The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 April 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 11,837. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936. 10 CENTS.
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    "ABYSSINIA'S MOST CRITICAL HOUR"
    566 1 Empress' Impassioned Appeal To World STILL TIME TO TAKE l ACTION TO END THIS i ICKED A GGRESSION" Italians Still Advancing Without Resistance ADDIS ABABA, APR. 26. ii I ill TEARS (.LISTENING IN HER EYES. TIIE EMPRESS MADE AN IMPASSIONED APPEAL TO THE WORLD PRESS TO
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    Suffragette Activities At French Elections
    216 1 UNOFFICIAL BOOTHS AND SHAM VOTING PAPERS Paris. Apr. 20. POLLING at the Election of Deputies opemd in a very quiet atmosphere such as has characterised the whole campaign. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m., but almost an hour before < that voters began to trickle
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    KING FUAD'S CONDITION STATIONARY
    241 1 KING FUAD'S CONDITION STATIONARY Still Causes Grave Anxiety T'HE latest report from Reuters correspondent in Cairo lasnight states that the general condition of K:n<? Fuad of Egypt news of whose sudden, dangerous illness was announced on Saturdaj is stationary. The local infection had not increased during the last 24 hours.
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    Conference To Settle North China's Fate
    135 1 Conference To Settle North China's Fate IN PEIPING NEXT MONTH Shanghai, Apr. 26. FORMAL negotiations for the settlement of the major questions affecting North China will be started early next month in Peiping I according to Mr. Siau Chen Ying, Mayor of Tientsin, when he was interviewed by foreign and
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    SIAM WONT HAVE NUDISM
    70 1 (From Our Own Correspondent! Bangkok. Af. 26. rpHE police have declined to aUtnc registration Of the Sunbathing Societies on thc ground that the iccathcr conditions in Siani are not the same as in foreign countries. Moreover, sunbathing is dcevicd against Siamese customs. The promoters are appealing
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    DUKE OF KENT
    51 1 Banner Fixed To Chapel In St. Paul's London, Apr. 24. Tli? Duke of Kent attended yesterday Mie annual service of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint Gearge In St. Paul's Cathedral, when, with impressive cerenrnial. his bann:r was affixed to the Chapel of th? Ord^r- British
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    THE DARDANELLES
    25 1 Athens, Apr 22 The Greek Government has agreed to participate in a conference at Geneva en the Turkish proposal to remilitarise the Dardanelles.
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    STIMULATION OF INCREASED RUBBER CONSUMPTION
    151 1 STIMULATION OF INCREASED RUBBER CONSUMPTION "IND USTR Y'S ONI. Y SALVATION" Government Most Supply Funds (From Our Own Corn poodent) Lon doo. Apr. "INCREASED COO lUmptlOQ, ;.ti- nutated rabotmntially by now uses is the only salvation of Um rubber Industry," emphasised Sir Andrew IfcFudyean, a member of the International Rubber
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    Orient Liner In Collision
    54 1 London. Apr. 25. FIARI.Y thi% morninr. the lfl.Sl.'l J tons Orient lim r. Orama. was in collision off I Ual Hiik the Yugoslav I.G'Zi tons steamer, Svetiduje. The Orama had no p.»*,senerrs M boird and both shhiN v. ere a!:!o ta proem! to port linger their
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    93,000 SEE ARSENAL ANNEX CUP
    740 2 Gunners' Irresistible Forwards London, Apr. 26. THE Arsenal won the Football Association Cup yesterday by beating Sheffield United, a second division team, by one goal, scored by Drake, to nil in the final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 93,000 people. Their was
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    Victoria Memorial Hall as CABARET
    641 2 Letters To The Editor SHAIK YAHYA AFIFI REPLIES TO MR. LA YCOCK —WHAT HAPPENED AT RATEPAYERS 9 ASSOCIA TION MEETING— HEA TED ARGUMENT WITH MR. DAVID FRANKEL— RHETORICAL QUESTION AND ANSWER— A CORRECTION FROM MR. E. A. BROWN To The Editor. Sir. Will you please
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    30 2 Fatal Collapse on Golf Course.— Mr. Joseph Climpson. aged 61. oi Kensington Hall-gardens. W.. collapsed while putt .dC at Ealing golf course and died later ir King Edward Memorial Hospital.
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    CHINESE FOUND DEAD
    131 2 Two Painters Fall Off Scaffolding A male Chinese was found lying dead across a lane in the Yeo Chu Kang district yesterday afternoon. Two Chinese painters fell off a scaffolding yesterday afternoon at Alexandra Road— a drop of about fifteen feet. It appears that the scaffolding gave
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      189 2 Diary Of The Day High Tides: 1.56 a.m., 8.7 ft., 3.45 p.m., 6.9 ft. Sport Football Div. II: Govt Monopolies vs. InnLskillings II at Anson Road Stadium; Commercial Cup: Straits Times vs. Nestanglo at F. and N. grd.; SH.B. vs. Post Offlce at 5.H.8.: Friendly: S.C.C. II vs. Coy. Team
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    ANTI MALARIA CAMPAIGN DISHOUSES THOUSANDS
    259 3 UESTICN OF ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION Municipality Issues Eviction Notices („,i. to he taken in connection with the dishousing of .000 pomt people in connection with the auti-mala-es and the campaign against cubicles and insaniwas raised at Friday's Municipal meeting. ol the CommUf ance and building I
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS' DEVELOPMENTS
    241 3 Air Superintendent In Singapore MAJOR H. G. Brackley. Air Super- intendent Imperial Airways, arrived at Singapore in the last pastbound Imperial plane. With other officials of Imperial Airways Major Brackley has been inspecting flying-boat bases in India and Burma. The Calcutta Statesman reports that Major Brackley will
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    TRADE FAIR
    182 3 Demand For Space Increases Year By Year Work has begun in earnest upon the decoration of the stalls and stands in j readiness for the opening of the British Trade Fair at the Groat WorU by Mr. A. S Small on Friday. The opening ceremony will take place
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    TAMIL POET
    88 3 Mr. S. Navaneetha Krishna Bharati. a well-known Tamil poet and author. I has arrived on a short visit to Malaya. While in Singapore he is the guest of I Mr. T. Sivapragasam. Co-operative Qfficer. Mr. Bharati. who is a member of the board of examiners of the Madura
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    31 3 FREDERICK COOK, the explorer, who a heal :>0 years ago, caused a sensation by claiming to have reached the North Pole has reviewed his efforts to obtain recognition of his claim.
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    11-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
    359 3 11 -YEAR-OLD GIRL'S FIGHT FOR HER LIFE MAN TRIES TO THROW HER OVERBOARD Jumps To Death As Rescuers Approach A SHIP riding to Singapore on 1 sl choppy sea a dark night I a girl walking on deck a scream a figure flying overboard engines stopping a body not found
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    BABY'S NARROW ESCAPE
    94 3 During the storm which raged in Singapore shortly before five p.m. or. Saturday, a tall coconut tree Handing in the Siglap area crashed through an at;ap hut Narrowly piissing a three-month old Chinese girl sleeping in a bed. The tree, however, brought the house down over the
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    STOLE PURSE
    52 3 A Straits-born Chinese named Le Wah was en Saturday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by twelve months' police supervision, by Mr. M H. Blacker, thr third magistrate, for theft of a purse from an Indian. Lee Wah had sown previous convictions for theft and
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    CAVANAGH BRIDGE
    41 3 Cavanagh Bridge may be closed at an early date for repairs or reconstruction, whichever may be determined later. This decision, arrived at by Committee No. 3. came up for confirmation at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday.
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    138 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Apr. 23. Aou Barkar bin Sabudin. a teacher in the Banda Hilir English School, who is charged with cheating the Malacc:; Government and Municipal Servants' Co-operative Society by falsely re presenting to the committer that he had no other debts than those disclosed in his
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    ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA
    444 3 Annual Meeting Yesterday THE sixteenth annual general meeting o: the Engineering j Association of Malaya was held at! the Roof Garden of the Adelphi j Hotel yesterday with the newlyelected president. Mr. V. H. Winson, Engineer-in-Chief, Posts and Tele- 1 graphs Department, S.S. and F.M.S., in
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    DUG THEMSELVES IN
    93 3 How Kurtdar.s Entered Wealthy Sikh's House (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 24. Burglars last night dug a hole under the front doer of the house of Akmar Singh, a wealthy moneylender living at Bakar Bat p. Sertul, and stole a box containing about $300 in
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    OPIUM ADDICT FINED
    113 3 Fer be|ng m possession en three ;»fkJ ;> hall tahili ot nqn rnmeni chandu. and three chees >i opium concealed In the ■tore ol the englt* room. Av HUO Tai. a fireman on board the motor vessel crormr. was cm Saturday sentenced oy Mr L. B. Qtbsoti.
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    STRAYING CATTLE NUISANCE
    100 3 rom < Hit Own Corn poi dent I|>- li. t|ir 1 Tm Klntl I l> lord vull make an attempt to deal uih. (he shaving cattle nui ano by providing a large h lerved ires .ng Tin ar a .> 1' ci- <1 embrace 230 acres and
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    AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON
    4107 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON Coldest Easter Of Century Snow, Hail And Blizzards— Many Motorists Killed Week-End Conferences —I.L. P. Votes For National Strike In Case Of War Staff Talks Commence "Unprovoked Aggression" What Does It Mean? Slump For The Law Courts But Shipbuilding Is Doing Well Malayan Mouse Deer
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    241 5 THE BODY OF HERR LEOPOLD VON HOESCH, Ihe German Unbassador who di« d oa Good Fridav following a heart attack, was taken aboard the KtitiOi destroj I ScOßl at Dorer for Wiihelmshaven. A salute s.i 19 guns was tire J ;is Om coffin was taken aboard the warship British sailors
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    TRIANGLE DRAMA AT PULAI
    246 6 CHINESE FOUND DEAD "The Woman's" Husband Charged With Murder Ip rh. Apr. 25. AT about 8 p.m. on Thursday night B Chinee living in Pulai village, near Ip >h. was found dead with his head battered in and. as a sequel to this, a man named
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    PEDAL RICKSHAS
    155 6 The proposal to introduce pedal- propelled rickshas into Singapore 1 evoked much discussion at the meeting cf the Si griTVjr? Municipal Commis- sioners on Friday, when a decision of Committee Na. 1. that these rickshas .should net be permitted here was reft rred back for further consideration. The
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    "QUALITY BUILT UP BRITISH TRADE"
    1082 6 Demand For Lower Prices Harmful ANNUAL MEETING OF F. M.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 25. A CRITICISM of Government's inclination to accept low tendiers for construction work apparently without regard to the fairness of the price either to the
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    TIGER SCARE AT TAIPING
    137 6 TWO COWS CARRIED OFF Mate Of Animal Shot Recently? Taiping. T^HE Sanitary Board Tre .ching Ground, Taiping. is the scene of the 1 atett tigr-r scare. A week ago a Sikh cattle owner missed a cow- a few nights afterwards another cow disappeared. The area around
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    22 6 DR. HANFSTAENGE, the Nazi Press chief, and Princess Cecilia Colled Te, the well-known skater, who were amciig recent arrivals at Croydon aerodrome.
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    FINE PAID
    68 6 Cecil Foster Walsh, the Kenya journalist who pleaded guilty before Mr. L B. Gibson, the Criminal District Judge., to a charge of being in possession of a firearm without a licence and was given a week's time to pay a fine of $100. appeared in court on Saturday
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    IMPROVED OUTLOOK FOR PULAU KAMIRI
    239 6 PERAK DRIVERS' STRIKE ENDS Government's Terms Accepted (Fron. Z ay Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 25. THE strike of Lower Perak hire car drivers as a protest against what they consider to be too stringent regulations regarding the licensing of vehicles has ended, the men having
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    MOVEMENTS OF SHIPS
    47 6 H.M.S. Capetown will arrive at Sin- gapore on Thursday from Hong Kong and sail on May 2 for Colombo and England. H.M.S. Cornwall will arrive at Singapore on May 14 from British North Borneo and sail on May 28 for Penang. Colombo and England.
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    BUT WORKING RESULTS ARE DISAPPOINTING
    601 6 posit account is in respect of the acquisition of Lot No. 1848 to which 1 j have just referred. We have sln^e received a refund of $1,550. the amount over-deposited. FURTHER ADVANCE The capital of the company remains the same as at the end of
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    DR. J. C. TULL
    191 6 It Is understood that Dr J C Tull. Government Pathologist. SS, ls retiring shortly after 15 years' service in Malaya. Dr Tull will shortly be 52 years of age. He- first came to Malaya In 1921 as medical Officer In the Penang Oeneral Hospital He was
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    S.V.C.
    175 7 Programme Of Drills For Current Week The Singapore Volunteer Corps programme of drill for the week ending May 3 is as follows: Today (Monday >. 5.15 p m.. Headquarters. S.R.A. (v). 3.7 How. and A.A training; SRE. (v>. Anti Gas Training: SF.C.R.E. (v) Malay Section. Unit Parade; S.V.F.A.. F.A.
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    70 7 The following have been selected to represent the Y.M.C.A. "B" Team against Rangoon Road School at cricket on "Tuesday, on the Anson Road Ground: Goh Chin Chye, Ong Swee Keng (captain). J. Trial E. C. M. Hope. M. T. Hope, Hugh Chee Tong. E. E. Ebert. I. H.
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    BEAUTY SPOT IN FUKIEN
    99 7 To He Rebuilt By PublicSubscriptions Hong Kong, Apr. 26. Gen. Chen Yi. Governor of Fukien. ahd Gen. Chiang Ting Wen. commander of the Central forces in the province, have prepared a scheme to rebuild the beauty spots of the district of Chong Ann. which is situated
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    PLOUGHING CEREMONY
    64 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, Apr. 25. The commencement of the ploughing ceremony attracted a large crowd to a field on the outskirts of Bangkok yesterday. The forecast of the new crop states that the rainfall will be less than last year, that fruits, meats and flsn supplies
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    A.C.S. SPORTS
    54 7 The twenty-seventh annual athletic snorts of the Anglo-Chinese Schoo will be held on Friday, May 1, at the Jalan Besar stadium. The events for old boys will be half mile and 440 yards relay against the present boy* Guardians, old boys and friends of the school- will be
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    Malays Give Their Worst Display
    264 7 yHE Malays gave one of their worst displays when they met the Chinese in a first division match on Saturday and were baten 4—l Both sides played poor football so much so. indeed, that the spectators began to leave before the match was over. Kens
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    LATE MR G. G. GUNN
    511 7 Sudden Death At His Residence The death took place very suddenly' early yesterday morning of Mr. George Grey Gunn. at his residence No. 104 Pasir Panjang Road. Singapore. Mr Gunn was Secretary and Registrar to Messrs. 'Guthrie and Co.. Ltd. He was only 31 years
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    Y.M.C.A. FOOTBALL
    50 7 The following will represent the V. M.C.A. vs. the S.R.C. at soccer en the S.R.C. ground today: J. Bleha. Kam Wah, H. Crocker. Kwee Thiam Teck. G. Day, W. Mitchell. Yap Yeow Siang. C. Crocker, Lim Kim Wee. Pillay, Ong Swee Keng. Reserves: Chan Joo Tiang, Kee Slang.
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    MUI-TSAI COMMISSION
    168 7 Capt. J. Jeff Appointed Secretary Capt. John Jeff. Assistant Secretary Ifor Chinese AlTairs. S.S. andFMS. has been appointed secretary to the com- mission which will investigate the mui-tsal problem in Malaya and Hong jKong during May ard June. Capt. Jeff, who has been connected with Chinese affairs in
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    COMPLICATED CASE
    159 7 Harold Cecil Batten, aged 35. a Eura- sian. was produced before Mr .M. H BJacker in the third magistrate's court 'on Friday on a charge of fraudulently inducing the Singapore Slipway anp\ Engineering Co., to deliver to him' $172.88 in payment of a bill purporting to be from
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    RED TERRORISTS
    60 7 Shanghai. Apr. 2S. An official report irom Cheng' u. capital of Szechunn. states that th Communists who haft been terrorism;! [the districts of northern Szechuan. ha^e retreated to the Tanbah U I Kangting regions, on the Slklan-. Bm chuan border. A small garrison of Red troopi mains to
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    Winning Contract
    399 7 Winning Contract David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Osuaid Jacoby and Howard Schenkmts, world's leadinq team-of-four and inventors of ihe system that has beaten every other system in existence A PECULIAR NOTRUMP. you wish to make a fancy bid. I it is advisable to have a tho- j rough knowledge of the
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      621 7 1 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore— ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd) Wavelength— 49.9 metres p.m. 6 Recorded music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 7 Relay of concert artistes from the ZHI studio. Mr. J. McNeish— songs. Rolling Down To Rio (German) Slow.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    26 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. GUNN. Diei suddenly on Sunday morning. Apr. 26. George Grey Gunn. beloved husband of Ivy Gunn and Secretary of Guthrie and Co., Ltd.
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    The Singpore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936. Why Children Dislike Their Parents
    1027 8 The Singpore Free Press MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936. Why Children Dislike Their Parents SCIENCE has recently thrown an instructive sidelight upon the most difficult of all human rela- tionships that between parent and < child and the results of a psycho- j logical test of pupils at an Ameri- t
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    39 8 Thursday, Apr. 23. Mr. A. G. Chitty left Government House. Friday, Apr. 24. Sir Josiah Crosby left Government House. His Excellency dined with HE. Ma-ior-General W G S Dobbie and Mrs Dobbie at Flagstaff House, Mount Rosie.
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    69 8 Mr M J. Thorpe, president of the Penang Wireless Society, was enterta'ned at a farewell dinner by members cf the society at Ayer Itam restaurant, Speeches were made by the Hon. Mr Khoo Sian Ewe and Mr. Chew Eng Earn Mr Thorpe replying. After dinner the I party adjourned to
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    As I Was Saying
    495 8 THOUGH Mrs. John Galsworthy's offer 1 1 of £90 in prizes for the encourage- 1 ment of good handwriting in schools i ought to have beneficial effects, tt toll unlikely to stir such interest or pro- I mote such contests in fine penmanship I as were
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    The Feast
    936 8 f\\S the morning of the Saturday that < Fowden Wanderers played in the semi-final at Northingham Sam Kay I and Fred Makin took their best suits to work There were no more fanatical Wanderers' supporters in all Lancashire than Sam and Fred, and if they were I to
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      67 8 ON THE ANNIVERSARY of his wedding Sandy decided to make his wife a present so he took her out for a round of golf and gave her three strokes. As the anniversaries come round additions make the home mere valuable and the necessity for Fire and Householder's Policies greater. GENERAL
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    PENANG'S WELCOME
    294 9 Greeted By Sultan Ol C s adent) Penang, Apr. 26. I arture of the KLM this morn:,. 1 a hivi icB r inied F: I ib planes t:ok rial plane '-arrying nter Thomas. rwaya D'ane came I r.-. direction, its R A F. formation de The Club H
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    BRITAIN'S MANDATES
    77 9 London, Apr. 26. A number of Conservative Members ot Parliament, who have manifested concern in recent debates and in questions on the subject of retention by Great Britain of territories held under League mandates, have formed themselves into a Parliamentary group, with I view to pressing for more
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    SOVIET REPORTED TO BE PREPARING FOR WAR IN FAR EAST
    219 9 SOVIET REPORTED TO BE PREPARING FOR WAR IN FAR EAST YOUNG COMMUNISTS TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA Civilians Supplied With Military Equipment Shanghai, Apr. 2'.J. BESIDES land and naval preparations inai'c Id East Siberia, the Soviet authorities have branches of thc scientific aviation federation throughout the eastern regions of lheir Far East
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    GOVE IS ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK
    71 9 GOVE IS ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK After Pay "Flying" Visit i o renang nlB SH! N THOMAS arr cd i aeroplane at Bangkok I J i< cvcnirifr on I;' v, to il.iglancl. wires tho Frec Press H ngkok correspondent, r.:.>-r a literally -flying" visit to Penan; earlier i i lhe cla.v.
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    Largest Sailing Ship Stranded On Rocks
    228 9 GRAPHIC RESCUE STORY London, Apr. 25. A GRAPHIC story of rescue vas t;!d by Miss Diana Firth, a schoolgirl friend of the captain's wife, when she was taken off in a lifeboat from the linivsh windjammer Herzogin Cecile, the largest sailing ship in the
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    33 9 London, Apr. 26. AN official bulletin, issued regarding the Princess Royal and her younger son, who are suffering from measles, states that their progress continues to be satisfactory.- British Wireless
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    NEW ZEPPELIN
    78 9 Akron (Ohio), Apr. 24. The Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, builders of the ill-fated Akron, propose to build the largest dirigible in the v.orld. Mr. Litchfield, president of the Corporation, has announced that plans will be drawn up for a dirigible 850 feet long, which is 75 feet longer than
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    NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
    38 9 Sir S. Abrahams Appointed To Ceylon The King has approved the appointment of Sir Sidney Solomon Abrahams. Chief Justice of Tanganyika as Chief Justice cf Ceylon, in succession to Sir P. J. Macdoneli. British Wireless
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    BUDGET SECRETS LEAGAGE ?
    145 9 BUDGET SECRETS LEAGAGE Last-Minute Insurances London, Apr. 23. JN connection with the abnormal lostminute heavy insurances against an increase In the Income tax and tea duty en Budget day. Lloyd's committee has asked und rvriters to ascertain from brokers the names of the clients whom for qpch Insurances were effect
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    KINGS WEEK-END
    35 9 Guest Of Duke Of Sutherland London. Apr 2fi. The Kinit is spending the week-end as th« guest of the Duke of Sutherland at. his country residence near Guild ford In Surrey.-- Reuter Wireless
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    SUBMARINE EXPLOSION
    27 9 San !>ic!To (California), Apr. 2S. An explosion n j a!> .ird the US. submarine. M utdus, in which at least two people were inUtr?d Reuter
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    BRITAIN'S PROSPERITY RECORD
    252 9 BRITAIN'S PROSPERITY RECORD 10,630,000 Now In. Work London. Apr ~.V r Fi!E Secretary to the Board «>i 'i i ttal tal io.r>'',o 000 peo] the i pof 16 nd emp| >\ ed on Apr 2.\. repn l.irg >t number in British history i 1 coil <>• living is .stationary ar.d
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    JAPANESE GOODWILL FLIGHT
    92 9 Shanghai. Apr 23. rpHE Air Ministry of Japan U reported to havc proposed tn send a goodivill air corps to tlie countries in thc south seas. A prominent wanner of the Naval Ministry ff d the heads 0/ thc Ministry of Communications will lead the mission u
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    190 9 Bright Comedy At The Alhambra Yesterday's change ol programme at the Alhambra included a comedy, 'Welcome Home." a Fox Films product Directed hv James Tlnling, the Him tures James Dunn and Ariine Jud| the star role, and aided oy RiS Waib'im. Rosin a Liwrence. v Frawley, Charles Bellon
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    BADLY PUNISHED
    52 9 London. Apr ?l At Lverp'))! today Jimmy Wi >h nt c iter woo lhs British lightweight championship bv banting kio Berg the holder the retcree slopping th runtest in the ninth round B» tv. who wa.s floored five tunes was injured in the ankle and was unable to
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    220 10 From London 5.30 p. tn. April 25 K TRUER: Steady. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers London Spot 7 9 lOd. 7%d. Previously: V/ 2 7%d. July-Sept. 7 S /H d. 7%d Previously: 7%d. 7 11 IM. Oct. Dec. 7y 4 d 7 13 16d Previously: 7 11 16d.
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    75 10 London Closing Quotations April 25 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 74 15 16 74 15 16 New York to 4.88 2 3 493 13 I6d 4.93';, Amsterdam Guilders to 12 91 728 7.28 HongKong Per dollar Is
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    227 10 Saturday's Sing pore Quotations Apr. 25 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 3 months' sight 243 32 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 116 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 1 32 London, T.T. 2 4
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    80 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Apr. 25, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I X.RS.S in cases 'FOB. April) 26% 26 7 8 Good F.A.Q. in cases. FOB. April) 26% 26% No. IX. R.S.S. (Spotloose) fawardable Singapore) 26% 26% May /June 26% 27 July/September 27 27 ty October/December 27% 27'/
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    AIR PASSENGERS
    30 10 The following were passengers by Imperial Airways: IJ> Aircraft "Aurora" from Karachi to Singapore arrived on Apr. 23: Mr. A Corbet, Mr. M. S. Motora and Major Brackley.
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    86 10 Apr. 25 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 16.75 Black Pepper 8.50 Copra. Sundried 4.70 Copra, mixed 4.35 Small Flake Tapioca 4.50 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 110 Eanja Jelotong 7.75 Sarawak, Jelotong 7.50 R Siam W.C. No.
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    40 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 24. Mr Cecil Joseph Parker, M.C., acting Adviser on Agriculture to the FM.S.. has bean appointed a member of the Federal Council during the leave of Major R. L. Nunn. from Apr. 10.
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    REMARKABLE REVIVAL IN BRITISH SHIPBUILDING
    774 10 New P. And O. Liners For Singapore Run? (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 16. QUSINESS in London markets has been extremely quiet since the conclusion of the Eastei holiday this week. Public interest has been confined to a few specialities, particularly Aircrafts and certain
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    371 10 Singapore, Apr. 24. MEAT Beef steak Kati 33 Beef stew or curry do 25 Fillet steak lb. 53 MXitton, Australian do 35 Pork, lean Kati 40 P?rk, lean and fat (Ist. quality) do 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Kati 48 Ducks each 40 Fowls Kati IS Hens
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    1156 10 Fraser and Co.'s List —^1 I Consold. Tin Sm attar 7 Ord Dunlop *m* Eaafcrn United (616) 33 Fra.*?r and Nea Ord. (66) fraaer and Neave 74% Pref. (£5) w Gammon Malaya <$ii General Elect tie Hi Greet E. Life <H Pd t Great E.
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    133 10 Apr i I American C M m I American T» 1< phone I .(Ud Tele g 1 A '< ■ti Railr 0 id I Choancak I Dunont 143 Plrssl 'i i Osnsrml Bscii :ik General M fi P drich DOOtf) 27 Eattr 1 ask Tkk i ii
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    75 11 Veteran Member Of The Kuomintang Dying Hong Kong, Apr. 21. Mr. Siau Fat Cheng, a veteran member of the Kuomintang and cnc of the most formidable rivals of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek. is seriously ill. An official bulletin states that Mr. Siau has not had lood
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    MALAYA TRADE STATISTICS
    349 11 TABLE 111 SUMMARY (In thousands of dollars) Month Imports gross exports gross trade Monthly Cumulative Total Monthly Cumulative Total Monthly Cumulative To al 1936 T935~ ~1936 1935 ~1936 UK ___~5 H)35 M6~ -ii____ (2) (3) (4) [5 (6 > <?> <8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) i
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      131 11 AIR PASSENGERS Arrived from N.E.I, by KNILM "PKAFK"— on Apr. 22: Mr. Fockens. Mrs. Boyer. Mrs. Haas. Baby Haas and Amah. Mrs. Yeap Hock Hoe and Mr. E.A.C Koopman. Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM "Kwak"on Apr. 22: Mr. C. H. Hazes. Mrs. A. A. Salomon. Dr. Kolkman. Mr. Goldbert. Mr
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      1003 12 SHANGHAI POCK MERGER Strong Hopes Of Reaching Agreement Shanghai. Apr. 18. PRESSING the probability that the proposed merger of the %>w Li, gine* ring and Shipbuilding Work-. Ltd., with the Shanghai Dock and Engineering (ompany, Ltd., will shortly materialise, Mr. H. E. Arnhold, Chairman ol' the Directors of Hip first
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      79 12 CLAIMED as the fastest war-traf 1 hi the world, the first of a fleet oi -nolor torprdo b: ats built by Messrs. John Thornycroft and Company Ltd. loi* thc Far East, underwent its trials on the Thames oil Gv< er-hitltt. The Kiipfdo boat has ;,»u l'!-cylmdcr cogines developing 500 horsepower
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      275 12 Over UH) Persons <>„ A BrttWl Slip Whe: tin I p.iny-s iteaaw t Kwelj from Canton tie re vill tion by the igi nl M held a' d Bwlr< oa i stuwinn away which ship's ,oi An The Kwelyang arrive Hong from B h »k on
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    167 14 Death Of Former Ceylon Planter London. Apr. fi. The death lias occurred of Mr Norman William Grieve He wa.s 84 years of age. Mr. Norman Grieve was ORt ol th. survivors of the eoilee days iri Ceylon He arrived in the Island in 1871. in which year.
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    88 14 Seen OfT The Ootid ,M Ceylon I il.omamiar [i km M»» A N TslilEHinnsi PI i K was seen 0". who tmrt walki" ol On.- oi thtn vi P \u nottood w\ I p|ec« oi Umber ihore «*t Um Bi A HMMPORM nt u ntl i. oid
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    AMAZING BOWLING BY S. De SILVA AND SABAPATHY
    551 15 Cricket Club Batsmen Skittled WALTON'S BRILLIANT KNOCK FOR DIEHARDS Week-End Cricket Carnival CRICKET was in full swing in Singapore over the week-end. On the Ceylon Sports Club ground the home team, with the help of some amazing bowling by S. de Silva
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    12 15 ph\)ty) REW in Saturday's R.S.Y.C. Regatta. Report on this page Free Press
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    ROWING RECORD NEARLY EQUALLED
    207 15 ROWING RECORD NEARLY EQUALLED A a few seconds oil v. .s retained by the In the Club Fours final < regatta roweo on Batur- the breakwater. .> s participated vrw J. H. Scott-Tagart Hill (2), C. H. Barnett IcK Hart < stroke* and Miss V, {nn Major D F. Brown,
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    KING'S CUP RACE
    68 15 Duke Of Kent's Plane Entered London, Apr. 84. Thc King's Cup air race in England Will bi flown this year on July 10— 11. The Duke ol Kent has entered his Pi rcival New Gull, piloted by the designer. Last year Capt. Percival. flying a Similar machine
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    WALTON IN FORM
    254 15 1)2 For Regiment Against Nondescripts i An excellent innings of 92 by Capt. Walton enabled the Middlesex Regiment to beat the Nondescripts by 84 runs yesterday at Tanglin. The Regiment batted first and declared their innings closed with 178 for five wickets. Apart from Capt. Walton's effort,
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    FIVE FOR 16
    111 15 Md. Shah's Fine Bowling For The Malays The Malay Football Association scored a decisive victory over the Casuals yesterday in their cricket fixture on the former's ground. Batting first the Casuals could only muster 85, Md. Shah bowling very well to take five wickets for 16 runs.
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    SERVICES TROUNCED
    395 15 Runaway Win For Recreation Club The S.R.C. beat United Services on the first innings by 95 runs in the two day match played on the Padang on Saturday and yesterday, it having been arranged that if the game could not be completed the side which led on! thc
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    504 15 I w l.b.w. b Dean 1. Boon. Beng n. Kee Pow b Dean 0, Choon it LM. Choon Leong b Bartels sievk c Riches b Leijssius 10, Total 140. I Bartels. 2 for 35; Dean, 5 1 tor 21: Leijssius, 2 for o tor lb. v peppers:
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    1099 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanu, Apr. 25. •J* HE Penang Turf (lub\s spring raee meeting was brought to a such fui conclusion today. The going was good. The sky was slightlv overcast at the atari. There was a very large attendance. There was an excellent race in
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    400 16 Home Team Relegated After 48 Years BLACKBURN ALSO FOR DIVISION 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 26. LEAGUE football history was made at Villa Park yesterday, for after their match with Blackburn Rovers, Aslon Villa broke a 48-year record by earning relegation. EVER
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    473 16 Easy Win For The Rest TV-IE Rest b sat Englar.d in a four-ball match en the Bukit Ti:rah courie yesterday. The conditions were 13 holes match play r,n handicap, one p int U,v a win and a quarter ior bv. The following are the
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    70 16 The following will represent the BtraltS Chinese Recreation Club against the Municipal Services A team Bl Clerical Union ground on Monday. Apr. 27: Dr. Au Kee Hock: Tan Huck Wan. Henry Boon. Fain Choo Beng. Low Kee Pow. T. W. Ong: Kam Gim Lock. Gan Kee Siang. Lee
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    16 16 THE "A" CREW in the R.S.Y.C. Regatta on Saturday Report on Page 15. (Free Press photo).
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    40 16 London, Apr. 25. Rugby games played today, says Reuter, were Biidgewater ..3 W. Super Mare. 18 Coventry 6 Northampton 0 Cross Keys 6 Llanelly 3 Devon. Servs. 3 R?druth 0 Gloucester G Bristol 0 Moseiey 12 Rugby 5
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    23 16 The Middlesex Regiment were beaten by the R AF. In a Garrison league tcb at Seietar on Saturday by one goal to nil.
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    74 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 26. IN the semi-firal men's doubles in the Sclargor tennis championships today G. O. Hovil and H. J. Sirclair beat J. B. Bong and Hoo Hup Yoon 6—4, 6 4. They will meet Cheng Tuck Wing and Ng Kok Thoy
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    77 16 The April L.aaies foursome compeu- tion was played at Keppel Golf Club on Friday. April 24. and the following cards were returned: Mrs. E. Litchfield and Mrs. A J Donald 45— 10 4 -34^ 4 Miss V. Patterson and Mrs. G L. Eyre 47— 11 3 ,4 35»
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    20 16 London, Apr. sa. In the Scottish League today Third Lanark beat Ayr by six goals to f3ur. Reuter
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    51 16 B London, Apr. 26. THE newsreel companies outwitted the Wembley Stadium authorities who made their own picture of the Cup Final and excluded the usual companies following a dispute over royalties by chartering four autogyros which hung over the area and filmed the game. Reuter
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    19 16 At Twickenham on Saturday the Rugby seven -a -side final was won by Sale beating Blackheath first team 18—6.—
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    194 16 Regiment Loses Rlwy Inst 1 "D" Coy. Middlesex 0 The Railway Institute were lucky to have defeated "D" Coy Middlesex Regiment by a goal to nil on their own ground. The game was one-sided, the soldiers being superior in every phase of the game, but the good
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    62 16 For the Summer (Governor's Cup» race meeting the Singapore race course will be open for training on Thursday Apr. 30 at 5.45 a.m. when the usual arrangements for coffee will be made. A full list of the horses and ponies in training for the meeting will be issued immediately after
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    82 16 ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR RAMONA Billie Wins Sailing Committee Cup YESTERDAY at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club the International Six-metre Class sailed a sweepstake race in a very light variable breeze from the East. The sea was smooth and th^ tide flooding. Ramona skippered by J. E. S. Alexander finished flrst.
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