The Straits Times, 3 May 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times The Straits Times iO PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1937 PRICE lOt >. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] 77/£ LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1937, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      347 1 SiNr.» M l»r 140. CCC". ST fPHONC 5471). T MM ME»KEDES BENZ BRINKmRNNiCQ SHQNCf B 0 0 0 Qo those who Value their Health Gordon's 6^Q s by far the most tew|l expensive gin to produce a|^= All Colouring Matter All Sspf!ifiS&!Cj> Injurious Ingredients are most /s^*&~tSss carefully extracted before
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      127 1 KUALA LUWPWR: S?8, JAVA ST.' ('PHONE 3683). Itjk&\ "RAYON' tFTiIIv I ARTIFICIAL SILK i iJrl tiL>^MBLX UNDERWEAR SPORTS SHIRTS \mM\ \/A Dfe/ N ATHLETIC VESTS Jr^fflfc/'^j^^'^p'fe^X V NECK— SLEEVELESS IVORY \mmmmmmmWMit Y^ /Z^ N^ 534 Hn 2 'i^f iM PR'CE $1.75 PRICE $2.00 MWP^-JVV -^jMf-3jCteN v^M^ short drawers, elastic 1
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      1106 2 @k Straits Waate FOR SALE FKIGIDAIRE tor safer food protection Patrrsen. Simons A Co Ltd. POULTRY FOOD— I6O lbs. Bags. Bab> Chicks $6.55, Middle Chirks $6.45, Foivli j $6.35. Hindhede Co., Ltd. I FOB SALE Demonstration Secondhand oil burning refrigerators at reduced prices. Sime, Darby Co.. Ltd., Singapore. SUITABLE K>K
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      705 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET— Nc. 1 Daive; Road— A modern European Residence Apply S Manasseb Co. No 2 Prince Street. TO LET. newly built larse houses at Holland Hill. Apply to H R Arbenz EP.Z Architect Union Building. TO LET. 7. Keng Chin Rd off Bukit Timah i
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      863 2 AUCTION NOTICES GRAND ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of Ultra-modern, Luxuriously-made. Charm-ins-design, grccn-duco walnut finish, super quality, well-seasoned Teak Sitting, Oin.ng 1 Bedrooms' Suites, to be sold In four separate lots, each a complete set. Comprising Super.ax, sliding, spring-seated, tapcatry brocade upholstered, luxurious easy armchairs, settee tables to match. PULL OUT i
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      993 2 PUBLIC NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE y2.-.jO COO 3^ Singapore Maniripal Debenture Stock. 1962. The above Stock is now offered for subscription at par payable as follows: On application 5 On or before May IS. 1937 $95 $100 Applications will be received en May 1. 1937 thrcutn the Municipal Treasurer, Municipal
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      292 2 'SCHIFFNER'S' S ANDERSON ROAD Is the address lot Milliner;, onderwrar novelties, flower* ladles baf*. dreues. etc etc New toods convUDtl? arriving Tel: 1768 open 9 a.m. to 8 p m. You want the best f^^. THE BEST fcj|^^V awaits you at B?*-.) FIGARO Rtf V, Ladies' Hair I >r i
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      536 3 P.&O. BKliuH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. flncorpora'ea in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONTjOW FOR CHINA AND )&rn* Duf Tonnage S pore •B o^ LOnE lift gj So. M SI CAH i M/iui. r inn June 5 BHUTAN 6J»« J June 14 RANCH! o n juls J
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      541 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LONDON Naples. Marseilles London. Antwerp and Rotterdam. Vessels ronna^e Due 3mi S SUWA MARO 10.7W May li I* 111 1 FUSHIMI MARU 10.300 May it 27 HAKOZAKI MARO IC.IW June i« t TERCKUNI MARU
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      614 3 j 1 J BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Clast Motorsmps. Most Mbite nave adioining orivat* t»tn excellent l ONOON.JKOTTEKDAM. HAMBURG COPENHAGEN Prom Prom Prom Proai S'Dore Melacca Port Penan* Sham FIONIA 18/5 18<5 19/5 11 6 LALANDIA 8/6 8 6 96 tt/J JUTLANDIA 2S 6 6 30/6 M M'ONIA 20/7 29/7
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      262 3 President liners] TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Prom Arrive H'kong S.F Pres. Uncoln May 19 June 8 Pres. Coolldge June 3 June 19 Pres Wilson Junt 16 July 6 Pres. Hoover June 26 July 14 Pres Cleveland July. U u Pres Coolldge July 24 Aug 1 Pres Taft Aug 11 Aug
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      965 3 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship i o (***** Id. Steam Ship Co. Ltd md China Mutual The Canard Whit* Slai Ltd Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co LW The Strait* Steamship Co. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Llnf Ltd. The China Savleitlor Co. Ltd
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    267 4 Rire oucted ner koyan 10 piculs. Other commodities quoted per pirul except where otherwise started. Singapore, May 3, 12 noon. Buyer Seller Gambier 3 00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube 511.00 *cpper. White Muntok $18.50 White $18.00 Black $10 25 lopra. Mixed $6 50 $6 50, Sun
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    DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON.
    21 4 Mail dispatched from Singapore on Apr 9 by Ranch! was delivered in London on May. 1.
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      112 4 THE SINGAPORE HAKBOUK BOARD. KM IH HAKBOUK Main Wharf Tug Rose, Schouten. N. Base Lighter 'X" 180, W. B. Bertha Oil Wharf H.M.S. Herald. >:oai Whan NU VEBSELS IN UB? DOCKS run)on« Pagar Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Crane-lighter, Esmeralda. Victoria Dock Tug Varuna. Kcnpn Harbour King's Dock Pleiodon. No.
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      PROGRESS OF NO. 552
      87 4 Progress in the construction of the Queen Mary's sister ship, No. 552, at Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s yard, Clydebank. is indicated by the fact that a start has been made with the fitting into position of the ship's frames, on which the inner shell will
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      276 4 Today Sarawak (generally Bintulu (Circe) 3 p.m. Tueaday, May 4. Pengerang iS. Soon Heng) 9 a.m. Eastern U Southern Australia (Mcrki:i) 10 a.m. New Zealand (Merkur) .-10 a.m. U.S.A. (Parcels only) (President Polk) 10.30 a.m. Ceylon (President Polk) ..11 a.m. China (generally) Hoihow (Conte Blancamaro) 2 p.m.
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      AIR MAILS
      73 4 INWARD. Uantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow aftrrnoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. K.LM.: From Europe: Due Wednesday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. OUTWAFD. Imperial: To Earope: Mails close 7 p.m. tomorrow. Dutch: 'To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mails close 7 a.m. Wednesday. X.L.M.: To
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      102 4 Mails from Australia, Ktmer:ands Indies etc. expected tomorrow, May 4. by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow, May 4, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      91 4 During the week ending Apr. 24, 1937, experts of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 41,880 cases, of which: 33.9 M (81 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 5,500 (13 per cent.) caaes to Canada, and 2,451 (six per cent.) cases elsewhere. Total
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      MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE.
      31 4 The Marnix van Sint Aldegonde from Europe will berth alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves tomorrow at 11 a.m. and will sail the same afternoon for Java.
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      CLEARANCES
      45 4 May 1: Boelongan, Patras, Toditi, Toba. Toboall, Senang (Dut.) O. G. Merlin (Fch.); Potsdam (Ger); Talabot (Not.); Hamburg Maru (Jap.); Kola, Katong. Medusa, Ipoh, Kampar, Menestheus, Darvel (Brlt.V May 2: Benarty. Bulan, Cyclops, Bendoran, Putau Kidjang. Tandjong Balei. Sin Aik Lee (Brit); Man* (Dut.).
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ATTACK ICE PROBLEM.
    167 4 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ATTACK ICE PROBLEM. GUARDING STRUTS AS WELL AS WINGS. London IMPERIAL AIRWAYS will shortly launch a new attack on one of the airman's deadliest foes— ice-formation on a machine in flight. A four-engined de Havilland liner has been fitted for tests with an apparatus developed by the Dunlop
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    POPE RECEIVES 2,000 PILGRIMS.
    242 4 Doctors Ready For Emergency. Rome. fHE Pcpe gave an audience to over 2,000 people, the largest party since his illness the other day. More than 10 nations were represented in the congregation, including British. French. Dutch and Hungarian pilgrims. and 725 married couples. The Pops appeared
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    Removing Railings From London Squares,
    85 4 Removing Railings From London Squares, IF Sir Thomas Insklp, Minister for Defence, has his way Londoners will be able to walk in. and enjoy, the gardens of West End residential squares at present barricaded with high, spiked railings. He is leading the agitation for the removal of the railings. An
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    CHAMPAGNE MEALS IN THE STREET.
    218 4 LONG OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN. London. 117 OMEN In evening gowns and wearing tiaras picnicked amid the fruit and vegetables of Covent Garden after the first act of "Parsltal" at the Royal Opera House. The opera, which lasted until after 11 o'clock, started at five
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      462 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporates In P.M. 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGINTS F.MS RLVS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS t TELEPHONE: Frrffht MJ»— Pas*a«e J4JI. CANADIAN fri.-y.yj<»M_ Jfc *m A (Incorporated in England) VHE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or dirrol IMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TBANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN wtthctM
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      347 4 (lncorDorttOd in Straits S^tMcoentti ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incomoratea in 0.8 A.) (Incorporated in England? BOSTON NEW fORK A BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAI •KLUCBMAN- LINt FOR fIAYRft LONDON STEEL VOYAGER May 22 May 27 HOT rut I) AM >HMBI K'i STEEL TRAVELER JunJ 22 June 27
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      452 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations yesterday Last night •F tns. hrs. *F max rain- onght mm wmu fall s'shine temp West Coast. Alor Star 90 0.01 7.9 75 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 86 0.16 6.2 74 Sitiawan 90 0.59 7.7 74 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 6.8 73 Malacca 86
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    R. S. Y. C.'s ROWING REGATTA THIS WEEK.
    750 5 EVENTS FOR SCULLS AND FOURS. A VERY full programme has been arranged for the second Rowing Regatta of the season at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. Four crews hay.. entered for the international fours cup and there are six entries for the
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      314 5 FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY tfJCHPf f >W( I iTFB THE SCREEN S GREATEST A C^^ COMEDY TEAM IN BEN k Jr A dfl TRAVERS' MOST FUNNIEST WtW^BS&Sm&SBHBM COMEDY! TOM WALLS. RALPH LYNN ROBERTSON HARE IN 'Fighting Stock' A Gaumont British Picture AMALGAMATED THEATRES LTD. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! CAPITOL RESTAURANT (BALL-ROOM) OPENING
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      343 5 the POPULARITY of II T 1^ W^M* THE KING OF I [KEX records! Is again proved by the enthusiastic demand at the BRITISH TRADE FAIR STAND Nos. 117, 118 119. Thousand of friends— new and old, visited our Stands and purchased their favourite records, and, of course, received our SPECIAL
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      59 5 ~***^HH YES RATHAH SIR, AN EXTRAORDINARILY PAVILION 1 Rhythm iHk I^Jl I Hilarity! T^^l^ Ikj ftbtl LAWRENCE TIBBETT <"*i^^^B SINGS AS ONLY TIBBETT CAN! U^AJU^ ARTHUR TREACHER AUDIENCES CRY FOR HIM AND THEN HOWL AT HIM! M *-*Xo' OTHER FAVOURITE PLAYERS j INCLUDE f RFCORY R A TOFF 20TH century-
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      170 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. Dinner and dance 9.30 to midnight. Cabaret by Cedrlc and Arlinda. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: Top Hat. With Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. R.K.O. Radio. Opening night, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL: "Stowaway." With
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      119 5 Glory. And Things Are Loooing Up. 745—11 p.m. ROXY. KATONG: T;.rzan Escapes. 6.15. and 9.15. GARRICK THEATRE Bansari Bala" (Hindustani), 7.45—11 p m. M ARI.BOROIGH "Call of tha Soul" (Hindustani) 6.15 and 9 15 pm. SUN THEATRE (New World): Darkest Africa 7.30. 9.30 p.m. THEATRE ROYAL: Dhop Chand. 6.15. 9.15
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      155 6 DULL CONDITIONS IN ALL SECTIONS. RUBBER SHIPMENTS AWAITED. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 3. The market on Saturday showed pronounced signs of revival but, as usual, the weekend has dulled conditions and at the opening this morning they are very quiet. The popular counter toward the
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      APRIL RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
      350 6 Ocean shipments of rubber including re-exports from all Malayan ports during April totalled 58,718 tons. This compares with 59,568 tons in March. 38.058 tons in February and 41,571 tons in January. sympathy. There are no changes in prices of rubber shares and there are a few buyers
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        MINING.
        613 6 mi snares unuve are tuny paid Issue val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampaf Tin 5/- 5/6xd 5/3 6/-cd £1 Asair. Kumdang 34/- 36/- 35/- 36/6 £1 Austral Malay 57 59 S 56/- 58/6 5/- Ayei Hitam 26/- 28/- 25/6 27/6 1 Ayer Weng 140
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        GENERAL.
        441 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 155 1.65 155 1.6ft 2 2 do 7y 2 7 o Prers. 2.45 2.55 2.50 2.60 10 10 Atlas Ice tt.oo lO.OOn. 8.00 looon. 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0.90 0.95 10 5 B M Trustee 6 25 7.00 8.25 7.2S £100
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        379 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt AlleriDy 1.90 1.95 1.90 2.00xd Alor Gajah 1.40 1.47»/ 2 1.40 1.50xd Amal. Mal^-y 1.97»' 2 210 1.90 2.05 Ayer Hitam 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.65 Ayer Alniek 1.35 1.45 1.35 1.45 Ayer *»anas 1.85 2.00 1.90 2.00 Bassett
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      EXCHANGES.
      201 6 rhe following are the exchange rare thlt mornins according to the lally circular iss>iiei ov the Hons Kong ana Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T. T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 l 8 Lyons demand 1285 Hamburg demand 141 Vi New York demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      77 6 Noon, May 3. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Apr. 35% 36 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Apr. 347/ 8 35 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 351/2 35% May 35% 35y 8 May-June
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    162 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, May 3. Company EMvMend I TIN An>pat Tin 5% Final Apr. 26 Lahat Mines 12Ve Final May 17 PctaUng 10% Int. Apr. 24 2V4% Bonus Siune 5'r Int. Apr. 29 Sungel Kinta 5% Final Apr. 20 5% Int. GENERAL. Osea C.B.C 2V47e Int.
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    ALLENBY RUBBER ANNUAL MEETING.
    744 6 Board's Policy To Increase Liquid Resources. DROPOSING the adoption of the report anil accounts at the annual meeting of Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd., in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Mr. J. Murray a director, who presided, said: In the absence of Mr. Souter I have been asked
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    EXCHANGES.
    98 6 London, May I. The following were mean rules ruling at noon today: Paris lie.. Athea< ***** Ne* York 4.94 1 16 Bucharest 672* Montreal 4 93 seu^» En-jsels 29.25 Rio 4 4 Geneva 21.58 sellers official Amsterdam 21.58 Belgrade 215 Berlin 12.29 rt'lenoe Alre> .njuou a Milan 93", Morievldeo
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. 'Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE. MARINE LIFE, MOTOR CAR. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered B»nk Chambers. Singapore. APB 1.
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      29 6 As supplied tt» P. W. D. throughout Malaya, Rubber Plantations, etc. Large stocks of spares carried. Sole Agents for Malaya: McALISTER CO., LTD. —^^mb WP S. 3- A x
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      RUBBER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION.
      1328 7 CONTINUED NEED OF RESTRICTION. MR. T. J. CUMMING'S SPEECH. The ordinary general meeting of the Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated) was held on Apr. 31, at 19, Fenchurch Street London, E.C., England. Mr. T. J. Cummlng (the chairman), in the course of bis speech, said During the past
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      ROBINSON'S REPUTATION FOR QUALITY.
      1115 7 Policy Of Economy Still Being Pursued. DROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Robinson and Co. Ltd., in Singapore on Saturday, Mr. R. Page, the chairman, said: Although we cannot present to you today accounts as prosperous as we would
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      JOHAN TIN DREDGING.
      261 7 DIVIDEND OF 17»/ 2 PER CENT. PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Johan Tin Dredging Ltd. in Ipoh on Apr. 24, Mr. J. M. Sime, the chairman, said The mine continues to be worked on tribute, and the profit for
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      NEW CAPITAL ISSUES
      36 7 London. May 1. New capital Issues in April amounted to £11,947,382, compared with £11.257.125 in March and £10.456,037 <n April. 19M. The total for flrat four months of .1937 U £61,490,930.— 8riti5h Wireless.
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    357 7 QUOTAS CAN BE PRODUCED. IN their monthly report on the Londoi: rubber market issued on Apr. 21 j Geo. Whit 3 Yuille and Co.. Ltd.. write During the first few days of thej period covered by this report the rise In the price of rubber continued, and
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    Singapore Chinese Exchange Brokers' Association.
    77 7 At the annual general meetlnm or the Singapore Chinese Exchange Brokers' Association held recently the following office-bearers were elected for 1937:— President, Mr. Lek Plak Sin; vicepresident, Mr. Ng Chor Choo; Joint hon. secretaries (English section) Mr. Tan Swee Hee; (Chinese section) Mr. Tay Yew
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      606 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. incorporated m the Colony of He*2 Kong) The liability jl members -i limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 192J of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Pald-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Punds: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency
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      208 7 bank e? ciira a (Incorporated in China y Speela. Charter.; 12. Cecil Street Singapore Te'ephones: Man**" Office 6444 Kxebancc ««epl 6141 General OITirr 5188-9 I atilr \ddrrss: THrNGKUO" Paid Up tapiUI Ch S «0 000 Win 00 Reserve funds in excess of Ch. S I.S30 001 J« Total Aaaftj approxiraatclT
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      544 7 BANKING. CHARTERED HANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated it. Luciano i>» Itoyal Charter iBS3>. Pale 1 Op Capital in 690.000 shares of £5 each t:i (too.ooo Reserve Pund £3.003.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bfchopsgate London EC t Alor Star Hcng Kong Saigon Amrltsar Iluilo Son.aran*
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    ROLLED IN AGONY THROUGH INDIGESTION.
    272 8 ROLLED IN AGONY THROUGH INDIGESTION. A Nurse's Experience. Nurses know more than ordinary people •.bout curing their ailments, but tt wasn't until Nurse D. W. tried Maclran Brand Stomach Pov der tiiat The ."ojnd lasting relief lor the severe Indigestion that troubled her. •I have suffered for more years that
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    SCIENTISTS PROVE THEIR LIMITATIONS.
    378 8 MOST ACCURATE TEST EVER MADE. PETROL WARNING TO HOUSEWIVES. DV completing what is probably the most accurate experiment ever carried out, British scientists have confirmed the general theory of relativity. Attaining an accuracy within a few parts of a hundred thousand millions, they proved that it
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    Nazi Party Expects More Members.
    32 8 Berlin, Apr. 30. Abobt 2,500,000 new members are expected to Join the Nai \,ist Party when the ban on new members is partially raised next month.— Reuter.
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    GLADYS COOPER REMARRIES.
    30 8 Chicago, May 1. Miss Gladys Cooper, the famous actress whose marriage to Sir Arthur Pearson was dissolved on Monday, has married the actor, Mr. Philip Merlvale. Reuter.
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    COMPLETE FILM OF CORONATION
    219 8 GOVERNMENT SEEKS OFFICIAL RECORD. 100 CAMERAMEN ON ROUTE. •THE historic value of a film record of the Coronation is realised by the Government and an attempt will be made to ensure that it shall be as complete as possible. This has been indicated by Mr. Baldwin
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    KING'S MESSAGE TO WAR WOUNDED.
    194 8 6,000 To Have Copies. The King has directed that a personal messaes of sympathy and good wishes shall bs sent to ex-service officers, nurses and men of the Great War who are In Ministry or general hospitals on Coronation Day for treatment for wounds or
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    British Municipal Services
    37 8 London, Apr. 30. During the first quarter of 1937 the Minister of Health sanctioned borrowing by local authorities of £25.820,796 for capital expenditure on municipal services, of which £14.457.600 was for housing— British Wireless.
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    19 8 Moscow. Apr. 29. An agreement is understood to have been reached to resume the MongolManchu Frontier Conference at Manchull.
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    22 8 Over $100,000 worth of contraband Japanese goods seized by the Customs at Tientsin are to be auctioned off. —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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      113 8 Take Super Pictures by uflng Kodak SUPER Sensitive Panchromatic Film Its extra speed and high sensitivity rnables you to get fully exposed Dlctures. KODAK LTD. Singapore. OBTAINABLE AT ALL KODAK DEALERS 101 th» mue tonic food [OftMlMNt »t «0 Cbmmmu —4 ixarm CYMA WATCHES ON TIME ALL THE TIME i
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    HEAVY SENTENCE ON GERMAN PRIEST
    214 9 LONG PRISON TERM AND LOSS OF RIGHTS. 1,000 CATHOLICS STILL TO BE CHARGED. Berlin. May 1. FATHER RO66AINT has been I* found guilty of high treason and sentenced to eleven years' penal servitude and deprived of civil rights for ten years. Thii is one of
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    BORDERS BETWEEN SIAM AND BURMA.
    306 9 Transfer Of Four Islands. (Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta. Apr. 21. AN alteration of part ol the boundary between Burma and Slam in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma I has been agreed upon by Great Britain 1 and Siam. By the new agreement, which
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    37 9 A medallion lost from a dog's collar while the animal was digging for a rabbit in the sand dunes near Brldgend. Glamorgan, has been found in a gas meter at Brldgend and returned to the dog's owner.
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    AUSTRALIA'S PLANS FOR IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
    185 9 Air Service To Antipodes To Be Discussed. London, May 1. AUSTRALIA has come for a frank and friendly discussion at the Imperial Conference, said the Prime Minister, Mr. J.A. Lyons, on his arrival in England today. He said they wouM have to review the Ottawa
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    Canadian Delegates Reach London.
    46 9 London, May 2. Canada's official delegation to the Coronation arrived at Southampton on the Empress of Australia, headed by Mr. Mackenzie King. The delegation, which includes nv 1 other Cabinet Ministers and other distinguished Canadians, was officially welcomed by the Mayor.— Reuter.
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    Quelling Civil Troubles In Germany.
    58 9 Berlin, May 1. By a decree signed by Hitler today the black bodyguards and Hitler's own black lifeguards have been placed in the same footing as the army for the purpose of quelling civil disturbances, being entitled to use arms. Hand grenades and dynamite may
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    STRONG RESERVES TO DEFEND FRANC.
    105 9 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SLIDE London. May 1. IN an important statement before the finance commission of the Chamber M. Vincent Aurlol. the Finance Minister, said the franc would not be allowed to go below the limit set by the monetary law, namely about
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    COSSACK SOLDIERS GUARD STALIN
    176 9 Fears Following Trouble With O. G. P. U. Chief. A WHOLE division of Cossacks, brought hundreds of miles from the Den. Terek, and Kuban districts, has ridden into Moscow to guard Dictator Stalin and other Commissars. For the first time in Soviet history the Council of
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    DIFFICULTIES AT MONTREUX.
    131 9 UNABLE TO DEFINE FOREIGNERS." FRENCH EGYPTIAN VIEWPOINTS DIFFER. Montieux, May 1. /CONTRARY to expectations, a final settlement has not been reached regarding the question of definition ot "foreigners" which was discussed this evening. Apparently there is some misunderstanding between the French and Egyptian viewpoints relating to certain
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    100 000 JAPANESE TROOPS FOR NORTH CHINA.
    73 9 100 000 JAPANESE TROOPS FOR NORTH CHINA. EXPANSION PLAN REPORTED. The total strength of the Japanese forces in North China and Jehol will be increased to 100,000 men before the end of July, according to an unconfirmed report from Tientsin. When this expansion Is completed, the status of the Japanese
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    FRONTIER TROUBLE ALMOST ENDED.
    78 9 Bannu, May 2. ■pHAT the Wazirlstan trouble is likely to end soon is the opinion of reliable observers. The Fakir of Ipi's following is perceptibly dwindling. In the course of a reconnoitring operation In Waziristan the Second Indian Infantry Brigade lost four Indian other ranks killed
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    AMUSEMENTS
    119 10 SINGAPORE. GAJUUCK THEATKK GETLANO The Dong <>f Life and The Lady. A Super Cantcnese Talkie, Silent at 7.45 p.n. GCOBC THEATRE Sing Baby Sing. GMMAl tt()Kl.li-IIU SET TALC» Cllve of India NBW WOULD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing Talkiea Theatres Cinema*. BITZ GKYLANG II I Were Free. With Clive Brooks
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    SINGAPORE, MONDAY. MAY 3, 1937. Nerves.
    979 10 SINGAPORE, MONDAY. MAY 3, 1937. Nerves. Nervousness has produced a feeling of pessimism in the Malayan stock and share markets not far removed from the attitude of utter despair which prevailed during the worst days of the slump. We see no justification whatever for this gloom. There is a possibility
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    Artists' Return Visit To East Coast.
    91 10 Mr. and Mrs. T. Wentscher, who spent some time on the East Coast last year, will pay another visit to Kelantan and Trengganu in the near future for the purpose of painting and sculpture. They left Singapore on Saturday and expect to be away
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    21 10 A daughter was born to Lieut. Co onel and Mrs. G. Mel.. S. Bruce ot the Malay Regiment, at Seremban, yesterday.
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    The Colour Bar And The Coronation.
    1474 10 Courtesy at the Ritz: Snubs in Balham and Bayswater. By IQBAL SINGH. IVJRING the Coronation London is likely to have a large number of visitors from overseas. These will almost certainly include many coloured subjects of the King. Now the citizens of this grea>.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    720 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. HORSBURGH D.Ts. LJAVE you ever heard the yarn about the keeper employed at the Horsburgh Light who became so affected by the loneliness of his Job that .ie took to the bottle and finally persuaded himself that the lighthouse, although built on solid rock, was
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    EVACUATION OF REFUGEES FROM BILBAO NOW HARDER.
    874 11 BESIEGED CITY CUT OFF FROM ROADSTEAD. Insurgents Claim Important Advance On Basque Front. LOYALISTS' BITTER ACCUSATIONS AGAINST GERMANS AND ITALIANS. THE evacuation of the civil population of Bilbao has been made more difficult by the insurgent advance, which they claim has cut off
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    TWO NEW "PUPPET" STATES?
    93 11 REPORTED MOVE IN NORTH CHINA. Shanghai, May 3. 'THE East Hopei Autonomous Govern. ment will shortly be proclaimed an independent kingdom, similar to the puppet state of Manchukuo, according to the Chinese press. The autonomous regime in North Chahar under Prince Teh will also proclaim its
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    ELECTION RESULTS IN JAPAN.
    97 11 Minseito And Seiyukai Parties' Big Lead. Tokio, May 3. Friday's general election in Japan resulted, as expected, in big majorities (or the Minseito and Seiyukai parties, who won 179 and 175 seats respectively. It is regarded In political circles here that because of this success of
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    36 11 Masccw, May 3. Moscow became a seaport today and citizens crowded to welcome a flotilla of pa&aenger ships and tugboat*, decorated with flags and banners, arriving for the first time along the new Volga-Moscow Canal. Reuter.
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    GOODWILL GESTURE.
    386 11 Huge American Bombers For Coronation. iNON-STOP FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC. Seattle, May 3. A SURPRISE goodwill flight to the Coronation is being planned by the United States, according to the Seattle Times. The night will be made by three of the world's largest bombers for which Army pilots and
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    Japan May Ask Britain To Co-operate In Far East.
    459 11 London, May 2. «T UNDERSTAND Japan is making I serious efforts to restore co- operation with Britain in the Far East,'" says the Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent. Support for this view is forthcoming by the prediction of Vernon Bartlett, writing in
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    20 11 HITLER'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. Hitler taking the salute at a parade of light tanks in Berlin on his birthday last month.
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    MRS. SIMPSON'S DECREE NISI.
    182 11 FINAL APPLICATION BEFORE COURT TODAY London, May 2. EJIRS. WALLIS SIMPSON'S appli- cation for her decree nisi to be made absolute will be heard by Mr. Justice Bucknill tomorrow. It is understood the formalities in connection with the application were completed on Wednesday. Before the application
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    RECORD PROGRAMME SALES FOR CORONATION.
    119 11 Rehearsals In The Abbey. London. May 2. The official souvenir Coronation programme, which came on sale only last Tuesday, has already broken every record for the sale of a similar publication. Rehearsals of the Abbey Coronation ceremony by the actual participants or substitutes have become
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    FRESH CLASH ON SUIYUAN BORDER.
    129 11 15,000 JAPANESE MASSED IN CHAHAR? GEN. UYEDA ARRIVES AT DOLOftOR. Peiping, May 3. FURTHER skirmishing occurred >n r the Chahar-Sulyuan border yesterday when Chahar cavalrymen rtltted the Chinese outposts but were quickly repulsed. Japanese forces are steadily moving into North Chahar from Jehol. It is
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    Mrs. Bonney Leaves Bangkok.
    31 11 Bangkok, May 1. Mrs. Bonney left here this morning for Rangoon. She had not returned by this afternoon so it is believed that she reached Burma safely.
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    MEATLESS LONDON.
    235 11 Coronation Week Strike Threat. BUS DISPUTE FOR COURT. London. May 2. I ON DON may be without mi at for the Coronation, follow im,-. a threat by meat porters at Sniithlicld Market, the country's biggest meat clearing house that no meat will leave the market during the greater
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    Yam Tuan In London.
    46 11 London, May 1. H.H. the Yang di Pertuan B;sar of Negri Sembilan, has arrived for the Coronation and was met by representatives of the Colonial Office and Malayan Civil Service, these including Mr. V. A. Lowinger and Mr. G. E. Gent. Reuter.
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    India s "Reformer Prince."
    174 12 India s "Reformer Prince. Travancore Ruler Due Tomorrow. INDIA'S Reformer Prince," the young Maharajah Shri Chitra Thirunal of Travancore and his mother, the Maharani Shri Sethu Parvati Bai, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow on the Marniz van St. Aldegonde from Belawan Deli. They will be in Singapore for a^out 12
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    21 12 When Mr. Bjiir.ett Smith ol the SeRmban Customs Department proceeds on transfer to Ipoii he will be succeeded by (ipt. Cuscaden.
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    'Talkies' Increase Japan's Knowledge Of English.
    407 12 'Talkies' Increase Japan 's Knowledge Of English. SAYS FILM CHIEF ON VISIT TO SINGAPORE. "•"TALKING pictures have donr more for the spreading ol English in Japan than any other medium," declared Mr. Lipton Astrachan. newly appointed chief of Universal Pictures interests in the Far East. Mr. Astrachan. who has spent
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    SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR SINGAPORE?
    249 12 FAR EAST H.Q. TO BE MOVED FROM BAT AVI A? Dominion s Growing Interest In Malaya. FINE REPRESENTATION AT BRITISH TRADE FAIR. THE headquarters of South Africa's Far East Trade Commis- sioner may soon be moved from Batavia to Singapore, the Straits Times understands.
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    NEW IPOH BANK MANAGER.
    57 12 Mr. A. M. Duncan Wallace, who with Mrs. Wallace arrived in Ipoh last week from Shanghai. h?,s taken over charge of the local office of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from Mr. F. R. Ormston. Mr. and Mrs. Ormston sail for Home on s.s.
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    22 12 Mrs. P. B. Bell, wife of Mr. P. B. Bell, principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, leaver shortly for America on leave.
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    GOVERNOR TO OPEN NEW R. R. I. OFFICES.
    59 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 3. CIK SHKNTON THOMAS, in his capacity as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High <>mmiMioner of the Federated Malay States, will officially open the new offices and laboratories of the Rubber Research Institute in
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    40,000 At Trade Fair On Saturday.
    137 12 Excellent Business Done By Stalls. CINGAPORE'S increased prosperity following the tin and rubber boom is reflected by the British Trade Fair at the Great World Amusement Park. Since it was opened on Friday evening 77,000 people have visited it. Saturday's atterdance of 40,000 was
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    FIFTY YEARS OF SONG.
    101 12 Radio Programme For Tonight. l_| LADING tonight's programme at 1 the Singapore radio station Is a selection of popular melodies of the last half century. The numbers played will range from a medley of Paul Robeson songs to Louis Armstrong hits and old favourites from the
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    EUROPEANS' DAWN MISHAP.
    106 12 Car Plunges Into Dry Lake. <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 3. rjRIVING through Kuala Lumpur's public gardens In the early hours of yesterday morning two Europeans and two women met with an accident when the car overshot a bank and dropped Into Sydney Lake which
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    30 12 NIGHT CRASH IN DRAIN A patsenger was badly hurt when this car came to grief at the 9th mile, East Coast Road at 11 p.m. on Saturday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    N. I. IMMIGRATION OFFICE FOR SINGAPORE.
    197 12 Special Help For Tourists, Says Dutch Official. A NETHERLANDS Indies immigration office will shortly be established in Singapore to facilitate matters for those wishing to proceed to Dutch territories from Singapore Mr. H. Groeneveldt, Head of the Netherlands Indies Immigration Service, told the Straits
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    CHINESE DEAD ON BUKIT TIMAH ROAD.
    165 12 Police Seek Vehicle That Did Not Stop. *T*HE police in Johore and all police stations In Singapore have been asked to keep a look-out for a motorlorry or any other vehicle bearing damage or bloodstains on its mudguards or sides compatible with violent contact
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    SOUTH PERAK'S NEW CHAPLAIN.
    129 12 Served Several Years In Australian "Bush." THE Rev. S. C. Kell, the new Church of England Chaplain for South Perak, arrived In Ipoh last week with Mrs KeU. Before coming out to Malaya he was Vicar of Watton-with-Beswlck In the Diocese of York and also Chaplain
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    Tonight's Broadcast
    53 12 The following programme will be broadcast today from Station Z.H.J., Penang: 7 p.m. Time signal and announcements for the week. 7.05 Recorded popular music 735 Studio programme by Mrs. X X Suppiah. 7.55 News bulletin. 8.00 Gilbert and Sullivan selections. 8.30 What's On In Penang. 8.35 Dance music.
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    16 12 Inche Mahmood bin Mohamad Shah. First Magistrate, Muar, resumed duties today after four months' vacation leave.
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    18 12 Mr. K. P. Chaly of the teaching staff of the Government English School. Muar, has returned from leave.
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    N.I. AIR SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.
    184 12 Java Extension To Darwin. LIKELY TO START THIS YEAR. "THE Australian Government has granted K.N.I.L.M Royal Netherlands Indies Airways) permission to establish a service between Java and Australia, states a Router message from Sydney. It Is understood that the new service will begin this year
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    G.O.C. VISITS EAST COAST STATES.
    96 12 G.O.C. VISITS EAST COAST STATES f\S a visM to Kelantan and TrengV ganu, H.E. tbe General Officer Commanding Troops. Malaya, Major-Gen. W. S. Dobbie C.8.. left Singapore by the mail train last night. It is his first v ail to those States and it will give him an opportunity to
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    BUDDHIST PRAYERS FOR THE CORONATION
    78 12 Prayers for the coronation of the King and Queen according to Buddhist religious rites will be said at the Hokien temple, Mah Chor Keong, Telok Ayer Street, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week. All patriotic Chinese are invited to Join in the ceremonies, which
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    AVOID TURNING PEOPLE INTO CRIMINALS.
    159 13 F. M. S. Chief Justice Defines Great Object Of Punishment YOUNG DUTCHMAN'S SENTENCE REVIEWED AFTER PRESS REPORT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 1. THE golden rule underlying British justice inflict adequate punishment for a crime but show sympathy and a good heart, ant!
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    MAGISTRATES DIFFICULTIES.
    726 13 •THE young man who was thus having a slice of luck in his misfortune was Harry Newman, said to be a Dutch subject. The Legal Adviser of the F.M.S.. the Hon. Mr. Adrian Clark, himself attended the Supreme Court to make and hear comment on the case. Mr.
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    PROTECTING FOREST REVENUES.
    215 13 More Stringent Control J Proposed In Bill. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 30. THE forest revenues of Perak. Selangor, Negri Sembilan and < Pahang are to be protected and more adequate control of forest produce In transit Is to be given by Forest (Amendment)
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    FALSE SIAMESE RUBBER COUPONS
    130 13 Alleged Sales On Malayan Border. CHINESE PLANTER ARRESTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Apr. 28. TWO C.I.D. officers specially sent down to Haad Yai, near Padang Besar. returned from that place yesterday, bringing with them a well-known Chinese rubber estate owner. He is alleged to be
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    CHINESE DOCTOR WEDS IN JOHORE.
    227 13 Bride Daughter Of Court Official. (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, May 1. •TWO well known Chinese families were united today when the marriage took place before Mr. J. B. Weiss, the Registrar of the Johore Supreme Court, of Dr. Lav Yong Boon, the eldest
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    DOROTHY BUCKLE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
    124 13 Appeal For Further Support. AN appeal to all old pupils of Raffles Girls School who have not yet contributed to the Dorothy Buckle Scholarship Fund to send a donation is being made. This fund was organised to endow a scholarship at Raffles Girls School as a
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    SPECIAL CORONATION FARES.
    98 13 •THE F.M.S Railways are issuing re- turn tickets at a single fare for the double Journey for the period of the Coronation Celebrations. The outward journey may be made from May 11 to 13 inclusive, the return from May 11 to 14. Cheap week-end tickets at a
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    Colony's Largest Choir For Coronation Ceremonies,
    339 13 *pHE largest internal choir ever to 1 sing in Singapore— about 200 has been organised for the Coronation ceremonies and is well under way with rehearsals. The choir is drawn from representatives of the choirs of all Protestant churches in Sngapore, the Musical Society.
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    Court Reduces Interest On Secured Loans.
    578 13 APPELLANTS TO BE REPAID EXCESS OVER 15 PER CENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, May 1. yHE Full Court of Appeal, consisting of Mr. Justice Howes, Mr. Justice Home, and Mr. Justice Laville. which sat at Johore Bahru on Apr. 5, have set
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    NO APPEARANCE AT COURT.
    122 13 Re-arrest Of Young Malay Ordered. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. May 1. ISMAIL bin Abdul, a young Malay employed at the Gsneral Post Office. Kuala Lumpur, who is charged with misappropriating a postal article in course of transmission by post, failed to appear in the
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    Penang Flying Club Record.
    111 13 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 30. Mr. H. E. Nixon, president of the Penang Flying Club, presiding at the annual meeting today, drew attention to the records of the club in the j matter of hours flown, which were still, he believed, the highest of
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    NEW GEOLOGISTS FOR F. M. S.
    99 13 To Deal With Inspection Arrears, HUNDREDS OF MINES NOT VISITED. (From Onr Own Correspondent) Ipoh, .May 12. THE appointment of two Field Geologists to supplement the staff of the F.M.S. (JeoloKical Department is welcomed in mining circles. Hitherto the work has been carried out
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    LOYAL ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY.
    163 13 Public And Ceremonial Reading. THE Loyal Address submitted to His Majesty King George VI on the occasion of his Coronation will be read publicly and with ceremony at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday, May 10, at 5.30 p.m. Admission will be by ticket only.
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    NEW S.S. ATTORNEYGENERAL.
    34 13 Although r.o conflrmatio.i has yet tan obtained the Straits Times understands that the Hon. Mr. R. Williamson will act as Attorney-General in place of Mr. C.G. Howell, who goes on leave.
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    BRILLIANT CENTURIES BY PEARSE AND CALDWELL.
    433 14 BIG OPENING STAND FOR S.C.C. AT SEREMBAN. BAT BEATS BALL IN "TEST" AT KUALA LUMPUR. QOME fine individual performances were recorded in the week-end cricket matches in Malaya. In general, the batsmen made merry. At Seremban, Pearse and Gaiilard scored 191 for the S.C.C.'s
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    S.A.F.A. VICTORIES AT SAIGON.
    48 14 Cables received by Mr. W. W. Dean, secretary of the S.A.F.A., from Saigon, announce two fine victories for the Singapore soccer team. On Saturday the S.A.F.A. beat the Army I—o,1 0, and yesterday they accomplished a splendid performance, beating Saigon's best team 3—l.3 1.
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE.
    385 14 The Tables Up to Date. Bata 10 pts. deducted: H.K.5.8.. Straits Times. G EC. Wearne's and NVst.mglo cac-li awarded 2 p*s. 1/1 V lOIUi^ 1. S.A. Vlidds. Regt. 3.C.F A. 3.A.F. Police VI. FA. 3.C.C. R.E. Royal Innls. Goals P. W L. D. For Agst. Pts 6 3
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    62 14 Wimbledon Speedway, which is showing the way in the training oi young riders, with public novices trials every Monday, is Introducing th? cine-camera into the coaching course. As the novices scramble round, films are taken and later run off In slow motion. Pupils are thus able to see for themselves
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    23 14 In S('.(. t«mm beal thr V.M.C.%. aM pedant on laliJaj TUu picture ■««i taken during thr V MX' A. inaincs. Strati* Tunet Photograph.
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    26 14 Play in progress in yesterday's match on the padang between the S.R.C. and the United Serriees, in which the military were well beaten. -Straits Times Photograph.
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    REST GAIN LEAD AT K. L.
    463 14 Europeans Go For Runs And Just Fail. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpu, May 2. Features of the Europeans' innings in their annual two-days cricket fixture against the Rest on the "Dog" padang today were the brilliant century of F. A. S. Caldwell. the
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    N.S. LEAGUE GAMES
    84 14 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Apr. 26. On Saturday, the Malay Regiment beat the Negri Sembilan Police 6—o6 0 at Port Dickson. and on the same day the Seremban Rangers beat Port D:ckson R.C. 4—l. At Sorernban the Negri Scmbllan Indian Association beat the Rantau Sports
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    S. R. C.'s Victory Over The Services.
    280 14 THE Singapore Recreation Club gained a capital victory over the United Services on the padang yesterday, beating them by seven wickets. The Services found the Club's bowlers in dominating mood and only Lieut. Cocks offered and resistance. D'Almeida took three wickets for 13
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    S.C.C. BEAT THE POLICE.
    288 14 All-Round Exploits By' Growder And Hunter. An S.C.C. team easily defeated the S.S. Police on the padang yesterday, mainly owing to a fine spell of bowling by Growder, who also succeeded with the bat, hitting on a vigorous halfcentury. Hunter also did well with both bat
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    Amateur Golf Title.
    131 14 ENGLISH EVENT WON BY FORMER OXFORD CAPTAIN. London, May 1. At Taunton, in the English amateur golf championship, Penninck, the former Oxford captain, beat Leonard Crawley, winner of the title in 1931, by 6 and 5 in the 36 holes final. Penninck beat Harry Bentiey, the holder,
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    GLAMORGAN'S HUGE SCORE AGAINST KENT.
    77 14 Scores in first-class cricket matches at Homo on Saturday ure cabled by Reuter as follows: At Lords M.C.C. 339 Yorkshire <W for 3. At Oxford: Gloucester 324. DarwallSmlth 7 for 44 Oxlord Univ. ICI lor 3. Barton 96 not out. At Manchester: Derbyshire 341 for
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    Vandal Beats Thebez And Martin Duggan In Big Race.
    2240 15 LADY THOMAS LEADS IN A WINNER. VAPOUR AND ELEGANCE IN A DEAD-HEAT THRILL. "By Captain Dash." GRATIFYING success attended the opening of the Singapore Turt Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) Race Meeting at Bukit Timah on Saturday afternoon. The weather was fine
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    VICTORIA CUP.
    64 15 F airplay Wins For Mr. R. Middlemost. (From Omt Own Correspondent) London, May 1. The Victoria Cup race at Harst Park, over seven furlongs, resulted as follows: Mr. R. MiMlemaw's FAIRFLAY 7.8 Maher 1. Mr. M. H. Benson's LAUREAT II 8.0 WmUhi 2. Lord Harewood's ALDWYCH 6.12 Richardson
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    CHINA AND JAPAN BOTH BEATEN IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES.
    432 15 Kho Sin Kie Wins Both His Singles Against New Zealanders. DEUTER cables results of Davis Cup lawn tennis matches played on Friday and Satur day as follows New Zealand beat China by three matches to two at Brighton. South Africa beat
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    SIAMESE PRINCE WINS CAMPBELL TROPHY.
    38 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 1. Prince Birabongsee, of Siam, won the Campbell Trophy at Brooklands, over the Newrodd circuit of 226 J miles, with an average of 69.06 miles an hour.
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    AUSTIN WINS HARD COURTS TITLE.
    293 15 London. May 1. In the finals of the British hard courts lawn tennis championships at Bournemouth Austin beat Lee 6 2. 6 2, 6 0 and Senorita Lizana (Chile) beat Miss Scriven (Great Britain) 7—5, 6—3. In the men's doubles Hare and Wild. 1 beat
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    SUNDERLAND WIN CUP AFTER GREAT RECOVERY.
    718 16 PRESTON LEAD AT INTERVAL. KING AND QUEEN SEE WEMBLEY FINAL. CUNDERLAND, league champions last season, are F.A. Cup winners this season. They beat Preston North End 3 1 in the final at Wembley on Saturday. The King and Queen and a c/owd of 93,000
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    SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY GO DOWN: LUTON AND STOCKPORT EARN PROMOTION.
    1427 16 Important Issues Decided On Last Day Of The Home Soccer Season. DELEGATION and promotion problems in the soccer leagues were not finally decided until Saturday the very last day of the season in England. In the First Division safety was assured
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    S.R.C. XI FOR THURSDAY
    64 16 The team to represent the S.R.C. in their Division II league match against Fort Canning on the padang on Thursday will b? selected from the following C. Alphonso. A. B. Colllck, H. C. Humphries. H. A. Savage. W. F. Gomes. R. Barth. J. Loveday, A. O.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    82 16 TODAY. Saceer: S.C.C. 2nd vs. Ceylon S.C.. Div. 111. padang. SRC. vs. Bata. friendly padang; Nestanglo vs. Wearnc's, 8.H.L.. V.M.C.A. ground. Lawn Tennis: U.C.C. singles championship final (to finish) mixed double tournament begins. Golf: Women's medal, S.G.C. TOMORROW. Soccer: Medical Services vs. V.M.C.A., Div. m. Stadium; S.C.C.
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    Glimpses At The Games.
    199 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 1. A MIDSUMMER sun graced the final matches of the soccer season. Charlton became runners-up in Division I. Robinson scored both their coals and Scott got Brentford's. Charlton took their chancea against Brentford and thus because unofficial champions of London.
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      205 16 SEASONS TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES. Result* Of Eight Months Of Striving. The following Is the season's rollcall for the English and Scottish League and Cup competitions: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I. Champions: Manchester Cit>. Runners-up: Charlton Athletic. Relegated: Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester United. DIVISION II. Promoted: Leicester City and Blackpool. Relegated: Doncaster
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    Royal Immunity From Civil Process Privilege Far All Sultans' Families.
    193 17 Royal Immunity From Civil Process Privilege Far All Sultans' Families. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 30. HTHE Royal Family of Selangor is to be made immune from civil j process by a Suits Against Ruling i House Enactment which will be Introduced in the Selangor State Council, and
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    TRAPS LAID FOR INNOCENT MEN.
    478 17 M.P. CERTAIN TYPE OF WOMAN." DANGER OF POSSIBLE MUD-SLINGING. TRAPS set by women to secure affiliation orders against innocent men were mentioned before the House of Commons Standing Committee, which considered the Summary Procedure (Matrimonial and other Matters) Bill. The bill M»eka to amend the
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    Run Over By leaded CartJ
    64 17 < From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Apr 29 While unleading firewood a Pathan bullock carter named Mlrjeman slipped and fell The bullocks, mistaking! their master's fall as a signal to pro-P ceed. pulled the cart, causing the wheel! 1 to go over the carters body
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    WEAPON FOR ILLNATURED NEIGHBOUR
    213 17 Anti-Noise Amendment Criticised. It is likely that the proposed amendment of the Minor Offences Ordinance for the prosecution of owners of animals or birds which create incessant noise will be rescinded by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. S. B. Tan, a member of Committee No. 2
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    ELDERLY CHINESE TO BE REPATRIATED.
    115 17 Unsuccessful Attempts j To Commit Suicide. An elderly Chinese, Cheong Kai, bearing traces of recent burns on his head. appear?d before Mr. W G. Reeves, the Singapore tivrd magistrate, on a charge of attempted suicide. He was committed to the house ol detention pending repatriation.
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    Coronation Seat Ramp Failure Hits Racketeers
    118 17 Coronation Seat Ramp Failure Hits Racketeers A TTEMFTS tj profiteer in seats along the Coronation route in London have failed so badly that the racketeers are now trying to sell the scats they had booked at almost any figure. The ring ichich the syndicates tried to create in the hope
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    NEW BRITISH AIR LINER SECRETS.
    245 17 ALL-METAL 'PLANE TO CARRY 10. CRUISING SPEED OF 200 M.P.H. MODERN skill and technique in the construction of all-metal "stressod-skin" aeroplanes is shown in the new Bristol 143 commercial monoplane, details of which i are now revealed. Production of this machine is overshadowed by military
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    51 17 La Meri and her party including, ftassano Ramgopal. the y:ung male I Indian dancer, have left for a six 'weeks' tour of Java by the Plancius I La Meri will give her farewell performance at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday. June 8. The programme will I consist entirely of Occidental
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    "IT WAS A PITY HE DIED." –
    302 17 "IT WAS A PITY HE DIED." SLAYER'S REMARK ON BEING SENTENCED. 'THOUGHT' ACID WAS VINEGAR. f\N trial for murder, Teo Peng Kee was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter at the Singapore Assizes and sentenced by Mr. Justice Home to two years' hard labour. Accused was charged originally
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    CORONATION TO COST £689,400.
    43 17 CORONATION TO COST £689,400. i Colonel Co'.vllle. Financial Secretary I to the Treasury, announced in Parlla- I i ment recently that the estimated ex- I penditure from public funds in con- I nection with the Coronation would be 1 £089 400. 1 1
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    NEW METHODS FOR CREAMING LATEX,
    125 17 Tvo Patents Registered In F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 30. BRITISH and American rubber manufacturers have registered patents of inventions in the Federated I Malay States. The Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd.. of 32, Osnaburgh Street, London, N.W. 1, has been granted registration
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    EXPENSES EXCEEDED REVENUES.
    91 17 Selangor To Ask For $418,570. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 30. Final Supply enactments to cover excess expenditure of State revenues in Perak. Selangor and Negrl Sembllan in 1936 have beem drafted for the approval of the respective State Councils. Perak. authorised to spend $12,257,457
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    23 17 Mr Hudson, acting manager of Jabl Estate, Kedah, has left for England on four months' long leave. Mr. Mais is acting for him.
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    "LESSONS AS USUAL" FOR SISTERS OF KING FAROUK.
    245 18 Strict Routine Until Just Before The Coronation. IN a mansion high up on Kingston-hill, Surrey, the four pretty sisters of King Farouk, Egypt's 17-years-old monarch, have a lessons as usual routine during their Coronation visit to England. With two nurses, a tutor,
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    22 18 One of Princess Juliana's bridesmaids, Miss del Court von Krimpen, has married Jonkheer W. G. Rouell, Prince Bcrnhard's privo f e secretary.
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    Anzac Finds His War Nurse Again.
    110 18 Anzac Finds His War Nurse Again. /"MJNNER P. G. Foxon. an Australian who is in Britain for the Coronation, visited Chlchester recently to ssarch for the girl who nursed him In hospital there during the war. He knew her then as "Nurse Fitz-i Simmons, of Ward E 1," and he
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    42 18 Mr. R. J. P. Curtis, formerly A.D.C. to Sir Cecil dementi, and now Collector of Land Revenue, Penang, was the speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Penang Rotary Club on Wednesday. His subject was "Brunei— the City of Many Waters."
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    21 18 DISABLED MEN'S GIFT X ioooii«n rug presented to the King and Queen as a Coronation gift by Disabled Men's Handicrafts, Limited.
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    ENCYCLOPAEDIA FOR NAZIS.
    390 18 GERMANY ISSUES NEW VERSION. SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY SECONDARY IDEA. ■T-HE first volume of a new edition of M«yer's Encyclopaedia," formerly the nearest German equivalent to the Encyclopedia Brttannica," has now appeared in a new and completely nasilted form. It has be«n rewritten from beginning to end with a
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    "Uncle David" Telephones Little Princess.
    91 18 "Uncle David" Telephones Little Princess. /\NE of the first' parcels which Princess Elizabeth opened on her eleventh birthday was a large, heavily, sealed box bearing an Austrian postmark which contained a tennis racket and a gold wrist watch. It came "with the best wishes of Uncle David"—the Duke oi Windsor.
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    37 18 Edward ("Kid") Lewis, former i boxer, was fined £20 at Bow Street for keeping the Moulin Rouge Club, I New Compton Street, W.. for public 1 music and dancing without a licence i from the L.C.C. 3
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    SHOWMEN ON THE EPSOM DOWNS.
    439 18 RIGHTS OF GYPSIES DEBATED IN COURT. FULLY PROTECTED BY RECENT ACT. •TSUi legitimate interests of showmei who go to Epsom Downs to earn tiwir livelihood were stated at Epsom PoKee Court, Surrey, to be fully prot*«t*d under the Epsom and Walton Downs Regulations Act. 1936.
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    BOY SUES FATHER AND WINS
    71 18 A nine-year-old boy, through his uncle, sued his father at Brentford County Court. The boy, Herbert Harris, of Shake-speare-road. Hanwell. claimed damages for injuries received in an accident to a car driven by his father. Judge Drucquer. saying It was an extraordinary position, agreed to
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    36 18 "Pertlnax," the well-known French commentator, whose real name is M. Andre Geraud, may take action in the courts against another wellknown writer, M. Georges Fu^rez in respect of an article printed in a Paris weekly paper.
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    REMAKING GIRL'S FACE FROM PHOTOGRAPH.
    303 18 Former Beauty Lost In Cycling Accident. I YING in an teolttted bed in Guy's Hospital, her eyes closed to hide the agony in her heart is a golden-haired girl "of 21, waiting for doctors to give her a new face. Famous surgeons have a picture
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    The Yeomen And Their Beards.
    194 18 «7HEN King Edward VII, as Prince "of Wales, reviewed the Yeomen of the Guard he expressed the opinion that the uniforms would be displayed to better advantage if every man wore a beard. An order to this effect was made. But some of the stronger
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    14 18 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Daly leave Penang on the Hakone Maru for Europe.
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    "ESSENTIAL TO RETAIN RUBBER REGULATION | MACHINERY."
    1328 19 "ESSENTIAL TO RETAIN RUBBER REGULATION MACHINERY." AT the annual general meeting of the United Planting Association held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Mr. J. C. Innes, the retiring president, said: The year 1636 has been considerably brighter than some of its predecessors and rubber prices under the influence of rather
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    Kamasan Rubber Annual Meeting.
    755 19 Kamasan Ru bber Annual Meeting. PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Kamasan Rubber Co., Ltd., in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, Mr. M. J. Kennaway, the chairman, said: You will see that the profit for the year amounted to $25,908.77 of which $7,200 has
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    42 20 GMILE ON THE FACE OF THE TIGER: And there's good cause too, for Lord Snell. L.C.C. Chairman, is opening a special studio at the London Zoo, where the animals will be brought to artists instead of the latter going to the animals.
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    23 20 CROCHETS AND QUAVERS: Boy bandsmen learn the diff«r«nce at the Royal Artillery Band School at Woolwich. Soon they wIH be playing martial music.
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    27 20 ANOTHER TAX IN MIND?: Neville Chamberlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Britain's next Tory Premier, walks through the park, with his wife, to the House of Common*.
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    21 20 ON THEIR FIRST VISIT: Servant; of the Maharaja of Nawanagar dou seem to miftd th« chUls English railway station in April.
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    15 20 AN INFORMAL CORONATION A London workman helps himself to the largest crown he can find.
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