Morning Tribune, 26 May 1939

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  • 12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE 10. W SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, May 26, 1939. Five Cent*
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  • 42 1 MARY'S KS FOR DRIVER toON MAY 25. I WRITTEN ON r OF QUEEN LADY CONSTJJES GASKELL. AIT ING. HAS TO THE LORRY VOLVED IN TUXIDENT. RESSES QUEEN lANKS FOR THE DRIVER MARLBOROUGH D ADDED THAT VR\' HOPED HE E THE WORSE EXPERIENCE.—
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  • 117 1 Jerusalem, May 2.">. letails <>t the lighting karfM show that a Bier was also killed ink Indies were found two prisoners were A casualties belonged to I the West Surrey co-operating with the oi Argyll Sutherlands. "aba alter they had been force planes. followed the receipt of inM Bheikh
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  • 303 1 PROPOSALS TO THE SOVIET MOSCOW PLAN NOT FULLY SATISFIED LONDON, MAY 25 ALTHOUGH OFFICIAL CIRCLES ARE EXCEEDINGLY RET T- CENT REGARDING THh NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE LATEST BRITISH PROPOSALS TO THE SOVIET. REUTFR'S DIPLOMATIC CORRESPOND LEARNS THAT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY COVE*:— Firstly, a mutual assistance
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  • 69 1 IJuenov Aires. May Ifc grCAI'SE Czechoslovakia was represented at the Postal tnion Con?re*s now m session her?, the German delegation refused to sign the convention regulating p.wt.tl ■MUtn for the next five .years. The Italian and Hungarian delegations expressed themselves m accord with the German decision wheh has
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  • 221 1 SQUALUS SURVIVORS' SECOND ORDEAL Portsmouth. May 2.">. THK eifkl last survivors of the sunken submarine Squalus were brought to the surface after nerveracking ordeal. On three previous trips the rescue bell had taken two hours each trip. On the last trip tfcf bell jammed 150 feet Inflow the surface and
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  • 1038 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuaia Lumpur, Thursday. JHE statement that m his recollection damages ior libel m this country had never exceeded $5,000, was made by Mr. Roland Braddell, counsel for the defendant -respondents m the appeal of Mr. Kok
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  • 140 2 Next Governor Commissioner (Fron- Our Own Correspondent) He says: Sir Btenton Thomas, Gc ve~nor of me Straits Settlements, is 60 this yeaajid is due to retire. He has hold his present post nowi Oays the plum of Colonial GoveS.ships, since 1934. His tenure r>( office has seen Singapore become one
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  • 90 2 Mr.sapire. Ihui.-day. CMARfil.I* with tarrying two V passenger, on hia motorcycle and riJin^ it m a negligent manner. Law Rc*a Teck was tod^y ronvicted on both charges and fined SI ou t u e fust :«nd $;>0 en the second charge. Inspectci (iv> vi hip
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  • 28 2 Three Men Stabbe A T -en j l£lanw had gapin H abdomen Bleeding S^J nun was rubbed f ie Jstabbed a Bei J 'i"f the othfi two v.
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  • 167 2 Tan Kok Case Singapore, :m £OMI>G 10 a conciusifl four! h day of heariifl concerning the will oil Kwan Kok. wealthy I I Chine.se and owner of I I Yong Kee and Chop KM held to be "the biggest H of daniar and jelutocfl world." came to a cGnciifl High
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  • 31 2 i SingaporeTakins into consideration^ previous convictions, Mr C tt Traffic Judge, to-day ftnw Kee, an elderly lorry driver, w rolling at a speed execewjs* Accused's licence '.v.rs three months.
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  • 47 2 Soldiers Chari Singapore, Thfflß OAMUBL SMYTH and 0 cieary. soldiers Barracks a,;.-"' J J early this premises of MeM «J ,J Battery Hoad. "ntfjß Piano, of Collyer <g* last appearan" w nl(llfl Police Magistrate ot The ta* v,^, c.* to the Crini:! i'- m row mornta
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    • 154 2 TRIBUNE MANS DESPATCHES FROM CHUNGKING! I THE whol-of Malay;! is talking about Norman Soong'i s PhjiM>, tuwr appearing in tire TYibqfle Group of newsoflpegg* j S His latest article, de* ribinjr the bombing of rhunjf- *r jjf *> N kin^r In the Japanese, whithhch'KwV,* wiir« ;cd, will lA^LigjJB^Jfcigt fl i
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  • 370 3 115 a.m. CAR CRASH F SERGEANT 3} ALLEGES SE EVIDENCE Singapore, Thursday. Ed hearing of the case m which Sergeant A. R. Palmer A F was charged with causing grievous hurt by a negliM lav woman, Siti binte Osman, and driving negligently lin.^vith
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  • 61 3 London. May 25 LISTS closed m the City almost immediately after the opening for subscription of the £5 million South African loan, issued at 96 2 bearing of 3V 2 per cent, interest, and redeemable m 1954--59. The loan is believed to have been
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  • 44 3 Klang. Thursday. THE death took place last night of Dato Hassan. Orang Kaya Bijaya. member of the Selangor State Council, at his residence at Port Swettenham Road The funeral took place this evening at the Royal burial ground, Klang.
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  • 251 3 Singapore. Thursday. i feting wood m the estate behind his house m Bedok, old Tamil boy, Ranganathan, accidentally pierced his Hi I bamboo pole lie hrd brought with him for the purpose ting down dried branches from the trees. sustained an injury on the left foot
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  • 288 3 GRAMOPHONE BUSINESS WHICH BECAME A NUISANCE (Tribune Staff Reporter) v Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. FOLLOWING a complaint by Dr. I. Cameron, whose office j is opposite the Lewa Gramo- I phone Co., High Street, the j S manager t>f the gramophone 5 company, Loke Kwai Thong, was summonM to appear before
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  • 90 3 WEDDING GIFT" BRINGS $8 FINE \Frvin Our Own Correspondent I Segamat. Thursday. 'It was the wedding day of a close relative and I brought the meat to town *> dittritoMwC p [rim da and relatives." said a yountf Chinese when charged before the Begamat magistrate with selling without a licence
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  • 30 3 London, May 25: Queen Mary ha<l a good night, say.s the official medinal statement. The eye is more confortable and Her Majesty's general condition continues to improve. Reuter
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  • 54 3 The death occurred at the General Hospital at 11 o'clock last night, of V. J. G. Colandaisamy, a student of St. Joseph's Institution, at the age of tt% years, and son of V G. Prakasan, L.nul Bailiff. Land Office The cortege will leave the house. No 33 Roberts La-ie,
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    • 81 3 Are Your Eyes Weak Have a modern Scien- .^awit. tifit eye examination! tFL-L^_ If glasses are not needed none will be \>P^^ recommended. >< Thompson Optical Co. Qualified Eyesight Specialists 4, Arcade Bldg., Ground Floor. Tel. 3002 R. A. Thompson, Dr. of ocular Science. FOR LONGER WEAR EXTRA COMFORT SMART
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  • 241 4 Singapore, Thursday. The rise In the price of War Loan m Lond erday of 1 l 8 points coupled with .i sharp rise In Wall Street, with *.i consiti< /able Increase Yn opiu^e, brought about very marked improve tone of the local market to-day. MINING. Tin at
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  • 131 4 London, May 25. "THE Barometer rertainly seems to be going up, and I am hopeful for a period of better things as far as the markets are concerned.' was a prominent City authority s remark to Reuter this morning. The recent increasing public Into m the
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  • RIOTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 45 4 rubblr K; Idl( v V bpot Buyers K Sellers 8> V 1st Forward Buye-.cj 8 1 Sellers J 1 Bj 2nd Forward iJuly Sept.) Buyers 83 M HI Sellers 8', Ml 5rd Forward iOct. Dec.) Buyers 8' Seller 8 5 1.; J u
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    • 12 4 London. Thursday. Previous To-day Chan* £7854 2d SS., 54" S*.
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    • 20 4 London, Thursday. tin' STANDARD Previous To-day Change Cash 'afternoon price) C226 /4 2 3? 1a For*v.rd i>224 £224
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    • 71 4 PALM OIL (Malay) Previous In bulk May June shipment niUA COPRA (Straits. F.M.S.) May Shipment Mini a v H SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) May June Shipment 8 10 1 v I TAPIOCA Seed Pearl 1st qual-H (Singapore) May Shipment 16- m I nmm (Fjlq.j White Muntok May July Shipment 3
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    • 116 4 Lor.;... Previous t<m! Distillers 92 9 Dunlop Rubber g General Electric 79 7 u Imperial Checimal Industries 30 9 siImperial Tobacco 133 p. 1339 Ansilo-Dutch 26 3 Canadian Pacific 4i 4 47 15 London Tin 344 341., Rubber Plantation Investment Trust 27 3" "To Ltaggb 13 6
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    • 39 4 N Yrl! RUBBER Previous -day Market Tone Steady Spot Buyers lfl Sellers i6' 8 Ifcrwird July Sept. Euyera 16 l 16 Sellers 16 3 16 TIN Mark t Tone Quietest Spot 48 11 48 3 4
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    • 60 4 London, Previous r.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) ***** r. i". on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 8.71 3 4 8 d r.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 851 j Ranged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) I s 2 \o 16 T.T. on Japan (closing selling rate) U.
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  • 577 5 FRASER SHARES By Fraser Company B9|i:.:;ip<>rt'. May 25. 5 p.m. mm mxiNo IV 91 09 W 0.68 J. 73 M 19- 20 6 1., 1.20 1.25 96 10 3 BS 0.30 0.35 0 60 0.62 I 18 6 29 6 X 5 6 THB 25 6 26 6 Xl 0.55
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  • 229 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore. Thursday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 33 37 2 Ayer Wengs 0.70 0.75 Batu Selancors 1.22 i.27 Hong Fatts 0.59 0.62xd Hongkong Tin 18 19Jelebu.s 0.54 0.36 Kamimtkiq Tin 8 6 9Katu Tin 21 1- 22). Kents 2;- 24 Killinghalls 12 9 13 9 j Kramats 9
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  • 35 5 Mr. Yeo Hin Bok. :he general ma.ir"!:ei of Aurora, Ltd., the well-known High Street department store, is going on i business visit to Batavia, and will he away for two weeks
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  • 176 5 IXI3I 90 100 Dom Lahore municipality 5? 2? 1940 $400 -000 Mar. 31 sept. 30 10 0 1M nor, 7«* 1947 |i .600.000 SO6 108 noiß "JJJ 1963 $2,000,000 )2ft r 31 St -P^- 30 105i 2 107' i CSIB 1 ItOt 1 !!8 119 -*3-oJS2l..JO6,b(y ?Q
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    • 215 5 FRASER 8c COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Company Dividend Books Sinnapoiv. May 25. 5 p.n. Close 1<WJ l TIN Date Ex Dlv. year buyable *™S' A* fir* tGfi 9 t# B Trafalgar 3% May 23 May 30 May a4 Wearne 5 "at May 30 j une 5 May 31 NEDERLANDSCHE
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  • 42 6 TheC tkJ Court <■: A] ""H Court at i Sun:.r. are Court at 11 am Suit M438-OtoomaH)J V. Pereira [it not conclude? Beforf the Registrar at i Taxation m Suit 408 38 At 10.45 a m.-SummoM* At 2.15 p.m.-Probate ma*
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  • 221 6 Malacca Students Celebrated Empire Day [from Our On-: Corespondent] Malacca, Thursday. ?MPIB£ DA\ was rcei a by all the local English S Koobftf i^ 1 he past. th« High Bcfcod, H n. i. Q r Resident Councilor. kt~pce Ihe edit-, and 'joutfl of the SCbccl -i af^cr Ihia hs read
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    • 105 6 M M ■_"!'1 > RAINra SAID BUY HHS PLAf FOE ME! IT WIIX BE M\ (;reati:st role: v PAVILION TO-NIGHT and it js; I Hi: MkGJI. HHHWI I run ni m ATEBT GAt'MOXT \E\VB JjLr a a lllllll|l|||||||]]|||| Illlilllllllll *****11 l Illimi^ FILMDORTS MOST BIXILLI.WT STAR TEAMI 1 IPENCER TRACY
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    • 109 6 I »i-:.v\v\*s <,H\\»(sr im OPENS TO-DAY 3-15 6-15 9-15 I CAPjTO 4 SHOWS DAILY— TO BfOUOW, SI \|)\Y MONDAY (Holiday) THE WORLD HAS EAGERLY WAITED FOR THEM TO GROW UP 1 I three little misses /7J^! m quest oi kisses! 1 demm Mm I NAN GREY HELEN PARRISH M smrms
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  • 653 7 TER PROPOSALS UNDER IN LONDON acuities Of Principle And Procedure (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 18. continue to be expressed m rubber circles^ regarding serf Anglo-American barter proposals, and it is no secret s try views the proposals with a considerable amount of City Editor, m the course ig
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  • 147 7 Jacca News B Ojc/j Correspondent] Wednesday. I marriage will iake B^!; IV Kunchiraman, of Mr. T. P. K. Nair,of B and Mi-s. Xair. to ;i:v the daughter of ;i W'.D:, Bentong. ■Mrs. -Menon. ■prnom is a well-known ■oimjrer set of the local ■unity and is employed ■pality. Malacca. 80l both
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  • 73 7 London, May 20. THE Stock Exchange generally is firm as a result of a renewed umvard trend m n,ilt-edged on continued investment buying an* more widesoread b?l cf ttitt the international situation is distinctly easier. Home rails responded to the excellent weekly traffic receipts, while Indian
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  • 39 7 Information has been received ov telegraph that six state-aided laborers will arrive on May 25 the Rajula It is expected that four will be sent tn Pulau Jereiak and the balance wih proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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  • 167 7 Singapore, Thursday. BOOK Heng, a 28-year-old Hokkien, appeared before Mr. E. [S. Coleman m the second police j court this morning when he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide by drinking caustic soad m house m Java Road on May 10. Court Inspector James A.
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    • 113 7 "ir SUN TALKIE I 7.30 TO-NIGHT 9.30 P.M. j "Hit The Saddle" "Nevada Buckaroo" ■■■■•■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■■■■■■••■■ j GRAND THEATRE: (New World) I m Matiner.: Sat., S«n. Monday I oniplete Serial of I'TAILSPIN TOMMY": > Chapters I—l 21 12 j Z I EMPIRE TALKIE 7 FiVI. TO-NIGHT 9.15 P.M. j "OUTLAW EXPRESS"?
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  • 912 8 FREEDOM, JUSTICE PEACE FOR ALL" ••y> man, thank (Jod, will ever again conceive ol arbitrament by force between the people of my Kmpire and the United States of America," declared King George VI m Ms Empire Day broadcast from W innipejr. IX A MOST ELOQUENT AND
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  • 53 8 Armenian Street on March ii S fi&Jtt! U Jttd to toke his loiry Uistead of the fine a.s had no money to The Judv.o informed him hat hp •jould allow him to pay th" fin ip m tolmeni The ehart^ of abetmen to cIferwd against Uu's
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  • 25 8 The above picture shows a part of picturesque Quebec, with M Chateau Frontenac m the centre. Inset: His Majesty at the microphiJß
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  • 870 8 FIKTHER donations to the Sah:» turn Army Annual Appeal ::re notified below. It is hoped to brins the present total of Sll.OOO up t.» 512.000 before the end „i" the month. Mr. B J R Barton. 5C0O: a V>il Wisher". $150: Mr Aw Boon Brv. 0.3.E..
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  • 66 8 Arrivals and depari and Imperial Airway I Arrived by the Co^i from Holt and Miss N. M. BHtf« ney. Left by hte Conn n and Miss N. M. Shaia U>i J jj-j 0 O Bill for Bangk^; Dixon, for Calcutta r 1 Arrived by the Lorinan. from
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  • ONTRACT BRIDGE
    • 87 9 B I gegerd AhU-it'ldt. the Daand friend of Qu^en s infuimed by Chelsea Ail. P. wtt that she must cease offi- lir-rald warden. this action is the Home W which states that all air- ittst be British feldt, daughter of Count Pjtefclot-Leurvlg, former DaIster m
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    • 40 9 f v T> New York. with a top I petrol contumllon. and costbe«n placed on I Crosley. a i be tv.rn illy. 925 lb. is onl ni r to bump inchea Ibrakes and 11-I 1 petrol ia.
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    • 541 9 EXAMPLES OF STRIP PLAY e has always been an at-, ip among moderate] because (1) Mis the advantage it le-j :v apparent; but] thefincsaeisasrvare. V! ,k:. las long as possible] ■ii need not be L, frequently emoloy d I .v players who lus g red" ond declare that So we
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    • 49 9 Opened Won THE Club three WM opened Sfl m won this m his own hand with the Kina He then opened hb> Diamond Sft w,L proiaf better than leadm, trumpf because be 1 l^w? w iJJS ;,r>iM: trumps r|! j ,oro made. Jack again rufl. Tfcw ummy 9 I
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  • 1216 10  - WAR NEEDS and CONTROL Raw Material Sir David B. Meed By 1 CCHEMES of regulation of produc- tio-i and supply to world markets cf foodstuffs and raw materials which involve international cooperation were discussed by Sir David B. Meed. C.1.E.. 0.8.E.. m a paper read before the Royal Society of
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  • 310 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Friday, May 20, 1939. SHOP HOURS THE hours of work of Asiatic shop assistants is one of tiie .subjects dealt with m the report of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, and a clear case for legislation to control abuses is made out. It should be noted that the
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  • 202 11 Expelled Leader Flies To Tokyo rr m m Shanghai, May 25 jr is learnt from an authoritative source that Mr. Wang Chin* rv S'K?rh XPCII 2 m mbe f the K «*»intong. accompanied >'y*fr Ko Chung Wu, flew from Shanghai to Tokyo
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  • 125 11 London, May 2 1. f V\\K hope that the neon! incidents af Danzig wouWi not be |K:rmitte<? to lead to graver complications was CTproiied by the Prime Minister* m fcfce House of Commotn at Question time, when he give the House such information as was
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  • 98 11 ESTINE CROPS MAY SHOW FORD SEASON London. May 25. I "recasts of the Bj; tT xpeifs m Palestine. E reason to expect one X :uitful seasons for some B] onservative estimates H eckon that the normal H be increased by 15 to 20 r^ He seheal 'top is well above
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  • 96 11 ANING UP IN PLESTINE London. May 25. to- the High Commis- Palestine received at the says that heavy casualcted on a gang of armed too were located and engaged t In the area east of Tulkarm and were subsequently eneon?erging columns of the 2nd he Queen's Royal Regiment :achment of
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  • 210 11  - apanese Cannot hid On In China Sin Chew Jit Shanghai, May 23. ing Hui, the Chinese Foreign Minister, m a broadcast i States, chose as his topic "Prospects of China's Resisthe said, "Japan's attempt to end the war by the short miserably. To-day, China is nearer her goal of victory
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  • 145 11 Reduction Of War Debts Planned New York. WALL Street circles, m commenting on Mr. Cor del I Hull's statement that Rumania, will propose to the I'nited States a reduction of the Rumanian war debts, declare that if Rumanian's war debts were liquidated with the help of President Roosevelt, Britain and
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  • 132 11 London, May 24. THE departure of the United States flying boat Yankee Clipper from Southampton on the return journey 10 Nrw York, via Marseilles and Lisbon, after the inauguration of the PanAmerican Airways' North Atlantic air mail service, lent special interest to the statement m the
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  • 81 11 Shanghai, May 25. THE causes of Ihe preseat .slump m the Japanese Yen are due to: ill tin currency inflation necessitated by economic difficulties <2» the enforce* ment of the National Mobilisation Law viriualiv deprives the people of their property. Settee they prefer to
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    • 21 11 For tour Convenience EF ORE OR AFTER THE SHOW ftIVE At The APITOL RESTAURANT lllf y Rock Oystew AND **<"■ Strawberries ■nable.
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    • 99 11 rTH^TRU^TOWICFOO^^ I Obtatnabh *f ail ChmmUti om Storva Singapore Cold Storage Co v Ltd. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WHIT MONDAY— 29TH MAY AM) H.M. KING GEORGE VIS BIRTHDAY— THIKSDAY Bth Jl NE Our Retail Establishments m Singapore will close at 10.30 A.M. *T on both above days. Van Deliveries will be as
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  • 142 12 LA FRANCE Gives The British Services The 'Once-over' MHou The French Reserve officers on :irriv:il Jl >out h:im ndm Planet News M U LONDON SAFETY OAf hk«. [2 tichMu M S2 twf," w tvp^'T 41 Hit h h a lass roof "**i* M-rvitr m Ua4on by the lond,m iv of
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  • 197 13 "Spitfire" pilot. Planet News HftiHLY-MKCtIANISKfr UNITS OF THK BI'LGARIAN ARMY paraded m y<* before K'ng Bon-, and Queen Joanna m celebration of St. George -]t;if.; n -ain< of the Army. Kirn; Boris at the moment holds an im I'«m ::)n' i>><il !»»ti i', the
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  • 1067 14 For The Fami Tea Table Simple recipes for some of the morepoß fancy breads and cakes. I t rise. Bake m a good jven until with but tired Irown and firm to the touch. These strved plain or c Miould be split and buttered while hoi icing pwfwred IN addition
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    • 79 14 I II Cut down on tiie iime I ikS^^^^S i^ Spent m marketin s »ve I (fc3w^CTBSJ |tel money by buying food I i^m 1 1 j n bulk Keep food fresh, I 1 II lon er And do all three I Ijl by invest in? m a Kelvina- tor—
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  • 1060 15 an Of To-morrow Watch your little one's early tendencies very carefully so that you can help to mould his character successfully as he grows up. ■H 3-0111 new baby is sc Hd. apparently, so un his surroundings, has establ&lied the ■i.! attitude towards him, m- 1 treat him during B
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    • 367 16 F=^ i 3Y P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED TN RNOLAND Outwards Tonnage rnait Tonna* Vgn RAWALPINDI 17.UU0 Jm.t I |O^|". V San E S^ A CANTON ISJOO H RAWALPINDI IT.oOO Sept 22 CARTHAGE BHUTAN 6.100 Sept. 23 Tonnage Sport Xonnat* S'pote iAJPUTANA 2 JDAN RANX'HI 17 June 16 J 15
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    • 340 16 L TO FRENC^ojJ I CHARCEURS Ktuwj UCMEWARi>S. I i LAP PA^>ARAN Foi Mar^eiile^. Naiite>. St. N\u. 4 ft s I DENTRFCASTLAUX For Marseilles. Havre. A:-.:we- 0 TO SAIGON INDOCHII TAP rOURANE For Saigon. Tourane and H PL'SIRA: 1 POI Saigon. Tourane and H s l S. A. M. 1. (from
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  • 379 17 TROUBLE OVER A BICYCLE LAMP Singapore. Thursday £KE YA\, a 29-year-old Cantoness, claimed trial this morning m the second police court before Mr. E. E. Coleman on a charge of fraudulent possession of a bicycle lamp and a dynamo at Victoria Street at 4 a.m. on May 21. Court Inspector
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  • 139 17 Quiet Smoke Disturbed Singapore, Thursday. QKTFXTIVE, led by Inspector Pryn. raiding a house at Silat Road one night early this month, disturbed a man at his pipe. Had the pipe contained ordinary tobacco, the police party would hav<' called it a day and left the man alone with his consolation.
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  • 132 17 KKPPKL lIARfSOm Main Wharf: Tun Rose, Alfoer. Upftf, Erhnu Brr>vi^. Kings Dock Wharf: Nil Coal Wharf: Nil VESSELS IN DRY DOCK! Tanjong Paj»ar: Albert Dock. Pontoon J.J. 10. Victoria Dock: Marudu. Keupel Harbour: King's Dock: Silvo^clle No. 1 Dock: Singkel No. 2 Dock: Olailg Beng. SHIPS ALONGSIDE
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    • 242 17 Il«\S PHI Ll* IJXE. W 'livorporated m Australia! I I NEXT FAILINGS I I Dne Sails. I m lf«y 2.°, June 31 I July 6 July 9 I tJ p tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the I may kranafer nt Singapore. Brisbane, Sydney or ■r the ror.necting X.P.M.
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    • 74 17 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD, (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA T I I, A W A 10,000 TONS SAILING JUNE 1 AT 3 P.M. th 3 *rrT3 vessel ha* ex client modern accommodation for First Saloon and <=;o*and FiUuon pa c senj'er.s. 3pe*lai Holiday
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 207 17 kTAL INTELLIGENCE 1 •Imperial" May 26 2 p.m. 4 lmpel ial M 2 pm 'Imperial" 2fl 2 pm "Itaf.ofiar n W 2 pm. "Impe-iai' 94 2 pm. P "Imperial 20 2 pm. 1 niinmin 'Parcels only) Panama 26 1.30 pm 1(1 DIKUU Pahanp 26 2 DJT ,d Palestine "Imppruil" 26
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    • 74 17 MAILS EXPECTED Mails from Europe 'London mails i by B I. (Rajula) today. Delivery of boxholders' letters and general delivery of letters at 9 a.m. Mails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc by Air iQantasi to-day. D" livery of boxholders' letters only at 3 y.m and general delivery of letters at
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  • 553 18 CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER 'S RADIO MESSAGE TO U.S. A. Chungking, May 25. 'JAPAN'S uadtclsrad wa on China is now approaching the end of ttmtcond ftmti Apart from human suffering, this is a glorious war fcr China. To everyone of her
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  • 54 18 Washington. May 25.— The Maritime Commission has submitted to Congress recommendations for legislation providing for Government marine war risk insurance and re-insurance, as well as the ordinary marine risk insurance. The Commission would administer the new services, which were intended to meet the present emergency needs of
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  • 38 18 RANPURA EPISODE: British Protest Hongkong, May 25. Y7K E-ADMIftAI. ?ir Percy V Noble has lodged a very strong protest m connection uith the boarding of the P. and O. liner Ranpura by Japanese naval officers off Hongkong.- Reuter
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  • 374 18 CSV GHEV REVIEWS WAR SITUATION Cwtmpqp b. Chungking, May 25. HINESE hoops will, as heretofore, base their operations on the fronts upon h-.s .ecent return from an extended trip to the various The former defender of Hankoff who successfully hold the Japanese at l^y for
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  • 126 18 THE following read information is supplied by the Automobile Association of Malaya Singapore branch: Haig Road between Dunman Rd. (.eylang Road.— Closed to through traffic. Koon Seng Road —Surface bad Towner Road.— Closed to through traffic. Tembeling Road and Onan Road.— Roid construction. Thomson Rsad. Sewer construction. Caution
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  • 113 18 Causes Of Drastic Fall In Yen Val ue Hongkong ]J ■OWtfON banking circltthl attribute the drastic iC r* lv of the Japane^Yen^ ruj« at noon yesterday wa< V Si* .Chinese- currency, firstly tVM Japanese currency innaiioS the enforcement of the MobiliaS thirdly, the effect o f the dJjSS the "Federal"
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  • 72 18 Sinsapop, Th* pONNUSAMY. a 22 year-old 1^ pearrd befovo Mr L E Cok( -}ip second policp court this i charged that he at 1230 pm l It Kelantan Road had prssoi an unlicensed our. die of India I After the charge aaa been a to him. Court Inspector
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  • 46 18 Detroit, May J 0% r ER 7IKOO* automobile w«t are idle as the result i strike at the Bri^s >lanuf«t ing Co.'s plant, where a de lock continues. The str* estimated at 24.0 W. are B< bers of the United AutonH Workers' organisation.— Re*
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  • 600 19 s. (S) A. ANNUAL REPORT meeting of the Straits Settlements (gflUfpoge) Assol\ W UI be held on Wednesday. May 51. H. the y«*r ended March H' iat the Pic ident nac! B the ureter of VetH n D,ccm':er 28 last ero? mWea. it was fl nottoc
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  • 69 19 [From r)^r O/t;n Correspon^e??/] Segamat, Wednesday. I HI FT of a car belon :mi, to a Malay Oonrnmem Official #ai the cliavge preferred against a Chinese y,outh beloie the Segamat magistrate to-day. llv> boy denied theft but admitted driving the machine to Gemaa from the Uigamai
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  • 171 19 I From O'.r q C^nespondi I ieynm^t, Thu/.sf'. y. THEFT of a bun it twenty cents earj ed Ton >]« ill ill-dressed Chine-. labi, Sigamat. two w- efc o; $15 fine. He denier. but i vleted by Inche bin y td Suat, the msgUt A
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    • 40 19 Hz A y^ a ■^HHHm^^ < i 1 Tfli H^^l 1m *^^H i^H k\\s /Ml [jK9?/ Cw v^H j HiMl >nßßtt%Kri?-j<'\ A w I JHw' i'*aif'.>fi J/ iltflrJ il^» JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS, LTD. s!N(,\2'Oi:i:. KOALA I AiIMK. IPOH, MALACCA AND lIWAIVI
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  • 1447 20 Warning Uttered At Mines Chamber Meeting [From Our Oun Reporter] lpoh. May 24. WK t ould liMfmi materially to an appeal by the Imperial Government to increase output m the event of a major war. but I hesitate to say that, if the industry
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  • 22 20 <•" Own Corresp.vdcn Malac. Thursday, I Sunday rubber c Leong Watt Hin Teb n d severaj hundred r 5
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  • 113 20 $4,032 Chand Haul Sin Sapcr n, THREE Teochewi wealthy rubber £j* H the Crimma. District ci a ta»to answer charges 25 1 Revenue Ordinal M IHC accused were^P^j May is following \SS pro< omcErsatah^e^p;^, 11 o clock on the eveni 3 The first accused, agai charges were preferred 3 cash
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  • 191 20 THKKE was a very large at thy inaugural me"tm{ Estate Asiatic Staffs, held at Pelek Bcpang last SaturiiaT. following resulutiun was pu ••This meeting of the v: Staffs assembled hew do real 10 form an association called! Langat Istab Asintk tion." Arnold tlras« present v. Mr.
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  • 45 20 YOUNG MAN SUICIDE I in?JP° re VFRDKT of 'f xk the CfTonfv M> ,he inquiry -M", t)4 w jj,l Of Ng H^i Kirn I taft netsr's House f; S k eontainn S Medlea] evld cMed of polwnini of violence. Hg Chal x i ,bef tai
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  • 218 21 Colourful Scenes In Moscow Parliament Opens MOSCOW, MAY 25 JHE SUPREME COUNCIL, PROBABLY THE MOST COLOURFUL PARLIAMENT IN EUROPE, BEGINS ITS FIRST SESSION OF 1939 IN THE FORMER CZARIST THRONE ROOM THE KREMI IN TO-NIGHT. Twelve hundred deputies, lepresenting over a hundred races of
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  • 128 21 RAMATIC OOL" AT PAVILION ;Xj2-<Si£«s~Z t dramatic films to b* lDO re for a ver.-k.n--, X School," a Me-.-o- production with Luis* rr ing role, and Pa.il- »ndary feminine H, [y e s a highly polished X girl who aspires to V dramatic act* ess. studies at school mii never
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  • 19 21 125 Wh the Italian will hand Franco. Trans- I to bring the batch will Reuter
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  • 56 21 League Council China Geneva. May 25: The League Council i.s expected to conclude its session to-day or to-morrow with a resolution inviting I members to increase the assistance they might individually give to China. This would amount to rejection of China V. proposal! envisaging sanctions against I Japan, esneciallv m
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  • 31 21 London. May 25: The Conscription bill was read a third time to-day In the House of Lords. The Lords and Commons amendments will be disposed of by to-morrow Reuter
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  • 118 21 U OF NEARLY $6,000 MENTIONED Singapore, Thursday. ntnony J E. Winslow, assistant accountant of the Mercantile nk Raffles Place, was mentioned a.^ complainant m connection charge of alleged cheating by false representation preferred m iid Police Court this morning, against Chan Tian Chye, aged Sp'jttiswood Park
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  • 31 21 BRITISH GOLF JOURNEY I Hoylakc May 25. nli conditions prei'th round oi fte Goli championship u>-ear-old Sotithport c youthful chalBtntley. <ex-En^lish 5 and 4. i md l. WoiWhlp) 2 and 1.
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  • 55 21 Singapore Thui.sclay. ■U. and unemployrd. a 45 yrar-old I Chinese. Fung Ah Onow, s,olution of soda m his hut on the night rf May 19 He died m hospital, tans, of death being corrosive poisoning. The Coroner. Mr W. G Porter Wlurned a verdict of suicide at t!M
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  • 30 21 London, Ma sir Frank Dyion, formei Astronon Royal, ha.s died at sea on Ml Wt| m Australia to South Africa The death ha.s al.so occurred <>i l^i Duveen Reuter
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  • 231 22 Three Knock Outs In Last Night's Boxing POME intrrr ting hox:nn WM Witn* hv i rw rrmvd last nieht m t 0 Happy World Cotered Stadium when thY semi-final; of the Btogaporc Amateur championship.^ wore held There were three knock-outs. The best ftfcht of the eveninn WJI between S Palnniandy
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  • 291 22 Singapore, Thursday. THIS evening the V.M.C.A. School defeated the V.M.C.A. Juniors at the V's grounds m a keen game of soccer by 3 goals to nil. The Juniors opened the attack but were soon back m their territory vainly cefendion: their goal against
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  • 608 22 Final Score Flatter The Losers Chinese Rs- 3: Mate) IN. AVENGING the defeat of their first team at the hands of the j lays on Tuesday, the Chinese Reserves yesterday defeat^) Malay Ueservs by three goals to two at the Stadium. gf The
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  • 55 22 I >ndon, Mas ?5 Gtamorgftll ►••I Northamptonshire by si\ wicletv NortlUUlti 191 and 138 Glamorgan t«2 (BusweU 5 for 881 and Gtowestonhirc boat Warkickshire b> an llrtlJflM ami lti runs. Warwick 181 and 150 -Goddard 6 fot fif~ i Gloucester 353 (Hammond 192 not Hammond lo*t the toss
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  • 47 22 A spoon shoot will be held, commencing at 7.30 a.m.. on Sunday, June 4. on Bukit Timah Range. Conditions are. one sighter and seven counting ««hots at each 300. 500 and 600 yards. Members of the Service Units are requested to brin^ their own ammunition.
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  • 309 22 PENANG RACE TRAINING (From Our Own Reporter Penan". Ir, J MOST of the outstation striql on the tracks this nurrnn;! fast gallops were the order 'M day. Amon;; th- 1 1 ir- aq| uml ZIPP and \t ALTZ. who uer c \M let loose from the f'mnhfj post. MISS ZIPP
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  • 137 22 Loyals Second Team Beat J.B. Customs Singapore, Thursday. DISPLAYING superior football the Loyals II beat the Johore Customs by 2 goals to one m a friendly game of soccer played at Gillman yesterday. The Loyab> opened .scoring through a goal netted by the Johore Customs centre-half following a corner taken
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  • 81 22 The annual athletic sports of Raffles Institution will be hold on the school ground on Tuesday, June 6 at 300 pm The Colonial Secretary, the Honourable sir Alerander Small will preside and Lady Small will present the prizes. Among the events are two voces for i Boy.s.
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  • 941 23 Geylang sh School Sports ;;i athletic span < ;,!.i Enfttdi Sch«o* u ..t..:ilav at the school large ffal hernia X n i were Mr. M V I r 'i Schools i, X (Inspector of W young 'Supervise of X Mr N I. Low < A.-sis-X ate Schoals- Mr. X üßter,
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    11 23 M«. Ouirke and M.clnt«fc. «te »#> Sm h an<l M Strkk Tribune
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  • 52 23 Tlir iollowing have been selected to play Fooiball m v Leanue mutch afiambt Naval Police on Saturday at 5 10 p.m. on th* Na\al Bab. ground. Seletar:. Wee Aik Chan. Lc« uibru^K^u. Swyn/. Moxon. Haiiutmißa, N. Pillay, Mcßeath <CapUin», Kite. Orton: Lei«h; Tan Ouan Kiat. Reser/f.s: Johari.
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  • 390 23 MRS. EBER YADI PLAY WELL, WIN DOUBLES TIE Loon Chong Beats Haridas In Singles pLAYING a gruelling three-set match Mr. Fvan Won. and Chiia Choon Leong won their tie against Mrs. Hipkin and Commander Mockler m one of the ties m the Open Tennis championships at the S.C.C. courts yesterday.
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  • 240 24 BRITISH WARSHIP JAP TROOPS CLASH REPORTED EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE I, Chungking. May 25. REPORT iiom North Kiangs.i Province to the north of Hie Yangtze River m East China says that one east-oound Bri tish warship was forcibly stepped by the Japanese garrison a f Msinkang on the north bank of
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  • 67 24 Chungkin;, May 15. The allegation that Mr. Wang Ching Wei. the deposed Deputy of the Executive of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), has recently arrived m Japan, has been given prominence m Chinese press here to-day. Mr. Wan-. Ching Wei, it is stated ailed on
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  • 52 24 Swatow, May 2"). JAPANESE planes to-day bombed Swatow and (haoyantf, opposite Swatow, causing a number of casual lies. The planes operated from an aircraft arrier anchored m the vicinity of Swa ow. Eipht planes attacked Swatow Pt oon ani later m true daw the mbm umber raided
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  • 121 24 It is stated In London that the nio'est to the Japanese regarding the Ranpum points out that the (lag vetificatiron procedure, which was agreed upon ome tirm ag >, only permitted the )oardinß of ships lying the British :iag when there is reason to doubt the n%tional.ty.
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  • 76 24 Chungking Raids Resumed Chungking. May 25. TWENTY-SEVEN Japanese aeroplanes appeared at dusk to-day and severely bombed the thickly populated lower city of Chungking, which was the same area bombed on May 3. Many big fires were started. The list of casualties is not yet available. A large Chinese bank was
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  • 101 24 London. May 25 jN the Commons. Sir Arnold Wilton asked whether the Prime Minister was aware that the necessary earthwork U r M.f railway from Kunmins to the Bnrr.ia Frontier for some miles beyond Kuuming was already complete, and whether he could state to what point
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  • 72 24 Malta May A. IN 1 viiy >hort time, Malta will be sr strong that an at lack upon her will be undertaking the utmost danger," declared Governor Bonham Carter m a speech at the annual dinner of the Over>eas Leag'K- and the H'.val Empire Society. His Excellency
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  • 57 24 Berlin. May 25. PINK posters appeared m the streets, to-day, advising Jews still living m Aryan houses to move into Jewish quarters if they do not wish to be transferred forcibly. Aryan owners of houses and f!at.s must report all Jewish tenants and lodgen
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  • 81 24 British Members Resign In Protest London. May 25. THE Hritish members— Sir Noel Curtis Bennett and Mr. \V. W. Wakelicld. M.P.— have resigned their membership of the World Congress on Recreation and Leisure Time. In a letter to the Berlin Secretariat of Congress, the Secretary of the National Fitness Council
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  • 61 24 Warsaw. May 25: A British military mission, comprising two officers, has an ived here to discuss certain armaments questions It Is authoritatively stated that the purpose is not staff talks. Heuter. Re, Ma 25. As Etalo-Ctermati Pact oera] IfUch, Inspector-Genera] of the r F ree,
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  • 104 24 Prairie Foll Welcome The King .fHEIR Matties din*, speeding ;i(r.,s- ,h iv 'afterwards stopped h.? Jrandon irhene they werTJ of the wannest and r receptions of the tour bil prairie folk, some of whomj ed over a hundred mife U [the oldest inhabitant Mr 98, and 15,000 childm Regina iSaskatcheiw^
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  • 126 24 London, Mq THE Times, commenting ontfl broadcast, says that Canada is helping to bri pit, not of that Domini the whole Empire, keener reali* the strength and value which we hold In common. The Daily Telegraph says indeed an echo ol sentin expressed m the American
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  • 59 24 London. May 25: Pas Pjnfl the calling up of •g£ I £g* J and men engaged m t he f. s J S3 and thracite miners, to tm November was announced to w Minister of Labour m tne He also announced that a mUWj, half volunteered
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  • 47 24 London. )W at Wimbledon. fa the first 8lng»« beat Destremau 5- the seed Destremau WJ-' and 3-0 m ttj thW In the fourth then 4-3. HflV and was twice wl Destremau ralli the lead ftt dong rtruggl< out winner Boussus Bhay<
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