Morning Tribune, 22 March 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 43 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, March 22, 1987. PIVE CENTS
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  • 900 1 ussiovs ii\ moiukco I 1 AS IMN < I >ll I NOTE TO MR. EDEN hi-: ply will ru;\i> treaty OBLIGATIONS London, March 20. IdRITAIN AND FRANCE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE REPUBLICAN I GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN, WHOSE HEADQUARTERS ARE
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  • 198 1 Big Part In Arms Industry London. Mar. 21 THE electricity industry was congratulated yesterday by the Minister fo>* Co-ordination of Defence on the part It Is playing in forwarding the defences the country. He said that to-day electricity was Taking a greater part in the manufacture of munitions than
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  • 37 1 London Mar 20. THE King and Queen on the conclusion of their visit to Lord and Ladv Derbv at Knowsley for the Grand National steeplechase returned to London bv the royal train this afternoon British Official Wireless
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  • 102 1 Further Fall Ot Waters London. Mar. 21. OVER the whole area of the Fens the water levels have fallen but at *everal new points th^ river banks havi weakened a*nd measures to prevent the lurther flooding which threatened arc receiving unremitting attention. Men of the Royal Air Force
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  • 88 1 New RJole For Old Liner London. Mar. 20 THE old White Star liner Majestic been fitted out to I;- -use 2.000 buys who are to bect-me seamen and nav.il engineers. The vessel, which has f.oen return* "d H.M.S. Caledonia,, will leave Southnmton early next month Mid proceed to Ro. yth,
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  • 338 1 British A rms For Security London, Mar 20. HOME m entail, Sir John Simon, speaking at Plymouth, said, the most remark able thing about the debates in the House of Commons On the defence programme had been that apart from six extreme Left Wing members no one
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  • 857 2 Johore Lawyer Struck Off UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT PROVED Found Unfit To Belong To The Profession (From Our Own Correspondent i Johore Bahru. Mar 20 AS a result of the conviction of_ an advocate and solicitor by the Criminal District Judge on Nov. 29 last on a charge of criminal breach of
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  • 193 2 "Smartest Girl In Town Singapore, Sunday WHAT happens when a pretty photographers model who dreams of marrying a millionaire snubs a supposedlv penniless associate, ignorant that he is numbered among the wealthy young men of New York, forms the amusing suspense of "Smartest Gi~l in Town" which opened
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  • 77 2 Chinese Killed At Bukit Timah Singapore, Su SHORTLY before four o'clock this afternoon, a Chinese waj fatuiiy Injured in a motor car ace idem at the iourth mile Bukit Timah Road. It la believed that the car involved in i ccioent Is i Baoy a victim received a
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  • 51 2 Singapore. Sunday. A CHINESE woman was severely injured by a falling tree in Thompson Road this morning. She had a wound on her scalp, and also sustained a fracture of a leg. The womai was unconscious when the ambulance arrived and removed her to the General
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  • 260 2 Coroner's Verdict Of Misadventure Singapore. Saturday IT Ls clear that the deceased came suddenly out of the side of the road and went into the car and did not give the driver a chance to avoid the accident." said the Singapore Coroner. Mr. \V. McQuarrie. in
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  • 205 2 Left His Wife England Singapore. AN order to pay his wife £6 m R wai made against n monlh war d Pochnev. bv Mi h a t i" 1 Ed Mr. Pochnev. who appeared taX be confirmed i n Singapore ld not It was alleged that the
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  • 72 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Details Of Chinese Delegation Nanking. Mar. 20 THE Chinese delegation to the Coronation of H. M. King George VI will comprise Dr. H. H Kong (Plnano nister), Dr. Quo TaJ Chi lAmb:--- ton and Admiral Chen Shac K. (Minister of the Navy). Dr Knng and
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  • 1451 3 BRIGHTER PROSPECTS OPTIMISM Ol I HAM II *v NEAVE CHAIRMAN -OTHER! are many signs that 1937 has ushered in a^w^era I for us. and subject to freedom from European complications I think we have e ven reason to look forward to the coming year
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  • 184 3 Chinese Banned From All Law Courts Singapore. Saturday IN the Third court to-day. before Mr. W G Reeves. Inspector Qoodship brought to the notice of the magistrate that a tout who had been banned from all law courts of the Colony was pre ton in court. How Seng
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  • 141 3 Ted And Evelyn Chen Again THOSE popular Chinese dancers. Ted and Evelyn Chen, are back at the Capitol and drew large audiences at all three performances yesterday. They present a new programme, the chief item of which is an oriental phantasy entitled "Yang Kuei Fei", telling in dance
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  • 24 3 The workshops and office of the Electrical Branch, Public Works Department, are to be extended. A tender for $12,770 has been accepted.
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  • 119 3 Fine Programme At Memorial Hall AMODERATFXY large and very appreciative audience heard an excellent recital 111 the Victoria Memorial Hull last night by Clifford Huntsman, who is already familiar to mOBi centra of Malaya as a Rifted pianist His programme ui tht classic and 'he modern, the former
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  • 111 3 Sultan Presents Special Award (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Mar. 21. IT was an impressive sight wli'n Scout troops from all parts of Johore and Singapore formed three sides of a square on the padang at the Royal Johore International Club this evening and His Highness the
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    • 8 3 Wffffli f¥'ff TFl ___9^______H^__l i" i»<»i--»i____ iii-iiiiii.aiiaiiinn i
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    • 46 3 *^_-^ik Silvikrin I The Concentrated Natural Hair Food. Prevents and restores falling hair. Promotes hair growth, keeps the scalp (healthy, removes dandruff almost overnight. Place a bottle on your dressing table Of all Chemists, High-class stores and Hair-dressers. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS. 1 86, Robinson Road.
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    • 38 3 .3. _#^_a J^^\ IpQmk rik^Mffl pffiSl S S 3. ,3. 1 PRINCESS OF HOLLYWOOD COSMETICS j JUST ARRIVED BY j I PRESIDENT WILSON' j OBTAINABLE THROUGHOUT MALAYA i J Sole Agents: I MONTOR LIMITED. j SINGAPORK. j _,j.
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    • 82 3 Law Notice For To day Before the Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 10.50 a.m. Judgment:— B. s69J36 Shaik Syed Ashoor vs. Varsity Food Co. 11 am.— Magistrate's Appeal:— Rex vs. Chiah Tian. Before Mr. Justice Howes in the 3rd Court at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Cham-b?rs and Originating Summonses. Followed
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  • REUTERS COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 144 4 RUBBER London. Mar. 20. Last Price To-day Chang* Tone Dull Easier Spot Buyers. 12 1 4 12 316 Sellers 12 3 8 12»4 April Buyers 12' 4 12 l 8 Sellers. 123 8 12> 4 Apr. 'June Buyers. 12 3 8 12 3 16 Sellers. 12 2 12
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    • 75 4 London. Mar. 20. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 106.43 106 39 04 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.93 716 8 92*4 13 16 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 15.2 23 32 Is. 223 32 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 3d
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    • 39 4 London. Mar. 20. Previous To-day Change GOLD Fine Bar Dcr os. £7. 2. 4* 2 £7 2.44 SILVER Spot 20 3 4 20 9 16 3 16 2 months forward 2Q3 4 20 9 16 3 16
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    • 98 4 Distillers Dunlop Rubber n 113 9 Chan e General Electric jSi 2 36 -l Imperial Chemical Industries 3941 Imperial Tobacco ,??S 2 .Jfj x Anglo-Dutch x HI 15 1 9 Canadian Pacific 493 London Tin (New Share) 8 J f s Rubber Plant Investment Trust 4671 "-Hitan,
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    • 22 4 TIN Standard. London. Mar. 19 Previous To-day rv, •Spot (afternoon closing price) £3021. 293' Forward MN% 2851. I 9 9
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    • 54 4 RUBBER New York March 2Q Previous To-day Change Tone Quiet Firm Spot Buyer* 24 1116 24 5 8 -116 Sellers 24 13 16 24 11 16 April June Buye/i. 24 3 4 24 5 8 Sellen. 24 7 8 24^ u TIN Standard. Tone Easy Easy Bpot
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  • 53 4 Municipal Committee No. 6 has approved the erection of a public telephone kiosk by the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., on Crown land near the caretaker's quarters at Katong Park, subject to payment of the cost of removing a small part of the railing ana to the
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  • 139 4 Encyclical Issued By The Pope Vatican City. Mar. 18 THE Pope has issued an Encyclical on "Atheistic Communism." in which he denounces materialism as the foundation of communism and says bolshevist theoreticians claim to alone possess the genuine interpretation of the principles of materialism previously advocated bv Marx,
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  • 53 4 Washington. Mar. 17. The railway companies and principal railway labour unions announce they nave agreed on a five per cent, pay roll tax to finance a pension scheme ,101 employees on retirement. Tho companies and employees will each pay i naif the tax. The decision affects about 1.500
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  • 562 4 Hay tor Rubber Meeting A DIVIDEND of seven per cent, was declared at the annual general meeting of the Hay tor Rubber Estates. Ltd., held in the registered office of the company at the French Bank Buildings at noon to-day. The directors' report and accounts for the
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  • 54 4 Washington. Mar. 17. M R. Justice McReynolds. the M ber of the Supreme t*. press his views since Piom ient velt submitted bto club the Court, declared a ft** rn dinner last night, that goji sp mf ship required acceptance of tne f>i of a
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  • 1584 5 Issued t>y traser ana to.& Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Ampat im o- do dj' 2 6 6 p] Asam Kumbang 35 3 36 9 35- 37 6 Austral Malay 54 56 54 56 Ayer Hitam 28 6 30 6xdxb 28 6 30 1 Ayer
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 106 5 Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore: 42 cts., down j. et Market Tone: Quiet and easier. London: 12 5 16d., down M 16d. Market Tone: c^uiet. New York: 24 11 lf> cts., down ct. Market Tone: Quiet The market DAI been rather quieter to-day, there ha.s been a littlp trade support
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    • 28 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. Singapore: $l40 4, down M%. London: Spot £293 10s., down £9. three months .£285 10s., down £9. New York: 64 cts., down 1% cts.
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    • 15 5 London-New York 488.62 New York-London 188 15 :,2 (Shares ~*e $1 unless otherwise .tated>
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  • 166 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report MINING. Tin, three months, £285.10, down 180'-. Cable indications from London show a quiet market in Tin .shares there, and as is frequently the case over the weekend margins are rather wider. Locally, amongst Sterling issues there are buyers of Siones, KamuntiiißS, Pangnu;a Rivers.
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  • 215 5 Singapore, Mar. 20. Tin Locally down $4.50. Rubber Locally do ii t about 42 5 .luiysopt Buyers Mini RaulM $7.05 $7.15. Tir ban s are a little easier, but the vo lume ol business passing Is small, and filer are not pressing s uthern Klntas $10.25
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  • 211 6 Appointment Of Mr. J. W. de Piro IT is announced ln the Government Gazette last night that Mr. Joseph William de Piro has been appointed temporarilv a nominated unofficial member of the Legislative Council In place of Mr. James Robertson resigned. Mr de Piro is chairman of the
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  • 84 6 Singapore. Saturday. When charged to-day before Mr W G. Reeves, the third magistrate with disorderly behaviour by^ throwing a trowel at a passing car. Smnathambv pave incoherent replies to the magistrate. His story was that for three months nine strange men had not allowed him to sleep. When
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  • 131 6 Nederlandsche HandelM aatschappij, N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter AD. 1824. 1 Paid Up Capital f 40,030,000 1 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 I Special Reserve 1,000,000 1 < Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D CRENA DE lONGH President. M. TAUDIN
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  • 173 6 Singapore. Mar. 20 London T.T. }16 London demand 2VJ London 4 months* sight Lyons demand 141 Hamburg demand Now York demand j* }j? Montreal demand 5b w» Batavia demand »>** Samarang demand OoM<Trtnn 1U 8 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon Madra/and Colombo demana IM% Hongkong demand $100=Stras $53 5 6
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  • 203 6 Singapore. Mar. 19. R (81am) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyar. $150 R 'SiarrP W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $14? R (Siam^ W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $136 R (81am) -White- No Al $240 R (81am) "White Rice" No. 1 $224 R. iSiam- "White Rice 11 No.
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  • 95 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore. Saturday noon No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F.OB. March) 42' 8 42? 8 Good FAQ. in cases (FOB. March 41 716 41 11 A No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose^ mwardable Spore) 41 7 8 42 a do. March 42 42» 4 do.
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  • 25 6 A gazette notification announces the appointment of Mr. William Kenneth Korne as a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements.
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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 have access to these safe boxes, so that SAFETY
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    • 185 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880 Capital Subscribed (Fuuy UP) Y.100.000,000 Reserve Fund Y.i3o. 9O 0.000C3 Head Office: Yokohama SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS -*\FFLES PLACF Manager T. yamaMotu Tel: No. 6049 *»ianager 6 Room M 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Djsk BAMiOI CIILYA (Incorporated In China
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    • 243 8 By I'arkrd llou*e* Vesit-rday! J g Positively LAST TWO NIGHTS of I This Excellent Stage and Screen Double Bill ________________________________________B___^--_-i^-^>l 1 1 tt-ia CAPITOL ?>■!> j RETURN ENGAGEMENT BY W^ C n »KSP < THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS CHINESE j DANCERS— J[_ctß— 3-S-______________-_____al _B__B________-__E__- __kS_l ffi-CTMM-B-' ____F S__lr^^ ___r ___H >__■
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    • 254 8 3 Famous Stars of "SWING TIME in ~^77^\ :j Grand Comedy Romance l PAVILION r™^ 6 I MS— 9-15 5j <3^ l *ltt____v 9 Im^^^^ \Ssm lIIIJX *****111 ItKk. AMI E 11 1 C ***** I s ■i 5 t SCW TA 1. KIE NEW WORLD, j 8& 7-30 TO-NIGHT
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  • 278 9 First "Wife" Was Under 16 DECAUSE his first "wife" was under 16 at the time of marriage, a man was dramatically discharged from a bigamy case at Middlesborough The chief constable explained that :he man, Stephen Duncan. 26, of Haverton Hill. Durham, went through a form i
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 9 Buddy Ebsen and Frances Langford in a scene from the big M.G.M. Musical production "Born to Dance" which opens at the Capitol on Wednesday.
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  • 286 9 To Have Pensions And Higher Pay London. QFFICERS serving in ocean-going vessela of the British merchant fleet ar^ ooive increases in pay. and will t under a general comprehensive On scheme. This has been agreed upon by shiprs 1 and officers' representatives on National Maritime Board here. The
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    • 202 9 GALA SCREENING AT THE CAPITOL THIS MONTH j AT LAST! THE SCREEN'S FIRST "FEMALE TARZAN"— DOROTHY LAMOUR TALKING AND SINGING *REAL MALAY IN PARAMOUNT'S j THRILL-PACKED ADVENTURE OF THE PAHANG JUNGLE! -fc*^ ____rvl-:_-£ ___r -Tin: iHflfflLE i».ii\r.:ss j a —i Men staked their Lives for just a glimpse of the
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  • 579 10 ENFORCING THE NEW LAW Scotland Yard Active London. NO time has been lost by the police in enforcing the new Firearms Law, which came into force recrntl>. They have begun a round-up which they intend to make completed effective, says the "News of the
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  • 24 10 A gift of £10 10s. has been received lor the poor-box at Thames Police Couit from the Masters of the Bench of Gray's Inn
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  • 503 10 Empire Economic Union's View *Bv Air Mail* London THE agitation in Germany for restoration to her. in whole or part, of those colonial possessions which she lost as the result of the Great War. is discussed in the pamphlet "The British Colonial Empire and the German Claim."
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  • 92 10 Severe Loss To Hull Firm AFTER rasing for a whole day. a fire at a Hull oil mill practically destroyed the premises of Messrs. Chambers and Fargus, Ltd. The possibility of an 80ft. chimney collapsing caused many people in the area to leave their homes. Despite the
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  • 276 10 Devonshire Magistrate's Remarks "i FARCE' was how Mr. Justice MacA naghten described the system ol auditing by elected auditors— of the accounts of the South Moiton, Devonshire. Borough Council, when he sentenced William Southcombe. 53, borougl treasurer, of South Moiton. to 18 months' imprisonment for fraudulently converting
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  • 133 10 Marriage Annulled Prince Erik Of Denmark And Canadian Wife KING Christian of Denmark has annulled the marriage of Prince Erik and his Canadian wife, daughter of the late John Booth, who was known as Canada's lumber king. Prince Erik, who is King Christian's cousin, is 46. and his former wife
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  • 127 10 C oronation Gift Director's Gesture To His Staff Queenborough EMPLOYEES of Messrs. Johnson and Slater, Ltd., The Potteries, Queenborough, were overjoyed on hearing of the following announcement issued by Alderman Stanley Johnson, a director of the firm: "In return for efficient work done and the kindness always shown to me
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  • 287 10 Cycle Caught In Old Device ALLEGED to have %t a 200-vear-old man-trap at the gate of a police cottage, George Alfred Brown chauffeur, of Pound-lane. Beeding n^ Worthing, and George Lawrence New' man. 23. gardener. of Sele-gardens Beeding. were committed at stevnin* for trial at Sussex
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  • 218 10 /VVir Socipty Formed In London (By Air Mail' London A COLONIAL Empire Union has bee. formed here to cater for all^ those. both at home and overseas, who are in terested in Colonial affairs. While other nations have had po^ ful Colonial organisations lor a nu raoe
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  • 62 10 judgment by consent for J. ti costs, was entered by Mr Justice at tha Manchester Assizes^in fn which Harry H Rho Northumberland Avenue. B^ckp w^ u; da Hills, his wife and their Joan, aged 14, claim 'ncess Road. LiverGeorge Taylor, o Prince^ m 8 pool, for personal injunc s r
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  • 306 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, Mar. 22, 1937. LAND OF SURPRISES DEVELOPMENTS in Spain are causing a good deal of surprise. After recent reports that Madrid was on the point of collapse and 'that the rebel forces were l>ressing on in the south towards Valencia, the present seat of the Spanish
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  • 671 12 ON Tuesdav rubber went over 'he shilling mark in London for the first time since March 1929 and the prophets who foretold this are now talking m the limelight of their own prescience. Some optimists are now talking of a level of Is. 3d being attained in the
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  • 108 12 PERSOSA LITIES Mr. Oldham of Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ipoh. is going on leave shortly. Mr. W. H. Salt, the well-known Malacca lawyer, is going on leave at the end of the month. Mr. R. F. B. Gurr, Superintendent. Posts and Telegraphs, Jpoh, is due to go on leave some
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  • 28 12 The Dowager Ranee of Sarawak, of Albert-road, Regent's Park, London, and of Chyan-Chy. Lelant, widow of Sir Charles Brooke, second Raja of Sarawak, left £1,824 (net personality £856
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  • Article, Illustration
    126 12 Appointed as chauffeur to the Duke of Windsor 22-> ear-old Tom Web sler, who was employed at a Melton < Leicestershire) .ft™** ar e k d f London on his way to Vienna to join the Dukes staff. The Duke Windsor frequently use d Webster garage when hunting .at Mowbray.
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  • 505 13 THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE Widow's Acute Ordeal Manchester. STANDING in the mortuary at the J picturesque Perthshire village of Callander, a sobbing North of England wife had the ordeal of identifying the body of her husband and that of a young woman who, two years 'ago.
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  • 49 13 The National Trust announced the f ther day the acquisition of a further hi acres of Margery Wood, near "teate, which has been made possible trough subscriptions collected by a local •mmittee. Banstead Urban District and Surrey County Council also •ntributed towartls the purchase.
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  • 113 13 Man Whose Name Is On War Memorial Bombay t^tpr 32 years in India, an Englishman A™ beeves he b officially "dead'Ls s^kine to return to Britain and set "XS'Cmeriy in the Am, Mr Armv "n 1908. and **> never been to pSUe ani? He .saw no
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  • Article, Illustration
    123 13 Ill connection with the scheme for raising 300.000 Air Raid Wardens for a variety of duties in the event of air raids over 700 men have been recruited as auxiliary firemen and air raid wardens for emergency duties at Reieate Surrey Thev are attending demonstrations and lectures on the \arious
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    • 32 13 THE TRUE TONIC FOOD ObtoJwcWe of «i) OMmira on<f Su, < 5933 r ~k\ Teleirraphte Address: 5934 f A^V GOODWOOD mARHnVGLT SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOUKUIS. CHAR T7n^afl^ Facilities for Private Entertainment*.
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    281 14 Mile. Maryse Bastie. the famoiK French aviati in Paris With her i s re seen signing the G i<lei> Book at the Hotci de Vilie nntmd Laurent. France Presse The Duk c and Duchess of Kent passed through Paris recently on their way to Vienna to visit the Duke of
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    • 39 15 'WK-T'l 1 > .jBSEI I WATCHES at RENE ULLrMNN ARF BFTTFR TIIFY COST LKSS TIIFY LAST LONfJF I We are the only firm whn:h guarantee is valid in Horg Kong and various ports o China. RENE ULLMANN RaiHes Place, Singapore.
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  • Article, Illustration
    954 16 GIVES THE KEYNOTE TO YOUR HOUSE »o make the most of that small but important sparo with our suggrnatioiiK VERY different are the necessities to be provided for in an entrance to a big house of old design and those required in a modern flat. In both places
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    • 163 16 r'T[ BDo ;.;u' a I Hi'i (end oi 1 I He gruffly: "Why Rll I Can't there be plates for two?^^^ K_^__^________P^ '___^j^B«_____________P^ V^h| K la?' __rS k« _____________________________________H__P^iKl_9 ___Lf\ __*> l Bv ______K__ ki-V _a 2^s__J___r Xm'^ I e*^bf > _j__tv J«6^^T_>^______i ik_ __L___J Bk v _3__&?_itf BW)t^^^ X
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  • 514 17 < Continued from last Monday) Now you have a collection of room plans and are ready to talk to your architect. It is the architect's job to take your room requirements and make what he calls a "parti"— that is to say, I a scheme
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 22 17 Ladies Hairdressers MAISON PERM 79, Stamford Road. Tel.: 4610 S maison marie; 63. Victoria Street. A jJILKS Tajmahal Store 23 HIGH ST.
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    • 23 17 PHOENIX j j FOR j i Q H s IRI 1 C y||J|||Je| i PHONE j 3463 THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS jj
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    • 171 17 Ta ToriiisT'SMiiw 1 GUIDE J A 1 STORAGE CAMERAS AND FILMS PASKOE'S LTD. msmmummsawm T YOUR lk_o--jlWfPl! Ifevtffl lr__r"ll r*^'^ *r#l _I_^l _TJ 1# 1 ItaJtll STATIONER JOIN f.i,ov Kß flya£4MAfC Detective fir lion LI BR Alt Y »»r-oi Q-.Uk Subscription 50 cents yearly Cleaners Lending Fee 10 cents per
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  • 207 18 Increase In Norway Last Year THE annual report of the Norwegian ship credit association. Norges Skibshypotek AS., of Bergen, states chat the increased demand for mortgage loans which began in 1935 continued during 1936 In the former year the loans aggregated 4.015.000kr. but in the latter the
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    • 426 18 |[_s?&ac__*_^ s l!l: 'C7^ M V BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Dae Dae Tonnage Spore, fonnafe Spore. 1937. W «l* vTATnTTR-\ 16 000 May 21 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Mar. 26 NALDERA lb u m RANPURA 17.000 Apr. 9 BHUTAN June A SOMALI 6.800 Apr. 9 6 ,000 June 14 RAWALPINDI 17,000
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    • 193 18 M. M. LINE (Incorrjorated in France) (MESSAGERIES MAR1TIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TR A NSATL ANTIQUE Air -FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles BERNARDIN de ST. PIERRE 10,085 T. Mar. 90 PRES DOUMER 1 1.898 T. Apr 13 CHENONCEAUX 14.825 T Apr.
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    • 87 18 n.y.k.ixm: GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR. LTD. (incorporated In Japan). To LONDON, via Penanj, Col°m»J. Aden, Fort Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. s s. KASHIMA MARU Apr > tmi. YASUKUNIMARU Ap s s. "HAKONE MAKU *g- SUWAMARU^ J-^ sar si s k H i 8 ap»n f "a S Hon gk
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 281 18 POSTAL IIVTELtI«EIVn-T STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY TOR DATE AND T M Tandjong Pandan Both M ar 2*> n Java. South-West Sumatra, S.-East u a.m Borneo Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly. Both 22 n Western Canada and Western States u of U.S. A Suwa Maru g 7 China (generally^ Hoihow Suwa
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 276 19 BIHXS PHILP LIKE (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAIUNGS. Due Sails. MARELLA Mar. 29 Apr. 3 MERKUR Apr. 30 May 4 Special cheap round trip tickets irom Singapore to Australia issued at the following rate* First Class passengers may transter at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K P.M.
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    • 453 19 I fIS. _/M TO FRENCH PORTS HOMEWARDS \j S 1 CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire 6c Bordeaux 1 D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp 61 Dunkirk Apr*' 10 CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire 6c Bordeaux Apr 29 I ADEN For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp 61 Dunkirk May
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 382 19 H~l-n__-a, m m mm^»mwM,^n tmlmam w. m9 wimww. f4k {THE HA It HOUR <•_ *I~' I** »«<» __-il m w m m mm wm m w*mmm m m •2* SHIPS IX DOCK VcHck In Port t^ t m^s^iSSSS m ..^..gjsvr from Radj Godown Gate No u Islander Brit WM tons
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  • 86 20 (lunula Beal «!•«■»< Britain In Final Of World thampionwluns In a match teaming with incidents and thrills, Canada beat Great Britain in the final pool of the world ana European championships at Harrineay. London. Our picture shows Canada clearing their goal after an attack
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  • 137 21 Leaflets For The "Ordinary Man" (By Air Mail) London, Mar. 8 l EAFLETS which contain no legal phraseology, no section or sub-sec-tions, no footnotes and no quotations from statue laws and regulations, are shortly to be issued by the Ministry of Health. Th leaflets, and their
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  • 47 21 The directors of the L.NE.R. have deC'ded to institute In the autumn a new express train between Norwich and London which will perform the journey In each direction in two hours 15 minutes, including a stop at Ipswich. The train will be known as the East Anglian
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  • 107 21 Manoeuvres In Chin a No Foreign Observers Invited Canton. WO invitation has been extended to the 11 military authorities here to attend the forthcoming mimic war. Several leading Chinese papers stated that eight general officers of the Fourth Route Army here would go to Hongkong for this purpose on March
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  • 114 21 Longest Drive Half A Mile Channel Islands. Jl CAR that can only travel half a mile n is in use on Jethcu. smallest of the Channel Islands. Its owners, Mr. and Mrs. H. A ForUngton, lease Jethou. from the Crown. The Island is only a mil j
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  • 132 21 Sir T Beecham On American Musical Culture (By Air Mail) London "IN the United States of America no--1 body makes musir for himself. They cannot do it— neither he nor even she. The whole of musical culture In the U.S.A. is Q thing of manufacture and artificiality." This is the
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    • 1067 21 JON THE RADIO* British Empire Afl fairs (Gung'l I Distress (Russian m Son^ ,X) French Folk Songs: (1) The Programme ■il lng JS s rder ed the Drummer to beat .the Call. (2) Fluttering Feathers (3) The Seed of Lov e Has Left my Heart 4) I Should Like To
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    • 410 21 I'rov'raimiH Of ZII l_ Singapore Station On 225 Metres TO-DA^ wi.stle. who baa bten connected with mmm the Department of Fisheries for many boo p.m. Malay Music (Gramophone fmn will explain this, and many other C^ «VT t nmRS about (,m loral Nshcr.es. He will Ginunfah, Holo Siegfried. Hindu Val-
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  • 837 22 HER FORMER EMPLOYER Amazing London London. AFTER three years of marriage a Civil Servant alleged in a remarkable ca.se at the South -West London Matrimonf.il Caoii that his domestic happiness was upset by a friendship between his wife and her former employer, who is now he:
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  • 74 22 A nii-Imperialist Meeting For Coronation Day Dublin DUBLIN members of the Irish Labour Partv are to "celebrate" the Coronation by holding an anti-imperialist meeting, according to present plans. Th- meeting wiil be held on College Green. Dublin? on Coronation Day. itself. It is proposed. By coincidence. May 12
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  • 45 22 At Slough General Sir Hurbert Gough opened a clinic for the free treatment by the Duke-Fingard process of poor people suffering from diseases of thr respicatory organs. Sir Hurbert Gough i>~. the chairman of a society which hope* to establish similar clinics over the country.
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  • 175 22 A not her Stratosphere Flight New York DROFESSOR Jean Piccard has announ- ced plans for a stratosphere flight by which he hopes to break all previous records. Using a cluster of 2.000 small balloons as his lifting power, the professor hopes to reach a height of 20
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  • 138 22 Crawls, Dying, To Altar, Insists On Wedding Slavonskibrod i Yuv'oslavn Though fatally wounded by a shot. an she entered the church for her wedding, a bride of the village of Glomatchinka near here insisted on the ceremony being performed before she would allow herself to be removed
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  • 14 22 Wan Kassim. who has returned from leave, assumes duties as Land Officer Bandar Bahru.
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  • 123 22 U.S. Parson Weds Girl Of 14 I <>ndon. lINDETERRED by the recent oaten h, w America against -child maiTtaees" the Rev. Frederics Steel. 29. minister ol the Pentecostal Church at M owari West Virginia, has been married to Alicv Hewitt, a girl of 14 Ce Her parents
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  • 27 22 v Imed to be the oldest England, the Rev Matthew Gold, who a hillside cottage in th< Ex.r.oovillage of Luckwell Bridue. brated his 102nd bin he cently.
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  • 38 22 The Saffron Walden Justices de that mot or- hearse carrying a coffi:. containing a body is rightly as a goods vehicle, and fined an undertaker £1 for exceeding th e 30-mi: hour speed limit with a goods vei...
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  • 248 23 Causing Grievous Hurt To Coolie Singapore, Saturday PILEH bin Hassan was fined $10. and had his licence suspended for two months in addition to having to pay $10 compensation to one of the injured men, btfore Mr. T. P. Cromwell the fifth magistrate to-day, when charged with causing
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  • 134 23 Clash With Police In i Cairo. Mar 18 STUDENTS, at first thought to be protecting against co-education, clashed with the police this morning in the student quarter of Giza. A petition demanding prohibition of co-education in the Egyptian University was recently presented by a number of law students,
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  • 84 23 At Farrer Park In August A MILITARY tattoo will be held at rt Fairer Park <old racecourse) from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31 this year. The following decision of Municipal nmlttee No. C la announced. Agreed by a majority, to the use of r Park, instead of the
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  • 115 23 Singapore, Saturday Abdul Kulis was produced to-day before Capt. Nelson Jones on a charge of having outraged the modesty of a woman named Latchimi at a house in Tanjong Pagar Road on Mar. 19. The charge was then amended to one of house trespass and making preparations to
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  • 127 23 Liverpool Prices Soar London, Mar. 20 THE news that Argentina is alarnvd at the heavy shipments of wheat and has announced the possibility of restriction in order to safeguard home Interests has caused Liverpool wheat to soar. It is estimated that Argentina will have exported 2* 2 out
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  • 73 23 Reconditioning To Cost $14,000 DECONDITIONING of Cavenagh Bridge IX will cost the Municipal Commissioners $14,000. The following are Municipal Committee decisions: Approval proposals for reconditioning Cavenagh Bridge, at an estimated co.st Of approximately $14,000 to be provided bv supplemental budget. Approved the grant by the Singapore Golf Club
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  • 43 23  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Nanking. Saturday Dr. Wan? Chung Hui, who recently resumed office as Foreign Minister, is paying keen attention to the smuggling problem in South China. He is collecting evidence preparatory to taking ud the matter with the Powers.
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  • 26 23 A notification in the Government Gazette states that Sim Heng and Co., 1,167, Serangoon Road, Singapore, has been registered as a pineapple factory.
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  • 102 23  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Biff Scheme Of Nanking Government Nanking. Mar. 20 THE Ministry of Railways has announced a plan to build a workshop at an estimated cost of $10,000,000. Materials manufactured by it will be supplied to the Government railways. There will be a series of smaller
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  • 32 23  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Canton. Mar 20. Mr. Tsang Yang Fu. the Mayor of Canton, has returned to the r'tv. Hv denies that he has tendered his retign-i ation
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  • 84 23 Negus Wants League Inquiry London, Mar. 17 THE Negus ha.s.MMil a letter to the Sec- retary-General of the League of Nations, requesting the appointment of a commission of enquiry to investigate the alleged Italian atrocities in Ethiopia It denounces the 'execution of Ras Desta and other chiefs taken
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  • 1442 24 CHARLTON WELL BEATEN AT DERBY Chelsea Take Points At Roker Park EDY KOini down to Derbv County by five goals to nil on Saturday. Charlton B Athletic lost the leadership of the first division of the English League, which they have held almost continuously since the New Year Arsenal went
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  • 75 24  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Nanking. Saturday. MR Shao Lch Tn, Direr (or of the Central Propaganda Department. I dined With pressmen in Nanking ye.s'terday evening. In a speech he said that the responsibilities of the Press during the national crisis were heavy. They must strive for the common
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  • 175 24 Two Soldiers In Court Singapore, Saturday WITH hair dishevelled, and clad in singlets. G. Bradman. and G. Orme. two soldiers from the Middlesex Regiment were produced to-day before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the third magistrate, on two charges of robbery, d) on Mar. 19 at 11.30 p.m. at
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  • 171 24 Soviet School A Death Trap Moscow, Mar. 16. 4 CHARGE of counter-revolutionary wrecking activity by constructing a kindergarten boarding school in such a way as to facilitate an outbreak of fire, as a consequence of which a large ujmber of children were incinerated, is oeing heard in another big
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  • 54 24 Openhiff By Governor On June 12 IT is officially announced that the new Civil Airport of Singapore will be opened by Q.E the Governor Sir Shenton Thomas, on the afternoon of Saturday. June 12. The original intention was to have the opening ceremony on May 14. but th.s has
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  • 350 24 CHEAPER AIR MAIL New Dutch Pl an In June Singapore, Saturc A DRAS reductton In charge, f tt rt air mail postage betwi h and the Dutch East Indies anc^ to the forthcominu British eLdI^ 01 mail pottage icheme-hi be«?dsu2 "PJg Dutch postal ami! All mail carried bv the Ruair
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  • 344 25 Final Stages To-day Singapore, Saturday STARTING at 3 o'clock, a series of matches wer^ decided in the Y.M.CA. (open invitation) Tennis Tournament to-day, on the Bras Basah Road courts. Good play was seen in the Open Men's Doubles between the Malays, Kamis and Yadi and the
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  • 73 25 M.C.C's Cricket Match In New Zealand Christchurch, Mar. 20. IN the second day of the three-day cricket match between the M.C.C. tourists and the Canterbury-Otago Combined XI, the home team scored 157. Hammond taking 3 wickets for 4 runs. The M.C.C. had replied with 250 runs with the
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  • 85 25 Won 62 First Class Golf Titles London. Mar. 20. I'HE death is announced of the well--1 known gojfer. Mr. Harry Vard^n. -Reuter. Harry Vardon won 62 first class tournaments and published several standard works on golfing. He was born on May 9. 1870. He won tho Open Golf
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  • 1581 25 J. Donnelly Brings Home Three Winners Empire Flower's time was improved upon by Celestial, the winner of the sixth race, who finished 5 1 2 furlongs in 1 min. 7 15 sees., bettering the course record by 2 5 sees. Combination improved
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  • 22 25 Paris, Mar. 19. At the meeting of the International Lawn Tennis Federation to-day Malaya and Siam were admitted as members, i— Reuter.
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  • 426 25 Easy Victories In Regatta Singapore, Saturday. FINE weather favoured the finals of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club Rowing Itppatta this evening. The first race on the programme wa« for the Senior Pairs, and was won by Walford's crew. Walford stroked 16 and 31 agains Duncan's 18
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  • 66 25 Famous Tennis Player To Turn Pro? San Francisco, Mar 19. MRS Wills Moody < formerly Helen Wills i is understood to be considering offers from the promoters of the Perry-Vines tour Her husband confirmed that if Mrs. Moodv signs a contract with 20th Century Fox Company, she would
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  • 55 25 The Keppel Golf Club March Ladles founsomes waj played off on Mar. li», and the following WW the fOOVM returned: Mrs P. Crawley and Mrs R. McCrrath 44 14 30 Mrs. W. P. Douglas and Mrs. C. Q. SLai'key 47 12 35 Mrs E. R. Lubbock and
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  • 1295 26 F SCORES 87 OUT OF 130 IN S.C.C. TOURNAMENT Public Services Well Beaten In l Opening Game 1 START was made to-day In the Singapore Cricket Club Cricket Tourname at A when the Bankers. Brokers. Insurance and Etceteras defeated the Pubik Services by the easy
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    21 26 A picture taken while play was in progress during the match SCC vs Changi Gunners, on the padang on Saturday. Tribune
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  • 1873 26 Singapore. Saturday BRIGHT batting by F PH. Pearse!; and later by PO Longmore and O'Neil Dunne prevented the cricket from becoming very dull at the S.C.C. to-day when the Club first XI opposed the R.A. iChangi' in a one-day match. Pearse put together
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  • 332 26 'From Our Own Correspondent* Ptnang. March 21 TIME did not permit of the completion i of four innings in the trial erickft between teams captained by Knight and Anthony, which concluded en the Espianade to-day, but the honours, both collective, and individual, went to Anthony's side
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  • 591 27 MIDDLESEX IMPROVE HEAT R. A. F. FINE GOALKEEPING S! VI 111 OH IT I> ATTACK «.I-;TS Till !»Ol.\T* Singapore. Saturday FIELDING a team that was practically a second eleven, the RAF. gave a good account of themselves when they met the Middlesex in a First Division game at Anson Road
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  • 47 27 Singapore, Sunday. A CHINESE woman was stabbed With a pair of scissors in the COUtte Ol an argument with another woman this afternoon at Paya Lebar. Her wound is however, net considered serious. She was removed to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital by ambulance.
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    12 27 midfield incident from Saturday's first division soccer, Airmen and Middlesex Regiment. Tribune
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  • 57 27 GOOD batting by Chopard and Valberg enabled the SRC. to defeat the on the padang on 'day Scores: Indian Association:— H S Bull run out 0; Tharam Sint^h b Aivis 8; Ibrahim c sub b d'Almeida 15; Sitambaram b Martens 24: Choor Sinsh st. da Silva
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  • 371 27 Easily BetterSide London, .Saturday. IN an international rugger match today at Murraylield, England beat Scotland by s,ix points Ltwo triea) to three points (a penalty goal). A crowd Of 65.000 braved the cold damp weather, and after yesterday's J rain, the turf was heavy. England: Owen Smith:
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  • 136 28 R.S.Y.C. Rowing Regatta In Pictures UIWIIh OF EVENTS H. Thomas, winner of the sculls event in the R.S.Y.C. rowing regatta over the breakwater course on Saturday, when the finals of a threeday regatta were held. The finals were rather disappointing, the winners getting home well in advance of their rivals,
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