Morning Tribune, 28 April 1939

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    12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE N<>. H SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, April 28, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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    51 1 LoNCTON, t™ :T o HERR lT IXITFR LEAVES THE vptViN HIS REICHSEECH 10 MORROW. B MFSSAGE STATES •Serb hitler makes r-DEMANDS OR DOL^ IATLV REJECT THE F WOULD ECONOMIC SARMAMENT CONFERS PROPOSED BY MR. Mil. IT IS CONSlprobable by many Informed people [thi president will to confirm expres(H THESE
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    124 1 BERLIN. APR. 27. EICHSTAG MEETING TO<O.\ WjLL ba iri£. BIUGERMAH HISTORY. AND )NSIST OF 362 DEPUTIES. ITECTORA'iEb OF bOiriii.vAA RAVIA WILL BE REPREBY FIVE, AND MEMELLAND i 'v rkmen and char- the Kroll Opera 1 The bigscal^ e^rctcti m honour of birthday v. ill gr«:: the c drives from
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    POLAND TO HOLD ON TO DANZIG
    89 1 POLAND TO HOLD ON TO DANZIG Warsaw, Apr. 27. "POLAND firmly rejects any unilateral change, which would conflict with her interests, m the status of Danzijr" declares an editorial m the Government Party organ, Gazeta Polska. Apparently expressing the views of Polish official circles, it suggests that Poland Is willing
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    TIN QUOTA UNCHANGED
    39 1 THE HAGUE, APR. 27. ►TA G A E r^ S M ADE IN TH E 1 TO-DAY'S MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TIN COMMITTEE. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE IS IN PARIS ON JUNf 14.— REUTER.
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    COMMONS DEBATE CONSCRIPTION
    1804 1 PREMIER'S SPIRITED REPLY TO CRITICS SPEECHES OF THE OPPOSITION FLEET, AIR FORCE, MILLION MEN, ARMS, FINANCE, FOR ALLIES LONDON, APR. 27. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY, MOVING THE MOTION WELCOMING COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE, MR. CHAMBERLAIN DEALT WITH THE QUESTION OF CONSULTATION WITH OTHER PARTIES, AND EXPLAINED
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    Ex-Servicemen Recalled
    80 1 THE WAX OFFICE ANNOUNCED I TO-DAY THAI EX-SERVICE-MEN OF OVER 45 YEARS AND UNDER 51 HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ENLIST IN THE HOME DEFENCE COMPANIES FOR AN INITI \L PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS. THE HOME DEFENCE ORGANISATION WILL BE PART OF THE TERRITORIAL AH MY IN THE HOUSE
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    MAN BURNT TO DEATH IN SHOP BLAZE
    273 2 MAN BURNT TO DEATH IN SHOP BLAZE Sin s ap.»iT. Thursday. 1 WE which raied U, Ibe pronai attap tomt at the mij'' A EMI Coast Koad. this a1t... -on ON* the life of one man and the IM of atoM ttjm «orth of 8 ,..dv «hi,h. tosether with the
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    Local Hotel Tragedy
    118 2 SINGAPORE. THI'RSDAY. ON INFORMATION RECEIVED LiltT NIGHT. THF. POLICE PROCEEDED TO THE SOUTHERN HOTEL AND IN A ROOM THEY DISCOYfcKED A :;ii-YFAK-OU> CHINESE WOMAN. LYING DCAO ON m ie hud. siv vu Utter discovered to bo the, 'Ajfe oi a Chkiete barber redding at Tan Q\wf Lan
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    Govt. House Car Involved In Crash
    83 2 Govt. House Car Involved In Crash SHORTLY before nine o'clock last night. a Government House car. while carTTIM European from Telok Kerau i u-n, collided with a prtVftti ear which was proceeding from town to- yard' Oeylang. The accident occurred n th* 1 centre of Sir Aruthur'.s Brine p. Th"
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    Retrial Ordered
    86 2 'From Our Own Corr€spo7ident' Johore Bahru. Thursday. IN the Supreme Court to-day, the Deputy Public Prosecutor appealed before Mr. Justice Mills against the order of the magistrate who cautioned end discharged Idris bin Mohamad, a police constable, for having driven a motor oar without a licence. The Deputy
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    Need For Indian Exchange Bank In Singapore
    115 2 1 W <'l Commerce. Tht raeetfa* m heW on WedneidM tJ^ISS! 1 is the full text f 'Thla Committee of the [ndltn Chamber ol Commerce viWWtth concern the absence n SS bank m Blngap2?e and S -:'blc m uuti< i fo? he" HatHlUni
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    Died For Duck Which Was illegally Killed
    200 2 Died For Duck Which Was illegally Killed (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kll l|;j |m THE itW ot h<m tragedy overtook a Ch .nese boy. ;ui. nvi Pur T H I »J the mining p»»ols to get hole! of a wild duck vviiich hl?! I ul 'hot. anil how he subsequently got
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    Death Sentence Passed On Sakai Murderer
    445 2 Death Sentence Passed On Sakai Murderer (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, T:M JENTENCE of death was passed to-day on Sawid. the yo J who was charged with the murder of an old Sakai womanjfl ly hut m the jungle m the Labu Forest reserve I Mr. Justice Gordon Smith In
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    DR. FRENCH OLIVE
    35 2 Dr. Item* Oliver *"Js£*»j of lectures at lh€ S eiis: Church. KamP? n L n day. tO S Singtport, from May 7, inchisivr T" e 6 ■;>■ Sundays will b| tho«e on v.erk
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    159 3 Warn Singapore, Thursday. da>li*;ht robbery was K»mHt<-d m the residence Biui- soon* on the first Bii i i>i.< i- llokkien Street. was committed at the ■olvt-; and a knife and the MBca>h and property taken a ffw hours laIt, have so far been efTect■u' for help from Mr and
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    Jew Vocational School Opened In Selangor
    1264 3 "Revolutionary Experiment." Says British Resident (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. |N a mild way this experiment is a revolution which can only be successful if it has public sentiment overwhelmingly behind it. It will batter at doors which so far have been closed
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    100 CLAIM FOLLOWS TAL ACCIDENT MONTHS AGO
    318 3 100 CLAIM FOLLOWS TAL ACCIDENT MONTHS AGO Singapore, Thursday. I to a motor-car fatality which took place on Geylang Road the entrance to the Happy World on the night of Dec. 1 which resulted m the death of a Chinese mechanic, wm heard m the High Court this afternoon by
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      73 3 Do You Need Classes? Only an examination by a skilled qualified speciaiist will tell you to /mij&A •"hat extent your vision ttM(3^~* id deficient. R. A. THOMPSON Dr. of Ocular Science, Govt. Licentiate (U.S.A.) 35 Years European Clinical Experience 4, Arcade Ground Floor. Tel. 3002. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. TITAN CEMEXT
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      BULLION MARKET
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      47 4 fU'BBER Previous TaSa? n bpot Buyers 715 16 77 1 Severs 8 8 Ist Forward (May. Buyers 715 16 770 Sellers 8 2nd Forward (July Sep: Buyers 8 1 16 8 Sellers 818 818 3rd Forward 1 Oct. Dec> Buyers 818 Sellers 814 83 16
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      GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT
      168 4 Singapore, Thursday. JN cii weekly rubber report, Guthne (o Ltd.. state: R >er has been a quietly linn market thr .hout the period under review. Dur. the last few day.s there ha.s been lair I ide interest. In the local market iu>. c.'.r of physical rubber are
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      FRASER'S DAILY REPORT
      139 4 Tta ii midday was $114 2 up and i he p 1 of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buy- cii Bpot 27 cent-, buyers JulySeptem- ocr 27* j cents, market quiet. -.'tvourable reception of the Bud- v m reflected by generally better I prices on the London
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      STRATEGIC TOWNS THREATENED BY THE CHINESE
      134 4 STRATEGIC TOWNS THREATENED BY THE CHINESE Chungking. Apr. 27 TWO north Kiangsu towns m the eastern front of east China arc threatened by the Chinese forces Hsuthcw at the junction of the Lunghai and Tientsin-Pukow Railways, and Jukao. a highway town near the Yangtze River— as the Chinese continue their
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      THIRD TEST FLIGHT
      53 4 Chungking, Apr. 27 —Carrying a heavy load cf Tail, a Sino -American China N.i lor.al Aviation Corporation plane made (he third test flight between Chungking niid Rangoon via Kunming yesterday Should this test night prove to be successful, the China Bui ma regular inaugurated very soon Chinese
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      142 4 Previous T^ n 1 «.«£tiliers 89 6 83 6 mniop Rubber 24 6 24 9 General Electric 77 V 2 76 lo 1 Imperial Chemical Industrie* 28 9 Imperial Tobacco 123 1 J o 122 6 Anglo-Dutch 23 4 l 2 233 Canadian Pacific 4 4 1
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      PRODUCE
      67 4 PiruAit /u.i v London, Thi AIM OIL (Malay) Previous To-day cSntgSSS, iffi"/ 4 2 6 nominal £Ui d&ESSS-S! (Sarawak) X#H>& gSTpEd Ist qual^ Se S PWpiR P0 (F. A A^, ShiPment 13 sellers vroite Muntok Mar. May Shipment 31 2 sellers Vm rSvißi™" I?^*1 i f M M y
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      54 4 Ri'Rßrp New Wrk. April! Market" Tone Previous To-day Maiket Tone St d Steady 81)01 Buyers i 5 3 4 15*, 2, Sellers 157,, 157, Forward July sop:. Buyer* 15 13 16 15 IS 10 '.fa Sellers 15 15 16 15 15 16 Market Tone Q uiet Quiet
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      75 4 London, 1m TT a» pi,». *.i Previous To-day x.i. on rai^ (closing middle rate> 176 73 Dnehtnged rl" '^f? 111 'closing middle rate) 8.79 5 8 8.78 T t n, han g hai Closing selling rate) 8 1132 Unchanged TV n ngkon S 'closing selling rate) Is. 23
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      METAL MARKET
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      90 4 i J mm n W I J I IP9H SAVIMGS A do e^ ne 5 ved i 8 a extra dollar A SavUigj Accoiku is the best inducement (o save •lo ines Accoun t ar.d jo **c this account grow from timp to time is to be a contented person
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      13 4 SOUTH BRITISH """"a COMPAIVY. LTD ■^ASSEIDCEK-S IACCACE Tel. 502« p,,,. a t^mlayson Green
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    ROCKS & SHARES
    439 5 ROCKS SHARES ICKS ed By Fraser Company I Singapore. Apr. 27. sp. m. fghgfhf Eastern Realty 1.36»/ 2 1.41 V 2 Est. Trust Ag. 3 75 4.25 Eastern United 27.50 30 00 F and N. Ord. 13.90 14.30 do. 7»/2% Prefs. 9.25 9.50 Gammon Malaya 185 l.yocd Gt E. Life
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    FRASER & COMPANY List Of Current Dividends
    123 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Company Dividend Books Singapore, Apr. 27, sp. m. tin Date Ex Div. year Ayer Hitam Tin 2\ 2 less tax Apr. 18 M "V l7^^ o* Hongkong Tin 2» /2 less tax M^ Apr 24 5% Larut Tin iy 2 d. Apr. 26 J*?**
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    202 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Siiieapore. Thursday. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampats 2!9 3|6 Ayer Wengs 0.65 070 Batu Selangors 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatts 0.63 0.66 Hongkong Tin 16f6 17|6 Jelebus 0.56 0.60 Kamunting Tin 8|3 91Katu Tin 211- 22jKents 119 213 Killinghalls 13 3 141Kramats 9i- 919 Kuchais 1.07 1.12 Laruts 3;6
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    219 5 Int d C Ltd I Int Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 norn SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1901 red 1940 $400,000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 norn 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 106 108 norn Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30.... f«J w d 1955 t1,000,000 113^2 114»/ 2 norn
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    SHANGHAI REFUGEES
    39 6 SHANGHAI REFUGEES H ngkong, Apr. 27.— Eight hundred and fifty European ?.nd Jewish refugees lived at Shanghai aboard an Italian i liner yesterday, thus bringing f ne tctal M' Jewish refugees m Sh&l?hai to 8.400 Chinese Central News Agency
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      102 7 »)RLD ■ance ■alace 1 Air-conditioned ay a with Bar and ant Attached.) Hght dance AT 9-30 KM. Ba dances .^H /I Kl 'E ADMISSION) I rut-., lhurs. Saturdays. DANCE Km 1 m) P.M. TO 430 P.M. Xl F.ntrancp To Cabaret and fcr Pai* at Petain Road, „n Jalan Besar. NightlyT
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      268 7 Positively Last Day 3-\5, 6-15 and 9-15 P.M. AJL lI A M BRA T HI I KAY FR ANCIS lAN HUNTER JOHN LITTLE DONALD CRISP. uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiißiiiiiiiaitiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiainiiiiiii^ j [TO-NIGHT 6-15 9-\s\ I TO-MORROW 5 SHOWS j I >|MARLBOROUCfi I IDHAGYA LEELAI A NI^V SOCIAL HIT WITH A DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT IN TAMIL
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    VALUE OF "FEDERAL" NOTES DEPRECIATES
    136 8 VALUE OF "FEDERAL" NOTES DEPRECIATES Hongkong. Apr 27. IN North China, the Japanese continue to issue the worthless "F/ederal Reserve Bank" notes, states a Tientsin dis patch, which adds that although the Japanese officially announced an amount of two hundred million dollars, the act ual figure is around two hundred
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    BOY HACKED TO DEAN
    441 8 27 WOUNDS ON BODY EVIDENCE IN TAILOR'S SHOP TRAGEDY Singapore, Thursday. J)RAMATIC evidence was given by Yong Siang Long a twenty-year-old Cantonese youth m the inquiry into the alleged murder of Li Liew Cham the 13-year-old tailors' apprentice who was hacked to death at 11.55 p.m.
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    INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING ACTS LIKE A BOOMERANG
    143 8 INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING ACTS LIKE A BOOMERANG "JAPAN m. y STSfc £> important cities m c h «< may rain death from air ih2? cities, but indfaoriraTr.au *«»m^nt. instead of hfife IS*. 10 J T*«s declared Rev. H. J r-U-yw-old Canadian mis,^ Siecbwan, m a broadcast this m inf. Sttong Spirit
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    Million Dollar Contribution
    44 8 Washington. Apr. V Hcngkong, Apr. 27.— Lccal bask circles reveal to-day that the CM [m Shanghai have already contrJH ian aggregate sum of $1,000,000 -Chfll currency > m connection with the i Dollar National Debt Repayment au( ment. Chinese Central News Agency
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      21 8 England's Most Thrilling Hi storieal Epif -^2 Premiere... TAPITOL MAY 9th. BUI^BI JB ca^Q BQ Ett EB^* Sixty Clorious Years'! I
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    How Of unitions a Burma
    114 9 How Of unitions a Burma rtanfoon. ■ABLE quantities of arms I to amvc her. for trant, China by the Lashiohifhway. Details conhe '-'"mount, value and na- ;i> It unobtainJC the Burma Govern- to obstruct hipment of tht& is guided solely which tin Chinese M c able to handle r nt
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    UNKNOWN
    87 9 ORGANISED BY \MA WOMEN !G of Burmese Buddhis; woRangoon has decided to conId Buddhist Conference eveiy i, and the first is likely to be lombo ing was held under the ause Burmese Women's League, 1 Burma Commute? of the ll Buddhi-t Womtn's AssoCommittees of the Interiddhist Women's Association rganised
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    EARNED £5,000 A YEAR NOW FACES POVERTY
    429 9 of two men who had achieved fame were told at London Bankruptcy Buildings. One became known through his study of the work of other people's hands, writes a Home Correspondent. lioth estimated their liabilities at about £3,000, both expressed to me their determination
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    Will She Change Her Nationality ?
    207 9 Will She Change Her Nationality Tokyo. FOLLOWING enactment of the revised f imm.gration act by the Japanese Government which comes into force m May 1. this year, Madame Oyuki Morgan, heroine of the world-famous romance of "Morgan and Oyuki, is now unable to make up her mind wnether she should
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    The Terms Of Fisheries Agreement
    182 9 The Terms Of Fisheries Agreement Moscow. IN connection with the fisheries agreement the Soviet press has published the following: "The new provisional agreement 's the same as the fisheries convention of 1932 with the exception of Clause No. 8 which provided that the fishing lots, once they were opened for
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      110 9 !wch Ado About Nothing" Be Shown At Salzburg "Much Ado About Nothing" b to be produced at Lrs"* mv festivai this >' ear Il f °P o e n on Aug. 1 and J p ihtS 1 2' accor ding to the has just been an- ler, Clements Strauss and
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Friday. April 28, 1939. A BOLD MEASURE
    338 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Friday. April 28, 1939. A BOLD MEASURE A DIOQtb ago some oi the newspapers oi Britain were still extremely dubious on the subject ol conscription. Oik* weekly journal which deservedly enjoys a high rputation W' n| so far as to say that if the system were introduced Ihe
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    NAVAL CHALLENGE of the AXIS
    845 10 NAVAL CHALLENGE of the AXIS CLRPKLSE was caused by the news that a German squadron was I loceecling to Spanish waters to 'tarry out a programme of exercises, says the Observer's naval correspondent Apparently the number ,of ships involved does not exceed thirty m all despite reports of 'higher figures.
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      26 10 To-days White Label Announcement Some men are known by their (leak, others by their mortgages. BBWAR'S i. fam< vi for its rare quality. .7/ Wf'S I)
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      67 10 ill Be kind to your eyes tt^:.'- The Osram Coiled Coil H| c "f3^- v filament gives you up to 20 >, extra hght FREE H* i^i; 0- 9 .^^^k bMbMbbld*^^^^^^^bß bM^bbl^Bß b^b^B K9^b3^bb btbM Vh *^BbC^ JbT^bVbß^ BT^Bt il w3rwE- JbT 1)1 li&wf jfl bY bVA I WIB^.-j|K LAMP
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    THIEF OF BAGDAD" IN TECHNICOLOUR
    1122 11 THIEF OF BAGDAD" IN TECHNICOLOUR Cinema t ln-niiiiU' TO BE DIRECTED BY DR. LUDWIG BERGER (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 14. COR quite a long while we have been hearing a great deal of advance news about the techr»icolour 'Thief of Bagdad', which Alexander Korda is going to make
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    TRAGIC ATE OF PRINCESS
    98 11 TRAGIC ATE OF PRINCESS Berlin. .-.r-old Princess Kixa of enbiirs l«*t her life m an exw ,-v riding accident. vho was a passionate En and m spite of her youth s ful m many tournaXt out for a ride recently did not return at n extensive search ganized by the
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    Spanish Fascists In Mexico Expelled
    122 11 Spanish Fascists In Mexico Expelled Mexico City, DRESIDENT Cardenas has warned Spanish Fascists that they cannot organise m Mexico a movement to ally Latin -America m a military and political sense with General Franco. A congressional bloc has requested the expulsion of the movement's leaders as pernicious foreigners. The Federation
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      23 11 or V«ur Convenience F ORE OR AFTER THE SHOW MM: At The iPITOL USTAURANT sh s *«»ey Rock Oysters AND """fc^f Strawberries obtainable.
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      134 11 1 TN* TRUI TONIC FOOD j J SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3% DEBENTURE STOCKS 1937 1938. INTEREST DUE 15TH MAY. 1939. Notice is hereby given that theTiansfer Registers of the above Stocks will be closed from the 2nd to the 15th May, 1939 both days inclusive C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal SecretaryORIENTAL TELEPHONE
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    KINGS and QUEEN SPEED
    136 12 KINGS and QUEEN SPEED HURTLING ROUND A 12-FOOT WIDF BANKED TRACK at ipttii approaching forty miles an hour, crash -helmeted .ipd bod\-paddru sir's and men practised at Harringay Arena, l.undon, for the new skating sport of Roller Speedway. Six nations are competing m a tournament at Ilarringav uhirh will introduce
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    HELL'S BELLS
    235 13 Planet News BRITAIN'S TWO BIGGEST NOISES" descended on Croydon, Surrey, lo make the welkin ring m competition witb a woman who had the temerity to challenge 1 vheir rule of tne >ound waves. Tun m? up are Mr. Walter (Seven-mile Voice > Abbott of I yme Regis, Dorset
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    EACE AND WAR Go Side By Side
    31 13 EACE AND WAR Go Side By Side 'in BUmJ^SSS! A MY P*" l a Primitive horse-drawn farm ■WMJ reinforcements moved up to the frontier as a precaution against ajjeression. Planet News
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    It's "Too Hor To Eat."
    1463 14 i,».p« J...1"' wl ihese IM> >ll n y^ CtM im;i', ISftHwf with IMM containing eggs and cheese, and y^. I ptit.tin- h:ik«'d n U-p:r jackets, makes a nourishing first course. It cM fee i- .iuwrd by an atttactively ;iuanged fruit salad, accom- J I r!
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    YOUR BABY
    811 15 les differ m their requirements, so do follow any schedule tco slavishly. NEXT WEEK When Baby 1$ OVER-FED ■ne rations ago, it practice to feed a baby Uately, giving it breast or it cried for food, so L s the tendency is to adl too strictly to regular
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      89 15 I HH spent m marketing. Save I Hfel KiW nione .v b .V buying food I IH m bulk. Keep food fresh, I B *t^l' I longer. And d^ all three I »>^. «H >v nivcs^ ni S m a KelvinaI r j^^j tor the most beautiful I I^??^ r
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      319 16 Bin^ndßßltiSH INDIA.LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Outwards Dm 9 Tonn»«e §pore I tiniiiiur S pore c r'HTT^^i 15 000 June 16 17.000 May 5 £UUU v^ D i SB iSI SSSSo. 33S JSSOUDAN «.500 JJutn t e c rgo oalT f JiffM Leaves S^ore y7 y 1939 CANTON 15.500 May 5
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      333 16 I TO FRENCH PORrj Lv** CHARCEURS REUNis m HOMEWARDS. DALNY Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp. Dunkirk CAP PADARAN For Marseilles. Nantes. St. Nazarie Bordeaux Z TO SAIGON INDOCHINj CAP P\DARAX For Saigon. Tourane and Eaiyhor.; M CAP TOURAN'E For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong 8. A. M. I. (from Saigon) GG. MAURICE LONG
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    ANXIOUS YEAR FOR THE WHEAT TRADE
    294 17 Apart<v™«u London, Apr. 27. ak l lrom the war years, the past year has been the most disturbed and most anxious m the history of the Liverpool corn trade, says the annual report of the Liverpool Corn Trade Association, attributing this to the steep
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    SHIPS IN DOCK
    93 17 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WIMHVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit SHIP Godown. Gate Gate Hakozaki Maru 18 2 3 Pyrrhus 14 2 3 Kepong 12 2 3 Centaur 10 2 3 Yuensang 8 2 3 Glasgow Maru 6 2 3 Irk bank 30 2 3 Roseville 32
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTH CHINA
    140 17 HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTH CHINA Chengchow, Apr. 27. ON the north China front, fighting now centered on southeast Shans and east Honan provinces, where 4,00< Japanese reinforcements are engagiir the Chinese m sanguinary flghtin: around Foushan, over 30 kilometers ea> of Unfen along the vertical Tungp' Railway as the Japanese
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    FLAGS RETURNED TO OWNERS
    56 17 FLAGS RETURNED TO OWNERS Hongkong, Apr, 27.— Two hundre Chinese flags seized by the Shanghe French Municipal police on Apr. 19 fro>i Chinese residents have been returned U their respective owners through th< Ratepayers Association. Meanwhile, the question of hoistin Chinese flags m the Shanghai Prenr Concession is awaiting settlemer;
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      218 17 kTAL INTELLIGENCE! I TO-DAY 8 "Imperial" Apr. 28 2 pjn. Imperial" 28 2 p.m "Imperial" 28 2 p.m. m "Imperial" 28 2 p.m I. "Imperial" 28 2 p.m. le "Imperial" 28 2 p.m. L aid Palestine "Imperial" 28 2 p, X and Ireland "Imperial 28 2 p.m. Kvt nrrat Britain
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      30 17 letters at 4.05 p.m. Mails expected from Europe &c. (London* by Air (Imperial) to-day. Delivery of boxholders' letters only at 4 p.m. and general delivery of letters at 4.03 p.m.
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    GUIDE TO FORM FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES
    6070 18 GUIDE TO FORM FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES By 'M..KIJV Superhus 1 Governor's Cup Meeting THIRD DAY IKrrent tod el all jj^j^jf <(;, x.rnor's Cnp> I# 4 JS 1 ,,,,ru 1 t», d..ailsof,«e. br.edmß. .iinns' am! trainers' names, etc.. are ;ts follow-: HORSES, CLASS 1, DIV. I.7FUW <> 2 3 TONROE (M)
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    Yesterday's Trainin Notes
    391 18 (By "Marcus Superbus") Singapore, Thursday. jyjAN^ ot the horses running cm Saturday were put through their exercises this morning on the second track at Bukit Timah. SPEAR OF SARAWAK was cantered .ever four furlongs, moving well The [same could be said of KERRENA. who was given medium
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    Japan Cannot Last Much Longer," Says Gen. Chiang
    170 21 More Troops For Changsha Defence Shanghai. Apr. 27. REINFORCEMENTS are steadily streaming into the Chinese front m North Kiangsi to tighten the check which the Japanese thrust towards Changsha, capital of Hunan, has received. Fighting is still m progress m the vicinity
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    UNKNOWN
    191 21 IASIS en the value of the air te and the navy m modern fe ul s Mrersed at a debate it the Chinese Christian Asjn li>t niffht. to i the debate xrs* that "m the present unsettled world military and other forms of W the purpose of defence c
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    VEGETABLE IL EXPORTS
    117 21 hungning, Apr. 27. \s export of vegetable oils has Wred marked increase. The >f exports increased from 01 'Chinese currency) m 1934 139,992 last year, according to figures. )ci oil alone. China exported Quintals last y.ear as compare: 1 '83 quintals m 1937, and 652.930 m 1934.
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    S. LEADERS WARN AXIS
    64 21 bun,,; m Shan -hai. April 27. *tha t Secretary Hull and J. > Jace of tho United '^warnings <m public t thnt ♦K°J petn dictators to prenaipJ i? American GovernE t( abandon the prinrSg^ m order to visualise Un£r With the democracies 1 1 U of
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    310,000 AFFECTED
    137 21 London, April 27. THE gross number of mep. who will be called up for training under the Conscription Bill is estimated at 310,000, Mr. Chamberlain informed Mr Lloyd George, whose inquiry m the House of Common* elicited the information that this figure would be .subject to cori'iderable reductions.
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    BOGUS CURRENCY SLUMPS BADLY
    124 21 Peiping, Apr. 26. FEDERAL Reserve Bank currency m North China continues to slump m terms of national currency. From Saturday the 17 per cent, national currency premium rose to 21 per cent, yesterday and touched a new high level to-day of 25 V> per cent. The
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    CAP VARELLA
    31 21 The Chargeurs Reunis "Cap Varena .s due at Singapore to-day at 6 am fiorn Saigon, and will sail at 4 p.m. foi Colombo. Port Said, Marseille, Nante* and Bordeaux.
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    U.S. Shipping In The Event Of War
    158 21 U.S. Shipping In The Event Of War Washington, Apr. 27. IJIGH Administration advistrs are seeking amendment to the Neutrality Act which wouM lit effect permit American shipping iir.es to operkte to British Dominions and other outlying parts of the Lmpire m the event of war. The proposed change which, it
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    Chinese Score Great Victory
    150 21 Chinese Score Great Victory Shanghai, Apr 27. ONE of the severest battles m which the Chinese threw m their whole strength for the purpose of retaking Nanchang, culminated m a rare victo-y for the Chinese troops m the vicinity or Lientang where the enemy's defences are m a state of
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    Labour Strike
    89 21 Mr Richard Chuan Hoe Lim has teen approached by the Hokkien Huay Quan to negotiate for the coolies m the present strike by the Straits Trading Co coolies. r. The trouble started on Monday, stated Mr. Lim when owing to a certain dispute about 200 coolies walked out.
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    CHINESE MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS IN CENTRAL CHINA
    266 21 Changsha, Apr. 26. LIGHTING m central China sector is, at present, centred on the horizontal highway m south Hupeh province near the Hunan- Kiangsi provincial border, as the Japanese are trying to recapture Tungshan and Nanlinchiao, fcvo strategic points, the reoccupation of which
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    CHINESE BEAT J.C.S.A. IN DIV. II B FIXTURE
    486 22 JHE second string of the Singapore Chinese Football Association scored a victory of four goals to two against the Junior Civil Service Association, when they met yesterday at the latter's ground at Balestier Plain m a Division lIP of the S.A.F.A. fixture.
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      75 22 Law Notice For To-dJ Before the Chief Justice m lA Q I at 11 a.m. Bankruptcy. m m •Before Mr. Justice Mannmgiy| Court at 10.30 a.m. Sumffl^'j| Chambers, Originating: limm S re Interpleader Summon* Not *> m a.m.:^5.2»i,3&-Pang *.J,ed/.i The Ahmad Press uf i t>t)llcJ I Thereafter: rai) 5.232 3&—
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    Marines Take Full Points From The Navy At Stadium
    521 23 Marines Take Full Points From The Navy At Stadium Game Packed With Thrills Marines 3. R. N. Malaya 2. N an inieresting Div. 2A soccer fixture played at the Stadium yesterday the .Marines defeated the-R. N. Malaya by three g«ate to two. The Marines were deserving winners though a belated
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    D-NIGHT'S BOXING
    172 23 B. Johnny Mrottll. after his ■)!.<, ng btffc into form when he ■< David Dhamaraj and Little Hi m Ipoh rccwifly be m a posiB< k it. Bea Jimrniez, the new m from Manila to-night? That Bi.iiiir \'iv »!iuch m the air K.'fidir.i. to the new-comer's Hrtcis. l»«n
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    R.A. Shoot
    33 23 tucr Shoot will be held at Sel tar, at 2.30 p.m. on -ever, counting shots 1 each 300. 501) and 600 Sn-vice Units are rc- r 4 he;r o^ n ammunition.
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    M.C.A. SWIMMING CARNIVAL
    15 23 Ibewi rec-ived for -'H'd on SatiM-dny Pm. Admission by W cents, non-
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    M-C. AND R-A.O.C DRAW
    23 23 M -C. AND R -A.O.C DRAW KM* Played M B *M! the Roy.>, f 0' <he Roy,i P s Will of on; I
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    S. C. R. C. TENNIS
    44 23 Singapore. Thursday. MATCHES played on Honji Lim Gre:n yt^tcuday insulted as folIo«ri r "A" SINGLES HANDICAP: John Lim <— 12 beat Tan Chung Gari: G--3.J 6—2. I SINGLES HANDICAP: Low Huck Ler.g 9« beat Tan Tcck Bi'e (icrJi 6—4, G-2.
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    Y. M C. A. TENNIS
    372 23 MINE more ties were played yesterday at the V.M.C.A. Cterc and Warden beat H. S. Ong and C. Y. Koh m an open doubles championship tie, after a gruelling game at 6 4. 2 6, 6—3. Another match that went into three t>ett> was the
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      29 23 1 MERRYTIME B.P. The JVlerrvtime B.P. quarterly fiencral meetintr will take place at Mr Gnu Poh Vows residence. No. 5—3 Lorong 27 Geylang. on Sunday at 11 a m
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    BRITISH DESTROYE
    210 24 Protest To Tokyo Over Ship Seizure Shanghai, Apr.B JJ( \V a British destroyer pursued a Japam*si warship the limit of Japanese territorial waters was learned lie to-day m connection with the seizure by Jj panese nai force's of the British steamer Sagres. The Sagres was seized fa Japanese
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    THE MOTION & AMENDMENTS
    151 24 THE MOTION AMENDMENTS London, Apr. 27 The Government motion which forms the basis of to-day's debate m the Commons approves compulsory military training as necessary for national safety ant| the fulfilment of recent European undertakings; welcomes the fact that the Government is simultaneously seeking fresh powers to limit the profits
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