The Straits Times, 10 April 1933

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEABLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST r AND MOST INFLIAuSTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933 PRICK 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933. PRICE 10 (CENTS,
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      380 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. .('PHONE BI6IT, I «15 Toniffht Ml. MONTE CARLO. Phone 5261. lit* M^^^Afr FILLING A LONG FELT WANT. fcfcTl#^ AYLMER INFANTS FOODS fill a aoap m*^A long felt need for infants, invalids an 1 others requiring special diet. Available in the convenient 4V& oz. size ■I iflp
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      169 1 KUALA LUMPUR 28. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683) fTHE SEARCH IS ENDED. Your search for the ideal fabric for nightwear ends with the discovery of Horrockses Flannelette. This material which has the advantages of wool, wears and washes excellently, and is Guaranteed Fast Colour. Ask to see our range at the
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      14 1 PAVILION 1 I J 6.15 Tonight 9.1.'». j EVENINGS FOR SALE. I Phone 6903.
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      441 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) AIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. XSOUDAN 'i.500 Apr. 12 CARTHAGH J5.000 Apr. 14
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      674 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naplea, Marseilles. London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due Sail HAKUSAN MARU 10.400 Apr. 19 20 HARUNA MARU 10,400 May 3 4 I KATORI MARU 9,800 May 18 19 S KASHIMA' MARU 9.900 June 1 2 t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 June 13
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      475 2 BURNS PHILP LHST (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNET AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY) ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      514 2 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. LALANDIA 18/4 184 19/4 21/4 MEONIA 9/5 9/5 10/5 12/5 ALSIA SO/5 80/5 31/5 2 6 BORINGIA 20/6 20/6 21/« 23/« FIONIA il/7 11/7 lg/7 14/7 ERRIA 1/8 1/8 2/8 4~'B
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      1108 2 \^Z<2Sk/£ rU^lUri-rrN HNO THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO Steam Ship Co.. Ltd, and China (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STE,\MSHIP CO, LTD. THE 9TRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CINARD STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE,
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      INTERNATIONALS.
      52 3 it Wales and Scotland Draw. Bangor, Apr. 8. Wales and Scotland played a goalless draw here today in an amateur international football fixture. AT HOCKEY. England Beat Belgium By Odd Goal. Brussels, Apr. 8. In an international hockey match here today England beat Belgium by the odd goal in
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      BRILLIANT PUTTING.
      80 3 Wins Dailey 44 Holes In Succession. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i.ondon, April 9. Allan Dailey. the 2 1 -years-old, Fyfe-shire-born professional golfer, won the Roehampton Professional Tournament with the most brilliant exhibition of golf •ver seen on this faniojs course. In the course of his i.-.a.ches to the
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      PING-PONG.
      164 3 Singapore Championship Tournament. Results of ties played in the Singapore pin-pong championships will be found below. The singles tie between Chan Kwok Ming and Soh Choo Lock proved a thrilling affair, Choo Lock, last year's champion, unexpectedly suffering defeat Choo Lock won the first set at 21 15. and
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      SWIMMING.
      224 3 Remarkable Performance At Chinese S.C. The leniarkai.le time of 57 2 5 seconds for the 100 yards (free style) by Tan Wee Chirac was a feature of the Chinese Swimming Club carnival yesterday. There was a big attendance and the events were keenly contested. Mr. Cheong Koon Seng, the
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      DAVIS CUP.
      79 3 Buenos Aires, Apr. 10. The Argentine todr.y eliminated Chile in thr South America i Zone final of the Davis Cup by three matches to nil. In the singles Hector Cataruzza (.\i(rentine) beat Elms Deik, 6—2,6 2, 6—B,6 8, 6—3,6 3, 3—6, 6—2,6 2, an>l Guillermo Robson (Aiuentine) beat
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      BADMINTON.
      60 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Se r emban, April. 8. My defeating the Angle-Chinese School l.y four games to thiee. the Seremban Chinese Badminton Part) today entered the final of the Party Tournament Cup. They meet the Rahang Party in the final. All games in the competition have !■> en
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      TENNIS.
      333 3 S.C.C. Tournament. The following ties will be played today in the S.C.C. tennis tournament: Godown Doubles Handicap. E. A. Taylor and F. T. K. Hobbes owe 30 vs. R. F. Young and B. J. P. Fletcher plus Championship Pairs. Srmi-Final. Roy Smith and N. S. Wise vs. A. D.
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      KLANG TOURNAMENT.
      470 3 Record Number of Entries Received. A record number of entries has been received for the Klj-.uk Club EasU-r Tournament which starts at the end of this week. The total number of entries is 275. Competitors in the open events are as follows: Men's Open Singles (14 byes) I>.
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      118 3 Today. April 10. Football: S.A.F.A. Div. I: S.C.C. vs. R.A.F.. Padang. Commercial Cup: Fraser A Neave vs. Post Office, Anson Rd.; Municipal Services vs. A.P.C., Geylang; Mansfield's vs. Monopolies, Jalan Beaar. Golf: Kcppel G.C. Ladies' Spoon (bogey). Tennis: S.C.C. and R.S.Ya'. tournament*. Tueaday, April 11. Football: S.A.F.A. Div.
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      238 3 CELBES MARI\ Jap.. 4.258 tons, from Yokkuichi U.I, for lalcuttu via B. Uell 10.4. TOKUSHIMA MARL', Jap.. 3.702 tons, from Calcutta. W. 4, for Hon^ Kong, Shanghai, Japan MM. GLENAPP, Brit., 5.877 Jons, from Dairen 10.4, for Penangr 12.1. GEN VAN GEEN, Dutch, 71U tons, from Batavia 9.4,
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      111 3 Monday, April 10. BUM »lom*idd. the Waarraa or expected to Arrlr*. Bat ranee Godown Gate. East Wharf Rajula 20 1 Main Wharf Ires. Pierce 11 3 Klantr 9 j Trave 7 :i Empire Dock Muncastcr Castle 30 3 Kutsantr 32 3 Wi t W harf Katonir 4
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      THE RANPURA.
      25 3 The P. and Ranpura has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive in Singapore at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 12. Telephoi
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      9 3 'THE ROAO TO SINGAPORE" OPENS AT THE PAVILION TOMORROW!
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      514 3 gg NORDDEUTSCHER (Incorporated In ■^p^sw Germany.) The nn^'rmentioned are the company's intended fixtures: 1 OUTWARD. S TRAYE for Hong Kong Shanghai, Taku, IMiren, Taintctao and Japan Apr. 10 t HOLSTEIN for Japan Apr. 26 TRIER for Manila, Hong Kong. Shanghai. Taku, Dsiren, Tsingtao Japan Apr. 16 HOMEWARD. LAHN for Genoa.
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      429 3 IT COST! YOU ONLY £70.6.for a beautiful trip froa HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA ■■•rial elans acroia the Parlte Ist claaa Rail la America Toarlet claaa Atlantic on the famous and new s.s. Manhattan or s.s. Washington. (If panage throngh the Panama Canal U desired Gs4s eitra). An opportunity
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      529 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "MLLERMAN" LIN1. 7 Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN Ph'.npier s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Ai>!. II Apl. 25 HOMEWARDS. a.i. CITY OF MANILA for Havr* F London, Rotterdam Hamburg Apl.
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      66 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. j temp. in? Sunshine temp. •P hrs. *F Alor Star 91 Nil 10.5 75 Sitiawan 9.1 N'H 10.7 75 K. Trengfranu 89 Nil 11.1 74 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 9.6 75 Malacca 86 0.31 7.7 74 Singapore 92 Nil
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      91 3 TIDE TABLES. Monday. April 10. < U. W. 10.29 a.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 10.45 p.m., 8 ft. 4 in. I Friday. April 14. H. W. 1.24 p.m., 8 ft. 3 in. Saturday, April IS. H. W. 12.30 a.m.. It ft. 1 in., 2.1!) p.m., 7 ft. 5 in. Sunday.
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      538 4 SITUATION WANTED SWISS LADY, speaking German, French, Hutch, irood fcnowfedg* oi' English* seeks positaM as gav*rn*M (experienced nurse'i with family. P.O. Box l"20, Singapore. MOTOR VEHICLES FIAT M*\ Ki,ad tei. 1 mm tyres, batten, redueoed. taxetf. excellent running, $.'i7."i <>i offer. Apply Brisk, 42, Amber Road. USED CARS Best value
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      713 4 WANTED. WANTED, five thousand dollars at 10Vr. Particulars from 307, Straits Times. BUILDING site wanted fur small seaside bungalow, sandy beach essential; or would consider an existing bungnluw if suitable and cheap. 301, Straits Times. FOX -TERRIER OR JAPANESE SPANIKL rrjM'Y. Wanted t» i>uy a male pnpp) oi above breed
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      610 4 FOB SALE KELVINATOR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOBS Used Kelvinators at cxetptionally lowprices and easy terms, -fully guaranteed. KELVINATORS KENTED Malayan Mtcbanical Equipment Co. I 14, Robinson Road. Tel. 3464. CLEARANCE SALE OF SAMPLES. DNMM Hats, Blouses, Handbags. Bathing costumes, cushion covers, carpets. Blazers for gents, Vanity cases, perfumery, necklaces, belts etc. at
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      682 4 LEGAL NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. The Excise Enactment, 1930." SESSION OF LICENSING BOARD, i Tbe next Session of the Licensing Board for the District of Johore Bahru will be held J at the First Magistrate's Office, Johore Bahru, on June 4, 1933. at 10 a.m. All applications for the issue,
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      669 4 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tender! will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of April 26. 1933, for the following work: Supply, and Driving of Steel Sheet Piling and Balau Piles ut Beach Road Reclamation, Singapore. Every person applying for a form of Ten- Z ler will be
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      524 4 Business cards. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HAKI and Mm II AN A. CO. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7MJ7. TENDER SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders an now Invited for the following materials oi services, and that particulars of such ten den may be obtained in
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      80 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapor* Within Outside without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.00 4.00 t 2.50 Quarterly H. 50 $12.00 7.30 Half Yearly $17.0* 124.00 tIS.OO T*axly $34.00 $48.00 930.00 NOTE. Ootatatlon cheque* shonld includt Ik* nsaal bank dlscoont. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and instructions for CLASSI FIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on the
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    AKRON DISASTER.
    129 5 Notebook of Airship's Behaviour. Washington, Apr. 10. The body of Commander Berry, the commander of the U.S. naval air stations, who was on board the Akron at the tiri of the disaster, has been recovered eight miles from the spot where the airship crashed by a coastguard destroyer
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    ANOTHER " ROBOT."
    65 5 ANOTHER ROBOT." KUKD.V. I\\tl. I. The eteetraaatie trafllc control system. now racceaafuUy operatiag in Trafalgar Bajaare, will ihortly !><• adopted in "M taanicipal areas, including many large industi ial cities. Instead of fixed time intervals the new system actually i.n> rates enlour-light signals in •veeordanee wian varying trane requirements by
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    MODERN SALOON CARS FOR LEAVE
    33 5 can he oDUMMa ;it a low .nciusive cnat.-i for six months. Condition Guaranteed PERKTNS KROTHERS, WOKINGHAM BERKBHIRK. For local reference applj Box No. SIS, Straits Tim. s. Singapore.
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      319 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. TO-DAYS ATTRACTIONS TEA DANCE-6.30 to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE -9.30 p.m. to Midnight. THURSDAY, APRIL 13th. SPECIAL CRUISE BALL (JAMES BORING PARTY IN PORT) 9.30 p.m.— Midnight BOOK NOW PHONE 5381. PHONE 5381. nr^ir*' v zzrj'iTttw.rPinfr* y^* r SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT MOONLIGHT
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      27 5 RAFFLES CAFE TRY OUR SPECIAL $1.00 TIFFINS TONIGHTS CONTINENTAL SPECIAL 51. 20 PAPRIKA HUHN UND NOODLES. FOR EASTER ORDER YOUR HOT BUNS NOW. UNDER EUROPEAN CHEFS SUPERVISION.
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      70 5 BUILD YOUR OWN RADIO RECEIVER COMI'I.KTE KIT OF < OMF'ONF.NTS WITH AIA KS AM) Xl I I. lIKTAII.El), II.I.I'STKATED INSTRIt TIONS $59 THIS SET HAS A TINED SCREENED <;rii). detector. INO i L. F. STAGES. mU BRING IN 8.8.C. EMPIRE STATION AND MANY OTHER SHORT WAVE STATIONS NOW ON THE
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      189 5 At once, you suspect hea.t trouble. A^^fc&fi disturbing thought! You never dreamt y<m {Vfl -^m were »iuk m thnt vital spot. I^^. Yet be sure before you start to won;, JB HB^^aw yourself. It is highly probulile that it h i "T"*ilHßßffi digestive origin. Indigestion, whin it prn A*3Mm duces
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      336 5 MALAYAN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY (KUALA LUMPUR.) Programme for Tuesday, 11th April, 1933. O<leon Records Z (J K Nos. 7.00 p.m. 18.92 Metres AA212.041 Overture The Caliph of Uagdad BerUn State Opera House Orcheati a A 221.482 Song The Four Jolly Smiths Robert Howe (Baritone) Song Chorus Gentlemen Robert Howe (Baritone)
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED.
    5600 6 Injuries Paralyse England's Calcutta Cup Attack. WINS THAT LED TO WEMBLEY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office. Meet Street, Mar. 21. Within a few weeks of its finish, this winter's sport has reached a vitally interesting stage. Scotland, having defeated Kngland in the aloutta (up match
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      45 6 »♦♦> i r Wedoiing i Presents GIFT ORIGINATIONS IN SOLID SILVER OR IN CUT CRYSTAL DE LUXE WHAT SHALL YOU GIVE? MANY DKLKJHTFLL SUGGESTIONS, THAT WILL HELP YOU TO ANSWER YOl'R GIFT PROBLEM CORRECTLY INTERPRETED at FRANKELS OF VICTORIA STREET "THE FASHION PLATE OF THE EAST"
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      228 6 THE M!NX fZ d CD Ml a 9 U iTT^aaaa^S^^^ maaYTrtaaa— aiaaa»7~^ *v JO —OU l¥l. .n. r-^ ~^^L-^^^rr. SSbb^v 35 "rO IVIa la Via fi MM I. R^^jpJli j HI -J r9?9ir^7¥7vM SajHaaffit* J^^^aMa^MJj^t^ EEEEiraaaaaa— __J^^Bl "■HI*" JMi^BsMßsaaaßßßlH^^^^^^^^^^^^^ltk^ 111 1 jj j lUb^B^BbT*"^ The light car with large car
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      229 7 AUIAMBRA Tt* Independeat Theatre with tkt Pick of the World's Pictures. TONIGHT WHAT happens when a real he-man is let loose in society WHAT happens when a pretty Kirl is brought up at an army post WHAT happens when a murderer meets his victim on the polo field JACK HOLT
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      81 7 |pg\ HICWTLY 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. Jy V^BBM iP^BBBBW r^^B^BH M f DUE TO ENORMOUS SUCCESS EXTENDED TILL" TONIGHT POSITIVELY LAST DAY! EVENINGS FOR SALE Paramount's Glorious Viennese Muneale WE VERY MUCH REGRET THAT g OWING TO THE NON-ARRIVAL of "THE OUTSIDER" THE SCREENING HAS TO BE POSTPONED. OPENING TOMORROW!
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      255 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle pp p,_ op —5^ gjp (CLUES.) ACROSS 23 p ly for customers -> AVnvoo. 2 Kffon of menui|y tt. Short treatise 3. Frown -,H, H Victory 8. Plagues 2a Heavy fl()<)d 13. Absent aO Vegetable 16. Part of roof ;u Artless 18. Slip of wood :i2 i)
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    230 8 Activity in Tin Shares. RUBBER SLIGHTLY FIRMER. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Today's Prices: Rubber. 6 o/16 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $81.25 per picul. Saturday's Prices: Rubber, London, 2 ">/32d., no change. New York, 3 1/32 cts., up 1/32 ct. Market Tone: Quiet. Tin,
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 8 Noon, Apr. 10. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) ..6 5/16 8% (F. 0.8.) 6>B Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Apr. 6% 67 1C May 6V 2 69 16 June 65/ 8 6 11 16 May-June .6 9 16 6-V 8
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    PRODUCE.
    84 8 Singapore, Apr. 10. Gambier 4.2F (Cube) No. 1 unpicked 8.00 Copra 3.75 mixed 3.4f Sago flour, Sarawak 1.80 White Pepper 21.00 Black Pepper 13.75 Pearl Sago 4.2P small 4.00 mediuir 8.00 No. 1 125 catties gross 4.0? No. 2 125 catties gross 4.00 Rice Siam $141 to 160 Saigon
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    MECCA PILGRIMAGE.
    30 8 Englishwoman's Journey To Holy City. Jeddah, Apr. 7. Lady Kvrlyn Col>lx>l<!, the first Enjlishwotnan to perform the Mecca piliriimagr, returned here from the Holy City today. Reuter Wireless.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      194 8 SELLING. Singapore, Apr. 10. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/82 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 25/82 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 3/4 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 990 Hamburg, demand 164 New York, demand 39
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      60 8 From Holland, by Baloeran, due at Singapore 10 a.m. tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Havre Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Africa Maru, due at Singapore tomorrow. From China and Japan, by Talamba, due at Singapore 6 a.m. on Wednesday. From China and
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      IRISH RAIL STRIKE.
      169 8 New Move Not Expected To Last Long. London, Apr. 10. A new Irish rail strike began at midnight following the decision of a mass meeting of railwaymen in Dublin, yesterday to repudiate the settlement. Some 5.C00 men are involved in the strike which is unofficial and contrary
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      OIL CONFERENCE.
      118 8 Definite Agreement With Rumania. Paris, Apr. 5. The Oil Conference has ended and the documents now await signature. A definite agreement has been reached with the Rumanians by which their production quota of 18,500 tons daily 'will be renewed for a further period of three months. Unless the
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      EVEREST FLYERS.
      38 8 Dinajpur, Apr. 5. The Westland machine, piloted by Air Commodore Fellowes, which was forced to land yesterday owing to a shortage of petrol on the return trip from Katchenjunga, safely reached Purnea aerodrome today. Reuter Wireless.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        431 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sdlers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5 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
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        GENERAL.
        276 8 Val. Pd. Buyers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.30 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 0.80 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.13.3 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7* Prefs. 21/4i,-i £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15'- 1 1 Cyde and Carriage 0.20 £1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        139 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 110 113 nom. Singapore Municipal AV-i p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 ncm. Singapore Municipal 4/£ p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        371 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today's Prices Fraser Lyall Evatt O. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.25 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.65 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.75 0.90 A.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    191 8 Tf«»«T. Kemaman, Kemasek, Dungun, Trengiranu and H«-ut (IlMnMij .1 p.m. Tomorrow. China, Huiiinm, Japan, Korea, Formosa, Enst Siberia, Philippine Islands. Western Canada and Western States of U.S.A. i Kutsungi \(> a.m. Siam (except Lower Siami (Raton*) 11 a.m. Tembilahaii ami krny.it Hung Lam) noun Rrngat sad Tembilahaß
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    HAILS FOR EUROPE.
    32 8 By Tosari KajpuUna General MeUinger Karon Dempo S'pors Lronaaa Mar. 2 Mar. 27 Mar. 3 Mar. 25 Mar. 8 Apr. 3 M;.r. 9 Apr. 1 Mar. 17 Apr. 6
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    RUBBER REPORT.
    273 8 Lewis and Peat's, report, dated Apr. 7, states: Pilots loial!,' were inclined to ease after the publication of March :hipments, which at 42,05'J tuns were consider* tbly higher than expected. However, at the lower level, except for a ceitain amount of April* liquidation, sellers held on and the
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    ROAD TRAFFIC.
    121 8 Presented to House Of Commons. London, Apr. 7. The Government's Koad Traffic Bill, one of the bij? measures nf the m was formally presented in the House of Commons today by Lt.-Col. C. M. Headlam, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport. Tine Bill is based on a comprehensive tiansport
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      117 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Today, April 10. "The Messiah." Singapore Musical Society, Memorial Hall. 9.15 p.m. Swimming Carnival at R*a Vien B«Ut, 7 Tuesday. April 11. Police Band, Telok Ayer, r>.ls p.m. Wednesday, April 12. "The Messiah." Singapor.' Musical SocietTi Memorial Ball, tM p.m. Thursday. April IS. l'olice Bund. Katong
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      HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES.
      761 9 Facing Future With Equanimity. The annual general meeting of Hftyto;Rubber Estates, Ltd., WB* held M Saturday at the registered offices of the company, French Bank Buildings, with Mr. H. O. Maa.s in the chair. Others present were Mr. J. Murray, Mr. C. V. Bailey and Mr. J.
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      LONDON RUBBER & TIN.
      81 9 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. RUBBER. (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 2 5/32. (Sellers) 2 7/32. July-Sept. 2 9/32. Oct.-Dec. 2 11/32. Jan.-Mar. 2 7/16. Market tone Steady. TIN. Spot KIS6 2s. 6d. Three months i'lss 13s. 6d. .Market Firmer. SILVER. Spot
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      F.S. TRADE WITH FAR EAST.
      1595 9 Big Drop Recorded For Past Year. The following report on United States trade with the Far East in 1932 has just been released by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington United States totnl trade with th* Far East during 1932 amounted to $d7!>,:530,0U0 compared
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      NOTES ON HOME INVESTMENTS.
      858 9 U.S. Troubles. COURTAULD'S BIGGER PROFITS. F'om Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. The American financial crisis gathered pac« more quickly than had been expee;ed. It occasioned surprise that the banking moratoria should spread to NewYork, and the closure of the banks in the national financial centre" inevitably
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    AMUSEMENTS—Singapore.
    134 10 AMUSEMENTS— Singapore. AI.HAMBRA. This Spoitrn K A K e. With Kvalyn Knapp. ti.l'i J.i.'i. Plume V.nY.i. CAPITOL, Monte Carlo. With Jack Buchanan Jeaaetta Mac Donald. 1.11 9.13. GKEAT WORLD— SKY TALKIK. Part Time Wife A Girls Den-and Excitcnie>i:. STAR TALKIE. GREAT WORLD.— Jack Oakie in Dude Ranch. MARLBOROI'GH. Gul (Bunga)
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      17 10 CURTIS.- On April 8. 193:1, at the General Hospital Singapore. 'uptain Kicharil I: > Curtis, 71 years.
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      113 10 Madam Mak Sin, aged 68 years, wife of Mr. Chan Ah Wine of Messrs. Ah Wing Sons, Horn; Kong Brunch. pass°d away peacefully at her residence No. SC, Tras Street at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, 1933. She leaves liehind her husband, two sons Messrs. Chun Kwui C'huon and
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933. IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    1026 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933. IN SOUTH AFRICA. A week a»to we trave in this column a summary of the Jewish position n Europe and an outline of the history «f the anti-semitic campaign which i> ajrain Pinitf considerable alarm throughout the world. Several readers have written
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    MY IDEAS FOR MY PICTURES.
    1446 10  -  \V. Heath Robinson.) (Ity H7i« has not l/myhed ut the pictures of Heath Robhixoit. uith their guttering candles, knotted string and hithhlmn kettles l)i this urtirle the artist tells you where fc-r gets his ideas und n-hut lv- does with them. And the Sources of
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    238 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Lieut. Samuel Leather has been promoted captain in the S.S.V.F. Lieut. Abubakar bin Haji Aish:ul. S.S.V.F., has been promoted captain. Mi. K. Kaiser, of the Traffic Inspector's Office, Taiping, goes on transfer to Kuala Lumpur today. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sime are leaving Kuala Lumpur for home
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    819 10 MAGNIFICENT, BUT—' Some of the war news fi"in .Mm! which has appeared in Malayan ru"*-papei-s recently shows how extensive Bud dangeious is the mediMvaliam which still pervades the Chinese nation. Here la an extract from a dispatch MO( i>y h news agency, describing an expU>it "f
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    WOMEN AVIATORS ON RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHTS.
    439 11 GIRL IN PRINCE'S GIPSY MOTH. Flying Solo from Lympne To Australia. CAPE RECORD. French u Amy Johnson (Jives Up. London, Apr. HI .lean Batten, a New /(■aland girl, hopped off from Lympne for Paris at 6JS6 a.m. on a solo flight to Australia in the
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    NAZI ROLL CALL.
    207 11 Hitler's Broadcast Address. Berlin. Apr. S. What promises to be the greatest roil call on record will take place on Saturday evening •> o'clock when more than half a million National Socialist Storm Troops will assemble at various local headquarten throughout Germany and Austria to listen to
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    RADIO TOULOUSE
    32 11 Paris, Apr. 6. A cigarette dropped by a bandsman is believed to have been the cause of a fire which today gutted the well-known Radio Toulouse broadcasting station. Reuter Wnvli
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    SOVIET "NOT TO BE FRIGHTENED."
    730 11 Preparations for Trial Of Britishers. Moscow, Apr. 8. "TtttJ cannot frighten us" declares Isrestia^ earanwntini <>n the B.rtisn fonnnons debate on the- Imp. its BiU, and adds that British diplomacy Ignored the basis of the accusations and gave undue prominence to the incident of the
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    CITY OF LIVERPOOL.
    66 11 Cabin Was On Fire In The Air. Brussels. Apr. 5. The Itotirian exnerts who examined the wreckage of the ill-fated air liner, City of Liverpool, have found that the petrol tank did not explode in the air and that the pHMM cabin was on fire before f.ha
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    FORMER GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINES.
    557 11 Not Retiring. "BEEN IN POLITICS TOO LONG." The resignation of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican GovernorGeneral of the Philippines, has. naturally followed the rise to power of the Democratic party in the UJUL, but he has no intention of saying goodbye to politics yet awhile.
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    LETICIA DISPUTE.
    151 11 League Letter to Peru Government. Geneva, AP r iThe League of Nations Advisory Committee on the Leticia dispute dealt on Wednesday with .the incident on the Putumayo River where Colombian gunboats were recently attacked by Peruvian troops. The committee decided to address a communication to the Peruvian Government
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    MAD ELEPHANT SHOT.
    54 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. The tame elephant which went mad and killed a Malay attendant at Ulu Slim village last week, while being driven wish five others from Kuala Kangsar to a timber concession in Pahang, was killed several days ago by Mr.
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    POSTPONEMENT OF WAR DEBTS.
    795 11 U.S. Chamber of Commerce MR. ROOSEVELT TURNS DOWN INFLATION. Washington, Apr. 10. A further postponement of the payment of inler-governmental debts should be authorised on a temporary basis where debtors can demonstrate their inability to pay," says a letter from the United States Chamber of Commerce
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    KIDNAPPED BRITISH OFFICERS.
    131 11 Pirates Now Willing To Discuss Terms. Newchwang, Apr. 10. Negotiations are now in progress for the release of the three British officers who were kidnapped from the Nanchan;r. The intermediary sent by the British authorities to the pirates after the releas-- 1 of Mr. Pears returned today
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    MARKET REPORT.
    350 11 Leading Government Stocks Improve. Rugby, Apr. 7. Tenders for a maximum of £45,000,000 of 2-1/2 per cent. Treasury bills were received today. Applicants for the Conversion Loan at £94 3s. leceived 85 per cent, of their requirements and the amount allotted was £8,220,000. On the Stock Exchange there
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    COLLOIDAL FUEL.
    144 11 Further Successful Experiments. London, Apr. 5 The successful experiments in burning coal and oil in combination in the transAtlantic voyage of the Scythia was referred to by Sir Percy Bates, presiding at the Cunar.l Steamship Co. meeting, when he stated that recently colloidal fuel remaining over from tlhe
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    MR. JOHN BUCHAN.
    35 11 Appointed A Lord High Commissioner. London, Apr. 6. Mr. John Buchan. M.P., the well-known novelist, has been appointed Lord High Commissioner for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.— Reuter Wireless.
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    NEW TIN QUOTAS FIXED?
    469 11 Well-informed Reporf From Amsterdam. SHARE BOOM. Steady Buying In London. London, Apr. 10. The Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times learns from well in^ formed Dutch quarter that it is intended to fix a new tin quota after the expivation of the Byrne Scheme in June
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    190 11 Ministry of Labour's Annual Report. Rugby, Apr 7. The Ministry of Labotlri annual >cport shows that the volume of unemployment moved In-tween relatively narrow limits last year compared with the HUM preceding years, the high and low monthly percentage Mag respectively 20. H and as. There was dining the
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    ANOTHER PLANE FOR K.L. CLUB.
    1174 12 CrosH-Country Work. $11,000 CABIN MACHINE FAVOURED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Uampur, Apr. It. The purchase of a two-engined aeroplane suitable for lon>; passenger flights and for training in navigation WSJ approved by 'he members of the Kuala Lumpur Hying Club at their annual meeting
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    STABBING MYSTERY.
    404 12 No Traces of Blood Or A Weapon. A mysterious stabbing in a dress- 1 maker's shop in Bras Basah Road .in the night of Oct. 2." after which neither traces of blood nci a weapon were found by the police, caused the death of a young 22-year old
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    UNDER DISCUSSION.
    168 12 Restriction Talks In London. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 9. The city correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reviewing a letter of Mr. Fiances Voules favours the view tihat the Rubber Glowers' Association should agitate for a revival of rubber restriction negotiations. He admits that the subject is
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    "THE HORROR OF THE CASE."
    303 12 Magistrate Carried Away, Says Counsel. That the accused had not lived on the ininioial earning! of prostitutes but th:;: he only took tips from them, was the submission of Mr. P. Hf. Battishill who appeared for Ka.Tar Singh,, th" appellant in a iasi before tii
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    ANTI-DUMPING.
    78 12 India to Impose More Duties New Delhi, Apr. 8. Mr. Bhore, a Commerce Member, introduced in the Assembly today an ;;nti-dumping bill empowering the Government to impose additional duties en articles imported at such an abnormally low price as to endanger the existence of Indian industry. Notification of the
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    STAY GRANTED.
    91 12 Pending A Claim For Damages. In connection with the bankrupt.-*? matter concerning the application by M\ C. Stuart, on behalf of the liquidator ->f the Lat Pau Press, for receiving and adjudication orders auainsl Ali Munchi and Mohamed Eunos hin Abdullah, the pul>lishers of a Malay newspaper, judgment
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    IN OWN HOUSE.
    257 12 Nothing Illegal In Playing Cards." The sequel to a raid on a house in Victoria Street said to have been occupied by 93 tenants one night in February was the trial of a Chinese woman, Kwek Ah Choon, alleged to have been th principal tenant, before Mr.
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    FALSE ENTRY.
    177 12 Six Months' Prison For C. W. Younger. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 8. C. W. Youncer, late of 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 charges
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    BIG GRASS FIRE
    32 12 Shortly after two o'clock yestarday afternoon the Fire Brigade was called to a big grass fire in Kampong Wood'cis'i. It was got under control after two horns' strenuous work.
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    LENIENCY.
    287 12 Magistrate and 72-Years- Old Chinese. If it were not for your age I would send you t gaol fir six months straightaway." commented Mr. A. W. Hay. ttv Singapore Second Magistrate, on Saturday addressing a 72-year-old Chinese, w*ho was wearing the once-familiar pigtail, after he had been convicted of
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    DUTY ON FLAG.
    213 12 Scoutmaster Pays $2 On Union Jack. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. If a British subject living in the Britishprotected territory of the Federated Malay States wants to import a British flag he must pay duty on it. This was the startling discovery made recently
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    COL. GORDON LEE RETIRES.
    708 12 Battery Supper PRESENTATION OF SILVER PLATE. Wire then' any mcmbei s of the Singapore Royal Artillery (v.t who. the morning after, regretted exceedingly^ their conduct while attending the battery supper at thf S.V.C. Drill Ma.l on Satin.lasnight, and humbly era' oil the paid their O.C. fur
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    SIKHS' NEW YEAR.
    65 12 Big Celebrations On Thursday. The Sikhs' New V, ar day, Besakhi, falls on Thursday. Apr. 15, this year. This day the Lord Guru Gobind Singh Ji baptised his five disciples (Sikh martyrs) and founded the K balsa Panth (Sikh Religion) separately from Hindoo and .Mohammedans. Besakhi is
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    77 12 In honour of the visit of Miss van Asch van Wytk, the world president of the Y.W.C.A., Miss Nivon, the world's Y.W.C.A. secretary, and Miss Owen secretary of the Malaya Y.W.C.A., an at home was held at the Lady Trcachi r <ii.l Silinoi „n Thursday, Taipinj; carrevpondent. The visitor ■MB
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    WEEK-END CRICKET IN MALAYA.
    1480 13 S.C.C Tournament. P.S. AM) L COLLAPSE AGAINST SERVICE. Public Service? ard Law collapsed atrainst the bowling of Lieu:. Phillips and Lieut Blond in their S.C.C. tournament niaN h with the Services on the Padaag on Saturday, the side being out for 81. Phillips and Bund shared
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    AMATEUR RACES.
    198 13 Entries for Two-Day Meeting in Perak. The following entries have been received for the Perak Batter amateur meeting whiih is to be hi-H on Apr. 15 ami 17: Horses. Class III: li<w Doll, Smith's Deal. Tiffin. Balbarra. M,' hras. Tandobas, Author, John Ron iM. Piesidentkar, Fithelw.xxi, Windjra -I
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    TODAY'S MATCH.
    87 13 S.C.C. to Meet R.A.F. On I Padamg. I The s.c.f. team to meat the RJC.F. <>n the r>adan>f this afternoon will be "■a I i lunar; Elmer and Gla p*w; Ilimiley, Laidman and McCaffcry; Robertaon, M. C. Elliot, Bembroke, KiiK an<l I'ickeiinif. An admisaion fee <.f -m cents
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    160 13 Results of Keppel G.C. Competitions. Forty i aids were t«;ken out for the Katons; Golf Club April mrdsl which resultiil a tie between: K. \V. feachoy U It', fi7 F. Ridout 7!t 12 G7 Teleeraph (up. The following qoaKfled for the Telecianh Cup Competition: F. <;. Ridout 79
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    SUCCESS OF BRITISH LIGHT CARS.
    239 13 M.G. Team Wins Italian j Grand Prix. Rome. Ap;\ i The supremacy of the British light car was again triumphantly indicated in Italy's 1,000 miles road race, the WorM'a longest and most perilous motor from Brescia via Florence to Komi hack via the Adriatic coast.
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    AMATEUR CUP.
    35 13 1 1 Kingstonians Draw With Stockton in Final. i Dulwich. Apr. In the Amateur Cop final the Kin.r- Rtonians and Stockton drew here today, ea.-h side searing once, after extra time. I —Renter. <
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    BOXING.
    55 13 Ceylon Champions Arrive In Singapore. i Mr. (has. Do Alvis, the Colombo box- ing manager, has arrived in Singapore 1 with Vincent Pereira, lightweight and welterweight thampin.i of Ceylon, and Thajudeen, flyweight and bantamweight champion of Cevkta. Both men are keen to get lights in i Singapore, Pereira being
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    MALAYS IN FINE FORM.
    688 13 Score Seven Goals Against Indo-Ceylonese. Malays 7 Indo-Ceylcnes* 0. A lartge crowd at the Jalan Besar Stadium wen treated to a brilliant display of focthail by the Malays in their First Division Iiukui' match against the IndoCeylonese football Association on Saturday altcrnoon. Vr.e result was a
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    HOME RUGBY.
    163 13 I Gibbs' Brilliant Display For Harlequins. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. '.I. In spite of the fact that two tries w ve KOrad against them in the first 1 'ii minutes of t".eir rugby match against Leicester, Blackheath rallied, pluckily, but never recovered from this early s.
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    CHELSEA'S GREAT VICTORY.
    702 13 Leeds Overwhelmed. ARSENSAL'S RETURN TO FORM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Api Chelsea astoun 1 I SO.OM spectator* vi-... uimi to Me too! game •>►;•> nsi Ltedi 0 tited tl Stamford Bridge ywterday. After I vcvv poor Aral half in I the home Bide ployed aninterestmir football
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    K. S. DULEEPSINHJI.
    50 14 Not to Play Cricket This Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. The Daily Herald states that K. Duleepsinhji, the Sussex and F.nglan batsman, will be unable to play cricki this season owing to illness. R. S. G. Scott will captain the side i his stead.
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    K.L. CRICKET
    393 14 Vias Takes Nine Wickets For 11 Runs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. Rain prevented the completion of cricket here today. The Selangor Club met the V.M.C.A. on the padang and had lost eight wickets for 80 runs when playceased. The Club began well scoring 40
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    955 14 Arsenal Increase Their Advantage. The pntitions of dub* in the English and Scottish Leagues today are as follows:— First DiviHion. r v. I., i). r. A. Pts. Ai.-cnul 37 :'.> 8 7 tM .13 Bl SbefleM Wed. 37 SO j s 74 57 48 Newcastle Utd. 36 20
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    BY 29 RUNS.
    229 14 R.A.F. Lose At Seletar To Mr. Willis' XI. The R.A.F., playing at home yesterday, wire defeated by Mr. R. Willis' clever hy 2!> runs, bcoics: R.A.F.: L. A. C. Fletcher l> G. Willis, 1, 1..A.C. Gardner b 1" i.,ke I.'. Cpl. Garwood l> Willis 40, < pi.
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    F.M.S. WAR RELIEF FUND.
    996 15 Annual Report EXCELLENT WORK BEIN( CONTINUED. The following is the report on th< administration of the Federated Mala] States War Relief Fund for the yea lit:(2. and is signed l>v Mr. V. A. l.owinger acting chairman and treasurer. The general committee met once dur in«: the
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    Agri-Horticultural Exhibition.
    2239 16 FULL LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE WON PRIZES. Iht reJktwmt is the full list of prize ertamera in the Biagapore-Jehoce V^ri HortieaAaral Show at the N*a World arnica ended jraatevday: Special Awards. The Governor** Cup for the best colIcrtion of maidenhair feru (Adiantum) Mr. EL Klass. .\l, Lee
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    STOLE SHOES.
    107 16 19 Months' Gaol For A Chinese. Lee Ah Wah's five previous convictions earned him a sentence of 19 months' rigarra imprisonment from Mr. H. A. Koiier. the Criminal District Judge, on Saturday when he was charged with the theft of a pair of white shoes that had iK-en
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    MR. A. M. GOODMAN ENTERTAINED.
    1116 16 Transfer to Tenang. GARDEN illß TEA PARTY Alter naon than 2:) years' service in the ChiMM Sc retaiiut, the Hun. Mr A. .M. Olllllllann. Seiieia'v For Chinese Artaiis, is to bejeoma Resiarat Councillor, oi PeMßati OB S;iiurday lie W* loitaiiif<l to a tea party at
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    DITCH AIR MAIL.
    228 17 Homeward Planes to Call At Singapore. Batavia, Apr. S. The X.1...M. (Royal Dutch Air Line) rnnounees that it intend.- to divert the Holland-Dutch Kast Indies air line via Singapore so that Java may yev c reached twice a week by mail plane from Singapore. It is stated
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    JAPAN'S MANDATE.
    94 17 Net Entitled to Sole Sovereignty. London, Apr. 5. The Manchester Guardian, in an editorial, joins issue with the Japanese Foreign Minister*! contention that the sovereignty of the former German Pacific Islands now under Japanese mandate is solely vested in Japan by virtue at a secret agreement concluded during
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    SMUGGLER CAUGHT.
    88 17 Revenue Men Seize A Sampan. A watch kept by revenue officers on the seashore near the Tiger Swimming Club in the early boon of the morning of March 29 and tin- castors of a sampan containing 519 Ib. of Chinese tobacco on which the duty wus !>-ils resulted
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    COMPANY RESULTS.
    80 17 Golden Hope And Kuala Kangsar. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. Ciolden Hope Rubber Estate, Ltd., announces a loss for 1932 of £3,221. oinpaml with a loss of £9,565 in 1931 i"l>00 is carried forward to credit. Kuala Enpn Plantations, Ltd., de daH a loss for the
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    TEST CASE RESULT.
    140 17 Wireless Audition To Hotel Guests. London, Apr. ti. A most important decision in a test case liven in the Chancery Court affecting the copyright of works broadcast by i-laintiifs, the Performing Rights Society, sought an injunction restraining defendants, Hammonds Brewery, from an aJraced infringement of copyright in
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    HAGUE COURT.
    106 17 Danish Dispute With Norway Settled. The Hague, Apr. 5. The Permanent Court of International Justice has voted by 12 votes to two in favour of Denmark in her territorial dispute with Norway over certain parts of Kast Greenland. Both countries agreed to accept the verdict unreservedly. The dispute
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    PRESS CONFLICT.
    108 17 Foreign Journalists Defj Government. Berlin, Apr. 5, A conflict has arisen between the Government and the Foreign Presf; Association of Berlin which has a membership of 130 foreign journalists. The Government threatened to boycott the Association until Mr. Edgar Mowrer. the i orrespondent for the Chicago Daily News,
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    CITROEN LOCKOUT.
    41 17 14,000 Out Of 18,000 Men Resume Work. Paris. Apr. t, The lockout of the Citroen automobile workers ended en Wednesday. 14,000 out of a total of 18.000 men having resumed work, according to an announcement by the management. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    BOMB EXPLOSION.
    33 17 Communist Headquarters In Lens Damaged. Paris, Apr. 8. A bomb exploded on Friday in the cdlar of the Communist headquarters, the so-called Lenin Building in Lens, causing imiih material daniaire. Aneta-Twns-Ocean.
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    CAPT. R. J. CURTIS.
    357 17 Death in Hospital at Age Of 71. Tha death took place on Saturday at the General Hospital of Capt. Richard James Curtis, who had been in the service of the Straits Steamship Co. for many years and retired eight years ago. Ha was chiefly on «he
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    JOHN GALSWORTHY.
    69 17 Fortune Left By Famous Novelist. Rugby, Apr. 7. The late Mr. Jdhn Galsworthy, novelist and dramatist, left estate of the grosa value of £88,587.— British Wireless. London. Apr. 7. Galsworthy's will entrusted his literary representative with full powers to deal with his works and also directed that no
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    COMMANDER SUTTON.
    38 17 Now Placed On Retired List. (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 tine retired list..
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    HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.
    36 17 Former John Bull Editor Gets Old Age Pension. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. Mr. Hoiatio Bottomley who last week made application for iv,<- old age pension nas now been granted the pension.
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    FASHION'S LATEST.
    37 17 Complexions To Be Coffee Colour (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 8. ?'ashionablc women of London and Paris aiff to be slightly coffee-coloured this season. The effect is achieved by an iron tonic and cosmetics.
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    UNEMPLOYED WOMEN.
    148 17 At the Y.W.C.A. Depot for Unemployed Women oiders are received any day be- 1 tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for plain sewing and mending. Materials and written directions, patterns when possible, must be supplied with orders. The workers come for orders on Wednesday mornings, bringing back the
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    FOUR-POWER PACT.
    264 17 France and Treaty Revision. Paris, Apr. 5. The Ministerial Council under the P,resident, M. Lebrun, has approved the text of the French memorandum dealing with tiie four-Power pact, particularly treaty revision. Mr. Norman Davis has conversed with the Premier, M. Daladier, the four- Power pact and the World
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    RADIO-TELEPHONY.
    111 17 Palestine Linked Up With London. Rugby, Apr. 7. The Colonial Secretary, (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister) leaves London tomorrow ly the Imperial Airways for Egypt on a visit to Palestine and Cyprus and hopes to pay a short visit to Baghdad. Wliile in the Middle East he will travel in Royal
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    ARGENTINA TOUR.
    86 17 Fifteen Lucky British Schoolboys. Rugby. Apr. 7. Fifteen schoolboys between 17 and 19 /2 will leave England on July 29 for a tour of Argentina, returning to England at the beginning of Octpber. On the outward journey in the Asturias they will visit Lisbon, Madeira, Rio de Janeiro
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    FOUND A BODY.
    83 17 Suicide Verdict On Fishmonger. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sercmban, April 8. The story of the discovery of the body of a male Chinese in the store of a Seremban estate was told to the local coroner today. Allagari, a store coolie and watchman, stated that in the
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    MURDER AND RIOTING.
    70 17 Two Charges Against A Chinese Two charges were preferred against t'.hon Ngaw Chai on Saturday before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second Magistrate, the first ot attempting to murder a man named Marimuthu and the second of rioting. Court Inspector H. Meeten said that this charge
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    UNLUCKY THIRTEEN
    93 17 Gamblers Tell The Old, Old Story. Thirteen Chinese pleaded before Mi-. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second Ma|?istiate. on Saturday that they w«re not Rambling themselves but were watching others doing so when the police raided a house in Johore Street. Hi* Honour The old, old story If
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    Federal Constitution For India.
    7423 18 FULL TEXT OF GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER. R«luw we jjive the condudinK 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 Con- Btitution in India, preceded by a brief
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    COMPOSITION OF FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.
    364 19 (British India Side.) *Non-rummunal seats. These 3 seats are to be filled by (O Associated Chamber of Con.me-ce, (2) Federated Chambers of Commerce, (S) Northern India Commercial Bodies. The composition of tiie bodies throuKh which election to these seats will be conducted will not be statutorily
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      TIN RESTRICTION STATISTICS.
      454 19 TIN RESTRICTION STATISTICS. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I find some difficulty in Correlating figures given in (hi- "K.M.S. Bulletin of Statistics" relating to the mming industry with tlv.se of the "Miuiir, Journal" dated Jan. :!.">. The "Bulletin" is. of course, tli F.M.S. Government publication, tho "Mining
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      THOSE SEA LIONS!
      208 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— tast Sunday I was taken to «e the sea lions at the Singapore Swimming Club. I liked them. They were &M. Four or five of them were basking together at the water's edge. My! They looked nice. I wish
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    TRAIN'S 100-FOOT CRASH.
    329 20 DRIVER JOHN HUMPHREYS, and fireman John F. Kenny, both of Macbunlleth. were killed when Ihe train they were driving from Machunlleth. Montgonu -yshire. to Rarmouth in M erionethshire struck a cliff fall. and the engine plunged 100 down a cliff on to the sea beach. The wrecked
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