Morning Tribune, 6 April 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 55 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, April 6, 1937. FIVE CENTS
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  • 259 1 Germany Protests Against South Africa's Anti-Nazi Law COMBATIVE >lIASIItI M.I 11.10 EX-COLONY INVOLVED 111 1 11 It S RIX EM RETALIA TIO.\ DECREE RE< ALLED k FORMAL protest has been made by Germany to the Government Of South Africa against the recent new law to suppress any Nazi organisations which
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  • 51 1 SIR Patrick Duncan, the new Governor General of the Union, and Lady Duncan, arrived .by thp liner Warwick Castle to-day The ship wa.s escorted into Table Bay by the flagship Amphion. which fired a salute of nineteen guns. The docks and shipping were gaily be- nagged.—
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  • 74 1 Too Active Off N. Australia Port Darwin, Apr. 5. SEVENTEEN Japanese pearling luggers were captured by a Government patrol boat m Australian waters off the north coast and released after the skippers had been warned. In view of the increasing activity of Japanese fishing vessels on the
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  • 14 1 Excavations have begun for the buildig an L.M.S railway station at Apsley. B< Oxfordshire.
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  • 99 1 Service* To Be Shortest Ever Used London, Apr. 5. KING George's coronation service will, be the shortest ever to be used m a 1 British coronation ceremony. The form of service now published reveals a number of changes from previous custom. The sermon is to be omitted, and time
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  • 93 1 Great Pro-Monarchy Demonstration Vienna. Apr. 4. rE biggest pro-monarchy demontration m Austria since the war was held here to-day. The occasion was a memorial mass for Emperor Charles m the Vienna Cathedral, which was rilled with 6,000 Legitimists, while thousands of others lined the square outside carrying flags with
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    27 1 Hitler objects to the Union Government of South Africa taking steps to prevent Nazi influences taking a hold m the former German colony of south west Africa.
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  • 11 1 The King has granted his patronage to the Yorkshire Agricultural Soc>eiv
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  • 27 1 The German Post Office is making, preparations for the issue on April 20. Herr Hitler's birthday, of a special postage stamp bearing the effigy of the Fuhrer.
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  • 86 1 Incendiarists In B.C. Nelson. British Columbia. Apr. 5. Fl'R school* and two community halls were razed to the ground by fire, two other halls partially burned and a fifth school damaged by a crude bomb m the West Kootenay district near here. The fire* are believed to
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  • 34 1 Dr Julius WagTier-Jauregg, the Austrian alienist and r_eurologist. who was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Pnvsiology and Medi-ii:e m recognition of his dlscoverv of "ma'arial treatment a proqjessifi I raly*is, was t-0 recently.
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  • 235 1 Stability Primary Need London. Apr. i>. DELEGATES from twentytwo countries were present at the opening of the international sugar conference In the Locarno Room of the Foreign Office toe ay. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald m an inaugural speech emphasised that the best service that could be rendered to
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  • 39 1 A longshoreman patrolling the beach at Priory Bay. Seaview. Isle of Wight. found a mailbag which had been congigned by the German liner Deutschland. The bag, containing correspondence for South America, was intact and was rcdispatched by postal officials.
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    • 31 1 T ON OTHER PAGES j i Page 1 Jockey Draman Dead > Ratepayers J < t Municipal Reform I New Tennis Plan 26 Local Golf JJ Local Soccer i (ahn's Cricketers 28 i_-
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    • 66 1 VJ fflQ S RESH MILK -WITH MI THE TROUBLE REMOVED! 117 Klim put tn end to delicious, nourishing milk your troubles with milk. to drink. It is especially F Klim is rich, pure cows good for babies. If your rTAilk, powdered -with only dealer cannot supply you. water removt d.
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  • 573 2 DRAMAN SUCCUMBS TO HIS INJURIES Tatt Said To Be Suspended For Five Months Singapore. Monday THE death Ol Jockey A Draman. who died m the Penang Hospital m the early houn of this morning following the nasty accident In which he involved while riding m the
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  • 85 2 Two People Injured Yesterday Singapore. Monday. IfNOCKED down by a bicycle m Hav°- lock Road yesterday morning, a Chinese boy was taken to the General Hospital with a simple fracture of the ripht leg. Whilst walking along Khean Hock Road with his father yesterday afternoon, a Chinese boy
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  • 516 2 New Move Towards Public Debate SEVERAL matters of interest were discussed at a committee meeting of the Straits Chinese British Association held at the Garden Club, on Mar. IG. at 5. 15 p.m. Those present were the Hon. Mr Tay Lian Teek 'chairman. Messrs. Chua Keh Hai. Tan Sim
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  • 379 2 MR. EGMONT HA KE'S MARRIAGE Big Ceremony At K.L. (From Our Own Reporter, Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. THE marriage was solemnised at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon, between Mr. H. B Egmont Hake and Miss Lorna AnaleyYoung. daughter of Dr. W AnslevYoung. a well-known personality ol Klang. and
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  • 94 2 Minor Mishap At Smll.B. Singapore. Monday. ANE of the small, goods engines which v work inside of the gates of the S.H.B. area was derailed this afternoon. Fortunately there were no casualties. The local Fire Brigade was called out to damp the boiler fires of the locomotive. The
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    29 2 Jockey A. Draman who died at Penang on Monday morning as a result of inju ries m one of the most serious riding accidents m .Malaya m recent years.
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  • 336 2 Diplomat Talks On Spain Singapore. Mo: CHIEF of the Bolivian Legation lr Madrid for the past 2U year two months ago. and evacuated (British destroyer, together with [Spanish refugees from Alicante tn Marseilles. M. J. E. Guerra arrived jn sir.. gapore last night on board the Fushinii
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  • 104 2 Contributions Received In Singapore THE following amounts have been re- ceived by the Salvation Army up to April 3. His EUgifiem the Sultan of Johore $500 The Hon. Mr. H. W. Raper 100 S. S. W.. Poor Relief 100 Messrs. G. T. Fulford Co. Ltd. 30 Messrs The
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  • 34 2 Moscow, Apr. D It is officially announced that Potemkin. the Soviet Ambassador w France, will be relieved of his diploma duties and appointed First .Assist a.. Commissar of Foreign Affairs Reuter
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  • 485 3 NEW ADVERTISING LAW ULTRA VIRES Ratepayers 9 Views Of Municipal Proposition THE opinion that the advertisement bye-laws as framed by the Municipality I were ultra vires by members of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association a committee meeting held at the offices of Rennie Lowick and Co., Hongkong Bank Chambers, on Wednesday,
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  • 514 3 MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION AND S.S. A. Questionnaire For Members In Preparation IT was stated at a meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements 'Singapore! Association that a questionnaire for members on the subject of direct representation on the Municipal Commission as distinct from the present system of nomination is being
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    17 3 Coronation draws near. The picture shows coronation decorations ready for mounting m the streets of Royal Windsor.
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  • 43 3 London, Apr. 5. A MEETING of members of the Glasgow district of the Amalgamated Engineering Union decided to support tlv Rpardmore stricken m spite of the ady*ce of the national executive of the A. E. U. to th? strikers return to work Reuter
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  • 56 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai. April 5. rpHE rice merchants m Shanghai are sending a delegation to Nanking urging the Central Government to withdraw the order for the exemption of tax for rice imported into Kwangtung. This order has inevitably affected the price of the commodity thereby endangering
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    • 51 3 Law .\ofici* For To-day tore Mr. Justice Howes m the 3rd t_ at 11 a.m. S 172 36— G. M. Alagappa Thevar vs G. V. Palaniyandi Thevar. "fore Mr. Justice Home m the 2nd rt at 10.30 a.m. •s— Rex vs. Ali bin Rahmat Abu Samah bin Mat Ramli bin
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    • 51 3 Wd mmJm\ mmwJ* _B3____ rRAXXOSAX Guaranteed to remove CORNS, HARD SKIN CALLOUSES within 24 hours. Implicit confidence m ihe efficacy of Trannosan Corn Remedy; if not satisfied, money will be refunded In full. Obtainable from all Dispensaries High -class Stores. .70 cents per packet. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS. 86, Robinson
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    • 32 3 A i T /^P#X v^3?J\ jM^PI MaM p/^|fii{ xllllJ^ j j PWNCESSTarI I HOLLYWOOD I COSMETICS I JUST ARRIVED BY PRESIDENT WILSON i OBTAINABLE THROUGHOUT IMALAYA I Sole Agents: j MONTOR LIMITED.
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    • 8 4 White Muntok Apr.|June shipment 5 Sellers
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    • 79 4 London. Apr. 5 Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 106.35 106.35 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8 94 5 16 8.95 5 16 -f .01 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 2 11 I6d. Is. 2 2132d —1.32 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling
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    • 116 4 Rear Admiral 9 s Special Appointment London. THE Admiralty announces that the appointment has been approved of Rear Admiral Arthur N. Dowding to be Rear Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron, temporarily for the Coronation Naval Review, to date Apr. 20. Rear Admiral Dowding will hoist his dag In
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    • 97 4 Reduction Of U.S. Workers 9 Hours? Washington. April 2. TWO hundred delegates and advisers representing twenty-three nations were present at the international textile conference under the auspices of the International Labour Office. The main questions to be discussed Include a reduction m hours of labour to forty a
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    • 61 4 I^ 1 j London, Apr. 5 Previous To-day Change General Electric j! *<, v vH 3 Imperial Chemical Industries ,S, 2 ~TL 2 London Tin (New Share) ]j" AR Rubber Plant Investment Trust ™j! Kaffirs (West Witswatersand) 349 4 1 353 14 +39 Shell Transport 2
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    • 22 4 RUBBER New York. Apr. 4. April June Buyer 26 2 Tune WC3.K yuif i OpUL O». y Mil 8
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    • 317 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Apr. 3. •PJ*" Total for Company Dividend Books Close financial Date Ex. Div year TIN Payable Date to date To Batu Sejangor 7ft Int. Apr. 8 Apr. 14 Apr. 9 12 1 Hong Fatt 5^ Final Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 15 15%
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  • 1519 5 Issued by Fraser and Co.& Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers < Shares ---c tl unless otherwise .fated) Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Tin 67' 2 6 10' 2 64>/ 2 69 4 35 3 36 9 35- 36 6 £1 54- 56-
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 139 5 Singapore. Monday Morning. Singapore: 45'. j ets., up 4 ct. Market Tone: Steady Quiet London: 13 11 16 d.. up 4 ct. Market Tone: Steady Quiet. New York: 26 3 16 cts.. down 3 16 ct. Market Tone: Easier. S ngapore. Monday evening The market has been quiet but
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    • 17 5 Singapore, Monday noon Singapore: $140. unchanged. London: No market. New York. 62 5 8 cts., unchanged.
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    • 9 5 London-New York 489 3132 New York-London 489 82
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  • 243 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore, Apr. 5. Tin at midday was $140, unchanged. The tin share market generally speaking experienced a very quiet day with little or no changes to record. Amongst Sterlings there were enquiries for Renong Tin, Temoh, Ampat and Pangnga Rivers. Amongst Dollar shares there
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  • 211 5 Mr. Julian Israel 's Report Tin locally unchanged. Rubber locally closing firm about 464 c buyers July Sept Mining. Raubs $705—57.15. Monday, finishes with its usual dullness. S. Kintas $10.00—510.25, S. Luas $2.35 $2 40. Hong Fatts $1,524 $1.55. B. Selangors $1774—*****. Jelebus $1.20 -$1.25. Rahman Hyd. $1 55-SI.CO. Talams
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  • 472 6 Britain 's Vie ws On Tariffs LEAD FOR REDUCTION MUST COME ELSEWHERE Premier States Attitude Of The Government London THE British Government does not intend to take any new step, towards Inltia--1 ting negotiations for a general reduction In tariff barriers, but is leaving other countries to take action. This
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  • 202 6 Lewis Peat's Weekly Rubber Report Plantation- Immediately following our last report mi n which we gave the decision of the Rubber Control Committee we had a strong and active market with a further advance m prices and 1 0 13 16d. was paid for more distant months delivery. Owing to
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  • 25 6 There were 47 applicants for the post Ol Deputy Town Clerk of East Ham at a salary of £900 a year, rising to £1 050
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  • 97 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Tone of Market:-- Steady dull. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 13d. per lb. Spot Sheet U.S. cts. 26 3 15 per lb. Singapore. Monday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. IX.R.S.S. m ca (F. 0.8. April 45 45 7 8 Good FA
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  • 200 6 SELLING Singapore. Apr. 5. London T.T. 2 4 116 London demand 2 4 110 London 4 months' sight 2 4 1 8 Lyons demand !240 Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 57 316 Montreal demand 57 116 Batavia demand 103 7 8 Samarang demand 103 5 8 Calcutta. Bombay
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  • 204 6 Singapore. April 5. R. -Siam' W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $152 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $142 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Kovan 5136 R. (Siam) -White- No. Al $234 R. (Siam) -White Rice" No. 1 $215 R. "Siam' -White Rice" No. 2
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    • 61 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORaVTION LIMITED FPEE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) m SAFE BOXES it! our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can hav c access to these safe boxes, so that
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    • 195 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD i i (Established ln 1880 1 I Capital Subscribed tFuiiy paid up) Y.1Q0.000,900 Reserve Fund Y.130.900.000CC Head Offlce: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS -^AFFLES PLACE Manager T. YAMaMOTo Tel: No. 6049 Managers Room 5921 5922 General Offlce. 5923 6472 Compradores D^sk \€Mlc*rlaiidsc*lu fc II an
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  • 57 7 Signor Mussolini relaxes his usually stern features m a smile when he chats with women settlers and their children at the Luigi Razza colony during his recent journey through Libya. Planet News Long-range guns of the Italian Army make an imposing sight at a
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  • 182 8 To Break Up: Assets To lv Distributed (By Air Mail) London. Mar 25 MALAYAN Tinttelds. over 98 per cent of the issued capital of which is held by the London Tin Corporation, that no useful purpose will be served b\ the continuation of its activities a separate entity.
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  • 121 8 Saitord A WIFE went into the witness-box at Salford to give evidence against h< husband for maintenance arrears. 'But your husband is dead." said thstipendiary Mr. Percy Macbeth. Tn> wife. Mrs. Mary Dyson, of Holly-strt-e--went white and reeled back. "I am sorry: I
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    • 155 8 XOwing to definite up-country bookings Season Must-jj conclude TO-NIGHT! I 1 CAPITOL ».i5 SPECIAL FINAL MATINEE TO-DAY 3-15 I ♦Sj ._s^fc. Paramount s Romantic Story of the Ma- "y "S" a > an Jungle With a new Hollywood Beautiful Star Singing and Talking REAL ft MALAY f i__ _fl^^^^_ l
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    • 189 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT 6-15 9-15 Last 2 Shows It is a picture which it would be a pity to miss, both for the excellent acting of the entire cast and the unusual angle developed. FREE PRESS, yesterday. WHY DID SHE PEN THOSE LINES OF ECSTASY?.... ___L\ LOVE LETTERS STAR r Xa
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  • 173 9 Girl's Death Two Weeks After Marriage London. WITHIN two weeks of her marriage, a pretty young Clapham bride has died and her bridal veil will be her shroud Twenty-eight-year-old Bessie Rouse was married at St. Barnabas Church to George Roase. thirty-year-old barrister's clerk at the Temple,
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  • 41 9 Mr. John Walter gave a lecture on the history of 'The Times" to a large audience In the Delegation Hall of Parliament In Budapest. M. Eckhardt leader of the Parliamentary Opposition and former Hungarian delegate to the League of Nations, presided.
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  • 197 9 N.E.I. Authority's Denial Amsterdam. Mar. 22. MR. HART, director of the Economic iTI Department of the Netherlands East Indies, declared m tn interview with the Preangerbode." that rumours put about by speculators and accepted by Ignorant people were having a disturbing effect on the Rubber market. An attempt
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  • 32 9 The Governor-General of Canada and Lady Tweedsmuir have been spending some days at Toronto, where Lord Tweedsmuir. as Chief Scout of Canada, attended a rally of Boy Scouts of the Toronto district.
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    • 189 9 JUST IMAGINE JOE E. BROWN SINGING AND TALKING CHINESE! S TO-MORROW at the capitol 1 !|PREPARE FOR THE GREATEST ONSLAUGHT OfS MERRIMENT THAT EVER RAN RIOT IN SINGAPORE .TLL KNOCK YOU FOR A GOALS'^^v _*2^*jgtag[^^^^ lovflh-o-rtnnu»« Jo. o» K» b«»i a* /^V B^^^ h. cotKtt to o-< tH« polo r«ld
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    • 296 9 v B^fPl^^ ifef Jjs< A Programme of Goody 6 4&agm*m\ aawt **Mm\^£ n *> llllllpk, /f. |||Pf 'Wkh ujil^B Show V •J* t Lii.Mi \ii <.\vi;\\ A (You remember him m "Bishop Misbehaves and Good A Companions A *y v m r'COrWTRY BUMPKIN" X •S* With STUART ERWIN and HETTY
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  • 883 10 OUR LONDON MARKET REIVEW BY AIR MAIL Cheerful Easter Markets: Tin Mystery Solved? Rubber: Highest In Nine Years: American MisCalculations AFTER being extremenly dull and depressed the London Markets put on a brighter appearance the last lew days before the Easter Holiday. The Stock Exchange was inclined to disregard the
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  • 10 10 Dr. Burkhardt. the new High Commissioner, has arrived m Danzig.
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  • 203 10 Coronation Year Arrangements Singapore, Monday. PLANS for thp forthcoming Y.W.C.A. "Coronation Year Campaign' were ronsiderab I.1 furthered this week, when a most successful meeting of team leaders was held under the chairmanship f Miss Geitrudr Owen (Malayan Secretary of the V W.C.A.) who has retimed to Singapore
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  • 107 10 u Worthless" Bigamist I "Take my advice—never see him again. He has done a great harm to you. and to two other women."' So declared th? Common Serjeant, Mr. Cecil Whiteley. X.C.. a t the Old Bailey, to a 21 -year-old factory girl, who declared she was "still fond of
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  • 16 10 The Trade Agreement between Turkey and the Netherlands lately initialled In Angora has now been signed.
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  • 91 10 Deposits Exceed Three Millions (By Air Mail) London, March 20 THE full report for 1936 of the Cha: Bank of India shows that current and other accounts have risen over £3.000.000 during the year. from £26.710.564 to £29.851.350 Fixed deposits, however, are slight!-, lower at £18.332.905. against £19.275.548
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  • 55 10 London. March £2. IT is reported that 17 different rubber companies are to be amalgamated into cne large undertaking. Official details may be Lssued to shareholders this week. The capital of the merger company will amount to over £1.000.000. Considerable economies would be effected as the
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  • 100 10 At £5.372.363 cash shows little changi from the previous year's figure £5 010.916. though bullion is substantially up at £1.230 535. against £249.862. The net profit for the twelve months Is £496.682. m comparison with £498.643 and £181.038 was brought m. As announced m "The Financial News" on Thursday, the
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  • 372 11 Woman 's Conduct On Train London. ATTEMPTS by woman to kiss the A n^on passengers m a train and th 3 c which followed were described to Westminster magistrate. [ervyn Blackensee. 50, a manufactu- tl of Kensington Park-road, W d with assaulting Joseph Denbigh-place, at
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  • 271 11 Barbers Challenge To Viennese Champion Bolt fl AIMING he set up a world record M ara ago when he shaved 70 men m 30 minutes, 72-year-old Elijah Beardsworth, a Bolton barber, has written to .r' Seissenbr.ekcr. of Vienna challenges record of one shave m 19 sei onds. "it
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  • 63 11 The Police Band will play the following programme at Telok Ayer to-day. starting at 6 p.m. March. "The Vanished Army. Alford Overture "Lustspiel." Keler Bela: Selection, "Musical Comedy Memories," Plnck; Waltz. "Moonlight on the Rhil Vollstedt; Solos for Cornet, (ail Pas d by your Window <b> Down here.
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    78 11 The embroideries for the Queen's Coronation robes and regalia art? being done at the Royal School of Needlework in South Kensington, London. The embroideries are for the Queen's train, the Robing Canopy and the Chairs of Estate which are used by the King and Queen at the Abbey prior to
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  • 274 11 Rail Death Of Man Who Was To Wed LESS than three weeks before she was to be married, a tragic bride -to- b< her dream of happiness shattered, described to the Wokin- coroner how her fiance, a 28-year-old widow r. seemed strange during the course of the
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  • 315 12 Singapore: Tuesday, Apr. (i, 1937. QPEAKING recently at a requiem service for those who had perished m Abyssinia, the Dean of Winchester is reported to have said: "There is no Englishman who does not blush with shame when he reflects on the events of the
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  • 621 12 PRESIDING at the fifth annual meeting of the Cameron Highland > Society the chairman. Mr. H. Gordon Graham said that the Society, since Its last annual meeting, had functioned In conditions of some difficulty Several members had left the Highlands, others had resigned and doubts had been expressed
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  • 132 12 Mr J H. Matsuo, of the District Hospital, Ipoh, was blessed with a son recently. Mr J. A. Thivy, the Ipoh lawyer, who was away m Kuala Lumpur for the Easter holiday, has returned to his station. Dr. R D. Gross. Health Officer, Malayan Medical Service, has been appointed
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    126 12 ML Jean Mabky. the Soviet Ambassador m London, addressed the "Congress of Peace and Friendship with Soviet Russia" at Friends' Meeting House, Euston Road, London. Chief guest of th e Congress was Count Aiexei Tolstoy, the greatest living writer of Soviet Russia and a distant relative of the great Count
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  • 474 13 DIED OF PERITONITIS Young Man Held For Killing New York. MEW YORK'S hardened criminal investigators turned sick when Howard Magnussen, 26. a weedy, cringing young man. confessed, it is alleged, to the foul murder of four-year-old Joan Morvan. They allege he confessed to committing
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  • 29 13 -Mr. A. V. Aston. M.C.S.. Chairman. Kinta Sanitary Board, acted as First strate. Ipoh, m the absence of Mr. C Simpson Gray, while the latter away an short leave.
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  • 27 13 Mr E. Hibberd, Locomotive Running i -ant. Federated Malay States Railhas been appointed to act as As- 1 nt Chief Mechanical Engineer, Fed- rated Malay States Railways.
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  • 475 13 I UNCONCIOUS THREE DAYS POLK SEEK MYSTERY W OMW OX DREG <,\\<. THEORY Bi hton. WHAT mystery lies behind the sudden collapse of beautiful 25-year old Giadvs Yvonne Meeson In the lounge bar of one of Brighton's fashions l>;ij front hotels? For nearly three days teeson
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    24 13 D White, the Scotland goalkeeper, saves from E C. Collins, the Eng land right-winger, m the match played at Champion Hill. London. Topical Press
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  • 102 13 BRITAIN AND ITALY ON DOWN GRADE? Forecast By Japanese Soothsayer Tokyo. AN the upgrade: United States, Gerv many, the Soviet. On the downgrade: Great Britain and Italy. Which is the forecast of Japanese 'Soothsayer No. 1. Donsho Kodama. Within the next three years British j influence will ebb. British United
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  • 105 13 Boy ippoints Himself The Leader WHEN a 10-year-old boy appeared M Aitrincham, Cheshire, Juvenile Couit ihe was said to have appointed himself ringleader of two seven-year-old boys, broken into a lock-up shop. Buried most of the booty." Wrapped up m paper £3 he had stolen from the
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  • 205 14 HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW TRAFFIC IN BRITA IMPEDE N scene at the Kind's Head, Bearwood. Birmingham, when th* city experienced a heavy fall of snow. Topical Press Lorries which had to s'.ay the night on the main Leeds-Mam hester-Liverpooi road, wh deep snow drifts. A scene at Sandedge. B'^ miles
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    • 70 14 LONDON SINGAPORE BRISBANE Two services a week te London and Brisbane by multiengined air liners. Perfect comfort for passengers, Plenty of room for luggage. Hotels, meals even tips included m the moderate fare. MARJipm AIP»fA^S AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES I Bookings and intormauon irom oousieau co., **„ciits foi Imperial Airways Ltd.,
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    • 41 15 1 p HV J& I V /%fTii-n _____r"^ffF WATCHES at RENE ULLMANN ARE BETTER THEY COST LESS THEY LAST LONGER We are the only firm nh/ub guarantee is valid m HorgKong and various ports o! China. RENE ULLMANN Raffle? Place, Singapore.
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  • 1184 16 \ol only tor nrr> in sj Infills, bul fur **f m mm rolourli'ss ami lifHivss one* limi. is I his |>a«*<* iif dn tn (nm miii«*'* m li'iiiliml. She la Iks of rinsing anil liiilin«t. ami also of waving these young grey heads are piobleml In
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    • 21 17 fy Ladies Hairdressers I MAISON PERM 79, Stamford Road. J Tel.: 4610 j MAISON MARIE j 63, Victoria Street. JWLMER TlaTuudUkmiSQVVS
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    • 322 17 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING? GUIDE STORAGE PASKOE'S LTD. WILL STORE YOUR FURNITURE WHILE YOU ARE ON LEAVE. ST A TIONER GLOVER 9 TTi Detective Fiction Arcade, LIBRARY Singapore. BOOKSHOl" THE "AMATEUR MECHANIC AND WORK" HANDBOOKS. Model Aeroplanes Electric Lighting Watch Cleaning and Repairing The Simple Lathe and Its Accessories Knotting and
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    • 245 17 EYES Eye Examinations. Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO., Qualified eyesight Specialists 4, ARCADE, GROUND FLOOR. LARGEST. BEST EQUIPPED. R. A. Thompson D.O.Sc. Dr. of Ocular Science. DRY CLEANING ll Buriol Oni«k Cleaners for same day service Goods handed m by 10 a.m. can be collected b> 6 p.m. same Town
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  • 20 18 Mails despatched from Singapore on Mar. 12 by the Naldera was delivered m London on Apr. 3. j
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  • 335 18 Better Accommodation For Crew* Urged UNDER the presidency of Signor Mussolini, a meeting has been held of the genera] executive committee of Fi scist Corporations, m the course of hicfc the tramp shipping; situation was discw sed. Signor Giovanni Pala. president of the Sea Emd Air Corporation,
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    • 480 18 nQjqpHjijiwj s TIIX BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA UNES Outwardn. Due Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage I -pore 1937 mWBi. RANPURA 17 000 Apr. 9 BEHAR 6.000 June 14 SOMALI 6,800 Air. 9 RANCHI 17.000 June 18 RAWALPINDI 17 000 Apr. 23 SOUDAN 6.500 Ju y 2 SANaSSS 1 eiooo M P ay
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    • 132 18 GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. ancorporated ln Japan > To LONDON, via Penang. Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. +M.s. YASUKUNI MARU Apr |4 s.s. "HAKONE MARU" Apr. 29 s.s. SUWA MARU May 13 s.s. FUSHIMI MARU" May 27 Rates to lst Class 2nd class Naples «497 1540
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    • 317 18 I POSTAL INT ELLIGENCE j STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DAT? AND TIM! Pengerang s. Soon h« Apr. 6 9 a.m. Fort de Kock. Padanc Pakan Baroe and Siak Hong Kv. ..6 3 pm Netherlands Indies: Bagan and Selat Pa:. Hong Thong „6 3 p m Kretay Prachatlpok Apr.
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  • 109 19 KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Sir H. Anderson. Lch. Spartan, Tun Pentower. Lipis. Lighter mbang, N. Base Lighter "X" 180, Valentiin— W B Enterprise. Oil Wharf: H.M.S. "Diomede". VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tmnjtfif Pagar: Sheers Wharf: Anhui Albert Dock: Hong Kwong. Victoria Dock: Tug Varuna. Keppel Harbour:
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  • 27 19 The Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rosso is duo here to-day (Tuesday" at 9 a.m and will sail for Hongkong and Shanghai the same day at 2 p.m.
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  • 18 19 The P. and O. Ranchi is due at Singapore from Hongkong at 10 a.m. tomorrow I Wednesday i
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  • 96 19 Air Mail Despatches Penang, Siam. Surma. India, Iraq,) Palestine, Egypt. E. and S. Africa, Great Britain. Ireland, Europe, Nigeria, Gold Coast and N. and S. America: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. to-day. Medan, Jask§. l Amsterdam? and "London I: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-morrow. Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly:
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  • 36 19 i Mr David Llewellyn made a forced landing at Mahares. Tunisia, m a sandstorm recently on his return flight to England after abandoning the attempt on the England-Cape-England record. He was unhurt and his machine undamaged.
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  • 44 19 The final returns m the State election m Tasmania give Labour 18 seats and the Nationalists 12. Labour polled 71.263 primaries (compared with 53,454 m 1934 i. and the Nationalists 47.204 (compared with 54.549. Sir Walter H. Lee, a former Premier, has been returned.
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  • 21 19 Four men— a Russian, a Spaniard, and two Frenchmen were drowned m the wreck of a sailing boat off Casablanca recently.
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    • 301 19 i ii rii s piii l p i, ix i: (incorporated m Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MERKUR Apr. 30 May 4 MARELLA May 29 June 4 Special cheap round trip tickets trom Singapore to Australia issued at the following ratti. First Class passengers may trans: er at Singapore, Brisbane,
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    • 603 19 .j. i I^. yA TO FRENCH PORTS \jg^V-J^»r HOMEWARDS. S S D'ENTRECASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Apr. 11 j CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 9 I t ADEN For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk May 20 1 CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May
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    • 89 21 ymf\ m "est id f V Jfibc World /-_-F Try An Elegant Coloured Jf^i i /if Barrel 0f The Latesl -?f^;-r ii I No pen on the market can surpass I? /Tfl-W-hiy 1 jC^^^f PILOT" m cheapness, refinement, so- -L /m//!M feather-light, unbreakable barrels of I J II ml PILOT
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    • 1022 21 «g» 0\ THE RADIO! X British Empire IP— .<!■ •nisniii' Mozart. Hans Bork at the piano. rOlgral 450 p m News and Economic Review m German 5.05 p.m. German Reconstruction: nm aim Culture and Philosophy. A talk with Transmission l>-r* m^ Ar^*f the Gaukulturwart Lucht. „m GSH 13.97 metres 21^7
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    • 560 21 l*ro!»raiinii< s Of /II I Singapore Station On 225 Metres Overture! Queen of Autumn (Bigge.. Two Bongs, by Paul Verdayne. TO-DAY Song of Songs <Moya>. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (Victor 6.00 p.m. Malay Music (Gramophone Herbert.. Records):— Waltz: You and You (Strauss). Siapa Kira, sung by Mr Djakpar. Selection:
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    202 22 Captain Lyman M Black, of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, a son oi an ex-speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, and Lieutenant Robert C. Minnes. of the Royal Canadian Air Force, were killed m a motoring accident near Maitland. Ontario The engineering firm of Head. Wrightson and Co Limited,
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  • 341 23 FOLLOWING is the list of prizes awarded for March: Ist Prize "Fountain at the New World"— Boey Keok Cheow, 280 Katong Rd.. Singapore. 2nd Prize —"A Hindu Festival"— S P. Sethu Raman. 5 Tampin Rd., Gemas. 3rd Prize— "Paddling"— Michael Wee Peng Heng, 125A Lavender
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    19 23 "Alkaff Park"— J. E. Hassan, 12 Jhrvois Road, Spore. 'Malay Mosque At Muar"— M. Eusopr. IS, JervoU Road. Spore
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    • 43 23 For this Coinpei i t i o n i—M r ri i,,,,s can be used. I locs this mean a handicap? Definitely not! The expvri c n c c d photographer would have chosen, anyhow, the reliable. ISOCHROME-hlm The Film For the tropics!
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  • 1298 24 Departure For Kuala Lumpur Appointment A TEA party was held by the members oi the Mohammedan Advisory Board. Singapore, at Darussaalam. the :dence of Mr. Syed Ibrahim bin Omar Alsagoff. J P 41. Chancery Lane, on Saturday. on the occasion of wishing farewell toMr. E E F.
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  • 81 24 Federal Reserve Board Move Washington, Apr 5. THE Federal Reserve Board announces that it will buy Government bonds m the open market with a view to exerting influence "toward orderly conditions m the money market and m order to facilitate an orderly adjustment of member banks to a
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  • 149 24 Over Son Missing With Girl Macclefield. ALL il forgiven. He has nothing to worry about. He must come home, "roy-haired Mrs. Surtees. of Nicholsoniue Macclesfield, distracted over the reappearance of her seventeen-year-old son. Harry, told a Special Correspondent Of the "Daily Mirror.'' H- was last seen with a
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  • 147 24 "No Easy Way For Mothers' 9 Says Judge Ashford. Middlesex. WHEN Mrs. Lily Bunce. twenty-four, of Ashford. mother of two illegitimate children, asked the magistrates at Feltham Police Court if one of her babies could be placed In a home, the chairman said: •They are your children and
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  • 308 24 New Process By .By Air Mail* London, March 25 /HE discovery of a cheap and econonn- cal way to extract pure sulphur from the harmful waste gases from m_t. lurnaces was the subject of a toe iven by Mr. M. P. Applebey, research r*anager at the Billingham
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    • 136 24 fS&t^ It's amazing the %Kos) PERSONAL J j FRESHNESS '^J^^ one g e ts after a bath with LIFEBUOY TOILET SOAP Exhilarating energy, youthful y***^_ vitality that's what N. i&?W Lifebuoy Toilet Soap v^y S3L brings you. How caress- *isJ^ lnglyit 1 rich, abundant lather *l_J&i works its way deep
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  • 554 25 HIGH COMMISSIONER AT SRI MENANTI Tribal Chiefs' Homage To Yam Tuan (From Our Oun Reporter) Seremban, Sunday. nRI Menanti the home of Negri Sembilan Royalty, has been the scene during 5) the last three days when the Mengadap ceremony— periodical audiences it which His Highness the Yang Di-pertuan Besar of
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  • 97 25 HURING the week ending March 27. v 1937, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 74.661 cases, of which: 39.036 52 per cent. I cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.005 (1 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe. 22.730 (31 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 11.890
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  • 191 25 Chinese Volunteers Dinner Entertainment At New World THE Malayan Tobacco Distributors gave 1 a dinner on Saturday, at the New World Tai Tung Restaurant, m honour of Mr. Cheng Kang Nghee, on the occasion of his being appointed a delegate to represent the Straits Chinese Volunteer Corps at the Coronation
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  • 167 25 To Run Non-Stop For London. LONDON'S underground train service will be run non-stop for three days m the Coronation Week. One million visitors and 9.500.000 residents m the urea served by Londot. Transport will be catered for by special .rawi arrangements of the Board. Outline o< the plans
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  • 70 25 Soviet Commissar Removed London, Apr. 5. ALTHOUGH the official announcement of the dismissal of M. Yagoda. the Commissar of Postal and Electrical Communications, did not mention that he was arrested, reports from Moscow suggest that he is actually under arrest and" that a further big trial is pending.
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  • 342 25 Dividend Of 11\ 2 P.C. For 1936 THE following is the report of the 1 directors of Ayer Panas Rubber Estate, Ltd.. to be presented to shareholders at the 28th ordinary general meeting to be held at the Hongkong Bank Chambers on Friday. Apr. 16. at 12 noon:
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  • 33 25 The crew of the German cruiser Emden helped m tho rescue of 25 Hindus from drowning m Bombay harbour when a country -fssel carrying a party of women and children capsized near her.
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  • 332 25 Illegal Society Case (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr 4. AN April 1. a Hainanese named Nyam v Kia Wang was produced before Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya (Second Magistrate) on two charges of criminal intimidation, and collecting subscriptions on behalf of an unregistered society m
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  • 38 25 Shanghai, April 5. It is reported that Henry Pu Yi. "Emperor" of Manchukuo, married the grand-daughter of Pu Mo, an ex-Com-missioner of Tibet during the Ching Dynasty, as concubine to-day. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    • 44 25 I OVOIIA IIAI»!l)-IIAIim-_\l\<; II ■•oiitb.am*-« i_>__i_.\r M (Complying with British Standard Specification) RENOWNED FOR ITS QUICK-SETTING PROPERTIES, Highly recommended for fast concrete work. In Casks and m Bags. ALWAYS IN STOCK Sole Importers: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD. X.P.M. CHAMBERS, No. 1, FINLAYSON GREEN SINGAPORE.
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  • 322 26 MR. D. H. KLEINMAN GIVES A TROPHY New Inter-Club Competition A COMPETITION among Clubs affiliated to th e Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, on Davis Cup lines, will be run m the near future, for a cup presented by Mr. D. H Kleinman. called the "Kliney
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  • 230 26 Anniversary And Annual Meeting Singapore. Monday. THE Post Office Club was "en fete" yes- terday the occasion being the Club's Seventh Anniversary, and a large ga- 1 thering of members and friends were given lavish hospitality. The Club's seventh annual general J meeting was held earlier m
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  • 425 26 i'esterdai/'s Matches At S.G.C THE Ladies' April Medal competition was played at Bukit Timah yesterday and resulted m a win for Mrs. M. If. Paterson m '"A" division with a net score of 35, m a win for Mrs. E. M. F. Fergusson m "B" division with a
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    37 26 Fraser, S.C.C. centre forward, m a midfield brush with one of the R.N.V.R. defenders an incident from yesterday's soccer match on the padang, m which the Naval volunteers defeated the club by five goals to nil. Tribune
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  • 33 26 Pvlfcn fH I me t 1S announced of Sir Lvelyn Wrench, founder of the Oversea" League, to Lady des Voeux. only survivtag daughter of the late Sir Victor Brooke, of Colebrooke. Fermanagh Inland.
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  • 138 26 To Play In Singapore Next Month? Singapore. Monday. rERE is a probability of a strong Indian tennis team visiting Singapore early next month m the course of a Far Eastern tour. Although the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association have not yet been notified officially of their arrival, it
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  • 150 26 German Freighter In Trouble New York. Apr. 4. IT is feared that the German 4,000-ton freighter Borkum, formerly the Ingram, from Newport (Monmouth) for Houston (Texas i with a crew of 34 and three passengers, which sent out an SOS. from mid -Atlantic yesterday, may have
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  • 188 26 Lindrum Coming To Singapore Singapore, Monday. MENTION of the visit of the world famous billiard player Walter Lindrum. to Singapore m the very near future, was made at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Billiards Association, which was held at the Clerical Union Hall this evening.
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  • 77 26 TOREIGN imports of tin T Malaya during the month of 1937. totalled 2.553 tons, consig ni coming from the following COimtne.. Siam 1.730 tons; Burma 321 French Indo-China 267 tons; Jap*n i»w tons; Union of South Africa 59 to Tanganyika 42 tons; China 2. n... Uganda 1 ton;
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  • 699 27 publishers Lone Early Singapore. Monday 1 KINE display by Rahma on the M.P. A h rieht wing and excellent combinfttan on the part of the M.P.H. for- rds were the only bright feaures of ,1 tame when the M.P.H. drew three with the Hongkong and
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  • 27 27 Singapore, Monday. A small fire which broke out m an >'ttap hut m Serangoon Road this morning was extinguished m a few minutes by the Fire Brigade.
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  • 542 27 POSTMEN'S GOOD WIN OVER TERROR SECOND DIVISION MATCH MA MIX GETS l IIHI I OM Ol I IVI. GOALS Singapore. Monday THE Sailors from H.MS Terror were well beaten at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon when they met the Post Office Sports Club In a Second Division League Match.
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  • 39 27 Singapore, Monday. IN a soccer match played at Thomson I Road this evening. Bata Shoe Company lost to the Police Depot by one goal to nil. Dr Oehlers scored the only, goal of the match.
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  • 27 27 Singapore. Monday. Playing m the Government League, on the J. C.S. A. ground this evening, the Immigration Office defeated the Excise Department by seven goals to nil.
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  • 248 27 Too Good For S.C.C. Eleven Singapore, Monday. PLAYING football on the S.C.C. padang to-day the S.S. R. N.V.R. beat the Club by five goals to nil. m a fast and interesting game. The Volunteers displayed excellent footwork, and were decidedly faster than their opponents whose
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  • 589 27 NESTANGLO 'S TEN AGAINST G.E.C. Runaway Victory m li. H. League Singapore, Monday THE G.E.C suffered severe trouncing at the hands of Nestanglo m their Business House League fixture on th r V.M.C.A. ground when they were beaten Oy ten goals without reply. Scoring four goals m the first hair
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  • 1351 28 Rain Saves Perak From An Innings Defeat By Cahn's XI 150 RUNS NEEDED AT CLOSE OF PLAY Another Bright Innings By T. M. Hart 'From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Monday RAIN, which caused a stoppage late m t he afternoon and subsequently brought play to a premature end. saved Perak
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  • 28 28 i Paris, Mar. 4. MPI^SAVY and M. Cornet arrived at Le Bourget at 4.27 p.m. S.M.T They claim to have beaten the SaigonFrance flight record. Reuter.
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    43 28 T. M. Hart m action a picture taken during the match m Singapore. all-Malaya vs. Sir Julien Cahn's XL Yesterday Hart scored 35 not out: m Singapore he scored 45 out. and m each case he saved his side at a crucial stage.
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  • 86 28 S. C C Tennis Yesterday's Ties In Tourney Singapore. Monday. THE following are the results of the 1 tennis ties played off to-day at the Singapore Cricket Club: Godown Doubles: A. P. Webb W. J. Henman (+2) lost to T H. Holyoak R. Smith. 3O), I—6, 7—5. 9—7. O. W.
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  • 24 28 The L.C.C. Public Control Committee, at a meeting which lasted less than a minute, renewed 1,104 unopposed licences for massage or special treatment establishments.
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