The Straits Times, 27 May 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 21 PAGES. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      95 1 SINGAPORE 1 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). jfuoi«^; 7s7 s <. V- C m <z? fi|fc s^-s. /—< wW^>f _> a« V X/ yT^N. V t'^S,tl*WHiT^ gf§ i f^v >y\ k°^ e^uceea. f£o I S"^*"^»^ j^L>' .?t* lonco* i f/\^^^jßßßjßj >• 0 >««| g InUh^^^Zl yfstHeocrtcn (SMJ TTLc. «««wro tompaJSltd
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      119 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. 'PHONE 3583) LOOK FORWARD k ft^ |||P TRFfITMFNT H Every woman has potential loveli- MR ness- an(^ l^e simple, sensible Cyclax method of skin care can introduce new loveliness to the most wayward &\n. Why not phone Mrs. McFarlane, the Cyclax Consultant, and make an
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      923 2 WANTED I SEES of Shelvador Refrigerators. Phone J1333 EUROPEAN Lady offers services for passage home. Experienced children. Box 323, Straits Times. WANTED, Baby's perambulator secondhand. Particulars and price to Box 207, Straits Tunes. WANTED small unfurnished bouse or bungalow. Near town preferred. Apply Box No. SI 4. Straits Times. WANTED.
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      793 2 BOARD RESIDENCE SANDKINGHAM 4 RochaUe Drive, single ft double rooms with verandah ft bathroom attached. All modern conveniences. BOAKD RESIDENCE, homely atmosphere, home cooking terms moderate. 42. Oxlcy Ror.d. Ntfm HOUSE. 7 Napier Rd. Tangl. One vac. occurs June 1. Fliv. bathr. ft verand. KOGERVILLE 308 Orchard Rd. Furnished flat
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      844 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of very modern design, charmingly and luxuriously made, beautifully poll: hed and oakfinish, super-quality teak sitting, dining and bedroom suites, also real Tientsin camels' hair, dragon pattern centre carpet (almost new) A quality Axminster carpet and rug, Marconi Radio-Gram built in handsome Europe-made oak cabinet,
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      536 2 AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE of excellent cross grain design wax polshcd tc Jacobean design black stained teak household furniture. 1 H.M.V. cabinet gramophone. 1 Singer treadle tc hand sewing machine, 1 Kodak camera, crockery, glassware, etc. To be held at No. 44. SpotUswoode Park, on Sunday, May M, 1937 at
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      358 2 'SCHIFFNER'S^ 3 ANDERSON ROAD h) the address for MiUinerr. underwear, novelties, Movers, ladirs bar uVHM*j etc etc. New roods constantly arriving. Tel: 4768 open 9 a.m. to 8 p m. Personality Tour Cciuure P!arj (n^BJS^ 1 l *t FIGARO nrro MSMnV no more and you ill n^B^g? not be disappointed.
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      180 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly I 3.M 4.M t 2.M quarterly S I.H *12»« "50 Half Yearly S17.tO S24.M 115.M Yrarly 134.0* S4S.M S30.00 Note. OuUrta'ion cheqacs sbaald Include the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charrm and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVKKTISEMENTS are as under:—
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      698 3 P. 0, BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England) MAIL. PAS6ENGFR AND CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N .Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due T. nnage S pore i 937 CARTHAOK 15.000
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      391 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incor^rated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS 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. HAKCZAKI MARU June 10. fMA. TERUKUNI MARU June 23.
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      619 3 mini t ■^■T f iy»L 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 I.AI.ANDIA 11.000 Sept. 18 Oct. 8 JUTLANDU 13,100 Oct. 9 Oct. 39 MEONIA 11.000
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      283 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, M3JI KOBE AND OSAKA. 3.5. SHIRALA MM 3rd June 3 pjn. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special Holiday return tickets Interchangeable with P. It O. S. N. CO.. Issued at cheap
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      1024 3 Steam Ship Co. Ltd and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Lid. sif*"L N f 0B C Lt Thr Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd ?Hi J*?'? I S L 1 Th A Orient.. L.i* Ltd The China Navigation Co.. Ltd The Irrawaddv Clotllli Co Ltd The Slam Steam Narration Co Ltd.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      333 4 Today Aden (Karoa) I P m < East Africa (Karoa) ..3 p.m. North America except W. Canada W. Slates ol U.S.A. (Karoa) 3 pm. South America (Karoa) 3 p.m. Burma (Koioa) 3 p.m. Egypt Karoa i 3 Pm. Great Britain and Em ope generally (Karoa) 3 p.m.
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      AIR MAILS
      72 4 INWARD Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives Saturday afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Due Saturday afternoon. X.1..M.: From Europe: Due Sunday. Imperial: From Europe: Arrives this evening. OUTWARU Qantas: To Austra.i..: Mails close 7 p.m. today. X.L.M.: To Europe: Mails close 12.45 p.m. Saturday. Imperial: To Hong Kong: Mails close
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      CLEARANCES
      47 4 May 25: Tango Maru, Kurohime Maru (Japan); Yong Shyangt (Chi.); Rokan, Chr. Huygens. Loetong iDut.): Benlawers, Cuacam, Nam Yong, Baron Belhaven. Raub (Brit.). May 26: Malacca, Rasa, Tandjong Pinang, Sin Aik Lek, Lipis, Perak, Suddhadib (Siam): Khoen Hcea, Thedens, Le Maire, Mapia, Kulit (Dut). In Ballastt
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
      270 4 Singapore, May 27, 12 noon. Rice. Siam A 1 $230 Siam No. 1 White $220 Siam No. 2 White $198 Siam No. 3 White $188 Slam Atest Coast No 1 Ji4fl Siam West Coast No 2 $137 Siam West Coast No 3 $132 Siam Broken No. 1
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      THE QUEEN MARY
      77 4 First Anniversary Of Maiden Voyage London, May 26. The Cunard-White Star llnsr Queen Mary will celebraU their first anniversary of her maiden trip tomorrow When she returns to England from New York, which she leaves today, she will have made 21 round voyages, covering 126,000 miles, and
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      FROM MALACCA.
      136 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands' must oe specially and c early superset lbed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Iran. 'London by air I (Netherlands) 6 p.m. j Upper Burma, North and East India, Aden, Egypt- Europe. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      123 4 Thursday, May 27. Sbipa alongside the Wrarvrs or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HAKBUUK Main Wharf Lrh. Kingfisher, Patella. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjont Pamir Sheers Wharf NU. Albert Dock Katong. Victoria Dock Meran. Keppel Harbour King's Dock Pinna. No. 1
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      60 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today, May 27, by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 6 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow. May 28, at 9.45 a.m. Malls from Europe etc. (London mails) expected tomorrow. May 28. by 8.1. (Rajula) will be delivered to boxholders
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      M.S. SIBAJAK
      30 4 The m.s. Sibajak of the Rotterdam Lloyd will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves tomorrow at 7 a.m. and will leave for Europe at 10 a.m. the same day.
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      CAP VARELLA.
      24 4 The Cap Varella is due this evening from Saigon and will sail tomorrow at noon for Colombo, Port-Said, Marselles Nantes and Bordeaux.
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      637 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporates v P M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGINTS P.M.S RLVS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. ri.LEPHONE: Frei»hl SI 33— Passage MSI. Stt^W^ J mm± fw <A 1 Urn%U m% Jm&Pb empress »J SMm^L^^L To North America ffljffll Europe. t Wj EJrp^an Foruiightiy sailings u> victoria vTvL^Sr\ ana
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      496 4 i incorporated in Stnlti Set'letnentui ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incoroorateo ir. USA) (incorporated ie England) BOSTON NEW VORB RALTIMORE VIA SUEZ CANAI -ELLERMAN' LINE FOR HAVRE LONDON STEEL VOYAGER May 29 June 4 iwirri.ui.iu m. .lAviiii v- STEEL TRAVELER June 22 Tunr n ROTTERDAM UAMBUR3 STEEL
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      478 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations yesterday Last MrM max rain- bright mm temp (all s'shine temp *F ins. nrs. *F West Coast. Al?r Star 91 0.16 9.1 74 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 90 0.43 8.8 76 Sitiawan 90 Nil 9.7 74 Bukit Jeram 89 0.12 9.7 73 Malacca 85
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    Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING COMPETITION.
    159 5 Half-Mre Relay Takes Place Today. The 120 yards free stylo sealed handicap race in the V.M.C.A. senior in-ter-group swimming competitions, held on Tuesday, resulted as follows: Ist. Lool Eng San, "Athenians." 11 points. 2nd. Chia Thy-2 Eng. "Spartans." 0 points. 3rd. Teo Slew Sun. "Trojans," G points.
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    SEGAMAT SINGLES FINAL.
    469 5 Lawn Tennis. Yusof Wins From The Owe 40 Mark. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, May 25. The Hospital Club's tournament was concluded yesterday when the final o: the handicap singles between Mohamed Yusof bin Ahmad 40) and Kim Bock (scratch) was played. Owing to the lack of
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    PENANG AND ITS RACECOURSE.
    286 5 Unhelpful Attitude Of Government. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. May 2G At the half-yearly meeting of th? Penang Turf Club today It wa; revealed that the Government had not only refused to grant the Club a loan to finance the building scheme on a new race
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    SCHMELING'S " PHANTOM FIGHT."
    232 5 SCHMELING'S PHANTOM FIGHT." Boxing. To Meet Braddock Or Louis In September Max Schmeling Is shadow-boxir.:; tor i phantom tight. World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Braddoctc is training, reading between times "I live alone and like it." Joe ("Detroit Bomber") Louis Is also training, readi Ing Galsworthy's "Swan Song.'.' Joe Jacobs,
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    HYAMS' HECTIC WIN.
    153 5 Twice Floored, Then K.O.'s His Man. Paris. May 11. After being twice knocked down. Tommy Hyams. th* English lightweight boxer, beat Maurice Arnoult. French holder of the I.B.U. European light-weight title, on a technical knock-out in the third of a scheduled ten-rounds bout at the Palais de;
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      549 5 A FLAMING DRAMA TORN FROM THE HISTORY'S PAGES! UK SUFFERS tfIMIUIJIt t* ■.'LlE—^^ 'The PRISONER of SHARK ISLAND' 20th Century-Fox Production Starring WARNER BAXTER with GLORIA STUART AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS Week-end Matinees SHIRLEY TEMPLE in "CAPTAIN JANUARY" also "RIDE EM COWBOY" THE HAPPY WORLD Singapore's Leading Most Modern
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      388 5 GRAND GUIGNOL NOW ON THE SCREEN! 4 LOVE {torn Q '■I 4 STRANGER 1 Kj^^^H^^E "A hair-raiser of the first order".... H^HpPHH DAILY TELEGRAPH. f "Tinned with genuine horror. DegßF V finitely a picture worthy of your E* v H support" NEWS OF THE WORLD. x 39&S M TIIIS PICTURE
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      23 5 DUNLOP FOR LONGEST SERVICE CAPITOL TONIGHT SPECIAL PARAMOUNT PICTURE RECEIVED BY AIR MAIL of the HINDENBURG DISASTER An amazing record of the catastrophe.
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      329 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing [and 9.15 p.m. Straits Times criticism this daily feature to give readers stated: a comprehensive summary of enter- VSeItoeV Swing Time. tainments, meetings, sports events, 730 and 930 pm social functions and other outstand- RITZ> G EYLANG: Cain and Mabel. ing
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      626 6 RAUB GOLD SHARES DISAPPOINT. RUBBERS CONTINUE STAGNANT. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, May 27. Again it would appear from Press quotations that the London Tin share market was easier but private cables from there prove the contrary. There are some quite gooJ buying orders this morning and
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        MINING.
        608 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid ssue val. 4/- Ampit Tin £1 Asam Kumfcang £1 Austral Malay 5/- Ayer Hitam l Ayer Weng £1 Banprln Tin 1 Batu Selangor £1 Burma Malay £1 Chenderlang 50 Hltanj Tin 1 Hong Fatt 5/- Hong Kong Tin 5/- Idns Hydraulic 6
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        GENERAL.
        425 6 2 2 Aie\ Brick Ord. 155 1.65 155 l.S!> 2 2 do I'.iVo Prefs. 2.45 2.55 2.45 2.55 10 10 Anas Ice 4.00 luoon «oo IOOOn 1 1 BM. Broadcasting 0.85 0.90 0.90 0.95 10 5 B M x'rustce d 25 i >*> o.a& i.2i> tIOO 1100 Cable Wireless
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        246 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. Sr/cS r /c 1001 red. 1940 5400.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103!' 2 41-'<>4 1 -'<> 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 107 tfeft 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 int. Mar. 11 Sept 30 115 4', 1913 red. 1963 $2 000.000 Mar.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        375 6 Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated.) I'liOCl <X V>U. 1-0 iUI i Ol CiV^b Ulenby 1.85 1.95 1.9 C Uor Gajah 1.40 1.4 A; 140 Imal Malay 2.00 2.15 1.90 Iyer Hitam 1.47 ft l-57ftxd 150 Iyer M:>lek 1.25 1.35 1.25 Iyer Panas 1.80 1.90 1.85 Jassett 0.77
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    EXCHANGES
    110 6 London, May 26. The following were mean rule; ruling at noon tcrtay: Paris 110 3164 Athen« *>< New York 4 94 Vi Bucharest 662 '4 Montreal 4 93 11/ 16 seuBrussels 29. 29^ RK) Geneva 21.60\ sellers oflicia Amsterdam 8.98% Belgrade 215 Berlin 12 31 Vi Buenos Alree unoU'K*c
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    EXCHANGES
    194 6 The following 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 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 London 4 months sight 2/4 V 8V 8 Lyons demand 1285 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand 57
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    BIG INCREASE IN TIN CONSUMPTION IN MARCH
    170 6 Consumers' Stocks Also Being Replenished. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 26. 'FHE International Research and Development Council in their Statistical Bulletin estimates that world tin consumption in March exceeded 19,000 tons, a sharp increase on the February figure of 14,600 tons. In
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    375 6 _iondon, May 26. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: •New York prices quoted < n U.S. currency. I The above are dealers' middle prices; JobI bors' margins, b:ol:erage and stamp duty are not Included. Yester-
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    SHARP RISE IN TRADE.
    158 6 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS INCREASE IN APRIL. $14,500,000 IN ONE MONTH. r TIIK gross value of Malaya's trade shows another substantial Micrease in April, according to statistics issued this morning. Exports have risen to $93,580,000 in April from $86,330,000 in March. $61,251 000 in February and $G4
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    81 6 Noon, May 27. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 35 3 16 35 7 16 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) May 34>i 34 7 1G No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Tone of Market:
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    N. China Mission To Japan Returns.
    87 6 The Hopai-Chahar Political Council mission to Japan, headed by Gen. Chang Tse-chung, arrived at Tsingtao yesterday on the way back to Peiping. Members or the mission declined to make any statement.— Sin Chew Jit Poh. Mr. Chu Min-yi, leader of the Nanking motor caravan
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    MONEY MARKET
    74 6 Notes In Circulation Reach New High Level London, May 24. On the money market last weak never before in British history nas there been so much money in circulation. The latest Bank of England weekly return reveals that notes In circulation amount to the remarkable total of £481,000.000.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
    154 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Company Dividend Book* Cloae Date Payable Singapore, Ex Div Date May 27. Totaj (or financial rear to iata TO* Idris 5% Int. May 21 Raub 10% Int. June Tongkah Harbour 4% Int. June 32 GENERAL. Gammons 10% Final May 28 H. Waugh 8% Final
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LARUT CHAIRMAN ADVOCATES TIN PRODUCERS' POOL.
      2481 7 To Combat Wide Speculative Price Fluctuations. WHICH ARE NOT APPRECIATED BY PRODUCERS OR CONSUMERS. "pilK annual meetings of Jelapang Tin Dredging, Kundang Tin Dredging and Larut Tin Fields Ltd., were held in Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday. Mr. A Coates, a director, presided in the
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      YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION.
      170 7 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1331st auction yesterday when there were catalogued 1.293.681 lbs. 577.54 tons: offered 720.864 lbs. 321.81 tons; sold 686,363 lbs.. 306.41 tons. SPOT London 10' a c1 New York 20' 2 cts. The next auction will be held
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      STOCK EXCHANGE
      81 7 Quiet Ending To The Account London, May 22. The Stock Exchange yesterday was quiet owing to end-of-account considerations, but had a very satisfactory undertone throughout. The reappearance of buying for the new account provides a sure indication that confidence is returning and the opl- i i nion is
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      616 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony ol Hong Kong) The liability ot <nembe"s U limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ol 19-0 ol thi Colony. Authorised Capita! $50,000,00« Issued and fully Paid-Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:- Sterling 6.500.00C Hong Kong Currency
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      177 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.) It. Cecil Street Singapore TritTtwm: Manner's Office C444 Exehance lit pi c II l General Office 51S8-S Cable Addrea: "CHl'NGKt'O" i raid Up Capital Ch. S 40 000 MO Bmnr Fund* Id ezeeia of Ch. I 3.50* 00(.M ToUl Awti r
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      503 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK O? INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated :n England Oy Royal Charter 1853 1. Paid Up Capital In 600.000 share* of fS each E3 0O0 0IHI Reserve Pund £3.000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors C3.OO0.O00 HEAD OFF ICfc M. BUhesagite London ECS. Amrltsar Hone Koiik S<-.igop AJor Stai
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      185 8 MADE »^^3 *ff^ THE MAKERS ■f|l";»p»b or famous /4Mfigig flit ir^BH ASTHMA Relief is what matters For six ty five year* HimrcxTs has riven the greatest relief to sufferers of bronchial asthma. IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST Insist on the genuine 121 CWTS TONS <<*||IL ROADS —^&|bj GRASS „-]»T/i\
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      127 8 GRANTS WHISKY Taste! Taste!! Taste!!! "GOLD LEAF" Tea. meets The Most Exacting Tastes! Of All Dealers. PERSONAL TESTIMONY. Have oeen taking "Serj^allos 4ronlc myseli tor t.ie last month ano find it an excellent pick-me-up and apoetlser. Am recommend. ng it to mouy of my patients Dr. E. C. K. KiNGSTON
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      580 8 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1 33 Me, s (M5 m pm. 6.00 Chinese music (Cantonese). Gramophone records. 7.00 Tamil music. Gramophone records. 7.40 Time, weather and announcements. 7.45 Malay language lesson. No. 7. by E. M. f. Payne. This is the seventh of a series of lessons In easy conversational
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      728 8 7.35 Cricket: M.C.C. Australian XI vs. Rest of England. A commentary on the match, by Howard Marshall Prom Lord's Cricket Ground, London. 7.50 Variety. t 8 00 "Pood for Though Three short talks on matters of topical Interest. 8.20 Reginald Feort, at BBC. theatre organ. 1 50 News and announcements.
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      704 8 BERLIN. TODAY DJB 15. 2» Me 19.7 ml DJN 9.54 Mc,s 31.4 m.) p m. 12.25 Call DJA, DJB. 12.30 Music for all. 1.20 News in German. 1.35 Music for all icon'.d 2.20 News and economic review In English. 2.35 Today in Germany. Sound pictures. 2.50 Listener from overseas helps
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      237 8 MELBOURNE. VK3ME 9.59 mr/s (31.2 m). p.m. i.20 Opening announcement. 5 20 With the world's famous orchestras. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results. 6.30 Tour of the world with VK3ME Mailbag €.50 Leading dance bands. 7.20 Close down. (No. 4). 11.26 Ted Francopoulo and his Blue Harmony Boys. Programme of
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    SOVIET ARCTIC EXPLORERS IN DEADLY PERIL.
    201 9 THREE RESCUE PLANES MAKE DASH TO POLE. Moscow, May 26. THREE Soviet aeroplanes took off from Prince Rudolf Island last night in a dash to the North Pole, where the Soviet I Arctic Expedition is reported by radio to be adrift on an i
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    BRITISH CAPITAL SWELTERS.
    93 9 Mercury Reaches 80's In London Heatwave. London, May 26. London sweltered in a heatwave yesterday, when the temperature reached the eighties— the hottest day since last August. All Londoners who could do so flocked into the parks, where they sought shelter in the cool shade of the
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    ECKENER ON AIRSHIP DISASTER.
    95 9 Spark Likely Cause Of Crash. Lakehurst, May 26. A SPARK from the sky and a broken brace wire, it is probable, caused the Hindenburg disaster, according to Dr. Eckener giving evidence at the enquiry. He pointed out that the consensus of eye-witnesses state that the fire
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    JAPANESE RESIDENTS IN E. KWANGTUNG.
    106 9 Big Increase In Number Alarms Chinese. Swatow, May 25. The rapid increase in the number of Japanese and Korean residents in the districts in East Kwangtung Is causing alarm among Chinese officials. Several thousand Japanese subjects reside in this region, the majority of them being
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    JAPANESE C.-IN-C. FOR CHAHAR.
    106 9 Major-Gen. Muto's Visit To Changchun. Peiping. May 26. Major Gen. Muto. commandant of the newly-created Japanese Inner Mongolian garrison with headquarters at Chlaposu. seat of government of the autonomous regime In Chahar. Is expected to fly back to Dolonor from Changchun where he has been conferring
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    NEW YORK MOTHER KILLS BABY.
    144 9 Shocking Murder Horrifies Nation. New York, May 18. HREAKING down after hours of grilling, Mrs. Helen Tierman, young New York mother, today confessed, according to the police to a babes-in-the-wood murder, which has horrified this crimehardened country. Early this morning the burned and blackened body
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    PREVENTING SHENSI WATER FAMINES.
    76 9 5,000 New Wells To Be Dug By Government. Shanghai, May 26. The Central Government has accepted the proposal of the Shensl Government to finance the digging of 5.000 wells in the province as one of the measures for th« prevention of famine owing to shortage of
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    JAPANESE POACHING IN CHINA WATERS.
    62 9 Destroy Fishing Stakes On Fukien Coast. Foochow, May 24. A number of Japanese fishing trawlers entered Sansha Bay, in j North-east Fukien. on Saturday without permission and. it is alleged, de- liberately destroyed several Chinese fishing stakes there. The Fukien Government Is preparing a protest
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    PACIFIC SHIPPING SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
    76 9 Question Of United States Competition. London. May 25. A communique issued by the ship ping committee of the Imperial Conference states that the second meeting of the Pacific sub- committee o. the committee on shipping questions was held to-day at the Board of Trade under
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    SINGAPORE CAPITAL IN HAINAN.
    58 9 Agrarian And Mining Activities. Shanghai, May 2G. Mr. Chang Ban Lee, a wealthy Manila merchant, is reported to have decided invest $2,000,000 In Industry in the Island of Hainan A number of rich Kheng Chiu merchants of Singapore have already started agricultural and mining operations In
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    CHINESE RAIDS ON JAPANESE SETTLEMENTS.
    45 9 Tientsin, May Chinese anti-Japanese volunteers are active in Manchukuo. particularly in the Shanho and Hailar regions, where many surprise raids have been carried out during the past few days, causing widespread terror among the Japanese settlers.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    BULLION MARKET EXCITED.
    206 9 BRITISH TREASURY BUY? UP GOLD. SPECULATIONS IN LONDON. London, May 2G. FOLLOWING unexpected develop ments at the fixing of the golc price today, the London bullioi market is buzzing with excitement Brokers acting for the official autho rlties bought all the offerings, amount ing to 180 bars
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    JAPANESE VIEWPOINT EXPLAINED.
    107 9 "Whitewashing Inefficiency." Tokio, May 25. A fresh outburst of anti-Japanese propaganda in Russia and appearing in Pravda is regarded by diplomatic observers here as having a dual purpose. Firstly, it is intended to whit:was.i the inefficiency of the railway management by ascribing all railway accidents to "agents
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    JAPAN'S TRADE BALANCE FOR-YEAR.
    82 9 Imports Likely To Exceed Exports. Toklo. May 26. The Hochi Shimbun estimates that the excess of imports over exports th.s year will total 600,000,000 yen, of which 400,000,000 yen, will be covered by a favourable balance In "Invisible trade." Consorquently the newspaper is of opinion that
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    KING TO REVIVE DERBY DINNER
    62 9 London. May 15. The King and Queen wiU go to Epsom on June 2 to witness the Derby. On the same evening the King will uve a dinner to members of the Jockey Club at Buckingham Palace. His Majesty thus follows the custom )f King
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    AMUSEMENTS
    139 10 SINGAPORE. ADELPHI HOTEL Special Dinner Dance. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Country Gentleman In Search of a Son.—Cantonese Talkie Slong Woo Tip. Silent Picture. 7.45—11 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Swing Time. GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Now or Never. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies, Cinemas, Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. Stanley Baldwin.
    951 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. Stanley Baldwin. A figure which is almost as symbolic as John Bull himself will leave the political stage tomorrow, when Mr. Stanley Baldwin tenders his resignation to the King and hands over the Premiership to Mr. Neville Chamberlain. In his stocky, j
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    TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, DINNER.
    199 10 •"pHE Singapore Branch of the Trinity College (Dublin) Association held Its annual dinner on Trinity Monday May 24 at Raffles Hotel There was a record attendance of twenty-three Trinity men. Mr. W. Hartley M.D.E., C.M.G. was elected president of the coming year and Dr. English. Mr.
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    A SERVICES LETTER.
    1375 10 Slackness After Coronation Work On N. W. Frontier Practice Mobilisation Getting Over Rivers. From Our Military Correspondent. London, May 16. AN air of depression prevails, now that the excitement of the Coronation is over and the majority of the Aldershot troops have packed up and returned to
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    738 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. I NEHRU PASSES. [TWO aspects of Asiatic life which I happened to see in Singapore yesterday presented a contrast of light and shade which I shall not easily forget. Coming to the office in the morning. I met the Nehru procession. A line of cars
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    SPANISH CONFLICT LIKELY TO GO ON INDEFINITELY.
    400 11 Observers See Little Hope Of Settlement. REMOVAL OF FOREIGN TROOPS A SLOW PROCESS. II Duce More Clearly Defines Italy's Attitude. F ONDON observers see little hope of any early settlement of the Spanish War. Xewspaper correspondents are convinced that, even under the most
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    BRITISH INDIANS IN SPAIN.
    78 11 NEHRU SPEAKS ON SUBJECT. India Is aiding the Spanish Government in the civil war against the rebels, according, to a statement by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, president of the Indian National Congress, speaking at last evening's Farrer Park gathering. "Money has been collected in India to send
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    CRIPPLING STEEL STRIKE THREATENS.
    84 11 80,000 U.S. Workers Affected. Chicago, May 26. Employees in all plants of the Republican Steel Corporation, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, and the Inland Steel Company totaling 80,000 are ceasing work unless their firms sign a bargaining contract or hold a vote, under the provisions
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    Italy To Print Death Lists.
    198 11 Italy To Print Death Lists. "SO THAT WORLD MAY REALISE SACRIFICE." Brussels, May 26. JTALY will publish a list of Italian casualties in the Spanish War "when she is ready," so that "the world may realise" the sacrifice Italy has made to defend European law and order against Communism declared
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    French Airmen Down On Shikou.
    108 11 French Airmen Do wn On Shikou. Doret and Michaeletti, the French airmen who are on a ParisTokio flight, made a forced landing near Kochi, in the south of Shikou Island, at 7.30 p.m. Japan time yesterday, says Reuter. Both were slightly injured. To win the French Air Ministry's €3.000 priie
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    BUS WHEELS MOVING AGAIN.
    66 11 London Strike To End Tomorrow. London, May 26. That London busmen will resume work on Friday was announced after a conference between the Transport Board and the drivers' union at the Ministry of Labour. Men who report at work on Friday will be reinstated in their
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    THIRD GERMAN AIRMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
    32 11 Bilbao. May 26. The third German airman, Wandel, was yesterday sentenced to death at Bilbao by the military tribunal on a 'charge of military rebellion.— Reuter.
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    TENSION AT SWATOW.
    151 11 Four Japanese Warships Arrive. TOKIO WARNING TO NANKING. Canton, May 27. P<H'R Japanese warships have arrived at Swatow and are standing by in the harbour following the latest sino-Japanese incident at the port in which a Japanese consular police officer was alleged to l>ave been arrested and
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    DR. SCHACHT'S PARIS VISIT.
    134 11 Considerable Political Importance. Paris, May 26. DEICHMINISTER Sehieht'i visit to Paris, is creating great interest in the city, the newspapers unanimously stressing the point that during his three days' stay in the French capital, Dr. Schacht will have an opportunity of meeting leading personalities in French
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    DEFENCE TALKS IN LONDON.
    153 11 NAVAL SITUATION DISCUSSED. London, May 26. QIR Samuel Hoare, First Lord of •>J the Admiralty, addressed the principal delegates to the Imperial Conference today on the naval situation at No. 10, Downing Street, when Mr. Baldwin presided. A communique states that after further discussion on the
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    CORONATION REVIEW
    26 11 THE KING AND QUEEN and Princess Elizabeth walking to the bridge of the Victoria and Albert as she left Portsmouth for the Spithead Review.
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    RED ARMY MAY GARRISON EAST SUIYUAN.
    228 11 Settlement With Nanking Reported. Shanghai, May 27. CIMO-.IAPANESE tension in Inner Mongolia is expected to k take a turn for the worse following unconfirmed reports of a settlement between Nanking and the Communist leaders in Shensi as a result of which the Red armies
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    GENERAL ELECTION IN HOLLAND.
    47 11 Catholics Again In Lead. Amsterdam, May 26. Following ars the final results of the Dutch General Election: seats. Catholic Party 31 Socialists 23 Anti-Revolutionaries (Colljn's party) 17 Christians 8 Radicals 6 Liberals 4 Nazis 4 Communists 3 Calvlnists 2 Christian Democrats 2 .Reuter.
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    Anglo-German Alliance Talk Surprises Official Circles.
    166 11 Berlin, May 26. While it is known that Hitler is very sympathetic to the idea of an Anglo-German alliance if he could obtain certain terms, official circles express surprise at a report from Tokio that Hitler sounded the British Government regarding an Anglo-German non
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    Last Minute Forecast Of Cabinet.
    152 11 Last Minute Forecast Of Cabinet. AN EXTENSIVE RESHUFFLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 26. JT is thought in the City tonight that Cabinet changes involved through Mr. Baldwin's retirement will be more extensive than was expected. That Sir John Simon will far c:i;mcellor of the Exchequer, there is felt
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    BRITISH MISSION TO NORTH EUROPE.
    98 11 Lord Plymouth To Leave Tomorrow. London, May 2C. I ORD PLYMOUTH, Parliamentary i Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office wil leave London on Friday by I aeroplane on a mission described as lone of goodwill to the Northern j countries He will arrive that evening at
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    U.S. GOVERNMENT PROTESTS AGAINST HIGH RUBBER PRICE.
    256 12 BRITAIN APPROACHED AT CONSUMERS' REQUEST. Industry's Troubles Laid At Door Of Speculators. "LK.R.G HAS NO METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRICE." OFFICIAL protest against the high price of crude rubber has u been made to Britain by the United States Government, at the request of
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    23 12 MMBfcm of a Chinese "Pen Squad" at (he .ami Desar tad.urn yesterday, (see "Notes of the Day" on pace 10.) Straits Times PHotograph
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    SHANGHAI GOWN CUTTERS COME OUT ON STRIKE.
    223 12 Refuse Extra Half Hour's Work. SINGAPORE Chinese women have been forced, since Saturday, to go to dressmakers unaccustomed to cutting the Shanghai style of (town, because the tailors of 14 Fuchow Shanghai dress-making; establishments are on strike. They laid down scissors, needles and
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    SNAKE STILL IN ZHL CEILING.
    80 12 'THE snake in the ceiling of the viain studio of the BM3.Cs ZHL radio station at Thomson Road hasn't been lured from its lair yet. The snake charmer who was to work wonders last night after being unsuccessful during the heat of the day did
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    Healthy Chinese School Children.
    298 12 800 Athletes On Parade. (By Our Chinese Correspondent.) I4OW great has been the progress 1 of athletics In Chinese schools in Singapore—girls' as well as boys' schools —was strikingly demonstrated at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday and yesterday, when an inter-school sports meeting was <
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    25 12 Plans for th? bnoking of seats at the Malayan Map.ic C'rc'.e's Victoria Theatre show on June T>. 17. 18 and 19 will B •< Llttle*J tomorrow.
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    MRS. CECIL RAE ELECTED F.R.Z.S.
    31 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 26. Mrs. Cecil Rae, wife of Col. Rae. C.8.E.. JP.. has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society.
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    Singapore's Lack Of Interest In Malayan Films.
    395 12 PENINSULA'S LIFE DONE IN COLOUR BY IPOH PADRE. JUDGING from the ease with which seats were procurable at the V.M.C.A. Hall at Singapore on Wednesday evening when cinematograph films depicting Malayan life were shown by Rev. Hamilton Aikin of Ipoh, Malayans in Singapore
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    INJURED PILOT MAKES GOOD PROGRESS.
    90 12 Plane Wreckage Removed From Main Line. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 26. KMR. P. K. Hodgson, chief instructor of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club who was severely injured in the plane crash on Monday evening, is progressing well. The wreckage of the machine
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    MISS G. PESTERS FUNERAL.
    58 12 ■"pHE death occurred at the General Hospital yesterday morning of Miss Gwendoline Pester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pestsr of the Naval Base. The funeral took place at 5.30 p.m. yesterday at Bidadarl, where the Rev. Thompson conducted the burial service in the chapel
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    18 12 Mr. A. B. Roche f Inspector of Police. S.S., is to be an Assistant Immigration Officer for Penang.
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    PANDIT NEHRU'S PROGRAMME.
    137 12 AN early start was made this morning; by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the president of the Indian National Congress, on a tour of inspection of various places in Singapore. He visited Indian Association, vernacular schools and a rubber factory. The programme for this afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock
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    26 12 IN FLIGHT A barefooted Miss China caught by the camera after a fine takeoff in the long jump event at Ja'.an Besar yesterday. S. T. Photo.
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    WORLD-WIDE TRIBUTE TO ROCKEFELLER.
    143 12 Standard Oil Branches' Five Minutes' Silence. BECAUSE of the difference in time between Singapore and New York, the world-wide instructions that branches of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company should observe a five minutes silence at 11 o'clock New York time as a tribute to their "grand
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    32 12 Mr. E. T. WiJiams. M.C.S., Secretary to the British Resident, Perak, will be shortly going to Singapore. Mr. W. Linehan, M.C.S., has arrived in Talplng to take the place of Mr. Williams.
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    1,600 TROOPS FOR BIRTHDAY PARADE.
    258 12 1,600 TROOPS FOR BIRTHDAY PARADE. j Only R. N. V. R. To Represent Volunteers. QVEit 1,600 men will take part in the ceremonial parade on the i>adan£ at 7.30 a.m. on June t, in honour of the King's birthday. The parade will be similar to tli.it held on Coronation Day,
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    SULTANS VISIT MALAYA HOUSE.
    32 12 (From Our Own Correspondent' London. May 2G MALAYA House was inspected by HH. the Sultan of Pahang on Tuesday and today th? Sultan of Trengganu paid a visit.
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    MALAYA COMPLACENT BECAUSE SHE IS RICH, SAYS NEHRU.
    807 13 BLIND TO PROBLEMS OF REST OF WORLD. Congress Leader Addresses Thousands At Farrer Park. SAYS EFFORTS TO CONTROL CROWDS MISUNDERSTOOD. SINGAPORE is a magnificent city and because of its position as the crossroads of the East it should develop an international mind,"
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    Indira Nehru Feeling Better.
    111 13 Indira Nehru Feeling Better. \7ERY slight cuts on her head and left wrist were suffered by Miss Indira Nehru, daughter of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, when a car in which she was travelling yesterday skidded and struck Anderson Bridge. Miss Nehru was travelling from the Singapore railway station after arriving with
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    Pictures Of Coronation Celebrations.
    48 13 Pictures of Malay Rulers and Malayans who attended the Coronation in London appear in this weeks Straits Budget, published today. Several pages arc again devoted to photographs of Ccronation pageants and processions held In different parts of Malaya, as well as parties r.nd Illuminations
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    Seremban Village Not To Have Electricity Yet.
    501 13 WOULD MEAN HIGHER RATES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Wednesday. 'THE extension of street lighting to Rasah village and an increase of assessment were discussed at today's meeting of the Seremban Sanitary Board held in the State Council Chambers. The Deputy Chairman stated
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    BOY CYCLIST DROWNED IN KATONG DRAIN.
    358 13 Father Finds Body After Heavy Rain Storm. UOW he found the body of his son, who had gone to see the Chinese Coronation lantern procession, in a large drain was told by Mr. J. A. Nuno da Cunha, of Haig Road, Katong, in the
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    23 13 The Paramount news-reel depicting the Hindenburg airship disaster arrived in Singapore by air mail yesterday and will be shown at the Capitol tonight.
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    $40,000 FOR MALACCA BOYS' CLUB.
    136 13 $40,000 FOR MALACCA BOYS' CLUB. 5. 5. Govt, Doubles Public Donations A GIFT of $40,000 by the Straits Settlements Government to the Malacca Boys' Club is announced in an official communique issued today. In February of this year the Resident Councillor, Malacca, was informed that provided a minimum sum of
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    Easy Points For Gunners: They Hardly Earned Them.
    715 14  -  Echo. S.C.C. DEFENCE PUTS UP A PLUCKY SHOW. BUCKLEY AND HARVEY EACH SCORE TWICE. By THE Royal Artillery got four goals and two points out of their first division game with the S.C.C. at the Stadium last evening. They will not, however,
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    R.A.F. DRAW WITH GORDONS.
    259 14 R. A. F. DRAW WITH GORDONS. Garrison League Game At Seletar. The Royal Air Force and the Gcrdonj drew 1—1 in a Garrison League match at Seletar yesterday. Trte game started with a promisirg attack by the airmen but Knott was ruled otlside, when about to shoot. A fsw minutes
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    Acceptors For The Derby.
    217 14 TWENTY-TWO IN THE EPSOM CLASSIC. The final acceptors for the Derby, to be run on Wednesday next at Epsom, with riders where definitely engaged, are cabled by Reuter as under: Cash Book (Jones; Goya II (Elliott). Frank Hals (Simpson i Solfo (Lowrey). Snowfall (Ferryman). Inglefield (Maher).
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    St. ANDREW'S SCHOOL SPORTS.
    99 14 The 26th annual athletic sports of St. Andrew's School will be held on Thursday. June 10. at 3 p.m. at the Jalan Besar Stadium. There will be two events. 100 yards and 880 yards, for Old Boys, and these are timed to take place at 5.25
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    12 14 Mrs. Eber follows through well on a backhand shot Straits Times Photograph.
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    MRS. PENNEFATHER WINS S.R.C. CHAMPIONSHIP.
    448 14 MRS. PENNEFATHER WINS S.R.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT MRS. EBER GA E HER A HARD FIGHT. In the final of the women's singles championship in the S.R.C. lawu tennis tournament yesterday Mrs. L. M. Pennefather (Singapore champion) beat Mrs. M. G Eb»r 8—6, 6—2. The match was largely a baso lin.j duel.
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    LOCKE BEATEN IN GOLF "AMATEUR."
    130 14 Walker Cup Players Also Drop Out. London, May 26. In the third round of the British Amateur Golf Championship, at Sandwich, Gordon Peters (Scotland) beat the favourite. Bobby Locke, of South Atrlca, 3 and 2. Pennink beat Cyril Tolley 4 and 3. The biggest surprise
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    HOVILS' GOOD WIN AT K.L.
    247 14 Lawn Tennis. Beat Chinese Pair In Three Sets. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 26. A good victory was recorded by G. O. Hovil and Mrs. Hovll In the mixed doubles event in the Selangor championships on the padang today, when they beat the
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    NEXT WEEK'S FIGHTS.
    257 15 Three Ten Rounders At New World. Here is the full programme for Mr. C. A. Bell's promotion at the New World area on Friday next week: Mohanird I'ahmy vs. Young Frisco, 10 rounds. Jack La Rose vs. Young Johnson 10 rounds. Hajime Sakamoto vs. L. S. Fond
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    55 15 TODAY. Soccer: R <? vs ?4aUyE. Tiv I. Stadium; S.R.C. vs. Indians, L>iv. 11, pading; M.P.H. vs. Nesliuiglo, B li.L.. V and N. ground TOMOHSOW. Soccer: Midds. II vs. Publishers, Dlv. 11, Stadium; fe.C.C. II vs. V.M.C.A., Dlv. 111, padang; O.E.C. vs. T.J.R., 8.H.L., V.M.C A. ground.
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    27 15 Lieut. Pearse played a fine defensive game for the S.CC. against the R.A. yesterday. He is here seen making one of many dashing clearances. Straits Times Photograph
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    CRICKET IN MALAYA AND CEYLON.
    855 15 Crisp's Review Of Tour With Sir Julien Cahn 9 s Team. IN the Cricketer of May 13 appears a most interesting review by R. J. Crisp, the South African Test player, of the visit of Sir Julien Cahn's team to Ceylon and Malaya. Among other
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
    189 15 Positions Ud To Date. Point scoring: Win ",5; lit 7' 2 win on Ist inns. 5; lots on Ist Inns. 3; no result (lay, match ignored; no play (or two days, on: Innings iraich, win 10. loss 3 Sussex Gloucester Essex Notts Glamorgan Derbyshire Yorkshire Worcester Northants
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    Discipline In Selangor Soccer.
    279 15 CLUBS WARNED AND PLAYERS SUSPENDED. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 26. "The Council of the Football Association of Selangor does not countenance walk-overs and similar actions and proposes to consider the question of future admission of clubs which have been cuilty of these breaches
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    21 15 Wilfred Rhodes, the famous England and Yorkshire veteran, who is now with Perthshire, took five Stenhousemulr wickets for 35 runs recently.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    676 15  -  ECHO. Cahn's Team —Crisp Comments —Walsh And Mudge —And Sir Julien Tribute To "Joe" Clark Aberdeen Soccir Tour —The Tennis "Pros. 1* Conducted By r\S this page appear R. J. Crisp's; *J impressions of the cricket tour of Sir Julien Cahn's team in Ceylon and Malaya. Feelingly
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    HAMBURG-AMERIKA ANNIVERSARY.
    750 16 Long Association With Far East. AGENCY ESTABLISHED AT SINGAPORE IN 1890. •TODAY the Hamburg-Amerika Line will celebrate the ninetieth anniversary of its foundation. The object aimed at by the small group of Hamburg businessmen and shipowners who founded the company in 1847 was to establish a regular service
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    47 16 THERE wili be no broadcast by Malayan Amateur Radio Society from station Z.G.E. on Sunday next. The! Society is again arranging to put overj a series of Indian programmes. On Tuesday. May 25 a number of Indian drama recordings will be broadcast between 7.00 and 7.30 p.m.
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    TWO CHINESE ACQUITTED OF GAMING CHARGES.
    345 16 TWO Chinese. Ong Chlan Ann and Yeo Cheng Hoe. were acquitted by Mr. K. Blacker, the third magistrate, Slngapcre. on charges of using a house ii. Prince Street for betting. An additional charge of assisting in carrying on a public lottery was preferred against
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    THE KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE.
    253 16 Malacca Ex-Servicemen To Form Guard Of Honour. From Our Own Correspondent.' Malacca. May 23. A MEETING in connection with the Girl Guide movement at Malacca will be held at the Residency on Monday. May 31. at 5.30 p.m. The president of the Malacca district U Mrs.
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    20 FOOT CRASH TO DEATH IN HOLD.
    61 16 AS a Tamil kepala. Mohamed Mal- din, standing on a beam laid across a hold, was superintending the loading of cargo on the s.s. Benlawers on Tuesday, the winch hock, which was being pulled up. caught in the beam. The kepala. knocked off
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    KNIGHTHOOD FOR CEYLON STATE COUNCIL SPEAKERS
    174 16 London, May 10. •pHE honours conferred on the occasion of His Majesty's Coronation are notable because of Jheir unusually wide Empire character. Ceylon obtains a good share. Vlce-Admiral Sir Alexander Ramsay. Commanding East Indies Station, is made a Knight Commander of the Bath iK.CH
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    ORGAN RECITAL AND SACRED CONCERT.
    115 16 UNDER the auspices of the Second Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade an organ recital and a sacred concert will be held In the Straits Chinese Methodist Church Kampong Kapor Road, tomorrow, at 9 p.m. The Church choir will contribute two musical items. The solo
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    "Smallest Baby Ever Seen" Dies In Gaol.
    336 16 £5,000 BEQUEST REFUSED. Y.W.C.A. Explanation. Mrs. Caroline Stables, of Wimbledon, left £5.000 on trust to the Blue Triangle Club. Wimbledon, on condition that no dancing or card playing Is permitted there. It was stated recently that the bequest had been refused. Mrs. Hilda
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    30 16 sion, and although we cannot yet determine what might be the effect oi our refusal tJ act as trustees, we are quite clear that we are right in jv> refusing."
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    FORMER WEALTHY COUNTESS IS NOW PENNILESS.
    338 17 Struggle To Keep News From Invalid Soldier Husband. I)AY and night for a month, I've nursed my husband, striv- ing always to keep from him the news of our desperate financial plight," said the former Countess Anna Monici, Italian artist and singer, when a
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    34 17 Sir Stafford Cripps. opening a children's playground which he and Lady Cripps have presente' to Filklns. Oxfordshire, where he K-'es. urged the Government to organise surplus labour to provide amenities which rural people needed.
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    SOVIET SCANDAL DENOUNCED.
    273 17 INNOCENT MEN SENT TO PRISON. PVTDENCE of unjust sentences meted out to engineers and technicians in the Don coal basin by the Soviet Courts is revealed In an Interview with Andrew Vishlnsky, the Soviet's Chief Prosecutor, published In "Pravda" writes the Observer Moscow Correspondent. The Don basin,
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    39 17 A novel defence has been put forward by a man accused of bigamy at Vienna to the effect that his first marriage in 1906 was of such short duration that he forgot about it. and married again in 1922.
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    14 17 Inmrreat troop* of General MoU entering the town of Eibar in crowded motor tracks.
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    Tracking The Miles.
    184 17 Migration Mysteries In The Sea. CTRANGE habits of cod, which migrate 2,500 miles from their spawning grounds south of Iceland and years afterwards return there, are discussed by Dr. A. Venel Tanlng, a Dane, in a report to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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    OCEAN AIR RACE 'STUNT' BANNED.
    390 17 ACTION BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. "USELESS WASTE OF LIVES." *|*HE New York-Paris air race, sche- duled for August to give a AUlp to the Paris International Exhibition, and for which the Frenc 1 Government has put up £30 000 prize money, has been banned by
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    Cod For 2,500
    209 17 quest of food, Dr. Tanlng states, mostly on the surface, and largely along the natural lines of ocean currents. What urge Impels the cod to return to the spawning grounds is at present unknown. The longest of these return Journeys so far observed have been from the
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    DANZIG MEN FOR GERMAN ARMY.
    349 17 CONSTITUTION TO BE ABOLISHED. NAZIS OBTAIN MAJORITY. pOLLOWING on the absorption of the German National Party In Danzig by the Nazis, the abolition of the present Constitution and its substitution by a totalitarian regime may be expected at any moment (writes the Morning Post Warsaw
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    FARE WELL! MY LOVELY.
    1646 18 FARE WELL! MY LOVEL Y. Swan Song Of The "T" Model Ford. Reproduced From The New Yorker. (Condensed.) I SEE by the new Sears Roebuck catalogue that it is still possible to buy an axle for a 1909 Model T Ford, but I am not deceived. The great days have
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    20 18 A fleet of 54 B.S.A. motor cycles and sidecars which was recently Jelivered to the Automobile Association of Great Britain.
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      PATRIOTISM WHEN BUYING A CAR.
      219 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— ln view of recent correspond- 1 ence in these columns, it was with much interest that I reaa the letter reproduced hereunder. which appeared in The Motor dated Apr. 27. to which it will be noted that
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    STOP LIGHTS MAY BE RECOGNISED.
    189 18 THE Ministry of Transport U to take steps to regularise the motor-car I stop light, or rear light which is I switched on when the brakes are 1 applied. Tho light signal, provided it conj forms with the regulations, will. I understand, b^ given equal
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      69 18 The RED HUNTER THE MODERN MOTOR CYCLE various models now available on terms that can be arranged. Ask for price-list and catalogue. Sole Importers, THE EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD. 69/79. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. BOSCH C Iml it Aftkw 5 corohaiioh trophvb I Winners Mays-Fairfield J t~ I using BOSCH PLUGS
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    EX-CEYLON GOVERNOR'S SON RUNS BLOCKADE.
    509 19 Weatlier-Beafen Salt Has Many Adventures. UUHKN the acting-Governor of Ceylon, Mr. W. H. Jackson, C.M.G., sent his son Roy to King's School, Canterbury, forty years ago he expected him to enter the Civil Service. But Roy ran away, and now, a weather-beaten salt of fifty-one
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    NAZI PRESSURE ON CHURCH.
    95 19 More Pastors Arrested: Sent To Camps. Berlin. CRESH arrests of evangelical pas- tors by the secret police were announced in opposition pulpits on Sunday. The congregations were obviously shocked to learn that ten pastors and one woman are under arrest, 14 pastors are forbidden to preach
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    HITLER'S COMPANION IN FATAL AIR SMASH.
    81 19 Machine Crashes Between Kiel And Berlin. Berlin, May 25. Captain Mantius, Heir Hitlers air force adjutant and companion, and Sergt. Major Hennlng were killed in an aeroplane which crashed between Kiel and Berlin. Herr Hitler is understood to be much distressed as Captain Mantius
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    Germany Welcomes War Veterans From Canada.
    69 19 Berlin, May 25. Thirty members of the contingent of Canadian war veterans who have been attending the Coronation celebrations in London have arrived here. A cordial welcome at the station included, a guard of honour during the inspection of which by Brigadier -Gen Ross,
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    44 19 Italy recently celebrated the first anniversary of the re-creation of the Roman Empire with military parades and displays in Rome in which troops from Africa took part. Picture shows a demonstration of Italy's newest flame-throwing apparatus from tanks during the military display in Rome.
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    WRECKERS EXECUTED IN SIBERIA.
    50 19 Japanese Instigation Alleged. Moscow. ELEVEN railway officials were executed today at Khabarovsk as members of an alleged Trotsylst band of spies, wreckers and diversionlsts. The accused were charged with acting under instructions from the Japanese Intelligence Service and causing wrecks on important Far Eastern railways. Reuter.
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    FRENCH SEAMEN ON STRIKE.
    132 19 Win All Their Claims. Le Havre. A strike among seamen here Is spreading. A thousand members of the Normandie's crew, due to sail for America tomorrow, have Joined. Marseilles and other ports are affected. The striking seamen at Le Havre will recommence work tomorrow and the
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    JAPAN BUILDS NEW WONDER PLANE.
    69 19 Round The World With Only Three Stops. Tokio. Japan's new long-distance aeroplane, which, it is claimed, can circumnavi- j gate the world with three stops, is completing Its gliding tests tomorrow. Three gliding tests have been satisfactory. It is claimed that the machine. which was
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    GOLDEN HIND RELIC.
    326 19 HISTORIANS' CLAIMS FOR U.S. DISCOVERY. MOTORIST PICKS UP BRASS PLATE. An antique brass plate, picked up by a passing motorist on Rocky Point, overlooking San Francisco Bay, was recently examined by the San Francisco correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. This, it is claimed by Californian historians, is
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    GEN. FENG YU-HSIANG FOR SHANTUNG,
    123 19 Meeting With Northern Leaders. Tokio, May 25. rB Peiping correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun reports that Gen. Sung Che-yuan, chairman of the Hopei and Chahar Political Council, Gen. Han Fu-chu, Governor of Shantung, and Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, Vice-Chair-man of the Central Military Council, will meet
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    Mystery Planes Over Fortified Zone.
    48 19 Tientsin It is reported today that several mystery planes appeared over the newly- fortified zones at Loyang iHonani last week, but disappeared north-eastward when anti-aircraft guns were brought into action. Chinese planes were sent In pursuit but without success:-- Sin Chew Jit Joh.
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    67 19 When Mr. D. B. Coney. Assistant Superintendent of Customs. Port Swettenham, goes on transfer to Tampln in the early part of June, his place will be taken by Mr. Jenkins from Seremban. Mr. Coney is one of the leading vocalists, as well as one of the best organists in Selangor.
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    ROOSEVELT'S NEW DRIVE AGAINST VICE RINGS.
    260 19 G-Men Start Off With Forty Arrests. DRESfDENT and Mrs. Roosevelt and leaders of the United States churches, after many conferences together, have launched the greatest anti-vice campaign the country has ever known. The drive started the other day, when Mr. Edgar Hoover, head of
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    39 19 Mr. Herbert F. Wade, who captained the South African cricket team which tourned England in 1935, was arrived at Southampton from Capetown to marry Miss Irene Horton, daughter of Mr. F. N. Horton, High Sheriff of Warwickshire, at Shipston-on-Stour,
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    25 20 NORWAY'S INDEPm^ENCE was celebrated by these lovely Norwegians on May 17. when the Crown Tr and Princess— in Britain Tor the C oronation— were present.
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    28 20 ALMOST TEN MILES UP: Colonel Pezzi of the Italian Air Force claims a record of 51.348 feet, wearing an oxygen suit and helmet in a special Capronl machine.
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    19 20 "FLAT OUT" on the banking at Brooklands Easter meeting, this Talbot thrilled Indian soldiers who visited the famous track.
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    20 20 CHATTING VvITH A SPEED QUEEN are two ot the Indian soldiers WtM Ml racing for the first time at Brooklands.
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    19 20 BEARDED INDIANS Interested in a modern anti-tank gu i during the special demonstration for the Empire troops at Plrbrlght.
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    Creating Al Airmen.
    34 20 Creating Al Airmen. PHYSICAL "JERKS' by men of the Royal Air Force have been a featue of the Olympla Royal Tournament for some years. A specially good squad has been selected for Coronation year.
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      16 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT. FOUR PAGES THURSDAY, MAY. ?1, 1937 No. 72.
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      WHERE SHALL WE LIVE WHEN WE GO HOME TO RETIRE?
      1372 1 More Leaves From A Woman 's Notebook. So Many Places For Malayans To Choose From. HOWEVER happy we may be in this country of our adoption it happens periodically perhaps when the day has been particularly oppresive and we are
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      FOR A COCKTAIL PARTY.
      176 1 r\ELICIOUS savoury biscuits which are useful for cocktail parties or for the picnic basket may be made in the following manner. Take some puff pastry roll it out and then spread over it some cream cheese. On th& top of the cheese put a layer of
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      LINEN SHOES ARE HERE.
      85 1 •THIS season we shall be wearing linen court shoes with tailored as well as casual clothes. They have many advantages for they are comfortable to wear, inexpensive to buy and if you choose them in flecked linen you will be able to wear the same shoes
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      How To Bring Up Your Child.
      378 1 How To Bring Up Your Child. Book That Sifts Wheat From Chaff. Elizabeth Sloan Chesscr. M. D. Seven Stares of Childhood. (Herbert Jenkins. 7s. Gd.). MODERN parents deserve a good deal of sympathy. Not so long rfgo, people contentedly brought up their children on the methods of the experienced "nanny"
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        18 1 SWEET MARIE W^N» ANN HATHAWAY SAMPLER Willards' CHOCOLATES Agents: JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR. MA9TKRS-
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        184 1 fl I ill Hi TABLE JfXMfltlO JELLIES j <^_ I* Lift j TH^3^*^3t jßsi X _mi t ;iH For the R.Y.S. Regatta the Wealth and Beauty of England gather at Cowes. The graceful racing craft with their great spreads of snowy canvas, the fashionable visitors aboard luxurious cruising yachts all
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      Malayans At Brilliant Court Ball.
      670 2 Malayans At Brilliant Court Ball. King And Queen Dance Foxtrot Together. By Our London Woman Correspondent. London, May 15. rsay that the Court Ball held at Buckingham Palace last night, was brilliant is but to be trite. On the other hand, such descriptions as gorgeous," magnificent," and even that ill-used
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      Cloths Tied With Ribbons.
      105 2 TEA-tables are very dainty affairs nowadays, and satin as well as organdie tea-cloths are not unusual. Such fabrics may not, however, seem quite suitable for this purpose to our housewifely minds but most of us would approve of the pastel tinted damask cloths with satin designs
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        389 2 Look at\bur Skin Skin Specialists declare that £k L^ 80 out of every 100 H'omen MJ H£% suffer from skin outbreaks, HSt Spots, pimples, blotches, and Bf J^^.^/0M Hf/ I muddy' complexions V I Ugly complexion faults are w/ woman's most common enemy. *&^<^^Bbß|l 'W m Few escape. Some resort
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        118 2 FOR CHIC GOWNS 5. Stanltrd Rowi. PhoM 3838. CAPITOL BLDG., SINGAPORE. Sleep th?T /Sleep^of Health C^\ HpO be really health-giving and refreshing, >v troubled. The best way to ensure such \Nv regular and perfect sleep is to drink a cup N^^v of delicious 'Ovaltine' every night just x. >^v. before
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      25 3 Amber yellow Is the colour chcse.i for this simple tico piece in light iceight woollen. Si'.k cord is used for trimming. Model by Violet Yorke.
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      OUR INQUIRY BUREAU.
      268 3 Questions regarding children, the nursery, household management, marketing, cookery and other matters will be answered by women contribulors who have had many years of practical experience in Malaya. Letters should be addressed to the Inquiry Bureau, StraitTimes, Singapore. Where a confidential reply is requested, a stamped, addressed
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      KEEPS SILVER BRIGHT.
      119 3 VMMACULATE table silver is the delight of every housewife— and often the despair of the "boy." So that new and simple ideas for keeping it clean and shining are of interest to most of us. A friend of mine i writes a woman correspondent) thinks that she
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        464 3 A is reborn £ri. Your first pair of Supersllk Stockings will sfrf give vou a new conception I I of silken beauty. 'l Introducing SUPERSILK CANADA'S FINEST HOSIERY CREATIONS Fully Fashioned reinforced feet latest shades. FOR DAY WEAR No. 442. Chiffon weight. In Noonday,' Burnt Nude, Cubatan, Debonair and Mid
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        232 3 r^| New Cutex Smoky Shades 'L^Z^> Flatter VH^X VY UR F| NGERTIPS Again Cutex is first with Liquid Polish shades that everyone admires. New "smoky" shades are soft and vibrant and very chic. They give a glamour to your finger tips without being bizarre. Ask to see these at your
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      Highlands Vegetables Popular.
      254 4 (By Housewife.) Singapore, May 24. £AMERON HIGHLANDS vegetables are more plentiful this week and they made a fine ahow in the Orchard Road market this morning, lettuce, potatoes, turnips, cabbage and young carrots being outstanding. Many people find that they are unable to obtain these products a
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      A MARKETING GUIDE.
      845 4 (Special To The Straits Times.) THIS market list has been specially compiled for the Straits Times by a Singapore housewife and gives last Tuesday's prices. Those prices are only approximate, but they will be useful as a general guide both for women who do their own marketing
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      Natural Foods — Dr. Hay's Definition.
      232 4 Natural Foods Dr. Hay's Definition. How does the food value of wholemeal flour compare with that of refined flour? Wholemeal flour contains starch, dextrin and sugar with a little fat. a small amount of mineral matter, vitamins and roughage, whereas white flour contains no protein or fat, practically no mineral
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