The Straits Times, 29 March 1932

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURYJ THE VARGESX r AND MOST, INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA, 10 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TI'ESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      326 1 SINGAPORE 78, CECIL ST. K'PHONE 8151)7" 6.15 Tonight 9.15 I JACK BUCHANAN in MAN OF i MAYFAIR j Phone 5261-2 AYLMER BRAND EMPIRE SOUPS i TOMATO ilSPffl VEGETABLE j ASPARAGUS WllfeH CELERY j OXTAIL JliaSES^! GREEN PEA. I MADE BY.— CANADIAN CANNERS LTD. HAMILTON, ONTARIO. CANADA. SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA:
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      144 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 27, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3883). 1 LENTHERIC THE MOST EXCLUSIVE PARISIAN PERFUMES. MfSiWIMI IF YOIT ARE BLONDE mLjM£c5M if you are brunette, FORET VIERGE. FACE POWDER. j|) A Toilet luxury adding to your B^^^^^ill^i^^^^^jH charm and personality. fl^^M^E^^^ Obtainable in all fashionable H shades as well as in
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      13 1 3.15 Tonißht 9.15 JACK BUCHANAN .in I MAN OF j MAYFAIR Phone 5261-2
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      437 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRA< T WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOX C" AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Dna Spore. 19SS. RANI'URA 17,000 Apr. 1 CHITRAL 16,000
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      775 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille,*, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middle»boroiigh. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail, v g KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Apr. 7 8 tYASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 19 -0 t HAKONE MARU lO.r.fiO May 4 5 c gSUWA MARU 10,700 May 19 20 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 June
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      449 2 BURNS PHUP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellnown steamer MARELLA (7.865 tons) and he s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo .ply). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the argest and finest steamers trading to Ausralia, cabins
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      574 2 THE BAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. ro GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. ALSIA Apr. 8 Apr. 8 m.s. LALANDIA Apr. 27 Apr. 29 m.s. MEONIA May 18 May 20 m.s. BOKINGIA June 8 June 10 m.s. FIONA
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      591 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE FHE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA. HAVRE. LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW -BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY BEBVICI LONDON a. d NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and
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      425 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siatn.) BANGKOK COASTING IBB* HUB. For Kelantan, Tabai. Bangnnra. Ttlapln, 'atani, Singora, Lacoa. Biehon, Bandon, Kohi:mui, Langsuan, Taku, Chumpon aod Baaa> ;ok. Arrival. Departure. BUDDHADIB In port PRACHATIPOK Apr. 1 Apr. fi YA'.AVV Apr. 16 A These vessel* are fitted throaffaoat with electric
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      279 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. STATES STEAMSHJP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SI Ml 111 I.E Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Los Angeles. B.S. GOLDLN HORN sails from Hong Kong Har. 30 7 Agents ANGLO-SI AM CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in
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      415 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ofa/AMERICAN MAIL LINE WHY TRAVEL THE DOLLAR WAY? BECAUSE 1 Fresh California fruits and vegetables are served at every meal. 2 Every stateroom is an outside cabin. 3 Outdoor salt-water swimming: pool on Deck. 4 Orchestra music for Tea-Dancing-Dinner and entertainments. 5 First Run Motion Picture*. 6
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      507 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (.Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services to: UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer: Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF DERBY Mar. 31 HOMEWARDS. s.s. KASAMA for Mseilles, Havre, L'don, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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      1492 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1*24.) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80.050.000 STATUTORY RESERVE Fl. 40,015,000 HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM .VITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES 'Bandoeng Hong Kong Rangoon Bandjermasin Kobe 'Semarang Bombay 'Weltevreden Shanghai Calcutta Medan
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      549 3 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There are approximately seven words to a line and there is :i flat rate charge of 26 rents per line per insertion with: A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10 a.m. on the duy of I A fee of 2.'> cents
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      705 3 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, b-unjralow, 78, Grange Road. Apply 63, Anson Road. INSTITUTION HILL bungalow newly renovated $80. United Engineers. t TO LET, D Eber Road oft* Oxley Road. Ap- ply 2, Eber Road or 10 De Sonsa Street. BUNGALOWS, Nos. 4, 6 A 14, Angullia I'ark, modern
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      388 3 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, shops at Grosvenor Hotel Bldg. I' OFFICES TO LET, 24-B, Battery Road, _'nd floor. Apply Guthrie A Co., Ltd. j TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions. A Apply Spore Building Corp- 64. Market St TO LET, two storied Rodown. Road and River frontage. Area
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      608 3 FOR SALE GKNUINE ITALIAN VIOLINS at slump irice. Season Co., Ltd., ll.'i, North Bridge Rd. COLUMBIA HOT SHOT BATTERIES No. 1461. For Motor Ignition, Tractors, Small Automobiles, Motor Boats, Gaa Engines, Hells, Signals, Small Lights, etc. EASTERN A \UTO CO., LTD., 60/79, Orchard Road. WHEN BUYING Tyres and Tubes again
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      801 3 AUCTION NOTICES. AUCTION SALE of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. it Messrs. Cheonc Koon Seng Co.'s saleroom. No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, Mar. 30. 1932, at 2.30 p.m. ESTATE OF FERDINAND RAPPA, DECEASED. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land situate off ■crangoon Roud, Singapore, area 8,122 sq. ft. ■STATE OF
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      618 3 LEGAL NOTICE. STATE OF JOHORE THE BANKRU'TO K\A< TMENT. IMS. Notice of Receiving Order, Adjudication and First Meeting. In Bankruptcy No. of MM. Re CHAN KOK W Ml. ROTtd li hereby fhren thai M I petition tiled on Sept. iM, IMS, Receiving Order against Chan Kok Wah at N Jalan
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    BRAVEST DEED OF THE YEAR.
    376 1 Award of the Stanhope Gold Medal. At the 158 th annual general meeting of the Royal Humane Society held in London, the Stanhope Gold Medal for the bravest deed of the year, was awarded to Mr. George Jenkins, a ship's cook, of Arthur Street, Walton
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    WAR DEBTS.
    368 1 Cancellation Not Possible Says U.S. Banker. London Mar. An American view of the War debt* and reparations problems was exprosseJ in London yesterday by Mr. Silas H. Strawn, a banker and president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He was speaking at the Hotel Victoria
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    NIGHT CHASE BY CRUISER.
    368 1 Captain's Tale Of Disguised Crew. London, Mar. 10. Remarkable evidence was given hero today, say* the Stornoway correspondent of The Times, when a fishery itui-er'-t eighty miles chase throughout the night for a trawler, alleged to be the Teromci, of Fleetwood, was described at the Sheriff's
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    GAVE UP HER CHANCE.
    343 1 The Self-Sacrifice of A Woman Painter. London, Mar. 4. Chelsea always cal'ed her Betty although she was really Mrs. William Fagan, and she died in London yesterday little known outside art circles. Betty came to London from her Wiltshire home in the ear'.y "nineties (writes an
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    THE ARMY.
    149 1 Soldiers' Return From Oversea. London, Mar. IS. War Office arranKemi-nts l«r 0* rtttWl home from oversea next winter of timeexpired soldiers have been circulated to commands in order that those concerned may have the fullest opportunity of making their individual arrangements for return to civil life. Soldiers of
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      266 1 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION TODAY'S ATTRACTION DINNER DANCE 9.30 p.m. to Midnight WEDNESDAY TEA DANCE 6.30-8.30 p.m. INFORMAL AFTER DINNER DANCE 9.30 To Midnight. Phone 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL Wednesday, 30th March. SPECIAL DINNER AND INFORMAL DANCING Conrad's de Luxe' Orchestra. THE EUROPE HOTEL TERMS INCLUSIVE
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      320 1 DANCING. Miss Vejra Praed Gee. CHILDREN'S CLASS. Special Classes for Chinese Mondays Fridays 4.30 p.m. Ladies SPECIAL TRAINING CLASS- r^JfTA^rror YOUNG LADIES U LR 0M DANCING for Men, Women and Children, (limited number*) Mondays^nd_Fridays <THE STAR HEALTH EXERCISES, ETC. I s£^W.K.'!S^Wednesday 5.30 p.m. Or Phone 2586 MISS GEE, Terms foT^oTe
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      38 1 RAFFLES CAFE AND CONFECTIONERY EXCELLENT MEALS A LA CARTE AT MODERATE COST. CAKES A fine assortment of dainty and delicious cakes are made daily, under tne supervision of an expert confectioner. CHOCOLATES— SWEETSCRACKERS FANCY GOODS, at reasonable prices.
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
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      Shanghai Letter.
      1431 6 Even In Shanghai They Do Not Know What Is Happening 20 Miles Away Taking An Inventory Of War Damage How Customs Revenue Has Been Hit Receipts Fall Below Expenditure Bankers Combine To Meet The Economic Consequences Of The "War" And Still Those Leaders Squabble But General Choi Ting-Kai
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      PRETTY WOMEN SPIES.
      102 6 Luring Japanese Officers At Harbin. About a dozen pretty Slaves are luring the Japanese officers at Harbin, according to witnesses, says The Japai, Times. Under the pretext of exchanging instruction in Russian and Japanese, they approach the younger Japanese officers to wrest army secrets from them. Investigations
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      THE NUDIST CRAZE IN HONG KONG.
      566 6 Search For A Beach. WHERE SMILES ONLY WILL BE WORN. Hong Kong, Mar. 15. If the Government lends a sympathetic ear, the Hong Kong Nudist Society is hopeful of acquiring a beach for the practice of the cult, either on Lantao Island, Lamma Island
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      CHINA'S LOSSES.
      171 6 Casualties In Shanghai Fighting. Official Chinese casualty figures have now been published revealing that 9,000 officers and men were killed or wounded between January 28 and March 3 in the fighting with the Japanese forces around Shanghai. In addition, 500 Chinese coolies were killed. A majoriy of the
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      THE NOULENS CASE.
      63 6 Awaiting Decision of The Soochow Higher Court. Nanking, Mar. 13. It is learned that Mr. and Mrs. Noulens, who have been held for some months as alleged Communists, have been tried by the Soochow Higher Ccort and have now returned here, where they are detained, awaiting the
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      KIDNAPPED WOMEN RELEASED.
      190 6 Victims Of Lighthouse Raid Return. Hong Kong, Mar. 19. The women ana children kidnapped in the bandit raid on Breaker Point Lighthouse, Swatow, at the end of Februai— have been released but the two men are still being held. Information to thils effect was received by the
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      CANTON AND NANKING.
      394 6 Independence Movement Frustrated. Canton, Mar. 14. The attempt of certain disappointed northern politicians and retired Kuomintang officials in Hong Kong to establish an independent Government in South China, on the ground that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek should not be permitted to be chairman of the new Nanking Military
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      LORRY-DRIVER HERO.
      213 6 How He Dealt With Truck Load of Ammunition. Honoured among the Chinese heroes of the present conflict is a truck driver who was formerly employed by the Chapei Fire Brigade, says the Shanghai Evening Post. Local Chinese papers carry the story of his brush with the Japanese forces
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      BIG ANTI-RED DRIVE FROM THE SOUTH.
      259 6 50,000 Troops To Clear Up Central China. Canton, Mar. 15. About 50,000 Cantonese and Kwangsi soldiers are to enter Kiangsfi. and other Communist infested districts in Central China in a ig effort to rid these places of bandits. Meanwhile the new understanding reached between
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      WAITRESSES CASE.
      274 6 Championed by Chairman Of Peking Chamber. Peking, Feb. 29. Mr. Len Chia-chi, president of the Peking General Chamber of Commerce, has coire forward as champion of the cause of the local waitresses. He said the resolution recommending that local restaurant keepers should discharge their women employees was pass-
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      SHANGHAI SENSATION.
      183 6 The Conspiracy to Seize Nantao By Force. Shanghai, Mar. 14. A plot for the armed seizure of Nantao, the Chinese district adjoining the French Concession, has been frustrated by the Chinese authorities in conjunction with the British and French police. Following the receipt of secret information, the joint
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      PATRIOTIC SUICIDES.
      57 6 Two more patriotic suicides are reported in Japan. An old woman of Nippori, on the outskirs of Tokio, hanged herself so that her son might go to the front free from worry. A young student of v'aseda jumped in front of a train near Kawasaki in his 'indignation
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      THE POLITICO-SOCIAL CRISIS IN JAPAN.
      697 6 Ever-Growing Unrest. COMPLEX AND DELICATE SITUATION. Shanghai, Mar. 17. Reports from Japan state that the Seiyukai Ministry, despite its huge majority in the Diet, is proving incapable of dealing effectively with the economic, pcliti'-o-social crisis. A strong political clique is manoeuvring to form a strong
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      ANTI-BOYCOTT METHODS.
      67 6 Weeping on a Merchant's Shop Doorstep. Shanghai, Mar. 18. Chinese reports from Tientsin state that a new method has been adopted for persuading merchants not to buy Japanese goods. A Kowtowing Society has been formed, the members of which, dressed in sackcloth and carrying Chinese mourning wands, will
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      169 7 At Mm M M IV i LAST NIGHT 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 M.-G-M's All Laughing Mirthquake "POLITICS" WITH MARIE DRESSLER POLLY MORAN tomorrow" MATINEE AT 3 p.m. EVENING 6.15 9.15 Fourth of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's 1932 Wonder Pictures NOEL COWARD'S "PRIVATE LIVES" STARRIM. NORMA SHEARER ITU ROBERT MONTGOMERY All the brilliant
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      267 7 Don't miss the Last Chance of seeing this Splendid All-British Production! AT THE fcfcl The Fin«t Theatre— The Best Pictures. 6.15 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT 9.15 The Idol of the BRITISH SCREEN and STAGE JACK BUCHANAN IN PARAMOUNT'S BRITISH Production— "MAN OF MAYFAIR" WITH^ JOAN BARRY, ELLA LINE TERRISS, NORA SWINBURNE
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      844 7 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 WHIRLWIND CONfEDY -DRAMA WITH EVERY VARIETY OF THRILL WITH JAMES GLEASON LEW CODY MARION NIXON HIS LINE WAS FAST HORSES, BUT HE MIXED'EM UP WITH FAST WOMEN NEXT CHANGE SHE ASKED WHAT WERE HIS INTENTIONS AND HE REPLIED STRICTLY DISHONOURABLE. SHCTfir \fSTR.CTIV DISHONORABLE f~ DISHONORABLE m wmim
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      REORGANISATION OF R.M.S.P. GROUP.
      451 8 Bold But Drastic Scheme Of Absorption. The riMM for the rationalisation of the !i. M. S. P. interests having been agreed u|Min the regrouping of the several companies will proceed upon a geographical Sasis, and will he put into operation at the liest i...-s:I.K- moment. These
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      1827—1932. Comparison of Shipping Trade.
      264 8 1827—1932. Comparison of Shipping Trade. The stato < f the shipping trade today whs compared wth that in 1X27 at th..•mnunl meeting of the Sailors' Home ar. I Red Ensivn <!uh. in London in mail week. Admiral Sir Robert Maaae'l, iieputy-ma-ter of Trinity House, who preiclCd. said that notwithstanding tn(>
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      SCHOOLBOYS' CRUISE.
      181 8 To Visit Northern Capitals Of Europe. An attractive idMra for providing "mlary tcboollwjn aged 1 I .wars and m to the northern capital* of Europe has been arranged l»y a committee of headmasters of Scotland an. l England. It is p: (.posed to charter the military transport Neurnlia,
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    Vessels Arrived.
    50 8 I'KMI'o. Urn, 10.06J ton, from Rotterdam irsbayi 2:i I. I KKKKK. Kut :,.IC7 tun*, from I, for lloilo, China and Ju|inn I toss, fruni Malacca Hi :i :m .1 i Bril 2.M8 ton*, frm t'oliu I' 1 foi M ivre, I ondon Iruni Calcutta r rhl"a and .l.if-'n
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      TOERANGIE RUBBER ESTATES.
      779 8 Loss Of £6,375 On The Year. The twentieth ordinary general RNrt'ax <if the Tot-ranjrie (Sumatra) Rubber nl Ik luce Estates, Ltd.. was he'd at the registers I < Acs of the company, 1-4, Great Tower Street, London, K. C. :i on FeY 18, Mr. J. R. Gray,
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      SUNGEI SAYONG.
      73 8 Th< t >| irt for Ittl of Sunproi Sayone Rabber < states, aftp- creditinp certain il Diofit and loss shows balance it ilclii, of f J,.?:j:». KstateK now appear :it redu t- I valuation or lered by (Jourt H'.i.iMUi in plan of £(!1,45<J, and issued i-apital appsslTS at
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      PASSENGERS.
      172 8 The following passengers for Singapore a n.i Pennf =>' riv t--lt --l l,y the Dollar Line s.s. Pre■ideal Adams this morning: Mr. nnil Mrs. Walter I). Alexander, Miss Helen K Alexander, Mr-. Marie Haker. Mr. Walter (I. Bnryl. Miss Tawan Bunnac, Mrs. M«) A Huir.nle, Mr. J. Russell Clairmonte,
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        MINING.
        449 8 t Val. I'd./ Buyers. Sellert il £1 As;im Kumbang 24 25/- xd. £1 £1 Austral Malar 18/- 20/. 5/-6 A Ayer Hitam Tin 10/- 11/- cd. il £1 Bangrin Tin 9/6 10/6 il £1 Batang Padanfl 0.07 Vi 0.12* 1 1 Batu Cave* 0.18 0.23 1 1 Bukit Arang
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        GENERAL.
        258 8 lung* Val. Pd Bujen. Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 1.00 1.50 2 2 Alex. Bri.k Prefi. 1.90 2.00 11 1 Brit. Ani. Tobacco 3.19.0 4.3.0 1 1 Central Engin* 0.20 uJUnom. 00 ficlChiiiem" Com. Bank 70.00 7.V00 O £1 Con. T. S. 7% Prefi. 15/6 16 6 a
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        136 8 finmpore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal S p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 99 101 Singapore Municipal 4M: p.e. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 93 Sinrnpore Municipal 4H p.c. of l'iO9 red. 1955 $1,000,000 95 W8 sii.-apnre
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        408 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. N.B. Most of above rubber share quotations are now only nominal. Today'i Pric« Fraser Lyall ft Co. Evatt Allen l.y ($ll 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.45 Alor rajah ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.20 0.30 A. liitam (ft) 0.60 0.70 0.60 0.G5 A.
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      801 8 Tonight's Concert From Saigon. (By Oar Wireless Correspondent Singapore, Tuesday. The list of stations which may b« heard Jaily in Malaya is as follows (Sin»»pore time only is gi\en) ALWAYS ON THE AIR. BANDOENG, PLM., 82 metres, 8.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music 6.80 to 7 p.m.,
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    190 8 Singapore, Mar. L".i. BELLING. Condon, 4 months' sight 2/4 1/82 London, 3 months' sicht 2/i 15/16 London, 60 day* 1 sight 2 3'i London, 30 day* sight 2/3 27/32 London, demand */3 25/32 London, T.T. 2/8* Lyons and Paris, demand U>7o Hamburg, demand 170 New York, drmnnd I
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    PRODUCE.
    160 8 Siiu,'n|niri', Mnr. 'd'.i. Gambirr 13.00 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) Copra mixed '>.2'< Sago flour, Sarawak U714 White I'eppor 2K.00 Black Pepper "2.00 Pearl Sago 4.76 imall 5.00 medium pearl 6.00 Rice, Siani $17:. to HI Saigon fill I" 171 Ranirc.nii IIHJ to IM ,o. 1 of 125 cutties irross
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      34 8 FOR ALL THINGS RADIO WRITE. PHONE OB CALL Caraar OoposlU Amb#r Htulta. tola Afrnts and Keprrsmtattv o| U« LMdlag Kadis Maaafactuen. SHOBT WATB RECEIVERS WIRELESS COMPONENTS UkvCeeatry Ordcn b*cat*a »t Sstara Post. PHONE 7Sff.
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      250 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tumrtay. March 29. H. W. 2.2 a.m., 8 ft. 5 in. 4.10 p.m., 6 ft. 5 in. Wrdneoday, March .10. H. W. 2.. r >0 a.m., 7 ft. 8 in., G.2. r p.m., 6 ft. 2 in. I Municipal Commissioners' meeting, 2.15 p.m. Thuntday, March Jl.
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      305 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report, YESTERDAY. 1 P.M. YEPTFRDAT. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative DirecMax. Mm. full shin*. liumidity. tion. Force. Weather. V. F. in. hour*. m.p.h. Beriah AJet gtar Ul 73 0.32 5.3 65 WSW 10 Fine l\. l.irii.ni K-jtu Bharu 83 TA Nil 7.5 65
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    176 9 lubber Price Surprisingly Steady. NO BUSINESS PASSING. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore. Tuesday. Today's I'rices KiiHmt, .">', rents p*r Hj. I in. 10(1 lon* at SSl.f.2': per picul. Satunl;i\ s Prices Rwaftjer, Leajawa, I i 1 «rf unchanged. N..w Vi:rk. <t-.. up l*lf Ct Markrt Vane Vmrj
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    216 9 Today. Bengkalii and Bag/in 3 p.m. Si.k. Fakir. Baroa, I'sjakomto fading (Bong Kwonf) S p.m. orth i Santhia) :l p.m. in i i 11.-ifthor) 3 p.m. iva, Sontb-Wtlt Sumatra, South- Moluccas ing I. icuij;, i p.n.. I p m. ■I p.m. DeOmd Departure. lap in, Kw.i. For-
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RUBBER MARKET.
      748 9 and Wilson's Weekly Report. Syminfctor. and Wilson's weekly market report, dated London, Mar. 2, states We have to report a further heavy fall in our market this week. Except for very slight rallies on two occasions the fall has been practically continuous without any very great volume of
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      METAL MARKET.
      206 9 William Jacks and Co.'s weekly report dated, London, Mar. li, states I'he tiade position in America has cauiStl fome concern during the past week, and has counteracted the better feeling i" this country, while the improved urospectfl "f thi- pound sterling tend to lower prices of those metals
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      POWER OF PUBLICITY.
      165 9 Prince on Influence Of The Press. The Prince of Wales was the principal guest at the inaugural banquet of the Company of Newspaper Makers at the Mansion House on Feb>. 26. The Master (Mr. R. D. Blumenfehl) presided, and the guests included the Lord Mayor (Sir Maurice
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      HARPENDEN RUBBER.
      104 9 In their report for 1931, the directors of Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber Co., state that funds arc now exhaused, and it v.iil therefore lie necessary to provide further capital. A scheme of reconstruction is under consideration an:! details will be submitted to shareholders at an early date. The net
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      62 9 Tone of Market pull. Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 1 15-16 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. ct*. 3 1-16 per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Standard R.S.S. on Tender fipot 'April M»y April-June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. 6H. 5\ 6 6 6S 6\
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      WAMPOE TOBACCO AND RUBBER.
      733 9 Estate On Care And Maintenance Basis. The twenty-second ordinary genera) meeting of the Wampoe Tobacco and Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company, 1-4 Great Tower Street, London, E.C." on Feb. 18, Mr. ,1. R. Gray, chairman, presiding. The chairman said:
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      NEW COMPANY.
      83 9 Sungei Buhru Rubber Estates. Sungti Bahru Rubber Estates has been registered as a public company, with a capital of £90,000 in 2s. shares, to acquire the undertaking of a company with a similar title incorporated in 1909. The directors are P. J. Burgess (chairman of Ma'ay United Rubber
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      PRUDENTIAL'S EXPANSION.
      467 9 Total Assets Over $255,000,000. The annual report of the Prudential Assurance Company, shews further remarkable expansion in the past year. The assets have increased by 414,813.493. and now amount to the large total »f '-255.793.860. This follows an addition of 2.380,829 recorded a year ago. Income rose by
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      BATAVIA RUBBER.
      78 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Mar. 22. On the first Jay after the announcement of the British and Dutch Government that it was decided not to intervene in regard to the rubber industry, the local market was very listless and prices dropped to a new low level. Standard
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      126 9 Tuesday, March 29. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. KKIM'KL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Sarita, Lch. Lucifer, W. Bt. Johanna, Toradja. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonff Pagar. Victoria Dock Nil. wpprl Harbour. Kind's Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock Scott Harley.
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    LONDON MONEY MARKET.
    918 9 C 0.2, closed at 59.3, compared with 59.9 a .veil: '.urliev. Textile shares, including Courtaulds, were weaker. Motor shares were firmer, with the exception of Ford, ;n which :i lower dividend is expected. John Barker continued the list of favourable accounts presented by the big l hop:-.
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    101 10 Singapore. AI.HWIHKA. Marl.- Dresner and Polly Muraii in Politics. C.l& U. 15. Phone ajtsV. CAPITOL. -Jack Buchanan in Man of Mayfair. 6.15—9.15. Phone 5261-2. EUROPE HOTEL.— Dinner and Dance. GREAT WORLD. —Wayanjfs, Cinema, Donhey Rides, Zoo, Maze, Skating ground Commercial Museum. MARYBOROUGH.— DeadIock. 0.10—9.15. NEW WORLD.— Side Shows, Cabaret
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      68 10 Mr.-. Alford wishes to express her sympathy with those who were unable to obtain admis■tea to the "IN BLUE" Cabaret. The licensed nujinin accommodation of the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden, was reached early on Saturday, morninir, of the 26th, and it was with extreme retrret that patrons had to
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      46 10 Mrs. T. Newman ami Mr. D. B. Newman wish in tipiM! their most heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly helped them in their j. rent lie reuvement, and to all those who Miit wreaths or attended the funeral of the late Mr. T. Ncwn'an.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY,MARCH 29, 1932. PLANTERS AND OTHERS.
    763 10 The Straits Times SINGA PORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932. PLANTERS AND OTHERS. A great deal has been written recently about the futility of the visual standard by which rubber is valued on the Singapore market. That these standards, maintained by the broker, have today no relation whatever to the requirements
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    173 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. E. L. Hall-Patch, Financial Adviser to the Siamese Ministry of Finance, has resigned, wires our Bangkok correspondent. Mr. Thomas G. Paterson, consulting engineer to Anderson and Ashe, Hong Kong, arrived in Singapore this morning for a month's stay by the President Adams. Mr. Tadaki A. Idzuka, secretary
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    THE CURRENCY OF THE EAST.
    1350 10 Can Silver Ever Come Into Its Own Again fßy W. T. Hart, B. Com., F.R.Fx-on.S.. formerly Lecturer in Hanking mid Exchange at the City of Ixmdon College.) Silver hux NMM BtVOsSMS Hiftttl. (lold is obviously kungmbh tatitfuetorily of fulfilling thr f auctions irhich (/old and
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    711 10 FOOLHARDY FLYING. w While all the v.nrM admires *hn wonderful pluck and cnchiriuue displays I by tlio-e men and women who. almnst every day, are estnMishinjr new flying one cannot help wmuiei inic whether the craze for long-distaine "lone flights" has nut gOM beyond tho limits
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    REMARKABLE NEW RECORD BY BRITISH AIRMAN.
    598 11 LONE FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN. Practically Without Sleep. LESS THAN 5 DAYS. Crashes While Almost Unconscious. Mr. J. A. Mollison. the British airman, who holds the record for a light from Australia to Kngland, ha i added to his BjdsWveSMSrte l>> ImulIsg the record
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    War Preparations At Shanghai.
    2453 11 VIRTUAL BREAKDOWN OF PEACE PARLEYS. Manchuria Revolt Still Growing: Threats To Changchun And Harbin. WMk Ibc sulwommittee appointed by the Shanghai peace conference to consider all questions relating to the withdrawal of the JapaMM troops held an all-day meeting yesterday, and is to rtmtiMM its discussions
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    CRISIS DEVELOPING IN IRELAND.
    356 11 American Press Warns De Valera. London, Mar. 25. The gravity of the crisis in the relations between Great Britain and the Irish Free State is shown by the fact that the British Government has established a special Cabinet committee, presided over by the Prime Minister, Mr.
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    LOST CITIZENSHIP.
    77 11 Why Suspected Murderer Cannot Be Tried. Madrid, Mar. 23. The Spanish Cabinet Council dealing with the so-called Casanella case, decided th:r Casanella, who served in the Red Ai my, had lost his Spanish citizenship ana thus could no longer be detained. It is that he will be deported
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    HELP FOR GREECE.
    43 11 Cabinet Decides to Withdraw Resignation. Athens, Mar. 26. On the Finance Minister's report that the League of Nations' Commission held out hopes that Greece would receive the assistance required, the Cabinet decided to rescind its resignation pending further developments. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    STUDENTS RIOT IN RUMANIA.
    293 11 Shooting Affray. TWO POLICE KILLED: MANY INJURED. Bucharest, Mar. 25. Serious rioting broke out in the university town of Jassy where two policemen are reported to have been killed and many persons injured in a shooting affray between students and the police. The trouble started when
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    LINDBERGH BABY.
    156 11 Negotiations in The Semi-Final Stage. Xorfo'k (Virginia), Mar. 28. The well-known shipbuilder, Mr. J. H Curtis, who is associate! with the Rev Dr. Dobsoo Peacock (Rector of Norfolk) and Adiiiiral Bun age as intermediaries Lindbergh, declares that B igotiatto— are in the semi-final stage for the return of
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    SHANGHAI ELECTIONS.
    58 11 Cabarets and Dog-Racing Objected To. Shanghai, Mar. 29. The Chinese ratepayers in the Internationa! Settlement are taking a keen interest in the polling for the election of the Chinese members to the Municipal Council. Chinese associations in Shanghai a^e vigorously protesting against cabarets and dog-racing. The reopening of
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    DANUBE STATES.
    102 11 Immediate Relief for Austria And Hungary. Vienna, Mar. 26. According to the Neve Freie Presse, the conversations tending towards economic agreement for the Danube States have been so successful that the representatives of the Powers will meet to discuss the matter in Geneva between April .10 and 17.
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    COAL FOR COFFEE.
    73 11 Brazil Makes Arrangement With Germany. Berlin, Mar. 20. A cable from Rio de Janeiro stated tl at the national Brazilian Council for the coffee industry, which has been considering European offers of the exchange of coal for coffee, decided to conclude arrangements along these lines with German
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPT. ROGERS.
    240 11 Victim of Electric Shock From Car? (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 29. The death of Capt. Joseph Rogfs, of the Selangor Pilot Association, Port Swettenham, took place at 12.30 yesterday afternoon at Port Swettenham with tragic suddenness. Capt. Rogers, who was only 42
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    COMMUNISTS BARRED.
    121 11 Refused Permits to Land In England. London, Mar. 25. Regarding the ban on Henri Barbusse, the famous novelist, and Mugzenberjr, who were announced to address an anti-war meeting at Easter in London and were refused landing permits, the Hojre Secretary, Sir Herbert Samuel, declared in the House of
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    SEIZED DOCUMENTS.
    97 11 National Socialists* Application. Leipzig. Mar. 25. The National Socialist party's application to the Supreme Court for an injunction on the Prussian Minister of Interior to return the documents confiscated in the course of last week's domiciliary visits came up for decision today. The court, after private negotiations had
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    KING CAROL AGAIN.
    75 11 p Princess Helena Returns To Rumania. Bucharest. Mar. 2C. King Carol's wife Princess Helena, from whom he is separated, arrived here by the Simplon express and was met at the station by her son. Crown Prince Michael, the ex-King of Creece, and representative authorities. A guard of
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    FORMER U.S. TREASURER.
    96 11 Death of Mr. Leslie M. Shaw. Washington, Mar. 28. The death occurred today of Mr. Leslie Mortier Shaw, formerly Stcretaiy to the United States Treasury.— Reuter. Mr. Shaw, who was in his 8-lth year, after practising law at Denison, lowa, from 1876 until 1807, later ergugel in
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    FRENCH UNEMPLOYED.
    44 11 Archbishop of Paris's Appeal. Paris, Mar. 23. The appeal of the Archbishop of Paris for funds to relieve unemployment has led to such a good response that it wiC be possible to start building 32 new churches in the French capital. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    NOT TO BE LANDED.
    86 11 Problem for Argentine Cruiser's Captain. Athens, Mar. 'JO. The Argentine cruiser Chaeo has arrived hi n the captain hoping to land his cargo of 33 Kuropean undesiurhles who have ban deported from Argentina. .lust other ports, however, the Greek autl ities gave strict orders that no
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    NO CO-OPERATION.
    58 11 Further Threat of Indiar Congress. Bombay, Mar. 23. The Lahore session of the All-India? >'utu«nal Coogre adopted resolutioi refusing further co-operation with the mib-eammittees of ilic Round-Table < on fereni-e and declaring that the Congres would suspend its programme and atlopi one of direct action if the Government
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      43 11 STOP PRESS. PEACE IN CHINA According to an official Japanese Communique issued i!u- afternoon, an agreement for the complete cessation of hostilities was reaqfced at the Sino-Japanese Peace Conference this morning. Renter. NEW ERA IN INDIA. Peace to be Secured At All Costs.
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    "MAY BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE."
    1987 12 Rubber Industry's Future. RESTRICTION DECISION MALACCA PLANTERS' MEETING. |{< ferrnce to the decision M the prUiia md Date* Gewemaseata ilia! re vltiotic n of rnliiier output «a-i n"t ■ratlieaMe waa made cj Mr. V. Mao.en/ie. the chairman of the Malacca Planter* 1 Association, at
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    CHANDU SEIZURES WORTH $63,000.
    220 12 Rattan Chair With A Hollow Frame. Non-government chandu. valued at nearly $G:;,000 has been seized by revenue officers of the Monopolies Department during the past several days. The bipKest haul also the biggest this y ear W as made on Sunday when revenue officers boarded the
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    91 12 Mr. Arthur J. Carpenter And Miss H. E. Coggin. The marriage took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday, of Miss Hilda K. Coggin of Hereford, and Mr. Arthur J. Carpenter, the well-known Colony crjeketer. The Rev. H. T. Malaher officiated ?nd the duties of best man were
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    LOTTERY IN SIAM.
    35 12 To be Held to Aid the Red Cross. (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, .Mar. 29. It has been decided to hold a l"cs. 500,000 lottery for the beneS-t of the :Uil Cross.
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    HAP HENG CASE SEQUEL.
    153 12 Charge Against Former Secretary. A sequel to the Hap Heng Mineral Syndicate case which was concluded at the last Assizes with the conviction of Oh Wan Hee and Daniel Boniface Pestana was heard before Mr. G. C. Dodd, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, this morning when
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    £5,000,000 CLAIM
    314 12 Rejected By Czech Court. London, M;i:-. 1. Judgment \va3 friven liy v Csech court, sitting at Leitzmeritz today, against Sir Richard John Waldie-Orimth. ai Her.dersyde Park, Kclso, Roxburghshire, in one of the most sensational law action- which have ever come before a court in Centra] Europe. The sum
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    12 12 Mr. Tan Hone Yam and family haw returned to Klanp from Swatow.
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN UNITY.
    1152 12 Speech To Pilgrims. MR. DWIGHT DAVIS ON FAR EAST. London, Mar. t The Pilgrims yesterdny entertained at tuncheon at the Hotel Victoria Mr. Dwight F. Davis, Minister of War for the United States from 1!»2"> to 1921), and subsequently Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, a post he recently
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    BOXER'S DEATH IN SINGAPORE.
    209 12 Collapse After Fight. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL UNCONSCIOUS. For the third time in the history of boxing in Singapore a 'wxer has succumbed to his injuries. Mohamed Ksrsim, an Indian, who was one of those taking part in tho charily programme held at the New World over
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    THE PAVILION.
    189 12 Sweepstakes A Bright Racing Story. Eddie Quillan, who is featured in the R.KO I'athe film, Sweepstakes," which OJMM 1 at the Pavilion last night, i.. a com paratively new <-omor to Malayan audi ha i lil:o y to prove a greai favourite. Ho has a winning smile and
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    REFRIGERATOR HOUSE.
    112 12 Designed as "A Nursery For Atoms." A ten-room hou.se, built in a refrigerator, for use as a spectroscopic laboratory, has been opened at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The house is a windowless concrete building, entirely enclosed l>y I. rick anil cork walls. The house la designed as
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    FALLS DEAD IN GRAVE.
    69 12 Pastor Taking A Funeral Service. While pronouncing an eulogy at the burial of one of his parishioners in a cemetery at Dortmund, Pastor Hilburg, a Lutheran clergyman, suddenly pitched forward into the grave, lie was pulled out by some of the men mourners, but to their
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    SIAM CEMENT.
    23 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 19. The Siam Cement Co., Ltd., has declari I a dividend of nine per cent.
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      MALAYAN GOLF TITLE.
      2459 13 Paterscn's Success. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE PLAY. (From a Special Correspondent.) Kuala l.umpur. Mar. 28. M. M. Paterson, of the Singapore (•olf Chili, won the Malayan golf rham pionship this afternoon, beatini; G. Malliday. of the MalakofT Golf Clr.l>. L> and 1. In the semi-finals Hallidav heat
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    SELANGOR AGAIN DEFEAT S.C.C.
    2258 13 By Seven Wickets. THRILLING FINISH ON TIME. Two minutes from time yesterday, A. H. D. Livock obtained the run which gave Stlangor a sevep-wicket victory over the S.C.C. in their annual Easter fixture which took place on the Singapore Padang this year. Selangor has now 1
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    FINE SHOOTING BY A WOMAN.
    760 13 Championship Runner-Up. RIFLE MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 28. Blazing sunshine and scarcely a breath of wind prqvided almost ideal conditions for the concluding stages of the F.M.S. Rifle Championship meeting, which ended on the Kuala Lumpur rifle range
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    TOPICS OF ENGLISH TURF.
    2248 13 National Hunt Meeting. COMPLAINTS OF UNFAIR FENCES. (From Our Own Correspondent) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Mar. K. The National Hunt meeting at Cheltenham is the most important of the season, and took place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last. The Grand National as a race
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    QUEENS PRIZE.
    63 14 Srardroy Wins by Six Lengths At 10—1. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 28. The result of the Queen's Prize run at Park today, was as follows SCAROROY 7.8 1 INSUR •■.'><(•: -.11 2 CO \Si Xi: 8.11 3 Seventeen ran. Won by six lengths two lengths between
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    THE "TOY BULLDOG."
    63 14 Mickey >Valker Polishes Off Jim Maloney. Salt L4fc< <ity. Mar. 11. Mickey Walter the "toy bulldog" of the heavyweights, polished off the m.-U'l-uii .Jim Maloney of Boston without. nmeil troul.le here tonight. Walker, former middleweight title holder, won by v technical knockout. Jackie Fields the welterweight champjOßj
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    SWIMMING.
    54 14 Uenm (Jirl's Record for 200 Yards Hreaststroke. I/ondon Ki-li. U7. Tlm- world's 880 yard* lirraststrokr record of IVI K/Ssee., held l<y Miss WolKtcnholme, <>r Greal Britain, was be«tim tonight .ii Magrieburfc liy Kraulcin Lisa Rotki 1 ((Jerraany), who accomplished the in 172 I Mrariwhilc, Mile. trimming al Stockholm, totuwd
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    SINGAPORE TENNIS.
    243 14 Forthcoming Ties at The S.C.C. The following ties will be played at the S.C.C tomorrow Championship Doubles. N. S. Wise and Ray Smith vs. H. H. Markham and J. S. Nathan. R. B. Gotch and F. T. K. Hobbes vs. W. Warden and 8. Grimbertr. W. G. Skey
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    ARMY SOCCER FINAL.
    53 14 Sherwood Foresters Create New Record. London, Mar. 28. At Aldershot, in the Army Cup soccer final, the Ist Sherwood Foresters (Shorniliffe) created a new record by winning the Cup for the third successive year, leating the Ist batt. the Duke of Wellington's Regiment {Aldershot) by three goals
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    229 14 Tur»d»>. Marrh 21. Football: S.A.K.A Div. 3: V.M.C.A. ts. Vehicles Dept.. Y.M.CA. grd. A.P.C. Fraser and Neave, S.H.B. (rrd. Ho Hong Club vs. M.1.11. Jalan Brsar. Golf: Garrison G.C. Mixed Foursomes competition. Wednesday, Marrh 30. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. 1: Pulau Brani vs. Chinese, Anson Rd. Stadium; Div. 2:
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    26 14 [The co-operation of club secretaries it requested in keeping thli diary of iporting evenU accurate and «p to data.l (Other Sporting New» sppaarp p« <Mif> Is.)
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    AMATEUR RACES AT IPOH.
    650 14 Second Day Marred By Rain. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 2e. The weather was very wet for the second day of the Ipoh Turf Clubs amateur meeting, and several of the races were run in pouring rain. Mr. Klrwan and Mr. Wahab each rode two
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      90 14 BOXING Thr Two "X.0." Kiiw of the Eaat: GUNBOAT JACK (Champion of India) va. AL RIVERS (King-Lin of Malaya) 12 Bounds SID NASH vs. ERIC DUNSFORD (G. Britain) 8 Rounds (Singapore) KID GABO vs. GEORGE TAN i Manila i 8 Round* I Chinese) GUNNER PEARCE rs. L OKI. WALKER R.
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    EASTER MONDAY FOOTBALL.
    655 15 Arsenal and Derby Draw. THE WEDNESDAY IN FINE FORM. Several matches were played yesterday in the English and Scottish Leagues. In the First Division the Arsenal only managed to draw with Derby County i I—l.1 l. Everton, the leaders, also secured a point from their match with
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    BOBBY JONES BEATEN.
    65 15 Partners Burke Against Melhorn and Miyamoto. Pinehurst, North Carolina, Mar. 25. Myamoto and Bill Melhorn defeated Bobby Jones and Billy Burke by two up in an exhibition match as a prelude to the North vs. South open golf tournament. Jones, who dislikes sand greens, did 33 and
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    NURMI HONOURED.
    43 15 Receives Finnish Gold Medal For Fourth Time. Helsingfors, Mar. 26. The Finnish Athletic Association unanimously decided to present its annual gold medal to the famous runner Nurmi. This is the fourth consecutive year in which Nurmi has been go honoured. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    21 DEATHS.
    48 15 In the Past American Football Season. Owing to the large number of fatal accidents, American football is to be made safer by six drastic changes in the rules. During the past season twenty-one players died as the direct result of injuries received on th« football field
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    SINGAPORE MALAYS BEATEN.
    772 15 By Selangor Rangers. BETTER FINISHING BY VISITORS. Selangor Rangers 2 Spore Malays 0. The Singapore League and Cup champions, the Malay XI, received a shock yesterday when they were beaten by the Selangor Rangers by two clear goals at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The local champions, however,
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    HOME RUGBY.
    43 15 Results of Easter Monday Matches. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 28. Results of Rugby matches played today, are as fo'lows Barbarians 12 Swansea 8 Bristol 9 Blackheath 0 Bath 9 O.M.T.'s 3 L'.anelly 22 Nuneaton 0 Cardiff 24 Harlequins 10
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    CHINESE SOCCER.
    30 15 Entries for the Singapore Chinese Football Association Inter-K&mpong League will close on Thursday, and those who have hot sent in theirs, are requested to dc so lit oace,
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    3503 16 Known Murderers Who Escape Justice. A WARNING TO BACHELORS. (From Our Own Correspondent) Straits Times Office, Fleet Street, Mar. 15. During the past week there has been much talk of crime and criminals. The controversy really began with a statement in the House of Commons by Sir
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    SALOON-CAR PLANE TO FLY.
    263 16 Ay-Metal Safety Machine. London, Mar. 4. First secrets of an entirely new "aerial saloon" an aeroplane built just like a motor-car, with the bodywork on an allmetal chassis were revealed (to mte at Cioydon today, writes a Daily Herald representative. The revolutionary system of construction, it
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      13 16 MENNEN*S SHAVING CREAM Original or Menthol-iced Factory Representative P. W. Thayer, Union Building.
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    VULKAN SHIPYARD.
    52 17 Rig German Enterprise Closing Down. Bremen, Mar. 26. Tin' Hanseatic cities' chief enterprise, the hoge Vulkan shipbuilding yard, may ■.•lose down entirely in the near future. Kurtln-r notices of termination of contracts have been sent out to employees. The total number of men at work is now only
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    HONEYMOON IN A LIGHTHOUSE.
    309 17 London Girl Artist To Live In Africa. London, Mar. 4. Miss Cicely Griffiths, a London woodcut artist, who was married in Dar-es-Salaam today to Mr. J. E. Taylor, i mining engineer, has chosen a lonely lighthouse in the Indian Ocean for he; honeyjnoon. The bride is
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    MUNIFICENT GIFT.
    663 17 £5,000 to Assist in Propeller Design. In a letter to The TiaMO, Mr. Stanley 3aldwin announces that Sir James Lithrow, the well-known shirvbuilder, has offered a sum of £5,000 to meet the entire .-ost- of equipment to be installed at the National Physical Laboratory for reMarch on problems
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    KANCHOW ENTERED.
    152 17 Anti-"Red" Forces Make Progress in Kiangsi. Hong Kong Mar. 21). General Yu Hon-mau (the most important of the Kwangsi military leaders, who is taking charge of the anti-Cbmmunisc-Bandit campaign in the South) flew to Kanchow (in the extreme south of Kiangsi Province about 50 miles from the kuang'ung
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    FILIBUSTERS FAIL.
    281 17 Modern Pirates Glad To Return Home. Survivors of the small band of Mexican youths who left in September on a filibustering expedition to .Venezuela and have just straggled back relate adventures involving abduction, piracy on thhigh seas, and desperate fighting in uncharted jungle wastes. Sailing from Vera Cruz
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    HIGH PRICES FOR HOME PAPERS.
    1129 18 PENANG LETTER. Stationers' Ring Little Use Made Of A Fine Library— Plenty Of Money For Pleasure Onions Imported In Hundreds Of Tons Oil Or Coal For Prai Cost Of Living Slowly Falling— Rickshas Cutting Their Charges. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. 21. THERE leemi
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    STUDENTS WALK OUT.
    168 18 Chungshan University Objects To Pacifism. Canton, Mar. 12. With the exception of the primary children, every enrolled scholar of the Chun£shan University is absenting himself from his studies. They have a complaint against Mr. Chow Lv, the Chung»han Chancellor. Mr. i"'how may be said to belonp to
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    BOY SINGS TO KING AND QUEEN.
    411 18 Homely Concert At The Palace. London, Mar. 2. Iwan Pavies, a 17-year-old Welsh boy from Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, spent an hour in the White Drawing-room at Buckingham Pnlace. yesterday, singing to the King and Queen. The boy, who is a pupil at the London Choir
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    THE COMMON COLD.
    343 18 Human Volunteers For Research. I.ondnn. >'ar. :i. IN e:n< h work in ihe GMM o/ the MM■ton coM i. being carried 001 <■.■ medical students at St. Bartnolomew'l FlcspitaJ, it is disclosed in the annual report of the M' lieal Rueereh Council Issued Ij -t night. "It
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    MR. HU HAN-MIN.
    103 18 Leaving Hong Kong To Go Abroad. Mr. Hu Han-min, the Kuomintang Rightist leader and one of the triumvirate elected recently to serve on the Nanking Standing Committee of the Central Political Council, is about to leave Hong Kong tin a prolonged tour in foreign countries, according to
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    JAVA NEWSPAPER.
    42 18 Two Chinese Editors Warned One Arrested. Sourabaya, Mar. 28. The editor of the Yong-sia, a weekly newspaper, has been arrested owing to jcnti-Japanese articles which have appeared in his journal. Two other Chinese editors have received a severe warning. Reuter.
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE AND MONOPLANES.
    172 18 Further Test For General Purpose Aircraft One or two monoplanes are likely to be among the aircraft types chosen for further tests in the competition for the new General Purpose aircraft for the Royal 'Air Force. If the final choice rests with a monoplane, this
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    THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN BRITAIN.
    2827 19 New Lamps For Old— Making Their Mark "A Spree Round Java "—That Other Half— Lady Chatterley's Lover Books About Malaya— "Butterpot The Great"— Those Note-Books— Elstree Circus British Film Progress. 1 nt 1 STRAIT- TIMK- DmCS, 11 thi Ii ha Hi iti«h and
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    JULIUS CAESAR AS JOURNALIST.
    245 19 Claims To Be Considered Patron of Craft. 1 The National Federation of Fascist Journalists has decided that no less i person than Julius C«?sar shall be the patron of their craft. The choice is not alone dictated by tingreatness and inspiration of Caesar as a Roman,
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    DEATH OF FAMOUS TO ASTMASTER.
    574 19 DEATH OF FAMO US TO ASTMASTER. Mr. William Knig-htsmith. HEART ATTACK IN HIS AKMCB MR. Mr. WilHam Knightsmith, the famous I teastmaster died at the mko of ai his home at Bbtphcrda Bush, W. Mi. Knightsmith, who had been ill for week with i';i-: I- nflui na, died in his
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
    214 19 iim> .if drills op tv :incl for weekending Tur day, Mai 19, 5.18 p.m., Drill Hall, K.G. I Kur.i, Element: ry (.mi D p.m.. Hull Hal!. Weapon Training Sf-.-t i-.ii. Lecture 5.15 p.m.. Mala) Drill Hall, "K" Malay I <<m.. Drill Hull. Rde Sitmal Section. Section Parade; 15
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    S.C.C. vs. Selangor—Keen Cricket In Singapore.
    70 20 -I I INGOR'S GOOD START ln the annual Faster holiday cricket fixtu re between the S.C.C. and Selan«or, which 1 hi— >ear was played in Singapore. Selanjror scored 216 in their first innings. This photograph shows Selangor ifoing out to field. RAIN STOPS PLAY
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    23 20 THE KREUGER BUICIDE har KreiiKor. the Swedish match kinjc, (uniiiillir of I Dur-liflhs ,il the world' matches, who recently shot himself. Cl'laiu-t News.)
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    29 20 PRINCE LENNART OF SWEDEN MARRIED After the wedding of Prince Lennart of Sweden and Miss Karin Nissvandt. a reception was held at the house of friends. (Planet New l)
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    33 20 PRIME MINISTER RETURNS FROM CORNISH HOLIDAY:- Ihe Prime Minister returned to 10 Downing Slrett. l.< nrion. on Mar, ll'. after "-iH'nring a three «re«fca > holiday in Cornwall, nciperatin:; lro:n Ms operation (Planet New-.)
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    27 20 <l«)\\l>* INSI'lc r GRAND NATIONAL < OIRSK Thousands of race? Ocrs visited the Grand National OWN ill \inlm. mar Liverpool, where the famous steeplechase was run. (Planet News.)
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    47 20 STATE FUNERAL FOR M. BRIAN!) Representatives of 57 nations joined in homage to Urn in- r% of tli. great French statesman, M. Briand, at the State funeral which took place in Paris. The pkato how nokHen passing the open-an catafalque to pay their last respects. (Planet News.)
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