Morning Tribune, 20 March 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 42 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. March 20, 1937 FIVE CENTS.
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  • 762 1 i m; smrsov imvoiu INTER VENTION ON FILE WHY IM< 111l 101 Ul \4M lll>iaim absolute "UNDEFENDED Divorce Case: Simpson W. versus Simpson E. A.: Application by King's Proctor for directions. This entry was contained in the cause list yesterday for the hearing which opened to-day.
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  • 117 1 Italians Driven Back Madrid, Mar. 19. GOVERNMENT forces claim to have recaptured Brighuega, where the Itailan General Bergonzoli. commander of merchanis?d Italian divisions, is reported o have had his headquarters. The Government forces state that they list captured five villages surrounding Brighuega. taking much booty and many
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  • 61 1 U. S. Agrees Earlier Freedom For Philippines Washington. Mar. 18. DRESIDENT Quezon and United States officials have agreed on the terms ol a proposal to advance the date of complete independence for the Philippines from 1946 to 1948-9. A committee of experts will be appointed to work out the details
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  • 41 1 A divisional Court-martial in Prague haa passed sentence of death on a warrant officer in the Szechoslovak Army. umed Krejza. who had been found guilty of espionage. This is the first >f capital punishment for this kind of offence in Czechoslovakia.
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  • 38 1 German house owners must in future deposit a duplicate of their front door keys with the nearest police station, so that in the event of an air attack defence officials may be able to enter any house instantly.
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  • 180 1 London. Mar. 19. AFFICIAL silence after yesterday's Tin Committee meeting has aroused senV sational deductions by newspapers and some tin circles that the Committee seriously contemplating abandonment of the control scheme. Reuter has reason to believe that there is no truth therein. It ls
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  • 87 1 Arrest Of 6,000 Workers? Detroit, Mar 19 CIRCUIT Judge Alan Campbell has ordered writs of attachment calling for the arrest of 6.000 sit-down strikers In the Chrysler factories The Chrysler Corporation has intimated that it will not proceed immediately against the high officials of the United
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  • 113 1 The Manoeuvres In Hongkong Hongkong, Mar. 18 THE following communique on the manoeuvres in Hongkong wa.s issued by the authorities:— "The action during the night can be I summarised as a number of raids, by sea, land and air, by the Blues endeavouring to inflict material damage and
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  • 59 1 London, Mar. 19. I FTER a tour of the Fenland district, a Catchment Board engineer states Lhat tlie position is undoubtedly sti.l very cr'.tical and it is impossible to say •a hat might happen. The banks mighi, bieak anywhere. No further serious breaches of the i vers are
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    • 25 1 4., ON OTHER PAGES i Page j U.S. Explosion 2 Sports Notes 25 Title Bcxing >G J Grand National 27 I Soccer Tennis 27 i <•
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    • 33 1 WANT MILK THAT KEEPS PERFECTLY i WITHOUT REFRIGERATION IN ANY CLIMATE? I THEN GET KLIM POWDERED WHOLL M T T ,K S i OBTAINABLE EVERYWHKKi: -.lIKTKIBITORS. J t.i 1/ it. nov a ce.
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  • 541 2 SCHOOL IN TEXAS TORN ASUNDER Parents' Frantic Search Amongst Wreckage NEARLY 700 children were killed in Texas when their school collapsed as the result of an explosion in the boiler room. Only 100 were left alive out of those gathered in the main hall. The
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  • 251 2 Accused Acquitted By Magistrate Singapore. Friday. BEFORE Mr. T L Tan. the fifth magistrate. Chanan Singh came up for judgment in the case in which he is charged with giving false information to a police officer with the intention of causing annoyance to one Baksh. Singh, boy
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  • 150 2 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of the officers of the Malayan Civil Service to be members of the Colonial Legal Service. Mr. G. B Kellagher. European Judge. Kedah Mr. J. L. McFall. Officer of Class 18, Ma'iyan Civil Service. Mr. H
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  • 528 2 Husband Faces Trial On Two Counts Singapore, Friday ■IR I W Wells of Telok Kurau Koad lu\vas chained to-day before Mr. T. t Tan on two summonses— of having faulted his wife Cicelia Wells on Mar. 7 refusing to. or failing to maintain his W The
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  • 49 2 In exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 8 of the Holiday Ordinance. His Excellency the Governor has appointed the 9th day of June to be observed as a Public Holiday throughout the Colony in substitution for the birthday of His Majesty King George VI
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  • 563 2 Singapore The Coronation Decoration Hans For I l '4 JHROI'GH the Pros,. I* s,n Bapo.e8 apo.e Municipal 'ommissioners 1 making an appeal to the public tj co-operafe .n the celebrations the Coronation of H.M. Kin, Geem M in May next. The appeal fc contained b thi. following terms: ,he The
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  • 61 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Mar. 19. THE various British societies here I are combining to hold a b, g baU for the whole of the British I ce km and their friends at the sports club. probably on the Friday m corn ut on week.
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  • 503 3 NAVAL BASE UNDER FIRE More Questions In The Commons London, Mar. 18. iti IK question of the cost of the Singa J pore Base was raised in the Comr m the report stage of the Naval j ates. by the Opposition labour number. Mr. Hall, who pointed out that the
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  • 502 3 Late Mr. Lim Leong Geok THE funeral of the late Mr. Lim Leong Geok took place on the morning of Mar. 17. the cortege leaving the residence of the deceased. No. 72 Cornwall Street, for Bukit Brown at 11 a.m. There was a large attendance, and wreaths were
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  • 90 3 Indian's Alleged Tale Of A Marriage Singapore. Friday. SELVARAYAN v/rj. produced to-day before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the third magistrate, on two charges of cheating Mrs. R-*gina Fernando, falsely representing that his brother Joseph John would marry her daughter, and thereby dishonestly induced her to give him $300
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  • 29 3 Hongkong. Mar. 19. Mr. Chen Siang Lin. the Police chief of Amoy, was assassinated yesterday morning. The culprits are described as four "foreigners." Sin Chew Jit Poh
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  • 115 3 Three Drunk Cases In Court Mngapore, Thursday THAT even the dignity of Law can be ruffled by piquant situations, manifested itsolf to-day when three men ol different nationalities woe charged with being drunk and disorderly on the night of Mar. 17. Teja Singh, a Sikh, burst into
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  • 68 3 S.S. A ppoint ments The following appointments are notified in the Government Gazette. Miss M E Bliss to be a European Mistress, Malayan Educational Service Mr. G. A. Baxendale to be an Accountant, Corps of Accountants, S.S and F M.S. Mr. L. Forbes. M.C.S.. to officiate as District Officer, Province
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  • 48 3 It is notified in the Government Gazette that, with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the titles of the appointments of Deputy Public Prosecutor, Singapore, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Penang, and Assistant to the Attorney-General, have been changed to Crown Counsel, Straits Settlements.
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    • 354 3 GREW HEAVIER AS HE GREW OLDER His System was Hecorning Sluggish U is the fate ol man*, people to put on weight after reaching the age of torty. This is usually a sign that the internal Organs are getting tlugglsh and lazy m their work ih- remedy is simple the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 36 3 Law Xotiee For To day Before Mr. Justice Home i n the 2nd Court at 10.30 am:— Magistrates' Appeals:— (l) Rex vs. Agnes Carmichael Begg. (2) Rex vs Rethnam and Packiri, <3» Rex vs Albert Schoon.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 119 4 RUBBER London. Mar 19 La.st Price To-day Change Tone Quiet D U Sellers. 12% 12 3 8 1-» Sellers. 12% l'-4 Julv'sept Buyers. 12 1116 124 3 6 JUly P Sellers. 12 13 16 12 916 London Mar 19 PALM OIL (Malay) Last Price To-day Kb bulk Mar.
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    • 70 4 London. Mar. 19 Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) SHftLa iSiviii lS T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.93 1316 s.yj ib T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate* Is. 223 3- is. T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate* Is. 3d. .M. T.T. on Japan (closing
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    • 36 4 London Mar 19 Previous To-day Change GOLD Fine Bar oer ot £7 2 4 7.2.4* 2 +tt silver Spot 20" r 203 4 -J 8 i months forward 20 8 2 3 4 8
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    • 34 4 Douglas, a port one of the principal islands off the coast of Alaska with a population of 600, was almost destroyed by fire recently in less than three hours No casualties have been reported.
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    • 26 4 New stamps will shortly be issued in Travancore State. South India, to commemorate the proclamation ordering the opening of all State-owned Hindu temples *o the Untouchables.
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    • 216 4 Lawyer To Lead 10,000 To Palestine Warsaw UNDAUNTED by the failure of hi. attempt last November to march from here with over 5.000 youthful Jews to Palestine, the lawyer William Rippel is now reported to be organising a second march in which he hopes to have a
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    • 126 4 London \u r Distillers Pre Chan. Dunlop Rubber ig V Ol 1 J2 9 General Electric 87 9 i- Imperial Chemical Industries 39 4'., JU Imperial Tobacco 151 q 1 i -l Anglo-Dutch 496 l Canadian Pacific 155 7% ~3 London Tin (New Share) 6 3 6
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    • 19 4 ON Standard. PreTIOUS To daT ■sfX)t (afternoon closing price) £3024 2934 _£9 Forward £2944 285 4" _M
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    • 33 4 RUBBER New York MU 18 Previous To-day Change Tnn*. Steady Dull 55 gj gj JJJJ 9 9 JX AP t UDe Selkrr 25> 3 h Tone Steady Firm Spot 65
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    • 307 4 EMPIRE DAY OF PR A YER To Be Held On Coronation Eve (By Air Mail London ON Mav 11. the eve of the Coronation, a "Day of united intercession" is to .o held throughout the whole British fmuire bv the Churches. This is announced in the Bath and Wells Diocesan
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    • 92 4 Inhabitants Of Terrorised N.-:stroo:n (Ttansn MAD baboon has A country round T^SSa have men and children ofthe < tm^ jbeen badly scared-but tne most elusive. KameelNow it has been >een at iure doom. A farmer spotted the only 20 yards away He reports that tne >
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    • 88 4 Former German Colony The Subject B< T HE former German **™*&0_ T Afrlcal the subgtofa^ in v.hieh has just been Bavaria. -Mama The Play- entitled "JJJ w r-Ou? Mother'), i" by and deals with the £t .1 soldier-farmer's fan lily in f in the years between 1898
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    • 26 4 V w _w_V I I A SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, MOTOR CAR INSURANCE AT REASONABLE RATES. Tel 5926. 2 Finlayson Green.
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  • 1652 5 I /ssHPrf bV ''Mer anH Lo.& Lyall an d Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore. Mar. 19. 1937. 6 n in i Shares "^e $1 unless otherwise .fated I rmst'v uo. Lyall Eva Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller; I i Ampat Tin 6 6 6 6 6 6
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 180 5 Singapore. Friday mominsr Singapore: 42 3 4 cts.. up l ct. Market Tone: Irregular London: 12 1 2d., up 1 I6d ket Tone: Easier after firm New York: 255|16 cts., up 916 ct. Market Tone Dull. Singapore, Friday evening. The market opened Urn this morning on a certain amount
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    • 29 5 Singapore, Friday noori. Singapore: $*****. up $17 3. London: Spot 1:302 io.s up 100s.; three months C294 Ite., up 100s. Mew York: 66 cts. up 4 ct.; firm.
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    • 8 5 iA.ndon-New Yor!: 488.65 New York-London 438.23 32
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    • 182 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore. Mar. 19. Tin at. mid-day was $144 3 4. up $1.7 8. The market experienced another (pile! dav In Tin shares In the Sterling section there Were tail enquiry lor Ayer Hitams. Tomoh-. Southern Kintas. Southern Tronohs and Pengkalens amongst others Amongst Dollar
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    • 323 5 Mr. Julian Israel 's Report Singapore, Mar 19 Tin locally up 1%. Rubber locally Closing steady about 43 1 buyer. July Sept. Mining. Raubs 17.06 $7.15. Tin hare, ure steady some a little firmer, and lair volume ol business is passing, with the pre ent strong market in Tin higher
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  • 225 6 COMMENTING upon the local rubber market In their weekly report. Messrs. Guthrie and Co state Following on the announcement of the International Rubber Regulation Committee's decision that the July September quota to be increased from 85 per cen: I 90 per cent, and the October December quota
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  • 300 6 Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's Views -.By Air Mail; Staines. Middlesex AN affirmation of his faith in the League of Nations and an expression of his determination not to allow the Empire to be "assailed or assaulted by any other power" has been made bv Ramsay MacDonald. Lord President
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  • 51 6 A meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association will be held on Wednesday at 2.15 p.m. The items on the agenda include Sale of Improvement Trust land, advertisements on walls, advertisements in the Rural Board area, constitution of committee, assessment 1937, and proceedings of the Rural
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  • 22 6 The Swiss Federal Council has described to reinforce the guards on the northern frontier by eight new companies of 120 men each.
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  • 164 6 Messrs Lewis Peat Rubber Report Singapoie, Mar. 19. The announcemer* t by the International Rubber Regulation Committee or, the 16th has had a most stimulating effect on the market. It has been decided that no change shall be made in the permissible exfor April June; but for the second half
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  • 84 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore. Friday noon. No. i.x.R.s.s. In eases F.0.8. March' 424 434 Good FAQ. in cases iFO.B March- 424 Wk NO. I.X.R.S.S. <Spot-loo>e» »awardable S'pore 424 42*4 do. March 425 8 424 do. Apr. June 42'4 43 do. July Sept. 43
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  • 71 6 Delegation To Petition Nanking Nanking. Mar. 18 A DELEGATION from Kowioon City, on the mainland opposite Hongkong, has arrived in Nanking to petition the Executive Yuan and the Chinese Foreign Office asking them to maintain Chinese jurisdiction over the city. Dr. Philip Tyau. Foreign Affairs Commissioner in Canton,
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  • 38 6 The following pupils of the Sacred Heart Convent School. Malacca, satisfied the requirements of the school cerate in the recent Cambridge Local examinations: Senior— A. Minjoot. Jimior— M. Lopez, Lee Gek Lung and IN. Minjoot.
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  • 185 6 SELLING Singapore. Mar. 19. London T.T. 2 4 116 London demand 2 4 116 Londo n 4 months' sight 244 Lyons demand 1240 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 57 Montreal demand 564 Batavia demand 103 5 8 Samarang demand 103 3 8 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demands 154
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  • 204 6 Singapore. Mar. 19. R <Siam' W Coast No. 1 per Koyan $150 R 'Siam' W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $142 R (Siam' W Coast No. 3 per Koyan 5136 R (Siam i ••White" No. Al $240 R .Siam- 'White Rice" No 1 $224 R. (Siam. "White Rice' No.
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  • 101 6 Sacrifice Of £10,000 A Year MR. Gavin, Turnbull Simonds, Kings Counsel, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Justice Eve. who Is retiring after having been a judge of the Chancery Division for 30 years. Mr. Simonds. who is 55 years of age and has been a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 222 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. 1 Established in 1B80) Capital Subscribed (Fuu*v paid up) t_.__.__-, Reserve Fund Y nnaft ft -130.900,000X0 Head Office: YOKOH.v_viA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS PLACE. Manager T yam^oto. TO: N °iS 49 iWlaila B^s Room 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's D.sk NederUuMkeke II a 11
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  • 140 7 New fashions for the Coronation sr, son-with names as original and exquisite as their .Hfl WIW jjyni by ll.ick-Philippe at their firosyenor Street (London) salons. Our pictu r e shows visitors watching the fashion display. Planet News u n .meA First Night" shown at -lUea-
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    • 204 8 FEATIIU. snow: LAUGHTER RIGHT "OM T "E iffim', j T ij{i£i I fVV rk »S "fll" 'TA' i ..*-5 _/__»s»^^ v. !> i <*£_# JP^r^____tr EVELYN VENASLZ J| Un <^to St^^^S-BfW *E* Pr.i.nt.d b» Esther Ralston Ralph Fork** ALSO I IpItfNARD I A *&TY> rXwAN. A 1 k I&_ TO-DAI
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    • 191 8 I'OMIIVIJV LAST h\v <\l t 'lToir|:--i-,-«.i.;-. > fl* YOU thought "THE \H\h\ \L) I I I MAN** was swell, you'll say <_$ our NEW picture is a riot— Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man are back again. Me too! </tf.. *7i»'-' w^ Jir k ______W V*« hw»*^ *4r mij _J^IH K
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  • 1028 9 LOVE FOR HER HUSBAND Doubted By The T WITH blunt frankness the Divorce Court President, Sir Boyd Merriman. referred to the conduct of a turband and wife, said to have lived ;l -cat and dog" life, who were opposed in an action, 'he hearing
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 130 9 PAVILION OPENING TO-MORROW J s— 1 WAe-J GreeJc Meete Greeic j I IN A HUG OF WAR! S ,*o*. ________P^ TAe girlinamillion who **2f _-04_-_-__. -___^_E_________ c_!_^^^__p __________i_____L_r **>5? Ir JH A la-qh rr._kl iom»nce wuh i b MH V^~ te TK- M- l»snion ♦yf __W___r __o___m_ _r in u
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    • 222 9 5. r i I m|>i»« Talkie* S 1 (TANJONG PAGAR J I 7 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9 p.m. I THE GREATEST i I THRILL PICTURE OF THE YEAR! V __\_^^^J___7_____ I -^s|\ .■-'■■'> "->*- •^x m *m\_*mr_Am\m I V *^vv __t_W mM _w ~'ji_j t^^^_ FLAMING ACTION i TENDER ROMANCE I
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  • 122 11 A ttempte d Su ic ide [reused Produced In Singapore. Thursday. UJITH a red rope-mark still round his W neck. Chan Ah Tiang was produced lV before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third" Magistrate, on a charge of at,ting to commit suicide at a house i Daxton Road on Mar.
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  • 192 11 Te xtile Dumping Yugoslav Manufacturers Seek Protection Belgrade. YUGOSLAV textile manufacturers have appealed to the Government for •ective action against extensive dumping In Yugoslavia. The textiit dumping, they allege, consists mainly of man and Italian goods. Measures already exist in the Customs Act, it is pointed out which. If strictly
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  • 150 11 Red, White Blue Dutch Flag Question Settled The Hague. RED, white and blue will tn future be K the official colours of the Dutcn announcement to this «£«*J*£ made by the Minister for Home rs, Dr J. A. De Wilde, to answer o questions of members to tn^° U^ nP
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  • 154 11 Denied Motherhood ''<nr For Woman Hurt In Cm Crash Glasgow. A NEWLY-MARRIED woman, faced th the possibility that as a result motor-car accident she would *J to have a child, was awarded damages at Liverpool Assizes recently. The case was one in which Emmanuel Sandler wholesale provision merchant, of West
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 244 11 TRADE RARI.AIXS J FOR SALE 1036 MODEL REFRIGERATORS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES 3' 2 Cubic Feet $210 00 4 240 00 5 280.00 Before you buy any refrigerator be rare to see our 1937 models with 5-year guaranteed sealed units. LEE FLETCHER 102-106, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE BARGAINS! Read this page
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    • 435 11 SPORTS GOODS All requisites for Tennis, Golf, Badminton and Base Ball. Stringing racket 1 speciality. SINGAPORE SPORTS HOME, J (The Peace vJo.), 171 Oi chard Roaa, 1 Singapore. Tel. No. 6271. MOTORS FOR SALE i GUARANTEED USED CARS. A selection of 70 80 excellent Used Cars always available in stock.
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    • 372 11 WEARING APPAREL Yong Lee Co., High Class Ladles Dressmaker. Large choice of ready made iresses also made to order. 82, Orchard Road. High Class Ladies' Tailoring Dresses made to order. Ready made Dresses for sale. Perfect style and finish CHING YONG— Ladies' Tailor from Shanghai. No. 153, Orchard Road. Maison
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  • 311 12 MORNING TRIBUNE INDIANS AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE Singapore: Saturday, Mar. 20, 1937. FN addition to an extensive survey of the condition of Indian labour Id Malaya. Mr. Sastri's report contains reference to other matters of special interest to the Indian community. One of these is the question of appoint ments
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  • 711 12  -  Autolycus Wrckend •I aiise. by mjo one has ever succeeded to defining exactly the meaning of the expression, "sense of humour", whether it is merely the ability to appreciate a joke or something deeper. Popularly it Is interpreted as indicating an ability to appreciate a joke even when
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  • 210 12 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh LeFleming left Port Swettenham by the "Sarpedon" on their way Home. i. <• Messrs. J. R. Watson and J. Cockburn left Singapore for Sourabaya and Mr. Bryning for Brisbane. -4" Mr. Harold Scott gave an excellent pianoforte recital recently at the Lower Perak Club to
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  • Article, Illustration
    49 12 Daisy and Rose Robinson of Oldham, who are Lancashire sm^ tiful twins. Although only lift years of age, Doin k Daisy riiiliprizes in beauty competitions throughout the cOU "J\ y [JJ gir i with the was recently awarded first place in a eontest *o ™nu perfect figure. (Planet News).
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  • Page 12 Advertisements

  • 780 13 "King" Of Punters: His £1-000 Bets CHAMPAGNE AND CIGARS 110,000 Offer For Greyhound QENTENCID at C hertsey. Surrey, to v six months' hard labour for tain ins £*0° from a bookmaker by ,isr pretences. George Arthus Davis, riibed as a professional punter. oi Christchurch-road. Virginia Water, is a little man
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  • Article, Illustration
    42 13 Above and below are scenes on the lcwer Bristol road following the overfl twin-; of the River Avon and the subsequent flooding of nearby streets These Good Samaritans in punts performed herculean tasks in bclping people to cross the road. (Topical Press).
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 33 13 SPECIAL EXHIBITION Closes At .\oon To-Day SIAMESE ART WORK *«*m»w GOLD. SILVER. XIELLO U THENT.C S.AMESE gmg- *»g»« FROM TT.E SHDH, MB. F. W. MARGRETT OF BANGKOK. SHOWING AT:— ADELPHI HOTEL. s.ncapo RE
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    • 39 13 I THE TRUE TONIC FOOD j Obtain*-.* pf cl. Ch.rr.ax. and Stern I 5933 "O Ttlerraohic Address: r M^V GOODWOOD xV^jQ jlffif *^J(IH t_f f*fl 4 rw^'^^C^ir^ CHARMINGLY SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOUKIjiS. Unrivalled Facilities for Private Entertainments.
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  • Article, Illustration
    146 14 WINTE THR LO Communications have been interrupted in many parts of Britain by terrific gales and snow-storm which have made roaa- impassable and caused widespread damage. Our picture show* a telegraph pole blown down at Parracombe. North Devon. (Planet News). Winter sports came into their own asam whit-e inches deep.
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  • 101 15 SPORTS LS IN DON! A large-eyed Kaola bear (bush baby) recently born in the London Zoo. warmly wrapped in a muffler against London's wintry weather. The Kaola, original of the children's teddybear, is a native of Australia. (Planet News). ■stead Heath. wher e London'.^ snow-storm laid a carpet of ceding
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 36 15 Rene ULLMAN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE T Sauce Boats HORS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc. ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES THE BEST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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  • Article, Illustration
    1691 16 FASH I O N S rlioosiii" vour nt*w wardrobe* spring is youthful rolour rhapsodies laee for nn nation season Manchuria provides inspiration (for new hats flushes from Paris THERE'S nothing that I'd like better than to help personally every one of you who is puzzled with selecting her new wardrobe.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 40 17 Ladies Hairdressers MAISON PERM 1 79, Stamford Road. Tel.: 4610 j j MAISON MARIE 63, Victoria Street. *> m m a^^ mmmm m e*mmmmm____W________________————__m_ EXCLUSIVE DRESS-MAKERS WE UNDERTAKE TO DO IT AT SHORTEST NOTICE Tajmahal Store 23, HIGH ST. TEL. 3849.
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    • 20 17 AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECTORS OF GExNUINE OLD IVORY BEAUTIFULLY HAND CARVED ALSO LOVELY QUARTZ FIGURES NOW AT ft-ACHCCS RAFFLES HOTEL
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    • 95 17 A TOURIST r S S II O V I G IT GUIDE j STATIONER I JOIN GLOVE It 'S Detective Fietion L 1 11 it ait l Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor) The Arcade, Singapore. BOOKSHOP KELLY WALSH'S Dollars and or
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    • 84 17 DRY CLEANING Bnr t o I O1 1 ie k Cleaners for main e da j service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected b> 6 p.m. same day. 878, Orchard Rd. Phono 7771 EYES mmmmmmmmmm^—.—^ Ml i fr— I— I j*_W' Eye Examinations, Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL
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  • POSTAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 206 18 British Ships Calling At Cardiff THE Port Sanitary Autl are perturbed over the Is i ber of sanitary defects or. board Bl I ships calling at Cardiff. It stood, telegraphs the Cardiff < 1 pondent oi "The Journal oi and Shipping Telegraph," to be issued shortly will
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    • 103 18 TWO DEATHS ON LINER Woman Passenger And Officer On Holiday Cruise mWO British subject! died I the 19.000-ton Cunard-W liner Laconia. while on a a announced when the vessel arnvi Rio de Janeiro recently. A woman Armstrong. 3/. of Bevene y, w aied from pneumonia. Hei D sent back to
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    • 12 18 llr. 1. Bigot jtlv ChJe^f! 'erak. left for Knan District ;ion duty.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 463 18 I I *1 I BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Due Uue Tonnw Spore. To"'---1937 RAJPUTANA ***** Mar. 26 NALDERA 16 000 May 21 ggSSf A o: I CARTAGE 15.000 June 4 lawALPINDI 17.000 Apr. 23 BEHAR 6.000 June 4 eioOO May 3 RANCHI 17.000 June 18 CORFU 15.500 May 7
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    • 138 18 IN.Y.K. UNE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, MarseiUes Gibraltar. s.s. KASHIMA MARU Apr. 1 -m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr 14 s.s. 'HAKONE MARU" Apr. 29 ss. SUWA MARU May 13 Kates to lst Class tn< L ci **J,
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    • 252 18 m j STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES Germany iParceli only) saale *J a -ni. Pamangkat, Sambas and Singkawang Tomohon > hl a m. Tandjong Pinang Valentijn India° East, North and West: Samhia Borneo (North), Brunei and Labuan Darvel _L pm Sarawak (generally) Bintulu* Trengganu I Parcels only) Lipis Netherlands Indie*:-Bagai. Toboali fi
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  • 133 19 Proposal To Change Share Value AN extraordinary general meeting uf of Radella Rubber be held in Malacca on 10.15 a.m. to consider the (solutions: 1. luthorised capital of tne pany of $200,000; divided Into 40,000 \t $5 each, be subdivided into 00 shares of $1 each, and that
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    • 242 19 mmm 1 I—i1 i »i—^—v I «ir\s phil p lim: (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MARELLA Mar 29 Apr 3 MERKUR M M y Special cheap round trip tickets irom Singapore to Australia issued at the K^ss^sengers may transier at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or .Melbourne to the connecting
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    • 462 19 |g^ y^ TO FRENCH PORTS t. S CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles. Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Apr 10 CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nasaire Bordeaux Ajn *_9 1 > ADEN For Marseilles. Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 4 i OUTWARDS. (from Marseilles) S ADEN
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    • 91 19 CHINA/JAPAN LINE I Jig cargo vessels with licaloo but J cumoriaDie passenger a-jcciil-modatlan. m.S. JAVA for Hongkong, Shanghai. Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka Ulin y Mar. 31* m.s. AUSTRALIEN for Ja Ha Haifa, Rotterdam, Hamburg Copenhagen. Mar Fares: To setteidaai £s_, jTo .Manila p, SlCoundtrio spor.« China Japan i and back (abt
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 135 19 JTHE HARBOUR] 2 i tHIPS IX IMH'K I SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No Rohna 22 1 penang Maru 15 3 President Wilson 8 3 Hopecrest 30 3 Silverwalnut 32 3 Thurland Castle 34 3 Shinyubari Maru 37 la 46 I iseus 48 4 'hia
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    • 61 19 wt WXmmt <m*m m^. m _m _&^ok\_^X\^^_^ Ml >lails Ih ii*< r< d The Air Mail (Imperial) despatched irom Singapore on Mar. io was delivered In London on Mar. 18. Tho Lloyd Triestlno liner Victoria Is due at Singapore from Europe at 11 a.m. on Monday and will sail for
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    • 102 20 •mm_t_\^^^^ ___t_^^^ _M m _0* AH theseijJ^T^ k*^-Sc\-!3--avsSsss^Ci-l sB^>S-vv- a»aWaaJr-*^S-N..yait^ E aW \\v> \-^v»_v\lf/ /,m\ lf sf_\_^_^^___x_\> NN I j-l D^> \>X ■nivVm^ V7>nlyfe-*l k ..VY\\\ v vwCumvli /y _w > \________r m m^ SssssssMfisr \M fSs. v^v J ayß-aVxNlv-Xc^^^^Ss -i^-X SraJKr wr 'Ifi W\v>___^&± "^s^* £> 1 —^~^l^. _V\_\____\\
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  • 134 21 A Wholesale Ramp In Brighton Brighton. BRIGHTON has become the centre of a wholesale ramp on the part of bogus charities and collectors whom they employ. The matter has become so serious that the town's social service centre lias Issued a warning to local business houses against the
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  • 281 21 Reflections By Rochdale's Chief Constable Rochdale. NO punishment of boys with the birchroad has been ordered by the RochOale justices for 18 years, states Mr. Henry Howarth, the local chief constable, in a surveyi of juvenile crime in the town, which he includes in his annual report. This
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  • 203 21 Accepts Blame For Hoy's Death CULL blame for an error that led to the death of a boy was accepted by a doctor at an Oxford inquest. The boy was givqn an other injection instead of another drug In the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and died within two hours.
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    • 1035 21 OX THE RADIOS J 4 n_._4_-.lp. liinnil'l' Nos (Boukay-Delmet). Parody of the 1 lIIHI3 LiUie Soft Eyed Brunette (V. Hyspa). Miss Missiane). ri»ls» s Phi-Phi (H. Christine). The Local Train (Claude Pingaut 1. In a Clock Transmission 2:— 6.20 p.m.— 9.05 Store (Orth). The French Soldier's m GSH 13.97 metres
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    • 388 21 I'roiM-iimiiM's Of 7- II 1 Singapore Station On 22S Metres TO-DAY Drema: Leen Sin Yim ang »>y JTham Pak Yip and Wong Pooi Yen-*. ...4 r. u i P.m. Children's Hour 12.4b p.m. Light Orchestral Con- punny B-inny aeU left Behind Story cert, played by Reller's Famous Hui.- vrittPn an
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  • 135 22 Co-Respondentln 1 Divorce Case Durham,N an undefended petition I president in the Divorce Com t a prinS was cited as co-respondent i Mr Cecil Meldon Dillon, of Dene House Seaham Harbour Durham, WW "anted a decree nisi on the ground ol S^amiltery of his wife. Mrs Matilda
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  • 236 22 Coronation Holidays Complication In Schools A t Home London |N some localities a certain amount of i trouble is arising over the Coronation holidav for the schools. The complication is that Whit-week follows the Coronation week, and the suggestion is being made here and there that whatever holiday is given
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  • 61 22 New Vork Supreme Court has ruled that the wife of a man sentenced to from 15 years' to life imprisonment to consider herseif a widow, and may legally remarry, says a Reuter message-. Even if the former husband is released on parole or pardoned within a shorter
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  • 193 22 (Continued from page 9) good deal of the trouble in the married life. On Feb. 12 the children were, as the husband described it, -kidnapped.*' and they were subsequently dealt with by an order of the Court of Appeal pending the hearing of that
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    55 22 vi** nf Bi* Ben Westminster. London, seen through a network of steel tubes that form the framework A neu new of Big Ben. sUnds that arc nearjn? completion. (Topical Press). A policeman pause* to inspect stand i that are being built for ihe Coronation outside Westminster Abbey. London. They are
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 133 22 Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Hours Thanks to the discovery of an American physician, it now la possible to (et rid of those terrible spells of choking, gasping, coughing and wheezing Asthma by killing the true cause which is Germs in the blood. No more burning of powders, no more
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    • 24 22 ANCHOR Bab-fclx W^J i»"J _w\ B Ta ___r Brewed and bottled in Singapore b, ARCHIPELAGO BREWERY CO. LTUSOLE AGENTS: Tn SIME, DARBY CO_}^ mt-
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  • 141 23 JAPANESE MISSION No Political Questions Shanghai, Mar. 19 LEADING financiers and Industrialists were present at the dinner given in honour of the Japanese Economic Mis- m last Dtght, In a speech Mr. Wang Shiao Leh said that economics and politics were inter-related, and if poliwere not well conducted improvement of
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  • 84 23 Mr. de Piro Nominated An Unofficial IT is announced ln the Government Gazette last night that Mr. Joseph William de Piro has been appointed temporarily a nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council in place of Mr. James Robertson resigned. Mr de Piro is chairman of the board
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  • 134 23 Shooting Of A Diplomat m n Pans. Mar. IG THREE hundred photographs of llusso- lini, Including a large one autophSd by II Duce. are reported to have found in the flat of Madame Fontange, who is charged with shooting ci seriously injuring Comte de Chambrun, a former French
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  • 54 23 The Police are making investigations connection with the discovery of body of a Chinese woman in a tributary ot the Serangoon River, near nis Road, this morning. mposltion had set In and the n could not be identified fhe body appeared to hav( been tied take and wu
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  • 272 23 SMALL PROFITS NO RETURNS Bankruptcy Of Trunk Maker Singapore. Friday THAT he sold steel trunks very cheaply 1 and made only a small profit, due to the fact that there was great competition In the business, nas the state ment made by Bachoo BEngh, the manager of the Empire Steel
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  • 72 23 Singapore. Friday. A fine of $800 and seven mouth.' rigorous imprisonment was Imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the Criminal Oistiict Court. tQ-day on a Malay named Mohamed bin Dris who pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of the plant Cannibas Sativa valued at SB€. The
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  • 16 23 Washington, Mar. 18 The House af Representatives has passed the Mcßeynolds Neutrality Bill. Reuter
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  • 152 23 Bremen To Visit Singapore Singapore. Friday. THE Tribune understands that tlie big- ge.st snd fastest ship of the German mercantile fleet, the Bremen of the Korddeutscher Lloyd Line, which has been on the Atlantic run since 1929. will carry out a world cruise next year
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  • 142 23 Travellers' Cheque Fraud Singapore. Friday SENTENCE of eighteen months rigorous w imprisonment was passed on Poh Koh Keng by Mr. Justice Home in the Assize Court to-day. when he was found guilty by a common jury on three* charges of "dishonestly using as genuine a document,
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  • 47 23 It ls notified In the Government Gazette that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of Mr. Arthur Newark to be Aerodrome Manager, Singapore. Mr. Newark, who was formerly with the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, assumed duty on Mar. 1.
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  • 229 23 Gandhi's Sway In India Congress New Delhi. Mai 13. AFTER thirteen hours' discussion the All India Congress Committee by 127 to 7(1 votes, adopted the amended resolution authorising and permitting the acceptance of office In provinces where Conuress commands a majority in the legislature, providing that ministerships
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  • 79 23 Hirota's Estimates Pruned Down Tokyo, Mar 18. THE Cabinet has submitted to the Diet a Supplementary Estimates Bill for yen 58,197,000, making the total for next year's Budget yen 2,872.134,000. The Supplementary Bill includes a small additional amount for the Navy The total means that the Hirota Budget
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  • 695 24 EUROPEAN CONFLICT IN 1938? Predictions Of Famous Egyptian Seer i THERE will be no war this year bt- 1 tween China and Japan This is a i nrediction ol Professor Mahmoud Be>. an Egyptian seer now in Singapore m the course oi a Far Eastern tour The foretold the Italo-Abvssinian
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  • 192 24 Breach Of Promise Claim Singapore. Friday THE case in which Mai Lola Sassoon 1 claimed damages of $100,000 from Mr. E. Reuben I zed breach of promise to marry has been set'lec*. The hearing was down for resumption *he High Court before the Chief j Justice. Mr. p.
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    • 25 24 14, j SFn T RTTV j Motor I \io\ LNSURANCfi COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 j v iEents: 1 SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. .Singapore Brancnes. J
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    • 265 24 I Special Announcement >X I TO-MORHOW 3-15-ImT^T J AT THE CAPITOL Kngageineiit of the Internationallv— o___Z i Chinese Dancers— ,11()Us -iVi' -vj^ 'SkßkkHNH^^^EikkkßP^^^^^^M v 'W jSk _\\_^___w __t aaaav «C» ->a,Hff «-^H 9^.^4«l^ _m i |*< jB *w.y?^^ <^*^^^X'C'>iv?^*' atk^Taf am i'^S *L Am insSt^E__r 9%_W ______m3_____-^tm\_-\__\\\r A^B j£££ ,aw
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  • 1937 25  -  HERMES by THE announcement of th? eleven selected to represent all-Malaya against Sir Julien Cahn's XI was unexpectedly early. There had been rumours that it vould be deferred until Monday on account of the trial match which will begin in Penang to-day. though it is difficult
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  • 282 25 More "Dirt" In Local Soccer IT has been a lean weak In the football world, with no first division matches at all except that between Police and Gunners last night. There was to have been a match between Airmen and Middlesex Regiment on Thursday, but that wa.s postponed Once again,
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  • 1069 26 GAUDER SUSTAINS A CUT EYE Boy Quee Wins Semi -Final In Same Manner (By "Straight Left LAST MI. HTS boxing at the New World attracted a big crowd, but unfortunately both the mam event (for the featherweight championship of Singapore) and the
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  • 463 26 Mountain Stream Should a\ i o n c THE Selangor Turf Clubs Spring Meeting terminates to-day with a card Of nine events starting at 2.15 p.m The first Double Tote is on races 4 and 5. and the second Double Tote on races 8
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  • 74 26 Main Event "Singapore featherweight, championship) Mai Boon afah 8.13 3 I beat Young -Gauder 8.12 3 4 on tko tor .sixth of 15-round contests. Semi-Fuial: Bov Quee 8.0 beat Nai Tong Joo 7.U 3 4 on tko in tbe sixth ofl 8-round contest. Special Event: Joe Summers
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  • 309 26 Victory For Yadi And Kamis Singapore. Friday KAMIS and Yadi scored a brilliant victory over the Japanese pair Aizawa and Uchida in the YMCA doubles championship to-day. After winning i the first set after a stiff opposition. Kamis and Yadi went on to win the J second
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  • 24 26 Paris, Mar. 19 At the meeting of the International Lawn Tennis Federation to-day Malaya and Siam were admitted as members. Reuter
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  • 63 26 "Mr P. Kodanda Rao M.A Secretary- of the Servants of India Society. who is passing through Singaoore after B world tour will deliver a lecture on "A Layman's view of Hinduism" at the Ramakrishna Mission promises at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 20 Rao Sahib K. A.
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  • 45 26 Adjutant Harrv Grattan. of the Salvation Army. who. wi f h his wife, has been Stationed in Shanghai for twe vears died there from smallbox recentlv. Adjutant Grattan left London four vears ago for Japan, and after 12 months' service there was transfered to China.
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  • 108 26 Office-Bearers Elected Singap.-:- Friday .T the annual general mee A straits Chinese elected this evening the ye ar: office-bearers for the ti President. Mr Tan l Vice-President M Khee (re-elected) Hon secretary- Mr I elected). v H a Mon? Hon treasurer. IA I* r re -elected) Evan Wong
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  • 7 26 Mr. Hm* Brown the Peace for Penan-,
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  • 699 27 POLICE BEAT R. A. Scoring In Last Singapore, Friday. TWO goals scored within five minutes from the end and by the team that was literally bottled up for the other 55 minutes of the game. This was the surprising turn of events that ended in
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    30 27 A Police forward clears up field. An incident in the First Division soccer match between the R. A. and Police, which the later won by 2 goals to nil. (Tribune).
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  • 53 27 MX.C's First Match In New Zealand Christchurch, Mar. 19 THE M.C.C, tourists opened their tour of New Zealand to-day with a threeday match against the Canterbury Otago Combined XI. and at the close of play, the scores were as follows: M.C.C. 217 (Wyatt 63* Canterbury Otago 70
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  • 589 27 WEARNES BEAT TOPHAM JONES RAILTON Business Houses League Soccer Fixture Singapore, Friday. IN a rather uninteresting game, which was characterised by occasional flashes of good play Wearne Brothers XI beat Topham Jones and Railton XI in a Business Houses League fixture on the Y.M.C.A. ground this evening by five goals
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  • 335 27 Both Defences Sound Singapore. Friday. A STERLING di play between two rt equally strong defences was a feature of the Third Division match between the Casuals and the S.C.C. on the Padang this evening. The club won by a solitary goal scored by Graham midwav in
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  • 99 27 King Queen See A Popular Win London, Mar. 19. Till) Grand National Steeplechase (4 miles, 8f»(I vards), run to-day at Liverpool, resulted as follows: ROYAL MAIL (Williams* 1 COOLEN 'Fawcusi PUCKA BELLE (Mr. Bailey i 3 EGO (Mr. Llewllyn* 4 CROWN PRINCE (Mr. Strutti I PENCRAIK (Archibald* 6
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  • 48 27 8.8.1 and Btcetei Public Services on Sunday at 11 am at S< C W Auchmuty. T V. U. Anderson. J. V S Brooke, J Dobbs. P. O'Neil Dunne. B Gaillard A C Growder, T A. D. Hewan. L A Hyfate W K ger W R King
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  • 82 28 From left to right: Tchida. Aizawa. Kamis and Yadi. The latter pair defeated the former in the Open Mens Doubles at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. Tribune Handicap Men's Doubles: Menon and Tampoe- Philips (behind net) were defeated by A. I. Pereira and C. Reshtv (in
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  • 91 28 Italy's Promises To Islam Cairo. Mar. 19. rl Aga Khan, on his arrival from East Africa where he visited his .flock of Ismailian Moslems, interviewed regarding Mussolini's promises to Islam said: "Now is the time for II Duce to show In his territories inhabited by Moslems, in
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  • 91 28 Addicts Attracted By Smell Alexandria LARGE crowd, which included many A drug addicts, waa h V* sweet smell _i roaftJns the Egyptian authorities .nfflit of hashish and opium In the aw dria customs area f a o. The drugs had been > various smuggling gangs and storea tiie
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  • 73 28 Hongkong. The following communique*bv Government House 3^^ {S l '••His Excellency the Gmen.o Andrew Caldecott. %™Jg" throw off an attack I T^ n arained started on Sunday la-sf. J on medical advice to can engagements until Moncl^ h( EST His a^a^J reerets a necessity whicn _iuj 'Sty
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