The Straits Times, 22 May 1937

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1 20 The Straits Times
  • 37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. JO PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1937. PRICK 10 CENTS The Straits Times IVUJKS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. MAY 22, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 340 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). L 11 Ij-'^^. j£m M^st? ii//m> their Health Gordon's otyK is by far the most WV% expensive gin tp produce AM Colouring Matter— All |P^r!S*gjaPV^^H Injurious Ingredients are most J^«^^^^^ \|B carefully extracted before going //■/^^u-^^B Into consumption, by a special I' 'JOS&D *^\\w
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    • 192 1 il FINDLATER'S I FINE SHERRIES PORTS. Per Bottle Duty 0. 75 Extra. SHERRIES OLD MORENO BROWN. FULL OF FLAVOUR. A DELIGHTFUL APPETISER, $2.00 PALE MEDIUM DRY. VERY SUITABLE FOR CLUB SHERRY AND BITTERS. $2.05 #j FINO. POSSESSES THE BOUQUET OF A TRUE FINO. $2.30 WirUersTa* DRY CLUB. AN EXCEEDINGLY PIEASANT
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    • 56 1 KUALA LUMPUR". 25, JAVA ST. CPHONE 3G03) Scots dJ husky SILVER PRIZE BOWLS CUPS SPORTS prizes fc»-"^fc "tfijfc "V. S. AND FOR I ENGRAVING EXECUTED MINIMUM RATES. WE MAKE A SPECIAL FEATURE OF SILVER CUPS, BOWLS, Etc. LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. AH UNUSUALLY LARGE SELECTION. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in
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    • 289 2 HANDY-ZUBERBUHLER The enRapemenl betitui Dr. J. T. P. Handy and Mi±* Kliirc ZuberbuhUr SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED fully qualified European Eneii.{<r. single, for Estate Factory. Knowledge of Electricity I— II 111 111 Apply Qrst instance tr> Box 294. S'ralts Times. EXPERIINCKD lIROPIW I \DY STENOGRAPHER lequlred lor Cvi re.-;p< ndence Department
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    • 494 2 WANTED USERS of Shelvador Refrigerators. Ph >ne 3333 WANTED modern-two bedrooms, bungalow. Good residential district. Reply Box 288. Straits Times. WANTED, Baby's perambulator secondhand. Particulars and price to Box 297, Straits Times. WANTED Se:ond-hnnd 3.000 lbs/hr. Boiler 150/175 lbs. per sq. in. pressure. Saturated Steam: a Steam Receiver and reducing
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    • 750 2 3OARD RESIDENCE BED-SITTING-Suite m.s. 256, Orchard Rd. EAST ANGLIA b Oxley Rise Tele. 43*0. COMFORTABLY Purn single rooms, mod. san. terms mooerate. 58 Cairnhill Rd. SERVICE FLATS at "Lloyd House." 2. Lloyd Road Board optional Phone 4460 WHITEHALL. 32 Cairnhill Rd. Suite or Room. English. Mod. san. Garage. P. 4747.
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    • 511 2 SCHIFFNER'S J &JKUKRSON ROAD Ii Ute a-ftrrw lot MHll.ar?, aatowrar nortltle*. flower* ladie* baf*. drew* etc. etc New (t>*dt eoasUotl) arrrriaf. Tel: 17M— open 9 am to 8 p m fjfrk THE LA TEST 4 Every woman always clamours for this. Latest stylet are alT^ ways created at Phone 2868.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 184 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malnya Malaya Postage Monthly S 3 00 S IN 250 ((uarterlv S 8.50 $13.00 5 7.50 Half Yearly $17.00 $24.00 $15.ttu Yearly $34.00 $48.00 $39.00 Note. OuUtalion cheques should .include the usual bunk discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charres and instructions for CI.ASS1 llil) \n\
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 682 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated In England; MML, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MU>BT£S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE Of'TW*RD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due T nnage Spore 1937 .,unFR4 16.000 In pert C'ARTHAGE
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    • 403 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (MIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) Incor.K>rated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 3 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailing: London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. FUSHIMI MARU May 27. S.S. HAKOZAKI MARU June 10. fM.S. TERUKUNI MARU June
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    • 625 3 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CRUISES BANGKOK SAIGON ANGKOR-PNOM PENH Displacement Leaving Returning M.S. Tons Singapore Singapore JUTLANDIA 13.100 June 5 June 26 ALSIA 12.500 July 17 Aug. 6 BORINGIA 12,500 Aug. 7 Aug 27 LALANDIA 11.000 Sept. 18 Oct. 8 JUTLANDIA 13.100 Oct. 9 Oct 29 MEONIA 11.000 Oct. 30 Nov. IS
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    • 187 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI. l\Oll KOBE AND OSAKA. s.s. SHIRALA MM 3rd June 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation tor flr»l and second clas* passengers. Special nolidby return tickets Intci changeable with P. O. S. N. CO.. Issued at cheap
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    • 1029 3 SHIPPINC THE BLUE FUNNEL LINI (Ocean The llua Khiow Steamshin Co (193.. LU. Steam Ship to. Ltd and China Mutu*' The (unard Whit« slat Lid Sleam Navigation LU I The Sarawak Steamship Ltd The Straits Steamship Co Ltd The Australian Oriental l<iy Ltd The C hina Navigation Co. Ltd The
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
    • 24 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mail dispatched from Sin- I ?apore on May 15 was delivered in i London on May 21.
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    • 298 4 SINGAPORE MAILS cxnsE. Taday Djambi (Tobo) 3 p nr North Borneo, Brunei and Labuan (Marudu) 3.30 p.ir Sarawak (generally) Bintulu (Marudu) 3.30 pn M.ri. Sarlkei and Sibu Marudn) 3.30 pjx Trencganu (Parcels only) (Tung Song) 3.3C -mi Dun gun. Kemaman and Kemasek (Tung Song) 4 p.m Indo-Chlna (Forbin) ..4 p.m
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    • 73 4 INWARD. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Doe this afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Doe Sunday evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Sunday evening. OUTWARD. K.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 12.45 p.m. today. Imperial: To Hong Kong: Mails close 7 p.m. today. Imperial: To Europe: Mails
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    • 59 4 May 20.— Aletta, Van S?.'!!j3rgen. Aldegonda. Sibigo, <Dut>: Cnntc Biancamano. (ItaL); SVver Gul) R.ntau, Medon, Khandalla. Pa tola '3rit.). May 22.— Glcnapp Ranpura. Scott Harley, Kinta. Hong Peng. Meran. Ampang, Tandjong Pinjng, Tandjons Balei. Esmoralda. >Briti; Ajby. iSar.)Ar.nhar. Tidore. V. der Does de Bye. Mijer. M. V. St. Aldegonde,
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    • 29 4 The Kistna for Siam (parcels only). Mail previously announced as closing on May 21, at 7 p.m. will now close to" day, May 22, at 1 p.m.
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    • 277 4 Singapore, May 22, 12 noon Buyer Seller Gamble r $8.00 Hamburg Cube $15.00 Java Cube Sll.Ot' Pepper. i White Muntok $17.75 White $17.25 Black C 9.75 ?opra. Mixed $5.90 Sun Dried $6.40 Coconut Oil $12.00 Tapioca. Small Flake $4.75 Fair Flake $4.25 Medium Pearl $5 20 Small
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    • 176 4 The following were passengers b Dutch planes: Arrived by the X X.1.1, M. plan TK-AFK on Tuesday' from Net! Indies:— Mr. T. G. Moore, Mr. J. Gongdon, Mr. J. M. Gear*. Left for Netb. Indies by K.N.I.L.N pane PK-AFK on Wednesday:— Mr. H Tanaka, Mr. and Mrs.
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    • 150 4 Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today. May 22. by air iQr.ntasi will be delivered to boxholdcrs at 3 p m. General delivery of letters at 4.05 p.m. j Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today. May 22, by air i Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at
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    • 113 4 Saturday, May 22. Ships alongs.dr the Wharrn or expected to •rr.'Te. KHPFI. HARBOUR Main Wharf Tug Rope, Drederer Todak, Uh. Kingfisher, P.nna. Oil Wharf NU. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjong Pajar Sheers Wharf NU. Albert Dock Crane-lighter P, Tue Pitho Victoria Dock Nil.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 653 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporate- to P M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGfNTS K.MS RI.VS AND SIAM STATKB KAILHAVS TtXEPOdNB: Fnlfbi M33-ramc Mil. CANADIAN pacific 'Incorporated In England) THE tMl'Kfci,S" ROCTS »«rer« TKANS-PMIFIC SERVICES tta HONOLIID «lr««i CMPRESS t. VANCOUVER— ACROSS CAN MM kj rRANSCONTINKNTAL TRAIN with•M ebaace— 4hemc oj CANADIAN
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    • 287 4 i mc oriwM st^d ID Strait 9^t T lfmmiß| ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. <lnronx>ratea in 0 S A > (Incorporated m Er.cland) BOSTON NtH TORR A RALTIMORB "«LL«RMAN- LINE FOR HAVRK LONDON STEEL VOYAOER Mny^O Jnnt' 4 ROTTERDAM UAMBI H'J IT?^ .^dYS^ 1 J nl 22
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    • 353 4 RED FUNNEL LINE >' HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO.. LTD. Ie (Incorporated :n B9MM Settlements) 1. REGULAR PASSENGER and Carjto SrrT.cn j from Slnranorr to lava Bornro. Bankj and Bllilon BATAVIA lIKKIBO.N and SEM.tlt ING (Ever? Tuesday and IrWayi ss. BAN HONG UONG Frl May 21 ss. NAM YONG Tv.es
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 476 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations yesterday Last night max rain- bright mm temp, fall s shine temp *F ins. nrs. *F West Coasi. AJor Star 00 Nil 9.9 76 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 10.9 76 Sitiawan 89 0 12 9.3 75 Bukit Jeram 80 0.01 5.8 74
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 484 5 LAST NIGHT ARLISS AT HIS MOM B^^t/ iffV_l AMI SIN(. IN A STOR> I J 9 V 4HL _fl Ol HIGH JINKS IN I km. £7 aT3 tF high politics: GEORGE ARLISS IN A GREAT DUAL ROLE 'HIS LORDSHIP' A Caumont. -British Picture iomooow- iTANE WITHERS IN HER MUM t4
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    • 403 5 WHAT X HN TODAY There fe some remarkably flue pictures fT 11/* 1 1O Vll 1 Vfl/ft 1 the actual Coronation of George VI, scenes HOTFI «J ta the Abbey ..S,V». PAVILION: "Head over Heels." RAFFLES HOI EL: Orchestral con- w th Jessle Mattnews And Gaumont cert. 8.15 to 9.15
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    • 67 5 WE ARE CHAMPIONS IN BILLIARD TABLE RENOVATION WORK We Exclusively Use PADMORE'S World Famous Billiard Cushions ALSO Best British Accessories JULIAN FRANKEL co. Victoria Street. SHIRLEY f^L^k' TEMPLES FILM:- V^SgfV/ "STOWAWAY" The Theme Song from this film is:— "GOODNIGHT, MY LOVE" and now you have it en REX RECORD No.
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    • 348 5 ncient Brute 7 and 9.30 pin. AMUSEMENTJARKB. DANCE J UL AN FRANKEL GRKAT WORLD CABARET: Danci EXCLUSIVE AGENCIES 6 p.m. to midnight. NEW WORID CABARET: Dane: Thr Best M:ide in Itritain 0.30 pm. to midnight. WfiTTFR T TUnDTTIVT HAPPY WORLD CABARET: Te.i Vft\ltXZtlX LiIVtURUPI Dance. Night dance. 9.30 p.m. to
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • 497 6 THORNYCROFT CAPITAL SUGGESTION. RUiBKRS STILL LACK INTEREST. "Rom Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 22. Tin is up 10s. for both positions i London and one-eighth of a cent n Now York yesterday. Tin share buying orders continue to I" 1 cabled from London and it is really
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    • 104 6 Lond>n. May 21. The taUmrtDfl MR mean ratal ruling at noon f .c<laj Paris 110 13 1G Alhen* M''j Ncv; York 4 94 3 Ifl BodUUrttt 632- U< ntrir.l 4.9:) 9 10 ttMM rtio 4V^ Geneva 11.604 sellers offi.'ia Amsliidara 8 93 'i 8.-.';riade I' -rlin 13. 3"> 4<:euw
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES
      • 650 6 issue Vai. 4 Ampat Tin i'l Asa in Kumba:<2 £1 Austral Malay 5 Ayci Hit am 1 Ayer Wcng £1 Banprin Tin 1 Batu S;langor il Burma Malay i'l Chenderiang 50 Hitam Tin 1 Hong Fatt 5/- Hong Kong Tin 5/- Idris Hydraulic 1G Ipoh Tin il Jclapang 1
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      • 495 6 2 I A>\ Brick Ord. 1 55 1 65 1 55 l.S!> 2 2 do 7>/ 2 '.i Picfs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Auas Ice SOO lOOOn U.00 lUOOn 1 i B M. Broadcasting 0.S5 O.CO 0 90 0 95 10 5 B M Trustee S25 100
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      • 236 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5', 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 S:pt. 30 103 li 4\ 2 'o 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 107 4<2'e 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 115 4', 1913 red. 19C3 $2 000.000 Mar 31 Sept.
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      • 397 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated.) Fraser Co. Lyall it Ev^.t Allenby 195 2 00 100 Alor Gajah 1.40 1.47' 140 Amal Malay 2 00 2.15 1.90 Ayer Hitam 1.55 1.65cdl50 Ayer Mjlek 125 1.35 1.25 Ayer ""anas 185 1.95 190 Basseit 0.77" 2 0.82*2 0 81. Batu
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    • 209 6 EXCHANGES. j (lotting Prices, May 21. The foil awing are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING. London T.T 2,4 1/18 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4V 8 Lyons demand 1290 Hamburg demand 141-^
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    • 74 6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Closing Prices, May 21. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 36'/a 36 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) May 35 16% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 36 36Vh June 36«4 36-| H July-September
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  • 130 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS >mpan; Dividend I TIN Boofcs Close Date Payable To ipore, Ex Dlv Dale May 22. l'oni fcr financial teai lo data Raub 10% Int. ,'uno Hawang Cone. 2V. Int. Ma» II 1 2 bonus Tongkah Harbour 4'i Int June 2 GENERAL. O:. rumens JC%
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  • 399 6 London, May 21. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London StocK J Exchange:— Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Yester- IU«o clay. or Y.-.U Conversion Loan k p.<. 1944-64 113S 1 Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 110\ V/ar Loan. IH p.c. 1U1"« Com. Urlon
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  • 244 6 A YEAR ago we suggested that ordinary shareholders In Linggl Plantations, the Malayan rubber producing concern, might receive a payment for 1936 of 5 per cent. This forecast has proved accurate. The dividend will b pxtremely welcome tc shareholders, as it is the first since a similar amount
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  • 75 6 Reimposition Discussions In Now York. Ne-v York, May 11. j Usually well-informed quarters understand that discussions tor the reimposition ol restriction on copper production are going on here at present. No decision, however, is expected until after the Coronation. It is said that there is a considert :ible
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  • 115 6 part of the company^ area showed suriiciont A tion to justify replanting, though more than half of their trcrs had been planted about thirty yrnr. s:iid Mr. A. O. D?vitt at the meetin-: of X ala Selangcr Rubber Company, London on Maj n. They were forttmate In
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  • 32 6 The price of rubber for purpose of assessment of cxid:i: duty !cr th< priicJ May 21 t-j May 27 inclusive has been fi:::d at 34 3 a c pcund.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 1547 7 THORNYCROFT NOW PAYING FOR PAST MISTAKES. Capital May Be Reduced On Reorganisation Of Company. THE possibility of reconstruction of the company which would involve 1 the writing-down of capital was foreshadowed by the chairman. Mr. O. K. S. Bateman, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting: of Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd.,
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    • 584 7 GOVERNORS VIEW OF A FAIR PRICE. POOR DEMAND AT AUCTION. LEWIS AND PEAT (SINGAPORE) LTD. in their weekly report on the rubber market, write: After a period of uncertainty which provided some nervous and spasmodic selling, the market has again steadied up and looks a little more
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    • 57 7 Melbourne, Apr. 29. Machinery for installation in a factory to be erected by a new Melbourne rubber company —the Ormlston Rubber Company, Pty., Ltd.—is at present under construction and win shortly be delivered. The company which Is to undertake the manufacture of general rubber goods, has
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    • 581 7 RUBBER TRUST. Mr. H. J. Welch 1 address at the an- 1 nual meeting of the Rubber Planta- 1 tions Investment Trust. In Lond m last week was chiefly remarkable for its vigorous and exhaustive denunciation of the new profits tax. Mr. \V>lch was obviously apprehensive that the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 655 7 BANKING. HONG KON(i .V SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. CIIMUHWUMO in the Oniony ot Hcnx Kong) The liability o* cMMkhm is Umltad to thej extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot 1929 ot tli€ Colony Authorised Capita: $50,000,000 issued and hMllv Paid -Op $20,000,000 H#«erve Punds:- Sir, lln« 6.500.001;
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    • 170 7 BANK OF CHIH A (Incorporated :r. China oy Special Charter.) U. Cecil Slrett Sinf.apore Telephones: Managers Office 6111 Kxchantt lirpl Fill General Office 518S-D (able Addrriv CHI NGKCO Paid Ip apital Ch 10 000 001 00 Reset-re Funds in excess of Ch. S XJHIH.tt Total Assets approximately Ch. S1.«H.M*.*M.M HEAD
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    • 526 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. A I TRAM A AND CHINA. (IncoiP'vatr.l :n England by Royal Charter 18.~>3>. Paid Up Capital tn 600.000 shares of Si each £3.000 .000 Reserve Fund £3.00f1.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 13.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Rialiapscalr London X C 3. Amrltsar Kong Saijop Alor Star
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 153 8 -MASTER" UMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS Strongest in the World. From All Dealers. Sole Agent*: RAHAMIN PENHAS, SINGAPORE FOR ALL DEFECTS OF VISION Consult WJ[zekiel!c sggs Established ovei it stars Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians "!U 9, RAFFLES PLACE. I COLD I I LEAF I TEA I Okasa 1 PYE RADIO FAMOUS FOR QUALITY,
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    • 4 8 Ask foi JOHNNIE WAhKER
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    • 209 8 > ->. A m i —-IL^ T"** J\ £jr H- W M^ m M _mm «J C Mi USU6t /i -i c n (Lll y "I the alley.) For the debutante slender and dainty. M^"^^"™^^ M*^^^M™^—» rinnCU PCAUITIinr GARDEN FURHITURE <>^W*<*'^-'*"tefc TK l^B I^Pi jif^ enn Tiirsr decora'lve irn<! «nd
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 461 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE TODAY 12.45 Light orchestral music, olt7t4 bv Reller's Famous Hungarian Orchestra relayed from the AdelDhi Hotci. 2.00 Interval. oo Chinese music. Gramophone records. Mandarin songs. C.30 Children's programme Stories: The Falrv Who Fell Tn!o tile Letter-Box. The Dancing Ku!en. R*ad ty Beatrice Coles. Songs: I Keep Six Honest
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    • 868 8 EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. C.SII 21.47 Mc/s 113 9 m.) GSG 17 97 Mc/s (16 8 m t GSF 15 14 Me s (19.8 m.) r.m 6 .05 Big Ben Ballet music of Delibes.t 6 20 'Responsibilities of Empire— :i* Talk r by Sir Zafrulla Khan, .nemocr of 'he
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    • 667 8 N1R0M. TDC 15.15 He, S 119.8 n P.MN 19 26 Me s 129! n TODAY p.m. 2.10 News bullet. n. 2.20 Close down. 5.50 Time sijnal. Opening announcement. 5.52 "'opular recorded music. 6.50 Mews bulletin. 7.10 What Everjbody Wits. 8.00 Literary talk. 8.20 Chamber nuslc by members al the Nlrom
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    • 378 8 TOMORROW a.m. 6.36 Concert relay from Radio-Par:?. 7.35 News in French. Market p:ices. rates of exchange. 8.00 News In Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Clrse down. TPA-J. 15.24 me s lift S8 m|. I P-m. 6.20 Concert relay. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert relay. 8.05 Talk en French
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  • 625 9 Mussolini Arming On Scale Unprecedented In History. Mussolini really has a forest of 8,000,000 bayonets," as he himself expressed it. My flight to Rome provided a revealing insight into the vast war machine of human flesh and blood and ultra-modern mechanical devices
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  • 250 9 GROWING HOPES OF PACT FOR CENTRAL EUROPE. PLANS TO LINK SIX POWERS. BRITAIN'S AID MAY BE SOUGHT. London. PROSPECTS for the ultimate success of the new effort to secure economic co-operation among the Danube States are Improved, writes the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. King Carol of Rumania stated
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  • 84 9 Area On Black Sea Coast. Moscow, May 11. j Experimental growing of the tropical j .cinchona tree as a one-year plant has, 'given positive result in the Soviet subtropical zone on the Black Sea coast Win Abkhazia). For the first time In the world the whole
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 273 9 HOTEL? TONIGHT II ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE (formal) and NEW PROGRAMME SUCCESS by DUO LANDHOFF CORRY Continental Acrobatic Dancers EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. BOOK YOUR TABLE W ■mi si.m RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Whtn in Penan* slay at the Directed by Dan Hopkins. K. and O.
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    • 285 9 II" PRODUCTS OF QVfILIIV fOfi EAGIAEERS 38. CROSS STREET. SINGAPORE INSURANCE. FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION TKK LONDON ASSURANCB lIONO KONO PIRE (NSCk CO., i-VD, PHOENIX ASSUrtANCL CJO LTO. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO JNION INrCE SOCIETY Ob CANTO* LTD. EAGLE STAR BRIT DOM INS CO.. LTD. j BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE
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  • 127 10 SINGAPORE. GARRIOK THEATRE, GETLANG Magic Wand. A Super Hindustani Talkie. 6. IS and 9.15 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Last of tbc Mohicans. GREAT WORLD— THE SKV TALKIE Marry The Girl. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing Talkies, Theatres Cinemas. RITZ, GEYLANG The Poor Little Rich Girl. With Shirley Temple Topaze.
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  • 788 10 ®3irip Strait grimes SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1937. Men And Masters. Malaya is subject to no purelj local phenomenon in the curren epidemic of strikes by manua workers for higher wages, oj appreciable concessions by employer; in order to avert strikes. The same thing is happening in England ir various
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  • 382 10 To the Editor of le Straiti Times. Sir,— That Mr. G. Burt's t. to the Rotary Club on Wednesday was extremely interesting and instructive is not open to question, but had there been time I would have liked to amplify what the speaker had to say
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  • 802 10  - A NATION REARMS. Britain's Great Task Of Rebuilding Navy. Admiral Mark Kerr, C.8., M.Y.O. By D APID progress is being made with the gigantic task of restoring Britain's naval might so that in a world which still insists upon aiming to the teeth, the countries of the Empire and the
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  • 666 10 Condensed from The Independent Journal of Columbia University. BY F. ENRIQUE ZANETTI. Professor of Chemistry: Lt. -Colonel Chemical Warfare Service, during the war. •■pHE prediction has fr?ely been made by chemical warfare sensationalists that the end of our civilization will come in a
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  • 665 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. 'SEMAH KUALA. n [T is only about 700 years sine: th« Malays of Trengganu were concerted to Is!am. and survivals cf their former animism art not l.ard to find I today. For example. Mr. V. R. Jarrett. ttM acting British Adviser, mentions in his 1036
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 254 10 jit Ig^fEEEEEE:: This is the MARCONI 346 ALL-WAVE, FIVE WAVEBAND. An all-wave six-valve supcrhct receiver for A.C. mains offering the finest worldwide reception of all types of programme. Capable of receiving on all wavelengths from 7 to 141 metres as well as on the medium and long wavebands. $150.00 May
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  • 214 11 Exemption From New Taxation Sought. "IMPOSSIBLE TO SELECT YEARS MORE UNFAIR." Possibility Of Production Quota Being Increased* rXEMPTION from JiabiHty to pay the National J Defence Contribution (growth-of-profits tax) is sought by Malayan tin-producing companies in a letter sent to the Chancellor of the
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  • 61 11 Tokio. May 21. "THE "Divine Wind." piloted by the Japanese fliers Tsuk.i&oshi and linuma, completing the flight from London, arrived .it the Ilaneda aerodrome at 3.42 p.m. today. The fliers left Croydon at :-10 a.m. last Friday and have fulfilled their plan to reach Japan in
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  • 112 11 Allegation That Court Not Constitutional. London. May 21 pOMMISSIONER MAPP Chief ol Staff of the Salvation' Army, was today dismissed by Gen. Booth following a unanimous report by the Salvation Army court of Inquiry. The commissioner has made a state- ment that the court of inquiry
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  • 86 11 Bargaining Rights Granted Union. Pittsburg, May 21. The National Labour Relations Board's ballot to decide whether the Steelworkers' Union has exclusive barpaining rights for employees of the Jones Laughiin Steel Corporation resulted in another victory for the Committee of Industrial Organisation led by John Lewis. Out
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  • 33 11 Shanghai May 21. The Phi'ippiives Chinese have remitted a sum of $5,450 towards the relief of the famine victims in Honan, Szechuan. Shensl and Kweichow—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 138 11 KORAN PAGES BURNED AT MOSQUE. STRIKES ON PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY. I I I London, May 21. IyiUSLIMS were concerned in rioting at Lucknow and Shifcarpur. At Lucknow 90 were injured and two are reported to have been killed v/hi.st 48 were arrested in the rioting between
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  • 87 11 -—Reuter. LONDON DELIGHTS FOUR CHINESE NURSES. Asked To Demonstrate Before Countess. London, May 21. The four young Chinese nurses who went to England through the instrumentality of Hong Kong merchants clapped their hands delightedly at the Hotel Great Central today when told they would be asked to demonstrate their nursing
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  • 143 11 Naval Review Finishes At Spithead. KING SENDS A MESSAGE. London, May 21. THE King concluded his review of the fleet today with a through inspection at Southampton of the newest British cruiser after which, with the Queen, Princess Elizabeth, I he returned to London. The King, in the course of
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  • 160 11 LAST WEEK IN THE HOUSE. London, May 21. THE House of Commons will reassemble on Monday after the Whitsuntide recess, which had been extended to cover th? Coronation period. The most important event of the week in the Commons will be the resignation of Mr. Baldwin
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  • 43 11 Moscow, May 22. The Soviet air expedition headed by the Academician, Otto Schmidt, flew over the North Pole on May 21 and landed safely on an iceflow 20 kilometres from the Pole, west of the Rudolf Island meridian.— Reuter.
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  • 206 11 London, May 22. gRITISH traders have a great fielc in China, not only because oi ts vast population, but also becaus< )f the raw material resources of the :ountry, said Dr. H. H. Kung, Chi iese Minister cf Finance, speakinj it a banquet of
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  • 511 11 China Fully Confident Of British Sincerity. DROSPECTS of co-operation between Britain and Japan for the improvement of the Far Eastern situation have brightened considerably of late. The recent improvement in Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese relations has created a favourable impression in London and Anglo-Japanese talks
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  • 49 11 Chengtu, May. 20. "I am on a sight-seeing tour, said Major-Gen. Kita, n-.illtary attache to the Japanese Embassy in China, who arrived by plane at Chengtu <Szechuan) from Yunnan yesterday. The visitor called on Gen. Lin Hsiang, Governor of Szechuan.— Sin Chew Jit Foh.
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  • 116 11 COAL STRIKE FEARS NOW AVERTED. Amalgamation Of Two Rival Unions. London, May 22. J^ BIG step toward averting the national coal strike planned for May 29 has been taken a4, a joint conference at the Mines Department nf all parties. It was agreed to amalgamate the two conflicting unions at
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  • 141 11 Good Prospects Of Early Settlement. London. May 21. •THE London omnibus strike, which enters upon its fourth week tomorrow, was reviewed today when tur central bus commit We of the Transport Workers' Union me: Mr. Ernest Bcvin, general secretary of the union. The position was
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  • 38 11 The Panchen 'Tashi) Lama, spi tual leader of Tibet who has lived exile in China since 1925. will res his journey back to Lhassa, capital Tibet, in June, says a report recei in Nanking —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 398 12 HAI YUEN STRIKES PEARL RIVER ROCK. All Passengers Taken Off Safely. VESSEL TO BE REFLOATED IN FEW DAYS. UOIJR Singapore Chinese school teachers, including a woman, were involved yesterday in a shipwreck at the mouth of the Pearl River, off Hong Kong, but
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    9 12 LORD BLEDISLOE, who issues this uear's Empire Day message.
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  • 95 12 World's Progress Depends On British Empire. Lord Bledisloe's Message. k-the grave crisis which resulted in the accession to the throne oi our present gracious King was faced by ail classes, races and parties throughout the Empire with a dignity, self-restraint and common sense which have enhanced its prestige among the
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  • 68 12 TODAY'S TIN PRICE $124.75^ down $1. "We luive an Empire spread over aquart.r of the surface of the earth and on ie a-quarter of the world's inhabitants. Our influence and responsibility exceed those of all other nations. "Upon our wise leadership and the example which we set will depend in
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  • 202 12 Settlement Of Mine Dispute Anticipated. 'From Our Own Correspondont > Ipoh. May 21. THE hearing of the civil suit in which Tuan Man. the administrator of the estate of the late Raja Perumpuan of Kroh, Upper Peralc. is suln? Lim Kooi Cheow and four others,
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  • 138 12 H. E. TO VISIT EAST COAST ISLANDS. Leaves On Two Weeks' Tour. ON a tour of the East Coast in the capacity as High Commissioner of the Malay States, H. E. the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, left Singapore this morning by the steamyacht Sea Belle. He was accompanied by Lady
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  • 244 12 PADRE TO MAKE U.S.A. TOUR. rvEPICTING Malayan life in all its w itftiui «w~ phases, the 15,000 feet of film produced by the Rev. Hamilton Aikin. of Ipoh, for the Field Committee of the Presbyterian Church in Malaya will be screened in Singapore
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  • 121 12 Moslems Celebrate Birthday Of Prophet. Tomorrow ls the Prophet Mohammed's birthday and Mosques throughout the Peninsula will be crowded. Celebrations arranged by the All Malaya Moslem Missionary Society in Singapore will commence today with services and address at the Aljunled Islamic School. Between 8.30 and 11.30 tomorrow
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  • 79 12 A NOTABLE feature of the latest Health Bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended May 15 ls the continuous decline in cholera In Bangkok. Only 33 cases have been reported as compared with 84 in the previous week— a drop of
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  • 65 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, May 21. TPHE formation at Muar of an in- ternational club similar to that at Johore Bahru was mooted by Dr. H. L. Carvaiho while speaking on behalf yt the Eurasian community at the Muar international coronation dinner earlier this week.
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    22 12 WATER-BIKE An ingenious young Chinese, who fitted Heats and a paddle tcneei to his cycle, attracted attention at Taiping't Coronation lake carnival.
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  • 251 12 THREE CEREMONIALS WITHIN ONE MONTH. \3Lf ITH the parade of troop*, on June 9, in honour of the birthday of King George VI, Singapore will see its third military ceremonial on the Padang within a month. There was the magnificent display on Coronation Day
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  • 84 12 Mr. Kodanda Rao Talks To Rotarians. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 21. PRIOR to his return to India. Mr. P. Kodanda Rao, Poona secretary of the Servants of India Society and a Carnegie Scholar, addressed the Penang Rotary Club on the work and objects
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  • 56 12 Commissions as lieutenants in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force have been granted to Messrs. O. W. Somervllle and F. W. Walker, M.C. Second-Lieut. N. O. Ferguson, has been appointed to be Acting Captain whilst in command of 'G' (Malay) Company, 3rd Battalion, StraiU Settlements Volunteer Force
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  • 59 12 About 25 members >t the Engineering Association of Malaya yesterday afternoon paid a visit to the Alexandra Brick Works, Paslr Panjang, where they were conducted on a tour of Inspection by the manager, Mr. T. A. Ooskar. The visitors were shown the entire process of manufacturing
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  • 47 12 A DETACHMENT of 40 Sappers for Hong Kong arrived In Singapore yesterday by the P. and O. liner Naldera. They slept the night at Changl being conveyed there by transport lorries of the Royal Engineers and sailed today by the Naldera.
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  • 145 12 Nehru's Goodwill Message To Burma. "I HAVE come here as the bearer of a message of goodwill from India," said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the Indian Congress, when he arrived at Rangoon recently. He is expected to arrive at Penang from Rangoon tomorrow, and is due to reach Singapore
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  • 172 12 HIGHER "GAJIS" FOR PUBLIC SERVICES? Committee Seeks Officials' Views. •J*HE committee which has been appointed to consider the possibility of restoring temporary allowances t« officers of the Government Services in Malaya Ls seeking the views of those interested. It invites written represontations on matters relating to the inquiry from members
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  • 164 12 Mercury Up To 96 Last Month. A LOR Star recorded the highest tcm- perature In Malaya last month the mercury climbing to 96 degrees. Ipoh. however, had the highest mean maximum with 91.9 degrees. Cameron Highlands, as usual, returned the lowest figure. 52 degrees,
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  • 27 12 At tbe Rotary Club meeting at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden at 1 p.m. on Wednesday the election ot omwrs lor 1937-38 will take place.
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    • 33 12 STYLE OF THE YEAR fl DOUBLE-BREASTED DINNER JACKET I This style is being I worn by a number of well-known I people, and is worth keeping in mind. WING LOONG HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE.
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  • 748 13 Siamese Beaten In Bouts At New Stadium. CLEVER MEXICAN OUTBOXES HARD-HITTING BOON MAH. By "Echo." thi'ty-four rounds of energetic boxing and a crowd of about five thousand, the new arena at the Happy World had a successful opening last night. It is a long
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  • 66 13 AN interesting Kalechebam in Tamil in commemoration of Their Majesties Coronation entitled the "History of Kabeerthas" will be given at the Mariamman Temple. South Bridge Road, on Sunday at 7 p.m. by Mr. M. V. Rathakrishna Bagavather of Rajamannarkudi. accompanied by music by Messrs. M. Kannan of Tanjore
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  • 27 13 Miss L. G. Jackson, Nursing Sister, Malayan Nursing Service, has been seconded for service under the Govern1 ment of Johore, with claim to pension.
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  • 528 13 Court Story Of Lost Contracts. CHINESE'S $12,000 LIABILITIES. LJOW a man who had worked five years with a contractor in China came to Singapore 21 years ago, when he was Just 19 years old, and started work as a fully-fledged building contractor, was told in the
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  • 357 13 Spent More Than Salary On Opium. Bankrupt On Contempt Charge. COR failing to pay his instalments as ordered by court, Mah Kong Kye appeared in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Home, on a motion to show cause why he should not be committed to civil prison for
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  • 285 13 Ihe only match payed in Ihe S.C.C. mixed doubles level tournament yesterday was that between Mr. and Mrs. H. J. H. Haas and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cherrington. The latter won, B—6 7 5 after a keen struggle. The match between N. S.
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  • 161 13 i From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, May 21. A number of matches were played at Taiping today in the North Perak lawn tennis championships, the results being: Men 1 Open Singles: Chin Sen 800 beat Ahmad Hazari B—6,8—6, 6—2; 00l Seng Chye beat Urn Wan Ssng 6—3,
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  • 152 13 X.P.M. OFFICIAL'S OPTIMISM. "ACCORDING to information we have received, there is going to be a large influx of tourists to the Orient from America in the near future. "I think that there is room for all the passenger lines now operating in the Far East
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  • 55 13 •THE receiving and adjudication orders made against Wee Choon Heng were rescinded and annulled yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court, before Mr. Justice Home, on the ground that the debtor had paid his debts in full. Mr. Koh Choon Hong, the Assistant Official Assignee, said that the
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  • 147 13 Ran Into Back Of Another Bus. $75 FINE FOR CHINESE AT TAIPING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Thursday. DLEADING guilty to charges of driving his motor bus in a reckless manner and plying fof hire with inefficient brakes, on Coronation Day, a Chinese driver. Hoi
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  • 99 13 TWO wage-earner's administration ord:rs made in Malacca were rescinded and annulled in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, by Mr. Justice Home, on the motion of Mr. Koh Choon Hong, the Assistant Official Assignee. Mr. Koh said that Mr. Justice de Burlatte had held in another case in
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  • 71 13 JDAFFLES InsUtution speech day VOA prize-giving will be held in the ;Institution Hal on Saturday. June 5. at 11 a.m. The Hon. the Director of Education, Mr. F. J. Morten. wl'l preside. Mr. W. JBartley, C.M.G.. M.8.E., and a d?legat* I of the Old
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  • 39 13 Malaya will have several representatives at the Convention of Rotary International at Nics. from June 6 to 10, including Mr. David Frankel. a vice-president of the Singapor" club. The Convention will be opened by M. Lcbrun. the French President.
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    • 210 13 DIAMOND BEER. s-] HOLE MILK W^r^ Good fishing, jhoot ing, rid' nj and golf at very moderate cost, in a rOR IDFAI I iviur delightful climate like an English CONDITION? n« iummtr "lv Excellent CONDITIONS ON hotels and boarding facilities. RETIREMENT Heturn voyage from SingsKenya offers a delightful home in
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    • 136 13 V W "I FOUND THIS t Jjf WAYTOCIEANER, WHITER TEETH!" L^PV STAIKJED.rV^ifTfiV ,r ■ESk^mY SISTER |jS5^ CLf AA/S/ TOLD ME WAiV Tf £TH f^" ABOUT 1-^ AR£ I k FF W W/T£R, MAKE YOUR TEETH ADMIRED... EVERYONE admires in you, teeth with a circular motion, teeth that are clean, free
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  • 129 14 CAPTAIN DASH'S" DOUBLE: GEORGE ROBEY and TWINKLING EYES SI N<; A PORE. RACE I. RACE 2 RACE 3. RACE 4 RACE 5. RACE 6. RACE 7. RACE 8. \rr dashPlace Bet. "BOOUT (Spore Pree Prea*. Place Bet. "TIC-TAC" iPlnang Otxette) Place Bet MOVAU>NO Perfect Ladjr ANACOWDA
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  • 494 14 Yeo Choon Bee The Champion, THERE was a large gathering; at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the 28th annual athletic sports of the Anglo-Chinese School were held under favourable weather conditions. The individual champion was Yeo Chcon Bee and Tan Kan Kee House won
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  • 759 14 ANLY one of the 68 horses and ponies entered for today's races at Bukit Timah has not accepted and there will therefore be 67 going to the post. The biggest fields will be in Races 3, 4, 6 and 9 in which nine runners will face the starter.
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  • 212 14 The following are the teams ana starting times tor the match between the Singapore Japanese Oolf Club and the American Association to be played at the Jar>anese course. Tanglin, tomorrow morning. (Japanese players mentioned first) 8.30. S. Ikeda (11) and Y. Iwakl (12) vs.
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  • 27 14 The Government Services F.A. have arranged matches at Jalan Besar Stadium with the Royal Artillery on Sunday. May 30. and the Gordon Highlanders on Saturday. June 5.
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  • 92 14 TODAT. The Turf: B.T.C. Skye Meeting, 2nd day. Soccer: Innisklllings vs. R.A., Dlv. I. Stadium. Athletics: Rotary Club sport*. Jalan Besar, 2. 50. Cricket: Volunteers rt. R.E., Changi: padang; S.R.C. vs. C.S.C.; B.C.RC. vs, M.F.A.. CSC. 2nd vs. St. Andrews, InnisUlllngs tv V.M.C.A.; Wcarne's vs. S.J.I. TOMORROW.
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  • 75 14 PETIT BLEU WINS: FAVOURITE THIRD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 21. The Manchester Cup race, over one mile and a half at Manchester today, resulted as follows: Capt. G. S. Barnes' PETIT BLEU 8.07 (Gethin) 1 Lord Glanely's EMBOROUGH 8.04 (Lowrey) 2 Sir Abe Bailey's VALERIAN 8.12
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  • 57 14 The SRC. team to meet the Indian Association in a Division II league match on the padang on Thursday next will be selected from: C. Alphonso, A. B. Collick. J. Reutens, J. Loveday, W. F. Gomes. H. A. Savage. P. d'Almelda. A. M. Valberg. A. G.
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  • 236 14 "CAPTAIN DASH'S" SELECTIONS ON FORM PERFORMANCES. "JTIE second day of the Singapore Turf Clubs Skyc Meeting, todar, sees 61 horses and ponies in a card of eight events and the fields are sufficiently large. If there are no course scratching, for three remunerative places in each race. The going will
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  • 56 14 The annual sports of Raffles Institution will be held on the school ground on Saturday. June 5. from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. A. S. Small) will preside and Mrs. McLeod will present the prizes. The band of the S.S. Police
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  • 87 14 Le Ksar Reinstated As Favourite. Reuter cables the latest raft over for the Derby as folliws: 11 2 Le Ksar. 13 2 Peri fox. 100 12 CM* Rook taken inj offered. 9 1 Solfo offered. 10 I takm. II 1 Goya 11. 17 1 Le Grand Due 18
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  • 133 14 Association Football. 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Baliru. May 20. The postponed league match be tween the State Police and the Ok Boys' Association drew a large crowc this evening on the Istana padang The game was very keenly fought an< ended In a
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  • 286 15 Irishmen Will Bid For Second Division Honours. DRIOR to yesterday the Post Office had an all wins record in Division II of the S.A.F.A. League ten points for five matches, with 30 goals against 4. The second team of the Inniskillings checked their progress
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    17 15 The Scouts' race in progress at the Anglo-Chinese School sports at Jalan Besar yesterday Straits Times Photograph.
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  • 127 15 X.M.S. Terror defeated the RAF. II 5n their second division match at Seletar, yesterday, by thre? goals to one. The result was against the run of play as the Airmen held territorial i advantage and were continually on the. offensive throughout the game. Cnappel
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  • 88 15 Baseball. The C.C.A.A. baseball team is to take field against the Cubs Baseball Team tomorrow in a league match at Farrer Park. 3 pm. The following Chinese players are requested to turn up, with Mr. Kong Khai Kong (manager). Sunny Lou (coach), Billy Lee, Benny Wong, K?lly
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  • 524 15 Neither Could Get The Goal Which Would Have Won The B. H. League. i'J'HE "key match" in the Business Houses League, on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday, resulted in stalemate. Nestanglo and the Overseas Chinese Bank drew, with never a goal to show for
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  • 32 15 THIRD DIVISION POINTS FROM MEDICALS. On the padang yesterday the SC.C. [I beat the Medical Services by four ;oals to one in a third division league
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  • 189 15 Yorkshire Lose Points After Declaring With Huge Score. DAIN again interfered with C»unty cricket fixtures and fames were washed out on several grounds. Results of matches ending yesterday as cabled by Reuter are At Chelmsford, Essex and Surrey played a draw (rain). Surrey 186, (Stephenson, five
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  • 554 15 B. H. League Issue Still Open Goal Average May Decide Home Soccer —The "Four Up And Four Down" Scheme. Conducted By "ECHO." AND so Nestanglo and the Overseas Chines? Bank could not decide their little argument yesterday and the honours in the Business Houses League remain at
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  • 182 15 Water Polo (From A Correspondent.) At Blakan Mati swimming pasar on Thursday, th" InniskiMinss defeated the gunners of 11 <S i Heavy Battrrv. R A. at water-polo by five goals to one It was a splendid game. p!ay:d at a fast pace, with the
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  • 27 15 'From Our Own Correspondent* Muar, May 18. D'splavinf? superiority in all departments Pedara Tungsal easily won their league match with th3 P.W.D., the final score bp'nsr 4—0.
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    • 172 15 BLOODSTOCK YOU want the Best Horses i^jteT^V WE supply them Fs%£^wi Remrmoei when you buy i.omthe Anglo-Irish Agency Ltd. \JjvL you are dealing with Bloodstock Specialists with the highest averagt of successes of any firm. English and lirh horiK* are exported to a.l parts of the vorld and It is
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    • 24 15 TIGER TESTIMONIALS. Miss Joy-Stick landing at Seletar after her epic flight, said "The engine was wonderful, Singapore is wonderful, but TIGER BEER is deevine."
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  • 1107 16 Exth Session To Be Held Today. EXPERTS' EVIDENCE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Batavia. THE inquiry by the Council of Shipping into the Van der Wijck disaster, which occurred between Soerabaya and Semarang last October when 55 lives were lost, will enter its sixth session on
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    94 16 AN impressive and well staged replica of the Coronation was given by the Wenlock Road School. City Road, London. A dais with "thrones" was erected where Leonard Hynds, aged 7. and Abigail Zickel, aged 7 (above), were crowned after a procession from the school to the playground. The "regalia" was
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  • 270 16 Saturday. May Id, At 8008 His Excellency and Lady rheum 81 tended a Reception given by the Danion Community o» Singapore in honour of the i bil.cr Jubilee of H. M. The Kins o: uenmark. at the Adelphi Hotel. The follov.iiv: were the guests at a lur- 1
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  • 333 16 ALLEGED THREAT BEFORE MUAR CRIME. TWO EYE-WITNESSES MISSING. (From Our Ov/n Correspondent.) Muar, May 18. COR three days the Muar Supreme Court was crowded with Chinese who followed attentively the trial of Ton. Cheng Leong. alias Ton Pee, who was charged before Mr. Justice L.
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  • 74 16 Arrested On Muar Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent.* Muar. May 20. WANTED on two charges ot extortion in Batu Bahat. Peter, an Englishspeaking Tamil, was produced oerorc the Third Magistrate. Inche Abdul Rauf b Mahomad Sa'at. Evidence was given the accused was arrested last night at
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    • 166 16 QUICK, SAFE /^S^ CLEANING aPSMi VIM I V MI? J few> B<i((^«^^*|^';i keeps surfaces like new mWwVk^u^^niw/M VY Ur SmOOth> ;hnin S B^M 1 i i J7] M\ cas ib r spoiled by harsh B^l a, f^M scratch dirt away. ProBH'Jl'* «!?«i |fv| te a th m b y cleaning
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    • 609 16 SKINNY Weak Rundown, Ailing Nervous and TireHJ (UoWISTHE TIME YOU NEEdN dM* ~$L 110 GET VIKELP TABLETS' < J V M /MINERALS I FOOD lODINE V fc^ yiNTO BLOODand GLANDS^ JR Thouundi d m»n and vj JF Vifcefp Tablets gire these E^HL W results where all else follf 4*o^ H
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  • 385 17 The Trinity. r |*HOUGH one need not take too tragically the opposition and scornful denial which rest on Ignorance, nevertheless those who re- pudlate the Trinity are, in point jf lact, repudiating the Christian revela tlon. for the cry "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son.
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  • 31 17 Influenza Epidemic Abating. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. Kay 20. The Influenza epidemic which broke out in Segamat a fortnight ago has lessened considerably and is being quickly overcome.
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  • 35 17 Two live musang in a cage were produced in court yesterday before (Jnku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, the Segamat magistrate, when a Tamil was charged with their theft from a compatriot. The man »ai acquitted.
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  • 99 17 HAVE I COMMITTED ANY OFFENCE n (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, May 20. HAVE I committed any offence! I am a newcomer from China. I do not know the laws of the country." This was Won* /it's pea whm charged with attempting to evade payment of duty on t°n
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  • 74 17 Mr. R. van Sitteren. a director of the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Company, Ltd., who sailed yesterday by the m/v Marnlx van St. Aldegonde on home leave, was entertained by the staff to a Chinese dinner at the Great World Restaurant on
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  • 322 17 •THE following new non- fiction and fiction works are now on issue at the Raffles Library. A Royalist Notebook: The Commonplace Book of Sir John Oglander Kt. of Nunwell, 1622-1652, Illustrated, Francis Bam ford; The Struggle for the Pacific, Gregory Blenstock; The Freedom of Man,
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  • 382 17 PLANTERS' SALARIES. I. S. P. Maintains Some Are Still Inadequate. The following is a letter to the Editor i of the Financial News on May 11: Sir,— l see that Mr. T. J. Cumming, the chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association, at the annual meeting on I Wednesday, remarked: "It
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  • 43 17 A sports meeting was held at the Sinhalese Government School at Sertul in honour of th. Coronation. Refreshments were served. Rev. Sri Pandit, teacher of the School, gave a lecture In Sinhalese on the benefits of British rule and on the British Crown.
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  • 31 17 Mr. E. H. Lawrence, of Kuantan. Pahang, is now stationed at Taiping as Rubber Restriction Officer, North Ferak, in the absence of Mr. C. S. Beaty, who is away on furlough.
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    • 659 17 Announcements For Tomorrow. CHl'RCII OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Trinity Sunday, May 23, 6.50 a.m., Holy Comn.; 7 30 a.m.. Mat ns; 8 a.m., Choral Eucharist, 10 a.m., Sunday Sohool; 5.30 p.m., fcvenkcng and Sermon. Preacher: Tha Rev. J. A. Jagoc. R.A.F. Weekdays. Holy Comn. on Monday. Wednesday and Friday
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    • 906 17 vice. Rev. Goh Hood Keng; Tuesday 8 p.m.. Prayer meeting Mr. Joseph Urn; Wednesday 11 a.m.. Women's meeting. Mrs. Wee Cnm Kam- 5.30 p.m.. Choir practice; Thursday 3 p in., Bible class < Malay); Friday 8 p.m., Malay Gospel Meeting at 167 East Coast Road; Friday 9 p.m., Organ recital
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    • 17 17 cillLlFv* X ObCcl > lilt IJCI. l UII I vT -ifc tllltr I >* -y'r'' iv&H BSiSii&w^ I yQOby^J
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  • 682 18 Gunner Dismissed His Ship After Inquiry. COMMISSIONED Gunner Harry Greenslade, 47-year-old bachelor, a sailor with a clean record since he was eleven years old, a rating who had risen to become a model officer, was given an unofficial tip that he was soon
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  • 139 18 Corona.ion Eve Tragedy. An inquest was held ln the gaily decorated public hall, amid bunting and flags, ln the Cornish village of Gunnislake. where the previous night residents were dancing to celebrate the Coronation. Into a tragedy which resulted in the deaths of a mother and
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  • 34 18 A contract amounting to about $50,000 for the construction of physical, soil, and chemical laboratories at the Agricultural Department building in Swettenham Road. Kuala Lumpur, has been placed with a Kuala Lumpur Chinese contractor.
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  • 485 18 IS THE PRESENT PAY ADEQUATE TPHE suitability of the Army as a career has bsen causing considerable discussion in Britain lately. Here are some of the opinions voiced by writers hi the Sunday Times. London: Pay is fair and reasonable to start on. but the
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  • 141 18 Ordered To Vacate Two Rooms. A man who slept on the floor, surrounded by a number of spaniels, was at Plymouth ordered to vacate within eight weeks two rooms he occupied in Tollox Place. Plymouth. Applying for a warrant of ejectment. Mr. D. F.
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  • 31 18 Mr. F. S. Wood. Managing Director of the Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd.. left Singapore on the Marnlx Van St. Aldegonde on a business trip to the United Kingdom and the Continent.
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  • 346 18 WOMAN CLUB OWNER'S CLAIM SETTLED. "PEEPING TOMS" AT THE FENCE. A house and garden, said to have been bought for the purposes of a sunbathing club, figured in an action settled before Mr. Justice Atkinson ln the King's Bench Division. Mrs. Denise Bedlngfleld. of Ftlem Park.
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  • 373 18 WAR- TIME GUNNERY FEAT RECALLED. French Belgian Skill. AAANY people have visited Dixtnudt and its environments since the Great War. and to most the chle: matter of interest was the German gun for which the town was used as a target. Constant attempts w?rc mado to locate it and put
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