The Straits Times, 8 April 1936

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1 4 The Straits Times
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    37 1 The Straits Times NEARLY A CKNTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 193G PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 1 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 193G PRICE 10 CENTS
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      710 1 CMJCAPOR!:: 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471). 1 S ~~~~"H H—^K^"~~r^MLmm»^V«r^*^^^^L, 11 IBM 111 1 a f^m EsL TRAVELLING tf WL*^ C^BbBKI M nree-ply frame with l/Jhaped ash Sa-TK SALEPRKES19 fafc <<f 1 1^^^^^^ Convertable t0 use \4l. T/nJte. -<Wn »«iuii«miiu^ M ■^to^^^^BF^T^SL.- Jhp-ir- jLHI lO SALE PRICE $4.90 each S*B"*^^
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      25 1 KUALA LUMPUR! 25. JAVA ST. I'PHOrJC T.ZB: Daisy I 15. ORt -.:::> ROAH J f il UOIUIETS BASKETS WPEATIIS j I Phone IHH7 (Ambri Maniions 1
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      500 2 SITUATIONS VACANT Wh>-n :i[>r-lyns lor an J position advertised In these colun-.n* send copies of testimonials Do not send originals WANTED oHic? dcrk for large estate. Only iirst class men need apply. Box 468, Straits Times. WANTED rj\ix!»^nred Senior Chinese Assistant, knowledge cf shipping essential. Write enclosing copies of testimonials.
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      902 2 BOARD RESIDENCE CHANCERY LODGE. 33. Chancery Lane, Board Residence, Terms moderate. "KINRAKA," 8 Claymore Hill. Quiet, comfortable accommodation, mod. San. Tel 6697 OXLEY BOUSE, 1, Lloyd Road. Cool airy room with or without kitchenette. Moderate. BELLEVILLE. 15. Scotta Road. Phone 4374. large Ac airy rooms. Priv. Verandah, mod. san ROGERVILLE.
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      774 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES at 1. a. 4 and 4-A, Prince St., No. 22. Raffles Quay and 10. Collyer Quay. Apply. Koh Chew Kee. 129. Ktlliney Road. SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB invitt applications for the rental of the Ladles' Halrdresslng Room In the new Club House and or the Men's
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      589 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. All firms, shopkeepers, tradesmen, etc. are hereby warned that no liability will be accepted in any case where credit is given to W.Os, N.C.Ob, and men of the 1st Bn. the Middlesex Regiment. NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on Friday, Apr. 10, Good Friday. Public
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      1027 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. NAPIER HOUSE. MAWACh HA/ I 7 NAPIEB ROAD. TANGLI.N. /WiHO^i4 U£. lIPLLL NEWLY OPENED. LARGE AIRY MANICURE AND MASSAGE l^bathT^ot S^J A V^6 WATER, BASINS EACH BED-ROOM 60. WATERLOO STREET REAL COMFORT IN GOOD LOCALITY T ■mj.c-w APPLY ABOVE ADDRESS OR TELE- I eiepJlOne 7467. PHONE 7406.
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      189 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within O'ltsJdc Without Ma lava Maliya Postage Monthly J 3.00 f iOO S *50 Qnartrrly S K.MJ MM 1.50 nail Yearly 117.00 S21.0* S15.00 Yearly 134.00 $10 00 130.00 Note.— OuUUtlon rneqnea should Include thr usual bank discount ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The charges and instructions (or CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
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      681 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) Y.\U, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSOLAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO UNDEP CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTVS GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAP SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage Spore 1936 BHUTAN G.100 Apr. 12 RAJPUTANA llOJf)
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      608 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Marseilles, London, Antwerp. Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Soil HAKOZAKI r:ARL 10.000 Apr. 15 16 t TERUKUNI MARU 12.000 Apr. 28 29 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 May 13 14 HARUNA MARU 10.500
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      629 3 ■■V a Vb^^vH ■■■■f2iky ;^*'O32ssSsSr tii 1 PASgENGEK AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining orivate bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From Prom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penang U.S. Sham BORINGIA 14/4 14 4 15/4 17/4 ERRIA S5
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      259 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE. FOB HONG KONG. AMOY, SHANGHAI, MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. TILAWA 1 0,0*0 April 9, 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets interchangeable with Pi O. 8. N. CO.. issued at
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      1208 3 SHIPPING I HB nn L CE o rx i™ iEl tINE < O:;e n The Hua Khlow Steamship Co (***** Lta. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard While Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Anstralian Oriental
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    119 4 Wednesday, April 8. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive Entrance KEPPEL HARBOIB. Main Wharf Lrh. Lucifer. Lch. Dolphin. Lch. Klttlwake. Tung Song. Loudon. Tug Pentower, Kudat, Centaur. Oil Wharf NU. Coal Whavl NIL VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pa(ar. Sheers Whart NU Albert Dock
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
    27 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SING A PORE— LON DON. The air mall dispatched .rom Singapore on Mar. 29 was delivered in I London on Apr. 7 <9 days*.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      285 4 Mails will close at Malacca as follows i Tomorrow. Medan (via Singapore) by elr (Netherlands) 6 pjn Persia, f Amsterdam and tLondon by by air < Netherlands 6 pjn. •Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Bombay, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt, Europe, Greet Britain, Ireland, U.S.A., Canada and Western Australia (via
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      FROM KUALA LUMPUR.
      128 4 Malls jpi'.l close at Kuala Lumpur as follows: Tomorrow. India. (all oartsi via Port Swcttcnham fßaiula) (parcels) ..5.30p.m. Friday. Apr. 10. Southern L WMtM India (via Nefsapatam Maui....i unjulai 7 p.m. Burma. Northern and Central India <vla Rangoon and Calcutta) (Karagola) 7 p.m. Givat bualn and places
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      CLEARANCES
      38 4 Apr. 6: Clyde Maru (Jap): Kulmerand (Ger): Raub. Gemas <Brlt.). Apr. 7: Hong Lam, Hong Thong, Hong Kw 'iis, Rahman, Esmeralda, Malacca. Hong Siang, Anshun (Brit.); Amagisan Maru (Jap.); Shun Foong <Chl.): President Harrison (Am.); Asahan <Dut).
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      349 4 Today. Djambl IC. Toen?kal (Toba) 3 p.m. Muntok Palsmbang (Thedens) 3 p.m. Pontir.nak (Khoen Hoea) ..3 v.m Medan (Yen Heutsz) ..4 p.m. Tarempa <Scott Harley) ..4 om. Saramak (generally) (Vyner Brooke) 4 p.m. Thursday. April 9. Karlmon (Tong Heng) ..9 am. Pengerang (Aik Soon) ..9 a.m. Tandjons
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    FRASER & CO'S SHARE REPORT.
    883 4 FRASER CO'S SHARE REPORT. During ths past week no new developments of any moment have taken place in the European situation, the various national dictators, veritable juggernauts in trousers, still preach peace tempered by expansion and most or the major problems seem for the moment to have been discreetly relegated
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    S.S. CHITRAL.
    234 4 Passengers Eastward. The following are passengers on the Chitral for Straits ports, which Jeft Marseilles on April 3. For Penang Mr. A. A. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bruce, Mr. E. R. Cuthbert, Mrs. L. 1 1. Ephraums, Miss G. L. Samuel, Mrs. i A. G. P.
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    127 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected tomorrow by air (Imp?rlal> will be delivered to boxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of letters on Apr. 10 at 9 a.m. Mails from Europe (Amsterdam) expected tomorrow by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m. Genera! delivery of
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      456 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, P. M.S. BLTS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 6433— Paaaage 5431. CANADIAN k'.'I»J:JS»»-fl'~Jßr~^;lJ.'i«4il T^ f% V VI V it 4 r.vt «^mT_ JMyiTTm mm A b Jl (Incorporated In England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE oklen TRANS-PACIFIC BERVICES rU HONOLULU
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      329 4 EI'FRMAN BUCKN4II ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. I TO. COMPANY. (Incorporated In Rutland) (IncoraoratM !n 0.8 A.) -ELLF.RMAN" UNK BOSTON. NEW YOHK A BAI TIMOBB FOB nAVRB. LONDON. via CAPS OF GOOD HOPE BOTTERUAM )UMRl ttO. Dim Sail* Vta Ports and 3»a CanaL STEEL TRAVELER Apr. 26 Apr. 29 Taking ear«o
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      137 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. n.-i.iv Weather ReDcrt. stations iesieraay ui nicW Max Rainfall Bricht Mm lemD. Ins Sunshine temp bn. 'V West Coast. Alor Star HI 020 9.3 74 Bayan Lepas iPenang) 90 1.19 8.5 75 Sitiawan 92 0.23 4.8 73 Bukit Jeram 87 0.07 5.8 72 Malacca 65 0 29
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      344 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE. Today. H. W. 11.45 noon 8.4 ft.: 11.36 p.m. 8.7 ft. L. W. 5.28 a.m. 0.8 ft.; 5.35 p.m. 2.2 ft. Tomorrow H W. 12 15 noon 8.3 ft. L. W. 5.54 a.m. 0.7 ft.; 5.57 p.m. 2.5 ft. Friday. April 10. II. W. 13 midnight 8.8
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    JAPANESE POLICY EMERGING.
    291 5 HIROTA'S CABINET'S PROGRAMME. VIGOROUS ATTITUDE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Toklo, Mar. 15. Final touches to the programme of the new Cabinet under Mr. Kokl Hlrota were today being clarified by a special committee headed by Dr. Elichi Baba. Minister of Finance, for presentation to the regular bl-weekl7 meeting
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      361 5 FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY A A powerful drama of the EiLr-*— WP^^^^fr^JS vrar of prices and human hearts Hm^H T a REGIS TOOMEY |wi_kAiLA^_^M&J evalyn knapp in Columbia Picture's Greatest Thriller ESTATE TROOPER" Opening Tomorrow RIDER HAGGARD'S NOVEL With 3^ H Via HELEN GAHAGAN M RANDOLPH SCOn. HELEN MACK Matinees
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      358 5 VICTORIA tonight" GLOBE 6.15 THEATRE 9.15 7.15 -THEATRE 930 DOLORES DEL RIO in the 9 exh'larJ. WARNER BROS.' RIOTOUS RAMPAGE iC^k of G Tpnovoci OF ROULETTE, ROMANCE AND ROARS! K^J\ SPICY SITUATIONS S«« Warren As Dolores /r\ J 3^S2O»^| FAZENDA as the *J^Mm Bi and, by the way. mM£^ *^3^L
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      87 5 Be smartly dressed have your suits tailored by SOONLY TAILORING CO. BEST WORKMANSHIP at COMPETITIVE PRICES. No. 427 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD near Middle Road. Managing Partner— Ylck W«h 11ln K .^r <^h jwafTl Iw ft .^Bm FINANCE ARRANGED BY MORTGAGES on properties, apartment houses, hotels, and other new constructions or
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      213 6 Tin Share Prices On Increase. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, April 8. The tin share market continues very strong this morning with all round inquiries on increasing prices. Practically every share has appreciated, and there is good support from London. Industrial shares are steady, and there have
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      PRODUCE.
      165 6 Singapore, April 8, 12 noon Buyer, Seller Gambier 6 00 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 16.75 Black Pepper 8.75 White Pepper 16.25 •Sundricd Copra 5.25 Mixer Copra 4.75 Small Flake Tapioca 4 50 Fan Scgo Mgui Fair Flake Tapioca 4.25 Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Small Pearl
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      MALACCA PINDA.
      33 6 The output of this company's estates for the month or March 1936 amounts to 30,100 lb. making a total of 268.600 lb. for (he seven months of the current financial year.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        556 6 All Shares quoted above arr tuily paid. issue val. Fraser Co. Lyall Evat Buyers Seiltrs Buyers Seller 4/- Ampat Ttn 5/6 6/- 5/6 6£1 Asam Kumbang 28/6 29/6 28/3 29/6 £1 Austral Malay 58/6 59/6 58/- 59/5/- Ayer Hitam 14/6 15/3xd 14/- 15/1 Ayer Weng 1.67>' 2 1-75 1.65
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        GENERAL.
        424 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 2 2 do 7% Prefs 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.60 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 11.75 12.25 £1 £1 B. A. T 5.17.6 6.2.6 6.0.0 6.5.0 1 80 B. M. Broadcasting 0.05 dls par 0.05 dis par 10 5 B.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        171 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 4V 2 1907 red. 1947 $1,300,000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 112 4W 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 .118 4% 1913 red. 1963 S2.000.000 Mai 31 Sept. 30 114 5%
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        349 6 'Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Today's Prices Fraser Co Lyail Evatt Mlenby 1.65 1.70 1.65 1.75 Mor Oajah 1.00 1.10 1.05 1J20 Kmal Malay ($2) 3.30 3.40 3.25 3.45 !Vyei Hitam 1.35 1.45 1.40 1.50 *yer Molek 0.92 0 98 C.92 0.98 \yer Panas 1.40 1.50cd 1.40
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    EXCHANGES.
    222 6 rhe following are the exchange rates rhls morning according to the dally circular issued oy the Hong Hung ana Shanshai Banking Corporation: SELLING London, 4 months sight 2/4 3/32! London. 3 months sight 2/4 3/32 London, 60 days .sight 2/4 1/16, London. 30 days sight 2/4 1/16 London, demand
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    94 6 Noon, Apr. 8. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) April Wfr 26% Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) April 26% 26 Yi No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Tone of Market: Steady, dull. Latest
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    366 6 London, Apr. 7. The stock market remained quiet with British Funds firm. The roll3W.un are today's ciosing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares or £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. Yester- Rise dmv or Fall New York prices quoted in U.S. currenry The above are dealers' nnodle
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    EXCHANGES.
    88 6 London, Apr. 7. Parlr 74 6164 Athens 521 sellers New York 491 13 16 Bucharest 672 sellers Montreal 4.97'» Rle 44 Bnis 29.21 sellers official Geneva 15.17 V* Belgrade 218 Amsterdam 7.27',.. Buci.os Aires unquoted Milan 62 1 1 16 Montevideo 38 "i Berlin 12.23 sellers official Madrid 36
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    HOME CAPITAL ISSUES
    39 6 Increase On Previous Year's Figures. London, Apr. 7. New capital issues in the first quarter of the year totalled £60,611,000 compared with £41,598.000 and £24.942,000 respectively in the corresponding periods of 1935 and 1934.— British Wireless.
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    SWISS BANK.
    109 6 To Pay Six Per Cent. Dividend. BftStl. Aor 7. The governing body ot the Bank oi International Settlement.; met on Monday, for the first time outside Basil. in the German spa Badenwellec in th? Black Forest where the President of the P.eichsbank. Dr. Schaiht. is at present taking
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    U.K. CUSTOMS DUTY. Relief In Respect Of Soya Beans.
    98 6 U.K. CUSTOMS DUTY. Relief In Respect Of Soya Beans. Ljndor Apr 7. The Treasury on the recommends* tton of the Import Duties Advisory Committee has issued an orri?i m thorisir.g -an al'owance cs drawb <■!: of customs duties as from Ap: il 9 i:, respect of soya beans useJ in
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    CABLE TRANSIT TIMES
    54 6 The transit tlm c on lull rate Telegrams from Singap>re to London on April 7. Telegrams Haiiocd ir up to 6.00 p.m. Telegrams Handed in up 10 5.33 pjn. Tplej?rams Handed in uy> to 6.00 p.m. Telegrams Handed in "r> tr 6.30 p.m. J nun. 2 lr.in.
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    SHARES REPORT.
    110 6 Lyall tt Evan's daiJy report of A->ril 7, states: NiIMNG. Slight improvement. Sungei Luas estimated mine profit on first quarter $116.000 00. Good interest maintained In shares which have reached new levels. 1.50 buyers. 1.54 sellers. K. div. Ainpals. S6, 6--. Jelebus buyers 9.. and Datu Selancor 93
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England A.D. 1720) FIRE. MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. APB 1.
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      115 6 SINGAPORE COLD STORA6E CO., LTD. NOTICE EASTER HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS Our Retail Establishments in Singapore will be open during the holiday period as follows: GOOD FRIDAY 10th April From 6 a.m. to 12 noon (Van deliveries at 6 a.m. and 9 30 a.m.) SATURDAY 11th April From 6 a.m. to 7.30
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      EAST ASIATIC COMPANY RESULT FOR 1935.
      1619 7 EAST ASIATIC COMPANY RESULT FOR 1935. Dividend Of Five Per Cent. Last year brought no material iir.proYement in the conditions governing international trade in the past five years. World trade continued to be adversely influenced by the political situation and multifarious restrictions of a commercial-economic nature. So states the annual
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL LIMITED.
      118 7 March Production. Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. advise the following particulars of operations of the under- mentioned Companies for the month of March: Unpat Tin Dredging Ltd 1858 Inglo-Siamese Tin Syndicate Ltd. S2S 'elapang Tin Dredging Ltd 551 Campong Lanjut Tin Jredglng Ltd 1275 CraT.it Tin Dredging Ltd 617 Cuala
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      BOARD OF TRADE.
      41 7 Average Wholesale Prices. London. Aor. 7. Th« Board of Trade average of wholesale prices was the same In March as in the preceding month but showed an increase of 5.5 per cent, compared with March 1935.— British Wireless.
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      LONDON TIN MARKET.
      704 7 Bolivia's Deficit. Messrs. Strauss Co. in their report of March 30, state: Ths standard tin market in London has had a fairly distinctly defined downward trend during the past week; at the same time, the "backwardation" (which is the barometer indicating the relative stringency In the cash
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      717 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colouy ot Hong Hong.) The liability at members Is limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No 9 of 1928 of the Colony Authorised Capital 530.000.000 Issued and Fully Paid- Up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong
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      40 7 CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION. (Incorporated In IS7I by Special Act of the Parliament of Canada) Head Office Toronto, Canada. General Agency for Straits Settlements— 34 35, Mercantile Bank Building, Singapore. ONE Ur THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S STRON6EST AND LARGEST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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      416 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 'Incorporated in England OT Ro7*l Charter 1853) Paid Up Capital in SuO.ooo shares of (3 each 0.*****0 Reserve Pund £3.000.000 Begenre LJabtltt? of ProDrletors C3.000.00t HEAD OFFICE: 38. Blshopscate. Lor don. E.C. I. Aloi Star Hong Kong Saigon Amriuar Ilolk) Semaranf Bannkok
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    "MISSING LINK" IN JAVA.
    104 8 PREHISTORIC SKULL DISCOVERED. (From Our Own CorrcsponiUnt.) Batavia. At Modjokerto, in Java, a prehistoric skill of a child has been discovered which is believed to be similar in period and character to! the remains found by Dr. Eugene l Duboia in Java in 1891 and known)
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    Revival In China's Commerce.
    130 8 Change Follows New Monetary Reforms. China's commerce and industry are slowly but steadily lecoveiing from stagnation since the promulgation on Nov. 4 of the financial reform decrees. The purchasing power of the Chinese people has been gradually increasing and Chinese trade may soon trend the read
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    New Japanese Office For China.
    109 8 Mini.-lrv Of Finance To Open Bureau. Tokio. Officials of the Ministry of Finance have decided to establish a new office for the Investigation of economic and financial conditions In China, It was reliably learned here. It was pointed out. in this connectiDii. that the Ministry
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    PACIFIC "PEACE" EXHIBITION.
    191 8 TO BE HELD IN JAPAN NEXT YEAR. It has been formally decided to hold the Nagoya Pan-Paclflc Peace Exhibition in the City of Nagoya March-May 1937. The purpose of the exhibition Is to promote world-wide peace and order 'and to stimulate the development of jthc Industries and
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    200 Cinemas In China.
    161 8 14 Per Cent. Of Films Made In The Country. China, with only about 200 motionpicture houses throughout the country, spends $20,000,000 annually for this entertainment, according to Dr. Wei i Hsieh-ren. Dean of the College of Science, University of Nanking, and Director of the Instructional Movie
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    ANCIENT TOMB DISCOVERED IN KIANGSU.
    45 8 An ancient tomb, believed to be several thousand years old. has been discovered at Suchien in northern Klangsu Province. According to reports brought to Suchow, the tomb contains many miniature houses and a large quantity of valuable pieces of art.
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    73 8 Welcomed by vast crowds, Britain's mightiest liner, the Queen Mary, arrived at Southampton from Clydebank to enter the King George V graving dock largest in the world— where her hull will be scraped and painted before she proceeds on her trials. Photo Shows: The Queen Mary entering the King George
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    Cruel Red Leader Taken Captive.
    154 8 Man Who Murdered His Brother. The career of the man who Is known as the most cruel Communist leader was brought to an end recently with the capture on the Kweichow border of Liu Chin-hsi. Liu had had a decade with Communist armies and had
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    Chinese Airwoman's Plans.
    226 8 To Make Aerial Tour Of The Country. I Miss Lee Ya-ching, China's first aviatrlx, who Just returned to Shanghai from a visit to her Lome in Kwangtung, plans to make a solo flight around China. Slim, attractive, and looking like one of the season's debutantes, Miss Lee
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    Evil Days Befall Soochow Gentry.
    119 8 Forced To Sell Family Heirlooms The gentry and big landowners round Soochow, the famous city of beautiful girls, are slowly but surely passing into oblivion, according to the Lin Pao. Most of these people are descendants of officials who held high positions during the Ching
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    SINO-JAPANESE SALT DEAL IN N. CHINA.
    80 8 China To Sell 500,000 Tons Annually. Final arrangements (or the sale of the salt from the 'Jhanglu district In Hopei Province to Japanese firms have been completed, reports the Shunpao. According to the terms. 500.000 tons will be shipped to Japan each year. It
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    NEW VICEROY ON HIS COMING TASK.
    817 8 "One Of World's Major Problems" The Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Lang, members of the Governmtnt of both Houses of Parliament, and heading Empire statesmen were among the 500 people at a farewell dinner given by the' combined Empire societies In London to the Marquess
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    Beggar Who Opened Three Schools.
    193 8 Great-Grandson Carries On Family Tradition. The story is related in the Bhangbal Chinese press ol a beggar in Tang Yih, North Shantung, who solicited for alms for forty years and, with the money thus obtained, opened throe schools in his district. After the beggur's death,
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    LITTLE ENTENTE PROTEST.
    101 9 NATIONAL SERVICE IN AUSTRIA. Vienna. Apr. 7. j The Little Entente Ministers nav.?i handed to the Foreign Minister. Dr. Berger-Waldenegg. Notes protesting against Austria's Introduction of compulsory national service on the ground that It Is a violation of the military clauses of the Treaty of St. Germain.
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    TRICOLOR STILL ON FIRE.
    104 9 Liner Asks Ships To Stand By. San Francisco, Apr. 7. The Swedish motorship Tricolor, which caught fire in the Pacific on Sunday night, has wirelessed all vessels In the vicinity reporting that flames are still raging from No. 5 hold and asking them to stand by.
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    IL DUCE SPEAKS TO YOUTH.
    120 9 A Day "Redolent With Glory" For Italy. Rome, Apr. 7. Fifty thousand Fascist Balilla, Avant Guardisti and other young Italians, ranging from 16 to 18 years of age, were reviewed by Mussolini on the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Junior Fascist organisation. Dressed
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    AMERICAN ARMY'S EQUIPMENT.
    130 9 "Considerably Behind Other Countries." Chicago, Apr. 6. The American Army as rar as equipment is concerned Is "still considerably behind the armies of other countries." declared the Secretary of War, Mr. George H. Dem, speaking on the anniversary of America's entrance into the Great War. "Most of
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    U.S. WARSHIP SENT IN PURSUIT.
    100 9 Two Alleged Gun-runners On Way To Honduras. New York, Apr. 7. It Is revealed that the State Department has been informed from Honduras that two sailing ships, reported to be of American registry, have left a Mexican port with cargoes of arms and amu.iitions for
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    56 9 Lord Lloyd, former British High Commissioner for Egypt, cave an address on "Islam and the British Empire" during the celebration of the Muslim Festival of Id-ui-Azha at the Woking Mosque. Left to right Lord Lloyd; Lieutenant-Colonel L. S. Amery, M.P., and the Imam of the London Mosque, Maulvi A. R.
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    BRITISH CONFIRMATION OF POISON GAS RAIDS IN ABYSSINIA.
    343 9 BRITISH CONFIRMATION OF POISON GAS RAIDS IN ABYSSINIA. NEXT STEP AT GENEVA London, Apr. 7. It is learned the British authorities are now convinced that the Italians have used poison gas in Abyssinia but say the Committee of 13 must deal with the matter and the evidence proving the use
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    ANOTHER PROTEST.
    27 9 BOMBING OF OPEN TOWNS. Geneva. Apr. 7. The Abyssinian Government has protested to the League against the air raid on Addis Ababa which, it alleges.
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    ITALY BUYS WHEAT FOR CASH.
    107 9 Effect Of Sanctions On Resources. London, Apr. 7. A further spotlight on the effect of sanctions Is seen today in the news of the sale of two cargoes amc anting to about 500.000 bushels of Australian wheat to Italy. Since it Is forbidden under sanctions
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    BISHOP BARNES ON LOCARNO PLAN.
    137 9 Birmingham Fears For General Staff Talks. London, Apr. 6. Prominent Birmingham citizens have sent a letter to The Times on the International situation protesting energetically against certain point* in the Locarno Powers 1 proposals to Germany. They condemn the plan for a neutral zone in
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    SPANISH ROYALTY IN CONFERENCE.
    162 9 Prince Don Juan Home From Singapore. Returning to Europe from his honeymoon tour, during which he visited Singapore and Malaya, Prince Don Juan, the heir-apparent to the throne of Spain and his Italian wife are attending a secret conference of members of the ex-Royal family of
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    38 9 Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, state; <n the Hous? ol Commons that a Supply Bill was being introduced involving an expenditure of over $50,000,000 for creating jobs for the unemployed and for relief wcrks.— Reuter Wireless.
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    SABOTAGE IN U.S. VESSELS.
    85 9 PRESIDENT ORDERS INQUIRY. New York. Apr. 7. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that recent cases of alleged sabotage aboard American ships mainly by foreignborn crews have causea Tresldent Roosevelt to lnst.uct the Secretary or Commerce. Mr. Roper, to open an Investigation. The
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    MASTER OF SEMPILL'S NEW RECORD.
    68 9 London. Apr. 7. The Master of Semplll one of tho best-known amateur airmen, established a world record by making a non-stop night from Croydon to B?rlln In a glider *vlth a 45 h.p auxiliary motor, mafcirg the trip in 11 hours. He made a return
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    AMUSEMENTS
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APR. 8. 1936. Wild Life.
    916 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APR. 8. 1936. Wild Life. Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, who has come to Malaya on behalf of the Society for the Preservation of Empire Fauna to report on the preservation of wild life in this country, is certainly doing his job very thoroughly. He is touring
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    Social and personal
    139 10 Mr. F. C. Vanrenen Manager of Lowin estate, Kuala Kangsar, goes Home on leave soon. Mr. John Hands. M.C.H., of Kuala Lumpur, leaves for Japan on Friday on a holiday. He will be away for a month. Mr. C. B. Newington, of the Great Eastern Insurance Co.,
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    BEHIND KING EDWARD.
    1338 10  -  WILLIAM J. MAKIN. III.— The Deceptive "Babe," The King's Pilot And His "Shadow." By I ET me confess that the man who baffles m* most in King Edward's entourage is the bland Major the Hon. Piers Legh. Meeting him for the first time you <"rc deceived by
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      " OBSOLESCENCE."
      164 10 OBSOLESCENCE." How Imperial Airways Uss The Term. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The enclosed letter from Imperial Airways, London, may be of Interest to you with regard to the word "obsolete" which they themselves use, In referring to the craft on the Singapore run.— Yours etc MERCHANT.
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    710 10 JONG LANDOR. I AM now able to answer the reader who asked what was the origin of Jong Landor (among other namos of Malayan estates). This estate, which is in the Bjlang Padang district, takes Us name Jrom two small rivers which run through it, the
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    500 DEAD IN UNITED STATES TORNADOES.
    216 11 1,800 INJURED 2,000 HOMELESS. Georgia And Carolina Hit By Rains And Wind. RED CROSS APPEAL FOR THE VICTIMS. riVE hundred people are dead, 1,800 are injured and 2,000 homeless as a result of the phenomenal weather conditions in the Southern States of America. Damage
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    FRENCH TRIBUTE TO JAPAN'S SCIENTISTS.
    150 11 "WORKING FOR GOOD" OF HUMANITY. Toklo, Apr. 7. Doctor Henri G. S. Morln. Director of the Anti-Ma'.ar a service and Pasteur Institute in French IndoChina, who has been On a lecture tour of Japan, left Tokio for Shanghai en route for home. The famous French
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    HAUPTMANN'S MOTHER GRIEF STRICKEN.
    138 11 HAUPTMANN'S MOTHER GRIEF STRICKEN. "I Cannot Believe They Have Kil'ed Him. Kamrnz Germany i. Apr. 8. Havas reporter found Frau Hauptmann in her little home here. Griefstricken at the execution of her son for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, the woman has suddenly turned from lair in ladle a^e
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    BOY SHOOTS TWO SISTERS.
    161 11 Tragic End Of Quarrel In France. Paris. Apr. 7. A tragic cas? of jui enile crime seomin^'v dv"* ti an ovrr r'imulnt?rt Imagination, occurred in Com get, a smail vil.a^c !n the neighbourhood ot Bordeaux, whrr.' a nine-year-old boy shot his fiv^-year-old sister dead, as a
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    CHINA TO BUILD SUBMARINES ?
    34 11 CHINA TO BUILD SUBMARINES Siiansha'.. Apr. 8. Th- X antrnan Shipyard has sub mitt -d plan to the Naval Ministry for tho expansion of the plant for construction of submarines— Sin Chew Jit Poh
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    NANKING-CANTON TALKS.
    223 11 FURTHER PROGRESS THIS WEEK. Hong Kong, Apr. 7. With the exception of certain diplomatic issues, including a new foreign policy, all the proposals of Mr. Hu j Han-min, leader of the Rightist party! of the Kuomintang, have been accept- ed in principle by Nanking, according to a cable
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    TO REFORTIFY DARDANELLES.
    126 11 REPORTED DECISION BY TURKEY. Istanbul, Apr. 7. Hints that Turkey may repudiate the clauses in the Treaty of Lausanne with regard to the demilitarisation of the Dardanelles Straits if It cannot achieve the same end by negotiation are contained in a message from Ankara stat1 ing that
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    7 11 General Blnecher. Commander of the Soviet troops.
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    BOMB WRECKS TRAIN.
    85 11 9 DEAD IN POLITICAL CRIME. Mexico City, Apr. 8. Nine persons are dead and many seriously injured as a result of the wrecking of two Pullman cars of a train travelling between Port "Vera Cruz and Mexico City. A bomb, placed on a bridge ever a river,
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    11 KILLED IN AIR CRASH.
    108 11 Giant U.S. Aeroplane On Fire. Union Town, (Pennsylvania) Apr. 8. Eleven people were killed instantly when a Trans-Continental Western air liner crashed on a hillside at Dulaney's Cave, in the district known by pilots as the "graveyard of Alleghanies" owinf* n the many crashes that
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    ECUADOR TO END SANCTIONS.
    50 11 Geneva. Ap-. 7. It Is reported the Government of Ecuador on Apr. 4 Informed the Italian Government that as It had accepted In prirciple to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the Italo-Abyssinian dispute the Government of Equador no longer proposed to apply sanctions against Italy— Reuter.
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    FORMER RED CAPITAL IN KIANGSI.
    54 11 The six districts in Kiangsi province which were formerly the headquarters of the Chinese "Soviet Government." are gradually returning to normal as rehabilitation plans are being carried forward. It is estimated that there are new 7.600 co-operative organisations in the province which ha\e out on
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    INDO-JAPANESE TRADE
    45 11 It is understood that the Japanese foreign office has cabled to the Japanese Embassy in London to request the British Government to expedite the negotiations for the conclusion of a new pact to replace the Indo-Japanese trade agreement which expires next March.— Aneta-Doxei.
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    34 11 Considerable anxiety has been aroused In Tientsin by a group of White Russians, alleged to be supported by the Japanese, who are collecting an "anti-Communist" fee from all White Russians resident in the city.
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    NO WAR IN THE EAST.
    188 11 Japanese Army Chief's View. BUT MANCHUKUO MUST BE READY. Tokio, Apr. 7. IIEUT. General Nishio, the new vice-chief of the Japanese general staff, and recently chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, arrived in Tokio yesterday and said that he did not believe that Soviet
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    CHINA AND SOVIET PACT.
    153 11 VIGOROUS PROTEST TO MOSCOW. Nanking, Apr. 7. China has vigorously protested to Russia against the conclusion of the Soviet-Outer Mongol pact of mutual assistance, which Is alleged to have been signed on Mar. 12. China says this violates the SinoSovlet agreement of May 31, 1924, whereby
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    ANOTHER CLASH REPORTED.
    104 11 FIGHTING LASTS SEVERAL HOURS. Tientsin, Apr. 8. One of the most serious clashes in recent months occurred on the Man-chukuo-Outer Mongolian border yesterday when fighting between a JapaneseManchu force and Soviet-Mongol allies lasted for several hours. No details are available regarding the casualties which are believed to
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    News In Brief.
    180 11 A late Reuter message says that the flames board M.S. Tricolor (see page NINE) are now extinguished. In circles close to the Quai DOrsay it Is believed that the proposed Franco- British military discussions have been postponed at the British request until j after Easter and will
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    ADMIRAL STIRLING DEAD.
    151 11 WOUNDED DURING THE BOXER RISING. The death is announced today, says Reuter, of Vice-Admlral Anselan John Buchanan Stirling. Admiral Stirling, who was 66. came of Scottish descent, and began life at sea aboard H.M.S. Britannia in 1889. He served in H.M.S. Barfleur in China during the Boxer
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    26 11 The body of Hauptmann, murderer of the Lindbergh baby, who was executed last week, was cremated yesterday after taking a death mask of the face.— Reuter.
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    PRESIDENT CENSURED.
    106 11 Senor Zamora Resigns. NEW CRISIS IN SPAIN. Madrid, Apr. 7, CENOR ZAMORA, President since the foundation of the Spanish Republic, has been forced to resign, the Cortes having by 23 votes to 5 adopted the Popular Front's vote of censure stating that he acted against the interests of
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    EASTER GESTURE.
    65 11 King Boris' Amnesty For 500 Prisoners. Sofia. Apr. 8. On the occasion of the Easier festival of the Orthodox Church. King Boris signed an amnesty for 341 prisoners sentenced by civil authorities and 142 sentenced by military tribunals. About 300 prisoners were released immediately, and 24 death sentences
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    WHY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ARE LATE AT SINGAPORE.
    630 12 OFFICIAL EXPLANATION GIVEN. Straits Times Interview. TOO FEW RESERVE PLANES AVAILABLE. "\I7E can make no attempt to justify our failure to adhere to our published schedules of flights between London and Singapore. Howerer, since this is a matter which deeply afTects the general
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    THE AIR MAILS.
    71 12 The outward bound British and Dutch airmail planes are expected to arrive at Seletar on schedule tomorrow evening. The Imperial Airways machine is due at 5 p.m. and letters will be delivered to boxholders the same evening, while others will receive theirs by post the following morning.
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    DEATH OF MR. J. HAROLD DOLLAR.
    41 12 The local office of the Dollar Steamship Co. have today received a cable from San Francisco stating that Mr. J. Harold Dollar, vice-president of the company, died suddenly from a heart attack at noon yesterday.
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    61 12 The remains of the late Mr. S. I. Saul. Council Reporter. S.S.. who died in Hong Kong, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow morning. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock at the Jewish cemetery at Thomson Road, the cortege leaving the residence of Mr. Saul at 29, Scotts Road,
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    25 12 Marilyn Miller, the beautiful star of stage and screen, whose death is announced today, seen with Ben Lyon in her last picture, "Her Majesty Love."
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. MOHAMED YUSOOF.
    220 12 Found Shot On Bed This Morning. M. K. Mohamed Yusoof, eldest son of Mr. M. Kader Sultan, the former "Cattle King," was found shot dea^l in his house in Adis Road shortly a f ter seven o'clock this morning. Dressed in a sarong and
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    SYDNEY CARTON ON THE SCREEN.
    237 12 At The Cinema. Dickens Story Finely Produced. "A Tale of Two Cities." (With Ronald Colman.) M.G.M. At the Capitol. Hollywood scenario writers are prepared to admit at last that perhaps the great English authors of the past did know something about plot-weav-ing ifter all. In
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    NO MORE BATHING IN RESERVOIR.
    77 12 Middlesex Regiment Order. Following the d>uble drowning fatality on Monday at Keppel Harbour Power Station, in which Private Francis Hubbard, 20, and Private Alfred Birch, 21, lost their lives, it is understood that the soldiers of the Middlesex Regiment have been Instructed net to swim
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    CHAPLIN IS NOT A COMMUNIST.
    251 12 And Marriage Talk Is "Just A Press Stunt." Mr. Charlie Chaplin, the film star, told the Straits Times yesterday that he thought Hitler and Mussolini had made a blunder when they banned his latst picture, Modern Times. "My pictures are not Communist propaganda," he said.
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    ROBBED HIS SISTER.
    154 12 Victim Found On Road At K.L. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. Sentence of one year's rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $250, or a further one month, was passed by Che Megat Yunos, third magistrate, In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court yesterday, on Hajl
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    CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY.
    102 12 The hon. treasurer of the Child Welfare Society acknowledges with thanks the subscriptions of $2 per month which are being collected by Mrs. H. G. Baxter from the following: The Hon. Mr. A. S. Small and Mrs. Small, Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Reilly. Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. MacDonnell, Mrs
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    LOST HIS BRIDE.
    71 12 (F. om Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Apr. 8. At the Perak Assizes an Indian labourer employed on Jong Landor Estate, Tapah, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a girl aged 16 was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment. Ho told the court that he brought the
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    TRIPLE HANGING IN SINGAPORE.
    527 13 THE MURDERERS OF (ROOKED MOUTH." (LEVER DETECTIVE WORK RECALLED. The three men sentenced to death for the murder of the South China j bandit-leader Wai I Shiui Khing (•Crooked Mouth") were hanged ac| the Singapore prison yesterday. They] wire Hcngwhas Ong Choon Keng. lay Ah Tong
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    FINK FOR DEERSHOOTING.
    121 13 Animal Was Damaging Rubber Tree (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Air. 6. Charges of shooting a female deer Without v licence and shooting a female d:>er during the close seasor were- brought sfftTit Vellasamy before the First Magistrate, Johore Bahru. Mr J. B. Weiss. H: pleaded
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    CHINESE WILL IN DISPUTE.
    448 13 Conflicting Judgments Of Court. Unusual facts were revealed wlun a case concerning the estate of Tan Tye, deceased, came before .Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the Hitfht Court at Singapore yesterday. There had been two conflictins judgments as to the construction ol a particular clause in
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    Lawyer's Firm "Floated."
    51 13 (From our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Apr. 8. A well-known firir of Siamese lawyers have formed themselves into a limited liability company for the purpose of carrying on the profession of law and taking over the goodwill of the vendors, who are remaining in control of the new
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    16 13 At the Military Funeral or Privates Rirch and Hubbard at Bidad.ri Cemetery yesterday. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    MALAYANS AS ADVISERS TO KWANGSL
    259 13 F.M.S. Consul On Shanghai Report. (From <)u.- Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. |WO confirmation can be obtained' of the Shanghai message, pub- i lished in Malayan newspapers, which stated that seven Malayan Chinese had been asked to be honorary advisers to the Kwangsi Government.
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    ALLEGED WRONGFUL REMOVAL.
    379 13 Chinese Manager Says The! Goods Were Sold. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. Further evidence was heard by Mr. I. Calder. in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, in the case in which Tong Chak Man. manager of Chop Yee Foong. was charged with fraudulently
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    ATTACK WITH PARANG.
    77 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. C.ntcnce of 18 months' rigorous Imprisonment was passed by Mr Justice Pedlow. at the Selangor Assizes 'today, on a Tamil named Manlakarar. who v/as found guilty of voluntarily causing grievious hurt to Nadesan a: Sungel Choh estate, on Nov.
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    EUROPEANS IN THE F.M.S.
    167 13 Nearly Twice As Many t Men As Women. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 7. The report of the Registrar of Births and Deaths. F.M.S., for 1935 shows chat European men outnumbered i women by less than two to one last < June, the figures
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    LIGHTERMAN DROWNED.
    139 13 Fell Overboard In Singapore Kiver. Losing his balance, Rainalin.-um, a 40-year-old lighterman, feil overboard into Singapore River near Cavanagh Bridge last night and was drowned. Ranijlingam was UM Indian "a;i;.mg ot the lighter, which he was directing to its mooring opposite the Flin. Street godowns about 7 p.m.
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    SEGAMAT SHOW.
    122 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Apr. 7. Preparations for the Segamat District Agricultural Show and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition to be held on Thursday and Friday, Apr. 16 and 17, on the Segamat padang, arc almost complete. H.H. the Tungku Mahkota of Johore will open the show,
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      HINDU AND MUSLIM COMMISSIONERS.
      799 13 System Of Nomination Criticised. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I shall be obliged if you will allow me a little space in your valuable journal to express the feelings of the vast majority of Indians and non-Indian itloliammedans in Singapore on the :ight
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    S.G.C. TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF A SWIMMING POOL'
    955 14 NEW RULES AFFECTING SERVICE MEMBERS. Committee Authorised To Engage Paid Secretary. A SUGGESTION that a swimming: pool should be built at Bukit Timah, for the use of members of the Singapore Golf Club, was put forward by Mr. M. N. Wardell
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    S.C.C. vs. MIDDLESEX ON PADANG TODAY.
    101 14 r 7*IlE Middlesex Regiment make their soccer debut against the S.C.C. in a friendly match on the Padang today. The grouni will be enclosed and the usual charge made to Non-members. The Club are without Hutchinson, who hopes to be fit for the next
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    48 14 The Grand National field taking Beecher's Brook the first time round. Bod and Gun is Just rearing the fence. Double Crossed is nearest camera with Provocative next to him. Crown Prince is in front. The leaders, Davy Jones and RrynoUtatown, who won, are already away from tKe turns
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    20 14 Khoon Onn, the speedy little Chinese right winger, who is playing as weH as ever thi« season. Straits Times Photograph.
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    POOR FINISHING BY THE SKINS.
    397 14  -  LEIGHTON. Association Football. Police Get Their First Point Of The Season. HY InnLskillings 1, Police 1. -pHE Police rot their first point in 1 the First Division yesterday when they held the Inniskillings to a 1 1 draw at Anson Road Stadium. The football served
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    The Best Grand National Double On Record
    1117 14 GOLDEN MILLER NOT TO BLAME. (By Our London Mafl) Fleet Street, Mar. 28. IN winning the Grand National SUeplcelir.s? yesterday for the second year in succession, ReynoMitown accomplished a feat that has been recorded on only two occasions since the race was instituted
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    20 14 Said, the Malay goalkeeper, looks like being Singapore's first choice in the Malaya Cap games this year. Straits Times Photograph.
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    A.D. ANDERSON TOO GOOD FOR ORR.
    341 14 Lawn Tennis.' Mr. Justice Whitley Wins Veterans Doubles Tie. jTHE SC.C. spring lawn tennis tournament continues to make progress. Yesterday A. D. Anderson [proved tco good for H. E. Orr, the soccer player, after a close first set. I while in the Veterans' Doubles
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    MALAYAN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AT K.L. THIS WEEK-END.
    665 15 FIELD WILL BE A LARGE ONE. W.H. Elkins Expected To Start Favourite. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 7. MALAYA'S best golfers will be at Kuala Lumpur this week- end for the championship meeting, which starts on the course of the Selangor
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    ISLAND CLUB WOMEN SUCCESSFUL.
    99 15 The Island G.C. women's team jbsat the Singapore Golf Club team by three points to two in a match at the Island Club yesterday. The re1 suits. Singapore G.C. players mentioned first, were as follows: Mrs G. V. Allen 1. Mrs. R. W. Hlgginbo'.tom 0 Mrs.
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    38 15 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8. Sorw: Friendly. S.C.C. vs. Middlesex R«Kt at S.C.C: Dlv 2. Govt. Monopolies vs. Fort Canning at Anson Road Stadium- Div 3. Chinese 111 vs. V.M C.A. at S.H.B. Lawn Tennis: S.C.C. tourney continues.
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    23 15 The Combined St. Andrew's School and V.M.C.A. Juniors cricket teams taken at St. Andrew's yesterday. The School won nuitc easily. Straits Times Photograph.
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    PETERSEN'S £6,000 FIGHT OFFERS.
    216 15 Boxing.' May Meet Lewis At The White City On May 25. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 31. TACK Petersen's price for a single contest has now risen to ,t 6,000. This is the amount the British heavy-weight champion, who began professional boxing five years ago
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    64 15 The following will represent the S.C.C. against Johore C.C. on the Padang on Friday: O. E. C. Ash. T. U. V. Anderson, R. V. Broome. W. H. Beaton. W. W. Dean. B. Gaillard. P. Hatcher. W. R. M. Haxworth fCapt.l. Fit-Lieut. H. C. Lee. Lieut. Salaman and
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    YACHT RACING MADE CHEAPER.
    497 15 NEW NATIONAL TYPE FOR £45. No Limitations As To Shape Or Lines Of Beats. From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 31. AN inexpensive type of National sailing boat for racing on lake, river and sea has been evolved by Yacht Racing Association. This is a dinghy
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    THE KING AND FOOTBALL
    78 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 30. The King, like his father before him. has become Pa'ron of the Football Association. Lord Wigram, Keeper of the Privy Purse, has conveyed this information to the F.A. in the following letter: "I am commanded by the Kin to
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    SINGAPORE vs. SELANGOR.
    48 15 A limited number of scats are available for the Singapore vs. Selangor State cricket match in the S.C.C. Club house and should be applied for immediately. These may be had at $1 for the match. Admission to the ground will be 20 cents per day.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    565 15 How Bobby Jones Found "Calamity Jane"— World's Best Known Putter No Alteration Likely To Foot -Fault Rule. Conducted by DOBBY JONES' onderful score of 64 in a practice round for the Masters' tournament, at Augusta, recalls the history of Calamity Jane," the famous putter which contributed so
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    PADGHAM WINS £2,000 GOLF TOURNEY.
    80 15 L^iid in, Apr. 1 Alfred Padgham. the British Ryder Cup player won the £2.000 Daily Mall golf tournament at Brarr. >hot 'Hantsi with a score of 284 for 72 hoi s His Individual rounds wwe 73. 73. 70 and 68. the last jound bein^: a
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    SINGAPORE VETERANS DEATH AT HOME.
    225 16 The Late Mr. R.W.G.L. BraddelL A man who has been described as one of the finest criminal lawyers and cross-examiners to have practised at the local bar died on March 24 following a heart attack in a train at Home. He was Mr. Robert Wallace
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    POLICE BAND CONCERT.
    103 16 Friday's Programme At Teluk Ayer. By kind permission of the Hon. Mr. R. H. Onraet, Inspector-General of Police, the band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform on Friday at TcloU Ayer at 5.20 p.m., under th3 direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch. L.R.A.M.. A.R.C.M.. R.M.S.M., programme:
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    48 16 The recent decision of the Indian Legislative Assembly to terminate the: agreement signed at Ottawa between the British and Indian Governments was mentioned In Parliament j when it was said that presumably the Government of India would, :n due course, give the necessary six weeks' notice.— British Wireless.
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    SIR GEORGE PENNY HOLDS FORTH.
    328 16 Views On European Crisis. Sir George Penny, M.P. for Kingston, and "Member Dor Malaya," gave his views on the international situation when he attended, with Lady Penny, a luncheon organised by the women's division of the Kingston Divisional Conservative Association. He said that this year
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    MALAYAN ENGINEERS.
    60 16 The sixteenth annual general meeting of the Engineering Association of Malaya will be held on Sunday, April 26, in Singapore. The Association bad a membership of 206 at the end of last year. Its meetings are held at different Malayan centres and there are sections for Perak. for
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    ALLEGED MURDER AT MANDAI.
    338 16 Tragedy On Chinese Estate. a verdict of culpable homicide amounting to murder was returned against Poh Tin, alias Tal Teng, by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. O. Porter, at an inquest on Monday touchIng the death of Tan Kok Khoon. a mandore on the Ban Ban
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    35 16 Mohamed Hashim, the Malay tenor, who is to sing at Sea Vieio on Sunday, in Italian. German. French and English, accompanied by a Viennese orchestra. He has broadcast locally and has made records for H.M.V.
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    SEGAMAT NOTES.
    127 16 India-Ceylon Association Formed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ssgamat, April 6. The old boys and 1935 Seniors of the Government Lnglish School entertained the staff to a well attended tea party at the school hall on Tuesday last. Inche Karlm bin Suranl, O.D.O., Segamat, is a patient in the
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    34 16 Mr. R. E. Ince. of King Edward VII School. Taiping, is leaving shortly to take the place of Mr. h. R. Wheeler. Assistant Inspector of Schools. Penan g, when Mr. Wheeler goes on leave.
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    R.R.I. COSTS OVER $400,000.
    132 16 R.R.I. COSTS OVER $400,000. UscTul Activities Last Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kiala Lumpur, Apr. G. The Rubber Research Institute ol Malaya spent $20,285 last year in instructing small holdtrs. This amounr was made up of $994 for film propaganda. $17,291 for Asiatic rubber instructors, and $2,000 as a grant
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    N.S. BUS "WAR."
    69 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. 6. The keen competition between red buses playing for hire between Seremban and Kuala Pillah and a newly inaugurated service on the same route, was mentioned in the Seremban magistrate's court when three Chinese, driver, cleaner and conductor, were charged with
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    KUANG DROWNING TRAGEDY.
    61 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 6. A Malay woman and a child were found drowned in a stream at Kuang, near Rawang, last night. The husband of the woman was found six miles away, ying dead in the lulling. this morning. Officials of the Criminal
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    9 16 Judge at the Singapore Flower Show. Straits Times Photograph,
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      230 16 Is He Content With The Present Rates? To the Ediicr of the Straits Times Sir.— I am surprised to read the letter from "Ex-Chairman, D.P.A." published in your issue of Apr. 3 under lie caption "Estate Wages," in which he says that while he and his co-workers
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    MALACCA INDIAN CLUB.
    266 16 Mr. S. Shanmugam Elected President. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Apr. 5. The Malacca Indian Club's annual general meeting was held on Saturday on the spacious lawn adjoining the club premise. Mr. D. W. Devaraja presided, and nearly sixty members were present. A group photograph was taken
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    "CLOSE SEASON" FOR BAGPIPES.
    207 16 Lancashire Magistrates* Dilemma. Upholding '.he Sass?nach view that one man's bagpipes is another mans poison, the Wirral magistrates at Birkenhead imposed "a closo season" on unsolicited performances in a lc.-al nous?. They accepted an undertaking from Mr. Frederick Ainslie Eskdale Allan, of Barker-!ane, Greasby— whos; bagpipes,
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    HIGHER MORTALITY FROM CHOLERA.
    205 16 HIGHER MORTALITY FROM CHOLERA. May Spread From India. The annual report of the Eastern Health Bureau of the League of Nations indicates increased prevalence of cholera in India, though the statistics for last year are not complete. It is stated that the mortality in 1932 land 1933 was the lowest
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    BORING FOR OIL IN ENGLAND.
    217 16 First Well Begun Nesr Portsmouth. The first test wc-11 to be sunk In England under the provisions of the Petroleum Act. 1934. was begun on i March 30 on Portsdown Hill, above I Portsmouth Harbour, where a site of J five acras has been securea
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    AUSTRIA'S CONSCRIPTION CAUSES ALARM.
    71 16 Prague, Apr. 6. News of the decision of the Austrian Government to introduc? compulsory military and labour service has produced consternation In Prague and resulted In a Cabinet meeting being hurriedly summoned In the opinion of political circles the Czech Government will, with tha agreement of
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    899 17 Sultan Of Perak On Scholarships. THE winning of the F.M.S. Queen's Scholarship by Mohamed Suffian has brought great honour to Clifford School, Kuala Kaogsar, and to the Malay race, and has given unbounded joy to his Ruler. So declared His Highness the Sultan of Perak,
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    331 17 New Books Issued Tomorrow. The undernoted newly added nonfiction and fiction works will be ready for issue tomorrow at 8.30 a.m.: NON -FICTION. Egyptian Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting. Illustrated. James Baiklc; Forest. Life in India. Illustrated, the Hon. James W. Best; R. D. Bs Procession, Illustrated. Ralph D. Blumenfeld;
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    IN JAPANESE PRISON FOR SEVENTEEN DAYS.
    594 17 British Journalist's Experience. A probable visitor to Singapore in the near future is Mr. Gerald Sampson, a British journalist who recently spent seventeen days in a Japanese prison. He was arrested at the Imperial Hotel, Tokio. on Feb. 27, during the military revolt, Id
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    285 17 Boatrace Dinner At Ipoh. Miss Olive Moir Is at present a patient in Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. G. T. McCulloch, of Ulu Padang estate, Rembr. has proceeded on Home leave. Mr. A. Murray, Government Dentist, Sarawak, has been invalided from the Service owing to failing eyesig+it. Mr.
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    157 17 "BOOKIES AT IPOH. Detective 's Bet Accepted. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 7. As a sequel to raids carried out by the Detective Department three local "Bookies" were produced in the police court, charged with receiving money directly or indirectly in respect or betting. Mohamcd Ali. employed In a
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    55 17 The old boys of the Holy Innocents English School at Upper Serangoon are reminded of the conference arranged to open on Maundy Thursday at 7 p.m. at the school hall, when one of the Redemptorlst Fathers will givr- a:i address, as as the details of the programme for Good Friday.
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    2221 18 Recent Developments In "Buna" Attempt To Break The British And Dutch Monopoly. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. A SINGAPORE MERCHANTS NOTE BOOK. '•piGHT bells. All's well. Sir." The look-out man on the mast-head stares into the dark night; the officer on watch paces the bridge,
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    1066 19 British Political Diary. From Our Own Correspondent (By Air Mail.) London, Mar. 30. rpHE critical international situation continues to dominate political thought, both in Parliament and in the country. Away from Westminster there Is a sharp division of opinion as to what
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    49 20 I.i the rno^t IntBnsivc bombardment of the present campaign Harar. second city of Abyssinia and capital of the south, has been reduced to a mass of blazing ruins. Photo shows: A picture taken from the sandbag-protected roof of the British Consulate at Harar looking out over the southern capita]
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    40 20 H II S. Queen Elizabeth, flagship of Admiral Sir William Fisher, moving Into Grand Harbour. Malta, witn the Admiral on board. This was the Admiral's last visit before leaving to take up the new appointment of Com-. mander-in-Chler at Portsmouth.
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    27 20 iThe Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nott Bower, presented Carnegie awards for heroism to police officers at the^Tottenham Court-road station, for their part in ths' recent Charlottc*Street"flre.
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      18 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 No. 31.
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      3371 1 ANNUAL MEETING OF AMATEUR WIRELESS SOCIETY. TWO important subjects educational broadcasting and Sunday broadcasting were discussed by the Rev, Colin King at the annual meeting of the Penang Wireless Society. The President, Mr. M. J. Thorpe, said, The opening of our Broadcasting Station coincided with
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      788 1 Conducted By TECHNICIAN. QI'ERY I would like your advice on battery charging. I wish to get a low tension accumulator with a charging rate of li to 2 amperes. What is the best method of making a charger? (Kuantan Listener). ANSWER This entirely depends on the type
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        123 1 THEY ARE CALLING YOU... FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. l IMP N f From America, from Africa, rrpm Europe. Irom everywhere come their voices, but they pass through your home unnoticed. IT you dent have the right instrument to pick them up. But why should you forego the world's
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        139 2 With the World's Programmes and Articles of Interest, will be sent free on request to Lithographers Ltd., S'poro. BATWATER KENT forward. Laboratory engineers have created radio's newest sensation— the p mazing, human tone of the new and music come Into the home as truj as life, exactly as they sound
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        625 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 1. The following frequencies will be osed: CSN 11.82 Me (25.38 m.) and GSB 9.51 Mr s (31.55 m.) p.m. 3.20 The News. 3. 35 Close down. TRANSMISSION 2. The follow in; frequencies mil 1 be osed: GSJ 2153 Me s
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        486 2 PARIS. STATION RADIO— COLONIAL! 25.23 11.880 ke. p.m. 4.20 Recorded music. 4.35 News In French. 5.05 News In English. 5 20 Close down. 19 M 15.244 kc. 6.15 Programme announcer" Tit. 6 20 Concert relay from Radio- Paris. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert relay (contd.). 8.05 News in French.
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        593 2 r f IF I CAN HELP IT K I J /V8\ BROADCA^INQ \J)\y TO)/O°c\ APPAKAT05 Frankly we don't want any apparitions "on the air." They were going to broadcast a ghost from the B.B.C. from the Daily Mail. I'd been Mrs. Noah. Songs from The Blue Rhyme Book: (1) Good
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        400 2 GAG THE GHOST BY POY. 7.35 Concert of liclit music (cont.). 8.20 Close DJB. DJN. 8.25 Ca!l DJA. DJB. DJN. 8.35 News and economic review in German. 8.. SO Short evening entertainment. 9.20 News and economic in English on DJA and in Dutch on DJB. DJN. 9.35 Todav in Germany.
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        360 2 TRANSMISSION 5. a.m. 6.20 Big Ben. The Arthur Dulay Quintet. Rigaudon (Raff). By a Brook (Boisdeflre) Naila (Dolibes. arr. Dohnanyi). Pussy Cat's Wedding Day (Landschutz) Two Celtic Sketches: (1) Mavourneen (2) Sandy (Arthur Dulay.) 6.40 Ivy Trermand, the Musical Comedy Star. 6.50 The Arthur Dulay Quintet cont'd.) Indian Love Song
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        489 2 Studio. Conducted by the Rev. Pat. McCormlc!:. n.S.O. 12.20 Close down. BERLIN. 5.05 p.m. Das grosse Totenspiel by Ernst Wiechert. In this play "Das grosse Totenspiel the poet Ernst Wiechert has treated in a new guise an old theme which it was the custom at the close of the Middle
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        380 3 2-RO. ROME. (Continued from page li) 9.30 p.m. Opening announcement. News bulletin In English. One act from the Opera "LA VALLY" by Maestro Catalanl. transmitted (rom La Scala Opera House, Milan, and conducted by Maestro Giuseppe del Campo. Interpreters Glna Ci^na, Francisco Merli Armando Borgloli. News bulletin In Italian. Programmes
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        443 3 10.05 Ivy Tretinand, the Musical Comedy Star. 10.13 Musiral Interludes 10.20 Harold Ramsay, at the Organ "f the Granada Tooting. 10.50 Sports Talk* 11.05 Musical Interlude t 11.10 "Queue for Song"' An Empire promenade, presented by Reginald Smith. 11.50 Greenwich time signal. The news, a.m. 12.05 Dane; Music. t 12.20
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        726 3 fPENANG. Time signal. Day's programme Recorded music. Malay music. 8.30 News bulletin 8.35 Malay music 9.00 Close down. SUNDAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. am 12.35 Big Ben. The Children's Hour. 1.20 The News. TRANSMISSION 5. 16.20 Big Ben. Henry Halls Hour. 6.50 "Books to Read."* Some suggestions for the listener's
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        739 3 5.05 News In Engllr:i. 5.20 Close down. IS. 68 la— 13.544 Ira. 6.15 Programme announcement. 6.20 Concert relay lrom Radio-ParU 7.20 News In English. 7.35 Concert relay (contd.) 8.05 News In French. 8.35 Concert relay (contd > 8 20 Reviews nnd" periodicals. 9 30 Gossip of the week. 8.40 Colonial
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        766 3 1.05 News In German. 1.20 Close down. 25 23 11,833 ko. 4.20 Rcorded music. 4.35 News In French. 5.05 News In English. 5.20 Close down. 19.63 15.244 kr. 6.15 Programme announcement. 6 20 Concert relay from Radio-Park. 7.20 News m English. 7.35 Concert relay (contd.) 8.05 News in French. 8.35
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        727 3 8.20 News In En^.lih. 8 35 Recorded music. 0.20 Talk. 9.35 Close down. 11.05 Talk. 11.20 Recorded music. 11.40 News Hi English. 12.00 News In French. p.m. 12.20 Recorded music. 12.50 News In Spanish. 1.05 News in German. 1 20 Close down WEDNESDAY EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. a.m. 12.35 Big
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      TELEPHONING WITH TELEVISION.
      222 4 Inauguration In Germany At Leipzig Fair. Berlin, Mar. 1. Today's opening of the 1,975 th Leipzig Fair (for more than 800 years merchants have Journeyed to Leipzig twice a year to display their wares) has been distinguished by the inauguration of the first long-distance tele-phone-cum-televlsion service. At
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      EMPIRE STATION.
      138 4 NEW FREQUENCIES WAVELENGTHS. The following schedule of frequencies for the Empire transmitters will t come into operation on April 19: Transmission 1: OSN and GSB. 12.35 p.m. 2.35 p.m. Transmission 2: GSH and OSG. C.20 t p.m. 9.05 p.m. < Transmission 3: GSG and QSF. 9.20 p.m.— 12.23
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      RADIO TELEPHONE SERVICE TO KENYA.
      67 4 Mr. J. H. Thomas. Colonial Secretary, speaking from the King George V Hall at the General Post Office, London, inaugurated the first radiotelephone service with Kenya, Africa. With the Postmaster-General, Major G. C. Tryon, he exchanged messages with the Governor and the Post-master-Oeneral of Kenya.
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      AMATEURS IN MALAYA.
      401 4 INCREASED ACTIVITY NOTED. Morse, Speech And Music. (From Our Radio Correspondent.) A MATE.UR activity in Malaya, as well as in neighburing countries, seems to be on the increase and I recently decided to spend one or two evenings with amateur stations working with each other from all
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      MYSTERIOUS PERIODS OF SILENCE IN MALAYA.
      1010 4 Once Every 26 Days. PHENOMENON EXPERIENCED ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY? (From Our Radio Correspondent.) IT will be remembered that in the Radio Supplement of Feb. 12 a radio correspondent recorded his experiences about peculiar reception conditions which prevailed throughout Malaya on the noon of
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      SINGAPORE'S NEW RADIO STATION.
      217 4 SINGAPORE'S NEW RADIO STATION. Commercial Reception. FOR CIVIL AVIATION MESSAGES. A LMOST unnoticed by the general public and without interruption of the service, a new wireless receiving station lias gone up at St. Michael's Road, off Serangoon Road, Singapore, under the aegis of the Government. The going-into service of the
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