The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 April 1937

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,146. ESTD. 1835 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28. 1937. M CENTS.
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    ANCIENT BASQUE CAPITAL OBLITERATED
    632 1 Guernica A Mass Of Blazing Ruins HUNDREDS OF FUGITIVES FOLLOWED AND SHOT BY REBEL PLANES 50 Women And Children Burnt Alive Bilbao, Apr. 27. G 1 l ERNICA, the ancient capital of the Basque country, f has been entirely blotted out and hundreds of civilians killed
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    FAMOUS "BIRDMAN" KILLED
    62 1 Paris, Apr. 27. 'THE famous American "birdman," Clem Sohn, was killed while giving a flying exhibition at Vincennes. He jumped from an aeroplane at a height of 6,560 feet and glided like a bird downward and then released the parachute on his back and chest, but both
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    HITCH AT MONTREUX CONFERENCE
    226 1 Egyptians Resent French Demands Montreux, Apr. 27. THERE are signs that the Egyp- tians are digging m their toes at the French demands which has caused an unexpected hitch m the smooth-sailing conference. In plain terms, apar from technicalities, the French demand that Egypt conclude a
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    AUSTRIA AND NAZIS
    107 1 Vienna, Apr. 26. yESTLRDAY'S edition of the Giornale d'ltalla m which Signor Gayda. known as II Duce's mouthpiece, stated tho Nazis would soon be admitted to the Austrian Government, has been banned throughout Austria. The tension caused by Signor Gayda s report has been relieved by the
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR SUES LONDON PUBLISHERS
    152 1 London, Apr. 27. REUTER understands that Messrs. Allen Overy. the Duke of Windsor's solicitors, have served a writ upon Messrs. Heinemann, the publishers, and Mr. Geoffrey Dennis, the author of "Coronation Commentary" claiming damages fcr libel and an injunction. A message from Nev; York
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    ANOTHER RECORD ATTEMPT
    38 1 Darwin, Apr. 27. TTHE Australian airman, H. F. 1 Broadbent, took off at 6.45 a.m. on an attempt to beat H. L. Brook's Australia-England record. Reuter. Broadbent is expected to stop at Singapore this evening.
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    BROOK BEHIND SCHEDULE
    121 1 England-Cape Flight Juba, Sudan, Apr. 27. rS anxiety over the British airman. Mr. H L. Brook, of whom no news had been heard since he left Khartoum, has been allayed by his arrival here at 6.15 am. (British Summer Time). He explained that he wa> toreed ci
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Apr. 27. rE Privy Council has reserved judgment m the appeal of the Estate and Trust Agencies versus Singapore Improvement Trust.
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    ECONOMIC TALKS IN ROME AND BRUSSELS
    362 1 ECONOMIC TALKS IN ROME AND BRUSSELS GEN. GOERING WITH MUSSOLINI Eden Meets Belgian Prime Minister Rome. Apr. 27. pENFRAL GOERING had a 40 minute conversation with Mussolini yesterday. While his visit was described as private it is understood the Spanish position and the German four-year plan for economic self-suffici-ency were
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      52 1 I ■_M ISf HOTEL (informal) TONIGHT (informal) [SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE DINNER AND DANCE MUSIC BY RELLER'S FAMOUS HUNGARIAN BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE MEETS TODAY AT 1 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL BUSINESS MEETING ROTARIANS ONLY ADELPHI GRILL: THE BEST FOOD AT POPULAR PRICES CONCERT
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    EVADED DUTY ON CORONATION GOODS
    112 2 Japanese Fined $50 In Kuala Lumpur tFrom Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 27. Y. Shiagshiyama, manager of t Japanese shop m Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, was fined $50, or three weeks' imprisonment, by Raja Petra m the Kuala Lumpur Police Court yesterday for evasion
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    UNSAFE TO CONVICT
    104 2 Where Complainant Is Sole Witness As To Identity <From Our Own Correspondent* Penan*. Apr. 27. In the High Court yesterday Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith quashed the conviction of Leow Boon Kok. who was convicted m the lower criminal court on a charge of cheat ing a compatriot and
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    EARL OF CLARENDON
    60 2 Made Knight Of The Garter New York, Apr. 27. A Court Circular announces the Earl of Clarendon had an audience with the King this evening upon relinquishing his appointment as GovernorGeneral and Commainder- m -Chief of the Union of South Africa and His Majesty invested him with
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    THAT $500,000 Colony Gift
    554 2 THAT $500,000 Colony Gift Letters To The Editor THE FOURTH YEAR IN SUCCESSION— SEVEN YEARS AGO— ONE WHO VOTED FOR MILITARY CONTRIBUTION— PEACE STILL AS FAR OFF AS EVER— WAR NOT LIKE GAME OF CHESS— CAN WE "PROTECT" OURSELVES? To The Editor. Sir,— For fourth year m succession the sum
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      232 2 Diary Of The Day High Water: 12.35 p.m. 7.9 ft.; 11.35 ROXY p.m. 8.8 It. Little Lord Fauntleroy. SpOrtS MARLBOROUGH Soccer: S.C.C. vs. Government Ser- Japanese Picture, vices: Med. Services vs. Casuals (Div. GARRICK ID. at S.H.B. c <,_. Cricket: 22nd H.B. vs. St, Andrews. Rhantom of the West. Lawn
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      54 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Acting Chief Justice m the Ist. Court at 11 a.m. S.4;37— Cheok Chin Huat and ors. vs: Cheok Chin Soon and ors. (Summons N. ***** adjourned from chambers). Before Mr. Justice Home m the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Assizes Rex vs. Luk
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    SINGAPORE PREPARES FOR CORONATION DAY
    445 3 Busiest Social Season For Long Time UJITH just a fortnight to go to Coronation Day. May 12. work on H Singapore preparations for tbe great event is well under way City buildings are being spring-cleaned and already the first splashes of colour are evident, flags
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    BIG DROP IN RUBBER PRICE
    183 3 A DROP ol three cento a pound m the price of rubber m Singapore occurred yesterday owing to the combined effect of the declines m London und New York, together with the publication of production figures for March m Malaya, the buyers' spot price at
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    GUTHRIE & CO. SUE K. L. CINEMA PROPRIETOR
    524 3 GUTHRIE CO. SUE K. L. CINEMA PROPRIETOR Echo Of Closing -Down Of Popular Amusement Place (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 27. IUIR. ONG EE LIM, the Kuala Lumpur cinema proprietor, appeared IVI m the Supreme Court before Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas, the Chief Justice, yesterday as defendant m
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    HEN BECOMES COCK
    92 3 'From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 26. A mild stir has been created m the Chera.s Road area of Kuala Lumpurby a hen which is changing its sex Mr. S. E. Saw. who rears poultry m his spare time, states that the hen used to be
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    29 3 photo) CORONATION GARB- n«- to be decorated *Ith fl a ™i k^J*™* f thc Govcrn «««nt buildings a Him flags and buntinf was thc Sup c t Free Press
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    FUNERAL OF VICTIM OF FLYING CLUB PLANE CRASH
    282 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 26. |pAPT. GEORGE BENTINCK, who was injured m the Perak Flying Club fatal plane crash on Sunday evening at Kramat Pulai mine, was removed to Batu Gajah Hospital m a dazed condition after an X-ray examination
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    S.H.B.J.S.C.
    58 3 The Singapore Harbour Board Junior Service Club will hold a dinner, to be followed by a ronggeng. on Saturday May 15. and an athletic sports meeting on Sunday. May 23. m honour of the Coronation ot His Majesty the King Both the dinner and the sports meeting will be
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    FOOD FROM BANGKOK DISINFECTED
    47 3 Riiab V the cholera m Bangkok, all food imported into Singapore which has to be eaten raw. is disinfected before it is allowed into All Bangkok fruits such as pomeloes, mangoes and water melons are sprayed Potash n f P erman *anate of
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    Chancellor To Prevent Transfer Of Companies?
    298 3 (From our Own Oormpondtiitj London. Apr. 1%. pOMMUITIMU on thc imposition Oi the Riowth-01 -profits tax the Financial Times suggests that the rubber producing industry will be badly hit, because profits durine, 1933 to 1935 inclusive, the period that has been determined as the
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    MUNICIPAL HOUSING
    116 3 Indemnifying Bill THAT the Bill has no tffoct With Karri to l ut urc action and th.it it only indemnifies t lie Commissioners and others for what they have already done. wa> emphasised by the Attorney General, the Hon. Mr C Q Howell. the Legislative Council on Moudav.
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    ASSESSORS THANKED BY JUDGE
    164 3 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Apr. !7. At the conclusion of an eight-day I murder trial yesterday the H n Mr. Justice Pcdlow. m the Seremban Supreme Court, said that he would I like to express his thanks to the two gentlemen who had sat with
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    DINNER IN HONOUR OF DR. KRISHNAN
    105 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Apr. 2ti. Dato Wong Yick Tong. J P.. MC H i former Federal Councillor, presided at a dinner given by the friends of Dr. S. R. Krishnan J.P. on his appointment to the Federal Council. Dato Wong congratulated Dr.
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    SZE HAI TONG BANK
    136 3 Dividend Of Ten Per Cent And Bonus To Stafl The annual gcnerai meeting ol the Sze Hai Tong Banki:i- and fusurancc Company Ltd. was held In Singapore on Saturday tho chairman. Mr Lee Wee Nam. presiding. The report and accounts wenadopted and the lollowing approprl ations
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    252 5 THE PUSTERIA DIVISION of the Alpine Battalions recently returned to Rome after service m Abyssinia They ula. *H known Warriors Tomb and were reviewed by the Duce. Signor Mussolini reviewing the Alpine troops n Un WITH GREAT CEKEMQNY the Mahmal. the sacred carpet, returned to airo alter the journey to
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      79 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each SWETTEN m BIRMING U II TOTTEN VV 11 In W E S T fl 111 THERE ARE LOTS OF "^^^P^Wy HAMS ALL OVER §§£H§S&f THE WORLD BUT -^g. r <a££a' THERE
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    "OILY MAN" GETS A LIFE SENTENCE
    230 6 Returned From Banishment DID NOT INTEND TO COME; WAS 'DRIVEN HERE BY STRONG WIND" HAROUN bin Hamid, the "Oily Man," quite earnestly told his lordship yesterday m the Assize Court, that he did not intend to come to Singapore, but that he was on
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    THREE YEARS' GAOL FOR RETURNED BANISHEE.
    114 6 From Our Own Correspondent.* Johore Bahru. Apr. '26. I was on my way to Java and as I had spent all my money I was lett stranded at the -place where 1 was found." said Ong Ah Seng, alias Kueh .Tee Sin. who was
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    AGRICULTURAL SHOW FOR SEGAMAT
    403 6 AGRICULTURAL SHOW FOR SEGAMAT Exhibition May Be Enlarged (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. Apt. 26. "AT a meeting of the Central Committee. Johore Bahru, It was decided that the Segamat District Second Annual Agricultural (Exhibition be held on July 1 and 2. ■on the Segamat town padang. The Committee also
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    POLICE BAND
    48 6 The bond ot the S.S. Police v. ill render a programme of music at the public reception n Monday. May 17. starting at 4.30 p.m. oo the Padang. Si. Andrew's Rood. His Excellency the Governor and T ody Th mis will be present on this occasion.
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    71 6 OWING TO THE MISHAP on Monday afternoon when the steel girders holding thc roof caved m (a picture of the catastrophe is above) the opening of the eovered-in stadium at the Happy World, due for May 7, has been postponed. Two of the men who were injured are recovering at
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    Fatal Quarrel Over 62 Cents
    189 6 MAN STRUCK DOWN WITH CHAIR LEG LEONG Ah Seng pleaded guilty yesterday rt the Assize Court te a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to muider, and was sentenced to twelve months' rigorous imprisonment. Mr. Paul Storr, tor the prosecution, said that the trouble was
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    JOHORE SULTAN'S SCHOLARS SELECTED
    119 6 To Study Medicine And Law From Our Own Correspondent Johore R.ihm. Apr. 26. Che Abdullah bin Mohamed. who has been acting as Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court m the absence of Haji Naslr on pilgrimage to Mecca, and Dr Awang bin Hassan of Muar Hospital
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    FRANCO-EGYPTIAN TALKS
    193 6 Permanent Relations Montreux. Apr. ftft. A RIFT m the lute has occurred m the Franco-Eeyptian talks. The French have submitted a memorandum explaining their desiderata m the matter of permanent relations, especially regarding the Treaty of Establishment. After a long conversation between N'ahas Pasha and M de Tassan.
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    OPENING OF HAPPY WORLD POSTPONED
    55 6 THE opening of the Happy World. the new and up-to-date pleasure park and cabaret, has been postponed until Thursday. Ma> 6. Those who have received cards inviting them to the opening are notified that invitation cards bearing the date of Apr. 29, 1937. may be
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    SQUATTERS QUARREL OVER HEN
    278 6 Leads To Parang Attack From Our Own Correspondent Sejtamat, Apr. 25. <*TEI.L the iCCttSStI that I take into consideration the fact that he is .m old man and also that he has been In custody since Mar. 19. but the oiTence be has committed is a
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    BISHOP LEE RETURNS TO SINGAPORE
    82 6 Bishop and Mrs Edwin F. Lee returned to Singapore yesterday on the Thedens from Palembang. after an absence ot three months m the Philippines. Bali, Java and Sumatra. B:shop Lee presided over the sessions of two Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church m the Philippines
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    YOUNG FRISCO MARRIED
    80 6 May Return To Manila Soon ■7RANCIBCO Eusetio. batter known ss Young PriSCO, popular Filipino boxer, and Misf Doreen Phyllis Cole, ol Rangoon, were married yesterday atterno n at the Singapore Registry Office. The young couple met when the bridegroom was on tour at Rangoon where the bride
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    HE WAS ALWAYS TIRED AND ILL
    141 6 Three Complaints a \r ij, m A Miserable Tim< Suffering from three disordered kidneys, sen ti matusm. how could this thing else but always tired Yet. he tells us that In ;<- Krufichen Salts brought v*. r plete transformation n, writes: "Up to a
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    THE MAHARAJAH OF TRAVANCORE
    200 6 Reception To Be Gfon IU Malayalees A public meeting of the M m Singapore was held on S the YM.C.A Hall Mr T was m the chair The meeting decided to ka< reception to H H. the Maharaj.. the Maharani and the Elaya F their arrival
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    RUBBER FOOTWEAR FROM HONG KONG
    88 7 London, \pr. 11. In the BOOM Of Commi lis. Mr. Neven Spence called attention lo the j export tc Britain ol rubber footwear manufactured m Hong Kong and 'nquired how many persons would be l directly employed m Britain if footj wear were manufactured here
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    NEW U.S. FLOOD THREAT
    63 7 New York, Apr. 11. Swollen by continuous rains, flood waters are again threatening parts ot Pennsylvania. Ohio. Maryland and West Virginia, which have still not completely recovered from the disastrous floods of January. Railway tracks and bridges have been washed away. The inhabitants of lowlying sections
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    NEGRO COMMUNIST RELEASED
    128 7 Washington. Apr. 11. T»K SUPREME COURT yesterday set aside the sentence ol 18 to 20 years' penal servitude imposed m 1932 on Angela Herndon, the negro Communist organiser. Tht> court ruled that the interpreta- tion by the Georgia CCUltl ot the State law oi 1871 prohibiting insurrection
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    31 7 New York. Apr. 27. President Quezon is sailing by the Normandie today and spending a week each m Ireland and Denmark to study land tenancy problems belore returning to Manila.- Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 28, 1937. "Hush ! Hush !" In Public Affairs
    823 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 28, 1937. "Hush Hush In Public Affairs GOVERNMENT, it was intimated at Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council, does not approve of a policy of secrecy, such as has been practised by the Singapore Rural Board. The Board Is to be formally informed of
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    DAY TO DAY
    162 8 Mr. G. S Reis Ls proceeding on home leave. His address will be c o The Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, ir Mihopgate. London EC 2 Mr Rashleigh Johnston Duncan, of Folkestone, a director of Jong-Landor Rubber Estates, who died, aged 74. at the end
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    MINISTER'S DAUGHTER FOUND SHOT
    148 8 Raffling Mystery Vienn-i, Apr. 2b. The tragic death of the beautiful. 20-year-old daugther of the Paraguayan Minister. Ingrid Weingreen. I devotee of the occult sciences, is presenting a baffling problem. Ingrid was found dying m her car on the main Vienna-Trieste highway near Neunkirchen as the
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    UNKNOWN
    653 8 Statesmen 's Ignorance Of Geography Home Service For The Motorist i What Is The Minimum Of Sleep /GERMANY'S efforts on behalf of her lost colonies might have had a better chance of being successful m the happy days gone by, when responsible Ministers were a good deal more ignorant
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    "Paper Hats"
    996 8 THE party to celebrate tht birthday ot Mrs Toddy's eleven-year- )ld daughter Ida was m lull swing The children had lost most oi the restraint with which the evening had begun: only shy little Ronnie Owens continued to refuse the sweet.> and fruit that were otTered him and
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    MARTIAL LAW IN PAILINGMIAU
    218 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Feverish Preparations For Defence 20 SPIES ARRESTED IN Shanghai, Apr. 27. MARTIAL LAW has been proclaimed at Pailingmiau, former capital of Inner Mongolia which was captured by the Chinese forces from Suiyuan last year, and Chining, an important railway centre on the
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    94 9 THC CORONATION SEASON at the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden, opened on Apr. 19. with Verdi's Othello. Great preparations uere made at the Opera House for this season, which promises to be thc most brilliant for many years, owing to the many foreign and overseas visitors for the Coronation who
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    GOOD RECEPTION ASSURED FOR DEFENCE BONDS
    242 9 Chancellor Explains Issue London, Apr. 27. THK National Defence Bonds seem assured of a good reception, the maturity date being particularly attractive to insurance companies as it fills the gap between long-dated issues and short-dated ones. Asked In the House of Commons why the
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    GRESFORD CASE
    44 9 Five More Summonses Withdrawn London. Apr. 11. Summonses against five more deudants m the Gresford Pit prosecutive been withdrawn and they discharged, leaving as the only efendants United Westminster and Vrexham Collieries "proprietors _.l the it) and one other company Reuter wireless
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    KENILWORTH CASTLE
    43 9 To Belong To Thc Nation Londun, Apr. Tt. nil worth Castle, Warwickshire. nous m history, is to belong to the Sir John Siddeley has purfhe property from the Earl of n t r the benefit oi the na- won.- Reuter Wireless
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    MRS. BONNEY TURNS BACK
    78 9 Bad Weather Conditions (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Apr. 27. JVIRS BONNEY hopped ofT thi* morning for Tavoy and Moulmein. but returned alter half an hour's ilight owing to bad weather conditions m the mountainous country on the Siam-Burma frontier. She hopes to restart tomorrow ii
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    ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
    35 9 London, Apr. 'Hi. Their Majesties celebrated the 14th anniversary of their wedding by holding a quiet family luncheon at Windsor Castle. Flags were flown fr *m Government offices m London. Reuter Wireless
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    WOMAN BURIED ALIVE
    33 9 II7IIILE engaged m excavating WW work at Depots Road last evening a Chinese woman labourer was killed when she was buried by a fall of earth. Her skull was fractured.
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    SIR WILFRID GREENE
    48 9 Appointed Master Of The Rolls London. Apr. 27. Sir Will rid Greene has been appointed Master of the Rolls m succession to Lord Wright, who has been appointed a Lord of Appeal. Sir Frank Mackinnem has been appointed a Lord Justice cf Appeal. Reuter Wireless
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    LONDON BUS DISPUTE
    315 9 Cambridge Undergraduates Loan Cars To Strikers London. Apr. 27. HTHE London bus dispute was the subject of a five hours' discussion at the Ministry of Labour where, at the invitation of the Ministry, the chief representatives of the parties met yesterday afternoon under the presidency of Mr.
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    DOCKYARD DISPUTE SETTLED
    28 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Apr. 27. THE dispute between the Straits Steamship Co. and the Sungei Nyok dockyard workers was satisfactorily settled this afternoon.
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    149 9 Siam's Queen Grandmother Arrives FROM SUMATRA TRIP I A SMALL, frail Siamese woman m national dress reached Sin- gapore yesterday from Sumatra and Penang by the East Asiatic Line's vessel Fionia. I She was the dowager consort ot the late King Chulalongkorn of Siam and grandmother of the present Boy
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    211 9 To Pass Through Singapore On World Flight Mrs Amelia Earhart Putnam, famous American woman flier, known as "Lady Lindy." whose recent attempt to girdle the world by air had to be postponed owing to a crash when taking off from Honolulu on the second stage of the trip,
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    MINING ROYALTIES
    57 9 Government Accepts Tribunal's Award London. Apr. 27. Mr. Stanley Baldwin announced m the House of Commons that the Government decided to accept the award of the tribunal for the purchase of mining royalties. Compensation under the award will be £66.500.000. Legislation will be introduced as soon as possible
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    ABBEY SERVICE
    27 9 London, Apr. 27. It is learned authoritatively that the Coroivation service m Westminster Abbey will begin at 11 a.m. and last two hours.— Reuter Wireless.
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    15 9 Washington. Apr. 27. The death is announced of the democrat. Senator Nathan Bachman.— Reuter Wireless
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    LA MERI CAPTIVATES SINGAPORE
    423 9 Versatile Dance Recital TT is no mean lcat lor a solo artist to keep up the interest ol an audience throughout an entire performance with the assistance o f another artist m only two items, especially when the same decor of a black drop curtain was
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    GANDHIS PLAN REJECTED
    84 9 London, Apr. 27. IN thc House of Commons yesterday Mr. R. A. Butler. Parliamentary Under-Secretary. India Office, announced that Government was unable tr accept Gandhis proposed arbitral tribunal. He emphasised that Government did not intend that thc Governors, by I narrow interpretation of their own responsibilities, should
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    566 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 6 p. m. April 27 Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c, 1944-64 113*4 113 J ,B \k Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 1133a lWi —2% War Loan, 3' 2
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    185 10 Apr. 23. 24. 26. American Gun. Com. 102 99 98» 2 American Telephone and Telegraph 167% 166 165 Alchcson RaiJnmd 85 83' 'i 80'. j Chesapeak 59 3 4 60 58 3 Dupont I&6'^ 155' /2 152% Firestone 36% 35^ 4 34« /2 General Electric 54 52%
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    90 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Tone of Market —Irregular after weak. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 10 13 16d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet U.S. cts. 22 1 16 per lb. Apr. 21, VI o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I X.R.S.b. In i\usei 'FOB. Aprir» 31 37> Good F.A.Q.
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    62 10 Apr. 27 Gam bier T.T. 8.00 Java Cube 11.00 Hamburg Cube 15.00 White Muntok Pepper 18.50 Black, Pepper 10.25 Copra, mixed 6.65 Copra, sundried 7.15 Smal Flake Tapioca 5.00 Rise Saigon Al $167 Rice Slam, W.C. No. 1 $146 Rice Slain, W.C. No. 2 $137 Rice Siam,
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    182 10 From London 5.30 p. m. April 27 RUBBER: Easy. London Spot: 11 3 /4 d. 10 13 16d. Previously: 10 13 16d. 1178 d.0 7 8 d. July-Sept.: *****16 d. 11 Hl6d. Previously: lid. 11 l;16d. Oct.-Dec. lid. ll'ed. Previously: 111 16d. llftd. Jan-Mar: lid. ll» B
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    67 10 From London 5.30 p. m. April 27 Cash: £260 lO.s Previously Weak at £251 lbs Three months: £256 15.s Previously: €248 ss. New York Tin: 56.25 Previ.usly: 56.00 Copper: Settlement £58 ss. Previously £58 2s 6d Yesterday £7 Os 5» 2 d Previously £7 os. 9' 2
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    79 10 London Closing Quotations April 27 Method of Parity be lore Rate PreCtntfC quoting 20-D-31 Yesterday viously Paris Pranc to 124.21 111", nn New York to 488 4.94 1 4.93 9 16 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 9.02 1 9.00 3 4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 2 5
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    192 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES SELLING London. T.T. 2 4 1 16 London, demand 24 116 London. 4 months' .>ight 2 4% Lyons, demand 1285 Hamburg, demand 141% New York, demand 57% Montreal, demand 57% Batavia. demand 104% Samarang. demand 104' j Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon, demand 154% Madras and Colombo
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    91 10 London, Apr. 26. On the Stock Exchange persistent liquidation meeting with poor support resulted m the general marking down ot prices m all sections apart from the notable exception of giltedged securities which steadily held up. Many severe losses were recorded by leading industrials, internationals, minings, rubbers, oils,
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    MONEY MARKET
    90 10 London, Apr. 25. On the Money market yesterday the budget proposals caused considerable discussion but m no way disturbed the church-like calm of this section of the City. Credit continued to flow easily and the amount of capital seeking safe repose was reflected m the very keen competition
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    1247 10 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser and Co.'s List TUESDAY, APR. 27, 1937: 6 P.M. MINING Buyers SHlers Ampat Tin (4s> 5s 3d 6a c.d Asam Kumbang 35s 3d 36s 9d Austral Malay 57s Ms 6d Ayer Hltam (sfi) 26s 6d 27s 6d Ayer Weng (tt)
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    266 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THF C!X>BB OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was $124%. down V The rather heavy fall m practically every share on thr ii London Stock Exchange yesterday came as rather a surprise i investors. In some quarters a recrudescence of the
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    21 11 AM I A LOUISE and Sir CEDRIC lIARDHK XI. m a scene from "CJrcen Light" which opens at the Pavilion tonight.
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    235 11 Fraser Company. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for Books Close. financial Company Dividend Date Ex. Div. year TIN Payable Date to date •V.npat Tin b r < Final Apr. 2G May 11 May 3 V> r o Uhat Mines 12',/'c Final May 17 20 baling 10% Int Apr. 24 May
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    Winning CONTRACT
    500 11 Winning CONTRACT David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oncald Jacoby and Howard Schenken world's leading team-of-four inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence fONTRACT is undoubtedly a difficult game. We know of no player, no matter how expert, who comes even close to playing perfectly, which
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    JOHORE BAHRU AND THE CORONATION
    188 11 Sir Shcnton May Attend Dinner At Istana (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. '17. Arrangements arc being made to observe the Coronation of Hi.s Majesty King George VI In a fitting manner at Johore Bahru. The Istana Besar and the Mosque will be floodlit
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    54 11 The death occurred on Saturday last of Mr. Yap Foong Cheong. late accountant of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, at his residence at 2Mj mile Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur. The deceased, it |g understood, had retired from Government service about two months ago. He leaves a widow two sons, three
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    42 11 The Fortnightly Club will meet, at the headquarter! ot the y.w.ca. at Raffles Quay tomorrjw evening at 6.30, when Mrs. E. V. Davies will speak on the subject of "Tremendous Trifles." The mooting i.s open to non-mombers of either s^x.
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    20 11 Dr. R. M. Dannat, M.8.. 8.5., F.R.C.S., late Surgeon, Malayan Medical Service, has been appointed Resident Surgeon, Colonial Hospital. Granada.
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS
    90 11 Lim Keng Kwee and a Chinese woman named Sim Gek Hong were put on their trial yesterday at the Singapore Assizes, before Mr. Justice Home, on charges of possessing counterfeit crins and instruments for counterfeiting King's coins. Lim Keng Kwee pleaded guilty while the woman claimed trial. His
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    46 12 Apr. 26: Porthos (Fren.): Santos Maru <Jap); Hafthor (Nor.); G'tav Diederichsen (Dan); Gewang. Talang Akar. Schouten. Roggeveen 'Dut); Flevo. Raub, Hong Peng, Meran Brit.). Apr. 27: Hong Thong. Hong Kwong, Hong Lam. Esmeralda. Jerantut. Tandjong Balei. Rahman. Rantau (Brit); Tomohon, Pasir (Dut.); Alcides. Halvdan (Nor.).
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      784 12 UNION CASTLE'S NEW LINER LAUNCHED Features Of Refrigerated Cargo Motorship London. THE launch took place last month at Messrs. Harland and Wolff's Queen's Island shipyard of the Roxburgh Castle, a refrigerated cargo motorship for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., and a sister ship to the Rochester Castle, which was
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      VESSELS ARRIVED
      109 12 Anhui, Brit 2.080 tons, from Amoy 27. to Penang 29 Tinombo, Dut 525 tons, from P Baroe 27. to P. Baroe 29 Pasir. Dut, 630 tons, from Saigon 27. to Penang 27. Houtman. Dut.. 3.179 tons, from Sabang 27, to Saigon 28. Pangkor. Brit.. 687 tons, from Malacca
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      134 12 The fallowing were passengers by Imperial planes Aircralt S.vdrcy VH USE rrom Brisbane. D'.nUn and N.I. arrived B Saturday: Capt. W. H Crcwther. Cap! I R. G'-rney. :r»m Brisbane. Mrs G Tdwards. from Darwin. Mr Q G. Woods, trom Daly Waters. Aircraft Atalanta G-ABTI lor Penan:: Siam.
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    3026 15  - POSSIBLES AND PROBABLES FOR SATURDAY'S RACING Top Weights Should Fight Out Anniversary Handicap NIMROD Spotlight On Sport By Gordons Leap Into Prominence Strong Rest Team For Clarke Cup riVfc* days of good racing should be the lot of the Singapore Punters next month Whether it will be protit able or
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    119 15 From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 25. In spite of a good innings by Lee Soon Wee. who scored 86 not out. including three sixes, and a sensational spell of bowling by Ho Chup Yoon. who took three wickets for one run «Mth seven
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    73 15 London. Apr. 27. Thc latest Two Thousand Guineas call over is as follows (all taken and offered unless otherwise stated I 3 to 1 Foray 75 to 20 Fairford 11 to 2 Fair Copy 17 to 2 Le Grand Due. 10 to 1 Goya. 100 to 7
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    456 16 CHERRINGTON NEYLAND WIN GODOWN DOUBLES FINAL Barbat Gilmour Beaten In Three Sets SMITH EASILY ACCOUNTS FOR WARDEN IN SINGLES AFTER a hard- fought three-set match E. Cherrington and B. Neyland (-15) defeated V. P. Barbat and O. W. Gilmour (-3) m the final of the godown doubles event of the
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    83 16 On Friday, there will be the usual afternoon yacht races for the B and "C" classes, starting at 5.20 p.m. and 5 25 p m. respectively. On Sunday, the International sixmetre Class will practise for Interport races against Batavia. starting al 10 a.m. The B clan will sail
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    267 16 CRICKET AND FOOTBALL TEAMS THE lollowing will play cricket (or 1 the S.C.R.C. m week-end matches. j Saturday vs. khalsa Assoc, at 2 p.m. on S.C.R.C. ground: Chua Choon Leong. Tan Thean Tek. Low X POw. Neo Geo Lee. Tav Yew Ee. X T. Ooi. Tan Kee Tian*. Yap Choon
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    115 16 •From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 25. In the match here today between Ipoh Europeans and Teluk Anson Europeans, the latter batted first They •Cored 169 for eight wickets and declared Burton <40 not out). McCall 1 45> and Mathews <24> were the chic! scorers. Jonklaas
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    39 16 London. Apr. 27. Yesterday's league football matches resulted as follows: DIVISION II West Ham 2 Aston Villa 1 DIVISION 111 (Southerns Walsall 1 Newport 2 DIVISION 111 (Northern) Halifax 0 Oldham 1 Tranmere 6 Gateshead l Reuter.
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    57 16 Bournemouth, Apr. 26. British Davis Cup players are appearing m the British Hard Courts' Championship. Austin played brilliantly to beat the left hander F. R. Stroud recently returned trom Burma ft— l. 6—- 1. 6—o. Kay Stammers, the women's singles winner last year for the last two years has scratched
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    295 16 S.C.R.C. Teams For Next Week HPHE lollowing are the teams 1:r the S.C.R.C. six-a-.side football tournament, which is to start on Monday next. "A" Team: Henry Boon (Captain) K. T Ooi. Lee Swee Leng, Chua Choon Sim. Goh Keng Wee. Wee Teck Beng. Low Kee Seng, Tan Chong
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    49 16 Taunton, Apr. 26. TWO hundred golfers are competing here for the English Amateur Championship. Harry Bentley, the holder, Cyril Tolley, ex-British Amateur Champion and Charles Stowe, of Perm Colliery, an engineer, are all well-fancied and won their first round matches m which there were no surprises
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    63 16 London. Apr The latest Derby call over is 7 to 1 Fairlord ottered. 15 It 10 to l Le Grand Due offered Iti to 8 Pcr.lox wtkm 100 to 7 Goya often-d 100 to 7 The Hour tfl. r- d If f tak"jj 11 to l Foray often-d.
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