The Straits Times, 26 April 1933

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURT.] THE LARGEST, r AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933, PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      510 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 FOE CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. NALDKRA 16,000 Apr. 28 XHURDWAN n.070 May 7
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      689 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnsge. Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10,400 May 3 4 I KATORI MARU 9,800 May 18 19 I KASHIMA MARU 9.900 June 1 2 I YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 June 13 14 HAKONE MARU 10,400 June 28
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      533 2 BURNS PHUP LINE. (Incorporate 1 in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY) ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the Mb HANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is ons of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia,
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      480 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated In DewnarW Telephone 5321. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. MEONIA 9/6 9/5 10/6 12^6 ALSIA 80/5 80/6 81/5 BORINGIA 20/8 20/6 21/6 «/6 FIONIA 11 "I H/7 12/J, l*'l
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      1144 2 H»»^^ SHIPPING. THE BLUB FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE Hl'A KHIOW BTEAMSH Steam Bhlp Co., Ltd., and China (1932), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP THE BTRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STBAHBHIP (<■ THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL The SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co, LTD.
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    Imission Of Confessions And Statements.
    2136 3 Imission Of Confessions And Statements. I IMPORTANT FINDINGS. Local Case Not To Be Applied. Reasons for their important findings, given verbally ome time ago, concerning the admissibility as evidence of tatements and confessions recorded by magistrates, have ow been advanced by Sir William Murison (the former Chief ustice). Mr. Justice
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    149 3 HKRVAR. Norw.. 761 touts, from Bangkok 26-4, for Bangkok 27-4. TINOMBO. Dut.. 525 tons, from Deli ?6-4, for Deli 28-4. KARAPARA. Brit., .(.722 tons, from Calcutta 26-4, for Penang Calcutta 27-4. HAVANA MAltr. Jap.. :UGO tons, from Yokohama 26-4. tor Calcutta '-ia Rangoon 27-1. ARGUN MARC, Jap., 4,h40
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    125 3 KKPPKI. HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Mars," Lch. "Lumut," Tu>r "Rose," Duvmair van Twist. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonc Paitar. Alhort Dock Klian. Victoria Uuck Kuala. hrppvl Harbour. Kind's Dork Aucrustina, Hermes. No. 1 Dock Tomohon. No. 2 Duck Sinsrkel. I I
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      469 3 NORDDEUTSCHER Jm LLOYD. N )*iv-'l (Incorporated U lU^jjJ fl«rmanj.) The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. TRIER f»r Manila. Honf Kong, Shanghai Japan Apr. 26 t HOLSTEIN for Japan Hay 1 HOMEWARD. I SAALE for M'seilles. Adam, R'dam, Hamburg A Bremen Apr. 80 Sails May 1 Passenger jtenmers with
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      553 3 PRESIDENT "UNF.RS IT COSTS YOU ONLY £70.6.for a beautiful trip from HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Special class across the Pacific. Ist class Rail in America Tourist class Atlantic on the famous and new s.a. Manhattan or v, Washincton. (If passage through the Panama Canal ia desired G145 extra).
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      375 3 1 ELLERMAN BLCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. i (Incorporated in Kngland.j ■SLLERMAJV LXNm <9 Freight S.'rvio- to UNITED KINGDOM AND f CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Caiuil OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN Maaaer: s.s. CITY OF BHANGHAI Apr. 27 Apr. *7 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS for Havre, "1 >'
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      65 3 SINGAPORE WEATHHI REPORT. n t Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp. ins Sunshine temp. •F hrs. *P AJor Star Kfi Xii 10.3 76 Sitiawan !tl Nil 10.1 T.\ K. Trcngjfanu «9 Nil 11.5 74 Bukit Jornin S Nil 7.!» 74 Ralacca W6 Nil 9M 75 Singapore 80 Nil
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      235 3 TIDE TABLES. Today. April 2fi. H. W. 12.2 p.m., 8 ft. 8 in., 11.32 p.m., 8 ft. 8 in. Thurttday, April 27. H. W. 12.35 p.m., 8 ft., 11.B9 p.m., 8 ft. 9 in. Friday. April 28. H. W. 1.10 p.m.. 7 ft. 6 in. Saturday, April 29. H. W.
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      486 4 SITUATION WANTED Experienced Cantonese cook and boy seeks position. Nga Yin Put Sui, 15, Koek Road, Singapore. MOTOR VEHICLES WANTED, Motor Cycle in first class condition. Cheap. Reply, Box 359, S. Times. POBD ROADSTER, 14.9 h.p., excellent condition, owner leaving Colony, S $">">o. Apply Dollar Steamship Company. FOR SALE, Brand
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      534 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET HOUSE on Institution Hill. Moderate rent. United Engineers. TO LET, 8, Oxley Rise, mod. sanitation. Apply 10. Malacca Street. A 16, Angullia Park, Oil Extraction Factory, 92, Robinson Rd. Angullia A Co. TO LET. SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions Apply S'pcr* Building Corp-. 64, Market St TO
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      592 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES to let on 2nd A 4th Floors, Ocean Building. Apply Mansfield Co., Ltd. TO LET, No. 110, Robinson Road, initabl* for office A store. Apply 3. Hanaiieh Co, 5-2, Malacca Street. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET South Bridge Road Nos. 173, 174 and 175. Anson Road
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      633 4 FOR SALE KELVINATOR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS Used Kelvinators at exceptionally low prices and easy terms. fully guaranteed. KELVINATORS BENTED Malayan Mechanical Equipment Co. 14, Robinson Road. Tel. 3464. LISTER 8 H.P., twin cylinder, petrol engine, heavy flywheels, suitable for electric plant, little use, perfect condition. Offers n State Engineer, Sercmban. ~~BRITAIN
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      442 4 TENDER SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. HOTICE I* hereby given that tender* an now invited for the following materials oi services, and that particulars of such tender* may be obtained in the Tender Room, Municipal Offices. Construction and completion of Turfing, drains, access stairs, etc., at the open space, Dickcnson Hiil.
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      491 4 Business cardß MASSAGE HAIM MANICURE AND MASSAM Mr*. HARU and Mlv HANA. I 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. TKNNIS OOVBTB when I genuine grass diaappear. MuiiiU'iuuuißJ vice (My New System) not only kccpsßJ old Courts ever fresh and green buBJ saves unnecessary expeiiM's im mivrtSj Before it is too late
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      80 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Siivgapor* Wlthla Ootild* without Malaya. Malaya. Postage. Monthly 3.00 4.09 2.5* Quart, rlj 8.50 $12.00 S 7.30 Half Yearly $17.0* 124.00 *15.0« Teariy 1 3i.it 548.0* gSt.M NOTE. Ontntatlon cheque* ahoald lnclndi |k« unal bank dlacoant, ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and Instruction* for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on th*
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    CRASH WITNESSED.
    91 5 Believed to be Missing Plane. Naples, Apr. 24. A seaplane was seen to dive into the rough sea and disappear from the coast, I south of Naples, and it is feared this N ♦he missing French craft belonging to the Orient Air Express Line on the MarseillesBaghdad service,
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    NEW GERMAN COINAGE.
    84 5 Series To Be Introduced In Summer. Berlin, Apr. 23. New silver coinage is contemplated in Germany, designs for which have been asked from a number of German artists. The new series will be introduced in the summer when the present three-mark piece or thaeler will disappear. The
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    BAD FINANCES ANI BAD HEALTH.
    235 5 Suicide Verdict on A Chinese. That the deceased was unfit for wor and was so worried over financial aft'aii that he drowned himsell was the stau ment made by a relative to Mr. K. Bourne, the Singapoie C roner, thi morning, at the inquiry into
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    MONEY MARKET.
    196 5 Borrowers Favoured By Easy Conditions. London, Apr. 'SI. On the Money Market this werl borrowers continued to be favoured >: easy conditions, and lender* occasional I; even found difficulty in employini balances at quarter per cent. BU brokers, however, were finally somewns cheered by the result of the
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    SOVIET SHIPPING.
    577 5 Four Steamers Leaving For Far East. Odessa, Apr. 9. Four Soviet steamers, the Okhotsk, the Tiflis, the Dnieper and the Hnbarovsk. are leaving here within the next few days with mixed cargoes, bound '<•. Vladivostok via Suez. Stops will b€ made at intermediate ports in the Far East.
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      291 5 HOTELS "raffles hotel MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. GRAND GALA NIGHT SATURDAY. 29th APRIL. In aid of the CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF LADY CLEMENTI LATEST FASHION SHOW DANCING from 9.45 p.m. to 2 a.m. (EVENING DRESS ESSENTIAL) *mammmommm»aammmßi-3X3v.7iznm9mmmui\im\\\\i\\n M-oKtamamam TON IGHT AT THE SEA VIEW HOTEL DINNER DANCE
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      63 5 RAFFLES CAFE TRY OUR SPECIAL $1.00 TIFFINS TONIGHT'S CONTINENTAL SPECIAL $1.20 BEEF STEAK and KIDNEY PUDDING UNDER EUROPEAN CHEFS SUPERVISION. PHONE 5381. SCRIBBLING BOOKS POCKET SIZE 61" x 4k" 75 eta. per Dozen Apply Books" Straits Times Office. CEMENT FLOORING TILES. IN VARIOUS ARTISTIC AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS, PRODUCED BY EXPERIENCED
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      60 5 WHEREAS! I ALL DOORS FLOORS WINDOWS I BANNISTERS IN THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB'S NEW GRANDSTAND I WERE SOLELY MADE AND ERECTED BY I PASKOE BROWN Co J 25-27-29, ORCHARD RD. YOU CANNOT DO BETTER THAN ASK I THEM TO QUOTE FOR ANY WOODWORK YOU MAY REQUIRE. I INSPECT THE TEA
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    POISONED COFFEE STORY.
    1155 6 A Bad Taste." WIFE'S EVIDENCE OF FAMILY TROUBLE. Talip bin Mohamed Tahir's young wife gave i'Vhlth-c u^uinst him when he stood trial yesterday bcfoie Mr. A. W. Hay, the Singapore Second Magistrate, on a charge of attempting to cause hurt to his father-in-law by aciministi'i ing a
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    OPENING OF ARMS CONFERENCE.
    330 6 Security by Means Of Disarmament. Gemjva, Apr. 25. Several delegations to the Disarmament Conference, which is scheduled to reope.i on Tuesday aftirnoon, have alj ready arrived here. The German chief I delegate, Herr Nadolny, conferred on i Monday successively ■"vith the Italian, British and American delegates
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    SPANISH ELECTIONS.
    73 6 Government Parties Lose' Heavily. Madrid. Apr. 25. The Government parties suffered heavy losses in 43 out of 56 communes in which local elections took .place on Sunday. According to first returns the op- i position parties have made substantial progress, liberal of the Lerroux group obtaining no less
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    TENSION GROWING.
    67 6 Germany Sends Protest To Poland. Berlin, Apr. 22. The German Minister to Warsaw has received instructions make energetic representations to the Polish Government regarding the summons issued to former "insurgents" in Polish Upper Silesia for inciting the latter to boycott German goods and terrorise the German minority. The
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      543 6 SAVE THE COUPONS V^-^'^^S WiS^^^Qi HANDSOME GIFTS J 10 CouponH Fountain Pen. t :^Nw :M"-"' '■■<•'■£' I'll (..upon- Leather Attache if I (ase I I up..n- Ci K arette <;»«■. m W§M I My J Mb^^^s4 25 Coupons Kaparity Suitcases. jt/ S^ A I bbW^^ :t0 Coupon'- Shagreen Clocks. MM
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      269 7 SUPREME THRILL THE M MUMMY.* 1 ALUAMBRA TO n A V MATINEES TODAY W 1/ M I Saturday Sunday BILLIE DOVE iS^ CHESTER MORRIS i t U luii|i of laughter! Mr J^H HKT* *P i "'I hir Id. Kiffel Toucr with her fIH H^! iiam. on it and nhc promised
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      146 7 Here he is— JACK HULBERT with England's Three most Popular Stars! I CAPITOLI OPENING TODAY! 3.15 6.15 9.15 JACK HULBERT SONNIK HALE LILIAN HARVEY m» CICELY COURTNEIDGE a^BVa BU^^B^Bol^aßr iflttßM vSbM flVflM IN (.uiinionl Itrilish nuiqae musical romance Hapy Ever After" <l( licit jfl of funlas) ami realih dial is
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      422 7 NICHTLY 6.15 C 9.15, P.M. An carl without a cent hi» l>utler a man worth rnilliims his lordship in love with h< butler's daughter--!! tcr— wlllglj funny mix-up. MONEY means NOTHING You'll t'lijot thi I BP^TSI blb^bl Paramounl British 1 -^B Production. W BbHI STAHRIX(; k r JOHN I (MM
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      197 8 SELLING. Singapore; Apr. 26. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 3/4 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 990 Hamburg, demand 168 New York, demand 42'
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      AIR MAIL.
      23 8 The Air Mail Karachi London dinpatched by s.s. Karoa on April 7 was delivered in London on April 25 (18 days).
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      38 8 From China, by Santhia, dv. Nt .ingapore tdtnokrov. From China* by Mirzapore, due at Singapore ft a.m. on Friday, j From Europe (London mails dispatched on Apsil 6) by Naldera, due at Penang 6 a.m. tomorrow.
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        MINING.
        434 8 Issue Val. Pd. fl £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 r,/- Hong
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        GENERAL.
        272 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.30 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefg. 0.80 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.13.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.30 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7« Prefs. 21/6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/1.; 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.25
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        139 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 103' \> a. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 110 113 nom. Singapore Municipal 41/2 P-c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 108 nom. Singapore Municipal 4 '/•> p.c. of 1907 red. 1947
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        368 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. Today's Prices Fraser Lyull Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 0.50 0.60 0.45 0.00 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.25 A.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      343 8 Londtfn Tin's Big Jump. LOCAL RUBBER FALLS BACK. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. Today's Prices: Rubber. 7*« cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $86.75 per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, London. 2 19/32 d., up l/16d. New York, cts., down ct. Market Tone: Steady. Tin, London. (3
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      76 8 Noon, Apr. 26. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 7-V« 7 11/16 (F. 0.8.) 7% 8 Standard R.S-S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers. M:iv ..7 11/16 7 13/16 June 7 13 16 7 15/16 May-June 7 1 7% July-Sept. 7" 8 Oct.-Dec. B'/8
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      PRODUCE.
      64 8 Singapore, Apr. 26. Gambier 4.00 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked 8.00 Copra 3.90 mixed 3.60 Sago flour, Sarawak 1.80 White Pepper 22.00 Black Pepper 13.50 Pearl Sago 4.25 n mall 4.00 medium 6.00 No. 1 125 catties gross 3.85 No. 2 125 catties gross 3.80 Rice Siam $147 to 172
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    204 8 Tod.r. Southern onri Western India (Rohim) 3 p.m. Ceylon, Egypt, Europe and Great Britain (Glenshiell 3 p.m. Pontianak (Sinifkawanfr) ..3 p.m. Bnnka Island, Pladjoe Palrmbang <Th...1,.n5) Spji. Balawan Ceylon rLoMon Mam, :i p.m. North, N.-Kust und N.-West Sumatra I Vun lleutszi ..4 p.m. Deferred Departure. China, Hainam.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    38 8 By Raj pi. tana General Mctzinrer Bun Drmpo Johan de Witt Left Arrd. Spore London Mar. 8 Mar. X6 JJar. 8 Apr. Mar. 9 Apr. 1 Mar. 17 A D r. Mir. 31 Apr. 29
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    TELEGRAPHS.
    9 8 Communitation with Bangkok and Ltngka wi is interrupted.
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      173 8 PN J.TS the surfaces out UR!6^)kfi&vßsi3nr'-fim of sisjlit, the curve behind By'V J^^rJkamSS^ your teeth, which old -fash- y*-<^ Aj #^w '"n- v|ii.u'«li<"« ru.niiiv M«th-/)Tin/i-Hft ai^»^^^^^^^^«-trfTw IV i>-'l <■'■"" intide mrw 'i cur !> cuM Ih r M A n, In I f U mly l/ir 1 utsidt. |B 1
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      111 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOH THE WEEK. Today, April 2H. Mohammedan \<w Year (A. H. \X>t) begins. Rotary Tiffin, Adelphi Hotel, 1 p.m. Friday. April 2R. Band, Hotnnicn' nnnlens, KJI p.m. Muniiipal C< nmiuionere' otg., LIB p.m. Satujday. April 29. Penang Races, Kir^t Ilpy. Annual meeting of Robinion Co.. Ud Chart, red Hank
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      NOTES ON HOME INVESTMENTS.
      796 9 1.C.1. Rising Profits. CEREBOS, LTD.'S GOOD RESULT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 23. Among the good industrial results recently published that of Imperial (Chemical Industries pqrhaps holds pride of place. Profits for 1932 were shown at £6,415,423 in the report published on Thursday, against £4,008,685
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      LANGAT RIVER RUBBER.
      1679 9 Profit of Rs. 8,889 Despite Market Conditions. The, twenty-fievpt'th ordinary general meeting *i th? shareholders of the I<Aflg&t River (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd., was held in Colombo, on Monday, March l.(. The chairman (Mr. A. F. Pattemon) in moving the adoption of ilu- directors' report and accounts
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      EXCHANGES.
      107 9 Rugby, Apr. 24. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.741/2 Athens 605 Berlin 1530 Belgrade 257 '•> Bombay 1 6 1 32 Brussels 25.121/2 Bucharest 590 Buenos Aires 40 '■> official; Copenhagen 22% Geneva 18.17 i/ 2 Helsingfors 228 Hong Kong 1 3/16 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41 1/32 Milan 67% Montreal
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      301 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 2~>. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below: The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Apr. 20. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan .V 116-H Funding
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      COMPANY RESULTS.
      91 9 (From Our Own Correspondent London, Apr. 25. Sungei Reyla (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate, Md., announces a lose for 1932 of £1,663, as compared with a profit of £1,125 in io,il, £4,613 is brought in to credit. London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., announces a loss for 1932 of
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      PETALING TIN.
      17 9 Petaling Tin Ltd., announce an interim dividend of 2'/fe per cent., payable on May 6.
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      625 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH. INDISCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 100,000,000 Paid up CapiUl Glds. 65,000,000 EniTvu Glds. 24,190,32< HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS HKANCHES. Batavia llead. Office for Dutch But Indies. BRAVCH OFFICES t DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenmn, Bandoeng, Chi'iib.'a, Corontalo, Makar.sar,
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      11 9 seeeeeeseeeeaeeeeee Malaya Trade Statistics appear on pa K e 19. c «♦♦->-*♦♦■»♦♦♦♦
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      297 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING BOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, .India, China, Japan mni Arabia. LONDON BANKERS: The National Provincial Bank,
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    AMUSEMENTS—Singapore.
    143 10 AMUSEMENTS— Singapore. ALHAMBRA. -Cock Of The Air. With Cheater Morris Hill ie Dove. ('..l', MS. Phone 690». tAIMTOL. Happy Ever After. With Jack Hulbert, Sonnie Hale. Lillian Harvey 1 'ici-ly Cuurtneidge. 6.15- 9.15. Phone SMI. IJREAT WORLD— SKY TALKIE. Jack Buchanan in "<;oo<l Nitcht Vienna." BTAR TALKIE, t.UHI WORLD (iary
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,1933. VISIONS.
    944 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,1933. VISIONS. In reply to the address of welcome presented to him on landing in Singapore as Gov.-inor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for Malaya, His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi expressed the hope that he would find here the realisation of many
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    169 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Duly, of Kuala Lumpur, are soins on leave tarly next month. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Fletcher have returned to Siam after a holiday spent at the Taiping Hills. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Keogh and Mi.-s Pat Keogh, of But'.erwt rtn. have
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    SCIENCE TO COMBAT LOCUSTS.
    1024 10  -  Guy Marshall.) ISv Pest That Costs Man Many Millions. For thousands of //car* Incustn hare (tM Inning a trail of destruction alld ntm behind them and now science in striving for their estermimrtion. What is being done in told in this exclusive interview with Mr. Guy
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    662 10 BARTER. They are now paying; for the Stiaii Times in copra! That remark is entirely justified hy an incident wliicli occurred yesterday when we rnruc.l a cheque and a covering letter from a Singapore firm explaining that the him had received instruction* from a client outside
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    WILL OCCUPY PEIPING AND TIENTSIN": GEN. MUTO. ANGLO-JAPANESE TENSION.
    1337 11 WILL OCCUPY PEIPING AND TIENTSIN": GEN. MUTO. ANGLO-JAPANESE TENSION. Engineer Wounded By; Officers. CHINESE SUCCESS. Chinwangtao May Be Abandoned. Although the Japanese have heen insisting for .some time that they have no intention of penetrating beyond the i. real Wall, f.i-n Muto. the com-mander-in-chief, has made the blunt assertion that,
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    COLD BUDGET COMFORT.
    1113 11 Penny Off Beer Income Tax As You Were." £32,679.000 DEFICIT. Noctovision for War Debt Payments. The inspired ferwipti of the Ituduet have turned out to he nearer the truth than usual and. as very little unexpected, disappointment was discounted in advance. The only real concession of any
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    BRITISH BOYCOTT STARTS.
    1001 11 BRITISH BOYCOTT ST ARTS. Only Relaxed in Cases Of Hardship. London, A or. 25. The Hritii-h embargo on Rus^ ian importl came operation after th 4 cloi>e of the customs office at 5 p.m. today.Keuter. Onl> Exceptional Cases. London, Apr. 22. S|K>( ial Import licences in cases of real hardship
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    BASIS OF WAR DEBT AGREEMENT.
    541 11 Washington Talks. STORMY DEBATE OVER INFLATION. Washington, Apr. 26. The fact that Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald and Hiesident Roosevelt discussed war debts today and reached the basis of clear understanding of the situation affecting the two nations is disclosed in a communique, which adds that
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    TIN CONFERENCE BEGINS.
    784 11 Co-operation With Dutch. NOT CONFINED TO RESTRICTION. Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning H.E. the Governor. Sir Cecil dementi, took a seat at a rourt I table at Government House facing Dutch and Malayan delegatesfant* the international tin talks began. Officially, it was stressed that the conference
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    17 11 An extraordinary general meeting of the Ceylon Tamils' Association will be held to day at 5.30 p.m.
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    TOWN DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE.
    164 11 74 Dead and 400 Injured On Island. Kos, Apr. Seventy-four bodies have been recovered from the ruins in old quarter of the town which was destroyed by a violent earth- quake on Sunday. Latest reports aiM j reveal that more Khan 400 persons were injured.— Reuter.
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    TO KILL HITLER?
    218 11 Arrest of Communist Suspects. Berlin, Apr. 23. A plot to assassinate the Chancellor. Herr Hitler, is said to have been discovered by the Munich police who yesterday stopped an Italian motor-car near Rimsting and arrested the two occupants. One of the men is believed to be an
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    CITY OF LIVERPOOL.
    151 11 Was It Set On Fire By Albert Voss London, Apr. 25. The official investigation into the .disaster to the British air liner. City of Liverpool, which crashed on Mar. 28 in Belgium, with the lbss of 16 lives, leaves little doubt that the catastrophe was deliberately brought
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    AIR TRAVEL.
    125 11 Important Developments In Europe. Rome, Apr. 22. A new development in aerial communications is announced in an of'cial communique as a result of an agreement arrived at with £he GomUUl Minister, Capt. Goering. during tl latter's recent visit to Rome. The daily air service between Rome and Venice,
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    STRIKE SETTLED.
    49 11 Armentieres Textile Workers Cut 5 Per Cent. Paris, Apr. 22. The big textile works at Armenti«res, where for the past three months fi.ooo workers have been on strike owing to wage differences, will resume work on I Monday. Wages have been cut by 6 per cent. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    UNABLE TO FIND AERODROME.
    346 12 Mrs. Bonney's Crash. R.A.F.S FRUITLESS JOURNEY. The m;, stery of Mr>. Konncx "crash" on the Siamese coast last Thursday during ,a stage of h?r lone Might from Australia to EnglaeU, and her subsequent "rescue.' was cliared up yesterday, i Early in t >i < afternoon, Flying
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    ST. ANDREW'S.
    360 12 Parochial jßouncil'sf Meeting. The annual parochial meeting AndrewVfcathedral, ,Sin;rapore, was held ■ni* Tuesday in: the. hall of Kt.>Andrew a School. Vh'taiiifonUfcw.l* "V'tTl tha- "iVelV Archdeacon Graham White in thef chain There were about 30 members present, among them being the Hon. Mr. A. S. llaynps. toe acting Colonial
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    CHILDREN'S AID.
    69 12 Subscriptions And drand Ballet Profits. As a result of the grand ballet held at the beginning of April I he Children's Aid Society has added 11,433.68 to its funds. The latest list ol ml-ecriptloni records $:)1K through Mrs. Sime: $'!0 through Ifra. vTillaa "t Malacca; $'io through .ins
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    FIVE MINUTE FIRE.
    37 12 The Fire Brigade ,all last evening to a house in Di'.xton Road iHhn Bom*- bedding in a room on the Mesad ■•or ha. l r;iur,lit fnv. The Ilai.ies were extinguished in about l,\x minutes,
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    WILSON REPORT CRITICISM.
    458 12 A Correspondent's Reply To. Mr. Ward-Jackson. A correspondent who signs himself "Catalinus" has replied to the comments made by Mr. C. Ward-Jackson on the Wilson report. This correspondent writes to the Malay Muil as follows: We. that is the intelligentsia you, I and a limited few have
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    DID NOT LOOK FIRST.
    139 12 Misadventure Verdict On Ricksha Puljer, How a ricksha puller was killed while his two passengers escaped aftoo the vehicle had been in collision with v lorry w«s lolu to Mr. K. G. bout ne, the Singapore Coronei, yesterday at the inquiry into the death of i'ap
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    PAVILION.
    160 12 Another Bright British Comedy. It came alim -t unheralded and with its merits unsung, and yet it proved to be one of the mest enjoyable comedies seen on Che talkie screen in Singapore for many a day. Such is Money Means Nothing," the Paramount British film, which hud its
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    GLIDING RECORD.
    67 12 (•erman Attains A Height Of 2,000 Metres. Paris, Apr. 21. Tb. well-known German gtiding pilot, Riedel. has landed ncr a Palatine village nine miles from the French frontier. He had succeeded in covering 120 kilometres in three hours and attained a height of 2,000 metres, which is a
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    "Relief To Everyone If I Got Married."
    811 12 WOOLWORTH HEIRESS AND THE PRINCE ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE. Miss Barbara Hutton, the heiress to the Woolworth millions, who a few weeks ago denied she was engaged either to the "Prince or to the Count," is bark again in Singapore and things look definitely
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    RUSSO-SPANISH TRADE.
    108 12 Commercial Talks To Begin In May. .Uadud, Apr. ZZ. The Russ.i.-Spaiiish commercial negotiations are «»vpected begin in the course of next month. The Russian agent, M. Ostrowski. is due here soon. The negotiations will centre on the question of the purchase of Russian oil and naphtha by the
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    CARNEGIE FUND.
    59 12 $2,200 Peace Prize Awarded To Mr. Arthur Henderson. The Hague, Apr. 24. The Carnegie Endowment Fund has awarded Mr. Arthur Henderson, the British Labour statesman, a prize of £2,200 iri \»luc In con s >d. er aii li!ll i!l Qt DW work for the promotion of peace and
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    22 12 On Saturday at 9.45 p.m. the Singapore Repertory I'layers will present "Two Husbands," by Lynn Starling, at the Tanglin Club.
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    EUROPEAN, WOMEN ROBBED.
    488 12 -r, Mklivg-ht Scream. NAKET HAN CHASED \ND CAUGHT. Following a roan's invasion of two l uro< ;*an women's bedrooms in Goodvtocd Park Hotel- a vigilant constable espied a stiadoV in -InV darkness outside. Re gave chafe and: eVentuatty, caught a mrfn in the prrturtds of the Tanglin
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    OPIUM IN BICYCLE.
    123 12 Smugglers' Ingenuity Detected. I'resh devices are constantly being in.VfeHted by chandu smugglers and one of "their most ingenius me^.hods was revealed in the Criminal District Court this nun njiig, when a Chinese bicyclist pleaded gilHty to a charge of being in possession^of non-Government t-handu; SenUrn e'\vas"-Wstponed' to
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    JOCKEY CHARGED.
    101 12 Allegation Ot RaJ.fi Driving. F. E. Wadsworth, a jockey, was charged at Kuala Lumpur yesterday with causing grievous hurt to a riksha puller by driving a motor-car rashly at Pudu Road, at 12.20 a.m. on Apr. 23, with failing to stop after an accident, and with failing to
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    COOLIE'S ARM CRUSHED.
    49 12 A Chinese coolie had his arm crushed yesterday morning by a block of stone falling on it while he was at work at the Gregson Quarry at the 9»4 milestone, Pukit Timah Road. The arm was subsequently amputated and he now' Ilia in a critical condition.
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    Town And Country In Malaya.
    941 12 COLONEL RAE ACQUIESCES IN WICSON REPORT. TPOH railway siati' -i platform KM crowded on Sunday afternoon and presented a busy srene. the reason being the departure of over 200 d (fates, who during the imst week, had been partieipat- ing in the Bpworth Lettgße Rally
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    Surprise In Amateur Golf Championship—Probables For Today's Big Race. AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    115 13 Surprise In Amateur Golf Championship— Probables For Today's Big Race. AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. Crawley Beaten By Calcutta Player. London, Apr. 24. At Canton, Yorkshire, England's leading golfers are all participating in th; 1 ■loscd amateur championship with four previous holders Stout, Sutton, Kiddian and Crawley. There was one sensation in
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    S.C.C's WEAKNESS.
    2079 13 MALAY A\ CRICKET VOTES. Cricket Association Suggested Again. (By Our Cricket Correspondent.) (By Our Cricket Correspondent.) The weakness of S.C.C. cricket was shown up very strongly at Kuala Lumpur over the Easter week-end, after reading Forward's notes in the Sunday Times of Apr. 2',. it Meat! <jiiile clear
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    TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
    222 13 Blue Grass Scratched Changes in Jockeys. London, Apr. 26. Blue Cirai-s wai scratched from the 2,000 Guinea-; Stake! t. iiay at 11.16 a.i.i. The race will be vu.i at Newmarki morrow (Wednesday). A number of alterations were made !hc jockeys, and the probable starteis and jockeys are
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    SELANGOR LEAGUE.
    42 13 1 re was a big Ciowd at the Kuala Lumpur ..yadang M Monday to witness U, opening of the fusi match in the Seiangor Association VootbalJ League, between the S.C.R.C. "B" and the Chartered Bank. The Chinese won by, 2-0.
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    RANGERS CHAMPIONS FOR fBth TIME.
    284 13 Motherwell Draw With Third Lanark. Mother-well's bid to retain the championship of the Scottish League, which they decisively won by five points over the Rangers last season, has failed as a result of a draw which they played with Third Lanark yesterday at the latter's
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    FAVOURITE FAILS.
    66 13 Two-Year-Old Race At Newmarket. London, Apr. 25. The First Spring Two-year-old Stakes (o fur.) were run at Newmarket today Bid resulted as follows: LADY NAIRNE COLT 1 I Sir G. Bullough's CAMPANULA 2 L(.rd Ellesmere's MERENDA 3 Woi by a head; two lengths between second and third. There
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    LOCAL CRICKET.
    254 13 Rain Spoils St. Joseph's Match With R.E. The match between St. Joseph's InstituItion and the R.E. at Bras Basah Road was on Monday abandoned owing to the rain. St. Joseph's H. Enon run out 8, T. Cordeiro \< Wood 2. Low Kee rS»w l> Biggs I. K. Lc
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    THREE GOALS FOR BAKER.
    1161 13 Wiltshires' Late Spurt. HECTIC FINISH AGAINST PULAU BRAN!. Wiltshires ."> I'ulau llrani 1. Eight niinutcs from the end of thtir First Division match with Pulaii Brani ;it the Anson Road Stadium yesterday i', I looked certain that the Wiltshire! would be beaten, for they were losing
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      1435 14 Uproar (Pier The W hitv Paper Action Against Ihim/tinii Ten Restriction Difficulties Chinete Rebels Murder Indian Traders. Calcutta, Apr, r.». tin- publication .-f ihe White Pap i and its proposals for the future government of India, there has been :> Hood of abuse against what in some
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      FEDERATION.
      73 14 Hikaner Prime Minister Quite Optimistic." Bombay, Apr. 15. A note of optimism that the Princes would eventually accen,. the scheme of Fcdeiation was (truck by Sir Manubhai Mthta, Prime Minister of Bikaner, who left for England by today's mail learner. Sir Manub'iai said that he wa: quite optimistic about
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      FRONTIER BAN.
      72 14 Importation Of Aircraft Prohibited. Simla. Apr. 17. The Government of India have prohibited the bringing e| aircraft or parts ol aircraft by land into t)ie North-West Frontier Province and Political Agencies under the charge cf the Governor ev.-ept under a lict US granted by the Governor of the
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      TROOPS FOR ALWAR.
      67 14 Sequel To Threatened Riot In City. I New Delhi, Apr. 1 1. i Reports from Ahvar say a communal i 1 i<>; was threatened yesterday in the city but this morning the cituMion was norI rr>al. Fearing a repercj; Tion in the Moo > area armoured cars
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      FREE MAIL FOR COUNCILLORS?
      438 14 Alleged Private Abuse Of Franking. Whether a member of the State MOt- is entitled to make use of Government envelopes in order to have his letters co.iveyed free bj post is the question that has been raised as a re-ult of certais de tcdions where entirely
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      SLOGANS ON WALLS.
      139 14 Expulsion of Chittagong College Student. Chittagong, Apr. 12. Dras-tic disciplinary measures have been taken by the Principal of the Chittggong College agains. three students who were found guilty of writing revolutionary slogans on the walls of the ci. liege buildings. The principal eulpri* has been expellrd from
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      GIVE IT FAIR CHANCE'
      119 14 U.P. Governor's Advice On White Paper. Lucicnow, Apr. It. Replying to an address, presented by Ihe Aniumani ArkaP'.i! of Oudh this morning. Hit Kx-cl!: i.-- the Governor of I I", said he agreed with the members of ihe Anjumani AHuural that the White Paper should be
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      GURKHA RUNS AMOK.
      91 14 "Kukri" Attack On Burman Joy-Riders." J'nr.i oon. Apr. 15. Near the Shv/edagon Pagoda yesterday a Gurkha orderly i.iploytd by the F.!e;-tri? Tramway Company is reported to have run amok ..inl injured three Burmese. It is reported that some tiamway passengers had not paid their fares and the
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      TEN INJURED IN RAIL ACCIDENT.
      298 14 Engine Overturns On Simla Line. New Delhi. Apr. 17. A serious derailm n *v of a passenger Uain running from Nalka to Simla ocarred at 7 o'clock thi.- morning at a pli.ee, which is about three furlongs fi-om Dharampore, resulting in injuries to about ton
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      COMMUNAL AFFRAY.
      190 14 Three Injured Men In Hospital. Bombay, Apr. 14. A communal affray, which broke oat at about D.'M) last night near NorthI .oe>k Garden*, the fcene of the lsßt i lots, resulted in three j>ersons being injured, including a Moslem member of the Governor of Bombay's bodyguard. The injured
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      TO DINE IN PEACE.
      160 14 Non -Co-Operators Seek Police Help. Ahmedabad, Apr. 12. Erstwhile non-co-opei-atore: summoied the police to prevent trouble at a caste diuat r of Nagars held here last night when guests wearing r.ilk shirts were not allowed to attend. A similar dinner arranged some days ago had to
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      THREE KILLED.
      95 14 Motor Lorry Collides With Train. M.jltan. Apr. 15. A motor lorry collided with a passenger train at a level crossing between Jarunwala and Lyallpur stations. Two passengers were killed immediately and cue injured person was removed to hospital where he died. Fourteen other injured persons including a woman
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      COLOMBO PORT COMMISSION.
      390 14 Retrenchment Safety Limit" Reached. "Vacancies ii the departments under ihe Colombo Port ('(.mmis-ion .i ftlled by Ceyloneee whenever suitably qualified persons are available," states Mr. (i. s. Wodeman, Chairman of the Colombo Port Commission, ii hi.- Administration Report for last -Tiie posts of Master of th i
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      STATION MASTER'S DEATH.
      122 14 Tragic Sequel To Attempt To Save Woman's Life. Hyderabad, (Sind). Apr. 17. The station master of the Sewan railway station was killed in an heroic attrapt to save the life of a woman passenger. The woman tried t get into thr train v/hile it w»s leaving the
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      "GLOOM" OF BLANK PRISON WALLS.
      541 14 Reforms Advocated. CONDITIONS IN MYSORE STATE. \pr 15. The Mysore iVi-on Reform* Comnittee. iin ii mitic :,il i ii\ state Lawyi c, h;i> pub- a lenghty report >n the condition! •I of priftoiw in tlic Sn The ai of i rison art mini rat ion,
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      602 15 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE BY OUR EXPERT. STATIONS. Metre*. WED. THURS. FBL BAT. BUN MON T\ KS LUMPUR 48.92 7to 9 p.m. 7-9 p.m <to a p.m. BANDOENG *8-M_ ~9A&10~~p}ar~ "6.80-10 p.m 6.30^0 _p.n» i 6.ifO-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6.80-10 p.n PARIS 1»J 7^o-10.20 p^. "j T2oUo^(ri^: 7:20-10.20
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      108 15 9.50 Concert by Eugene Pini and his Tango Orchestra. 10.5 A running commentary by Mr. George F. Allison on thf second half of the Football Association Cup Final, relayed from the Empire Stadium, Wembley, Middlesex. (By courtesy of the Football Association). 11.0 Harold Ramsay at the organ of the Granada,
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      104 15 10.15 Concert by the Belle Vue Festival Winning Band, relayed from Manchester. 11.20 Concert by the B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra (leader, Montague* Brearle> conductor, Stanford Robinson; Nora Gruhn (soprano). 11.50 A Pianoforte Recital by Edwin Fischer. 12.20-12.50 Gramophone records. MONDAY. MAY I. 8.50 p.m. Time signal from Big Ben. News bulletin.
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      111 15 Scottish Composers (Gramophone record-). TUESDAY. MAY 2. 8.50 p.m. Time signal from Big Ben. New.-' bulletin. 9.5 Graniophor.e records. 9.20 Variety programme. 10.20 N»w Bnok.s. a talk by Mr. R. Ellis Roberts. 10.35 ini'-rlude o: Gramophone records. 10.45 Concert by Rcii2 Tapponnier and his Orchestra, relayed from the Carlton Hotel,
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      How The Boat Race Was Broadcast.
      1705 15 nual running commentary m the Boat Race, undertaken by the outside broadcast department of the 8.8.C, never arouse interest On this oeeav siun the listener is more fortunate than ho (o to watch. His knowledge oC tin- event is not confined to the few
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      POLICE WARNINGS DISOBEYED.
      632 16 Proprietor of Calcutta Cafe Fined $30. A crop of police saauaonSM and one municipal summons against C. Angus. proprietor of the now deftmst Calcutta Cafe in Serangnon Road, was finally di.< posed of by Mr. A. C. Boyd, the Singapore Fourth Ifag •■.day. The muni- j dps)
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      MILLIONAIRE BEGGAR!
      36 16 Madrid, Apr. 22. The 80-year old Spanish beggar who practised his profession in Rio De Janeiro and died in hospital at Vigo, was discovered, after his death to be worth 1 500.000 pesetas. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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      AUSTRIAN MUSIC.
      73 16 Tag Dor Musikpflege Festival. Vienna, Apr. 22. Austria's national musical festival, known as Tag Der Musikpfiege," which is celebrated throughout the whole country, was opened on Satu -d-.y by the President of the Republic He. Miklas. Concerts will be given free of charge in all concert halls as
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      Our Expert Replies.
      322 16 I Answer to H. B. C. Kepar j From your letter it appears probable i that the primary inductance of your new transformer is such that it causes the threa^hold howl of whxh you complain. It may be possible to stop this by putting a resistance across
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      LENIN'S CORPSE.
      99 16 Decomposition Setting In Rapidly. Warsaw, Apr. 25. Lenin's corpse is falling rapidly into decay, according to jn ss reports from Moscow which state tl'at the mausoleum in which the Russian revolutionary leader's body is preserved has been for this reason closed uniil further notice. After Lenin's death tiie
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      SPORTING FIXTURES.
      108 17 Football: S.A.K.A. Div. I: R.A.F. vs. Malays An.-on Rd.: Div. II: Police vs. Wiltshire*, Jalan Besar; Div. Ill: Harbour Board vs. Public Services, S.H.B. ds: Malayan Championship, New World. MaU) liilrr-sihoul drill and games competition, Geylang English School ground. Thnrsd.y. April J7. Football: S.AI'.A. Div. I; S.C.C. vs.
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      H.M.S. MALAYA CUP PROGRAMME.
      183 17 Sixteen Fixtures in North And South. The complete fixture list of the Malaya Cup football competition is published below The northern fixtures have already i :i published in the Straits Times but, aie repeated here for *he sake of com- plcteness. Ncm hern Section. June B—Perak8
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      TENNIS.
      191 17 S.G.C. Tournament N. 8. Wise proved much too good for r". T. K. Hobbes in the semi-final of the S.C.C. championship singles last night md won in two straight sets, 6—l,6 1, 6—2.6 2. rhere was never any doubt as to the issue although Hobbes showed excellent form it
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      ANGLO-DANISH PACT.
      110 17 Conclusion of Trade Agreement. London, Apr. 24. The first British trade agreement to V.c concluded since the Ottawa Conference was signed today between Britain ar.d Denmark. The Anglo-Danish trade negotiations, which have now been proceeding for four months, are part of a series of separate talks that Britain
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      1998 19 THE THREE OUTSTANDING QLESTIOISS MR. MACBONAI&S VISIT TO WASHINGTON NO AGREEMENTS ANTICIPATED THE BEST VIEWS ON INDIA— DIEHARDS REFI SE JOINT COMMITTEE SEATS— AND WINSTON SAYS WHY—WAR DECLARED ON SLUMS THE GREAT CO-OPERATIVE SQUEAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office. Fleet Street, April
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      1564 18 IF PENANG BARS DOOR OF ENTRY TO A CUSTOMS UNION. After the chairman had announced the committee's vigorous opposition to a Customs Union in any shape or form, Mr. H. 8. Russell, a director of Sime. Darby and Co., surprised the annual meeting of the Penang Chamber
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      BUS TRAGEDY.
      50 18 27 Casualties In Crash Near Algiers. Paris, Apr. 24. Twelve natives were killed and 15 gravely injured when an autobus plunged down a precipice near Algiers owing to a failure of the brakes. The accident occurred in the immediate proximity of the famous grotto at palest ri. Anota-Trans-Ocean.
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      GERMAN CENSUS.
      42 18 Berlin, Apr. 21. The Bureau of Statistics is already preparing for the census which will take place in June next. Between 400,000 and 500,000 counters will be required and the cost will amount to 9or 9>* I million marks. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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      BARON VON SCHOEN.
      38 18 Death Of Ex-Ambassador To France. Berlin, Apr. 25. Baron von Schoen, who was the German Ambassador in Pa: is until the outbreak of the- war, died at his country seat in Berchtesgaden, aged 82. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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      ATLANTIQUE'S HULL.
      38 18 To Be Used As Floating Island" On Atlantic. Paris, Apr. 21. It is rumoured that the hull if the illfated Atlantique will be restored and used as a "floating island" on the transAtantic aerial route. Aneta-Trans-Oceaiu
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      THIRD IN EIGHT MONTHS.
      500 18 Another R.A.F. Fatality At Seletar. As briefly reported in the later editions of yesterday's Straits Times, L. A. C. J. J. F. Firth has been killed and Flying Officer G. W. P. Grant dangerously injured, as the result of a Hawker-Horsley bombing machine, in which they
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      WAGE INCREASE.
      114 18 "Ehormous Success Of Socialist System." Moscow, Apr. 6. During the past four years the aggregate wage-bill of the U.S.S.R. has risen from 8,000,000,000 roubles to 30,000,000,000 roubles. This sharp rise reflects the enormous successes in socialist construction, the liquidation of unemployment, the growth of the number of workers
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      TRADE UNIONISM.
      93 18 Germany Ostracised Owing To Dishonourable Conduct." Dor'munfl. Apr. 22. According to an Amsterdam dispatch published by Doitmunder General Anzeiger, a meeting of the executive and principal officials of the International Federation of Trade Unions has decided to break off relations with German trades unions owing to 'dishonourable conduct,
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      BILLIARDS.
      196 17 Two more matches were played last night in the Malayan billiards championship competition at the New World and resulted as follows: Chee Lian Chye (I'nited Confederate Funeral Association) beat C. L. Pereira (Indian Association) by 138 pts. Lim Poh Seah (Singapore Harbour Board Junior Service Club) beat Lim Tian
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      "REPUBLIC IN FACT."
      94 17 Mr. De Valera's Graveside Exhortation. Dublin, Apr. IS. Let us remove the forms one by one out of keeping with Ireland's right as a sovereign nation that thia State may be a republic in fact," was Mr. de Valera's graveside exhortation to his Cabinet co'leagues who stood
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      PRELATE IN COLLISION.
      71 17 Narrow Escape Of Cardinal Inniizer. \'u nna, Apr. ~"> The Cardinal An hibishop »f Vunna. Cardinal [nnitssr, hud a narro when th.- m< .tor-car in Which D« was re trrr.iiiK JrOBI I eon) ir collided with another cai an< ov< rtumed. The Archbishop and other occupants suffer
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      COFFEE IMPORTS.
      42 17 Greek Bargain With Other Countries. as, Apr. 22. A bill has been passed restricting the import of coffee, which is permit! in relation tn the export of Creek iroods. From this rule is exempted eoffea imfrom Dun-h Coioniei Aneta-Tians-Oci an.
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      SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
      34 17 Thirty Killed On Island In Aegean Sea. Athens, Apr. 24. i Thirty people were killed and more I than 100 injon ithquake [sla:ul, in the Dodecsm jin the Aegean Sea. Renter Win
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