The Straits Times, 23 April 1936

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1 4 The Straits Times
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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 2! PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936 FRIC«UI^ CENTS. The Straits Times 1 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      245 1 GINGAPORE 140. CECIL ST. I'PHONE 5471) Kvhß MO^IT^H TOP AEFRIGERATORS (Made by General Electric Company of U.S.A.) 4 Years Guarantee A range of models from 2 cubic feet upwards No interference with Radio IN THE MIDST OF TODAYS CLAIMS WE SUGGEST A DEMONSTRATION iN ORDER THAT YOU MAY LEARN FOR
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      89 1 FOR ALL DEFECTS OF VISION CONSULT M. EZEKIEL SONS Established 20 years. Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians ONLY ADDRESS: Baffles Chambers, 9 Raffles Place, Singapore. Cranch Office: 35. Noordwijk, Batavla, Java. Optometrists: E. M. EZKKIEL, 8.0., 0.D., (Doctor ol Optometry (U.S.A.) etc. A. M. l/.IKIiI 0.D.. R.C.S.. F. 1.0. (London) etc. NOTICE
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      126 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). HERE! A TOOTHBItI'MII More Effective than anything of ike past XHEVVE made sensational improvements in America's favorite toothbrush. Famous design] made 60yi more effective by actually water-proofing the super-bristles. Germ-proof— scaled in glass. Absolute guarantee asainst any dissatisfaction. Ten new. icwci-L&c ■icolors. THREE
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      19 1 Daisy j I 15. ORCHARD ROAD.' I for I J BOUQUETS lUSKFTS WREATHS j I rhone 4097 (Amber Mansions)
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      340 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advrr- I in these rolumns send copies of testimonials. Do not «nd originals. REFRIGERATOR Fitter Wanted— P.O. Box 506. Singapore VACANCY for a dispenser in European Pharmacy filled. Applicants thanked. WANTED, efficient radio repairer. Immediate engagement. Apply 516, Straits Times. Posts of Computers
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      833 2 SITUATIONS WANTED EURASIAN, 33, experienced accounts, salesmanship (motor trade), advertising, office routine, seeks position responsibility. Please write Box 525, Straits Times. EUROPEAN, 30 years experience in all manner of concrete work in Buildings Bridges seeks employment, willing to go anywhere. ExceJent testimonials. Apply Box 522 Straits Times. 11l NINK9SM AN,
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      789 2 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET, S, Swettenham Road full; furnished. Apply D. Israel c/o Prankelfc. FURNISHED BUNGALOW. Vacant June 1. C 5. Calrnhill Road. Apply *t, Meyer Road. TOWER BUNGALOW, 472-1. Pasir PanJang, 4% mile. Guan Bee Co., 315, Keppcl Harbour. TO LET, unfurnished, nice house recently built. Rent
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      883 2 T AUCTION NOTICES. UP- AUCTION SALE of Philips' radio sets and spare parts. in Comprising, 16 No. 838A, Philips' receivers, pjj 1 Nr>. 933 Ant. Philips' receiver, 2 No. 334A Philips' receivers. 2 Philovox gramophones with loud speakers. 1 pick-up. 3 loud specktly ers and a lot of spare parts.
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      849 2 EDUCATIONAL EDENMORE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, Surrey. Boys from abroad, 5-14. Excellent situation and record. Highest references. Health; and happy holidays. 21 gns. per term lnrl Prospectus from The Straits Times or Sec. Medbourne House. Berrylands. Surbiton. BRADBOURNE COLLEGE Serensaks. Kent. Principal: Miss M. B. Focher ('ate Headmistress St. Margaret's Ladles College
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      192 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Wltnin Outside Without Malaya Maliya Postage Monthly S inn l.*0 S £.50 Ouarlrrl.t S 8.50 $12.00 S 7.50 Halt VrarU ***** $14 00 $15.00 Yrarlf I CO $10 00 $30.00 Noir Oulstatirn cheques should Inehjdf In usual hank ilivount ADVERTISEMENT RATES. I in ttmnm and instruction!) for
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      696 3 P. k 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In Bngnnd.) I UAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO UNPFP CONTRAC WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAII SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND .I*PAN Due Tonnage Spore I 1936 CHITRAL V- JlO
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      394 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTSo (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA), GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CINARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said Marseilles and Gibraltar. fM.S. TERUKUNI IVRRU April 29. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU May 14. S.S. HAP.UNA MARU May 28. S.S. KATORI MARU June
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      642 3 1 1? Izi PASSENGER AND FREIGHT, "">■■■ SERVICE. BANGKOK LIVE Luxurious One Class Mctcrshipo Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From Prom From From Spore Malacca Port Penang U.S. Sham ERRIA 5 5 5/5 6 5 8/5 LALANDIA 26 5 26/5
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      240 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) APCAR LINE. JOB HONG KONG, AMOT, SHANGHAI, MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. SANTHIA B.o*o April 23, 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets Interchangeable witli P. O. S. N. CO.. Issued at cheap
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      1196 3 SUIPPING. Tire BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khlow Steamship Co. (1532) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam 1 Narration Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.. Ltd.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      354 4 Malls will close at Malacca as follows: Tomorrow. Medan (via Singapore) by air (Netherlands) 6 p.m. Persia, (Amsterdam and ILondon (via Singapore) *>y air (Netherlands' 6 pjn Ceylon, Southern and Wes'.en. §India, Bombay, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt, Europe, Great Britain. Ireland, U.S.A., Canada and Western t§Australia (via Penang) (Naldera)
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      109 4 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of letter? tomorrow at 8.45 a.m. Malls from Europe (Amsterdam) expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      313 4 Tofey. Burma (Khandalla) ..3 pm. (By Train) 7 p.m. East and North India (Kh&ndalla) 3 p.m. (By Train) 7 pjn. South India (Rohna) 3 p.m. (By Train) 7 p.m. Java and Southern Sumatra by air (Netherlands) 4 pjn. BengkalU. P. de Kock. Padang, Pakan Baroe. Siak 4
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      FROM KUALA LUMPUR.
      281 4 Malls *i:i close at Kuala Lumpur as follows: Tomorrow. Southern and Western India (via Negapatam Madras) (Rohna) 7 p.m. Burma. Northern and Central India (via Rangoon and Calcutta) (Khandalla) 7 p.m. X Western Australia (via Penang and Colombo) (Naldera) 7 p.m. tOrcat Britain and places served via
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      M.V. DEMPO.
      243 4 The m.v. Dempo of the Rotterdam Lloyd will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves at 7 a.m. tomorrow and will leave for Europe the same day at 10 a.m. kinson. Mr. Walter, Sgt. and Mrs. Whittington and family, Mrs. M. J. Holmes and child, Mr. Tata, Mr. A. B.
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    PASSENGERS BY THE NALDERA.
    483 4 The following passengers are proceeding per s.s. Naldera, sr-iling at 9.30 am. tomorrow, for Penang Colombo Bombay, Marseilles and London. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. L-ongland anj child, Comdr. and Mrs. H. Sharpe. Lady M. Blake, Sir Mark Dalrymple. Lt. and Mrs. H. B. Cooper, Mr.
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    RED FUNNEL LINE
    136 4 HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO LIMITEO. (Incorporated In Straits Stttuments) BEGLLAK PASStNGtH and Carco Services from Singapore to Java. Borneu ISyika and BiUilon. For BAT.WIA. CIttKIBOM und SIMAKANQ (Every Tnndav and IriUtji sj GIANG SENG FYi. Apr. 24 s.s. NAM YOM, Tae^. Apr. 20 For SOI t:\IiAVA
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
    23 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Apr 12 was delivered !n London on Apr. 22 UO days).
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    CLEARANCES
    55 4 Apr. 21: Torungen. Sku!d (Nor); Anyo Muni 'Jap.t; Chye H:n Tay Ylt. Silver Gui!. Myrmidon. Anhui. Glenflnlas. Larut, n;.n Hens Licng (Br.t I. Apr. 22: Sin Alk Lee. Maiidol. L'.pls. Glengarry, Ipoli. Hua To.ig 'Br.tj; Singkel. Khoc-n Hc>ca. A?atha, Cewang. Mam bang, Makasser. Thedens Toba, Anastasla. Cremcr <Dut.): Suddhadib
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      713 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M. 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, f.M.S. ELYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Preifht 543J— Passage MSICANADIAN SSSBEainB^nSSi f% V VI V 4*l M4JXi A4mm_ jff\t 1 4 a* i AA %*f A A A%# (Incorporated in Erg land) Till "EMPRESS* ROUTE offers TRANSPACIFIC SKKVICFS
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      412 4 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED (incorporated tn Straits settleuieotal FUERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP C0 M LTD. COMPANY. fracorrjorated tn Enidand) (Incorporated Id U.BA.) "ELLERMA.V LINE fok nAVBV kiviwiv BOSTON. NEW VOUK A BM TIMOR* FOR HAVRE. LONDON. vl> CApE Qf COO|> Hop& ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. p,^ g^,^ Via Parts and
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      337 4 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE. i ocay H. W. 12.03 noon 8.9 ft.; 11.40 o.ra. 9.3 It. L. W. 5.31 a.m. 0.3 ft.; 5.44 p.m. 2.6 ft. Friday. April 24. H. W. 12.50 p.m. 8.6 ft. L. W. 6.12 a.m. 0.7 ft.; 6.21 p.m. 3.1 ft. Saturday. April 25. II. \V. 12.15
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    ANTI-OPIUM PLAN.
    91 5 Kwangtung To Suppress Drug Habit Hong Kong, Apr. 22. The provincial authorities of Canton have prepared a three-year p'.an for the suppression of gambling and opium-smoking in the province. The first stage of the plan will be enforced shortly and during this period the police will devote its
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    Japanese Warplanes For E. Hopei Regime.
    65 5 Tientsin, Apr. 22. Ten heavy bombers purchased from Japan have arrived at Tungchow. Mat of the rebel government in East Hopei, to form two air corps, one of which will be devoted to the exclusive use of the new aviation school which will begin
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    NO RENT FOR THE TRENCHES.
    170 5 SLANDER REFUTED IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. Neville Chamberlain nated In the House of Commons that no payments were made to either France or iB?lc;!um for tha occupation o f or disturbance to, land in the battle area during the Great War. whether for I tranches or
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    69 5 Our Correspondent describes the past weeks of crisis as a "time of continual anxiety, strain and tense expectation in London." This photograph shows a scene rendered very familiar to Londoners by their newsreels and newspapers the arrival of Herr von Ribbentrop, the German Chancellor's Ambassador-at-large, at Croydon by air from
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    JAPANESE ARMADA.
    90 5 To Test Defences Of Port Arthur And Dairen. Shanghai, Apr. 22. The biggest naval manoeuvres ever! staged in the Gulf of Chihli whl be held by the Japanese at Port Arthur, and Dairen shortly, according to the latest messages from Tokio and Mukden. The Japanese armada, which arrived
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    THE AIR MAIL DELAYS.
    558 5 G.P.O. ADVISER ON THE REASONS. In a letter to the editor of The Times. Oroup-Capt. Harold Primrose former adviser en air mall to tie G P O. In England writes: Certain delays en th>j mail services of Imperial Airways In the past three nonths have evoked
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    CEYLON ELECTIONS COMMENT.
    238 5 ,Universal Suffrage Commenting on a luaJ-ng article In The Times on the Donougnmore Commission Dr. T. Drummond Shlels, In a letter to The Times, states that whatever attempts were made to exploit the religious prejudices, and however unfortunate were the results in some cases, it was surely
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      290 5 t A MIGHTY EPIC OF SnL^^^M iflbM^JC^, THE INDOMITABLE f— T^^^^lkJßH' SPIRIT OF THE BRITISH 'fcfl JL J A^ft B NAVY ifc^^L^BßßM^Bj tMOwBBBA WmwSMZJIJk 'BROWN ON RESOLUTION' A GAMOUNT BRITISH PICTION WITH j JOHN MILLS. BETTY BALFOUR BARRY MACKAY Week-end Matinees GRETA GARBO in -THE PAINTED VEIL' also FRANK MORGAN
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      392 5 CONCLUDING PERFORMANCE TODAY at 6.15 at the VICTORIA THEATRE of WINI SHAW in and as "THE BROADWAY HOSTESS" The SUPER Musical. OWING TO THE EXCLUSIVE GALA PREMIERE OF "LOUIS PASTEUR" at 9.30 tonight, "The Broadway Hostess" season MUST conclude at 6.15. GLOBE THEATRE-TONIGHT at 7.1 5 9.30 Two Final screenings
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      301 6 Rubber Prices Down Vs Cent. From Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Apr. 23. Conditions on the share market remain quiet. While it is not expected that the disappointing Budget will have any adverse effect on the market, it will naturally do nothing to encourage higher prices. In addition
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      PRODUCE.
      176 6 Singapore, April 23, 12 noon. Buyer, Seller Gambu-r 5 75 Java Cube 8 75 ll.imourg 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 16 75 Black Pepper 8 30 Whne Pepper lb 25 'Sur.dried Copra 4 80 Mixed Copra 4.40 Small intake Tapioca 4 50 Fai. iLgO McUi Fair FlaKe Tapioca 4.25 Mm
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      554 6 issue vai. Fraser u co. Lyall St Evan Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Am pat Tin 5/3 6/- 5/6 6/0 £1 Asam Kuril bang 28/9 30/6 28/3 29/6 £1 Austral Malay 58/6 59/6 53/- 59/5/- Ayer Hitam 14/6 15/3 14/- 15/1 Ayer Weng 1.67V-2 175 1.65 1.75 £1 Bangrln
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      GENERAL.
      426 6 2 2 Alex Brick Orel. 1.20 1.3o 1.20 1.30 2 2 do I7o Prefs 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.75 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 11.00 10.00 11.00 SI £1 B. A. T 6.1.6 6.6.0 6.2.6 6.7.6 1 80 B. M. Broadcasting 0.05 dis par 0.05 dis par 10 5 B.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      170 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 6% 1901 red. 1940 S400.0CO Int. Alar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 rural 4Vi% 1907 red. 1947 SI. 300.000 Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 112 114 nom 4',i% 190S red. 1955 $1,000,000 Ini Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 nom 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      358 6 Today's Prices Fraser Co. Lyall ti Evatt Allenuy 1.65 1.70 1.65 1.75 Alor Gajah 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.20 Amal Malay l$2) 3.30 3.40 3.25 3.45 Ayci Hitam 135 1.45 1.40 150 Ayer Molek 0.95 1.00 0.95 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.45 1.55 1.40 1.50 Bassctt 0.60 0.64 0.60 0
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    EXCHANGES.
    212 6 rhe toimwir.4 are the exchange rates his nMcntm according to me daily circular issued oy me Hong Ki»n« and Shancnai Bar, King Corporation SKI.MNG London, 4 months sight 2/4 3/32 London. 3 months sight 2/4 3/32 London. 60 days sight 2/4 1/1G London. 30 days sight 2/4 1/16 I
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 6 Noon, April 23. Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F.O.B.) April 26"- 26% Good F. A. (J. in cases (F.O.B.) April 26 9/16 26% No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 26 Vi 26% May-June 26% 26y 8
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    376 6 Jump In Mexican Oils. London. Apr. 22. The follow '.iie are u>aay> closing middle prices on the London Stoc* Exchange: Shares of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. Tester- Rise <Uv or PaJI Conversion .xjan 5 o.c. 1944-64 118\ Funding Loan 4 o.c. 1960-90 117'2 War Loan 3'j p.c
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    SHARES REPORT.
    72 6 Lyall Evatt's dnlly iport of today states: I Mlnin« steady. Some local shares inclined 1 to be easier, but few shares below quotation.;. I Batu S?langors 80. 9T Ta!am 1.60 1.65. i Rahman Hyd. 1.00 buyers. Ulu K'anfrs 1.23, I.M Pahang in good demand 16 6 buyers c.d.
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION.
    166 6 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held Its 1274th auction yesterday, when there wer.catalogued 1.081.439 lb.. 432 79 tons: offered 1022.008 ib.. 456.25 tons; sold *****4 lb.. 415.64 tons. SPOT London 7 9 16a New York 15 7 H cts. PRICES REALISED i Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    RUBBER LICENSING COMMITTEE FOR BURMA.
    65 6 New Delhi, April 10. A Government of India resolution amending the customs rules published In the Gazette of India states that the licensing authority for Burma shall be a committee, to be called the Burma Rubber Licensing Committee, consisting of four members, two of whom
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    TIN QUOTA
    66 6 TIN QUOT A NOT riXKI) FOR W1IKI) QUARTER The Hagae, Apr. 22. No quota for the third quarter was fixed ;it the International Tin Committee meeting li^ld here tod iv. The committee discussed the question of contimntion <.f the restriction agreement but n:> decision was reached. The next nun-tin-; will
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED.
    128 6 Cabled advice has been received by Borneo Co Ltd.. of the declaration of the following interim dividends by Pahang Consolidatec 1 Co.. Ltd., In respect of the year ending July 31. Preperence shares 3V-. per cent, les* tax. Ordinary shares 10 per cent, lesstu making 20 per cent,
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    MALAYAN TIN DREDGING.
    133 6 Stock Units For Shares. As stated in the Straits rimes on Apr 14 the directors of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd.. are taking steps to convert the existing share canitaj into stcck. and to adopt new artich's nf association Shareholders will b? asked i<> .'ah<tion these proposals at
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    UTAN SIM PAN RUBBER COMPANY.
    367 6 The report or tht directors ofOtan Simp.in Rubber CDrr.rnny Ltd i >.- tinyear ended Dec. 31. 1C23. states that the profit for the year amount i I 1 $7 581.12 to which ha: U> b > $18,391.68 brought forward from making a balnr.ee available ol
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    REPORT OF CURRENCY DEPARTMENT.
    1964 7 Sale Of $9,500,000 Silver Dollars And Half-Dollars. OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS EXCESS INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE. THE report on the working of the Currency Department for the period Oct. 1, 1934 to Sept. 30, 1935, which is signed by the acting Treasurer, Mr. G. L. Ham, was
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    ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER.
    142 7 Shares Converted Into Stock. At the meeting of the Anglo-Malay Rubber Company held In London last week, Sir F. A. Swettenham (the :V airman) said that the year 1935 proved to be a disappointment to most rubber-growers. Production was further restricted, costs were higher and the average sale
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    BASSETT RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED.
    483 7 Small Profit But No Dividend. The report cf the directors of the Bassett Rubber Co. Ltd.. for the year ended Dec. 31. 1935. states that the areas under cultivation at the close of the year were mature rubber 1.022.63 acres, mature coconuts 155.04 acres a total
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    STRATHMORE RUBBER CO., LTD.
    382 7 New Factory For Palm Oil. Th? report of Strathmore Rubber Co. Ltd tor the year ended Dec. 31. 1935, states that on Strathmore estate 20 acres of old rubber were cut out last autumn with a view to replanting with clonal seed and replanting is now
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      604 7 BANKING. HONC KOiNC; SHANGHAI BANKINC. CORPORATION. (Incorporated In th: Colony ot Hong Kong.) The liability 31 memoers Is limited to the extent and in mannrt prescribed bv Ordinance No 6 ot 1929 of the Colony Authorise Capital *d0.000.000 Issued arid Fully Haid-Up $20,000,000 Reservi Funds Sterling 8.500.000 Hong Kong Currency
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      582 7 BANKING. CHARTKKKD BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. flrKrvroorsfivi In En.M<no o\ Sera' Charts 185») Paid Up Canitaj in SuO.UOu shares of IS each £3.000 M9 Reserve Fund n.OOn.OOQ Reserve LJabllltv of Proprietors 13.000 OOf HEAD OKMCE: IS. Bishopagale. Lordon. K.C. I. A lor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amntaar Hollo
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    32 8 When a second exhibition of Chinese Art opened in London Mr. Quo Tal-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, paid a high tribute to the genius of Mr. Eumirfopoulos for assembling "this incomparable coliection."— Reuter.
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    SPANISH JUDGE SHOT.
    126 8 SECOND VICTIM OF VENDETTA. Madrid, Apr. 21. THE second Spanish judge to fall a victim to the vendetta of his political adversaries within a week was the president of .the High Court in Seville Senor Eiza Guirre. He was dangerously wounded by three shots fired by persons
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    FASTER P. & O. LINERS FOR FAR EAST.
    111 8 FASTER P. O. LINERS FOR FAR EAST. New Ships For Singapore "During Leave Season." (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 22. An official of th- P. and O today confirmed the possibility of faster liners being placed on the Far East run. I understand that no fnal incisions have yet
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    TIENTSIN NOW OPEN PORT.
    101 8 Customs Gives Up Fight Against Smuggling. Tientsin, Apr. 22. Tientsin is now virtually an open port. In consequence of the ineiTectiveness of its efforts to check the largescale smuggling of Japanese goods into North China, the local Customs office lias withdrawn two-thirds of its outdoor staff.
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    CHINA TO APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE?
    10 8 Russo-Mongol Mutual Aid Pact.
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    86 8 Nanking, Apr. 22. The Nanking Government will appoal to the League of Nations for a settlement of the Russo-Outer Mongolian mutual assistance agreement, which is held to be a violation of China's sovereignty. This information is reported to have been given out by the Nanking Foreign Office following receipt of
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    BRITAIN AND THE LEAGUE.
    246 8 ANXIETY IX THE DOMINIONS. 'TIMES' ON DANGER TO COMMONWEALTH. London. Apr. 21. 1*HE Tines •■Wishes a letter from I Canadian. Mr. M. MacDonnoil, in which he says thai if the ouU-o.iif of (he ne\t few weeks COHfinm (he wiie-fell f.:s:- that Britain is merely Bsiag (he
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    BRITAIN AND HER MANDATES.
    112 8 Mr. J. H. Thomas' View Of Future. London, Apr 22. In the House of Commons replying Ito a demand for a Government p!edg not to consider the r?cession of mandates, Mr. J. H. Thomas said the recent statements In this connection by hinuelf as well as
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    HANCHU-EAST HOPEI ROAD PLANNED.
    86 8 terminus Only 12 Miles From Peiping. Tientsin, Apr. 22. Tungchow, capital cf the so-called East Hope! Autonomous Oovernn is to be linked by railroad with Chcngteh (Jeholt in Manrhuku •> This information was revealed following the engagement ol several Japanese technical advisers. It is also planned
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    DR. ECKENER STILL DISAPPOINTED.
    73 8 No Lifting Of Nazi Against Him. Dr. Eckener has returned to I rlchshafen from Berlin a disappointed man. Dr. Ooebbel's ban on t!:' mentioning Dr. Eckem r heen lifted. No statement about his position tiaj been issued by General Ooering and It is believed he will
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    NORTH CHINA PROTEST TO JAPANESE MILITARY.
    40 8 Pciplng, Apr. 22. The Diplomatic Committee of the i Vopei-Chahar Council yesterday lodged a protest with the Japanese military I authorities against the use Ol th<? Manyu^n aerodrome by planes— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    31 8 Thj lower d^coum rate announct-cl by the Bank of Japan last week is favourably received by the 8l «k Market in Toklo and ail stoe::-, gain"! two to five points- At"
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      723 8 7.35 Concert of light music (contd). 8.20 Close D.J.B. D.J.N. 8.25 Call D.J.A. D.J.B. D.J.N. y 8.35 News and economic review In German. t 8.50 Hitler Youth Programme. 9.05 Modern piano music. Played by Willl I Stcch. 0.20 News and economic review In English on D.J.A. and In Dutch on
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      461 8 Act I from Verdis Opera "FalsUfr 1 ducted by Maestro Lorenzo Mo:ajoni. In the In erval: Addr«5 by Prof. Gi Calza on Andent Ostla". News bulletin In Italian. Dictation of i grammes for the week commencing May NIROM. «.I3 am —7.05 am. YDA 3.040 k'r 68 tn.l an-J VDB 9.610
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    ITALY'S MOVE TO CONTROL MEDITERRANEAN.
    399 9 ITALY'S MOVE TO CONTROL MEDITERRANEAN. LARGER STRONGER NAVY PLANNED. THREAT TO SUEZ CANAL ROUTE. Italy Is planning to reorganise and strengthen her navy, says the naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Her aim is to gain absolute control over the South-eastern Mediterranean and the highway to tha Fa«-t Immediately the
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    MALTA WILL BE IMPREGNABLE.
    144 9 NEW BRITISH PLANS IN MEDITERRANEAN. (Straits Tines Special) London. Apr. 22. The British Government has taken steps to strengthen the fortifications of Malta in such a way that the fortrcso can effectively resist all attack even by the strongest hostile forces, asserts the naval correspondent of
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    ART AND INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN.
    178 9 Two Years' Work Of Council. London, April 22. The councl set up in 1934 by the Board o' Trade to deal *ith questions affecting the relations betw^e- art and Industry describes. In its second annual report Just presented, the aims which it has adopted. These
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    38 9 SO THIS IS HOME! Royal Air Force men and othrr troops arrived at Southampton from Singapore and other Eastern Stations, and this photo shows Peggy, born in Singa pore, taking her first look at England and is displeased!
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    "ELABORA TEAND SEVERE" BUDGET.
    479 9 London Reaction To New Taxation Proposals. London, Apr 22. THE Budget was generally received by the Pie* as unexpected'y elaborate and severe but it was accepted with spartan resignation and approval of the orthodox decision to meet the whole increase in expenditure from revenue. Commentators record
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    DITCH AMBULANCE TO BE RECALLED?
    480 9 The Hague, Apr. 21. It ll learned that tlic Dutch Red Cross has decided to instruct the Dutch Ambulance unit, now at Addis Ababa, to proceed ti Djibouti and take the first available boat home. Reuter Wireless. tomary financial orthodoxy while the mor.ry market infers
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    OIL FIRMS HIT BY SMUGGLING.
    211 9 NEW PROTEST TO CHINA CUSTOMS. Ti?ntsin. Apr 24. The incroasing'y sen a caused by smuggling in North C!im i has been emphasised by ttu acidiiios} ot gasoline tod kerosene on th? list of smuggled commodities coming in ii i the Japanese Kwantjnq Ic:i:-;'d 'l?ir:Jory and
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    GERMAN MINISTER MISSING.
    77 9 INTENSIVE SEARCH IN DESERT FAILS. Cairo. Apr. 21. Despite a relentless search no trace has been discovered of Herr Von Stohrer. the German Minister to Cairo, v/ho disanpsared in a desert sandstorm on Apr. 18. Two squadrons of British Air Fores planes and five Egyptian planes haw
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    PALESTINE RIOTS.
    74 9 150 Casualties In JewArab Clashes. Beirut. Apr. 21. Reports from Palestine give th casualties in t'ric Jew-Arab clasbps at 19 dead and 130 Injured. The situation in Jaffa is stated to be considerably quieter, though ther.' is still som<? agitation elsewhere.— Reuter Wirelesj. The c .ate of Lord
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    NEW HOPE FOR EXHAUSTED MEN AND WOMEN
    201 10 YouLkful Vigour in Tasteless Tablets. Many men and women, now dragping out hopeless lives, too weakened and tired to do more than exist, could be restored to vigorous enjoyment of life in a few weeks if they took enough j vitamins. For it
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    AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE.
    120 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE. GLOBE THEATRE Broadway Hostess. With WlnlShaw. 7.15 —9.30. GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL Dinner St Dance. Wed. April 29. No after Dinner admission charge. GREAT WORLD Sky Talkie Chinese Sport Circus. NEW IVOHLD Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing. Talkies Theatres Cinema*. BAFFLES HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Spcrlal Dinnar
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APR. 23, 1936. FOUR COURAGEOUS MEN.
    916 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. APR. 23, 1936. FOUR COURAGEOUS MEN. Tomorrow the Singapore Municipal Commissioners will have before them once more the notorious resolution of Feb. 28, which the vast majority of people j who have followed the controversy concerning the Victoria Theatre hold to be an interference with
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    Government House.
    66 10 Tuesday, Apr. 21. I Sir Josiah Crosby arrived to stay at Government House. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. H. B. W. SavLc l'ft Government House. Wednesday, Apr. 22. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House rh'j lr.crning. His Excellency dineo with Lieut-Col.
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    62 10 Mr. Winston J. Ess, third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. J Ess, of 1. Sandy Lane, has obtained his diploma of L.R.C.P. and S. Edinburgh i and L.R.F.P. and S. (Glasgow). He is now at the Rotunda! Hospital, Dublin, preparing for the diploma of L.M. Mr. Winston Ess
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    A SERVICES LETTER.
    996 10 Gun-Fire At Aldershot Nearly The Real Thing— Mr. Eden And War In The Mediterranean. From Our Military Correspondent. London, Apr. 13. The School of Artillery at Salisbury has been having a busy time during the Easter holidays. A series of practical demonstrations have been held there and
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    "Other People's Property For Public Uses."
    376 10 In view of latent controversies over the policy of the Improvement Trust in Singapore, Pu following comments by the Solicitors' Journal of March 17 are of interest. The tendency to enlarge powers of compulsory acquisition of land evinced by recent legislation and the failure
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    510 10 "SAVE VICTORIA." A READER has b I to poetical composition by the Victoria Theatre controversy. Varioua lampoons m ths t:pic bars app in the '•Notes of the Day" column, but iiOthinß less than an cdcwill .:.;k ;ho indignr.ti-.n of t\i\z bard. Pera rally. I .thini: he
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    Aristophania
    140 10 Our S.T. poetic Pontifex. Kroax. kroax— Krcx. krex! Objects to vulgar tripe and onions. So do be careful of his bunions. No childish efforts now shall mar The firmament of our Great Star, Whose meteoric tall can blare Untroubled thanks to this Ukase. Gllbertian quips henceforth in barred; No
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    SPY ALARM IN JAPAN: TOKIO ARRESTS.
    570 11 SOVIET EMBASSY INVOLVED? Police Take New Measures. REGULATIONS IN CHINA. Til K Soy menace is causing alarm in the Far East. A Tokio newspaper yesterday pave prominence to espionage allegations against 17 'undesirable" Japanese ho have been arrested. The HoHii Shimbun, says Reuter, publishes
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    46 11 (Bodies, well-padded and faces protected by masks, bayonet teams of the British Army competed in the Rronie Medal Tournament of the Aldershot Command at Aldershot Camp, Hampshire. This photo shows an instructor, watched by padded and masked competitors, placing the rubber guard on a fighter's bayonet.
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    NEW DEMAND TO SOVIET.
    89 11 TROOPS WELL INSIDE MANCHU TERRITORY. Hsinking, Apr. 22. The Manchukuo Government today decided to demand the Soviet military authorities to evacuate the district east of Suifenho (Pogranitchnaya) which Manchukuo claims is her own territory on the strength of documentary evidence. It is pointed out that Soviet
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    RESCUERS REACH TWO ENTOMBED MEN.
    74 11 Drama Of Canadian Gold Mine. After ten days' drilling through solid rock with diamond drills, a party or rescuers has at last succeeded in reaching the men who have been entombed In a Moose River (Canada) gold mine. The men were buried alive as a
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    WILL GERMANY GET BACK HER COLONIES?
    90 11 WILL GERMANY GET BACK HER COLONIES? See Political Diary On Page 19. liquid food to be passed to them down a tube, and for conversation to be held with the men. Mr. R. E. Magill. a Toronto lawyer and part owner of the mine, died from exhaustion. The other two.
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    AIR MAIL THREE DAYS LATE.'
    40 11 X.L.M. Plane Reported Weather Bound. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 22. The K.L.M. air mail plane which left London yesterday is weather bound and mail will be delivered in Malaya probably three days late.
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    CONVICT'S HOLD-UP IN A PRISON.
    217 11 PARDON DEMAND IN GREECE. CABINET MEETS TO CONSIDER CASE. (Straits Times Special.) Athens. Auril 22. An act of incredible audacity was perpetrated in the prison here by a convict named Marino who was undergoing a sentence of penal servitude. From a prison cell he made
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    GERMAN AIR FORCE CELEBRATES.
    108 11 Berlin Streets Named After War Aces. Berlin, Apr. 22. The second annual "day of the German Air Force," which is in honour of the famous war ace, von.RW.thofen, was observed on the aviator's birthday yesterday in all air force stations throughout Germany. The Commanders-in-Chief of the
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    £100,000 FIRE LOSS IN BANGKOK.
    41 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Apr. 22. A fierce fire on Tuesday destroyed the Kampong market, a familiar landmark to all International Express travellers proceeding to Malaya. The damage is provisionally estimated at over £100.000 sterling.
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    THE PRINCESS ROYAI
    30 11 A bulletin issued yeste dCj _ardi' the Princess Royal and her younger son who, as announced on Tuesday have contracted measles, states that they are progressing iavcurably.
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    81 11 A proposal to acquire 1.000 acres of land near Ilford (Essex) to be laid out at an estimated cost of £600,000 as a new airport for London will be considered by the Court of Common Council in London today. British Wireless. The Japanese Imperial Aviation Society has sent a memorial
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    AN EMPTY CITY.
    231 11 But Addis Ababa Still Safe. ITALIAN ASSAULT POSTPONED. Addis Ababa, Apr. 21. THE capital is virtually an empty city as the exodus continued all night. The exodus from the city continued today and only soldiers and police are remaining. The shops are closed and the only activity
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    Cost Of Italy's War.
    29 11 Rome. Apr. 23. An additional war appropriation of about ,t 23.000.000 is revealed in the official Gazette bcinnrire the total war appropriation to 162.v00.000.— Reuter.
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    ABYSSINIAN HEROINE
    228 11 MANNED MACHINE GUN WHEN HUSBAND DEAD. Mogadiscio. Apr. 22. An Abyssinian woman who lor six hours manned the machine-gun of her dead husband until captured by tho Italian native troops, is the heroine of the fierce battle at Gianagobo, which ended on Apr. 17 in the defeat of
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    FAMINE AND PLAGUE IN KANSU.
    93 11 Hundreds Of Deaths Daily. Pelplng, Apr. 23. Famine and plague are daily taking a toll of 500 to 1,000 lives In Kansu. Twelve districts are affected, Including Kanllang, Yuhmoon. Ansl and Mlnlok. The plague is spreading with alarming rapidity owing to the fact that the
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    PRINCESS ELIZABETH AGED 10.
    82 11 King's Birthday Present To His Niece. London, Apr. 22. The King, who was prevented, owir.ii to other engagements, from attending Princess Elizabeth's tenth birthday party at Windsor yesterday, paid a surprise visit to his niece in the evening. The King's present to the Princess was a
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    GEN. CHIANG'S SECRET VISIT TO SHANSI. Defence Plan Outlined.
    87 11 GEN. CHIANG'S SECRET VISIT TO SHANSI. Defence Plan Outlined. Shanghai, Apr. 21. A report from the Szechuan capital states that Gen. Chiang Kai-shek paid a secret visit to Taiyuan, capital of Shansi, on Sunday night by a military plane, and held a conference with Gen. in Shansi. Gen. Chiang, besides
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    SUBMARINE ACCIDENT.
    109 11 Mishap To Perseus At Hong Kong. RETURN TO PORT FOR REPAIRS. Hong Kong, Anr. 23. THE British submarine, I'er- seus, met with an accident last night while leaving Hong Kong tor Wei-Hai-wei. The Perseus, says Pa uler. struck bottom while leaving for the annual summer cruise with other
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    GERMAN COMMANDER INJURED.
    57 11 Fall From Horse In Manoeuvres. Berlin. Apnl 20. General Baron von Fritsch. com-mander-in-chlef of the German Armywas hurt when he fell from nis horse on the Bergen manoeuvre grounds. His chest was injured and the general lost blood. His life was not endangered, but Baron von Fritsch
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    More Japanese Troops For East Manchukuo.
    36 11 Mukden, Apr. 23. The second batch of Japanese reinforcements for Manchukuo this month will arrive in Mukden tomorrow. This force will be stationed in Eastern Manchukuo. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    SULTAN LAYS FOUNDATION-STONE OF NEW R.R.I.
    1439 12 Value Of Institute To Malayao HELP FOR PEASANTS. Research A Safeguard Against Synthetic, (From Our Owr Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur Apr. 22. DEFORE laying the foundation stone of the new offices and laboratories of the Rubber Research Institute in Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon,
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    14 12 ilis H'ghncss .he Sultan of Selangor and Lieut. -Col. B J. Eaton, OB E.
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    AIR MAILS.
    43 12 Botii the Dutch, and the Imperial ways outward bound mil) planes are due on schedule tonight As usual 'xw holders will receive their mail tonight, and general delivery will be made to tomorrow. The sea malls are also expected on schedule.
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    ST. GEORGE'S DAY OBSERVED.
    177 12 Wreath Of Roses On Singapore Cenotaph. Today is St. George's Day. The occasion was fittingly marked in Singapore. Mr. O. R. S. Bateman, president of the Singapore branch of the Royal Society of St. George, placed a wreath of roses on the Cenotoph this morning, and
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    BUS "WAR" IN THE NEGRI.
    139 12 Twenty Miles For Ten Cents! (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. 22. Eight big buses between Seremban and Kuala Pilah are enough to cripple the hire car business, and if some more big buses are licensed to run on other routes the hire car business
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    BURGLARS BUSY LAST NIGHT.
    171 12 Several Singapore Houses Visited. Europeans, a Eurasian and several Chinese in Singapore were victims of burglars last night. Mrs. T. Dalton, who is employed with Amalgamated Theatrss, Ltd., reports the loss of $40 from the pocket of her husband's coat, and $23 and jewellery worth $50
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    1,000 PASSENGERS TURNED AWAY.
    236 12 X.L.M. CANNOT COPE WITH DEMAND. TRI-WEEKLY RUN OR BIGGER PLANES? Because of the heavy increase in the demand for seats in X.1..M. planes running between the Far East and Europe the Royal Dutch Air Lne will have to decide between a tri-weekly srvice and the purchase
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    BACK TO PRISON.
    74 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 22. Lum Kok Chin, an Ens.ich-speakin;; youth, was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. Calder, in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court, today, fcr falling to give a satisfactory account cf hir> .'lf at 2.30 a.m. in Sultan
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      448 12 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THK Straits Times is publishing! The Poor Rich. Also, The Luck" 1 th,s da;lv feature to K ive! Texan wlth John Wa ne 7 15 93 GLOBE THEATRE: Broadway Host readers a comprehensive 9um- ess 7 15 g 30 marv of entertainments, meet- MARLBOROUGH: Tie Sphinx.
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    OLIVE BRANCH OFFERED BY HUSBAND.
    375 13 Mrs. Trenerry Withdraws Her Application. I TPON Mr. 11. I Trenerry stating that he was still prepared to leave his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Trenerry, alone, as he had undertaken to do in a letter which he wrote to her in March, tin- summons against him
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    103 13 Less Pneumonia And Chicken-Pox. Deaths In Singapore last week numbered 197— males 130, females 67. Seven persons died who had been less than three months resident in Singapore, and 62 were of babies not older than one year. Births numbered 431. Of the deaths 167 were of Chinese,
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    DRUG ALLEGATION.
    142 13 Samsu As Part Payment Of Debt. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. April 21. A bottle of samsu given in place of a daily instalment towards payment of a debt figured in a Kuala Lumpur police c^urt case today. Yong Yun. an elderly man. was charged before Mr.
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    26 13 "One-two-threc-four The men of the Middlesex enjoyed themselves on the padang yesterday, as their soccer team piled up the goals against the S.C.C. Straits Times Photograph.
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    DUPLICATED AIR SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.
    163 13 Two Planes Weekly From Next Month. Arrangements have been completed for the operation of a duplicated service between Singapore and Brisbane by Qantas Empire Airways. This will commence with an eastbound service leaving Singapore on Friday, May 15, which will connect with the Imperial Airways
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    15 13 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. W. Gubbins. of Seremban, are proceeding on Horn? leave shortly.
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    EUROPEAN AND A GUN.
    193 13 Amended Charge Against J. H. Martin. Originally charged before Mr. T. D. Hughes with house breaking and theft of a gun at Raffles Hotel, James Henry Martin, a European, was produced before Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Criminal District Court today, on an amended charge
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    AIR MARSHAL'S SON IN SINGAPORE.
    157 13 Pilot-Officer R. M. Longmore. Pilot-Officer R. M. Longmore. who arrived from England in the r last troopship for service at th? j R.A.F. station, Singapore, is a son of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore, X.C.8., D.5.0., Air Officer Commanding the Coastal Area. Plot-Officer Longmore
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    DR. R. D. GROSS.
    75 13 Dr. R. D. Gross, Health Officer, Kuala Lumpur, was entertained to a dinner on the eve of his departure on leave on Tuesday night by the Municipal Club >>f Kuala Lumpur. Mr. R N. Thamby-Thurai. the President, presided. Among those present were Major G. M. Kidd,
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    VALUED AT $40,000: SOLD FOR $460.
    439 13 VALUED AT $40,000 SOLD FOR $460. Suit About A Singapore Clog-Making Business. r THE hearing of an action for the recovery of $67,493 was commenced in the High Court, Singapore, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark. The claim by the plaintiffs, Siew Tuck and Co., wooden clog manufacturers, represents the
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    SANITARY BOARD OVERSEER CHARGED.
    206 13 Story Of Money Paid For Licences. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr 22. Judgment was reserved by ChC Maarof, second magistrate, in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today. In the case in which Abdul Rahman, a Sanitary Board overseer, was charged with criminal breach of
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    THREE WINNERS FOR MR VAN TOOREN AT PENANG YESTERDAY.
    1376 14 HORSES RAN WELL UP TO FORM. New French Mare Springs A Surprise In First Race. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 22. |MX. Van Tooren's colours were carried to victory three times today the second day of the Penan; Turf Clutf
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    12 14 Haji Dol, the M.P.H. goalkeeper, is a star performer. Straits Times Photograph
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    MISS LOKE'S FINE PLAY AT K.L.
    244 14 Lawn Tennis? Mrs. R. B. Wyatt-Smith Fully Extended. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 22. A FEATURE of today's play In th- Selangor lawn tennis championships was the remarkable performance of Miss Gladys Loke, the 15 year-old daughter of Mr. Alan Loke. who
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    THE LURE OF BIG LAWN TENNIS.
    71 14 l'ra.;ue, Apr. 22. H. Meniel, who announced his retirement from lawn tennis at the beginning of this month, finds it difficult to resist the lure or the game and reversed his decision by playing in the Czechoslovak championships. He was beaten in the semi-final
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    "Dixie" Dean Gets Six Goals For Middlesex Against S.C.C.
    701 14  -  Leightor. By MIDDLESEX S; S.C.C. 1. TTIE Middlesex Regiment opened their First Division programme on the Padang yesterday with a win over the S.C.C. by nine goals to one. Dixie Dean, their outside left, had a field day getting six of
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    TEN TEAMS ENTER S.C.R.C. TOURNEY.
    319 14 Association Foot'oall. Six-A-Side Games Start Next Month. MO fewer than sixty members of the l^ Straits Chinese Recreation Club have put their names down for th? slx-a-slde soccer tournament to b; played next month commencing on May C. The B.C. R.C. ground will be vnUable
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    SOME OF BEST MALAY PLAYERS NOT MEMBERS OF M.F.A.
    667 15 OTHERS PREFER TO TURN OUT FOR THEIR FIRMS. Fear That An S.A.F.A. Rule May Be Repealed. 'THAT many of the best known Malay footballers are not members of the Malaya F.A. and that many others are playing tor their firms in
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    ENGLAND vs. REST AT S.G.C.
    418 15 Local Golf. Old Course Reserved For Those Participating. •yHK toUowlne aiv the teams and starting times for the Singapore G.C England vs. Rest four-ball match to be played at Bukit Tlmah on Sunday, morning. April 26 (England players mentioned first 830 J. H. 3«e;on end
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    RAILWAY vs. COLD STORAGE.
    57 15 The following will represent the Railway Institute at soccer against tbs Singapore Co.d Storage. Co.. Ltd. today (in tta; Hal'way ground at 5.15 p.m. Kirn San Yap Ah Han and Low Peng Tay R. Ratnam. Chelllah and Gopal Chua Keng Pak. T. Stevens. Antony. Ahmat and
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    ISLAND CLUB WOMEN WIN EASILY.
    92 15 Island Clud women scored an easy victory over the Sepoy Lines G.C. women at the Island Club yesterday by 5*2 pcints to 2>.'| points. TM results. Sepoy Lines players mentioned first, were aa follows: Mrs. PaWcter 0 Ml." Ab»d li;,. Mia Patterson l Mrs. R.
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET.
    144 15 The following will represent the S.C.R.C. at Cricket, this week-end: On Saturday, vs. Aiiflo-Chincae School on lUe S. C. K. C. ground: Yap Ah Chuan. Tan Thean Tel:. N. Gco Lee. Chua Boon Ann. Sim Teng Chew. Ong Swee Kcng, Teo Mong Joo. Dr. Au Kee Hock. Kam
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    FRED PERRY LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS.
    98 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Apr. 11. British players, led by Kred *erry. fared badly at the Amsterdam International tournament on Saturday. The champion was surprisingly beaten in straight sets by Hans Timmer. the Dutch Davis Cup player, 6—4, B— 2. R. A. Shayes
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    CEYLON SPORTS CLUB.
    291 15 The following will represent the Ceylon Sports Club In their cricket fixtures thia week-end: Vs. S.C.C. at Balestier Plain on Sunday at 2 p.m.: R. Ondatje, X Kanagaratnam. K. Th.illains.than, S. de Silva. K. Muti.ucumaru, M. A. X Hamid, T. E. K. R?tnam, R. V. S Sundram.
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    16 15 A cheery person is Kam Gim Hock, the Straits Chinese R.C. soccer captain. Straits Times Photograph.
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    THE DOUBLE NOT FOR RANGERS.
    529 15 Home Soccer. Celtic Cannot Be Headed In Scottish League. London, Apr. 22. 'THE amateur international played at Belfast today resulted in Scotland defeating Ireland by five coals to three. Glasgow Rangers lost their chance of pulling oft the double league and cvp today by only
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    Standard Of Soccer In Java Much Higher Than Here.
    197 15 R.E. RETURN FROM THEIR TOUR. TTHE reigning: S.A.F.A. league champions, the Hcyal Engineers returned from their Java football tour this morning. They played six matches in twelve days, won two of these and lost the other four. IN an exclusive Interview
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    184 15 Owing to lack of space the usual Club Verandah feature has had to be held over. met would beat a full strength Slnga- pore XI. The crowds know the game i and were very sporting and the stand- ard of refereelng is high." The following were the
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    OXFORD'S TOUR OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
    47 15 London. Apr. 14. The Oxford University team whini is making a short tour of Belgium. Czechoslovakia, and Austria lost to a Vienna Amateur XI by three goals to two. The Oxford University t>ur.: were defeated by the Bate F.C. at Zilina by s—l.
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    HENDREN' TO COACH CAMBRIDGE.
    30 15 London. Apr. 14. Starting next week. Cambridge University are to be coached by Hendren (Middlesex). Matthews i Northamptonshire i. and Cutmoro and P. Smith, of Essex.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    39 15 THURSDAY, APHIL 21. bw»t: Div 3. Chinese 111 vi SRC. at S.K.C.: friend:;. Etailwas *<>. Cold Storage at Railway Inst. Rowing: R.S.Y.C. K.-^t:*'. l:;.l. fOJtS rind ::cullo. Launches hi •■> n.-i. Lawn Tennis: G.C.C. and 8.1t.C. iotirnnenti eon Due.
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      HINDU AND MUSLIM COMMISSIONERS. Representative Body's Recommendation.
      285 16 HINDU AND MUSLIM COMMISSIONERS. Representative Body's Recommendation. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir Apropos the correspondence appearing In your paper on the above subject, it may Interest your readers to knew that in 1934, on the suggestion cf the Singapore Ratepayers' Association a committee consisting of representatives from
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      CARPET PRICES IN SINGAPORE. Sale Which Yielded Huge Profit.
      342 16 CARPET PRICES IN SINGAPORE. Sale Which Yielded Huge Profit. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Sellers of Persian and Indian carpets are becoming numerous and very active In Singapore Just now Prospective purchasers will do well to remember that the prices demanded are often many hundreds per cent.
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    MR. E. L. WATSON RETIRES
    95 16 Came To Malaya ThirtyThree Years Ago. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Watson left Kuala Lumpur for Engand on Sunday, on retirementMr. Watson came to Malaya in 1903 and In recent years has been manager of the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. in Selangor. Negrl
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    11 16 During March there were 139 births and M deaths in Malacca.
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    "LABURNUM GROVE."
    77 16 Singapore A.D.C.'s First Production. The Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club have secured ti.e "rights" of Priestley's play "Laburnum Grove" for presentation In Singapore. This will be the first production of the newlyformed S.A.D.C. Rehearsals will begin early next month. The play will be produced by Beryl Sidney «Mrs. R.
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    15 16 The Middlesex on bathing parade marching- to the Chung Ilua swimming pool Straits Times Photograph.
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    WORLD'S WORST FRUIT PEST COMES EAST.
    337 16 Oranges Dumped In The Sea. Although the Mediterranean fruit fly the most dangerous of all fruit pests has been discovered in shipments of Jaffa oranges at Colombo, the Malayan authorities do not consider that there is any need for extra precautions to be taken
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    CONSTABLE REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTION.
    241 16 Given Three Days In Prison At Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Ipoh, Apr. 22. The extraordinary attitude of a Sikh constable called by the prosecution to give evidence in a case resulted in the magistrate sentencing him to three days' rigorous Imprisonment. The incident
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    THE QUEEN MOTHER OF SIAM.
    46 16 THE QUEEN MOTHER OF SIAM. The Siamese Government Publicity Bureau denies reports which were published recently. In certain sections of the Siamese and foreign Press, to the effect that Phra Raja Janani. Mother of His Majesty the King, had professed the Christian Religion as a Protestant.
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    CHEAPER CONTRACTS WITH QUANTITIES.
    924 16 Discussion On Mr o D. R. Waters 9 Paper,, An interesting discussion followed the leading by Mr. D. R. Waters, at the meeting of the Malaya branch of the Chartered Surveyors' Institution, of his paper on Th» History and Functions of Quantities." A summary of the
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    SUEZ CANAL CO.'S BOARD.
    347 16 Position Of Unofficial British Directors. In the Houso of Commons Mr. H Day < Southwark C Lao. asked ttM Secretary of Stat; for Foreign Affairs < wl: \:.er he would give the names ot I the unofficial British directors on the board of the Suez Canal
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    32 16 In appreciation of his efforts in the promotion of friendship between Yugoslavia and Japan, Mr. Kantaro Kamiyama, of Osaka, Honorary Consul for Yugoslavia, has been granted the Yugoslavian Third Order of Merit.
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    MALACCA HELPS THE BOYS.
    621 17 Club To Be Opened In May. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Apr. 22. Mr. B. E. H. Beck, chairman of the organising committee of the Malacca Boys' Jubilee Club, whioh is to be opened in May, has issued a report revealing excellent work and the need
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    DEATH OF AGED TAPAH RESIDENT.
    70 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 22. The death has occurred of Che Yacob bin Matsaman, a retired overseer of the Mines Department, at his residence at Tapah. He was 100 years of age and was a well-known and picturesque figure at Tapah for many
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    ROYAL WEDDING IN PERAK.
    157 17 Picturesque Ceremonies At Kuala Kangsar. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 22. The wedding was celebrated at Kuala Kangsar of Raja Rugayah. daughter of Raji Razrcan and granddaughter of Sultan Idris, and Tungku Yahaya, scion of a former ruler of the territory of Rahman, now part
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    CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    59 17 New President Elected At Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 22. Mr. L. B. Hua was today unanimously elected president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. This Is a very important position In the life of local Chinese mercantile circles. The new president is the
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    10 17 i The death has occurred in London of Lord Invernairn
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    ATEBRIN MUSONAT.
    265 17 Drug Not To Be Used Indiscriminately. The soluble sa'.t cf atebrin which has recently been introduced under the name of 'Atebrln-musonat' has been under t:st by the Malaria Research Officer cf the Institute for Medical Res-arch. Malaya, for tht past six months. This Officer considers that its immediate
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    35 17 The French aviator M. de Stailleur arrived at Karachi on his way to IndoChina with M. de Forges and Dr. Rlcaux. They will study the development of a liaison between French India and Indo-Chlna. Aneta-Havas.
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    EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE.
    441 17 EP WORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE. All-Malayan Assembly In Singapore. The following is a short summary, officially supplied, of the proceedings at the twelfth all-Malaya Epworth League Institute, held in Singapore between April 14 and 19. Four hundred young men and women from all narts of Malaysia held their biennial Institute at
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    PERAK PLANE TESTED.
    47 17 (From Cur Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 22. One of the Pcrak Flying Club's planes has been assembled and given a trial flight. The test was completely successful. Mr. Wilson, chief instructor, piloted the -nachine and Mr, F. J. Morton, club captain, was a passenger.
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      STANDARD OF DRIVING IS GOING UP.
      1152 18 Roadhog Now A Much Rarer Creature. DKTTEIi and wider roads coupled with the perfection and case of onirol of modern caifc has resulted in a real imcrovemen? in dicing and safety on the roads, in the opinion of Lord Cardigan. WRITING In the Morris
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      INFLUENCE OF WOMEN ON MOTORING.
      151 18 I NFL UENCE OF WOMEN ON MOTORING. THE Increasing Influence of women on all aspects of motoring is clearly shown by a comparison of the services rendered tc members of both s:\3s by the Automobile Association during 1935. At the conclusion of the year there I were over 86.000 direct
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      CLEANING THE ENGINE 'A WARNING.
      171 18 WHEN petrol is used for cleaning the oily exterior of the engine and other parts under the bonnet, it should not be applied too generously, particularly if there is likelihood of the engine being started up as soon as the cleaning is finished. Excess may
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      NEW 'FLYING STANDARD.
      199 18 Headquarters, over 15,000 or nearly one in three were from women motorists. Less Legal Aid. Calls for assistance received by the £.A. engineers were far more numerous than for any previous year, and approximately 15 per cent, of the technical aid given was on behalf of women.
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      NO TIME WASTED.
      111 18 The versatility of the mechanical ho.se typj o' vehicle is one of its outstanding features, for it is actually possible to work it. if need be, for 24 hours a day. The Scammell motive unit, for instance, will operate the four interchangeable and specially designed trailers Tor
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      CAMPING DE LUXE.
      152 18 The camping enthusiast will be full of envy over a car which is being constructed for a pnniinrnt Kenya re- sldent. the chassis being one of the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Ill's. The bodywork is practically a duplicate of a car which Hoopers made for the same owner
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      Here, There & Everywhere
      708 18 Here, There Everywhere A Selection Of Notes, Neus And Vims from All Parts Of The World Collected By The Motoring Correspondent. W IIH the approach of the Budge the British motoring organisation, have boon making representations t( the Chancellor of the Exchequer v/itt a view to securing reductions In tax
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    How Germany May Get Back Some Of Her Lost Colonies.
    1308 19 How Germany May Get Back Some Of Her Lost Colonies. [~/4 POLITICAL DIAR^j From Our Own Correspondent London, Apr, 14. DRITISH politics have seldom been more intriguing than they are today behind thej scenes. Chief business en the very confidential agenda: The future rf Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and (2)
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      141 19 Sharper than ever What an amazing difference Gillette's new electrical process has made to razor blades. For it puts two tempers into one blade soft at the ends where it bends to the razor and incredibly hard at the sides for sharpening to a supercutting edge. Even if you're not
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    179 20 N r.rly a thousand survivors of the Fifth' Army which "fought in the March retreat or 1918, paraded on the Hcrsc Guards and marched' past Cenotaph in Whitehall General Sir Hubert Gough, who commanded the Army on its retreat on Amiens, led the march. A general view of service on
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  • in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT.
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      14 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT. No. 16* THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936
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      The Old Homes Of Singapore.
      1325 1 The Old Homes Of Singapore. A WOMAN'S NOTEBOOK BUILT TO LAST— HALLS OF REMINISCENCE— AN IMAGINARY TOUR. AX interesting study is provided by what one might call the middle-aged houses of Singapore. Although, of course, these do not comprise the really old amongst them are Borne that are really almost
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      41 1 Mannequins at a parade of fashion hed at the Vanity Fair «hop, K.L., on Saturday morning. Left to rifht: Mrs. Mailer, Miss Diana Spocr.cr Mrs. AC. Jomaron, Mrs. P. Marriott, Mrs. Wallace. Mrs. W. J. B. Johnson, and Mrs. J. Spooner.
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      "ART IN THE HOME": AN ATTAINABLE IDEAL.
      967 1 KEEN appreciation was felt by the members of the Fortnightly Club, Singapore, of a very gifted and helpful paper on Art in the Home read by Mr. R. Walker, art master in the Education Department, Singapore, on Monday. Firstly, said Mr. Walker, let
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        195 1 Fashions, Society, Gossip. How much younger would V you look and feel if your skin >■*. was clear and entirely free from blemish jjBF ML 1 Pimples, spots, blackheads, a'^P v^^^. enlarged pores, burning irri- i»J If^ tations and ugly complexion defects are woman's most com- rid the skin of
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      OUR INQUIRY BUREAU
      692 2 (jiiestions regarding children, the nursery, household management, marketing, cookery and other matters will be :inswert'd by women contributors who have had many years oor. r practical experience in Malaya. Letters should be addressed to the Inquiry Bureau, Straits Times, Singapore. Where a confidential reply is requested, a
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      14 2 The la-.vn at the Chief Justice's house en (lie occasion cf a social function.
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      A Cochran Cabaret Inspiration.
      391 3 London, Apr. 0. E!ght exclusive dress creations, evolved by Reville from the designs of Miss Doris Zinkelscn, were featured in an unusually novel opening number in the new Cochran Cabaret Round and Hound "—which w.n presented at the Trocadero en April G. Each dress was built
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      TAILORED SUITS IN FASHION.
      493 3  -  Yvonne. By A Springtime Stand-By. London, Apr. 9. The truly feminine *ype of woman often looks her very best in a plain, tailored suit. The more masculine in appearance the suit happens to be, the more feminine does the wearer look. This kind of woman is
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      BIRDS IN YOUR GARDEN.
      565 3  -  Ida Slatter, F.H.S., F.Z.S. By II. The Noisy Little Tailor Bird. tl/EE Tailor Eirds add life and charm to the garden, though it must be admitted that their loud and too frequent shouts are discordant, especially en hot afternoons. They are creature.-, that have not yet
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      HOW UNWANTED HAIR CAN BE WIPED AWAY
      133 3 Easy Ac Washing Your Face The latest discovery of science is a perfumed toilet cream that melts away superfluous hair in three minutes. It Is entirely unlike old-fashionod depilatories which were evil-smelling and dangerous, and far better than using a razor, which makes
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        339 3 cess the result of years cf research by French Chemists has a now lieeu patented by Tokalon. THE SENSATION It makes Poudre Tokalon cling OP five times as long as other powW™ ders. No trace of shine on nose TLjr CPACnN orfaceevenafterhoursofdancing c JCHaui^i in a hot room or when
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        252 3 Once you have tasted k 1 1 a icily containing the j natural juices of ripe (run you will quickly t > detect a new and altogether pleasing j flavour. That is why (to many boMHKI make a special point < oi insisting on (erebos Jelly Crysta Is PARENTS-v ™"CRIAM«'WHEAT
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      A MARKETING GUIDE.
      769 4 Singapore Prices And Produce In Season. (Special to the Stra is Tin-.e-O *piIS aurfcet list has been specially compiled far the Straits Times by a Stax&pore housewife and rite? fast Tuesday's prices. Those prices art only approximate, bat they will ke useful as a genera! guide both
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      CHILDREN AT THE CINEMA.
      178 4 Notes For Parents. Films to be shown i n Singapore from April 23 to 28 are discussed from the angle of their entertainment value for young people: At The Alhambra. "Riff Kaff": This lusty picture covers the Western waterfront and presents the seamy side of life,
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      Siam Mangoes Arriveo
      437 4  -  "li^usewifc** By MORE POMELOES. Lseks And Beetroot From Java. Singapore. April 22. f "TEFRUITS are f re sh again, and U you are tired of serving them in the usual way. try sweetening each portion with one or two lumps of sugar soaked in gin. and sprinkle
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        154 4 GRACE AND JOIE DE VIVR£: A Trfrlted study of Sonjs Henie. the yfi Morwesian girl who has again won Olympic honours. MT lpf JEs mSSk m S C Save by buying? Of course, when you buy this help io a scientific attack on the high cost of living you realize
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