Morning Tribune, 20 May 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2.— No. 92. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, May 20, 1937. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 146 1 £40,000 Wages Lost By Men In Seven Weeks NAVAL RE-ARMA-tIEST WORK DELAYED London, May 18. RESUMPTION of work by 1,500 Beardmore engineers striking in Glasgow for over se7en weeks in expected by the week-end. A mass meeting in Glasgow resolved accepting the terms suggested by the
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  • 61 1 New Cabinet On Verge Of Collapse Shanghai, May 19. IT li reported that the Hayashi Cabinet In Japan is on the verge of collapse owing to the growing opposition of two •'•trong political groups, namely the Minseito and the Shiyiukai. In view of this impending dangei, the v
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  • 93 1 Alternative Route May Be Tried Paris, May 18. THE action of the French Minister for Air in agreement with the International Aeronautical Federation in cancelling the New York -Paris air race may lead to legal action by participants in view of engagements undertaken and the Federation may agree
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  • 27 1 London, May 18. HIS Majesty the King conferred with Mr. Montague Noctnan, Governor of the Bank of England, at 3 p.m. today. Reuter
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  • 210 1 Guard Against Slump Troubles (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, May 19. Ills Excellency the High Commission, m openedi the rtew premises of tne Rubber Research Institute at Ampang Road this afternoon. Mr. H. J. Page, director of the Institute, in welcoming His Excellency, referred
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  • 56 1 Less Than 25 Guests To Attend Tours, May 18. THE Windsor wedding ceremony will be performed by M. Merrier, Mayor of Monts Mr. Herman Rogers states there will be less than twentyfive guests at the Duke of Windsor's wedding. After the marriage the bride and bridegroom will make
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  • 128 1 Conference Gets Going I London, May 18. THE Imperial Conference got under weight with meetings of the shipping economic sub-committees. The former issued a communique stating the discussion centred on shipping 3 and it's vital importance to the common- wealth Reuter understands the meeting mainly dealt with
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  • 74 1 Coronation Review Of Fleet London, May 20. THE King and Queen left London for Portsmouth to-day, where they board the Royal yacht for the great Coronation Review of the Fleet off Spithead to-morrow, for which over 150 warships are assembled, including representatives of 17 Foreign
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  • 22 1 The King has consented to become patron of the Society of London Golf Captains, a position previously held by King Edward VIII.
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  • 206 1 Coronation Films In Singapore Cinemas A Week After The Ceremony JJNLY a week after the ceremony m London, Singapore cinema audiences saw the news reel films of _ne Coronation of King George the o«th and thrilled to the thousand-year JW Pageantry with which Britain marks ir crowning of her kings.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 35 1 ON OTHER PAGES j P*t* I j Air CouncUs Suit 2 v Rotary Address Estate Wages 1 I Eraser's Share Rejwrt 6 i To-day's Races 26 i S CC. Soccer 27 Friday's Boxing 27 i
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    • 30 1 SHARE OUR EBL_I ENTHUSIASM 'H^.T KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MILK is pure delicious fresh milk in convenient powdered form. Try a tin to-day and be convinced. Distributors: GET/ Bit OS CO.
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  • 382 2 rir Council Get Judgment I INEVITABLE ACCIDENT PLEA FAILS I Petty Officer Ough To Pay $931 And Costs I Singapore. Wednesday. fUDGMENT in the sum of $931.73 and costs was awarded by Mr. Justice J Horne in the High Court to-day to His Majesty's Air Council in the suit against
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    27 2 Mr. V. A. Jerram and his bride, formerly Miss Mary Bateman, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Miss Bateman is an Aus-ti-dian g iri. Tribune
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  • 166 2 Johore Estates Not To Pay Any Fee Singapore, Wednesday. AT to-day's meeting of the Johore Planters' Association, the acting General Adviser mentioned a matter of great interest to planters. He said that it was mentioned in the report that there was a fee of $500 payable for a
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  • 85 2 Mr. Monnett Davis U. S. Consul-General To Be Transferred MR. Monnett B. Davis, the United States Consul-General in Singapore, has received news that he is to be appointed Consul-General in Buenos Ayres, Argentina. His successor in Malaya will be Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, who is now Counsellor of Embassy in
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  • 29 2 A small Wedgwood crcamware mue. painted with a view of Gramis Castle. the former home of th c Queen M it was in 1686 sold at Sotheby's for £32.
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  • 343 2 Last Week's Ceremony Screened THE Pavilion is to be congratulated for providing the cinema public with really superlative entertainment. In addition to Jessie Matthews in "Head Over Heels," last night's r.udiences were treated to a rare thrill the actual Coronation scenes of His Majesty King George
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  • 52 2 Return Trip Of Japanese Plane Karachi. May 17. THE Japanese plane, "Divine Wind" which flew to London from Tokyo in record time with Japanese Coronation greetings, left here on the return journey to Calcutta at 8.30 a.m. local time. The machine arrived at DimdUm at 2.56 p.m. local
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  • 1134 2 Rotarians Told Of Motor Journey Through Europe Singapore, Wednesday AN entertaining account of his journey by car from Istanbul to London was given by Mr. Gordon Burt of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. L*d to members of the Singapore Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon meeting
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  • 199 2 Mr. V. A. J err am And Miss Mary Bateman Singapore, Wednesday. A PRETTY wedding took place at 3*. Andrew's Cathedral this afternoon, when Miss M?ry Elizabeth Bateman became the bride of Mr. Vincent A. Jerram. Miss Ba;eman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bateman
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  • 95 2 Exchequer Returns Show Increase London, May 18. BUOYANT revenue is still the feature of the national accounts. Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue amounts to £79.195.039 comt>ared with £73.042.534 at the corresponding date of last year. The yield of income tax is £11.569 000 against £9,739.000 last
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  • 779 3 STANDARD WAGES A DANGER CHINESE PLAN DEBATED LABOUR TROUBLES DUE TO SCARCITY Singapore, Wednesday. mTrE dangers of a standard wage for Chinese rubber estate coolies In Malaya T were stressed at the annual meet'ng of the Johore Planters' Association 1d t€ .d .y when proposals submitted by the Chinese members
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  • 112 3 78-Year-Old Judge To Resign Washington, May 18. MR. Willis Van De Vanter, the 78-year-old judge, has informed President Roosevelt he is retiring from active service in the Supreme Court. Mr. De Vanter is among the staunchest conservatives in the Su K rem t Court and his retirement gives
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  • 18 3 Three policemen were slightly hurt when 1.500 striking jute workers attempted to rush a mill at Howrah, Calcutta
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  • 135 3 Old Resident Of Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. THE death occurred from heait failure in the early hours of th.* morning of Theodora, wiic of Mr. j. H. M. Robson, C.8.E., managing d_ _ctor of the Maiay Man fitss,
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  • 47 3 Singapore, Wednesday. Alleged to have attempted to com mit suicide by taking a solution ol caustic soda, a Chinese living in tfago Street was taken to Tan Tock Se._g Hospital early this morning in a sem conscious condition. His lips an<; mouth were swollen.
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  • 28 3 Hongkong, May 19 Sir Robert Ho Tung has donated $10,000 for the relief of suffering in the faminestricken provinces of Szechuen, Kweichow and Kansu Sin Chew Jit Poh
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    76 3 Scottish Violinist To Broadcast MISS Anna Rae, the well-known Scottish violinist, who in private life is Mrs. Rasmussen, will broadcast from .lie Singapore studio to-day and tomorrow evenings. Her programme to-day will include "Gems of Scotland," arranged by herself. On Saturday she will play Handel's Sonata in
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  • 56 3 Two Siamese Ministers Warned (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Wednesday. THE Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Interior have both been informed by the vernacular press that their anti-foreign attitude is not calculated to help Siam in the difficult task she is now engaged upon in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 17 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED. China Huilding. Chulia Street. PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN COMPKNSVnON
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    • 66 3 !t I S T K It LAMINATED STEEL i .-I i PADLOCKS Strongest in the World From All Dealers. Sole Agents: RAHAinIN jfENHA. Singapore. 1 A^K /o^h, J iYAL v*^ _r .O^- i/ _L_ _r ___F vjwvi t J l fT_iNC_SS"OF 1 j HOLLYWOOD I COSMETICS j; j %*3 •CO
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 158 4 Rl BBER London May 19. rone Spot Buyers. Seller* Steady 10 1 16 10^ Firm 10» 4 10 5 16 -^-3 16 -3 16 May Buyers Sellers. 10 1 16 10»8 10» 4 10 5 16 4-3 16 +3 16 July "sept. Buyers Sellers 10 3 16
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    • 82 4 TT. TT T.T. TT TT T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) on Shanghai (closing selling rate) on Hongkong (closing selling rate) on Japan (closing selling rate) on New York (closing selling rate) Previous 110.43 8 99 3 16 ls. 2 9 16 ls.
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    • 29 4 London May 19. GOLD Previous To-day Change Fine Bar per ot £705l/ SILVER fipot 20 3 8 20*8 4 month* forward 20 7 16 20 7 16
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    • 223 4 I Mr. Lyons Asks For London t PLEA for fuller co-operation and A trust between statesmen and the Press was made by Mr. J. A. Lyona, Prime Minister of Australia, at the Coronation Year dinner of the Newspaper Society at Grosvenor House Mr Lyons said that if
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    • 174 4 Rose Pink And Pearl Grey London \T has been officially announced that the King has approved that the colouns for mantles and ribands of the Order of the British Empire be changed to rose pink and pearl grey. Changes in insignia have also been authorised. The
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    • 55 4 Shanghai, May 19. The Ministry ot Finance is Issuing supplement arv reflations in order to facilitate the surrender of their silver as soon as possible A .ix per cent, commission will be rivm to defray transportation expenses and in future all notes will be redeemed at their full
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    • 139 4 London May 19 Distillers 113|1^5 115!- 110^ Dunlop Rubber General Electric 33 9 84!ioy 2 34 1 85iy 2 -3 Imperial Chemical Industries 37|iy 2 153 9 37|4V 2 155i--3 13 Imperial Tobacco 39 3 4o|--3 Anglo-Dutch 12% i3y 8 3 8 Canadian Pacific 4 ioy 2
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    • 22 4 TIN Standard. innt (afternoon closing price > Forward Predion?£2493 4 £245* 2 London May 19. To-dav Chscft £2543 4 5 £2sl
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    • 48 4 RITOBER New York. May 18 Tone Bpot July /Sept. Buyers. R*U*ra Buyers. Seller* Stagnant 20 7 8 nom — nom 21 nom. — nom. Quiet 20 s s 20 4 203 4 20 7 8 — '4 TIN Standard. Tone Spot Dull 55 Ouiet 55U
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    • 110 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore. May 19. Total for Company Dividend B°°^ Close Date Payable Ex. Div Date financial year to date TIN To 10 Raub .•• lt)rv Int June ,2 Rawang Cone W«^*» B 6 121-iTo Bonus June 14 May 26 June 9 May 20 15 r
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    • 78 4 Holiday Spirit Still In Evidence London. May 18. ON the Stock Exchange the holiday atmosphere was still much in evidence and business was meagre and generally insufficient to test prices Internationals reflected a dull Wall Street. British Oxygen were firm on the share rise in profits but otherwise
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    • 26 4 Bangkok, May 19. An extraordinary session of the Assembly has been convened on June 24. This is the last session before the general election.
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  • STOCK AND SHARES.
    • 522 5 Singapore, May 19, 6 p.m Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 5,9 63 59 63 35 6 37 6 35--36 6 .1 Asam Kumbang J{ Austral Malay 57--27 9 59 6 -60--30]-1.10 1.40N0m 1.25 1.50N 22,6 24 6 229 239 £l Bangrin Th i • • •
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    • 401 5 Par Pd. 1 1 Malacca Elec. 10 p 2.30 2 40 2.30 2.40 10 10 1 l M. Breweries 2.00 2.35 3.00n0m 2.00 2.45 2.40 3.00 2.50 10 10 10 5 40 40 1 1 10 10 McAlister Overseas Ass. O'sea C.BC Raffles Hotel Rnhinsnn Ord. 25.90 8.00 2525
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    • 236 5 I JLf I^ll^.l^ SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 5 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 103% 105% nom 4 IM7 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 nom 4' 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Seut. 30 115 117 nom •i J913 red.
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    • 339 5 I Sharps «*-e SI nni»_.. ->_herwt«e .tai 1.00 3.10 1.10 P.. 25 1.00 3.10 1.10 3.20 2.40 2.50 2.40 2.50 2.35 2.50cd 2.40 2.50 1.70 1.75 1.70 1.80 Mandai-Tekong 0.20 0.25 0.20 0.25 Mentakab (.20) 0.46 0.49 0.45 0.48 New Serendah ($2) — 2.80 2.90 2.80 2.90 New
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 146 5 Singapore, Wednesday morning. Singapore: 3514 cts., down 1.4 ct. Market Tone: Steady. London: 10 16d.. down 1 4d. Market Tone: Steady at the decline. New York: 20 5 8 cU*., down I|4 ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Singapore, Wednesday evening. The market is closing firm this afternoon with good buying
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    • 28 5 Singapore, Wednesday noon. Singapore. $123, up $12. London: Spot £249 3 4 up 3'4, 3 months £245 12, down 34. New York: 551|4 cts.. up I|4 ct.
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    • 9 5 London-New York 494 37 New York-London 494 7|16
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  • 201 5 Messrs. Frast r Co.'* Report Singapore, May 19. Tin at midday was $123, up 4. The London market was reported this morning as being very quiet after the holidays and according to our cables the tin share, section was easier. Locally during the course of the day the
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  • 228 5 Tin locally up 50 cts. Rubber locally buyers at 364c Oct'Dtc Mining. Raubs $6.45— 56.60. The' Tin Share Market closes dull and featureless S. Kin tas $8.65— 58.90, S. Luas $2 20-^ $2.25, Hong Fatts $1.26 $1.30, B Selangors $1.65— 51.70, U. Klangs $1.25— 51 30
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  • 741 6 CORONATION UPSETS MARKET SMOOTHNESS Nervousness The Chief Sentiment At Present MESSRS. Fraser and Co.'s weekly report on the share market, dated May 18, to a'w^ek devoted chiefly to celebrations and holidays and with the routine of business life brought more or less to a stands till. It has naturally been
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  • 240 6 A Fine Musical Comedy SITTING on the Moon" a fine musical comedy feature which made its debut at the Alhambra Theatre, Singapore last-night, is crammed with new and swinging tunes, from beginning to fadeout. Roger Pryor and Grace Bradley play the leading roles, and hold the peak of
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  • 28 6 A fire in Tondo. the poor quarter of Manila, Philippine Islands, destroyed 44 tenement blocks two schools, and 1,500 houses, caused one death and rendered 20.000 people homeless.
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  • 179 6 BUYING London T.T. 2 4 732 2 41. 24 932 214 516 t\ a e t a London demand London 30 days' sight London 60 days' sight London 3 months' sight 2 4 516 London 4 months* sight 2 4 11,32 New York demand 58 5116 New York 90
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  • 202 6 Singapore, May 19. R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $146 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $137 R. (Siam W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $132 R. (Siam) "White" No. Al $230 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 1 $220 R. (Siam) "White Rice" No. 2
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 64 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING n CORPORATION LIMITED mm********** m FPEE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULU STREET, SINGAPORE. I You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe
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    • 166 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y.100.000.000 Reserve Fund Y. 130 .900.000 oo Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE. Manager T. YAMAMOTO. Tel' No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk. Nederlandsche j HandelJlaatschappij, X.Y. (Netherlands
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 380 8 THE EVENT ALL MALAYA IS AWAITING TO-NIGHT AT THE CAPITOL __iii" i I i t ...l.! special matixee to-morrow at :u.> ...l.» It PARAMOUNT PICTURES RECEIVED BY K.L.M. AIR MAIL YESTERDAY j THE CORONATION V Amazing Seenes of ihe l_m|>ire s lltuua^e io Their v v •$> 3laie«iies The Kin&t
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  • 598 9 GEO. V. MEMORIAL HILL TO HE INTRODUCED AT NEXT STATE COUNCIL .nrrent issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette publishes the long V raited Bill to establish the Selangor King George V Silver Jubilee Fund, hvill be introduced at the next Selangor State Council meeting. •ft
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  • 118 9 Woman Killed By Axe Alor Star, May 18. A SENSATION was caused here to-day when the news spread of a grim double tragedy which occurred about midnight last night, involving a Malay couple, newly-wedded, who were found dead in their house near the Kedah Aerodrome The
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  • 94 9 Singapore, Wednesday. P* Rt. Hon. Sir Leslie Wilson, h.^CAI, G.C.1.E., P.C. C.M.G.. and Governor of Queensland. Lr alia, is now in Singapore, on his way to England. He will catch the p. O. Ranpura on Friday. Sir Leslie's party includes Lady Wilson. Lieut R.C de Mussenden
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  • 86 9 Young Sikh's 50-Mile Performance WHAT is believed to be a cycling record was established by a young enthu siast named Balwant Singh of Ipoh who made a non-stop run of 50 miles from Ipoh to Kampar and back on Saturday. Leaving Ipoh at 8.30 a.m Balwant Singh
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  • 80 9 Cyclist Knocked Down On Grove Road Singapore, Wednesday. KNOCKED duwn by a car in Grove Road yest-rday morning, a Maiay .ycMSt was taken to ho pita] in a _,_mi-conscious condition suffering from serious head injuries. When a motor lorry travelling along L'ukit Timah Road .suddenly ran off the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 121 9 f Another Great Discovery by EDDIE CANTOR! j S __oP***y_____B_§_S^'^ ___r__r W. _F_Tf \_____________l__r *w R_7 W +*<*. --^^M--r _^J><| &-*(-W*i%s&*W *Hr i I ±w -SPtttvtif s W* j __fl___r iff MAY ROBSON _M__ -IK 4^^^ CHARI-S :B»iai---Mk-. BUTTERWORTH n___________!> _______________N_W_MM____MA________________l M_f_FHl 1 Vou raved over DEANNA DURBIN Now you
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    • 164 9 fy a\ -j* ■■•5* p| fr* 'fr If m IgAY WITH LAUGHTER! TUNEFUL WITH NEW* 1 SONGS GORGEOUS WITH FASCINATING DANCES T AND SPECTACULAR SCENES! T 615-915 To-wcHrrT •> tJr Louis bore ll •> W^^m*- ROBERT FLEMYNC S T J Directed by SONNIB HALC •J» A GAuM 0 N T
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  • Tragic Story Of Orphaned Spanish Boy
    • 436 10 'DESER TER 'S ADVENTURE Most Of His People Dead Barcelona A LITTLE Spanish boy who managed to "desert" from the insurgents after they had killed his father and brother, and then tried to join up to fight for tne Republicans, has just seen adopted by the Catalan Committee for of
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    • 176 10 Because One Man Is 111 Warsaw. ONE of the little towns in the district of Kowei, Poland, has been brouzh* to the verg? of financial ruin- becau_: one man is VEL The town has only two municipal officials—the Mayor, who Is also the towrtreasurer, and an accountant
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    • 167 10 Clashes Among Croats Dr. Matchek Ousting Fascists From Party Belgrade. CLASHES between two sections of Dr. Matchek's croat peasant party, which aims at a form of autonomy for Croatia, are becoming increasingly frequent. This is a result of Dr. Matchek s desire to throw out of the party fascist elements
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    • 119 10 Women In Advertisements Attacked Quebec. A CAUSTIC denunciation of. many pictures of women in advertisements and on magazine covers has been made here by Cardinal Villeneuve, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada. An "immoral invasion", is how he described the advertisements in his attack. The "chief
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    • 142 10 Sent To Prison— By His Toe! Hermanus, Cape Province. i BECAUSE his big toe is a peculiar shape. Mr. N. Cupidb, an amateur crook. has been sent to prison here. He has been sentenced in the Magistrate's Court to four months' hard labour for housebreaking and theft.
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    • 185 10 National International Events Paris. THE Paris Horse Show, which everv year when the Chestnuts and Lilacs burst into flower marks the opening cf the Paris season, opens its doors at th* 1 Grand Palais, rather earlier than usual. The reason is that this year it has been
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    • 189 10 Scientist's Quest With Radium Alfred, New York. EXPERIMENTS to produce stingless bees are to be started h?rp by Dr Lloyd R. Watson, an eminent radiologist. By passing radium rays through the queen bee's body, he hopes to produce bees which either have harmle. stings or have no
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    • 17 10 The promotion of Second Lieut A S Gispert. S.S.V.F.. to tho rank of Lieu: has been approved
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 172 10 Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids The only way your body can clean out health-destroying Acids from your blood Is through nine million tiny Kidney tui h or filters, but beware of cheap, drastic, irritating drugs. Weak Kidneys usually ar<j the real cause of Getting Up Nights. Nervousness, Swollen Ankles, Rheumatism.
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  • 121 11 CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE IN LONDON FOR CORONATION Thirty -five officers an d men of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived at Euston Station London,! af ter and ing h f"" er fl UC v h c^,° f smlce at Liverpool, to attend the Coronation. The party included a quota eacn
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE
    • 305 12 annual meeting of a body which receives a considerable amount of publicity the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association is to be held on May 31, and the members who attend may expect to hear a good deal more on the matter of the duties of the Association's nominees on
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  • 591 12 ANE of the most welcome feature, of the return of prosperity to Malaya was the restoration last year of the FM.S. Railways to a condition of solvency. to other words, after meeting all working expenditure, and setting aside tht necessary annual provision for the depreciation of wasting assets,
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  • 284 12 Inspector Syed Akil Shahabudin ha^ returned from leave and has been posted to Sungei Patani. Mr. C. N. Maxwell. Customs Officer. Lumut, Dindings will be gjoing home on furlough at the end of this month. Mr. S. Ponnudurai. Tamil interpreter, and well-known cricketer, Segamat wil shortly go on three
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 12 The Duke of Gloucester presenting Colours to the Ist Battalion Gordon Highlanders at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh. Topical Press
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  • 310 13 POSSIBILITIES /V WARTIME w />r-Vtf ur/ oil* -Lte/> r. "Urgent" Bombay. m-i B UM headline "City Utterly I) *,0..d to Air Raids,' the Bom_...iinel an evening newspaper, i trenchant attack upon Tr u.nmenl of India's attitude air raid precau -^/^trSemns as'suieidar' ,r uments that
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  • 142 13 Stolen By Thieves Relic Of World Fair Bronx. New York. Ln world metal pric?s may lie hind an extraordinary theft which place here. ?sive bronze eagle— weighing 70C been removed in tne night by The eagle is about six feet a wing spread of 6. 2 feet. s
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  • 60 13 UI Of Them AreLiving ■rui Budapest. I Arpad Callovitch, a penned railway official of Magya.•near Pecsi, has given birth child. All her other childtUve. The father has written I the regent of Hungary, Ad:lhy. asking him to become arrival's godfather. of the eighteenth child ic Isabella of
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  • 394 13 Uncontrollable Impulse New YorK. AN uncontrollable impulse just leads, me to attack women every now and then, and I can't help it." This was the excuse of a clever IR-year-old student of Buffalo, New YorkState, who neither drinks nor smokes rnd who left college
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  • 369 13 der cover of actual and sincere friendship—spending evenings with this mai. and his wif_ and going to footbaii matches with him— he found it within him. without the slightest warning ol his intentions to the injured husband, who was obviously deeply in love with hi. wife,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    106 14 A view of the decorated Mal!. London, bedecked with banners anil Colourful river showing Westminster Pier gaily decorated, and the "Royal Eagle" and the "Goodwin" with their Co onation stands erected in readiness. In background is Shell-!. lex House on the top of which two camp-fires hav e been
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    76 15 The four huge banners suspended at the entrance to Whitehall, London, showing the Cenotaph in centre. Topical Press [in sunshine- a fitting pathway frv the Coronation procession. P V I Crown Prince Frederic of Denmark and Crown Princess Ingrid arrived in London with their retinue to represent King Christian
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  • 2923 16 I Tin* British Civil Servaal Mr. Lawrence Hoiisma-i looks a< his later iif« Meempimre o_ a (.olden Age The MtU CM* Smant ty Dm. Authors. V***^ vp^,. Lawrence Housman The I'nexpecteci X***** Maurice Collis She Was A Queen THERE has long been a serious gap in
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    • 105 17 T A TOURIST'S SHOPPING? i GUIHE FURNITURE PASKOE'S LTD. WILL FURNISH YOUR HOME ON EASY TERMS. «M-_aH-_-_M_-BBB___HBHHi«l_B__H_H_V«^_Hß-_-B---__--__M_^ STATIONER JOIN GLOVER'S Detective Fiction LIBRARY Subscription 50 cents yearly Lending Fee 10 cents per book 9 11, (Ground Floor) Tha Arcade, Singapore BOOKSHOP FIRST CHEAP EDITION THE ROAD TO SHANGHAI Startling Revelation
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    • 71 17 CAMERAS AND FILMS ,^a**m****m***^mmammmmmmmmmaammM~^m.^m*mmmam*m*^a*m*^*mmm I DRY CLEANING Burtol Ouick Cleaners for same day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. Town Agent:— H. B. WINTER, 20, Battery Road, Singapore. I7t, Orchard LUL tb***M 111%. EYES Eye Examinations, Eyeglasses Exclusively. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO.,
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  • 294 18 STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DATE AND TIM* Pamangkat Sambas and Singkawang Tobelo May 20 8 am Pengerang S. Soon Heng n 20 9 a.m Penang Kedah n 20 10 a.m Hongkong Sirdhana n 20 1 pm China (generally) Hoihow Sirdhana n -o l n.m. Aden (Parcel
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  • 600 18 Many Former Officers On Board ON coasting articles, but still flying the Blu e Ensign, the Majestic sailed from Southampton on her last voyage as a merchant ship on Thursday, Apr. 8. Two days later her final passage was completed, and the famous ship passed into retirement
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    • 485 18 f t_-_l jf*.*^B L f^r^ih^___T_— -^^^"--P— I >fcl>l|| iiiD m '"ui w m BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA.LINES Outwards. Due Due Tonnage S pore. Tonnage S'pore. 1937. 1937. NALDERA 16.000 May 21 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 July 2 CARTHAGE 15,000 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17,000 July 16 BHUTAN 6 100 June 5 RANPURA 17,000
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    • 141 18 X. Y K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles ft Gibraltar. s.s. "FUSHIMI MARU" May 27 s.s. "HAKAZAKI MARU" June 10 m.s. TERUKUNI MARU June 23 ss. "HAKUSAN MARU" July 8 Rates to Ist Class End
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    • 294 19 IIURXS PHILP LINE (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Dae Sails. MARELLA May 29 June 4 MERKUR June 30 July 4 Special cheap round trip tickets irom Singapore to Australia issued at the iollowing rate* First Class passengers may transter at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K P.M.
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    • 524 19 JPS)-J^«L T0 raENCH PORTS jaV^jß^ HOMEWARDS. J N VARELLA F For M Ma?sS Dunkirk M^ a 27 i S FORBIN Fo r Marsefiiii u Na nte A s Nazair e Bordeaux May 27 DESIRADE For Marsel fp; v** 1 we Dunkirk l« 13 *or Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux June
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    • 345 19 HIE HARBOUR. 1 Mill* I* W«: li tir Mail cni"3 ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES Df |141 If llf OR* EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No w Austra^ a Ne *L Zealand, Java and 22 1 Tin^or DillV: Qantas, closing 7 p.m. Rohna to-day. Pp ip 20 1 Hongkong, Canton, 'Shanghai, 'Kobe,
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    • 537 21 Ofl THE RADIO! BrUi« h Empire programme mission 2:— 605 p m.— 9.15 13 97 metres (21.47 mca.); SSS metres (21.53 mcs.) and GSO mrt res (15-18 mcs.). *£L£22« 3:-9.35 p_m.-0.20 Tr rsS 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); 1082 metre- (15.14 mcs.) and .i 13 93 metres (21.53 mcs.). G TransmlsTion
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    • 464 21 U.S.A. Shortwave Programmes The following are the principal American short-wave transmissions. The numbers immediately after the callletters refer kilocycles, and the second uumber set to metres: TO-DAY 7.50 p.m. Cheerio— Cincinnati. WBXAL 6,060: 49.5. 9.20 p.m. Greenfield Village Chapel —Detroit New York, W2XE 21.520: 13.9 11.45p.m. Paine Webber Stock Quotations—
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    • 515 21 Programme Of B. M. B. C. Singapore Station TODAY 6.00 p.m. Chinese Music (Gramophone Records) Two Orchestral Reci- Soh Lim Yeet. Choo! Fun. Canto.iese Drama— Sa Sum Slew. Song— The A'ooing of Toh Fah Hup. Cantonese nama— Kwai Fei Reprimands Emperor I'hang. 7.00 p.m.:— Tamil Music (Gramoihone Records) 7.40- p.m.
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    • 497 21 On 225 Metres 7.40 p.m.:— Time. Weather and Announcements. 7 45 p.m.: —Sports Talk Lawn Tennis- -2 -By J. A. Dean. In his first talk Mr Dean, who is President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, described the history and development of Lawn Tennis. Tonight he will give practical
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    21 22 The_-e three pictures show seheol children on the march at the monation Rally of Youth at (ioveinment House on Monday. Tribune
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  • 145 22 Because Wages Were Unpaid Washington. BECAUSE her wages had not been paid for two weeks. Miss Hazel Tadlock a 19-year-old typist and nursemaid, ha^ been charged here with firing a re-] volver at her employer, wounding him: in the arm. Taken to the police station foi"
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  • 225 22 Soviets Probe Ancient Gold Mine Moscow. SOVIET gold-mining engineers, aided by archaeology i are exploring the. site of ancient gold mines in Kazakhas-j tan, Middle Asia, which are alleged U> be still very rich in gold orr. The mines, which date back to about 1,000 8.C., have
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  • 271 22 New Zealand Appeal 4700,000 Memorial To King George V Wellington. N.Z. A GRANT of £25,000 has been made tv New Zealand Government to start a King George V Memorial Fund wnich it is hoped, will reach a total of £100,000. The money will be used to establish four permanent children's
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  • 111 22 Sensations In Penang Street QUITE a stir was caused in Khoo Sian Ewe Road. Penang, when the dead body of a Chinese was found lying in the middle of the road. The deceased, Eu (tt Chye. a Cantonese biscuit hawker, aged about 40, was going along
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  • 101 22 Egypt's Plan To E.xclude Undesirables MW^l* Alexandria TRAVELLERS to Egypt are to be class! fiad and controlled under a new system evolved by the ministry of foreign affairs. This is to facilitate tne granting of visas and to prevent the entry of undesirable foreigners. "Arrival slips" will be
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    • 26 22 ANCHOR BEER ___r ,__L __r 4 ___P ____ir <ij Brewed and bottled in Singapore by ARCHIPELAGO BREWERY CO., LTD. SOLE AGENTS: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. WaPaS-
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  • 1389 23 MOT BROUGHT OFFICIALLY TO N NOTICE OF J. P. A. I Association Records Another Membership Rise Singapore, Wednesday. the Johore Planting Association, which now has an acreage T HE importance of UM gyj acr eage of the United Planting AsT 0f 41 f 3 'Maiayrw^ StoS&rf
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  • 146 23 U.P.A .M. Proprietary Representation Singapore, Wednesday. AT to-day's annual meeting of the Johore Planters' Association, the Hon. Mr. Cheok Huan Cheong said that at the annual meeting last year he raised the question of J. P. A. representation in the proprietors' section of the United Planting Association of Malaya. A
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    • 48 23 mm mm W > SCOOP! SCOOP! I FIRST WITH THE BEST PAVILION LTD. SCREENED LAST NIGHT AT PAVILION THEATRE THL I GAUMONT BRITISH CORONATION FILM SHOWING THE PROCESSION AND SCENES INSIDE I THE ABBEY See It To-Night At The Pavilion With Jessie Matthews Film I'HEAD OVER HEELS" M mm
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    • 107 23 I Fl _L tMfo mDCStID I i/km Try An Elegant Coloured Jr^ 1 /_______J Barrel Of The Latest i____^__Hii__i_%' IMM No Pe n on ttle market can surpass ___T/v_Rm __>C^^W "PILOT" in cheapness, refinement, soJjf r fll/M^fl feather-light, unbreakable barreis of ml m lIIMh PILOT Lacquanite, glistening jet black, m
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  • 1401 24 WELL-EQUIPPED LABORATORIES AND FINE LIBRARY Apparatus For Synthetic Rubber Manufacture THE rubber Research Institute of Malaya has been in existence for 10 years. Until recently all its work was carried out in buildings in Damansar\ Road but the necessity for better facilities for experiments and investigations
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  • 91 24 Parleys With Foreign Representatives London, May IS. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Anthony Eden, wa? the guest at a luncheon at the Iranian Lega tion to-day. To-night he dined at tiiTurkish Embassy. t This afternoon Mr. Eden received, s the Foreign Office. Senor Matos representing
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  • 41 24 London, May 18The weight of letter airmails carried to extra European destinations from tne United Kingdom in the first quarter m the year exceeded the figure for tne same period of 1936 by 20 per cent.— British Official Wireless
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    • 55 24 C______!_i_s_ 77 i^ w^^ ___L\\ 1 >L___-_________ _f H*. vx^HK __r 'Jl v 4k: V V^' '■■<2^222jW^2 222z H___P w-^^P:::: T^e\ _fl _F W^jK;.;.;. _____H^ _>.*' "2^. f-x*:— i *?7^^^Cco* _<-^&* j**atwM!&*' f Ji* -nT ____ili_*^ "*iN j_ "w -.*>*,»» fe' v f *vv. L P -j LUBRICAfIOrBY SHELL i-stottc
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  • 929 25 RENEWAL OF CONTROL ESSENTIAL JOHORE PLANTERS' VOTE %linO-t%MHM TO BE SENT Ml TO GOVEHXMEXT Smgapore, Wednesday. planters' Association, at their annual general meeting held torE johore na u wnen over 40 members were present, voted unaniday in Jon °ntinuation of the rubber regulation scheme. mou-ly aco which JIOW commands an
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  • 90 25 Valuable Discussions By Eden London, May 18. MOST useful and valuable" Ls the description in authoritative quarters of Mr. Eden's series of talks with foreign representatives here for the Coronation. No negotiations with any particular end in view have begun but Mr. Eden has taken the opportunity of
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  • 49 25 The? following is a list of outputs for the undermentioned Estates for the month of April 1937:— Brunei 28.038 lb. Bukit Timah 6.963 M Changkat 25.049 „ Haytor 11.357 „ Indragiri — 99.278 „ Lunas 34.260 „ Nyalas 34,800 „ Tapah 61,967 „ Ulu Pandan 3.867 m
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  • 27 25 The Royal Air Force will be "at home" to the public on the Fourth Empire Air Day, Saturday, May 29, at the record number of 53 stations.
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  • 34 25 The Rev. Goh Hood Keng will be the speaker at the evangelistic meeting to be held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lim. 167 East Coast Road, on Friday, at 8 p.m.
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  • 244 25 ALL MAILS BY AIR In Operation This Year? London, May 18. THE Postmaster-General entertained to luncheon to-day, on behalf of His Majesty Government, the delegates to the Imperial Conference and ofQciall of Overseas Government Department... In proposing the toast of "Imperial Communications," Major Tryon said that the great Empire air
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  • 165 25 Unification The Main Task Valencia, May 1.8. THE particular task of the new govern- ment will be to "unify command of military operations as well as to control the economic life" says a government statement of policy which deplores the absence of the trade union organisations.
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  • 197 25 Baldwin's Appeal To Youth London, May 18. r_ big problem in the world in the next quarter of a century will be the problem of government, said Mr. Baldwin In a loudly applauded address at the Rally of Youth in the Albert Ball. He admitted it sounded dull but
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  • 521 26 First Malayan Born Thoroughbred PARLEZ VOUS WILL MAKE HIS DEBUT TO-DAY Heavy Going For Opening Of Skye Meeting "Captain Hawk") (By thf firs* thoroughbred racehorse to be born and broken -in in this country 1 will make his debut on Malayan turf this afternoon the first day of the S
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  • 45 26 Race I—Bright1 Bright Eyes Foxy Race 2 Aiya- Aiya Dazzle Face 3— Anaconda Perfect Lady t Race 4 Troy Stick Time Race S— __.6.B. Ricebird. Race 6 Miss Singapore Little Mother Race 7 Glitter Jackie Mac Race B—Silver8 Silver Buckle Mile d'Armentieres.
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  • 98 26 London Coronation Finale London, May 18 LONDONERS went back to work in eainest this morning following the Whit Monday finale to the chief Coronation celebrations and sightseeing. Although the_ crowds in the daytime were a record for Whitsun they begar to go home on the journey relatively
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  • 30 26 London, May, 18. The King and Queen returned t London th's afternoon from Wlndao c they spent the week-end at th U Lodge.— British Official Wireless
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    33 26 Parley Vous had no name when th is picture of him was taken at Major Deyte's Veterinery Sanitarium at the Cameron Highlands about eight months ago. Major Doyle is seen with Parle. Vous
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  • 1042 26 S. S. A. Review Of Busy Year's Activities —A. G. M. On May 31 QUESTIONS of nomination to the Municipal Commission, the building of a net house for the Municipal President, the qualification of Judges of the Supreme Court, the proposal to establish a Malayan University and the building of
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  • 885 27 cTTER FINISH MIGHT HAVE E MEANT BOTH ?s t And Well Contested Game On Padang coal saved the S.C.C. from defeat when they met the Police on the lastmimu t/ in First Divislon League game. Padan i;.l ent *oals netted by Dr. Oehlers gave
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  • 117 27 THE following have accepted to piay cricket for the S.C.C. vs. tho SCRC. on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Hone Lim Green: j g H. Abbott, Lt. W. D. H j. uke. A. Gilmour. Lt. I. L. E. MacMWan, Lt J C. O'Dwyer, Major R. M. Quill, Lt.
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  • 17 27 Stockholm, May 17. England beat Stockholm 4—o in a soccer match here to-day.— Reuter
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  • 696 27 CLASH OF STARS OF LOCAL RING Siamese vs The Rest At Happy World Stadium smgapore, Wednesday. THE $60,000 Happy World Stadium at the junction of Geylang and Grove Roads throws open its doors on Friday night with an excellent card of four bouts in which the pick of the Siamese
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    • 28 27 MEU K O W ft Ksocubts 43 R K AN 111 i^''Tte:sJJ B^B-J^Sfe^' Dl\rill li 1 I ___r__H_D_______Jll l •l-STAK." (DW. sole GuTiiui^Eb AGENTS: J > S.S.) w./'.-.. M
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  • 143 28 Honours Easy In Padang Soccer Assailed by three of the Policy defenders at once, Prescott fe unable to get moving dunng a Club attack. Tribune Muthu, Police full back, gets the better of Prescott by using his head an incident near the Police goal during yesterday's first division soccer match
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  • 81 28 Callover On Epsom Classic London, May 18. THE latest callover on the Derby to be run on June 2 at Epsom is as follows: 85—20 Perifox. B—l Cash Book taken and offered. 9—l Le Ksar (offered). 10—1 Solfo. 100—8 Le Grand Due taken and offered. 13—1 Goyase II
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  • 66 28 The first of the Y.M.C.A. Senior inter-group swimming competitions will be held to-day at 5.15 p.m. at th? Y.M.C.A. swimming pooi. The event will be 80 yards free style sealed handicap and swimmers should make a special effort to be present to swim in support of their groups.
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  • 44 28 The Katong GC. men's May Competition was won by M. Morrison with nett score of 57 and the ball sweep b> M. Morrison and H. Proud. The Coronation Trophy was won by J. W. Edwards with a nett score of 54.
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  • 58 28 British Family On Launch Which Exploded A TELEGRAM received by the SingaA pore branch of the O.S.K. from their Hongkong office states that Mr. and Mrs. L. Cox and child, who were reported missing after the O.S.K. launch exploded in Hongkong Harbcur, are now stated to be safe.
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  • 39 28 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 19. Cholera figures in Siam for the week ending May 15 show 217 cases and 132 deaths In Bangkok there were 33 cases and 14 deaths during the same period.
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  • 60 28 Jorinthians Defeat /MV./), In League 'From Our Oicn Correspond-. Johore Bahru. M 18 IN the first round of the Johore Bahru District Football League, the Jorinthians met the P.W.D. on th< 1 Padang this evening and won by 2—l. The game was fast both being well matched and
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  • 46 28 Chinese Pair Lead Frenchmen Paris, May 18 IN the French lawn tennis championships. Choy arrfl Tsui Wai Pui wer? |?ading Journi and Martin Le Gea. (France i 4 l in the first set when a terrific thunderstorm prevented further play for the day. Reuter
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