Morning Tribune, 5 April 1937

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    15 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 54 SINGAPORE, MON DAY, April 5, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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    FRANCO'S TROOPS HARD PRESSED
    1433 1 Loyalist Push Is Still In Progress HOW BASQUES ARE FARIXG Madrid, Apr. 4. THE Government troops have captured several important position dominating the insurgents' line near SaeliCes on the Guadalajara front, being a continuation of the advance in which Miralric, northwest of Brihuega was captured. Several
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    46 1 The Gordon Highlanders arrived in Singapore at the weekend to take up garrison in the new barracks at Changi, bringing the Singapore garrison up to brigade Strength. Here we see a senior officer of the Gordons watching the disembarkation of the men with his wife. (Tribune).
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    COAL STOPPAGE THREAT
    130 1 COAL STOPPAGE THREA T 400,000 British Miners Affected London, April 3. A NATIONAL coal strike involving *****0 miners is threatened as a result of the decision of a London delegate conference to take a ballot on April 14 in connection with the long-standing dispute in the Nottingham coalfield. The dispute
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    Trouble In U.S. Mines Too
    128 1 New York, April,3. The national coal dispute affecting. 462.000 coal miners who. although not striking declined to work without a contract, has been settled. A new two-year wage and hour agreement was concluded to-night between the mineowners and the United Mineworkers' Union, providing for a
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    IRELAND AND THE EMPIRE
    139 1 No Representation At Conference London, March 31. IT would be no value to the Irish Free State to be represented at the Imperial Conference in existing circumstances, declared Mr. De Valera in the Dail replying to questions whether preparations had been made to discuss foreign affairs,
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    DEFENCES OF PACIFIC
    184 1 Philippines New York, Apr. 3. AN emphatic denial that the defence plan of the Philippine Islands has been designed to strengthen the military power of the United States in the Western Pacific is given by Sen. Manuel Quezon, in an address to the Foreign Policy Association. He
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    ROYAL BROADCAST ON MAY 12
    59 1 London, April 4. THE King will broadcast a message to the whole of the British Commonwealth on the evening of Coronation Day at the end of the Empire programme of homage, in which the six Prime Ministers, including Mr. Stanley Baldwin a s well as
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    Good Year For Local Breweries
    1445 2 CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH AT ANNUAL MEETING Bottled Beer Better Than Canned Beer? Singapore. Saturday. A FINAL dividend of five per cent., making a total of 7' 2 per cent, for the year was declared at the seventh annual meeting of Malayan Breweries Ltd heid to-day at
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    Dr. De Cotta
    211 2 Off To St. Bartholomew's Hospital Singapore, Saturday I A PASSENGER by the Scharnhorst, which left Singapore this morning lor Europe, was Dr M. de Cotta of the de Cotta Clinic, Singapore, who is travelling to England with his family, and sister. He will be present at the
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    B.M.B.C.
    127 2 B.M .B. C. Language Broadcasts A rranged THE British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation has arranged for a series of lessons in elementary Malay. These lessons will be given by Mr. E. M. F. Payne of the Education Department beginning on Thursday April 8 at 7.35 p.m. All listeners wishing to follow
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    36 2 London. Apr. 2. New capital issues In March amounted to £11.257.125 compared with £10.671.858 in the previous month and £6.:»61,500 in March 1936. The total for the pa^t three months amounts to £49.543.248. British Official Wireless
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    30 2 "The Little Petticoats" was the pet name of the Gibraltar natives for the Gordons here is a party of them on the wharf after landing from the troopship Dorsetshire. (Tribune).
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    Saturday's Interesting Wedding At St. Andrew's Cathedral
    484 2 Singapore, Saturday. ST. Andrew's Cathedral was the scene of an interesting wedding this afternoon, when Miss Roma Noreen Paget Venning became the bride of Mr. Robert Charles Blair Wiltshire. Both are wellknown and popular in Singapore, and over 300 guests were present. Miss
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    AUSTRALIAN NAVY
    232 2 May Visit Spore Next Year POR the very first time In Malayan naval history. Australian warships and troops may visit Singapore to take part in the combined manoeuvres next year. The prospect of such a visit will be decided at the Imperial Conference to be held In London
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    ARRIVAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
    496 3 Middlesex Band On Pier To Greet Scottish Regiment Singapore, Saturday. AVER 850 officers and men of the Second Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, 0 were given a very hearty welcome when they arrived in Singapore by the trnonshiD Dorsetshire from Gibraltar this morning. band of the
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    RUBBER MARKET REVIEW
    303 3 Messrs. Stanton Nelson Co., Ltd Singapore, Friday. IN their weekly rubber market review Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co. State:— The firmness reported at the close lost week proved to have been fully justified and values were marked up in all markets when business was resumed after the
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    Rubber Forecasts
    25 3 London, April. 2. Forecasts of rubber stocks show a dee of nbout 400 tons In London, and about 1.125 tons in Liverpool Reuter
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    34 3 The Travel Association states that the Horn- Office figures for January show an increase of 627 holiday visitors and 880 business visitor!) from foreign 1 ountriea compared with the corresponIng period of last year.
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    Law Notice For To-day
    48 3 La w Notice For To-day Before the Chief Justice in the Ist Court it 9.30 a.m. Magistrate's Ar peal:— Rex vs. Chiah Tian (part heard. At 10 a.m:— Motion to appeal in Bkcy. 95 3G— Re Chop Koong Hin. At 10.30 a.m:— 3 Summonses-in-Cham-beri (1 in open Court).
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    JAPANESE ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE
    292 3 Jury's Verdict After 35 Minutes Deliberation Singapore, Saturday DICHO YAMANIWA was this morning found not guilty of the murder of Tarn Oshiro by a special jury after e ith» oration of about 35 minutes and Court* QUently dlscnar ged b y Mr. Just .or. Home
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    Flower Show
    95 3 Mr. H. S. Tan Wins Governor's Cup THE judging of plants and flowers at the Singapore Flower Show held at the New World has been completed. Mr. H. S. Tan. who exhibited the best collection of flowers and plants, has won the Governor's Cup. Mr. J. Laycock exhibited
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    Rubber
    104 3 Ocean Shipments From Malayan Ports OCEAN shipments of rubber, including concentrated latex, latex and revertex, from all Malayan ports during the month of March, 1937, totalled 59,568 tons. This represents an increase of 21,510 tons over the previous month. The cumulative total since the begini ning of the year
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    Irish Trade Talks?
    41 3 London. Apr. 4. THE Sunday Times Dublin correspondent understands that the Dominion representatives visiting London for the Coronation and the Imperial Conference will be invited afterwards to ro to the F?*ee State for trade discussions in Dublin— Reuter
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      26 3 .j, S i .J, PRINCESS OF I HOLLYWOOD COSMETICS i JUST ARRIVED BY J PRESIDENT WILSON OBTAINABLE THROUGHOUT MALAYA Sole Agents: i MONTOR LIMITED. SINGAPORE. I
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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    LONDON COMMODITIES
    105 4 London. April 3. Last Price To-day Change a one it/ Spot Buyers. 12 7 13 I JulyjSept Buyers 13 'a 13' 4 +Vs Oct.fDec. Buyers 13' 8 IV. i'» London. April 3. PALM OIL (Malay) Last Price To-day. In bulk Apr May £29.0.0 Value Unchangea COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.).
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    LONDON SHARE LIST
    131 4 London. April 3. Previous To-day Change Distillers H4 3 1119 -2 6 Dunlop Rubber 374 2 2 General Electric 8T 3 °H Imperial Chemical Industries 38T1 38 Imperial Tobacco 1 l }g Anglo-Dutch 4841 2 48 1^ 3 Canadian Pacific 1 514 *J London Tin (New Share)
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    METAL MARKET
    29 4 London. April 3. TIN Standard. Previous To-day Changs Spot (afternoon closing price) £291 3 4 £285 3 4 —6 Forward £286 3 4 £283 3 3 4
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    78 4 London. April 3. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 106.38 106.35 03 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8 93 15 16 3.94 516 4- 3 8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 211 16 Is 2 11 16 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling
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    NEW YORK CABLE
    49 4 RUBBER New York. April 3. Previous To-day Change t™» Quiet Steady SpSt Buyera 263 8 26 316 -3 16 Sellera »*i 26 516 -3 16 AprtlJune Buyers, gfc Seller* 265 8 26 3 8 K TIN Standard. Tone Weak Q uiet Spot 625 8 625 8
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    BULLION MARKET
    36 4 London. April 3. Previous To-day Change GOLD Fine Bar per os. £7.2. 1» 2 £7.2.0 V 2 d SILVER 20^ 21 i 8 Z 20 15 16 21 4- 116 spot l months forward
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    FRASER & COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends
    402 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends The Sidney Summer Time Medal. awarded by the New Zealand Royal So-| ciety to Sir Leonard Hill, was presented, to him recently at Burlington House by Sir William Bragg. president of the I Royal Society. The annual general meeting of the Old Comrades Association
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    TELUK ANSON RUBBER
    476 4 5 Per Cent. Paid For 1936 Singapore, Saturday. A FINAL dividend of three per cent, making five per cent, for the year v.us declared at the twenty-eiuhth annual genera] meeting of thp Teluk Aneon Rubber Estate, Ltd.. held to-day at the registered office of the company. Hongkong
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    Arab Delegation
    42 4 Jerusalem, March 31 The Arab higher committee has decided to send a delegation to London to plead the Arab cause consisting of Jamalal Husseini and Doctor Ozzatt Annous both of whom visited London on on identical mission last year. Reuter
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1675 5 Indued by Fraser and Co.& Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers c Avpr Hitam 29b <J1 JU 5 1 Aver Weng 70 1.80 1.70 1.85 r Banerin Ti a 23 9 24 9 24 25 SSfSSangor... 1-80 1.85dl
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
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      Rubber
      100 5 Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore: 45 cts., down y% ct. .Market Tone: Steady. London: 12 15 16d., down '\i\. Market Tone: Irregular. New York: 26^« cts., down 5!16 ct. Market Tone: Steady. The local market has been quite steady to-day in spite of the reaction in the other markets and
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      CLOSING PRICES
      29 5 Buyers Sellers. Spot 45' 8 45% Apr. June 45 3 8 45 5 8 July Sept. 45 5 8 45% Oct. Dec. 45 5 45% Tone: Quiet.
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      Tin
      28 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. Tin (Singapore) $140; down $2.50. London: Spot £285 155., down 1205.; three months £283, down 755. New York: 62% cts., down 7 /a ct.
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      Exchange
      9 5 Lcndon-New York 489 21 :'»2 New York-London 489.55
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    Share Markets
    187 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report MINING. Tin 3 months £282 down 9O' r Cable advices from London report an easier market in Tin shares there, and a number of counters are on offer at iathei cheaper prices amongst them being Ayer Hitams, Siones and Sungei Kintas. Locally also Tin
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    Mr. Julian Israels Report
    219 5 TIN: Locally down $2.50. RUBBER: Locally closing firm at 45 J buyers. MINING: Raubs $7.05— 57.15. There i.s nothing new to report in the tin share market. S. Kintas $10.00— 510.30 Sungei Luas $2.37> 2— 52.42! 2 Hong Fatts $1.52' 2 $1.56»/ 2 B. Selangors $1.80
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    U. S. And Arms
    40 6 Washln^on. April 1. Secretary Cordell Hull has staled that the United States Government is noc ptaoninti en international rWjurmument conference or making proposals to European nations through Mr Norman Davis for such a meeting. Reutor Wireless
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    22 6 The Hon. Mr. C. D Ahearne, Federal Secretary, leaves for home on Friday, April 9. Mr. Hu&h Fraser will act for him.
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    Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij. N.V.
    127 6 Nederlandsche HandelMaatschappij. N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter AD. 1824 Paid Up Capital 1 40.030.000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5.000,000 Special Reserve 1.000.000 Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D. CRENA DE lONGH President. M TAUDIN CHABOT Director. A. A. PAUW J.
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    Exchange
    194 6 SELLING Singapore. Apr 3. London T.T. nl ]\l London demand J*° London 4 months' sight J j Lyons demand l Hambure demand 141 New York demand 57 \a Montreal demand jj 7 Bataria demand 103 Bamarang demand 1 30 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demands 1543 Madras and Colombo demand
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    Produce
    210 6 Singapore, April 2. R. (Siam» W. Coast No 1 per Koyan $156 R. (Siam* W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $146 R. (Siam» W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $140 R. <Siam> "White" No Al $242 R. «'Siam» "White Rice" No. 1 $226 R. Siam > "White Rice" No.
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    The S'pore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn.
    102 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore, Saturday noon. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. April* 45 3 8 45 5 8 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. April* 44 516 44 716 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose* (awardable Spore) 45 'a 45 > 4 do. April 45 4 45
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    40 6 John Joseph McDonald. 31. a rag B*therer. of West Street. Oldham. was, at Manchester Assizes, found Not Guilty ot the murder of his wife. Elizabeth McDonald. He was found Guilty ot manslaughter and was sentenced to three years' penal servitude.
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      236 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established In 1880) Capital Subscribed CFuuy paid up) Y. 100.000,003 Reserve Fund Y.130.900.000 CC Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS ~\FFLES PLACF. Manager T. YAMAMOTu Tel: No. 6049 ivlanagers Roum 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore g Desk ItWliOl CIILXA (Incorpora^d in China by
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    The Wiltshire—Venning Wedding
    21 7 The Wiltshire Venning Wedding Saturday's brilliant function at the Police Officers' Mess, Mount Pleasant. Some pictures taken by the Tribune Camera-man.
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    GLASS-BREAKING ORGY
    196 8 Escapade Lands Man In Gaol AFTER listening to the account of a window-smashing orgy, Leigh magistrates the other day sentenced Harry Brown, 32. unemployed, of Shuttle-street, Tyidesley, to two months' Imprisonment with hard labour. Brown pleaded guilty to damajjinir a plate-glass window value £5, belonging tc Frank Lsherwood,
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    20 8 The Home Office has sanctioned an increased scale of pay for the higher ranks of the City of London Police
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      158 8 (§> 0 ft :;> g. :Jj .<> :;> ;;> ;'> Q O <;> ;> WHOLE TOWN'S FLOCKING TO SEE THIS GRAND? MALAYAN STORY! ABSOLUTELY MADE FOR TOUR TASTE!! I < AIM TO L.. TO-NIGHT J f i CONTINUED SUCCESS! f ALL SHOWS PACKED OUT SINCE OPENING!! 0 SDOROTHY LAMOURI t
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      141 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT 6-15 9-15 WHY DID SHE PEN THOSE LINES OF ECSTASY?.... Is i9^^V* lOVE LEHERS> HENRY HUNTER^ j POUY ROWIES i C. Henry GORDOK f A Universal Picture UMVERSAL'S EXCITING MURDER MYSTERY EMPIItE TALKIE TANJONG PAGAR ROAD 7 P.M. TO-NIGHT 9.15 P.M. PARAMOUNT PRESENTS HAROLD LLOYD IN THE FUNNIEST
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      52 8 She'll captivate you just as s* has captivated millions of others EDDIE CANTOR sl H Sensational^ Songb i r d U BECOMES A GREAT SCREEN STAR /v 3 SMART G I R LS ftb BINNIE BARNES ALICE BRADY RAY MILLAND CHARLES WINNINGER JIISCHA AUER HAW GREY Wednesday April 14th AT
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    28 9 Greta Garbo who plays opposite R obcrt Taylor and Lionel Barrymore in M.G.M. version of Alexandre Du mas' immortal story "Camille" which opens at the Pavilion on Wednesday.
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    MAN AND BOY IN AMAZING SEA ADVENTURE
    416 9 To South America And Back After Seaside Trip WHILE their relatives mourned them as dead, a man and boy stated to be boon companions were on board a steamer ploughing its way across the South Atlantic, says the "News of the World." They
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    Word Of Honour
    161 9 1 reused Man Keeps Faith With Judge RELEASED overnight on his word or honour to ntt°nd rnurt again on a rhar^o of ntt°mptpd murder George Frank Ow^rs 25. Hardener of Potman's!atw Cat^fieid. npar Boxhill-on-Sea, kew f aith with the Lord Chief Justice. Lord Fewart. at Sussex Assizes.
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      140 9 alhambra| H E A *l E U» e of Histofy>s Greatest Thrillers'y fc ij^fc The great adventurr \IL I^^ i s ar P orlrayl \m X. f^i^A. i§fl !IX greatest of all the mm '^Brvw* tral azcrB 10 #Bf Wy v^^^iC^^a'Srw Ib& A drama ot lhe P ionrr V/^^ jUr^
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    RUBBER MARKET NOTES
    1524 10 Possibility Of Booming Commodity Prices Good Prospects Of Shares (By Air Mail) London, March 22 THE rubber position is pregnant with the most Intriguing possibilities The price of the commodity has risen to over Is. a pound, to a figure that, six months ago, seemed a very
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    Construction Plan
    283 10 N.Y.K. To Answer O.S.K. Challenge A GIGANTIC construction scheme Ls being pushed by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in order to meet the situation arising from the absorption by the Oi-aka Shosen Kaisha of the KokusaKisen Kaisha. To begin with, the company will build three 16.000-ton semi-passenger boat and
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    FOUNDERS' DAY AT HARROW SCHOOL
    79 11 FOUNDERS' DAY AT HARROW SCHOOL The annual Founders' Uav ceremonies took place at Harrow School, nea. London. The school is one of the J«>»m J^' in B Ui a d was founded as far back as 1511. Our picture shows roll-call at Harrow .school on Founders Da>. (PUnet Nws). Football
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday. April 5, 1937. THREAT TO REARMAMENT
    299 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday. April 5, 1937. THREAT TO REARMAMENT IfEKY soon alter the news WM received that the American national coal dispute was settled came information that a national coal Stoppage was threatened in Britain. In the United States the quarrel was over wages and hours and it was
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    AROUND MALAYA
    850 12 QPEAKING Al tiffin given in his honour by the All-Malayan Estate Asiatic Staffs Association, Mr John Hands, who is shortly tearing for England on holiday, said that the recent strikes had drawn attention to the difficulty of dealing with unorganised bodies became there were no responsible persons with
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    PERSONALITIES
    112 12 Tunku Kassim has been appointed as chief aide-de-camp to H.H. the Sultan of Kedah. Dr. (Mrs.) Coutts Milne has been appointed temporarily as Lady Medical Officer, Women and Children's Clinic, Muar. Mr. N. Nichols. Chief Police Officer, Batu Pahat, was entertained to a tea party prior to his departure
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    80 12 General Sir Hubert Gough, former commander of the Fifth Army, attended the Fifth Army Old Comrades' Association Memorial Service at the Horse Guards Parade (London) and the Cenotaph, Whitehall. With General Gough was a former enemy Major W. Otzen, a member of the German 14th Cavalry Brigade which fought against
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    Mona Tinsley's Abductor Gets 7 Years
    347 13 BUT GIRL STILL MISSING Riddle Of Lost Child ANOTHER chapter in the amazing mystery of a missing 10-year-old school -girl was closed at Birmingham Assizes by the sentence of seven years' penal servitude passed on a 45-year-old motor mechanic lor decoying the child away.
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    57 13 The 28th birthday celebrations ot the store have started at Selfridge's. Oxford Street, London. One of the special attractions is Max Hermans collection of Crown Jewel replicas, said to be worth £30.000. Our picture shows Mr. Gordon Self ridge being shown replicas of Crowns in the Max Herman display. Miquet'e,
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    Girl Cat-Burglar
    168 13 Caught After Entering House Through Roof Thorne. Yorks. WHEN a S-rl of 14. alleged to be a "catburglar," was found in a house, it vas stated she said she entered the house to leave a note for a youth who lived there. "She is so made up that
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    71 13 M Kicri:n,i Sandier, the Swedi h Foreign Minister, was welcomed bv Mr. Anthony I lit It, the Foreign .Viuister. when he arrittd at Croydon Ictodronifl on an official vi >it To London. A full p r n;?rmnme has born •irranged from M. Sandier, imlutii.i? a luncheon at the ."Mansion House
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    4 YEARS FOR ROGUE
    377 13 Duped Clergymen And Doctors Manchester. COR ten years, it was declared at Man- Chester Assizes, a man who was sentenced to penal servitude had lived mainly on the proceeds of fraud. His victims, it was stated, were mostly clergymen, hospital nurses, and doctors. This record was
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    Young Britan To The "F Camp
    135 14 Young Britan To The "F Camp Th e 16th sth Lancers from Hhunslow Barracks, rehearsed on Hounslow Heath, near London, for the Coronation Royal Tournament. A feature of the Lancers' display will be shootin* with revolvers ai toy balloons from horseback. Our picture shows a Lancei taking a fence and
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    in Responds Keep Fit" aign
    98 15 The brightest day of the year signalled the commencement of the open-air tennis season when the first tournament opened at the West Twickenham Hard Courts Club, Twickenham, London. Here are Miss J. F. MaUiias (left) and Miss J. Greage talking to the warmly wrapped up
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      33 15 Rene ULLMAN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE HOES D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc. ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES THE BEST IS TO CO>fE AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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    Bouquets of the Day
    1782 16 llk flower- sli*w lias no clou hi ai'OUM'ri iniirli iiil«i<si in llmwrs. ami the lew «'nlri«'« for ll«wer arrangement* lias |»n< ilm- iliinkinu rap on tin- heatl of ih«» d«'«-oralivo hiiiiM e&Hvemm |>roclii«*in£| whai nniK's Im'lom PARDENINCi i one of the satisfying U hobbies of the
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    Restraint in Table Decoration
    73 17 Restraint in Table Decoration TABLE settings, Ilka the beautiful garden background, are extremely artistic and notable for the use oi exquisite china and glassware. You will like the restraint of the table. There is a pleasing absence of the somewhat glaring novelties that have been used on every hand so
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      126 17 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING? GUIDE 1 STATIONER JOIN GLOVER *S Detective Fiction LIRRARY Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor) The Arcade, Singapore. BOOKSHOP THE AMATEUR MECHANIC AND WORK HANDBOOKS. Model Aeroplanes Electric Lighting Watch Cleaning and Repairing The Simple Lathe and Its Accessories
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      68 17 DR Y CLEANING II ii ri o I Oi§i r i\ for sain v da j service Goods lianded in by 10 a.m. can be collected b> 6 p.m. same day. 278, Orchard ltd. Phcne 7771. CAMERAS AND FILMS rHiK»^ |gill||U I EYES Eye Examinations, Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO.,
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    50 SHIPS BVILT— 90 SCRAPPED
    446 18 Results Of Government Assistance IN the House of Commons, recently Sir Charles Barrie < Southampton. L. Nat. i asked the President of the Board of Trade if he could state the results of the operation of Part 11. of the British Shipping (Assistance* Act. 1935
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      411 18 BY P&OandBRITISH INNA LINES Outward*. Due fonaaie "pore. t*™" ,-n™ a«J o rtthar 6 000 June 14 BHUTAN 6,100 June 5 Homewards. Leaves Leaves Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. 1937. RANCHI 17,000 Apr. 9 RAWALPINDI 17.000 June 4 t CATHAY 15.000 Apr. 23 CORFU 15.-00 June 18 BURDWAN 6.070 Apr. 29
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      185 18 M. M. LINE (Incoroorated in France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANS ATL ANTIQUE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles I'RES. DOI'MER 11,898 T. Apr. V\ CHENONCEAUX 14.825 T. Apr. 16 ANDRE LEBON 13.681 T. Apr. 27 JEAN LABORDE 11.414 T.
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      132 18 \.Y.K.LL\i: GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar *m.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr 14 s.s. "HAKONE MARU" Apr. 29 s.s. SUWA MARU May 13 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU" May 27 Rates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples «497 $540
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      105 18 I POSTAL INT ELLIGENCE J s l«_p^ I I ll* ll* I l»~ l'~ I" l» 0 I 0 STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES j.: lvio I'll Sin m Java. South-West Sumatra. S.-East Borneo, Celebes Moluccas and r Germany (Parcels only) Hindenburg 5 2 p.m. India:— East and North Karagola April 8
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      309 19 BIIt XS PHIL V L I X E (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MERKUR Apr. 30 May 4 MARELLA May 29 June 4 Special cheap round trip tickets Irom Singapore to Australia issued at the following rate* First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
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      501 19 ||w TO FRENCH POUTS V i IB bF homewards. J D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Apr. 11 CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 9 ADEN For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 20 j CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 28 OUTWARDS. (from Marseilles)
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      137 19 THE IIAKIIOI'K: SHIPS 1> DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No Opt en Noort 20 1 Centaur 16 3 Achilles |3 J Akit:: Maru J1 Ben venue 1° I Ajax 9 3 R lie inland 7 3 (ape St. George 32 3 Malayan Prince 34
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      75 19 Air >-ail ilrsiialfli# h H Java and Southern Sumatra: Nether- 1 hinds, closing 4 p.m. to-day. Mails Lxpeeied Maili arrived from Europe etc., (London) by Air (Imperial* yesterday. Gtnerai delivery of letters 8.25 a.m. toaay. Mails expected from Japan by the Yoshida Maru No. 1 due at Singapore to -day.
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    INDIAN POLO PONIES ARRIVE IN LONDON
    172 20 Valued at £38,000, 34 Indian ponies arrived at King; George V Docks aboar i the Mk Naldera from Bambay. They are to be ridden by the Nawab Bhopal's team in the polo matches this summer in England. The cost of the transportation is estimated
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    Author's Distress
    213 21 That Her Hook Is Linked With Girl's Death London. TEARING that a book she had writtei. 1 might bare been linked with the death of sixteen-year-old Marie Platt. whose body was found at the foot rW the Eastbourne cliffs. |f|gg Marker/ Lawrence, the novelist, got in touch With
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      905 21 \ys the radio! British Empire Katlio (oloniai P r osjr a m in to-day Wavelength: 25.24 metres (11.885 Kcs). Tran mission 2:— 6.20 p.m.— 9.05 4.20 p.m. Gramophone Records. rran.Mii me tres (21.47 mcs); 435 p.m. News in French. rSr 1686 metres (17.79 mcs.) and 5.00 p.m. Mews in English.
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      542 21 I'ru^raiiEiE^ic s Of /II L Singapore Station On 225 Metres TO-DAY tion of the League fights epidemics and venta their spread from one coui nn nm Maiaw u,..(i. r om tl another, organises and co-ordinato, ;1 Malay Music IGiam research m all branches of medicine. KiKmbV(Miss Diak, lg othera Wlth
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      113 21 (Continued from previous column) 720 p.m. Time signal, weather re port and announcements. 7.23 p.m. Continuation of European programme. 8.15 p.m. Daventry news bulletin. 10.20 p.m. Close down. TO-MORROW 3.30 p.m. Chinese programme. 6.30 p.m. European programme. 6.50 p.m. Stock quotations and Exchange Market report. 6.55 p.m. Continuation of European
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    30 22 The gathering at the tea party given by the Mohammedan Advisory Board at "Darusalam." the residence of Mr. Syed Ibrahim bin Omar Alsagoff J.P., at Chancery Lane, <\n Saturday. (Tribune).
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    FATAL END TO PROPOSED WORLD TRIP
    450 22 Russian Author Woman Friend Drowned Off Devon AFTER a life of thrills and adventure. a young Russian author and hi.; voman companion perished off the Devon coast fighting desperately 10 reach the shore in B dinghy after Uieir yacht had been driven on a
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    Electric Fire Death
    197 22 U.P.'s Widow Fatally Burned Bournemouth. EVIDENCE showing that her dresslngEown was ignited when it swept across the front^ of an electric fire, was Kiven at the Bournemouth inquest on Ladv Bruton. who died at a Bournenouth hotel, following: bums. Lady Bruton was 82 and was the widow
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    STABBED RATS WITH FORK
    250 22 Then "Smoked" Them Alive HOW a farm foreman was stated to haw stabbed rats with a fork and to havt held them, while still alive, in engine fumes, was described at Watton. Norfolk, when Sidney Frank Brown Caston. near Watton. was fined £2. with £1 4s.
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    54 22 Mr. Michael Kane. president Harworth branch of the Notts Mi Association, who was released from son after serving I sentence i months' imprisonment for intimic of men who had remained at work a1 the colliery, was met bv a crowd of over 2.000 strikers and their families was carried shoulder-high
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    16 23 A picture showing the Gordon Highlanders disembarking from the Dorsetshire at Tanjong Pagar on Saturday. Tribune
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    London Buses
    87 23 New Workers 9 Agreement Planned London. April 4 NEGOTIATIONS will shortly be opened N between the Transport and General Workers' Union and the London Transport Board for a new agreement on busmen's conditions to replace the one terminating on May 1 by a month's notice just given by
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    Textile Talks
    97 23 Reduction Of U.S. Workers' Hours? Washington. April 2 TWO hundred delegates and advisers representing twenty-three nations were present at the international textile conference under the auspices of tht International Labour Office. The main questions to be discussed Include a reduction In hours of labour to forty a week
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    Famous Soldier Dead
    37 23 Istanbul, April 1 The death Is announced of the famous soldier and .statesman Marshal Ahmed [zzel Pasha who signed the armistice on behalf of Turkey. He was Grand Vizier after the War. Reuter Wireless
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    Free Assembly Leader
    27 23 London, April 3 Dr. L. D. Jones Adran. congregational leader and president elect of the Free Assembly, is to retire in June.- Official Wireless
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      253 23 ARRANGE YOUR PARTIES NOW 7" GALA PREMIERE PAf IIjI"^ WEDS. APRIL 7th A NEW GARBO more Beautiful than ever Gayer Happier RETURNS TO THE SCREEN London, Mar. IS. .^ifij RsP^kyHl "fAMILLE." which HBVHtfHH^nS 0 v I have already LwglfF^flSfrßl recommended you to Bfli^ES^Sff^S] Sd see. is bringing re- lJb3^H cord
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    ARSENAL GETTING SET FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
    1394 24 But Manchester City Are Still In The Running IlVal^n;^!er R CiS. £SJtJE3niE& -red a meritorious victory by six gOftlS to two over Brent- ford The City and Birmingham were| the only visiting dubs to Ukfl full points in the first division In the second division
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    New Stamps
    60 24 Ready In Coronation Week London, April 1 CORONATION stamps of four denomiv nations— half penny, one penny, three halfpence and 2 1 bd will be available ror the public In Coronation week, announced the Postmaster General in a speech at Salisbury. The three half Denny stamp will be
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    King And Queen At Windsor
    94 24 London, April 4 THE King and Queen will go into re-! sidenoe at Windsor Castle next Wednesday for the first time since their j accession They will remain there till a few days before the Coronation, but the King will! come to London on April
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    IRELAND BEAT WALES
    339 24 5 3 Victory At Belfast. Apr. 3 IRELAND beat Wales by five points tu 1 three at Belfast to-day. Early morning rain and a drizzle before the <tart made the ground greasy and the ball difficult to handle. The weatht affected the gate which was 20,000 a
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    K. V. A. FOR THE CIRCUS
    70 24 New Traffic Control At Piccadilly London. April 4 fONTROL of traffic at Piccadily Circus the most complicated street inter section in London's West End. is to be transferred from police to vehicle-ac-tuated signals. The alterations will not be completed, however, until after the Coronation
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    New U.S. Liner
    92 24 Designed To Replace The New York, April 2. THE Newport New Shipbuilding Com pany submitted a low bid for constuction of a liner for the United States Lines replacing the Leviathan. Bidding on alternate designs tn«' Company bid $14,375,000 for a steamei cf the same pattern as
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    10 24 Mr. D. H. Trumble is appointed a J* for Malacca.
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    NASTY SPILL MARKS OPENING DAY OF PENANG RACES
    1101 25 Three Jockeys Injured: Two lit Hospital (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. rE Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting opened to-day with a" nasty accident in the first race when Draman, Tankard and Lewis (fractured wrist) were hrown. the latter two having to
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    New Air Chief
    20 25 London. April 1. Air Marshal C. L. N. Newall has beenj ipuointed Air Chief Marshal.- Reuter Wireless
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    16 25 The King of Belgians has appointed the Count of Flanders to represent him at the Coronation.
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    MIDDLESEX SCORE DECISIVE WIN OVER CHINESE
    545 25 Interesting Match At Anson Road Stadium Singapore, Saturday DLAYING at the Anson Road Stadium 1 to-day in the Second Division of the League the Middlesex gathered full points from the Chinese who were beaten by 3— nil. The Chinese had practically all the play
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    SELANGOR DEFEATED IN AN INNINGS
    1382 26 MATCH WITH CAHN'S XI SKITTLED Ol I lIV WALSH I* SECOND INNINGS (From Our Own Reporter! Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. AS was only to be expected after the developments of the first day's play In the match between Selangor and Sir Julien Cahn's XI. the State
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    21 26 Sir Julien Cahn, whose ultra slow captured two wickets in each innings at Kuala Lumpur, and also got wickets at Ipoh.
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    14 26 B. H. Lyon, who put up a lively 50 for the tourists against Selangor.
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    APRIL MEDAL AT S.G.C.
    506 26 Henderson Wins Spring Cup THE Apr.il Medal competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Fukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in B win for D. S. Davidson in "A" division with a net score 01 70. in a win for W. A.
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    Country Bumpkin
    139 26 Bright Comedy At The Pavilion '/•OUNTRY BUMPKIN", the M.-G-M^ v production now showing at we Pavilion, is one of the brightest corned ies to be shown on the local screen lor many a month. There isn't a dull moment in i he pflure thanks to the genius of
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    Sensational Cricket In Padang Tournament Match
    3091 27 Sensational Cricket In Padang Tournament Match 231 RUNS IN 110 MINUTES BY MERCHANTS Griffith Jones In A Wonderful Scoring Mood SENSATIONAL cricket was seen on the S.C.C. padang to-day when MerO rhants and Law met 8.8.1, and Etceteras in the second match of the club tournament and won by 140
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    More Merry Run-Making By Batsmen Of Cahn's Touring XI
    1058 28 More Merry Run-Making By Batsmen Of Cahn's Touring XI HOMESTERS FAIL ON EASY WICKET AT IPOH Brilliant Innings By Maxwell For Visitors (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Sunday. DERAK cricket lovers were sadly disappointed to-day in the display put up by the state side In the two da? match against
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    18 28 The Kin^ and Queen will attend f Cup Final at Wembley stadium on M 16.— British Official Wireless.
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