The Straits Times, 6 April 1933

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST r AJSD MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 225 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6161). I I 6.15 Tonight 9.15. ROME EXPRESS. I Phone 5261. I A gj. l^^k CHILDREN J^l^s! I v Kb mJ JOW MILK h '7^^V*^Jjf\^^r I" Riving BEAR BRAND MILK to your children you may rest assured that they arc receiving the purest and most
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    • 145 1 I ™kL/l* LUMPUR 25, JAVA ST. (PHONE 3883), T^ KNOWN THE^^^^^WORLD OVER THE NEW BRITISH MADE raetpl? GILLEIIE yr^^nyp SAFETY RAZOR yjjlj BLADE The World's Best Blade. in packets of Constructed of the 5 BLADES Finest Sheffield Steel. PRICE 80cts. IN PACKETS OF io blades THE BLADE WITH THE PERFECT
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    • 12 1 PAVILION 6.15 Tonight 1.16. j. —i EVENINGS j FOR SALE. Phone 6903.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 448 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASBENGEB AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER ONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. XSOUDAN 15.500 Apr. 12 CARTHAGE ]'>.000 Apr. 14
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    • 612 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISIiA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseille*. London, Antwerp Rottrrdsm and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due Sail HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Apr. 19 20 HARUNA MARU 10.403 May 3 4 8 KATORI MARU 9,800 May 18 19 g KASHIMA MARU 3.300 June 1 I t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 June IS
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    • 483 2 BURNS PHILP LINE. in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY) ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3362 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins de
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    • 499 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephoae SS2S. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHACEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. LALANDIA 18/4 18 4 19/4 21/4 MEONIA 9/5 9 6 10/6 12/6 ALSIA 30/5 80/6 81/5 2/6 BORINGIA 20/6 20/6
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    • 1175 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHD? CO Steam Ship Co, Ltd, and China (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, LTD THE STRAITS STF-AMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CVNARD STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, Ltd The SIAM
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  • Shipping News.
    • 273 3 Pleasure Cruises On Great Liners. 1' |s not everyone who when at home finds (very moment occupied. Those for whom are limited may well find ihat time lianas a little heavily on their hands. For such there is awe i snd cheap diversion in setting
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    • 201 3 < British Tonnage 55% Per Cent, of Total. "It is comforting to observe a fairly marked tendency to improvement, at least during the last month of the year." This is the conclusion of a report by the general manager, M. Georges Edgar Bonnet, on the Suez
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  • 239 3 The Mildura-Bellambi Collision. no Court of Inquiry was held at Sydney (N. S.W.I recently into the circumstances surrounding a collision which occurred in the vicinit*/ of that port 0,, Dec. 2, 10.-!, between the British steamei Mildura and Bajlnmbi. At the time of the collision the Mildura was
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  • 104 3 Four Vessels To Visit Singapore. Four British warships are expected in Singapore i hoi H.M.S. Suffolk (Captain John 11. <;•»'- fny. K.N'.t will arrive about Apr. from the Borneo coast :'."'i sail on A;>.-. IS for role, in 1 and the United Kingdom. 11. M.5. i (Captain Cyril
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  • 146 3 At the wcenl International Telegraph on held at .Madrid it \\a< decided to adopt as fr in Apr. 1, 1933, the seethe new rules dealing with Deferred, I l]|aily Letter Telegrama. I decided abolish from date tin' class of Week-end Letter Telegrams. The n of the new Rules
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  • 189 3 Soviet Icebreaker Which Went Ashore. Moscow, liar. The persistent effort! under severe Arctic conditions to salvage the stranded Soviet icebreaker, Malygin. have been vindicated and the labour of many weekcrowned with success. The Malygin, which wan stranded on a dangerous shoal off Spitsbergen in a storm on Jan.
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  • 190 3 Claim Against Shipping Company. Judgment was delivered in the Liverpool County Court, by his Honour Judge Procter in a claim brought under Admiralty Jurisdiction, arising out of the loss of the auxiliary fishing smack Ellen. The plaintiff was William Kdmund Stonall, of New Brighton, owner of the
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  • 137 3 Sold for Demolition Purposes. Tho hull of the liner Bermuda, which was pui chased by Workman Clark (1928), Ltd., Belfast, at the end of April last year, is stated to have been sold to Metal Industrie*, Ltd., Glasgow, for demolition purpose! "as she lies." It will remembered that
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  • 175 3 BANGALORE, Brit.. 6,068 tons, from Shanghai 5.4, for U.K. via P. Swettenham 6-4. SHANTUNG, Swed., 3,982 tons, from Dalny r>-4, for Gothenburg via Prnang 6-4. TOURAINE, Norw.. ri.sHl tons, from Dairen 6-4, for Penang 6-4. SI KIANG, Fr., 4,224 tons, from Shanghai 6-4. for Suez 6-4. KI'MSANG, Brit.,
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  • 116 3 Thursday. April fi. Ships alongside the Wharres or expected to Arrir*. Entrance Qodowa Gate. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Mtiin Wharf The Cable, Lighter 'Tale- pah." Lek "Alert." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DBT DOCKS. Tsnjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Keppel Harbour. Kintr's Dock
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  • 133 3 The Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce and Industry states that the movement j of sea-going ships in the New Waterway was as follows Entrances. In February, 1933, 716 ships, measuring 1,119,105 U-is net for Rotterdam, In ships, measuring 423,927 tons net for the small ports in the environs. In
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  • 44 3 Passengers from Batavia to Singapore on Apr. 4 Mr. Silby Bigge, Mrs. Bluett, Mr. Spivs, Miss Hutton and Mr. and Mrs. Ken- nerlc". j From Singapore to' Batavia on Apr. 5 Mrs. Bakfcsr, Dr. Drggfler, Mr. Miles and Mrs. M. a. Jaaasa
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  • 76 3 Shipping totalling nearly 5-1,000,000 tons nst used the port of London last year compared with slightly ov.;r 56,000,000 tons net in 1931 and only 7 per cent, less than in the record year of 1930. The decrease last year of little more than 2,000,000 tons, or 3.8 per
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 452 3 fee NORDDEUTSCHER raj ujm D L'il'J (Incorporated in Wl.'^ w Germany.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. S ALLER for Manila, Japan and Ihmkow Apr. 7 TRAVE for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dairen, Tsingtao and Japan Apr. 9 t HOLSTEIN for Japan Apr. 2C TRIER for Manila, Hong
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    • 441 3 I prT.sidrSjt ijnfrs IT COSTS TOO ONLT £70.6.— (or s beantlfnl trip frass HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Special etas* scrosa the I'aclße let class Rail in America Tourist class Atlantic on the famone and new a.s. Manhattan or BA Washington. (If passage through the Panama Canal la desired
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    • 515 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL SIEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Baglsnd TttXERMAN" LINB. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez (anal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KOXG. SHANGHAI JAPAN Steamer s.s. CITY OK BHANGHA] ApL 2:. Apl. 2. r HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF MANILA for Havre, London, Rotterdam Hamburg Apl. IS
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 154 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Station* Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. ins Sunshine temp. *P hrs. *F Alor Star M 0.07 9.7 75 Sitiawan M O.is 7-t 74 K. Trenifganu «7 Nil S.S 73 Bukit Jeram 89 0.01 74 Malacca HH 0.10 G."> 75 Singapore K7 ('.()"> 4.! 75
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 417 4 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying Kir any position advertised la these columns send copies of testlsnomaU. Do not send originals. WANTKI*. Dutrh Typist. Stenographer preferred. Apply to W2. Straits Times. WANTKI) younp lady for Stationery' Dept. Apply. Waiteaway Laisuaw Co.. Ltd.. Spore. WANTED, salesman and salesgirl, for well-known products, to work
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    • 642 4 HOUSES. PEATS TO LET TO LET, 9, Oxley Rie«, mod. saniution. Apply 10. Malacca Street. TO LET, D, Eber Rd. off Oxley Rd. Apply 2, Eber Rd. or 10, Malacca Street. SMALL cosy Bungalows at Balmoral Crescent, terms. Apply Balmoral Road. TO LKT. 1. Margate IM., off Grove Rd.. close
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    • 569 4 MISCELLANEOUS SWEIHgH Mapsatce. Mrs. Kirn;. -">O. Orchard Road.^ FREL Special Serum for the dreaded sleeping sickness N-A-G-A-N-A. Apply, Capitol Theatre. You can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delirered to you every week for three months for $1.60. Manager, Sunday Times. IV YOU HAVE RELATIVES OR FRIENDS Overseas, have the Straits Budget
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    • 441 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. THE MALAYAN PRODUCTS SELLING CENTRE (M.P.S.C.) By centralisation one consumer may be found to rapport a dozen producers, or one producer supply dozens of consumers. Producers are invited to apply with particulars, and for particulars To MAKER. MORGAN CO., Kual.t I. urn pur. I'hone .'Sill. ROY A I.
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    • 417 4 SHIPPING NOTICES. s.s. KIM SANG** (dae about April 5. 1933). Consignees of cargo ex the above vessel from Japanese Ports are notified that owing to the vessel having grounded at Moji. v General Average has h«cn declared, and a contribution of t% of the arrived market value of the goods
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    • 231 4 BUSINESS CARDS?. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARI7 and Miss DANA. WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7!f>7. SUKI V A K I (JAPANESE) "KOBE BEEF' of worid-wick FeMN KOTO-KAN, K;i(«»n-i Ik'ach. T-l. CHINBSI METHOD II UK DRESSING saloon. No. :io. Middlr Kciad. rtlaajaiii (Juncli.m of Betrgi* H'«-'dl Kor LAMM AMI I.IAII.IMKV
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 80 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Wtthla Ontslde without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly t 3.0* t «.00 2.3e Quarterly 8.5* H-'.OO 7.3* Half Yearly $17.00 124.00 $15.0* Tearly 534.f« S4»-M *3«. M NOTE.— OnUtatlon eheqnes should Include M* asaal bank discoant. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the
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  • 544 5 "Shock Tactics." HOW POLICE ARE HANDICAPPED. Doubts us to whether the strength ot the polim it sufficient to cope with tho responsibilities and extra duties thrust up<-n them in recent years ate expressed in the annual report of H.M. Inspectorof Constabulary on the forces of England
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  • 30 5 Mr. L. D. Kennedy, Superintendent of Customs, Mi. G. St. F. Dare, Coconut Field Officer, and Mi. E. S. Holl, Curator of Gardens, have left Sarawak for Europe on leave.
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  • 392 5 Alleged Blackmail By Former Lover. An allegation that a young married woman had been blackmailed by her former lover was made in a case at Marylebone Police Court. Ada Almira Davits (20), clerk Roland Road, Walthamstow, pleaded guilty to stealing sums amounting to £110 17s. lid., belonging
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  • 400 5 Problem of 1,500.000 Unemployed Youth. The proMsi of crpiiiK w tli America* army M wancL-i ing boyi and |{iH:> hal«R;un to (xeicist- the alien, ic-n of CwiNMmbmi before CongnMipaal CoaunittM stated that there are morr than 1,500.000 vcmiii- people of both stxes an the roads, lugging
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  • 16 5 Major B. <'uff. Th<- CfcMhin Racisrat. has resumed duties as I). A. A. an>l Q.M.G., Malaya.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 264 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANGE 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT 1 NEW AMBER ROOM NOW OPEN FOR PRIVATE LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS. STRICTLY PRIVATE. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND GRAND FAREWELL PERFORMANCE in THE IMANOFFS AND ANY ZOLNAY NEW DANCES
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    • 86 5 Radio and Amplifiers MOVING COIL SPEAKERS EPOCH'S LATEST I'HODICTIOX THE tOrn SENSITIVE M. ML IllPa JI.MOR PERM MAGNET $3.75 EACH (OAK CABINET $6.23 EXTRA) SOLE AGENTS RADIO SERVICE CO. of MALAYA 2, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. PHONE 73*9. RAFFLES CAFE begs to announce $1.00 TIFFINS as from Monday, the 10th inst.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 567 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE BY OUR EXPERT. STATIONS. Metres. THURS. FKL SAT. SUN. MON. TUES. WED. KUALA LUMI'UK 48.92 7to 9 p.m. 7.9 p m 1 7to 9 p.m. BANDOENG 58.M 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30 10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. PAKI 19-8 7.20-10.20 p.m.
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  • 1550 6 MR. TI'RAN AZIZ, the Amei itan correspondent for '"Son Poata." I daily newspaper of Istanbul lias discovered for his paper that nearly all tin. 1 cells in the Women's Division of Auburn Priam, New York, have at k photo on the wall. Mr. Aziz discovered
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  • Article, Illustration
    621 6 i FAITHLESS," Robert Montgomery and Tallulah Bankheid picture, which is supported by Laurel and Hardy s now short feature," Beau Hunks," will run at the Alhamhta until Sunday, and on Monday it will bo replaced by "The Sport ins; Age," with Jack Holt as the star. "The Sporting Age"
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  • 436 6 EVENINGS for Sale." which is having a successful season at the. Pavilion Theatre, is a Viennese musical romance with plenty of comedy and some dramatic highlights. Herbeit Marshall who himself is sufficiently a good reason for seeing this picture, is ably supported by Charlie Ruggles, Sari Maritza and Mary
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  • Article, Illustration
    401 6 THE tropical jungles of Africa recently were literally set down in Hollywood's back yard for Nagana," th'Universal drama featuring Tala Birell with Melvyn Douglas, the Capitol's Easter attraction. In the Los Angeles river bed at Universal studios the technical departments created a stretch of dense forest, choked with luxuriant
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  • 210 6 Tl f <IMM mil atylei of today mvi b«a»iful hair a necessity. Luckily, beautiful hair ii now easily ob--.ained. It is nimply a matter of shampooing. Proper shampooing makes the hair soft md silky. It brings out all the real life md lustre, all the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 116 6 PLEASANT Kissing Joan Crawford is a pleasant experience. You stay kissed for three hours at least," says Neil Hamilton, the well-known film actor. sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV^bmmP^ B^bubw "SxJsßfc aa] bY A aasssV f *^sfTbsbß bbbbW. aWsi f, fßer Cjr IEJL «SBBBBBSBa> Mary Iluitind. Charlie Kumiles. Herbert Mar-hall and Sari Maritza in "Evenings
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 342 7 ALUAMBRA The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictures. Matinees Today, Saturday Sunday Howls of Laughter! Gasps of Admiration ALHAMBRAS AUDIENCES KNOW WHAT'S GOOD M.G.M.'S RRING YOU A SHOW THAT HAS EVERYTHING! Robert Montgomery Tallulah Bankhead "FAITHLESS" SUPPORTED BY— LAURKL HARDY'S new Short Feature "B EAU HUNKS" SLAMAT
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    • 262 7 SINGAPORE ENDORSES THE WORLD'S OPINION! PC A P I T O~LH SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE TODAY at 3.15 6.15 NIGHTLY! 9.15 TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF THE GAUMONT-BRITISH TRIUMPH— ROME EXPRESS Make a Night of it by Dining at the CAPITOL RESTAURANT Where the famous Child Danseuse RENEE PAVLETTE will appear during Dinner
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    • 83 7 NICHTI.y 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. MATINEE TODAY (HARI RAYA) 3.15 (.AIETY! RHYTHM! ROMANCE I It's all in "EVENINGS FOR SALE" THE GLORIOUS VIBNNESE MUSICAL! Starrinjl jA I ,fl WITH CHARLIE RUGGLES £L *^KMm SARI MARITZA W^jL^ MARY BOLAND V JB fl This is a show to I^^^* >^BL_ >=SJ cheer
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 203 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle i I I? F~PIF~] I 6I 6 PP 7 IW F~ 13 p i-5n s ■lif wrmr "is 55 Hi^r i*_— (CLUES.) ACROSS. f u rt T2. Conaecratcd 1. Sorcery Claw 4. Purpose shrub 7. Now Tiain 10. Wealthy 27. Shut in hovel 11. Lontr ago j
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  • 105 8 London Tin Still Rising. HIGHEST PRICE FOR MAN\ WEEKS. (Hy 0 Coi n -poniUnt.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices: Tin. Stegapw* priec $79..">0 per picul. All local markets were closed today and the only other price available waa thai of London tin in which anothi r jump was
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  • 167 8 fapore, Apr. (>. Gambier t."> ;l (Cube) No. 1 unpicked H.()') Copra :••.{»<> mixed 8.6S Sa-i Hour, Sarawak 1.«2<:. White Pep 21.00 Black P 14.00 Pearl Sago 4.25 ratal] 4.00 medium 6.00 No. 1 125 catties groaa 4.06 No. 2 125 catties groaa 4.00 Rice Siara $143 *<> 162
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  • 175 8 Tivrf.T Sirm. Burma, "nriin. Ir.n. Palestine, V -viit Ka-t nnd South Africa, Britain. 'r»laa4, North and S »i America, to mn-n-c' vilh the Air Miil at AW Star (By Train) 7 pr T..mi.rr,,« t I I'.imna, North and F.asl. India, Kcvnl. Europe. Cr.at Britain, 1 r.I. nd
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  • 33 8 Vn I h.. By ix RoBSMI ijputan* 4 'par* Londoa IVb. Ti Mar. 20 M«r. 2 Mar. 27 Mar. :i M»r. 2S Tliir. 8 Apr. 3 Mar. U Apr. 1
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  • 28 8 (Prom Ow Own (V respondent). I, nilon Apr. 1. Bukit Rubber ('«>.. Ltd. t 1932 .'f 1 1.855, ai £8.514 daring 1931, reducing credit brought in :<> U.il'T.
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  • 38 8 Mail.* from Europe (London mails dispatched on March Wl eai 8.1. Rajula Pi ■l- .".."n a.'.r. today will arrive by train t— or row morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholden at 8.46 a.m.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 439 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay f> 5 Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5/-
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      • 278 8 Issue r al. Pd. Buyers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.30 Sellers. 0.50 nom. 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.80 il £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.13.3 [0 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 ■A £1 Con. T. S. 7"< Prefs. 214'/. :i £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 1 1
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      • 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 $100,000 IJO 113 BOm. Singapore Municipal 4/-» p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 101 108 noni. Singapore Municipal 4KU p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 101
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      • 367 8 Eraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today s Prices Fraser Lyull Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 O.GO Alor Gajah ($1) 0.25 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.65 0.50 0.60 Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.75 0.90 Molek
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    • 982 8 BARROW, BROWN CO., LTD. Optimism For This Year. The sixteenth annual general netting of the shareholders of Barrow, Brown and Company. Ltd., was held at the re-jrisU-red oftices of the company in Bangkok on Saturday, March 25, the chair beinir taken by Mr. H. Leatherharrow. The chnirman, in moving the
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  • 99 8 Foreign Import* ..f tin on duriag ttm month ot March, 19 Country ol Toai .\ii-ti;iliii Burma i'.t Netherlands India: Banka and Billil in 466 Bingkep 82 (it he. P I French Ii 16H Japan Siam I. •'>-'•• Tangan) ika II i an Total .SUMMARY. Import*. Monthly umuUtive
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 92 8 THE ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON Head Office of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE INCORPORATE O A O I 7 20. The Corpora* ion was founded over 210 years aga and i- the alaM romplrlc laasjraace OBee in th<World. The Mead (Make has occupied (he ahm r atte in Ihiheart of the il;
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 183 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Thursday. April R. Marl Raya lia.lji. Public I. liday. PiMay, \prii 7. Annual ten, mtg. of T il>her Eatate, Ltd., Hongkong P ,nk Chambaia, noon. Ar.nuiil mtg. Jen ibbei tata, Ltd.. Chartered Bank :.mbers. nooa. Singapore- Johora Ajtri Hortieuliural show at New World, opening bj U.K.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 536 9 Loss for Third Year In Succession. t Tm twenty-third ordinary general j meeting of the Aver Molek liubber Co. i Ltd. was held at 137, Ileeren Street. Ma- t la(ca on Friday. March .!1, Mr. Tan Soo j Hoc!; the chairman presiding. Other* present included Mr. bee
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    • 290 9 The annual report tti the directors of EUdella Rubber Estate, Ltd., states: The director! i'eir to submit lhe balance sheet .hhl profit and loss occnunt for the year ended December 31. i.l Alttr charging all ex|<inditure to re'.iruc the year's working malted in a lost at $L'.7ii(t,27. Deducting
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    • 109 9 (From Out Own Correspondent.) London, April .">. C'luny Rubbe" Fstatos, Ltd.. announce a loss for IM2 <if £1,259, compared with a loss uf t^.(lT:t in l'J.!l. A sum of fi.'.'HC, i> lirotifrht in. s Lanadron Estates, Ltd., declare a loss of M6B for 1932. against £.i,4i:i for 1931;
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    • 786 9 iFraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Kraser and Co.'s report, dated April states:- The general attitude of disinterested apathy which has been a feature of the local share markets during the last few weeks continues and very little has happened either locally or at home since our last report
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    • 64 9 The Pahang Consolidated Company, Ltd. announces an interim dividend on the cumulative preference shares according to a cable from the London office o r the Borneo Co., Ltd. The amount of the dividend is not stated in the cable, but is presumably for the half-year to January SI,
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    • 182 9 Katu. Mrs. run 492, cv. yds. treated IU,OM, tin ore won pe)a. WO, estimated tost $12,200, iost per <v. yd. X cents. Reajoag ConaolMatci -firs, run 2ss, cv. yds. trctited U.),«KK>, tin i.rir won pels. 146, estimates' iost $9,000, n.st per cv. yd '.i.i;7 tents. Southern Malayan. X.IU
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    • 644 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES MAR. 23. Abaco (M) U; Allaiiar (1^ TKI Amher%t Anitlo-Mnlay (ill) 69; Ayer Kunlng £1. 12 Ma K an Serai t £111 1 B/l«; Bahiu (8»1.) (1 > 1 1'.,; Banteng (£1) H 11; Batn(r (us. (2 :i; Batu Caves (£1) 86; Batu
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    • 314 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 5. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to the price of April I. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan W H6'i Funding
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    • 106 9 Guthrie and Co.'s report, dated April C, states: Latest buyers' prices, received !.y cable this morning, for Malayan palm OU and palm kernels are: Palm Oil In Bulk: c.i.f. landed weights New York-Philadelphia 2.10 cents (U.S. currency) per Ib. c.i.f. landed weights U.S.A. Pacific Po.ts 2.05 cents
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    • 127 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,116 th auction on Apr. 5, when there was 6atalogue<l 1.408,714 Ib. or 628.89 tons; offered 1 ,:|36.»0.1 Ib. or 596.83 tons; sold 1,065,891 Ib. "r 475.x! toas. Spot. London 2 1/lfid. New York 2 29/82 cts. PRICES
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 614 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH, INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised CapiUl Glds. 100,000,000 Tanl up i.pital Glds. r)r,,000,000 i. Glds. 24,1110,324 HBAD OFFICE: AMSTKRDaM. RRAN( II OFFICES: TIIK HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. Bat.ivia Head Oilu-e for Dutch East Indies. BRANCH OFFICES DLTCIT KAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandt"iitr. Caeribon, Gerentale, Makar.sar,
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    • 42 9 FROM Ist APRIL to 15th APRIL UU P" O/ DISCOUNT ON ALL PRICES illl\ Mk I MARKED ON Zu/o WATCHES PI SF V/OVER 1000 DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN STOCK I RENE ULLMANN W CAPITOL BUILDING SINGAPORE BRANCH i STAMFORD ROAD 30-A, RAFFLES PLACE
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    • 310 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Ams'crdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE 4MBTEKDAM with BaUUicna in ROTTERDAM AND TUB BAGUU. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE K\ST: BATAVIA. Branches th- ,> Huti-h Fa-t Indies and in this Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BA.VKKKS: The National l*lSllailsl Bank,
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  • 138 10 AMUSEMENTS— Singapore. ALII AM BRA. Fait Hless with Robert Montgomery Tallulah Bnnkhead. 6.15 f4S. Phone 6U09. CAPITOL. -The Rome Express. 6.15—9.15. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD— SKY TALKlE.—Sidewalks of New York with Buster Keaton. STAR TALKIE, GREAT WORLD.— Wheeler, Woolsey Bebe Daniels in Dixiana. MARLBOROI'GH.— GuI (Bunpa) Bakawali (Hindustani Talkie) -nth
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 63 10 GOMES. On April 5, 1U33, at No. !>G-1. Beneoalen Street, Singapore, Victoria Rozaliu i Roais i Comes, fis rears, beloved mother of Mr. M. F. Comes', Mr. A. S. Gomes and Mr. Rohin Gomes. The funeral cortege will leave the residence at 4-45 p.m. today for| the Church of
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    • 35 10 Air.-. L. Minjoot family wish to thank the (.i-ncral Hospital Staff for their kind ser-' vie- to her hite *on ictor (Benny)] Minjoot iluiini? his illness all relati\--'s friends for their kind attendance wraths.
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  • 956 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933. THE INDIAN PROBLEM. We commence publication today of His Majesty's Government's Proposals for Indian Constitutional Reform" which have been issued as a White Paper and reprinted as a supplement to The Times. The publication of these proposals does, not us many had
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  • 129 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. K. Brown, Land Officer, Sara wak, is retiring and has gone on leave. Miss van Asche van Wyik, world president of the Y.W.C.A., addressed the Ipoh Rotary Ciu!> yesterday. Mr. H. Fraser, who has recently been acting District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, is now at Taiping as
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  • 1168 10  -  Frank Hamilton.) (By '•Ax knowledge of bird-life inciuixn the greater seems to be their value to mankind and Ike grrrtrr the necessity for their protection," soyx Frmmk BmmOtom, the wellknown authority on bird migration, iv this ajrticle. During the spring and autumn migrations thousands of birds
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  • 795 10 BABE AND THE DEPRESSION. The depression ha- NM lied I and the Sult&n y( Swat, in other words Babe Ruth, the one and only clout smacker," great idol of tin ball arena, has perforce to live on <U'-\. a paltry sum as $f>2,OPO a .war. terrible
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 189 10 I) U.Qo9\ ONCE-A-YEAR jJ#P° CASH SALE *^M f r a -'»^-i,i l J^ TAN WILMIW I.ORNK. S IXN M...0W OXFORD. "^J^WMIS' ■< H il Mi'ilium Toe. Size 5 to Sizi- "> l«i 1!. S\ IF. PRICE $8.95. SALE I'KK K W.l. l A B^a^aMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBtt _^*S ~Y y^ y*C WHITK PIIPI.IV
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    • 99 10 LATEST J@, COLUMBIA' DANCE NUMBERS ROGER WOLFE KAHN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. I CANT BELIEVE IT'S 10-inch TKUK, Fox-Trot* C 8543 ENRIC MADRIGUERA AND HIS ORCHESTRA. PI.KASF. HANDLE WITH lrtinch CAF.K, Fox Trot" CBs4:t RUDY VALLEE AND HIS CONNECTICUT YANKEES. LET'S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS. Fox-Trot 10-inch SAY IT ISN'T SO,
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  • 724 11 NAZIS AVENGE TREASON. Theatre Manager And Wife Shot Dead. ALLEGED TORTURES. Kidnapped Couple Jump From Car. P.eilin. Apr. fi. Following the murder of the German jruinali-i. Dr. G«Brg Bi'l, an tx-Nazi, in an hotel at Duicliholzen, in the Tyrol. apparently by Bsvariu Nazis
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  • 31 11 Orders To Close Down In East Texas. Austin, Texas, Apr. The Railroad Commteawa has ordavad in.in.il oil wells in Baal Texas to cIOM down in live days. Reuter.
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  • 141 11 Tracked Down at Last By His Dupes. Zurich, Apr. 1. The police here have arrested Otto Global, a man describing himself as ensriBCW, who some four years ago figured prominently in the world's news. Probat claimed he had invented a peculiar torpedo craft capable of
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  • 135 11 Rumours About Direct Negotiations. Shanghai, Apr. 3. In order to put a stop to the rumours of direct negotiations with Japan, due to the arrival of Mr. Tllrtllum in Shanghai, Mr. C. T. Wang has left for Hang chow and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek'.< vi>it has been postponed for
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  • 141 11 New British Minister Appointed. Rome, Apr. 2. The first British Minister to the Holy See to be appointed after interval of 18 months, Sir Robert Clive, was received in ;iudier.ce today by the Pope, to whom he piesented his credentials. The long interval during which the li".v-
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  • 96 11 Wants Indian Boycott Of Japan. Shanghai, Apr. 3. Mr. Kugene Chen, the former Chinese Foreign .Minister, has sent a telegram warning the Indian Nationalists to beware of Japanese Imperialism and asking them to help China by a boycott of Japanese merchandise. Mr. Chen declares that he did
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  • 73 11 To Meet Expenses In Manchuria. Tokio, Apr. 2. Japanese Government issued inland bonds to the value of 315,000,000 yen at :i">.."> per cent. The entire issue has been taken over by the Bank of Japan and will serve to cover the budgetary deficit as well as to meet
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  • 264 11 Gold Embargo Lifted. MR. MACDONALD GOING TO WASHINGTON. Washington, Apr. 5. America is henceforth on the "bullion standard by virtue of Presidential orders lifting the embargo on the export of gold but licensing the issue of gold in industrial and trade transactions and forbidding individuals, under
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  • 210 11 Immense Crowds Fill St. Peter's. Romr, Apr. 2. Immense crowds filled St. Peter's and the piazza on Saturday forenoon when the Pope, supported by the Sacred College and numerous other high ecclesiastical dignitaries, solemnly inaugurated the Holy Year by opening the special door of the Basilica. The Pope
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  • 183 11 But a Gain in Moral Strength. London, Apr. 5. The League of Nations has been weakened by the Japanese withdrawal but strengthened morally by the decision to face honestly up to the hardest situation with which it has ever been confronted," declared Sir Eric Drummond, the Secretary-General
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  • 35 11 Mr. J. E. Davies, of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, has left for home. He travels by way of the United States, vflhere he will rejoin Mrs. Davies and their family.
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  • 321 11 Mussolini Plan. NOT TO BE WHITTLED DOWN. Rome, Apr. 6. Italy's reply to the attempt to whittle d.>wn the Mussolini fiap is contained in a communio.ue issued after a three-hour meeting of the Fascist Grand Council which affirms that the fundamental element of the Musoslini plan
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  • 133 11 Purchased by Soviet For 35,000,000 Roubles. Yaroslavl, Mar. 25. The Soviet Government has taken over Bhe first series of completed plants of the Yaroslavl rubber and asbestos combination. Ten in number, they include an electric and central heating station with a capacity of 72,000 kilowatts and producing
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  • 97 11 Work to Proceed On Normal Lines. London, Apr. 5. In the House of Commons at question lime Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, again stated the position as regards the Sir John Jackson contract at the Singapore Naval Base and completion of work in four years.
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  • 78 11 Eight False Starts By Frenchmen. Istre, Apr. 5. The French airmen, Bossoutrot and Rossi, took off for South America at 6.25 a.m. in an attempt to beat the long-dis-tance tecord. Later Rossi and Bossoutrot returned after making their eighth unsuccessful start. Calcutta, Apr. 5. Mile. Maryse Hilz, the
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  • 38 11 Britain Asks Too Much From Argentine. I Buenos Aires, Apr. 6. Official circles here are of the opinion that the Anglo-Argentine trade agreement will not be concluded at present as the British demands are unacceptable.— Reuter.
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  • 139 11 Time-limit Clause to Be Inserted. London, Apr. The House of Commons, by 347 votes t:i 48, rejected the Labour motion for the rejection of the Russian prohibition bill, which then received its second reading. The Rt. Hon. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, agreed to
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  • 135 11 Hindenburg Presents Her With Big Air Prize. Berlin, Apr. 2. The Hindenburg Cup, presented annually for the best sporting performance during the preceding twelve months, has been awarded to the well-known airwoman Fraulein Elli Beinhorn, for her notable long-distance solo flights to India and Australia. Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Hindenburg's Interest.
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  • 115 11 Mr. Nagai Arrives In Berlin. Berlin, Apr. 3. TJhe new Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Nagai, arrived here from Moscow on Monday forenoon and was greeted at the station by the Japanese Military Attache, Col. Banzai, and the Naval Attache, Commander Enemoto as well as representatives of the Foreign Office
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  • 44 11 Cabin Alight Before Crash. Brussels, Apr. 5. Belgian experts have found that the disaster to the air liner, City of Liverpool, did not originate in any technical or structural defect and that the passenger cabin was alight before the crash. Reuter.
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  • 80 11 Memorial Tablet In House Of Commons. Rugby, Apr. 4. Tributes to the late Lord Oxford were paid .n the House of Commons today by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lansbury and Sir Herbert Samuel on behalf of the three parties in the House, when Mr. Mac Donald moved an
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  • 58 11 Printing Works Founded 300 Years Ago. Paris, Apr. 1 Severe material damage has been done by a fire which broke out on Sunday morning in the buildings of the National Printing Works. The fire brigade succeeded only after four hours' constant efforts in fighting down flames.
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  • 621 11 Trains Roads Crowded With Refugees. c STATE OF TENSION. British Marines Landed To Keep Peace. < Tientsin, Apr. C According to foreign reports tlv Japanese are closing in on Chinwangtao from where all south-bound trains and roads are crowded with fleeing refugee-. Fighting has been going
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  • 35 11 Fritlmii. Apr. The first Portuguese warship under the now construct! n prOgraaHM was launcne<i today amul great festivities. It is a FCOOting eraiaW which has received the mum of Cancalo Velho. Aneta-Trnns-Oeei n.
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  • 28 11 Bombay, Apr. 4 The provisional chairman of the All-Indian National Congi— i. Pandit Malaviya, and H members of Congress recently arrested have been relea.-e(!. Aneta-Trans-Oceun.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 67 11 ON OTHER PAGES. Radio Programmes 5 inema I'age 6 Around the Markets 9 Helping Birds to Migrate By Frank Hamilton 10 Beiier Kotary anted 12 Agri-Horticultural Show 12 Salesman Charged 12 \N m.lwnrth Heiress Interviewed 12 Tributes to Sir John Scott 12 S.CC T.nni-i 13 Speedy Dado Loses 13 Mi.toring
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    • 19 11 RADIO WKITK IS FOR KVKKVTIIIM;. H IX STOCK OK:— VAI.VKS. BATTKKIKS, SI'KAKKKS. < OMI'ONENTS. 1 EODYSTONE RADIO-ELECTRIC 28-30, Orchard Itoad.
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  • 1004 12 TRIBUTES TO SIR J. SCOTT. Yorksliimiien Throw A "'Height Gradely Do." The Yorkshire Society in Malaya gaM a "reight graeMy do" in honour nf their retiring president. Sir John Scott, the Colonial Secretary, and Lady Scott, at the \delphi Hotel, last night. It wai
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  • 135 12 Popular Night At Sea View. On the night of the ncH. f^ulT rnooja, Monday, to be exact, Sea yiey^Ho'teL ys holding another outdoor funotiorf*uf 0«" type that has proved so popular "k^jy' full programme has, ipe*ti arranged, including aquatic events ami an exhibition. The evening will start
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  • 152 12 The Municipal health statement for the week ended Apr. l gives the total number of deaths at male S»8 and female tin, and a death rate of 17. 21 per milk per at. nun! compared with 17.Wi in the preceding week and with 10.4t> in the eoneapi eding
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  • 31 12 Mr. Rob.'rt Bailey, a director of the British-American Tobacco Company, haleft Shanghai for home. He will stop in Saigon for a few days before continuing his journey tv Singapore and Europe.
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  • 107 12 heaii'Boon Hean Goes To A Malay. "•(Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Apr. 4. Tne Cheah Boon Hean scbolarsn p. .which wi\: it tyfded by the Hon. Mr. Cheah Cheng Lim, .r.l'...an old boy of the King Edward VII School, Taiping, in memory of bis fulher. the late .M
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  • 87 12 Woman Flyer Plans Big Flight. An attempt to fly from Java to Eng- I land, via Calcutta, in a < niper Swift sport- model aeroplane, will be made by Mi*. I. I. Bennett, of Assam who is now in Australia. The flight will be bagn on June
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  • 83 12 It is announced that the British Ambassador to Japan, Sir Francis I.indlcy," will leave on Apr. 15 for home on six months' holiday. The King's exequatur cm power mr Mr. Henry 1!. Day to an as vice-consul for tlie United States i,i Hong Kong has Received Mis Majesty's signature. Mr.
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  • 488 12 One Charged With Cheque Misappropriation. The principal figures in a case before Mr. J. K. P. Gregg, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday were two Chinese travelling salesmen, one of whom was charged with having misappropriated a cheque for $100 in October, 1982. The complainant, Teow Tiew
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  • 69 12 Judgment For $940 For Woman. In the suit between Lee Bay Neo (plaintiff) wife of Mr. Lim Peng Siang, the well-known Ohinese, and Ng Noy and another (defendants) concerning a promissory note, which was concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Mills enu-ied judgment for the plaintiff
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  • 293 12 Life "Boring." NOT GETTING MARRIED. JUST YET. Miss Barbara Hutton, the young and beautiful heiress to the Woolworth millions and reputed to be the richest girl in the world, has slipped quietly in and out of Singapore. There had been talk of her coming to Singapore
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  • 42 12 A Chinese who fell off a lorry was taken, to the ambulance station in Hill Street in a motor-car by a European yesterday Concussion of the brain was "suspects! and the man was immediately sent to the General Hospital.
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  • 492 12 Hope for Chinese to Take Up Agriculture. Hopes that the event may inspire young local-born Chinese to turn to agriculture as an alternative to clerical work are held by Mr. Lim Kee Cheek, one of the leading organisers nf the Singapore-.! ohore Agri-Horticultural show which
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  • 155 12 Distinguished Audience Last Night. There was a very appreciative audience at the Victoria Theatre last night at the second performance of the Grand Ballet organised by the Misses H. Wright and Isohel Mclntyre in aid of the Children's Aid Society. Among those present were Lady dementi, the Misses
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  • 216 12 Tallulah And Bob Montgomery In Faithless." Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery, playing together for the first time in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayt r picture "Faithless" which opened at the Alhambra last night, have an extremely difficult story to tell, but they present it in an entertaining manner which alone is a
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  • 806 12 Local Service. SIR JOHN SCOTT TO (lI VE HIS VIEWS. A requeal that Sir John Scott should \viiti a tetter to the directors pointing out the methodi by which the club could improve its services to Singapore was made at the business meeting of the Singapore Rotary
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  • 59 12 Third This Year Found Near Taiping. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taipinir, Apr. I. The third body to Ik: found on the railway linr MBT Tuipini? wilh n was discovered <>n Monday nipht. Th.body was later idenfe-fted a. thai of Taka Suißh, a <dh-uaidir in Taiping Gaol. The
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  • Speedy Dado's Unsuccessful Bid For World Title.—Local Sport
    • 460 13 Miller Retains Feather Title. Lee l^meles. Mar. 21. The world featherweight championship heights, defended by Freddie Miller, were too teen for Speedy l>ado to scale here tonight. Miller, Cincinnati youth recognised as champion by the National Boxing As Ociation, successfully defended his title foi the
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    • 184 13 Receives A Shock From Jackeroo." G. O. Allen, the Australian-born allrOUnder in the If.C.C. Team, struck a man wlieil he spent a week-end as the guest of the owners of a Queensland .sheep slat ion. I Allen, a demon for physical litness, invited all and sundry to
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    • 280 13 'joins Champion Baseball Side. St. Petersburg, Kla., Mar. 22. Babe Ruth came to term's today with Jake Ruppert, owner of the world champion New York Yankees after the traditional winter dispute over pay. The Bambino, erstwhile home-run king will take $52,000 for this season's play, as compared with
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    • 411 13 The following have seen invited to play erteket for P.S. and L. against the ServiCM on Sunday at 10.30 am. in an c,.VA\ tournament match I Dr. H. O. Hopkins, J. E. Jeans, A. F. Hunter, R. S. Tufncll. A. G. Cooke, F. Vine, A. E. G. Hlad.s,
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    • 226 13 TENNIS. S.C.C. Tournament. The following ties will be played tomorrow in tue S.C.C. tennis tournament Go .own Doubles Handicap. E. A. Taylor am' F. T. K. Hobbes mm M vs. li. V. Young and B J. P. Fletcher plus Championship Pairs, Semi-final. Roy Smith and N. S. Wise vs. A.
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    • 98 13 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. Juniors first and second teams against the R.A. at water polo at the V.M.C.A. swimming pool, Fort Canning, on Saturday, at 4.30 p.m.: Ist Team: Li m Kirn San 1. Lai Khoi Hian, Ong Kirn Teck, Yap Yeow Siang, Sim Boon Hoon, B.
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    • 220 13 Four Races To Be Held This Week-End. At the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Saturday, B c:ass yachts wilt sa I the third and last race of the series for the ladies' challenge cup presented by Mr Denis Santry. The start will be at 4.30 p.m., and the course
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    • 119 13 League Competition For Dato' Abdullah's Cup. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. 3. Through the efforts of the Assistant District Officer, lie' Kamarudin, Rembau has begun a football competition on the league system for a challenge cup presented by Dato' Sedia Raja Abdullah, Undang of Rembau. The challenge
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    • 65 13 Remarkablp dumber Of Drawn Games. London, Apr. 5. The following were the results nf matches played in the English Leagic today: First Division. Derby County 2 Middlesbrough 2. Everton 0 Newcastle Utd. •>. Manchester City 0 Leeds United Sheffield Wed. 1 Birmingham i. Second Division. Bradford 1 Manchester
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    • 347 13 Today. April 6. Cricket: Johore Cricket Club vs. S.C.C, Jobof* Rahru. Tennis: U.S.Y.C. tournament. Friday, April 7. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. I: R A.F. vs. Wiltxhires. An«on Rd. Stad.; Div. Ill: Chinese 111 vs. Medical Services. Julan Bcsnr. Cricket: Johore C.C. vs. I'ulau Bnini, Johore Rahru. Tennis: SXC and
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    • 307 13 Wiltshires Beaten In < Second Division. Harlequins 3: Wiltshire s II 2. Under conditions which were not :oniiuciv<; to pocd fx.tb-11. the llarleluins defeated the Will shires in a Second Division niat< h at the Anson Road Stad u-n ves;erda>- by the odd jroal in five. The
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    • 46 13 ANNUAL SALE OF OBSOLETE and DELETED HIS MASTER'S VOICE GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS 10- PLUM 50 cts. each. 12 $1.00 10" RED 6? BLACK $1.00 12" $1.50 NO FURTHER REDUCTIONS WILL BE MADE DURING PERIOD OF SALE. COME EARLY MOUTRIE'S "H. M. V." SPECIALISTS Raffles Place, Singapore.
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    • 24 13 Other Sporting News appears on page 15. hmii ♦>♦♦♦♦» Time Gentlemen!! ant ~^z'-\ H i \C P^ fOR A TIGER BEER distributors iuasir g nfave:
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    • 65 13 COM PET I T I ON In these days of intensive competition it is the alert, businesslike, well diessed man who succeeds. It costs no more to be correctly and smartly attired than it does to dress indifferently. For many years we have tailored for the well dressed men of
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  • 1689 14 (Xv The .Motoring Correspondent. i MX. Fiank S. Williams, the American Trade < cmmissionii says, I see, that it is felt that during tnis year or, next there must he a reaction to tll« tjump in tyres ami tubes. Motorists have held off buying tyres and tubes
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  • 233 14 Draught- Proof Sedan By Fisher. Details are now to hand from America of the draught-proof device to be incorporated henceforth in all the closed car bodies made by the Fisher Body Corporation, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world. The innovation involves the usr
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  • 376 14 Singapore: Dunearn Rd. near Adam R. Repairs completed. Dunearn Rd. junction Chancery Lane. Repairs in hand. NEGRI SEMGILAN. Tampin Dist.: Gemas Town Remetalling. Seremban-Ayer Kunning South Road CUM. Repairs; in hand Seremban and Coast Dibt.: Rantau-Peng-kalen Kempas Rd. 14M. Port Dickson Pengkalen Kempas Rd. 2 'jM. Seremban
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  • Sporting News.
    • 309 15 Interesting Position In Feathers' Division. During the las'. fe« years the officials of the boxinu game in th United States have BOOK in for I good deal of criticism al th" hands of all who profeM '■<> andei ami the .sport, says a London mesMure. Englishmen have been
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    • 98 15 Essex Abandon Purchase Scheme. Bean County Cricket Club, who ■■fat <■<! a loss of £499 last season, have decided to abandon the scheme for the purf the Leyton ground, and at the <>nd of next September the club will sever their connection with the ground that has been
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    • 130 15 Knocked Down Four Times But Won Fight. San Francisco, Mar. 22. Babe Marino, of San Francisco, ups.-t prediction! hero tonight by taking a decision from King Tut, Minneapolis veteran, in a ten round fight though Tut knocked him down four times. Marino retaliated by bowling over 'ois
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    • 101 15 Japanese Boxer Secures Good Victory. Oakland, Calif.. Mar. 11. •l"r Ticken, Japanese bantamweight won a fast ten-round l>out here tonight from Baby Palmore, of Ventura, Calif, proving too smart for the hard-hitting American. Palmoro is the youth who on Feb. 11 at Hollywood created an upset by knocking
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    • 76 15 To Compete For F.A. Cup Next Season. Tlip I.A Council have agreed to permit the following fourteen Welsh clubs to enter next season's F.A. Cup competition:— Rancor City. Barry. Cardiff City. Cardiff Corinthians, Colwyn Bay United, Bbbw Vale. Llandudno, Llanelly, Lovejl's Athletic, Merthyr- Town, Newport. County. Khyl. Swansea
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    • 51 15 Ni'wbury, Apr. 1. The King and Queen and the Duke of GIMKMtMF MM a royal victory when the N'ewbuiy Spring Cup was won by His Majesty- Imise. Luneliffbt, which beat Solenoid l>y a head, with Fonab coming in third The liL-ttintt \va> (1-1. !>-2 and jmi B Renter
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    • 110 15 Armed Guards Must Be Paid For. London, Apr. 5 QIM t'onc'i 1 ir. UM House of Common? K'gHnling piracies, Sir Bolton SytwFirst Lord of the Admiralty, said ii wi ininossilile with the number of wai-sh-ins available to forestall all piracios. S.r Basil Peto (Un., Barnstaple) suggested armed guards
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  • 104 15 She Opened IJp Like A Clam." New York, Apr. 5. She opened, up like a clam when lightning .surrounded us," said a rescued rmmln-r of the crew of the Akron, further describing t)h« disaster, the cau«c of which is xtlll undeterminedOne expert opinion is that the Akron was
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  • 77 15 Rights Do Not Exist In China. Nanking, Apr. 5. Articles natented in foreign countries enjoy no patent rights within the jurisdiction of China." says the Ministry of Communications in response to a query as to whether it is lawful to manufacture for snle in China duplicates of foreign
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  • 53 15 Publicly Hanged On A Lamp- post. Berlin, Apr. 4. The German Consul-General in Kattowitz has been instructed to complain to the Polish and Silesian authorities concerning the events in Kattawitz when in the course of an anti-German demonstration an effigy of Chancellor Hitler was publicly hanged on
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  • 31 15 Paris, Ap;\ :i. Reports from San Sebastian, just over the Spanish border, state that 30,000 kg. of sardines vere thrown into the yea wirg to la.-k of demand. Aneta-Trans-Oo.an.
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  • 34 15 Paris, Apr. 3. According t<> newspaper repor f 3 the Ministry of M"> chant Marine has decided tn larf an oider for a substitute liner for the burnt out Atlantique. Aiicla-Trars-Occan.
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  • 29 15 Monte Video, Apr. 2. Piesident Terra, in agreement with the Government of Junta, has fix*d June 25 as the date of the elections to Uhc assembly. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 28 15 Members of the Tanglin Club are reminded that the band of tile President Pierce has been engaged for the dance to be held at the Club on Saturday.
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  • 35 15 Passion week services will be held in the Straits Chinese Methodist CTmirch, Kampong Kapor Road, from Monday, Apr. 10, to Thursday, Apr. 13, beginning at 8 p.m. Special music has been arranged for each evening.
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  • 138 15 Disqualified in Fight With French Boxer. Before one of the largest crowds seen at a boxing match in Paris, Young Stribling (America) (13st. 51b.) and Pierre Charles (15st. 81b.), the Europeun and Belgian champion, gave a most unsatisfactory display at the Palais des Sports. Pierre tried hard, but
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  • 127 15 American Explorer To Lecture in Singapore. Mr. Harrison Forman, an Anicri/ai' explorer who has spent a year in oart? of Tibet which have niver previously been visited by a white man, is at present in Singapore and is to give lecture on his experiences tomorrow night at 9.15
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  • 58 15 Valuable Deposit Found In The Urals. Sverdlovsk, Mar. 25. A deposit of barytes containing selenium, the world production of which up to now has not exceeded a few score tons, has been discovered near Zlatoust in the Urals. This I arytcs deposit is the largest in the world, its
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  • 58 15 14,000,000 Sacks Wasted In Brazil. Now York, Mar. 25. According tn reports from official sources publisher! here, 14,000,000 sacks of coffee were destroyed in Brazil between June 1, 1931 and Feb. 1, IMS. Those reports also disclose Brazil's intention to destroy a further 9,000.000 sacks of coffee during
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  • 43 15 Elected Governor For The Fourteenth Time. Rugby, Apr. 4. The Hank of Kngland has re-elected Mr. Montagu Norman as Governor for the current year. This is his 14th successive re-election. Sir Ernest Musgravc Harvey continues as deputy Governor. British Wireless.
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  • 35 15 Awarded To Hindenburg And Hitler. Berlin, Apr. 2. The capital's Municipal Council en Saturday passed a National Socialist motion awarding President von Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler the freedom of the city. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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  • 51 15 Plan To Alleviate Unemployment. Paris, Apr. 4. A three days' strike has broken out in all the coal mining districts of France in support of the union's demands for a rise in old age pensions and a new organisation of production and sale designed to alleviate unemployment.
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  • 3878 16 FULL TEXT OF GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER. Below we Rive the first instalment of the full text of the highly important White Paper issued by the Government on Mar. 17 outlining their proposals for the creation of a Federal Const it a tion in India. Although some
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    • 677 18 Revertex Ltd. Explains j Its Policy. To the Editor of the Straits Times. j Sir, —1 have read with much laterwt the comments which you made in a 1 recent issue of your journal on the position which ■has been brought alnmt as a i result of the
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    • 585 18 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Stay—Last week's Journal in the Federal Capital, in your issue of April I, furnishes all the element for several ftrsl class controversies. It reminds one prl marlly of Gibbon's la<-:> of ability to understanl t^e tremendous influence ol spiritual
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    • 66 18 [Th« Straita Times it not responsible fo> the opinions of its correspondents. Corre jpondents should bear in mind that letter? ■•M be short and to the point. Long epistles are liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose thtit names and addresses, not necessarily for publication but as
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  • 307 18 Steals from New World Eating Stall. A vigorous but unnwailing defence was put up by a 14-yoar-old Chinese buy when he was charged before Mr. H. Ke.rrer, the Criminal District Jud^ 1 1 yesterday with housebreaking and theft <•!' knives from, an eating stall in the New
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  • 290 18 Man in Gaol Sentenced On Another Charge. Too Chip, who is already serving sentence of seven month* for causing "••ievous hurt, to his wife, was produc d before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore second Magistrate, yesterday on a charge of being in possession of documents relating
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  • 92 18 New Salesman Caught Stealing Socks. A newly-appointed salesman at Messrs. John Little and Co. Ltd. began badly. Within a week he was fouii.l stealing. Accused. Cyril Meinjoot. pleaded guilty to the charges before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second Magistrate, esterdav and sentence was deferred until Apr.
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  • 280 18 Liquor Not Intended For Smuggling. The case against two Chinese shin's firemen, named See Seng Tay and Goh Peng Chow, was adjourned until Apr. 1 1 by Mr. H. A. Korrer, the Criminal DUt-rii-t Judge, yesterday in order that ih>.captain of a Norwegian steamer, the s.-.. Tonjer,
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  • 98 18 Two British trawlers, one from Aher- dc.n and the other from Hull, wore ar- I rated and brought into the harbour of Harstal for lishirifr in Norwegian territorial waters. The vessels were fined 3,000 kroner (about £150) each, and their catches an<! fishing gear confiscated, while the Loch
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  • 135 18 Dinner Prior To His Going On Leave. A farewell dinner was given at the G. 11. Cafe on Tuesday by members of the staff of the Municipal Animal Infirmary to Mr. K. S. Nair, Assistant Municipal Veterinary Surgeon, who will be going on leave shortly. Among
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  • 36 18 The second annual general meeting < f the I-.. M.5. Ch -aims' Chamber of Commerce will be held on Saturday, Apr. H, tit 2.W p.m. hi the Chettiars Hall, 2'a mile, Ipol. Road Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 1786 19 AIRMINDEDNESS IN THE F.M.S. (greater Confidence. FLYING CLUB REPORTS GOOD PROGRESS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. -4. There has beet) a noticeable improvement in tile attitude of the public toward < lying since the c-lub started, especially luring the last twelve months." Tins opinion is expressed by the
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  • 132 19 Programme of Drills up to and for week crding April 9, 1933: Wednesday, April b, ."..15 p.m.. Headquarters, S.R.A. (v), Battery Parade. (Lecture by Lieut. K. Carter. 7th A. A. Battery, R.A.); 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, "D" (Eurasian) Co,-., Section Training; 5.15 p.m.. Headquartev.;. Intelligence PI., Lecture; 5.15 p.m..
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  • 546 19 Woman Military Aviation Commander. Moscow, Mar. 24. Nadezhda Sumarokova is the first and only woman commander in militaiy aviation service in the world. She holds a commission in the Red Army. This is Xadezhda's story. She lost her mother vrthen she was two yean old.
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  • 130 19 Issues To Commemorate Progress. Moscow. Mar. 20. The People's Commissariat of Communications has issued a new series of postage stamps. Seven were issued for the fifteenth anniversary of the creation of the Red Army. There are two pictures on eaoh, one depicting the Red Army as it
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  • 40 19 Appointment For Former Soviet Ambassador. Moscow, Mar. 22. M. Grigory Sokolnikov, formerly Soviet Ambassador to the Court of St. James, has been appointed a member of the Collegium of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs. Tass Agency.
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  • 150 19 The following range allotments are published for information. Buses will leave headquarters 8.4.33 2 p.m. "C" Coy.— Table "B" Bukit Timah Range. d.4.33 7.30 a.m. "C" Coy.— Table "B" Bukit Timah Range S.R.E.(v)Table "A", Farrer Range. 15.4.88 2.00 p.m. "F" Coy.— Tables "B" and "I." Bukit Timah
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  • 621 19 Georges Philippar. NEEDLESS LOSS OF LlF;fi ALLEGED. Paris, Feb. 26. Serious charges ore laid against the owners of the Georges Philippar, the brand new Messageries Maritinies liner, which was destroyed by. fire in the Ked Sea nearly a year ago, by Dr. B. van Tricht, a Dutch
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  • 122 19 Led By Wrong Track Into Siam. Tavoy, Mar. 22. Mr. Klsum and the overseer and the two dogs arrived safely at Tavoy today at 3 p.m. After leaving the camp at Nyaung Chaung, they ascended a hill on the Siamese border. In attempting to descend, they followed
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  • 84 19 Successful 50-Mile Chase By Police. Jabbulpore, Mar. 28. A fifty-mile chase by a police party led by Sub-Inspector R. S. Shnkla through dense jungles near Burgi ended with the arrest of a man named Dwarka, alias Ellia, said to be a notorious dacott. Ellia has been active
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  • 74 19 Peshawar, Mar. 28. Afghan Government officials compute the Waziri casualties in the recent Kho-it insurrection at 500 kind and a still larg%r number wounded. The Government casualties were an officer and. eleven other ranks killed and 18 other ranks wounded. Quiet has been restored in Khost and General
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  • 450 19 A Ritual from Time Immemorial. It is an old saying that the sword is the m ul if Japan, this meaning that every Japanese must be prepared at all times to face death for the sake of honour and duty, and for this reason the ancient
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  • 436 19 Diagnosis With Wires, Rod, Velvet Pyjamas. There was a sequel at Royton, Lanes, to What has become known locally as "the black box and velvet pyjamas inquest," when Charles Clement Abbott. 48, of St. Helens Road, Leigh, who describes himself as a physio-medical practioner, was charged
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  • 1026 19 Stealing Water. NEIGHBOUR'S PIPE TAPPED. How two Chinese managed to get free water by tapping tl v neighbour* pipe was described before \i\. Boyd. the Foi:rth Police Magistrate, on Tuesday, whin the offenders were charged with theft of water and abetmem of the theft. respectively.
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