Morning Tribune, 4 March 1939

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  • 13 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE L»T |_.No. 28. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. March 4, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 6 1 GANDHI BEGINS "WIN OR DEATH" FAST......
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  • 1296 1 First World Broadcast From The Vatican VATICAN CITY, MAR. 3. AN IMPASSIONED PLEA FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, CHARITY AND CONCORD BETWEEN NATIONS WAS MADE BY POPE PIUS XII IN HIS FIRST BROADCAST MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE CATHOLIC WORLD THIS MORNING. He spoke for 4^ minutes m
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  • 252 1 Rajkot. Mar. 3. UK Gandhi, who recently sent 1 an ultimatum to the Ruler of Rajkot, stated: "The breach of promise shakes me to my roots. If it costs my life which. at the age of seventy has no insurance value, I most willingly
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  • 56 1 Berlin, Mar. 3. THE Papal election coincided with the anniversary of Pastor Niemoeller's incarceration m the concentration camp, which event was commemorated by a special service m Niemoeller's Church at Dahlem, which was packed to capacity. The congreg ation prayed for four pastors m "protective custody" and
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  • 130 1 Burgos, Mar. 3. THE likelihood of a Nationalist offensive and conquest of the remaining Republican territory grows stronger. It is considered m military circles that there are apparently no authorities m the Republican zone who can st>eak for the zone as a whole. Gen Franco swiftly
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  • 65 1 Paris, Mar. 3: The executive of the International Federation of Trace Unions is meeting at London .on Mai. 29 and 30 to discuss the possibility of launching a monster campaign m tavour of calling an international peace conference. The meeting which will be nresided by M. Leon Jouhaux,
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  • 110 1 WORLD REACTION TO ELECTION THE feeling that the election of Cardinal Pacelli is indicative of the continuance of the late Pope's firm and independent notcy underlies the favourable reception of it by the Press of Britain France, the United States and National st Spain. Mussolini has telegraphed hto congratulations to
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  • 76 1 Warsaw, Mai*. 3. T*HE Camp of National Unity, the Government party, has made a claim for access to colonial territory as part of the official party programme. The declaration jhows that the object of the party is to secure a share m the exploitation of the colonial
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  • 32 1 Halifax <Novu Scotia> Mar. 3-Twenty-one persons are reported miss-; ing m a flre which completely de&joy ed a hotel here. The number of dea<\ is unknown. Twenty were taken tq hospital Reuter.
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  • 580 2 SULTAN'S INSTALLATION TO-DA STATES ROYAL TOWN EN FETE I Picturesqu e Sights I Royal Town (by Our Special Representative) Kuala Kangsar, Friday. phKAK is to-day on the eve of the installation of its ruler, and rejoicings rivalling previous occasions of Roya4 ceremonies are taking place all
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  • 168 2 Warrants Out For Two Men j A VERDICT of culpable homicide I amounting to murder was returned by Mr. W. G. Porter the Singapore Coroner yesterday, after on inquiry into the death of a Chinese named Koh Gin Chew who 4ied on Feb. 16 as a result
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  • 103 2 SHANGHAI INCIDENT CLOSED Shanghai, Mar. 3. Til) Shanghai Municipal Council's considered reply to the Japanese proposals regarding terrorism m the Settlement was delivered to-day. It is stated In well-informed circles that the incident may now be regarded as closed. It is understood that during the 70-mlnutes session between the Council
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  • 126 2 LAUREL HARDY AT THE CAPITOL O^\jo4<A^^_^^jb^AjC*V^ I THERE are many famous partnerships m thus world— Salmond and Gluckftein, Swan and Edgar, Nervo and Knox, and on. High up In the hall of fame is the combination of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. You cannot imagine one without the other. For
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  • 84 2 The following appointments appear m the Government Gazette Lieut-Commander C. C. Alexander, P.N. (Retd. to be Officer Commanding, R.N.R.V. Unit. Mr. J. Bolton to be an Asst. Engineer. Malayan Public Works Service. Mr. W J. Thorogood. M.C.S., to act as Registrar. District Judge and First Magistrate, M. Mr
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  • 125 2 Alleged Impersonation Of Police Officer JAPANESE CHARGED Singapore, Friday. JAPANESE answering to the name a Chelahawa Tachoo alias B. Broc appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham the second police court tola and claimed trial to charges i« m you at 11.45 p.m. last night at Mai Street pretended to hold the
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  • 87 2 Alleged Housebreak Into Rail Truck TT.-^k BOO'' 1 Singapore. Friday. -LimHo« a 19-year-old Hokkien. appea re cn netn fourth police court belort M^ grf A. Blacker, this mo™ lll SUt* he on Mar. 1 In the Rft Spore¥ compound, Kepppl Road. b Vbrecommit house-breaking to slidß m? the seal and
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  • 399 3 CABARET INCIDENT LEADS TO COURT 1 ell-Known Chinese In Case Of Alleged Abuse Singapore, Friday. fITH ado about nothing' was a description given by counsel for 'the defence to a case which came up for mention m the Third fee Court this morning:. Mr Edward Tan Tat Mm, a wealthy
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  • 184 3 Child Drowned In Drain ather Tells Pathetic Story Singapore. Friday. tragic story of a how a Chinese ither struggled for two hours to g back life to the body of his c years old son whom he found I dead m a foot of water m a n at Marsiling
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  • 87 3 BANKRUPTCY COURT UCBIVDfQ and adjudication '°rder wa s made against Yong Jn Kwai. a Chinese, by Mr. 1 ferae, m the Singapore Kkrnptcy Court yesterday. 8 Kwai was brought to court m tne civil Prison, at the suggestion 1 Wei Justice who had expressed the debtor Ir person. ■^tioned by
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  • 348 3 MANPOWER REGISTRATION Sir John Bagnall Makes Appeal To Englishmen Singapore, Friday. AN appeal to all Englishmen to register for service at the Man-Power Bureau was made by Sir Jonn Bagnall m the course of his speech at the annual general meeting of the Royal Society of St. George 'Singapore Branch)
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  • 30 3 TO DANCE FOR CHINA RELIEF Mr. and Mrs. Vynei Gomez, who will give special vaudeville dance items at all the local cabarets to-night m connection with the China Relief drive.
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    • 50 3 PLAROID Glasses are the t L>,r Clentific di seover\ m glare TZ\ Urn They P«ni«t you to uaiiv S ee 20 to 30 feet below the of the water. Now $6.00 irkaKi 11 dPmons tration of this rek?ib »e nev invention h °mpson Optical Co., CAD E, SINGAPORE. PHONE 3W
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    • 37 3 THE SIGN OF GOING BALD! Can be stopped overnight with S I L vI K R I N Th*> Natural Hair Tonic Of r'.: High-Clasr B1 <M r.nri Hair- tpssc:: Sr^i? Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS, H7-125, Cecil Street.
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    • 26 3 TITAJ^ HMKXT MADE IN JUGOSLAVIA. TRADE 'flfr W MXXX USED FOR THE NEW BUILDING OF THE NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY SINGAPORE MONTOR LTD. Sole importerß I>hone 6046<
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 78 4 London. Friday. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Puris (closing selling rate* 17£91 176 88 T.T. on Amsterdam .closing middle rate* 8 82 9 16 Jf? 2 c J anKed T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate. 8> 4 £***** -132 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) U. 2 31
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    • 146 4 •JCmm* Singapore. Friday. MINING. Tin Ri midday was $108 14,l 4, unchanged. According to cables received from London the market m tin shares there yesterday appeared slightly firmer with buyers of Southern Kintas, Petalings and Hong Kong Tins at improved prices. Locally this section of the market
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    • 203 4 London, Mar. 3. IN the House of Commons Dr. Burgin. replying on the debate, referring to tho railways said that they were faced, m connection with national emergency, with the obligation to spend millions to protect what was recognised as the essential part of
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    • 130 4 Previous To-day r iftß PALM OIL (Malaya) In bulk Mar. Apr. shipment £15.0.0 value mi*j M COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) J April Shipment £11.8.9 sellers UIPSJ SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) March April Shipment 8 44 sellers UnrJ TAPIOCA Seed Pearl Ist quality (Singapore* March Shipment 12 9 sellers UnchJ PEPPER
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    • 127 4 London, Fridaj Previous To-day Chi Distillers 94- 94Dunlop Rubber 27 28 3 General Electric 80- 80Imperial Chemical Industries 31,74 31 10 l 2 Imperial Tobacco 138 9 138 9 Anglo-Dutch 25- 25 6 Canadian Pacific 5* 4 5 5,16 4 London Tin 3 7 l 2 3
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    • 49 4 New i'ork. V.-r: 2 RUBBER Previous To-day Cm Market Tine Steady Steady Spot Buyers 16 9 16 16 > 2 Sellers 16 1116 IS 5 Forward April June Buyers 16 916 l&i Sellers 16 1116 16> 8 TIN Market Tone Quiet Quiet Spot 46 45 3 t
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    • 34 4 London. Friday Previous To-day cm GOLD Fine Bar per oz. £7.8.3 1 2 £784 SILVER Spot 20 1 2 20 V 2 A 4 months' forward 19 3 4 19 13 16
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    • 50 4 TIN EXPORTS IMPORTS Foreign imports of tin ore into Malaya m February were 1,975, a total of 5,525 for the two months of the year. The estimated total exports from Malaya, of tin and tin-in-ore ,based on an assay value of 75.5 per cent, for February are approximately 1,900 tons.
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    • 22 4 London. Friday Previous To-day TIN STANDARD H Spot (afternoon (closing price) £214» 4 £214 3 4 Forward £213> 2 £2144
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  • 696 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company MINING Singapore, Mar. 3, 5 p.m. Eai Amal 39 44xd. X q.65 0.70 ed ■fselangor 1( j h 109 ■untai 21 9 22|9 ■na Malay 12 3 1313 fcdenang 0 .25 0.30 ■T Fatt n 16U 171--■g Kong Tin d| Q 716 X Hydraulic
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  • 127 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Mar. 3, 5 p.m. Total tat Company Dividend Books Date Ex Dlv. year. Close Payable TTN C V X R. AL< Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 Feb. 24 Mar. 3 Feb. 25 5% 3d. bonus Aver Wene 5% int. Mar. 6 Mar. 11
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  • 202 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Friday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats nflft 0 72cd Ayer Wengs Of 0.72 cd Batu Selangors l-2» Hong Fatts Q f Hongkong Tin 15|6 J6,b Jelebus 5 °j°| KamuntingTin |3 »|i KatuTin 23- 24, cd Killinghalls Ijij J5.6 Kramats »l« 112«U 2 Kuchais If, 2 Laruts *i-
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  • 249 5 Mayriard Co. Ltd. $30,000 int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 W 1°° nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1901 red 1940 $400,000 T nt. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102V-> 103»/2 nom 1907 red. 1947 U 600 000 W* nom AnthA 8&,8r" H5V 2 im nom 4 T nt. Mar. 31 Sept.
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    • 157 5 NEDERLANDSCH HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. incorporated m the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1324 Paid Up Capltr f 40,030,006 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 Special Reserve 1,000,000 Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D. CRENA DE lONGH President M TAUDIN CHABOT
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    • 68 6 IMVIIIOV 3-15 6-15 9-15 TO-DAY I ■BS^ff^E lIFS\!S!i ft X fS iflw tip\\ THEATRE ROYAL JTO-DAY 3-6-15-9-15 A MILE-A-MINUTE SOCIAL THRILLER IN TAMIL "DANGER SIGNAL" with R. B. LAKSHMI DEVI. P. S. SRIVASA B.A fZZmmmmm ■■■■■■■■■■■■ijr Joan* Dancing Bride Now! j NOT EXACTLY A MOTHER S CHOICE FOR A WIFE
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    • 134 6 You'll roar at this new M.-G.-M. epic of Hilarity! m^ m^ m^ m^^^ m^^^^^ m^^^^"^^ Id*' r APITOL SHOWS v I 1 SHOWS TO-MORROW; 11 A.M.— US— K.i:>— m.i: (< I It's to get a good laugh Again W\ /">w. #v» .■*> i c Return Screen.ng For ONE PAY ONLVM
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    • 180 7 ■^bAY 3 shows MARLBOROUGH i I fi- 1 5 9-15 p.m. I 'Direction by Shaw Bros. Ltd.) I kiAHT PICITRE WHICH WON DISTINCTION AT THE B* VENICE EXHIBITION |\MRIT MANTHAN' I|)pOKTED BY:— AN INDIAN CARTOON JAMBUKAKA" B tur ino Shanta Apte, Chandra mohan. Date Suresh Babu, I NALAM TARKHAD HOST
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    • 210 7 TO-DAY TO-MORROW 4 SHOWS (I 11 A.M. 3-15, 6-15 9-15 P.M. [I Al The Height of Their (Greatness comes Their Crowning I Achievement 1 1 r^TT^^^l^B AT II \\JfJ J P I THE II w% y' (nth i H I 1 1 W ALSO BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ijjj: ■«i P
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  • 120 8 WARNED AND FINED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCE W .T« a ---fien: d nckshas who may be on th Mr. Urn YYogn g Chuan L V fined a total of S;is on uVt°J charges by Mr. c H S Traffic District Jud S e and S trate. n *< The charges were,
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  • 140 8 Chungking. Mar SHANSI Province h»lds the kg North China, and if the Jap want to dominate all of North 0 they must first conquer the i Shansi Province, but that is impa as long as guerrillas are holding country and are carrying on an inca
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    • 354 8 SPEND YOUR FIRECRACKER NIGHTS AT THE (The premier Amusement Park m Malaya) (It's a C'ty with a Million Lights). TO-NIGHT TO-MORROW NIGHT GRAND DISPLAY OF NOVELT V FIREWORKS SPECIALLY IMPORTED AT GREAT EXPENSE FOR THE BIG OCCASION. BEAUT IFI L LIGHTING EFFECTS. IT'S SOMETHING NEW. "FIREWORKS" COMMENCING AT 9.30 P.M.
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    • 103 8 MM-1- 1Ma8- illl^ A New Child Sensation The World's Youngest Ice Skater 'RENE DARE will steal your hearts m this new j RKO-Radio Picture j j Coming <o the CAPITOL _2 j j CAW yOI/ LAUGH AND CRY AT ONCE? You're going to have to try when you sea Jffjtk
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  • 541 9 What The Imperial Crown Is Worth show was ready to be opened the organisers went outside the Gallery and invited a man m the street, a passing stranger, to come m and perform the ceremony. This reminds me of an old English custom, at one
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  • 194 9 Berlin. HF.RR HITLER'S dramatic outburst. ♦'German people, export or die!" m his Reichstag speech, was given fresh point recently by the publication of Germany's final foreign trade return for 1938. These show that, even with the addition of Austria m March and the Sudetenland m October, exports
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  • 445 9 From A Clubman's Chair om our Own Correspondent) I LONDON, FEB. 17. I FIRST NIGHT OF A THEAK RE NOW BEING CONSTRUCT|tt WHITEHALL WILL ALSO I ATTENDED BY THE FRENCH tsiDENT AND MADAME LEI'N ACCOMPANIED BY THE Kg AND QUEEN, IS TO BE XK E x m the courtyard of
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  • 252 9 Toronto. AN employment club with the sol© purpose of getting jobs for men between the ages of 40 and 50 has been formed here by Sir James Woods, President of a prominent Canadian industrial company. The club will be restricted to membership of
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    • 32 9 TRADE H^^nl MARK 75 YtARS OF HIGHLY EXCELLENT DESIGN TERMS: EASY PAYMENTS CAN I*K ARRANGED SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. Distributors for Singapore Jobore HUP FOH CO., No. 581, North Bridge Road, Sinfapore.
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  • 342 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Saturday, March 4, 1939. SERVICE IN WARTIME JN a despatch which has been sent to Colonial Governments, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald rightly emphasises the importance of men m what are described as key positions remaining at their posts m time of war. In one passage the Secretary for
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    3 10 .,/J.K;JKLUUYI[U Planet News
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  • 785 10 A NEW AXIS COUP In Three Stages BEOWULF Forecasts (JIGANTIC military preparations m Germany and Italy are being accelerated. Goering, Germany's air chief, is visiting Italy to inspect Italian prepardeness. He is campaigning for a still bigger German air force. Mussolini has just called up four classes of conscripts 1915
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  • 485 11 Of I Casualties I I London, Mar. 2. ■he story of the Government's I nvasures for civil defence, begun Isteic-ay by the Lord Privy Seal, E s carried further to-day by the ■mister of Health. Entinuing the adjourned debate, Mr. X" iave details of the plans
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  • 113 11 Pu Vi As Emperor Of China? Shanghai, Mar. 3... A CCORDING to a foreign report, the **> Japanese authorities, m view of their difficulty m finding puppet officials to fill the various posts of the "Chinese Federal Government," are contemplating the restoration of Henry Pu Vi as Emperor of China
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  • 126 11 London, Mar 2. CPEAKING at the luncheon at the British Industries Fair at Olympia to-day ,Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, who is leaving on Mar. 17. on a tour of the northern capitals, including Berlin. Warsaw. Moscow, Helsingfors and
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  • 83 11 London, Mar. 2.— The King paid his third visit m four days to the British Industries Fair when he visited the textile and furniture sections at Earl's Court this morning. He visited the Empire section, where the High Commissioners of each Dominion conducted him around tne stands.
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  • 62 11 London. Mar. 2. There were an unusually large number cf question* In the Hou.se of Commons order paper today. Mcreover, comment was occasioned by the fact that cut of 190 questions down for answer 109 were addressed to the Minister of Labour. When Mr. Ernest Brown rose to
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  • 40 11 London, Mar. 2.— According to an r.nswer m the House of Commons by the Secretary for Mnes, the production of motor .spirit from omU m the United Kingdom has doubled m the last four years.— British Wireless.
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  • 182 11 Lcndon. Mar. 2.- Dr. Weisnann, V:r liead ol the Jewish Agency delegation to the Palestine Conference, called on the Prime Minister at the House of Commons this evening and reported the attitude of the Jewish delegation towards the suggestions for solution of ♦he Palestine probitm
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  • 44 11 London, Mar. 2.— At the weekly meeting of the Cabinet held to-day Lord Halifax and Sir John Simon were absent through indisposition. Lord Runciman, who is on a sea voyage for health reasons, was the only other member not present. British Wireless.
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  • 42 11 Tenders are invited for the supply of Side Tipping Wagons to operate on a 24" Gauge Railway. Tender Forms may be obtained at the Tender Room. Tenders close at 12 noon on 9th March, 1939. C. H. GOLDIE. Municipal Secretary.
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  • 39 11 It is hereby notified that the time for receiving tenders for the supply of Fuel Oil for St. James Power Station has been extended to 10 a.m. on Thursday, 9th March. 1939. C H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary-
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  • 57 11 Tenders are invited for the supply of 7.500 tons of Australian or English Gas Coal shipment date to give delivery at the Gasworks between Ist July and 10th August 1939. Specification and Tender Form may be obtained at the Tender Room Tenders close at 12 noon on 3rd
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  • 338 11 Tenders will be received at the Settlement Engineer's Office, up to noon of the 13th March 1939 for the following: works: New Supreme Court Singapore. <a> Provision and fixing of Furniture and fittings to Principal Floor and Library Gallery (b» Provision and fixing of Furniture and Fittings to
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    • 18 11 F_RJES±I >NE* ROCK OYSTERS AND *Mi(>Ex G STRAWBERRIES nKTA A IA BY AIRMAIL) >BTAINABLE TO-NIGHT AT THE Ki:STAriLV\T
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    • 244 11 THE TRUE TONIC POOD Oktmimmkh mf mil CkmmkU m 4 $mrm NOTICE DRESSERS' EXAMINATION An examination for dressers will be held m Singapore, Penang and Malacca. on the 3rd, 4th and sth April, 1939. Estate dressers who have had the necessary training may enter for this examination. B Further particulars
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  • 445 12 GIVING BOYS A FUTURE YOUTH AT A RALLY Gordon Boys' Home BEAUTY THE BEAST SPADE WORK Founded m 1885 as a nations to General Gordon, the )rdon Home near Chobham. Surrey "t! destitute boys for a career. Man? the boys come to the home from 1 families and are trained
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  • 1817 14 M. Tcast-cr loured stray is used to fashion (his little sailor, j paily trimmed with shaded petunias, ranging: from rose to gold. Like all the new spring models it is flattish m shape and asks fb be worn tilted, well over one eye. I <¥>■■■■ aa -JL- Brim
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    • 25 14 Hair-dressing Salon Beauty Parlour. Permanent S Waving, Bleaching, Dyeing, i Facials Manicures A J Specialty. i«. uiran kom» i K«'m IB (2nd Floor) Phr.n.' 110.
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  • 156 15 ival glamour, all that glitters is fold thi.s Season. While gold started fashion's newest fad, sequin, ?r and other metal dusts complenatural colouring and avourite costumes. Hovick. who sponsors the new r < > the metallic touch to her evening ensembles by efTecsprinkling her coifTure with copper dust to
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    • 414 16 J_ J!st "Titp* l^ I BY P&OmdBRITISH INDIA LINES (IKCOKPORATED IN KNOLAMD) Outwards j--1 I'm Apr. 8 X SOUDAN 6,500 June 2 J^PUTANA 17 000 Apr. 21 CANTON 15.000 June 16 RAJPUTANA HgW 5 coRFu ***** June3o Cargo onlT. Homewards t LCAYCS Tonnage S'p"re Tow»«e Spore 1139 1839 t RANPURA
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    • 303 16 *k TO FRENCH PORTS JiZ*} charceurs reunis HOMEWARDS. DESIRADE Marseilles, Harve, Antwerp, Dunkirk M CAP ST. JACQUES For Marseilles, Nantes. St. Nazarie Bordeaux (TO SAIGON INDOCHINA CAP ST. JACQUES For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong Var J CAP VARELLA For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong 8. A. M. 1. (from Saigon) C.G.
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  • 176 17 REASONS FOR JAPS' FAILURE IN ADVANCE ON NANCHANG Nunciirng, Mar. Z. TOUR reasons account lor the Japanese being still or. the scutn bank of the lower Yangtze River, m north Kinngsi Province. are their failure to resume their offensive on Nanol»u nt», Kiangsi's capital, which is still their main objective
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  • 102 17 As the Buddhist full moon day fes fival this month coincides with the Chinese National Festival of Chap Ooh Men tomorrow, the usual "Pinkama"—religious service will be held the previous evening at 7.30 p.m. at the shrine-room ot the Syndicate premises at 58, Loron? 20, Geylang Road. In
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    • 280 17 IM II S P lI I L P LI X E (Incorporated m Australia). NEXT SAILINGS Dae Sails. MERKUR IN PORT Mar. 4 MARELLA Mar. 31 Apr. 4 round tnp tickets from Singapore to Australia Issued at the following rates. passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane. Sydney or Melbourne to
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    • 70 17 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA ■•\S II 1 II A L A" 8,000 TONS SAILING MARCH 9 AT 8 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First BftloOO an^ ceconJ Saloon pa-ssengers. special Holiday Return tickets to China
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 309 17 m POSTAL INTELLIGENCE! ...iiit"'"""""""" 11 m I TO-DAY x i -Whole "Qantas Mar. 4 7.45 a.m. Eastern and Southern Merkur 4 i 0 a .m. nVo" Nor th>. Brunei and Labuan Kajans 4 n am ma Santhia 4 3 pm vicji Western Hakozaki Maru ,,4 7 p.m. Lhai Hakozaki Maru
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    • 359 17 SHU'S IX IMM X SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO AItKIVE Entrance Exit Ship Godown Gate Gate Santhia 20 1 1 Neumark 14 2 3 Raub 12 2 3 Dela»oa Main 30 2 3 City of Singapore 32 2 3 Kinta 34 2 3 Eskbank 36 2 3 Mangola
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    • 171 17 I'h.vm'm H* Air Arrived from Europe, India and Medan iby the "PH-ALW," Mr. G H. Hcintzen. Mr. H. J. Krijger, Muss A. Reermann, Miss B. S. Chaim-Berg. Mr. Ch. M. E. GifTord, Miss D. T. Talbot Price. Mr. Tan Peck Jim. Left for N.E.I, by the "PH-ALW, Mr. G. H.
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    • 94 18 1 HELP A GOOD CAUSE HELP THE REFUGEES I I IN AID OF THE CHINA RELIEF FUND (Under the auspices of the China Relief Fund Committee of Singapore) <; AL A »AX C E ON THE SAME NIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD j j GREAT WORLD CABARETS t HAPPY WORLD
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1058 18 I ON THE AIR TO-DAY TO-MUKKOW LONDON TRANSMISSION 5 GSB 9.51 Mrs (31.55 m.) i m 6 40 A Canadian in London' talk by Graham Spry (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's London Correspondent) f.55 Sandy Macpherson, at B^C Theatre Organ. 7.20 Midsummer and the Marthieaus* play by Denis Constanduros. production by Howard
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    • 376 18 HOLLAND PCJ 15.22 Mcs (19.7 m p.m. 8.00 National anthem and oner.,, announcement. **M 8.05 Talk. 8.20 Phohi newspaper: UlU8tr first page news commenta8.50 Tschaikowsky i his life an/ L, positions). U J 9.30 Close down and nation them. ROME 2 RO 11.81 Mcs (18.7 m.) p'.m. 5.20 News in
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  • 130 19 Chungking, Mar. 2. TMBASSIES of seven nations have been established m Chungking. China's war-time capital. 1.427 miles up the Yangtze River and 540 miles from the near:st international border, where 457 people representing 17 nationalities constitute the foreign community, with important ramifications m trade, missionary and
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  • 65 19 I EOPOLD Hieseger, who is from Vienna, will give a recital of music on the Bandonion, from 8.30 p.m. to 8.50 p.m. on Monday next. Leopold Hieseger is an accomplished musician, and also plays the harp, clarinet, saxophone and piano-accordion. He studied
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  • 565 19 Singapore, Friday. [HE continued hearing m the second preliminary inquiry into charges of fo;gery and using as genuine a false document preferred against Uo Eurasians, Merle Winston Frugtniet (37) and Christopher Gordon Itodrigo (44) took place this afternoon m the second police court before Mr. Conrad
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  • 35 19 Shanghais Unfavourable Trade Balance Hongkong. Mar. 2— According to a Shanghai Customs report, last years tptaJ imports amounted to $269,092,315 (Chinese currency) and export; $212,181.071,— 0r an unfavourable balance Of $46.911,244.— Chine5e Central News Agency.
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  • 293 19 F. A. Cup And League Fixtures TUP matches and fixtures to be played to-day are as below: low:— Wolves vs. Everton. Huddersfield vs. Blackburn. Portsmouth vs. Preston. Chelsea vs. Grimsby. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal vs. Sunderland. Birmingham vs. Charlton. Blackpool vs. Derby. *Brentford vs. Grimsby. 1 *Huddersfleld vs. Wolves. Leicester vs.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 485 19 i THE RADIO I From page l8 LONDON I TRANSMISSION 5 I CSB Ml Mcs (31.55 W t^^f including: Th, IV western Brothers (Kenneth and oco'e). With BBC Variety OrI Sierra conducted by Charles sh.'ciwcll, presented by John H shurman. ■n Saturday sport. Ho The news and announcements. W Time
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    • 281 19 BERLIN DJB 15.20 Me s (10.7 m.) p.m. 6.20 A solemn hour in honour oi Heldengedenktag, the German Memorial Day. 8.35 German achievements. 8.50 Concert by an army band 9.20 News and review of the week in German. 9.40 Greetings to listeners. 9.50 Memorials for the honoured dead of the
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  • 2120 20 After setting out m deiail tne history of the controversy, the circular mentions the events of 1937 and states: •It was clear that the Commissioners desired to proceed with their plans quite independently, to make no use of he company's long experience of electricity .supply m
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  • 36 20 TOMMY FARR TO FIGHT BURMAN IN LONDON London, Mar. -l-Tommy Farr signed a contract to-day to fight the American, Red Burman, m London durine April. The date is likely to be either Apr. 13 or 20Reuter.
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    • 246 20 I TRADE BARGAINS I FOR SALE fUTLERY, KITCHEN UTENSILS I HOON SECK TRADING CO 1 Raffles Place, Singapore. Phone 3858. BARGAINS! Read this page of Special Trade Bargains appearing m the Morning Tribune every Saturday. You will find what you are looking for and SAVE MONEY. I OPTICAL Whatever your
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  • 178 21 PERFECTING CHINA'S CONSCRIPTION MACHINERY i*m, Chungking, Mar. 2. jut MfiwUnc of the 20th month. r the Sino-Japanese war found uiina busily engaged m one of the "°*t important tasks necessary for '"protracted war of resistance— nat oi perfecting the conscription maxhmery, so that more and better I lers '"ay be
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  • 165 21 Chungking, Mar. 2. BESIDES some fighting m central Hupeh Province m central China and sporadic skirmishes, elsewhere on the China fronts there was generally a temporary lull m the past week remarked a Chinese military spokesman at a press conference. He said that fighting was more
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  • 92 21 JAP APOLOGY FOR LOWU BOMBING Hongkong, Mar. 2. MAJOR General Tanaka, commander of the Japanese forces on south China, who arrived from Canton by a transport called on Major. General A. t). Grasett. General Officer Commanding the British troops m China at 10 a.m. to-day. It is understood that besides
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  • 43 21 Chungking. Mar. 2.- The Education Ministry has decided to banish adult illiteracy from China after 1941 when the nations 192,000.000 illiterate people I below the age of 45 years must know I how to read and write. —Chinese Central News Agency.
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  • 67 21 MORE INCIDENTS BREAK OUT IN SHANGHAI Hongkong, Mar. 2.— Four incident, m which hand grenades were used, br)Ki out late on Wednesday night m a street m Shanghai and also along the Nank.'.i^ Bubbling Well Roads between 9.30 a/id 1130 p.m. One hand grenade explode!, injuring a rickshaw puller. The
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  • 74 21 A COnfertnce Ol the Malayan H<:nanesc will be h^ld at the pro mi I tilt- Singapore Kengchew Aiaoclatlo< Singapore, on Mar. 19 at 2 p.m. sharp Representatives from the various KengChew Associations m every Lai [C town m Malaya will attend, and miners concern ing the
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  • 736 22 ALL GOALS SCORED LN SECOND HALF K.K. (Changi) 2, Malays 1. MIX, unexciting soccer which, however, improved as time wore on. was served up at Anson Road Stadium yesterday when the UK. (Changi) met the Malays and defeated them by an odd goal
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  • 81 22 VICTORIA SCHOOL BEAT ST. JOSEPH AT SOCCER Singapore, Friday. IX a fast and interesting soccer match, Victoiia School, playing on their own ground this afternoon, defeated St. Joseph's Institution by five goals to two. At half time. Victoria School led by four clear goals, tht socrers being J. M. Traill
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  • 209 22 The following members have accepted to play m a practice match at the S.C.C. to-day at 2 p.m. J. H. Willmott's XI: P. Bartram, R. F. W. Leonard, J. McLeod, G. H. Daly, R. A. Hoooer, E. G. Staunton, J. B. Potter, Lt. J. S. Aveling, F. M.
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  • 101 22 To-day's ties m the V.M.C.A. tennis tournament "C" CLASS A. Nathaniels vs. Harry L. Wee. C. J. Moxon vs. Ivan van Oeyzel. MEN'S DOUBLES L. C. Goh and G. H. Poh vs. Comdr E. J. Mockler and Kamis. M. I. Resty ant C. Resty vs. Yadi and S.
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  • 17 22 The entries for the Singapore Recreation Club Spring Tennis Tournament close on Wednesday, Mar. 3.
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  • 328 22 S.C.R.C 4, Nestanglo 3. 4 RATHER scrappy soccer match, saved from being too uninteresting by several exhibitions of neat and accurate play, resulted m a score of Jhree goals to four, when Nestanglo lost to the S.C.R.C. yesterday at Farrer Park, m a friendly game.
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  • 256 22 S. C. C. Win At Soccer 5.C.C....1. R.A.F. (H.Q.) X p a friendly match ppayedl ayed 0 the Padang last ni g ht Kopi S.C.C. side defeated an lt Al I (H.Q.) eleven by one goal tonilM^. 1 t T tl e A iimen did everything tul ,M In the
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  • 49 22 Th,e March Mixed F°ursom of Keppel Golf Club will be played oi day. Mar. 26. Competitors are inf range their own partners pe titioo the March Mixed Foursome c 0^ uar ter the prizes won during he *f; ier s will be distributed to the wmnt
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  • 51 22 this evenM The charity soccei -game A?s obetween the Siong Be. Am g Q fA elation and the rest of t&l promises to be a very Intent as some of the Jj^-W^ng jg players m Singapore will do rf of t^ The came is beinp played. 'China Relief
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  • 455 23 Arabs And Jews Both Adamant London, Mar. 3. Jtfß. Mac Donald, Mr. Butler and ni small committee of Arab delegates comprising of two Palestine delegates and representatives of all other Arab delegations met for an hour and a haii yesterday afternoon and began a detailed discussion of
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  • 53 23 Shanghai, Mar. 3. Strong verbal protests were macbe today by the British and French Consuls General at Tientsin against the Japanese action m erecting live-wire barricades around the British and French concessions, "and all other measures now being taken or contemplated." The American Consul General delivered a
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  • 71 23 Tokyo, Mar. 3. The two-day battle against fires which followed the disastrous explosion at a power magazine at Hirakata m Osaka Prefecture has ended. Most of the townspeople who left on an order to evacuate the town have returned. The damage to property is now estimated
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  • 111 23 Rangoon, Mar. 3: The Hindu-Moslem riots situation is less tense, but the death of six persons m hospital as a result of injuries, together with injury to a further 20, have brought the total casualties since Jan. 27 to 213. including 14 dead. Fifty-four men have arrested, following
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  • 74 23 Chungking. Mar. 3 Chinese forces m West Hupeh are engaging the Japanese at two points, one alon<i the highway from Hankow to Ichang and acuss the Siang River at Yokow, according to a Chinese report. Chinese wings, north of the highway to Ichang, ft adds,
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  • 33 23 Under the auspices of the Tamils Reform Association. Mr. R. Srinivasan will deliver a lecture In Tamil on "Tht Influence Of Congress" to-day at 7pm at the association premises. 20, Klam: Road, Singapore.
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  • 238 23 JAPANESE PREPARE FRESH S. CHINA DRIVE Hongkong, Mar. 3. fHINESE Military Intelligence Headquarters at Kweilin have received information to the effect that the Japanese authorities are sending five extra divisions of Japanese, Formosan and Manchukuoan troops to South China to assist the Fifth Naval Squadron m their coming attack on
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  • 677 24 Good Start In Final Test A CENTURY AGAINST ENGLAND JHE final Test match between South Africa and England, which began at Durban yesterday and which is being played to a anish, saw the homesters make a good start, scoring 229 runs for the loss of
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  • 249 24 ißeutcr BOW. Telegrams) London. Mar. 3: Mr. Howard Carter, aged 65. who. with the late Earl of Carnarvon, discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen m Egypt 15 years ago, died yesterday m London alter several months of illness. A Lonaon. Mar. 3: Tne King and Queen were
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  • 192 24 N. China Moves Alarm London London, Mar l THE threatened restrictions finance m North China are J tively engaging the attention official financial circles m London. At a joint consultation yesterdii Foreign Office. Treasury and Board Trade representatives and o f Far ft em Banks, various retaliatory meu were discussed.
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  • 101 24 London, March 3.-'l think we got our tails up. We are reve« our old position of influence whici ought never to have abandoned dared Mr. Hudson, Secretary 01 Department of Overseas Trade. speech at the British Industries^ Hie added. "Our people are be^ to feel that
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  • 141 24 Rajkot. Mar FR the first day eQ° g major fast of his ***<£'^$0 is lyii* on a rustic cot m a g bare of other «urnitij«. nl w 1 closest associates had auejs touching family reunion n ca flrf Mahatma's 75-year-o ld bi and conversed -nj^-J Five hundred
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  • MORNING TRIBUNE Sports Supplement
    • 14 1 MORNING TRIBUNE Sports Supplement Xo 87, MAR. 4, 1939. SUITED BY SPECTATOR Every Saturday.
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    • 1403 1 The Singapore football league starts on Monday when several matches will be played. Thereafter, five or six games will be contested everyday for about six months. Here is a review of he season's prospects. (By "Spectator 99
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      1406 2 M,BN.B,M.,BJLGHJLH, JHE Singapore cricket season commenced last week-end when several matches were played. The Indians who were the first m the field this season, as they played the Selangor Indian Association during the Chinese New Year holidays for the annual "Indian" Cup match, gained their first victory last Saturday
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    • 290 2 B.vniM, 111* V. Ponniah U.A ni-o »l 103* A.L.Heniy A >*■ 102* A.'j.' William. xAv< pJ Pen aim I 76 Kannan (Taiping practice null 74 T.M. Hart (Ipoh Club \< M 71 S-lakhan Singh (Xl dsa va ra« 71 Galistan iSt. j. v s $M sweepers
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      86 3 X I (irut, T. M. Hart, Mrs. E. K. Allin and T A D Hewan ?»e prominent m the news to-day. Grut and Mis \llin have just returned to Malaya from leave and will be competing m the Malayan tcurnament once iin this year. Hart has already
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    • 128 3 HE British National Boxing Association has issued the positions the leading British fighters at m weights. Under the "Ladder" an the men move up or down each ne they win or lose to the man on ,c adjoining rung. The positions c:— ill A
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      41 3 Yoxhall, Manchester^ goalkeeper, had a busy time on Monday, when the Regiment met with severe defeat at the hands of the OkW Kee Slang, Chinese outside left has come into collision with the Tads goalkeeper, while Quan thong looks expectantly on.
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    • 435 3 PERAK HAS USEFUL CRICKET SIDE THIS SEASON CEVERAL of the States best enceters appeared m the opening match of the season on the Ipoh Club ground on Saturday when the Ipoh Club met the local V.M.C.A. m a one innings match, which ended m a draw. The game was notable
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    • 245 3 AFTER escaping a first round knock-out by the narrowest possible margin. Peter Kane, world flyweight champion, outpointed Raoul Degryse, flyweight champion of Belgium, m a ten rounds contest at Leicester. terrific right to the jaw put Kane down. It seemed impossible for him to
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    • 94 3 "Annual Amounts" Cause Dissatisfaction R EI vTS that prominent players >outh Australia are being •*d annual amounts for ■< keting services to the State ing some concern among m other Australian States, I to reports from Sydney, fen In other States do not their colleagues their good l >ut they
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    • 91 3 Mr W Butler, manager of the Rsariine F C has tendered his resignation, to take effect at the end of the preseiu 86 M? n Butler had a long playing .career with Bolton Wanderers, with whom he Stayed for ten seasons, having the almost unique experience of winning
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    • 125 3 Huddersfield F.C. have announced that the Leeds United board have unanimously decided to nominate Mr. A. Brook Hirst. Chairman of Huddersfield. for the Presidency of the Football League which has been vacant since the deatn of Mr C E. SutclifTe. Recently Mr. W.C. Cuff of Everton was appointed
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    • 745 4 S TANGLIN TOPICS j THE playing fields at Tanglin are m quite frequent use just now, m preparation 'or the coming soccer and cricket season. The Command Hockey pitch is being prepared for cricket and the rugby ground is taking shape for soccer. Both
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    • 203 4 Promoters Want Farr To Fight In England TOMMY FARR. the former British heavyweight champicn, has returned to England for "business and family reasons". He has not yet made it clear whether he intends (eking contests m this country. Several prominent English promoters, notably Sydney Hulls, are very keen to sign
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      19 4 A Manchester player and a Chinese collide m the match between the Chinese and the Manchester during the week.
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    • 220 4 pHAMPION Joe Louis defend his world heavyweight title at Los Angeles m April against Jack Roper, over ten rounds, according to Tom Gallery, the Los Angeles promoter. The date has been tentatively fixed for April 24, the fight being jointly promoted by Gallery and Mike
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    • 464 4 nON McCorkindale, former heavyweight champion of Soul V found the handicaps of lack of condition, want of boxing and his 33 years to heavy a burden m his come-back dot* Danny Paul, 21 yeai -old Canadian, at the National Sport London. The young Canadian
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    • 486 5 WILL AUSSIES WIN CUP? BrKALIA'S team for this year B ?up tournament, which Kian Brookes is certain will, I i wars, take the Cup back K'li under," will consist of J. H. X >rd, A X Ouist and J. BromE H. C Hopman as Hager and captain. H s the
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    • 622 5 J^OUD and long cheers for Henry and Ponniah for the way m which they announced the new cricliet season last Saturday. To Ponniah i,oes the honour of making the first century this season. He beat Henry :o it by about a couple
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    • 106 5 Australian Ex -Test Captain Better WARWICK Armstrong, the famous Australian Test captain, has successfully recovered from his attack of pneumonia and pleurisy, it is reported from Sydney. Armstrong, who is 59 years of age, weighed 21 stones when he entered hospital, but emerged weighing four atones less* after his illness.
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    • 104 5 V. G. McGrath. the former Australian Davis Cup player, will not be seen at Wimbledon this year. A proposal that he should be sent has been rejected by the Council of the New South Wale.. Lawn Tennis Association, says a Sydney message. It had been suggested
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    • 64 5 Foimerly Australia's outstanding woman lawn tennis player, Mrs. B. X Mokesworth, has decided to turn professional and devote her time to coaching, it is reported from Sydney. Mrs Molesworth won the Australian singles championship twice, and women's doubles three times with Mrs. Westacott. She also won the championship
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    • 189 5 Women's Squash Team For America A team of seven American women squash rackets players has arrived here on a tour of England and to defend th^ Wolfe-Noel Cup at Queen's Club, London, on March 8. Miss Anne Pago, winner of in.in American titles, including the Nation; i championship, is captain
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    • 179 5 THE 1939 Waterloo Cup was won at A I tear, Lancashire, by Mr. 11. Dyke Dennis's second season dog Delightful Devon, a son of Dee Rock and Devil's Dust. Although he had greatly the better handicap m the decided, it would be iust to minimise
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    • 696 6 Psycho-Analytical Treatment For Footballers Causes Season's Big Sensation JHERE has been a great deal of talk and controvers> m football circles m recent seasons over gland treatment for footballers, which was introduced by Wolverhamptor Wanderers, m the form of injections, to improve then players physically. The latest idea, however, is
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    • 143 6 HAMPSHIRE County F.A. told the Football Association some time back that they believed they had discovered a •m urns K ap m football Law Hampshire thought there was nothing m the rules to prevent a player leaving one match and goin« to play m another
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    • 472 6 AN arrangement which is without precedent m Scottish Football was made when it was decided to make the Third Round Scottish CupTie between Heart of Midlothian and Celtic an all-ticket affair. The game, which was undoubtedly the tie of the round and of the competition
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    • 516 6 West Indians Have Strong Team the Au, J Indians. Fir >■ been chosen by In( M Cricket Board oi > tjM here this Bummer under the 3 taincy of Ralph S. Giant, the (oJ Cambridge all-round Members of the learn arc: r M Grant (captain) I'lnnidadi. lj Barrow (Jamaica. Bavltfl
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    • 736 7 I BRIGHT Irospects Lllr Hiisli ■j m Inter Section Cross X run at Seletar proved I victory for 230 Squadron 1 n i ail finished well to the on to have 59 points conceded Kn>: mem. m who also ran
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    • 155 7 Henry Cotton Cables Bobby Locke HFNPY Cotton m an interview denied that In had turnrd down a suggested match for £500 a side with A. D. Bobby Locke, the South African champion "until Locke has won some British championships." "I am afraid the position has become somewhat distorted." said Cotton.
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    • 114 7 A crowd of 25,000 saw England beaten by Australia m the fourth unofficial Speedway Test Match it Sydney by 28 points to 24. Both teams have now won two matcher m a rubber of five. Arthur (Blueyt Wilkinson, Australia i>nd West Ham, was again the only rider to.
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    • 80 7 Cricket leagues throughout Canada arc considering the formation of a central board of control, which would deal with such matters v arranging f<> English and Australian team to tour Canada, says a Vancouver mtastgt. The proposed tour ol Canada by an Australian team this summer has
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    • 1237 8 This line of thought has been more right than wrong, but the Selangor Turi Club had tided ovdr the difficulty by providing only one division for the one and a quarter mile race for which the Gold Cup has been
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