Morning Tribune, 17 April 1939

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    13 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE L 4_\o. 64. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, April 17, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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    PICTATORS TO REJECT U.S. PRESIDENT'S PEACE PLEA?
    1204 1 Reaction To Dramatic Move To Prevent War FURTHER AGGRESSIVE ACTS FEARED THIS WEEK WASHINGTON, APR. 16. ROOSEVELT S PEACE APPEAL TO HITLER AND MUSSOLINI HAS ELECTRIFIED DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE HORNET'S NEST WHICH THE MESSAGE IS LIABLE TO STIR UP
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    Hitler To Seize Danzig This Week?
    150 1 Hitler To Seize Danzig This Week? Washington. Apr. 16. Ht fact that the list of countries mentioned in President Rooseilt's message omits Danzig is coniered significant in view of dishes from Berlin that Hitler is tely to seize Danzig A Berlin message states that there little reliable indication that the
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    French Warships At Gibraltar
    131 1 E French h-* Gibr altar, Apr. 16. and xi P est t r yers Le Terrible" s «nomis SMSST arrived her e le ow in' to thP K e lyin off tne AHr bo {l m defen ces at the I is iL Ad miralty Harbour
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    ELSEWHERE
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      33 1 On Other Pages j Address On Jews 2 A „eged Murder 3 Finance R Hospital Scheme Warders Troubles 17 J Trade School R ace Weights g Hi? 22 Soccer China News g Telegrams
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    CLARION CALL TO WORLD JEWRY
    695 2 SINGAPORE LECTURE fc CLARION eall to World Jewry to succour Jewish refugees A whose terrible .sufferings tre paging Ope 'Wj^' democracies was conveved ill ar inspiring l»iblic l tS refu.ee problems and (fie straggle of the liberated Jewnh immigrants into Palestine wrest from the ar.d
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    Two Killed In Perak Mine Disaster
    109 2 Two Killed In Perak Mine Disaster Ipoh. Saturday, JWO Chinese mining labourer, were crushed to death ina sheelite mine near Tambun yesterday The men, It te understood were In charge ol a wain pump al the bottom ol a pit about 50 feet deep On seeing a sudden eruption of
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    ARRIVED BY PLANE
    20 2 Distinguished visitors to Sfogaptft who arrived yesterday by the air- t boat, Lord and Lady (iilhord— Trbtine.
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    HUNTER KILLS PYTHON
    88 2 HUNTER KILLS PYTHON Teluk Anson. Sunday A TAMIL hunter living at Bidor M killed a python which it is beljjfl 'had been carry ins away his 1 wis. wl it was getting away from his .r.poua into the jungle adjoining it. The reptile had taken away many I 'his fowls
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    Woman Medium On Stabbing Charge
    192 2 Pleads She Was Influenced (From Our Own Correspondent" t Segamat, Sunday. A MIDDLE- AGI.I) < hineve uoman n who staled that >lie was a spiritual medium in charge of a praver house on Jalan C.enuane. Se_r>n.at made her appearance in the Segamat Pol'c. Copll yesterday
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      30 2 "CARLOS" No. 2, THE ARCADE, Telephone 6332 European Hair Dressers For Ladies and Gentlemen Specialists in thr latest methods and experts u MM |j. I curt* ami manicure. Prices moderate.
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      121 2 Pains in Back Gone in 3 Hours l; \.v.i suffer terrible sharp pnTns 01 ssearlng down aches in bai It or les, > 1 1 nut Ket ri.| of thi ne wi'h ord 1 I nes be tu yo* 1 mst kiil tl. l Ineys. <>th. r s) mpi >n
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    Alleged Murder Of Brother- In- Law
    659 3 "Persistent Quarrels/' Says Ipoh, Saturday. ALLEGED persistent quarrels between two brothers-in-law and a subsequent fatal attack cn one, resulted iii the other beingproduced on Thursday in Che p erak Assize Court before the hon. Mr. Justice C. M. Murray Aynsley on a charge of
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    Johore's New $80,000 Mosque
    112 3 Johore's New $80,000 Mosque ii n nm own Correspondent! .1, hore Bahru, Sundiy. L'O interest am ceremonies were performed al Kluang dUfio4 the fek-.MKi bj His Highness. I ungku ;I M,, Regi nt «t Johott. U nds adjoining the new scnool. Kluang, iew st roues With a ircular patch of
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    MALACCA WANTS WOMEN M.R.P. WORKERS
    95 3 Malaeea. Sunday. AR P. vo-un-i i be made and .hose I i quested to com- ciuei Police Officer, W a c Hainei men will short lv be r i Ithough the resI a r p volunteers la Mr Haines hopes to i liigent men from
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    Mystery Of Child In Sea
    81 3 Mystery Of Child In Sea (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Sunday. r POLICEMAN discovered the body of a child of about three years of age floating in the Straits of Johore shortly after seven o'clock last night. The corpse was removed to the General Hospital. Johore Bahiu where a
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    GOVERNOR TO TOUR EAST COAST
    145 3 GOVERNOR TO TOUR EAST COAST HIS Excellency the Governor and Lady Thongs, accompanied b> the Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp. will leave Singapore for a tour of the East Coast by the s.y. Sea Belle II" at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Apr. 26, and return to Singapore on the morning of
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      19 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, THONE 5808. SINGAPORE. FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLES, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION PERSONAL ACCIDENT.
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      65 3 SILVIKRIN LOTION Th? daily dressing that nourishes the hair roots* and gives the hair back Its vouthful life and lustre; also quieklv clears up dandruff, stops falling hair ar.d promote., vigorous, healthy new growth Of all Chemists, High-Class Stores and ilair-dressers. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS, 117-125 Cecil Street. TITAN CEMBBfT
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      57 3 Law Notice For To-day at 10 a.m. ■A'vs In Div 3^_> I I A Bradley r Magistrate's Appeal bin Bacha vs. Rex. J' Bkcy 369 38-Re Shai* j Benerai. Mr Justice Pedlow at 11 am. Chambers, Moltona, ission of Mr B. H. Advocate Solicitoi Wise Application No. 1 Co. vs.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCTAL SERVICE
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      59 4 London. Saturday Prerkmi To-day Change a i on reloatag ■aUtaf rate) 176.76 Unchanged t _r on Amsterdam (cloting middle rate) 8.81-34 8 Bi-<8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate* 8-38 Unchanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing aelling rate) 12-25 32 Unchanged T.T. on Japan (closing aelling rate) 12 T.T.
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      48 4 London Batm____ niBBER Previous To-day ?H TIIBKLK Steadv Quieter Q S Knnt Buyers 7 15 16 7" 8 b9< l SeUers 8 7 15 16 ,s„F-«.r- ,"Apr.June, Buyers 715 16 7%^ 2nd forward ,Ju.y Sept., Buyers 8,1.6 3rd Forward (bct.Dec.) Buyers 8' 8 8 1.16 i» >•
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      METAL MARKET
      16 4 London. Batuit) TIN BTANDABD Soot (afternoon (closing price) £216-12 S ose forward £214-14 Closed
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      BULLION MARKET
      18 4 \s\HaO Previous To-day ChJ iU.\n_R ar P6r 2, H-8-6 £7-8-6 aaaaaiw farmata *J_ 34 g^ I
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      Tornado's Toll
      19 4 Capron, Oklahoma 'U.S.A.). Apr 16 Seven persona were killed and 30 injured in a tornado here. Reuter
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      POPE APPEALS TO SPANISH LEADERS
      58 4 POPE APPEALS TO SPANISH LEADERS Vatican City. Apr. 16. THE Pope, broadcasting in Spanish. praised the "noble and heroic Spani.sh." -\m\ congratulated their leaders rn their stand for Christian civilisation md conquest of communism and antheinn. n<" appealed for justice to be temper•o with mercy In the country's reorganisation, as
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      PRODUCE
      84 4 u_.TMr.if />ii x Previous To-day Chd rAL.M OIL (Malaya) r,A»« u i k fmSl lay hi P ment £14-2-6 nominal Un COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) SAGO FLOUR^CSarawak) £10-17-6 nominal £10-16-3 doJ Apr. May Shipment Q_. ___J TAPIOCA Seed Pearl lst qual«f 8 6 sellers l PEPPER (F.A.Q. j lipment 12
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      68 4 1.,,.,.,,, New York. Apt B l*l l>l». K Previous Tn-rl-iu aanei sum Steady Quiet J P ot Buyers 15 916 15 3 4 Sellers 15 1116 15 7 8 rj PHWtld July sept. Buyers 15 916 15 3 4 4 Sellers 15 11 16 15 7 8
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      Scheme For Defence Of Kenya
      93 4 Scheme For Defence Of Kenya Nairobi, .Apr. 13. I^IIK (.DV-Ti-or told tbe Kenya LegistatMe («»uneil the.t a cchesas for the reinforcement for the Colony has been worked out, complete in every detail. Asiatic manpower would mainly be employed in maintaining the colony's essential services, including .always, and on lhe construction
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      63 4 London, FritfJ S To-day cJ3 J9 3 4 £7.8.6 -2-5-75 7' 2 -lflL 27 7» 2 vl 125- j 23 3 J 4H a 3 24 6 J 18 9 _j 10--10 9 90- J 89 4 1 2 -Ei British American Tobacco 94 3 3 93
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      Danzig Rum our Disturbs Washington Conference
      119 4 \V._ hington. Apr. 16. ■RESIDENT ROOSEVELT thia n orning railed a speeial conferenee of his advisers on foreign relit ioi r ntm:.'' and other exp'!'- on fori n affairs arere Bumnn.' <-.| to Wlixt. House. .Mr. Cordell I T ill and Mr, Wamner Welh
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      77 4 1 OVERSEA- 1 I CHINESE I 1 BGNKINC Jk I corp. imm Av* fl_fAi'\Ti fl Undertakes hanking tran- I ■actions of every description. Places at yoar disposal 1 the multifarious services of Its Institution with branches all over South Eastern Asia connections In all principal cities of the World. Welcomes
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      20 4 l T^z I §*****1 lIIUTISII INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD 1 1 Loss of Profits I Insurance Tel. ftW6. i, Finlayson Oreen.
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    POCKS & SHARES Issued By Fraser & Company
    705 5 POCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company pore, Apr. 15. 1 p.m. MINING 33 36 I 49 53 43- 48- U 20 6 Hil 06 5 0.70 W< 18 6 19,6 triii nn 1 20 1.25xd Selai 93 99 20 3 21,3 RaMJ U 6 12 3 0 30 0.35 i-
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    FRASER & COMPANY
    97 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Apr. 15. 1 p.m. Company Dividend Books t Tot 1 f r'in«__ Date Ex Div. year Batu Selangor 2»/ 2 Apr. 12 Ag* 13 9ft 2 Kramat 3d Apr 19 A »L r r _£S ,T, akUapa 6d A *--24 Am 08 An?
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    LYALL & EVATTS QUOTATIONS
    225 5 LYALL EVATTS QUOTATIONS Singapore, Saturday. MINING Buyers Seller.". Ampats 3 3 3 9 Aver Wengs 0.65 0.70 Batu Selangors 1.20 I.^sxd Hor.K Fatts 0.60 063 Hongkong Tin 16 6 17 6 Jelebus 0.56 0.60 Kamunting Tin ..8 3 9Katu Tin 21 22Kents 2- 2 6 Killinghalls 13 9 14 6
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    240 5 Int a. Co Lt d. $30,000 Int A^r. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom S, N(iAPOIJE MUNICIPALITY I 9 1 I^4o $400,000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 nom 1907 red IW7 $1,600,000 106 108 nom imS-K 31 BftDt 30.... re d 1955 $1,000,000 113U 114% nom
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      154 5 NEDERLANDSCH HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. incorporated in the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 132* Paid Up Capitr- t 40,030,000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 Special Reserve 1,000,000 "Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK. Managing Board: D. CRENA DE lONGH President Iff. TAUDIN CHABOT
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    5.000 Jap founded Reach Shanghai
    55 7 5.000 Jap founded Reach Shanghai Hongkong, Apr. 16 .vounded Japanese soldiers shanghai from the cen- th ™ina fronts are DOW m f the Hongkew district north i 1 A tlie International Settlement. Japanese troops in the Hongkew gar- .son area have been transferred to central and south China fronts as
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      179 7 Here's Your Best Bet! A LAI'GH-FILLED SHOW TO-DAY 3-15, 6-15 9-15 P.M. j JALHAMBRAj _^ak fxf *W^*\ m _W *i_r' *j/Wk_Jr _\\\\\^^^^^m^^m^^m*A*\\*\l*\^m^^A *io&_ZZZ I I Olivia I I De Havilland I I CHARLES WINNINGER 1 ALLEN JENKINS 9 I BONITA GRA.NVIUE I I MELVILLE COOPER I tmtmmm* by R A
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      323 7 KEEP the DATE OPEN! NEW WORLD SAT. 22\». I>\\< i: PAL AC IE L I C" (TII,: LARGEST AIR-COXDITIOX-I XI r* \A/ ED CABARET IN MAI \V\ WITH I I— T T BAR RESTAURANT ATTACH ED) //\f\ r\ j SNAFPY DANCE BAND THE \A/i 11/ I OF DANCE HOSTESSES YVvyixLLy
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    $2,500,000 SCHEME FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
    338 8 Improvements Extensions (Trilxinc KulT I.e. x> "ier) POVERNMENT is shortly proceeding with me extension u icheme for the General Hospital, witha view to providing mora accommodation for free pati ats. On extensions to the I! (spitaLasum 0f 52,500,000 will Thia sum waa budß«?tted well rvci
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    Jap Commanders Killed In Plane Crash
    71 8 Jap Commanders Killed In Plane Crash Ichanf, Apr. 16. SIX Japanese Army commanders were killed a> a Japanese plane in which they were travelling crashed near Chunghsiang. a town on the east bank of the Yangtze I beat 200 crow kilometers northwest of Ilankow. Crash was due to engine trouble.
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    JAPS SUFFER OVtn 12,300 CASUALTIES IN THREE MONTHS
    98 8 Ichant;, nr OFFICIAL figures indicate that th. Japanese sustained 1 allies in the first three BMnthstj 1938 in the war area lomprisinl southern Honan province um, I( 5 peh province, m.rth of the Va' U tze River. Of the 12.365 casualties. 4.940
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    Yunnan's Protest
    53 8 Kunming. Apr. 16.— The Yund Provincial Government has req^JJ lthe Special Commissioner of thi 1 ese Foreign Office in Kunm.._ -jmunicate with the French Guv.. through the French Consul an attention to the fact that Ji raiders attacking Ifengtau on A] came by way of French Indo-Cl Chinese
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    Huge Drop In Profit Of Changkat Serdang
    737 8 Huge Drop In Profit Of Changkat Serdang Singapore, Saturday. MENTION waa to-day made at the annual genera] meeting of the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd., of the comparatively small profit this year of $16,524 only, as against a profit oi $5/347 for the previous year. It was proposed to pay a
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS CHARGE
    86 8 COUNTERFEIT COINS CHARGE Singapore. Saturday— Liew Ho Cheok. 30, a woman, and uew *j Yen, 38. were jointly charged this ni^ ing in the Third Police Court ing found in possession of i and instruments for coun ter leiu w_^ A second charge that thev "r lently had in their
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Monday, April 17, 1939. MR. ROOSEVELT
    324 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Monday, April 17, 1939. MR. ROOSEVELT DRII AIN and France owe a debt to President k< ik in which I to lared him ide of he democracies. His peech pas typical of the man to whom, m the opinion of nm*l oi iiis countrymen, the United Statea owe
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    Hitler's RIGHT HAND MAN
    925 10 Hitler's RIGHT HAND MAN Nobody Is Trustee. JN Octob r, 1919, a shabbily ci.--i Ki-driver, very fair and j a Munich «r-hall wl that time the Reichskrt g (Reich BtiileFlag) orgai tion. When < b'.- captain r :able]C t.ix:-'': him 1 -nt up to him -iiic I tc Join r
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    19 10 fmU to 'jiTlh. KaT^.l "KEf, "r Air .0...e.t for 0 lwl lllailt lnuuulw t j«3« SSMA7hSI l, ai u
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    JAPAN'S SECRET NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
    216 11 Was Actually Begun Two Years Ago LONDON. THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT JAPANS SIXYEAR NAVAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME, ALTHOUGH ITS EXISTENCE WAS ONLY ADMITTED IN TOKYO RECENTLY, WAS ACTUALLY BEGUN IN 1937, WRITES THE NAVAL EXPERT OF THE "DAILY EXPRESS." Despite the jealous secrecy surrounding
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    31 11 he King watehittg his name being Led bj Bteam of one of the guns a j,. a r driven turret, during his L to Sash and Thompson's factory u lolworth. .Middlesex.
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    Cardinal Economic Error
    285 11 Cardinal Economic Error pn sident ol tiu Institute of Chartered Shipbrokets, Sir John ren writes a I i reward to the lipbroker' 1 for 1939. Ph." Brit' ii shipping industry," he states, is surrounded again by an atmosphere sf sloom and uncertainty. Nowhere is to be found that confidence which
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    NEW JOB FOR GERMAN WORKERS
    165 11 Berlin. ABOUT "0,000 German artisans and craftsmen will have to close their shops in the near future under an cider of the Four Year Plan authorities in order to take up employment in some other trades while the shortage is more aciHe. Only those shops
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    Commodity Price Control In Japan
    224 11 Commodity Price Control In Japan Shanghai. TO stamp out profiteering and to scale down the high cost of living, the intention of the Japanese government to invoke Article 19 of the National Mobilisation Act so as to make its commodity price control complete was revealed here in a Tokyo report.
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE, SINGAPORE.
    86 11 Tan Beng Gum Scholarship. Raffles College graduates are hereby notified that the Tan Ben- Gum Scholarship of £500 per annum and tenable for two years is now open for award. This scholarship is open to Chinese students of either sex born in the Colony of the Straits
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    31 11 Colonel the Honourable Eric W. ilamber. Lieutenant-Governor sf British Columbia, and Mrs. Hambn. who will be hosts to Their Majestic ivhei- they stay in Victoria during the Royal itinerary of Canada.
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      22 11 '"I Vour Convenience BEF ORE OR AFTER THE SHOW imm; Al The CAPITOL RESTAURANT Sydney Rock Ovstcrs VXD IIMU *ng Strawberries obtainable.
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      187 11 I iNI TRUt TONIC FOOD j uamwrf>t| of mil Ckmmtn* mnS Storm SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3% DEBENTURE STOCKS 1937 1938. INTER »ST~DUE 15TH MAY. 1959. Notice is hereby given that tbe Ti a nsfer Registers of the above Stocks will ne closed from the 2nd to the 15th May, 1939. both
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    CAMBRIDGE WINS THE BOAT RACE OUR LENGTHS
    99 12 CAMBRIDGE WINS THE BOAT RACE OUR LENGTHS Cambridge beat Oxford by four lengths in the 91st inter- University Boat I on the Thames from Putney to Mortlake. London. Time was ft mini seconds. The previous two races had been won by Oxford. Left: Cam! (foreground) with a substantial lead over
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    PROCESSION
    95 12 •Ji fiininioi.v developments In elementary education which in. ludes technical tra ling as well as the ordinary aeademic subjects— an illustrated af the London County Counni Jubilee Exhibition at Count]! HalL The Council controls ciliic ati'in of LmiliMi hoolch'M cr.. A schoolgirl weaving «m uj ohl-liniv cottage loom at
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    ESCAPE from MADRID
    148 13 Colonel Casado, chi.l of the Madiia Uf fence Council which took over control of the city just before it was surrendered to General Franco, arrivtd in London after his escape from Spain on the british hospital ship "Maine." With other refugees who travelled with him. he hopes
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    WOMAN DAY BY DAY
    1826 14 WOMAN DAY BY DAY London. Apr. 6. I:• Ul; must raise my hat -or rather, my gas mask— to those intrepid or? a\ drivers Of the London Volunteer Ambulance Service. i ing heard about the 2.50P women who have now been trained. n. i o tind out for myself how
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      23 14 \<nv Ol.cn Hair-dressing Salon beauty Parlour, IVMinanent I Waving. Bleaching, Dyeing. I'tuials ft Manicures A Specialty, i is sai resi soad ""«"> pimm rasa
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    WEEKLY LONDON LETTER
    37 14 Softly draped iine> arranged as uv. I new high ne. k. are ft oured by Ftraartf 1 (Paramount) in t M>?u ful afternoon Irtck, tn med with a »'m+h jed brooch at the ned
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    Charming Novelty
    43 15 the "comb" hat la a charming novelty for cocktail wear. Brightly-colour-ed chifiton, stiffened and ruched to -stand OUt, makes an abbreviated bonnet, with scarf ends, which tie under the chin. This little hat i.s backless and simply 1 rames the face.
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    EFFECTIVE ENSEMBLE
    64 15 Fnusual colour combination mark this attractive ensemble worn bv Annabella. noted French star, now under contract to 20th. Century-Fox J nder a citron yellow tweed coat' the revers of which are lined in dull tile blue. Annabella wears a black crepe frock with front bodice and revers of
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      407 16 TO FRENCH PORTsB: CHARCEURS REUNK I ____F OKOK Marseilles. Havre. Antwerp. Dunkirk WW S CAP VARELLA POr Marseilles. Nantes. St. Nazarie Bui: WL TO SAIGON INDOCHINaI > c^P PADARAN For Saieon. Tourane and K.\iphong CAP TOURANE For Saigon. Tourane and Haiphong --yii'BB 1 S. A. M.I. (from Saigon) M J
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    SHIPS IN DOCK
    86 17 k ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IKEPPI I HU.BOI R larf: Lch. Lady Guillemard. Duymaer V. Twist. Do< k barf: Nil. I>- LS IN DRY DOCKS Pagar: Doek: larbour: Dock: Tug Pentower, Tu; I Entrance Exit Godown Gate Gate I 18 2 3 16 2 3
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    HANGED RELIGION TO MARRY AGAIN
    558 17 TROUBLES OF FORMER SINGAPORE WARDER Singapore, Saturday. A FORMER prisons warder, Mr. David John White, 41, was publicly examined to-day before Mr. L. I B. Gibson, the District Judge, in connection with a claim for maintenance brought against him by his wife, who is now
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    Duke Aosta
    20 17 A Rome message, received last night stated that the first viceroy of Albania would probably be Duke Acsta.
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    SOLDIER ON THEFT CHARGE
    360 17 SOLDIER ON THEFT CHARGE Singapore, Satuiday. DTE. Richard Taylor (30), of the lst Battn., Manchester Regt claimed trial this morning in the Fifth Police Court before Mr. L. C. Goh to a charge that at midnight on Apr. 7 at Pierce Road he committed theft of three one dollar notes
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    Warships Off Quemoy Island
    77 17 Foochow, Apr. 16. TWO more Japanese warships arrived at Quemoy Island off Amoy along 'he Fukien coast in South China on Apr. 12 bringing the total Japanese men-of-war .n tne Quemoy-Amoy area to 13. Military observers believe that the oncentration of Japanese warships in fukien waters
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    R. A. F. JOBS FOR TRADE SCHOOL BOYS
    526 18 Annual P rizegiving Singapore. Saturday. A I MM lri to the Koval Air Force lor their ro operation in con--4m ting I s.nes ..I tests prior to selecting certain candidates for BSV ployment in the Air lone, was paid tbii evening ey
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    PRISON FOR SNATCH THIEF
    260 18 PRISON FOR SNA TCH THIEF Singap >re, Saturday PIOHT£EN brilliants, el In was, and p Ti lump ol gold were :»day returnee to .mplainanl al tho end ot case tried before Mr. Bennett r ol the Third Police Court I complainant, Madam An» Nonya identified (^tian Ah Ngau, 20, a_s
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    Lorry Driver On Hurt Chariie
    21 18 Bald lorry j I I The I'-ni ni i n Police 1 ol nrety was extended.
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    Chinese Troops Bottle U Japs At Wenshi
    227 18 Tsengshing Stormed Recaptured OhN-gsha. Apr 3 PHINESE forces operating in central Hupeh province in 'cntralfl have recaptured Yangtse. a strategic point 30 kilometer north* ui Chunghsiang. and are at present, advancing on Chun.ilisiang.aei In north Kian pro\ i fighting is proceeding north-west w
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    35 18 rrwsf of visitors at Saturday's arlsegWng at the Trade Schoatl -am.re Seen in furesround are Mr. and Mrs Holrate anu the chj, instructor ol the Trade Sehool. Mr t _i (icude ftibune
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    Cordell Hurt Condemnation Power Politics
    116 18 Cordell Hurt Condemnation Power Politics EMPHATIC < ifii J Utics" was Cordell Hull in a American meetir a j Tho Secretary of that between ne [the western hei I hood was stronger arms. "Pan-American D i as m constitut affirms lien n* l!! it will not aceepl a" urdrr hised
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    SOME SOCCER RESULTS & TABLES
    978 19 SOME SOCCER RESULTS TABLES Saturdays I rc; H m j Scottish r „,,,,.•<•!•. Mow Uh r.E\GI I. wv. i. I I U 1 1 ENGLISH LEAGUE, DIV. 111. (Southern). JAldersh'-t Ip.-.v.h 1 Bris o! C. 5 Readh:? i Clap.o Queen s p it. Crystsl Pa:. B-M 1 R o New
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    14 19 'd Base eleven, which met thr Indian Association at effete! during the week-end.— Tribune.
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    ELEPHANT HERD GETS A SCARE
    453 19 (Tribune Staft Reporter) 1 THE rogue elephant which Idfled aj Chinese gardener at Kuala l.an-i ■rd a fortnight ago is believed to j > j !ong to a Beid of elephants in the Telebu District which for some years have made a practice of "house-
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    American Wheat For Relief Of Chinese Refugees
    76 19 THE second consignment of 12,000 sacks of American wheat donated by the American Red Cross Society for the relief of Chinese war refugees arrived here aboard an American freighter. Four thousand sacks were handed over to the Canton International Krlief Commission for South
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    SAINT TARCISIUS BRIGADE
    131 19 The members of the St. Tarcisius Brigade held its annual picnic at Ponggol on Easter Monday. Ttie weather favoured the whole day so as to enable us to hold some land .sports. The members visited Father's bungalow and the Ponggol Zoo. At their return light refreshments were
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    LEBRUN'S MESSAGE
    41 19 Chungking, Ape. 16 —President Lin Sen has received a message from President Lebrun of France conveying •hanks for the former's congratulations for his re-election a.s President of •T fervently hope for China's prosperity.' -states If. Lebrun in his reply.
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    SATURDAY'S WEIGHTS FOR BUKIT TIMAH
    344 20 SATURDAY'S WEIGHTS FO R BUKIT TIMAH Peflswssi ire the ire*** Nrtjj firt day of the *****f* n n,rl Club's meeting es April ANNIVERSARY CUP lIOI.SIS-fLASS 1-DIV. 1-*; FCW. getters Kni».ht JJ j Royal Hampton j j .lack Drace Tovarich (UU Bplees) Purr (.old Empiric K Gilded Youth Ha if or.
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    BIG CHINESE WAR LOAN
    54 20 Chungki r NIGHT after the ani tt the issue of a IJOC true lion Loan, the Ni I ment issued a mar/ fl nouncing the flotation t500.000.000 Commissar! military expenditure fl second period of Ci ance The loan is to be -j fl cnsolidated wine ar.d
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    Railway Bridge Destroyed
    65 20 Al.f- fl Hongkon ;^M SIX railway bridges a loni Pukow railway sou':- :,ifl blown up by Chinese gu :>l flefl completely Interrupting cording to a Shanghai n lie J**| It is understood that cn fl nese had carried out >■ railway to Sikiang, Til e? ofl ing,
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    CHINESE & LOYALS RESERVES DRAW
    514 20 CHINESE LOYALS RESERVES DRAW Singapore. Sunday. S.C.F.A. Res. 0. Loyals Ri--4 GOALLESS draw was the result of yesterday's match in the Red Division of the S.A.F.A. LoiCM between the SCF A and 'J Loyals at the Stadium. The Chinese, who lost to their opponents in weight and height, made up
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    VISITORS WIN BASKETBALL
    107 20 Singssere <_„,.. THE Far Eastern Cn-. m ty. ball team irom th- Piiilit^ 1 made their debut last nj..', ;T' n Happy World Coven,. staL? when they met and (•-♦> l t^ strong Chinese High School tL? It was a fast ar.d K throughout. uas H The
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    Drawn Game
    24 20 Singapore S The Exci__'e Dept drew wil via. each side scoring Division 28, SAF A. leaf at the Police Depot jrest i
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      CEYLONESE TROUNCE THE S. C. C.
      594 21 CEYLONESE TROUNCE THE S. C. C. INNINGS WIN IN 2 -DAY MATCH P. V. 8. SUNDRAM scored a brilliant 81, captured 5 wickets for 16 in the first innings, and 5 for 9 in the second, in a two-day match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Singapore Cricket Club
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      Cricket Club Beat Khalsa
      261 21 mm I match played on the Padang oil Saturday, the B.c beat the Khalsa AssociWLy bv tuo wickets. K,.. n bowled well for the club. Bp five wickets for 18 runs. WWWW 1 KHALSA ASSOCIATION o flr Fitton b Hunter 9 ■h a h b Hunter
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      Rugby League
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      Admiralty XI Routed
      257 21 TERRIFIC bowling of Dharmaraj, Baskaran and Abbasbhoy brought about a collapse of the Admiralty Recreation Club's cricket eleven in their match yesterday on Balestier Plain, against the Indian Association. The visitors were ail out for 20, following a procession of "ducks." six of them. Their highest sccrer,
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      Fort Canning Beaten By S.R.C.
      232 21 OWING *heir success chiefly to some good bowling by de Souza, Thoy and Alvis and to an unbeaten knock of 67 by Alvis, the Recs beat Fort Canning on the padang on Saturday. Fort Canning scored 92, and had the SRC ftghtipg hard for victory
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      Manchesters' Reserves Beaten
      224 21 Manchesters' Reserves Beaten Singapore, Sunday. CCORING 175 to their opponents' 130 2 the SA 08. to-day beat the Manchester's 2nd string in a cricket game played on the School ground. Feature of the game was the identical top scores on either side, both Duclo tor the 5.A.0.8. and Purvis for
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    England Win Soccer Game Two Minutes From Time
    408 22 England Win Soccer Game Two Minutes From Time SCOTLAND SCORE FIRST IN THRILLING GAME Glasgow, Saturday. lIRIVING rain and uncomfortable wind failed to dnntptfl the efl'husiasm of 150,000 people who saw Ihe inteniational soccer match payed al Hampden Park between Km, land and Scotland. result ins in a win for
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    Franco-German Sport At Crossroads
    66 22 FrancoGerman Sport At Crossroads Paris. Apr. Iti £T the n quest of the French Ministry oi the Interior. international soccer match between ince and Germany, cheduled for Paris on April 23 will not take place. It is believed that the Fra. man rugby match on April [.0 will also be
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    PHILIPPINE VISITORS WIN AGAIN
    145 22 PHILIPPINE VISITORS WIN AGAIN Singapore, Bunday. Tni. Fsi Ea ti rn University Basket- ball »red 'hen- second victory ovei the Cl ling Woo A A. team, said to be one ol th. t I teams In oingapore, to-night al the Happy World Covered Btsdium before an Interested gathei ni!' Carillo,
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    Guillemard Cup Draw At R.S.G.C.
    70 22 THI' following Is the chaw lor the lirsi round ol ihc Royal Singapore Golf Club Ouillemard Cup competition to be V f < nj tater than Sunday April 23 •1 W H, 1( v J.L.J Haxworth; A K 11u,,., vcc Knj J Munro v T
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    66 22 m.YISKI) ties in the S.C.C. Bfffaf lawn tennis tournament: MIXED DOUBLES— SEMI FINALS I'uesday. April 18: E. C. Cherrington Mrs Sewell v.s. Mr. Mrs W J M. Warden. MIXED DOUBLES— UNAI Wednesday. April 19: P Clerc Mis Cherrington vs Winners of Mr. StUni Warden vs. E. C. Cherrington
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    Another Scalp For Joe Louis To-Night
    66 22 Another Scalp For Joe Louis To -Night Los Angeles, Apr. 16 JOE LOUIS is 12 to 1 on favourite to beat Jack Roper of California in Monday's world heav v W e i g ht champions! ip fight. Experts expect Louis to win hy a knockout in the first two
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    GARRISON LEAGUE SOCCER
    130 22 Loyals 2 R E. 1 the Garrison Ist xi League soccer match between the Loyals ana the RE., played on the Gillman ground yesterday, resulted in a win for ihe former bv two goals to three Twenty minutes from the start I Loyals took the lead through
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    BOXING CLUB FOR SINGAPORE
    34 22 (ut on ii convening a meeting this W.rwT' at 530 1)m at th f Happv "a fn ?T"| SU,m wlth th(> object of Club.' Sl »saPore Amateur Boxing Icmten^T'V^T"^ 1081
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    Cycling Finals At Happy World
    402 22 Cycling Finals At Happy World THE second day of ti„ World Cycling Championshfa] held last ni?ht before bitty J crowd. There were a number Gurdial Sinuh. the Malayand boy champion, fainted an aid had been admin.-: well again and continued events. He won the -irst pla.' one mile Govt and
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    Y.M.C.A. WATER-POLO
    47 22 The following have been v jfl play Water-Polo for Junior Department Y (1 rt A Regiment on Tosoaay M at 4 p.m. I Chan Joo Miang. iLoh Heng Kee. C'nwa Kini {l m 'Fatt Lim, Chan Su. AM I York I Reserves:— Pak Lo H
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    British Press Comments
    229 23 London. Apr. 16. Lsißl ol l.ritain s appreU on ol Koosevelfs inter- m s the heaviest type [which the President's hiswessage i> printed in The hopes aroused JJ ht however, have been Lred later by indications Hdlm of eool reception of li in German official I H
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    CAROL TO SEE PRINCE PAUL NEXT WEEK
    55 23 CAROL TO SEE PRINCE PAUL NEXT WEEK Bui Apr. 16. [AR* important Council al N f'alace attended bv the I M. I escu, and tencu. subject* disM O; fencu visit the HunMinister's decide k l< Ol I up: and 1 ne •a vi :l next I given to the h
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    SHOOTING OUTRAGES IN HAIFA
    13 23 i shooting ourit Street here rss shotcteid indtwosM Reuter
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    S. AMBASSADOR
    25 23 IS°Su( Mr. A. C.Kirk, d'Affaire< in I t. Berlin to n 0 in( Prtntisa Gilbert. jllret,; Ambassador until thc Neuter Wd America I
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    CHINESE VIGOROUSLY FIGHTING
    73 23 CHINESE VIGOROUSLY FIGHTING Pekin, Apr. 16. OFFICIAL Japanese dispatches indicate no relaxation of the Chinese offensive in North China. They report that severe fighting is going on in the three battle areas in south Shansi and also continued fighting in South Kaifeng. Japanese planes report that Chinese reinforcements from Chengshow
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    Franco-Soviet Defence Pact?
    97 23 FrancoSoviet Defence Pact? Moscow. Apr. 16. FOLLOWING tht- meeting between M. Bonnet and the Soviet Ambassador li Souritz last night, it is understood that negotiations with a view to )!a.'in'_ the Soviet in the mutual aid sv *«m, are progressing favourably. Some aspects of the problem seem to have been
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    NO JUSTIFICATION TO ALTER ANGLOITALIAN PACT
    55 23 Rome, \or. li>. fjbtJNT CIAXO agree*! to Mr. Chamberlain's remarks about the mainttnancd of the 1 AngloItalian Pact and said that nothing that happened could justify any alteration of the Pact. "For our part a*e attribute giant value to the agreements concluded in last
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    Hopes In Paris
    83 23 C runt Cia:_o'-j speech yesterday, says a message froe Paris, mna favourably ice lived In French political circle.; who 'On*ider it mcr^ conciliatory than pre vio" r Italian speeches. The fact that Italy seems anxious *o uphold the Anglo-Italian Agreement i: 'ield here n .nd raises the
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    U.S. FLEET ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC
    215 23 Precaution A».iiiis. .In pan Washington, Apr. 16. JyrptOUT any txplanation, the Navy Department has ordered the fleet to return to the Pacific, fhe formal fleet review was to have been he'd in the Atlantic on Apr. 27 and the fleet was also scheduled to
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    FRENCH MILITARY DECREE
    125 23 FRENCH MILITAR Y DECREE Paris. Apr. 16. A DECREE has been promulgated, providing that apart from tourists and people residing in France less than two months, all foreigners between the ages of 18 and 40 can be admitted into the French army, all stateless foreigner--and other aliens benefiting from the
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    BRITISH JOURNALIST THREATENED
    127 23 Hongkong. Apr. 14. THE Shanghai Municipal armoured police car is standing by autside the American "Shanghai Evening Post" since yesterday afternoon following the receipt of a threatening letter by Mr. II G. YV. Woodhead. eminent British journalist in the Far East for his weekly article in the
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    Malacca Badminton Affairs
    165 23 Malacca Badminton Affairs i Tribune Staff Reporter) Malacca, Sundav. VERY good attendance marked i.h* holding of the sixth annual general meeting of the Malacca Badminton Association yesterday at the Seng Cheong Society premises. Mr. P. G. Mahinda.sa. the president, •vas In the chair. After the minutes of the last ar.nu
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    Chinese And Japs In Fierce Battle
    158 23 Chinese And Japs In Fierce Battle ChangMia pr 15. 4CTIOX .'s seen in four provinces -*m central (I. ina with »he Chinese engaging the Japane-c in a fierce battle around Yangtse and Chun?nsiang. about ?00 crow kilometres north-west of Hankow in central riupeii province. The Chinese are launching a beaming
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    35 23 Pt. Jean De L'iz, Apr. 10— No decision ha? vet been taken ragar_ttna the date ci Madrid victory parade all decision* concerning the march would be taken by General Franco, says a Spanish communique. Reuter
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    ROOSEVELT'S PEACE PLEA TO HITLER & MUSSOLIN
    773 24 ROOSEVELT'S PEACE PLEA TO HITLER MUSSOLIN NON- A GGRESSION ASSURANCE SOUGH] U. S. Economic Co Operatioi Promised In Return I PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has addressed a plea for pea to Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini, asking them specifica whether they are willing to give an assurance that they i respect the
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    KENYA PREPARES
    48 24 Dsressalsam, Am*. 16. ftNE company of thc Sixth Battalion of the King's African Rifles has been c ent to Tanga, a seaport near the Keny. frontier. There has been no active uhr< st there hitherto, but there is a considerable German population in the neighbourhood.- Reuter
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    Greece Thanks Britain
    35 24 Athens. Apr. 16— General Metaxas ha* requested the British Minister Sir Sidney Waterlow. to convey the British Government grateful thanks of the by'Brit^r 1 11 ***** lor the Pl6dge giV n Reuter
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