The Straits Times, 7 May 1931

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUBY.] THE LARGEST, AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. i 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931. PRICE 10 CENT?
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      167 1 SINGAPORE; 76. CECIL ST. .('PHONE S161), I~^'V"V""""1 6.13 Tonight 9.15 HAROLD LLOYD in FEET FIRST j Phone 5261-5262. -as though you owned your own cow/ Bear Brand Swiss Milk is FRESH Cows' milk derived from herds that graze on the rich green pastures of Switzerland. It is sealed in airtight
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      408 1 Three t Steps Lightness, Smoothness, ForiVard Endurance. Directly you handle Tootal Smoothness Sheets you see how differ- Tootal Sheets are produced by ent they are. Very light, a wonderful new patented provery smooth. Strong, too, as cess, which renders them detheir fine, firm texture will lightfully smooth and eventell you.
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      11 1 6.15 Tonight 9.1S HAROLD LLOTD j in FEET FIRST Phone 5261-5262.
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      522 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJ4. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. RANPURA 16,600 May 16 KASHGAB 8.000 May 30
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      589 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Nsples, Marseillea, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 May 20 21 UARUNA MARU 10,500 June 8 4 S KATORI MARU 10,000 June 18 19 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 8 S YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 July 15 16 HAKONE
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      443 2 BURNS PHUP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNB, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by ths wallknown stesmer MARELLA (7366 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,362 tons) Cargo only. Tha s.s. MARELLA is ons of the lsrgest snd finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      583 2 1 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated la Deasaaik.) Telephone BJ2J. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE To GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG aad COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore Peaaag. M.s. MEONIA May 20 May 22 m.s. BOP.INGIA June 10 June 12 m.s. ALSIA July 15 July 17 m.s. JUTLANDIA Aug. 12 Aug. 14 •m.s.
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      521 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. Incorporated la Englaad.) REGULAR SERVICB TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AHD NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBURG.
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      602 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated la Slsjs.) BANGKOK COASTING S3RVICB for Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Uargnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohaamui, Langsuan, Chumpen and Bangkok. Arrival. Departure PRACHATIPOK In port May G SUDDHADIB May 10 May II VALAYA May 17 May 20 The steamers sre fitted throughout
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      380 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCHEDULE Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Los Angeles. S.S. GOLDEN TIDE sails from Hong Kong June 2 S.S. GOLDEN WALL sails from
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      535 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE <And AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD 9IN6APOBB, PENANO, COLOMBO. «CXZ, PORT BATD, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, wKNOA. MARSEILLES, NEW 70RK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore B'pere Penang PRES. HARRISON May 11 May 14 May It PRES. HAYES May 25 May 28 May 30 PRES. FILLMOREJune 8 June 11 June
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      645 3 EILERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Servirea to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT Via Porta and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. To HONG KONG, SHANGHAI and JAPAN Steamer. Due Spore a.s. CITY OF BATAVIA May 18 s.s. CITY OF CORINTH June HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF ATHENS
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      423 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (laeernorated la BaataM) Capital Authorised s» BMOO.OOO CapiUl Subscribed M M©O,OW) Reserve Fund and Bert M 1.W6.845 Capital paid up UM.OOO BOARD OF OIBBCTOUI I- M. Ryrle, Eaa. i Ohatmsav P. K. Chalmers, Esq, Charles J. Hambro, Eat, J. O. Robinson, Esq,
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      533 3 NEDERLANDSCU HANDKL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. {feirefl.M'S* Trailaa; "-•-e-etv. lEstafe eAsd a. Aauter«aja ia*4J PAID UP CAPUA! n. M,MI,»M (abent jtflMawi STATUTOSY IKdCIVK FUND Fl. 4C,ei».eOo (aooni aa,UB,OUO) HXAD OFFICK IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GKAVENHAGE EEAD AGENCY IN BATAVTA. BKANCH»i Pando«.ig WeiteTredea Rangoon Basdjermasin Kota-Radja Semtrang* Bombay (Acheea) Shaca-hai
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      467 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBAMv, N.V. ■alabUaaea UU at a material Aatharlaea- Capital Glaa. IW.OM.OOt tt,i>uo.ifUO Pal 4 a» Oaaltai an,. M.0C0.000 to* M,«OO,0OC »«as. t8,187,7»? ■(MMM ■*f D omca i amstekdaji -»ANCH OmcES^THE Bft, ornacAS bkan< h*» InSi™ 14 Offlat D*.. KOBE Head Office for dhina and Japan ostAMm urntb DUTCH
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      69 4 H. G. Kzi4.iil l.tifs to thank those who have been so n»od as to attend the funeral i.f hi li.loved mother and also for those who kindly seat ■!Wits in his sad bereave- n-. ;,ir. and Mrs. I). C. Rae btK to thank on behalf of -Mrs. A. Gordon
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      746 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words te a line and there is a flat rate charge ef SS cents per line per insertioa with A minimum of one dollar per insertion. AdvortUeaeats will be accepted op to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of 26 cents
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      851 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE. FUR. ROOMS, to let, 18, Tiverton Lane. WELL FUR. double room, including boatd vacant. 433, Straits Times. ONE ROOM AVAILABLE with private family. Board. 489, Straits Times. DALYDKNE, European Boarding Estab. 147, Killiney Road. Phone 4609. ROOMS without board from $50 with board from $135 monthly. Grosvenor Hotel.
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      545 4 WANTED WANTED TO BUY, medium size, fur coat. Write X.Y.Z., Straits Times. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, household furniture. Write to 485. Straits Times. WANTED, a dynan:o, .8 or 1 kilowat, VUtage 32 or 52 nor 110. Must be cheap and guaranteed for experimental purpose. 555, Sungei Siput, North Perak. BUSINESS PREMISES TO
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      439 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO Lti, anops *t Grosvenor Hovel Bldg SHOP, TO LET, at Burlington, Coleman St. OFFICES TO LKT, MB, Battery load, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie s\ Co, Ltd. TO LET, two storied godown. Road and River frontage. Area 10,000 sq. ft. Apply 424, Straits Times. ~~ItfISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC
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      871 4 PUBLIC NOTICES FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. LOAN, 1931-1959. ISSUE OF $16,000,000. Interest payable Jan. 1 nnd July 1. First interest coupon payable .Inn. 1, 1932. Authorised by Federated Malay States Loan Enactment, No. 11 of 1931. PRICE OF ISSUE $98 PER CENT. Payable ax
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      763 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES OF SOUTH INDIAN LABOUR. Any employer nhu BSatemalstM paying ft" South Indian lahoorers is requested to notify the nearest Liibour Office of his intention to do so at least 11 days before the labourers are actually discharged. 2. Lists of labourers to lie dixcharufl tfi
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    DRINK IN TURKEY.
    263 5 From Prohibition To State Monopoly. The Turkish Spirit Monopoly affords an example of the particular activity of an administration gradually flying in tho face of the general aims of the Government. At the outset, there was prohibition on a reduced scale: drink, though permitted, could not be
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    ORANG-UTAN'S FIGHT.
    224 5 Police, Firemen, and Gas Squad Defied. A large and hitherto respectable Parisian orang-utan broke loose from his quarters recently in Paris and after an hilarious few hours paid for his orgy with his life. Having slipped his chain shortly after breakfast, he entered a prarden in thu Boulevard
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      392 5 nil 1 HyJ_/C* Raffles Hotel FRIDAY, MAY 8 Special Cabaret Tea Dance REX STOREY PRESENTS "The Comedy Tourists" In a Sparkling Comedy Show WITH ROSE LEE, JEANNINF ELLIOTT, TED COLLETT AND REX STOREY. (Admission to Ball Room $1.) SATURDAY, MAY 0 Special Race Dinner Dance Sea View Hotel All Rooms
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      759 5 AUCTION NOTICES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 231 of 1928. Between HADJI SAMSUDIN DAING MATARA. Plaintiff, anr 1 1. Hadji Abdul Karcem, 2. Mohamad Tahir bin Hadji Lahalidah. 3. Fatimah binte Hadji Lahalidah. 4. Andl Kechong, 5. Abdullah bin Hadji Mohamed Said
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      707 5 AUCTION NOTICE (By Order of the Singapore Harbour Board). AUCTION SALE of Brandy, Brandy Samples, Wine, Champagne, Beer, Tobaccos and Cigarettes. To be sold by public auction at the Singapore Harbour Board's Bonded Store "D," East Reclamation, on Friday, May 8, at 2.3* p.m. Express Catalogues issued. POWELL CO., LTD.,
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      251 5 GOULDS PUMPS CENTRIFUGAL RECIPROCATING or HAND PUMPS FOR ALL DUTIES LARGE AND VARIED STOCKS HELD BY THE SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA. IENGINFWOfIKS LTD] L SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. No. 5471 (4 lines). TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following
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    A Visitor's Views Of Hollywood.
    2800 6 by a AN INTIMATE TALK ON SINGAPORE RESIDENT FILMLAND HOW WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM U.S.A. TALKIES ARE MADE. Just lot me say, first of all, that any preconceived notions one may have of Hbllywood, without having been there, are all wrong. That is the
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    EXPENSIVE GUEST.
    324 6 Cobra Whose Meals Cost £4 a Time. To persuade the Zoo's snakes to feed regularly is not always easy, says the Zoo correspondent of the Sunday Times. Some of them require a careful choice of food, and others sometimes go on hunger strike. It is a long time,
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    MEMORIES OF 30 YEARS AGO.
    1099 6 PENANG LETTER. Road Up the Hill. OCTOPI SOLD AS FOOD BY HAWKERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Pcnang, May 4. A blaze of light,- the P. and O. Rajputana left Swettenham. Pier on Saturday night carrying homeward a number of prominent Malayans.- Among them was Mr.
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    RUNAWAY 'PLANE.
    183 6 Golfer's Adventure At Aerodrome. Mr. T. A. ("Dale") Bourn, the Kimlisli amateur x<A( champion, had a remarkable experience at the opening of the new headquarters of the Surrey Aero Club at (Jatwiek Aerodrome, when he tried to stop a runaway aeroplane. Mr. Bourn was standing with a hand
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    TICKLED TO DEATH.
    40 6 Joke Which Cost Woman Her Life. Mrs. Ida C lizzie, of Younjj.stown, Ohio, a(fe<l 45, luufrhcrl herself to death. She laughed so much when someone made a jocko at a party that she died from heart failure.
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      442 6 W 1 I fit Wv. 'SHrt'^HHLsH Careless Washing Spoils the Hair Th* simple hair stylet of to-day makt beautiful hair a necessity. Luckily, beautiful hair is now •atilj obtained. It is simply a matter of shampooing. Proper shampooing makes th* hair aoft and silky. It brings out all the real
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      38 6 M Mi m CAM ERA 3 U h W rrNE CAMERAS P^ ROLL FILMS 1 FILM PACKS CINK FILMS PLATES COLOUR PLATES X-RAT MATERIAL PAPERS PROJECTORS 5 CHEMICALS from ALL FIRST CLASS 5 PHOTO STORES. FOR PERFECT RESULTS
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      147 7 6.15&9.15 MATINEES Saturday and Sunday AT 3 P.M. CHILDREN HALF PRICE. ECLIPSING THE SCREEN'S MOST BRILLIANT ROMANCES A N ENTRANCING MASTERPIECE RISING TO THE HEIGHTS 0 F MELODIOUS GRANDEUR AND SCREEN WIZARDRY. JEANETTE MACDONALD IN "The LOTTERY BRIDE" WITH JOHN GARRICK A UNITED ARTISTS WONDER FILM. Booking at Robinson Co.,
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      255 7 Never Before have such Roars of Laughter been heard in SINGAPORE Packed houses nightly simply convulsed at the CAPITOL YOU MUST SEE HAROLD LLOYD IN "FEET FIRST" Paramount s ALL-TALKING Comedy Thriller NOW IN ITS 7th WEEK AT THE PLAZA THEATRE, LONDON PARAMOUNT BRITISH NEWS AND LATEST PATHE Including THE
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      263 7 Thursday Friday- May 7 8. gj CHARLIE MURRAY and GEORGE U SIDNEY 31 U in M W The Cohens and Kellys P m in Scotland. U Hear the screamingly funny dialogue in this Pi J hilarious production featuring the screen's BH greatest comedy team SBj Saturday A double feature programme
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    HAND OF FRIENDSHIP.
    966 8 SHIPPING NOTES. German Invitation to British Naval Architects. 'I'll n >u Hi the pleasant international at,i)ii.sph»'ic that enveloped this year' 3 spring ■Dii'Ptinjr <f the Institution of Naval .Architects broke a note of outstanding significance. It was the hand of welcome held out by the Schiffbautechniseht Gosrllschaft,
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AIR MAIL POSTING.
      605 8 Arrangements for Service To Australia. The Post Office, in exhorting people t POST EARLY for the air nuiils, issue? he following instructions In connection with the second experimental flight from Great Britain to Australia, air mails will be made up at Singapore for dispatch to Batavia uiu!
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      PRODUCE
      178 8 Singapore, May 7. Gambier 11.50 (Cube No. 1 unpicked).. ar..00 Copra r..lu mixed 4.'jo Sago flour, Sr.rawak j.xr> White Pepper "1.00 Black Pepper Pearl Skgo J| small 57»5 7 medium pearl .x.OU Rice, Siam No. 1 Mi; l. (Hi Saigon No. 1 $15u.0n Rangoon No. 1 $128.00 Siam, Parboiled
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      MAILS FOR EUROPE.
      39 8 By "hristiaan Huygeni Rawalpindi rairea TArtagnan I'jerimai tlantua Spore London Left Arrd. Apr. 2 Apr. 23 Apr. 2 Apr. 26 Apr. 9 May 2 Apr. 9 May 4 Apr. H> May 4 Apr. 11 May 4
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      EXCHANGES.
      79 8 Rugby, May C. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, tlM*, AtfceM 871, Bombay Is. 5 27-32 d.. Berlin :io.42\i. Brussels H4.97, Bucharest 817. Rio :i 7-l«, Buenos Aires 3.'> 7-lfi, Copenhagen 18.164. Geneva 25^4>-... Helsingfor> I.ci 1 Hong Kong 11%. Lisbon 108.25. Madrid 46.7"., Milan 92.8« 1 -i. Monte Video 114,
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      40 8 From Europe (London mails dispatched on Apr. 16) by Rajula. due at Penang 6 em. tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Yamagata Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Seattle Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow.
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        MINING.
        438 8 MIN ING. Imm v'al. I'd. Buyers. Seller*. El il Amm Kumbang 20/- 22/6 ■I £1 Austral Malay 18/6 21/-J/-8 Aycr llitam Tin 11/- l»/9 n il Bangrin Tin 12/- W1 1 Batang Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.35 0.40 1 1 BuWit Arang 0.35 0.40 tl fl Burmah
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        GENERAL.
        249 8 Issue V,!, pj. Buyer*. Seller*. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.70 2.00 •i 2 Alex. Brick I'rcfs. 2.15 2.20 SI £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.1.3 4..;.0 1 1 Central Engine O.tiO o.3.>noni 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 £1 £1 ("on T. S. 7% Prefs. 17/9 18 i
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        18 8 *RS STW MSi P., Prem. "aW^iri&JS U par Iff* 108* ci. r79^S»VUo;O0 oixo4 104% ci.
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        376 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Today'! Price Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allcnby (»1) 0.70 0.90 0.70 O.M Alor Gujah (*1) 0.60 0.78 0.60 0.7Q A. Hitam (*1) 0.80 1.00 0.80 1.00 A. Kuning ($1) O.SO 030 0.15 0.26n0m. A. Malay (*2) 0.90 1.10 0.90 1.10
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      MEXICO'S DEBT.
      329 8 Financial and Diplomatic History. The many British investors in the large volume of Government bonds and other securities connected with Mexico and quoted on the London Stock Exchange, a big percentage of which has for many years been in default, are naturally interested in details of that country's
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      EMPTY BERTHS AT SHIPYARDS.
      568 8 Alarming Decline Of Work. The shipbuilding outlook shows no sign of improvement. The first quarter of 1931 has passed under the most depressing conditions, with the smallest inflow of new orders within memory, and the yards emptying of work with alarming consistency, says the Financial Times
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      198 8 Singupore, May 7. SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13 I" London, 60 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, 30 days' sight 2 London, demand f/3 23/J2 l-ondon, T.T. */3 Lyons and Paris, demand lh»mburg, demand i/isi /is New York, demand bt ,\L\,
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      SUMATRA TOBACCO.
      91 8 Abundant Rans Give Better Crop Prospects. According to telegrams received at Amsterdam abundant rains set in on the east coast of Sumatra in early April so that the danger of another unfavourable Sumatra tobacco crop has probably bit i averted. On the Amsterdam Bourse on Apr. 7, -ays
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    202 8 Today. Siam (except Lower Siam) (Kola) 3 p.m. Upper Burma, North and East India, Egypt, Europe, Canada and U.S.A. (Talamba) S p.m. Ceylon (Parcels) (Soudan) :'».:.0 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak, Pakan Baroe and Pajakombo (Tidoro) 4 P-m. Poeloe Galang (Nocmbing) 4 p.m. Ceylon, Egypt, Europe and
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    238 8 hHTKI. HARBOUR. Main Wharf Phobos, Moonstone, Vynyr Brooke, The Cable, l.;.ru;, Tutr Rose, W/Bt. licrthu, Kuala. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Palopo. VES8ELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Barge Moorlakc. Victoria Dock Pile rontoon. I Keppcl Harbour. King's Dock Lucarna I No. 1 Hock Mnkiaii,
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    KLANANG PRODUCE.
    122 8 Rubber output of Klanang I'rjduce Co. for 1930 1,135.390 Ib.. gross piiie realised 4.82 d. and result is loss of £1 la, Sd. per ■ere. Coconut crop 2.285,447 produced ''2n' t tons copra, which realised £14 6s. &d. per ton f.o.b. Profit per acre of coconut area was
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      275 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Dircc- Speed Weather. Has. Min. fall, thine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star 89 75 0.28 7.7 K'i Calm Overcast Kota Bahru i 93 77 Nil 8.9 "•"> S I Cloudy K. Trenfrganu .91
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      212 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thursday, Hay 7. H. W. 12.35 a.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 2.29 p.m., 7 ft. 2 in. Police Band, Xatonf Park, 5.15 p.m. Friday, May 8. H. W. IJ."> .vm., 8 ft. 6 in., 3.29 p.m., C ft. 6 :n. Rotary tiffin, Raffles Hotel, 1 p.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    466 9 Rubber and Tin Prices Firmer. BRIGHTER SENTIMENT PREVAILING. (l!\ Our Financial Correspondent.) Sintrapore, Thursday, 11 a.m. Today's Prices Rubber, 9'/ a cents per lb. Tin. 150 tens at $52Jj per picul. Yesterday's Prices Rubber. London 2 15-lGd.. up 1-lfid. New York, 6Vt eta- up ■/> ct. Market
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    STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
    702 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES APRIL 8. Abacio (£ll Allucar (2 9/; Amhcrst C' i An L 'l»-.Malay (£1) 3/1 C; Ayer Kuning (1-1 I 11 16; Be'sun Serai (£1) >« Bahru VII) I/Si Banteng (£1) Batanjc Consolidated (2 0; Batu Caves (£1) 7/16; Batu MaUr.tr (2 i
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      WILL EXCESS RUIN CIVILISATION ?
      1091 9 WILL EXCESS RUIN CIVILISATION The Economic Future Of The World. (By Jean Hennessy, late French Minister of Agriculture.) M. Jean Hennesuy is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, ex-Minister of Agriculture, diplomatist and exAmbasHador, and a member of one of the oldest and most influential French commercial houses which
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      61 9 Tone of Market Steady, dull. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 2 15-16 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 6H per lb. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender Spot May June July July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Bnyeri. UVi 9% 9* in'. Seller*.
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      JESSELTON ICE & POWER.
      226 9 JESSELTON ICE POWER. Dividend of 2«/ 2 Per Cent. Recommended. The 17th annual report of the directors of the Jesselton Ice and Power Co., Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31, states: The results of the year's working after deducting directors' remuneration and providing for depreciation, show a profit of
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION.
      119 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1 .ill 6th auction on May 6, when there wa» catalogued 1,596,352 lb. or 712.65 tons offered 1,472.355 lb. or 667.30 tons sold 1,355,472 lb. or 806.12 tons. Spot. London 2%d. New York 6 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed
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      43 9 Tlip Java Sumatra Handelmaatschappij Singapore, are in receipt of cable advice from their Batavia office giving the total exports of rubber from the undermentioned plaoes for the mont'a of April Sumatra East Coast, Belawan 3326 tons. Western Division of Borneo, Pontianak 1,217 tons.
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      SHARE MARKET.
      612 9 Heavy Tin Output For April. Fraser and Co.'i reptwt, dated May 5, states The price of tin has again fallen heavily throughout the week and closes at £103 17s. 6d. per ton, a figure which has not been recorded for many years past. Comparatively heavy outputs from the
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      TIN RETURNS.
      156 9 The figures in brackets give the outputs for the corresponding period of last year. Malayan Tin. 2,300 piculs. Southern Malayan. 3,200 piculs. Mambau. 421 piculs, 609 hours, 81,500 yards. Penawat (Malaya).— l,374 piculs (693 piculs, 325.700 yards (197,300 yards), 1,212 hours (1,040 hours). Kinta Kellas.— 63o piculs (300
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      RUBBER RETURNS.
      108 9 The figures in brackets give the outputs for the corresponding period of last year. Alor Pongsu.— 36,4lo lb. Ayer Kuning. 15,687 lb. Bukit Jelotong.— ll.loo lb. Bagan Serai.— 27,ooo lb. (36,500 lb.). Batak Rabit.— 33,o(T> lb. (35,000 lb.). 8rieh.— 27,672 lb. Bedong (Malaiya).— 33,242 lb. Chungloon. 17^40 lb.
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      HOME TRADE REVIEW.
      1619 9 Sensational Speech By Cabinet Minister. DID HE MEAN WHAT HE SAID? (By A. W. Still.) I/ondon. Apr. 8. A strange speech has been made at a Co-operative Conference by Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty in the Socialist Government. He said that "When you
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      142 9 GOVERNMENT EVENING CLASSES. RAFFLES INSTITUTION. Subject to there being a sufficient number of students to justify their formation, classes will be held in the following subjects and will commence on Monday, May 18, 1931 TECHNICAL. COMMERCIAL. 1. Mathematics. 1. Book-keeping. 2. Chemistry Theoretical. 2. Typing. 3. Chemistry Practical. 3. Shorthand
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931. OUR SOCIAL HISTORY.
    996 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931. OUR SOCIAL HISTORY. In a farewell spe«ch at Penan* last week Mr. E. W. F. Gilman, who left this country last Saturday on retirement from the Malayan Civil Service, mentioned that ha family had bsen associated with th? Straits and China for
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    IF WAR DEBTS WERE CANCELLED.
    939 10 In this article a strong plea is made for the all-round cancellation of war debts and the writer contends that, if such a policy were adopted, the whole world would gain, even the creditor nations, by the removal of a serious obstruction to the revival
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    322 10 The Dean of Shanghai Cathedral, the Very Rev. A. C. S. Trivett, is passing through Singapore on his way home. At a meeting of the committee of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, Mr. S. Brighouse was elected, and accepted office, as chairman of the club. It is
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    810 10 UGLY SIGNS IN PERAK There have been at least three instancpr. of lootinj: or -ttempted looting cf ;hcp- by met; in Feral: thir month, and ihey aio a warning nf what mu't l.apprn mill >s tho Federal ami Colonial O.ovtinments deal promptly and forcefully with the
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    WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOVIET PROBLEM SUGGESTED. DIAGNOSING THE SLUMP.
    327 11 WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOVIET PROBLEM SUGGESTED. DIAGNOSING THE SLUMP. Importance of Russian Prosperity. WARNING TO U.S.A. "Chronic Disease of The Monetary System." WasUngtoa, May 0. A warning that if the nations were unwilling to receive imports in payment for exports and loans a chronic disease of the world's monetary sy-'.fm
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    THE EXTRALITY ISSUE.
    855 11 Position Explained in The House. BRITISH SUBJECTS. Risks They Run in China Nowadays. London, May C. In the Housr of Commons, replying to on the subject of extra-terri-toriality, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, said agreement had been reached on a large number of details. A treaty
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    F.M.S. MAIL TRAINS DELAYED.
    184 11 Engine Off the Rails At Bukit Panjang. Two F.M.S. railway mail trains were delayed in Singapore this morning when the engine of a goods train and three trucks were derailed near Bukit Panjang station, thus blocking the main line. It appears that the goods train, which
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    KING GEORGE V.
    217 11 The 21st Anniversary Of His Accession. Rugby, May 6. The twenty-first anniversary of the accession of King George V to the Throne was celebrated today. Their Majesties spent the day quietly at Windsor. At noon a Royal Salute of 21 guns was fired in London and at
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    DISARMAMENT.
    165 11 Three British Parties Get Together. London, May 6. The three British political parties are exchanging views in order to establish a common basis of agreement on the question of disarmament and thus strengthen the hands of the Government in presenting to the world a completely united front apart from
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    NATAL AIR TRAGEDY.
    93 11 Gien Kidston's Body to be Taken To England. Cape Town, May 6. It is understood that the bodies of Lieut. -Commander Glen Kidston, R.N. and Capt. Gladstone, R.N. will be conveyed to England for burial. The wreckage of the plane lies at the foot of Tantjesberg, hidden
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    JAPANESE ROYALTIES.
    40 11 Leave Ottawa on Way To Toronto. Ottawa, May 6. On leaving for Toronto Prince and Princess Takamatsu were accorded full Royal Honours and a military escort to the station. The Prime Minister, Mr. Bennett, bade them farewell. Reuter.
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    SEA AND AIR ATTACK ON NORTH POLE.
    83 11 Graf Zeppelin Plans. WORKING IN WITH THE NAUTILUS. Berlin, May 6. The North Pole is to be assailed simultaneously by air and water this summer, according to an announcement made by Dr. Eckener that the Graf Zeppelin is definitely timing her flight to
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    FUTURE OF FRANCE.
    106 11 Lies Overseas Declares Marshal Lyautey. Paris, May 6. This afternoon M. Doumergue, the President of the French Republic, opened officially the great International Colonial Exposition at Vincennes. Havas. Paris, May 6. Our future lies overseas said Marshal Lyautey, at the opening ceremony of the French Colonial Exhibition.
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
    49 11 Early Morning Scare In New Zealand. Wellington (New Zealand), May 7. An alarming series of earthquake shocks was felt throughout the Hawkes Bay district at 2.30 a.m. today. Little structural damage was done but many indoor breakages occurred and people are pouring out into the open. Reuter.
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    THE LAND TAX.
    26 11 Proposals Carried by The Commons. London, May 6. The House of Commons, by 289 votes to 230, carried the land tax proposals.— Reuter.
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    THE DUKE OF SOMERSET.
    138 11 Death at the Age Of Seventy-one. Rugby, May 6. The death occurred suddenly last night, at his Wiltshire seat, of the sixteenth Duke of Somerset, aged seventy-one. British Wireless. Edward Hamilton Seymour, sixteenth Duke of Somerset, succeeded to the title on the death of his cousin
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    LOST METEOROLOGIST.
    65 11 Impossible to Find Him From Aeroplane. Reykjavik (Iceland), May 7. "It must be considered impossible to find Mr. Augustine Courtauld from an aeroplane is an extract from a message from London received by the Icelandic inspection ship, Odinn, at Lemon Base. Ma-. Courtauld's position is given a* Latitude
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    AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION.
    47 11 Negotiations Said to Have Been Suspended. Paris, May 6. Out of respect for the League of Nations negotiations regarding the proposed Austro-German Customs Union have been suspended, according to the Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Dr. Schober, who has been interviewed by Le Matin. Reuter.
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    FLOODS IN RUSSIA.
    35 11 Towns in Dnieper Valley Suffer. Moscow, May 6. Great floods, exceeding those of 1917, are sweeping the Dnieper Valley. Numerous towns and villages, including Kieff, Cherkassy and Kremcnchug, are suffering severely. Reuter.
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLD DEADLOCK.
    235 11 Government vs. Bank. UPROAR RAISED IN SENATE. Canberra, May 6. A deadlock has been reached between the Federal Government and the Board of the Commonwealth Bank over the provision in the Commonwealth Bank Amendment Bill empowering the Government to draw on the Bank's gold reserve for overseas
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    POST EARLY.
    67 11 Air Commodore Kingsford Smith, with the air mails for Malaya and Australia, is expected at Alor Star today and at Singapore tomorrow. He will leave Singapore on Saturday. The air mail for Australia will close at the General Post Office, Singapore, at 6 p.m. tomorrow, and as these
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    JUMPED TOO LATE.
    176 11 Waghorn's Condition Critical. London, May 6. Flight-Lieutenant Waghorn, injured in a parachute descent at Farnborough when the aeroplane ho was testing got out of control, was subsequently operated upon in hospital. His condition is critical. Reuter. Rugby, May C. It was stated this morning that the condition
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    HONG KONG SALARIES.
    108 11 What the Civil Servants Have Lost. London, May 6. Dr. Drummond Shiels, the Under-Secre-iary for the Colonies, at question time in the House of Commons, estimated that approximately 930 civil servants in Hong Kong had suffered a reduction of income, calculated in dollars, amounting to 16 2-3
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    TIN AND RUBBER PRICES UP.
    139 11 Unexpected Improvement In Sentiment. Sentiment in the Singapore market improved today following the advance, in all markets, of the price of tin and rubber. In New York the rubber quotation commenced to improve towards the close on Monday, but it was not until late yesterday
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    HADJI FESTIVAL.
    187 11 Islam and the Colour Problem. London, Apr. 28. Idul-azha (Hadji Festival) was celebrated at both mosques in the vicinity of London. The prayers at the Wok ing Mosque were conducted by Imam Abdul Majid, who, in his address, referred to the colour problem and drew attention to the
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    REBELS IN ANNAM.
    376 11 Machine Guns and Planes Used in Defence. Indopacifi reports a serious recrudescence of the revolutionary movcmer.t in French Indo-China, leading to considerable bloodshed, when rebels, massed in force and inadequately armed, rwlMd blindly on military posts maintained by I the Foreign Legion in Central Annani, and were
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    LORD IRWIN.
    50 11 To be Given Freedom Of Doncaster. London, Apr. 28. The Doncaster Town Council has decided to confer the Freedom of the town on Lord Irwin, who will be accorded a civic reception at Doncaster on Saturday iwhon he visits his father, Lord Halifax, at Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster.
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    THE NAVAL PACT.
    220 11 Italian Expert Bound For London. Ilugby, May C. The principal Itali. i naval expert, Signor Massigli, is returning to London today from I'r.ii-. having yesterday conferred with the French Prime Minister, M. Laval, the Korciirn Minister, M. Briar.d, and M. Dumont, the Na.y Minister. It is understood
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    A GIANT MAST.
    125 11 Fitted to King's Yacht Britannia. Rugby, May 6. The tallest mast ever placed in a yacht was stepped in the Kite's i utter, Britannia, at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday. It is 176 feet long and is in two sections of 105 and 71 HI t. Unlike the new
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    BOSTON BANK RATE.
    32 11 Reduced from Two and Half To Two Per Cent. Washington, May 6. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has reduced its rate frutn 2Va to 2 per cent. Reuter.
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      58 11 g'!iii!iiii:i:niii:i;iiiiiniiiiiiiiii::ii!iiii:iii!i!iiu!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiuiiiiiiiu!iiimHnK I TODAY'S FEATURES. j P«»e Around the Markets. By the Financial Correspondent 9 Home Trade Review. By A. W. Still 9 I If War Debts Were Cancelled.— By Leonard J. Reid 10 Singapore Harbour Improvers ment 12 I Bankruptcy Court Puzzle .12 j Singapore Races 13 j i Pace
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    CROWN PRINCE AND FILM STAR.
    896 12 Amazing Story Denied. JEANETTE MACDONALD STILL ALIVE. About two months ago a story was em? rent in Singapore that Miss Jeanette M.-.cdonald, the well-known film actress, had been killed in a motor-car accident. From inquiries madt', it seemed that tha tale wai untrue, and the
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    34 12 A variety entertainment and dance will be held in the Singapore Recreation ("lub cm Saturday commencing at 8.15 p.m. in In :.uur of Capt. H. R. S. Zehnder, U.B.E. Member* and fritndi art invited.
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    RARE SPIDER FOUND.
    202 12 Doctor's Discovery In Philippines. A rare specimen of spider has been found by Dr. Leopoldo Clemente, of the zoology department of the University of the Philippines, who is making a special study of Philippine arachnidae, says the Manila Bulletin. The spider in question was found recently in
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    "THE LOTTERY BRIDE."
    184 12 Jeanette Mac Donald at The Alhambra. Jeanette Macdonald is singing in Singapore again, this time at the Alhambra in The Lottery Bride." Her voice is always pleasing and in this film it is perhaps better than ever. She is also an excellent actress and her acting and
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    TROUBLES IN PERAK.
    92 12 All Disturbed Areas Now Quiet. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 7. Monday passed off quietly in the areas where the disturbances have occurred. Those men arrested on Saturday were charged in the Kuala Kangsar police court on Monday. Four were charged with committing theft and nine
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    FOUND DEAD IN CELL.
    66 12 Man Awaiting Trial on Double Murder Charge. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 6. Omar bin Abdulla, an Arab awaiting trial on a charge of murdering his wife and her brother, was found hanged today in his prison cell. The tragedy took place on New Year's
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    MR. J. SCOTT RETURNS.
    62 12 End of East Coast Tour. H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. John Scott, C.M.G., returned to Singapore today by the Seabelle II after his east coast tour. He was met on arrival by the acting Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley, the Master
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    STRAITS BUDGET.
    132 12 Scenes of the recent terrible disaster on the Kowloon-Canton Railway are shown in the pictorial supplement to this week's Straits Budget, but a happier note is struck in the other photographic fea'ures. which include the birthday celebrations of H.H. the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, tennis
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    SIR WALTER BADOCK.
    48 12 The death occurred in London, on Apr. 27, of Sir Walter Badock. Sir Walter Badock, who was born in 1854, was Accountant-General at the India Office, 1007-19, also Director of Funds and Official Agent to Administra-tors-General in India, 1909-19. He was knighted (K.8.E.) id 1920.
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    WIFE'S REFUSAL TO HAVE CHILDREN.
    183 12 < Not a Vital Element Of Marriage Contract" New York, Apr. 26. The right of a wife to refuse to have children was upheld by the Court of Appeal after litigation which has interested every woman in the United States. The husband of Mrs. Marion
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    "THE COMEDY TOURISTS."
    155 12 Special Cabaret Tea Dance At Raffles. Memories are notoriously short in Singapore but we have not yet forgotten the particularly bright and lively entertainment provided in this city eighteen months ago by the New Yorkers." All will, therefore, be pleased to hear that Mr. Rex Story, that
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    79 12 By permission of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Dato A. Hamid, Acg. Col. Commandant, and the officers of the Johore Military Forces, the band will play the following programme under the direction of Lt. R. V.S. Wright, A.R.C.M. at the Istana Garden, Bukit Bintang, on Tuesday, May 12, beginning 5
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    57 12 The C.E.Z.M.S. School, Singapore, appeals for gifts, large or small, to help in the work they are doing for Asiatic girls. Except for the income from fees the school is entirely dependent on voluntary contributions, and, besides ordinary expenditure, has to provide for scholarship girls who are without relatives or
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT.
    283 12 $7,428,571 Loan for West Wharf Scheme. At Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council a resolution will be tabled asking Council to approve a loan for $7,428,571.43 for the purpose of extending wharf facilities at Singapore on the lines of one of the three schemes outlined by Mr.
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    F.M.S. RESIDENCIES.
    90 12 Mr. Andrew Caldecott Goes To Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 6. Mr. Andrew Caldecott, who has been acting as British Resident of Perak, has come to the Selangor Residency in a similar capacity. Mr. B. W. Elles, British Resident of Perak, has returned from leave
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    EASTERN DISEASES.
    72 12 Improved Health Conditions In Recent Years. Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood unveiled a tablet over a bed endowed by over 500 members of the Orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in London last month. He dwelt upon the sure
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    COURT PUZZLE.
    264 12 Official Assignee in A Quandary. In the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Sprou.e, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. C. N. Taylor, Assistant Official Assignee, moved to annul the bankruptcy orders made against three partners of Chop Hoe Seng, who were dealing in rice. Mr. C. H. Smith,
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    NEGRI ASSIZES.
    142 12 Heavy List of Cases On Calendar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May fi. There is a heavy list of cases for the Negri Sembilan Assizes which commence on Monday before the Hon. Mr. Justice Burton and are expected to last for at least two weeks. Twenty-five cases are
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    SUPREME COURT.
    174 12 Big Claim Against Insurance Company. The hearing was continued this morning before Mr. Justice Sproule, the acting Chief Justice, of the case in which Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926) sued the Motor Union Insurance Co., Ltd. for $221,340.41 and interest at the rate of eight per centum from
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    EXTRAORDINARY FIGHT.
    104 12 Alleged Murderer Wounds Four Civic Guards. London, Apr. 29. Thousands watched an extraordinary six-hour fight near Letterkenny, County Donegal, yesterday, when a 50-year-old farmer and crack shot, John Harrity, who was suspected of shooting a woman dead, took refuge in a rowing boat on Lough Swilly and fired
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    EX-CASHIER ARRESTED.
    71 12 Charged With Criminal Breach Of Trust. (From Our Own Correspondent-) Penang, May 6. Mohamed Eussof bin Osman, recently a cashier attached to the Government Land Office, was produced before the magistrate, Mr. Jago, today, having been arrested on a warrant and charged with criminal breach of trust as
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    33 12 It is notified that during the month of April the departures of aided passengers for the Madras Presidency numbered 5,811 adults and 686 minors. Arrivals were eight adults, three minors and three inxanlt.
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    CANTON TO WELCOME WANG CHING-WEI.
    599 12 People's Conference. NINE CHOSEN" TO FORM A PRESIDIUM. Hong Kong, May 7. General Chan Chai-iong, the com-mander-in-chief in Kwangtung, eeavened a further meeting on the evening of May 5 at which it was decided to welcome the reorganisationist leader, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, to Canton. Mr.
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    CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
    162 12 Rev. C. F. Andrews Defines Mr. Gandhi's Attitude. "Mr. Gandhi cannot imply that he wishes to banish Christian Missions," declared the Rev. C. F. Andrews, in a recent Press interview. Mr. Andrews said that this would be entirely against his principles, which were favourable to every form of
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    69 12 A le<ture on Catholic Action will be delivered under the auspices of the Catholic Yountr Men's Association by Mr. P. A. D'Costa, headmaster of the Holy Innocents English School, at the parochial hall of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ophir Road, on Sunday after the morning service. Mr.
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      FANCIED HORSES DO WELL.
      3171 13 Singapore Races. IMPROVED GOING ON SECOND DAY. Less tricky going and excellent handicapping made winners just a little easier to find yesterday, and several well-backed horses, and well-tipped ones, justified the confidence shown in them on the second day of the Singapore Turf Club meeting. As
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      29 13 Thursday, May 7. Football S.A.F.A. Ist Div. R.A. v». S.R.C, A.R. Stadium Reserve Div. S.C.C. vs. R.A., Padang. Golf Garrison G.C. Robinson Cup (ladies). Tennis: S.R.C. tournament.
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      YESTERDAY'S RACING : RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
      302 13 YESTERDAY'S RACING RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Race Hone Owner Traintr la^M Tote f aid Jockey Wjn fr^ 1 I I Irish Lady Ut Red Blazes Lady Remington V. S. Westh H.H. Sultan of Perak and Capt. L. Years Chung Chec Choong P. Logue Moore 31 13 Owners E. Norman McPherson
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      SINGAPORE CRICKET NOTES.
      981 13 Recruit for Rest Team. RAIN SPOILS PLAY ON SATURDAY. Rain on Saturday spoilt two out of three of the S.C.C. fixtures, and the only game played was that at Raffles Institution, where the Club team partly revenged their two previous defeats, winning a very low scoring game
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      THE "GENERAL."
      432 14 "Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow." FORTY-FIVE years is not a very long time to look back upon it is yet long enough in which to build a sroat institution. In 1885, when the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., was registered in Perth, Scotland, there
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      Varied Classes of Accident Insurance.
      575 14 Varied Classes of Accident Insurance. Unimpeachable Security. WIDE RANGE OF COVER IN MALAYA. INVESTMENT PROBLEMS. ACCIDENT insurance has come to include all classes of insurance which do not clearly fall under the headings of life, fire or marine. A wide range of cover S available in Malaya, as will be
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      THE PRUDENTIAL.
      309 14 Company's Operations Greatly Extended. THE confidence which the public continues to place in the Prudential Assurance Co., Ltd., is illustrated by the fact that at the end of 1930 the company had 2* million insurance contracts in force, with a»sets exceeding £240,000,000, and nn income exceeding £44,000,000. Founded
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      1869 TO 1930.
      232 14 National Mutual Life Of Australasia. AT the end of 1930 the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia. Ltd.. completed 61 years of successful progressive business. Since the company was formed in 18A9, £23,968,570 was paid in claims, and the amount assured under current policies totalled £85,102.724. The
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      292 14 AVOID THIS PITFALL Some men underestimate the necessity of Life Insurance through a belief that they cannot afford it, or because of an exaggerated feeling of prosperity. Yet most estates often disclose vanished asset -s and reveal too late that a little foresight could have secured financial protection for dependents.
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      Marine Insurance During Days of Adventure.
      802 15 Marine Insurance During Days of Adventure. 200 Years of Progress. THE ROMANIC CAREER O g GREAT CONCERN THE ROYAL EXCHANGE IN the early years of the eighteenth century the whole of England was seized by a fever of wild speculation, which culminated in 1721 in the collapse of that infamous
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    THE NORWICH UNION.
    255 15 OK the companies which have raised, the prestige of British insurance throughout the world to the high level it occupies today, the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd., is in the front rank. Wherever hu.sine»s is to be obtained it is represented and it is safe to
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    A CANADIAN CO.
    256 15 TIIK Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. was incorporated in Canada in 1887, and has grown very rapidly ever since until today it has an active organisation in practically every civilised country in the world. With such a world-wide organisation it is in the fortunate position of being able
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    "THE OCEAN."
    316 15 THE name Ocean," applied to an insurance company, at once suggests marine insurance, and it is curious that the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd., usually known as The Ocean," appecrs to belie its title by transacting every class of insurance business except marine. The explanation is that
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    PEARL ASSURANCE.
    320 15 rI\HE continued growth of the Pearl Assurance Co., Ltd., was conclusively proved at the 67th annual meeting held this year in London, when the chairman, Mr. George Tillcy, gave his yearly review of the progress made. In the course of his remarks he said, The funds of the
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    Impressions of New Caledonia
    1348 16  -  CHARLES E. SLIGO BY i THE WELL-KNOWN AUSTRALIAN WRITER AND TRAVELLER.) FRANCE'S ISLAND GEM IN THE PACIFIC NEW Caledonia is only five days' steam from Sydney, yet in essentials it nli'crs a contrast to Australia as dis•inct as could be imagined. In five days on- U
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    MARINE RESEARCH.
    415 16 Work During Fleet's West Indian Cruise. During the recent visit of the Atlantic Fleet to the West Indies naturalists from the British Museum (Natural History), South Kensington, were for the first time carried in one of His Majesty's ships during the ordinary spring cruise of a portion of
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    HOLLOW CHESSMEN.
    167 16 Secret Instructions For Napoleon's Escape. A remarkable set of chessmen which nearly changed the course, of history \s to be shown at a Napoleonic exhibition at Austerlitz, in Czechoslovakia. The chessmen are hollow and contained detailed directions for Napoleon's escape from St. Helena. Napoleon's friends sent them in
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    THE IRISH THEATRE.
    81 16 Mr. J. P. Fajfan's Plan For Permanent Company. In the course of a recent interview with a Press representative Mr. J. B. Fagan. who is producing The New Gossoon at the Apollo Theatre, said I am trying to obtain a theatre in London for the production of
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    HELSINGFORS PORT.
    174 16 The port of Helsingfors was closed a:; from Feb. 10 owing to ice, and traffic was concentrated on Hango and Abo, to the dissatisfaction of importers. At a meeting o* importers and shipowners in March the question of reopening Helsingfors was discussed, and it was decided that thy
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    TRUTH ABOUT ABERDEEN.
    41 16 Aberdeen, said Mr. Mac Donald, the' Prime Minister, at Elgin, Morayshire, recently had a somewhat doubtful financial reputation, but a friend interested in charity told him he received more anonymous subscriptions from Aberdeen than from any other city.
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    MUSLIM'S APPEAL.
    304 16 Forge Ahead with United Demands." Bombay, Apr. 23. The following messsage from His Holiness Sardar Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb has been sent to the Muslims of India: Viewing the present political situation in India and other countries in the Near East, I strongly feel the time has come
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    STRANGLED TO DEATH.
    158 16 Aged Hindu Widow's Tragic Fate. Calcutta, Apr. 27. A second case of death from strangulation of an elderly Himlu widow, within a week, occurred last night, the victim being Mrs. Soudamini Majumdar, of Upper Circular Road. Her husband was the Rev. Pratap Chandra Majumdar, a very prominent
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    "BOBBIE" HEINE MARRIED
    78 16 Lawn Tennis Girls Act as A Guard of Honour. Fourteen lawn tennis girls formed a guard of honour at the wedding at Pietermaritzburg, of Miss "Bobbie" Heine, the lawn tennis player, to Mr. J. H. K. Miller, a farmer and well-known athlete. Miss Heine intends to continue
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    Will Safety Glass Be Compulsory In Malaya?
    198 17 Al Ruffles Statue, Singapore* One of the new Wolseley Viper moflels seen in a local sotting. This model was first produced and announce J at the UM/81 Motor Show, and was designed to be i;i cliaracter the counterpait of the Wobeley "Horr.et" which
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    963 17 BY OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT. T^F.VV niQhl tall governing the construe- 1 tion and use of motor vehicles in Great; Britain, put in force by the Ministry of Transport, require that beginning Jan. 1, 1932, all new vehicles must have safety glass equipment. Cars now in use are
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    Eliminating Punctures
    82 17 ANEW type of wheel having two I jim. one within the other, and said to be adaptable cither to motor or trolley cars, was exhibited recently at a motor show in America. The outer tyre is of s>.lid rubber, the other, inside it. is pneumatic, and is nif.i.cd
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    MOTORING FOR THE OWNER-DRIVER.
    521 17 Preparing the Car For The Road. I IX practically all cases where a person liuyr a second-hand car from a firm of motor dealers it will be found that the car haT already undergone all necessary repairs. No harm will be done, however, by the purchaser
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    SPEEDOMETER ACCURACY
    186 17 The accuracy of automobile speedometers is, today, practically taken for granted. If actual scientific tests were made it is possible that this accuracy would probaDly be found to be approximate only, but in most cases so near to accuracy as to be of practical value for all ordinary
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    FOR THE KING OF SIAM.
    30 17 The Daim'.-r 20-30-h.p. sports saloon, built to the special order of the King of Siam, and incorporate* the Daimler fluid flywheel and iteU-chanf ing gear.
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    PETROL ECONOMY ON THE ROAD.
    370 17 The Value of Careful Driving. FEW motorists appreciate in full the important influence which speed and driving methods in general exert upon the amount of petrol consumed. Naturally, extreme economy involves a sacrifice in motoring comfort which few drivers countenance, but, on the other hand,
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    THE T.T. RACES.
    307 17 Three Foreign Machines Entered. It is very satisfactory, says a motoring correspondent, that already there have been nominations of three foreign makes of motor-cycles for the Tourist Trophy Races to be held in the Isle of Man on June 15, 17 and 19. The value of the
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    AT KATHMANDU.
    217 17 Manhandling a Car In The Himalayas. A letter recently received from a Government official living "to the North of Kuthmandu graphically describes the various stages of his journey with a new car, from the nearest railhead into the valley where it could be used. First of all 50
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    Motoring At Over Four
    1010 17  -  SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL Jumping 40 Feet Miles A Minute B, THE ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY HAVING waited probably for days for favourable weather conditions, at j last you decide to try your luck. You can see that your mechanics, who have worked with you for months and
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    LONDON TO THE CAPE.
    57 17 One of the Riley Flotor-care," which will be used by Captain GrofTrry Malms on his expedition from London to Capetown, undergoing tents on the River Severn. The inflated floats, which can >>c fitted on in an hour, will be iv.-d to haul the cars across the
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    FORD OUTPUT.
    110 17 THE Ford Motor Company has weathered the current business depression far better than it did the depression of 10 years ago, according to a special dispatch to the Wall Street Journal from Detroit. In 1921 it was caught by the decline with heavy inventories and was greatly embarrassed
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    MOTORS & ELECTRICITY.
    108 17 MOTORS ELECTRICITY. THE new and fifth edition of the Motor Electrical Manual" has been introduced and many new illustrations addcl to bring it up to date. It is written in simple language to meet the demand of ownerdrivers for complete practical information on present-day car electrical oquipmi There are 16
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    LOCAL FOOTBALL.
    155 18 Airmen and Soldiers Share Eight Goals. The Singapore Flying Club drew with C Co. of the Gloucestershire Regt. at football yesterday on the Harbour Board ground each side scoring four goals. The Club scored first and led by 2—l at the interval. In the second half both teams
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    SEREMBAN FOOTBALL.
    116 18 Chinese Trounce Temiang Rovers. (From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, May C In an N.S.F.A. League fixture here today the Seremban United Chinese Association, winners of the League shield for the past two years, defeated the Temiang Rovers Association (last year's runnersup) by 6 goals to 2. Within a
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    U.S. BASEBALL.
    58 18 Results of Games in Two Major Leagues. New York, May 7. I Results of yesterday's baseball games in the two major leagues are National League. Brooklyn 1 New York 0 Boston 1 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 6 I American League. New York 10 Washington 7 Philadelphia
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    GUILLEMARD CUP.
    216 18 Tennis Matches Between S.S. and Malay States. The annual lawn tennis fixture for the Guillemard Cup between the Straits Settlements and the Malay States will be held in Singapore on May 23, 24 and 25. The following have been selected to represent the Straits Settlement* Singles. —Lim Bong
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    PENANG TENNIS.
    72 18 In the lawn tennis tournament men's doubles Cheah Wat Hye and Cheah Wat Sun beat A. C. Wells and L M. Gamble, 6—o, 6—o. In the mixed doubles Mrs. Greene and R. B. Wallace beat E. W. Gibson and Miss Dennis, B—6,8—6, 7—5.7—5. In the men's singles, J.
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    VETERAN GOLFERS.
    156 18 "Over Fifty" Players Form Malayan Society. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 6. A meeting was held in the Selangor Golf Club last evening for the purpose of founding a club confined to golfers of 50 years of age and over. The Hon. Mr. C. W. H.
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    INTER-STATE CRICKET.
    87 18 Pahang's Team to Meet Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lrpie, May 6. The following have been selected to represent the State XI at cricket at Raub against the Selangor Club on May 10 J. P. Edwards, C. A. de Silva, F. E. G. Caswell and Hannington from
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    S.C.R.C. Matches.
    104 18 The following have been selected to represent the Chinese against the Gloucester Regt. Band at cricket on Saturday in the S.C.R.C. ground Thean Tek, 3iow Kee, John Then, R. Tan, Hock Liat, siow Hin, Choon Sim, Keng Leong, Eng Hoe, Lye Whatt and Siow Hian. Rjserve, Fong Lim
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    SHOOTING.
    125 18 Singapore Inter-Port Practice Scores. The follcwin-r wore the leading scores in an inter-port shoat practice at Farrer Range 200 600 600 R. L. Nunn Tamby R. E. Pcrreau K. C. Stewart A. C Montoiro F. M. Grosse E. B. McCall Mohd. Hassan L. A. Mottu J. F. GalisUn J.
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    108 18 A public meeting of Jaffnese was held in Kuala Lumpur recently to consider the rteps necessary to relieve the distress of those of the community who are at present unemployed, and of those who are likely to become unemployed in the near future. A committee consisting of eleven members was
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    INTERNATIONAL CLUB.
    189 18 New Tennis Organisation Formed in U.S S Following the lead of Great Britain and more recently, of France, the International Lawn Tennis Club of America has just been founded under influential auspices. The president is Mr. Dwight F. Davis, the donor of the Davis Cup; the chairman is
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    "TERROR" DEFEATED.
    201 18 Londoner Wins in Terrific Bout With American. Solly Schwartz, the Mile End lightweight gained the decision in a ten-round •■ontest against Andy Saviola, of Harlem. at -Brooklyn in mail week. He fought splendidly throughout and emerged with flying colours from a terrific bout in v.-hich Saviola was not
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    VICTIMS OF THE SLUMP.
    134 18 Free Advertising Offer And Its Response. In July last year wo opened a column under the above heading, in which men of ai;> race who had lost their employr.-.ciit M a result of the slump could have their announcements inserted free <;f charge. Some 250 men
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      250 18 Today's Crossword Puzzle. I 2I 2 p I h f5f 5 P HIH^T l*~~l i'° I" n^~ (CLUBS.) ACROSS. 21. Leaned 22. Physician* 1. Capuble of tension 23. Phantom 7. Sully 24. Musical compositions 13. Period 29. Little devil 14. Plaster 30. Crafty 15. I'.orn 34. Cheats !>;. Lists tliowin?
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    Queer Tales of the Occult.
    1294 19  -  DONALD CAMPBELL BY WAS COMTE DE ST. GERMAIN THE WANDERING JEW? (THE WELL-KNOWN STUDENT OF THE OCCULT* JUST before the French Revolution there appeared on the scenes of Enropean life one of the most mysterious figures on record. So mysterious indeed was the Comte de
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    GANDHI'S ULTIMATUM.
    85 19 Terms for Participation At Round Table. Bombay, Apr. 27. The Bombay Chronicle published a story that Mr. Gandhi handed over to Lord Irwin a dispatch for the British (fcbinet, stating that he would participate ■in the Round-Table Conference provided a drastic cat in army expenditure, safeguards for State
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    CLASS HATRED.
    45 19 Patna Sabha Secretary Arrested. Patna, Apr. 27. Jagatnarayan Lai, secretary of the AllIndia Hindu Mahasabha, has been arrested under Section 153-A of the Indian Penal Code .(disseminating class hatred), in connection with the statement published by him in Searchlight on the Cawnpore riots.
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    SMASH AND GRAB.
    104 19 Luxurious Car with a Liveried Chauffeur. London, Apr. 23. A luxurious motor-car with a liveried chauffeur stopped outside a jeweller's shop near Victoria Station during the busiest part of the day. An elegant young man alighted carrying a paper parcel, walked through the crowd, then swiftly smashed
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    NO-TAX CAMPAIGN.
    202 19 > Gandhi's Advice to Bardoli Villagers. Bardoli, Apr. 27. Mr. Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhai Patel visited last evening the village of Akoti, which is alleged to have suffered a great deal during the last no-tax campaign. SanUr Vailabhai, who proceeded a little earlier, asked the village people to
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