The Straits Times, 19 May 1937

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    48 1 SINGAPORE! 140. CECIL ST. CPHONE 5/7t). KUALA LUMPUn. 25, j4vA St. »PI-Oivt 3883). The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 PA(iES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937
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      38 2 TANNER—At the General Hospital. Singapore, on May 17, 1937. to Doris Edith, wife of R. L. Tanner, a son FOR LASTING BRILLIANCE ROYAL 'EDISWAN' LAMPS. THERE IS NO BETTER LAMP. AGENTS S.S. A F.M.S. R.E. MORRIS CO. uhery «>»
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      738 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE, grey duco dressing table-3 nirrors and Twin beds with mosquito net frame. Also Westinghouse refrigerator All 3ood as new. Apply Bos No. 254, StraiU Times. BOOKS. Advertiser wishes to dispose of .T.all private library. Over 100 good books ■.nd Glass-Fronted Bookcase. $100. No offer if less
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      838 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET FUKNITIRED HOUSE to let during June and July $50 monthly to ask 1288 Cairnhill Rd. 11 a.m. TO LET. No. 11, One Tree Hill, Grant* Road, Water, gas, electricity, modern sanitation. Apply Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd. BUNGALOW, Cool and spacious. Lights. water, elevated position, near Race
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      677 2 AUCTION NOTICE STATE OF JOHORE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JOHORE AT MUAR. Originating Summons No. 8 of 1937. A. L. A. ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR vs. LIM Sir BOTH OF MALACCA. Auction sale oi all that piece of land comprised in Johare Government Grant No. 9933; Lot No. 1315; (No Special
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      988 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB PIANOFORTE RECITAL Mr. Harold Scott will give a pianoforte recUal at the Singapore Swimming Ciub on SUNDAY— MAY 23 from 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. THE TAIPING TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE \s hereby given that the Nineteenth Ordinary General
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      504 2 tSCHIFFNER'S' I ANDERSON KO All Is the atfdirv- toi Milliner} under wrar novfltlea. dower* ladies bacv drrtsr* et«. -le. New roods -on'Unlh arriving Tel: 4768— open am to 8 o m. 'Tis A Beautiful Permanent..! distinctly A FIGARO PERMANENT. itf The best— yet the *^M*^J Cheapest In town. 3?JH^ 'VVftSrV
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    SUBSCRIPTION RATES
    41 2 Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly J 3 00 MM S 2.M Quarterly S 850 112.M S 7.5* Half Yearly $17.00 84.X $15 M Yearly $34.00 «4«. M $30.0* Note.—OutsUtion cheques should .include the usual bank dHrount.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      58 2 CHUA BOON IM—Aged 55—patseu away peacefully r.t 6.20 p.m. on May 18, at his residence: 340. East Coart Roaa. He leaves behind his sorrowful wife, one son, four daughter*, two sons-in-law and many grand i l-.ildren to mourn their loss. Date of Pnne- i ral will be announced later.
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      698 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) M\IL. PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. VNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY > GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTW\r.D FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due T, nnage Spore 1937 rfALDSRA 16*00 May 2!
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      554 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YISEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON Naple*. Marseilles. London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail FUSHLMI MARU 10.900 May 23 27 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 June 9 10 t TERUKUNI MARU 11.000 June 22 23 HAKUSAN MARU *****
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      680 3 I *Bt^V WE I*^ itf^ UWVwI BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class. Motorshlps. Most Cabun- have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBURG 4t COPENHAGEN Prom Prom Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penang Sham LALANDIA 8/6 8/6 9/6 11 6 JUTLANDIA 29 6 29/6 30/6 2/7 MEONIA 20/7
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      324 3 ■■^■1 BI pRIMSEN^TfNERSI TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU F".om Arrive Ilkong S.F. Pres. Coolldgs June 3 June 19 Pies. Wilson June 18 July 6 Pres. Hoover June 26 July 14 Pres. Cleveland July 14 Aug t Pre». Coolidge July 24 Aig 11 Prea. Taft Aug. U Aug. 31 Prea. Hoover Aug.
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      974 3 REPRESENTING SHIPPING Steam Ship to, Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard White SUi Lid ™*"S:. h^V*" C k, L J^ Th Steamsh.p Co Ltd It* tU J i m t> C Ll- Th Oriental Lint Ltd The China Navigation Co. Ltd The Irrawaddy FlotiUa Co Ltd The Siam Steam NavigatiM
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    FRASER &. COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT.
    748 4 FRASER COMPANY'S SHARE REPORT. Feeling Of Nervousness \nd Uneasiness. MESSRS. FKASEK AMD CO., in their weekly share report, issued at the oiose of business yesterday write: In a week devoted chieuy to celerrattOM and holidays, and with the cutine of business life brought more or less to a standstill it
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      212 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and c.early supersciibed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows Tomorrow. Australasia Java and Timor by air (Qantas) 3.45 am U.S.A. (parcels) (Rucsus) Ip m Friday, May 21. Iran. Amsterdam .London by air (Netherlands) 6 pm
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      122 4 Today Medan (Reael) 3 p.m. Muntok Si Palembang iThedens) 3 p.m. Pontianak (Knoen Hoes) 3 p.m Trengganu (Parcels only) (Larut) 3.30 p.m. Dung.in, Kemaman and Kemasek (Larut) 4 p.m. Java Ac Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 4 p.m Sarawak (generally) Blntulu (Vyner Brooke) 4 P.m. Slam (Parcels
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      AIR MAILS
      73 4 INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives this evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Thursday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. OUTWARD. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 12.45 p.m. today. Dutch: To Java and Southern Sumatra: Mairs close 4 p.m. today. Qantas: To
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    158 4 Malls from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today. May 19, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, May 20, at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today, May 19, by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30
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      768 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (locorporateo in P.M. 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS P.M S RLTS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freifht M3J— ffisaat* 5431. CANADIAN ',ZV^ PACIFIC (.Incorporated in England) THE KMPKLbS' ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOI.I LD or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN with•at chance—
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      684 4 ELLERM AN BUCKN ALL j ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. < Incorporated in 0.8 A.) (Incorporated id K&glaad) BOSTON NEW YORK BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAL •■KLLERMAN 1 LINE Dw Slllg FOR HAVRE LONDON STEEL VOYAGER May 29 J.inc 4 BOTTERUAM lIAMBUHO g™ R Via Ports *nd Sue* CsktaJ tCITY
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      275 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Mm H. W. 5.21 a.m. 7.3 ft.; 6.43 p.m. 7.3 ft. L. W. 12.10 o.m. 2.6 ft. Thursday, May 20. H. W. 6.54 a.m. 7.2 ft.: 7.37 p.m. 7.5 ft. L. W. 1 a.m. 3.6 ft.: 1.21 p.m. 2.9 ft. Friday. May 21. H. H. 8.06 a.m.
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    TWO GAMES AT SEREMBAN.
    215 5 Cricket. Some Good Bowling Performances. ißy Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May 17. Two matches were played at Seremban this week-end. On the Negr Sembilan Club padang. Mr. A. X Retnams XI defeated Mr. R. H. V Rentoul's XI by a narrow margin, anc today the Kuala
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    STRADLING'S BATTING AVERAGE : 96.25.
    146 5 STRADLING'S BATTING AVERAGE 96.25. Genuang Unbeaten In Ten Matches. (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat. May 17. Heavy rain at the lunch interval ended the match between the Genuang C.C. and the Tampln Recreation Club at Genuang on Sunday Tampln batted first and had lost foui wickets for 50 runs wh:n
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    CHANG SENG LONG CUP
    102 5 Medical Services Beat Sungei Ujong Club. (From Our Own Correspondent > Seremban. May 17. The N.S. Medical Services Club beat the Sungei Ujong Club by three niatchss to nil In the Chang Seng Long Cup inter-club tournament, now In progress. Results (M.S.C. names first) Drs. J.
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    A SEGA MAT MATCH.
    87 5 n'Tom uur uwn (jorresponaeni) S.'gamat. May 17. In a hard fought match on Saturday, the Past Boys of the Government English School defeated the Present Boys 3—2.3 2. thanks largely to a brilliant display by Haroun bin Salleh. the winners' goalkeeper. In the first half Kirn
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    CUSTOMS BEAT CHINESE AT MUAR.
    68 5 (From Our Own Correspondent' Muar, May 15. Displaying vast Improvement, the Chinese fully extended the Customs Sports Club In their league match and were unlucky to lose by a goal to nil. The Customs attacked from the start and scored the only goal through Hajl
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    Y.M.C.A. INTER-GROUP EVENT.
    71 5 Swimming. The first of the V.M.C.A. senior in ter-group swimming competitions will be held tomorrow at 5 15 p.m. at the Port Canning pool. It will be an 80 yards free style sealed handicap. Swimmers are asked to make a special effort to be present to swim
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    Y.W.C.A. TOURNAMENT.
    93 5 The following are the results of tiea In the Y.W.C.A. Sports Club tournament: Beginners. Singles: Miss Ferguson beat Miss Armstrong 6—l',6 I', 6—2.6 2. Miss P. Eber beat Miss R. Lelah 6—5; 6—l. Miss Ferguson beat Mrs. Frugr.elt 6—2; 6—3. Singles Hand ion: Miss M Clark: (scr.) beat
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    CHINESE PAIR LEAD.
    41 5 Paris. May 18. In the French championships Choy and Tsui Wai Pui were leadin-j Jourr.u and Martin Le Csay (Franco' 4—l In the first set in the fltm round when a terrific thunderstorm prevented further play today Renter,
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      517 5 TONIGHT! ANOTHER SUPER PICTURE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! S|HHHP I 'VWnr^SSHLaIIV A PICTURE THAT SPEAKS FROM THE HEART Ol ■Z. R m 4J^ ONI WOMAN TO THE HEARTsH [k^^,^ -4T_/^ SLJC Or ALL WOMEN! BSfcSßattßtfciSS Katharine Herbert HEPBURN MARSHALL ii 'A woman Rebels' R.K.0.-Radio Picture with ELIZABETH ALLAN. DONALD CRISP. Week-end
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      195 5 BRITAIN'S DANCING DIVINITY IN A GAY MUSICAL ROMANCE, SINGING TUNEFUL SONGS, TAPPING OUT FASCINATING RHYTHMS I PREMIERE TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 PAVILION (tickets Y °early) ■*|ISL I Oay Romance/ MBk 1 1 N *W SONGS hr DANCES A HI ROBERT FLEMYNG GAUMONT BRITISH I iSQNNIE HALE rILI U Re won ot
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      39 5 FOR REPAIRS I M JEWELLERY WATCHES U. 8. de SILVA MANUFACTURING jEWEIICR 179. ORCHARD ROAD MARLBOROUGH C l 5 TONIGHT 9.15 NALAYINi A marnificent Tamil Talkie 'M( tRUI TONIC fOOO f OkMMMi •*> Chammu m* Smrm DUNLOP FOR DUR ABILIT
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      675 5 PUBLIC NOTICES F. M. S. R. CMnag to unavolJab'.c clrc nr.staures it lia> been necessary to v.ithdraw one Air-Cordi-tioned Coach from tervice on the Pi'n.mg— Kua a Lumpur Day Mail Trains, and commencing Saturday. May 15. 1937. :'<i An Conditioned Coach v/l'.l run only on Urn undermentioned da.vs: From KuaU
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      278 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing RITZ. GEYLANG: "Tears of Love" this daily feature to give readers (Egyptian), 7.45—11 p.m. a comprehensive summary of enter- ROXV, KATONG: "A Woman tainments, meetings, sports events, Rebels. 6.15. 9.15. social functions and other outstand- GARRICK THEATRE Twelve ing happenings. Wives
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      550 6 LITTLE ACTIVITY IN SHARE SECTIONS. RUBBER DECLINES FURTHER. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 19. There are no bright features regarding the market this morning. Conditions continue very quiet and M usual in seeking some explanalion for this various factors are blamed. The possibility of a coal
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        MINING.
        602 6 Issue Vai. Fraser Co. Lyall b Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 5/9 6/3 5/9 6/3 i'l Asam Kumbang 35 6 37/6 35/- 36/8 £1 Austral Malay 57' 59/1 57/- 60/5/- Ayer Hitam 27/9 29/- 28/- 30/1 Ayer Weng 1.10 1.40n. 1.50 1.60 £1 Banprin Tin 22/6
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        GENERAL.
        418 6 v^iu. i.oo i.oo i.oo i.on 2 2 do 7li < ;i, Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Anas Ice U.OO IO.OOn. 8.00 IO.OOn. 1 1 BM. Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 090 095 10 5 B. M Trustee ($25 7.00 (J. 25 J.2S tlOO £loo Cable it Wireless "A" 7>-2',i
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        239 6 i'r lvn rea. iskjz »z,ou,uuu Int. May 15 Nov. 15 99' 2 100' 2 PENANG MUNICIPAL. 5% 1926 red. 1956-66 S4.000.000 Int. May 1 Nov. 1 120 1929 red. 1959-69 $8,250,000 Int. May 15 Nov. 15 117 3 i 119 3 /i M 1935 red. 1956-66 $625,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        378 6 Fraser k Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.95 2.00 1.90 2.00xd Alor Gajnh 1.40 1.47'/; 140 1.50xd Amal Malay 2 00 2.15 1.90 2 05 Ayer Hitam 1.50 1.6Ocd 1.50 1.65 Ayer MMek 1.25 1.35 1.25 1.35 Ayer r>anas 1.85 1.95 1.90 2.00 Bassett 0.77 1/ 2 0.82 V
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    EXCHANGES.
    206 6 Singapore, May 14. The following are the exchange rctes this morning according U the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong I and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London T.T 2 4 1/16 London demand 2 4 1/10 London 4 months sight 2/4/6 Lyons demand 1280 Hamburg demand 141 V
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    71 6 Noon, May 19. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 35% 35% Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) May 34% 34"H No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 352 35% June 35% 35% July-September 3534 35%
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    114 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. >np«n; Dividend Book* Close MM To Raub 10 r i Int. June 8 June 14 F.&wang Cone 2'iCo Int. May 19 M»y 2« 12 !i bonus Singapore, May 19. Total far OnancUl Bx. Dlv. veai Daw to date June 9 10% May JO 15%
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    365 6 LAjii\*\Jii, ivaajr iv. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange:— Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated:— Y ester- Rise day. or Fall Conversion Loan 5 p.c. 1944-64 113' i Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 UO'.'s War Loan, 3.? p.c. 102'n Com. Union
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    CANTON EXCHANGE MAY CLOSE.
    180 6 Sequel To Move To End Speculation. Shanghai. May 19. i Following a notification by the Canton Finance Department to the local Money Exchange ordering the suspension of transactions in futures, as speculation tended to disturb the currency situation, the Exchange has threatened to close down. Official
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    CURRENCY DEMAND.
    92 6 London, May 16. On the Money Market demand for currency owing to the combination of the Coronation ana Whitsun holidays sent the note circulation to another high record figure and it now stands at 479.*****0 showing an increase of over £10,000.000 during the past fortnight. Part of this
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    SINGAPORE SKYE MEETING.
    103 6 The following are the scratchings and the order of running for tomorrow, the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's Skye Meeting: Race I.— Ponies Class 2 Div. 2. Mlm Woo. Race 2.— Horses Class 5 Div. 3 Henriette 'all engagements). Race 3.— Ponies Class 2 Div
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    EXCHANGES.
    95 6 London. May )6 The rollowlng were mean rates ruling at noon today: Paris 110 27 64 Athens 547% New York 4.94 5,16 Bucharest 672V4 Montreal 4.93 11/16 MUtt Brussels 29.344 Rio 4% Geneva 21.65 sellers official Amsterdam ?.99'v Belgrade 215 Berlin 12.30 Buenos Alre? -nou >ua Milan 93 7
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      JELAPANG, KUNDUNG ,AND LARUT TIN ANNUAL REPORTS.
      195 7 JELAPANG, KUNDUNG ,AND LARUT TIN ANNUAL REPORTS. Profits Used To Defray Large Expenditure On Dredge Repairs RESERVES OF 83,500,000 CUBIC YARDS AND 20,214 TONS ORE. THE annual reports of three F. M. S. tin dredging companies, Jelapang, Kundang and Larut, of which Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. are secretaries and also general
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      BUKIT SEMBAWANG RUBBER.
      564 7 Payment Of 10 Per Cent. For Year. TPHE twenty-sixth annual general meeting of Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company, Ltd.. was held in London on May 10. Sir Ivor Philipps. X.C.8., D.S.O. (the chairman), presided, and in the course of his speech said: With the amount of total expenditure
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      LARUT DIVIDEND INCREASED TO Is.
      1429 7 TPHE report of the directors of Jela- pang Tin Dredging Ltd. states that the profit for the year ended Dec. 31. 1936, after charging Sydney. London and Head Office expenses and directors' fees, was £25,127 to which has been added £1.606 brought forward, making £26,733.
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    LONDON TIN MARKET.
    581 7 BOLIVIAN OUTPUT MAY EXPAND. (From Oux* Own Correspondent) London, May 8. pAIRLY steady conditions have prevailed on the London tin market during the past week, but dull conditions have on the whole characterised the market. America has taken only a modest interest in the metal, and in
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      624 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony ot Hcng Kong) The liability ol membe-s is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1919 of the Colony. Authorised Capital 150.000.000 Is&ued and Fully Psid-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling I 6.500.000 Hons Kong
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      169 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.) 12, Cecil Street Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 6444 Exchange Dent (441 General Office 5188-3 CaMe Address: •CHL'NGKVO" Paid Op Capital Ch. I 4t.MI.MtM Reserve roads In excess of Ch. t 3.SM.MO.M T«tol Assets approximately Ch. tl.4M.Mt.Mt.tB HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI. Tse-Vung Soong.
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      554 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF. INDIA, AU?TRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated :n England by Royal Charter 1853). Paid Up Capital In 600.000 shares of fS each £3.000.000 Rexrre Pund £3 000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 READ OFFICE: IS. Bbh*p*cate laria, EC t. Amrttsar Hong Kong S»Ijop Alor Star lloilo Semwang Bangkok
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    FAMOUS SWISS PILOT KILLED.
    244 8 FALL DURING ALPS CLIMB. FIRST MAN TO FLY OVER MT. KENYA. Berne. UERK Walter Mittelholzer, Switzerland's best-known aviator, was killed by a fall while climbing in the Styrian Alps. His body was recovered at the foot of a high cliff Her r Mittelholzer started his flying
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    "JAPANESE
    256 8 During his African flight he made a forced descent after dark on an unknown river many miles from a settlement. Natives appeared out of the bush, one of whom spoke English well enough to inform him that he was six days' march from the nearest village, which, in turn,
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    'BEARER OF GOODWILL FROM INDIA/
    86 8 Pandit Nehru Welcomed At Rangoon. Rangoon. HAVE come here as the bearer of -I a message of goodwill from India." said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru replying to a civic address which was presented by Dr. Allan Murray, the Mayor, in a silver casket. The function was
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    14 8 Senor Contreras, who represented Salvadore at the Coronation, photographed on arrival in London recently
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    ARMY IS FAST LOSING ITS INFLUENCE."
    1118 8 LESSONS OF THE ELECTIONS. People Turning To Great Britain. THE most spectacular point about the Japanese election is that the Labour Party, or Social Mass Party, increased its membership from eighteen to thirty-seven. It also polled even more votes in proportion- Yet this is
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    DEAD GIRL'S TORN FROCK IN COURT.
    373 8 MOTHER OF ACCUSED MAN QUESTIONED. "MY SON, AND ONE OF THE BEST." I /CLOTHING worn by Ruby Keen, 23I^* year-old factory hand, who WM j found strangled on April 12 in lane near her home was produced at I Leighton Buzzard. 1 Leslie George
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    STORY OF FILM STAR'S MOCK WEDDING.
    161 8 STORY OF FILM STAR'S MOCK WEDDING. A MOCK marriage ceremony alleged to have taken place between Mary Miles Mlnter and James Kltkwood, stars of the silent screen, was mentioned at the grand jury' Inquiry at Los Angeles recently into the unsolved murder 15 years ago of Capt. William Desmond Taylor,
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    MAE WEST SILENT ON MARRIAGE STATUS.
    194 8 MAE WEST SILENT ON MARRIAGE STATUS. ILIAE WEST is threatened with con- tempt of court proceedings Not because she appeared in court In Hollywood in blue lounge pyjamas, but because she is alleged to have refused to say whether she had ever been married or divorced. The information is required
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    48 8 "It is far more Important to have a race of healthy people than a race of giants," said Mr. Arthur Greenwood, opening an £8,649 maternity and child welfare clinic at Richmond Road, Hackney. The clinic Is part of the Labour Party's plan to improve the district's social services.
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      115 8 I Notice Of REMOVAL 1 We have pleasure in informing our Customers that our New Tremises at 131 Middle Road being completed, we are carrying on our business at above named premises from Today, May 18, 1937. The New address is NO 131 MIDDLE ROAD Queen Street and Waterloo Street).
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      218 8 "The only thing that does me good for colds" Vafex is the only thin* that has e\tr done me good If I gtt a cold lat once take a few drops on mj hanky and in a few houn I am fit and well again. I tell all m> friends
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    Court Declares Ceylon Order To Be Illegal.
    431 9 RELEASE OF ENGLISH TEA PLANTER PERMITTED. Colombo, May 18. THE order of the Governor of Ceylon, Sir Edward Stubb3, for the deportation of Mark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle, an English tea-planter, has been held by the Supreme Court to be Illegal. Bracegirdle, who is
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    Swedish Prince Puts Love Before A Throne.
    181 9 Swedish Prince Puts Love Before A Throne. THIRD of the Swedish princes to place love before a throne, Prince Charles, 26-year-old nephew of King Gustav, has announced his engagement to Countess Elsa von Rosen, mother of three children, abandoned his rights of succession and become plain "Mr. Bernadotte" The countess
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    HEAVY FIGHTING ON BASQUE FRONT.
    304 9 Loyalists Recapture Key Position. Et. Jean de Luz, May 18. r\ESPEI*ATE fighting has been raging i since early Sunday in the Amorebieta sector. The village is in the i I middle of a sharp salient running east which General Mola is trying to I straighten
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    HINT TO JAPANESE ARMY.
    141 9 Tokio Foreign Minister's Statement. Shanghai. May 18. BETTER relationship between China and Japan and the necessity for cultural co-operation between the two peoples were stressed by Mr. Sato, the Japanese Foreign Minister, in a broad- cast address to the Japanese nation yesterday, according to a semi-official
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    Empire Constitutional Questions.
    88 9 London. May 18. As a result of an informal meeting of representatives of delegations to the Imperial Conference today it was decided to se*. up a committee to deal with constitutional questions, particularly in regard to nationality legislation. The Governments of Canada. South Africa, and the Irish
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    THIRTY NATIONS AT PARIS CONFERENCE
    31 9 raris. May n. The twenty-second annual meeting of the International parliamentary and commerce congress was Inaugurated today in the Senate. Thirty nations are represented.— Reuter Wireless.
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    SIX DEAD IN BRITISH MINING ACCIDENTS.
    64 9 Boiler Explosion And Gas Poisoning:. London. May 15. Five miners and a mining official were killed in two colliery accidents. Two were killed and six injured in a boiler house explosion at Pwllbach Colliery, Ystalyfera, Swansea Valley and in the other case three miners
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    Governor's CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.
    232 9 Governor's CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA. KUNG PRAISES ITS INFLUENCE. BROADMINDED AND PROGRESSIVE. London, May 18. PPEAKING at a lunch given tJ by the united committee of Christian Universities in China, Dr. H. Rung said that Christian institutions had a long and notable career in China in modern education of which missionary
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    POLITICAL CRISIS IN JAPAN.
    177 9 OMINOUS MOVE IN NORTH CHINA. Shanghai. May 19. A POLITICAL crisis is momentarily expected in Japan, says a Tokio report either the Iluy.:slii Cabinet will be forced to resign or a Fasc.'st die- (atorship will be enforced. In order to avert the threatened col- lapse of
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    ITALIANS ABROAD & CORONATION.
    149 9 ITALIANS ABROAD CORONATION. "Pained" By Boycott. Sydney. WHATEVER is done by Italy in "boycotting the Coronation." the Italian Acting Consul-General h£T3 states that he will pay the highest honour to the British Empire on Coronation Day by flying the Italian flag over the Sydney Consulate. The editor of the chief
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1937. AN EAST COAST DEBTOR.
    979 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1937. AN EAST COAST DEBTOR. Straits taxpayers have good reason to watch the progress of j, Treneganu, for a series of loans from the Colony treasury was 0 made to this State between 1923 f and 1932, the purpose of the last S]
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    AMUSEMENTS
    124 10 AMUSE MENTS SINGAPORE. GARRICK THEATRE, GEYLANG Twelve Wives In a Goltien House and Red Rosy the Heroine—A Super Cantonese Talkie Silent. 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Last tt tha Mohicans. GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Private Life of Don Juan. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing Talkies, Theatres Cinemas. RITZ. GEYLANG Tears
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    Social and personal.
    140 10 Dr. J.B. van Cuylenburg has left the General Hospital and has resumed his practice. Mr. A. J. Downe. a director of John Little and Co.. Ltd., accompanied by his wife, will go on ierve to England by the Jlenapp tomoirow. The engagement is announced of Robert Gardiner
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    THE SIX GEORGES.
    1160 10 English Kings Who Could Not Speak English. By REX L'ARNEAU. ALTHOUGH today George is generally accepted as an English name, and during this Coronation year there will be many more children called George, it is actually comparatively new to EnglandUnlike Alfred, Edward. Edmund. Edgar and Harold— names
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    LIFE WITHOUT CINEMAS AND AMUSEMENT PARKS.
    370 10 The unsophisticated and oldworld- amusements enjoyed by the fishermen and peasantry of Trengganu are described by the acting General Adviser, the Hon'ble Mr. N. R. Jarrett. M.C.S.. in his 1936 report, an extract from tchich is appended. THE fishermen and peasants of this State
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    674 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. SINGAPOREANA. among the old prints of seenci in the Straits Settlements presented to Raffles Museum by Dato Roland Braddell last week there is one which will arouse keen interest among local antiquaries— if one can use that term of persons interested in local history dating
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    EMPIRE FLYING BOATS FOR SINGAPORE THIS YEAR.
    319 11 Postmaster-General's Announcement. ALL MAIL TO BE SENT BY AIR IN FUTURE. "Epoch-Making Development" In History Of Postal Service. T^MPIRE flying boats will be in use on the Singapore service by the end of this year. This announcement was made in London yesterday by
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    EMPIRE SHIPPING PROBLEMS.
    162 11 Imperial Conference.' Inquiry Opens. f London, May 18. rIE Imperial Conference committee dealing with shipping questions bdi its first meeting under tho chairmanship of Mr. Walter Nash, Finance Minister of N?w Zealand. A general discussion took place on ship- 1 ping and its vital importance to the
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    CROWDS BESIEGE ROYAL CAR.
    164 11 Wh'tsun Enthusiasm. London, May 16. THE Royal car conveying the Kin? and Queen with t'nelr daughters to Windsor for the Whitsun holiday after their recent strenuous duties had the rrpatest difficulty in -making progress nlon» The route In the neighbourhood ff Buckingham Palace in consequence of
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    LOCAL AMERICAN CONSUL LEAVING.
    64 11 KMH MONNETT B. Davis, ConsulI¥l General of the United States of America in Singapore is being transferred as Consul General at Buenos Aires. Argentina, and that Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, will succeed him in Singapore, the Straits Times learns. Mr. Davis will not leave Singapore for
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    RUSSIAN ARCTIC AIR LINE.
    145 11 SHORT CUT TO U.S. RUSSIA intends to run an air line to the United States by a short cut passing near the North Pol?. Two alternative routes are being considered, one from Cape Chukhotsk, j across Behring Strait, to Nome; the I other from Kamchatka and
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    BRITISH INTEREST IN SOVIET AIR ROUTE.
    90 11 London. May 18. The Imperial Conference Is likely to discuss the Soviet plan for an air io»te via the Arctic to the United States, since Canada is interested in such a project and its strategic consequences, the Evening Standard learns. The conference also will
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    SINO-JAPANESE AMITY KEY TO PACIFIC.
    417 11 SINO-JAPANESE AMITY KEY TO PACIFIC. I London Comment On Proposed Pact. POSITION OF THE SOVIET. London, May 18. IT has been clear since the provisions of the Washington Treaty expired that a fresh and if possible stronger foundation for international relations in the Pacific must be found, declares the Times
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    SOCIALIST LEAGUE WOOS LABOUR AGAIN. Decision To Disband.
    70 11 SOCIALIST LEAGUE WOOS LABOUR AGAIN. Decision To Disband. London, May 16. I*HE Socialist League, of which Sir I Stafford Cripps is a leading light and whose main programme has been to achieve a Popular Front in Britain, has decided to dissolve. Its annual conference decided to terminate all membership from
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER WILL DISPLACE RAW PRODUCT.
    195 11 EVENTUAL EFFECT OF GERMAN FACTORIES. IMPORT TAX WILL NOT DISTURB MARKET NOW Amsterdam, May 18. IN spite of the imposition of a heavy tax on rubber entering Germany, that country is expected to buy quite as much as hitherto, as factories are not yet
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    GREAT POWER SCHEME FOR MANCHUKUO.
    103 11 Japanese Engineers To Study Hoover Dam. CEVEN Japanese engineers will sail from Yokohama on May 27 in the Hikawa Maru to inspect America's Hoover Dam. They are seeking data before commencing work on the designing of a similar project on the Yalu River in Manchukuo.
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    British Family Not Hurt In Launch Explosion.
    47 11 Mr. and Mis. L. Cox, a Eiitisli family who were thought 'to havo been lost in th 3 launch explosion in Hong Kong Harbour, are unhurt, according to a message receivtrt by the local office of Osaka Sf osen Kaisha.
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    Airship Crash Baffles Expert Committee.
    205 11 Berlin, May 18. A DEEP puzzle faces Dr. H. Eckener's investigation committee which is inquiring into the cause of the disaster to the Zeppelin Hindenburg. Nothing has been found yet to indicate a likely source of the explosion, according to a report cabled to Berlin
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    27 11 DIGGERS ON GUARD. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS mounted guard outside Buckingham Palace for the first time during the Coronation celebration. A huge croud v;atched the changing of the guard.
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    Monarch Goes Riding On Jubilee Morn.
    154 11 Monarch Goes Riding On Jubilee Morn. Copenhagen, May 18. •THOUSANDS who lined the decorat- ed streets of Copenhagen early on Saturday morning to await the Royal procession on th? occasion of the silver Jubilee of King Christian X were surprised when the King appeared alone on horseback for his customary
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    Royal Duke's Wedding On June 3.
    108 11 Royal Duke's Wedding On June 3. NONE OF FAMILY TO BE PRESENT. Mrs. Simpson Again Wallis Warfield. Paris, May 18•THE Duke of Windsor's wedding has been fixed for June 3. The ceremony will take place at thfl Chateau de Cande, near Toms. France, Where Mrs. Simpson, and more recently the
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE SEA RIVALPV.
    98 11 ANGLO-JAPANESE SEA RIVALP V SHOULD BE SETTLED BY BUSINESS MEN. Tekio, May 18. LJOPES that an amicable solution of the problems arising from Anglo-Japanese shipping competi- tion might be reached without any Governmental action are held by Count Kodama, Minister of Communications in the Diet. i Th 3 questions ra's?d
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    IS ZHL'S MUSIC ATTRACTING SINGAPORE'S SNAKES?
    540 12 TEN REPTILES KILLED IN FEW DAYS. Staff Goes Abroad Armed With Sticks. 20-FOOT PYTHON SEEN B^ STATION JAGA. T ARGE pythons and king cobras are being seen with surprising frequency by labourers working near the Singapore radio station, on a hill off Thomsan Road,
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    Singapore's Importance To Empire.
    222 12 Singapore's Importance To Empire. "Mayor's" Message To Municipal Servants. "OINGAPORE. though not great in size, is of particular importance and interest to the Empire— i of importance because it is one of the strongest posts upon which the safety of the Empire depends and of interest because probably in no
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    OVER 50,000 CYCLES REGISTERED.
    67 12 BICYCLES in Singapore topped the 50.000 mark two days ago! And since the "open season" for registration closed on Monday, unred cyclists have turned up in to be taxed! Only yesterday, ivarly 500 cycles were given numbers! Vehicles inspectors are on the lookout for numberless machines
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    PRESENTATION TO MR. A. HARTLAND.
    111 12 4 PRESENTATION of a silver tea service was made yesterday to Mr. A. Hartland. Assistant British Trade Commissioner at Singapore and hon. Secretary of the British Trade Fair for the past four years, by Mr. C. E. Collinge. chairman of the trade fair committee. The
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    Singapore Shedding Coronation Dress.
    233 12 Singapore Shedding Coronation Dress. THE Coronation lights of Singapore blazed gloriously for the last time last night. After seven days of colour and gay lights, Singapore will be in darkness tonight. The heavens wll not reflect the glory of those multicoloured bulbs on buildings and pylons, and strung along streets
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    HAWAII IN COLOUR.
    79 12 LIEADING tbe current supporting programme at the Capitol Is the first of the series of natural coloor travel films at present being rr.uds by Len Roos, who Is still at work on his Singapore picture. Entitled "Pearl of the Pacific,' the iravelogue gives a vivid impresst-m in
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    MONSOON MAIL.
    85 12 r VHE old "mail must go through" rule apparently applies in Trengganu. During the north east monsoon, according to the State's annual report, the Kuala Treng-ganu-Kemaman mail is carried between two offices by a police patrol of two sets of runners and five hired car drivers. Changing hands
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    MRS. J. H. M. ROBSON DEAD.
    140 12 In Selangor In Early Eighties. .iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. /ANE of the oldest European residents of Kuala Lumpur, Mrs. Theodora Robson, wife of Mr. J. H. M. Robson. C.8.E.. managing director of the Malay Mail, died in her sleep here early
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    WORM TURNS SOMERSAULT.
    224 12 Laughs In New Capitol Film. "Three Men on a Hone." (Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell. Guy Kibbee and Carol Hughes). Warner Brothers. At the Capitol. •THREE Men on a Horse" Is an epic of the worm who was not satisfied with Just a turn —a worm who turned
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    Taxis' Rich Harvest In Coronation Celebrations.
    119 12 Taxis Rich Harvest In Coronation Celebrations. CINGAPORE taxicabs have reaped a rich harvest during the Coronation celebrations. They have been in such keen demand that some drivers have charged more than the regulation fare. At the races, particularly, drivers refused to accept passengers unless they agreed to a "contract" price
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    Jawaharlal Nehru For Singapore.
    208 12 Jawaharlal Nehru For Singapore. Congress President To Tour Malaya. DANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the Indian National Congress, is due in Singapore next Wednesday at (ill a.m. by train from Kuala Lumpur. He will be accompanied, by Miss Nehru, his daughter, and a private secretary. Mr. Nehru will arrive at
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    H. E. TO OPEN FINEST RUBBER LABORA TORIES IN WORLD.
    990 13 R.R.l.'s NEW HALF MILLION HOME. Buildings Wkich Cover Six Acres. SPECIAL KAMPONG AREA FOR EXPERIMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 18. AT 4.3u p.m. tomorrow H.E. the Governor of the Straits n Settlements and High Commissioner for the
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    Air Council Sues Naval Petty Officer.
    368 13 Air Council Sues Naval Petty Officer. Sequel To Fatal Car Crash. nr»HE story of a motor accident after a dance at the Sergeants' Mess, Seletar, in the early hours of May 13 last year, when Sergt. Holt was killed and several others injured, was told in the Singapore High Court,
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    Australia Pushing Ahead Her Air Defences.
    305 13 «|T is no secret that Australia is pushing ahead with her air defences as fast as possible," said Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Brisbane. "Civil aviation," he told a Straits Times reporter, "has also made
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    45 13 The meeting of the Engineering Association of Malaya arranged for Thursday next at 7 p.m. has been postponed to Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Selangor Club. Mr. C. E. Wood, the President, will read a paper on Engineers and Landing Ground Development.
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    EX-SINGAPORE BANKER KNIGHTED.
    148 13 EX-SINGAPORE BANKER KNIGHTED. Highest Paid Briton In Far East. pORMERLY well-known in Singapore, where he was an assistant in the local branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Mr. V. M. Gray burn, now Chief .Manage* of the bank at the head office in Hongkong, has been knighted in
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    HEAVIER FINES FOR SAMSU TRAFFICKERS.
    136 13 Warning Issued From K.L. Bench. (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, May 18. TELL the accused for his own benefit and that of any of his friends who are in Cwrt that we are determined to stop the sa'e of sair.su anywhere near estate lines,
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    HOW JACK DOYLE BEAT LEVINSKY.
    672 14 American Bravely Endures Terrific Punishment. DV air mail come descriptions of the thrilling 12-rounds fight at Wembley on Apr. 27 in which Jack Doyle, the Irish heavyweight, administered a severe defeat to King Levinsky, the American, who took a terrible hammering like a hero. The
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    Derby Callover.
    66 14 Reuter cables the latest rail-over for the Derby as fallows: 85/30 Perifox. 8/1 Cash Book taken and offered. 9/1 Le Sar offered 1 Solfo IM/8 Le Grand One taken and offered. 13/1 Goya II offered, 100 7 taken. 20/1 The Hour offered. 22/1 Midday Sun offered, 25/1 taken.
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    Golf. HECTOR THOMPSON UNABLE TO DEFEND HIS TITLE.
    117 14 Golf. HECTOR THOMPSON UNABLE TO DEFEND HIS TITLE. London. May. 15. On medical advice Hector Thompson, the holder, has announced that he will not compete in the British Amateur Gilf Championship at Sandwish—Reuter. COLONIAL CUPS FINAL. The final of the Colonial Cups competition at the Island Club, played on Sunday,
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    34 14 "NO CONTEST": Gabuco (left) and Dalgo, wno went ten m M im New World en Sunday night, and were then "ruled out," it ueing held that they had not fought seriously. Straits Times Photograph.
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    HAPPY WORLD FIGHTS.
    219 14 Good Card For Friday. Two evenings hence the first boxing programme at the Happy World will be staged, and It has the looks of an exceptionally good one. You never can tell, in boxing. Main events which promise well sometimes fizzle out disappointingly. The best of fighters
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    TODAY'S EXHIBITION BY LA ROSE AND FAHMY.
    59 14 A boxing exhibition to which the public are invited, with free admission, will be given by the Australian Jack La Rose, and the Egyptian, Mohamed Fahmy. at 4.30 p.m. today at the New World arena, giving boxing fans an opportunity to gauge the
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    "THREE BROTHERS" SQUASH MATCH
    135 14 Droogleevers Lose To The Lawrences. Brothers of W H. Drooglsever. of Singapore, appeared in an interesting squash rackets match at the Kensington Country Club on May 10, as reported in an air mall despatch to the Straits Times. They were defeated by the Lawrence trio in
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    25 14 Mohd. Ally and Mohd. Yatim. first and second in the schoolboys' three miles eyete race at the Coronation earnlrml at Jalan Besar. Straits Times Photograph
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    Golf. GIBB PLAYING IN THE "AMATEUR." Locke A Likely Winner
    179 14 Golf. GIBB PLAYING IN THE "AMATEUR." Locke A Likely Winner At Sandwich. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 11. W.J. Gibb (Royal Bangkok G.C., Slam), the former Selangor golf "crack," and Malayan champion, has been drawn to play H.P. Tyler (Royal St. George's) In the first round of the British
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    The Turf. TRANSFERS AND NEW CLASSIFICATIONS.
    103 14 The Turf. TRANSFERS AND NEW CLASSIFICATIONS. Revisions And Additions To The S.R.A. List. The following list of transfers ana amendments of classifications of horses and ponies Issued by the Straits Racing Association: HORSES Transfers: From class 2 to class 1. Celestial, Lordlogy, Mountain Stream, Nutcracker, Silver Monk. From class 1
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    106 14 i Pokey, Marston Hill, Pride of Perak, Quiz, Rebel King, Salad, Silverlaw. Wiley Friar. From class 5 to class 4.— Miss Singapore. From class 4 to class s.—Karaw. New Classifications: Class 2.—Athis, Captain Ball, Dandaloo, Deepdens, Release (late Free Postage). Class 3 Achilles, Argmitat, Coronation, Easter Parade. Ganderdown, Gold Bell,
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    Lawn Tennis. S.C.C. MIXED DOUBLES.
    112 14 Lawn Tennis. S.C.C. MIXED DOUBLES. Play Tomorrow— lf It Doesn't Rain The following ttes In the B.C.C. tournament win be played weather permitting —tomorrow. MIXED DOUBLES HANDICAP W. H. Droogleever and Mrs J. V. 8. Brooke 153 n. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Hutchings xr. Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
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    S.C.C. vs. POLICE AT SOCCER TODAY.
    71 14 A change has been necessary in the S.C.C. team to meet the Police on the padang today in their Division I S.A.F.A. League match, Davidson being unable to play. Gillett moves to half-back to take his place, and Vincent comes into the forward line.
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    YORKSHIRE BEAT LANCASHIRE AT OLD TRAFFORD.
    382 14 Defeats For Both Middlesex And Surrey. A MOTHER battle in the cricket War of the Roses ended yesterday at Old Trafford in a White Rose triumph. Verity, with ten wickets for 75 runs, was the chief agency in the rout of the ancient foe
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    31 14 l.im Thiam let was a member of the Malay States team for the Guillemard Cup lawn tennis match against the Colony. He is table tennis champion of Perak. Straits Times Photograph.
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      26 14 SKYE MEETING. The scrut«hings and order of running for tomorrow, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Sk.vc Meeting, will be found on Page 6.
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    PERRY'S RUBBER AGAINST TILDEN.
    572 15 Vines Backed Fred: Richards Backed "Big Bill." fT*HE series of five matches between W. T. Tildcn and F. J. Perry, which ended at Boston on April 6 with a record of four to one victories in favour of the Englishman, has provoked two questions. The first
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    Lawn Tennis. DAVIS CUP MATCH.
    26 15 Lawn Tennis. DAVIS CUP MATCH. Brussels, May 17. In the second round of the Davis Cup competition Belgium beat Switzerland by four matches to one.— Reuter.
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    Cricket. SELECTED TEAMS.
    104 15 Cricket. SELECTED TEAMS. S.C.C. against S.C.R.C. on Sunday, at 11 a.m. at Hong LJni Green: H. Abbott, Lt. W. D. H. Duke, A. Gilmour, Lt. I. L. E MacMlllan, Lt. j. c. ODwyer, Major R. M. Quill, Lt. R. W. H. Scott. I-t. J. H. H. Salaman. J. E. Sladr,
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    Association Football. JOHORE LEAGUE.
    145 15 Association Football. JOHORE LEAGUE. Two Men Sent Off For Rough Play. From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. May 13. The Medicals failed to turn up today for their league match against the Police and Inche Manan, the referee, awarded a walk-over to the Police. The league match between the P.W.D.
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    22 15 THE F.A. CUP FINAL: Headwork in midfield in the Sunderland vs. Preston struggle, won by the former. Sunderland are in striped Jerseys.
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    21 15 An incident in the F.A. Cup final. Sunderland defenders (stripes) and Preston forwards in a heading duel near the Sunderland goal.
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    BIG WIN FOR JOHORE ENGLISH COLLEGE.
    76 15 i From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, May 15. The English College trounced the Anglo-Chinese Continuation School to the tune of 9—l9—1 on the College ground, today. The only goal for the visitors was scored by Kong Hee. their centre forward. For the College.
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    Rugby Football. SCRUMMAGE LAW CHANGE.
    223 15 Rugby Football. SCRUMMAGE LAW CHANGE. When The Ball May Be Hooked. Following elucidation from the correct quarter, it is now possible, writes H. B. T. Wakelam in the Morning Post, to clear up the doubt about the actual reading of this amended law. Briefly, sub-section (k) has gone altogether, so
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    PIAYER SENT OFF AT JOHORE.
    105 15 Association Football. iVi-?im Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru. May IS. The Customs maintained their unbeaten record this evening when after a very close fight they beat the Old Boys Association by the only goal scored. Both the sides miss:d chances In the Irst half.
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    THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY.
    97 15 THE SPORTS DIARY. TODAY. Soccer: S.C.C. vs. Police, Div. I, padang. TOMORROW. The Twf: Singapore Skve Meeting, Ist day. Soccer: RE. vs. R.A.P Div. I, Stadium; P. and N. vs. Bata, 8.H.L.. P. and N. ground; O.E.C. vs. S.T., 8.H.1... V.M.C.A. ground. FRIDAY. Soccer: Innljkilings II vs. Post Office, Div.
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    HOME OF HIRST AND RHODES.
    430 15 Kirkheaton Means To Honour Them. THERE is an old wooden shack in the tiny village of Kirkheaton, a few miles north of Huddersfield, which is steeped in Yorkshire cricket tradition. It is a relic of the days when George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes were village
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    605 15 L.T.A.M. Handbook— Tribute To The Sansonis Soccer Players Libelled Fair Criticism Has Limits "Plum" Warner's Knighthood. Conducted By "ECHO." /CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. J. A. Dean, president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, on the second annual Issue of the handbook, of which he is editor. It
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    Tennis. LEES AGAIN AMATEUR CHAMPION.
    116 15 Tennis. LEES AGAIN AMATEUR CHAMPION. I Lowther Lees won the Amateur Tennis Championship for the fJftn i consecutive time and the seventh time in ten years, by defeating R. H. Hill in the final at Queen's Club. London, on May 3 by three sets to love "6—o. 6—2, 6—o). Lees
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    Golf K.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES.
    43 15 Golf K.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES. Thirteen cards were taken out for the May mixed foursomes competition at the Keppel Golf Club which was played on Sunday afternoon. 16th May, 1937. and resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mair 49—11 38.
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    Billiards. INMAN AND LINDRUM ON THEIR WAY EASTWARD.
    52 15 Billiards. INMAN AND LINDRUM ON THEIR WAY EASTWARD. M?lbourne Inman and Horace Lindrum, the famous billiards players, are passengers by the P. and O. Carthage, which sailed from London for the East on May 7. They will d.s?mbark at Colombo to play exhibition games there and will later come on
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    Young Poet Writes Last Verse To Mystery Girl.
    368 16 Young Poet Writes Last Verse To Mystery Girl. TRAGEDY AFTER A QUARREL. 11/ HEN Geoffrey Pollett, 29-year- old tramp-poet and author, came to the end of his financial tether he wrote a last poem, dedicated to his "Apple Orchard Girl." A few hours later he was found dead from gas*poisoning
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    20 16 The Earl of Cavan, the Commander-in-chief of the whole of the Coronation troops, inspecting the Australian troops at Pirbright Camp.
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    SPECULATING IN TELEPHONES.
    209 16 Profit Of Over 100 Per Cent. TELEPHONES are one of the liveliest objects of speculation in Tokio and, indeed, in all Japanese townsThe number of new instruments v/hich the Ministry of Communications Ls able to supply is always hppt.essly behind the demand (writes the Observer Tokio correspondent).
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    CORONATION DAY AT LABUAN.
    163 16 700 School-Children In Padang Parade. (From A Correspondent) Labuan, May 13. Coronation Day was whole-heartedly celebrated in Labuan, a feature being a parade by units from the Police, Marines. Excise and Boy Scouts. By eight in the morning the Padang in front of the Government Offices
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    SCHOOLBOY ARTISTS WIN PRIZES.
    236 16 Singapore Exhibition Extended. The Inter-school Art Exhibition at St Andrew's School Hall proves that the traditional artistic ability of the Chines? is still Inherent in the yout.i of Singapore. Their entries in water colour, pastel, and pen and ink work would more than favourably compare with
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    DANES ENTERTAIN SIAMESE PREMIER.
    61 16 'From Our Own OORMponcUnJ Bangkok. May 17. *T*HE Premier and his wife together with oth?r Siamese officers and members of the civil service trained In Denmark and speaking Danish were the guests of the Danish Society dinner and ball in honour of King Christian's silver jubilee
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    2 Chinese Women Fined For Fighting.
    46 16 (From Our Own Correspondent* Muar, May 15. Two Chinese women, Jee Jap Ngoh and Yang Ah Seng, were each fined $1 by Inch Abdul Rauf bin Sa'at third magistrate, when they pleaded guilty to havin; fought on a public road.
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    EXPERT TELLS TRUTH ABOUT GAS MASKS.
    179 16 EXPERT TELLS TRUTH ABOUT GAS MASKS. IN view of statements that the official gas masks are not proof against certain gases that might be used In air war. the National League of Airmen asked the opinion of Wing-Commander E. J. Hodsoll. Assistant Under-Secretary of State and officer in charge of
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    Young Malaya League May Be Formed.
    267 16 A YOUNG Malaya League, com- posed of youths of all races, may shortly come into being, as a result of efforts on the part of the Young Australia League, who wish to return hospitality extended to them in January this year. Mr. Gomer L.
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    MEMORIAL LIBRARY
    61 16 Official Opening Held At Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 17. *¥*HE Resident Councillor. Mr. A. M. Goodman, formally opened the K. P. Madar library today at the silver Jubilee celebrations of the Muslim Merchants' Society endowed and presented by K. P. Mohamed Kaasim in memory of
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    Nazis Build System.
    82 17 Organised Near Frontiers. f*ERMANY is building up in Europe a gigantic espionage organisation which the Nazi party intends shall be far more efficient than the network that existed before 1014 and operated throughout Ihe war (writes a Daily Herald correspondent. No detail is being overlooked. Spies are
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    16 17 lliue crowds completely blocked the entrance from Admiralty Arch to Trafalgar Square daring the Coronation rehearsals.
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    European Spy
    223 17 civilian population behind the invader's lines. Headquarters for all German spies is the Third ("Reconnaissance") section of the German General Stan* in Berlin, which is as amply supplied with funds as any of the other German military organisations. Aimed At Russia. In the intensified system now being set
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    £100,000 FOR FARM SCHOOLS.
    302 17 SIR JOHN SIDDELEY'S CORONATION GIFT. "TO EXTEND SERVICE TO EMPIRE." CIR John Siddeley, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, has given £100.000 as a Coronation gift to Fairbridge Farm Schools. The Executive Committee <of which Sir John Siddeley Is a member stated, in announcing the gift, that it had
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    DR. BENES SEES NO WAR DANGER
    298 17 CZECH FAITH IN \HE LEAGUE. FRIENDSHIP WITH ALL NEIGHBOURS. DRESIDENT BENES, who is visiting various towns in South Bohemia, repeatedly declared, in reply to enthusiastic speeches of welcome, made by representatives of both Czech and German-speaking populations that he does not see any immediate
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    Coin Found In An Egg.
    34 17 An egg laid by a hen belonging to Mrs. Hilda Moen, at Decorah, Illinois, was found to contain a "quarter," a coin equivalent in value to about one shilling.
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    ROBOT "WATCHDOG" OF THE SKY.
    347 17 Electric Eye That Detects All Objects In Clouds. OCIENTISTS are grappling with the problem of freeing the populations of towns and cities from the menace of aircraft during war. They have produced a weird and uncanny instrument, the Petoscope, which can detect the approach of
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    TURKISH ARMS SPEED UP.
    369 17 £11,000,000 For New Factories. SYNTHETIC OIL. TWO laws passed recently by the Great National Assembly will speed up Turkey's war industry, and give the Turkish army the most up-to-date equipment (writes the Morning Post Angora correspondent). Parliament has approved a Bill i authorising the expenditure of
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    "Crazy Gang" For Malaya: New Astaire Partner: Film About Cooks.
    1344 18 "Crazy Gang" For Malaya: New Astaire Partner: Film About Cooks. The Brighter Side Of London Life. (FVMH Our Own Correspondent) London, May G. I AM beginning at the end this week. I have just returned from a pro-view of "History is Made at Night," and have only time to add
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    NEW YORK BECOMES CORONATION CONSCIOUS.
    185 18 NEW YORK BECOMES CORONATION CONSCIOUS. BRACES AS SOUVENIRS New York. QOSH You'd think we were crowning a King instead of Britain." exclaimed a New York girl to her friend as they passed a shop window In Forty-Second Street, the world's busiest thoroughfare. Unconsciously she was echoing the words of the
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    KORDA CLAIMS £80,009 FOR ABANDONED FILM
    257 18 Insurance Money On "I, Claudius." A LEXANDER KORDA, chief of Lon- don Films, now on his way to America, told the Sunday Express before he sailed that his company Is claiming £80.000 Insurance money on "I. Claudius," the Charles Laughton— Merle Oberon film. Production
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    HOW THE JAPANESE NAVY EXERCISES. At Sea For Months.
    163 18 Toiclo. Another pamphlet on the Navy has been Issued by the Japanese Admiralty, which recently published a booklet entitled "The days of non-treaty and our Navy." The new pamphlet, entitled The Imperial Combined Fleet." describes the organisation and mission of the
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    MILLIONAIRE AUSTRALIAN WORKS FOR £5 A WEEK.
    389 18 Losing Zest For Life When He Had Too Much Money. A MILLIONAIRE who works for nine hours a day for a wage n of £5 a week has arrived in London on holiday with pay from Australia. He is Mr. Michel Francois Albert,
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    1665 19 NANKING'S NEW-FOUND STRENGTH. Wang-Chiang Policy Vindicated. (From A Shanghai Correspondent.) WHEN a Japanese banker, in charge of the Shanghai branch of one of the leading financial institutions in Tokio, warns his countrymen that the Chinese people are no longer incohesive like a tray of
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    140 21 HONG KONG NURSES. Home for the Coronation, snapped on arrival wit.-. Colonel J. L. Sleeman, Chief Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, recently In Malaya. SPORTING PRINCE OHICHIBU of Japan, who was educated in Britain, canters in the Row on a rainy London morning HE CLOWNED
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
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      14 22 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1937. No. 89.
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      STAFF TROUBLE CAUSES MORE B.B.C. DISSENSION.
      436 22 Officials Resent New Move To Interfere With Private Lives. STRONG representations are being made to Sir John Reith, DirectorGeneral of the 8.8.C., by officials of the corporation, who bitterly resent a fresh move to interfere with what they regard as their private lives." The
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      Listeners' Query Corner.
      471 22 Listeners' Query Corner. Conducted By TECHNICIAN." QUERY: What sort of receiving aerial do you recommend for this country ANSWER The selection of a suitable aerial depends to some extent on the locality of the listener and the amount of space available. Considerable advantage may be obtained by the use of
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      MARCONI MIGHT VISIT SINGAPORE.
      89 22 Guglielmo Marconi, generally regarded as the greatest of the radio pioneers, might visit Singapore in March 1938. There is a possibility that he may travel by way of the East on his trip to Australia, where he is to attend the World Radio Convention in April.
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      SIR THOMAS BEECHAM ATTACKS B.B.C.
      63 22 Attacking the 8.8.C. in a recent address at London, Sir Thomas Beccham said that "never before has anything approaching this piece of lunacy ever been accomplished in any country I mean the handing over to a public institution such enormous powers, such monopolistic plans and
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      LONG WAVE RADIO CLASH.
      33 22 Serious overcrowding In the longwave broadcasting band is the subject ot a conference now being held at The Hague. Representatives of 11 European countries, including Oreat Britain are attending.
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      FOREIGN ARTISTS.
      437 22 Few As Possible Engaged At b. b. a BBC. statistics for the last quarter of 1936 reveal that the extensive employment of British artists is not inconsistent with the Corporation's obligation to listeners to make each programme the best of its kind. Of 13,622 artists engaged between Oct.
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      "EIGHTS WEEK" AT OXFORD.
      113 22 Relays From London. Listeners to Daventry may remember hearing, two years ago, a broadcast about Oxford which included a description of 'Eights Week.' This year, for the first time, there will be a separate running commenary by John Snagge on Eights Week itself. These rowing races
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      Local Shirley Temple Tonight.
      58 22 Singapore's Shirley Temple, Basilia Johannes, will sing a group of Shirley Temple songs from ZHL at 630 tonight. Her numbers will include "When I Grow Up" "Curly Top" and "Baby Take a Bow." At 7 o'clock, the station will broadcast a series of recordings of the
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      HOW TO SAY "WORMS" ON THE MICROPHONE.
      172 22 New Rules For Pronunciation Of Place Names. pRONUCIATION of foreign place names has lately held the attention of the 8.8-C. Advisory Committee on Spoken English. A booklet, compiled by Prof. Lloyd James, of the School of Oriental Studies, has just been issued on
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        449 23 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. SINGAPORE TODAY pm. t.OO Malay music. Gramc phone records. 6.30 Children's programme. Serial Story. Chapter 1. The Drinking Places." Written and read bj K. Savage Bailey. Songs: When I grow up. Curly Top. Baby Take a Bow. Sung oy Basiila Johannes. Gramophone records: Blaze Away.
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        483 23 BERLIN. DJB 15.2* Me s 119.5 m) DJA i 56 Me i (31 3 m.l p.m. 2.20 News and economic review In English. 2.35 Today in Germany. Sound pictures. 2.50 Children's Hour. 3.05 Concert of light uusic. 4.20 The Seven Swans. Fairy tale by Christian Andersen. 4.50 News and economic
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        657 23 Uon Orchestra, under direction of Rex Alien. March. Old Comrades. Teike. Selection. The Arcadians. Monckton and Talbot. 8.20 "Coronation Naval Review." Descriptive commentary Irom the Fleet anchored at Spithead. Relayed from London. 8.50 Light orchestral rruslc played by Station Orchestra, under direction of Rex Allen. Waltz. Venus on Eart.. Llncte.
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        646 23 10 20 Close down. PHI 17.7 Me/s (lt.< m pm. 8.20 Opening announcement. 8.25 News bulletin. 8.35 Talk. 8.50 Gramophone records 9 00 Reading by .Mrs. T-jjs. Homer. 9 20 Talk. 9.40 Stock repot ts. 9.50 Close down. PARIS. a.m. 6.35 Gramophone records. 7.35 News In French. Market prices, rates
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        482 23 which have romance for their theme. 8.30 News and announcement*. 8 35 Greenwich time signal. 50 Close down. TRANSMISSION 2. pm. fi.C5 Big Ben. "The Belle of Uoopadoo" Burlesque in rnymo. Book and lyric* by Moore Riy-nond Music by 'ahn \lor!ry. Production by Wnuain MacLurg. 6.50 8.8.C. Dane- Orchcstia, directed
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        43 24 PENANG. mm 'i 00 Signal and programme. 7.05 Indian music. f .00 Malay music. 8 55 News bulletin. 9.00 Clofe down. mill" MENDE is so simple and so natural that even a ohild understands it MENDE RADIO SERVICE, 58, ORCHARD ROAD. PHONE 3925.
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        469 24 PARIS. am f.35 Gramophone rccorck. 7.35 News In French. Market prices, rates of exchange. COO News In Spanish. 8 10 News in Portuguese. t :o Talk by Mme. de Gran-.ont. t 30 Close down. IN?. 15 24 Mr I (19 SS m.) pm. t 20 Concert relay. 7.05 Talk on
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        713 24 EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a m. 12.40 'John Londoner at Home'— 20. 1.10 News and announcements. 1.20 Big Ben. TRANSMISSION 5. a m. 640 8.8.C. Empire Orchestra: leader, Daniel Melsa: conducted by Clifton Helliwell. 7 20 Big Ben 'Responsibilities of Empire 5.* Talk by Sir Zuirulla Khan. 7.35 Scots concert.
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        779 24 f 26 Folksong. J.41 "Surer Muktl." Musical representation of the origin and growth of music. D. 26 Talk: "Sunny SMe Up." (No. 4). Are we growing less humorous?" 9 41 Tagore songs. 9.56 News bulletin In Bengali. 10.11 Indian music and songs. 10.51 News bulletin In English. 11.11 Benny Goodman
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        639 24 11.30 Weekly newsletter, sports summary, and announcement*. ll 50 Greenwich time signal. Serge Krlsh Septet. Gavotte, No. 2 (Popper). Prelude, Op. 28, No. IT: Grande valse brlliante i Chopin, arr. Krlsh). La caprlcieuse 'Elgan. Glga (Vlvadl. arr. Collins). Cracovlenne 'antastique Paderewskl). Rhapsody. Nn. ll (LUzt. arr. Krksh). a.so. 12.20 Close
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        520 25 EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. ML 11.40 BBC. Military Band; conductor. B. Walton OTXnnell. 1.10 Weekly newsletter, sport* summary, and announcement*. 1.3S Greenwich tune signal. Commentary: Birds in St. James's Park. 1.50 Pianoforte recital by Isabel Gray. 2. is "Assembly Sunday." Religious service (Church of England), from the Studio. Conducted by
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        463 25 1.35 Merry notes (continued). 2.20 News and economic review in English. 2.35 Today in Oermany. Sound pictures. 2 SO Children's hour. 3.05 Melodies from "The youthful FrlU" by Walter Konnoll and Rudl Zlmmer. 4. 0S Brass band. 4.35 Sports review. 4.50 News and economic review In German. S.OS Topical talk.
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        544 25 TUESDAY SINGAPORE Ma, tf.oo Malay music. 6.30 Tamil music. 7.00 Chinese music. 7.40 Time, weather and announcement*. 7.45 "Legal Cruelty." Story written and told by lan Hay. Recorded programme. 8.00 Scottish programme. V.IS Dance music. 935 World Affairs. Talk by H. Wlekbam Steed. ReUy from London. 9.50 John Londoner at
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        649 25 NIROM. IB S.M Gymnastics. 6.35 Merry recorded music. 6. 50 Time signal. Recorded music 7.50 Close down. 50. 50 Opening announcement. 10.52 Cookery talk. 11. IS Popular music. 11 50 Tune. signal. Weather report. 11.54 Classical music. •■ay 12.20 Lunch concert by Nirom Orchestra. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Variety programme.
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