2 4 ]16 London 4 months' sight 2 4^ Lyons demand 1230 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 57 1 16 Montreal demand 56 15 16 Batavia demand 103 V 2 Samarang demand 103 4 Calcutta, Bombay
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  • 203 6 Singapore. Feb. 26. R. <Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $152 K. <Siam> W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $142 R. <Siam> W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $136 P. <Siam> "White" No. Al $245 R. <Siam> "White Rice" No. 1 $220 P. iSiam.t "White Rice" No. 2
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    • 60 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can hav e access to these I safe boxes, so
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    • 190 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880 Capital Subscribed (Fully P^d up) Y iqocu Reserve Fund Y.i30.500.000 co Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS ""APFLES PLACE. Manager T. yamamoto Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room 5921 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk Xederlandsche llandelMaatschappij, \.V. (Netherlands Trading Society)
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  • 75 7 \f>r months of intensive training Shanghai's first women police have nov started their duties. At the moment these are confined to the searching of female suspects, census-taking and Headquarters office work. On left we see a Shanghai policewoman learning how to search a female "suspect," and
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    • 192 8 M-G-Ms THRILLING MUROKK-MYSTKRY-COMKOY! "TTTTT .<« P. ri. I J SHOWS TO-DAY A L H A IVI Itf l< A :;.i5 b-15 9-15 AN ALL STAR CAST OF REAL STARS WILL THRILL YOU AS NEVER BEFORE Originally "MURDER T CHINESE THEATRE" aa 4. HE solvni MOVIE M s?^! >^H BM^S 7ASU
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    • 152 8 i 7th DAY and still drawing Packed Bon** T Everybody's asking "HOW IS IT I)()\k>Y f 1 3 SHOWS TO-Dvv 4 1 CAPITIIL 3-15-^^, I ERROL FLYNN i with his beautiful co star of lktflL -<ai»laiii Illootl" j^r vfIHL > Warner Bros." Magnificent j 9^ VtM^ "THE RIT CHARGE Bl9H||<
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  • 243 9 Malayan Govt.'s Concession THE FM S Government announced I recently, according to the Exchange, that rubber producers who had made a bona tide attempt to produce up to the quaners quota allowance but were unable to do so, were to be allowed upon application, to carry forward
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    19 9 •ene from the new Paramount comedy "Wedding Presents" featurS Cary Grant and Joan Blondeil. now showing at the Pavilion.
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  • 98 9 Wanted By Japanese ilillionaire Tokyo fcdvertlmMnt for a wife, inserted several Japanese newspapers by vo millionaire, has created great tement among the eligible beauties throughout the country. r hf millionaire (says the British w* Pressl kept his a secret. 'tlvcrtisement said that he was a yr of a
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  • 216 9 After Man's Dismissal Burnley, England. JOHN James Blackburn, aged 20, a farm labourer, tramped through the deserted streets of this lonely village in the direction of Saville-green Farm, owned by Mr. Fouldes Wilkinson, who had discharged him for unsatisfactory work. An hour later he and three
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  • 115 9 Japples" Japanese Apples In London London. JAPANESE apples-the first consignment J that has ever been sent to thir country-are now gracing the stalls or Covent Garden Market. They came from Yokohama to Vancouver across a continent by Canadian railway* and were shipped from Halifax. Nova Scotia, to London. They were
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  • 31 9 In very dry atmosphere the durability of wond'is almost incredible Pieces of wood wooden caskets, and other articles have been taken from Egyptian catacombs which are said to date back 2.0J0
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  • 411 9 CLOTHES MADE OF GLASS NOW Exhibited At British Industries Fair DRITISH textile manufacturers ar^ u concernt-d at the increasing use of substitutes for making cloth. The latest of these is glass, which can b; spun into yarns as soft as silk. These yarns are made into dress materials, blankets, mattresses,
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    • 132 9 SUN TALKIE HALL (NEW WORLD) 7-30 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9-30 p.m. SPECIAL DOUBLE ACTION FEATURE PROGRAMME RICHARD TALMADGE THE KING OF STUNTS IN "Tin: speed reporter** SUPPORTED BY BUCK JONES ACE OF WESTERN STARS IN "SILVER SPIR" EMPIRE TALKIE 7 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9 p.m. ESTHER RALSTON in THE WELL-KNOWN STORY -BLACK
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  • 234 10 Man's Strange Action Trowbridge. AS she was putting on her wedding dress, less than an hour before she was to have been married at St John's Church. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, recently, a girl, aged 22. was told that her finace, of whom she had not heard for three
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  • 192 10 Retired Gangsters Anns Trade Offer Bucnarest. ABRAHAM SYKOVSKY. better known in Chicago's underworld as "Kid Tiger," has been expelled from Rumania, despite his offer to "invest five million dollars in the country's armament industry." The retired American gangster, who claims to have been Ai Capone's righthand man. came
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  • 77 10 New Name For Windsor Hotel London. pERMISSION was given at Windsor 1 Brewster Sessions for a hotel to bo built at the entrance to Windsor Racecourse, to b<> called The Windsor Lad. The licence is being transferred from aw old house in th e centre ol the town
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    60 10 A squadron of Blackburn Shark machines— the "eyes" of the Fleet flying i»vcr Aboukir. the coastal town and Royal Air Force base near Alexandria, Egypt, during Fleet Air Arm exercises with \*ie Home Fleet in the Mediterranean. This picture was made from a machine flying in formation with *he squadron,
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    42 10 Urcraft-carriers of the Home Fleet are co-operating in the naval manoeuvres now taking place in the Medi erranean. Photo shows: An aerial picture of bombers taking off from H. M. Aircraft-carrier "Courageous*- t "attack" ships of th e opposing fleet. Planet News
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    • 27 10 THE LAST WORD IN THE ART OF BREWING v BV^B 1 f •-'•■■'L. f*^ Sole Importers: JThc tasl Asiatic lumiiaiiT. Limit^- I T^^'° UE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG.
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  • 414 11 fast On "A "Shares Since 1932 (By Air Mail) London T i idential Assurance Co. announ- abject to audit, a final aiviHPnd of H*- 0 2-sd. a share, tax free, e «A" shares. This, with the ina share paid in September a total of 19s. 0 2-sd. a
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  • 181 11 Relic Found In Rome 0- N^ Shelley s bones has come tQ 4 fell has been at work on a m t» e m Rome whei? Keats f L the Safe WflS lOSt coor tw,,'hnv w th the °P en W il the h u S huve been
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  • 125 11 Film Offer To Mr. Mrs. Vic Oliver Mr. Vic Oliver, the United States comedian, and his wife (formerly Miss Sarah Churchill > received an offer ironAssociated Talking Pictures to mattheir first appearance together in a film. H'.arlng the news in Manchesto.* wherp he is appearing In "ariety, Mr Oliver telephoned
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  • 13 11 The idea that a butterfly lives only for a day is a myth.
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    • 259 11 TRADE BARGAINS I FOR SALE LEE FLETCHER be s* ond hand refr igerators for sale One Silcox Refrigerator (Condition as new) 8 Cub. Ft. Capacity. One Vactri? Refngerator 5 Cub. Ft. Capacity One Majestic Refrigerator. 4Vo Cub Ft Capacity. One Kelvinator' Refrigerator 4', Cud Ft. Capacity. One Fr&daire Refrigerator 5
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    • 386 11 SPORTS GOODS All requisites fcr Tennis, Golf, Bad minton and BaSi Ball. Stringing ratfce speciality. Singapore sports homi <The Peace Jo.). 171 Oi chard Roac Sintracore Jel O «27] MOTORS FOR SALE GUARANTEED USED CARS A selection of 70—80 excellent Used Can always available in stock. We cac recommend the
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    • 373 11 WEARING APPAREL Yon? Lee Co., High Class Ladles T Dressmaker. Larrre choice of ready made dresses also made to order 82, Orchard t) Road. Hiph Clan Ladies' Tailoring Dresses made to order. Ready made Dresses for sale. Perfect style and finish— CUING YONG— Ladies' Tailor from i Shanghai. No. 153,
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  • 341 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Saturday, Feb. 27, 1937. A CORONATION BONUS |T is announced that all people in Great Britain drawing unemployment pay for, the week ending May 8 and the week following wjll on each occasion be giver, half-a-crown as a Coronation bonus and a shilling for each dependent child.
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  • 857 12 A Weekend Caiiserie by Autolycus ANEW and important era in the entertainment life of Singapore will be begun on Monday, when the medium wave station of the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation commences full scale activities after a formal opening by His Excellency the Governor. The event is a
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  • 171 12 Mr. J D. Mead, of Osborne and Chapel. Jpoh. is on a short visit to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. and Mrs. O. Venables of Kuala Kangsar, are staying at H.H. the Sultan of Perak's bungalow "Istana, Kayangan" Cameron Highlands Mr. J. L. Hope, has been elected a member of the
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    120 12 A young man is now at work in a room at the Natura i- j South Kensington, London, sorting, setting and m 11 collected insects, including wasps, grasshoppers, ants, fleas and o«i f u during the past 12 months in the New Guinea mountains «>. heosman, the explorer. The last
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  • 449 13 MURDERER &> CANNIBAL Escaped From Devil's Island Paris. r\(lN(> death by guillotine for T murder and convicted to cannibalism which, strange as it may seem, i^ not a capital offence— Armand Spilers, champion jailbreak rof France, i lighting for his life before a jury
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    86 13 (iuerts for ihe Coronation in Westnvnster Abbey will enter the Abbey through one of the stained glass windows. The window has been taken out so that guest* with seats against the north aisle will not have to pass through the Abbey to reach their places. A flight of steps is
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  • 96 13 In Custody At Liverpool 1 who stowed away in thr Wri stoamer Patrician, from iw 7 L()lld on. after escaping from md. the French penal settle- l tho coast of French Guiana. Folio" or ils! tody at Commercial-street Nation. London. Horn nm 11 r t maln
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  • 519 13 RECENT DROP IN AIRCRAFT SHARES Due To The Inevitable Lack Of Exact Information London TWELVE months ago an Aircraft share which was quoted at or oeiow par was a rarity inaeed. To-day there arc at least five companies whose share are at a discount, while all have dropped well below
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  • 34 13 Mr. J. R Sta Maria. Office Assistant Negri Sembilan Secretariat and Mr Daniel Orteea, former conductor of th? Selangor State Band, have returned to Seremban after a visit to Manila, for the Eucharistic Congres.*:.
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  • 90 13 Aidershot The police of many counties werp searching for two young soldiers who escaped from the detention cells at the Ramillies Barracks, North Camp, Aldershot, recently. Privates Herbert Austin Orton, aged 21, and George Samuel Wheeldon, aged 22, both of the Ist Worcestershire Raiment, and natives
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    • 33 13 1 THE TRU^TONI^OOD Obtalnabi* of <rf/ Omnku on* Sto^ ■Hn^te^Hiiii pnmiF S Telegraphic Address rtiw^t 5934 f A^ GOODWOOD CHARMINGLY SITUATED IDEAL FOK VICTORS AND TOUK3S. S. Vr) rivalled Facilities for Prirafp Entertainments.
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  • 430 14 OXFORD CRE HOME RETURN TO ATERS tnn h niarp recently when Messrs. Harland and Wolff seat The first launch of the year ,n ™tnti™*lfl™*™* l^ yd to the order of Union Castle afloat the motor-vessel 'Rochester no fewer han 13 new motor vessels have been Mai. Steamship Co. LM. T*™*™*™™
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    • 50 15 Rene ULLMANN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE •i^Sj? Tea Sets i **3?ii **/Ur Coffee Sets ]t V Sauce Boats i .ivs etc. HORS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES eU. Al.sw CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES I THE BEST IS T© COME AND SEE i RENE ULLMANN Raffle* Place, SINGAPORR.
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    1548 16 Signs of spring in thv fashion year -colour*, style, fabrics and prinlsuith informs* -On Sport* Clothe*. "Madcap" is an eminently suitable name for this black felt cornucopia that not only shews the brow but much of the hair as well. It is for the tea or cocktail hour, and
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    • 61 16 EXQUISITE LADIKS UNDERWEAR LARGE NEW SELECTION -SPECIAL PRICESPURE SILK SLIPS S2?J SILK SATIN GOWNS S4 aO EMBROIDERED MANDARIN COATS AT Raffles Hotel Bras Basah Rd j. J. > t 1 Ladies Hairdressers SMAISON PERM I 79, Stamford R cad Tel.: 4610 JMAISON MARIE! 63. Victoria Street. i -^^V SILK STOKE
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  • 75 17 Reversible Fa brics Proving Popular Reversible materials are popular in Hollywood's midsummer mode. Ida Lupino wears a sports frock which demonstrates the effective quality of these fabrics. The skirt of white is polkadotted in navy blue. The jacket is navy blue polka-dotted in white and a "muffles" of the white
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  • 53 17 DIVIDED SKIRTS the thing for GOLF Circular cut culootes have tli* suing of the shorter skirts that is so fashionable. They arc ideal for g01f... and with thi ueaVher if you are not alreach an enthusiastic golfer you should acquire a taste for it and any other wet weather sport
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    • 98 17 CHEMIST INVISIBLE TAMPiU THE MODERN SANITARY NAPKIN FOR THE MODERN WOMAN NO PINS NO PADS NO BELT FROM THE AGENTS FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. RAFFLES PLACE. CAMERAS AND FILMS II Ivwll I n^9 in DR Y CLEANING Iliirlol Oui« k Cleaners for sanie day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m.
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  • 652 18 Big Increase In Merchant Tonnage SHIPBUILDING in the United States took a sharp upward turn in 1926 the output being more than double tha: of the previous year. Merchant ship building is now 67 per cent, greater thar. a year ago. Tne toial volv.re of work now
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  • 55 18 Many persons believe tha* t"' 1 r vd of betoß struck by "gbtntag Is red^ if scissors, knives and o ne tni:lS ,n articles are covered and > ll blinds are drawn CJ^m tnl coverings would, though, br n tion to a flash of ligh'niiK w metal objects can do
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    • 470 18 t« ay Fi E| —^iiii 1 m 2^9^S9 BY PiOand BRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. i*u« Due Tonnage J^™* Tonnage Spore. IW7 1937. RANCHI 17-o°° In p rt RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr. 23 CATHAY 15.U00 Mar. 12 BANGLORE 6,000 May 3 BUKDAWAN 6 070 Mar. 13 CORFU 15,000 May 7 I RAJPUTANA
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    • 139 18 N.Y.K.L.INK GENERAL PASSENGER AGENI> CUNARD WHITE STAK, Lj, (Incorporated In Japan), lo LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles ft Gibraltar. s.s. HARUNA MARU Mar. 4 s.s. KATORI MARU Mar. 18 s.s. KASHIMA MARU Apr. 1 •m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr 14 Rates to Ist Class End daas Naples f497
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    • 148 18 J POSTAL INTELLIGENCE] «fc I STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY rOR PER DATE AMD TIM* Indo-China Yuensang Fth Pengerang S. Soon Heng Christmas and Cocos Islands Islander Feb' J{ Pontlanak Tohiti China (generally) ft Hoihow Ranch! Western Canada ft and Western H £l 2 States of U.S.A. Ranchi 9 Formosa and
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    • 57 19 CAIOVGSIDETHE WHARVES SH 0R FXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No. patronella 32 3 steel Manner 3g 3 I^-eedbank Maron 5 4 Meonia 50 8 Mirzaporc 52 g KUTKI. HARBOUR whirf Heron. Dredeer Kuantan, UlPp£ Mary. Medusa. ffSSCLS IN DRY DOCKS anjons Pagar: L Dock: Submarine Pandora. teppel
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    • 42 19 it h said that the only thing Scotch La set of bagpipes is the sheepskin 1 1 tartan The wood-ebony or cocus bo-res from Africa or Jamaica, the Inn- 'from Africa, the horn from Auspa, S the cane for the reed from
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    • 29 19 fttaund Halley. the astronomer who Tf his name to Halley's Comet did )t discover the comet. He found that appeared every 75 years. It is next tpected in 1985.
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    • 272 19 11 1 II X S 11 1 Ll» LI Xi: incorporated In Australia) Due Sails. mfputp Mar. 1 Mar. b MARELLA Mar 29 Apr 3 Special cheap round trip 'tickets irom Singapore to Australia issued at the fS^SSJ^mm may tracer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K.
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    • 572 19 l^V >ffl |n FRENCH PORTS 1 V I T\ f> W| 1 HI aT homewards I s J DALNY For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Mar. 6 S S CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Mar. 4 I CAP ST. JACQUES For MarseUles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux I Apr.
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    • 201 19 Air Ulail Dcspuiclieft Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 4 p.m. Monday Hongkong. Canton, 'Shanghai, 'Kobe 7 M p a m la to a d n a 'y. VUSA Imp6rla1 **5 Medan JaskS. t Amsterdam? and -Loi?--donl: Netherlands, closing 12.45 pm to-day. Australia New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas.
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    • 40 20 i^nn ri T I ou s 2ozMole Nut Milk CHOCOLATE I|A Al e 2oz. DAIRY MILK CHOCOLATE I I II II ii l I 2oz MILK, FRUIT NUT CHOCOLATE Xftiklfc^ 4 OZ. 20 CENTS 8 OZ. 40 CENTS M 2-A
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    • 454 21 IoX THE RADIO! Bri<i« h Empire I'rogruntnif gSsssaars? and IgSH 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); lf r 19M metres (1514 mcs) and ;'<r 55 metres (9.51 mcs). 5:-«20 a.m.~8.20 1! GSB 31.55 metres (9.51 mcs); n!b »JI m etres (1175 mcs) and OS( 3132 metres (9.58 m«) TO-DAY TRANSMISSION 2 Big
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    • 565 21 ket Test Match: Australia v. England. A ball-by-ball commentary by Victor Richardson on the last t?n minutes o. the second day. followed ty a resunrof the day's play by Alan Kippax. From Melbourne. (In cooperation with the Australian Broadcasting Cemmhsion.' 6.42 a.m.— Scottish County Dance;,. 6.50 a.m.— 'Ezra Pitt and
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    • 888 21 1 Lie 'Murkushi. LoliLi «Bixio>. 1050 a.m. Johann Strauss progTam--11 .00 p.m. Weekly Newsletter, Sports me. Summary, and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 0.05 a.m. i 020 a.m. Close down. 1 11.15 a.m. Popular potpourri. 11.50 a.m. Time signal. Weatlier report. Classical music. 12.20 p.m. Matinee by Nirom Orchestra. 1.10
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  • 100 22 His Thought For His Wife London. TWELVE months ago Percy Hardman. aged 59, of Oswald-road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Manchester, lost his employment, but rather than let his wife know he went out every morning as if he were going to work. This was mentioned to the Manchester Coroner (Mr. C.
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    45 22 Despite the heavy thaw lasting four days, workmen have so far failed to clear the road of snow from Blair «owrie to Glenshee. Perthshire. Here we see workmen digging at the heavy drifts on fhe Lair Brae, five miles from Spittal of Glenshee Topical Press
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  • 140 22 Discovered In Bohemia Prague. SUMMER GLASS" has been discovered in Northern Bohemia. It is a new kind of glass which absorbs the heat or the sun while letting through its light. Technicians had long been interested in heat-absorbing glass, but had hitherto been baffled by the problem that
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  • 114 22 Sunken Treasure Ship To Be Sold By Auction Rouen. THE Telemaque, the treasure ship of French refugees which sank near Le Havre while crossing the Channel in 1790 during the French Revolution, is to be auctioned. Although the Telemaque is still under vater, its purchase may prove valuable.
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  • 30 22 Gout is rarely known among the working classes of Ireland. Their immunity from the complaint is thought to be due to the fact that their food consists largely of potatoes.
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  • 68 22 The largest fish ever caught i. s sa ia to have weighed over 10 tons it was a whale shark 38 feet long, with a girth of 18 feet. it was harpooned 24 years ago off the coast ot Florida. The largest of the more common kind of shark was
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  • 19 22 When it is very hot in summer it i usually because there is an easterly wind from the Continent.
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    • 142 22 Asthma Cause Killed in U Huns Thanks to th«- discovery of an Ai physician, it now Is possible to g«-i ri those terrible spells of choklni roughing and wheeling Asth the true causo which is Oernu In tin No more burning of powders, n i podermic Injections. This n< Mendaco,
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    • 452 22 ON THE RADIO P Continued from page 21) 2 ll». lion"* K 4 metres (11.810 kcs). TO-DAY 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement. The week in review. News in Hindustani. Music requested by radio listeners. News In Italian. Vocal concert. JA'K'A lloiigkoag TO-DAY Wavcle-gth 31.49 nuti-s (9,525 kcs» 11 50 a.m. European
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    • 110 22 (Continued from previous column) 11.10 a.m. News in French, Mantel Prices, Rates of Exchange. 11.50 a.m. News in English. 12.05 p.m. Concert. 1.05 p.m. News in German. 1.20 p.m. Close Down. Wavelength: 25.24 metres (11.885 kcs.) 4.20 p.m. Records. 4.35 p.m. News in French. 5 p.m. News in English. 5.10
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  • 278 23 Memorial Plaque To Be Erected Johannesburg EIGHTY-FOUR years after the event. u a memorial plaque to the soldiers and crew who perished in the historic wreck of H.M. troop-ship Birkenhead will soon be on view to the public here. Made of bronze at the Pretoria branch
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  • 225 23 Coronation Review At Spithead APPLICATIONS for anchorage berths to witness the Coronation Naval Review at Spithead on Thursday. May 20 are now reaching the Admiralty. The line of Naval units and Merchant Service ships will extend beyond four miles, says "The Journal of Commerce and Shipping
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  • 46 23 A scientist has discovered that bright colours are an unfavourable ground for the propagation and growth of microbes. Consequently, if houses, hospitals, schools and public buildings of a similar character have wallpapers bright in their hue, a certain amount of immunity from microbes will be enjoyed.
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  • 1080 24 Chancellor Replies To Critics Of The Plan London. Feb. 26. lion's rejection motion o es J}as "a war measure." it involved the nations. Even now. though the prospect was discouraging, he did not despair of presently finding some new fields m which fresh contacts
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  • 277 24 ANGLO-CANADIAN TRADE AGREEMENT Ottawa Pacts Operative Until August London. Fob rE text of the new trade agreement between the United Kingdom Canada, signed on Feb. 23, reveals that Canada will apply lhe m d favoured foreign nation treatment to colonial goods. The Dominions Secretary was asked in the House of
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  • 124 24 Unique Entertainment In Singapore MADAME Scotia, the Bardess of the Gorsedd. delighted her audience with her recital at the Memorial Hall last night. She sung Songs of the Hetrides, many in Gaelic, others in English, some to her own accompaniment on the clarsach and others unaccompanied. She has
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  • 184 24 Murder Mystery Comedy A MURDER mystery with humour prevailing throughout is "Mad Holiday.' the amusing M.G.M. production put at the Alhambra Theatre yesterday. The suspense is maintained until the very end. A film star famous for his portrayal of a fictitious detective takes a vacation, meets the creator
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  • 100 24 Mr. L. V. J. Laville For The Bench A GOVERNMENT Gazette notification states that Mr. L. V. J. Laville, Bar-rister-at-Law. 8.A., has been appointed to act temporarily as a puisn e judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Mr. F. T. Clifton has "been appointed
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  • 45 24 A NOTIFICATION in the Government Gazette issued last night states that the Hon. Dr. Lim Han Hoe has been reappointed a nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council. The Hon. Mr. R. Williamson is appointed to be temporarily an unofficial member of the Executive Council.
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  • 245 24 Ex-clerk Sent To Prison Singapore, Frid THE cast came up lor hearta before Mr. w. g. kk magistrate, kn which Koh u... formerly a clerk employed by the Java Trading Company, was with cheating In respect Hi worth $10.2 j. On the last date ol hean. secutin^ oilicer
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  • 32 24 Nominees On Munieip* Commission the Muni* THE subject of nominees on" ellda cipal Commission is on for the meeting of JhcSt^ {c be mente (Singapore) A^soc held on Monday.
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  • 1779 25  -  HERMES by Enormous Interest In Visit Of Sir Julien Cahn's Cricketers rvEN those amongst us who have not t i u iv great enthusiasm for cricket ,n the normal course of events will be Sitehin" with interest the progress of LC ila I match at the S.C.C.
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    41 25 Sir Julien Cahn a pleasing recent photograph of the leader of the cricket side which will tour in Mai oya at the end of March. This picture was taken in London the day the tourists left for the East. Planet News
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  • 115 25 Y.M. C. A. Tennis Ties For First Day Of Open Tourney THE following are the ties for the first day (Monday, Mar. 1> of the open tennis tournament conducted by the Y.M.C.A. Play will commence at 5 p.m., and the first named player of each ties is requested to get
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  • 15 25 In June, 1898. nn inkoener refused to *erve a girl cyclist who arrived in trousers.
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  • 725 26 MALAYS' BETTER FINISHING TRIUMPHS Keen Soccer In Padang Match With S. C. C. Singapore, Friday. r»su2iASgMSj£3*3 indulged in long swee ping P^ 1 «J t^ e Malays kep? the ball low. instead of aa Abbo?f e played a sound game for Ihe SCC His passing was accurate and j J
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  • 102 26 Card Passed For Friday, Mar. 5 Singapore. Friday. IT a meeting of the Board of Control i held last night the following proramme submitted by Mr. Bertie Bell vas passed: Young Johnson vs. Ignacio Fernandez, 12 rounds Johnny Mortell vs. Joe Peralta. 10 rounds. Eric Blood vs. Seaman
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  • 165 26 Printers Of Cigarette Labels Singapore, Friday. JEARLY 200 workers at the factory of N the London and Eastern Printing Co., utd in Hoe Chiang Road, went on strike yesterday as a protest against certain recording of work done. A Tribune reporter who visited the factory this morning found
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  • 44 26 Canton, Feb. 26. AN adviser to the Shensi Provincial n Government and the pilot were drowned when a plane crashed into the river at Samshui, Kwangtung. on Wednesday. The bodies have not yet been icccvered— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 251 26 Soccer Defeat By Y.M.C.A. Singapore, Friday. SCORING twice in th e first half without reply, the Y.M.C.A. defeated the SR.C. in a friendly football match on the Padang thifc evening. The home team were without the services of some of their regular players and did not
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  • 172 26 F.M.S.— Colony Match To Go (By "Forward") Singapore, Friday. ON the eve of the departure to-night of Singapore's players for Kuala Lumpur for to-morrow's F. M.S. -Colony hockey match, the composition of the Colony team had still not been finally decided upon. Anyhow, Dawson (over whom
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  • 508 26 WEARNE'S WIN AGAIN Business Houses League m Singapore. Friday lUEARNE BROTHERS continued ft* run of victories in the Busi n Z Bouses Soccer League this evenintWS ihey beat the G.E.C. by throe S to on e on the Y.M.C.A ground Wearnes were definitely the simerinr Learn throughout and fully deserved
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  • 39 26 S. t. C. Championship Final On Wednesday THE final of the Singapore Cricket Club billiards championship (500 up) between Mr. A. D. Baker and Mr. H. Gray will be played on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m.
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  • 21 26 London, Feb. 25. Second Division matches played today:— Coventry 0 Leicester 2. Swansea 2 Sheffield Utd. 1. i Reuter.
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  • 12 26 The safest place in a thunderstorm is indoors in a large city.
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  • 73 26 fF rom Our Oion Correspondent By Air Mail I London^ Colonel H. C. Harrison will be remembered a>^ pore has been »PP°^J!? d of the 14th infantry Bi»{, irom June 29 n*xt. ti Mr Helen, daughter of tftc Kellie-Smith of Perak j (ndflft week at St. Mark's Churcn.
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  • 712 27 DEVON KING NAPPED FOR SPRING CUP FINAL DAY OF RACES (It.MK HORSES TO Id OVER 4. OII» < 1 l» <OI hsi; (By "Cap*. Hawk") ILWAYS enterprising in its activities, the Singapore Turf Club has done muctv to make racing more and more interesting in Malaya. Th* even f urlong
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  • 712 27 pHROUGH the bleak gloom of winter there comes some news of ciristances which will bear upon our e cricket when summer sunshine comes, writes "Watchman" in the Observer."; irles Philip Mead, so long a part i Hampshire, has not, it seems, been re-engaged
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    35 27 Jockey Dodd. here seen on Jack L'ruce, one of his three winners on Wednesday, rides his last race in Singapore to-day. He i-s returning to Australia, but may come back to Malaya in May. (Tribune).
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  • 1110 28 \i sni\i i i;vr \nusni\<. bh. TOTAL Melbourne, Feb. 26 ANOTHER brilliant partnership between Don Bradman and McCabe for the* third Australian wicket, which realised 249 runs and set up a new record for the third wicket in Test matches, enabled Australia to
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    27 28 The pictures above and below are of incidents in the friendly soccer match on the padang yesterday in which the Malaw beat the S.C.C. S— 2. (Tribune).
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  • 17 28 England: Allen leapt.), Wyatt, Barnett, Leyland, Hammond, Voce, Verity, Worthington. Fames, Ames, Hardstaff and 12th man, Plshlock.
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  • 26 28 Congress Party Success In Madras Madras, Feb. far lV1 FE Congress Party has so 116 seats out of 1^ 01^ in Maara> R euter
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