The Straits Times, 8 May 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLT A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1937 I'RH'E 10 CENTS The Straits Times M PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      278 1 Singapore: 140, cecil st. cphone 547t). BRr KfTIRMHt CO (tCKCi ROAD NOTHING CAN BE BETTER THAN THE BEST. TODAY'S OUTSTANDING REFRIGERATOR >^ S General Elcetric of U.S.A. offers today's greatest rtfrigcrator value. Mure ire rubes more storage spare more cold capacity more convenience and all models eouipped with the famous
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      317 1 KUAI.A LUMrt&R: 2S JAVA ST. CPHONE 30e« t IFINDLATER'S FINE SHERRIES PORTS. /^3p3^L Per Bottle JW Duty 0. 75 Extra. m SHERRIES OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER, $2.00 L^RPP" PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY /C SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. •> $2.05 j FINO. POSSESSES THE
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      31 2 The family of the late Mr. Chin Chin Joon thank all those who so kindly sent them wreaths, scrolls, letters of condolences and telegrams and ihose who paid night visits.
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      673 2 LEA— At the General Hospital, Singapore, ut. May 8, to Ruth, wife of C. A. Lea, a soti. STEFANI— GREENSTONE.— At Singapore, on Friday, May 7, 1937, Francesco Robert, fon of the late Mr. and Mrs. Prank Stefan I of Ktlso. Scotland, and Sylvia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
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      780 2 FOR SALE FOR QUICK SALE, Piano, in good condiion. Owner leaving Colony. $100, bargain. 3ox 225, Straits Times. FOR SALE, 1935 11V. Philco. in excellent londition $95 or nearest. Willing to exchange ibove for good refrigerator, paying extra ■ash. Or buy refrig. outright. Full partl■ulars to L.Q.K. c/o Eastern Ext.
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      785 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET. flat. Amber Mansions. Apply personally. Singapore Building Corp. 96A, Market Street. TO LEI furnished Sea -side Bungalow at Beting Kusa 13>4 milestone off Changi Road. 3 bedrooms with oitthrooms Servery Large Verandah Municipal Water Apply rbe British Malaya Trustee L Executor Co. Ltd Tel
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      1084 2 PUBLIC NOTICE THE TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 213.) In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 4 of the Traffic Regulation Ordinance, the Chief Police Officer, Singapore, hereby makes regulations for the following occasions during the period of Coronation Celebrations 1. On the occasion or Coronation Week. Daily
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      729 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Wednesday. May 12, King's Coronation (Public Holiday). Monday, May 17, Whit Monday, (Bank Holiday) NOTICE. It is hereby announced that as from May 1, 1937, all transactions in Building bricks manufactured by us. will be handled by UnBrick Selling Agency,
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      382 2 I SCHIFFNERS S IMIr.K.sON KOAD I Is the tddirc* toi Milliner? underwear i i novelties. Oowrr* udm bar* drr*sr». etc ett New roods ?oa*Untrt arriving TH: I 7M open 9 m to 1 o m. at FIGARO You sill always find the BEST M £$Fifr> HAIk E SSINa, jt\\ -C*»«
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      719 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) MAIL PAS6F.NOER AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HI3 MAJKS'I VS UOVSKNMKNT LONDON AND FAR EA6 1' MAIL SERVICE OUrWAHD PROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore tin vI.ORB fi.OOO May 8
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      414 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTSo (NIPPON YUBEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CI'NARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, j Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. SI TWA MARU May 13. S.S. FUSHIMI MARU May 27. S.S. HAKOZAKI MARU
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      662 3 9 **9 BANGKOK LINK FOR pUMBUK LONDON KIMTI.KIM.VI lI A MB I K(. AND COPENHAGEN Prom Prom From From Spore Malacca Port Permit M S. S'ha'ii PIONIA 18 5 18/5 19/5 21 5 LALANDIA 8 S 8 6 9 6 116 JUTLANDIA 29 6 29 6 30/6 2 7 MEONIA
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      192 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE rOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. SIRDHANA MM 20th May 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class uasser.gers. Special holiday return tickets interchangeable with P. Ie O. S. N. CO Issued at cheap
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      1072 3 J PCt» iCt^tM I IPl\ji SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINK iOo-« n The Hua Khiow Steaouhip Co (1»1S» I.U. Steam Ship Co. Ltd. and China Mutual The Canard Whit* star Ltd Steam Navigation Co. Ltd I The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd The Stra4U Steamnhip Co I.W The Australian Oriental Liit«
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    A PRINTER'S ERROR.
    92 4 "Not" Omitted From 7th Commandment. How a printer's error led to a Star Chamber trial 300 years age was told by the President of the Lond::n Master Printers' Association, Mr. P. W. Ryde. i at the livei-y dinner of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Ma^rs
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      134 4 Saturday, May 8. Ship* ale>f*Mc the Wharves or expected (o arrive. KEPPEI HARBOUR Main Wharf Tug Rose. W B. Bertha, Lch Heron, Makassar, Gorgon, Kajang. Oil Wharf Nil. OoaJ Whmrt NU VESSELS IN URT DOCKS Tanjont Pagai Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock crane-lighter P. Victoria Dock
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      PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
      94 4 Wedneaday, May 12, 1937. General Post Office: Sale of stamps, post orders and registration 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.; Parcels 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Savings bank and money orders Closed; Telegrams open all day: Deliveries al! districts 9 a.m. Sub-Offices: Katong, Naval
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      332 4 Today. Djami (Toba) 3 p.m. Siam (Parcels only) (Klstna) 3 p.m. Trengganu (Parcels only) (Tung Song) 3.30 p.m. Western Canada and Wo»tcrn State* cf U.S.A. (Corfu) ..4 pjn. North Borneo Brunei and Labuan Kudao 4 P.m China igrneraily) (Corfu) 4 p.m Dungun. Kemaman and Itemasek (Tung Song)
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      AIR MAILS.
      73 4 INWARD. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. OUTWARD. K.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 12.45 p.m. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails close 7 p.m. today. Imperial: To Hong Kong: Mails
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      FROM MALACCA.
      80 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "Bt X L.M." Malls wi'.l -.ose at Malacca as follows Today. Hong Kong, China, Philippines. Guam, Honolulu and USA by air (Imperial and Pan American! 6 D.m Australia Java and Timor by air (Qanta*) 8
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      134 4 Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc., expected today. May 8. ;by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3 p.m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today. May 8, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General
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      28 4 H.'rr Hitler has offered a prize of £330 and a trophy for the best gliding I performance of the year by members of the newly-formed Nazi flying corps.
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      18 4 Confidential orders have been issued to the German Press by the Propaganda Ministry forbidding criticism of Gen. Ludendorff.
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    ACADEMY WITHDRAWS PICTURE.
    300 4 "Appears To Allude To Painful Affair." The Royal Academy authorities have decided that a picture in oils, The Lord of Creation," by Mr. Oswald Moser. which was accepted and hung, must be withdrawn. Mr. Moser received the followine letter: The President and Council of the Royal Academy
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    276 4 Singapore, May 8, 12 noon Motor Spirit and oil Socony ex pump per B. Imp. Gall $0.71 Socony Motor Gasoline M arums per drum $3.22 Socony Motor Gasoline tins, per tin $3 50 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant per tin $2.30 Sylvan Arrow per tin $2.10 Shell motor spirit
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      610 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporates Is P. U.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGrNTS F.M.S RLVS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Paasa«e 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £102-18-5 Second Class From £70-14-9 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange with
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      122 4 (Incorporated In &tr%its Set'-ttnictiit) HK ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (incorporated in England) "KLLKRMAN 1 LINE FOR HAVE* LONDONROTTERDAM UAMBURG Via Ports and Sopt Caoal Dut Sall< ICITY OP LILLE May 29 June 2 CITY OP WELLINGTON June 29 July 2 CITY OP ATHENS July 29 Aug 2 CITY OP
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      344 4 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (Incorporated to 0.8 A.) BOSTON NF.H YORK A BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAI STEEL VOYAGER May 30 June 4 STEEL TRAVELER June 22 June 27 MEMPHIS CITY July 22 July J7 I KLAVENESS LINE. (Incorporate lr Ncrway) LOS ANGKLE.S SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND Llmitea oui exceiyni oassrnpei Accommodation Available
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      435 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations yesterday Last night max rain- Dright min temp, fall s shine temp *F ins. nrs. "F West Coast. Alor Star 84 1.93 2 J 73 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 87 0.04 3.3 75 Sitiawan 89 0.39 3.2 73 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil V.o 75
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    "TERRORS" SHARE POINTS WITH CHINESE IN DIV. II.
    189 5 ■THE second string of the S.C.F.A. and H.M.S. Terror shared four goals in a second division league match at Anson Road yesterday. The sailors after five minutes scored whe.i Scott gaining possession manoeuvred into a nice shooting position and drove for the
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      444 5 LAST NIGHT JAMES KENIMORE COOPER'S P^^F^^i IMMORTAL CLASSIC BKLOVED I I X# Ik BY MILLIONS NOW SPRINGS >. Jw 1 TO LIFE ON ITS ROMANTIC B^OM B^bß WSA glory: 'LAST E MOHICANS' A Reliance Picture with RANDOLPH SCOTT. BINNIE BARNES. HENRY WILCOXON. HEATHER ANGEL. BRUCE CABOT TOMORROW— LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS
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      90 5 CTERNA Chromium* or leNther ense $34. with automatic winding $42. Opposite Clifford Pier MARLBOROUGH 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 THE TOOFAN MAIL HAVE YOU TRIED PHOENIX CORONATION CUP A GREAT DRINK FOR A GREAT OCCASION. 'Phone 3463. SCREEN AND STAGE SHOW! (ALHAMBRA OPENING TODAY at 3.15 The Finest Technicolour Film Ever Screened
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      51 5 JULIAN FRANKEL! Just return** froa Eirtpe ■H Tbf Vtry Latest I "THINGS BEAUTIFUL" j Now m Display I 101, Victoria Street, j YOU ARE WELCOME. CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT At ss/ Julian Jnankd Co. L v FOR REPAIRS I N JEWELLERY WATCHES U.S. de SILVA MANUFACTURING JEWELLER 1 70. ORCHARD
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      249 5 r CHIN CHIN I ~^r$~%Tyi I I [M Bi Us Ib I bv m^— ht.ps. 7 »—>•». I the POPULARITY of I THE KING OF 1 REX RECORDS Is again oro>ed by the entnusiastlc demand at th« BRITISH TRADE FAIR STAND Nos. 117, 118 119. Thousand ot mends new and
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      151 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Orchestral concert, 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Race dinner and bali. Cabaret by Cedrlc and Arllnda. Extension to 1 a.m. SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Dinner and dance. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: Gods Country and The Woman. With George Brent and Beverly
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      125 5 Karenina. With Greta Garbo. 7.45— 11 pm MARI.BOROUGH: The Toofan Mail. 6.15 and 9 15 p.m. SUN THEATRF (New World*: Bright Lights. With Joe E. Brown 7.30, 9.30 p.m. THEATRE ROYAL: Paduka Pattablshekam. 2.45 5.45 and 9 p.m. THE HAPPY THEATRE: Cain and Mabel. 7 and 9.30 p.m. FAIR. British
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      327 6 BETTER DEMAND FOR TIN SHARES. RUBBER FIRMER. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 8. Tin is up 30s. for both positions in London and three-eighths of a tent in New York. London cables this morning are of the usual weekend briefness and caution but prices, in most
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        MINING.
        652 6 Issue Val. 4 Ampat Tin 1 1 Asam Kumbang £1 Austral Malay 5 Ajti Hltam 1 Ayer Weng £1 Bangrln Tin 1 Batu Selangor £1 Banna Malay i'l Chenderiang 50 Hitam Tin l Hong Fatt B I-.; \g Kong Tin 5 Kris Kvdraulic 16 Ipah Tin £1 Jc'.apr.:v; 1
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        GENERAL.
        455 6 2 2 AlC\ Erick Ord. 155 1(55 155 1.6ft 2 2 do !%*/J Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Alias Ice HOC tO.UOn 8.00 lO.OOn 1 1 B II Broadcasting 0 89 0 95 0.90 0 95 10 5 B. M. mistee S25 7 00 ».25 1Mb £100
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        211 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5-. ViOi red. io*o s-too.ooo int. :>o 103'i lC5>i nom ;907 red. 1947 S16U0.000.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 110 nom 4'.' 1909 red. 1P55 Sl.000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 115 117 nom 4', 1913 red. 1933 Z2 000.000 Mar. 31 Sep:. 30
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 6 Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allcr.by 1.90 1.95 1.9C 2.00xd A!or Gajah 1.40 1.47',- 140 1.50xd Amal. Malay 1.97' i 2.10 1.90 2 05 Ayer Hitam 1.50 1.60 150 165 Ayer M:>lek 1.25 135 135 145 Aver Piinas 185 1.95 1.90 2.00 Bassett 0.77',2 0.82',2 0.81. 0 85 Batu
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    COPRA & RUBBER PRICES.
    347 6 COPRA RUBBER PRICES. UPWARD MOVEMENT JN APRIL THERE was a sharp rise in the price of rubb3r at the end of U:e month, up to around $53.50 a picul btins quoted for t;nok3d sheet in most areas, but as much as $56 a p:cul is recorded lor Central Province Wellesley.
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    EXCHANGES.
    198 6 May 7. 1 tie following ire cne exchange rare t.u morning according to the tall; circular is&jei ov tne Hong Kong ano Sr>anehal Bar.Scina Corporation. SEI1INU London T T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4','s Lyons demand 1275 Hamburg demand 141 Vi New York
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 6 Closing Prices, May 7. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) 38 38»/ 8 Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) 3714 37% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Tone of Market: Steady, quiet. Lateat Cable: Lord n
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    105 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend I tin Ad pat Tin 5% Final A; r 26 Lsiiat Mines l?'i v c Final May 17 Si-nsci Kinta 5% Plnai Apr. 30 5% int. mn 3>nesly 5% Int. May 8 Jlmah S'.i, Int. Ma>- 13 Menlakab 12':i Final May 10
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    362 6 London, May 7. The following are today's ciosing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: 'New York prices quotea in U.S. currency. The above are cealers' middl. prices; jobbers' margins, biokerage and stamp duty are not included yesterday. KL*e or Fall
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    VEGETABLE OILS.
    249 6 •THE Liverpool agents of William Jacks and Co.. i Malaya) Ltd. in their report of Apr. 2?, com-ient as follows:— PALM OIL: Values declined again last week but a turn round in sentiment over the week-end in eonm dltici generally brought the decline to a stop and although
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    EXCHANGES.
    92 6 London, May 7. The tonowing were mean rales ruling at noon today: Paris .109 27.31 Athens 54/vs Nee York 4.93^ Bucharest 672 'k Montreal 4.92 7 16 Hum Brussels 29.22'.: Rio 4 1 Geneva 21.58 sellers oflicla Amsterdam 8.99s Belgrade 215 Berlin 12.28 Buenos Aires -douom-c Milan 93 13/16
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    APRIL TIN ORE PRODUCTION.
    200 6 The following dredge statistics refer to the month of April: nn. isiuAff iiis. Ore toKpat Tin 612 184.000 348 Southern Kinta 3,710 1.129.000 4.668 Kamunting Tin l.Sid 4;«5.'J00 .,C33 Pangnga River 571 192,000 1.416 rongkah Harbcur .2,48^ IS3.000 i.Tf-l Hnglo-Siame3e Tin 1.191 218,000 975 Kair.pong Laniut
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    TREASURY BILLS.
    43 6 London, May 7. The total amount app.ied for in tenders lor £35 000,000 Treasury Bills was £92.960.000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months was 10s 0 19 d. against 10s. 4 18d. a week ago.— British Wireless.
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      586 7 CONFIDENCE HAS NOW RETURNED. PRICES STEADILY ADVANCE. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market issued yesterday, write Confidence Is steadily being restored to the rubber market, and the outlook today Is very different to that of a fortnight ago. The recovery
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      SHIPS RETURN TO COMMISSION.
      179 7 BIG DROP IN IDLE TONNAGE. There were 77 ships, 69 British and eight foreign, with a total tonnage of 90.345, laid up at ports of Great Britain and Ireland on April 1. 1937. This compares with 121 vessels of 212,345 tons on Jan. 1, 1937. and
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      Bikam Rubber Doubles Dividend.
      1140 7 "NO DIFFICULTY IN HARVESTING FULL QUOTA." 'THE twenty-seventh ordinary gen- eral meeting of the Blkam Rubber Estate. Ltd., was held in London on Apr. 29. Mr. H. Eric Miller (chairman of tl.e company), who presided, said: Although the dividend which we are recommending is only a
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      FIXED TRUST QUOTATIONS.
      123 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.> London. May 3. The following are today's bid quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire "A" 22 7'..xd. British Empire "B" 10 C> British Empire Cumulative 17 G British Empire Comprehensive- 20 9 British General "A" 20 4U British General "B" 20
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      Recovery In Rubber Price Must Be Slow.
      783 7 OPEN SPECULATIVE POSITION HEAVILY REDUCED. IN their weekly report on the London rubber market dated Apr. 28. Messrs. Symington and Wilson, write: After being firm en Thursday of last week with business in standard sheec on the spot going on at 11 '/id.,
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      637 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORAT T ON. (Ir.coriiorated in the Colony of Hou« Kong) The liability ol membe-s 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 Funds: Sterling 6.503,000 i
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      168 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.) 12. Cecil Street Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dept. 6441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address: "CHI'NGKI'O" Paid l*p Capital Ch. f 40.000.000 00 Kewrvc Funds in MM of Ch. f 3.50t.000.00 Total Asneti approximately Ch. $1.4OO.OO«.OOO.O3 HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI Tse-Vung
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      494 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter *****. Paid Up Capital In 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Pund E3.000.0n0 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE: St. BMiopcgat* London. EC t. Amrltsar Hon* Kong Saigon Alor Star Hollo Remaning Bangkok Ipoh
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      144 8 IIMHvIVANi* m LUBRICATION From High Class Oil dealers in Malaya, or from RAHAKIH PEKHAS, S!NGAPORE. SERRAVALLOS TONIC B (iives you the yin: and ttM} 'If power you reed to face li.'c witli a iisi't heart. Oyjjf *%ivm KB^H!fIEVS2!^mC3H^^^BHB PYE RADIO FAMOUS FOR QUALITY, 109 BRITISH. COME IN AND HEAR NEW
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      55 8 TWO MORE AIR RECORDS JB/^ 1 AUSTRALIA ENGLAND A A^iJ SOLO FLIGHT by H. F. BROADBENT fam^a*< 6 DAYS, 9 HOURS 4 CAPE mm ENGLAND H. F. BROADBENT. SOLO FLIGHT by H. L BROOK 4 DAYS, 20 MIN. tffj/L Both Record Smashers put their faith in j y XX L
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      236 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE ■MlM ZHL 1 33 Mr t ISM ro.l TODAY pm 12.45 Light orchestral music, played by Rellers Famous Hun?a'lan Orchestra. Relayed from Adelphi Hotel. 2 00 Interval. 6.00 Mandaitn t.ongs. Gramophone iecord3. 6.30 Children's Hour. "The Young People '.s Hills. Talk written and read by K. Savage Jalley.
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      610 8 'No. ».V O. Flrf Major <No. 5). Studies. Op. 25. Chopin. A. Flat Major (No. 1). F. Minor iNo. 2). F. Major iNo. 3). English Walt*. Scott. Waltz In B Minor and Waltz in F Major. Chopin. Andante and Variations. Op. 46. Schumann. Nocturne In E. Major. Chopin. Au Bord
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      727 8 (contralto) and Maii.reta Har\e; -3..m uel (pianoforte) 1 20 Big Ben. News and announcements. TRANSMISSION 5. GSO 11 75 Mc/» (25 S m GSB 9 51 Me i 131.5 mi mm. 6.40 'London Log,'* by Walter Fitzgerald. 6.50 Big Ben. 'John Londoner at Home' IS.* An evening with some of
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      329 8 9 20 The UMMfl from Pails. By M Francois Por. he. 9 30 .'udicial talk by M: Henri Delmont. 30 Gram- phone retoids. J.50 Music hall and variety entertainment. 25 Close £awn TPA-9 11 88 me ISt.M ml 11.35 News in French. Market prices, rates of exchange a.m. 12.05 News
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      436 8 AMERICAN SHORT-WAVE STATIONS TODAY pm j aU Doris Ilerr. £cnir< New York \\~>XE l.VCIO 19.fi 7 05 Mexican Cafcellc.c* N. Y.. Schcnectady VSXAF 9.530 31.4 8 05 The Little Thealie Boston W1XAL 6,040 *9.B ?0 Broadway Varieties New York Wl'XE 11.83.1 2>3 PI ilndelphia W3AAU 1..06.' 19. S 10 20
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    £20,000 VELLUMS SOLD AT PRICE OF JUNK.
    603 9 Mystery Picture May Yield Fortune. FRIENDLY Bohemian bookseller, Stonewall (Charles Terence) Jack- son, of Chancery Lane, W.C., has made a "find" old parchments and seals worth £20,000 while London also has a new mystery picture which may be worth a similar figure. Mr.
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    SMUGGLING IN N. CHINA TO STOP FOR TWO WEEKS
    69 9 Tientsin. May 7. Speculation has been caused by a reported order from the Japanese Consui-Oenerai suspending for two weeks from tomorrow the import of goods through East Hopel, in other words the suspension of smuggling. While no explanation has been forthcoming,
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    DOLLAR PRICE OF GOLD.
    158 9 NO LONGER NEED FOR REDUCTION. London, May 7. THE recent reaction in commodity prices must surely have satisfied Mr. Roosevelt's wishes and accordingly eliminated any necessity for action to reduce the dollar price of gold, says the quarterly, review issued by Messrs. J. Henry Schroeder and
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE CONVERSATIONS.
    146 9 No Concrete Scheme As Yet. London, May 6. AN Invitation to the Government to make a statement regarding AngloJapanese negotiations over Interests In China was given in the House of Commons today by Mr. G. le M. Mander (Labour— Wolverhampton, East). He also asked If the United States
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    'ANTI-JAPAN' OFFICER IN NORTH CHINA.
    218 9 Alleged Bribery Offers. Tientsin, May 6. •THE Japanese military have made attempts to buy over the junior officers of the 29th (Hopei) Army, according to Chinese press allegations. The "young officers clique" in the Hopel forces Is bitterly hostile to the Japanese and have repeatedly
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    GEN. CHIANG'S SURPRISE TRIP TO SHANGHAI.
    38 9 Unexpected arrivals in Shanghai were Gen. Chiang Kalshek from Hangchow, Mr. Wang Ching-wel, chairman of the Central Political Council, and Gen. Chang Chun, late Foreign Minister, from Nanking— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    HOW ITALY RULES ADDIS ABABA.
    456 9 MARAUDERS ROAM THE COUNTRYSIDE. LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE WORK ATTEMPTED. ADDIS ABABA under Italian rule was described to a representative of the Dally Telegraph by the only English woman to live there throughout the past year. She is Miss Yvonne Hughes, who went to Abyssinia in March,
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    EDUCATIONISTS AND PEACE.
    149 9 Influence On Thoughts Of Young. London, May C. "THE mobilisation and focussing of public opinion through the League of Nations to such an oxtcnt that there would be no more war was the ideal of returned soldiers, Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Education, told
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    JAPANESE AIMS IN SHANGHAI.
    153 9 Shanghai, May 6. DUMOURS that the Japanese authorl- ties are planning the creation of a Japanese concession at Shanghai elicited an enigmatic reply from the Japanese consulate-general today. "We do not want a Japanese concession," the Vice-Consul said, "but we demand an extension of authority to
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    AMUSEMENTS
    118 10 SINGAPORE. GARRICR riIK.MKK GEVLANO The Whispering Shadow <Fnal Chapters 7—12) The Thin Man. 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE A Messape to Garcia. GREAI WORLD— IHI SKY TALKJI Bre»s:er's Million. NEW WORLD Sidr Snows Cabaret Dane.rig TalKies m atret Cinemas RITZ GEVLANG Anthon" Advcrrc. With Fredric March." 6.15—9.15. RAFFL» HOTEI Orchestral
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1937. THE BOOM AND THE BOOMERANG.
    647 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1937. THE BOOM AND THE BOOMERANG. Farmers are the traditional pessimists, but industrial magnates are now rivalling them as gloomy prognosticators. At a time when works and factories are operating at full pressure and money is being made freely, they are looking ahead
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    Toddy Warnings.
    386 10 One of the greatest dangers of attempting to bring about a social reform by prohibition is that a greater evil may take the place of that which is banned. Examples galore could be quoted—local ones are so obvious and of such recent occurrence that no emphasis need Ibe
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    Dr. A. N. Kingsbury New Member Of Medical Council.
    33 10 Dr. A. N. Kingsbury, Director. Institute for Medical Research. F.M.S. has been appointed to be a member of th Medical Council, S.S. and F.M.S.
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    GERMAN AFRICA.
    1274 10  -  RIGHT HON. L. S. AMERY, M. P. II. "The Difficulties Of Surrender Are Insuperable." By The The speech made by the Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery in the Royal Empire Society's debate on Germany's demand for the return of her pre-war colonies is published below. Mr. Amery (who
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    A Visit To Johore Jakun.
    281 10 Evidence that the j-.nQie abor;g:na:* known as Jakun are icttlijig down to normal kampong lit': m Joho-e H forthcoming in the lif3f> report 0' the General Adviser, the Hon. Mr. W. E Pepys. An extract is appended. 17OLLOWING a visit by Mr. Noone. Field Ethnographer.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    668 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. CORONATIONIT1S. the arrival of Saturday, my conscience pricks ire lest may .ave noticed a strange indiJTtrence towards the external world i:i my nct?s this week. While Singapore has been dally growing payer. havr been babbii»g about Pithecanthropv Erects*. fel. long-forgotten rajahs ami unappropriate things. I
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    ONLY MEREST POSSIBILITY OF HINDENBURG SABOTAGE.
    687 11 DR. ECKENER WITHDRAWS HIS EARLIER THEORY. Electrical Disturbance More Likely Cause Of Crash. GERMANY STILL DETERMINED TO BUILD FOR ATLANTIC ROUTE. AFTER making the sensational allegation that the crash of the German airship Hindenburg at Lakehurst, New Jersey, may have been due to sabotage,
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    25 11 The estate of Mr. John Drinkwater, po:t. dramatist and actor, who died i at the end of March, has been piov- l ed at £1577.
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    Europe's Nobles To Be Guests Of King.
    271 11 Europe's Nobles To Be Guests Of King. FOUR Days To The Coronation. i I j j j f ILSTS AT PALACE.— The following members of foreign royal houses will be the guests of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace for the Coronation Prince and Princess Paul of Yugoslavia. Princess
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    IMPERIAL CONFERENCE AND DEFENCE.
    464 11 Dominions' Help in Arms Output. U.S. PART IN OCEAN AIR ROUTE. London. ARRANGEMENTS for the Imperial Conference, to open in London on May 14, two days after the Coronation, are now in active preparation. The Conference is expected to last for about a month. As usual,
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    CORONATION TABLEAU AT MME TUSSAUDS.
    25 11 The Royal tableau at Mme. Tussauds showing the King and Queen, the little Princesses and Queen Mary in Coronation robes.
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    Japan Denies Monopoly In North China.
    239 11 Shanghai, May 7. IN an interview with the correspondent of the Central News Agency. Mr. Sato, the Japanese Foreign Minister, expressed his opinion regarding the future between China and Japan. "Present conditions existing in China do r.ot give the diplomats of both countries an
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    AUSTRIA APPROACHES WESTERN POWERS.
    83 11 Dr. Schmidt To Meet Mr. Eden. Vienna, May 7. THE Foreign-Minister, Dr. Giudoi Schmidt, will interview the Bri-i tish Foreijpi Secretary, Mr. Eden.j in London next week. A communique also announces thai Dr. Schmidt will visit Paris after thc| Coronation. Concrete negotiations are not in tended,
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    Book On Windsor "Goes Over Big" In U. S.
    276 11 London. A BOUT 7,000 copies of Corona- tlon Commentary," the book by, Geoffrey Dennis which is alleged to libel the Duke of Windsor, are believed to have been sold in Britain before It was withdrawn by the publishers, William Heinemann, Ltd.
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    CHINA OBJECTS TO GERMAN FILM.
    123 11 Boxer Rising And Consul's Death. Berlin, May 7. TWE film entitled "Alarm in Pekin," which is now being completed at the Neubsbelsberg studios. outside Berlin, has led Mr. Tien Fong Cheng, the Chinese Ambassador, to call at the Foreign Office. The film deals with the
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    Coal Strike Hitch.
    186 11 MINERS REJECT CONFERENCE PLAN. London, May 7. yHE tendering of strike notices by English and Scott Mi miners in connection with the dispute at the Harworth t'<>!liery has been suspended for one week. It had been hoped the BUS] vould have been for a fort. accordance with
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    BOLIVIA INCREASES TIN OUTPUT.
    54 11 New York, May AN agreement has been coin hid- ed with the Bolivian Government and mine operators wlierehy the output oT tin will be increased. Thirty-five per cent, of the receipts from exports will be handed over to the Government v.ith a vew to strengthening the
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    35 12 11.1 1. .i ».i LRAJAH <M l<il .it. i -Ml it Rulsr of a small State near Bombay. His Highness passed through Singapore yesterday on h:s way to Hong Kong on holiday. Straits Times Photograph.
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    JOHORE'S "LOYALTY TO TIES WHICH BIND HER TO EMPIRE."
    897 12 TRUSTS BRITAIN TO UPHOLD INDEPENDENCE. Regent's Speech At Big Coronation Banquet. HIS EXCELLENCY 300 GUESTS AT ASTANA FUNCTION. {CHORE'S firm loyalty to the ties which bind Vr to the British Empire" was affirmed by H.H. the Regent at last night's Astana
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    He Has Borrowed $30,000,000.
    108 12 He Has Borrowed $30,000,000. Chinese Finance Expert In Singapore. A CHINESE who had borrowed thirty million dollars was in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Low Foo Seng, special representative of the Chinese Ministry of Finance, told reporters that he had succeeded in securing, on behalf of the Government, a loan of $30,000,000
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    DEATH OF MR. L. T. WILLIAMS.
    81 12 Perak Bar's Sympathy For Widow. i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. May 7. IN the Supreme Court today Mr. A N. Kenion. senior member of ttM I'erak Bar. e\-r>r^ss?d the Bar's grief at the news of the sudden death la New Zealand of Mr.
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    OLD P. AND O. WHARF TO GO.
    59 12 OECTION 10 of the Singapore Harbour Board's wliarves— godowns 50 to 53 —and the road leading to it by way of gate 8 will b? closed to traffic from Monday. This section, which was formerly the P. and O. wharf, is being demolished
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    When Malacca's Keys Were Handed To British.
    333 12 HISTORIC CEREMONY TO FIGURE IN CORONATION PAGEANT. SCENES of old Malacca will be renvpd in a niE'int to bo eivi»n by lived in a pag.ant to be given by the European community on the Padang of the Malacca Ciub on the nigi.t of
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    Unofficial To Act As Attorney-General.
    53 12 THK appointment of the Hon. 1 Mr. R. Williamson as acting Attorney-General for the Colony daring the absence on leave of Mr. C. G. Howell is gazetted. While he is acting in that capacity, bis seat as a nominated Unofficial member of the Legislative Conncil
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    WHEN SECRET AGENTS FALL IN LOVE.
    141 12 At The Cinema. "Dark Journey" Hug Plenty Of Thrill*. Dark Journey" (Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leifh) London Films. At the Pavilion. The theme of rival spies falling in love and being torn between duty to tr.elr countries and loyalty to themselves Is an old
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    CORONATION MEMENTOES.
    41 12 The two books being presented to Straits' Settlements schoolchildren by the Colony to commemorate the Coronation. "Our King and Queen" is for pupils of Standard 4 and 5 while the other book is for senior children. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    F.M.S.R. GATEMAN'S TRESPASS IN EUROPEAN'S OFFICE.
    453 12 Powder Flung At Face: Tamil Convicted At K.L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 7. LJOW a man came into his office, stood by his desk and threw something at his head was related by Mr. J. B. Human, a railways official, before
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    NEW INDIAN AGENT AN I.C.S. MAN?
    41 12 \§R- Bhaskara Rao Naidu, 1.C.5., District Magistrate and Collector of Chtttoor, will succeed Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan as Agent of the Government of India in Malaya according to The Indian, Kuala Lumpur weekly journal.
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    NEW FEDERAL COUNCILLOR.
    52 12 Mr. G. E. Teale To Act Temporarily. Mr. George Eric Teale. of Cumberbatch and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, has been appointed an Unofficial member of the Federal Council during the absence on leave of the Hon. Mr. W. O. C. Blunn. Mr. Teale has served for a brief
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    Coronation Gift Books For Children.
    106 12 CTRAITS Settlements schoolchildren should be delighted with the Coronation gift books that will be distributed to them by the education authorities. A well-illustrated 55 page clotn- bound volume, entitled. "George Vl. King and Emperor," will be given to pupils in classes above standard five while
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    SHOCK KNOCKS EUROPEAN UNCONSCIOUS.
    170 12 SHOCK KNOCKS EUROPEAN UNCONSCIOUS. When He Touches Electrocuted Tamil. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 8. J^R. R. J. P. Rycroft, a railways police officer. of Kuala Lumpur, was rendered unconscious by an electric shock this morning when he bent over the body of a Tamil coolie who had
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    TRADE FAIR ENTERS LAST DAY.
    125 12 1936 Attendances Already Equalled. THE Singapore British Trade Fair today enters its ninth and final day. Already 180.000 peop'.e have visited the fair, the same number as attended during the whole period of last years-exhibition.s -exhibition. In addition hundreds of school children practically every pupil
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    35 12 The next meeting of the Federal Council win be held at Kua'.a Lumpur on Tuesday. June 29, 1937. at 10 am. There will be no ceremonial openIng and uniform will not be worn.
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    CORONATION CELEBRATIONS START ON MONDAY.
    392 13 Reading Of Loyal Address. OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAMME. THE reading of the Loyal Address at the Victoria Memorial Hail on Monday afternoon by Sir John Bagnall, Senior Inofficial, will open Singapor's Coronation celebrations. The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, will arrive at the hall
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    ST. NEOTS' "QUADS" TO PAY INCOME TAX.
    151 13 PIE delightful little Miles Quadruplets of St. Neots. England, whose advent has aroused such flattering and k'ndly interest, are now experiencing attentions neither flattering nor kind from that unexpected and very unwelcome source the Income Tax man! When the Quads' nursrry was opened
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    PARIS EXPOSITION.
    48 13 AN international exposition of arts and crafts is being held in Paris from May until November. Its object is to further the cause of peace vna amity among nations. The exposition will cover an area of more than 200 acres, on "Doth sides of the Seine.
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    SIAM'S EX-KING ILL.
    39 13 From Our Own Correspondent. t Bangkok. May 7. Ex-King Prachatipok is reported to be suffering trom dysentery in England and is in the hands of physicians. He is making satisfactory progress, according to the Siamese Press.
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    FREE PRESS EDITOR MARRIES.
    272 13 FREE PRESS EDITOR MARRIES. Stefani-Greenstone Wedding. HOME VIA FAR EAST AND U.S.A. MR. Francesco Robert Stefani, Editor of the Singapore Free Press for the last three years, was married to Miss Sylvia Greenstone, before the Singapore Registrar of Marriages (Mr. H. A. Forrer) yesterday. Mr. Stefani is the son of
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    SIAM'S DOCTORS MUST BE REGISTERED.
    232 13 Assembly Approves New Medical Law. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. SIAM'S new Medical Law approved by the Assembly at its last session, has now been promulga'ed in the Gazette, and comes into force on Oct. 1. The licence fee for practising medicine (which includes surgery
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    DECK TENNIS INJURY ON CORFU.
    72 13 Maharajah's Secretary In Hospital. SLIPPING and falling while playing deck tennis. Mr. Nanavati, secreItary to the Maharajah of Dharampur. fractured a leg on the P and O liner Corfu on Tuesday. He is accompanying His Highness on a holiday trip to Hong Kong. When the
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    DRANK WASHING SODA AFTER LOSS OF WIFE.
    127 13 Young Chinese Bound Over. TAN Kim Chong. a young Chinese, gave as a reason for his attempt to commit suicide by drinkim w.isning soda, the disappearance of his wife who had left him and gone away. He admitted having drunk the soda I
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    IN HOSPITAL FOR 51 DAYS.
    332 13 Sequel To Tapper's Knife Attack. CHINESE GETS THREE MONTHS. CONVICTED on a charge of having caused grievous hurt to a fellow tapper with a knife. Tan Ah Twee was sentenced by Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Singapore Third Magistrate, yesterday, to three months rigorous imprisonment.
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    ALL TEACHING MUST BE IN SIAMESE.
    185 13 New Rules For Private Schools. iF.om Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. May I. A 5 E\V Private Schools Act Is pubi<shed in this weeks Gazette, and becomes elective tl.ree months from dat i of its publication. At private scho >is— schools maintained and controlled by
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    BETTER CONDITIONS IN JAVA.
    84 13 Goodyears Extending Factory. "Owing to the improvement in bondltions In Java, the capacity of the Goodyear factory at Buitenzorg Is being doubled. The undertaking should be finished by the beginning of August." This statement was made by Mr. i R. W. Hadley. managing director of the
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    "Finest Black Eye" He Had Seen.
    278 13 AN attractive young Kheh woman. dressed in sarong and kabaya and named Thoon Yeuk Lan, was fined $10 by Mr. Ivor Lewis, the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, yesterday, when she appeared on a private summons before him. She was alleged to have assaulted another elderly
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    ANOTHER INDIAN PRINCE IN SINGAPORE.
    253 13 Dharampur Ruler On Holiday Trip. Dl'LER of a small slate in Surat political agency division of Bombay, the Maharajah of Dharampur arrived in Singapore last night by the P. and O. liner Corfu. He is the second Indian ruler to pass through here in four
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    BANGKOK WELCOMES NEW WARSHIPS.
    68 13 'From Cur Own Correspondent. 1 Bangkok, May 6. 'L'HE Siamese people and the Gov- ernrr.'>nt gavj a grunt m ic>m.' tn the new units of the Siamese navy which arrived from Italy this afternoon. Crowds lined the river banks and a.ssemb.d in the \icinity of the
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    31 13 Miss Flora Knight, late of the Thoborn Col'.eg?, Luckncw. ai.c daughter cf Mr. A. G. Knight, Assessment Officer, Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, has r?turr.ed to Malaya after her course of studios.
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    TODAY'S NAPS AND SELECTIONS.
    147 14 SINGAPORE. -t\PT DASH" Place Bet. (SpT^Pr,*) PUce Bet. "WINDSOR LAD" (Kualm Lumpur) Pl.cc Bet. (MOM) Place Bet. RACE 1. COSMETIC iNAP) Brown Fox PIRSTBID K«l»w KISSING TIME Kathryn "s^GAPORE Co«netic RACE 2 GOT.DEN GLIMPSE Gantlerdown °NapV DEVIL Miss Strdis DRUMMER BOY Oolden Glimpse BLYLADY Drummer Boy
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    GREAT JUBILEE HANDICAP.
    86 14 Runners and Riders For Today's Big Race. London, May 7. Th? probables and riders for the Great Jubilee Handicap, to be run over l'j miles at Kempton Park today, are cabled by Reuter as follows. William Of Valence (Packham). Tempest II (Carslakei. Fairey (Crouch i. Commander III
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    THE ACCEPTANCES.
    1210 14 THIRTEEN of the 103 horses entered for today's races at Bukit Timah have not accepted and there will therefore be 90 norses going to the post. The biggest field will be in Race 1, for which 14 horses wili face the starter. THE CORONATION CUP. GEORGE EDWARDS 9.00
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    BILLETT INJURED.
    62 14 Trainer R. Billett met with an accident this morning in the paddocks at Bukit Timah racecourse while bringing out the grey gelding Tony Redin for training. The horse was very frisky and it is understood that when he was mounting he was kicked on one knee, which was
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    26 14 A croup of jockeys and trainers taken after exercising their Coronation Cup candidates. Left to right: Dodd. Hobbs. Corry. O'Neill. Mayo and Bowden. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    "CAPTAIN DASH'S " SELECTIONS ON FORM AND PERFORMANCES.
    352 14 "CAPTAIN DASH'S SELECTIONS ON FORM AND PERFORMANCES. gPECIAL interest attaches to today's races at Bukit Timah, for the card of eight events includes the race for the King George VI Coronation Cup. Only twice before in the 96 years of the Singapore Turf Club's history have Coronation Cup races been
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    TODAY'S FINALS IN THE ROWING REGATTA.
    53 14 The R.S.Y.C.'s rowing regatta wiil end today with the finals of the two events. In the International Fours, the Colonial Crew will row against the Irish Four, and Christopher will meet Add?rley in the Junior Sculls. Launches for visitors will leavo Clifford's Pier at
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    S.C.C. vs. R.E. Lieut. Elsmie's Good Knock Last Evening.
    124 15 Cricket. The S.C.C. second eleven took first knock yesterday on the padang in a two-day cricket fixture with the Royal En^neers. and had made 62 for four I when play closed for the day. K S.C.C. l.:?ut. G. R. Elsmie b
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    Y.M.C.A. TOURNAMENT.
    72 15 Lawn Tennis. The following are results of yesterday's ties In the Y.M.C.A. tournament: nament: Men's Singles "A" Dr. G. Haridas beat Y P. Wee 6—2, 6—8, 6—1. Gap Ah Hian beat M. I. Rethty 10—8. 6—3'. Men's Singles "B" Ahmad Shah beat A. Fakir 4—6, 6 3, 6—2.
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    TODAY'S RACE FOR THE CORONATION CUP.
    849 15 A REVIEW OF THE TWELVE CANDIDATES. HOW THEY HAVE RUN IN PREVIOUS RACES. BELOW Captain Dash discusses the runners in the Coronation Cup race today, and on their past achievements and present condition assesses their prospects. THEBEZ 9.9.— Mr. Lee Nam's br.a.g. by Satelles
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    BIG SCORE BY KENT.
    245 15 Gloucester Stars Jump Into Form. At Oxford, Yorkshire beat Oxford University by an innines and 160 runs. Oxford 149 and 135. Yorks 444 for six dec. (Hutton 95, Ley land 94). At Lord's, the M.C.C. beat Surrey by 128 runs. M.C.C. 247 (Edrich 97) and 242
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    Y.M.C.A. vs. C. U. ON MONDAY.
    53 15 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against the Clerical Union on the C.U. ground on Monday: S. BUxek; X L?embruggen, N. Jackson; W. Bates. O. Day. T. T. Kwee; P. Swyny. A. Noden. Llm Kirn Wee, R. Medland, Llm Bah Song. Reserves: —T. Sing
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    710 15  -  "ECHO." Mr. John Sitne's Retirement A Great Sportsman Soccer Hooliganism F. A. Take Action— Super-Golf By Cotton— 72 Holes in 279 Strokes. Conducted By MENTION was made at the S.CC. on Wednesday evening, at the lawn tennis prize distribution, of the impending departure for Home on retirement
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    75 15 TODAY. The Turf: Singapore Races, 3rd day. Rowing: R.S.Y.C. Regatta finals. 5.13. Soccer: Midds. vs. Police. Div. I, Stadi m: R.A.F. II vs. Indians, Div. II. Pc lice Depot. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. RE.; SRC. A 1 vs. I. A.; Midds. vs. 8.R.C.; Y.M.C.A. vs. Gordons- Khalsa vs.
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      19 15 TIGER TESTIMONIALS MRS. LOVE-SMASHEM, after winning her ninth successive tournament, said "I c my 'vantage entirely to TIGER BEER.
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    34 16 Ihe Um4mlm contingent of iroipi and police to tb« Coronation re<rntly visited (iuildhall and the Mansion House. Picture shows the I.ord Majrw, Sir George Broadbridg". rhattinK with the Rhodesian contingent at the Mansion House
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    American Woman Skippers Own Yacht
    188 16 From England To Singapore. IM. bronzed figure wilh a LaJy Lindy boyish bob, Mrs. Hun an American, has brought her 7") f. yacht Vanora to Singapore from Cowet where it was fitted out lot an adventurous cruise to the SouUi S*.h I .-lands via Suez.
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    RALLY OF YOUTH AT MALACCA.
    235 16 18,500 STUDENTS ON PARADE. 1 Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. May 6. i A BOUT 18,581 students will participate in the Coronation Parade at t he Malacca Club padang on Tuesday morning. The Resident Councillor will take the salute at the padang before the cadets
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    CHURCH SERVICES. SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION.
    416 16 CHURCH SERVICES. SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. TTHE Sunday which falls between 1 the Festival of the Ascension and Whitsun Day represents for us the period of intense expectancy in the minds of the disciples which followed immediately upon their I witnessing and grasping, even in- adequately, the significance of Christ's Ascension.
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    Announcements For Tomorrow.
    1336 16 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL,.— Sunday After Ascension. M»y 9. 6.50 a.m., Holy, Comn.; 7.30 a.m.. Matins: 8 a.m.. Choral, Eucharist: 5.30 p.m.. Special evening servl-c and sermon. Preacher The Rev. Nigel WilI liams. Weekday*. Wednesday, Coronation I Day. U. 40 a.m.. Holy Comn.: 8.15 a.m.,
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    ALLEGED THREAT TO STAB WOMAN.
    71 16 Luke Rodriguez, an Eurasian, appeared before Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Singapore Second Magistrate, on Thursday on a charge of criminal intimidation on which he claimed trial. It is alleged that on May 3 at a house in Middle Road, Rodriguez threatened to stab a
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    SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY.
    89 16 Members of the Singapore Musical Society choir are notified that there will be no choral rehearsal during Coronation we?k and that th» next rehearsal has been fixed for Friday. May 21 at 5.30 p.m. Members of the orchestra are notified that there will be no rehearsal during
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    GARTER FOR EARL OF CLARENDON.
    97 16 I The Earl of Clarendon recently had !an audience of the King upon relinquishing his appointment as Governori General of the Union of South Africa, when his Majesty invested him wltn the Insignia of a Knight of the Garter. Lord Clarendon was due to retire
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    51 17 St Georie's Chapel. Windsor, the resting place of the late Kin* George V floodH.hted by the General Electric Co.. Ltd. of England in connection with the Coronation of Ms son King Georre VI. Installations of a similar nature are beta* carried out by that firm's offices in Singapore and Kuala
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    100 AEROPLANES AT GARDEN PARTY.
    318 17 Aviation "Anthology" For May 9. AN aviation "anthology" of more than 100 machines, comprising specimens of nearly all the most interesting types of Hying machine In Britain will be presented at the opening air display of the season— the Royal Aeronautical Society s Garden Party
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    30 17 Ths death took place at Edinburgh, on April 16. of Thomas Randolph M'Murdo Spence. late of the FM.S.. and fourth and last surviving son of the late Dr. Spence, Burntisland.
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      DISTRIBUTION OF CORONATION MEDALS.
      65 17 DISTRIBUTION OF CORONATION MEDALS. To the Editor of the Straits Times. ClR,— The few Eurasian Volunteers who served in the Singapore Mutiny and are still serving in the SVC. will, I hope, be given consideration for the award of the Coronation Medal as this v.ill serve as a fitting remembrance
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      BADLY LIT STREETS.
      173 17 A Comparison Between Katong And Tanglin. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— After reading the account of :he last Municipal Board meeting held i few days ago, I came to the conclusion that it left a lot to be desired, as :he principal subject appeared
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    JUDGE'S REBUKE TO JURY.
    308 17 "Did You Listen?" Mr. Justice Hawke rebuked a jury In the civil court at Yorkshire As -i'.cs. Leeds. "If this accident was th? plaintiff*! own fault through net taking proper cure."' he said, "he Is not entitled to anything. If you want to give him some
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    COLONIAL EMPIRE UNION.
    182 17 New Society Inaugurated In London. (From Our Own correspondent.) London, Apr. 28. JHE Colonial Empire Union, of which Lord Lugard is president and Sir Cecil Clementi and Sir Frank Swettenham among the vicepresidents, was inaugurated In London today. A large gathering of vUitors from the Colonies, together
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    Coronation Service At Synagogue.
    51 17 The Singapore Zionist Association will hold a special service at the Magham Aboth Synagogue at 11 a.m. on May 12 in honour of the Coronation. Prior to the service the presentation of colours to the Jewish Lads Brigade will be made by the President of the
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    Taiping Plans
    41 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 3. The Indian and Ceyloneae communities in Taiping have decided to collect $2,000 for celebrating the forthcoming Coronation of His Majesty King George VI. Subscriptions already received from Northern Indians total I $235.
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    S.C.R.C. Ball.
    31 17 Members of the S.C.R.C. are reminded that the closing date for the buyIng of tickets for the Coronation Ball and dinner on Saturday, May 15, will be May 13.
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    Singapore Ladies' Union.
    47 17 A tiffin will be held ir. honour of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Eliiabeth, at the Ladies' Union premises. 7, Moulmein j Road, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 13. > Members and their friends are requested to be present.
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    21 17 The death occurred in Penang on Friday last of Mrs. Chua Thye Khean, cousin of the Hon. Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe.
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    60,000 MILES OF PHONE AND TELEGRAPH LINES IN MALAYA.
    92 17 (From Our Own Correspondent/! Kuala Lumpur. May 3 According to Capt. T. P. Coe. Direc-tor-General of Posts and Telegraphs in Malaya, the total mileage of external plant of the Malayan telegraph and telephone systems at the end of last year was
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    50 17 One thousand members of the Boy Scout movement, all of them Kin?s Scowte or holders of jallantry awards, recently marched past the Kmc and Queen in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle. Picture shows the Quren chatting to crippled Sco«ts. Witti her are Que«n Mary and Lord BadenPoweU, the Chief Scout.
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      HOW CRIMINALS WERE FOSTERED IN EARLIER YEARS.
      1081 18  -  The Hon. Edward Cadogan, C.B Comparison With Modern "Catch 'em Young" Plans. riM i:«ou> of Kvii Ky John Murray. 9s. VJZ ire not yet so far removed Irom the savage as w e like to think. Years aiwr Shakespeare's death, to watch the
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      ANOTHER LOOK AT TRAGIC SPAIN.
      577 18  -  Bernard Newman. SIMPLE INCIDENTS SHOW GREAT EVENTS. SEEING THE COUNTRY ON A BICYCLE. Saw Spain Ky Herbert Jenkins. 10s. 6d. M/HEN Mr. Newman planned to cycle across Spain last summer, he felt, that not only ought he to see Spain, the land of the burning
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    INDO-JAPANESE COTTON AGREEMENT.
    901 19 Remnants Of "Inordinate Length. THE SHIPPING CONTROVERSY, •T»HE new Indo-Japanese trade 1 protocol substantially reproduces the terms of the protocol which expired in March, but with certain modifications partly the consequence of Burma's separation, and partly the result of strong representations "^ut forward by Chambers of Commerce
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    31 19 The Nepaleae Mission for the Coronation, led by General Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, on arrival at Victoria Station. They conferred the title of Rajanya upon the King a few days ago.
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    MULTAN "HARTAL" DUE TO FEAR.
    303 19 TRADERS FORCED TO CLOSE SHOPS. LOYALTY TO CROWN EXPRESSED. Multan. ABOUT one hundred leading business men of Multan have presented Mr. C. C. Garbett, Commissioner of Multan. with an address signed by 500 traders of the city in which 4t is stated that the hartal
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    AFTER TWENTY. YEARS' LITIGATION.
    159 19 AFTER TWENTY. YEARS' LITIGATION. London. AFTER 20 years' litigation, a Hindu Idol failed before the Judicial Committee Qf the Privy Council, to establish a claim to property in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. Two Hindu brothers, partners in business, set up a female domestic deity, and afterwards, finding that their business
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    FUTURE ATTITUDE OF THE CONGRESS.
    522 19 Complete Independence Our Objective." STRONG ATTACK ON MINISTERS. Allahabad, Apr. 29. nTHE Working Committee of the Indian National Congress concluded its Allahabad session today after a four days' sitting. The Committee devoted the whole of today to the consideration of its future programme, and adopted
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    29 20 Royal Tournament Stars Rehearse BIG DAY DRAWS NEAR "X Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery train rigorously for their famous musical ride at the Coronation Royal Tournament at Olympia.
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    18 20 PLUM OF DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: Sir Eric Phipps. new British Ambassador to Paris, presents his credentials to President Letorun.
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    29 20 JUST A FEW TROPHIES collected by Jack Tars of H.M.S. Carllse during their 2'b years on the South Africa Station. They visited Tristan da Cuhna on the way Home.
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    16 20 WELCOME TO THEIR MAJESTIES" Part of the elaborate decorations on the Regal Cinema at Marble Arch.
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    23 20 A FINE SWING: Miss C. E. Davies looks as though she lias hit a long one in the Ranelagh open meeting for ladies.
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    28 20 THE NEW ZEALAND APPLE SEASON waa opened in London by Mrs. W J. Jordan, wife of the Dominion High Commissioner, who was a London policeman before he emigrated.
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    20 20 GOODWILL CAMP". English an) German university and factory lads seem to bs enjoying life under canvas at West Lavington, Wiltshire.
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