The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 May 1937

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. *****. ESTD. 1835 SATURDAY, MAT 15, 1937. lft CENTS.
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    FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE FOR PARLEY
    304 1 Opening Of Imperial Conference EFFECTIVE CO-OPERATION IS AIM Vhsence Of Irish Free State Representation Deplored London, May 14. IiKLIHKIvATIONS of great importance in connection with |/fgftjga policy and defence were foreshadowed at the preliminary speeches today at the formal opening of the Imperial Conference.
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    HEAVY BUYING ON GOLD MARKET
    48 1 HEAVY BUYING ON GOLD MARKET REVERSAL OF SWEDISH POLICY? Direct Buying Of Russian Bullion London, May 14. I TNDER pressure of heavy continental dishoarding, British and possibly Dutch controls were forced to buy two-thirds of £765,000 sterling offered at today's gold fixing, the rest going to New York.
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    Twelve Hundred Troops Receive Medals
    241 2 London, May 14. rE King and Queen helped by the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent handed Coronation medals to jover 12.000 troops from India, the dominions, colonies, and protectorates, who arc in London for the 1 Coronation. i Troops were drawn up on three sides
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    FILM RECORDS FLY
    73 2 Trans-Atlantic Jaunts By Camera-Men London, May 14. The American airmen Merrill and Lamble left Southport at 9.20 p.m. yesterday on their return to America. taking back pictures of the Coronation and wirelessed at 12.14 p.m. G.M.T.. that they were over Central Newfoundland. They made a spectacular flight
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    23 2 His Excellency the Governor has approved the promotion of Second Lieutenant A. S. Gispert, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, to the rank of Lieutenant.
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    EX-CROWN PRINCE DIVORCED
    41 2 Havana, May 11. "THE Countess of Covandonga •I has obtained a divorce against her husband the former Crown Prince of Spain. The Count is expected to marry Miss Martha Rocaforo, daughter of a Havana dentist immediately.— Reuter Wireless
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    FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN F. G. V. STOVELL
    576 2 Large Attendance At Bidadari THE funeral of the late Captain Fre- derick Georgs Vinc?nt Stoveii took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoor^and was very largely attended. The Rev. A V. Wardle. Chaplain to the Missions to Seamen conducted the service in the
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    SCOUTS GATHER AT CAMPFIRE
    59 2 Hundreds of Singapore scouts, rovers, scouters and ladycubmasters took part in a Coronation camp fire at Raffles Institution grounds last night. It was a rollicking, merry time in which songs were sung and novelty items were given. The programme included items by th"& Anglo-Chinese School group,
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    PITTSBURGH STRIKE
    31 2 Pittsburgh. May 14. The strike at the Jones Laughlin plant s has b'.^en settled. Workers will resume tomorrow but details of the agreement have not yet been divulged. Reuter
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      160 2 NOTICES. SINGAPORE ISLAN I) AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, 1937. The above competition, which is open to all residents of Singapore having a handicap of 8 or under at any recognised golf club in Singapore, will be played over the course of the Keppel Golf Club during June 1937. Entries should reach
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      406 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. PRICKLY HEAT AVOID IT BY USING AGNE S I A DUSTING POWDER of all Chemists and Stores Price:- 60 cts. $1.50 Manufacturers. GRAFTON LABORATORIES. BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE—::. Meyer Road (near Swimming Club} Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis Phone: 5758. GRENVILLE HOUSE 145. KILLINEY
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      714 2 Church Services ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL WHITSUNDAY Sun C5O a.m. Holy Communion 7.30 am. Matins. 8. 00 a.m Choral Eucharist. 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 330 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: Th;- Lord Bishop. WEEKDAYS:— Holy Communion on Whit Monday anc Whit Tuesday at 7 and 8 a.m. Holy Communicn on Wednesday
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      367 2 Speaker: Mr. Oh Teow Suan. Wed: 3 p.m. Nyonya meeting. Speaker: Mrs. Yeo Chiang Swee. Fri: 8.00 p.m. Hokien Service. Speaker: Mr. S. S. Adams. TAMIL METHODIST CHURCH 1, Short Street Sun: 8.15 a.m. Sunday School. 9 30 a.m. Worship Service in Tamil. Preacher:. Mr. A. V. Dawson, Evangelist. 3
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      194 2 Law Notice For The Day Before Mr. Justice Home in the 2nd Court at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeal— Rex vs Lam Heng. THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING DELIVERY OF CARGO. The following notice is published for the information of Consignees, Shippers and all others using the Wharves of
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    "PATHETIC DIARY" IN MURDER INQUIRY
    428 3 15- Year-Old Crime Recalled FORMER FILM STAR GIVES EVIDENCE IN COURT Los Angeles, May 7. TWO worn, ink-stained diaries, one in purple leather held by a small lock, the other in red moire, were brought into court today and laid on the table of District
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    14 3 photo). 11l (.K CORONETS were prominent features of Thursday night's Chinese procession. Free Press
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    MORE WARSHIPS FOR SIAMESE NAVY
    103 3 Arrival In Singapore PIKfcE new 437-ton torpedo boats the Chumporn, Songkla and the Cholburi built in Italy for Siam arrived at Singapore on their maiden voyage yesterday morning and anchored in the Outer Roads. These three craft complete the total me ordered from Italy. Siam
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    CHABGE OF ROBBERY
    281 3 Chinese Said To Have Thrown Pepper I EZ C:: Poh and Tay Lam wer* :heir trial on Thursday 8 m.irore Assizes. before Mr J Home and common jury. on a et ir:42 of robbery. uld appear according to the 'he prosecution, that on March last. Lim Soo
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    NEW MUDALIAR
    53 3 Mihanttran V. Ponnampalam. who .t short holiday in Malaya last rhu oe?n made a Mudaliar by the raid o: Ceylon Coronation Honours. The new Mudaliar is the head of i rsU co-operative and education kom in Jaffna. He has the dis•>r being the first Malayan :> bo honoured
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    JAPANESE CORONATION GESTURE
    158 3 JAPANESE CORONATION GESTURE f\N May 11, the Colonial Secretary received ficm Mr. K. Gunji, ConsulGeneral of Japan, a cheque for the sum of $500. raised by :he Singapore Japanese Society for charitable purposes in order to mark the occasion of His Majesty the King's Coronation. In forwarding the cheque the
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    30 3 photo). THE CROWD looking on at the fires which broke out in Victoria Street on Thursday night following the torrential rains which caused carbide explosions in three houses. Free Press
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    Echo Of H. M. S. Malaya Collision
    161 3 Echo Of H. M. S. Malaya Collision 'THE arrival in Singapore yesteri day at 4 a.m. of the Rotterdam Lloyd steamer, Kertosono recalls the collision she had with the H.M.S. Malaya in January of this year. The Kertosono did not come alongside the wharves, but was in the roads until
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    LESLIE HENSON AMUSES COURT
    649 3 "Really I Cannot Get Attention" London, May 6. THERE was a good deal of laugh- ter in the King's Bench Division yesterday when Mr. Leslie Henson, the comedian, gave evidence in support of a claim by Mr. Peter Haddon, the actor. Mr. Haddon claimed damages from
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    SOVIET DECLARES WAR AGAINST MALARIA
    120 3 Great Moscow Conference Moscow, May 7. PLANS for fighting the 1 menace of malaria are being discussed at a great conference of Soviet physicians, research workers and laboratory assistants now meeting here. As a result of the work done by the anti-malarial stations during 1936.
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    DETECTIVE CHIEF RESIGNS
    194 3 London May 1. CUPT. STUBBINGS. Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the City of London Police, handed in 'his resignation to the Commissioner. Sir Hugh Turnbull. last night. A native of Cambridgeshire. Supt. Stubbings joined the City police as a constable 26 years ago. and in
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    DANGEROUS DRUGS
    157 3 Tablets Found In Ship's Surgeon's Lodgings Dangerous drugs, which had been found in the lodgings of a ship's surgeon, were ordered to be destroyed at Lamfccth police court. Dr. Walter Hold: worth. Churchyard Row. Newingtrn Butts, was bound over for a year for failing to enter in a
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    CHILDREN'S HOUR
    32 3 A feature of the Children's Hour today will be songs and tap-dancing done by Joyce. Audrey and Neil Hoto-bs who are performers at the charity ball j at Sea View.
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    MAJOR LINDSAY VEARS WINS A PRIZE
    185 3 His Eifff Story 'From Our Own Correspondent l.onri' n May 5. The Sultan oi Nnfcii pop'.i: ir A DC Major Lindsay Vear.s. wh is MHBf Malayan rfc^toa in London lor the Ccronation. has received a prize ol two guineas for the following story, published
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    "ELEPHANT BOY" SCORES HUGE SUCCESS
    1112 4  -  Joan Littlefield Britain On The Screen By In London And New York London, May 4. *<rLEPHANT BOY, that exquisite L« film of life in the jungle, which must satisfy lovers of Kipling as well as the ordinary film fan, and j which has for its
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    Chamberlain As Premier And Chancellor?
    1333 4 London Political Diary MORE N. D. C CRITICISM (From the Free Press Political Correspondent London, May 3. VIOLENT and well organised op- i position to the Government's ingenious proposal to finance a j substantial proportion of the in- j creasing cost of rearmament by i
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    18 4 SUZANNE CAZENAVA AND HOLLAND BARBE, who were recently adjudged the best and healthiest girl and boy in France.
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    BRITAIN AND PARIS EXHIBITION
    937 4 BRITAIN AND PARIS EXHIBITION On The Continent PAVILION NEARING COMPLETION Paris, May 4. •THE British Pavilion, which is 1 nearing completion on the west tide of the Place d'Honneur of the Exhibition, at the junction of the Pont d'lena and the Quai D'Orsay, bridges over the Quai D'Orsay is in
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    HIS BACK ACHED FOR 4 YEARS
    182 4 Kruschen Put Him Ki^t For four years, th.* marts o^ck net* .lopped acting. New. at 57. h* the day fresh as a d^Lsy. and hi aches no mnre. Read hU storv •I had continuous backache Jf|lJ \«ars I looked on tho b\uk 4fe everything.
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    KIN 23RD BROADCAST
    217 4 rE King's broadcast speech within a few hours of his Coronation, which was relayed to a world audience, was the 23rd that ne had delivered at the microphone The first waa at an Empire D*. quet in London on May 23. 1924 H^ also broadcast at the
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLD
    84 4 A< I direct result of the Au> Federal government's £500.000 grant to assist 3o:d mining, the Com mo: has had the best vear icr pr«>c since 1918. Figures just issued that the 1»36 output wa± 1.167.126 flounces valued at £10.104.817 Australian currency, or :>ver £2.ooo.<X*i more than in
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    56 5 Wnt iwal addrS^ ?r ti Ittle Princesses took up residence at Windsor Castle for the first time since the Accession the Kins receded loyal addresses from the Mayor and Corporation of Windsor and also the Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, ine Mayor of Windsor photographed arriving at
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    12 5 BASQUE VOLUNTEERS manning a machine gun during fighting vi> the Bilbao front
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    54 5 lINUMA AND TSUGAKOSHI. the Japanese airmen who flew from Tokio to London in record breaking time with a message of goodwill for the Coronation visited the Mansion House and were received by the Lord Mayor, Sir George Rroadb ridge. The Lord Mayor showing the Japanese airmen the original model of
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    51 5 SIR PHILIP GAME, the Commissioner of Police, gave his niece away when she was married at St. Andrew's Church. Ham. Surrey. The the bride was Miss Ruth Hughes-Gibb and she married Mr. S. Stevenson. The bride leaving the home of her uncle for the wedding. Sir Philip is seen with
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    44 5 MAY DAY was celebrated in Berlin when Chancellor Hitler addressed a gigantic crowd in the Olympic Stadium, consisting of Hitler Youth, and then drove to the Lustgarten where he made a speech to thousands. Chancellor Hitler photographed while addressing the crowd in the Lustgarten.
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    50 5 THE BANDS OF THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS and the Coldstream Guards played, by command of the Kinff. on the East Terrace at Windsor Castle during Their Majesties* residence t here before the Coronation. The public were admitted. General view of the East Terrace, showing crowds listening to the Guards bands.
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    BETTER B.B.C. RECEPTION IN MALAYA
    442 6 New Transmitters And New Aerial System HELP FROM LISTENERS (From Our London Staff) London, May 4. «THE 8.8 C. Empire programmes should be received in Malaya at approximately four times their previous strength as a result of the new Daventry transmitters being commissioned, and other
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    Novelist In Search Of Copy
    308 6 HON. THEODORA BENSON IN SINGAPORE ONE of England's most popular young novelists arrived in Singapore on Tuesday by the Rotterdam Lloyd liner, Sibajak. She was the Hon. Theodora Benson who though only 30 is the attractive 3uthor of six novels and other publications in collabaration
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    HINDU MARRIAGE
    64 6 The marriage ceremony between Miss Rajalakshmi, daughter of Mr. Chellappah. Head Guard, F.M.S.R. Singapore, and Mr S. Carthegasu of the Engineering Branch, Posts and Telegraphs Department. Kuala Lumpur, was solemnised according to Hindu rites at No. 3 Selangor Flats. Singapore, on Wednesday at 9.50 p.m. in the presence
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    EIGHT PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
    143 6 Tamil's Cheating Ruse (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 11. "Your husband sent me here to get a coat, a sMrt and a pair oi shorts trom you." was alleged to have been the ruse adopted by an Englishspeaking Tamil named Raju who was charged before
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    MR. MAURICE LAMB
    53 6 New European Cutter For John Little's Mr. Maurice Lamb, who arrived in Singapore by the Hakusan Maru on Sunday, takes up the position of European cutter with John Little Co. Ltd. Prior to his coming east Mr. Lamb was employed fcr some time with a well-known firm
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    LATE MR. LEONG SENG NGIAN
    702 6 Large Attendance At Funeral MR. Leong Seng Ngian, an old Chinese resident of Singapore, passed away at his residence in Cantonment Road, on Monday morning at the age of sixty. He was at one time a racehorse owner besides being the proprietor of a large
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    30 6 FIREMEN at work on one of the houses in Victoria Street early yesterday morning. The torrential rains of the previous night caused carbide explosions in three houses. (Free Press photo).
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    INQUIRY INTO F. M. S. R. CLERKS' GRIEVANCE
    244 6 Colonial Secretary's Request For Report (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 6. SIR SHENTON THOMAS is to be asked by the Secretary of State for the Colonies for a report on the terms applicable to the re-employment by the F.M.S. Railways of
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    RAIN CAUSES FIRES
    256 6 Carbide Stores Ignited THREE bad fires in Singapore on Thursday night were caused by the torrential rain which drenched the town. Four people jumped from the windows of two houses in Victoria Street to escape being caught in the furnaces. They were burnt and badly injured. The
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    28 6 H.H. the Sultan of Selangor travelled in the Royal saloon on the night mail to Singapore on Wednesday and will spend a short holiday quietly by the sea.
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    ATHI THIRAVIDAS ASSOCIATION
    121 6 Coronation Celebration rE Athi Thtravidas Association. Singapore, had a beautiful arch erected at the Junction of Desker Road and Serangoon Road on which was written in artistic letters. "Long Live The King." Th* arch wm beautifully illumined on the night of the Coronation. On the Coronation Day
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    LOTUS CLUB
    33 6 Members and ttio^ who Mr.received invitations are reminded here by oi the Lotus Club\s Garden in honour ol the Coron.tm <>: Bl Majrsty the King at 5 pm the Goodwood Park Hotel
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      22 6 LADIES HAIR DRESSERS. MAISON PERM 79. Stamford Road. Singapore MAISON MARIE •3. Victoria Street, Singapore. DepoU for Max Factor's Cosmetic* —Phone: 4610.
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      299 6 I mf m-^ T suffered so much with indigestion," X writes Mrs Singleton, oMv^ dreaded mealtimes cominp r afraid to eat. Since taking liisuratH Magnesia I can eat anythin* also suffered for years with Gi but since taking Bisurated Magnesia be has been free from pain." One dose of Bisurated
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    "Tuppenny" Rubber NOT YET FORGOTTEN
    1040 7 Malayan Rubber Prospects A WEEKLY REVIEW BY "SCRAP COLLECTOR" WHEN these scraps are printed the tumult and the shouting of the Coronation will have died !At the time of writing, however they are lustily alive and the i most difficult things to collect are i
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    BRITONS IN BATAVIA
    143 7 Celebrate Coronation With Fervour Britishers in Batavia including Chinese, Indians and Arabs celebrated the Coronation with loyal fervour. Two Singapore flying-boats which left Singapore on Tuesday under the Command of Wing-commander P. E. Maitland arrived at Batavin at 2 o'clock the same afternoon. The personnel of the
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    19 7 Mr. H. G. A. Davy has returned to his work at the N.Y.K. oflice, Singapore, following his recent illness.
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    35 7 The Vicomte Raphael de Bondy, of Kota Bahru. Kelantan, points out that the Vicomte de Bondy mentioned as sailing for Europe on the Rajputana on May 4 is his nephew, the Vicomte Roland de Bondy.
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    CHINA'S FEARS ALLAYED
    171 7 Reversal Of British Attitude Not Contemplated London. May 14. DEUTER understands that the apprehensions of the Chinese Press regarding Mr. Eden's reply in the House of Commons to Mr. Morgan on May 5 are entirely groundless. The brevity of ministerial replies in the Commons was necessitated by
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      297 7 GRANDEST LArCiH-TIIRILL-EREVXRI PACKED WITH JOY! JAMMED WITH EXCITEMENT OPENS TODAY PAVILION 3-15 6.15 9.15 H v 'a Jfeiß ■IHSSffIIVi.VkB Met ro-Goldwyn -Mayer Picture EXTRA! FARR BEATS BAER I'.ii ii'-.iiiiit s sensational picturrs i»i gieat tight AND STILL MORE SPANKY "OUR GANG" in 'ROMEO and JULIET NOTICE TELEPHONE RESKRV.ATIONS HELD ONLY
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      276 7 Notwithstanding Great Counter Attractions, EVERY SHOW Packed Out! CAPITOL TODAY ..3.1 56. 159.15 Alexander Korda's magnificent BRITISH Spectacular Triumph— A. E. W. Mason's famous story. Presenting a great BRITISH CAST headed by FLORA ROBSON LAURENCE OLIVIER VIVIEN LEIGH LESLIE BANKS RAYMOND MASSEY AND 5,000 OTHERS Special Added Attraction: MICKEY MOUSE
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1937. A Gesture To The Un employed
    897 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1937. A Gesture To The Un employed 1 A MID the great rejoicing and celebration of the Coronation, what was perhaps the official gesture which will last longest in effect, the gift of $2,000,000 to the Silver Jubilee Fund for the relief |of
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS
    126 8 His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Dudley Heming Tudor to be a Justice of the Peace for the Settlement of Penang. His Excellency, the Governor, has appointed Mr. Tan Sim Boh to be a member of the Board of Licensing Justices for the Settlement of Singapore for
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    Promotions
    98 8 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the promotion of Mr. T. A. O'Sullivan, Senior Education OfficeT A. Malayan Educational Service, to be a Senior Education Officer, Sp?cial Grade, Malayan Educational Service. The Secretary of State for the Coionies has approved Hhs promotion of Mr. R. Holgate,
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    As I was Saying
    533 8 Foreign Names In English L«p Officers Atui Their Incomes •yHE new edition of "Broadcast English" contains some sensible advice by Professor A. Lloyd Jajn.es on the question of pronouncing foreign names in English. For once it is admitted that absolute identity with the native version is
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    Dance Of The Bontebok
    1113 8 t rVEN in the early morning the hot i sun had lifted the seaward sande dunes in a mock -sierra of snow- covered peaks Domes and spires of absolute white stood high above the j stunted bush and the low grass ridges 5 of the sandveld.
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    YOUNG SINGAPORE'S LOYALTY TO THE CROWN
    476 9 YOUNG SINGAPORE'S LOYALTY TO THE CROWN Impressive Coronation Rally By School Children EMPIRE TABLEAUX AND SONGS A STRIKING manifestation of the loyalty of the 22,100 girls and boys in the English schools of Singapore was given at the Coronation Rally of Youth yesterday evening in the Victoria Memorial Hall before
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    Surprise London Drive By King And Queen
    244 9 Surprise London Drive By King And Queen CHEERING THOUSANDS HALT CARS PROGRESS London, May 13. FK King and Queen, not tired by the strain and fatigue of .esierday's ceremonial and procession and their generous re>ponse last night to the enthusiasm of crowds outside the Palace in coming out for the
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    BRILLIANT BANQUET
    240 9 London, May 14. THEIR MAJESTIES received 450 guests at Buckingham Palace last night on the occasion ot the second State Coronation Banquet. The King, wearing the scarlet and gold uniform of a Field Marshal and the Queen, a lovely figure in a dress ivory lace embroidered all over
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    Royalty At Costume Ball
    60 9 London, May 14. The Coronation Costume Ball at the Albert Hall for the fund to build a national theatre will be a most brilliant spectacle and will be attended by royalty, including the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Princess Juliana and her husband, representatives of the
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    Drowned During Downpour
    90 9 EURASIAN BOY RODE CYCLE INTO DRAIN DIDING into a deep drain during the terrific downpour on Thursday night, a 16-year-old Eurasian boy, John Anthony Nuno da Cunha. who had left home earlier to see the Chinese procession, was swept to death. He was found drowned yesterday morning
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    SHORT CIRCUIT OF ILLUMINATIONS
    77 9 Minor Fire Thrill For Coronation Crowds CINGAPORE Coronation crowds wero given a thrill about 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon when two fire engines turned out to the intersection of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road. A minor outbreak of fire was caused by a short circuit of
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    PRESIDENT'S POWERS
    94 9 Provisions Of Ireland's New Constitution Bill Dublin, May 14. The Dail yesterday passed the second leading of the New Constitution Bill by 69 votes to 43. Mr. de Valera said the new president's powers would at present be used for the purpose of internal affairs, but could later
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    NEW RECRUITING RECORD
    36 9 London, May 14. The month of March established a record for recruiting since the territorial Army was reconstituted after the War. April has beaten even this record, 6,847 recruits having Joined- British Wireless
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    London Underground's Heavy Traffic
    45 9 London, May 14. The London underground carried over 5,669,000 passengers in 46 hours of continuous service which ended at 2.30 o'clock on the morning after Coronation Day. The peak of traffic was reached at 5.25 a.m. on Coronation Day.- British Wireless
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    GOLDSMITHS' HIGHER PAY
    34 9 A section of Singapore goldsmiths have been successful in gaining increases of 25 per cent, in salary. Demands for higher wages have also been made on their employers by Hokien barbers.
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    Cause Of Destroyer Explosion Not Yet Known
    430 9 Cause Of Destroyer Explosion Not Yet Known ADMIRALTY ANNOUNCES EIGHT KILLED London, May 14. ¥T is officially announced by the Admiralty eight were killed and fourteen injured in the explosion on the British destroyer "Hunter." Inquiries into the cause of the accident are proceeding. The explosion which occurred on the
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      124 9 EARLY STREAMLINE Many a time in the early days cf motoring and before there was any speed limit. Romary Biscuits helped to while away hours of enforced de.ay. And still, for motoring, they are the nicest of biscuits. No others exist with quite the same degree of delicous crispness. Old-fashioned
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      592 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 6 p. m. May 14 New York prices quoted in U.S. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Sharp of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion
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      199 10 May 11. 12. 13. American Can. Com. 99 7 K 100> 4 98 American Telephone and Telegraph 164 7 8 165 3 4 164» 2 Atcheson Railroad 90^ 89 3 4 86 7 8 Chess peak 56% 56> 4 55 7 Dupont 155 155»2 ltt l s
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      62 10 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES May 14 Gambier T.T. 8.00 Java Cube 11.00 Hamburg Cube 15.00 White Muntok Pepper 18.00 Blcck, Pepper 10.00 Copra mixed 6.40 Copra, sundried 6 90 Small, Flake Tapioca 4.90 Rise Saigon Al $107 Rice Siam, W.C. No 1 3140 Rice Siam, W.C. No. 2 $137 Rice Siam,
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      87 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Tone ot Market:— Flat. Latest Cable:— London Spot Sheet 10- 4 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet U.S. cts 203 4 per lb. May 14, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. 1 X R.S.S. in cases (F.O.B. May) 35 3 4 35 7 8
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      169 10 From London 5.30 p. m. May 14 STOCKS: London 21,405 tons (21.154 tons) Liverpool 26,352 tons (27.533 tons) COFRA: Straits S.D Rotterdam (April): £17 12s 6d. Previously: £17 12s. Gd. PFPPER: White Muutok: in bond: sd. Previously: sd. Whiti Muntck May-June: 4 9 16d. Previously: 4 9
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      70 10 j From London 5.30 p. m. May 14 j Tin- Firm. Cash: £249 ss. Previously: Firm at £248 17s. 6d. Throe months: £243. Previously: €246 7s 6d New York Tin: 54.50 Previously: 55 25. Copper: Settlement: £61 15s Previously: €62. (Jold: Saturday: €7 O.s Bd. Previously: €7
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      90 10 London Closing Quotations May 14 aa-_____________ -i ■_M__a_H_M^M«aHpBpa__a>)p4aVxa> B aB #M^''* Method of Parity beiore Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Franc to 124.21 110» 4 110 5 16 New York to 4.88 4.93 1 1 16 4 94 3 8 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 8
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      198 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations I May 14 BELLING London. T.T. 24 1 16 London, demand 2 4 116 London. 4 months' sight 2 4' 8 Lyons, demand 1275 Hamburg, demand 14V 2 New York, demand 57% Montreal, demand 57 7 16 Batavia, demand 104-'^ Samarang, demand 104 2
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      Fraser & Company.
      66 10 Fraser Company. a*. mr LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Total for Books Close. financial Company Dividend Date Ex Div. year TIN Payable Date to date Lahat Mines 12V_% Final May 17 20% Rawang Cone. 2'^ Int. May 19 May 26 May 20 15% 12" 2 Bonus RUBBER Jimah 5% Int. May
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      FLEETS ARRIVE FOR NAVAL REVIEW
      95 10 London, May 13. Headed by the Flagship. Queen Elizabeth, flying the flag of Admiral Sir Dudley Pound Commander-in-Chief. Warships of the Mediterranean fleet arrived at Portsmouth this afternoon lor the naval review and took up their j positions at Spithead. Warships were met in the
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1326 10 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser and Co.'s List FRIDAY, MAY 14. 1937: 6 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin *4*s) 5s 9d 6s 3d Asam Kumbang 35s 6d 37s 6d Austral Malay 57s 59s 6d Ayer Hitam <ss» 27s 9d 29s Aver Weng ($1) 1.10
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      Daily Share Report
      171 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was $121 '4, down $1.00. Cables from London received this morning save us very IHtle information to state the London tin share market. Locally amongst Sterling shares there is a I air selection
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    430 11 Winning CONTRACT 2>^tfaw\<Sxw> MI&M C*RP VALUES or tmi FOUR-ACES SYSTEM TOTAL VALUE o» »ACK 2* AVKAAM HAMP David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Owxtld Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH IN yesterday's column we
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    TOW-ROPE BANDITS
    174 11 Gangs Introduce New Methods To London Tow-rope Bandits is the name by which the police have christened a gang who have introduced new smash-and-grab methods in London. A gang got away with about £3.500 worth of jewellery from the shop of F. Hinds, Ltd., in St. John's Road,
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    FAITHFUL MARY WILL TELL ALL
    151 11 New York, Apr. 29. Faithful Mary. Angel No. 1 to Father Divine the negro whom thousands of coloured people call God— today vowed that she would "bust right open" the truth about the little negro's countryside "heavens." She declared she would reveal them as dens
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    WAR-LORD'S DEPOSITS HELD
    94 11 The beneficiaries of Gen. Sun Chuan Fang, former war-lord in the Yangtze provinces, who was assassinated last year, failed to, draw the money deposited by Gen. Sun in the Shosen and Yokohama Specie Banks in Tientsin. The Japanese bankers refused to let them withdraw the deposits which
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    ENCIRCLING THE WORLD
    206 11 Duke Of Kent's Ideal For Britain Speaking at the opening of Ariel House in the Strand. W.C.. new headquarters of the Department of Civil Aviation, the Duke of Kent referred to the great schemes for the extension of civil aviation started by the Govern- ment in the
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      356 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up.. $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling £6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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      487 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by (Royal Charter) J Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each 3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3.000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Bishopsgate, London. E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok
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      1093 11 WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES Tf\r%A V 9 stock reports. l\JUr\ M ».5O Microphone debutants. 10.05 Music. 10.20 Close down. SINGAPORE B N 1.333 kc s (22.5 m.) DJE 17.76 me s (16.89 m.). DJB 15.2 ■m. mc (1974 nrv). DJQ 15.28 mc s P 4o Lunrh-time Music. pla>ed by Relter's (19.63
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      378 11 8.35 Violin recital by Nancy Phillips. 8.50 Weekly newsletter, sports tumniftry, and annouin ements. 9.05 Greenwich lime signal. 9.15 Close down. Transmission 3 21.55 me s (13.92 m.). 21.53 me s (13.93 m.) I 21.47 me s (13.9? m.), 17.79 me s (16.86 m 15.31 me s (19.60 m.) A
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    K.L. FLYING CLUB
    48 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 13. A meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club which was to have been held this evening was postponed owing to an insufficient number of members present. An endeavour will bo made to hold the m^Ptinr* next Thursday.
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    COMMONWEALTH PATROL BOAT FIRES ON LUGGERS
    548 12 Exciting Chase On Pearling Grounds Of Australia Darwin. A DRAMATIC story of how the Commonwealth patrol boat Lar/akia pursued a number of fleeing Japanese pearling luggers and fired from a machine gun at them was revealed recently. The luggers were apprehended by :he Larrakia
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    DECLINE IN CHOLERA IN BANGKOK
    281 12 TTHE health bulletin of the League ol Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended May 8 is as follows: Plague. No notification has been received for the week from any of the ports in the Eastern Arena. Cholera has been reported from Bassein and Rangoon
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    EXPENSIVE CHARTER
    270 12 Record Freight Rate For Round Trip To East The Court Line has obtained a rate which is a high record lor many years, for its 9,300 deadweight motor cargo vessel. Aldington Court, on a Time Charter for a round voyage to the Far East and home again at
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    MISSION TO SEAMEN
    141 12 Shanghai Institution's Legal Status The Shanghai Missions to Seamen fcund out during the year that it did not even exist that is. legally. On making an application in H M Supreme Court for permission lunds lor its work, the mission «u informed that H w not legally
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      495 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (incorporated «n FMJB.) TELEPHONE: rretfht 5433— P*M»fe MO. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIIIC JBgi^'WlgMtf (Incorporated in BafteDd) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change—
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      25 12 NOTICE Mails for Australia originally advertised for despatch by s.s. Gorgon closing at 3 p.m. today will now close at 2.30 on the same day.
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      245 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL. LONDON. S.W 1 ol last twin- strew Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels bet RANGOON. COLOMBO, PORT s "*V ■IMBUES, riYMonn \\u I OS DON with throush connection trom Sm nd Penang. HOMLtt \KD SAILINGS Leave I rave Rangoon olomlw 1 !137 STAFTORDSHIRE May
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      552 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals IVLL bF^n Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a jn. Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Alison: Weekdays* 7 pjn. Kota Bahru. Kuala Krai and Thurs. and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m Sundays
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      67 12 SHIPS IN TODAY The Singapore Harbour Board berthing arrangements for today are: Rohna West 8 a.m 22 godown. President Pierce East 3 p.m.; 11 godown. Klang P. Brani 11 a.m.; 31 godown. H.M.S. Herald O.W. 10 a.m.; 3 godown. Muinam East 7 a.m. (coolies*; 20 1 god owns. Lalandia West
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      101 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Silverpalm. Brit.. 3.385 tons, Irom Calcutta 13. to Manila and UB A 15 Senang. Dut., 729 tons. Irom Palembang 13. to Palembang 15 G.G. Merlin. Fren.. 954 tons, from Saigon 13, to Saigon 15 Scott Harley. Brit.. 314 tons, from Letong 14 to Indragiri 15. Tung Song. Brit..
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      112 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the Wharves „r Expected to t East Wharf (Entrance Gate liRohna 22; Muinam 20 Main Wharf (Entrance Gate r Lalandia 13; Flßfa] I n jRaub 12; Pre.sJdeiit PI palm 8. Empire Dock (Entrance (.:i Klang 31; Rhesus 34. Empire Dock (Entrance (.ate Islander 47 West Wharf
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      476 13 BY. P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES P, &O.S. N. CO 9 S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Duo i) U0 Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. W37 1937 NALDERA 16.000 May 21 KAISAR-I-KIND 11.000 July 2 CARTB.UH 15.000 June 4 RAJPUTANA 17.000 July 16 BHUTAN 6.100 June 5 RANPURA 17.000 July 30 HEHAR 6,000 June 14 BURDWAN
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      525 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OF LILLE Havre. London. R'dam. H'burg, Glasgow May 29 June 2 CITY OF WELLINGTON Harve. London. R uam. H'burg June 29 July 2 CITY OF ATHENS
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      979 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Stesrm.ilp Co.. (193*1 L44. Steam Ship Co., Ltd.. and China Mutual flip Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.) l'he Sarawak Steamship Co.. t.UL The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The
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      643 14 K. P. M. TOBOALI— Saturday. May 15. Selat Pandjang, Koedap, Tampoetih. Tam-pat-Tinggi. Bengkalis. Seneboei and Bagan Si-Api-Api. PATRAS-^Saturday May 15. Rhio 'passengers and mails only). PadangSay' passengers and mails only). Ampenan (passengers and mails only), Boeleleng i passengers and mails only) and Sourabaia. TOHITI Saturday, May 15, Pontianak. TOMOHON— Saturday,
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      692 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE I o^k/ AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO EUROPE. FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leavw* Arrives Spore. S'pore. Penan*. New York. Prds Pierce M,ay 15; May 18 May 20 June 29 Pres. Van Buren May
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      540 14 Q. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND MM 1 H AMERICA f Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires via Colombo Durban, Maru Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo Holland Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar. M Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. L. Marques. Durban. E London, P. Elizabeth and Mossel Bay. I
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    CRICKET CLUB SURPRISE IN MATCH WITH GORDONS
    852 15 Highlanders Beaten By 3 Goals To 1 PLAYERS HAMPERED BY GROUND CONDITIONS it BY "NIMROD" S.C.C 3: Gordon Highlanders 1. 'THE mushy padang beat the Gordon Highlanders yesterday in their friendly match agains t the Singapore Cricket Club although the home team played
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    SUDDEN WEAKNESS IN THE RUBBER MARKET
    503 15 Effect Of New German Duty THE Coronation of King George VI has to all intents and purposes closed the markets in London. It looked at one time as though prices would remain very steady until after the holidays, but quite unexpectedly a sudden weakness
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    TAMILS' LOYALTY
    341 15 Loyal Speeches At Mass Singapore Meeting Our beloved King George VI is worthy son of a beloved and famous father. George V. His presence today a: the Westminster Abbey to be crowned as King was not foreseen nor expected by us; but circumstances called him unexpectedly to take
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    CYCLING YEAR BOOK
    72 15 Cycling club secretaries will find the directory of cycling club and association officials contained in the new <15th» edition of the "Cycling Manual and Year Book" (ls.i of much value in conducting their club business. In addition to this the "Best All-rounder" road trials competition organised by
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    HOME CRICKET
    87 15 Home cricket results as cabled by Reuter are: At Swansea, Sussex beat Glamorgan by 181 runs. Sussex 190 (Jones seven for 79 > and 335 for 4 dec. (John Langridge 110 1. Glamorgan 146 (Jas. Langridge five for 39) and 198 (Jas Langridge five for 75). At the
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    CO-OPERATIVE DINNER
    61 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 13. A large and representative number of members attended the Coronation dinner of the Selangor Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., in Brickfields Road, and much conviviality prevailed. After dinner Mr. M. W. Navaratnam, the chairman, proposed the loyal
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    BRYANT SHIELD LAWN TENNIS
    363 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 12. 1 ATEST results in the "A" Division I of the Bryant Shield lawn tennis! tournament. Malacca, are as follows: Wong Ah Leong's T.P. beat the Malacca Club 3-nil. Results tW.AL. j T.P. players mentioned first):— Se?t! Chee Peng and
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    POLO POPULAR IN SINGAPORE
    214 15 Membership Near Limit WITH the further increase in the garrison this year the playing membership of the Singapore Polo Club has reached a point where it is hardly possible to accept further playing members, and never has there been more interest in polo in Singapore. Owing
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    29 15 photo; lI AMID BIN I.ATIFF and Quek Eik Tam were first and serond in the thrfe mile gentlemen's event at the cycling carnival at Jalan Besar yesterday. Free Press
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    107 15 Play in the 6.C.C. mixed doubles lawn tennis tournament will be continued on Wednesday, when the following tie* will be played. HANDICAP W. H. Droogleever and Mrs. J. V. 8. Brooke < 15.3 vs. Mr and Mrs. P. T. Hutchings <&cr. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Millar (scr)
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    NAVY CHALLENGE CUP DRAW
    141 15 The following are the draw and starting times for the Navy Challenge Cup competition to be played on the Singapore Goll Clubs course at Buklt Timah on Monday afternoon next: 245 Mrs W. McMullan and 8. N. Kelly < Island- vs Mrs W P Douglas and
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      283 15 TEAMS AND TIMES FOR GOLF MATCH THE following are the teams and starting times for the match between the Garrison Golf Club versus Keppel Golf Ciub, to be played at the Garrison Golf Course tomorrow morning. (Keppel names are mentioned first) a.m. 8.45 W. Y. Semple (15) and W. G.
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      219 15 Revised Time Table For F. M. S. Rifle Meeting THE F M.6.V.F Central Rifle Meeting, which was to have been held at Easter but was postponed on account of the strikes, is being held during this <Whitsuni week-end. The revised time-tabie is as follows: SAT! RDAT. 230 to 5 p.m.—
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    KEEN RACING PROMISED AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY
    779 16 Final Acceptances For Fourth Day Of Cup Meeting VAPOUR SHOULD GO CLOSE IN LAST EVENT (BY "BOOKIE") 11/ IT H the going likely to be heavy this afternoon, punters should find plenty of thrills at today's races, the fourth day of the Singapore
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    SELECTIONS
    42 16 (By 'Bystander') Race I.— lndult, K.ilaw. Race 2— Argoutat. Sabara. Race 3— Prince Caravel, Cheerful Eyes. Race 4.— Hercules, Stella's Pet. Race s.— Nutcracker, Queen's Course. Race 6— Forget-Me-Not, Tony. Race 7. Equetta. Ja< atra. Race B.— Con Con, Silver Monk.
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    SELECTIONS
    488 16 (By "Bookie") Race No. I—l. GEORGE EDWARDES 2. La Coloniale 3. KathrynRace No. 2—l. SAHARA 2. Old Cow 3. Waltz. Race No. 3—l. PRINCE CARAVEL 2. Cheerful E>es 3. Le Tuuquet. Race No. 4—l. SILVERLAW 2. Gold Point 3. High Form. Race No. s—l. QUEEN'S COURSE 2. Nutcracker 3.
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    Thrills And Spills In Cycling Carnival
    203 16 RESULTS OF YESTERDAY EVENTS AT JALAN BESAX TTIIERE were plenty of thrills and spills at the Coronation 1 Cycling Carnival which began at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The cinder track was slippery, hut the compiii) negotiated the bends and tore along the straight
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    MALACCA TEAM FOR K.L.
    88 16 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. May 13. Th? following have accepted mvitaj tions to play for Malacca against Se- langor Ihb week-end at Kuaia Lumpur: E. J. Cooper 'capt.t. C. A. de Vrie*. A. H. Holt. F. R. Massey. P. F. d? Souza. R. C. Barnard.
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      56 16 MATHEMATICS FOR THE MILLION by LANCELOT HOGBEN Seventh Impression already "My deliberate opinion is that it is a book of first class importance." H. G. WELLS. "Once the immediate necessities of life have been secured no money can be better expended than in buying this book.' —TIME TIDE. Price $7.00
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