Morning Tribune, 31 May 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE FIVE CENTS. VOL. 2.— No. 101. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, May 31, 1937.
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  • 850 1 AIR ATTACK ON GERMAN WARSHIP NEW APPEAL TO SPAIN Bombs Dropped In Retaliation For Gunfire i On Raid 'Planes si itiors ix< i»i:xt in bay of ibiza Valencia, May 30. A WARSHIP reported to be the German battleship Admiral Scheer, lying off Ibiza, which opened fire on two Spanish Government
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  • 926 1 Finance Bill Is First Task Of Mr. Chamberlain 's Government London, May 29. EN Mr. Neville Chamberlain's GovTment meets the Commons for the time on Monday the business will f ne second reading of the Finance which will be moved by Sir John the new Chancellor of the Exeneqntr. wo
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  • 285 1 Empire Air Day Tragedies London, May 29. rE Empire Day air displays to-day were attended by disastrous loss of life. Fiv e were killed, besides two others competing in the London-Isle of Man air race. Flying Officer Elms and Squadron Leaders Powers were killed at Oldsarum and
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  • 26 1 Cape Town, May H. THE Welsh airman Llewellyn lift here at 5.23 a.m. in an attempt on the Cape Town-London record.—
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  • 248 1 Invitations Sent Out Tours. May 26. FE list of guests at the Duke of Windsor's wedding is announced. Among them are Mr. Hugh Lloyd Thomas, the British Minister in Vienna, who frequently met the Duke while he was in Austrian, Sir Walter Monckton was in close personal
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  • 23 1 Mexico City, May 28. Despite President Cardena's desperate nightlong efforts, the strike has begun in all Mexican oilfields.— Reuter Wireless.
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  • 23 1 Mr. E. V. O. Day, acting Treasurer and collector of land revenue, Malacca, has been appointed to act as Resident. Councillor in addition.
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    • 39 1 t 7 ON OTHER t PAGES Page Raffles' Meeting Schools Chief Feted 2 Back Lanes In City 3 Wage Boards Opposed 3 Raub Gold Report 23 S.H.B. Traffic Rules 25 1 Local Cricket 26 S Malaya Cup 27 i
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    • 48 1 Ij O 1 powdered milk jUDSBBy F) I PUT KLIM IN YOUR PANTRY AND BE AS- I SURED OF A NEVER FAILING SOURCE OF 1 SUPPLY— SAFE, CONVENIENT AND PURE— I SUITABLE FOR COOKING OR DRINKING— I FOR YOUNG OR OLD. I DISTRIBUTORS GET/ HltOS. A t'^ I
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  • 2148 2 LICENSE LAWS BLAMED FOR RAFFLES' DEFICIT Extended Drinking Hours Urged As Tourist Appeal Singapore, Saturday. rRITICISM of the Singapore Licensing Board as not appearing to be following v any fixed rule in granting extensions of licensing hours, and a comment that "extension of the hours
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  • 289 2 Bright Function At Oehlers Lodge MISS Noelinc Oehlers. fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs George R. Oehlers celebr^ed her 21st birthday on Friday with one of the brightest parties given in Singapore f^r a icng time. 1\ was an alte'"-ciinna affair, ana dancing was of course one
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  • 171 2 Exhibition By Tanglin Malays Singapore, Sunday. »N excellent exhibition of art work A was held at the Tanglin Besar Malay School this afternoon. Among the visitors was Mr. H. R. cnee&e man. Inspector of Schools. Exhibits of raffia, sewing, crayoa work, stencilling, painting an manuscrips writing were
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  • 237 2 Another Attack On Britain 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca May 29. A DENUNCIATION of British policy in India and a vigorous plea for the solution of two of India's greatest problems, pover'y and unemployment, was made by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru yesterday evening when he addressed thousands
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  • 234 2 New Proposals In The Commons London, May 28. MR. Morrison, in the House of Commons to-day, outlined proposals .vhich "by increasing the productivity >f British agriculture will be able not only to meet the situation in the *vert of war but will be a substantial lid towards'
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  • 97 2 I DURING the week ending May 22, 1937, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 51.855 cases, of which: 33.652 (65 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 2.311 (5 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 12.625 (24 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 3.267 (6
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  • 28 2 The Bar Committee for Malacca has i been appointed as follows: Messis. V F. Zehnder, F. R. Massey. A. C Carvpr, D. N. Bannerjea and Goh Tiow Wan.
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  • 427 2 Teachers Farewell Mr. Cheeseman Singapore. Saturday. OVER 250 men and women teachers in Singapore and Johore English schools bade farewell to-day to its President, Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Inspector of Schools, who will go on long leave in a few days' time. The function was held at
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  • 38 2 Lord Wakefield, head of Messrs. Wak--field and Co., Ltd., has been pleased w grant a substantial bonus as a Coronation gesture to the whole of the c pany's staff, including thcpe in over. branches. 1 1
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  • 548 3 NO PERSONAL CONTACT f. M. S. CHAMBER WANTS TO (HECK PROFITEERING (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Saturday. CPEAKING at the 30th annual general meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of J Mines held this morning in Ipoh, Mr. J. Weekley recommended that the Chamber should suggest
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  • 85 3 Australian Radio Group's Action Melbourne, May 28. AUSTRALIAN trade policy is being challenged by the Radio Corporation. Ltd., here, which has issued a wrir against Mr. Thomas White, Commonwealth Minister of Trade and Comp-troller-General of Customs. The corporation claims that the existing regulations whereby trade is diverted In
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  • 51 3 Serious Development In Steel Dispute New York, May 29. FIVE strikers and one policeman were seriously injured in a very flercf fighting at Youngstown (Ohio> when a thousand steel strikers attempted to close the plant of the Republic Steel qo. The police, swinging thfcir tror cheons, repulsed them.
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  • 105 3 Japan Replies To Chinese Request Shanghai, May 29. THE Japanese Foreign Ministry issued a demand yesterday through the Charge d'Affaires in Swatow that propaganda calculated to provoke ill feeling between China and Japan should be suppressed before f .he withdrawal of Japanese warships from the port can be
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  • 29 3 London, May 28. Professor Alfred Adler, the famous psychologist collapsed and n a street in Aberdeen, where he delivering a series of lectures at University.— Reuter Wireless.
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  • 19 3 Mr. B. Murcott has been granted a w mission as second lieutenant In u:c with effect from May 11.
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  • 424 3 BACK LANES SCHEME IN HEART OF CITY Property Worth A Million Dollars Affected IT is estimated that property worth nearly a million dollars in the big business centre of Singapore will be affected by the decision of the Singapore Improvement Trust, just announced, to proceed with the acquisition of land
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  • 71 3 French Trade Pact With Germany Paris. May 29. AN agreement in principle on FrenchGerman commercial accord is b2lieved to have befen reached In the course of an interview between Premier Blum and Herr Schacht (Governor ot the Reichsbankt this evening. The accord is very complex, involving trade
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  • 60 3 Ford Plan To Avoid Lay Offs Detroit, May 29. A THIRTY-TWO-HOUR week is beine temporarily adopted by the Ford Company. Mr. Harry Bennett, director of personnel, stated that the company's operating schedule will be cut for four days in June to spread employment and postpone layoffs, placing workers
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    • 41 3 Special offer for one month only PERMANENT WAVE From $5 to $8 Maison Sonia, 330, Orchard Road. 'Phone 6843 SilviVrin goes to the root of Hair troubles From All Chemists High -class Stores. Made in England. Sole Agents: RAHAKIN PENHA: Singapore.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 143 4 London. May 29. RUBBER Last Price To-day Change Tone Irregular Dull Spot Buyers. 10 9 lo 16 -116 ft Sellers. 10 1 16 10 1 16 May Buyers. 10 10 Sellers. 10 1 16 10 1 16 July Sept. Buyers. 10 116 10 116 Sellers. 10ft 10 3
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    • 79 4 London. May 29. Previous To-day Chang* T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) no 63 110.65 —.02 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8 ggs. 8.98 s 8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) is.2 9 16 ls.2 9 16 TT. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) i s .2
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    • 30 4 London, May 29. GOLD Previous To-day Chang? Fine Bar per o* £7.0.6 £7.0.7V 2 lftd. SILVER Spot 20-i 20-4 4 months forward 20 5 16 20 5 16
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    • 120 4 London, Mav 28 Previous To-day Change Distillers t SR 1 JJ? 1 Dunlop Rubber 34 3 34 1.2 __i.<. General Electric Imperial Chemical Industries Jl*, 2 Ai' 2 3 Imperial Tobacco «g J "J -7' 2 Anglo-Dutch JgJH JJgft -9 Canadian Pacific 133 4 13 J 4
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    • 21 4 TIN Standard. London, May 28. Previous To-day Change Spot (afternoon closing price) JJSJH 249*^ -1 Forward £249V 248y l
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    • 40 4 RUBBER New York. May 29. Tone Very Quiet Closed Spot Buyers. 20 5 16 do Sellers. 20 V do July Sept. Buyers. 20 7 16 do Sellers. 20 1 do TIN Tone Dull Steady Spot 55*8 55*8
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    • 116 4 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore. May 29. Total for n^r, Dividend Books Close financial Company Diviaena DJy year Payable Date to date TIN TO Idris 5% Int. May 21 ,.June 3 May 27 Pei Ikalen NTc Int. June 19 June 7 30. Pengkaien 10 Int. June 8 June
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    • 674 4 ENTICING YOUNG GIRL FROM HOME Two Malay Women Bound Over At Penang Sungei Patani, May 27. BEFORE H.H. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tuan Syed Akil to-day charged two Malay women named Timah and Tom binti Dolah with enticing away an unmarried girl. The charge was und-r the Shariah Court Enactment, and
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 640 5 Singapore. May 29. 1 pm. Fraser Co. Lyall Evat Buyers Seller: Buyers Seller Amnit Tin 6 69 6~ 6 6 \i A Skm Kumbang .35 6 37 6 35 36 6 r Austral Malay 59 6 57- 60- AverHitam ftr 28 6 27 6 29--i Aver Weng 115 1.30n0m
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    • 337 5 Par Pd. I 1 i Malacca Elec. 10%^ J4O fries'''- a? sr-s? iff 1 1 M. Breweries o« nn 9ft »*n mm MrAlister 25.% 26.5U Jo.UU zo..au in s rkvorcpn<s Ass °-00 uu fi )U In 40 oi/aCBC 25.75 26.75 25.0G 26.50 1 Raffles Hotel"' 0.43 0.48 0.43 0.48
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    • 229 5 DEBENTURES AND LOANS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 5 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 Vi 105Y 2 nom 4% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept 30 107 110 nom I 1 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 115 117 nom < 1913 red.
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    • 389 5 Allenby 185 195 190 2.00xd AlorGajah 140 1.47% 140 1.50 Amal. Malay 200 2.15 190 2.05 Aver Hitam 1.471/, i.57i 2 xd1.50 1.65 Aver Molek 1.25 135 1.25 135 Ayer Panas 180 1.90 1.85 195 jjassett 0.771/2 082 080 0.85 Jjatu Lintang 1 42V 2 1.50cd 140 1.50
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 90 5 Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore: 34 Vi ci«. Market Tone: Quiet. London: 10d., down Ijl6d. Market Tone: Idle. New York: 20 5;16 cts., down VsMarket Tone Very quiet. Singapore, Saturday. Little interest has been taken in the market this morning, July Sept. and Oct. Dec. have been done at 34%
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    • 22 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. Singapore: $128%, down f4&. London: Spot, £249VL», down £1 three months, £248i/j, down £1. New York: 55% ct.
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    • 9 5 London-New York 494.17 New York-London 493 13; 16
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  • 217 5 Messrs. Frasir Co. 9 Report MINING: Tin, three months, £249.10. Cable advices from London are rather meagre this morning, but such as there are the market appears to be steady with buying orders predominating. Locally in Sterling shares there are buyers of Ayer Hitams, Killinghalls and Ampats, but
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  • 199 5 Tin: Locally down V\. Rubber: Locally buyers 34 3 4 OD. Mining: Raubs $6.45— 56.55. The tin share market is steady and London scill continues bidding for sterling shares it higher rates. Southern Kintas $B<J5--$8.90. Sungei Luas $2 15— $2 20, Hong Fatts $1.29 -$1 33,
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  • 133 6 Second Of The Present Reign London. May 26. •TWO thousand guests, including 31 members of the Royal family and 17 foreign royalties, were present at the second State Ball of their Majesties reign at Buckingham Palace to-night. The King, in the full dress uniform cf the Cameron Highlanders,
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  • 77 6 Increased Capital To Re Proposed London, May 28. IMPERIAL Airways propose to increase the capital to £5.000.000 by the creation of 4.000,000 new shares of £1 each. A resolution to this effect will be placed before the shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on June 18. The resolution would
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  • 53 6 To commemorate the opening of his photographic art studio in Stamford Road, which will take place i n a fortnight's time, Mr. Tsai Nan Hui entertained about 40 friends of his. including members of the Chinese Press, to a dinner at the Happy World Restaur- ant on
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  • 25 6 w T s e Rev E A Moon empowered 1 by H. E. the Governor to solemnize mar- I riage s within the Colony. F
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  • 186 6 SELLING Singapore, May 29. London T.T. 2|4 I|l6 London demand 2* \\y London 4 months' sight 2 44 Lyons demand 12 °«j Hamburg demand I* 2 New York demand 57 5 8 Montreal demand 57 716 Batavia demand 104 3 4 Samarang demand 104Vfe Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand
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  • 196 6 Singapore, May 28. 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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  • 143 6 Fascism Appears For The First Time Amsterdam, May 26. THE emergence of a fascist party fur the first time in Holland was the main feature of the general election campaign, which culminated to-day in heavy polling despite the hot weather The atmosphere is calm, apart from minor disturbance*
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 149 6 JNederlandsche Handel- e Maatschappij, X.V. incorporated in the Netherlands. g (Netherlands Trading Society) t BANKERS S AMSTERDAM F Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1824. N Paid Up Capital f 40,030,000 I Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 I Special Reserve 1,*****0 S B Chaiiman of the Board of Directors P IH. C.
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    • 60 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FREE yourselves from the FEAR )f BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or important documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to these safe boxes, so that SAFETY
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    • 237 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880 > Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y. 100 000,000 Reserve Fund Y. 130.900.***** Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE. Manager T. YAMAMOTO. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room t 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk. BANK OF CHINA
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  • 269 7 RADIO STATIONS GROWING APACE Rate Of Five A Month Sydney. AUSTRALIA now has 87 radio stations. A nuring the past seven months they g openin7at the rate ol flv e a m i!l t New South Wales there are six na- ,nral and 26 commercial stations. Regional commercial stations, and
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  • 321 7 Then State Record Witn Same Car Sydney. PITCHED from car while travelling at 80 m.p.h. on Penrith Speedway, near Sydney. No sleep on the two days following which were spent in repairing the car. Then created new State road speed record of 116.88 m.p.h. with tiie same
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  • Article, Illustration
    80 7 The King and Queen seated on th Chair s of Estate during the Coronation ceremony. Left is the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Rev. St. John Wii on) who supports the King at the lnthronization: and next him (centre) the Bishop of Winchester (Right Kv. Cyril Garbett) who carried the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 256 8 iThe Most Popular Comedy of the Year Welcomed Backgj by Enthusiastic Audiences! 1 I <\i'iioi T V;C,'V' IT I J Last Screening Ar^^P V The (.rand Universal J W^-^ I Comedj hit I fe; Jt^T S that All- WV^K7^ B^J IL^L S Singapore V IM > Raved over BK^^ 4i
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    • 106 8 ALHAMBRA |^Wk VST MGHT 6-15 9-15 I|^ Vn Entertainment Treat' aTVv'^^^^^ lIOHEL BARRYMORE WA rmmkffain J^Ll '"CECILIA PARKER Mil ERIC LINDEN MICKEY ROONEY \TiD IS I CHARLEY GRAPE WIN 4 D.rected by George B. Selti I. i I M.ir.. Produced Iry if U lf A "•Tr" SPECIAL M.C.M. AIR MAIL
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  • 272 9 A l/r Minister Who Died In His Sleep London SECRETARY of State for Air, 1921 and Conservative M.P. for the Drake Division of Plymouth, Cap 4 the Fredrick Edward Guest has died In his ;tc> P at Sunbury-on-Thames, reHe was 61. Capt. Guest, who had been ill
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    • 113 9 »-»H^»^B^»^^^ HER GAYEST, MOST GLORIOUS TRIUMPH „^^^^^^^^m S •f Dl IK. \i: H W/T^ I I PAVILION-NEXT CHANGE pJ^^JplH f ALSO PARAMOUNT AIR MAIL PICTURES OF A J^ CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW WOSmf' .^T^^^^L. :^^kF J i NEVER BEFORE SUCH THRILLS! ALH AMBRA To morrow MATINEES DAILY AT 3-15 CAN CHAN
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    • 147 9 Gala Screening CAPITOL June 9th I. «o«»» I i .ROM -10 o^^ 1 RUOYARO KIPUH6 W) |I H^^^V !i SEE 1000 V H^^H^ fl ELEPHANTS! V^ M|HV SEE 1000 II THRILLS! l^^^^f^g SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE SUN TALKIE -NEW WORLD 7-30 TO-NIGHT 9-30 EMPIRE TALKIE 1 7 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9 p.m.
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  • Article, Illustration
    55 10 Princes? Margaretha, three-year-01l daughter of Princess Sybilla and Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, ar ived at St. Pancras Station for a visit to her parents in London. S\? is accompanied by Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg, and her n »rse. Here we see the little Princess on arrival at St.
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  • 527 10 SAFE-BREAKERS AMBUSHED AT NIGHT Amazing Attempt To Burgle A Laundry Hull. "UEILED blackmail" was alleged to be an underlying factor in an amazing J chain of incidents which culminated in three men being ambushed by police and convicted at Hull Quarter Sessions for breaking and entering a laundry by night.
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  • 590 10 SWEETHEART KILLER'S APPEAL DISMISSED Futile Plea Of Insanity: Death Sentence To Stand 5 r Leeds. SEVERAL well-dressed women who occupied seats in the Criminal Appeal Court were in tears when three judges decided the fate of William Edwards 26, a baker's labourer, of Lilac-grove. Bradford. Edwards was sentenced to death
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  • 249 10 Sentenced To Fine Or Imprisonment Manchester. AS a sequel to an amateur walking race at Belle Vue, Manchester, John Thomas Lund, of Burin, avenue. Tang Hall. York, was at Manchester fined £20 and costs, or 73 days' imprisonment, for having won tlv pria by false
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  • 163 10 Extraordinary Find In Australian Navy Sydney MR. ESPINOSA. London dancing ma ter was astonished at the tap dan ing ability of Eddie Lawson. an bi( bodied seaman living in Sydney. "He should make a name for himseh said Mr. Espinosa. "I taught myself to dance two yea ago
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  • 148 10 anything else in Sydney h e wished to see Taronga Park Zoo. He is going to Burren Junction, in north-west New South Wales, to take a position as a waiter. Another descendant of a Bounty mutineer, Mr. John Quintell, direct descendant of Matthew Quintell, was aboard
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE
    • 285 12 AFTER a certain amount of opposition had been expressed to it in the country the Marriage Bill, a private measure proposed by the well-known British humourist, novelist and journalist, Mr. A. P. Herbert, who sought election to Parliament by Oxford University with the express purpose of securing divorce
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  • 787 12 |H his speech at the K.L. stadium Pandit 1 Jawahaiift] Nehru, president of the Indian N.itional Congress replied to the criticism levelled at him by a contemporary in which reference was made to the fact that he had come to Malaya Oil n holidiy nnd not to air
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  • 105 12 Mr. and Mrs. V. Powell-Evans, who were up the Taiping Hills, have returned to Taiping. Mr. Choo Kia Peng, C.8.E., who Is now in London, will attend a Rotary conference at Montreux as one of the Malayan delegates. t Mr. Lam Looking, one of the wellknown Chinese residents of
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  • Article, Illustration
    132 12 Latest war weapons of the British Army, including a new anti-tank weapon' with arange of five miles. wer e shown at Pirbnght Camp, Surrey, to soldiers of Indian regiments who took part in the Coronation. Th Commander -in -Chief who welcomed them said that after long experiments the Army were
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  • 492 13 BODY FOUND IN RIVER Her Fear Of Insanity Wapping. RIVER police patrolling the Thames at Wapping dramatically solved the mystery of the disappearance of a 22-year-old Dulwich typist when they dragged her body from the river. Irene Filmore. of Uplands-road, Fast Dulwich, who vanished from
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  • 25 13 Sir George Trimmer, Chairman of s :nuapore Harbour Board, and Mr. A. H Forrer. District Judge and First Ma:istrate, Singapore were in Ipoh on Saturday.
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  • 18 13 The death stook place at Jaffna, CeylQn of Mrs. Ampalavaner mother of Mr. A Arunasalam, F.M.S. Government pensioner.
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  • Article, Illustration
    44 13 Miss Majorie Gall, who was a me nber of the Ballet of Six at the Sea View Coronation Ball. The sane ballet will be seen at the Raffles Hotel on June 9at the King's Birthday Ball in aid of Charity. (Photo by Ikeda Studio).
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  • 137 13 For The Killing Of A Missionary Sydney THE tragic story behind the killing of the veteran New Zealand missionary, the Rev. William Veitch Milne, at Nguna, New Hebrides, recently was told by Mr. R. Wills purser of the Morinda. which reached Sydney from the islands. "The
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  • 138 13 Darwin THE Expert committee which is investigating flying boat bases in the ncrth will leave Darwin by the Moresby for the Golf of Carpen'aria shortly. It is expected that the work of selecting bases will occupy a month. The first member of the committee. Mr
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  • 226 13 Repercussion Of Spanish War Tennant Creek. SPAIN'S civil war has its repercussion even in relnots Tennant Creek. Two champions of the rival causes recently staged the greatest bare-knuckle fight ever seen on the goldfield. The battle was witnessed by nearly every person in the town. Women enjoyed it
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  • 38 13 Mr. W. S. Dakin of the Charter- d Bajik of India, Australia and China. of Penang, has relieved Mr. J. R Wotson, as Sub-Agent of the Talpirg branch. Mr. Watson has come to the Penang office as accountant.
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  • 25 13 It is understood that Mr. G. E. Pow, the late Sub-Agent of the Chartered Bank in Taiping, and who recently went to England, has retired.
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  • 185 13 No Powder On Nose For More Than 100 Years Sydney AUSTRALIA'S oldest native-born wo- man Mrs. Sarah Musgrave of Auburn, Sydney celebrated her 107th birthday on May 5 Mrs. Musgrave received her visitors without powder on her nose, because she has "never used powder in her life
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  • 146 14 GREAT CROWD SEE KIN FOR WIN I Badly damaged amidships, the steamer Corrientes" (6.863 tons) owned by the Donaldson South Atlantic Line, was be iched at Stoneness Point. Greenhithr. after a collision in the Thames off Greeihithe with the Bullard. King anrf Company steamer "Imtali" (8,140 tons) The 'Tmtali", with
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  • 202 15 G QUEEN LEAVE SOR id m, by car on their way to R !V al Lodge, their Windsor home, .ni' nt during: Coronation week. Our photo shows the huge I left Buck ngham Palace. (Planet Newsi. Several persons were k lied and many injured when incendiary bombs were dropped by
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    • 43 15 AW V^A *s fl A\\ >^ VHL BIST A POCKET WATCHES OF EVERY I DESCRIPTION I BEST SWISS MADE. I 155 FIRST PRIZES IN THE EXHIBITIONS. HIGHEST QUALITY LOWEST PRICES. JEWELLERY WATCHES Set with REAL DIAMONDS A SPECIALITY RENE ULLMANN i Rallies Place, Singapore.
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  • Article, Illustration
    1039 16 After Dinner Lei Ihe nole of eles*aiue and MCCCM ihiii mttewim <he c-ot-klail and dining hour follow Ihrongli lo Iho end of llie evening in lieanliful af«*ess«»ries for afler dinner hours. Something quite new for the dessert course are these lovely ihinailowers to float in linger bovK Then are
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    • 52 17 j Maison Marcelle For a Natural /fV-U^^^^i Permanent Wave. >S^=A?* '^l Try our iatest &\jj point-winding U system A 35 Stamford Rd. Tel. 4807 Prop. J. KOOY. FOR SILK NOVELTIES TQJITIQHAI /TOR€ 23, High St. Phone 3849. Ladies Hairdressers MAISON PERM, 79, Stamford Road. Tel.: 4610 j MAISON MARIE 63,
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    • 9 17 PHOENIX FOR PHONI 3463 THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS
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    • 285 17 a TfiiJuii r rs^VoppT^c;t GUIDE j BOOKSHOP CAMERAS I 'sefiil Books i^.-* Speeches and Toasts for all Occasions Humorous Stories and Recitations K9I BiHI Wedding Etiquette imiSSZl^t/^^^^^^^i Indoor Pastimes for Profit and Pleasure K222*2^^^!^^' I Maxwell Stewart's Latest Dance Book wtk < ~X\ I Tea-Cup Fortune-Telling felT^ I Cocktails, Ices.
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  • 208 18 S STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES FOR PER DATS AND TIMt Pengerang Aik Boon 31 p Medan Op ten Noort 31 9 Java. South-Western Sumatra. S.-East Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas and Timor Dilly Both 31 11 a .m Tancijong Pandan Boln 31 I 1 Africa East Holland Maru May 31 2
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  • 387 18 CADETS IN AMERICAN SHIPS Training System To Be Continued APPROVAL of the retention of the ocean mail contract cadet system in American ships when they receive operating differential subsidies under the Ship Subsidy Act is announced by the Maritime Commission, itfttal a Washington message. Under this system ocean mail contractors
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  • 72 18 Mails arrived from Europe etc.. London* by Air (Imperial 1 yesterday neral delivery of letters 8 25 a.m. to Mails arrived from Europe (Amsterdam) by Air (Netherlands* yesterday. general delivery of letters 8.25 air. to-day. Mails expected from China by the GlenafTaric due at Singapore to-day. Mails expected
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    • 466 18 I ~~"_________Z___-_IZ^— fl -JU^^ 3^*^M i 1 1 -__m m ______i 22__5^________L>* l,M v n Wt ___^^9 BY P-OandBRlflSHlNDIA.LINES .INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND* Outwards. Due Coinage S^pore Ion W e Spore. parthage 15,000 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17.000 July 16 £«?txam 6 100 June 5 RANPURA 17.000 July 30 t BHUTAN b-lUU
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    • 135 18 N.Y.K.LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan), lu LONDON, via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Said. Marseilles Gibraltar. s.s. "HAKAZAKI MARU" June 10 m.s. TERUKUNI MARU June 23 s.s. "HAKUSAN MARU" July 8 s.s. HARUNA MARU July 22 Rate? to Ist Class tnd claw Naples |497 $540
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    • 122 19 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Gcdown Gate No Opten Noort 22 1 Rajula 22 li Cremer 20 1 Bulan 19 1 Agamemnon 18 3 Kepong 18 3 Bengloe 16 3 Pers?us 13 3 President V. Buren 11 3 Troilus 9 3 Chinese Prince 30
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    • 26 19 Air Mail Despatches Auslrala. New Zealand Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 7 p.m. to-day. T;' v a ?v.d Southern Sumatra: Netherlands closing 7 p.m. to-day.
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    • 19 19 The Air Mail (Netherlands) despatch- < trom Singapore on May 22 was deivered in London on May 28.
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    • 185 19 decision "to stick" to Moore, the couple discussed the question of a divorce. It was staled by Det.-insp. Sell that Moore who bore a good character, had treated both women well. In view of all the circumstances, the judge announced that he would refrain from sending Moore to
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    • 269 19 111 H\S PIIILP E.IBTE (incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS Due Sails. MARELLA In Port June 4 MERKUR June 30 July 4 Special cheap round trip tickets irom Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates* First Class passengers may muter at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K
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    • 520 19 {iass. *«a«MSiannu- jss OUTWARDS. t (from Marseilles) I ?v^S ADE For Sai B° n Tourane, Haiphong June 1 S i DALNY July 3 J FARES FROM ASY PLACE, MALAYA TO MARSEILLES $394. S I°G PASQUIER For Saigon June 7 t ju G MERLIN June 12 j TEN DAY HOLIDAY TICKET
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  • 87 20 BISHOP OF BURNLEY CHATS WITH INDIAN THEATRICAL ARTISTES AT BLACKPOOL The Bishop of Burnley, Dr. E. P. Swain (centre) chats with performers at the Indian Theatre on the Blackpool Pleasure Beach where he ga\e the address at the annual service for Pleasure Beach empJoyees and concessio naries. (Topical Press). awn
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 524 21 JON THE RADIOJ V British Empire Programme Transmission 2: 6.05 p.m. ».15 am GSH 13.97 metres (21.47 mca.); (ISO 16.86 metres (17.79 mcs.); GSJ 13.93 metres (21.53 mcs.) and GSO y/76 metres (15.18 mcs.). Transmission 3: 935 p.m. 0.20 am GSH 13.97 metres (21.47 mcs); fiSO 19.76 metres (15.18 mcs.);
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    • 397 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 number set to metres: TO-DAY 7.2U p.m. Morning Almanac— New York. W2XE 21,520; 13.9. 9.15 p.m. Press-Ra'dio News— New York Boston, WIXK 9,570; 31.3. TO-MORROW 0.20 a.m. Five
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    • 509 21 Programme Of 11. M. 11. C. 1 Singapore Station On 225 Metres TO-DAY 6.00 p.m.: Malay Music (Gramophone Records) Java Express Rumba. S. Abdullah; Oh Ibu Ku, Miss Eradapin; Slamat .Tinggal Sourabaya, S. Abdullah; Bounga Pandan. Miss Fatimah Kasdi; Hati Yang Terpanah, Rumba, Miss Siti Moedjenah, Oriental Maimoon, Miss Maimoon:
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    • 460 21 the Raffles Hotel. 10fl5 p.m.:— Close Down. TO-MORROW 6.00 p.m.:— Malay Music (Gramophone Records*: Bintang Selatan. Che Norila; Rambutan Muda, Miss Julia; Pak Malau, Che Norlia; Ranjang Rapat, Miss Julia; Angan Angan, Miss Eradopin; Sapore Kronchong Rumba, Miss Julia; Kronchong Lalight, Miss Eradopin; Dudok BertenU-ng. Miss Julia; Lasalle Rumba, Mr.
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  • 317 22 STRANGE CARVED STONES FROM PAPUA Relics Of Past Civilisation Sydney. QTRANGE. carved stones, believed to d represent a past civilisation in Papua, and discovered by Mr. Jack Hides in the Strickland River area, brought to Sydney by Mr. R. W. Kocson. The Lieutenant-Govemor of Papuu (Sir Hubert Murray*, who is
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  • 147 22 New Idea In Song Writing Sydney. CINGERS of ballads should know what •J they are singing about and be able to interpret the meaning of the words by a knowledge of their background. This novel idea has been adopted by Liam O'Boscain, composer of several Irish and
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  • Article, Illustration
    42 22 Dick and Peter Wedg* aged 5 and 7 respectively, grandsons of Mr. J. Wedge. Secretary of the Winchester Fire Brigade, giving an exhibition during the annual competitions o f the Southern District of the National Fire Brigade's Association at Winchester. (Topical Press).
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  • 59 22 Skidding in the frozen snow, a car carrying Edward Everett Horton, the Hollywood film star comedian, and two screen colleagues plunged over a 300--feet precipice at Lake Arrowhead, California. A tree 40 feet below the edge broke th e fall of the car, but the three occupants
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  • 272 22 £33,000,000 Expected: 40 Per Cent. Increase Over 1936 Sydney AFFICIAL estimates indicate that AusV tralia's trade balance for the current financial year will exceed l *hat of 1935-36 by nearly £Stg. 33.000.000. The favourable trade balance for 1935-36 was £5tg.23.000.000. This year it is expected to
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  • 1073 23 INCREASED ROYALTY CRITICISED IN REPORT Local Directors Replaced With Board Of Advice A NET profit of £71,369, in spite of an increase in the gold royalty, is revealed in the annual report of the directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., for the
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  • 92 23 The following officers have proceeded on leave: Messrs. W. J. K. Stark (Emigration Commissioner at Negapatam), R E Cox (Co-operative Dcpt), J. L Grieg (Agriculture Dept.). J. W. Hoflin (Medical Dept.), J. R. Spence (Public Works) R J Shrubshail (Forestry), B. Lewis (Police), A. Sleep (M.C.S. class HI), H. Miles
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  • 213 24 1 Good Demand For Home Rails London. May 26. ON the Stock Exchange the Settle-^ ment of the coal dispute and excellent railway traffics induced good demand for Home rails, prices of which moved up appreciably. Elsewhere, the markets opened very dull, but the lost ground was substantially
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  • 119 24 Promotion Of Mutual Trade The Hague, May 28. ANEW convention between the signatories of the old Oslo Convention (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Holland and Luxembourg) for the promotion of mutual trade was signed here this afternoon and will come into effect from July 1 for one year, and
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  • 246 24 KEDAH ROBBERY CASE FOi tr Years Sentence Alor Star. May 28 ONLY one of the accused in the robbery ca"<*> 'involving four Malay was convicted by the Hon. Che Hanafl, the Second Malay Judge, this morning, the other three men being discharged The men were accused of having robbed
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  • 229 24 Egypt Admitted To Full Membership Geneva. May 26 THE Abyssinian question is settled as far as Poland is concerned. The Polish representatives informed the League Assembly of this decision, stating the Government was preoccupied exclusively with future international collaboration within the framework of the League, which must base
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  • 832 25 Facilitating Examination Of Cargo FE Singapore Harbour Board's revised traffic arrangements will come into t tomorrow, June 1. The changes are being introduced partly as a result of the West Wharf intensions Scheme but mainly to facility* e the examination of cargo and
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  • 221 25 "Greater Simplicity At Court' London, May 28. /\N the motion for the seconding readvl ing of the Civil List BUI Mr. Greenwood on behalf of the Labour Party, moved rejection of the Bill on the grounds that "this House cannot assent to the Civil List Bill, which
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  • 10 25 Singapore, Saturday. Karimon to Singapore on May U.
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    21 25 A group of women guests at the fa rewfcll to Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Chief Inspector of schools, on Saturday. (Tribune).
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  • 19 25 Mr E T Williams is appointed an nrrier-Secretary in Singapore, and Mr. yrder flrst Secrejtary (A) from May 26.
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  • 498 25 Commission Will Investigate Ways And Means To Brighten Home Cricket THREE men of wide experience and 1 ripe judgment are to take upon themselves the burden of ensuring the future of English county cricket, writes fconald T. Symond in the Daily Mail. Problems confronting the counties are to be investigated
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  • 101 25 National Coal Strike Averted London, May 28. rE delegate conference of the Mineworkers' Federation to-day endorsed the terms of the amalgamation of the two miners* unions which have existed in Nottinghamshire sfnce 1926 (the year of the general strike) and resolved that strike notices which had been tendered
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  • 16 25 Mr. Goh Liang Chun Is appointed to act as Fourth Magistrate, Singapore, as from May 24.
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  • 75 25 Flurry Over "Incident" In N. China Tientsin, May 30. A BRITISH officer has left for Shanhaikuan to-night to investigate a report that some twenty Lancashire Fusiliers in summer camp there were involved in an incident with fisherman In Manchukuo territory. The soldiers are alleged to have broken windows and
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  • 23 25 The provisional appointment of Mr. R. Williamson as a member of Executive Council during the absence of Mr. W. A. Fell is approved.
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  • 1041 26 TOURNAMENT CRICKET WASHED OUT BLANK DAY ON PADANG X© ©CTSTAIWHNC FEATCMES IN WEEKEND MATCHES Singapore. Sunday. and United Services Officers was due to begin. This wm the third match of the tournament this season. In the first match. 8.8.1, and Etceteras defeated the Public Services; in the second Mer- r
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  • 43 26 Singapore. Saturday. The cricket match between the SRC and the P.W.D. which was to have been played on the padang to-day was cancelled. Other matches cancelled ow ng to the rain included that between St. Andrew's School and the Medical College.
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  • 162 26 S C.C. vs. A.P.C. on Saturday next at 2 p.m. at A. P. C. ground. Paya Lebr.r: C W Auchmuty. M. S. Banner. R. G. Cranford. Lt. G. R. Elsmie. A. C. Growder. O. R. T. Henman. L. A. Hygate. K. M. Jopp, Lt. I. L. E. MacMillan.
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  • 237 26 Perak Do Well Against Penang (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, May 30. THE annual inter-State tennis tournament between Perak and Penang was played in Ipoh yesterday and to-day-A great surprise was the defeat of R. L. Grut, Malayan runner-up, by Goon Kok Ying, Penang champion, in two sets
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  • 17 26 Messrs. J. G. Black and E. A. Row clan 111, M.C.S., are promoted to class 11 i
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  • 187 26 Result Of Mixed Foursomes THE second bi-monthly mixed four- somes competition of the S.G.C. w»% played at Bukit Timah on Sundav afternoon and resulted in a win foe Mrs. Adams W. A. C. Henderson with a net score of 33 3 4 40 cards were taken
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  • 87 26 Amended Probables And Jockeys London, May 28 AMENDED brobable's and Jockeys foi the D?rby. to be run at Epsom or June 2 are as follows: Cash Book (Jones') Goya II (Elliott). itankbals < Simpson Solfo (Lowrey>. Snowfall (Perryman). Inglefield (Maher). Gainborough Lass (Harry Wragg). Le Grand Due fSmirke).
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  • 119 26 S.C.C. vs. Garrison Officers Singapore. Saturday. THE inter-club tennis match betwe* n the Singapore Cricket Club and **ie Garrison Club. Tanglm. play?r at rarer Park this afternoon resulted in victory for the Garrison by 15 points to 6. The results are as follows: Garrison playcr.s first: Singles: Cpl.
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  • 28 26 Miss Helen Jacobs Beaten Paris May 28 IM the quarter-final of tfa championships Mile. Jedrzejo beat Miss Helen Jacobs 6-3. 6-4 ivus Jacobs playing below form.~Keu
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  • 462 27 CONVINCING FORM IN FIRST MALAYA CUP MATCH Penang Fail To Maintain Early Good Form (From Our Oum Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. IRRELEVANT dribbles by Selangor and wholly unimpressive play by Penang I made the 'Malaya Cup soccer match between Penang and Selangor here to-day one of
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  • 56 27 A combined team of the Singapore r'lubs and the S.R.C. will take part in a baseball match on the Padang on Monday at 4.30 p.m. with the team of the Dollar liner, President Van Beuren. This will be the first occasion in which S.R.C. members have taken part
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  • 35 27 A special general meeting of the! 'timbers of the Amateur Sporting Association vwll be held on Friday next the residence of Mr. Khoo Eng Watt, 41 Craig Road, Singapore, at 8 p.m.
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  • 23 27 Professor B. M. Johns, professor of mical surgery in the College of MeQicine, Singapore, is promoted a surB°n, grade B, Malayan Medical Service
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  • 272 27 core to five all by these tactics, but after te was tired and apparently was disDirited by Grant's tireless energy and inIW« recoveries. T he third set was a walkover for Grant, whose drives left the Australian standing. Reuter. i United States Lead Australia Forest Hill, May 29
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  • 422 27 Gunners Off Form In Friendly Match Singapore, Sunday. PLAYING at the Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon in a friendly, the Govt Services did well to beat the R.A. by the odd goal in three. Within ten minutes of the start the Govt. Services pot their
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  • 102 27 Serious Crash During Exhibition Shanghai May 30. AN accident marred the debut of the Hell Drivers at the Better Homes Exhibition at the racecourse here his afternoon when one of the cars vaulted off the incline at 40 miles an hour and swerved to the side of the
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  • 332 27 Saturday's Close Of Play THERE were t\A|o centuries in home cricket on Saturday, Hodge scoring 100 not out for Essex against Midd* sex at Lord's and Leslie Ames makint 182 for Kent against Leicester Close of play scores are cabled by Re E^ r x. aS 2^( 0
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  • 39 27 Messrs. J. Green and B. J. Freeman, Posts and Telegraphs Department, are appointed to be Controllers in Singapore. Mr. Frederick E. Famsworth has been empowered by King's Exequatur to act as vice consul of the United Statee at Singapore.
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  • 209 27 Third Reading In The Commons London, May 28. BY 190 votes to seven the House of Commons carried the third reading this afternoon of the Marriage Bill introduced at the beginning of the session by Mr. A. P. Herbert, Senior Burgess for Oxford University. Mr Herbert, well-known
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  • 22 27 Messrs R. G. S Avrry and W. R Plunkett arc approved for appointment as assistant engineers in the Malayan Public Works Service.
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  • 28 28 Farewell To Chief Inspector Of Schools Son,, of the *«,<* at the par,,. <iven by ft. Singapore ito^^^.UttjjMJ. Saturday t. Mr. H. R. Ch,e.«n. n who toes Horn, Mv
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  • 153 28 A tor Sfar Coroner** Verdict Alor Btar, May 28. A VERDICT that the father and son died as a result of injuries caufed with a knife by Lim Keng Hwa on the night of January 4, at th e village of Alor Janggus, was returned by Che
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  • 25 28 London, May 26 Mr. Justice Horridge. the oldest .iud on the bench, has resigned and Pp appointed a Privy Councillor.— Reui Wireless.
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