The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 April 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press ID CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929. NO. 12,697
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    249 1 The visit cf the Duke of Gloucester and the members of the Garter Mission to Japan, to Kuala Kangsar and Kuala Lumpur are described in cables from our correspondents on page 10. Fighting is going en both banks of the Yangtsze between Wuhan and Nationalist forces Page
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1298 1 iQuicquid uynut h jrniiics nosln ex. \.t,<\go Li belli ji.\«m ai. Having shaken the mothballs out of the pockets and brushed up the gent's Homburg, The Topicist, thinking with relief of other days when frock coats and toppers were -till the order of the day, prepared
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      500 1 WING LOONG. !hk KECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. S2 HIGH STREET. ißaffies Hotel! l made 5 f rance I ur i-Ji i I makes her finest I McGuires Link Symphony ±1 I K PROGRAMME FOR SUNDAY, APR. 21st, at 9.15 p.m. i tOl let SOQtJS !>''"■' "MAGIC FLITTE" W.
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      124 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Celotex has been reduced in price Page 10. The Hupmobik Century Eight car has no equal Page .">. Timken roller bearings at Malayan Motors Page 4. Tineapple Hams and Bacon at Cold .Storage Page IK. Sealing wax craft outfits at Malava Publishing House Page 20. Oriental Cigarettes for
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      202 1 THE WEEK. Sat ii ran y, 20th. Hijrh Water, 7.57 a.m.. 7.4. 9.22 p .n.. 7.5. Public Holiday. Duke of Gloucester's Visit. Art Exhibition Y.M.C.A. Taipinj* Amateur Races. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Old Ratfle>ian<. Padang; Football: R.A.O.D. vs. H. Beard .Div. II) Pulau Prani. Warwick Co. Theatre 9.30, The Peep Sho.v.
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      381 2 ■am miljjkwm jig flnja, mm af (Tuiiia/ a H^^^^^^^^^^X CmmmmtO Ajocsmo mmmT^. o<mmm\o AJXLtm SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Singapore Improvement Ordinance. 1927. Amendment No. 13 of 1928 of the General Improvement Plan. Amended Lay-out of PAYA LEBAR VILLAGE (Upper Serangoon Road). .NOTRE TO OWNERS OR REPUTED OWNERS OF PROPERTY AFFECTED BY
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      305 2 VICTORIA qTHBATKE: Coßßßaencina; Saturday, April 20ta. for seven nights only. At 9.30 pJ* EDGAR WARWICK presents the WARWICK REVUE COMPANY In a series of Light-hearted Reviews of Revues. Bjreet f«w» d n PERFORMANCE, SATURDAY. 20th. Monday, April 22nd. Tuesday, April 23rd. "HIGH LIGHTS/' "COME INSIDE.*: Wednesday, April 24th. Thursday, April
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      314 2 ALHAMBRA^ Tsn Cheng Kee Co- Ltd.. Propriety Pro&ratnme Commencing April 18th. and Ending Tuesda In the Second Show at 9 pm THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS A William Fox de Luxe Thriller THE AIR CIRCII The Greatest Show in the Skiers, with a Cyclone of Th I! In the First Show
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      397 2 CHURCH SERVICES. .ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. THK THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. T..'U> ajn. Litany. 7. IS ajn. f choral 1 Holy Communion an! Sermon. p.li a.m. Mating aad Holy Communion. 4 p.m. The Catechises. 0.00 p.m. i choral i Evensong and Sermon. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at B a.m. Holy Communion.
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      293 2 Ufl i.i Evening Service. Kev. Stephen Bead Subject: 'a Hard Maying ef Jonas.' Monday April 22nd. li a.m. Ladies' Sewing Meeting at the Manse. Weds* April 21th. pjn. in Tomliassu Hall Debate (League ef Nations Union) ''..I the League ef Nations is doomed to t lilun Thurxda) April Sith, x.'M
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    THE CINEMA WORLD.
    896 3 MODERN TREATMENT OI CLASSICS. Talmadge's Attempt in "Camille." (From Our Film Correspondent.) Will Norma Talmadge's stellar produc tion of the Alexandre Dumas classi, "Camille" in strictly modem form, be th< tore runner of other modernized screen versions of famous plays and novels of pasl centuries Upon the
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    LONDON'S NEW CLUB.
    198 3 Founded by 11 Nations. Sportsmen of eleven countries are taking part in the promotion of an international club for sportsmen und sportswomen, foi which a large block of Grosvenor House, Park-lane, has been asecured. Among thoase associated with the scheme are the Duke of Westminster, the Duke
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    28 3 featuring Marv Philbin and Conrad Veidt; also Rex in "Wild Beauty** (first show at 7.30 p.m.). Matinee at 4.30 p.m. this (Saturday) afternoon showing "Lost in the Arctic*
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    THE KING'S CUP.
    543 3 Proposed Course Over Thousand Miles. The annual air race for the King's Cup will take place on Friday and Saturday, Julj 5 and 0. Starting and finishing at the new aerodrome at Heston, a course of about I,ICO miles will be flown up the east coast )f
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      222 3 rnECTßicirvnl \>y* ECONOMY AND SERVICE I Consumers of Electricity I Ij connected to Municipal mains I j may now obtain the following 1 electrical apparatus on hire I j Large Cookers $2.50 per month I Small $2.00 I ath Water Heaters $2.00 I I Ceiling Fans $1.50 I I Above
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      159 3 THE NE^T BRITISH BEERI I Specially Brewed For The Tropics I Ask For CHOP KEPAL A I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm a vfr^^^vvvi ISn/mS^mi- mr I T /"i rrnr //.aW/i^v^x iv\\ ««»n 1 LIGHT IS COOL I (Si B b BJBB» i5jN Europe Hotel— Raffle. Hotel- sTview Hotel I AND rrom All Dealers
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    SAFETY POSTS FOR MOTORISTS.
    352 4 New Type of Signals Authorised. Red and white light signals will soon be lashing warning messages to nocturnal mo. "orists from roadside danger spots and lonely crossings throughout the country. The Ministry of Transport have authorised the acquisition by highway authorities of "safety posts" of a
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    WOMAN CAR-DRIVER OF 90.
    104 4 Mrs. Julia Hemes, aged i>o, has just learned to drive a motor-car. Mrs. Hames, who lives at Richmond. Park-road. Bournemouth, told i reporter: I learned to ride a bicycle at »*>2. but my daught"? made me give it up four years ago. Recently, after half -an
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    TRAFFIC AND CONTROL.
    1429 4 A CODE OF GOVERNING PRINCIPLES. In Town And Country. Road traffic has passed through many vicissitudes since the days when a load was first transported by means of a wheel, writes Sir Henry Jackson. M.P., Member of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committees, for the
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    SLIPPERY ROADS.
    245 4 Travelling Public and its Safety. The "paramount importance of securing the safety of the travelling public" Ifl stressed by the Minister of Transport in a circular letter to highway surveyors, calling attention to the dangers of slippery road surfaces. As the result of these investigation?, the Minister has
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    ELEVATED SPEEDWAY FOR NEW YORK.
    246 4 Ten AMillion Plan. A i'10.000.000 apeedwa; ei tire island of Manhattan, arhi motorists an unbroken ran ol thirty miles, is envisaged in the a traffic plan> of the borough pn Julius Miller, just Blade public This roadway would be elevateds West .^ide and at points
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    SPEED-BOAT JOYS ON THE THAMES.
    263 4 Skidding at 10 Miles An Hour The Taaaaea at VTeatmtnater wj> ed this afternoon by a shining L 'M en-brown hydro-plane, which rVh*' I the BBBOied lighters amid COBWBBI savs a niail week paper. -^1 It skidded on its tail a- it em«*K one arch
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    16 4 Mr. K. K. Bain, fornwrh jj^tP Kuala Kangsar. will ■•■J^V, pit* nes as District Officer. U*
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      202 4 m *m \*r For The Man Who Knows Tyres 1 Drivers who insist upon the sort of service that aj ordinary tyres cannot give, find the utmost i£ pleasure and satisfaction in Fisk Tyres. jH Fisk Balloon Cords are now built of "FMerless" 3j Cord, by a Fisk patented process
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      49 4 JirtaWlaWaW»l«aWlaaHaW .T^* TAIPEIRE® SMDIULBiR ®EAIRKB3©§ m Accuracy |gffi]g&, m w IK i isr i Z The Acme of Scientific Construction J m m gmm mt A j Malayan Motors, Limited, i 14-20, Orchard Road, Singapore. m,■ I Represented Throughout the F.M.S. by Moooro Womruo Bros* iaiaiiiiD Mwmmwmmmm aaa y
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    INSTINCT AND PRACTICE.
    463 5 FREE WHEELS COMING WITH A RUSH. Pros, and Cons, of New Device By THE HON. MRS, VICTOR BRUCE. (SfteeurJ to the Free Proas.) One cannot doubt that in Great Britain, if not in other parts of the world, the fitting: of a freewheel in one form or
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    ELEVATOR CAR PARKS.
    770 5 without touching the clutch, just put the gear lever where you want it. The particular point which I did find it more difficult to get used to, however, is the operation of driving on a level road. One works the speed of the car up to the
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    FIRST DAYS ON THE ROAD.
    851 5 Let us suppose that the treat day has arrived when you take delivery of your first car. writes the Evening News Motoring Correspondent. You have already learnt to drive, albeit in a slightly tentative and uneasy fashion. What will you do for the next few
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    TO LONDON ON DUNLOPS.
    282 5 Messrs. Dunlop*Rubber Co. have received the following interesting letter from Alexandrttta, from Mr. Canagasabey who is motoring overland to England:— You would be glad to hear that I have now reached Alexandretta, a distance of 7467 miles from Singapore. Due to the heavy snowfall and also
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    BUDAPEST'S NEW EXECUTIONER.
    134 5 The coveted position of 4 State executioner has just been assigned to Antai Kozarek, formerly a butcher, and at present employed as dissector in the city's Animal-Welfare Department, and also as official despatcher of stray dogs. He would appear to be designed by heredity for the post,
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      141 5 .j Q Q 0i AmZmmm S l^dmTZmmA wmmmmmi W*\ fi I m m m^mMl m *mmm* m^ W m mmmmWm*^^ jm^ <§> The reputation of Austin I Cars is unsurpassed by any other in the industry. 1 I and the new Austin light i I I Six is a fresh
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      106 5 fe C 7™ world has acknowledged the Century Eight as one of the smartest of modern motor ears. But do you know that its f powerful straight-eight engine will rush $Ji£.i you ahead as fast as you would ever eare to S^-?^A^S-Baa!!\J l! m,t T erform WP coating far more?
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    MEMOIRS OF AN OLD PARLIAMENTARIAN.
    4872 6 REMINISCENCES OF T. P. O'CONNOR Mr. Forster Puts through Coercion Act*, Some Irish Police Leaders Gladstone's Threat < Farnell Arrested Bloodshed in Dublin. J (World Copyright Reserved). 9" He was sometimes a The Occupation quite hopeless speaker. of Kandahar. He and I remember it J
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    BEWARE THE LATE SEASON BOGEY.
    940 6 Mental Staleness which needs a Remedy. DANGER OF DISABILITY. [By S. Puddefoot, (Blackburn Rovers.) Special to the In, o r Every year as the season draws to a close the same old cry is heard all over the country; "Football is not worth watching." Some
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    EXPLOSION IN BURMA ON REFINERY.
    96 6 Six Indian Workmen j nvo l^H An accident yestenia> in h a pV" J of tbe 8.0.C.'s refinery at in the death of flil lxi« lian It is reported that, owinff w of a boiler, a wall eeanf*» men under the dehris. b*^!d j The
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    SHE WONDERED WHY.
    184 7 HK CBFW INDIFFERENT TILL SHE mob HEBBBLF IN HAND. j1,,, mtmomWO to ver y woman who feels vitality .dewlj ebbing away who is condaiitly tired «ad itfroomi. Get a packet of McCoy'* Tablets and Übfl them reguarly. There r)0 V r r tonic in the world. They
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    THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    413 7 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning 1 Daily in Malaya, a live "news" paper 40-50 columns of news daily. Also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. latest Telegrams. Latest IVeWfl and latest Aaaoaaeeatenia, daily Rubber and Tin Price Cables, together ith cxcli.>i.special features,
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    JUSTICE STARELEIGH'S WIG.
    696 7 JUSTICE STARELEIGH'S WIG. Its Origin and Antiquity. Sir Edward Parry wrttfaj in the Morning f Post says: You will remember that on February 14 1828, the Caief Justice of the i Common Pleas being indisposed, Mr. Justice Stareleigh sat for him at tht Guild hall to try the case of
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    A SPRING "CRISIS."
    139 7 {Sir George Paish Makes a Little Prophecy. "Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-.r.orrow we die," said Sir George Paish when addressing a national conference on Free Trade in Manchester. "For," he declared. "I say. on the highest authority, that we are threatened WIJ. the gravest financial
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    MORE FORGERIES AT MONTE CARLO.
    136 7 MORE FORGERIES AT MONTE CARLO. Monte Carlo, Mar. 8. Following upon the alarm caused a fortnight ago by the discovery that the Casino had beer, victimized hy the introduction on a large scale of^ spurious 100-franc gambling counters, there was consternation there when it was found that entrance tickets had
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    LIMITATIONS OF LIBRARIES.
    823 7 The Demand for Foreign Works. Sir William Beveridge, Director of the i Londun School of Economics and Political Science, has been discussing the limitations of the great national libraries in Europe. Whilst tach contains all that is published in its own country, each is complete on the
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    MI-CAREME FETE IN PARIS.
    180 7 Sunshine for "Queens' n Procession. Paris, Mar. 7. All Paris turned out into the streets today to enjoy the traditional Mi-Careme festival. Mid-Lent was hlessed by a cold winter sun. Twenty-two carnival carriages, with 15 bands in attendance, and an escort of hundreds of jovial University
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    HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.
    768 7 HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA. The "Rabfacs." Every person, regardless of A.tizcn-hi;) c: 1 sex, who has reached the age of sixteen mav attend any higher educational institution without presenting a diploma or certificate i of having graduated from a middle or aa? other schoo 1 Ihia flXcerTK from a Soviet
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    SUBORDINATE CIVIL SERVICE.
    180 7 SUBORDIN ATE CIVIL SERVICE. The following are extracts from the report of the Subordinate Civil Service Benefit Fund, S.S. and F.M.S., which will be presented to the seventh annual meeting to be held in Penang on April 20: The committee record that the fund has now completed its seventh year
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    ROMANCE COMES BACK.
    631 8 When, the other day, I \sas elected to the chair of the Stage Society, with which the Three Hundred Club is amalgamated, I was lhe more gratified becanflfl the Stage Society has steadfastly rejected my plays, writes Clifford Bax. the new chairman of the Stage Society, peat
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    A POUND OF CIGARS.
    547 8 Jn a letter to the Times on March 11, Mr. C. E. Seholetield says: Your extract from The Times of 1829 given yesterday must have suggested to more of your readers than myself a most striking comparison between the reasons for the acquittal of the defendants'^
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    80 8 A sudden death is reported from Ulu Pudu yesterday afternoon says Wednesday's Malay Mail, when Mr. C. Williams, foreman in the Electrical Department, Kuala Lumpur, was electrocuted while working on the switches at the Power Station. It is said that he accidentally touched a live switch and fell off on
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    ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.
    812 8 A Reply to the M.R.C. There has been in the last days some heart-searching in Harley-street since the Medical Research Council issued its report containing very roundly-expressed doubts on artificial sunlight. The report seems to suggest that the value of artificial sunlight titatment has been exaggerated. It speaks
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    THE VIRGIN BIRTH.
    212 8 In connection with the recent account in home papers. Canon Green writes to the Church Times as follows: Sir, Will you, of your charity, allow me to make a personal explanation? On March 6 I preached a sermon in St. Nicholas' Church, Liverpool, expounding and defending the
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    THE WINTER WILD.
    687 8 Natural Uftti*.*, The ugliness of Brittle. —has Lecn forcibly brought hi the late- ceeks of ulu those who watch tht* as| country, says a writer in with memories of IK'H have seen the land look \i*tk** **M as it has done since the ten '"rr of February
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    CHINA CABLE NEWS.
    120 8 Air Service With Vnieri^[Bv arrangement with Sea*** aSiang Pau Pro- I Shanehai The Japanese have postponed m* ation of Tsinan. Six Q*****\ Z w Cheng Wu's troops have rrl J t>a in j B chow. Wuhan rebel penera* remnants of the Shasi C.overnnnni > continue to bombard
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    REPARATIONS TROUBLES.
    307 9 DEADLOCK IN EXPERTS' DEBATE. Still Some Hope. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 18. It is officially stated the Germans have declined to increase the annuities beyond 1,650,000,000 gold marks for 37 years: there- fore they will not participate in further < meetings of creditors. The reparations experts met for
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    STAMPS FOR BONDS.
    89 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 19. Twenty-seven persons were tri#d at the correctional court for illicitly procuring Government stamps for 100,000 Hungarian i bonds thus giving them greater immediate i value and preferential treatment under the reparations scheme. A Viennese banker, Josef Blumenstein. the Ffcrnek consul at I^acaze
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    SOVIET'S DISARMAMENT PROPOSITIONS.
    101 9 [Reuter's Service.] I Geneva. Apr. 18. 'I he Disarmament Committee has post- potted its vote on the Soviet scheme to 1 April 19 to enable further private consideration regarding the committee's coir.j>etcncy o ,U-al .herewith. Litvinoff submitted a resolution firstly, that a draft convention be ba.sed on
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    DRY DIPLOMATS?
    85 9 Aa I [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Apr. 19. Senator Blease has introduced a bill requesting IV3r. Hoover to ask all foreign dip- I lomats to refrain from serving or using al- < coholie liquor at the Embassies and also to ask public officials here and abroad to re- frain
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    CATS SOLD AS VEAL.
    119 9 A man has been arrested ir. Rome on the charge of slaughtering forty thousand cats. When arrested, in the house of his daughter, he was in the act of skinning a cat, and a search of the house revealed five hundred skins. The accused man confessed
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    "DARTMOOR SHEPHERD" FOUND DEAD.
    71 9 After Escaping From Infirmary. London, April itth. David Davies, the notorious "Dartmoor shepherd," who spent over half his eighty years of life in prison for robbing church sTertory boxes, was found dead on the road;ide at Llanfeehan, after escaping from the local infirmary. Davies achieved notoriety
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    BAN ON CHINA PAPER.
    133 9 STATE COUNCIL AND DAILY NEWS. Journalist Asked to Leave. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Nanking, Apr, 18The standing committee of the State Council to-day discussed the attitude o± the North China Daily News, the leading British daily in China. The Committee decided the Daily News had been
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    U.S. SENATE BUSINESS.
    76 9 tßeuter's Service.] Washington, Apr. 19. The House of Representatives began the debate on the Farm Relief Bill while a newagricultural aid measure was introduced in the Senate. Both bills provide for a Federal Farm Board and at its disposal a fund of $500 000,000. The Senate measure
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    SMALLPOX IN BOMBAY.
    83 9 [Reuter's Servi e.] I.on'jon, Apr. 18. Reply to question in i.he House of Commons revealed that there were 232 cases of smallpox in Bombay City with 130 deaths between Jan. 1 and Feb. 16. There were no later official figures available but it is reported 888 died
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    AFGHAN CHAOS.
    64 9 ********** I [Eeater*fl Service.] Peshawar. Apr. 19. ln view of tbe heavy lighting Nadir Khan ha.- written to Habibullah "as one Muslim brother to another" assuring him of a :*ull ami honourable pardon if Ainanullah or any other member of the royal family is returned to lh«- throne
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    A LOWLANDS INDUSTRY.
    57 9 [Reuter's Service J The Hague. \pr. 19. The Second Chamber by 4S to 43 adopted I bill granting a bonus to he Dutch beet sugar industry for the year September 1929 to September 1930 not excee(' mr 1 l -> florins per 100 kilogrammes. It i estimated
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    DUTCH WANT TEA TAX ABOLISHED.
    61 9 [Router's Service. l Amsterdam. Apr. 19. Afl a result of the abolition of the British tea duties, the Association of Amsterdam Tea Importers is reported to have appealed urgently to the Finance Minister to abolish, or very considerably reduce, the import duty on Dutch Tea
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    LUFTHANSA CUTTING DOWN.
    39 9 [Reuter's Service.] i Berlin, Apr. 18As sequel to the reduction in air subsidies, Lufthansa announces the impending dismissal of 40 per cent, of the staff, and reduction of service from 10,000,000 kilometres annually to 6,000,000. 1
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    173,213 OF WAR DEAD UNKNOWN.
    162 9 I Death-RcJI Never Complete. I The bodies of British soldiers killed on battlefields in all parts of the world are still 1 being found, and the lists will probably never be final, states the ninth annual re- port of the Imperial War (.raves Commission (Stationery
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    57 9 Mr. W. Poundall. who will succeed Mr. O'Mahony as Inspecto- of Railway Police, Ipoh, arrived there from Singapore yesterday, says Wednesday's Times of Malaya. A very enjoyable Tamil fete was held at i St. John's Church, Ipoh, on Saturday to raise funds for a Tamil parsonage in the Tamil Settlement.
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    GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE.
    183 9 "Tho Excise Enactment, 1915." SESSION OF LICEaNSING KOAUI). The next Session of the Licensing Board for the District of Kluang will be held at the Kluang Court House at 11 a.m. on the Bth. day of June, 1929. All applications for the issue renewal or transfer of
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    TO ELECTRICAL AND MACHINE SHOPS.
    29 9 A quantity of discarded fittings, switch boxes, motors, addressograph and miscellaneous old metal for sale. Inspection at any time at the FRKE PRESS office.
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    TO BUSINESS OFFICES CLUBS, LIBRARIES, ETC.
    53 9 A number of back numbers of reference books 'for sale including: Ceylon Directory (1926) Directory of Malaya (1927), Who's Who (1928), China Year Book (1925), Brassey'a Naval Annual (1924), Colonial Office Lists, and othera of earlier dates. Application to be made to the Manager,
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    26 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. HOPKINS. At the M itei nit} Hospital, Sep« Lira-, oi april 18th, 192!>, to Mr. and 11. C. Hopkins, tht riti of on.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRILL 20, 1929. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S VISIT.
    318 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRILL 20, 1929. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S VISIT. Singapore will continu this morning the loyal welcome which was Accorded to His Royal Highness Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester, when he landed at Penang on Thursday and proceeded through the Federated States yesterday. We have had
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    MR. SNOWDEN'S FOLLY.
    404 10 Tt looks ha if Mr. Philip 3nowd«n ia in reality the enfant terrible of the Labour Party and much p.ore to be f e? red than firebands like Mr. Maxlon 01' Mr. Pollitt. His untimely insistence upon an honestly held belief (hat economically the Balfour arrangement was
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    362 10 Bangun Sekarang has not sent his name with his letter which can, in COHsequei.ce, not be published. We have for acknowledgment from the Government Printer the Legislative Council proceedings for 1928. Leave has been granted to Mr. W. Bartley M.8.E., .Mr. L. B. Gibson and Dr. W. M. Chambers, Penang.
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    OUR ROYAL VISITOR.
    610 10 THE DUKE'S SHORT TOUR. Polo Victory at Kuala Kangsar. [Fron. Our Own Correspondent.! Ipoh. April 19. The visit of the Duke of Gloucester, and the members of the Garter .Mission to Japan, to Perak, though -short, was full of ceremony. A large crowd greeted the Duke of
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    LAST NIGHT AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    98 10 Enthusiastic Send Off. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 19. Complete absence of ceremony marked fade parture of the Duke of Gloucester fiom Kuala Lumpur for Singapore to-night. The Duke was accompanied by the High Commissioner (Sir Hugh Clifford) and arriv..* at the station
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    IN SINGAPORE TO-DAY.
    144 10 The full programme of the Duke's movements in Singapore to-day have alreauV been published. The only alteration is that His Royal Highness is due at the Polo ground half an hour earlier than previously notified. A LOYAL MESSAGE. On the arrival of the Duke of Gloucester at
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    "EVENING IN SINGAPORE."
    301 10 JAPANESE ARTISTS Hv. PICTURE. INE Variety in local Exhibition. Mr. Otani Corotra, Japane. cently arrived in .Malava fro, o exhihiting remarkable variety f tags at tht« Y.M.CA.. thi* W LkJ2 N subjects rang*- rrom scene* H; ports between that counti concluding here in Singa| nude, and still
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    73 10 LATEST TI.N AND RUBBEB PRICES. [FREE PRESS SBRVI< E London. Ap'i! 19, ..l'.p.n. Messrs. Lewis. Lazai I Som notify to-day's tin pritt i ifl follows: Spot £199 1 4 16 (d< wn U 3 Forward £200 6 16 (dowi £5). market is weak Messrs. Svminpton ami Sinclair notify
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    THE PEEP SHOW.
    63 10 ••The Peep Show.'" which it presentation by the Warwi. b pany at the Victoria Th. a". I night i* blight, hilarious entertainment particularly popular in London ju§l It la clever, beautiful.) staged. strong in comedy antl dancing, snd to its title, for it move- smartl;. thing to
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    THE LANTERN PROCESSION.
    267 10 The following an tin- police tTfli rangements (or to-night's h i Procession: Traffic will only bfl Allow, Bridge Road and South Bri Ifle R about .> p.m.. all the other Road to North Bride* R roads will be closed. Be* I R I *»1 be closed and
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    DISARMAMENT.
    256 11 I ORD CUSHENDUN SPEAKS A PIECE. "Laughing Stock of the World/' [Reuter*a Service.] Gereva, \pr. i». tish sttitude to the Preparatory ,n? Committees work was rea itpeech by >rd Cushendun who that Britain was not a Continental refore la- considered that decision tion in the land forces should military
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    DBITUARY.
    24 11 Reuter's Service.] !*;iri-a. \prii 1 >. to-day from heart I R >toke, chairman of the 1 to discuss th" ffer u ith Hen Schacht.
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    ANOTHER MAIL BAG ROBBERY.
    59 11 I The Fifth This Vear. ?S SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] 1 ondon. April 19. mail baa r bbery is reported This makes the tifth since the year. The mail bags rded in u building where <ors had a broken \><ck. It is 1 !<• that the mail wai
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    THE ELECTIONS.
    34 11 Mr. Baldwin's Foreeaat. PRESS SERVICE. COPTEIOfI.T.I I London, April 19. 'in in i speech at Drury Lane I that the Conservative* would have a? Disraeli had in I*7?, 0 ah ut 40.
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    THE NOONE CASE.
    28 11 SS SERVICE. OPYRK.HT.] London. April 19. onicifllly derided that Inspec-M»-who married his wife in a foreign allowed henceforth to take P tical Branch of Scotland
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    THE BANK OF IRELAND.
    32 11 I Robbed hy \rmed Men SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London. April 19. in broad daylight held branch of the Bank of away with C 17,000. They car. Two arrests have
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    PARIS SPEAKS TO SIAM.
    19 11 ISERVH K. mPYRfGBT.I Bangkok, April 19. honk communication be. r»angk< k was maintained Thursday night.
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    "GOODWILL TOURT."
    21 11 I" iter** Service I San York. April 19. of President Hoover*! learned that various countries are aeekini totalling $818,000,000.
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    NEW AIR MAIL.
    31 11 Ir i'. air V Vork Auril n\ by u ,l, ,;i>s «'nger service is an i eri th, Tnm 1 Safety Airway. t says, c blM r, mm
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    REPARATION DEADLOCK.
    110 11 BETTER NEWS FROM BERLIN. Counter-Proposals Denied. [Reuter's Service.] M Paris, April i9. A fairly long time will be required to dissipate the dark clouds which obscure relations between the Allied Governments and the Keich, as the result of Herr Schaeht'fl maladroitness" says the Petit Parisian, commenting on the
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    MORE FIGHTING ON YANGTSZE.
    74 11 Attack on Wuhan Troops. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, April If, Fighting is goin on both hanks ol the Vangtss. between Shasi and Ichang between 15,000 ex-Wuhan troops, v .ho are aing attacked from thi east by National fortes an«l Li »tn the west by Sxechuanese
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    38 11 ChfljeeiMsc Leadtrs Resign. [Nasryo Nichi-Niehi Service.l Toi. to, April is. The Chosenese leaders of the Dohminkai. ro-Japanese body, have resigned en bloc, being indignant at the incluai n of Chosen under the new Colonial .Ministry.
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    A UTOPIAN VILLAGE?
    44 11 Mr. rakashi Saatoh, a Japanese resident in Rangoon, has leased a piece of land of three thousand acres in North Burma, and a now planning at his own expense to establish an Utopian village >i international love without tin racial discrimination.
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    SINO-JAPANESE TREATY REVISION.
    29 11 Tokyo. April 1?). Understanding lias been reached between lapan and (hina concerning the Sino-Japa-nese Treaty Revise n. Within a few days m» moranda will be exchanged.
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    PARAFFIN MANUFACTURING.
    46 11 After long consideration the South Man'huria Railway Company will start paraffin manufacturing industry in the latter part of this year. The company has organised a paraffin manufacturing company with a capital of Y2.000.000, fully paid-up. which will be known as the Japan Paraffin Company.
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    210 11 Japanese. Difficulties Settled. Shanghai. April 19. lhe Sim -Japanese negotiations yesterday settled the fundamental question of the revision of treaty and notes will be exchanged after the a? rival of -Japanese instruction. Discussion of the treaty draft will be commenced next week. The Central Executive has sent
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    RACEHORSES BURNED.
    35 11 r Reuter's Service.l Havre de Graces, Maryland, Apr. 19. .Sixteen well-known racehorses were incinerated in a stable fire to-day and ir.cli.dt Shastakahn. Klcanoo, Goulash, Hot Time and Inlaid. [Earlier rubles en page 9.]
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    60 11 No less than four different officers (Messrs. A. Caldecott, J. I. Cowgill, G. E. London, and M. Rex) acted as Commissioners of Lands F.M.S., last year and of these Messrs. Cowgill and London were H only part-time officers, their time being 3 fully taken up by their duties as Collector
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    AN APOSTLE OF PEACE.
    986 11 WORLD CRUSADER IN SINGAPORE. XW. Van Kirk: Fr end of Man. Peace is a word which we BO often hear nowadays that we are often inclined to .Torget its deeper and more significant meaning in the international sen e, bo chat when we meet a man
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    62 11 The Band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme, weather permit- k ting at Botanic Gardens on Sunday com- mencing at 9 p.m.: March "Our Fighting <j Men" Rocereto; Overture "William Tell" i Rossini; Humoresque "A Lightning Switch" Alford; Selection "A Vagabond King" (by j I request) Friml;
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    BANK OWED $126,000.
    675 11 BANKRUPTS HOPES OF BIG ASSETS. Manager's Overdraft. When the public examination of Choc Tian Lock, a gaitnei- in the Arm of Arrol and Co., was continued in the Bankruptcy Court before Mr- Justice Deane yesterday, the bankrupt said a property at Guoong Kantang wafl handed over t
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    DEATH OF MR. ERIC MAXWELL.
    57 11 (From our own Correspondent.) Ipoh. April 19. Cable news from London announces the death of .Mr. Eric Maxwell, brother of Sir George Maxwell, at a London Nursing Home. Mr. Maxwell was well known in Perak and founded the law firm of Maxwell and Kenion. He
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    MINERS' RELIEF FUND.
    75 11 The sum of $779 (£BB. 14s. 4.1.) standing to the credit of the Miners' Relief Fund at the Chartered Bank was telegraphically transmitted yesterday to the Lord Mayor's Lund at the Mansion House. London, and the Singapore Fund has now definitely closed. The total contributions made by
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    TEMPLE OF THE WINDS.
    724 12 London's Latest "Skyscraper." Up fourteen storeys, 190 feet above street level, with a flagstaff towering another 60 feet above, and the most magnificent panorama of the real heart of London around us writes a Morning* Post representative. On the twelfth storey n spirit level on the
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    CAPTURED BY SYRIAN BEDOUINS.
    91 12 l/ondon. Apr. 15. Amman.— Lieut.-Col. F. G. I'eake, commanding the Arab Legion in Trans-Jor-dania. while recently visiting Umjimal, on the .Syrian frontier, which was thought to be an occupied French post, was captured by a band of Syrian Bedouins, against whom the Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force recently
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    GOOD FOOD AND NO FADS.
    747 12 How the French Live. To what does the Frenchman owe his reputed toughness and good health? In the opinion of An Exile, who lives in France, the answer is simple. The Frenchman eat* nourshing food and he abhors fads. This s an explanation that will
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    MINER'S 254-MILE-WALK.
    139 12 A homeless miner who had walked irom Durham to London, a distance of 254 miles, in search of work appeared at West i^ondon Police Court on a charge of wandering abroad without any visible means of subsistence. He was John Bernard, aged twenty-nine, and a policeman said that
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    WHERE TIME STANDS STILL.
    683 12 I Wearing the typical wide-sleeved black '...mono that was old when Elizabethan doublet and hose were new, Gonnoske Komai. the Japanese poet, stood by the woman'room he had helped to plan for the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, writes F.vei\ n Irons in the Daily Mail.
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    MR. BALDWIN'S PIGS.
    207 12 New Form of Toy made by Ex-Service Men. Mr.di 1- of Mr. Bal i\vin*> p latest I ys to be produced t>> tae Via Chvyd tay industry. Thi* Welsh inda*! was started in 1001*. and flfter W 1 fortunes was developed in 1915 a- tflfW of Claryd
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    28 12 The arclscoloflriflti nave w tance of a railroad time-tfl is thought thai the mystern on the Maya temples, toiti ments of Central America a I nhered.— Minneapolis JouriM
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    THE SAD BRIGADE.
    581 13 Tragedies of the Boxing Ring. I Tha. K NeW YWk Maf 15. J, b f aUe, *V. d veter an who is used as a -et-up for the promising young fighter makes one of the saddest pictures in Z nng, wutes Tommy Loughran, Light f nrT^ ht
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    HOUSES WITHOUT WINDOWS.
    284 13 Win«lowless offices and homes will be a 'listinguishinjr and to our eyes remarkal€ feature of the city of the future. The proposal is taking shape in New York, and many windowless buildings are prophesied within the next ten years. One American architect announces that his firm is
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    105 13 Japan Forced to Postpone Evacuation. [Nanyo Nichi-Niehi Service.] Tokio, April 17. The Chief of the General Staff has telegraphically instructed Lt. General Yasumitsu. Commander of the Japanese force* in Shantung, to postpone the evacuation of the forces. It is contended in certain circles that the Chinese Government's
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    COMMUNISTS TO GO.
    407 13 Scottish Miners 9 Action. I The Council of the Lanarkshire Miners' Union have taken decisive action against the Communists within their ranks. By a considerable majority they decided to suspend Mr. William Allan, the General Secretary, and all the Executive members and officials who are associated with
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    INDIAN IDOL'S LOIN-CLOTH.
    324 13 Privy Council and Mystic Rites. Sacred rites of the mystic East were related in the prosaic chamber of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sitting at Downing-street writes R. E. Corder .v Daily Mail. Lord Blanesburgh. Lord Tomlin, and aSir L. Sanderson, the judges, were asked
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    ORGANS OF DEAD BODIES RESUSCITATED.
    169 13 Russian Scientist's Claim. Great interest is being manifested in Soviet scientific circles in the work of Professors Andreiev and Kuliobko, and others, whose experiments are ba.sed on the theory that death is not an instantaneous phenomenon, but a gradual process, and who claim to have
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    A COMPLAINT FROM HOLLAND.
    465 13 A Dutchwoman, who is also a Dutch author, has been gently chiding the Eng- lish people, in a speech made to the P.E.X. I Club, for the way in which they use or did u.se m the past— the adjective "Dutch" in a derogatory sense. "Dutch
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    40 13 We regret to learn that Mr. Matheson, Officer-in-eharge of the Traffic Branch. Kuala Lumpur, is laid up in Hospital, says the Malayan Police Magazine. Mr. Harper, Probationary Assistant Commissioner, has been detailed to undertake Mr. Matheson's duties during his absence.
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    THE RED SPEARS.
    507 13 Most newspaper readers have been puzzled by occasional references in news despatches from the Far East to Chinese troops termed "The Red Spears,'* whose elusive leaders have been using them for this purpose and that in the far interior, says B. D. in the Morning Post. They
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    THE BLUES AT PUTNEY.
    483 13 Once a year we who live in Putney are in the limelight. The Universities come to stay with us, v.rites a University Mother in thv Daily Mail. The Boat Race, we know, is a national event. But to Putney it If the supreme and exhilarating climax
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    77 16 NAVAL MOVEMENTS. The following alterations in the proTamme of movements of H.M. Ships are lotified:— H.M.S. Sandwich and H.M.S. Jridgewater will remain at Singapore until ana 2nd H.M.S. Cleopatra is to arrive at Singapore on May 3rd. and leave on May sth. H.M.S. Iroquois leaves Singapore an April
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    A TALK WITH TROTSKY.
    622 16 Soviet and Relations with Britain. Constantinople, March 13. This afternoon, writes a Times Correspondent, I had a 40 minutes' talk with Leon rrotsky in his room at Tokatlian's Hotel in Pera. Trotsky, sneaking in French his English is halting gave the impression of being in excellent
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    HOBBS'S CROWNING GLORY.
    168 16 "The crowning glory of Jack Hobbs Test career will surely delight him," writes an old friend of the Surrey champion, "anc as much for the spectators as for himself Hobbs is a cricketer who has invariable played for his side, and never for himself I remember talking
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    s.s. TASMAN.
    56 16 Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Australia (arrived April 13th. 1929) are tereby notified that a general survey of all targo landed in a damaged condition will be teld at Godowns Nos. 48 and 49 on Tuesday, kpril 23rd, 1929, at 9 a.m. No further survey
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      724 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BYTKAIN. a, mmSmm Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei s<aflßflßß and Kaantaa (vie Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday fl mm* H Bangkok every Thursday fl mm. Jl Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipeh, Taiping, Penang p and Kedah and Lower Siam fl ajn. Kelantan every Monday.
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      20 16 Kweiyaas;, Brit. 1580, from Hoihow 19, or Bangkok Ilk Laomedon, Brit. 4262, from Hong Kong 9, for New York 24.
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    THE FUTURE.
    1432 17 THE SCIENCE OF LIFE." New Plants and New Animals. Though a great and (rawing volume ol fact about lite as it goes on about us and within us is being rapidly acquired, much of the material is imperfectly accessible to the public. The ordinary man, it has beei.
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    DEAD HEART OF ASIA.
    1734 18 ANTIQUE HOARDS PRESERVED. Sir Aurel Stein's Discoveries. These big volumes ''Innermost Asia." By Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.1.E., present the narrative and scientific results of what Sir Aurel Stein has called his third journey af exploration in Central Asia, writes O. J. R. Hcwarth in The Times.
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    PEGGY JOYCE AND HUSBAND NO. 5.
    282 18 APeggy Joyce, the Very-Often-Married exFollies girl, does not seem to have done with Matrimony or Millionaires— yet, although she has been married and divorced four times in her 34 years or life. She is staying at Cannes just now, and her constant cavalier is
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    ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT.
    214 19 a<ingapore, April 19. Rubber.— London lOd. Md down. Closing prices 5 p.m.: Spot 83%, April 34tt, MayJune 34, July-S pt. 34tti Oct.-Dec, 35. Tin. London b205. 45s down. Mining.— Duil. Sungei Way 3.00 8.10, Kuchais 1.30 1.33, Kinta Dredge 1.42 1.45, Klang River 3.10
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    853 19 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. FRIDAY, APRIL 19th. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang 40s 42s Bangrin Tin 35s 36s Katang Padang ($1) 40 4o xd 5 a^ C f veß 1 57 M«4 Bukit Arang ($1) i. 85 un liurmah Malaya 41 s 423 Chenderiang 8s 9s 6d Chin Chin
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 19 April Ifl. Bank 4 ni.*. gly 27;32 Bank tlemanu fly 23' 32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 11|32 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 57 t^ v rance, demand 1431 Hong Kong, demand 12 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 125*4 Java, demand 139% Bangkok, demand 80% Bar Silver London
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    PRODUCE.
    233 19 Pepper White 108 Flake Tapioca 6.25 Pearl Sago Small 8 Copra Sundried 9.20 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1. 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 200 Rice,
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    149 19 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Batu Caves 1.55 1.59 Hong Fatts 58 Ou Johan Tin 27 Kuchai 1.28 1.32SKuvohs 06 Ofltt Lukut Tins 1.20 1.25 .Malayan Con. 51 53 Penawats 79 Si Petaling 5.62 1 2 5.67tt Kantau Ord. (*l> 1.15 1.20 Rantau Pref. L27tt l.S2tt Taiping
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    LONDON FINANCE WIRE.
    111 19 A Hopeful Outlook. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] Loudon, April 1». The rubber .share market is opening full and steady and the better tone in the commodity has proved helpful, several options called producing a fair volume of support for the shares concerned. Kampong Kuantan have declared a
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    73 19 The tin sha.emarket is distinctly dull ami I there is little real selling but the metal out- I look is regarded as .so uncertain that specu- I lators are inclined to go on the bear tack I and professionals are indifferent with the I result that movements
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT.
    327 19 Singapore. April 19. I Although no erratic movements have fl taken place during the past week prices fl have gradually declined and at the lower fl levels that have been reached a fair volume H of rubber has changed hands. fl Sentiment that only so recently
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT.
    144 19 Singapore April l.i. On the publication of the unfavourable American statistics, values fell away heovi ly antl, in vr w of the heavy shipnvnts Which are estimated at 25,000 tons lor th MM first half of the month, the .Market lost all fl confidence and prieea were marked
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    RUBBER AND TIN REUTERS.
    86 19 Harrisons Barker and Co. Agents. Kamunting Tin (half month of April) mW Output 671 pikuls; Hours run 1 026. Boustead and Co.. Penang, Agents. Ratrut Basin (Ist half April); 107 pikub 216 hours; 20,000 yards. Deeper and better yH ground immediately ahead. No. 2 Drcdg. opening
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    72 19 April 19th. t 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot U% 31 Standard R.aS.S. on Tender April |4|| 14% May 34 34 IU June 34 3l* 4 M May-June 34^ 34^ MM i July-Sept. 34 M Oct- Dec. m% 3"»'_ H j^ Tone
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    MALAYAN TURF.
    594 20 TAIPING AMATEUR TURF CLUB MEETING. Record Dividend of $1,212. [From Our O vn Correspondent.] Ipoh, April 19. Heavy rain pieceeded the opening of the programme and after the first race racing had to be suspended for half an hour owing to torrential rain. Racing was resumed after the
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    THE DERBY SWEEP.
    34 20 List Closed. [Reuters Service.] London, \pril 19. One million sterling has been subscribed to the Stock Kxchange sweep on this year's Derby and the list has now been closed. l —————.a—
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    JOCKEY CLUB RULING.
    115 20 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 18. The annual financial meeting of the Jockey Club at Newmarket passed a motion I whereby from May 9, 1929, nominations I for races will not be void on the deatn of the nominator. The alteration in rules is 1 a sequel to
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    8 20 M Jr.A WiHiams has been appointed to act
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    BOXING,
    149 20 WORLD'S FLYWEIGHT TITLE. Won on a Foul. [Renter's Service.] Paris, April 18. In a return fifteen rounds contest for ihe world's flyweight championship Genaro beat Pladner who was disqualified in the fifth round. It was one of the most unsatisfactory world title fights of recent years. Genaro attacked from
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    108 20 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Veterans Doubles Handicap. Sir W. Murison and C. Y. .Miles beat R. B. B. Donnell and E. S. Adler owe 3 3—6, 7—5, 6—3. Hunter and Doig beat E. W. P. Fulcher and V. J. Coleman owe 1 10 8, 6 2. Godown Doubles
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    MONDAY'S TIES.
    44 20 Championship Pairs. Capt. Dearden and Lt. Waring \s. R. M. Duff and E. J. Cassels (to finish.. Profession Pairs. Rev. Aitken and Col. Dickinson vs. A. D. Anderson and N. S. Wise (to finish). ham pion ship. O. Frller vs. G. More.
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    TUESDAY'S TIES.
    58 20 l*rofession Pairs. G. Murphy and O. Fuller vs. Capt. Barlow and Lt. Warinjr. Championship Doubles. Winners of Capt. Dearden and Lt. Waring vs. C. E. Winter and W, C. Hill and R. M. I)u(T and E. J. Cassels. (iodown Doubles Handicap. Winneis of McMullan and Martin vs. Rev.
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    MISS RYAN APOLOGIZES UNNECESSARILY.
    147 20 Comment at Monte Carlo on Delhi Incident. Ixmdon, April 8. The Daily Telegraph understands that Ifiaa Jenny .^andison will represent India at Wimbledon. Kele.iing to the ontretemp> ;it the Delhi Tournament Miaa Ryan, who has arrived at Monte Carlo, informed the Daily Telegiaph tennis coriespondent, that
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    "BETTY" TO PARTNER MISS RYAN.
    244 20 London. April llth. As a sequel to cables exchanged between three continents. Miss Betty Nuthall will partner Miss Klizabeth Ryan in the women's doubles at Wimbledon. While in India Miss Ryan received a proposal from Miss H cleat Wills that they should pair in the
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    226 20 TO-DAY'S LEAGUE FIXTURES. English League. The following are the fixtures in the English and Scottish Leagues to-day: Division I: Aston Villa vs. Huddersfield; Burnley vs. Bolton Wanderers: Bury vs. Manchester C; Cardiff vs. Portsmouth; Leeds Un. vs. Blackburn R.; Leicester C. vs. Everton; Liverpool vs. Sunderland; Manchester Un.
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULT.
    68 20 [Reuter's Service.] London. Apr. 18 In the Third Division of the English League, .Southern Section, Newport defeated Plymouth by 1 to 0. The following is the revised team to represent the S.F.A. against the Malayan Chinese at the Stadium on Sunday. Melan (M.F.A.); Pennefather (S.R.C.) and Richards
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    RUGBY.
    158 20 British vs. French Armies. London, April 6. Prince George was present with his brother, the Duke of York, at the match at Tw -ickenham between the British and French Armies. In the first half the British defence was hard pressed but it was the British who scored the only
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    CRICKET.
    179 20 The following will represent the S.C.R.C.:— To-day against tht J.C.S.A. at 2 p.m.- F. W. Chen, Cheong Chee .Soon. Cheong Choc Tong, Cheong Yen Soo, Chua Choon .Sim. (J. H. Toh. Lin Chin Joo, Quek Tiang Boon. Tan Thean Teck, A. N. Other and Chua Choon Leong (Capt.). To-morrow
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    59 20 In the Ladies' monthly medal (Bogey) played on Wednesday and Thursday, the following cards were returned. Mrs. Barlow All Square Mrs. Perkins Mrs. Swindell Mrs. W. L. Stevens One Down Mrs. Hansell One Mrs. McGroarty Two Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Swin- J dell having tied
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    52 20 Programme of Drills up to and for week! J ending April 21st. I < Saturday, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range "E M c Chinese Company. Farrer Range (Seletar) T "A" (M.G.) Company. c Sunday, 7.30 a.m., Bukit Timah Range t "E" Chinese Company. Farrer Range f (Seletar)
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    562 20 RIKISHA AND $3,800 VANISH. Alleged Jewellery Loss. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Deane, C. A. D. de Silva, a Sinhalese, age 51 of Colman Street, Singapore, who for the last twenty years had been trading between Singapore and Ceylon, was publicly examined. He said that
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    THE KING'S TROPHY.
    81 20 Won by South .Africa for Third Successive Time. London. April 6. i With an average of 79.903 out of a possible 100. South Africa, for the third time, won the King's Trophy awarded to the country showing the highest musketry efficiency in the Imperial Shield's Competition. Canada
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    133 20 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending April 28th. Monday, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall S.R.A. (V), S.R.A. (V) Sig. Sec, "C" (Scottish) Co., "D" (Eurasian) Co.. Bde. Sig. .Sec. (Indians). Tuesday, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall "C" (Scottish) Co., "E" (Chinese) Co. Wednesday. 5.15 p.m.. Drill
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    81 20 Mr. John Jeff, acting Protector of Chinese, Perak, leaves for Home on holiday Hv the Naldera this week, says the Times of Malaya. Mr. Jeflf has done excellent work during his stay in Perak and has won the esteem and confidence of the Chinese community of this State by his
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