Morning Tribune, 7 May 1937

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 82. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, May 7, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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    GOVERNOR REPROVED BY COUNCIL
    109 1 Ceylon Crisis Over Order To Deport An Agitator WIN I <M INIIM «O\SHTSTIO\SAYS COUNCIL Colombo, May 6. I MINOR crisis has arisen in the Ceylon State Council following the action of the Governoi, Sir Reginald Stubbs, in ordering, the deportation of Mark Brace-Girdle, a 24-year-old English
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    Anglo-Chinese Talks May Follow Informal Banquet Conversations
    314 1 EkR hw v u London, May -6. I'JIJL ung the Cnine se Finance Minister, is making arrangements for den pli! With Mr Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor, and Mr. ?e CoronaUon ary< but "is im P robabl e that they will take place before
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    41 1 CROWNED^-Several of th e pylons, which form part of the scheme of decorations in Singapore for the Coronation are surmounted by large replicas of the Imperial Crown of England. Here is one of the pylons with the Crown in position. Tribune
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    Marriage Bill
    90 1 Time After Recess, Says Premier London, May 0. MR. Baldwin announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government has decided to afford an eariy opportunity after the Whitsuntide recess of the consideration of the remaining stages of the Marriage Reform Bill. The Bill, which is- sponsored
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    Duke of Connaught
    40 1 London. May 5. Progress In the condition of the Duke of Connaught is maintained, state* a bulletin issued to-day from the 3oumemouth Hotel where the Duke ta recovering from muscular rheumatism of the lc^ British Official Wireless
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    20 1 Dr. John Parkinson arrived in Cairo bv air anrj made a preliminary examination of Prince Mohamed Ali, the Fir^t Repent.
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    BRITAIN AND JAPAN
    138 1 No Proposal Put Forward Yet London, May 6. IN the Houss of Commons to-day Mr Mander invited the Government to make a statement in reference to AngloJapanese negotiations concerning their interests in China and whether the United States had been invited to cooperate. Lord Cranoourne replied that
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    Bus Strike
    106 1 Court Report Favours Men London, May 6 THE Court of Inquiry into the bus strike in an interim report finds that some of the working schedules operate onerously with the men and tnis was not accurately foreseen when the 1932 agreement was concluded. It recommends that negotiation on
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      27 1 oN OTHER PAGES j Pa«e ipoh Hying White Rawh Here j St. C.eorseTs Dinner J jh r ade SchcpJ Plans S Bank's BiK P^; 1 i J^s
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      32 1 SHARE OUR JBSI EXTHI'SIASM 'Jp§|~V KI I M POWDERED WHOLE MILK is pure delicious fresh milk m convenient powdered form. Try o tin to-day and be convinced. Distributors: GETI BROS A (0.
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    Young Members Wanted
    1939 2 Young Members Wanted IPOH FLYING CLUB APPEALS FOR SUPPORT Successful First Year Of New Ven ture Ipoh. CHALLENGE Cup ta. &%«»?^E^l 1 A Windeatt for annual c °roP etlti this week annual report, presented a l "gthorlsing the committee to spend In The meeting passed a resolution au Mr Donavon
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    RAJAH DOESN'T LIKE HOLLYWOOD
    436 2 Hut Has His Own Cinema <Bv A Staff Reporter) I MET Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the only White Rajah In the world. U mi at the Raffles Hotel yesterday, and had a short chat with him shortly before lunch time. Sir Charles is. of course, the
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    1200 Guests Celebrate Opening Of The "Happy World"
    408 2 Singapore, Thursday. OVER 1,200 invitations were sent out for the opening of t: 'lappy World to-day, and a great majority of invited guests turned up uiis afternoon when the doors of Singapore's latest amusement park were thrown open to the public Both
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    GAOL SENTENCE FOR CHINESE
    354 2 Causing Grievous Hurt With A Knife Singapore. Thursday CENTENCE of three months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a Chinese rubber tapper named. Tan Ah Twee by Mr. W. G. Reeves the Second Magistrate, to-day, for voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a knife to Lire Pak Mee
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    Father Olcomendy
    61 2 Presentation of By Indians IN view of the I the Rev. Father Michel Olcom parish prjest of the Church of O u of Lourdes. Singapore to leave, the Indian Cathode CWng i will present to hinj i a purse oxi^ immediately after the o >**\» t >. a
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    MERRY ENGLANDERS IN EXPANSIVE MOOD
    1278 3 MERRY ENGLANDERS IN EXPANSIVE MOOD ST. GEORGES DINNER THAT OXFORD MANNER IS .H ST TEMPERAMENTAL Singapore, Thursday. ™*rv reremony, "Ye Sire Loin of Olde England, borne on a platter WrrH customary ce J hards f and hera ided by the blast of bugles and the b y four iai^ a
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    Chinese Flyer
    41 3 Safe Arrival At Shanghai Shanghai, May 5. THE Chinese aviator Mr. Khou Kee Hian arrived in Shanghai from Hongkong this afternoon, completing the trip from Batavia in his own aeroplane. He is staying in Shanghai for six weeks. Reuter
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    SINGAPORE NEEDS TRAINED ARTISANS
    476 3 SINGAPORE NEEDS TRAINED ARTISANS Extensions To Trade School In Con temp la tion IT is understood that a project to extend the present Singapore Trade School (instead of building another one), at a cost of about $200,000 including equipping it mainly for the purpose of teaching boys the art of
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      52 3 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT Notice is hereby given that Marie Jessie Campbell of 185A. Orchaid Road. Singapore is applying to the Governor for naturalization and that any person who knows any reason why naturalization should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the hctf to the Colonial Secretary,
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      36 3 PARAMOUNT FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES BEST AMERICAN BATTERY From All Dealers Sole Agents: RAHAMIN PENHAS Singapore. Jy^^X /^^^V I i I PRINCESS 0F~" j HOLLYWOOD COSMETICS l»<»- dozen OBTAINABLE THROUGHOUT MALAYA Sole Agents: i MONTOR LIMITED. j SINGAPORE.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON COMMODTIES
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      70 4 London. May 6. Previous To-day Changf T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 110.03 109.96 —.07 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.99^ 9.00 -r l^ T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) Is. 219 32 Is. 2 19 32 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 3d. Is. 3d.
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      BULLION MARKET
      3 4 BULL ION MARKET
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      44 4 Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. J. L. Speed is to command the Life Guards in succession to Lieut.-Col. E. H. Wyndham. The Queen Mother of Rumania has .so far recovered from her recent illness as to be able to attend a concert at her Palace.
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      Thornycrofts
      240 4 Shipyard Kept Busy Last Year k PROFIT for the year of $26,038.55, which reduces the standing debit of $71,534.93 to $45,495.38, is shown in the report of the, directors of Thornycroft (Singapore), Ltd., for 1936, to be presented at the annual meeting of shareholders at Thornycroft House on "May
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
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      METAL MARKET
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      10 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends RUBBER
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      Home Defence
      139 4 New Air Strength For London London, May 5. THE formation of five nww squadrons announced in the latest Air Ministry orders will within the next few day* increase the strength of the Metropolitan Air Force— Home Defence, Coastal Command and Army Co-operation Units to 113 squadrons, or only
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      46 4 The Duke of Kent presided at the* nual meeting of the Roy*l Lifeboat Institution and Amb* other representatives of 15 foreign c tries were present. The Talamba has arrived at I bringing 2,628 State-aided l abo^ n( > Madras and the Ellenga is due to-nio bringing 388.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
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      Rubber
      148 5 Singapore, Thursday morning. Singapore: 36 3 8 cts., up 1 4 ct. Market Tone: Quiet. London: 10 3 Bd., up 3,16d. Market Tone: Steady Quiet. New York 217 16 cts., up 3J16 ct Market Tone: Steady. Singapore, Thursday evening. At the opening of the market sellers rather predominated and
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      German Loan
      76 5 Six Hundred Million Marks Berlin, May 5. IT is announced that a new loan of 600.000.000 marks "to enable the Government to carry out the tasks it has shouldered." will be floated bv the Reich in the form of Treasury Bills bearing interest of 4V 2 per cent,
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      Tin
      28 5 Singapore, Thursday nopn. Singapore: $123, up $'4 London: Spot £252, down 20s; three nonths £249 10s., down 10s. New York: 55 3 8 cts., down 1;2 ct.
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      Exchange
      8 5 London-New York 493.57 New York-London 493 34
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      Share Market
      239 5 Messrs. Fraser Co.'s Report Singapore, May 6. Tin at midday was $123, up I|4. The London market for the third day in succession again repotted a further all round rise and tin shares as before participated. A fairly considerable lwt of buying orders was received and little business
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    Y.W.C.A. Campaign
    373 6 Total Of $8,717 To Date THE cheerfulness and good fellowship winch has been I lecture of the Y.W.C.A. "Coronation Your" Campaign held during the past three weeks. When the Y.W.C.A. has been raising the sum of $10,000 to carry on itcommunity work this year, reached a j.eak at
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    Exchange
    182 6 SELLING Singapore, May 6. London T.T. 2,4 116 London demand 2 4 116 London 4 months' sight 2.4 ft Lyons demand 1275 Hamburg demand HIV2 New York demand 57 916 Montreal demand 57 3/ s Batavia demand 104^4 Samarang hemann 104V2 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 154^ Madras and
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    Produce
    263 6 rail $954 Princess Margaret Rose" (Mrs. M. Gaggino) $940. "Duchess of Gloucester" (Mrs. W. Keinoehl* $937. Small amounts collected by membei.s J on cards $518. Received from members $1,414. Total to date $8,717. Small amounts collected by members on cards $518. Received from members $1,414. Total to date— sB,7l7.
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    Arabs Unwavering
    44 6 A rabs Unwavering I Jerusalem, May 4. The Arab higher committee has issued a statement that it completely dissociates itself trom rumours regarding the partitioning ul Palestine and declares the Arabs are not wavering from insistence on fulfilment of their demands present- Reuter Wireless
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    34 6 A regular non-stop air service between Brussels and Prague has been inaugurated. M. Slavik the Czechoslovak in Brussels, and M. Jaspar. the Belgian Minister of Transport, were among the passengers on the first flight.
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      127 6 Nederlandsche HandelMaatschappijj, \.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1824. Paid Up Capital f 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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      66 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED i FPEE yourselves from the FEAR j of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or impor- tant documents) in SAFE BOXES our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and s ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes,
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      261 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880 Capital Subscribed (Fullv P^ up'. y.ioo. Reserve Fund Y.130.900 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE Manager T. YAMAMOTO. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room 5921 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk BANK OF CHINA BALANCE SHEET, 31st DECEMBER, 1936
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    THE ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY
    535 7 Officers Singapore. Thursday. o f such well-known 1 l'• swee. Lee Leong Kee, How \\nl Poh Sit, Ong Seng Say, Sa H K it Ong Kiat Soo, Ng Aik Huan, 0 S\i Kui Rev Tay Sek Tin and Dr. ■t i m the' Acting Chinese Consul |1C
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    92 7 The advance guard of Coronation troops who will be under canvas in Kensington Gardens, London, have arrived with stores, etc. Here we see troops on guard at the entrance to Kensington Gardens, which are to be closed to the general public. Topical Press The Duke of Kent visited Odhams works
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    S.R.C. Coronation Ball
    100 7 on P, the StFaitS Chinese Rer) u ar e reminded that the »h Cnr S* the bU y ln g Of tiGket S *>r •urda iJ tlon Ball and dir ne r on r bt y> May lst Wiil Ma y l3 In advanr? r "l^ 1
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      185 8 I I'osifit* |> I. \SB 1 1, lI T 'FOR CROWN ANDJ^I^ORY" i A Mighty Pageant of Inspiring Incidents which have crowded around the British Monarchy from the days I .^j^ °f Q ueen Victoria until the present time. I '\^s! WITH SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION:— I frTSm Paramount 's laughable
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      201 8 lALHAMBRA I ■Hf^"' Warner Bros." Biij Laugh Show >^ H-IHIMt JOE" l\\^/ I CAROL HUGHES JT^w I ALSO A First-Rate Stage I DELIGHT THOUSANDS WITH I 11 ni :u TRICKS WHICH HAM All the Thrills of CAPTAIN BLOOD, i g "SEA HAWK" other great Adventure Stories. g The APITOI/SGrand CORONATION
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    110 9 *as held In w***"* for those totons Part in the Coronation ceremony sh *l) andh- mUlSter Abbey with the Duke of Norfolk (Earl Mar(*ueen P&JL S Lady Kacnel Howard, representing the King and tr ain-bearf»r K P^ Crs and eeresses were in attendance and the Queen's same eround onff "^hea"*!
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    After 21 Years
    439 9 Mother's Touching Reunion With Son Southampton AN elderly widow and her son were the principals in a drama of reunion on board the Union-Castle liner Llangibby Castle, which reached Southampton from South Africa the other day. Twenty-one years ago Mr. C. Graham Cameron, member of an English
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    BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY
    293 9 Threatened With Govt. Control IiEADERS of the British nim industry I* met recently with the knowledge that unless they are able to sink their differences, the industry is threatened with Government control (says Seton Margrave, Daily Mail film correspondent). They discussed the threat made by Dr. Leslie
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    LETTER STOPS WEDDING
    172 9 Young Bride-To-Be Leaves In Tears DOSTED in the South of France, a letter 1 handed to the Middlesborough registrar a few minutes before a wedding was to be solemnised was responsible for the official cancelling of the ceiemony. Th£ bride-to-be, an attractive young Middlesborough girl, arrived at
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      136 9 MOST^EXCITING SPY STORY YET SHOWING IN PICTURES! YOU'LL BE HELD IN BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE AS A THE THRILLING AND INTRIGUING SITUATIONS UN- Jl FOLD TO YOUR AMAZEMENT! <• I W™ Commences Q i 1/|| |/\V[ 6.15 *CyrJ i TO NI A i^HL' S GRAND STUFF, WELL DONE AND TREMENDOUSLY M EXCITING
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    A Much Discussed Woman
    740 10 A Much Discussed Woman THE PERSONALITY OF MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON Her Difficult Position: She Asks For No Sympathy Tours, France. I MET Mrs Simpson in the 16th-century Chateau de Cande, near Tour* where for the present she has made her home (writes a special correspondent in the London Daily Mail).
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    84 10 Queen Mary and other members of the Royal family watched the King unveil the first memorial to his father, King George V, in the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks, London. The memorial, erected by funds subscribed by past and present members of the Guards, consists of a Sanctuary pavement and
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    MR. BALDWIN'S IMPENDING RETIREMENT
    281 10 MR. BALDWIN'S IMPENDING RETIREMENT Changes In The Cabinet I UNDERSTAND that Mr. Baldwin will hand his resignation to the King at Buckingham Palace either on May 22 or 29 < writes the London Daily Mail* Political Correspondent). Immediately afterwards it will be announced that the King has created him an
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    62 11 The Scots Guards, led by pipers, m arching around the Tower of London. T he Guards made a number of circuits. Planet News T roop s who will line the streets during the Coronation procession are now settled in their "Coronation Camp" in Kensington Gardens, London. Our photo shows Caineronians.
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE
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      A TRADE FOR ALL
      291 12 fTHE desire of loca! community leaders for the creation of further opportunities for young men in the city to learn a crade a desire which was strongly expressed by the Tribune and repeated in the Legislative Council in February has beci. met by a propoitl 10
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    AROUND MALAYA
    621 12 THE Tribune was the first to draw attention. through the medium of this column, to the sentence of six weeks' imprisonment imposed on a young man who pleaded guilty to begging in the local police court. The magistrate who inflicted the punishment was quite within the law which
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    PERSONALITIES
    238 12 Dr. A. R. Muttiah, of Jpoh. who has been to South India for medical treatment, has returned. Miss Hazel Depler. principal of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School. Bukit Mertajam. will proceed on leave in July. Mr. Ernest Jeff, the Seremban solicitor, has recovered from an attack of malaria, and has
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    13 12 General scene after unveiling of George V memorial at Windsor. (To--IM plcal Press).
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    HINDU BEAUTY AND RECENT INDIAN FRONTIER CLASH
    378 13 Girl Now Alleges Kidnapping: Fakir Of Ipi Wants To Negotiate Karachi. t vild rumours exaggerating thn British casualties in the recent A tiiP Vorth-West Frontie* ,t wo British officers, two Indian ofli- :htin fn OTnHi-in0 TnHi-in other ranks were killed) the hostib tribes
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    Flu "Addict"
    189 13 Flu "Addict This Man Had It 40 Times PEOPLE WHO want to know anything at all about influenza, could not do better than ask Mr. Howard Gritten. the 67-years-old Conservative member of Parliament for the Hartlepools. It is unlikely that he would answer with enthusiasm, because at the mo ment
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    New Dredger
    165 13 Manned To Replace Lost Vessel Amsterdam, April 23. A NEW giant dredger is* to be built in Hand to replace the "Kantoen b worlds largest dredger which sank 1 gently i n the channel. dredger is being constructed for Government's tin enterprises on th* of Banka, in the
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    Salesgirl Warned
    173 13 Negligent Driving Charge Fenang "IF you are motor car salesgirl, you should always exercise particular caution in driving a car to set an example to other drivers." With these words, Mr. Trevor D. Hughes, the Second Magistrate, cautioned and discharged Mrs. Foo Khoon Yen. the well-known tennis player,
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    Killed By Car On Kerb
    42 13 Leonard Carter, aged 22. of Gosport. was killed and two other men were irjured when a motor-car mounted the pavement at Forton, Gosport, Hampshire. The men were returning from a military dance at the New Barracks, Go:--port.
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    A rmy Mechanisation
    58 13 The War Office has decided that in future a mobile brigade will consist ol a fully mechanised infantry battalion with two light tank regiments. Mechanised rifle battalions will taVe it in turn to do tours of duty with a mobile brigade, and will be provided with lightly
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    WOMAN LOST AT SEA
    292 13 Drowned By Side Of Husband Newry. STANDING by the side of th? captain, her husband, and clad only In I nightdress with a coat thrown over hd shoulders, a woman went down wit'i him in his ship. The vessel was the Alder, a 350-tons collar, and
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    London Opera
    140 13 N*w Works At Covent Garden THE International Season of Opera opened at Covent Garden on Monday. April 19. and, as last year; it is international from the outset. On the opening night Verdi's "Otello" was conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. The Paris Grand Opera and Opera Cu- mique.
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    29 13 The Bulldog Club Show has opened at the Handel Street Drill Hall. Bloomsbury, London. Here is Mrs. D. Moore's "Noways Bamabv" settling down to a quiet rest. Planet News
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    New Bishop
    140 13 Appointment To Bath And Wells IT If announced that the Dean of Rochester, Dr. Francis Underhill, has been appointed to th e bishopric of Bath ;uid Wells, on its vacation by the resignation of Dr. St. John Wilson. Dr Underhill, who is 58, has bee.i Dean of Rochester
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    LONDON BEING CORONATION PALACE FLOOD LEANED UP FOR BUCKINGHAM UNDER LIGHT
    211 14 LONDON BEING CORONATION PALACE FLOOD LEANED UP FOR BUCKINGHAM UNDER LIGHT Trafalgar Square is now being decorated for the Coronation. Here we see workmen fixing decorations in front of the Nelson Column. Planet News The first test of the Coronation floodlighting was carried out m looks under flofl Combining the
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      44 15 •Rene ULLMAN is DISPLAYIN THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE Tea Sets «dfifciifcm-*^V^ Coflec Scte Sauce Boats W[ HK Trays etc HORS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc. ALSO CLOCKS JEWELLERY WATCHES ME BEST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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    BREAKFAST
    114 16 Frt-sh Fruit Cereal Cream Break/ast Grill Banana Muffin Strawberry Jam Coffee !?oT Chocolate Tea Grapefruit Halves Puffed Wheat Cream Sugar Shrimp Scramble Toast Marmalade Tea Coffee (old Milk Fruit Juice Fish Cakes Boiled Eggs Pastry Rolls Jam Marmalade Tea Iced Coffee Milk I i Pineanplp wheels Apricot and Cereals
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    LUNCHEON
    119 16 Shrimp Cocktail Cold Platter (Sliced Chicken, Ham am Cheese) Tomato Stuffed with Potato Salad Hot Rolls Assorted Pickles Apple Brown Betty 'Cream of Tomato Soup Sweetbread Tun bales Baked Potatoes Com on the Cob Pe-ach and .Maraschino Mousse Jellied Consomme Mock Chicken Chops Casserole Tomatoes and Onions Spanish Rice
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    DINNER
    127 16 ••••I 'iii: Salmon au Bleu Anni?°<T X L in f P rk Apple Sauce Bacon GravN Roast Potatoes Buttered Raspberry Merin^e ShorUak, Coflfee Devilled Celery Consomme Julienne Pot Roast of Beef with Veeetahi. Baked Sweet Potatoes STa?t i Lettuce A Peach Cobbler Hard Sauce Coffee Beet Consomme Chicken Sorretno
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    MENUS FOR WEEK
    725 16 MENUS FOR WEEK CHERRY WALNUT TART 2 cups pitted red cherries (or one tin) IV2 cups sugar l J/ 4 cups cherry juice 1 tablespoon plain gelatin V2 cup cold water Vz cup broken nut meats (black walnuts preferred) Dash of cinnamon Pint whipping cream, whipped Soak the gelatin in
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      52 17 Maison Marcelle S /^KSSk ForaNafnU t iil^fe^S Permanent 1 Ci Tr y our latest •^vnt^ point-winding l) system v\^ 35 Stamford Rd. j Tel. 4807 Prop. J. KOOY. EXCLUSIVE DRESS-MAKERS. lajmahal Store 23. HIGH STREET i Ladies Hairdressers S MAISON PERM I 79, Stamford Road. TeL: 4610 MAISON MARIE! 63,
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      166 17 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING" GUIDE STATIONER JOIN GLOVER'S Detective Fiction LIBRARY Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor) The Arcade, Singapore. BOOKSHOP EAST AND WEST A collection of the Finest Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham Rain— The Letter— The Alien Corn— The Book
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    Mr. Baldwin
    144 18 London Home A Gift From Son-In-Law MR. BALDWINS new home at No. 62 Eaton-square. Belgravia. S.W., where he will take up residence when he retires from the Premiership, has been presented to him by his son-in-law. Captain the Hon. Arthur J. P. Howard, brother of Lord Strathcona. The
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    TRAINING OF BOYS FOR NAVY
    455 18 Ranker Officers To Be In Charge TWO men who have won their way from the ranks of the navy will be responsible for much, of the training of the boys who join the service during the next year or so. and will be as it
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    50 18 Mr. A. Hartland of the office of H > Trade Commissioner, who nas d several times honorary J ec^ T^ T treasurer of the British Trade Fair w be proceeding on leave towards the of May. It is understood that he n be transferred, at the end of his ieto
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      143 18 X. Y. K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseille* ft Gibraltar. s.s. STJWA MARU May 13 s.s. "FUSHIMI MARU" May 27 s.s. "HAKAZAKI MARU" June 10 m.s. TERUKUNI MARU June 23 Rates to Ist Class tad
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      165 18 I POSTAL INTELLIGENCE I STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOB PER DAT2 AND TIMt Europe:— Great Britain and Europe generally tt Indrapbera May 7 J8 3C am Medan Indrapoera 7 B^o am Pengerang Aik Soon „7 9 Indo-China Aramis 7 H Rengat and Tembilahan Banka 7 1 n Java, South-West Sumatra,
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    Death Of "Father Of Lloyds"
    82 19 rE death has occurred of Sir John Henry Luscombe, aged 89, at h*. home at Crawley, Sussex. He was the "Father of Lloyd's' 1 having spent 61 years in the City, retiring six years ago. He joined Lloyd's at the age of 22, and was
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      314 19 BURNS I'HILI' LIM: (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Dae Sails. MARELLA May 29 June 4 MERKUR June 30 July u 4 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following ratex First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K.
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      545 19 y^ TO FRENCH PORTS t. S fgllJUjJ HOMEWARDS. \j i CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes. St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 8 ADEN For Marseilles, Havre Antwerp Dunkirk May 23 i CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux May 28 FORBIN For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Jane 13 OUTWARDS. i (from
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      190 19 Ithe harbocr Air Mail Despatch*** Hongkong, Canton, *Shanghai, 'Kobe Manila and U.S.A.: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Medan. JaskS. f Amsterdam and "London?: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-morrow. Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. Sunday. Parcels and Registration close at 7 p.m. tomor r cw. Penang. Siam, Burma,
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    80 20 Troops Arrive In London For Coronation The New Zealand troops for the Coronation arrived at St. Pancras Station, London, and marched to their quarters at Wellington Barracks Our photo shows a general view of the New Zealand Coronation contingent leaving St. Pancras Station. Topical Press Hundreds of troops arrived at
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      34 21 JASAHI BEER a^X SUN STOUTf j^M REF dr,nk' NG i t Cheapest in the market. jfl SOLE IMPORTERS: >lIISII lUSSW KIIMIA ITD.| I K.P.M. CHAMBERS, No. 1. FINLAYSON GREKN, SINGAPORE. I^^^ s^^* +o^^% tC9
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      1064 21 ON THE RADIO! V •aI l« V ill Iliri" Ynys y Plant (The Children's Isle) (E. T. Sril** 11 Davies), Nant y Mynydd (Mountain 8, ,<MtK»iiiitf> Stream) (William Davies). Owen Bryng'ritjjr 4l wyn: M ab y Mynydd (A Son of the Mountains) (Idris Lewis), Pant Corlan yr Wyn (Shearing Time)
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      736 21 Programme Of .11. 11. < Singapore Station On 225 Metres TODAY TO-MORROW 6.00 p£, -Malay Party. i^^-^ D^ M uT^ tra Relayed fr m Tm AdClPhi Nan Yang Kuan, The Iron Lotus Flow- 0 n 'm mtprvni eis. Woo Pun Chi, Tow Chong Chuen, t p it. S«ri« q onr
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      71 22 MenMadeYoung Vigour Increased In 24 Holts If you feel old before your tim* i unable to enjoy the pleasures of j take Dr. Nixon's Vi-Tabs and your Manhood. Vitality and El Bij? results in 24 hours. Dr. S Vi-Tabs are a new discovery and anteed to build new blood and
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      426 22 6.35 a.m Concert Relayed from Radio Paris 7 35 am. News in French. Markf Ratei <>i Exchange. I a.m. Ifewi in Spanish K 10 am. News in Portuguese H 20 a.m. Close Down. Wavelength: 19.68 metres (15.243 Kcs>. 620 pm. Concert Relayed from Toulouse. 7.05 p.m. Talk on French Events
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      292 22 10.50 a.m. Opening. Talk for women. 11.15 a.m. Light music. 1150 a.m. Time signal. Weather report. Classical music. 12.20 p.m. Matinee by Nirom Orchestra, conducted by Carel van der Bijl. 1.10 p.m. Nirom news bulletin 1.20 p.m. Variety programme. 2.10 p.m News bulletin. 2.20 p.m. Close down. 5.50 p.m. Time
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      254 22 In the Netherlands East Indies. 8.20 p.m. News and Economic Review in German and Call DJQ. afUor 835 p.m. Greeting* to the Netheilands East Indies. Special broadcast. 920 p m News and Economic K< view in English on DJE. DJN. DJQ; to Dutch Oil DJB. 9.35 p.m. To-day In Germany.
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      238 22 1 .S.A. Mioriwuvji I'rfMtraiiuiiifs The following are the principal Am? riean short-wave transmissions ?hr numbers immediately after the c-ili 1 r.ers refer to kilocycles, and tl J: number set to metres. TO-DAY 7.50 p.m. ttng, Neighbour Sina C'ndnnaa wsxal 6,060; 49 5 10.20 p.m. Fi ess-Radio New York Boston. WIXK
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    GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN 1936
    1435 23 GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN 1936 OVERSEA CHINESE BANK PROFIT FOR VKAR RKTI RXED AT 570J.000 annual meeting of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. Ltd.. T the hfth al lua emise s of the local office, the chairman (Mr. Chee Swee H lield dunned that it had been decided to recommend the payment
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    Child Welfare
    231 23 Coronation Treat On Tuesday CORONATION festivities are be^S V/ planned on every hand and the Child Welfare Society Comilittee wished to give a treat to the children whe attend the creches. The chief difficulty in the way was the perennial one of the lack of funds, but owing
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    SHIP WITH BARBER'S SHOP
    159 23 But Ao Haircuts Or Shaves Aboard! DASSENGERS on board the Rajputana now in Singapore on its way to Eng land from the Far East, are and will b< deprived of the services of the tonsoria artist on board. Mr. Green, relief barber for the re gular
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    Cashier Missing
    214 23 $***** Lost By BankW In Hongkong A REWARD of $5,000 has been offered! for the arrest of the easier of thjjj Kwangtung Provincial Bank, Hongkongl; branch, P. W. Yeh (Po-wen Yeh). It is reported that $100,312 in HongJjj kong banknotes, mostly in the denomi- .»i nation of $500.
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    26 23 M. D. Caclamanos left London yesterday for Paris, where he is to lecture on "Greece and the Mediterranean" at the invitation of the Carnegie Foundation. *<£l
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    NEW BUILDINGS FOR K. L. FLYING CLUB
    304 24 1517,000I $17,000 Scheme Approved By The Members I Kuala Lumpur. .PROPOSAL to b uiU J^ -^^^^^^S^rr^a fSS A buildings was approved l at ann be pur Flying Club. sum not exceeamg ded b Mr F g Walker the On the proposal of Mr
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    Palace Guard
    132 24 Indian Troops Will Take Part London, May 5. the announcement of Dominions' troops mounting guard at the Royal Palaces next week it is learned that the Indians will not participate in mounting guard as the contingent is not suitably composed for tne purpose, being composed of officers and
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    89 24 Mr. M. Simon And Mr. D. MacHaffie MR. Myron Simon, formerly of the firm of Swan. Culbertson and Fritz, Hongkong, died of beart failure In New York on Apr. 29. Mr. Simon went to China in 1915, and started business in Tientsin as a fur dealer. He went to
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    Rubber Returns
    12 24 K Henrietta Estate —127,1000 lb. Sungei Matang Estate— 39,ooo Jb.
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    Town Health
    84 24 Statement of Singapore Municipality and witt 279 in the corresponding week f Jhf cSS causes of death we-e -Beriberi 3- Phthisis 18; Malaria 9. Pneumo nta 34; Convulsions 20; Dysentery 2; Enincidence of zymotic disease is as fon?ws -Chicken-pox 22 cases wM deaths; enteric fever 2 cases witn
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    ADDRESS FROM THE COLONY
    438 24 Public Reading On Monday THE Loyal Address submitted to Hi< Majesty King George VI on the o casion of his Coronation will ue read publicly and with ceremony it the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday, May io at 5.30 p.m. Admission will be by ticket only
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    Express Wrecked
    24 24 Several People Killed In Collision Halifax (Nova Scotia). May PEVERAL people ar« reported *>»^ n(1 many injured when a^Hahfa* b reo^r^oa^ucratVn^"' Junction Reuter
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    6 24 London, May Reuter
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    1200 Guests At The Happy World Opening
    50 25 1200 Guests At The Happy World Opening x nw of Tribune pictures taken P the opening yesterday of the »Lnv W<»rld amusement park at the H P ?-«,i „f Gevlanf Road and Grove unction f Geywj Maud el; "va p who gave a series of ballet Vines during the afternoon.
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    Films Holdup
    135 25 Hollywood Settlement Rejected Hollywood, May. 6. TWO rival trade unions, the American Federation of Labour and the committee for Industrial Organisation, presented a united front to-day in support of Hollywood's 6,000 strikers. "Union workers, no matter what their affiliation, should support the strike ceclared a letter sent to
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    L.b.w. (N) Becomes Cricket Law
    1061 26 THREE-YEAR EXPERIMENT IS NOW ENDED Change Already Adopted In Ma lay a n Cricke t London. May 6. IT is announced <says Reuten that the Marylebone Cricket Club have come to a unanimous decision to make the experimental law of leg-before-wicket a substantive rule and
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    Sisters Exchanged In Marriage
    95 26 Paris. ONE of the strangest family coincidences on record is reported from the mountain villas of La Grave, in Dauphlne. T\"n brothers. Leon and Gasnard Pic, m union tho sisters of Theodule Pin while Throdule Pic himself married their sister. All thre? weddings took place on
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    COMPLETE WEIGHTS FOR THIRD DAY OF RACES
    454 26 Thebez Tops List In Coronation Cup |X)LLOWING are the weights for Sat- urday next the third day of the Singapore Summer meeting: Coronation Cup HORSES— CLASS I— Div. I— About 7 furlongs. Thebez 9—9 Sunshine Sue B—l38 13 Eastern Knight B—l28 12 Miltondale
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    S. A. F. A.
    58 26 Latest Positions in The Leagues I ATEST positions in the S.A.F.A. league competitions are as follows: Each of these sides have been coi ceded 2 points at the expense of Bata team who are deprived of points for having fielded an Inelig player in their matches
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    Russian Coal For Canada
    76 26 Montreal, Quelx Canada is to buy 5,000,000 I Russian enthracite during this year. This is announced here by Mr <• Serkau of Winnipeg, author of a ca barter plan be'twee.n Canada and kw to which the conservative Governn under Mr. R. B. Bennett refused tance some
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    Test Match Lessons For New Season
    713 27 thP new cricket season In general and the chances or the D EFORE I un ;f 'r tiC ular there are a number of matters connected with U counties mparucu^ EUon £de paper une 7°, r i the?e is the aftermath of the M.C.C.
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    WATER POLO AT CHANGI
    103 27 Sappers Defeat Gordons Singapore, Thursday. pLAYING in the newly-formert Malaya Command water polo league, the R.E. Changi defeated the Gordon Highlanders in Changi pagar to-day by three goals to one. It was a close, fast game, with good individual play on both sides, but the Sappers
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    No Limit
    85 27 R And A And The Golfer's Clubs London. May 6. THE Royal and Ancient Club has rejected a proposal to limit golfers to the use of fourteen clubs, as submitted in January last by the United States. The recommendation was passed by straight vote but failed to receive
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    S. C. C . Tennis
    100 27 S. C. C Tennis Results In Mixed Doubles Singapore, Thursday. THE following are the results in the S.C.C. Mixed Doubles tournament. Miss Hipkin and Major Bedford beat (w.0.) Miss Millar and T. H.. Holyoak. Mrs. Riches and N. S. Wise beat Miss Etlin and V. Anderson. 6—l, 4—6, 6—3. Mrs.
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    36 27 A Royal Decree has been issued in Egypt recognizing Bishop Nicholas Evar.gelides, formerly Metropolitan of Hermopolis, as Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria in succession to the late Patriarch Meletios II Metaxakis who died on July 28, 1935.
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    S.R. C. Win
    51 27 Five Goals Against Fort Canning Singapore, Thursday. DLAYING on the Padang this afternoon in the Second Division of the League, the SRC were too good for Fort Canning, who were beaten to the tune of 5-nil. The scorers for the Recs were George Valberg (3) Fernandez and
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    25 27 Mr. William Percy Lipscomb. coauthor with Mr. R. J. Minney of "Clive of India," was married to Miss Florence Taub. an American authoress, aged 29.
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    Bankers Win
    36 27 On Top Again In B.H. League Singapore. Thursday DLAYING on the Y.M.C.A. ground this J afternoon in the Business Houses League, the Overseas Chinese Bank beat the Heap Enp; Moh Steamship Co.. by 5—2
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    28 27 The Hythe, Kent, Town Council, is to dispose of its war trophies— a British tank and German gun-^because they clash with the surroundings and are valuable scrap metal.
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      137 27 SHE'LL BE AT THE CAPIT«ML TO-MORROW Opening al 3.1 J 0.l ."5 JM.* COME AND MAKE A DATE WITH HER! y%T IVhete nai sne been H^, V all if out life r Mff Thal'i all you'll wai.i to know, when 'I'A you iee har lead fhis pack ol human Mk
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    RUSSIA CRITICISES FRANCE
    263 28 Wavering In Dealing With Aggressor 8 Moscow. May 5. AN article criticising France's policy in regard to Spain and casting doubts on the usefulness now to the Soviet of the Franco-Soviet Pact appears in the Izvestia to-day on the second anniversary of the signing of the pact.
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    Premier Baldwin's Appeal For Peace At Time Of Coronation
    642 28 Premier Baldwin's Appeal For Peace At Time Of Coronation THE Court of Enquiry into the London central omnibus dispute to-night that the inquiry was so iar advanced that they anticiut in a position by to-morrow evening to present an interim renort Minister of Labour. l0 Evidence was given to-day on
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    Extinct Bison
    129 28 Successfully Bred In Berlin Zoo Berlin AN animal long extinct in Germany. the "Aurochs" or European bison has been bred in the Berlin Zoo. Zoologists have taken 10 years to breed the aurochs by crossing primitiv breeds or cattle to evolve the correct characteristics. Now they have at
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