The Straits Times, 30 April 1927

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    11 1 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      67 1 THE RVEKIDAT MILK. A DELICACY YOU WILL MUCH ENJOY CHOICE DESSERT DATES (In 12 ounce packets.) Obtainable from JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. and all Good Provision Dealers GIWRANTCED BY JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS, LTD. ESTABLISHED IN LONDON, A.D. 1661. aiEßiCft 8 MOST BEAUTIFUL GAR The Stutz "Safety" Eight LIMOISIXE MODEL JUST
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      237 1 "DOBINSONOn FOR CIGARS. FINEST El Oriente FINEST MANILA fabr man,l™ INr MANILA PIP ADC MANUFACTURERS C F P\P ADC LlbAKj HIGH GRADE MANILA CIGARS LluAKj EXCLUSIVELY IMPORTED BY ROBINSON CO., LTD. W We arc importing this Excellent r^S^^l The JEAN VALJBAN" (i;iirs Hrand of Qpm direct from are P roduced
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    HOME SPORT.
    2061 2 Sprig's Win in the Grand National. By Our Special Correspondent. London, March 31. In the opening week of the season on the flat it was interesting to try to tuitimate the volume of betting in the enclosure «t Lincoln and Liverpool. On the whole it did not appear
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      182 2 WINCHES A STANDARD TYPE CARGO STEAM WINCH FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. PnD PartkaUun and Prices on Application. Sole Agent* UNiftD ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE. Around the WORLD on a B.S.A. Never before has this extreme test been attempted. Only H.S.A. machines could accomplish what has already been
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      283 2 Cuticura Soap Is Refreshing After Outdoor Exercise Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, after outdoor exercise, clcanee, cool and freshen the sicin. Assisted by Cuticura Ointment they do much to a!!ay irritation, redness and roughne«s of the face and hands and k«p the skin soft and clear under all conditions of
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      136 2 FLAT BACK MANDOLINE Specially made for the tropics. $10, $15, $25 and $35. 11l list rated catalogue Bent with pleasure. Season Co., Ltd. 11l and 113, NORTH BRIDGR ROAD, SINGAPORB. ZEISS I FIELD GLASSES. MICROSCOPES, PHOTO-LENSES, i£ TELESCOPES, REFLECTOR i^m LEVEI S SEARCHUGHTS, <^| "FLIGHTS, SPOTLIGHTS. 9S^ j»W TIIE0I)0LI1 'KS.
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    Noxious Sullage.
    499 3 Action Against Mr. Tan Kah Kee Dismissed. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 27. An action was heard in the Supreme Court this morning be/one Mr. Justice Fairer Maiiby in which a Klang chetty, named Kumarappa Chetty, sued Mr. Tan Kah Kee.ithe well-known Singapore millionaire, 1 for
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      160 3 DDDG!-BSPTHESS MOTOR it A RS HJL. .^bbblbbbbbbbV IMPRESSIVELY SMARTNOTABLY CONVENIENT To the fastidious owner who tractively up-to-date Dickey prefers to drive his own car Seat— Suitable for two passnothin* d n bG B T l t[ SSB-T swS^ooklni handier than Dodge Brothers J^ r de( f k when the Beat
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      306 3 STOPS INDIGESTION WHERE IT STARTS. It's a fine thing to got up from a hi-arty meal knowing that the food which you have enjoyed will be easily digested, without pain or any stomach suffering. Yet it's the easiest thing in the world to avoid indigestion or, if you are an
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      998 3 Why you should choose a BSA Motor Bicycle YOU GET the greatest Motor Cycle Tahie. choice from the most comprehensive range offered by one firm £f^± (2.49h.p. to 9.86h.p.). (?JK\ valves made from unburnable steel, fl I to prevent pitting. >t| j \g a steel forging at every vital point
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      538 4 P. D. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND OAPGO SERVICES PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDEB CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJFSTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FCS CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage d«e Spore MIZAPORE (cargo only) B,7»0 May 4 KASHMIR
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      638 4 Shipping Announcements N.Y.K. UNE (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON LINI Naples, Marseille., London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Da. Bail AT3UTA MARU 8,000 May 1* 18 KASHIMA MARU 10,000 May 28 f. HAKONE MARU 10,500 June 9 10 SUWA MARU 11,000 June 23 24 r'USHIMI MARU 11,000 July 7 8 HAKOZAKI
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      556 4 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL BTHAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN.— GENOA, MARSEJLLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOWMARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT
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      447 4 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Slam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kemaman, Kretay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patanl, Singora, Laeon, Bandon, Koh.amui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departnr. VALAYA May 2 May 4 The Steamers are fitted throughout with electric light and have excellent accommodation for first-class passengers.
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      635 4 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone, No. SS4O, with sub-connections to passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of Java. All information, detailed itinera-
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      384 4 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Au.tralia) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, VTA JAVA DARWIN. THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well known steamer MARELLA (7,375 ton.) and the new motor vessel. MALAHAU (4.512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest ard finest steamer trading to Australia, I Cabins de
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      480 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). ELLERMAN LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due S'porc CITY OF KOBE May r.s. CITY OF CHESTER June 8 s.s. CITY OF BATAVIA July 0 HOMEWARDS.
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      458 5 STATE SHIPPING SERVICE M.S. KANGAROO Dos Singapore July IB FOR FREMANTLE, WJL For particulars regarding passags and freight rates, apply to McALISTES A CO. LTD. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE BOOM D-THE-WORLD I'ASSENCER AND FREIGHT SERVICE BOSTON and NEW YORK via PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES. M Days to Boston
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      442 5 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAY COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) Direct Service to JAVA via HONG KONG AMOY and SHANGHAI and to CALCUTTA via PENANG from SINGAPORE. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze Ports. Formosa, the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND
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      453 5 CHARGEURS REUNIS (Incorporated in Francs) Bcfalar monthly freight ma* aaaasMW jerries. OUTWARDS for Saigon, Toarans snd Haiphong. Dns Spore S.S. CAP LAY about May 11 S.S. CAP PADARAN about June 8 HOMEWARDS for Marseille., Havre, Dunkirk and Antwerp. S.S. CAP TOURANE about May IX S.S. CAP LAY June 10 SS.
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      228 5 Campbell Gas Engine Co., Ltd. HALIFAX, ENGLAND. GOLD STARTING HEAVY OIL ENGINES HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL LAND and MARINE UP TO 700 BJ..P. Full particulars and Prices from SOLE AGENTS: \C ENTRAII IV* C""'-- SINGAPORE KL'ALA LUMPUR, lI'OH. -yBEST\ROLLER FIOUK />*, SOLE IMPORTERS rO KLANG F. M.S. Singapore, Penang, Calcutta, Madras,
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      613 6 SURINA THEATRE Nartfe Bridge Koad. Tel. No. 28). 1 From Wednesday. April 27 to Tuesday, May :j. 1927. NIGBTLT at 9. Thr Screen's mo-t dashing and handsome cowpuiu'hrr star HIM, CODY The Cowhoy with (lie million dollar THE GALLOPING COWBOY An unusual and maafctaf <!■■■ of the untamed \V.-t. Tkrilll
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      359 6 From Saturday, April 30 to Friday, May 6 ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER TURNED OUT will be screened at the AL.MAMBRA (TAN CHENG KEE A CO., LTD., Proprietors) In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A Victor Seastrom, Metro, Goldwyn, Mayer Special The work of Leonid Andreyev, the distinguished
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      334 6 COMING SHORTLY Direct from its enormous success at the Capitol Theatre, London. MELODY THAT STIRRED TWO CONTINENTS THE WALTZ DREAM A UFA MASTERPIECE Based on the World Famous Opera by Oscar Strauss A Superb Cast including j. j/fck, MADY CHRISTIANS >^LrX <llm> WILLY FRITSCH XTX Xr and ZENIA DESNL Xr
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    228 7 FIXTI'RES. Saturday, April 36 SiiiKspore High Water, 9.26 a.m.. 8.8, 9.57 p.m., 8.4. Malacca High Water, 6.30 a.m., 6.1, •i.50 p.m., 7.2. Cricket, Married v. Single, S.C.C. <>ur Hat, Victoria Theatre, v.30 p.m. Sunday, May 1 y Singaporu Hich Water, 10.16 am., 8.0, IU.Z7 p.m., f». .Monday,
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    226 7 SINGAPORE HARBOUR B OARD. Sate Hay, April .".n. Sliipa alongside Ihe Wharves or expected to arrive. KEITKL HARBOUR. Ml in Wli.nf Siilinriuur. Naaa. Loligo. !:.>■ at S.inuuk. 00 Wharf m Coal Wharf M.lui.» VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. latijong Pagar Shmra Wharf Boorabaya, Imlragiri Albert Dock lioggevcen Vicltriu Duck Tur Milra.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    201 7 To-diy. Si ha Pandjunc liengkulis and Bagan Si Api Api i AIiiiik Siuk iinil I'akan Hiiro.- i llrouwi-t i \i p.m. I I'per Burma, North and East India ig Kara )i rn. Bi-nlu Island. Pladjoe and PalcmbanK I Ilitili i 3 p.m. S«i:th Africa Mid South-Kast of
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    36 7 By Kda»aua lubuin Mongolia iVrtboi tea SUmii Spore l.oiiduu Mar. 17 Apl. 9 Mar. 18 Apl. 11 Mar. 24 Apl. 18 Mar. 24 Apl. 10 Mar. 31 Apl. 23 Apl. 1 Apl. 13
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    6 7 Ayir Moltk.— lC,92y lbs.
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    Rubber Smuggling.
    504 7 Preventive Launches' Busy Period. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 29. Quite a number of captures of rubber nniKjj!< v have been reported to the local i ustor.is authorities by the preventive ...un.hi- stationed <>ff the west coast. These iricindv seven by the Serendit, and two each
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
    378 7 Market Quiet, Little Movement. Lewis and Peat report Singapore. April 19. I;: !he absence of any lead from Lon.kiii and New York the market has remained quiet, and little movement in 'lire- is 10 be rec(-ded. Prom the March figures recently p'.ib-li.-hed by the Government dealing with
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    258 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, April M, On I.i.i, Jon, Bank 4 m/a 2/4 1/16 Demand 2/3 23/32 Private 3m. credit 2/4 9/32 On New York, Demand 66 Private 90 d/s 5T'.» On France, Bank T.T. 1411 On India. Bank T.T. Ki4'j On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 10 i p.c.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION DAILY PRICKS CURRENT.
    63 7 Tone of Market: tcady. I.atost Cable: Loadon Spot Shctt Is. 7%<1. |)cr lb. New Ifork Spot Sheet G. eeata -10 '-j per lb. t.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. itandard H.S.S. Itandard R.S.S. on Tend«r Spot Spot Viay June July-S 0.t.-1).,. sou
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      MINING.
      384 7 Issue Val. I'd. Buyers Seller* l'l il Asani Kn&ang 65/8 ">ii/'> il il Bansrin Tin 31/- 33/1 1 Eatanjr Patlanu DJ2 <>.r,7 11 il Gtanderian* 24/« 84/9 tl »l Eastern Stem 11 11 llaad Vai M U 27/11 1 1 Ilium Tfal I.OU I.W 1 1 H«tg I- alt
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      GENERAL.
      162 7 .'.il. Pd. Buyers Seller! ;i £1 B. Am. Tobacco 4.18.0 6.0.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.90 0.96 1 1 Cycle Carriage 1.00 1.10 il £1 K. Smelting Co. 18.20 18.00 5 o Fraser N'eave 17.85 18.20 100 100 Hammer Co. 17:..00 17C.00 Ik. 125 125 11. &S. B. 1,040
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      DEBENTURES.
      95 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. f1,254,300 67c 15% p.m. Spore Cold Storage Deb. 7 p.c. $555,000 110 115 Spore Municipal 5 p.c 1,878,000 of 190! par. 5 prcm. Spore Municipal I'-j p.c. of 1907 $1,600,000 90 par. Spore Municipal 4U p.c. of 1909 $1,100,000 90 par. Spore Municipal 4 p.c
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      406 7 Fraacr and Co. and L) all and Evatt'a quotation*. To-day 1 Pricei Franer Lyail A Co. Evait. Allenby (?1) J.'.tT'j S.OS 8.00 3.10 Alor Uajah ($1) J.KO L.Oil 285 3.00 A. Hiiam ($1) 4.C0 4.70 4.C0 4.70 A. Kuning ($1) 0.i12'- O.'.C'itd. 0.H2 0.07 Am. Malay (SJ) L6O
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      52 7 !li- i in r.. is ,.t Mr. Lin Cheng T.-ik. tt rcnuiiK, arv informed that the moil il remains of his dearlv loved w ft Khoo Ooal Lm Meoh rill remoTed fro« uis residentf N'o. ts, Laral Road, Penang, for interment ::t Batu Gantong Cemetery, un Sumh.y. May IMT,
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      11 7 SINGER "JUNIOR" "Represents the greatest value obtainable in British Light Cars."
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      20 7 STOP PRESS MAH-JONG RACKS Complete with Counters Per set $13.50. Obtainable from FRANKEL BROTHERS (Watrh Our Advt. on Page 16).
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      959 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified AdVta.. ace page 11. WANTS. FOR SALE. ETC. FOR SALE, Baby Austin ami Trumph motor eye 1 with side-car. Apply 004, Slrniu I BOOafa TO LET with board. THUglm disti <!. i- ntr.-il. Earepeaaa »n'y. Apply 600, BtiaitS 1 inex. FOR SALE, baaatlfaj art silk ladies'
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      459 7 HIAKImin At tha Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on April 1927, ta Mr. ami Jin. J. 1.. Beardoa. daturhter. JAVA FIRM Dealing in commodities wishes to jjci in touch with reputable Irn for the representation for tho S.S. and Malay States. Letters with banken references No. 3912, Reclamebodrij Aneta, Weltcvreden. GENERAL EXPOKTERS
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      50 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Station. (By Courtesy of Government Health Oflice.) For the week ending at Midnight on April 29. Bam <rx. shade temperature 82.8 F. M.n. siiude temperature 75 F. kfcaa :hade tempera! Un 7X.:> Mi.x. sun radiation 127.5 K. Mm. grasx radiation 72 y. laa t«mp«rutur» 71 p.
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    The Straits Times SATURDAY, APRIL 30. SERVANTS AND SURATS.
    1007 8 The Straits Times SATURDAY, APRIL 30. SERVANTS AND SURATS. V.T.i.i Sir Hugh Clifford comes ti Malaya in June ha will probably bo escorted around the Government archives and it is possible that in the ccurs of his peregrinations he may disover documents requiring immediate attention. Among them he may alight
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    AN OCCASIONAL NOTE.
    246 8 It has come to our notice that a cunning method of robbing Chine-Ec dcac.s has recently been employed in Singapore a variation of the confidence trick. We j understand that what happens is that a i dealer is approached by a Chinese who I offers to procure
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    296 8 Lt.-Col. P. Hope-Falkner has been ap poin.ed a Coroner for Singapore. Mr. F. M. Beins is appointed to act as Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Malacca. Capt. H. S. J. Lloyd has been appointed an orticer under the Rubber Restriction Ordinance. Professor K. B. Williamson takes the pace
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    15 8 The next meeting of Legislative Counci ill be held on May 16 at 10 a.m.
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    16 8 Inventions privileges in connection with match cases have been granted to Toyo ilatc-h kabuihiki-ICaisha, of Kobe.
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    21 8 We have received a copy of the Proceedings of the Federal Council of th: F.M.S. for the year ItfLJO, with appendix
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    23 8 The s.andard production of Kadella Rubber Estate, for the restriction year ending October U, 1927, has, on appeal, been assessed at 197,820 lbs..
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    31 8 Tha body of a Chinese was discovered in the Kochore Canal this morning near to the church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The man had apparently been dead for some hours.
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    36 8 Because of the- large number of illiterate Chinese in Peking, new plate > of red, yellow, blue and white have been put on streetcar fronts to indicate route: in place of the former plates carrying Chinese characters.
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    44 8 In the Dir.ti-.ct Court this morning, before Mr. N. D. Mudie, a Chinese was sentenced to twelve months' rigorous imprisonment tor robbing a man of $12. The complainant put the money in a tin while he washed his clothes and the accused stole it.
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    48 8 The following additional members have been appointed to the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association Ur. K. K. Pathy, Messrs. Scow Poll Leng, D. T. Rushton, D. Santry, A. H. X Surattee, A. P. Robinson, A. W. Viik W. A. Fell, A. Jackson and E. A. EUaa.
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    53 8 In order to meet the excepii ma demand for accommodation to Kurope. the P. and O. Co. have found it necessary ti place an extra steamer on the run. Accordingly, the Delta (8,000 tons) will be despatched from Shanghai on or about April 29, carrying first and second clas.passengers to
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    66 8 The second preliminary enquiry into the case in which Syed Mphamed Ismaii Din Sycd Abdul Majeed, driver of a Hudson motor car, was charged with rash and negligent driving on March 12, and colliding with another car driven by Mr. A. Schmidt, causing the death of Miss Patricia Fo'.ey was
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    72 8 The total number of members of the Singapore Family Benefit Society on April 1, was 1,01i2 of whom 1,022 werr duly certificated. There were eleven deaths from July 1, MM. The assets ol the society consisted of §7,500 War Loan bonds, $2,300 per cent. Municipal bonds, $10,000 fixed deposit at
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    134 8 Mr. H. A. Forrer, Registrar, Supreme C >uit, Penang, appeared as complainan' in a traffic case heard by Mr. S. N. Kinn. in the Police Court, Pmang, oa Wednesday in which Mr. A. S. Garrard, a European, was charged with firstly, permitting more than one person to sit beside the
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    Escaped Prisoner.
    447 8 Defaulting Policemen Sentenced To 12 Months. Three Ma'ay policemen who were wi charge of the gnaataa who escaped from T;.n T >ck Seng's hospital on Thursday norning were sentenced to 19 months' rigorous Imprisonment ;.< tterday afternoon by the District Judge, Mr, N. D. Mudie, on a charge
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    Mails Expected.
    45 8 From France, by D'Artagnan, due at Singapore 7 a.m. to-morrow. From China and Japan, by Kifuneian Mam. clue at Singapore on Monday, the 2nd proximo. Prom Western Australia, by City ol Sparta, due at Singapore >m '1 nei day afternoon, the 3rd proximo.
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    The Trolley-Bus Boycott.
    60 8 The Trolley-Bus Boy cott. Not a grea* ,i,. :i hu been heard ol late of the trolli y-hi-s boycott, but we understand that it is stiil in operation, and whatever oflcial action has been taken so far to locate the source of the trouble has been without result. Mi.niwhile the
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    Rubber Prices.
    61 8 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., Y..r!<. tend in the following cable dated April 29, their quotations being in gold dollar cent- and etoaing bid price*. Rubber exchange! sales to-day 050 May 40.20, June 4(1.70, July 41.10. August 41.50, September 11.70, October 42 cents, November iIAO, De«!emter 42.50. To-day's
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    "Our Flat."
    98 8 Patron- of "Our Flat at Ihe Victoria Theatre to-night will be able to regale themselves with an mutually ambitious programme while waiting for the curtain to go up. Besides the iiiforimitiuii u.-ually looked for in theatre pngiammei and i-.dviTtis-'incTits, it contains a Magazine by "Bay-Bo," contribution* by Dr.
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      156 8 t FOREMOST FASHIONS FOR THE SPRING RACES 3 We have a Specially Selected /'X*\^r?| Display of /sfsl| GOWNS, MILLINERY, t V tel? AFTERNOON and EVENING -fiZjlß shoes > SUNSHADES and rv if"CUJW STOCKINGS, etc. All Goods lor the Spring Wf/}°^ Tr/^\ Races are from the lead- f MjM^f /LJl\l\ ing
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      150 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT In the Second Show at 9 A Victor Seastrom, Metro, Goldwyn Mayer HE WHO GETS SLAPPED Featuring I.ON CHANEY Preceded by Screen Snapshots. Empire News Bulletin and Two-Reel Comedy. First Show at 7.30 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer THE GREAT DIVIDE in 8 Reels. TAN CHENN KEE CO.. LTD.. Proprietors. Player Pianos
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      75 8 On Other Pages. Home Sport Lettet 2 Finance und Commerce 7 Shipping and the Mails Meteorological Keport Rabbet Baeullag 7 I.ocul Uubbir Auction Prices 7 Cable and Kadio .Vewn St. James Povet Stutitn 'J Bingapora Amlsm Tr.i,l«' Mark Cast Municipal Meeting v CsnrMßondi net "> Sport News I 'l Singmpon
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    THE TRADE UNION BILL.
    310 9 Labour Party's Campaign Opens. "MEAN AND VINDICTIVE." Suggestion o f a General Strike Defeated. [REUTIB TELEGRAM] London, April 2!i. A Trade Union Conference, similar to tii )<• which decided the general strike .1 yenr ago, considered resolution condemning the Trade Unions Bill anil leil^inK tlie conference
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    First Sea Lord.
    332 9 Sir Charles Madden Succeeds Earl Beatty. [BELTER TELEGRAM] London, April 29. Admiral Sir Chattel Madden, G.( V.O. ■iinrvils Admiral Karl Beatty m Fini Sea Lord. Sir Charlei Madden will succeed on July 30. Admiral of th-- Fleet Sir Char]?* MtMn, G.CJL, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.omniander-in-( hiel of the
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    M. Briand Congratulated.
    75 9 [MA 1 AS TELEGRAM.] Paria, April 28. M. Briand received congratulations from ii large number of French foreign p iliiieiaas und journalists on the occasion of tin twenty-fifth anniversary of his entry nit'i Parliament In reply h,' :i i < the world wanti p ace, lull much
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    TOTALISATOR IN BRITAIN.
    175 9 Significant Inquiry By Jockey Club. How Betting: May Assist Horse-Breeding. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO.] Rugby, April 29. Gnat IntefMt has been aroused by an r-nnoi:nccmont that the Jockey Club has decided to hold an inquiry into the means •.•••hereby betting may best be made to contribute to the
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    Reasonable Defence.
    180 9 Mr. Hughes' Views On Disarmament. [RXLTIB TKLCGRAM] London, April 29. Washington The immediate need foT dear binding compacts among the leading powers not to cripple reasonable defence but to abolish provocative armament w;-.s timphailwii ex -Secretary of State Mr. Hughes, head of the American delegation to the Washington
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    Air Fatality.
    56 9 Tour United States Aviators Killed. [REL'TER TELEGRAM] Lor.tl .n, Apiii 30. X< .folk, Virsrin'a Tour Naval aviaton, two lieutenants L'ui two m'.'chanics, win. 1 kil!e<l whin tin- wroplUM in which they T»ere returning; in a thunflerstorm to Hanipt n H liiils Naval station was .^Lruck by lightning. The
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    Colonel Fatally Injured.
    108 9 [kjcuter telegram] London, April 20. Colonel Walter Gordon Neilson, C.M.G., Chief of the General Staff Aldershot Command, died as u result of injuries through his horse stumbling and rolling on him. Colonel NVi'.s' 11 was formerly in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in South Africa
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    Kwangsi Troops in Canton.
    72 9 [from our own correspondent.] Hong Kong, April 29. Cant n Kwaßgsl troops are. arriving in largi numbers. They are believed to be leaving for the North by the Shiukwan railway. As a'i Indication that Li Chai Sum is feeling himself firmly established, he U sending considerable
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    New Governors Appointed.
    36 9 [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO.] Rugby, April 29. Sir Ale.vardvr Rensford Slater is appointed Governor nf ihe Gold Coast. General Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne, Governor of the Seychelles, has been appointed Governor of Sierra Leone.
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    375 9 Breach Made in New Orleans Levee. Necessary Measures to Save City. [UUTBB TELEGRAM] London, April 29. New Orleans Mr. Hoover and party returned on board a Government launch alter selecting a sit* a hundred yards south of the Orange Grove Refining Company's premises and the industrial alcohol distillery
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    Separatist Movement.
    51 9 [TRANS-OCEAN SERVICE] Berlin, April 30. The separatist movement in the Ukraine is mereasag. According to persistent repeated reports, both peasants and intellectuals are favouring it. As Ukraine is Russia's granary sessession w ,uld entail a powerful reaction throughout the Sovret as well as the sessession of other southern
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    Moscow and Geneva.
    30 9 [TllA-Nb- OCEAN SERVICE] Berlin, April 30. Moscow will send, n it an observer, but a full delegation to the Geneva Economic Conference, according to Soviet semiofficial information.
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    Defense Nationale Bonds.
    42 9 [HAVAS TELEGRAM.] Paris, April 28. According to tha Echo de Paris, the Government will consider measures to check the buying of bonds of the Defense Nationale, of which the legal limit of 40 billion francs has now been reached.
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    Exchanges.
    77 9 [BRITISH IMTEkIAL RADIO.] Rugby, April 29 Fort'ign exchanges are Amsterdam 12JS%. Athens :>fi.">. Berlin 20.41). Dombay Is. 5 37-C4d. Brussels lilt Bucharest 780. Buenos Aires 47 9-IG. Copenhagen 18.21. Geneva 25.26. Helsingfors 192%. Hong Kong 2s. 0 7-lCd. Lisbon 2 17-32. Madrid 27.51 .i. Milan 91.65. New York 4.85
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    THE ROYAL TOUR.
    228 9 Intense Enthusiasm In Melbourne. Victoria Premier's Striking Message. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO.] Rugby, April 29. The Duke and Duchess of York left Melbourne to-day for Adelaide-, amidst scenes of intense enthusiasm. The Premier of Victoria has issued the following striking message The Duke and Duchess carry with them
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    "Gross Forgery."
    41 9 Moscow's Pronouncement On Embassy Documents. [better telegram] London, April 29. Moscow The secretariat of the executive Communist Internationa! describes the documents seizt-d at the Peking i-.i :i i<ross forgery for the purpose of inciting the public against the Soviet.
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    Tin Miner's Sentence.
    83 9 Reduced by Bangkok Appeal Court. (Krom Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, April 2D. Roy Gow of Lampeh Tin Mines, Siam, who was sentenced at Trang to two years' imprisonment for causing grievous harm to a Chinese cook, was formerly employed as manager of the mine. He has had
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    Supreme Court.
    57 9 Judgment Given in Trade Mark Case. The Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, gave judgment in a suit brought by S. V. Rathinam Chctty against V. Govida Mudaliur and Sons for an infringement of a trade mark known as chop Gaja. His Lordship pave judgment for the plaintiffs with
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    PRITHEE, TELL ME WHY ?
    156 9 PRITHEE, TELL ME WHY The Daily Mail states Sir Hugh Clifford is a determined man and has fought Colonial Secretaries in the past, including Mr. Churchill." Why is all this fuss and bother Prithee, tell me why When a change some kind or other Happens in the sky. Prithee, tell
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    American Yacht Arrives.
    60 9 An American motor yacht, which is making a tour of the world, nrrived in Singapore this morning from Manila. The vessel is 819 tons gross and is in command of Capt. Madsen. The owner, Mr. David Whitney, with his wife and a party of four are passengers.
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    MANCHURIAN BORDER.
    104 9 Persistent Reports Of Russian Activity. Possible Closing of Soviet Consulates. [keutek far eastern service.] Shanghai, April 29. Mukden, April 27: Government circl.s assert that Chang Tso Lin is considering closing the Soviet Consulates in Manchuria, in antiripati .n of which consular officials have despatched certain efTtits to Moscow.
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    St. James' Power Station.
    224 9 Municipal Engineer's Statement Corrected. At yesterday's meeting of the Sincupore Municipal Commissioners a document signed by the President, m lai:i on the table correcting an inaccuracy contained in a memorandum on St. James' Power Station prepared by Mr. Fyfe, the Municipal Engineer in charge of the
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    Singapore Assizes.
    242 9 Five Chinese on Trial For Armed Robbery. The cv.sc was coromencii at the Singapore A.-sues yc.-u-rday in which tivt Chinese, Tang San, Yuen Hu-.v, Huh Heng, Soh Moh and Yip Yuen were charged with armed gang robbery, and altenuitively dishonestly retaining stolen property. It is stated tha; the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1118 9 No Reductions in Water Charges. Important New By-Laws Confirmed. Beyond the passing of one or tv. i l!yLawi tlwN «a.> Uttla basiaess *>f importarcc at the meeting of the Municipal Commission htlci yesterday afternoon, the President (Mr. K. I. Karrcr) presided. Others pr< -e-i'. were Messr... C. C.
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      One Thousand Guineas.
      85 10 Cresta Run Wins Dead Heat| For Second. [Reuter Telegram.] London, April 2'J. The one Thousand Guineas was run at Newmarket io -day and resulted as folCREBTA RUN 1 ENDOWMENT I Twenty-eight ran. Won by two lengths. Betting: II 1 to 1 res'a Run, II lo J Book
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      Hard Courts Tennis.
      80 10 Sensational Defeat Of Krugnon. [Reuter Telegram.] London. April 19. The M-nii -tinals have been reached in tl.i British hardcourts championships at Bourn mouth. In the Hen's singles the South African Davis i up playu Bpenee unexpectedly defeated Brugnon, 4 ti, 7—5,7 5, 7—5.7 5. 6—3.6 3. beat
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      Cambridge Athletes' Tour.
      38 10 Lord Hurghley Ueaten In Hurdles. [Reuter Telegram.] London. April 2!». Lord Burghley, leader of the Cam■thletca competing in the Pennrelay carafral, was beaten by Johnny Gibaoa, of Fordham University. in the- ipecia] 400 metres hurdles.
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      Pendulum Still Swinging.
      55 10 Rcecc Beats the Spot Stroke Record. [Reuter Telegram.] London. April Ef. At Thm sum., at close of play Recce, I laying against Peall, had carried on his [K/ndulum break to BoB unfinished. This breaks W. J. Peall's record in MM of :hi made largely off the spot
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      Singapore Football.
      191 10 Visit of Manila Touring Eleven. T 1 Singapore Foothall Association has i tatnw that a team j from Manila will arrive in Singapore by i i.kcn. hoped to arrange a match v_rninst a combined team for May 10. Stag Boo Athletic Society II beat the Oversea Chinese Bank
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      Tennis.
      150 10 S.R.C. Tournament. MONDAYS TIES. Doable* Handicap. II. N. Ujilh.-ti hc-t anil \V. A. Milt In v. G. Orhlirs and G. Tessensohn. N. K. K.*s and E. W. de Cruz v. L. C.Miinull sad F. C. de Souza. h.impion-ihip. V. II. Norris v. K. 0, Whentley. N. Mammy v. I-'.
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      Golf.
      548 10 Sepoy Lines G.C. v. Keppel G.C. The teams tin the match between SYp.>y I.inis and K-.ppel to be played toj morrow at Sepoy Lines are as follows, Sepoy Lines players mentioned first. 1 '.I a.m. J. C. Cai. -on and K. W H. Austin v. S. C. Campbell and
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      COUNTY CRICKET.
      73 10 Season Opens To-day. The Engliafa coontjr cricket season opens to-day, when Lancashire, tho County champinns, play Warwickshire at Old Trafford. This is the only match to-day, but Notts and Kssex at Nottingham, Kent and U m eaterahire at Folkestone, Oxford University and Lancashire at Oxford, and Cambridge University
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      JOCKEY SUSPENDED.
      40 10 Stewards Dissatisfied With Explanation. London. April 20.— After the Betchworth Plate Race the Stewards called on Fox to explain his riding of Birth Control. Not satisfied with his explanation they suspended Fox for the remainder of the meeting.
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      Cricket.
      57 10 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. in a cricket match against the Koyal Engineers, at I'ulau Brani to-day Bt LIC p.m. It. Lyne. H. G. Stack, C G. Wheatley, A. Van Coylanburif, I- Woarne, li. Gibson, B. K. De Silva, (i. V. Noabroaner, K. Jumabhoy, P. B. I'awar. B.
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      Y.M.C.A. Billiards Handicap.
      23 10 Member- playing in the V.M.C.A. billiards handicap on requested to BTrange to piay IT their ties as early as possible
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      Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival.
      39 10 itl in .Singapore are reminded nf the Swimming Carnival to be held at the V.M.C.A. Pool on May 7, commepeing a! &80 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to :ii'. Details will appear in umns later.
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      Singapore Races.
      633 10 Handicaps for First Day. The following an 1 the handicaps for next Saturday, the first day of the Stags- pcre Turf Club Spring Meeting. 1. Open Horses-Class E (Five Furlonjrs) l'.:50 p.m.— Equimaid 9.3, Vanish Lit, Crisp 8.13, Raja 8.13, Jacottc 8.12, Belle of Ireland 8.2, Sextant Boy
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      POLO AT PENANG.
      44 10 Farewell to Lady Guillemard. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penanj;, April ::o. The Polo and Hun. Club will hold an At Home on May 7. to bid farewell to Lady Guillemard. The Sultan of Perak will attend. Several matches are being arranged.
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      Vice-Captain of Sussex.
      37 10 London. April 20. A. If. Gilligan has been riveted vice-Captain of Sussex C.C. A. H. Gilligan, is a brother of A. E. K. Gilligan, Captain of the M.C.C. teai.i which toured India and Ceylon.
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      Home Football.
      217 10 To-day's English and Scottish League Matches. Tin; following are the English and Scottish league matches t > be played to-day. Division I. Arsenal v. Birmingham. Aston Villa v. Blackburn. Bolton v. Huddersfield. Burnley v. Leicester. Cardiff v. Kverton. Derby v. W. Bromwich. Leeds v. West Ham. Liverpool v.
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    Tepah Tin.
    41 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, April 30. A meeting i>f Tepah Tin Dredging Co., Mr. I). A. M. Brown presiding, unanimously authorised the directors to enter into an agreement for the sale of the company's property at Tepah, Siam.
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    28 10 Mr. B. D. T. L. Henderson, till recently Rubber Restriction Officer at Kuala Lumpur and now planting in Johore, is a patient in Singapore General Hospital with malaria.
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT.
    123 10 Rose Macphail-and Co. Singapore, April 30. Rubber. London Is. 7lhid.,7 I hid., unchanged Tin.— London £287 10s., 50t. down. Mining. Kuchai 2.05-2.10, Sungei Way UO-SJfta, Hong Fatt I.MH-UU.M, Malaya Consolidated 1.14-1.17, Johan 18L'O cents. Nui Hoot 57-60 cents, Rahman Hydraulic 2.32 V. -2.37 ",i. North Taiping SW-1.02,
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    Cathedral Dance.
    464 10 Rig (lathering at Memorial Hall. I *y\ spivadid show ivas the unanimous 1 verdict on the St. Andrew's Cathedral dance held at the Memorial Hall last niK'tt. Entry success rewarded the hard work of the ladies who had organised the entertainment. They were gratified by lan attendance of
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    Malayan Medical Journal.
    93 10 We have received Volume II No. 1 of the Malayan Medical Journal and we are glad to note that it keeps up the high standard with which it started, no small fp«». in this eountrv. Among originr! articles are Serum Treatment of Acute i Dytortary Injections by
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    The Cuckoo in the Nest.
    756 10 I Sir Hugh and the Ceylon Legislative Council. Speaking at a recent gathering in Cilombo, the Governor of Ceylon (Sir Hugh Clifford) said 1 think I should be more than human •and I claim to be the most human of uny human being present in
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    100 10 The First National picture He Who Gets Slapped, featuring Lon Chancy, will be shown at the Alhambra from this evening. Under distinguished patronage the New World and the City Opera will ),'ive entertainments in aid of the Child Welfare Society on Tuesday. The City Opera will stage a
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    Motor Cycle World Records.
    56 10 John Little and Co. have received a cable from the manufacturers of the Norton motor-cycle (for which firm they are agents) informing them that at Br^oklands, Denly, riding a Norton, broke the world's records for the flyin<: kilo at 10U.22 miles an hour and the flying
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    55 10 Dinner was served to over a hundred pertsons la-st night at 84 Amoy Street, on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. Lee Eng Sian, eldest son of Mrs. Lee Chim Bock and the late Mr. Lee rhim Bock, It. |Uh Sonif Chin Liar., eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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      CAR PARKING.
      136 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The police notice in your issue of to-day prohibiting the parking of cars from May 1 will prove a real hardship to owner drivers. Even at this late hour is it impossible lor the authorities to rtcenal lor a bit
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      160 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. j Sir, In view of the regulations which come into force on May 1. I wish to inform your readers that 1 am forming a small syndicate, the purpose of which is for a ice |S pat month to undertake to provide qualified
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      AUCTION BRIDGE—HAND VALUATION AND BIDDING.
      276 10 AUCTION BRIDGE— HAND VALUATION AND BIDDING. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The following may be nf interest to Bridge players J Explanation, valuation in bidding only j Ace l point. 1 King after Am: 1 (fad place). King heading suit=%. (Ist place). Queen after Ace. King-1 cird
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    A.P.C. Tonkang Sinks.
    58 10 An A.I.C. tonkang with a large nuniocr of petrol rails on board went down in ■a Sumatra iff Sea View this morning. We believe that a large part of the (i.r>:o was lecovered ilcsnitc the fact that many Chinese and Malays were quickly on the shore in
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    SINGAPORE AND SOUTH MALAYA BOY STOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    42 10 Orders for week ending May 8, 1K27 Wednesday. .May 4, Officers meeting, Headquarter;. 5.15 p.m. Signalling Class, Headquarters. 5.16 p.m. Thoraday, Band Practice He ulquarters. 5.15 p.m. Saturday, Field day for Fifth and Sixth Troop*.
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    Book of the Week.
    1503 11 Hill Nye Friend of Half The World. Hamlet's estimate of Yorick as a fellow of ii linke jest" may truly be applied to Bill Nye, an American, who u.i ninny things at various times but ■•variably humourist with that quaint, quissical outlook mi life which distinguishes
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    A Naval Trap.
    388 11 French Admiral on Dangers Of Panama. That the Panama Canal would prove a source of the gravest danger to the United States in the event of war is the 4 'nion of one of the foremost nival i" ;he day, Rear-Admiral 1 hrlf 1 <■»: my, of
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    76 11 Programme of drills up to and for May 1, 1927 Saturday, 2.30 p.m., Farrer Range, S.R.E. (V), Lewis Gun Classification 2.'!0 p.m., Siglai). K'irasinn Coy., In Camp 2.30 p.m.". Bukit Timah Kange. All Units, Practice Inter Port. Sunday. 0.30 a.m., Johnston's Pier, D.E.1.. Unit. Trailing 0.00 a.m.,
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    Story of the Day.
    43 11 I want to play Ked Indians," said the small boy. I w-ll play with you." volunt-ered his father. The smail boy looked doubtfully at his father's bald head, and then said contemptuously, You're no use. Yau have no scalp.'
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    Church Services.
    1042 12 Sunday, May 1. [Under tola heading we pabllih eaeh week brief detail! of the services to be held at those Singapore Churches whole authorities supply us with the necessary information. To ensure insertion, these notice! moat reach u« by Friday afternoon.] St. Andrew"* Cathedral.— 2nd Sunday after Euster,
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    21 12 There is a big gulf between the laboratory stage of an invention and the p<>mmorcial application of it.— Sir Stanley Hois.
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    Racecourse Incident.
    679 13 A Malayan Planter Fined $25. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April I8> Ths case in which Mr. E. N. T. Cumjnins, the well-known Malayan planter, ■was charged with usin;j criminal force to a young Chinese schoolboy at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse on March 12, last was concluded
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    Sixty Years Ago.
    289 13 Imposition of New Stamp Tax Discussed. [Proa the Straits Timca of April :>;>. 1867.] The Stamp Tax has proved a much Its* objectionable measure than wa.< preti KLO'i by the Mercantile community y— rally ;.nd the Chamber of fnaiOjatTIi in particular. 1 has nut driven trade away
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