The Straits Times, 9 April 1933

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. I No. 69, Sunday, April 9th. f 1933. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. £9. Sunday, April 9th., 1933. Price 10 cent*
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    DOLLAR BOAT "GOES WET."
    543 1 Beer Legal Now. "WHOOPEE" ON PRESIDENT PIERCE. Ie i \f\| tn be ill" lii 'nan in Malaya i,, I,;,- ml I li< km al "anl a Dollar Steamship tw i iten a Suntiaj I tnr). I mighl have (fon( t I;, i Ka I, Km io
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    LONDON RUBBER & TIN.
    82 1 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.') London, Saturday. Xl BBEK. (Qaatatiean as supplied hy Symington and Wilson.) Spot (liu.vcrs) J :,/.{2. (Sclleis) I 7/.12. Jaly-fleat. 2 Oct. -Per. I 11/.r_». Jan. Mar. i> 7/IH. Market tone Steady. TIN. Sn: t E153 lid Thn c ':ii il.Vi (i.) Mai I
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    GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT.
    31 1 iii'Vi rnor t, Jr., Governor "i the Philippines, left Batavia yesterday attirnoon, siys Aneta, for ore. Be ii to addreai the Rotary riub in SiiiKapore at tomorrow's tiflin meeting.
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    LONDON-SINGAPORE AIR SERVICE.
    259 1 DIRECT U>Al MAmL PLANES NEXT MONTH. A SiiiKapore-I.on<l< n direct air mail ■nicf in eight d;t>s will come *"to i oti.it ion tin Ma) ti if new arrangeme in made liv the X.L.M. Line are c i,ipli led in lime. Batavia, Apr. rjrilE X.L.M., Royal Dateh Air
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    MR. BOTOMLEY.
    34 1 Now (iranted OKI Age Pension. 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Apr. 8. Mr. Hcratio P.<:ttomle> who last week made application for the old age pension has aaw hem granted the pension.
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    GAMBLING RAID.
    247 1 Chinese Woman Discharged. The sequel te a raid in a hou.se in toria Street said to have been ao* apicd by 93 tenant one aigfal in Febrn- 11 i:il of :i Chinese woman, Kwek \\> Chooa, alleged to have been t!i princinal teaaat, before Ifr. A. W. Hay,
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    " DULEEP."
    46 1 DULEEP." Unable To Play This Seasoi (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. The Daily Herald states that K. S. psinhii. the Sussex and EnglanJ lialsinati, will be un.ilile to play cricket this ncaeon owing to Mac K. s. <;. Scot-, will caataia the side in toad.
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    CAPTAIN CURTIS.
    45 1 I Hath Of Kx-StraiLs Steamship Veteran. Caataia R. G, Cartia, late of tha Btraita nteaawhip Co., Ltd., died laai evening at the Goßoral Hospital, Singapore. Be waa 71 years of age. The funeral will take place at Bidadari Cemetery today at 4.;J0 p.m.
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    NO PREFERENCE FOR BEER.
    232 1 v\ breweries, LTD.. a F.M.S. THAT effort! te obtaal preference in the X.M.S. had Iteen unsuccessful was reported by Mi. W. H. Mai-gregu'', chaiiman, at the annual meetinp of the Ifalayaa Bi xrtea, Ltd., yesterday the ortices ol th n etai ic-s, Fraser and Nt-aye, Lt<l.,
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    SILVER PRICE.
    97 1 Cotton Trade Urges World Action. London, Apr. 8. International action at the earliest Me m nient in vhw of the increasing price of silver was urged in a resolution I :i-<i-d by the general committee of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners at Haacheatef toaajr. The resolution u>r?ests
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    DUMPING.
    77 1 Indisin Bill For New Duties. New Delhi, Apr. 8. Mi. Bhore. the Commerce Member, introduied in the Assembly today an Anti-dumping Bill empowering the Government to impose additional duties oa articlts imported at such an abnormally low price as to endanger the existBwaj of [adiaa industry. Notification of the
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    •"CANNOT FRIGHTEN US"
    133 1 •"CANNOT FRIGHTEN US" RUSSIAN PRESS ON BRITISH ACTION. Moscow, Apr. 8. "fFHKV raiin .1 f i j;hten us" declares Isvestia. commenting on the British Coauaoaa debate on the Russian baporta Bill, and adds thai British diplomacy ignored the basis of the accusations and gave undue prominence to the incident of
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    ROOSEVELT'S PLAN.
    106 1 $5,000,000,000 For Public Works. New York, Apr. 8. President Roosevelt has turned down definitely currency inflation and the demonetisation of silver, declares a dispatch to the New York Times from Washington and adds that he will seek instead to reinflate commodity values by a vast public trcrks programme
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
    77 1 Two Readers Predict All Results Correctly. *tj» The Sunday Times Football Competition on the matches played on Apri l 1, two readers submitted entries without a single mistake. The successful competitors were: J. D. Leicester, Mental Hospital Singapore. Tan Jee Wan, 104, Patani Road, Penang. A cheque for
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    MR. DAVIS IN BERLIN.
    32 1 Berlin, Apr. 8. Mr. Norman Davis arrived here today and conferred w t!i Baron von Neuratn and President Hindenburg on the subjects of economic conditions and disarmament. Reuter.
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    TIN SHARES "BOOM."
    70 1 ALL-WEEK DEMAND RAISES PRICES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. I. STEADY buying of leading Malayan tin shares all this week has resulted n the following closing prices last night Gopengs 275. 6d. Sungei Kintas ata. '.id. Idris ">sKampar Malay as 11s. 3d. Kamuntings 6s. 9d. Malayan
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    FRAUD CHARGE.
    179 1 6 Months For Falsifying Account Books. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 8. C. W. Younger, late ot Singapore and until recently employed in the accounts department of the Penawat Tin Dredging Co., Tanjong Tuallang, Perak stood trial today in the Supreme Court here on two afcasaan of
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    COONS.
    31 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Apr. 8. Fashionable women of London and Paris are to be slightly coffee-colour-ed this season. The effect is achieved by an iron tonic and cosmetics.
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    PRUSSIAN PREMIER.
    53 1 Captain Von Goering Certain Of Post. Berlin. April 8. Though no official am ne-ent ha" vat been made it s no i Hit v<> C.oering, Hithr's lie;iena"t. w 11 shortly be appointed Ptji '<"" by Hitler n his new I tator of Prussia. Herr von Papen a I
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    SERIOUS CHARGES.
    62 1 Two serious charges was preferred against Chon Ngaw Chai yesterday before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second Magistrate, the first of attempting to murder one Marimuthu and the second of rioting. Court Inspector H. Meeten said that this charge was connected with another case which had been
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    COMDR. SUTTON.
    33 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. Commander Sutton, who is now serving six months in prison for the manslaughter of a Cyprus hotel-keeper, has been placed on tfie retired list.
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    THE SUICIDE MENACE.
    327 1 Grip On Singapore Getting Firmer. HIGHEST FIGURES KNOWN. Nearly 400 Per Cent In Four Years. It is an alarming fact that suioeV i* getting a lirnier hold on Singapore population. IN the year Iftt, Only i a reported, but dtirinjr. the I of the than 15 known!
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    AMY'S RIVALS.
    73 1 French Ciri Turns Hack. Paris. A or. 8. Mile. Helen? Boucher, the Trench Amy Johnson." »h:i altempt'nc to boat Mrs. Mollison's Cane record. ha 1 been un'"i-ky and tur.^d I' Bi^dad. She has now reached Damascus. Reuter. From Our Own C n'.> Lead** \i>>-. 8. Cr.n'ain 1 anea«t*r.
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    COMPANY RESULTS.
    43 1 (From Our Own lent.) Golden H«.po Rub) ltd., I announo I compared with a to 65 in 1981 I £1.800 is tarried forwai 1 Kuala K c'ari' a loss for the 1932, of I'T.UIMI. :ir. 1 18,52 I. Float;: Ktl I
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    CHILD DANCER.
    31 1 CHILD DANC ER. Th<> child fencer, Ren, I i make her la>t appearance at I aurant tonight when i Number* including a rypsy daw the Russian Boyard dan.-c will l>e g
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      20 1 THE OCEAN i Ja-CCTOENT I AMI GUARANTEE CORPORATION, I (Incorporated in Great Britain.) Im4 Office for Malaya I aiMGAFORB. I
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      76 1 1 ,i|M KEY BRAND V^M[ Eau de Cologne. jfl There is a refreshing m lingering fragrance to ,>'i* "Key Brand" Eau de A *t* Cologne rendering it distinctive and attractive. -gjl This worthy product of the British Empire is of great strength, and is priced sufficiently low to ||sg3iX|gH enable
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      92 1 Today's Features. Page Behind the Front Page Echoes of the Perak War Mainly About Malayans i Bridge Notes By Ely CulbertHon 4 Mr. Forman's Experience in Tibet r > Women's Page Our New Serial Story The Art of the Cave-men 8 Another Critic of Mr. Frank Buck 9 Agri-Horticultural Show
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      7 1 j OCEAif i MOTOR j i POLICIES
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    Behind The Front Page.
    1692 2 Behind The Front Page. Two -,i the n st vivid reoollectioM ai my boyhood have to do with my father's gmrdMiiiic and with watchinK th" whool t"n -i eleven p.ittin-r up a jf ><'d show igainst the county club and ground once i year OB a lazy Saturday afternoon in
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    HARDSHIPS Of THE ARCTIC.
    398 2 ml couktai lds story MR. AujfUstine Courtauld, the n.embOf of the British Arctic Survey K:<i.cditiim whOM rooew after U-injf buried l.y a lili/zard for two months alone in a hut on the Greenland ice cap was hailed with rel ef throughout the country, recently described to
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      347 2 lest \our general knowleiiue b> OteiskJ ha* BMBBJ I lie <|i« 1,..n 1,. \.,u ran answer correct l> Iho.i I urn to pag' 1 1". In check >oiir i.|,!i. GENEBAL Qi i:>Tlo.\S. 1. Who were the Vanda 20. Who wrote t 1 •1. What abbreviation ir thr» UaJtcd tL What
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      47 2 5S/ ITS NO USE SME1 WOULDNV LOOK ;*V SHELL SEE. L MINES ALL /> YOU nj- AT ANV&ODV WHO 5 JLJ ME NOUGHT^' C PnP r^l£ CALLING ON 1 INCOME tS i-^SS Y THEN— .-A My J. MILLAR WATT. f Sj^ l^O U l_ i^-J L 4^ y
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    Cash Prizes For Football Enthusiasts.
    866 3 NO ENTRANCE FEE REQUIRED. $100 Offered For Best Forecast Of Ten Results. A further football competition has been arranged. 1100 IS OFFERED FOR THE BEST FORECAST ©F THE TEN FOOTBALL Matches given below, which are scheduled to be PLAYED ON SATURDAY NEXT, APRIL 18. NO
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    "PROVING" SOULS HAVE WEIGHT.
    529 3  -  R. J. M. Caldicot. (By A t ma reccnily reported from the American Divorce Courts caac-sraiag a wanted husband's subterfuge in regard to a weighing machine, installed in the house by a distracted wife, recalls the fact that scales have been put to soaM <|veer uses.
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    OFFICER FORGETS PASSWORD.
    331 3 <:<>MEl>\ AT TOVtEIt Off LONDON. IIWICI recently a little comedy has been enacted at the gates of h Tower of London. For on two occasions the officer in command at the Tower, Lieut.-Col. Arthur Smith, has forgotten the password. On the first occasion when Lieut.-Col. Smith arrived
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    GRIEVANCE OF LOWER DECK.
    351 3 v\\ \mi\i vui;s TO Ml REMOVED. A important decision announced by th-> Admiralty will have the effect of removing a legitimate yne\ance which has been voiced in no uncertain terms by the lower-deck ratings concerned. By a Fleet Order issued in 19.11 it wadeereed that "men
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    KING CHARLES GRUESOME
    527 3 EXPERIMENT. ing heavier in life than his dead body. Those who witnessed the experiment, however, declared that Charles had the honour of being the first to discover the weight of a man's soul. About the year 1760 an amazing experiment was carried out with a weighing machine
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    ECHOES OF THE PERAK WAR.
    1195 3 Another Medal. CAPTAIN DE FONTAINE'S ADVENTURES. IM his inriii artiek ths Waadoror M ailed the old I ill living n Malaya and ih.' survivors of thr P War, and wroti- ti Kw I Poh I't'iiailK. whi> -i-ivvd in th;M War: "'i. -hares with Sir Frank
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    STRAW HAT DAY.
    105 3 New Festival For Britain. Kntain i- in have hei tn-t Straw H* I»ay. A (oiiim.M.. n appointed >\ ihf Hatter.-' Styk seiatlon io yo into detail*, and the manufacturer! m I.uton. as woll as ivtailer^ throughout ihe country. hope to bring l>ack th <traw hat to it-
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      120 3 <»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦ ll»»»t»T» Sunday Times Football Competition. j. The following are the matches selected for this week's competition. They are to be played on the ground I 1 of the first-named club on April 15. Read carefully the jj j instructions given above and the information supplied betow. The figures in
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      180 3 SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL says: predict that the future of this car is absolutely assured." "Having tried it (the Ten-Foun, lam convinced that it will appeal to the Rcncral motoring public from every point ol view," wnlcs Sir Malcolm Campbell in 'The Field/ "Here is a real motor Car, solidly built,
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    The WORLD Of BRIDGE.
    3033 4  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst CJ.'NCK the advent of the new coring rult-s for Contract Bridge, M I hero ha> appeared at the card table. In the past, the central ifvre at almost any Contract Bridge table was at tournament itai
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    Mainly About Malayans
    2140 4 Motorists And Others !»earding The Privy Councillors— Hears- 1 Comes To K.L. —A Trail of Wrath, BY THE WANDERER. ON K of thOM days there is potag U be an unholy crash outside the Kuala Lumpur railway station. A new 0)0*01 car park has been created by
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    M.P.S AT PRAYER.
    202 4 KM) Years Of Weekly Meetings. Th" weekly prayer meeting of .<i- of Parliament at the Hoao* < "luniniis raachai it.- HXitli anniversary on Mar. K. On Mar ft, ISO, a number of M.l. > I met in the King- Arms Hotel. O'd Palace Yard, and formed a
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    Dogs Used As Bait For Crocodiles
    347 5 TIED TO TREES Horrible Practice At Port Swettenham (From "in Own Corre>pondeat.) i Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. Apaiiangir ai riving by ship at Part Swetb nham last week noticed a caaoe containing several Tamil labourers, foar live dogs and a quantity of tackle. On
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    PAYING DUTY ON THE UNION JACK.
    214 5 ANNOYED PATKIOI IN THE F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. IF a British subject living in the British-protecU-d territory oi the Federated Malay States wants to import a British flag he must pay duty on it. Th:< v.as th- startling discovery
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    HAMMOND'S RECORD.
    218 5 To the Editor of the Sunday Times. Sir.— It has Inen remarked on innumerable occasions that comparisons are odicus. In this connection I refrr a comparison which appears in today's issue of The Sunday Times. Km a nati'v of N.u Zealand, I have nothing but congratulation* to offer
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    YOUNG MAN REFUSES £30 A WEEK.
    265 5 SIR MGEL FLAVFAIR'S SOIV ¥T is not often that a young man i.- offered start in life at i:;<> a wt-ek. and rejects it to follow another career nearer to his desne. This has happened in Oxford. Mr. Giles Playfair, the son of the
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    AN HONEST TRAMP.
    1303 5 Penniless Man Who Took £29 To Police-Station. Nfaily a year u« > Alt'ivd Preice, a native of West Ham >n tramp, returned in the Burton poli<v i-'.< in Tna iu>n>s which ho liaJ foujui wrapped in an olrl muffler on tho I;, rby road. He was penniless,
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      108 5 SEA VIEW HOTEL SUM) W: CONCERT from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. TIFFIN SPECIALITY: RIJSTAFFEL MONDAY: MOONLIGHT CARNIVAL AND AQUATIC SPORTS PROGRAMME 7.00 p.m. SWIMMING COMPETITION one length of Pagar (or Boys from 10 to 18 years (open, free style). 7.30 for Ladies (open, free style). 8.00 for Gentlemen (open,
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      105 5 Owing to Success SEASON EXTENDED for positively TWO DAYS ONLY ~C AP I T PIT MATINEE TODAY 3.15 TONIGHT England's Brilliant Triumph "ROME EXPRESS" With the Greatest Galaxy of Stars ever assembled in any BRITISH Picture— CONRAD VEIDT, HAROLD HUTH JOAN BARRY, CEDRIC HARDWICKE GORDON HARKER, ESTHER RALSTON TUESDAY NEXT!
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      148 5 "THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE" OPENS ON WEDNESDAY. /s^^ NICHTLy 6.15 C* 9.15 P.M. MATINEE AT 3.15 (LAST DAY.) EVENINGS FOR SALE Paramount's delightful Viennese Musicul Romance, with HERBERT MARSHALL CHARLIE RUGGLES, SAkl MARITZA MONDAYjFOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY) THE BRILLIANT M. G. M. SUCCESS THE OUTSIDER with HAROLD HUTH JOAN BARRY
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    EASTER AT WINDSOR CASTLE
    2296 6 For Women Only. (From Our Woman orr»»*.p«»ndent.) London, Mar. 15. THE Knm and Queen are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle early la April, for a stay of about four mill, During this period, their Majesties will take a complete rest, in preparation for the stress
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      108 6 FOUR SPECIAL VALUES FROM THE LADIES' SECTION. aMM^Mn^BBMBMkIs^ t "FASTOBOYL" ART SILK SCARVES. in a varied selelction of design and colouis. Price llJi $2.7.">. I i /'Pat. <y/ £l W. B. CORSELETTE Style 562. For slender to avi rage figures fancy rayon material with brassiere portion in tricot. Size 32
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    THE QUEENS HALD MURDER
    3801 7 THE QUEENS HALD MURDER i rIAPTER I. TRAGEDI m I Hi: m Kl. ns HALL. The atmosphere was tense with excitement. Thi •as the ftrsi app< aranee in .rid of the famous I arelli i of .Milan, widely heralded as much in j the columns of the daily presi as
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      26 7 At Reduced Prices KERMATH IflHnl HI. ENGINES 12 H.P. MODEL $900. 20 $1015. 35 $1450. 50 $1600. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. SPARES STOCKED UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE. BRANCHES.
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    TOTIDEM VERBIS.
    2037 8 If the late Ur. 11.I 1 K. Na:n!.yar. Ui fust Indian lawyer to practise ii Malaya and the irat Indipn member of the I.euislative Council, could return ta earth he would make the pleasing ii: i. .very that certain seeds wlii.h Ii planted in the lown af Penang
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    THE ART OF THE CAVE-MEN
    1363 8 Women Taming Not Their Only Hobby K. U isuii. the naturalist. DURING the Ice Age there occurred three inter-glacial periods, and it la quite possible, of course, that there will I.c another Ice Aga. If such is the ajaßS, then we are living in the
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    A LONDON TRAGEDY.
    73 8 The »a> iK-nplf slanjt Loa-on dire*--(or is something anful. Helie\ m tfbaai poor iaaWara are beginning I> feel the pinch. Jaal look a this pictme of a tragic moment in a Park l.ane flat *h«» Sir Brow i. Hast, chairman ol Tanjong (iila Plantations. Ltd.. explaining to
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    STOP PRESS.
    102 8 Pending (h;- raachUMV.l ol M (io iv lav the "indra 1 if <■', the h«in on ni'Ws in th: i iilt.m ol the Aaaai&a News „< aaaataa it> actii i; ■<■- in <ase> wh.-re BCWI Ihiit nu/'i! la It. i- rt. so to apeak. \< ordiagiy, ai-tt-ntion is
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      159 8 AMUSEMENTS. SINGAPORE. ALHAMBRA THEATRE. I I I 111 K.-S. With Kobert Montgonu ry and Tallulah Kankhead. t.ll -•.II p.m. Thone 65»09. CAPITOL THEATRE. IfOMK IAIMtKSS. «.i:,— «t.ir» p.m. I'hnne ">2lil. MARLHOROLGH THEATRE. 6UL (IfINCA) IiAKAWALI (Hindustani Talkie) with Ashraf Khan. 6.15 9.15 p.m. NEW WORLD. SIDK SHOWS. CABARET DANCING, TALKIES,
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      125 8 "PIANO] TUNING— REPAIRS. REMOVALS— HIRE. E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 282, Orchard Road. DKATH Madam Mak Sin, njred fix fMrt, wife rf Mr. Chan Ah \h Winu' Son-. JIkmjt K"ii(f Branch. pa-*"d away peacefully at htr re side mi- N<>. Trmi Strret at IJi a.m. on Saturday. April S, IMS. She
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      57 8 SZ^ y^ 1^ Vlip £\T^m?TLr4 i r^^ <-~z^vin\ TODAYS ASSERTIONS -flf^yfl I ftt In fine, nothing 1 f? P t<f of IS "h^^bis 1 s f%0p 4L £i ~^-_rffr I5p" said before. /i vf Z' V^> A..NANIAS g;"-^ JC g-J ffWT n n n n p n _Q n n
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    Another Critic Of Mr. Frank Buck.
    740 9 "BRING EM BACK ALIVE." Malayan Who Went "Hot Under The Collar." Following .Mr. Frank Buck's denial last week, on his return 1(» Singapore, lhat his much disi ussed film, "HrinK Km Back AHve" h :i "Colossal fake." Mab'van who has seen the film offers
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    CLERICS HONOUR CLEARED.
    890 9 Court Story. ELOPEMENT AFTER BATHE DENIED. A MARRIED clergyman with four children was cit"d a> cii-ies|:ond>'n" "i an a-tion in the DHrafre Court, wl.cn the huabaad declare! that i M day he fo md hi.s wife's cletheS on 'I. -ca«hore. iwi ((iniluded that she was drowned. A
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    HORTICULTURAL SHOW.
    2314 9 List Of Prize Winners. MR. E. KLASS WINS THE GOVERNOR'S CUP. TRI following is the full list of prize "inner* in the Smgapore-Joho' c Atfri-Hor>icullu.al Show at the New i World, which concludes at midnight tonight SpßMaw! Awards. The (iovcinoKs (up for the best collection of maidenhair ferns
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    "Police Force" To Solve Far East Problem.
    1467 9 "Police Force To Solve Far East Problem. WHAT A PROFESSOR THINKS. History 6 Support Of Chinese Claims To Manchuria. Thrf the only solution (o the tfreati'-t ml«. i rnulional problem of the day the war between China and Japan in Manchuria was the need for an efficient "police force," is
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      309 9 Wbar *vta!?/>£j i VOU are a young man. industrious, good and handsome, with a job in drug store. To be awre exact, M the official "soda .lerker" of the establishment you wear a white i;n <t and sen drinks all day leag across the soda cOUHfe But competition is keen
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    ONE A.M. STABBING MYSTERY.
    442 10 \l\ MINT lOK DIM) MWS ASSMLWT. A mysterious lta'>bing in a dressmaker's shep in Bnaah Roaci on the night sf Oft. l'> tier which neither tmcM el Mood mm suapaa were found by the police ci.-.-id the cicalh of n raung It-year eld Chinam named Tay
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    AN OLD HAND.
    309 10 Aged Chinese For Gaol. If it were not for your age I woul 1 en.i ycu t inaol for six months -tiaight- commented Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singnpote Second Magistrate, yexerdsy ■thlitssini a 7w year-old Chineee, who was wearing t«ie oiice-familiar pigtail, after he had ln-en
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    "GOODBYE, MR. GOODMAN!"
    938 10 Farewell Party. HIS WORK FOR THE CHINESE. OX the eecnaeM of hi.-' ti-an-fer to Penanjr as Ke-idt-nt Councillor, the Hon. Mr. A. M. (loodman. Secretary far Chinese Atfai s. wa- <ntortained to a tea party at the Qatdea Club yesterday bf lh.- Chinese I'hamber of Commere. ''if
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    HANGING BODY.
    79 10 (irini Find In 1 \i;iuStore. (I'toin Oui Own |j.in./.'iit.) Lilian, April 8. Th»' story of the discover) e.f the body male Chinese in the store of a v Mtatii was to 1 f to .he today. Allairari. a store eooiie ar.<l watchman, I ihat in the early n.oi
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    17 10 Mr. I:. Jaeeas, <>t OTthcawajr, i.ai.ilaw ami Co.. Kuala Lumpur, i- i<> England mi leave nevt week.
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    TEN YEARS A NIGHT CLUB QUEEN
    5896 11  -  MRS. KATE EVELYN MEYRICK. By CHAPTER I. fVS the whole, mine lias been a joyous life, a fascinating lift, and a happy life. In the years 1 have been connected wit fi the Fortj Three Club, Bretts, Proctors, Dalton's, ofeyrick'a Gaiety In Paris, the
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      A Book Really Worth Reading.
      682 12 Hunian Being. Bi < iiri-iuuher Morley. Paher and Pane 7a. ttd. In B ing,' Hr. Morley makchimsel: thi biographer of a man. who himaeU to Write the biography of an ordinary citisen. Rabbard, the biographa on)) hia rabjeet, Richard (:<■■ (Roe'i Pern and Desk Pittings)
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      The Clever Woman.
      716 12 The Apple and K\e. H> Jo Van \mmers-Kuller. .larrolds. Ts Hd. This is a remarkably clever and sympathetic study, by a well-known Dutch authoress, <>i a ptablen which is becoming increasingly frequent in modern liftthat of the highly educated and intelli- gent woman, who marries and finds
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      Promising First Novel.
      586 12 Pandora Ltfbl The Lid. K> .leitnilei \mt >. Huntress of Death. K> S>dne> llorler. Hodder and Stoighton. "s. hd. Pandora is one of those tiresome yoang pawaena who make a cuit of being "modem" which usually means being bad mannered and impertinent and not having nearly as
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      Mr. Phillpotts Disappoints.
      440 12 Wii.h- Cauldron. Lv Kden Phillpotts. Hiilrhin-on We have retuiiHil bl the in;tn;;ei of the original three voiunu n«r el. l-'ic-tion jroe> in 'ashion, and the latent, derived probably Ironi the MMeeM oi the Peraytt Saga and of l'riestley's volumi- nous "(iooil Coaspaniena" is for novelists to spin
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      Dr. Fu Manchu Again.
      380 12 The Man% of In Manchu. Bf Sax Kohmer. asstll. 7a, «d. The sinister figure of Fu .Manchu dominates Mr. Sax R-ihnui's latest bask, but his is not the only piece of excellent characterisation in the story under review. Nayland-Smith, ablest af dated is there; so is
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      A Very Unusual Story.
      475 12 Arctic I'aradisi-. l>> Frank Stafford. Jenkins Colonial Librar>. This is a good-humoured story with ti. unusual plot, and although the detail are rather wilfully complicated, and sometimes almost incomprehensible it ■<■ tains its interest to the end. The I've family headed by the masterful I,ady Anne,
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      "Thereabouts."
      396 12 Thereabouts. Bv Mrs. Alfred Wingaie. Mullincr Nights. Ity IV Wod< house. Herbert Jenkins' olonial Library. While theic i little- pl.,1 in Mi>. WinuBte'l m novel, there is much acute characterisation ami shrewd observation intermingled with not a little quiet humour. The Scotts. Colonel and Hn, d-ciding that the only
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      Trent Again.
      313 12 The (.rial Um Hot. ](> >\ idli.iu M;u»>ii. .Icnl.ir. Colonial Library. Not content with U-iis;: the unknown Kaffir- hi Aiiu-nia. Anthony Trent's !<»'.■• of advent mi' and nheer <u -r.l'iesr it 'i him into many adventure* arhile on •lay" in trope. Fii all he fell foul, ii(»t of
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    AROUND THE CLUBS.
    3586 13 Ladies' Union Success. "Going Strong" Despite The Depression. THE second annual general meeting of the Ladies' Union, Bingapore, wni held on Mar. .Jl al No. 18, Dhoby Ghaut. The following committee wai for the current year: Mrs. I!. C. Handy. .lent; Mrs. T. G Thomas and Mrs.
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    SHORE WATCH.
    86 13 A watch kep by re\inue officers on ashore near uV Tiger Swimming "lub in the earl" hours of the morning of March 2i» and .he capture "i a aunpan ontaining r >l'.» H>. <>i" Chinese tobacco on .vhich tiie duty .-suited in the lopearance of I.io v Kirn
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    S.C.C. BEATEN BY CHINESE.
    535 14 Big Hitting. KENG HOCK SCORES 20 IN AN OVER. TWENTY runs were -cored oft one by Keng Kock when the Chines* played against and defeated by t'.t runs the «»n the I'adang yesterday. Th, unfortunate bowlar wlio was only :n J£ second over was W. D.
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    BY 8 WICKETS.
    187 14 Wiltshires II Beat An S.C.C. Side. The Wilt -hires 11. playing at home, beat an B.C.C. XI at cricket yesterday by eijrhi wicket The S.C.C totalled 64. and the Regiment obtained M for the loss of two wickttts. stove-: SCC- A L Hill c and b Nunn
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    CLARKE SHIELD.
    87 14 High School Ix*ad On First Innings. (Kioni Our Own Correspondent.) lalacca, April 8. The deeMtag mat h in the ClarkiShield competition 1 iwccn thi- Hijjh School and Si btfM here toilay. The Hifdi School, v »;iinfr tlio low, batted Rnrt and Kored Ml. (Osman B, Il.rahim 25, k<»ii»?
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
    146 14 CHELSEA'S 6— WDI. London, Apr. a. The following were the results of matches played today in the EagUah aad Scottish Leagues: First Division. i Maaihsstsi City Aston VilU Everton HwWers««Wj „u nty Blackpool Liverpo i! i 4 Miadtoshroaih JJXiaad Htweastk Ut4 Blackburn R. s.tond Hvaaaa. GrtmsW rowa
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    EXCELLENT BOWLING.
    243 14 S.R.C. Beat Indian Assn. Easily. Thanks to txcellent bowling bj /•li^sius (six foi Ift) ai d 11. K. Barlels •three fur c-i^-ht). th KJLC easily «**i the Indian Association ai cricket on the R c grou.nl yesterday by eight wicl The eh*, aft. th* I. A. with two
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    BADMINTON.
    63 14 St-rembun (up Finalists. (From Our Own Correspondent.) unban, April, x. By defeating the AntrkvCMaaae School by four games to th. t, the Bereashaa hinese Badminton Parl\ today entered the tinal ol the Party 'Idurnanu'.U Cap. They meat tha hathaag Party ia the final. All games in the competition have
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    KUALA LUMPUR CRICKET.
    237 14 KAI.N SPOILS \LL GAMES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. x. Rahl mcvcnU'd the completion of cricket here today. The Selanjror lul met the V.M.C.A. oa the padang ard had -lit wickets for 80 runs when play riMSII The Cluh hegran well scoring 4tl for one
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    Y. M. C. A. LOSi:.
    277 14 3- Wicket Victory For Nondescripts. M.< A., fact ig the Noaacacriats 1 yesterday on the latt. i groaad trat by wicketM a nl l"> runs, :>«. befon the Rasas terminated the NoadWsc> tats* had wicki VV. R. Willis for 1,. V M.« A and Rodrigs
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    BAD DEBUT.
    103 14 Tnmils Beaten 3-1. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. S. A sodden, heavy ground rendered cer dnflenli today when the newly-fo'med Tamil Union lost to the Hired-Motor I'nion >>y t'oals to 1. The Motor Unicn opened the scoring from n xood, wag pass hy Pinto, Mattanj(me heading in.
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    S. R. C. TENNIS.
    117 14 The following are the ties for Monday in the B.K.C. tennis tournament: Singles Handicap. Dr. S. 1.. Oehlers (owe 15..'i) Vs. Dr (i. F. de Souza (owe .'50.3). N. E. Kss (owe 15.:! > vs. J. S. de Souzr. (owe 4). K. C. Balhetehet (owe vs.
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    MALAYS' BIG VICTORY.
    806 14 I. C. F. A. Overwhelmed. SEVEN GOALS AT JALAN BESAR. Malays. 7 I.C.X.A. 0. TIHE Mi i trtain ■'diaw" and their irst division football league match against the InooI Ci-ylonose Football Aiisociatioa attract"*) (rood crowd t<> ihe Ja!an Beaar Sta -rday afternoon. The I. <".!■'. A. were
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      100 14 .+**.■***—*>->—?+-■ —"■■II Oj Tne cow's in the meadam g So fresh and so green, "^■J Raajaa^F I And toon to the miUdng-thed Spotless and clean. ©Q| And the best of her cfasaa To Anchor w(U aa> To be made into bwoor, To make kiddies from to mothers should ahuajs Ask
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    A MALAYAN SPORTING DIARY.
    2608 15 Kuropem* Plmyen Ousted Gup* Unit Commot Hr PUled The SeUm*or-S.C.C. Mateh i />/>- -typpoitUing Trial txing Iti'titnis To kuala Lumpur. By FORWARD. IT ia said that the team whi n to represent ?elangor ter is the first m th< crickel historj of the in which European
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    "OLD, OLD STORY.
    91 15 The Wry Unlucky 'rhirttvii. Thirteen <'hint'se pUadod I.efoir Mr. A. W. Hay, th Singapore Second MagiSSterday that they were not '•linjr themselves but wen matching other- doing h wnea ihc police raided house in Joaore Stn His Honour The old, old story If you were i.. l
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    628 15 Aston Villa Drop lo rourth Position. The positions; of clulis in tho English ami S<«.iu-h LtagMl before y< ~U nlay's k ulti were a follows I ir-t Division. I* \V L. 11. I A It.- icital L >| 7 n>2 M M Sheffield We, l. 34 N x
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      339 15 HER HAND WENT DEAD Helpless With Rhcu.nuiism At mm tinw slu- thouirhi .the us<- of hci 'icht hand. Bol whrn shu stortt-d ihf "little daily dose" of Ki Ml li put ht r ritrht. I «a- -iiic in a "In tact, 1 coold ad do my housework. I wa-; m
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    99 16 NEW WORLD ASA WONDER GARDEN. UK EXHIBIT Ol I'NGKH AZIZ af Uk&rt which won first pHpa Un hi- l« si \hilii: far N«el v l.ilu>an K ;.-.t Indian epiphytic orrhids at the New Uorld \(;ri-Hurticultural Show. WITH IHIS r.KMTIHI EXHIBIT, MR. K. KLASS attmni tni i«n/. in the Phalaenopsi* (irandiflura
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