The Straits Times, 23 May 1937

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  • 18 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 282 nday, May 23, 1937 Price 10 cents.
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  • 240 1 ißig Perak-Selangor Area Becomes Lake Cloudburst Brings Down 5i Inches Of Rain I WATER OVER CAR BONNETS: RUBBER UNTAPPED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. 4 cloud-burst over the northern boundary between Selangor and Perak yesterday morning has turned a large area between Kuala Kubu,
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  • 251 1 Filipino Doctor's Bequest DGREGORI SINGIAN, who died nt Hung Kong on Jan. 29, left 350 milligrams of radium valued at $100,000 to the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Manila. The donation was confirmed by: Dr. Alfredo Jhocson. assistant director of San Juan de Dios, says
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  • 94 1 CURFEW FOR ALL UNDER 1 6 Hew York. A CURFEW for children has been introduced to Glen Falls. New Yo:k. at the request of the Board of Public Safety. It rings a first learning at t p.m., and every child in the toicn under sixteen years of age must be
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  • 154 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. TRADITIONAL Chinese style VM followed in the wedding this morning of Mr. Tan Eng Seek, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan 800 Teck, of Malacca, and Miss Yeo Slok Lin, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Juay Tee,
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  • 52 1 Mrs. Guy McLeod wil render songs by Schubert, Liszt any Chamlnade at the meeting of the Kuala Lumpur i Musical Society this evening at Vanning Road Masonic Hall, Mrs. A H. Dickson will be the pecom- panist. Brahm"s "Quintet in F Minor" and Chopin's "Fantasle In F Minor" will complete
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  • 414 1 Bloodless Raids On Arab Offenders IN( IDENTS reported from the Aden Protectorate have again demonstrated the efficiency and mercy of the control exercised by the British K.A.F. over large regions of southern Arabia, writes the air correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The Ahl
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  • 218 1 KEEN COMPETITION AT BATU PAHAT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. A FEATURE of the pi.ysical drill! competition here was the physical training display given by the Malay schools of Batu Pahat District The six best squads will take part in the competition to
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  • 129 1 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Saturday. {MASTER Ernest Perera, one of two missing Penang schoolboys, has been traced to Ipoh. according to information lodged with the police by his parents and will be >>aek in Penang today. The other boy, Llm Kean Chye, son of Mr.
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  • 450 1 AIR EXPEDITION'S GREAT FEAT THE establishment of a trans- 1 Polar airline between Moscow and San Francisco is visualised fol- lowing the successful landing on an j icefloe near the North Pole by one of the planes of a secret Soviet expedition to the arctic.
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  • 199 1 Mussolini Plotted Rebellion In 1934 SENSATIONAL document alleging that Musso.'Eni was conspirii .jj with Spanish Monarchists in 1931 and had promised them arms and money to assist a restoration has come into the possession of the Spanish Government. The document. now in the archives at Valencia, will be taken [to
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  • 90 1 Le Bourget, Saturday. The famous French airmen Doret and Micheletti left at 6.06 am. today on a flight to Toklo. M. Doret was one of the participants m an air race in 1931 between two French planes from Paris to Tokio. The plane.
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    • 15 1 READY, WILLING AND ABLE WARNER BROS GRAND MUSICAL. Soon to be released WATCH FOR IT
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    • 54 1 SING ME A LOVE SONG A WARNER BROS. PRODUCTION. Don't Mias It at the Pavilion Opening May 25th Over One Thousand Gold Medals 'Cups, Diplomas Awarded to CARTERS at WORLD EXHIBITIONS NEW STOCKS ARRIVED €*xj& carnvtion. I CHOICE ENGLISH ~d&Bi#kfs VEGETABLES BEAUTIFUL GARDEN J £&yWf\ PRICE ZOcts PACKET KUALA LUMPUR
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  • 1937 2 A Singapore Windfall And A Defence Bonus"Guns Are Better Than Milk-Colonial Charity CIXGAPORE is becoming almost civilised in its ai legislation. Its taxpayers and ratepayers are actually going to spend ten thousand dollars a month en the relief of destitution. And this during the regime of a rnor
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    • 35 2 BREAD A meal in itself and an abundant source of energy. Place your order now for 'ROYAL BAKERY" BREAD. Daily deliveries of White, Brown Wholemeal or any other varieties you require. PHONE: 5376 wj>.s. ha
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  • 355 3 During Coronation Week Singapore Spent $1,000,000 By A Staff Reporter TMORE than one million dollars, it is estimated, were spent in Singapore during Coronation week. I'otels, restr.nrants and amusement parks netted close or. $60,000 during Sinaapore's gayest week. The social programme resulted in a circulation of money which, it is
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  • 160 3 FILM UNIT LEAVES FOR MALAYA "pi;: film unit which is to make a picture about the Singapore police and smuggling has left England by the N.Y.K. liner Iluruna Maru. It is due to reach Colombo tomorrow. It will make a film, "Tea Leaves in the Wind," in Ceylon before continuing
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  • 44 3 Neither coaxing with sugar cakes nor menaces wiih the whip will ever compel us to budge one Inch from the path to our goal— the security of Germany." declared General Goering in a speech opening the Duesseldorf Exhibition.
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  • 37 3 Census figures just published glv>. Buenos Aires a population of 2.271,571 representing a growth of 25 per cent, during the last 10 years and making the city the third largest in the American continent.
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  • 25 3 The Egyptian Cabinet has voted a further credit of £388.700 for strategic roads under the terms of the AngloEgyptian Treaty signed in August.
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  • 155 3 Ford Prefers Newspapers To History Books Ways, (Gal). LJENRY FORD said in an interview here he preferred newspapers to history books in modern education and not too many games during school hours. "Newspapers are the best educators." Mr. Ford said. "They arrive every day and are up to the minute."
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  • 42 3 Herr Fritz Sladener Werner, of Danzig, who set out on an attempted Channel swim from Dunkirk to the South Foreland, gave up four miles north-west of Gravelines. when he had been in the water about six and a hall hours.
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  • 68 3 FRASER Co.'s REPORT jIiIESSRS. Fraser and Co. In their daily report on the share market Issued at the close of business yesterday state that conditions in all sections ruled quiet throughout the day. The price of tin declined one dollar to $124.75 There was rather more inquiry for tin shares
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  • 76 3 Saturday, Noon. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in eases (F. 0.8.) Mar 364 36*» Good F. A. Q in bales (FOB.) May 35 5/16 35 7/ IS No. 1 K. K S. S. (Spot loose) A ward aMe Spore 36 :iii', June 36U 36?s
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  • 119 3 HABSBURG RETURN ADVOCATED Vienna. pOUNT SIGRAY, member of the Hungarian Parliament and the official representative of the Habsburgs in Germany, informed the "Weiltblatt" that the restoration of the Habsburgs was the only possible way of checking a German invasion of the Danublan area. Archduke Otto, declared the Count, was ready
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  • 20 3 April set up a record for recruiting since the Territorial Army was reconstituted after the war. 6.847 recruit? having Joined.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 759 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMA TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Today Today AlllAMBIiA: Mjicer by TttdWca" wilh H w 9 .56 a.m. 7.8 ft.: 933 p.m. Bela Uujosi. 3.15—6.1^—9.15. J 8.5 ft. < \PITOL: "Oil The Avenue" wltn Dl« L w 340 a m j.g ft.; 3. 44 p.m. Powell and The Coronat.on.
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  • 223 4 Coroner Holds Gray Was At Wheel FATAL COLLISION WITH LORR V ONBUKIT TIMAHRD. HOLDING that he believed the two Hylam boys who said that Gray was driving Mr. Charles Fraser's car at the time of the accident, Mr. W. G. MacQuarrie, the Singapore Coroner, issued
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  • 222 4 AUSTRALIAN TO BUILD U.S. WARPLANES Britain Too Busy To Supply Her "IytERELY a temporary expedient" was the description applied in London by the Australian Minister for Defence. Sir Archdale Parkhill, to the Commonwealth's plan to manufacture an aeroplane of American design the N.A. 16. He explained that Australia's orders for
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  • 37 4 Bangkok, Saturday. DULLET-PROOF waistcoats or manufacture. Surplus stork after supplying the police and costing 25 ticals are advertized for sale in the vernacular papers with a block showing the protection afforded their wearers.
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  • 83 4 Cheaper Malayan Train Fares (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. CECOND and third class fares on the F.M.S. Railways' north Malayan lines have been surprisingly reduced again, so much so that one can travel from Penang to Ipoh second class for $2.50 and third class for $1.30, where fares
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  • 109 4 SUGGESTION TO STOP FRAUD HTHE suggestion that bank books should contain a photograph of i the owner was made by Sheriff I Wilton in Glasgow Sheriff Court. Procurator Fiscal J. D. Strathern suggested that the books might have finger prints in them. Herbert Clark, a
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  • 302 4 "INFERIORITY" OF BEING •DOWN UNDER' Sydney. A SUGGESTION that Australia should not appear "upside down" on terrestrial globes for: use in the southern hemisphere is to be made to the manufac- I turers by the Government astronomer (Mr. James Nangle). "There is no reason," he said,
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  • 151 4 OLDEST BOOK ON DANCING Library Treasures Of Physicians TREASURES in the library of the College of Physicians, which included the oldest book on dancing, were shown recently to a party of 70 members of the Friends of the National Libraries. The party of visitors was headed by Sir Frederic Kenyon,
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  • 105 4 REPULSE £1,474,924 CIR Gilbert Upcott, Comptroller i*^ and Auditor-General, in his report upon the Dockyard Expense and Manufacturing Accounts for the year ended March 31, 1936, which is now issued with the accounts, states that the actual expenditure for the year was £24.648,693 or £474,775 below
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  • 128 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. fHE FM.S. Government today decrees by Gazette notification that mushrooms belong to the vegetable kingdom. Why this is so important ttas illustrated by a case before the District Officer, Parit Buntar, Perak, recently when a Chinese shop-keeper uas acquitted on
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  • 173 4 Seven Chinese On Rioting Charge ipHARGES of rioting at the Chinese Consulate-General were preferred against seven Chinese yesterday in the Singapore Second Court before Mr. W. G. Reeves. The men were Tan Kirn Toh. Ng Bok Chuan, Lee Loon Tin, Ho Ban Han. Lee Hong
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  • 126 4 An extraordinary general meeting of the Christian Brothers' Old B n yz' Singapore) Association, will be held at St. Joseph's Institution en Wednesday at 5.15 p.m. Mr. A. J. Braga will propose and Mr. F. C. James will second that the following resolution passed at the annual
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  • 30 4 Increases of expenditure totalling more than £1,000,000 for farmers' aid and relief were announced by the Egyptian Finance Minister, Makram Pasha, introducing the Budget in the Chamber.
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  • 25 4 The Cuban cruiser Cuba, on its way to England to take part in the Coronation naval review, was in collision at Lisbon.
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  • 96 4 American Charged In Singapore gAIl) to have served in the French Foreign Lcpion in Indo-China and lo have been successful in MMpfag afler live attempts, Kenny Kiihard Donnelly appeared in the Singapore third magistrate's court yesterday. Believed to be an American citizen, he
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  • 100 4 Re-opening With Ma^ic Circle Show •T-HE re-openinr: of the Victoria Theatre— the interior of which is Deing changed out of ail recognition— will take place on June 16 when the Malayan Magic Circle will stage Subtleties,"—" A Symposium of Sophisticated Sorcery." The show, which will run on four
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  • 76 4 The Police Band will play on Sunday at the Botanic Gardens at 8.30 p.m March. Light Cavalry (Hermann Starke); Overture. Story of the Overtures (Aubrey Winter): Selection. Th? Merry Widow Franz Lchan; Waltz. A Waltz Dream < Oscar Strauss^; Cornet Solos, I passed by your window (May H.
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    • 479 4 SHE WAS A HUMAN POISON FACTORY Full Of Uric Acid And Unable To Move. If all your joints were so stiff with uric acid that you thought yourself fortunate even to be ab'.e to sit all day in a chair, you would do anything to get well. This woman had
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    • 212 4 TIGER BEER UPSTAIRS FLAT (furn.) In private, wellbuilt house, off: Tanglin club. Extra large, airy and bright broom with verandah overlooking the garden. Octagon..: sitting room with ceiling fan. Dining room. Roof garden. Cool It Quiet. Tiled bathroom. L. bath (HA) Highly recommended Cook, Tennis, Garage. Servants qrs. Box No.
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  • 229 5 HONG KONG CRIME HAS INCREASED Because Of LACK OF, EMPLOYMENT HIGH PRICE OF RICE BAN ON GAMBLING /"iII.MK has been steadily increasing in Hong Kong during the last ten years, particularly during the last two. Lack of employment and the high price of rice have been causes as well as
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  • 72 5 TUATIVES at Salisbury. Rhodesia, were about to hold a harvest festival and placed c'?ht large pots of beer in the middle of a field, but fed when :i herd of elephants raided the crop. One elephant sampled the beer, of which he so approved that he
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  • 275 5 LUNATIC FOUND CHAINED TO BEDSTEAD SENT TO HOSPITAL ON RELEASE IJO'.V a man had been fastened to 1 a bed with heavy chains for over six years by members of his I family and how he was accidentally discovered by officers of the combination, the Landhoff-Corry Duo, is providing the
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  • 188 5 Paris. DOLICE action is to be taken in Paris against collectors whose innocent hobby is costing the city an annual sum that has just been computed at Fr.15,000. It may be the depression and the high-cost of rare postage stamps, or il may be the
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  • 42 5 Tlie latest world non-stop gliding record has been made in Moscow by a Rlldcr-pllot named Rastorguyev. who flew 534 kilometres <332>, 2 miles in 7 hours 43 minutes, thus beating the world record previously set up by a German pilot.
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  • 39 5 Fit teen forest fires in Northern Saskatchewan are threatening the destruction of millions of feet of firstclass spruce, and It is feared that lack of rain will turn all timber lands oi the North -West Into tinder.
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  • 31 5 500- VOLT EELS I capable of electrocuting men have been found in the Brazilian jungle by three American scientists. A few of the largest specimens cm generate up to 500 volts.
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  • 337 5 FOLLOWING clo-sely on the heels^ of Cedric and Arlinda, light-, footed Texans who are dancing their \v{.y round the world, a new world. new combination, the Landhoff-Corry Duo, is providing the current floor show at Raffles Hotel. Corry part of the duo
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  • 226 5 Poaching Shell In The South Seas GOVERNMENT SHIP GIVES CHASE Sydney. Z7RED JONES, a trader on Vanikoro Island, Southern Solomons, in a letter received in Sydney relates how early last month the occupants of a Jap- 1 anese sampan opened flre on a number of natives
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  • 126 5 TTHE painters are in the Parrot House at the London Zoo at least they are there every other half-hour during the day. When they began painting they were able to put up with the noise for long periods, but now they take it in turns to
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  • 145 5 Woman M.P. Asks About "De-icers" MRS. TATE (C, Frome) asked the Under-secretary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon. In the Commons lf the flying-boat Caprlcornus. which crashed in France, was fitted with "de-icers." Sir Philip replied that it was not. Mrs. Tate.— Why not? They have been the regulation
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  • 82 5 Buy Your Dog A New Licence II you don't buy a new licence for your pomeranian, or fox terrier, or daschund or whatever your dog is. by July, it is liable to be shot. Of course, if Nathaniel Gubblns had his way it would be the dogowners he would shoot.
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  • 433 5 'THE funeral took place yesterday at Bukit Brown of Mr. Chua Boon Im. a Straits-born Chinese merchant who died last Tuesday at the age of 55. Mr. Chua Boon Im was managing director of Boon Seng Co., Ltd., and had been trading in the Colony
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  • Three Weddings
    • 289 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lur~pur, Saturday. 'TllE Selangor Residency, manor of the British Resident, was the scene of a wedding reception this evening, after Miss Eleanor Sawday. whc had just arrived in Malaya in the P. and O. Naldera, was married to Mr. David Mathews, a
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    • 560 6 Choir Leaves Church To Meet Bridal Party (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. ,THE choir came out of St. Marys j Church this afternoon to meet the bride in the wedding of Miss Jessie Moyce and Mr. Ronald Dickson Brummitt, which took place here. Singing Praise My Soul the
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    • 82 6 Cathedral Of Good Shepherd Wedding "THE wedding took place yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd of Mr. F. C. J. Winkeler. son ol Mr. and Mrs. Winkeler, of Hoorn, Holland, and Miss E. E. Schlick. daughter of Mrs. Schlick. of Holland. Father N. Maury took the service. The
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  • 234 6 1,500- YE AR-OLD TOMB OF VISIGOTH KING Believed Found In River Bed pROM Cosenza, in Southern Italy, comes news of a search for the burial place of Alaric, the grea*. Visigothic King, who died in 410 AD. When the king died, his people determined that his grave should be hidden
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  • 32 6 Representatives of 13 nations, in- eluding Great Britain, will take part in the 11th world congress of milk pro- ducers and dealers in Berlin, from Aug. 22 to 28.
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  • 247 6 Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against "Rubbishing Imitations' The really marvellous effect! of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder in all cases of stomach trouble nave led to (the introduction of cheap substitutes J Many sufferers who have been cured i feel it their duty to warn other sufferers to guard against accepting
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  • 281 7 Handsome German Who Has With Him A Full Dress Suit COMPANION IS A 'MAN FRIDAY' 23,000 Miles In Six Years Handsome in the Barrymore style, a German canoeist who is coming to Singapore from Rangoon shortly is bringing with him A full dress suit,
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  • 78 7 Japan's Eyes On Dutch New Guinea IAI'AN has its eves on Dutch New Guinea, which is still largely undeveloped. An application by Japan to Holland for the permanent lease of land in Dutch New Guinea on which to settle surplus i-se population and to produce raw materials is believed to
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  • 134 7 CHILDREN GET HOLIDAY WHEN SINGAPORE R.A.F. MAN MARRIES U/HEN Fiisht-Lieut. C. E. Morse, of the Royal Air Force Ftation. niPd recently in the m District of Victoria. Australia, to Miss Patricia Shaw, daughter of a wealthy sheep farmer, the children at the little school at Digby were given a half-holiday--to
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  • 73 7 DEATH THREAT SENT TO GINGER ROGERS Chicago. 1 1 IJOLLOWING letters threatening th? I liie of Ginger Rogers, famous dancing star ol the films. G-Men have arrested eighteen-year-old John Buzas. They say he demanded £100 and sent a photograph of himself on which he had writt?n: "Take a good look
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  • 252 7 CHINA STATION CORONATION MEDALS MANY British naval officers on the China Station have been awarded the King George VI Coronation medal. Payr. Cdr. < tempy. Pay Capt.) Norn-.ar. Hugh 8.-a!l. 0.8. E., II MS. Cumoerland: I Cdr. Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson. H.M.S. Cumbc:iand: Engr. CJr. Chares Georje Guy Sindery. H.M.S.
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  • 56 7 The Hague. A SUIT by t:>;' Netherlands against Belgium has opened before the Permanent Court of International Justice. Pleadings began in the cas? in which the Netherlands accuses Belgium of controlling the flow of water in the River Mouse in such a way as to endanger the level
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    • 168 7 I. J GRAND CORONATION OFFERS OF STAMP COLLECTIONS. dif: stamps for 55»9: ::iO dif: $3.00. .'OO dif: $1.50. Post F.\tra. The above lots contain genuine Stamps including Jubilee, Coronation. Various Air Mall stamps. Commemorative. Centenary. Olymp.c games. Portraits ol Kings, Queens. Statesmen, Explorers, etc. Beautiful and attractive sceneries of Boating.
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    • 145 7 NEAR LONDON Letchworth Hall Hotel I.etchworth, Herts. This 17th Ceatury Manor House, com- pletely modernised will be ready for visitors on Mar. 1, 1937. Central Heating; H. C. water throughout; quiet and eomiortable 18 hole Golf Course within 50 yards: 2 hard and grass Tennis Courts: 2 new Squash Racket
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    • 171 7 S LONDON t AILS INSIST KXTLY and rnjoj at either HOTEL RUBENS Buefcinsnam Palace Koaa. lacin? Buckingham Palace f or HOTEL VJgT^k REMBRANDT /2M^? South Kensington. S.W. /?^&OV facing the Victoria and W Albert M.iseum Every attention in pleasing surroundings PKRKK.t I QUUTI m riUSE COMKOKTABLE HOTELS WITH ACKNOWLEDGED RENOWNCI)
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 604 7 Today's Radio Programmes SINGAPORE a.m. 11.30 Pianoforte recital by Rudolf Serkin. Gramophone records. Sonata In F. Minor. Beethoven. 12.00 noon LJsht orchestral music, played by Tanglin Club Orchestra, under direction of Rex Allen. Relayed !rom Tanglin Club. M.rry Wives of Windsor. Overture. Nicolai. Frithcrn Roses. Waltz. Strauss. Violin solo Mint
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    • 950 7 arr. Moftat). Nocturne In Mists (Edwin 5.05 Hitler Youth programme. Gray). Callncrle (Ferraris). Drink to 5.35 Close down. me Only <arr. QuJltei/. My Lord Deli- 1 -.ONE i vered Daniel (Colcri:lge-Taylor> B»r- DJB 15 .2* Me s (19 7pi t reuse (Jarnefelt). Menuet (Debtusy). DJE 17. 7« Mr i HbS
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  • 1419 8  -  By NICHOLAS GRANT How London Police Analysts Work DEOPLE talk of the wond- ers of Scotland Yard, where thousands of finger prints and photographs of half the rogues of the world are carefully tabulated and filed away. But Scotland Yard is dull by comparison with
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  • 649 8  - My Friend THE CAT By DENIS O'BRIEN THE ancient Egyptians held tic cat In gieul awe, mal it must be admitted that there is something odd and aloof about even our modern domestic family cats. In England and Ireland today, it is estimated that there are over 7,000.000 cats. If
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  • Article, Illustration
    64 8 IN the quaint old Cornish town of Helston. the famous Furry Dance, danced to the strains of the Floral dance, was performed this v*ar as frcm time immemorial, through the streets of the town to the to«n band Officials in top hats with their ladies in their best array heralded
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  • 155 8 £1,810,000 SCHEME yilE first cf several Li-.-scaie j schemes for rebuilding considerable areas of the East End of t London is to be consider?-! hv a remmittee of the L.C.C. This scheme deals with the redevelopment of 46 acres ci the northern part of Bcthnal
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  • 24 8 About 200 pilgrims have died from cholera while returning from a religious festival in the Colmbatore district in South T ndia.
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    • 480 8 THOUSANDS OF "HUMAN WRECKS" ffg|| y j m k 1 nL. '*l T i WmoamJ Wlb£*^ Crippled by ttiff, locked, inflamed ibtuqitic I oc arthritic jotnta and rauaclet i I j V A mCS\ nckcd with pain; omr well WiF*- becaua* of the uric and other acida which were M
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  • 637 9  -  MR. Leong Sin Nam, who received an Honorary 0.8. E. in the Malayan Coronation Honours, is an excellent example of the dual loyalty of overseas Chinese mentioned by Dr. H. H. Kung on arrival in London. Although he has lived in Malaya for more than thrc decades,
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  • 1539 9 From The Sunday Times London Woman Correspondent London, May 13. AFTER months of eager anticipation, the great Coronation Day has come and has pasted. Yet London will not take down its decorations, nor will its visitors depart, for weeks to come. Our guests' reactions to
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    • 134 9 MALAYAN JINGLES 105 RAI\ (EXCESS OF) iiolets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh, nor groic again (I) And cricketers harsh things will say When foiled so often Rain stopped play Welcome the gentle rain from heaven (2) By night (not morning) eleven. Raine in th'aire, from earth to highest
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    • 211 9 \\l«l\CM 0W Verichrome is famous (or helping you to get good resulu. This is because it has two comttngi of emulsion a fast emulsion to catch detail in shadows and in poor light, and a daw one to present- detail In high-Ugtm or when you ovcr-cx.iose. No other film Is
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  • 653 10 Strong Comment By High Court Judge ARMS CONVICTION IS QUASHED 'THE deprivation of an accused person of something which he is by law entitled to as of right appears to me to be more than a mere irregularity of procedure. And even if it
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  • 177 10 Washington. REPRESENTATIVE Karl Stefan. Republican of Nebraska, in an address sponsored by the National Council for the Preven-| tion of War, deplored the expen-j ture of $20,000,000 annually on the American Army in the Philippines. He urged that General .Mac-Arthur, who is to serve
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  • 50 10 Turin, Italy. Traffic was blocked for twenty minutes here when Mario Disalle. 33 years of age, jumped off his bicycle, rapidly undressed, put a match to his clothes and bicycle and danced around the bonfire stark naked until two carablnleri took him away to a hospital.
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  • 417 10 'Pennies From Heaven A New Version PRESS PRAISED BY SPEAKER Empire Delegates Entertained ENGLISHMEN THROW MONEY INTO VIENNA STREET TWO Englishmen described as, "landowners," whose names are suppressed by the police, completely disorganised traffic in Vienna's fashion centre, the Kaerntnerstrasse, while amusing themselves one Saturday night. At one o'clock in
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  • 42 10 A wedding of considerable interest to badminton enthusiasts took place at the Hokklen Hoay Kuan. Taiping, at the week-end when Mr. Foo Chong Hal, the State badminton player, was married to Miss Khoo Sin Ean. Mr. Toh Eng Hoe. J.P.. M.S.C officiated.
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  • 232 10 To Be Celebrated This Year BY THE SUNDAY TIMLS SHII'I'ING CORRESPONDENT THE centenary ot tho P. and O. ship- ping company will bp celebrated ir September this year. It was in September. 1837 that the company began its service with tn<- steamer Wil.'iam Fawcett. a
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    • 449 10 Ulllll|!|lllll))lll!lil!lfll!l!l!!lll!!!l!Illl!l!II!H)ni!!illllll EfSH MADE IN NINE B B* Wl DELICIOUS Jj/p&f&M ■if |T|l H FLAVOURS A BThT*lL*<^^b! CHIVERS JELLY CRYSTALS This it the ideal dish to put colour and sparkle into ordinary everyday menus. And of course everybody likes Chivers Jellies they're so cool and refreshing— more than that they are
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  • 525 11 NEWSPAPERMAN'S TWENTY YEARS ON THE SPOT WHEN HISTORY WAS MADE I Found No Peace." By Webb Miller. Gollar.cz. 12s. 6d. net. IN an early chapter of hi.s book Mr. Webb Miller says: "I was totally unfitted by temperament and environment for the career on which I
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  • 412 11 AMAZING LIFE OF LORD GEORGE GORDON ■ha Strange History of Lord C^.rge Gordon. By Percy ('ofcon. Robert Hate. 12s. Gd. STRANGEST among the many nd individual characters cf XVIIIth Century Engluid je Gordon, youngest son ot the Duke of Gordon. Mr. Colsan interesting bio;raphy of this ainazlne man upon •mortal
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  • 334 11 BRUTAL BLANKS, FEW PRIZES The Bruiser. By Jim Tully. Michael Joseph. 7s. Cd. p*EW very lew glittering prizes; many and brutal blanks. That sums up the business cf fighting, as was i never more forcefully told than in this j vigorous, vivid story of a professional
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  • 270 11 The Oat and the Curate. By Charles Gilson. Melrose. 7s. Gd. Cay Prelude By Christian Folkard. Robert Hale. ~,s. lid rE lady who turned into a fox was not half such a trial to her hus- band as the sleek and unmoral pussy i who
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  • 154 11 Ninety in the Shade. By A. R. and K. K. Wf.ke, Ward Lock's Library. THIS story of a much-tried "compa- nion" is distinguished by a delightful and natural heroine. Isabel Lang is neither a raving beauty nor a bluestocking, but a normal intelligent, good-looking and not too
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  • 359 11 DEPARTMENT Z TAKES ON ANOTHER JOB Carriers of Death. By John Crease; Ask no Questions. By I.yn Dean. Melrose. 7s. 6d. JLIIV. Creasey has thought up an original idea for his latest story of De;irtment Z. and its redoubtable chief. Craigie. A mysterious force, backed by unlimited funds and devoid
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    • 107 11 NEW BOOKS JUST RECEIVED! Sapper Price 1.00 Hal kM .;do_ U: mmond novel since I A MINOR OPE;\TION' by J. J. CoruilnpLcn 3.00 •THE DUMB <;OL)S SPEAK" by E. Phtlli-- O.rx-nhciin 3.»0 111E MAN O. A GHOST' by P. C V.r P. 00 THE DAN. ON' I) Mtn 200 1
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    • 793 11 Few exercises are so beneficial ms Swimming. But to enjoy Jfr-—"^*^ 0 b V^ ***<i\ swimming you should be fit. To I S ovv ir«^* v -hs YJx-*- I^^i^'j be fit— to keep fit— you should 1 drink a regular glass of bubbly A^^^^^^itttril Andrews. Pleasant-tasting and g^^^CT^PW?sl refreshing, Andrews
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  • 238 12 Later Mail Closing When New Airport Is Opened? THE opening of the now civil airport at Kallang next month should shorten the mail time to Europe and Australia by half a day. Mails will close only an hour or so before
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  • 63 12 A MATEUR photographers in Singapore had their busiest time in years during the Coronation celebrations. With the city gaily illuminated, with the many processions and with the colourful scenes made by the national dresses of the thousands of spectators cameras were clicking all day and night. The
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  • 116 12 BIGGEST SHARK CAUGHT WITH ROD REEL Sydney. THE biggct shark ever caught with a rod and reel was captured off Sydney Heads by Dr. Erik Fischer, Consul for Denmark in Sydney. It was a tiger shark weighing 1.049 pounds, which is 13 pounds mere than the shark caught by Mr.
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  • 92 12 YEAR'S RECEIPTS £120,000 HIGHER Monte Carlo. "T^HE general meeting of the share- holders of the Societe des Bains de Mer. the company controlling Monte Carlo Casino and other undertakings in the Principality, was held recently. The gross receipts for the year ended Mar. 31 were approximately £593.--350.
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  • 171 12 CURLY HAIR IS MADE TABOO Girls Who Are "Too Bewitching" Peiping. 'THE authorities of the Vi Chiao Middle School have issued an order forbidding their students to curl their hair. In school, the proclamation says, students should devote their full attention to their studies instead of
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  • 132 12 Whampoa River To Be Dredged Till: Canton Dally Sun reports that the dredging o f the Whampoa River will be started by the Netherlands Harbour Works on July 1. Though recently a site in thei Fhekpai suburb of Canton wasj rhosen by the Canton Government! for
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  • 50 12 Shanghai Torch Singer To Appear In Films Hollywood. THE Chinese torch singer, Diana Toy, has signed a contract to appear in the R.K.O. production "New Faces of 1937." Miss Toy arrived from Shanghai in January and Leigh Jason, the director, discovered her singing in a night club revue.
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  • 163 12 Tokio. THE Emperor of Japan has conferred honours on two London bank onieials in "appreciation of their many years services in the promotion of financial relations between Japan and Great Britain." The two men are Mr. Frederick L. Sutton and Mr. Thomas R. Parry, who have
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  • 33 12 Toklo. The directors of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Japan's largest shipping con- I cern, have voted a ten per cent. In- '< crease In the wages of the firms 13,129 employees.
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  • 74 12 Warsaw. ARRANGEMENTS have been com- pletod for the sale of the Gdynia Wharf Co.. the majority of wnose shares were held by the city of Gdynia, to a Katowice combine. The city will receive its original purchase price for the shares with the addition of a
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    • 290 12 The STRAITS TIMES GROUP SPECIAL FREE TIN SUPPLEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON MAY 28 th SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE STRAITS TIMES 4 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS daily TIMES OF MALAYA PUBLICATIONS PINANG GAZETTE 1 his Supplement will contain articles covering PRODUCTION MARKETING AND CONSUMPTION OF TIN, TIN SHARES Oi. f der Your
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    • 75 12 ijeaU i& (fetch a7tain ...AND HE MISSED IT! v permanent income B ,^P for life, commenci"S at age 50, 55 J4 or 6- tt.is -oiipon now RcpreseßUllTM. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co KuU Lumpur Hong Kong Ban* Chambers. S'pon J H. Clery. 5. Java Street. Please srnd me full particulars
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  • 1192 13  -  By Nathaniel Gubbins London, May 9. T*HE Coronation will be rather a flop to at leaat one loyal patriot. He is an admiral who has discovered that a lot of people are flying the Union Jack upside down. I counted twenty-four Union Jacks flying the wrong
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    • 294 13 New China Optical Co., (Manufacturing Opticians) :NEW ADDRESS: No. 71, HIGH STREET, 1 Singapors Phone 3786. HORSE AND CATTLE FEEDS. FODDER FOR HORSES. Oaten ard Wheaten Chaff Whole OacvCrushed Oats— Oaten Hay— Lucerne Hay— Timothy Hay etc.— AT COMPETITIVE PRICES. Enquinet $olictii. TONG LAM CO., 183— A. CecU Street, Singapore.
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    • 316 13 J&r COLD H i^Bl 4uf l<f now serve( L i P^k. v v "^j /7 r"N During the hot tropical days you will find T*iZ^9 H^r^l-flt that a gIaSS f Ovaltine served cold— is <_/ COWI OtVXC JmC-CLLT JI as delicious as it is health-giving and 7 fT\l sustaining. with,
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    • 398 13 CONTRACT BRIDGE A SOMEWHAT unusual swing By THE FOUR ACES hand occurred in a recent M M Cavendish Club Duplicate. It pro- At the table where Harold Colvln duced a variety of scores. The sat South, he obtained the contract North and South players held all tor four spades, whereupon
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  • 594 14 The Straits Times Totidem Verbis The Mata-Matas EDITORIAL. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore IUOW the period of celebrations,! with parades, processions and other events inevitably assembling crowds, is over, let tribute be paid where it is generously due. Let everyone spare a word of thanks and appreciation for
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  • 946 14 Grandmother's Needlework By Victor Purcell Singapore Salvo VII gRANDMOTHER sits at the door of the shophouse doing needlework. She is sitting in a crouched up position and holds the embroidery frame on her knees. The narrow pavement abuts on the door and it is made a covered in passage way
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  • 516 14 FILM SOCIETY SUGGESTED IT is time the farce of denying Singapore cinemagoers intelligent films ceased. Censorship which presents abnormal difficulties in Singapore has robbed filmgoers here of seeing such fine films as "Green Pastures," a provocative Negro "spiritual," and "The General Died at Dawn,"
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    • 632 14 for all Optical Requirement*. Rinc 4310 /rJ with V\^ /f\i/\ T° H Precision A ffW\ Lenses. II II COMPORT STYLt VvW7 WITH \^TO.H.FUL-VUEhum£s/ Nl ATAN,OOL.rt N AO-y/ /T//£OPr/CAL //OUSt 1 £v Court /t> S STAMFORD #D. S/V6AROR£. A DEGREE; In Accountancy Secretarysnip. Coet Accountancy. Shipplnß Banking. Insurance or Book-k-entait essential
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    • 40 14 The New World Cabaret TEA DANCfc (ADMISSION KKtll TIIURS MITKIHI SI'MDAV W I m DINNER DANCES (ADMISSION M CTS.) EVERT MC.in FROM 9 P.M. IO MIDNIGHT Pi A NO TUNING KEPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74. Orchard Rd
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    • 32 14 THE SOUTH PACIFIC LINE inaugurates a new and direct route lo NEW ZEALAND NO TRANSHIPMENTS. NEXT SAILING FROM SINGAPORE: m.v. "MAETSUYCKER" 15th June For particulars apply to X.P.M. LINE, Finlayson Green, SINGAPORE.
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  • 494 15 Improvement Trust Takes Another Forward Step With Completion Of New Block Of Flats (By A Staff Reporter) \yiTH the completion of 'he second block of the Singapore Improvement Trust's flats on the Trust estate at Tiong Kahru, a further step forward has been taken
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  • 225 15 'HOW CLERKS BALANCE THEIR BUDGETS" To the Editor oi the Sunday Times. AST Sunday I experienced a tre- mendous earthquake, or rattier a shock similar to. if not greater than that of an earthquake, when I read in The Sunday Times, the three letters concerning the balancing of budgcis by
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  • 24 15 Denis* I.esurre, 35, fell more than 450 ft. to her death from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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  • 106 15 CEREMONY ON JULY 31 Cairo. rE coronation of King Farouk of Egypt will take place on July 31. In contrast with former ceremonies, it will be held with much pomp and splendour. The ceremony will take place in the Rifai Mosque, and will be
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  • 81 15 PRINCE MICHAEL'S MOTOR-BOAT SPEED OF 37 M.P.H. Prague. IV*- Hodza, the Czechoslovak Pre- mier. has presented to Crown Prince Michael of Rumania a motorboat made by the Skoda armament works, such as other boys of his age hardly venture to dream of. It has a six-cylinder motor. hich enables It
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  • 267 15 I IEUTENANT-General John Greer 1-1 Dill, Colonel of the East Lancashire Regiment, and since last September General Officer Commanding British Forces in Pales-, tine and Trans-Jordan, will in j October succeed General the Hon i Sir J. Francis Gathorne-Hardy as: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command. There
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    • 102 15 Sll A r Q FOR EVERY USE PURPOSE f nUkd FOR EVERY TASTE PURSE' _*^^rfl SPECIAL LEATHER v. W SOLES SOLES. .~~£ggl^St^ Wh.tc canvas uppers for X imart distinctive wear. *>*~ ~30^m% I $i.!»o— s?.ie m Caiivas brown or black gM _m<9^ 9437-26 J itather combination S^^V^^ uppers. ,^^MsT^'- x
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    • 78 15 fed on Cow Gate are Happy because J^' y they are Healthy. The stream of Life runs vigorously in their veins their bodies are strong .^^^P and muscular— they arc vital and active even in the ■tfl heat. And "Smiler," the little King of Health, says to all Mothers r
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  • 203 16 Says A Tourist From Australia SINGAPORE'S O TOIRIST FACILITIES, I.l()l'OR LAWS. TROLLEY BUSES. are things which impress overseas visitors, especially those from Australia. Wherever I went I found the tourist business so wonderfully developed that it amounted almost to a fine art," a prominent
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  • 185 16 U H. ti*e Sultan of Perak, H.H. the Raja Perempuan. the Raja di-Hilir, and suite motored from Kuala Kangsar to Taiplng, to see the Chinese Coronation lantern procession from a pavilion specially erected by the Chinese community for his use in front of the
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  • 249 16 JAVA CHINESE AVIATOR ENTERTAINED A COMPLIMENTARY dinner was given by the directors of the China United Assurance Society at their Apartment Building on Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, to Mr. Khouw Kee Hien and his travelling companion and co-pilot Mr. Tan Gan Gie. Mr. Khouw is one of the leading merchants
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  • 69 16 Copenhagen. I^ING Christian of Denmark has announced that he has sanctioned the betrothal of Princess Feodora, eldest daughter of his second brother. Prince Harald. The princess will marry Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, who is a son of the King's late sister. Princess Louise of Denmark,
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  • 35 16 Hollywood. Wllhclm Henie. father of Sonja Henle. world Ice skating champion. >- .«s died from a blood <•'- on the lung. His wife, Sonja and the cinema star Tyrone Power were at hla bedside.
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  • 69 16 A CHINESE custom 3,000 yecr.t old has survived time and is still practised in Singapore today. It is a way of asking the god' Jot guidance. On a table in a Singapore Chinese temple rests a wooden -made dragon's head which at the invocation of worshippers, writhes
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  • 245 16 CLAIM OF INDIAN VISITOR TO SINGAPORE A MAN who claims to have solved the mystery of the Indian rope trick passed through Singapore last week on his way to the Pan-Pacific Exhibition at Nagoya. He will then probably go to England where he^ hopes to demonstrate
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  • 113 16 FAMOUS SURGEON DIES IN TAXICAB ;QIR Geoi ow. CA. Iftc ciiii tinguished Harlcy Street ear. nose and throat specialist, collaps- td and died in a taxicab In London. j He had taken the taxicab at OxI lord Circus to drive to Waterloo Station. When the cab arrived
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    • 164 17 COME IN AND HEAR NEW MODEL OF Westingnohse Stewart Warner RADIOS OF 7, 8, Iw 12 TUBE MODELS In, ..rpAratinic 6Lti Beam power amplifier tubes and Copper Phototone speakers. DEMONSTRATIONS ARRANGED FOR HERMAN A. DE VRY TALKIE PROJECTORS AMPLIFIERS. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM I SING HIGH-FIDELITY AMPLIFIERS. CRYSTAL AND CONDENSER MICROPHONES
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    • 297 17 Gleaming White Teeth and an Attractive Smile This Antiseptic Dental Cream Makes Dull, I Stained Teeth Attractive KOLYNOS is a scientific WKf^X formula originated by ■Ty vfc^ :^s famous dentist. It gives a i WV |1 1 thorough germicidal j »vj^ /I J cleansing to teeth and gums j (\V|
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 596 17 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MONEY PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD ENTHUSIASTS OUR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly, the $100 will be awarded in respect of the
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  • 659 18 Implications In Official Reich Pamphlet THAT Germany would be prepared to go to war to regain the colonies taken from her by the Treaty of Versailles seems to be the implication lying behind various remarks in a small book just published by H.
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  • 17 18 Tin- "Photo Tray" and the "Phut > Lamp" arc Rood places for your choice snapshots.
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  • 434 18 Put Your Pictures To Work INASMUCH as the purpose of a photograph is to be looked at, did it ever occur to you that keeping prints of lovely pictures in a desk drawer, in a box or on the shelf of a closet, as too many amateurs do, utterly defeats
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  • 100 18 Wellington (N.Z.). TUST as the leaders of a party of 19 climbers had reached the summit of Mount Trent for the first time in history one of the climbers slipped on some ice. Two others, who were roped to him, were dragged down, and the
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  • 206 18 Official Physician To Police Paris. A JIDGMENT of the SaintQucntin Court has put an end to the extraordinarily successful career of a doctor who had the one weak point of being without academic qualifications. After the Great War, in which he was wounded three times and
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  • 116 18 CO far no notice of the number of Buddhist monasteries, nunneries, temples etc. has been taken by the Chinese Government authorities, but, as the number is considerable, it Is n p jitect that th i China Buddhist Society, with the object of ascertaining the exact situation,
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  • 41 18 Herman Lam: of Cermany, driving a Mercedes Bcnz, set up a new record in -he Tripoli Grand IMx motor race, covering the 327 2 miles in 2 hours 27 minutes 57 seconds, and averaging 137 mi'es an hour.
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    • 833 18 sssssW t" Q BLOWS, brittle ana Mk |L o V falls never announce their coming- but Ij.lJ LH k^LssV. -CLr* with Sloan's Liniment sim S handy you are ready for 1 BT^iTbT' 3k these bruise-makers. p A Immediately after the accident pat Sloan's Cj gvntly on the painful y» spot.
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  • 651 19 Max Factor's Advice Perhaps Your Trouble Is Answered Here JXEAR Mr. Factor I have a very dry skin, and even though I take excellent care of it and use skin and tissue cream systematically, my make-up is flakey when I put it on. Is there something I
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  • 624 19 FURNISHING a room for twins has resulted in many delightful night nursery schemes in which the grown-up's bed is sandwiched between two cots. Wardrobe cupboards, one in each corner of the room, and long chests of drawers stretching across one side of the room
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    • 404 19 At Vogue 9 si MAIDEN FORM "SOCIAL SEASON" BRASSIERES. Vu tvtninq (9zcs:uu /woe FOR H Gil WAISTI.II REGENCY UNES KOR CLASSIC GRECIAN OITLINES FOR I Mil I BOOKED PARTY-GOWNS 1 KOR tO< KTAIL PROMENADE" AND TEA-PARTY GOWNS 42 KINDS OF MAIDENFORM IPLIFTS far lw well defined curve* of fashion FASHION
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    • 410 19 has a special display of the < ffl{ifl*\^*-*-** o^~ CHINAWARE received during the Q > veek says: Tea sets, dinner sets, coffee sets, soup bowis etc. Make-up must 18 BATTERY RD. IV4 A TT" r-4 Ist Floor. Phone :i«3. iVI /A 1 V^ll A MODERN AGE DEMANDS LOXIT F dumnmSmT
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  • 96 20 r T*O make this compote, 'ipe some sticks of rhubarb .nd cut them into lengths of about two Inches. Then make a syrup with sugar and water and add to it a piece of dried whole ginger, which gives the compote a good flavour. Put the pieces of
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  • 603 20 The New Striped Jackets Are The Descendants Of College Blazer niRECT descendants of college blazers are the new striped jackets to wear over skirts of plain material. The new jackets are not so shapeless as the blazers of yesteryear. But the colours are similar, though the materials are quite different.
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    • 308 20 J^F w *r fl wh *k T*lM> soft white straw hat witli a peaked brim is designed hy C'halmaux. It is trimmed with soft chiffon bands artistically twisted and falling gracefully down the back. Love-Hungry Woman's P^l For Romance *J***S' y jink down into the pores and bring to the
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    • 142 20 f*ffi Gay With 7^7 Flowers IT is not only young- A^"-* X Itjl looking, evening \f/ M dresses which are -\rmi r\. A made from organdie 'JjjHwC 4 21 As you see here, so- J\ l*T phisticatcd dres s c s fll. frn m^m look very important ll /(i\ when
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    • 287 20 CHEAP SALE for 16 DAYS ONLY NOW ON BEST VALUE IN IK OFFERED IN THE BIGUEST VARIETIES AND STYLES OF LADIES I'NDEKWEAR KMBKOIDERED LINENS. CMNUI CURIOS. PEKING JEWELLERY. CAMPHOR WOOD BOXES. LAMP SHADES etc.. etc. VISIT US TODAY AND HAVE THE BEST P'CK HSU BROS. 169. Orchard Road opp. LEE
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  • 33 21 Becoming Dress For The Matron A SMALL »Urpatterned crepe fashions this becoming dres* for the matron. It has a whit* rrepe collar and neat jabot. The model is by Marshall and SneU grove.
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  • 583 21 The Care Of Your Dog— X OARASITES cause dogs a great deal of suffering and discomfort and as they are. with one exception, comparatively easy to exterminate there is no excuse for their continued presence. The exception mentioned is the parasite of follicular mange, which, fortunately, is not very common;
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  • 1034 21  - Why Not An Evening Off For Wives Each Week? BY GWENDOLIN PITKIN AN evening off for wives One night a week when they cease to be glorified servants, nursemaids and housekeepers rolled into one and beco~ie individuals again free to go where they please Let the man stay at home
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  • 134 21 HT-HESE are a Wiltshire, Dorset j and Hampshire delicacy. Boil j 12 eggs for 12 minutes; dip them into cold water and take off the i shells; boil a quart of vinegar for I a quarter of an hour, with 2 oz. I each of black pepper
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  • 62 21 IF some boiled parsnips are left I 1 over after a meal they may be I ;ised up to advantage in the following way as a sandwich filling mash them to a smooth pulp, season them with pepper md salt, and add a little Parmesan or other grated
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  • 26 21 "DRINTEMPS embossed carioca is chosen for this charming ensemble with a dainty posy of flowers at the neckline. The model is by Violet Yorke.
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  • 255 22 Abdul Rahman Scores j Three Goals For Services •From Our Own Correspondent) Soganmt. Thursday. ON a water-logged ground, the Governnu-.i*. S"rvices. last year's league champions who are likely to repeat their successes this year, scored a runaway soccer victory over the Police by fire goals to
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  • 455 22 Thousand Men And Women Taking Part (From Our Own Correspondent.) THE Johore Chinese will be holding their third Olympic meet on Juno 17. 18 and 19. This year the venue will be at Kluang. The meeting should enable the Johore selection committee to choose the
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  • 70 22 Seremban Ceylonese pho^sraphed 3t the Coronation dinner they held at the Seremban R«st House Group photograph taken at the Negri Sembil&n Club Coronation tea pa.ty. Seated in the centre is Mr G. L. Ham. President of the Ne?ri Scmbiian Club. A. pholograph taken at the
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  • 148 22 Dirty Play In Johore Football REFEREES MUST BE MORE STRICT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. DOUGH tactics in Johore fcx ♦ball have come to be regarded a good means to secure a victory. Unless drastic steps are taken by the referees football in Johore will become a dangerous game. During
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  • 197 22 BUSY CRICKET TIME FOR BATU PAHAT i From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. THE Batu Pahat Cricket Club will have a busy time for the rest 01 the month The return match against Muar will b? played on May 28 at Muar. The local team Is expected to put up
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  • 95 22 i From Our Own Correspondents Johore Bahru. AT a meeting of the Johore Chinese Football Association held at Johore Bahru the following managing committee was appointed t* make the necessary arrangements to send a team to compete in the annual Johore Chinese athletic sports to
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  • 130 22 From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bat.ru. IT is understood that the failure of the Medical Sports Club to turn up on three successive occasions to fulfil their engagements will be considered at the next committee meeting of the J.B.D.F.A. The opposing teams. Customs, Police and
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    • 343 22 Indigestion Gone in 5 minutes i Read this letter, sent by an old sufferer: '■For the past two years I have suffered irom indit'rstion. During that time I have tried many remedies, some of which were fairly eood, others entirely been ieft to your nnio to render me the *reaG
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    • 148 22 jjflHttHpPt ijj,;, Yvonne'* lyr nervT S l n dig 0 «Uon, C ar^« te B _^*^^Bk^a^a^^aV^a^Bem^» Lnl 4tMvW Who is there that would not rely on the great- pation— creates sound, healthy appetite. It forti- £^§§g^3> est rote of confidence ever given to a cereal food fies the system, builds
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  • 1481 23 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES MALACCA CORRESPONDENT lyiß. DANIEL K. C. LJM sends me iTI the 12th annual report of the Malacca Government and Municipal Servants' Co-operative Thrilt and Loan Society, Ltd. presented at the annual general meeting held on Wednesday evening at the High School
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  • 431 23 Malacca 's Cricket Standard •THE Sclangor-Malacca cricket 1 fixture played during the weekend offered a criterion by which to judge the standard of local cricket. I will confine my notes to i\!alacca's performances only. Though Malacca suffered an innings defeat, she was by no means disgraced. C A de Vries.
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  • 2042 24 Dracula And Sauntress Provide Upsets And Both Pay $43 TTHK curtain WM iung down on the Singapore summer race mecling yesterday with the conclusion of th? second day's races of the Singapore Turf Club Skye meeting. The weather was bright and (here was a
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  • 142 24 Points P. W. L W Is' Inr., L. Ist Inn. Ad Possible Obt: Sussex 5 4-1 75 63 Gloucester 4 3-1 60 50 Glamorgan 5 2 1 2 75 36 Worcester 422- 60 30 Hampshire 5 12 2 75 25 Derbyshire .4111 1 60 24 Northants 3
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  • 197 24 S. B. A. OFFICE BEARERS FOR THIS YEAR (By Our Badminton Co- espondenO HPHE annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association was held at the Garden Club yesterday, with Mr. Chua Keh Hal. the President in the chair. Moving the adoption of the report and accounts, the chairman said
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  • 144 24 CERGEANT Fobert G. Pickrell. of the Canadian National Railways police, the world's champion revolver shot, cave the United States army a lesson in marksmanship at Fort Wadsworth, New York, recently. With 15 shots. Sergeant Pickrell encircled a news-reel cameraman posed against a target, whilst the
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  • 409 24 Labrador Section Win Cup ABDUL SITAR FIRST IN OPEN MILE (From a Correspondent.) THERE was a record number of entries for the sth H.K.S. Heavy Battery sports which took place at Blakan Mati on Friday. The Indian Cup. which was presented by Mrs. Bedford, was won by
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  • 37 24 An athletic meeting will be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday and Wednesday, in which more than 800 competitors from Singapore Chinese boys and girls schools will participate.
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  • 42 24 Six cards were taken out In the Keppel O.C. May women's foursomes and the following were the scores returned: Miss A. M. Sim and Miss D. Hirst 49 15=34; Mrs. A. M. Low and Mrs. J. R. Walker 49—13=36.
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  • 875 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. •"THERE can be no question but that the standard of lawn tennis In Segamat and District as a whole b much higher now than it was at the end of last year and the interest being shown in
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  • 64 24 Nearly 1 000 boys girl i and youths competed at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday In the athletic meet or ganlsed by the Singapore Rotary Club in honour of the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Offering momcy prizes, the Club distributed $300
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  • 407 25 Artillery Make Jump In Football League R.A 3. Inniskillings 0. •THE Royal Artillen enhanced their position in the First Division by defeating the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the tatter's first match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The score of three-nil does not
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  • 195 25 SKJNS BEAT V.M.C.A. FIFLDING a weakened team. Innis killings beat V.M.C.A. by an inn|_fH in a bright match at TangHn Bamuks yesterday afternoon. Scorinß was not high, Lieut ODwytrs 20 being the best effcrt in Imy side and Xavier's 23 the beat for V.M.C.A. INMSKILLINGS A.
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  • 223 25 (From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Saturday ONLY one match was played in the! Malacca Bryant Shiel 1 lawn tennis league this week. The St. Francis Association beat '.lie Malacca Club by threj ga-nes to nil i.i an "V division fixture. Results (S.F.A. first): Henry S. Lee
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  • 112 25 'From Cur Own Correspondent) ■Cuala Lumpur, Saturday. The P.WD. drew with the Selangor Club ir. a friendly cricket match on the Padant,' today. Batting irst. the Club declared withi 39 run^. -vlth thr,-e wickets in hand.' H. H. White, the Cap'.aln, scored SI j runs,
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  • 230 25 Holders In Winning Vein (Tr^m Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. FURTHER progress has been made in the Se*langor inter-team men's doubles badminton championships which was played at Victoria Institution hall today. The San Party, holders, continued In winning vein when they overcame Sunlight by 3 l.
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  • 45 25 p re'i young Malay womanhood too^ part in the second annual drill anc 1 gomes competition of the Bhigmpot Malay girls' schools at tlie ig school Ground yesterday af:i. Various contests were held and then waa a large gathering of parents aid friends.
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  • 126 25 MUAR FOOTBALL LEAGUE POSITIONS LAND OFFICE TEAM IN THE LEAD 'From Our Own Correspondents Muar. IVJE to several postponements the list round of the football league which was expected to be finished by the end of May will probably finish at the beginning of June. There are still twelve more
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  • 314 25 Extras Proved Decisive Factor From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. TTHE Batu Pahat Cricket l 'b were beaten by the narrow ma 'in or I eight runs when they met the Johore Bahru Cricket Club in a match played at Batu Pahat on
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  • 206 25 TANGKAH GOALKEEPER'S FINE DISPLAY 'From Our Own Correspondent). Muar. I AST year's champions the Padara Tunggal were held to a draw by Tangkah, in a league match played at the Muar Club padang, the final score being I—l.1 1. The champions, who had the better
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  • 64 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday Cho Kirn Hawke, the popular sports captain of the Argonauts 8.P., Malacca, is to join th*: Medical Department, Singapore, very soon. A farewell tea-party has been arranged in his honour for Wednesday at the Argonauts' courts, Baja Gerang, Malacca. Kirn Hawke
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  • 248 25 CEYLON S. C. GET VICTORY OVER RECREATION CLUB Sports Club easily defeated the SRC. in their .'Ticket match yesterday on the padanp. by 38 runs with two wickets In hand. S.R.C. A. M. Valberg lbw., b Jansen 23 F. M. Chopard c and b P. Sundram 8 J. G. Reutens
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  • 125 25 SINGAPORE MALAY XI AT MUAR FRIENDLY MATCH TODAY (From Our Own Correspondent). Muar. pOOTBALL enthusiasts will have an j opportunity of seeing some of the Singapore Malay stars In action when the Malaya Football Association of Singapore meet the Muar Football Association today (Sunday) in a friendly game. The match
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  • 24 25 San Diego. Alberto Lovell, 186 pounds, knocked out Hank Hanklnson, 206 pounds, in the third round of their scheduled ten-round fight here.
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    16 25 The triangle baU throw one oj th- events at Geylanc English Sclmml yesterday. Sunday Times Photograph.
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  • 300 25 SEGAMAT VISITORS LOSE BY 41 RUNS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. IN spite of a polished half century by P. K. Baskaran, the Segamat IndlaCeylon Association were well beaten by the Muar Cricket Club by 41 runs in a whole day's cricket match on
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  • 360 25 Students' Well Deserved Victory Segamat. FLEVEN goals were scored m the return soccer match between the Segamat Europeans and the Government English School on the school padang. The result was a win for the boys by the odd goal. In the initial j match, too, the
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  • 236 25 ENGINEERS EASY CRICKT WIN OVER VOLUNTEERS '•pHE Royal Engineers scored I an easy victory over the Volunteers at cricket on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The Volunteers battod first and were all out for 80. of which Todd compiled 140. I The Engineers passed the tota! witll five wickets in hand.
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  • 275 25 THE Malay Football Assertion did very well to get a strong S.C.R.C. i side out for 49 runs yesterday In a cricket fixture at Hong LJm Green I after they had scored 84 runs. Swee Law bowled well for the Ci.in--1 ese capturing seven wickets for
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  • 64 25 The following will represent the Social A. P. at football atrainst Bata's. Sports Club today at the Post OSire ground, kick-on at 5.15 p.m. LJm Kum Chin; Teo Ban Scet Ah Kow: Sn? Ah Lye <capt.). &h Kirn Swee, LJm Cheng Poh, Kj Peng Cher, Faul Org, Chong
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  • 949 26 Players In Readiness S. B. A, Meeting Games With The StatesChampionship Tournaments BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT tl/H£N is the official opening of the local badminton season likely to be This is the quest 1 jn that is naturally, at the moment, in the minds
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  • 130 26 Playing on the home court la-st Saturday llir Makepeace BP. beat All Blues BP. by tour games to three. Results (Makepeace first) Singles. Lim Thye Gan beat Cyril de Souza 16 0. 15 5: Lim Thye Tong lost to A. Rodrijres 5—15. 15 10. 10 15: M. A.
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  • 84 26 The Chinese Students' L'terary Association. Ki'ula Lumpur. sister association of the w&iA, Singapore, h?:i their Coronation ;.oclal on May 11 at 2. Cl-.urch Street, Kuala Lumpur, at 8 pm. Th.' CiUbhouse x.as de-,-(TSti>ti and illuminate! icr the event and also for Coronation time until May 19. Music was
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  • 487 26 The Eclipse B.P. held their first anniversary at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow. Pasir Panjang. on Saturday and Sunday, May 8 und 8. A good number ol B'»t..-ts and member, were present. At th; annual general meeting held on Saturday the following were elected office-b;a.ers lor the year
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  • 534 26  - PENANG JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP LAW LEAN SIEW'S DOUBLE SUCCESS •Shuttletook" By Penar.g. A feature of the Penang junior badminton championships which were concluded last week-end was the double success scored by Law Lean Slew (Young Aa3onians> and Miss Oh Suan Sim (Dawn Breakers). Respectively men's and women's Junior singles ch.unpi hi.
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  • 95 26 The Excise Clerks' Club will hold a picnic on Saturday and Sunday, June S and 6 at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, Paslr Panjang. Tea, dinner, supper, breakfast and tiffin will be served on both days while sports will be held on Sunday morning and a group
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  • 35 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. In a hard- fought soccer match on the padang last week, the Segamat Town Malays shared two goals with Pogoh. The game was fast and even throughout.
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  • 269 26 THE Kilat B.P. of the Electrical Depart- ment. Taiping, will meet the Kilat Club ol the Electrical Department of Ipoh at badminton in four singles and four doubles at Ipoh today. The Kilat B.P. was organised in February this year and to date they have played Jour matches
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  • 467 26 JOHORE BAHRU BADMINTON TOURNAMENTS (From Our Own Correspondent.? Jonorc Bahru. THE Public Works Department otj- tamed the championship in t:ie inter-departmental badminton tournament wi en after a hard fight they beat the Education Department In the final by the narrow margin o! thiv games to two. Considerable la was centred
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  • 647 27 The Meeting Of Grut And Aizawa Good Play On Heavy Court Should Clarke Cup Cricket Be Replayed? BY 'ECHO" THE i.jillemard Cup and McCabe Reay (up lawn tennis matches in Singapore last week-end resulted ;i- anticipated the Colony men and the Malay States women were
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  • 271 27 LEAGUE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON <Fnm Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. •THE annual general meeting of the Ml and District Football Association was held at the Sesamat Club hist week, and the following were 1 lected office bean rs for the ensuing year:— Dato Abdullah bin Esu S.ate
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  • 163 27 From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. pOOTBALL enthusiasts in Batu Pahat F w m be fc;ac i to learn that th? Batu j Pahat Football Association has at last j fixed the start of the football league i for June 1. The draw for
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  • 254 27 COTERIE CORONATION DINNER •T*Ht; Coterie, Singapore, held a Coro- nation dinner at the New Life Restaurant, Great World. A good attendance marked the occasion and among the guests were Mrs. Cheong Ann Koh, Mrs. Sim Bock Choon, Mrs. Teo Seng Bee and Mrs. Tan O'/i Sai During the course of
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  • 253 27 Fine Goarkeeping By Haroun Bin Salleh From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. RACKED by a better defence, the Old Boys of the Government English School secured a hard-earned soccer victory over the Present Boys by three ?oals to two on the school padang The Old Boys began
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  • 67 27 i From Our Own C jrreiponuent > Batu Pahat. Kwa Kek Hng (C.R.C. champion>, I Koh Chin Kean and Wong Tuck Yoon have been chosen to represent Batu Pahat district for taSle tennis In the coming all-Johore Chinese sports. Of the other ten
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  • 189 27 SELANGOR AMATEUR ATHLETICS The Selangor Amateur Athletic Association's fifth annual championship meeting will be held on July 16 and 17. It is desired that special attention be drawn to the inter-school relay races, which are open to all schools in Malaya. The following is a full list o' events: Championship:
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  • 127 27 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. JULY 2 has been fixed for the holding of the annual Johore P.W.D. athletic sports at Johore Bahru. After this meeting the competitors to take part in the Malayan P.W.D. sports to be held at Singapore hi August will be
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  • 94 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. •THE fifth annual athletic sports of the Ka-npons Bnl»ru Malay.--Cycling Association takes place a» Johore Bahru on Thurpckv. M.iy 27, a' 2.30 p.m. This meeting should have been held ns usual in M.iroh in celebration of the Mohonr year, but had to
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  • 41 27 'From Our o.. .i despondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. No matches were played in the Selangor lawn tennis championships today. Play, which began with the first ties yesterday, is postponed to Monday and will be continued on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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  • 349 27 Selangor Lawn Tennis Championships EE KONG MAKING A "COME-BACK" 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. CONSIDERABLE interest is centred on the annual Se'angor lawn tennis championships which made a start on Friday, when most of the preliminary ties of the men's events were played. There were no surprises although there
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  • 206 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. •"pHE lawn tennis doubles tournament for the Lim Cup run by the Chinese Recreation Club has been cancelled owing to the inability of several of the players to compete. Two rounds of the competition have been played. It is. however,
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  • 155 27 Hospital Club Draw With P.W.D. 'From Our Own Correspondent! Segamat. PLAYING their first lawn tennis inter -club match for the season. Hospital Club shared eight games with the Public Works Department on the j I Hospital court, on Thursday. The j results (Hospital players first) were: SINGLES. Yusof
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