Morning Tribune, 14 April 1939

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 4— Na «2. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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    STOP PRESS
    214 1 London. Apr. U Mr. Attlee, following Mr Chambeila.n. declared himself disappointed with the Premier's statement. He proceeded: "We have a cleliberal" ore?.ch of obligations undertaken by Mussolini m the ™m -Italian pact. We regarded Ike ajjuerneut as part of a mistaken poiicj m the unreal policy of uni•aiera!
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    ANGLO-FRENCH PLEDGE TO GREECE & RUMANIA
    1468 1 ANGLO-FRENCH PLEDGE TO GREECE RUMANIA SUPPORT AGAINST ANY AGGRESSION CHAMBERLAIN DISCLOSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH ITALY IN COMMONS' SPEECH: MEDITERRANEAN STAND DEFINED IX A SPEECH WHICH WAS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED BY THE WHOLE WORLD MR CHAMBERLAIN, BRITISH PREMIER. ANNOUNCED, IX THE HOUSE OF COMMOXS, A PLEDGE BY BRITAIN TO SUPPORT GREECE AXD RUMANIA
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    BRITAIN TELLS THE WORLD
    52 1 BRITAIN TELLS THE WORLD London, Apr. 13. f ORD HALIFAX, m the House of Lords, supplementing Mr. Chamberlain's statement m the Commons, announced that the British declaration to give all support to Greece and Rumania if they resisted aggression had been directly communicated to the Governments concerned and others, especially
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    Street Jugglers Same As Beggars?
    244 2 Street Jugglers Same As Beggars? Singapore, Thursday AS the rvsult of a midnight vigil by [flipector Gordon and constables m plain clothes outside the Jalan Betar gate ol tfte New World, four women, two of whom held babies m their arms, and two girt*, believed to be refugees from Shanghai,
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    SECRECY ROUND R. A. F.
    77 2 SECRECY ROUND R. A. F. I ondon, Upr. 13. i Dl as'i ie modification mad In thi 1 monthly Air Force list be- .<■-:-. a policy of much greater 5,.,._s recy than hitherto regarding units, personnel and constitution of the Air Force The list is approximately half the usual size
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    JEALOUS HUSBAND SLICES OFF WOMAN'S NOSE
    512 2 Story Of Divorce Proposu I (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. CFVTENCF of 15 months' rigorous imprisonment was passed 5 on Sastra bin Sutie. a Javanese, yesterday morning by Mr Justice Gordon Smith at the Selangor Assize, m a case, which was described by
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    Health Of The East
    206 2 Health Of The East THE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau, Singapcre, for the week ended Apr. 8 reads as follows:—* No plague was reported during the week from any Eastern port. Cholera continues to increase rapiulv m Calcutta. 219 cases being notified as against 147 m
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    33 2 Jerusalem, Apr. 13 Art! Abdul Razzik, the well-kiv.wn leader cf Arab bands In Palestine, with 16 of his followers have surrendered to French military authorities m Syria according to an official announceme.i*. Reuter
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    69 2 ANTONIO CEBI'LAR, a steward j working on board the Conte Verde who had a narrow escape on Honda} morning. While cleaning a >;iii»"ii ivtedon on deck, he was thrown ir board owing to the heavy swell I it m not (ill about three hours later th^t he was picked up
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    Law Notice For To-day
    94 2 ire iln 1 f 'hit i Justice In Isi Couri i m Judgment m Magi trate' Appeal N*. 2039 Lim Ooon Bffig v v R Thereafter Bankruptcy. BeTon Mr Ju tice i'< dlow at n aon Bummon^ea-in-Chambers, Oriplnatin! Summons Motion, Petition and Inter pleader Summon b.
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    FACED DEATH
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    F. M. S. & EMERGENCY RICE SUPPLY
    199 2 F. M. S. EMERGENCY RICE SUPPLY Fears Over Storage Plan (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday v tension m international affairs, more and i; eintoloytrs oi labour m the F.M.S. are the offer of a local firm to stock rice nominal charge for immediate release m case t >: regular
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      30 2 "CARLOS" No. 1, THE ARCADE, Telephone 6332 European Haw Dressers For Ladies and Gentlemen Specialists m ,ll the latest methods ;im experts m p,. |j. < ure and nianicuie. Prices moderate.
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    JAPS ON THE RUN
    102 3 Changsha. April 12. ptfld dispatches disclose that whereas F t nose were formerly hoMin f f man their own positions Z -are it present, retreating, foil-.w-■if Chfnese counter-offensives, JapaSL officers formerly took pains to way and cremate Japanese dead bod but they are. at present, leaving
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    Four Detained Ships Released
    83 3 Hongkong, Apr. 13. JOUR of the ten Portuguese steamers detained by the Japanese at Wooung outside Shanghai have been releas>d. While the Japanese defended their lotion on the ground that the coastai Iners were thought to be foreign -owned n name but were actually Chinese-own-d and
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    Chinese Take The Initiative In Sino-Japanese Hostilities
    334 3 Chinese Take The Initiative In SinoJapanese Hostilities Chungking. Apr. 13. HK Sino-Japanese hostilities are still centred on north Kiangsi province, where the Chinese after marching past Kaoan. 60 kilometres nth-west of Nanchang, continued to advance by two routes on Nan»ano and Fenghsin, over 35 kilometres north of Kaoan. along the
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    HOME AFFAIRS CONFERENCE ON JUNE 15
    54 3 Chungking, Apr. 13. meeting held yesterday oral h > 1° (> nvok e the Third Naundn n !Tairs Co "^rence on June inllt auspices of the Interior omote shL il en B th en resistance, to u{v u-:ni m ,trative efficiency and tj •^ministration."
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    CHINA WILL NOT SURRENDER
    353 3 Not Opposed To Peace, But It Must Be Peace With Honour Chungking, Apr. 13. "FUNDAMENTALLY, China is nnt, t op p O sed to peace if by peace is meant the maintenance of friendly relations among the various nations of the world on a f oo
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    JAPANESE HARASSED BY GUERRILLAS
    151 3 JAPANESE HARASSED BY GUERRILLAS Chungking, Apr. 13. NORTH Kiangsi Province, a rich agricultural country north of the Yangtze River remains very much m Chinese hands notwithstanding the Japanese attempts to "mop up" the Chinese forces, according to a field dispatch from the north Kiangsu front. The Chinese are at present,
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      BULLION MARKET
      21 4 London. Thursday. Previmi.s To-day Change j-lne Bar per oz. MI ?EK 93 9 93 9 months' forward s t2
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      METAL MARKET
      17 4 TIN STANDARD pj h-jQoi laiwruoon »clo.sing price) £216 £215-^ -«/< forward £213» 2 £213' i 4
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      FRASER'S DAILY REPORT
      62 4 Singapore. Apr. 13. Tin at midday was SIOSN. unchanged, and the price of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 27 cents, buyers July September 27 5 16 cents, market steady but quiet. Conditions were extremely dull m all sections of the local share market today, but
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      GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT
      129 4 GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT Singapore, Thursd .y 1;i weekly rubber report, Guthrif to Ltd state: i result <;i the Easter Holidays little rubber newt u> report ii othet commodity md tarkel i--f rubber markit \a dowed ij> political c ►naiderallv, tii«' nearby ix).sitH»n \s ::i vt lit and April delivery has
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      18 4 lltar, Apr 13: H M.S. Repulse ere for England this morning to Their Majesties to Canada next Reuter
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      LEWIS AND PEAT'S MARKET REPORT
      161 4 Singapore Thursday. T.MK >narket closed bi fore the Eastet holidays with a feeling of nrie millUktC which, however, iraa rudely destroyed by Italy's »*ntiv into Albania, a id it was 'vvith seme apprehension that operators 1 (turned on Tuesday, says Lewis and Peat's rubber report.
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      33 4 London, Thursday Previous To-day Cnan Idle Steady BIBBLR Buyers 715 16 715 16 Sellers 8 8 Forward (Apr .June, 2nd Forward (July Sept, Buyers^ 81.16 3r3 Forward Toot. Deo BggS.l6 5.16
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      117 4 London. Thursday Previous To-day thai Jk«6tniers 20 20 l ninlop Rubber 19 13 16 193 4 _1 general Electric £7.8.6 2 H. 8.6 -j, Imperial Chemical bdoftritl 89 9 88 6 Imperial Tobacco 25,- 25 Anglo-Dutch 76 1»2 76 6 hi Canadian Pacific 28 1 1 2
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      PRODUCE
      88 4 London. Th Previous To-day Chi PALM OIL (Malaya) In bulk Apr. May shipment £14 5 0 nominal Unchai COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) April Shipment £10 17.6 nominal £10.18.9 ncrai SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) Apr. May Shipment 87 ■> sellers 8 6 TAPIOCA Seed Pearl Ist quai J Singapore > Apr. shipment
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      57 4 New York, Apii'. 12. RUBBER Previous To-day Ch: Market Tine Steady Quiet Steady Spot Buyers 15 1316 15 3 4 Sellers 15 15 16 15 7 a Forward July Sept. Buyers 15 13 16 15 3 4 Sellers 15 15 16 15 7 3 TIN Market Tone
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      64 4 London. ThuM Previous To-day i'.t. on Paris (closing selling rate) 176.75 176.73 T.T. on AmsterdjjUTi (closing middle rate) 8.8113 16 8.81 3 i T.t. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 8 3 8 Unchanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 2 3 4 Unchanged T.T. on Japan (closing
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    STOCKS & SHARES Issued By Fraser & Company
    693 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By F raser Company I Singapore, Apr. 13. 5 p.m. I Eastern United 29.00 31.00 |F. and N. Ord. 13.90 14.30 do. V 2 <~c Prefs. 925 9.50 Gammon Malaya l.'H l 2 1.6Z 2 Gt. E. Lif 2 f. pd. G1.^.5 6tj.^o.cci Gt. E. L. pt.
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    224 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore. Thursday. Buyers Seller.-. Ampats 3 3 3 9 Aver Wenes 065 0.70 Batu Selangors 120 l.?oxd Host; Fatts 0.6 C 063 Hongkong Tin 16 6 17 6 Jeiebus 0.5 < 0.61 Kam anting Tin 8 3 9Katu Tin 216 22 6 Kents 2 2 6 Killinghalls
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    FRASER & COMPANY
    170 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore. Apr. 13. 5 p.m. Company Dividend Books Total t» Date Ex Dlv. year It* K^vabl* Batu Selaneor 2 1 2^ Apr. 12 A pr. 18 Apr 13 2 V 2 Johan 5- ftnal Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 9 10% Kramat 3d. Apr
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      199 5 e% Mayiurd m r DEBENTURES AND LOANS l Apr fo Set S^ IS0 000 3C 1937 red. 1902 $2,750,000 •«u uci. si 90 10 0 norn tat Mnv 15 15 100 1011/2 c.i. si^ PORE MUNICIFALITX M j^ ft »^f£ IW4 Mtt c S M^ /Sl 0^? 100 101 norn
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      151 5 NEDERLANDSCH HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. incorporated m the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 13* Paid Up Capitr- t 40.030.000 Statutory Reserve Fund H 5.000,000 Special Reserve 1,000,000. I Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing: Board: iD. CRENA DE lONGH President, M.
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      131 6 "sTnCAPORE'S ON THE SCREEN AGAIN! I Come and meet "~FREOBIC MARCH and JOAN BENNETT at BU«f TIMAH! SW them filmed mirtst many local scenic backgrounds! j3 SHOWS DAILY IcapitoH M 3 6 15 9 5 ■■I J £1 1 111 IH.i ***** l A United Ar. ■■HHHHHfeHHBBHpBQBpHVHHIH Production LAiIST GAITMONT
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    New Palestine proposals Are Imminent
    164 7 New Palestine proposals Are Imminent London. Apr. 13. iiFI'OKT that the Egyptian Ambassador to London now m Cairo X i .conveyed new British proposals for a settlement of the p .Vine problem find no confirmation m. London* where it is under<l< d proposals are still under consideration, The delay m
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    JAP GOODWILL PLANE LEAVES CALCUTTA
    43 7 Tokyo, Apr. 13. The Japanese monoplane Soyokaze hopped off from Calcutta at 9.57 a.m. (Tokyo time) for Karachi on the fifth lap of her goodwill flight to Teheran. Soyokaze will stop at Allahabad and Jodpur for refuelling. Reuter
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    22 7 Bucharest, April 13.— King Carol will visit Prince Paul of Yugoslavia m a few days' time, according to Rumania Court circles.- Reuter
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    Verdict Of Found Drowned
    185 7 Singapore, Thursday. the words "There is no evidence to show after what manner the male Chinese aduit came by his death," Mr vV. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, to-day returned a verdict of iound drowned, at the conclusion of the inquiry of the death of an unknown
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    U.S. NAVAL REVIEW
    51 7 Washington, April 13— The Navy Department anoimces that the main body of the United States Fleet wiU be reviewed by the Nay Secretary. Mr. Swanson, on April 27 off Virginia Caoe. About seventy craft will participate m the review, the first of its kind for fiva years.-
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    Serious Mutiny In Japanese Forces
    173 9 HEA VY FIGHTING NEAR TAIERCHWANG Peking, Apr. 13. TT is disclosed that units of the Japanese organised Pacification Army at Kaifeng— an army which the Japanese wish Gen. Wu Pei Fu to command— mutinied on Sunday and killed six out of nine members of the
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    STOCK EXCHANGE BRIGHTER: STEEL FIGURES SOARING
    121 9 STOCK EXCHANGE BRIGHTER: STEEL FIGURES SOARING London, April 13. ON the Stock Exchange yesterday the belief that the international situation was less tense was responsible for brighter sentiment during the morning though traders were extremely cautious and unwilling to extend their commitments prior to the reassembly of Parllam Gilt-edged closed
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    SHIPS IN DOCK
    135 9 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Lady Guillemard —Ban Hong Liong Stagen— AdulaWBt. Supply. King's Dock Wharf: Nil. Coal Wharf: Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjong Pagar Albert Dock: Recorder. Victoria Dock: Sea Belle 11. Keppel Harbour King's
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    82 9 Mails expected from Europe etc !i Londom by Air Imperial > to-day. De piveries of boxholders' letters and letter > 9 a.m. on the same day Mails expected from Australia, Netnei lands Indies etc. by Ai: (Qantas) to-day Deliveries of boxholdtrs' letters only i p.m. and general delivery
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    PRAYERS FOR PEACE
    26 9 London, Apr! 13.— There will be continuous prayers for peace at West-mins-ter Abbey to-day, simultaneously with the foreign affairs debate m Parliament.- Reuter
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      217 9 ijp'oSTAL INTELLIGENCE TO-DAY "Imperial" 14 2 p.n den "Imperial" 14 2 p.m frica East ."Imperial" 14 2 p.m trica South "Qantas" 14 7.45 am ustralia: whole Christiaan Huygens 14 8.30 a.m. ustralia, Western "Imperial" 14 2 p.m. inna "Imperial" 14 2 p.m. anad.iWh° le Christiaan Huygens 14 8.30a.n-. sylon PAli-stine
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    PALESTINE TROUBLES EXPLAINED
    446 10 Special Interview With Tel -Aviv Official (Tribune Staff Reporter) CONSIDERABLE light is throwr. m the following special interview with the Tribune by Mr. Yehudah Nedivi, Town Clerk of the Tel-Aviv Municipality, on the Arab-Jew situation m Palestine. Mr. Nedivi has been m Palestine for 26 years having
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    JAP LANDING NEAR MACAO IS FOILED
    41 10 JAP LANDING NEAR MACAO IS FOILED Macao, April 13. T IFAKISI marines yesterday afternoon unsuccessfully at--.empled a landing m lleungchau Hay. tHrnty miles north of '•lacao. According to reports aching htm Kiev lost about a men mm m the attempted Reuter
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    Chungking To Be Evacuated In Six Weeks
    79 10 Chungking To Be Evacuated In Six Weeks Chungking, April 13. a KNKKM, Urn Shih, (ii'rrison Com*J numder of the Chungking area, M ii»niii'-> that tile evacuation of l < ?ula< c of Chungking "mjst be c ipli-trd before the end of May." -metre-wide fire prevention lanes m!i bt <•' instructed
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    Prison For Soldiers: Housebreaking Segue
    262 10 Prison For Soldiers: Housebreaking Segue Singapore. Thursday JHREE privates of the Loyal Regiment, stationed at Gillman Bar racks, who pleaded guilty to a series of housebreaking charg yesterday before Mr. L. B. Gibson, the District Judge, were sentend to terms of imprisonment this morning. Peter Crompton and James McDonough, two
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    Italy Expects Peace
    89 10 Italy Expects Peace Nome, Apr- l% CIGNS of a detente m ti'. t national situation are now a the Italian press. Hie Awc' l^ d clares that politics offer s«s syncronising with ♦he *i> >( ■tali' Newspapers suggest fiat t rf guarantee of Greek integn»> moved much of the foreign
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    ARE OF DESTITUTE HINDU CHILDREN
    1002 11 Singapore Society Report il membership of the Satiety ior the Protection of Hindu Children, Singapore, wa* appreciably increased by the active i I some members to the sympathetic public with csull that there were 131> new admissions frojn Singapore and 25 Ignore Bahru, and at
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    Gold Ornaments Which Were Not
    483 11 Charge Against Chinese APPEARING on a triple charge ot abetting, Chow Vow Heng. who stood A his trial to-day before Mr. Justice Manning at the jWP™ A* sizes, is being charged with having made bangles and armlets ot gold and other base metal and passing
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    Stanton Nelson's Market Report
    322 11 Stanton Nelson's Market Report ALTHOUGH Good Friday's out- rage has brought Europe once more to the brink of catastrophe, here has been a singular absence of •)anic on the world's exchanges, with the exception of Wall Street, where a crash took place m the earlier stages of the crisis. The
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    CONTRACT BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS
    291 13 CONTRACT BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS L not matter whether you L* the value of your hand on ount system or operate on S basis, it is difficult to dinster from duplicated lye wtl simple example of .this, oartners hold trip to either Stnd and though uncovered trifle ol mmm Heart"
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    Duplicated Values
    210 13  -  "Horatius" By fore supporting Sam m No Trumps If I had been doubled at my bid ol One Heart. I had an escape bid with two Clubs. As it was. Sam and Sue, with their duplicated values m three suits, found themselves penalised 500 points because neither had
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    MEMORIAL TO A DACHSHUND
    86 13 Berlin. THE little village of Roewltz m Hanover hag erected a memorial to a daehihund which is probably tbe only one oi its kind m Europe. In th^ 11 years oi its life this four-legged friend of man killed no fewer than 239 ioxes. The dog
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    'Test Tube" Calves
    173 13 Stanton, New Jersey— 'Test tube calves are being born here. The first successful result m artificial breeding of dairy cattle m the United States- first co-operative association for such breeding has been reported here by Mr Enos J Perry, a dairy specialist. Such births would be almost
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Friday, April 14. 1939 A BETTER OUTLOOK
    519 14 MORNING TRIBUNE Friday, April 1 4. 1939 A BETTER OUTLOOK THOSE! who hold thai ability U wage v.,c! is g matfc r ol i cono mica w;!i be Inb rested m th< Following comment, which was recently made by a London Arm oi financiers: k The Qerman ceo nomic machine
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    CHAMBERLAIN STILL OUTMANOEUVRED
    525 14  - CHAMBERLAIN STILL OUTMANOEUVRED E. T. Huang By -itt rhP ab-ve facts are well known to Jlli; situation Obtaining m A L j t h d l tatoßt whom Mr .Lloyd Georg. ElirOM to-clav is still much CIICC referred to a, being too c.unmnr. ,or the British Premier. Later happenmore ominous
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    Bigger Alliance Needed
    160 14 of the anti-Comintern bUn- So, M o f encircling tne dictator/ 1 >. Fr has now been encircled on three s& IN the light of what has I many people begin to dOM ability of the Chamberlain t'en to cope with fast, moving efd present-day Europe. There
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    MBITIOUS JAPANESE NAVAL PROGRAMME
    596 15 THE RELA TIVE THEOR V OF COMPARISON Tokyo. JHE ambition oi Japanese naval leaders is to create a navy powerful enough to match the greatest assemblage ot naval iorcc which any single nation might throw against this island empire. For the time being Japan doev not
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    By Air To Conduct Orchestra
    68 15 By Air To Conduct Orchestra London. April 12. H of the greater cultural suiting from th; fa- air travel occuis w r by Malcolm Sargent, #ho t don Philharnu.nin JSSmSi Good Fridaj "fed a rehearsal o< oiiharmonir OtCh^slfi i was possible m spue t the aeroplane to wblcb was detoyed
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    ANKEE CLIPPER ON RETURN FLIGHT
    65 15 A NKEE CLIPPER ON RETURN FLIGHT ,v April 12 -The American flyYankee Clipper, which returned mthampton from Foynes to- lay a survey of the facilities of the !Ur Base m connection witn ecu] i (Atlantic air service which i* >" LUgurated on June 1. will leave immpton Water at 7
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    HONOURS FOR JEWS & ARABS
    46 15 HONOURS FOR JEWS ARABS London. April 12. lEE Arabs and three Jews wf« }v.-jn^ the members of the Palestinr fee who received honours and decoms from the High Commissioner this hing m Jerusalem for distinguished ices rendered since the outbreak of prbances In Palestine British wireless
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    LDERSHOT TATTOO
    32 15 I April 12.— Last year's Aluerwas a great financial sue- Army charities will benefit tc L 46.200. Tattoo will take place m on the ninp niehts hptd 17. British Wireless
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    JUNE WEATHER
    24 15 112— Temperatures afoove normal eve a for 1 experienced m Lojidon n ss being recorded early compared with 68 deg- British Wireless
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    American Views On Far East
    227 15 American Views On Far East New York. i^OMMENTING on Japans "nearly failure" m China, the New York "Herald-Tribune" observed tliat the "faustrecht" policy (that of triumphing by the Mst) had lost out, and this must cause some annoyance to Germany and Italy, Japna's close fiiends. The paper then explained that
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    QUEEN MARY AT WORKERS' CONCERT
    54 15 London. April 12 OUEEN MARY visited the People* Palace Mile End Road, this a* ernoon for a special concert by the New Metropolitan Symphony Orchestic to raise funds en behalf of the movement lo carry rine music into the indu •.rial tirm V»f *hp mptroDolis
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    TRADE VISIT TO U. S. DELAYED
    84 15 London. April I 1 OWING to pressure of business and the trade discussions arising out ol hi* recent tour to the northern capitals, Mr. R S Hudson, Secretary of the Detriment of Overseas Trade, has had to curtail his proposed visit to the United
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    GIANT new American FLYING BOAT FOUR KILLED IN DAMASCUS RIOTS
    449 16 GIANT new America n FLYING BOAT FOUR KILLED IN DAMASCUS RIOTS "YANKEE CLIPPER," the giant American 41 tons flying-boat rived at Southampton at the end of her first trans-Atlantic flight, which she has made m easy stages b- \u\ of the Azores and Lisbon. Pilofo by Captain Harold Gray, the
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    POPULARITY OF THE Cold Buffet
    709 18 POPULARITY OF THE Cold Buffet BUFFET uppers have become one < of the it popular forms of en- tertaii tig. People mix very well at these Informal gatherings, serfIng themselves and each other, and th# oarty gets going with a good start. in*- average dining room with its *[)\)\v h:
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    By using buffet service, your whole house may become a dining-room
    251 18 By using buffet service, your whole house may become a dining-room out on to a dish lined with lettuce leaves. Garnish with i imbet idly. Enough for seven person Here is a recipe for anoth< salad which is simple to put to FRVIT SALAD 2 cups white grapes or wh
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    Safety In The Home
    1136 19 It is worth while taking a mint of trouble if it will save a mite of sickness. iriTH th era increasing amount of traffic on our loads, the rf "safety tot" has come to teat importance so (1 even little children are ;to observe traffic lights,
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    "Onward," Says Mr. Churchill
    122 21 "Onward, Says Mr. Churchill London, Apr. 13. ill- Winston Churchill, speaking M last night, urged that now that ue ha d embarked on a new policy of .Nhnces of peace-loving powers— a peace "block against further UfresSoß-l* us go forward with resolution and vigour. jfr chamberlain and the Government p'vudi
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    Greek And Yugoslavian Mobilisation
    57 21 Sofia, Apr. 13. HE Bulgarian Prime Minister, M. KionsokanofF. had lonir conversions yesterday with the Yugoslav (1 Greek Ministers. I t is believed at the partial mobilisation of the igoslav and Greek Armies was diswed and there is reason to believe these Ministers grave assurances military
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    More Explosions In London
    52 21 More Explosions In London LONDON. APR. 13. REPEATED EXPLOSIONS OC(TRRED IN ELEVEN PUBLIC CONVENIENCES IN LONDON AND PROVINCES LAST NKiHT BY NEW CHEMICAL BOMBS EMPLOYING CARBIDE. Six explosions m London were at widely separated points. Four occurred m Coventry and one m Birmingham. Nobody was injured, and little damage was
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    Atlantic Air Tankers
    59 21 H» n London. Apr. 13. Handley-Page Harrow nbers adapted to serve as air m^r win ll h mi^ mail aircraft «S outhamn n r lpped at I j^ e Opemni4 of a weekly mail service* SSto S°" c I s that of delivering 2S boa t s
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    PRAYERS FOR PEACE
    89 21 London, Apr. 13. SIMULTANEOUSLY with the red assembling of Parliament to-day, Westminster Abbey will be open for the act of continuous intercession viuch during the SeDtember crisis lasted 17 days and nights. In announcing this decision the Dean says that r.ll who will are invited to come
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    Lord Perth Retiring
    35 21 Lord Perth Retiring London, Apr. 13: Lord Perth, British Ambassador m Rome, who is retiring, is expected to leave Rome m ten days' time. His successor is Sir Percy Lorraine, former Ambassador In Turkey. Reuter
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    Death Of Famous Detective Novelist
    117 21 TH New X »*> Apr. 13. thp lam ,v Mr W H Wright Bon 1 V.r Rculert Va., m 1888. «ucai ed p l^?" 1 1 Wright was Ja 7 I >U 1924 on the staffs of several newspapers and journals. Later m 1929, he
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    Decree Nisi Made Absolute
    200 21 rw, TTl^ Singapore, Thursday. JHE decree nisi granted to Mrs. Evelyn Usher against her husband Mr. John Philip Usher m March last year, was to-day made absolute before the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine. Mi*s Lily Cheng, alias Cheng Hui Chun, a young Chinese taxi-dancer then
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    War Risks Raised
    39 21 NE YORK, APR. 13. SUBSTANTIAL NEW INCREASES IN WAR RISKS AND INSURANCE KATES BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND EUROPE ARE TAKING EFFECT IMMEDIATELY THE RVTKS TO AND FROM THE FAR EAST VIA SUr* ARE ALSO INCRFASEI). REUTER
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    CROWN PRINCE'S WEDDING
    47 21 Teheran, Apr. 13. An Egyotian army detachment, accompanied by a band, has arrived for 'he wedding celebrations of the Crown Prince of Iran and his Egyptian bride. The date of the Royal couple's arrival it Teheran is now re-announced as for Apr. 16, Reuter
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    YANKEE CLIPPER
    19 21 London. Apr. 13: The Yankee Clipper has left Southampton on its homeward Jlisht with 21 aboard- Reuter
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    SIX WEEKS' RIGOROUS FOR CLERK
    513 21 Singapore, Thursday. J^ SUBRAMANIAM, a Tamil Hindoo clerk until recently employed at the Arcade Restaurant, was to-day sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by six months' police supervision by Mr. L. C. Goh, the Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate. The accused claimed trial
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    Majesties See Gunners In Action
    73 21 Majesties See Gunners In Action London, Apr. 13. THEIR Majesties the King and Queen motored from Windsor Castle thL morning to Borden Camp, where they inspected the latest type of barracK block, which is nearing completion. Later they watched $ro r j)s carrying out defence exercises, and this after noon
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    Passengers By Air
    214 21 The following are arrivals and departures by Qantas and Imperial airway: Arrived by the Cambria: Mr. and Mrs Freshman, from London. Left by the Cambria: Mr. and Mrs. Freshman, for Sydney; Mr. D. G. F. Mackay. for Sourabaya; Mr. M. H. Namazie. for Batavia. Arrived by the
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    MALAYAN CHINESE FOOTBALLERS RETURN
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    TRACK WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    482 22  -  "Marcus Super bus" (By Singapore Race Training Singapore. Thursday. I ill. third truck at Hukit Timah was thrown open for training this morning m preparation for the forthcoming Summer racing season <v Ihe Singapore Turf Club. There were a number of gallops gone t Trough
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    Chinese Tourists Back
    164 22 Chinese Tourists Back Singapore, Thursday lOOKING fine after their tour CA about a month, the S.C.F.A. touring side returned to-day by the Conte Verde. This tour is interesting because of the fact that history was made as far as Malaya is concerned, when the entire group of tourists flew across
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    WATER-POLO
    29 22 In a friendly game of water-polo clayed yesterday at the V.M.C.A Swimming Pool at Fort Canning the Ys' Juniors beat the Gordon Highlander* by 3 goals to 2.
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    S. C. R. C. TENNIS TIES
    167 22 A DRENCHING drizzle which ft m late afternoon yesterd sufficiently wetted the courts i Hong Urn Gre«n to wash off U ties intended for last night. Yesterday's ties have, there lore, i moved up to next Tuesday TIES FOB TO-DAY: Singles Handicap "A": Y.
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    MALAYA SIGNALS SOCCER
    39 22 The following are requested to I up for a soccer match against Bi Signals on Saturday April 15. at Depot Ground. A. Lourdes, Mian, Ahmat. Gupta Nam. Loy, Buang, Ponniah. Bidm. i bar, Suadi, Sappain, Samat
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    PHILIPPINE SPORTSMEN ENTERTAINED
    177 22 noiSING was the welcome extend- ed to the basketball and volley ball team horn the Philippine Islands, by the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Association at the Tai Thong Restaurant last night. The visitors were entertained by the Association to dinner, and a very pleasant and enjoyable evening
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    ROWING EGATTA NOTES
    202 23 Holland* Rowing Club of tavia Held a regatta over r sl holidays, at which £L Semaranp, Singad gatavia were repre- j flu Royal Singapore I Club sent a senior four, Soorabaya and Batavia also represented m this Semarang unfortunately g to scratch their entry at ist moment.
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    HINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM DEVELOPS
    269 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 13. ituation arising out of the illegal landing of 38 Hainan refugees ng homeric proportions. A delegation headed by Mr. chancellor at the Chinese Consulate. Kuala Lumpur Sin Nam, visited the British Resident to-day and had passed by the magistrate
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    GORDONS BEAT TADS IN LEAGUE SOCCER
    516 23 Three Gordons 2. Manchesters 1. DLAYffCG at Selarang. Chaflgi. yesterday under atrocious conditions, the Gordon Highlanders defeated the Manchester Re«ffnittit by the odd goal hi t!irec m a Division I league game. From the kiefc-off. the Manche.sters attacked on the left w 4 ng
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    CYCLING
    105 23 It a meeting of sportsmen and cyclists, it was decided to postpone the dale of *'"-c first Annual Bicvcie Speed Trial at Buon^! Vista Road (the Gapi till Sunday. April 30. The distance is about one mile and the race will start at 7 a.m. several prizes are offered
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    17 24 The K-K-k »f Gibraltar. Mediterranean gateway forms an imposing picture with an R.A.F. flying boat.
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    A.R.P. IN ROME
    79 24 Rome. Apr. 13. NORMAL movement ceased m Rome for l.» minutes this niornins; when the city's first daylighl air raid exerci*e> were carried oiit. As the alarm sounded, pedestrians and passuiters from buses and cars raced to cover m the nearest doorway. Only the \:r:Y?" ami lir
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    Germans Arrested In Poland
    39 24 Warsaw. Apr. 13. A number of Germans are known tc have been arrested recently m Western r lax rafMotu charges. Although no official announcement has been .uade ,t the arrests have appeared m newspapers. Reuter
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    44 24 mote '-.codwill and keep the peace, and lam unwilling to believe that UiefC efforts won't bear fruit. "I hope that members will not assume that because I have not mentioned Russia, that we are not keeping m close touch with the representatives jf Russia.
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    Difficult Task
    115 24 "We have a very difficult task to perfcrm. We have to consider not only what we wish but also what other oeople are willing to do. "I ask the House to believe that without any prejudice, without any preconceived ideological notions, we are endeavouring to the utmost of
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    EGYPT BANS GOLD EXPORT
    34 24 Cairo. Apr. 13: In view of the interm I S? n hif it S atlcm the Egyptian Governun 1 Wh barm f dthe e3 *ortof cold until further notice.— Reuter
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    British Public Anxious
    428 24 London, Apr n THE Cabinet met this morning and j viewed the terms of the declare of British policy m relation to th e banian coup. Public interest m London wa. cv** by the large crowds which gather* watch the arrival of the ministers the meeting, at
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    OBSERVATORY EXPLOSION
    48 24 OBSERVATORY EXPLOSION Friedrichshaven. Apr. 1j rO )od explosion occurred at the ei Observatory here to-day, destroy jT large part of the building .^j n ot! >is feared, but the extent of it known. blV e< The explosion is believed to ginated m a baUoon which was ascend.- Reuter
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