The Straits Times, 31 March 1933

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933, PRICE 10 CENT
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      440 1 SINGAPORE: 78, CECB. ST^ (PHONE SMS'd/V i "7— I w^T^fcr*\^ i I «.15 IM(ht t.15 [lit la Explain, I 9Mr Phone 5261-2. IP IHQ JT IF IE IR II N IE I ere !KHfAIL¥IHJTAIL¥ J *~^^l. TONIC j i EFFERVESCENT FRU+T SALINE J-A TONES AS IT /7r/i\^ cleanses XV/ y
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      190 1 KUALA LUMPUR 26, JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) •SPECIAL OFFERS at ROBINSONS. FjOlftmi j Hirkory Shafted Golf Club*. Right and left lIP handed. Woods and Iron-, in the following "JACK WHITE"— "STAR MAXWELL"— i' Price $3.75 each nett. I rOLF~BArS TC l l5 RACKETS. iy UULT DftUJ. Th) f o ow
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      17 1 fnrmTo i i 6.15 Tonight 9.15 HOT SATURDAY j with CARY GRANT and NANCY CARROLL. Phone 6903.
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      452 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SKRVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AMI FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. RANCHI 17.000 Mar. 31 XSOUDAN 0/.00 Apr. 12
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      674 2 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille*. London. Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due Sail I TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4 6 HAKUSAN MARU 10.J00 Apr. 19 20 HARUNA MARU 10,400 May 3 4 5 KATORI MARU 9,800 May 18 19 KASHIMA MARU 3.31)0 June 1 2 t YASfKUNI
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      442 2 BURNS PHUP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY) ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by th* wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). Th* s.s. MARELLA is on* of th* lsrgest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      506 2 Tffi EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 6323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. LALANDIA 18/4 18 4 19/4 21/4 MEONIA 9/5 9/5 10/6 12 5 ALSIA 30/5 30/5 31/5 2/8 BORINGIA 20/6 20/6
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      1198 2 a.% i-nia'- fif<i i^, i i m~*Am *y^^^^^_---»^-*- R^^^"^ SHIPPING. THE BLUB FUNNEL LLNE (Ocean TnE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO Steam Ship Co- Ltd, and China (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SAR WVAK STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE Cl \ARI> STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD
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      "EXCESSIVE WASH" OF LINER.
      467 3 Comments of Judge In Case. In the Admiral Mr. Justice n ami Trii heard a claim by Mr. W. 11. U '":> v < semi, in rasped >>f the sinking <>f h s sailing barge Spring in the Sea I „f the Tksmei on Jmw 1932,
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      FORTY-SKVEN YEARS.
      293 3 Shipmaster's Early Adventures. Forty-seven years at sea, with 2(5 in command, is the very creditable of Captain John 11. Park, who has recently coiled i:p his ropes. Captain Park has been for many years in command on On* Indian coast, but many years of his leafaring career wen
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      ONE MAN KILLED.
      68 3 Explosion in British Steamer. THi- Hi w ih Baron Carnegie, owned by the Kelvin Shipping Co.. Ltd. in, arrived at Boston on rYl>. IS with one of her CT«W <lr;i.l Bad 081 erHicalij injured .i a result of a «as explosion ill her bold. Tin- dead man'-
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      SALVAGE AWARDS
      47 3 I" Us! I rj-.ail .iv .J, whii h has been compiled by the Liverpool Underwi it (a shown that Ux ten awmrdi ajrjrrojratinjr E ared v. th n ■.wardi amounting t<i £44,080 in l'.t.ii, 18 of i'20,~88 in 1930 and 15 of i'2'J,375 in IM9,
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      ERROR IN STEERING ORDERS.
      576 3 ERROR IN STEERING ORDERS. Collision Death Of Apprentice. Tho fact that there was no proper lookout and that the pilot in charge of a asa cutter gave the old helm instead of the new steering orders were stated at a 1 resumed inquest at Depti'ord, recently, to lia\v bean responsible
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      SOVIET LINERS.
      43 3 Two 18,70(NTon IShips Launched. Nikolaevsk, Mar. 6. Two new ocean-going steamers, the Trud and the Dictatura, have been i launched at the shipbuilding yards here. These ships are each of 13,700 tons and their ovcuall length is 158 metres. Tass Agency.
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      SIBIRIAKOV
      233 3 Europe To Far East By Northern Ron*. Leningrad, Mar. 13. The Soviet icebreaker, Sibiriakov, first ves»el ever to make the NorthKast passage from Europe to the Far Bast in a single navigation season, has arrived at Murmansk. The Sibiriakov las* year steamed from Archangel to Japan and Vladivostok by
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      TELEGRAPHS. VESSELS ARRIVED.
      150 3 TELEGRAPHS. VESSELS ARRIVED. Communication with Bangkok and Tungsong is interrupted. HUA TONG, Brit., 109 tons, from P. Dickson 31-3, for Muar 1-4. KAMPAR, Brit.. 4H!> tons, from Malacca 31-:t. for P. Dickson 1-4. KANGAROO, Brit., 2,706 tons, from Fremantle for P. Swettenham 1-4. MARELLA, Brit., 4.H40 tons, from Melbourne 110-3,
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      113 3 Friday, March 31. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to Arrlra. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Curlew," Th« Cable. Lch. "Alert," Tug "Belangka.s," Lighter "Palepah," W. Bt. "Sweet." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Whirl Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Keppcl
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      337 3 (Incorporated in Itily) EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO ITALY. VIA INDIA. Calling at Colombo, Bombay, Snet, Port Said, Bilndlst. Venice and Trieste, Due Leave Dae CONT. BOsIo PP rt V%ni Apr. 17 Apr. 17 May TO HONG KONG and SHANGHAI. «.s. CONTE VERDE May 2 May X CARGO SERVICE Calling
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      347 3 jge NORDDEUTSCHER LLU I V. (Incorporated in "s# Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. t DESSAU for Japan Mar. 31 FULDA for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, N. China Japan Apr. 1 S ALLKR for Manila, Japan and Hankow Apr. 8 TRAVK for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dairen,
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      426 3 IT COSTS YOU ONLT £70.6.— for a beautiful trip from HONG KONG TO EUROPE VTA AMERICA Special class across the Padfle Ist class Rail in America Toarist clsss Atlantic on the famona and new Manhattan or b.s. Washington, j (If passage through the Panama Canal Is desired Gs4s extra). I
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      368 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Serrice to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI lAPkf U CITY OF SHANGHAI *Apl. 29 Apl. SO HOMEWARDS. CITT OF MANILA for Havr«, London, Rotterdam Hamburg Apl. 15 Apl. 17 CITY
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      188 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins Sunshine temp. •P hrs. *F A lor Star 80 0.20 2.1 76 K. Trengganu S5 2.17 1.8 74 Bukit Jeram 87 0.81 4J 73 Mersingr Bti 2.08 7.9 78 Singapore 8«i (i.iiti 4.5 74 C. D. STEWART.
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      448 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position advertised in these columns nend copies of testiaaonialN. Do nut aend oiiginala. WANTED ENGLISH l.uty shorthand typist. A|i|>ly Posl unit, Boi 676, Singapore. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORL Appointment of Shift Engineer in the Boiler House at St. lames Pow». Station. Applications are invited from
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      741 4 BOARD— RESIDENCE PRE-WAR RATES at "Lloyd House," 2, Lloyd Road. Call 5 p.m. 3. TANGLIN HILL, double single rooms. Mod. san. Tel. 3798 or write for appointment. HOUSES. FLATS TO t-ET HOUSE on Institution Hill. Moderate rent. United Engineers. TO LKT. 8. Oxley Rise, mod. sanitation. Apply 10, Malacca Street.
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      665 4 BUSINESS PREMISES I9_LET OFFICES TO LET, 21-B. Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Gothrie A Co., Ltd. OFFICES to let on 2nd <<th Floors. Ocean Building. Apply Mansfield Co., Ltd. OFFICE, Robinson Rna<f, 8.700 sq. feet, first class property. Unitci Engineers. TO LET, spacious modern office accommodation with godown on Ruffles
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      508 4 FOR SALE JUST PUBLISHED. THOMAS INCH ON SIUEMiTH. Wil'i chapters on Weight-Lifting. Illustrated with st> actual photos. Thomas Ir.rh is one of the world's most famoUK strong men, $2.10. TIIK LIFE A METHODS OF PKIMO CARNERA. by Clifford Lewis, with Special Chapter, by Loon See. 90 cts. Postage Extra. <;.
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      720 4 LEGAL NOTICES TRADE-MARK CAUTION IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. NOTICE is hereby given that lONITE PRODUCTS CORPORATION. Manufacture, a corporation orguntxed und existing unriei the Laws of the StHte of Delaware. United States of America, having a place of bu-i-ness at Chrysler Huildine, 406, Lexinvtcn Avenue. City, (ountv and Stats of New
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      339 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU snd Miss HANA. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. STRAITS HOTEL ANSON K(> U>. SI iPOstE. BAR GRILL AN| EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION Ml SK NIGHTLY CHARGES INOOMP IRABU, YOl OHT'.IN KAK BETTfIP VAI K AMI SERVICE lIV M\hl\(, \(>IU PURCHASES FROM IS. CROCKERY, CUTLERY
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      80 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Oat*id« without Malava. Malaya. rostspre. Monthly 3.00 4.00 i 2.58 Quarterly H.50 $12.00 S Ml Half Yearly $17.00 124.00 $13.0* Yearly M'.OU S4b.00 *3».0« NOTE— Outstatlon rkequei ihoold Inclcd* Ike ■■aal bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charcPH and instnictionii for CLASSIflKU ADVEKI'ISKMENTS appear on the form
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    THK ROME PLAN.
    244 5 Attempted Sabotage By France." Berlin, Mar. 29. Considerable attention been aroused in political circles by the dispatch of the Rome correspondent of the Berliner lii.ersen-Zietung expressing the opinion that the ccunter-proposals and offers of concessions to Italy made by France in reply to Mussolini's suggestion of a
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    62 5 Li Lim, liead of the Opium Supression Office at Tit Kau, a large town near Fatshan, has died from wounds inflicted by a murderer. After leaving a teahouse at night, he was walking through the .-I lists of Tit Kau when someone crept up behind him and shot him at
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    51 5 In order to prepare the way for the abolition of extraterritorialty in Manchukuo, 45 Japanese judges and lawyei.s have lately arrived at Harbin in order to fill local va< ancu-s, as no Manchu or Chinese lawyers are available to fill the vacant posts in the Harbin, Kirin an I other
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    32 5 According to a Harbin paper. Canadian wheat ha> been imported into Manchuria due to the scarcity of Manchurian wheat, owing to ln.-t year's inundation, fighting with bandits and robberfei hy the latter.
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      267 5 HOTELZS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. ROOMS WITH HOT COLD RUNNING WATER. TONIGHT TEA DANCE-6.30 to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE 9.30 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT. NEW AMBER ROOM NOW OPEN FOR PRIVATE I LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS. STRICTLY PRIVATE, j RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT DINNER DANCE
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      231 5 NOTICE. We hereby notify the publir, that oar firm of M. EZEKIKL A SONS, QualiTinH Opticians, RAFKLKS CHAMBERS. RAFKLKS TLACE, SINGAPORE, has no connection and interest whatsoever with any other firm carrying the name KZKKIKL in Singapoi*. M. EZEKIEL ft SONS, Qnalißed Optlclana. Only Addrem:— KAFFLKd CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE.
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      201 5 RADIO BUILD YOUR OWN BATTERY ELIMINATOR (POWCI PA< M AMI III) \W V\ WITH THK I KOlXl R AMI EXPENSE OK li\ I i KRIKS COUPLET! kIT or DDMPONBm WITH SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOX l».( MAINS ta.7a FOR A.(. MAINS (50 n, a) St7.NO TllKsi: ELIMINATORS SAVE THK FOLLOWING TAPIMNGB.
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      571 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE BY OUR EXPERT. STATIONS. Metre*. FRI. SAT. SUN. MON TUE8. WED. THURS. JCUALA LUMPUR 48.92 7 to 9 p.m. 7-9 p.m. 7 to 9 p.m. BANDOENG 58.M 6.30-10 pjn. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. (U0-10 p.m. 6^30-10 p..m. 6.;1O-1O p.m. VSIAD (Singapore Amateur) 12. M
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    "FRIVOLOUS AND VEXATIOUS."
    571 6 Counsel's Comment on A Theft Charge. "This man openly removed tlie-e tittings, and there is no theft as defined in th* Penal Code. This ca-*e is not only weak but it is trhroioui and vexatious," submitted Mr. S. Fung, counsel for the defence, before Mr. J. P.
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    WOMAN BURNED
    94 6 Two Small Fires In A Rubber Factory. The Fire Brigade and the ambulance both received calls to Tan Kah Kee's factory within a few minutes of each other yesterday afternoon. First a Chinese woman employee was rather badly burned al.out the head and face when a machine v.'hich
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    40 6 News has been received in Singapore of the death at Gibraltar of Mr. Robert Peirce, Municipal Engineer in ■Singapore from 1901 to 1916, when he retired. Before that he was Municipal Engineer in Penang. He vas about 89 years of
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    SIR W. H. VENO SHOT DEAD.
    411 6 Supposed Slip When Out With Gun. Sir William H. Veno. former head of the well-known concern bearing his name, was found shot in the grounds of his residence, Woodlands. Altrincham. By his side was a shotgun. A careful investigation of the scene was conducted
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    497 6 Action taken at a meeting of Committee No. 2 held on Mar. 20: Approved erection of a timber land inn place at Rochore pig depot, subject to provision of funds. Decided that it is not desirable, that responsibility for consultant*' repoft M proposed sewerage schemes be divided, and
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    43 6 In the description of the opening of Ulu Remis Palm Oil Estate iactory in Tuesday's issue it wh< stated that the ftnal pressure in the extraction of the oil was 2,000 Ib. a squere inch. Actually the pressure is up tv 5,000 lb.
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    OWNERSHIP OF A SIEAEAMER.
    476 6 Court Dispute Over The Pontianak. Mr. Justice Mills heard an action in the Supreme Court yesterday concerning ownership of a steamer, the Pontianak. The parties were Koh Seng Huat (plaintiff) and Teo Hoo Lye (defendant). Mr. S. C. Goho appeared for the plaintiff and MY. T.
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    ILL-REWARDED.
    160 6 Good Samaritan Robbed Of His Purse. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuantan, Mar. 27. Mohomed Din, a Punjabi, who recently arrived from Kelantan, was charged here before Mr. R. E. Wilson with the theft of $t>o from his employer. Complainant said accused arrived almest penniless and lived on the charity
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    FOR AUSTRALIA.
    246 6 Light Plane Airman Held Up in Alor Star. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Mar. 30. The well-known Swiss sports flier, M. Carl Nauer, who met with a mishap in his Puss Moth plane at Alor Star on Tuesday while taking off for Batavia en route for Australia, and
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      199 6 |S?RAMTa| L7///I HANDKERCHIEFS Always carry a Pyramid )7} HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN Famous the world over, for their endunn.. colours, splendid ciuality and fine texture. See the latest patterns a wider and smarter raaga than ever. Tootal Guaranteed for satisfaction. You know Pyramid by the Pyrjmid name label rione genuinf without.
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      261 6 THIS IS JUST AN ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT CHARCOAL YGAS FOR LORRIES and TRACTORS BUT IF YOU RUN TRANSPORT IT" COr V I T/V 1 Wl re hc vy <-ohlh arc InIWV VI V I ml^%mi rreaMnc thr already high nrlc«i of lIMkUK IZlnlL»r do n P"*-™ industry. a f rtcul- ■▼II
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      265 7 "Faithlew" is Coming! Ye* Another M.-G.-M. Hit! AUIAMBRA The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictures. MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3 p.m. Every now and then usually unexpectedly iilonji comes a happy picture brimful of 'good humour and novelty and you hear pnpfa saying: "WASN'T IT GREAT!" HERE'S AN
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      277 7 LAST NIGHT of GENE GERRARD in "LET ME EXPLAIN, DEAR" ~C A P I T OTI An Absolute Sensation RENE PAVLETTE Presented with the Dazzling Russian Professional Dancers TANIA SVETLANOVA ALEX SALNIKOFF in a brilliant scries of successes including the Sensational 3 ARTISTES! SNAKE Dance! ON THE SCREEN:— POSITIVELY LAST
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      107 7 /s^X NICHTLY 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. LAST NIGHT! "NOT SATURDAY" WITH CARY GRANT, NANCY CARROLL, LILLIAN BOND, RANDOLPH SCOTT. More Scnsntionul thr.n "Flaminji Youth"! A Paramount Picture. TOMORROW! (matinee at 3.15.) BROUGHT BACK IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC REQUEST— FOR A SHORT RETURN RUN! BTOM WALLS in the uproiirious GaumontBritish comedy
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      137 7 Today 's Crossword Puzzle p r if p pr I 1 r rTTi 1 I" _!__lT|' 5_5 K I. II! l? W r ZIIIZ "l| Z1?!ZZ"~ (CLUES.) ACROSS. irwjj*- a. pn eit n. Dcpoaitory \f* r Mi Hair on chin mU? 27 Sl>llt }i" Cord 11. Successively ()a(j ISS U.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    181 8 Tin Quotations Steady. RUBBER STILL DULL AND UNCHANGED. (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. Today's Prices:— Rubber. 6 1/16 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $78.12 Vi per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber. London, 2 3/32 d., no change. New York, 2 29/32 c!s.. no change. Market Tone
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 8 Noon, Mar. 31. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) ..6 116 6'/k (F. 0.8.) ..6 5/16 6% Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Apr. ..6 316 65 16 May C' t 6% Apr-June 6'A 6% July-Sept. ..G 716 G0 1G Oct.-Deo. 6"/
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    PRODUCE.
    170 8 Singapore, Mar. 31. Gambier 4.75 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked) 9.00 Copra 3.90 mixed 3.55 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.82 1 '■> White Pepper 21.75 Black Pepper 14.00 Pearl Sapo 4.25 m small 4.00 medium 6.00 No. I 125 catties pross 4.10 No. 2 125 catties gross 4.05 Ki.o Siam $137
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 8 From France, by Athos 11, due at Singapore 8 a.m. on Sunday.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      15 8 Issued by Fraser Co., Exchange Stock Brokers. Singapore, March 31, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      442 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5 5 Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Hat v Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/-
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      GENERAL.
      275 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.30 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.80 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.13.3 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7* Prefs. 21 41/. £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15--1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.20
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      141 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4>_. p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4' 2 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      368 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today s Prices Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajali ($1) 0.25 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.65 0.30 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.75 0.90
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      193 8 SELLING. Singapore, Mar. 81. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 3/4 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 ,yons and Paris, demand 990 iamburp. demand 162 New York, demand 39"
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      EXCHANGES.
      107 8 Rugby, Mar. 29. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.48 Athens 605 Berlin 14.321 j Belgrade 255 Bombay 1/6 1/16 Brussels 24.50' Bucharest 575 Buenos Aires 41 official. Copenhagen 22 7/16 Geneva 17.71' ■> Helsingfors 226 Vfe Hong Kong 1 8 7 8 Lisbon 110 Madrid 40 15 32 .Milan 66
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      AYER TENGAH
      208 8 The annual report of the directors of Ay.i Te.igah Rubber E.-iate, Ltd., state*: The directors beg to sunmit the balance sheet and profit and loss account for the year ended December 31, 1931. The year's working resulted in a prolit of JM4.02. To which falls 10 be ftdded
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSK.
    289 8 Today. Kemaman, Kemasek, Dungun. Trentcanu and Hcsut (EMoeralda) 3 p.m. SelHt Paadjsna Hcnirkahs Bag»n Si Api Api (PctalinKi 3 p.m. Selat i-andjan*. Bmgttalis, Siak, Pmkan Baroe, Fort da Kock Parian* (Anipaniri 3 P-"* North, N.-East and N.-West Sumatra iTinombn) P"V Sourabaya, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor Dilly and South-Kast
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    MAILS FOB EUROPE.
    34 8 By Chnstiaan Huytfcni Naldera Kelix Koubbd Tosmri Kujljutunu Left Awr*. B'por* Londnm Krh. 17 Mar. 8 K.b 17 Mar. II Feb. 22 Mar. 20 Mm I Mai. 27 Mar. Mar. 2S
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    AIR MAIL FEE.
    75 8 Reduction From 50 Cents To 45 Cents. The I'oM OiVi-.e Mmojaeea that witli ilVuct l.oni Apr. i, 19*3, the air mail f" 1 for correspondence to (I- eat Britain ami Europe generally l>y Dutch air mail service will l>e reduced from M cents a half ouaca to
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    AIR MAIL.
    47 8 Mails liy the (Hi!v.:ird Dutch aeroplanefrom Amsterdam are expected to arrivo at Singapore by the evening express tomorrow. Cm respondents addressed t<» boxholders inly will he ready for delivery at 7..'!0 p.m. Applications from non-box-holders for delivery at the General Post Office cannot be entertained.
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    36 8 Marshal Tuan Ohi-jui. aged leader of the Anfu Party, and for a time dictator of the former Peking government, who has been seriously ill, is making progress toward recovery. He is receiving medical treatment vi home.
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      206 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Today, March II. Municipal Commissioners' mtff, 2.15 p.m. Police Band Botanical danlciis, 6.15 p.m. Saturday. April 1. Annual mtff. of Maynnrd A Co., Ltd, Chartered Hank Chambers, noon. Y.M.r.A. Swimming Carnival, Kort Can* niner, 4- l P-in. Grand Ballet hi aid of Children's Aid Society. Victoria
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      FINANCIAL WISDOM.
      290 9 Little Chance of Tax Relief." Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain. "I am simultaneously faced with two demaadf to radon public expenditure to ii'd'.K c taxation, and, secondly, to increase public expenditure in order to stimulate trade and increase employment. It is difficult to see how those policies can be
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      RUBBER REPORT.
      235 9 Barlow and Co.'s report, dated Mar. 80, ltat«S: Very little interest has been displayed in the rubber market during the |ia;=t 'veek. Orders have been poor and sellers have shown little inclination to operate at current qu'ots.tfc»nt>. On balance the market is about c r.l lower. Both London
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      U.S. RUBBER
      193 9 Consumption of eru'l. 1 rubber by manufacturers in the United States for the i-ionth of January amounted to "Jl.fiiil !<-ng tons. This compares wit'i 1f.,900 long toH for December. 1932, r..nd wprwnts. an neiiase of 27.5 per tent aeiorilinir to statistics released by Ti:e Rubber Manufacturers AlsfrMlsiHoU loday.
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      COPRA.
      43 9 Barlow and Co. report on Mar. 30 as fellows: fn sympathy with London the local market has shown a substantial drop simv the date of our last report, ami closes very quiet at the undermentioned prices: Sundried $3.95 per piari Mixed ?3.60
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      WEEKLY BULLION LETTER.
      653 9 Samuel Montagu and Co.'s report dated London, Mar. 1 states The Bank of England gold reserve against notes amounted to £142,246,031 on the 22nd ultimo, an increase of £9,983,084 as compared with the previous Wednesday. Further purchases of bar gold have l>een announced by the Bank of
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      SUN LIFE OF CANADA
      381 9 Satisfactory Year Recorded. With a total of nearly G53,000,000,000 of total assurances in force at the end of last year, and with 95,122 new polities paid for during 1932 foi a net amount of *****,098,930, the report of the Sun Lite Assurance Company of Canada for
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      233 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 3ff. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below The rise or fajl is in relation to the price of Mar. 29. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. RU« or Fall ('oiivei sion Loan '>' lltfs
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      AMERICAN SHARES.
      66 9 I The London-New York cross-rate at the time these lijrures we.-c rnblcd was down ll s i compared with Mar. 29). deneral Motors Standaid Oil ex. pd. U.S. Steel National City Bank (ii'mral Klcclric Union I'acilic Roil Ord. American Tobucru K. American Can U.S. Rubber M'oolworth Radio Corporation
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      RUBBER SHARES JUMP
      61 9 Batu Caves To Return 3s. In the (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 30. Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd., shares advanced Ba, today on an announcement by the directors recommending a return of 3s. per pound share to shareholders because the accumulated capital of the company will
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      RAFFLES LIBRARY
      206 9 The undernoted nun-fif.inn works will he ready for issue on 3atun!ny, Apr. 1, at a.m.: Hell Hound* of Fi me*, W. J. Blnckedge and Kx-Logionnaire, 1384; Sir Walter Scott, John Buchan; Hell's Angels of th I Submarine Adventures, illustrated, W. G. Carr; The Facts of fiction ICi ititi-m
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      STOCK EXCHANGE.
      37 9 London, Mar. 28. On the Stock Exchange today railways and Kaffirs were good ,/eaturei. Other sections were mostly dull while commodity markets were generally inactive. Wall Street opened easy but later Hitfhtly rallied.— Reuter Wlrefesa.
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      605 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH, INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Eitabliahed 18S3 at Amsterdaa. Authorised Crpital Glda. 100.000,000 I'ui.i up Capita) (;id«. 5.1,000,000 1- Glds. 24,190,324 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BLANCHES. BaUvla ii.-ad Office fur Dutch East Indies. BRANCH OFFICES DUTCH EAST INDIES Amper.an, Bantoribon, Gorootale, Makassar, Me•"an, Menudo,
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      52 9 RENE ULLMANN ANNOUNCES JHI FROM Ist of APRIL to the 15th APRIL H 11.1? 1 U 2 HO/ DISCOUNT ¥mi. ■1/ ALL PRICES^S \9 /O MARKED S m on HflH watches JR^k (OVER 1,000 DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN STOCK) y RENE ULLMANN CAPITOL BUILDING BRANCH: STAMFORD ROAD, 30- A. RAFFLES PLACE,
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      298 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Struts Settli-menls, India, China, Japan an,: Arabia. LOXDOX BANKERS: The National Provincial Bank,
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, MAR. 31, 1933. JAPAN : MISTRESS OF THE PACIFIC?"
    1282 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, MAR. 31, 1933. JAPAN MISTRESS OF THE PACIFIC?" Uadar the title which appears at the i?ad of this article Col. P. T. Etherton ind Mr. H. lies sell Tilt man have induced what has been described justly iy a London reviewer as a brilliant in:'
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    17 10 'Japan: Mistress of the Pacific?— By Col. P. T. Etherton and ri. Hesiell Tiltman. Jarrolds. 12s. 6d.
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    PAPYRUS FINDS IN EGYPT.
    956 10 which are now preserved in the British Museum and the Louvre, respectively. Resulting from exploratory work of a similar character, a M.S. containing portions of four plays by Menander, Uu leading comic poet of Athens in Urn fourth century 8.C.. have also been re> scui'd from
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    211 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. C. Hay and Mr. Lan Hay left Singapore this morning by the Comorin. Mr. T. A. Strong has been appointed to act as Conservator uf Forest, Johore. Mr. T. Kitching, Superintendent of Surveys, F.M.S., has been seconded fo' service in Johore. Dr. J. M. Gray, of
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    NOTES OF THE DAY,
    777 10 TARIFF TROUBLES. Another of those irritations which M*m to be an inevitable corollary of tariffs has been brought to our notice. An exporter has complained that for Malayan products to obtain preferential treatment elsewhere in the Empire, h- and his colleague* :uv required to reveal in
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    AMUSEMENTS—Singapore.
    146 10 AMUSEMENTS— Singapore. ALHAMKKA. Hand!.' with Cm with James Dunn, "Boots" Mailer; F.I Brendel. 0.15 4.15, Phone IMS. CAPITOL.— Rene Pavlatt*. Also fiene Gerrard in Let Me Explain, Dear. 6.13 —9.15. Phone 52C1-2. GREAT WORLD— SKY TALKIE. Victor McLaglen Jcamtti' MaeDonald in Annabelle'g Affairs. STAR TALKIE, GRF.AT WOK. II Paramount on
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      16 10 yalves IGrierson sl NO. I>AT Scotch Whhky II EST 1820* ♦«♦«»«♦«>♦♦♦♦ 2ND FLOOR. MATNARD'S BUILDING. Phone 3164.
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    PARIS OIL CONFERENCE ON VERGE OF BREAKDOWN. PRICE COLLAPSE FEARED.
    367 11 PARIS OIL CONFERENCE ON VERGE OF BREAKDOWN. PRICE COLLAPSE FEARED. Rumania Refuses To Restrict. CANNOT AFFORD IT. Hopes Dashed of Rise In Prices. The breakdown of the international oil conference in Paris is imminent following the attitude adopted b> Kumania. which declares that as oil is her major industry she
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    TOWN DOOMED.
    192 11 Oxus River Threatening Turtkul. Moscow, Mar. 17. In the depths of tne Central Asiatic jungle, at the site of small encampment i. ;inicd Xukus, construction has been commenced of a new centre for the KaraKalpak Republic, one of the fourteen autonomous areas of the R.S.F.S.R. A sum of
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    NEW TARIFFS
    93 11 20 IVr Cent. On Coir Mats And Matting. London, Mar. 27. Alterations in the customs tariff made 1 y a Treasury order issued tonight comprise an increase from ten to 525 per cent. ad valorem in the duty on unmounted diamonds drilled so as to be adapteil for
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    LOCUSTS CONTROL.
    63 11 Poison Discharged From Aeroplanes. Rugby, Mar. 29. Experiment! are being conducted in 1 his comity into the possibilities of locusts Wing controlled by means of subjecting (lying swarms to a cloud of poisonous material discharged from aeroplanes. The Colonial Secretary says it is too early to predict whether
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    NO TRADE UNIONS FOR FORD.
    127 11 English Workers Still On Strike. London, Mar. 28. In consequence of the strike at the Ford Motor Company's Dagenham works, the factory has closed. The works have been idle for the pas. two days in consequence of the strike of 2J.00 men, rendering idle 7,000
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    DRAMATIC END.
    148 11 Treason Charges Lieut. Baillie-Stewart. London, Mar. 2 s The court deliberated over the BaillieStewart rase for 16 minutes and then returned a verdi t of no. guilty on the three alternative c Ma 1 I of attempting to collect, attempting to obtain and attempting to communicate certain information,
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    SOVIET VENTURE.
    120 11 Flight Into Stratosphere This Summer. Leningrad, Mar. 18. Soviet scientists are preparing to undertake in the coming summer a flight into the stratosphere in an aerostat specially constructed in Leningrad. Five or six persons will make the ascent frcm a place in the central-European section of the U.S.S.R.
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    AMBITIOUS SCHEME.
    179 11 Building Railway Beyond Arctic Circle. Moscow, Mar. 17. Construction of the Vorkuta-Ugor Shar Railway -beyond the Arctic Circle is to be commenced this year. Its approrimate length will be 327 kilometres. The object in constructing this railway beyond the Arctic Circle is to provide a system for transporting
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    ARMS EMBARGO
    42 11 Washington, Mar. 28. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives has approved of the proposal to empower the President to place an embargo on the shipment of nrms and munitions to foreign countries engaged in conflict. Reuter Wireless.
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    PIRATES STILL AT LARGE.
    445 11 Alarm Among Shippers. IS KIDNAPPING A POLITICAL MOVE Shanghai, Mar. 30. The piracy of the Nanchang, which hascreated even a greater stir in the Far East than the abduction of Mrs. Pawky and Mr. Charles Corkran at the Newchwang in September, is the first of i'.s
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    AEROSLEIGHS.
    108 11 Speeding Up Soviet Postal Service. Leningrad, Mar. 16. The construction of two large aerosleighs with accommodation for 18 persons has been completed here. They are of entirely new design and engined with Soviet motors of 450 horse-power capacity. They can develop a speed up to 120 kilometres per hour.
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    WASHINGTON TALKS.
    103 11 Kept Our Shirts On," Says British Ambassador. Washington, Mar. 27. We all kept our shirts on anyway," was all the Brit sh Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, would say about the further conversation he had with Senator Cordill Hull, Secretary of State, and their respect. ye financial advisers today
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    LONDON TO SHANGHAI.
    52 11 Wireless Service To Be Installed. London, Mar. 30. Reuter understands that negotiations have concluded for a direct London Shanghai wireless service to be operating at the end of the summer. The Shanghai installation will be British and will be financed from the proceeds of the Boxer Indemnity
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    TORNADO SWEEPING THE STATES.
    146 11 IFowns Wrecked. TEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED. Quickly following the earthquake in California in which hundreds of people lest their lives and enormous damage was done, another disaster has struck the United States. According to a Reuter message from New York a terrific tornado is sweeping
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    $500,000,000. Unemployment Relief In America.
    56 11 $500,000,000. Unemployment Relief In America. Washington, Mar. 30. The Senate has passed the bill authorising the establishment of a $500,000,000 fund for unemployment relief grants to States, marking the Central Government's first step in this direction. The Finance Constriction Corporation will raise money by the sale of bonds, a Federal
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    THE EX-KAISER.
    124 11 Not Returning Yet To Germany. Berlin, Mar. 29. In reference to press reports that the City Council of the well-known spa at Radhamburg has invited the ex-Emperor to transfer his residence from Doom to Hamburg Castle, the administrator of the estates of the former Imperial House declares that
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    AIR COLLISION.
    120 11 No Deaths But Three Badly Hurt. Tokio, Mar. 30. Three are dead and two or three missing as the result of a mid-air collision between two naval planes during flying practice this morning near Yokohama. One of the machines plunged into the sea and the other crashed to
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    TO GO TO LONDON
    51 11 British Ambassador In Moscow. London, Mar. 30. Sir Esmond Ovcy, the British Ambassador to Moscow, has been summoned to London for a consultation oi. the situation with regard to the British employees of Metro-Vickers arrested by the Ogpu. He leaves Moscow tonight and will return later.—
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    MR. NORMAN DAVIS.
    54 11 Talk In London With Mr. Mac Donald. London, Mar. 30. Mr. Norman Davis, who is en route for Geneva from Washington conferred with Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald for an hour this morning and they met again in the afternoon. It is understood they discussed the Disarmament and
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    CABINET REFORMED.
    48 11 Equal Division Of Posts In South Africa. Pretoria, Mar. 30. Gen. Hertzog nas resigned and reformed the South African Cabinet. Tht posts are now evenly divided between thj South African and Nationalist Parties, with Gen. Hertxog as Premier and Gen. Smuts as Minister of Justice. Reuter.
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    ENGINES DID NOT FAIL.
    793 11 Inquiry Into Air Disaster. Brussels, Mar. 30. The City of Liverpool air crash wilh its toll of II victims was not due to any failure of the engines. This is the chief conclusion of the preliminary inquiry held on the scene of the disaster and communicated
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    76 KILLED.
    47 11 Heavy Casualties In Landslide. Berlin, Mtr. 29. Seventy six were killed in consequence of a landslide in the Peruvian province of Trujillo, according to dispatches from Lima which add that the casualty list is expected to be increased as numerous persons are still missing. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    NEW ZEALAND'S BAD START.
    465 11 Bowes' Two Wickets For No Runs. LUNCH 103 FOR 6. Plucky Effort By Dempster. The second Test match between England and New Ztxland opened sensationally this morning, Bowes, the Yorkshire fast bowler, taking two wickets before a run was scored. At lunch six wickets were down
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    FORMER AIR CHIEF.
    174 11 Prison for Inspiring False Charges. Paris, Mar. 3C. The sensational trial of a former French air director, in which M. Painleve, Gen. Weygand and the former Ministers, M. Herriot, M. Tardieu, M. Pietri and M. Guernier, were witnesses, ended today when Andre Bouilloux Lafont was sentenced to
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    IDOL FESTIVAL.
    71 11 Ceremony Held Once In i Seven Years. J Swatow, Mar. 20. An important and unusual Idol Festival was observed y»'>U rday in Chao>Yang. This festival, of which one of the special features is a great procession, is only celebrated once in seven years. Representatives of all the more
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      69 11 ON OTHER PAGES. Radio Programme 6 Around the Markets by the F.C. 9 Papyrus finds in Egypt By Sir Frederic Kenyon 10 R.S.F.C. Meeting ..12 Jewish Boycott Postponed 12 Alleged Public Lottery 12 S.K.C. beat S.C.C. 13 Football Topics 13 China Page 14 Chinese Topics in Malaya 15 Malayan Planting
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    " SEAPLANING " THE SMUGGLERS
    1421 12 SEAPLANING THE SMUGGLERS i R.S.F.C. May Help Monopolies. PRESIDENT'S HINT. COASTAL AIR TAXIS SUGGESTED. Mr. K (i. l.undon. Wing Commodon ;wo interesting Biugestione at the annual imt-titivr of the Royal Singapore Flying Clul> last evening. They were Consideration of the possibility of using the club seaplanes as public aii taxis
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    SUSPECTED ARSON.
    149 12 Court Sequel to Fire In Change Alley. S'.ated to be a well-to-do business man, Goh Huan l.iang, a Chinese was produced before Mr. J. F. F. Gregg,', the Third Police Magistrate, this morning, on a charge of mischief by fire with intent to cause damage to the amount
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    NO STOCK BOOKS
    141 12 Liquor-Shop Proprietors Fined. On Wee Heck, a liquor shop proprietor of Victoria Street, was f.ned $40 or three months in default on pleading guilty to failing to keep a sUk k book. Mr. A. E. S. Talbot, Assistant ConI'ullcr of Monopolies, explained that the accused had had
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    SEA BELLE II
    65 12 'Toe. Master, Attendant, ('apt. G. FreyInTg 1 R.X., leaves Singapore tonight on n ard tvie Sea Belle II for annual inspection of lighthouses in the Malacca Strait. Ufae Sea Belle II will also be used on this tirjJ to tow.br escort the disused Government launch Lumut from
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    TO HELP WORKLESS
    35 12 The Malacca Hotspur Association is to visit Singapore to give two performances »f th»ir play, The Prodigal Son, 1 on Apr. 14 and Apr. 15, in aid of the NonKuropcan Unemployment Fund.
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    FRANCE & GERMANY.
    122 12 FRANCE GERMANY. Not to be Driven Into War. Paris, Mar. 29. That tho French Government will not let itself be driven by a press campaign into an entirely unjustifiable war was emphatically stated by the Premier. M. Daladier, in the Chamber when replying to the request of the Nationalist deputy,
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    ALHAMBRA.
    212 12 14 Boots Mallory In Handle With Care." It is a big jump 'rom the chours to the lead in a big talkie production but "Boots" Malloiy takes it in her stride. She may be a new star but if her performance in "Handle With Care," which opened at the
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    ALIENS ORDINANCE
    62 12 It is notified that the proclamation issued by the Governor in Council under section 12 of the Aliens Ordinance, 1932, limiting the number of aliens, net being transit passenger aliens, which any shipping company or charterer or owner of iiny individual ship may bring into and !and in
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    CAPITOL
    34 12 The Capitol announces that "Jack's the Boy is to lie screened tomorrow nighu. Rene Pavk-tte, the brilliant child dancer who has lieen appearing all week at the t'apitol, will change her programme also.
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    36 12 The Singapore Fire Brigade quickly dealt with a fire which broke out in the sowing-machine shops of Messrs. Tan Kah Kee's shoe factory in Sumbawa Road yesterday afternoon. The extent of the damage is not known.
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    ALLEGED PUBLIC LOTTERY. .
    801 12 ALLEGED PUBLIC LOTTERY. Coffee Shop Raid. SUITCASE WITH $514 IN CASH. Six names appeared on the charge sheet in connection with a charge of assisting in the management of a public lottery, but only two accused stood before Mr. J. F. F. Gregß, he Third Police Magistrate, yesterday. The charge
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    BOYS' BRIGADE.
    337 12 Concert in Aid of Jubilee Fund. A programme of music by the band of the Wiltshire Regiment, with mstru mental solos and sortgs by Mis. Rowftrd Pedlow and Mr. Koy liiown made last night's concert in tho Victoria Memorial Hall in aid of the Boys' Brigade Jubilee Fund
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    ISLAND CACHE.
    319 12 Revenue Men's Haul Of Contraband. About midday on Mar. Hi a Monopolies party under Mr. V. N. Wade, Probationary Assistant Controller, was on motorboat patrol and came to the small, swampy island of Puliu Kera, off the coast of Pasir Panjang. The officers landed on the west side
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT
    43 12 Receiving and adjudication orders were granted, in the Bankiuptcy Court today before Mr. Justice Mills, against Abdullah (Sgt. Major No. 10), S. R. M. Raman Chettiar, Harihar Rai and A. Ramoo. A receiving order was made against Chop Chuan Thye Leong.
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    JEWISH BOYCOTT POSTPONED.
    301 12 No Ul-Treatment. EINSTEIN REFUSES TO RETURN. Borl>. Mar. J:<. The Rational boycott threatened again -h itOTCI and It sifcess botuea a retaliation for the e:iti German "atrocity campaign ha- been postponed in order to await the po«ib;o effect produced in foreign countries by thi annoui at iiv
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    PEACE RESTORED.
    355 12 Brunswick Incident Settled. Berlin. Mar. 28. It is officially stated that investigation has shovn thai >'•• affair between .he Steel Helmets And the Nazi- at Bruns\J.'k w.is purely local and the coiperation of the Nazij and Stee! lie! •rets throughout the Reich will in no vay be affect,
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    HITLER'S PLEDGE
    361 12 To Respects Rights Of Churdi. Berlin, Mar. 89. The (I'litnan episcopal <■ assembled in conference at the city of Fulda has derided U> modify its atti'ttde- towards the National Socialist Party and rescind tl general prohibition to admit ndhcreii' the party to the men The Cardinal Archbishop of
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    WEAK FINISHING.
    1979 13 LOCAL FOOTBALL TOPICS Malays Lucky To Defeat The H ill shires. (By Our Football Correspondent.) Owing to lack of .space I was com- 1 Bi-llt'il to leave mv criticism of the Malay* vs. Wiltshire* match until this Vet-It, and I will combine it with the Regiment's rather uninteresting:
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    TWO PLAYERS SENT OFF.
    268 13 Questionable Tactics At Jalan Besar. Malays II 3, Chinese L Two players were i<ent off the field in the Second Division match between the Chinese and Malays at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The referee frequently had to stop play as a result of the questionable
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    BIG TRANSFER DEAL.
    119 13 Keeping And Arnold Signed By Fulham. Mr. John Mclntyre, manager of the Fulham K.C., has completed prolonged negotiations for the transfer of A. E. Keeping, left back, and J. Arnold, outside left of Southampton. The fee agreed on for the services of these two players was the
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    S.C.C. OUTPLAYED BY S.R.C. Recreation Club's Fine Win Over S. C. C.—Trouble At Jalan Besar.
    1281 13 S.C.C. OUTPLAYED BY S.R.C. Recreation Club's Fine Win Over S. C. C. Trouble At Jalan Besar. Five Clear Goals Win. SHOULD PLAY HAVE BEEN STOPPED? S.R.C SC.C 0. Although the S.C.C. could definitely be considered unlucky to lose their matches against the Wiltshires and the R.A. such an excuse cannot
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    LOCAL TENNIS.
    373 13 Rain Stops Play in S.C.C. Tournament. The final set in the Veterans' doubles handicap in the S.C.C. 'ournament was decided yesterday in spite of the rain, and ended 6—46 4 in favour of R. 8.8. Donnell and E. W. P. Fulcher owe 15. They thus defeated Mr. Justice
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    HARDEST SHOT IN GOLF.
    993 13 The No. 1 Iron. OPINIONS OF FAMOUS PLAYERS. I What is the hardest shot in golf. Gcno Sarazen, the holder of the American and British golf titles, gives his opinion that the use of the Number 1 iron for the crack player is the hardest stroke
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    "No Compromise With Japan."
    1862 14 SHASCHAI LETTER. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE -MORATORIUM.' (From Own Own Correspondent.) f Shtinghai, Mai'. 80. compromise, and no direct negotiations with Japan." This is the news expected from Nanking as a result of the gathering of the clans today in the capital, but something more is
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    MINISTER'S LIFE THREATENED.
    259 14 Plot to Assassinate Mr. Ariypshi. Shanghai, Mar. 18. Lightning raids were being carried out in all parts of Shanghai last night and in the early hours of this morning, following the discovery of a Korean plot •assassinate Mr. Ariyoshi, the Japanese Minister to China. Three Koreans were
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    MR. GERALD YORKE.
    232 14 Freed by Order of Young Marshal. Peiping, Mar. 11. One of the last official acts of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang last night was an order for the release of Mr. Gerald York/, Reuter's special correspondent in Jehol, who was arrested yesterday by military authorities at Minyunhsien. "Mr. Yorke
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    MUNICIPAL BANK
    117 14 Canton House To Open New Branches. Canton, Mar. 10. Owing to increasing business, the Canton Municipal Bank will establish branches in Hong Kong, Macao, Kong Moon and Honam suburbs across the Pearl River. The head office has enlarged its organization with additional staff, and its business is extended
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    PEASANT REVOLT.
    73 14 Sinkiang City Falls To Insurgents. Peiping, Mar. 16. The trouble in Sinkiang is developing. The Old City of Aksu is reported to have fallen to the insurgents and the Chinese officials in the New City are fleeing towards Kashgar. The Chinese Amban and' 1 other Chinese have been
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    GARDEN CITY FOR HONG KONG.
    580 14 Development at Stanley. MR. KOTEWALL AND HIS SCHEME. The present seems to be the era of garden cities. Model districts, sponsored by public-spirited men, are attracting more attention daily, and in the Colo iv already Aberdeen, Homuntin, Kowloon Tong and Stanley have been selected. This
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    CANTON AIR CRASH.
    162 14 Two Government Pilots Killed. Canton, Mar. 21. Two Government airmen were kille.! instantly when the machine in which they were flying burst into flames at Pak Wan Shan this morning. The machine was almost completely destroyed. Pilot of the machine was Yung Chungming, who had taken out
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    THE GOOD EARTH.
    63 14 Filming of Famous Story Stopped. Shanghai, Mai. 20. The City Government of Greater Shanghai have instructed the Bureau of Public Safety to stop the Aiming by a picture company here of the picture. The Good Earth," adapted from Pearl Buck's famous novel. The authorities declare that the
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    IDEATH SENTENCE IN CANTON.
    352 14 I DEATH SENTENCE IN CANTON. Violated Rules of Boycott Society. Canton, Mar. 2-\. The Bureau of Public Safety is nowcalled upon for the fourth time to Dill to death one whom the National Salvati m Society has decreed must die. Ho Yung will be the eight to pay Jts penalty
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    SHAMEEN BUILDINGS.
    213 14 Re-erection of Canton Club Considered. Considerable building activity has been going on in Shameen during the last few months, says the Canton Daily Sun. It is the general belief that the retrocession of concessions will be considerably delayed owing to the present Sino-Japane:e impasse. It has always been
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    SUNGARI DAM.
    129 14 Protest Lodged With Soviet. Harbin, Mar. 11. It is reported that the local represeniative of the Manchukuo Government has lodged a protest with the Soviet authorities against their alleged action i in erecting a light dam at the confluence of the Sungari and Amur Rivers, on the ground
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    OFFICERS ARRESTED
    115 14 Masquerade In Kongmoon Restaurant. Canton, Mar. 16. Eating together in a Kongmoon restaurant on Tuesday, seven military Acer*' in uniform were plactd under arrest by police. Their actions were unlike those of officers of the army, some thought, and the police were made aware of their suspicions. Request
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    THE IDEA OF A "GREAT ASIA" FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
    683 14 THE IDEA OF A "GREAT ASIA" FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA. Is China Contemplating Volte Face FUTURE POLICY. No Hopes of Recovering Manchuria. According to a Shanghai dispatch the Asahi. China is contemplating a vol 1 face iii he* foreign policy, and is gradual ly moving in the
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    TREASURES FOUND.
    97 14 Discovery Within Lingnan University Cround. rant, hi. Mai. lh. Antiquated traasaret of 2,000 yew old have been linear' heel on the campi of Lingnan University, The curios wei dug up in connect ion with laying tr foundation of a new structure. Among the discoveries is a tomb, hi
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    Bus Owners Seeking Reprieve For Model "T"
    1627 15 Bus Owners Seeking Reprieve For Model "T" CHINESE TOPICS IN MALAYA ANOTHER APPEAL TO MUNICIPALITY. (liy Our Chinese < oirespondent I. Singapore, Mar. 2'J. An important question to be considered at the next monthly meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission will be tlic request made by the Motor Bus Transport
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    40 15 Leicester Too Good For Blackpool. London, Mar. 30, The following were the results <"£ matches play >v in the English League tcii&y: First Division. Leicester City 3 Blackpool 0. Third Division (Northern). DmmmMv R- r > Halifax T 1. Jteuter.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    235 15 Today. March .11. Football: S.A.K.A. Div. I: R.A. vs. Pul«« Brani, Anaon Rd.; W». »S Abattoir S.C. vs. V.M.C.A., Jalan Bc-ar; S.C.C. "B* vs. Chinese 111. Padanif. Boxinir at New World. Tennis: S.('.('. tnurMammt Saturday, April 1. V.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival, Kort fanning, iM p.m. Cricket: Nondescripts vs. St.
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    HER HAND WENT DEAD
    210 16 Helpless With Rheumatism At oa* thne ahc thoufrht she would lese the use uf Ku- light hand. But when shu started the little daily dose of Krußchen, it-^oon put her right. I was Mac in a bad state," she write*, "In fact, I could not do
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    League Tables.
    167 16 The following are the position of teams ii the First Division to date: Goal Scorers. The following are the goal scorers in First Division matches: Day (S.R.C.), P. F. dfe S.mza (S.R.C.) and Ki-iij{ Hock (Chinese) four each. Miller (R.A.), Rei"v (R.A.) and Far-iiu-i (Wilts), three each. N.
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    ISLAND CLUB.
    375 16 $200 Debenture Rule To Be Amended. It was decided at the annual meeting yesterday of the Island Club to amenu the rule requiring members to put at least $200 into club debentures so that the committee could waive the rule in the case of desirable candidates for membership
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    DAVIS CUP.
    306 16 France In Need Of Young Players. France is desperately in need of younirer tennis players to take the places of their present champion?, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugncm upon whom will depend the country's prospects for this year's Davis Cup challenge. Last year Borotra announced his
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    CRICKET TEAMS
    176 16 The followinjr ti-anis have bci-n si'lci'led for week-end cricket mutches: Xondescripts Cricket Club against St. Josephs Institution on Saturday on Nondescripts ground: C. G. Rodrigo, L. M. Pennefather, Samson de Silva, Carlo Pereira, J. N. Fernando, Shelley Andree, R. Bates, E, Abeywardene, P. R. Forbes, R. Scully and
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    RUGGER IN ITALY.
    84 16 Italy is taking wholeheartedly to the Rugby Union game, probably owing to the fact that Signor Mussolini has stated that he wishes the handling code of football to become the national frame, Italians, in fact, claim that Julius Caesar introduced the game to Britain on the ground
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    MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS.
    3301 17 A VERY clear statement of the i badffrmftiajc, as a means <>! tin>t native competition and assuring the Enropttn estate of survival in the lonjf j (if low prices anil (Treat uncertainty which appears to he ahead of us, was liven by Mr. Brie Matfadyen in a
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    KILLED BY POLICE VAN.
    665 18 KILLED BY POLICE VAN. Two Statements. ADMITTED DRIVING THEN DENIED IT. The inquest on a Chinese trolley bus conductor, naitu-d Lim (noon Soon, who met his death by being ran ou-r liy a police van on Mar. 15 in I-avender Street, was adjourned yesterday until Apr. 1 by Mr. r
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    FINED $3,000.
    81 18 Sequel to Large Hemp Haul. A fine of '..iMKi or Iliac mouths in default, waii imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, this moraine, <>" B Mohammi dan. who pleaded guilty to the poMesaion i f 7 Ib. of Indian hemp, valued at KM. Tliis
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    DISTILLING SAMSU.
    84 18 Monopolies Big Haul On Pulau Sumakow. Two CMmm who wore brought up tnt ■entente before Mr. 11. A. Ferrer, the Criminal District Judgv, this moraine for distilling liquor without a licence were eai h lined Si.liXl or months. Accused were arreeted on the Island if I'ulau Soinakow/ and
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      HIGHER EDUCATION FOR JOHORE MALAYS.
      256 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I hope everyone, and more 63•.ecially the government of Johore, will agree with me that higher education is becoming more essential to the Malays at this juncture when other nationalities are already fully equipped with higher education.
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      THE OLDEST INFANTRY REGIMENT.
      71 18 To the F.ditor of the Straits Times. S.r. With reference the paragraph in your issue of March 29, I sinould like to point out that the oldest British infantry regiment is the Honourable Artillery Company. Their charter from Henry VIII is dated August 25. 15:17. The
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      354 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. With reference to Mr. C. C. .loh.i.M k letter regarding Dr. Alekhin-'s jran.e nst members of the Singapore ("ness I beg to be allowed space to r .c following comments, as well congratulate Mr. Yap Ah Hian: I a-- a spectator
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      THE VOLUNTEERS
      50 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have read w'th interest the Utter in your papei' signed "Full Pri-> vatt". If "Full Private" appears to know how exactly to run tkfl S.S.V.F. why is he still a full private? Yours, etc., VOLUNTEER'S WIFE. Singapore, March 2'J.
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      RETRENCHMENT
      268 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, May I thank Fairplay for his advocacy of the cause of the junior ■Iciks in government service? I think that, in addition to governments issuing circulars to members of the clerical cum who are on the pensionable establishment giving abolition terms
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      64 18 [The Straits Times <• not responsible foi the opinions of its correspondents. Correspondents should bear in mind that letter* must be short and to the point. Lon| epistle* are liable to be rejected or em down. Correspondents mtut encldae tbeii names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as guarantee
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    LEAGUE INFLUENCE
    94 18 Last Page Of Story Not Yet Written. London, Mar. 31. "It is too soon to say that the League lias been inettka-.-ious in the Far Eastern dispute," declared Sir Austen Chamberlain at a League of Nations L'nion meeting at Southampton. The last page of the story has not
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    NEW MICROSCOPE.
    95 18 Lens No Bigger Than Half A Pinhead. Leningrad. Mar. 19. J A needle-like microscope equipped with I a powerful lens which i» no bigger that I half a pinhe&d in sise has been invented by a gioup of Leningrad doctors. The needle-microscope will h* used penettate the flesh
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    FIRST FROM MALAYA.
    93 18 Mr. Cheong Thutt Pitt's Distinction. In the Supreme Court today before Mr. Justice Mills Mr. Cheong Thutt Pitt was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Straits Settlements Bar. Mr. M. C. Johannes, in making the application, said the petitioner was a solicitor of the High
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    DUMPING OF BODIES.
    65 18 10,000 Picked Up In Shanghai. Shanghai, Mar. 20. Municipal Council statistics just issued show that the death-rate among foreigners last year declined from 17 per 1,000 in 1931 to 12.82. Under the heading "Exposed Corpses," the statement show.s that nearly 10,000 unwanted bodies, mostly those of beggars
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    IRISH RAIL STRIKE.
    24 18 Dublin, Mar. 30. As a result of discussion between the companies and unions, the Irish railways strike is virtually settled. Reuter.
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    rubber Linings For Ball Mills.
    1783 19 rubber Linings For Ball Mills. IGH HOPES OF EXPERIMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Further activities of the Rubber rowers' Association in its propaganda campaign for rubber uses are dealt with in the article below. Experiments are to be made in South Africa with rubber linings for ball mills and high hopes
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    FAT PRODUCTION IN GERMANY.
    206 19 Measures Making For Independence. Berlin, Mar. 25. Some interesting details are now being published concerning the proposed measures to regulate German fat production. It appears that the Government envisages the introduction of the so-called fat money in order to compensate the poorer classes for the increase
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    NO NEWSPAPERS.
    129 19 Compositors on Strike In Vienna. Vienna, Mar. 26. Apart from the Official Gazette and the small Heimatschutz Zeitung, which WSJ put together with the help of the socalled Technical Emergency Help Organisation, not a single newspaper appeared in Vienna today owing to the strike of the compositors as
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH
    153 19 The Municipal health statement for the week ended Mar. 2. r > gives the total number of deaths at male 102 and female C 2 and a death rate of 17.8 d per mille per annum compared with 17.21 in the preceding week and with 17.80 in the
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    S.V.C, ORDERS.
    88 19 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending April 2, ara as follows: Friday, March SI, 5.16 p.m., Headquarters, Ist Bn. Signal Section, Lecture Phonograms; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, Armoured Car Section, New members— M.G. instruction: 5.1.5 |int., Headquarters, Bde. Signal Sectisn, Section Parade; 5.15 p.m., Malay Headquarters,
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    INDIA'S £1,600,000 SURPLUS.
    459 19 Sacrifices at Cost Of Efficiency. New Delhi. Feb. 28. A surplus for the financial year of 217 lakhs of rupees (£1,627,500) was announced by the Finance Member, Sir George Schuster, in presenting the Indian Budget this morning. He. also announced an estimated surplus of 42 lakhs (£315.000)
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    FILM CHIEF LOSES ACTION.
    431 19 But Finds a New Career. Mr. James Van Bibber Bryson, the £7,800-a-year film chief, who was in hot water with the War Office eight years ago for inducing a British Territorial unit to escort a film from Southampton to London, has lost his action for alleged
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    NUDIST KING SAVED FROM EXILE.
    339 19 Air Dash to Liner by His Attorney-General." Halifax (Nova Scotia), Mar. 4. Peter Verigin 11., leader of Western Canada's 17,000 Doukhobors, a strange religious-communistic sect among whom marriage is compulsory, left here today to return to his people after a dramatic fight with the immigration
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    WINE AND MUSIC HAND IN HAND.
    1463 19 PENANG LETTER. Liquor Licence For The Gardens Wanted— Plight Of The Unemployed— slo,Koo For Stevedores Enterprise Goes Unrewarded Japanese Fishing Industry. (From Our Own Correspondent.) ■I'enans, Mar. '_>n. An application for a liquor licence for a house near the Singapore Botanical iunlens has, I
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    REPLACING THE "ARETHUSA."
    144 20 te famous old German barque, "Peking," which is to be the new >f the "Arethuna" boys. (Planet News.) THE SULTAN OF JOHORE arriving at Ulu Remis Estate, Layang Layang to open the new oil palm factory. MR. HULBERT SCOTT-PAINE who will challenge L.S motor-lxml supremacy in Miss
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