The Straits Times, 17 April 1932

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    36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 18. Sunday, April 17th 1932. Price 10 Cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya, No. 18. Sunday, April 17th 1932. Price 10 Cents.
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    STIRRING SCOTTISH CUP FINAL AT HAMPDEN PARK.
    276 1 OVER 100,000 SPECTATORS. Kilmarnock 's 1-0 Lead At Interval. GRUELLING GAME. Results In Draw Of One Goal Each. Glasgow, Aipr. 16. The Scottish Cup final was played today at Hampden Park, Glasgow, bt Glasgi w Hangers and Kilimrnock, who met for the first
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    HELP FOR CHINA.
    340 1 San Francisco Chinese Promise G S 1,000,000. Shanghai, Apr. 15. THE Chinos« merchants in San Francisco have already contributed $260,000 (gold) and have promised $1,000,000 (jrold) should the war against China and Japan develop. It is reported that the Korean revolutionary army has captured Suifen (which is
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    KREUGER-TOLL.
    320 1 Alleged Sensational Developments. Stockholm, Apr. Iff. Th? arrest of Lange. Hotdt and Holnt A-as the culminating sensation of the recent Kreuger-Toll developments. Lange is the accountant and a director of tne Garanta Company of Amsterdam. Huldt is a director of the Nederlanska Banx and a member of the Scandinavian
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    "JUNE" IN TOWN.
    86 1 Hopes To Appear In West End Shortly. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. Lady Inverclyde, better known as the .ictress June, whose recent Reno divorce was declared invalid in Great Britain, landed at Southampton last night. In an interview she stated, Very noon I hope to hear
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    RUBBER COMPANIES REPORTS.
    70 1 PROFIT 0 I t ,2 8 8 B V LABI (F.M.S.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. Tru Hanwella Rubber Co., Ltd., propose to reduce their £160,000 capital to £16,000 The Cheviot Rubber Co.'s profit for 1931 is stated to be £4,951, as against £12,167 for the
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    LONDON RUBBER AND TIN.
    54 1 (From Our Own Correapondent.) London, Apr. IS. The closing prices today were RUBBER. Spot I.d. June l -d July-Sept. ..1 15/16 d. Oct-Dec. 2 1 16 d. Jan.- Mar 2 3/IM. Apr.-June 2 5 16d. LONDON TIN. Spot £105'/,. Three months £107 V The cross-rate closed
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    PRISONER'S DASH FOR LIBERTY.
    285 1 Charing Cross Scene. ESCAPES IN CROWDED STATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. AMAZING scenes were witnessed at Charing Cross Station, London, last night after the arrival of a wardr- and two convicts by train. The coaches had come to a stan> ill and the majority
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    SINGAPORE FIRE
    67 1 About 1.30 this morning fire brokt out in a godown on the bank of the Singapore River near the bridge in Kirn Seng Road between the Great World and Havelock Road. Within a few minutes three go downs were blazing and the fire engines arrived followed by many
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    N. S. W. RAILWAYS.
    79 1 Conflict Between Governments Continues. Sydney, Apr. 12. The conflict between the Commonwealth Government and New South Wales continues. The New South Wales Premier has ordered that the takings of railways and tramways, amounting to £350,000, which were to have been handed over to the Federal Bank,
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    PICCARD'S BALLOON.
    105 1 Recovered From Deep Ravine. Vienna, Apr. 12. The gondola of Professor Piccard's balloon has been recovered from the deep ravine into which it rolled last Friday while being hauled to the railway station. Since last summer the gondola has rest ed on the glacier where Piccarl laiule' after
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    DR. WELLINGTON KOO.
    50 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nanking, Apr. 16. The Manchukuo Government has now reconsidered its earlier decision to refuse to allow Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo to accompany the League of Nations Manchuria Inquiry Commission to Manchuria. It is now stated that it is willing to permit this.
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    BOXING SURPRISE AT NEW WORLD.
    525 1 Gtiillermo Wins. JAtK OUTPOINTED OVER 12 ROUNDS. Is, feunboat Jack over-rated OV Battling Guillenpo a world ff a«qr event, Guiilermo astounded the sflflk at the New World last tight hy outpointing the Negro with the fearsome reputation over 12 rounds. Both judges (Mr. Hide and
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    STRIKES IN SPAIN.
    99 1 Grave Situation In Granada. Madrid, Apr. IS. There is no end in sight to the epidemic of strikes in Spain. A grave situation has now arisen on Tuesday in Granada, where syndicalists proclaimed a general strike in favour of a six-hour day and committed numerous acts of
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    S. C. R. C. BEATEN.
    86 1 Baskharan Makes 59 For Indian Association. The S.C.R.C. cricket eleven, playing »t home yesterday, were beaten by the indian Association by five wickets. The Chinese battsd first and could only ompile 63 runs to which Siow Hian conributt'd 22. The inning came to a close
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    PENANG ARCHITECT'S SUICIDE.
    299 1 PENANG ARCHITECT'S SUICIDE. CORONER MYSTERY OF A LETTER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan*, Saturday AN inquest was held today on the body of Sydney Iverson Knowles, employed by Mr. D. McLeod Craik. the architect. was found shot dead on April 13, in the mess in which he lived. Mr. Knowles
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    THE STEEL HELMETS.
    79 1 Decision To Withdraw From Politics. Berlin. Arr According to Press reports, th* leaden of the Steel Helmets organisation have decided to withdraw from politics and in future limit the activities of the organisation to ita original purpose of safeguarding the interests of Great War veterans. It is
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    MILAN FAIR.
    66 1 Rome, Apr. 13 The 13th fair of Milan, which has just been opened, is housed in wooden buildings which give all the appearance of a real ity. The most notable exhibits are those in the palaces of Mechanics, Radio and Wine. Signor Mussolini telegraphed to Signor Puricelli congratulating
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    "AXED" PLANTER IN AUSTRALIA.
    1430 1 Tries His Luck At Gold Mining. DISCOURAGING PROSPECTS. An Early Return To Malaya. A Johore planter who was recently "axed" consequent upon the present depressed state of the rubber market, decided to try his luck in Australia. On the way to Sidney he fell in with
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    GANGSTER BATTLE IN HARLEM.
    1196 2  -  May Storey By Ii stranre paradox that my lif VMSH detective has I singularly quiet one, while my life hi ordinary citizen has been a thoroughly exciting one. Kveryone has heard of Hal Harlem child messaere, wher. little children "ell victims to the .Murderous machine jruns
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    HYPNOTISM
    948 2 St'irace Of *»iiiu:i-»lioM. Blondes More Susceptible Than Brunettes. (i(> Mexandre Lapotre. president of tho Hypnotists' Swcut) of France.) HYPNOTISM is the science of sugge^ tion, but it is also the art of supge«A good operator must the: combine certain physical conditions which ncite others naturally to submit tv his
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    LIMERICKS.
    180 2 List Of Awards In The Major Com petition. The first prize of $35 is awarded this week to Mr. N. P. Pillai. care of R.A o .< Pulau Brani, for the following completed version of the Major Limerick A Major who lived in Johore, (Demobilised after the war). Told
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    Why Has The Old Prejudice Passed Away ?
    847 2 Why Has The Old Prejudice Passed Away Mother s-ln-Law HIE v\|{ O\ -LESSER HORRORS/ (It* I'aul Keboux. the famous French author.) 11l \\K accustomed myself to look at life an a perpetual joke and to take a childlike intirct in nomtthirtK every day of my existence. tythinjr attracts me, I
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      39 2 SMOKING IS AN IVE SMOKED ALL MY ICH YES/ 1- T VOUb BE AWFUL BAD LIFE AND NOW IM BUT PERHAPS IF YOU O/ER A HABIT, CVER HADN'T SMOKED A Mur Making DOC V- not riGH^ r LL 'T§
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    H. G. N. LEE
    816 3  -  NIGEL SHARPE. Famous Tennis Players. BY Ideal Temperament And Fine Physique How He Makes His Strokes (The Famous Davis Cup International.) HAROLD LEE il a player who has jumped to the front in the last three years. His game is cornhard base-line driving with md drive
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    LONG DRIVES DO NOT WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    765 3  -  FRANCIS OUIMET By (Present Amateur and Former Open Champion.) ~<Golf Notes* L. Iriving c.oes not win golf :apionship:i and .f there are any who doubt this all I can say in glance at the records and it" MMI af pail amateur championship winner: who
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    AMONG NAKED DEVIL WORSHIPPERS.
    898 3 Cult Of The Peacock Angel. WINNING THE FAVOUR OF "THE EVIL ONE" (By Elizabeth L. Shah, the English wife of Sudar Ikhal Ali Shah, the wellknown Afghan writer and traveller.) s Hassan Uiy," I said one morning to my Turcoman J servant, "what is the cult
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    Flight With Host's Chauffeur.
    341 3 WOMAN WHO ELOPED >>r pHE difficulties in this case have been i complicated by the woman defer.dant's extraordinary and romantic flight from her host's house -with his chauffeur, from whom -he accepted a proposal of mat while in the car, and the still more extraordinary conduct
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    ANTARCTICA
    537 3 The oriel's Future Pla\ ground. LIFE IIVSIDE THE ICE-BELT. (By ommander Frank Worsley, Commander of Sir Ernest Shack letoa's Antarctic ships. Endurance and (Juest.) "W unin cold down here, but one day the Antarctic will Ixcorre a health resort." winder Stenhouse made that i n «rk some years ago,
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      105 3 BRITISH and BEST B^L that's what everybody says on V W tasting Crosse Blackwell's B*^ Jm nourishing and tasty soups. lUll It is the obvious verdict. 3 CX&.B. Soups contain only g^^ ---^^v^Ja *k e very finest ingredients, n^r? J^ splendid meat and fresh veg*@SteH3^TSl etables, the result being •vr^t
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    VALUATION OF ONES HAND.
    926 4  -  Herbert Laurence Bj BRIDGE NOTES SYSTEMS A P-^rilirs SOMETHING of a reaction ha; ■■ir Contract Bridge playi's <>\iT |Ml matter of conventions. It is felt that the i little too mei-han-ciefinitr >igns of a waning in the general acceptance of ma. Hut the reaction will soon
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    Mainly About Malayans.
    1744 4  -  The W under cr. fly The Rrr. (1. F. Pykett Leaves Malaya On Hvt'm nunt After 41 Year* Service i Mining Member Of Council A Selangor I l 'mire' 's Memorial Mr. R. F. StainerFirst Headmaster Of King Edward I'll School, Taiping Tin King Returning To Malaya.
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    Correspondence.
    50 4 ANOTHER BLUNDER To the Eciitcr of I n Ir-nt M*a.<> amor^ I. if.- liuanls at i uaid> Vi onx' mounted It would be novel .ijjht n in kiltmounted <>n bo Whitehall or Life (luurdsmt'M in moun'.e 1 by ki!t> diiat'iJ*' pan wun'fd a' foot. <■„ KIN<;. Singapore, Apr. 1
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS' ASSN.
    128 4 OLD RAFF LESIANS' ASSN. Tennis ToununiKiit In MKMBERS of the Old R Association arV ifTvited \,< BfltOT tennis tournament to coi May of this year. The event* will include a 'singles handicap and doubles handicap. and the entrance fee will be *1 for each entrant in each event. Ties will
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      313 4 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, (Incorporate) m I>«-nmark.) Regular Three-Weekly PASSENGER SERVICE BANGKOK— SINGAPOI PtNANG— COLOMBO GENOA— MAKSKILI LONDON and vice vtiHa by fast and modern one Class Diesel Motor vessels equipped with excellent passenger accommodation. All Cabins outside and majority have adjoining private brthroom. Fares to London: £57 to
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      181 4 LiL (J 1 o f- B^ > He's out to tell the and do you wonder? Wy\ i Here's another ,^^-rJ' s \^Jl TERRIFIC SUCCESS! F LAWRENCE TIBBETT LUPE VELEZ In a Superb Musicale THE CUBAN LOVE SONG Now Packing the ALHAMBRA Matinees: Today and Tomorrow al 3 p.m. V
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    ROBERT MONTGOMERY
    1198 5  - - ELEANOR PACKER. THE REAL OPPORTUNIST. By During his schooldays, this now well known film star, was shy and self-conscious, but later, when opportunity came his way, he grasped it with both hands and is today regarded as one of the most accomplished young men in Hollywood. ROBKUT Montjr"mery
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    SAYS HOLLYWOOD.
    127 5 SAYS HOLLYW OOD. PMI.M slant never come bark. Once their popularity has uonc they seldom recapture much of the old klotv. Ewtelle Ts>l»r and Dons Kon yon came e■f any to staging a com. Now. ir Mac Marsh can t..11«»w up "O\»r the Hill" she will have achieved the impo»siW.
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      160 5 PHONE 6903. PAVILION Matinee Today 3.15. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 FOR AN EVENING OF RIOTOUS MIRTH COME AND SEE RALPH LYNN in The British and Dominions Farce "MISCHIEF" with WINIFRED SHOTTER. THE REAL BRITISH PICTURE THAT EVERYONE ENJOYS. THE CONTIMCHS PACKED HOLSES AT THE PAVILION IS PROOF OF THE Ol AIJTY
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      37 5 I UNIVERSAL'S SMASHING JJ \WL \^ij V**^/ WITH THE BIG LAUGH L j4 1 r. > 1 OF i; 4 UNTIL YOU CRY! IN THEIR FIRST BIG LAUGHS PICTURE SlliA SUMMERVIUE ZASU Pins PAVILION i UNEXPECTED FATHER j
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      132 5 Grand Malayan Premiere of The BRITISH Picture that sets a new standard MALAYA'S FINEST TIIKATRE Commencing at TODAY'S MATINEE: 3.15. ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY MATINEE TOMORROW. PARAMOUNT'S ALL-BRITISH TRIUMPH k_Jr w Nj 9fc^? I -ipr -jmr >|21 vH Im/i WARWICK L 9 ROSITA WARD MLM MORENO Margot Graham \J Garry Marsh A
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    Paris Routed
    1221 6  -  Mrs. Francis Laseelles, _By The Hon. f ONDON is now recognised as MM centre of the world for clothes, as for almost everything else. No longer do v,-e allow Paris to dictate our fashions for us, and follow blindly when Paris tells up what, or what not, to
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    Women And Shorts.
    284 6 IIfISS G. E. To.TMin, a -well-known tournament player, has declared "Unless I am pts'iively thrown out, I intend to wear rtal tailored men's shorts in all my tennis tournaments this season, nc'.uding Wimbledon. I play in shorts when piactising at Queen's Club, and they make a great
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    Three Recipes.
    235 6 Rice and Egg Pie. Butter, boileJ rice, hard LoileJ egg seasoning, bread crumbs, 2 tablespoonsful melted butter, 1 cupful milk. Butter a baking dish and sprink'e the bottom with rice. Place slices of egg on the bottom of the dish and cover them it h butter ar.d seasons;.
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    Dainty Puddings.
    207 6 Lemon Sago. !li<- v~>- 'h.iuk'ht of not .lull .11.. 1 tin' t please the i lie I i ill iu¥ ijun c 4uz. white hieailcrui' :p. !:ion. of Mix together all the inured milk. Boil the milk then add it to tho f the ingredients stirring all Hrn
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      146 6 WHITEAWAYS have itu:i;i\i;u in THE s.s. CHITRAL A NEW CONSIGNMENT CF DISTINCTIVE MILLINERY ills Feather Tips and Mounts. TheM will be displayed in (.ur showroom on TUESDAY APRIL the 19th. i/ NOVELTY MILLINEKY CAP* traw honncts, ready tHWS, lan<y crinoline. Prices from $3.95 to $10.50. FANCY CttTONNI SUN BHADBS. (fewest
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      122 6 "CHIFFONETTE" 75. SELEGIE ROAD, SINGAPORE. Everything A Modern Ludy Could Want In Modern Hats. We Are Specialists In TinHat Line! Your Inspection Is Cordially Invited To A Select i >n Of Exquisite Hats. You 'cannot actually see U Beauty coming out of a tin of H -Milkmaid' Milk 0 F~^
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    The Seal of Death
    4247 7  - Th e Se al of Death ROSITA FORBES. OUR SERIAL STORY. By THL FAMOUS AUTHORESS AND EXPLORER. EARLY CHAPTERS SUMMARISED. Lois Gilmour, the only child of Charles Gilmour, a director of many Eastern companies, learns that it is her father's wish that she should marry Philip Wingate, a middle-aged waster.
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    Chicago Still Under Capone's Rule.
    287 7  -  PRISON. FROM CAMPAIGN DIRECTED New York, Mar. 26. ALTHOUGH Al lapone is in prison. I is declared that the "gangster king" still rules Chicago, and is at the moment directing a campaign to defeat the pi" motion of Federal Judge Wilkerson, of go, to the
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      61 7 Ulf Eli BEST SUITED TO YOUR NEEDS MUST BE WISELY SELECTED. There is A MARINE MOTOR TO SUIT EVERY TYPE OF CRAFT FROM A CHINESE JUNK TO I AN EIGHTY FOOT CRUISER. TWO TO SIX CYLINDERS. 4 H.P. TO 225 H.P. WRITE FOR CATALOGUES NOW. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED I IWCOMOWATtO
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    The Sunday Times.
    23 8 The Sunday Ti mes. EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES I 78, Cecil Street, Singapore. TELEPHONE 5151. Kuala Lumpur: 27, Java Street. TELEPHONE 368t.
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    TOTIDEM VERBIS.
    586 8 People at Home and those about to return from overseas will have read with some considerable relief reports of the Home Secretary's statement in the House of Commons on the statistics relating to crime in Great Britain. There has undoubtedly been a grave fear recently that lawlessness was
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    World Menace That Must Be Checked.
    3295 8 GRIM TOTAL OF UNSOLVED MURDER MYSTERIES. Arthur F. Neil, late superintendent C.1.D., Scotland Yard, a former member of "The Big Four," in the following article revemU a plan he has evolved to cope with murder maniacs. He says that on many occasions, particularly in
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      71 8 I BAGGAGE. The "GAFLAC" Policy Covers All Risks. SAY NO MORE. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. Hongkong Bank Chambers. TELEPHONE 648*. MARRIAGE :ANNELL— KDWARDS. -At St. Andrew 1 i Cathedral. Spore on April 16, IMS, Alhert (unncll, son sf Mrs. and the late Mr. J. J. Cannell
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    Memories Of 25 Years In Singapore.
    1143 9 TRIALS FOR THE WOMENFOLK. Drill Skirts Blouses With Stiff Linen Collars! Memories of 25 years in Singapore, are recalled in the following article by Mr. Welter Allen, late of Robinson and Co., Ltd., written on board the Ranpura as that vessel passed down the
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    MALAYAN WIRELESS.
    86 9 V.5.1.A.8., Singapore, who usually broadcasts on Wed' nesday and Saturday, has recently been operating on a series of different wavelengths in an endeavour to ascertain that which is moat suitable for local reception. Last week he broad* ->st with a good deal of succt on 21 metres, and
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    WAVE OF CRIME IN PENANG.
    166 9 JEWELLERY WORTH #5,000 STOLEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. The theft of $5,000 worth of jewellery has been reported to the police by a resident in Green Lane. How the thieves succeeded in gaining an entrance to the house which is particularly well protected,
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    NEW R.A.F. RESCUE BOATS.
    453 9 For Singapore. FLEET OF HIGH-SPEED TENDERS. Now motor-boat tenders, of a type tthuh has withstood long and rigorous in rough seas, are at present bt-ing delivered to th< R.A.K. for service at seaplunr stations at home and abroad, says The Tin--I.oats of this tyru- arc to
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    CRASH-PROOF PLANE.
    301 9 Fuselage Wrecked: Inventor Unhurt THK cra*h-proof aeroplane invented by M. Albert Sauvant. the French airm»in. was tested in spectacular fashion »t Nice on Mai Deprived of it- wings and motor, an I with its inventor shut in the fuselage, it was pushed over the edge of a cliff
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    PENANG AFFRAY.
    102 9 Man Alleged To Have IJeen Stabbed With Scissors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. A (onstable ratrolling rope walk at 4.">0 m, this mo-ninjf heard a cry from the direction o r Kuala Kangsir Read. He ruahed to the place and found a Cantonese suffering from rtab wounds
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    PATIENT'S ATTACK ON SPECIALIST.
    155 9 SEQUEL TO I NSICCESSFI L OPERATION. Vienna, Apr. 12. The unsatisfactory result of an operation on his nose was given by a Czechoslovakian tailor named Soukop as the reason for a murderous assault on the famous ear specialist Professor Alexander, whom he shot and killed on
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    189 9 Mr. A. Cannell And Miss Sylvia Edwards. The wedding of Mr. Albert <'ann«-11. < the Singapore Muniripa'ity, and Mus Sylvia East( a Edwai fro n the Johore General H took plfve at St. 1 An-li-cw'v Cathedral, S.ngapore. yrMerdav afternoon, Archdca on Graaim Wh t officiating The bride, who
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    BRIAND POSTAGE STAMPS
    44 9 Paris. Apr. 12. According to Oeuvre. the Association of War Veterans is petitioning the Govern- i ment to issue a special reries of postage stamps bearing the portrait of A list id* i Briand for use in foreign postage. 1 Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    CHINESE SONGS ON THE PIANO.
    196 9 A Composer's Claim. FORTHCOMING SINGAPORE RECITAL. Mr. Harry Ore, a Latvian composer and pianist, who is a professor at the Academy of Music in Manila, is at present in Singapore. Mr. Ore is not well known in Malaya, but in north and south China he
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      288 9 /UNSURPASSED FOR RUNNING ECONOMY IN ITS CLASS. MMawaam laaaaw /^MMaV^I The 1932 MORRIS MAJOR SIX The new MORRIS MAJOR SIX for this year has a new dejr noothi:oss, flexibility, luxury «nd speed, allied with the characteristic MORRIS economy in fi rst cost and in running. It repreecnts most attractive purchase
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    ESTATE AGENT'S START.
    359 10 Fortune Created From Capital Of £100. THAT he had suffered extremely bad luck was khl pl<;i put forward in the LssmSSl Bankrupt' I >>ehalf of a man who began business in the City with 6100 and made ttJOO.OOO in He was Mr. Samuel Wallrock, tate agent, af
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    GIRL GUIDES IN CAMP AT MALACCA.
    141 10 dirl (iuides. and olfaces, numbering 111. from all purl* ol Ma!a>« h \lr». .-<\endi»h. C ummi^mncr for Mala>a. a>> officer commanding and l.ady Klizabeth Pleydell-ltouverie as trainer, were recently in camp at Tanjonu tiruaThe ab«»w picture shows the com pan at the saluting hast'
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    FATE OF HANS THE HUNTER.
    406 10 M\\ V^ HO |P| A N(, ON lrOP\Kl>> li\<K. Johannesburg. Mar. 2*. TIAXS the Hunter is dead. He died as he would have wished, by the fangs I and claws of a leopard. Hans was an Ovambo native, wh > I worked on a farm
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    DEATH OF M. POKROFFSKI.
    56 10 'w. Apr. 12. The death has occurred of M. Pokroffi>kl, Ptesidelt of the Soviet Ac, and a leading historian. He was editor in chief of the diplomatic and war ments published from Tzarist archives by the Soviet (.Jovernment. He had been an active member of the
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    193 10 Wild Dash In Stolen Car. S( ENE Kerby Street, Poplar. A car is drawn up by the pavement. At the wheel is a boy of IS J another, a year MMI him. 'lice car approaches. The boy at the wheel sees it. Guesses correctly, that it i is
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    COUNTERFEITING IN PENANG.
    91 10 COUNTERFEITING IN PENANG. PKHI H I MOl LDS Stl/El> in mini (Kiom Ouj Own Correspondent.) Penang. Satui The local Detective Department, unde Inspector Fowler. raided a BSSJ Uaugoon Road this morning and seized i complete set of counterfeiting implement; uml moulds for American I Dutch guilder ment: ten and 20
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    Police Murder Hunt In Yorkshire.
    753 11 FARMER BATTERED TO DEATH. Silent Crime Near Cro\yded Country Auction. Intense police activity prevailed in the Dales district of the West Riding of Yorkshire on Mar. 27, occasioned by the hunt for an elusive murderer. A small army of detectives and uniformed men of the
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    388 11 Ceremony <ione Through Mechanically. ON E of the most remarkable actions for nullity of marriage ever heard in the Divorce Court supplied the sequel to a ce.emony taken part in by a bri legroom, wh in the opinion of Lord Merrivale acted in it mechanica ly, as
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    170 11  -  Expert Thieves. Missed By BOOKS worth thousands of because they contain secret i« certain drugs were thrown away by thieves who broke into the offices and warehouse of G»ie and Co., Ltd., Bouvenestreet, E.C. Rival manufacturers would pay thousands of pounds for our formula* for making certain drugs
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    325 11 M I IIC 12.1,000 COI I' si 1 1 iirir Stockholm, Mar. 26. fpillS is tl i.f Hie strangest robl bery in Sweden, which failed at the noinent becau c th. Imtglar lost his ilv all debts are sett'ed in this country in wftA a-h, and when
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    303 11 Lonely End Of Former Musicllall Idol. FOR! iiro an idol of the musichalls, and famed both in England anJ America for her songs, Nellie ils, now a whito-haired woman, died i ri tragic circumstances in London. She was found lying dead in bed in a gas-filled
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    388 11 Keeping It Sale From Flood, Fire, Dynamite And Bombardment. OOME astonishing new facts are revealed about the new Bank of England, which is being behind a barrier of secrecy. It was stated at the end of March that the Bank, which will bo the
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    356 11 I want th<- new Rink of England made so impregnable that no one could so nodi as half a from the vaults. the theft of I that small sum d ruin our preof being 'As ;is the Bank of Kngland.' These instructions (ton by Mr. Montagu
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    47 11 Chases A Man And Breaks His Ankles. Mr. Walter Brocklebank, running to meet his dog which was racing on the Hull greyhound track on Mar. 26, was ed down l.y the electric hare, and I both his ankles are stated to have been I broken.
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    25 12 From "Black Frontiers." by Sam Ke>« k > (Harrap) beimc p.oneer adventtrTM with Khixieo*' Mounted police in South Airira from ISM to 1891.
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    TELOK AYER.
    272 13 I Epworth Leagues' Literary Meeting. A very entertaining evening was provided by the Telok Ayer Epworth League and the Straits Chinese Epworth League at their combined literary meeting held on Friday last at the Telok Ayer Church premises. There was a large attendance of leaguers and friends. Tho
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    1059 13 A Versatile Club. "CREDIT TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY." THE Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, which is one of the largest and most progressive Chinese clubs in Malaya, held its annual meeting yesterday. The following are extracts from the report presented at the meeting On? hundred and six candidates
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    852 14 PADANG CRICKET MATCH. United Services 257. CROOME JUST MISSES THE HALF CENTURY. LIEUT. Biyan, the well-known sportsman, «1 t'.o third century of the local cricki- 'i;iy when the United Services met the S.C.C for the third time. The first match l»etwe«*n the sides resulted in h win for tho I'nited
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    S.R.C. BEAT S.C.C. SECOND XI.
    455 14 COLVILLE'S MISSED CATCH LOSES THE MATCH. i An S.R.C. cricket XI playing on their )wn ground yesterday inflicted a defeat on an S.C.C. XI by 52 runs. A feature of the match was the good bowling of W. Ess who took five wickets for 20
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    CLOUCESTERS SAVED FROM DEFEAT.
    1347 14 D^try 9 Late Goal. CHINESE HELD TO A DRAW. Chinese 2 Gloueestdrs 2. AN excellent goal by Perry a couple of minutes from the end prevented the Chinese from inflicting the second League I defeat this season on the Gloucesters, when the teams met in the
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    2399 15  -  FOHW AKI>.) (li) hx \o Howls At Thy SvUutfgor i luh iuipiiiii Turf (tub's Loss (JiH'stion Of Salaries Ami Woman f s To S.H.A. Officials Tht fMmufor Indian iss<niation Live Sporting torrv In h uala Lumpur Lull Singh's C.oolIh'ath'tlnvss. A Kuala i.umpur sp.ots writer remarks thai
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    291 15 Positions Of Teams Yesterday. THR following arc the Jiosiinu, teams in the Rn|j!i>.h snd Sc<' J/^arucs. excluding yesamls..y's resalts Lunuik 38 21 II M jo v ■I 77 *7 «1 M H n 44 43 Hamilton Ac. I A i r«J r Ayr I I tel U-illi Atli
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    YESTERDAY'S FOOTBALL IN SINGAPORE.
    67 16 A draw of 2-2 was the result ol the I irst Divi*ioM louthall match belwtrn the (ilouceMer Keviiiu-m and lh«. < h,ne-«\ played at the \n»on K«wd Stadium jtsterday An incident in mid-field during the first half of the match The Gloucester forwards oecume dangerous. Chwee
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