The Straits Times, 4 March 1931

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBABLT A CENTUET-] THE LARGEST AND MOSZ INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER lIS MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931 PIUCE 10 CENT!
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      94 1 SINGAPORE: 76, CEgiW BT^ (THQNt fllg1?« 6~15 TONIGHT 9.15 MAURICE CHEVALIER In JHB BIG PONDJ Phone 5261-5:61 #A SHELL PRODUCT |§g THE NEW INSECTICIDE kW ON SALE TOMORROW CLF U I I TAV liw sJ rvr'AT'ii SHELLTOX Mosquitoes, will not harm nl l^i 1^?/ Cockroaches, <ff^f^sS^ The SPRAYER produces a
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      9 1 MU|L|^UMPURj27, JAVA ST. CPHQNE 3683), in j Phone 5261-SMX
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      510 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore. KARMALA 9.100 Mar. 7 SOUDAN 6,500 Mar. 13
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      593 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YLSEN KAISHA). TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKONE MARU 10,000 Mar. 11 12 SSUWA MARU 10,700 Mar. 26 27 jKUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Apr. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,300 Apr. 22 *J3 TERUKUNI MARU 11,800 May 6 7 HAKUSAN MARU
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      447 2 BURNS PfflLP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well- T< known steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to
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      598 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE a GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave Spore. Penang. M.s. JI'TLANDIA Mar. 18 Mar. 20 m.s. ALSIA Mar. 25 Mar. 27 m.s. SELANDIA Apr. 8 Apr. 10 m.s. FIONIA Apr. 22 Apr. 24 m.s. LALANDIA
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      626 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) h lEGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, 1 .ONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, t ANTWERP, HAMBURG A."D BREMEN GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. .ONDON,
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      502 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE for Lrctay, Trengganu, Kelantan, Bungnara, 'elupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, iondon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, Chumpen and Jangkok. Arrival Departure I'RACHATIPOK Jn port Mar. 1 SUDDHADIB Alar. 9 Mar. 11 VALAYA Mar. IC liar. 18 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      456 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TACOMA ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO., TACOMA, WASH. STATES STEAMSHIP CO., PORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SmEDULB Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Honjj Kong. San Francisco and L:>s Anzeles. S.S. GOLDEN WALL sails from Hong Kontr Mar. 4 S.S. GOLDEN RIVER
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      468 3 nOLLAK STEAMSHIP UKB Jnd AMESdCAH HAIL LIKE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE SINGAPORE, PENANC. COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang PRES. WILSON In port Mar. 5 Mar. 7 IKES. VAN BUREN Mar. 16 Mar. 19 Mar. 21 PUS. CARFIELD Mar. :$U
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      551 3 .i&L NORDDEUTSCHER P&I3 LLOYD llAvfiir (Incorporated in *AnsJ§sV^ Germany) The undermentioned are the Company's intended fixtures. OUTWARDS FRANKEN for Hong Kong, S'ghai, Taku, Dalny, Tsingtau, Yokohama, Kobe, Moji and Hankow Mar. 18 FULDA for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku Bar, Dairen and T.-intftau Mar. 27 HOMEWARDS 3 HAVEL for M'seilles,
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      331 3 ELLERMAN BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) M ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore s.s. CITY OF ATHENS Mar. 23 s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Apr. 27 HOMEWARDS CITY OF GUILDFORD for L'don,
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      1163 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824) PAID UP CAPITAL Fl. 80,030,000 (about £6,669,000) STATUTORY RESERVE FUND Fl. 40,015,000 (about .335,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM WITH AGENCIES IN ROTTERDAM AND 'S-GRAVENHAGE HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Bandoeng Weltevreden Rangoon Bandjermasln Kota-Radja Semarang* Hombay (Acheen)
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    56 4 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH 1"'IV(. Hist Josophine rnnlar. ?ccon 1 daughter of the late Mr. P. L. Pajrlar, lit lence No. 410, i|u.-c-i Btrtat, Singapore, at B.-lo p.m., XIarch o. CortOf .it i.'.:» p.m. today for tkt <if the flood Shepherd end thence to Ridadari Comatery for interment. R«lativ«i &v.<i triaodl
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      740 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There lire approximately seven words to a Ifru arj there is a flat rate charge of 25 cents pet line per insertion with A Tiiir.irouin of one dollar per insertion. Ai:-rt\*ewtt •R-ill be iiceeiiTed up to 10 m.ra. on the d:.j of issue. A toe if H cec.s
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      773 4 _BOARD— RESIDENCE TO LET, FUR. ROOMS, 82, Waterloo St. ACCOMMODATION WITH EUROPKAN FAMILY, (Tanglin), for one or tv.-o bachelors, esnnis, tel I, S. T. HOUSES, FLATS~TO~LEf TO LKT, No. 7y, .Meyer I'.or.U. Apply M V I iirothiirs. TO LKT, No. 87, Meyer Road. Apply He*c Brothers. TO LKT, fi'J, Prinsep
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      448 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, 'shops at Groivanur Hotel .Bldg. OFFICES TO LET. 248, Battery Ror.J, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co.. Ltd. TO LET, OFFICES at 4, Prince Street, top floor and No. 22, Raffles Place. Apply Koh Chow Kee, U*, KiUiney Road. TO LET, codown, two storey with
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      525 4 MISCELLANEOUS PERMANENT WAVING HY OI'EKA," Only raacbine in Sin K tpore. Rinclel -i fr Ordinary Waving. Maiton Nitto, 11, Stamford Hd. Tel. 4807. EUBCIUCAL {ttASSAGaT Mrs. SONODA ar.d Miss SEZUAI. No. 5, HENCUOLi.N STKEKT. aWCAPOM. FOB SALE FOR BALE. Motor Inur;h, lcn^lh 35 feet. Fxcellent sea 'uoat, in food miming
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      890 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that our depart mental assistant manager JI-. Chag a>S N'giap alir 1 C'-.ig Yijk Sie-.v hs-. i:u■s no lor.gcr in our employ and has no authority to &ct on our behalf from thi: dale. LOV,' JOON HONG, Si t; r..d L'JW KEI I!
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      767 4 TENDERS Singapore municipal notice TENDERS NOTICE is hereby pivcn that tenders aro now invited for the following Material! or services, and that particulars of such tiniors may be obtained in the Tit tier Municipal Offices. S;:>i;>!y of Sower Pamp l.-jui;)-m.nt, Special Pipes, a:..l Va!v. DttC of closing, 1 p.m., May
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      559 5 BANKING THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established 1886> Capital Subscribed (fully paid up) V 100,000,000 Reserve Fund V U3,600,0C0 President K. Kodama, Esq. Vice-President K. Takeuchi, Esq. Head Office. Yokohama. Singapore Branch 31-a, CHULIA STREET. LONDON BANKERS Westminster Bank, Ltd. The National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Lloyd's Bank, Ltd. BRANCHES Alexandria
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      607 5 AUCTION NOTICES (By Order of Messrs. THE ESTATE AND TRUST AGENCIES (1927), LIMITED.) Receivers for Asiatic Lighter Co. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of 11 Tonkang* called Bahareen," Hussain," Alamgiri," Sammattiar," SafaMarwa," Ganjabuksh," Ajmere," Abu- bakar," Tripole," Mata Hari," Ahmad Lajoo," lying in Rocnore River, near Beach Road. 8 Tongkangs
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      277 5 HOTELS Raffles Hotel This Evening 6.15. TEA DANCE FRIDAY, MARCH 6. s.s. "COLUMBUS" IN PORT CRUISE LUNCHEON 12.15 P.M. Special Dinner Cruise Ball DANCING 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT Dinner and Dance $3. Dance Only $1. Sea View Hotel ALL ROOMS WITH MODERN SANITATION. Pending the Installation of TALKIES The Cinema Shows
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      1002 5 GOULDS POWER PUMPS We have a Complete Range of Pumps for Every Service CENTRAI" i-l* I KUALA LUMPUR IENGWEWORK* 7^^ IPOH Sole Agents in Malaya FOR GOULDS PUMPS INC. FILMING SINGAPORE. Many "Shots" Made Of The City. A car threading its way through tha nai row streets of Chinatown yesterday
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    CLOSE-UPS FROM THE STUDIOS.
    900 6 ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK has arrived back in Hollywood from Sumatra, with the complete film of Rango," an adventure drama for Paramount. Been'ise the story he had written for BaagO required the simultaneous appearance of apes and tigers and because the tropics of Sumatra is the only
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    British Showmanship in India.
    894 6 Touring With Talkie Vans Language And Social Difficulties Indian Films, ¥NDIA presents, to the showman, says the Cinema, problems not to be found anywhere else in the Empire, although they are most closely paralleled in Africa. In the first place, the population of India reaches the
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    NO OFFICIAL CENSOR.
    135 6 Mr. Shortt Denies Rumour In Interview. THE report that a Home Office representative was to be appointed to the Board of British Film Censors was recently denied by the Censor, Mr. Edward Shortt, himself. In an interview Mr. Shortt, who has been confined to his home for
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    FIRST AID IN CINEMAS.
    133 6 Coroner's Comments In Lambeth Case. IT was desirable that large places of entertainment should always have on duty somebody with first-aid training. This suggestion was made by the Lambeth coroner when he was inquiring recently into the death of a woman who died from heart failure
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    WIDE FILM STOPPAGE.
    59 6 Stock Scrapped No Pictures Planned. ACCORDING to reports from Holly•*»wood, no studios there are planning to shoot on wide film, and it is reported that suppliers of raw stock have on hand a big supply of unsaleable film. One firm alone, it is reported, scrapped 200,000 feet
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    FOR AMERICA.
    44 6 Pat. Heale and George King t Production's. MR. DOUGLAS SARGEANT, of Pattern Films, the organisation which distributes through Central and S. America, announces that his company has bought the output of Patrick Heale Productions and George King productions for those two markets.
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    TALKIE PARTIES.
    55 6 ASSOCIATED Portable Talking Pictures were called in to help at a "coming out" party given at the Mayfair Hotel recently by Mr. Arthur Clavering for his daughter. Movietone News and some Warner shorts were put on, and the show was excellent, Mr. Clavering expressing his astonishment at the
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    EMIL JANNINGS
    42 6 HERR Jannings has signed his contract with Paramount. He will leave Europe at the end of March. His picture will be produced in the Long Island studio of Ernest Lubitsch; Jannings will speak his role in German and in English.
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    CAN AMERICANS MAKE LOVE?
    945 6 (By Our Film Correspondent.) A CORRESPONDENT writes to say that he thinks that Americans have no acting technique. They fail to hold audiences because they have no emotional power and do not know the first thing about making love. He says that their hard material character
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      43 6 4 FLAG BRAND l BRANDY ij From COGNAC (France). GUARANTEED MADE FROM GRAPE ALCOHOL. pHEE $30 per case of 12 quarts u£ ft Duty included Phmartinjcunel For smaller quantities price R i* 1 proportion. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. jj|sij|ggg=^ Sole Distributor G. AURELY Phone 6172.
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      34 6 mjy S^J Nil J «n .dv.-rtiscment hy fC _J H/ Jml-X 1* V diet-helm co., lth. m I A if i j k# EQUIPMENT not I how jou KKSI I.TS and ou- AGFA SKRVICE.
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      101 7 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Lightnin' will strike the Alhambra screen in a burst of chuckles and a storm of Laughs WILL ROGERS In his most Electrifying Role. Stirring up a Three Cornered Romance in a Setting of Divorce WILL ROGERS Hitting the World's Funny Bone in his most Lovable and Laughable
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      261 7 c^m^^^K^m m Hf 'lot; r*3)W fl^V B I Bo Jem W* jm sK> I1 I Ho r 8.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Special Matinee at 3.15 TODAY School Children Half Price. MAURICE Ch evali c r "The Big Pond" WITH CLAUDETTE COLBERT The Screen's most Exquisite Beauty. The delightful Star of INNOCENTS
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      191 7 If 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 LAST TWO PERFORMANCES I WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR CONRAD NAGEL in "The Idle Rich" U With BESSIE LOVE and LEILA HYAMS. W Hailed As The Sensation of The Talkies U A Great Human DocumentiWhich Answers A Big Problem. Thursday: FASHIONS IN LQVE~ SPECIAL}
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      THE CITY PREFIX.
      254 8 Roosevelt's Decision to Rename Ships. 1h" ilctision of Kooscvelt's new Baitinn>. i- Mail Steamship Company to re-name the steamers which it has purchased fro.n Board with the prefix City I ity ci Norfolk, City of Le Hi Hamburg, and City ofi very ir.'creUinjr, fu.being a fuvourite DIM
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      CHINESE SHIPPING.
      241 8 National Government And Foreign Flags. "What's in a foreien flag?" "Protection from danger," aeeordiag to th<> owners of Chinese vessels plying the Yangtse or seaboard. An infringement of the honour of the nation," replies the Government. This 'ii. has now become a vital one for .ners owing to
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      MOTOR SHIPS.
      184 8 Greater Building Activity On Continent. mjr the course of 1930 the tonnage of motor ships launched was 25 per cent. r than that of steamers, but the propoi t:on abroad was much higher than in the 'Ii ited Kingdom. On the Continent oil-engined cargo- :■.>■(■ being built to
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS.
      165 8 Lieut.-Cul. 6. C. Meredith, M.r. is e;anted lc.ive from Mar. II to Bapt. 30, 1931. Lieut. J. UonaMion is granted leave from Mar. 1, 1931. to Mar. 1. IMI. lI. E. the Officer Administerine the Govemmrnt hns been pleased to award the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Lon»f Service
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      LONDON STOCKS.
      119 8 London, Mar. 3. The Central News reports the following prices of stocks quoted toduy War Loan, I per cent. £H>:\ Conversion I. an, 3'^ piT cent. £7*'* Rand* ft 7 Shell £S% Hoy 1 Putch i-'l v Trinidud Asphalt £1 r > H Rubber Trust 16s. 3d. Columbia
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      53 8 From China and Japan, by Tokiwa Maru, due at Singapore on Friday. From France, by Angers, due at Singapore 0 a.m. on Saturday. From China and Japan, by Calcutta Maru, due at Singapore on Saturday. Frnm Europe (London mails dispatched on Feb. 12) by Karmala, due at Penang
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        MINING.
        445 8 v»lv »l- Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang 22/- 23/. I-I Aycr Hitam Tin 11,6 12/6 £1 il Bangrin Tin 12/9 13 G 1 1 Batanj; Padang 0.10 0.15 1 1 Batu Caves 0.40 0.50 1 1 Bukit Arang 0.35 9.40 £1 £1 Burmah Malay 10/6 12/- nom.
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        GENERAL.
        263 8 v «l- p d- Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.90 2.15 I 2 Alex. Brick Prefi. 2.12*4 2.22*4 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.0.0 4.5.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.35 n.40 no:n. 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 75.00 £1 11 Con. T. S. 7 Pref. 18/1
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        122 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 102 106 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 190) red. 1930 $1,378,000 par. 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4>4 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par Singapore Municipal 44 p.c. of 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 96 par
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.20 Alor (lajah ($1) 0.80 0.90 o.B2'ii 0.92' i A. llitam ($1) 1.15 1.25 1.20 1.35 A. Kuning ($1) 0.20 0.30 0.20 0.30 A. Malay ($2) 1.25 1.40 1.30 1.45 A.
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    MARKET REPORT.
    633 8 Tin Little Affected By Quota Scheme. Fraser and Co.'s report, dated Mar. 3, •ita.es Quiet conditions have been experienced in the local market throughou" the week, and .in shares ahow only a small appreciation despite the announcement that the tin restric.ion scheme has been approved, and now only
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    CHARGEURS REUNIS.
    223 8 The report for the yoar to June 30, 1930, of Chargeurs Reunis (French Steam Navigation Company), submitted in Peris on Dec. 20, shows trross receipts at 408.081,510, against Frs. 407,484,280 in 1929, while operating costs and general ehargat were Fri. 369,044,198, against Frs. 366.471.916. Interest on obligations and
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    PALM OIL.
    163 8 The followinir reports have been received from Lewis and Peat In their letter dated Feb. 5 our London correspondents wrote as follows Since our last the market is attain unchanged here at £21 10s. at £21 15s. according to position. It appears the reason why prices for this
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    213 8 Today. Java, South-Wist Sumatra, SouthKast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Di!iy (Balocraa) I p.,,.. Banka Island, I'ladjoe und Palcnibaaf (Theiknsi 3 p Djambi (Tobelol ;j Indo-China and Hokow (Azay le Itil!Lk u"> 11 in Pontianak (Khoen Hoaa) ;i Kast Africa. South-Af rica and SouthEast of tiouth-Aiiu-rica bUwaehi
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    43 8 J. van Oldenbarnevelt Talamlia Generul Metzinger Pntria Comorin Johan dc Witt S pore l.unilcn Left Arrd. Jnn. 23 Feb. 12 Jan. 29 Feb. 21 Jan. L':> Feb. LM Jan. 30 Fi-h. 21 l-.i.. I Feb. 2s Feb. 0 Mar. 2
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    AIR MAILS.
    23 8 Deliveries were made in London on Mar. 2 of Dutch Air Mails (MedanAmstertlam route) which closed in Singapore on Fib. 18.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    49 8 The following passengers arrived by the Dutch air mail from Java yesterday Mr. and Mrs. S. Snuyf, Mr. Krayenhoff, Mr. Rehbock and Mr. Thomson. Passengers leaving Singapore today were Mr. and Mrs. I. Fletcher, Mr. G. Seybold, Mrs. S. M. Spencer and Miss L V. Spencer.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    277 8 irsa'assitaj. March 4. Skip* alongilde the Whanres or expected to trrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf I.eh. Kittiwake, Ich Hygeia, n. Hakaaacr, W. t.t. Sweet, Lch. Chayer. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjonf I'asar. Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Nsetvbar, Jewah Suyni. Victoria
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      39 8 17- RUE! DC LA PAIX PARI/ SES DUO -J CHARME ~~PI If CHEVALIER IJJP V FLEURde ,i, i f 'Will,;!! FRANCE fj^jgUQ. D'ORsAYjjjil»V TOUJOURS V V* l.\# vJ i\ Ci Wholesale and retail at the Sole Agent RENE ULLMANN
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      16 8 Central Motor Hiring Co. 315, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. NEW HUPMOBILE CARS ON HIRE Phone No. 7733.
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      201 8 RADIO NEWS. The Week's Programmes From Saigon Station. The broadcasting programmes from thr Saigon Radio station for the week are given below. Orchestral concerts arc from approximately S.45 to 9.45 p.m. Wednesday. Cham'ner music by Radio-Saigon soloists from C.15 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. Thursday. Rapsodie Norvegienne (Lalo) j TroiJcunes Filles
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      272 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Bright Wind. Station. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative Direc- Speed Weather. Max. Min. fall, shine. Humidity. tion. F. F. ins. hours. m.p.h. Alor Star .95 73 Nil 10.8 T5 NE 2 Fine Kota BaViru .89 72 Nil 10.1 85 WSW 5 Fine K. Trengganu 88
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      174 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Wednesday, March 4. II. W. 10.5 a.m., 9 ft. 5 in., 11.20 p.m., 8 ft. 0 in. Opening of Now K I'M. nuiltiintr. 11.30 a.m. l'olice Band, Katoag 1'ark, a p.m. Thursday. March 5. H. W. 10.50 a.m., 10 ft. 2 in., 11.46 p.m., 8 ft.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    346 9 Restriction Thoughts Help Rubber Price. SPECULATIVE SHARES ADVANCE. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday, 10 a.m. TWny's Prices Kulihcr. 12 j cents, per lb. Tin, i 2."» lons at $61.73 per picul. Yesterday':; Price sMMv, I onrion, 4 l-16d. up '/id. .New York, sets.,s cts., up Vi
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      CHINA AND THE GOLD STANDARD.
      1034 9 Proposed Silver Loan. THE PRESENT POSITION REVIEWED. When judging the pros and com of tha proposed silver loan to China the following cardinal points have to be considered, writes Hcldo Stromwall in the North China Daily News 1. Is China going to introduce an effective
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      63 9 12 o'clock noon. Mar. 4. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot \2\ 13 Standard RJS.S. on Tender .March is»4 If 1 April 13H 13% May Vt-H i* MrU-Jmne 13" S 14V§ July-Sept. 14/3 14^ Ton* of Market Steady. Latent Cable London Spot Sliest
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      WILKINSON PROCESS COMPANY.
      576 9 "Time Is Approaching" For Reconstruction. (Krom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 2. Presiding at the fourth annual meeting of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Cumpany Ltd., held at the offices of Harrisons, Barker and Co., Mr. John Hands said The works have boon thoroughly reorganised and a
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
      102 9 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at nil Malayan larts durin- the month of February, 1931 Destination. Tons. I'nited Kingdom 1,010 Cnitcd States of America 5,978 Continent of Europo 1,080 llritish Possessions 581 Jap.vi 140 Uther foreign countries 30 Total 9,719 Notes 1. This
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      BULLION LETTER.
      646 9 Samuel Montague and Co.'s Weekly Report. Samuel Montnifut 1 and Co.'s weekly bullion letter, dated London, Feb. 4, states The Bank of England nold reserve against notos amounted to £139,485,856 on Jan. 28 (M compared with £142.220,12(> on the previous Wednesday), and represents c decrease of £8,139,766 since
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      EXCHANGES.
      79 9 Rugby, Mar. 3. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.11 S, Athens 375, Bombay Is. 5%d., Berlin 20.43H, Brussels 34.84, Bucharest 817, Rio I 1-16, Buenos Aires 37%. Copenhagen 18.16 V.. Geneva 25.23 V 4, Helsingfors 193 Hong Kong 10->,d., Lisbon 108.25, Madrid 45.6G, Milan 92.724, Monte Video 35' i. New
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      SINGAPORE TRACTION
      328 9 Rollins Stock More Than Doubled. The fifth annual general meeting of the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd., was held on Feb. 4, at Basildon House, Moorgate, London E.C. Mr. L. W. Hawkins (the chairman), who presided, said the accounts covered a period of development OB p. moderate scale in
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      RUBBER STATISTICS.
      145 9 Foreign imports of rubber during the r-.onth of February, 1931 Dry. Wet. Smoked Scrap Sheet Lump Country of and and Origin. Crepe. Sheet. Bark. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Sumatra 446 4,185 307 4,933 Dutch Borneo 300 1,921 150 2,271 Java and other Dutch Islands .41 8 11
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      AMPAT (SUMATRA).
      92 9 Report for year ended Sept. 30, states that output amounted to 725,838 lb., compared with 072,402 lb. for previous year. Averaßc price realised for rubber actually sjl<! amounted to 6.49 d. per pound, against 9.60 d. por pound for 1928-29. Current cost of production has been considerably reduced
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    ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
    664 9 Lock-Out Improves Yarn And Cloth Prices. BIG DROP W RAYON EXPORTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Manchester, £eb. 1. Traders in the market are eagerly awaiting a move being made towards a settlement of the more looms per weaver dispute. At the express wish of the Prime Minist«r,
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931. SPECTACULAR DIPLOMACY.
    1148 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931. SPECTACULAR DIPLOMACY. So many conferences and commissions have wrestled with the problem of naval disarmament and we have been warned so often that, altfiough considerable progress has been mode, the ultimate goal is still a long way off, that the full significance
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    PERPETUAL YOUTH IS NOT A DREAM.
    1620 10 How Science Can Defeat Old Age. (By H. Jaworski, the distinguished French physician.) That prophetic author H. G. Wells foresees that the human beings of the future will enjoy pertpetual youth. This is merely Utopian from the novelist's point of view, but it has
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    15 10 Second Lieut. G. L. Daker, of the Ist Batt. Gloucestershire Regt.. has been gazetted Lieutenant.
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    22 10 News has been received in Malaya of the death at Nice of Mr. W. Nance Williams, 0.8. E., chairman of Kay Yew.
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    25 10 Mr. M. J. Namazie, D. E. L. Oxon., Barrister-at-Law, returned today to Singapore from England, where he has been studying, by the Azay le Rideau.
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    42 10 Mrs. Roberts, wife of the Bishop of Singapore, is due to arrive with her baby at Penang from England today. The Bishop, who has been touring the diocese, will meet her and they will all travel to Singapore together, arriving on Monday.
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    60 10 The marriage took place at Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia, on Jan. 27, of Thomas Carlyon Vavaseur Durell, of Chekoma, Salisbury, to Elizabeth Marion Connal, elder daughter of Col. and Mrs. K. H. M. Connal, Monkton-Head, Monkton, Ayrshire. Mr. Durell was formerly manager of! Elmina Estate, Selangor, and is a brother of
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    171 10 Miss Matilda Laurence, whose death at Hangchow, on Dec. 28, has already been announced, was the oldest C.M.S. worker in China. Born at Clapham Park in 1844 she was one of the last missionaries who had to travel there via the Cape of Good Hope, as the Suez Canal route
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    727 10 AN HONEST POUT IC I AN. Tribute to the importance of Mr. Stanley Ealdwin in British politics makes a refreshing change after the scurrilous attacks on him by the Press barons and the treachery of a handful of members of his own party. Mr. Austin. Hopkinson,
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    RUBBER IMPROVES ON RUMOURS OF RESTRICTION. DUTCH VISIT TO LONDON.
    279 11 RUBBER IMPROVES ON RUMOURS OF RESTRICTION. DUTCH VISIT TO LONDON. Serious Discussion On x Rubber Questions. MAXWELL SCHEME. Immediate Advance In s Price. (From Cur Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 3. The price of rubber rose suddenly to<;ay, following a report that Dutch intei csts are now favouring acceptance of the
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    BRIG.-GEN. E. JADWIN.
    257 11 Sudden Death of Canal Expert. New York, Mar. 3. The death has occurred suddenly of the distinguished engineer, Brigadier-General Kdjrnr Jadwin. who was in Panama in connection with a meeting to determine whether a Ni-.araguan Canal could be built t>i relieve Inter or— nir traffic, or whether
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    THE KING'S LEVEE.
    143 11 Big Crowd Gathers to Watch Procession. London, Mar. 3. Wearing the scarlet and gold uniform of a Field Marsha!, the King drove in state today from Buckingham Palace to St. JanteVl Palace to attend the first levee of the year. His Majesty rode in a closed landau
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    SWISS COTTON.
    52 11 Measures to Meet Serious Crisis. Berne, Mar. 3. With the object of helping the Swiss cotton industry, which is at present encountering a very serious crisis," a new tariff, which becomes effective as from Mar. 10. inn cases the duty on cotton goods from 25 to 80 per
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    ARABS UP IN ARMS IN PALESTINE.
    176 11 Mr. Mac Donald's Letter To Zionist Leader. London, Mar. 3. The indignation of the Arab 1 in Palestine over the letter addressed by Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald to Dr. C. Weizmann, the President of the World Zionist Organisation, interpreting the Government's statement of policy
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    NAVAL AGREEMENT.
    565 11 Happy Augury for Next Conference. Rugby, Mar. 3. The Prime Minister, in a telegram to the President of the French Council, M. Laval, and to Signor Mussolini expressed his great gratification on learning that tho problems left over by the London Naval Conference had been settled by agreement,
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    POLAND AND CHINA.
    44 11 New Treaty of Commerce Signed. Warsaw, Mar. 3. The Diet has passed the third reading of a Bill authorising a Treaty of Commerce r.nd Navigation with China, including two not< s relating to the protection of mutual culture and religion. Reuter.
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    TRADES DISPUTES BILL DROPPED.
    384 11 Vale Election Pledges. TALK OF REPEALING 1927 ACT. London, Mar. 4. By a formal motion in the House of Commons this afternoon to withdraw the Trades Disputes Bill, in view of the difference which the vital Liberal amendment has made to the measure, the Government has
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    SIR ARTHUR WHEELER
    184 11 Many Stocks Affected By Filing of Petition. London, Mar. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Messrs. Wheeler and Company, the well-knov.-n Leicester stockbrokers. The petition has been presented by Sir Arthur Wheeler, Bart., and Mr. Georgo Victor Smith. There n-.-.s an all round fall on
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    MEAT FOR POOR.
    128 11 To Enter Germany Duty Free. Berlin, Mar. 3. The Government's protective policy for agriculture was considerably whittled down in the Reichstag today when, although a Communist motion of "no confidence in the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Dr. Martin Schieler, was rejected by 311 votes to 60,
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    THE DEATH SENTENCE.
    64 11 Text of Bill Affecting Expectant Mothers. London, Mar. 3. The text of a Bill introduced into Parliament to prohibit the passing of the flcath sentence upon expectant mothers is published today. The Bill provides that if a woman in such a condition is convicted of an offence
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    BRITISH ATTITUDE ON EXTRALITY.
    418 11 Hopes of a Settlement. THE PRESENT POSITION EXPLAINED. Rugby, Mar. 4. Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister at Peking, arrived at Nanking on Sunday and, during his visit to the seat of the National Government, discussions on the question of extra-territoriality will be pursued. Preliminary conversations
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    DESERT JOURNEY.
    128 11 Congratulations from King For Explorer. Rugby, Mar. 3. The King has sent warm congratulations to Mr. Bertram Thomas who recently concluded a camel journey of 900 miles across the Rubal Khali Great Desert of Southern Arabia. Mr. Thomas took 58 days crossing this unknown area and his •report
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    SCULLIN CABINET.
    105 11 Reformed to Face Vote Of "No Confidence." Sydney, Mar. 3. The Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, has completed his reconstituted Cabinet. In the reconstituted Cabinet Mr. J. H. Scullin becomes Federal Prime Minister, and also Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Industry, and Mr. E. G. Theodore reir.jins as
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    UNEMPLOYED RIOT IN U.S.
    109 11 Broken Heads in Battle With Police. Albany, New York, Mar. 3. A furious battle was waged tliis morning round the Capitol building where 200 unemployed, who were indulging in a noisy demonstration, were engaged by the police and State troops who had been called out to
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    FORCED LABOUR.
    258 11 League Experts to Visit Liberia. London, Mar. 3. The Liberian Committee of the League of Nations Council, which has been meeting at the Foreign Office since Feb. 27. under the chairmanship of Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, has concluded its sittings. It has decided to invite M. Brunot, a
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    SINGAPORE BASE.
    73 11 Expenditure to Date Of £2,772,000. London, Mar. 3. In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said the total expenditure on the Singapore Base, including the floating dock, which had been met out of Navy votes to
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    TIN RESTRICTION.
    70 11 Colonial Office Meeting Confirmed. We have received *he following letter from the ag. Senior Warden of Mines, F.M.S. The Government is now in a position to confirm the report, cabled by Reuter, of a meeting held at the Colonial Office on Feb. 27 to consider the proposed International
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    PRICE OF FOOD.
    71 11 Combines Criticised in United States. Washington, Mar. 3. "An alarming tendency toward the monopolistic control of the nations food supply by a small group of powerful combinations and corporations is stressed by the Senate sub-committee appointed to investigate the difference between the price paid to the producer
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    DRUG INDUSTRY.
    85 11 Trouble Expected Over Proposed Wage Cut. London, Mar. 3. There is likely to be trouble -head in the drug and fine chemical industry, which employs 20,000 people, mostly in the London area. Employers propose to reduce wajres and have given notice to terminate the existing agreement in June.
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    TRUCE IN SIGHT IN INDIA.
    299 11 "The First Stone of The Edifice of Peace." SALT LAW. Finance Minister Makes A Concession. New Delhi, Mar. 3. Agreement regarding the Rait Law was reached today between the Finance Minister, Sir George Schuster, and Mr. Gandhi. Apparently the Irwin-Gandhi talks h;ul reached a stage
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    CHINA INDEMNITY.
    339 11 Bill Approved by House Of Lords. London, Mar. 3. The House of Lords, without a division, approved the third reading of the China Indemnity Bill. Lord Danesfort, Conservative, asked the nature of the negotiations now going on with reference to China's obligations to bond-holder.', with regard to railways.
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    GREECE SEEKS A LOAN.
    106 11 £8,000,000 for Completion Of Public Works. London, Mar. 1. Mr. Alexander N. Diomede, the Governor of the Bank of Greece, is vinting London to have a conversation with the bankers in the City, with a view to the raising of a loan of i«, 000,000 for
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      46 11 TODAY'S FEATURES. Page Perpetual Youth is Not a Dream. By H. Jaworski 10 Home Sport Reviewed 14-15 Today's Crossword Puzzle 15 Chinese Defeat the S.C.C. 13 Eternal Triangle Again 12 English Cotton Trade 9 Around the Market*.— By the Financial Correspondent Rubber and Tin Statistics 9
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    AIMEE McPHERSON'S HONG KONG QUEST.
    590 12 20-Year-Old Memory. MOVING SCENES AT HUSBAND'S GRAVE. The real nature of Mrs. Ainea McPherson'B mission to the East is MBin a rr.ovhg account of her visit tn her f rare, in one of the Chir.a pepc-rs recently to hand. Mrs. MiThcrson arrived in Singapore by
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    CRISIS IN LATVIA.
    167 12 Proposed Tariff Leads to Fall Of Government. Riga, Mar. 4. A proposal to increase the Customs tariff, in order to protect the agricultural \>a> responsible for the fall of the Latvian Government, which was dramatically announced in Parliament by the President <>' the State, Gustav Bannsls. before
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    67 12 To be Invited to do to Canada Nevt Year. London, Mar. 4. Tlu- Prince <>f Wales will U? invited to inada next y v.v an I to open the International Wheat Exhibition and Conference i be hold at Begina, -hewan. s:.\ '!a« correspondent. Tha .'>nveyed to
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    PRETENDED TO BE A SOLICITOR.
    187 12 Singapore Bar Committee Wins Appeal. Judgment was given by the Chief jnadeo (Sir William Murison) this morning in the Supreme Court for the Singapore Bar Committee in their api>oal c;;ainst the acquittal and discharge by Urn District Judge, of John Reid, for iVisely representing himself
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    MOTOR CRASHES.
    153 12 Chinese Driver Killed In Woodlands Road. A motor-car accident occurred yesterday at the 13* i mile, Woodlands Road, as the result of which the driver, a Chinese, was hilled. Th° car was proceeding in the direction of Johore and in trying to avoid a, passing car struck a
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    DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.
    53 12 Leaves Bangkok For Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 4. Douglas Fairbanks, the film actor who has been staying here for the- last few day, left this morning for Penang. He was seen off by, among others, the Grand Marshal of the Court and a representative of
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    FREEMASONRY.
    60 12 Worldwide Charge for Upkeep Of Administration. London, Mar. 3. Over 8,000 Freemasons assembled in the Albert Hall, under the presidency of Lord Ampthill, unanimously passed a resolution calling for the introduction of the principle of a direct annual charge on every member throughout tho world for the upkeep of
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    KIANGSI & COMMUNISM.
    67 12 KIANGSI COMMUNISM. Nationalist Commander to See President. Shanghai, Mar. 3. General Sun Liang-chung, who recently assumed the office of Communist and bandit suppression commander for the Kiangsi province, is going to Nanking for a personal interview with President Chiang Kai-shek. Sin Kuo Mm. Recent reports have indicated that all is
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    EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION
    47 12 Denmark, Holland, Norway Sweden Get Together. Oslo, Mar. 4. More intimate co-operation between Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden was urged at a meeting of representatives of the industrial associations of the four countries. The conference will be continued at the Hague in October. Reuter Wireless.
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    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
    56 12 In connection with the Singapore Presbyterian Church a garden sale of work will be held at the Manse, 35, Cavanagh Road, on Saturday at 4 p.m. Various competitions, including midget golf, will l><- held, and if the weather is unfavourable indoor competitions will be arranged. Admission tickets (50
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    TROOPING SEASON.
    43 12 The troopship Neuralia is due at Singapore from India on March 13 and will leave for Shanghai the same day. She will leave Shanghai en route for Southampton on March 26 and will be due at Singapore again on April 3.
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    19 12 A meeting of the committee of the Strait! Settlement* (Singapore) Association will be held on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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    GRAIN SURPLUS.
    144 12 Britain and Interest of The Dominions. Rugby, Mar. 3. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. William Graham, questioned on the recent conference in Paris on the existing European grain surplus, said final acceptance depended on the willingness of the countries importing foreign grain to participate to
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    SIR C. TREVELYAN.
    155 12 To Explain Reasons For Resignation. Rugby, Mar. 3. It is probable that Sir Charles Trcvelyan will follow the customary procedure in such cases and explain 'to the House of Commons today the reason for his resignation from the Government announced la3t night. In a letter to the
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    PLAGUE OF MICE.
    72 12 Millions Invade Australian Railway. Melbourne, Mar. 3. Mice are Australia's' latest plague millions of them are. invading plains along the trans-Australfan railway. The stationmaster of Loongana says that there are mice everywhere for milea and complains bitterly of how, while he was on the platform, a thousand
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    CAPSIZED TRAWLER.
    64 12 Now Believed to be Dutch Vessel Noordpool. London, Mar. 3. The name of the trawler which turned turtle in mountainous seas off the Aberdeenshire coast is still unknown, though it is suggested it may be the Dutch vessel, Noordpool, registered at Ymuiden, which was seen in the Moray
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    RUM-RUNNING.
    202 12 "Mother Ship" Sunk Off New York. New York, Mar. 3 One of the most notorious motherships of Rum Row," the Johan Minifying, sprang a leak and sank off New York on Sunday night. The crew of 12 were rescued by ft British freighter. A mother ship is a floating
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    SEVEN HOURS DAY.
    56 12 Urged by International Miners' Federation. Amsterdam, Mar. 3. The International Miners' Federation considered a draft convention which will soon come before a conference at Genevn. The conference urged a seven hours working day against seven and threequarters as proposed. It also advocated one general convention covering the
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    IMPORTS REVENUE.
    48 12 £99,640,000 During First Nine Months. London, Mar. 4. The approximate revenue derived from duties on imported goods during the first nine months of the current financial year is £99.644,000. Coal exports in January were 3,270,000 tons compared with 4,600,000 in the previous year. Central News Wireless.
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    CRUDE OIL IMPORTS.
    48 12 U.S. Senate Refuses to Impose Limit. Washington, Mar. 3. The Senate has refused to consider the Bill to limit the import of crude hi) during the next three years to 16,000,000 barrels annually. The Bill must now be held over until the next session. Reuter.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    28 12 Will Rogers, the screen's popular comedian, who starred in They Had to Sco Paris and "So This is London," returns to the Alhambra tonight in Lightnin'."
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    EMPIRE TRADE.
    420 12 Britain and Imperial Preference. London, Mar. 3. Addressing the Royal Empire Society, Lord Kirkley, formerly Sir William Noble, said that the generous treatment accorded by the Press of the entire country to the report of the United Kingdom Trade Mission to South Africa and Rhodesia, of which he
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    ANARCHY IN SHANSI.
    185 12 Unpaid Soldiers Terrorise The Province. Shanghai, Mar. 4. Reports state that Shansi is rapidly sinking into a state of anarchy. Unpaid, undisciplined r.nd dangerously desperate soldiers are rampant in many parts of the province and are terrorising and robbing the- people. Unless the Central Government immediately remits
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    VALUABLE AIR STAMPS.
    59 12 Big Prices at London Auction. London, Mr. 2. Six trans- Atlantic air mail envelopes and stamps were sold by auction in London for over 1500. The 1927 de Pinedo GO-cent black stamp, which is very rare, and an official Newfoundland air stamp, each fetched £225. An Alcock
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    667 SHOCKS.
    78 12 Records of Disaster in New Zealand. Wellington, Mar. 3. The extraordinary fact that no fewer than 667 earthquake shocks originating in the Hawkes Bay district occurred in New Zealand between the first big shock on Feb. 2 and the end of the month is revealed by the Government
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    FLYING LOW.
    86 12 Dutch Air Mail Startles Singapore. People in Singapore were yesterday surprised to see tho Fokker machine of tho Dutch Air Lines, dipping low and flying over the town at a height of a few hundred feet. So low was the machine that the lettering on the planes could
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    OPENING OF K.P.M. BUILDING.
    648 12 Progress of Dutch Shipping Company. The new building: for the K.I.M. :ii the corner of Kinlayson Green and Bobinscn Road, was officially opt-nod this morning before a large and reprc eatßering. The i;-' os s assembled cut ido the main door ct the ortici's, i-iid on
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    TO ENTERTAIN PRINCE.
    118 12 Hostess Formerly a Famous Dancer. rvmdon, Mar. The hostess of the Prince of Walet a1 Bariloche, Argentina, will be the wife of the millionaire Senor Carlo* Ortiz Basualdo. She was formerly thr Fampo dancer Miss Leonora Hughes, and sin thrilled thousands in London and Paris ten years
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    PRISONER'S WEDDING.
    88 12 Awaiting Trial on Murder Charge. Paris, Mar. '.I. Handcuffed between two police Inspector*, Henri Bauer, who is charged with murdering two inen, today left the S.m.'iprison in a taxkal, for the Maine of the 14'.h arrondissenient. where :i I i ij.'ht-e>Li! woman of 40 was awaiting him. The
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    PAUL WHITEMAN.
    63 12 Jazz Kin? Obtains A Divorce. New York, Mar. '■'<. Mr. Paul Whitcman, the Kin^ of Jaz'.," has divorced i'i:i wife, formerly the dancer Vanda Hoff on the ground of desertion. Mr:;. Whiteman wi 1 receive $500 a week and insurance pfflifW ;<> the W' $80,000. Mr. Whittnian will
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      CHINESE FORTUNATE TO WIN.
      1115 13 Single Goal Victory. S.C.C. FAIL TO TAKE CHANCES. CUmm 1 S.C.C 0. Heavy ho\.<r; df rain and a jrusty wind mad« Kood football almost out of tin- question when th- S.C.C. and Chinese met in a friendly match at the Anson Road Stailiu;:! yi stiwday. and
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      TENNIS.
      75 13 Tanglin Club Tournament Ties. The following are tomorrow's ties in the Tanglin Club tennis tournament Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler vs. Mm. Goldie and Hudson. Mrs. 0. J. Smith and ..'apt. Graham vs. Major and Mrs. Nunn. Men's Doubles Handicap. Dew and Matthews vs. Barker anJ Skey.
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    REGGIE MEEN BEATEN.
    347 13 Slow and Ineffective Against Maurice Griselle. Maurice Griselle was too good for Reggie Meen, at Leicester in mail week and knocked him out in the tenth round. All the way through the Frenchman was the better boxer, doing practically all the leading, and the longer the fight
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    LOCAL GOLF.
    24 13 The Keppel Golf Club March medal (bogey) will be played for on Saturday and Sunday and the ladies' spoon (stroke) on Monday.
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    GUNBOAT JACK.
    244 13 Loses Middleweight Title On Foul. Bangalore, Feb. 15. The meeting of Gunboat Jack, the allIndia champion, and Arthur Suares, the Southern and We3tsrn-India champion for the middleweight championship of India, has been the tonic of conversation for the past week, and it was by no means a surprise
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    "LUDICROUS SPECTACLE."
    210 13 Incident in Last Test At Durban. London, Feb. 21. The most ludicrous spectable in the history of Test cricket was witnessed this morning, when the Englishmen stood in the field with the South African batsmen at the wickets all ready to start but no umpires and the stumps
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    TWO CENTURIES.
    55 13 Sheffield Shield Cricket At Adelaide. Adelaide, Feb. 23. The following h today's closing score in the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Victoria which commenced on Friday: South Australia 439 (Lonergon 159, Ironmonger 7 for 135). Victoria 369 (Woodfull 177, Oakley 73, Grimmett 4 for 105). South
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    'VARSITY HOCKEY.
    163 13 Oxford's Artistry and Facile Stickwork. London, Feb. 21. At Beckenham, the artistry and facile stickwork of the Nawab of Pataudi on the Icftwing played a large part in Oxford's fifteenth hockey win, reducing Cambridge's lead to 18—15 since the inception of the series four being drawn. A great
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    73 13 Thursday, March 5. Commercial Cup final replay, Anson Road Stadium. Friday, March 6. Football: S.C.C. vs. M.FJA., Stadium; S.A.F.A. Ist Div. S.R.C. vs. P Brani, S.R.C. Monday, March 9. Football: S.C.C. vs. Post Office Club, Padanir. Tuesday. March 10. Football: S.A.F.A., Ist Div.: S.C.C. vs. Gloucesters, Padang. Wednesday,
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    S.R.C. Tournament.
    39 13 A tennis tournament will be held at the S.R.C., starting on Mar. 16. Entries will close on Mar. 11. The events are Championship Singles and Doubles, A and B Singles, Veterans' Singles, Mixed Doubles and Women's Singles.
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    S.R.A. CLASSIFICATIONS.
    154 13 Twenty-two New Horses And Ponies. The latest amendment to the S.R.A. classification list of horses and ponies, issued yesterday, is as follows Horses. Transfers.—Bloomfield and Rotherwood from Class 2 to Clan 1 Conceit from Class 1 to Class 2 Starbeck from Class 3 to Class 2 Colorado Claro,
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    'VARSITY BOAT RACE.
    74 13 Jirocklebank Retains Stroke Position. London, Feb. 16. Both Oxford and Cambridge announced their teams, last night, for the University Boat Race, which takes place this year on Mar. 21. The Cambridge selectors have chosen Fletcher (bow) Pridcaux, Symonds. Hickett, C'arpmael, Gray, Sergei and Brocklebtmk (stroke) Rankine will
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    MODERN STADIUM.
    257 13 Rugby and Soccer Pitches Within Cycle Track. After thirty-four years the famous Pare des Princes Velodrome at Auteuil, just outside Paris, is to be rebuilt, and a splendid modern stadium will take its place. Many English riders have won fame on the present track, a large pear-shaped enclosure,
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    "WEST INDIES" SOLD.
    193 13 Capt. Sassoon Buys Crack Young 'Chaser. Capt. R. E. Sassoon has purchased the brilliant young 'chaser, West Indies, from Mr. C. B. Rowe. The mare will remain under the care of Percy Woodland. The price paid has not been disclosed. West Indies' performances have been the feature
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    CALCUTTA TURF SENSATION.
    438 13 CALCUTTA TURF SENSATION. Fines for Handicapper And Secretary. Calcutta, Feb. 20. The latest turf sensation is that the R.C.T.C. has imposed fines on the handicapper and secretary of the Lucknow races. The calendar states that it having been brought to the notice of the Stewards of the Royal Calcutta Turf
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    POLO IN INDIA.
    45 13 Central Indian Horse Win P.O.W. Tournament. New Delhi, Feb. 20. In the final of the Prince of Wales Polo tournament the Central India Horse beat 16/10 th Hussars by 5 goah to 3. It was an extremely exciting and hard galloping game.
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    HOME SPORT REVIEWED.
    6286 14 Career of Lord Harris: C. Whitcombe In Form. OBITUARIES OF FAMOUS SPORTSMEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 5. There is much that is applicable to the conduct of sport, public and private, both at Home and in the East, in a little homily on true sportsmanship
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    TIN CURTAILMENT PERCENTAGES.
    478 15 A Defence of the Quota Minimum. The following letter from Mr. S. Blaker, London, appeared in the Financial Times in mail week Mr. F. E. Mail's letter in the Financial Times of Jan. 6 contains two very strong statements. First, that whatever the means may be, some
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    CITY THAT LIVES ON "MUGS."
    1151 16 Gully Gully— Watch Little Chicken— Good Morning Miss Gladys Cooper Port Said When the Boat Is In. Port Said rises out of the night like a string of shining beads laid across the windless sea, writes Sir Percival Phillips in the Daily Mail. It is
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    DAWN OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
    725 16 Lecture on Work of Sir Patrick Manson. The Dawn of Tropical Medicine, an account of the life and work of Sir Patrick Mmisoti. was the subject of a lecture re-cf'-.ly by Dr. P. Manson-Bahr at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical me. Sir Hurry Goschen,
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    IN KIANGSI TODAY.
    390 16 Position As Seen By Kiukiang Resident. Kiukiang (Kiangsi), Feb. 9. Early last November a very important resolution was passed at a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang in Nanking, to the effect that, as the anti-Northern military expedition had come to a successful conclusion,
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    FUNERAL OF DR. OORLOFF
    293 16 The funeral took place at Bidadari cemetery yesterday of Dr. Arthur Felix Oorloff, retired Provincial Surgeon of Ceylon, who died on Monday, at tb» a^e of 71. The funeral was very largely attended. The Rev. T. R. Dean omt.ated. Wreaths were sent by His sorrowing wife,
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    EXECUTION SEQUEL.
    178 16 Afghan Minister Resigns As A Protest. Peshawar, Feb. 5. Hazrat Sher Agha, the Afghan Minister of Justice, has resigned. His resignation, says the Persian journal Afghanistan, was the result of the Prime Minister's action in ordering the execution of the rebel leader, Ahmed Shah. The Minister of Justice,
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    MR. GANDHI'S VOW.
    57 16 "No Return Until India Has Achieved Swaraj." Bomaby, Feb. 4. In a telegraphed reply to a query by Ahmedabad millowners, Mr. Gandhi stated that he would return to his headqu irters at Ahmedabad "only when India has achieved Swaraj." This is a reiteration of the vow he
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    COUNTERFEITING.
    295 16 Gaol for Importer of Bad Coins. Being in possession of counterfeit King's coins and importing counterfeit King's coins were charges preferred against Heng Ah Bah at the second Singapore Assizes, which opened yesterday, before Mr. Justice Whitley. Outlining the facts for the Crown, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, (Mr. P.
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS.
    164 16 Severe Criticism of The Co-operative Society. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 4. The affaire of the Malayan Teachers' Co-operative Society came in for severe criticism by the Assistant Director of Cooperation when the half yearly meeting was held. The chairman reported that $7,000 out of $8,000 overdue
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    FIRES CAUSED BY CRACKERS.
    169 16 End of Chinese New Year Celebrations. The extensive firing of crackers last night by Chinese, signifying the end of the New Year celebrations, was responsible for two fires which broke out at 82, Amoy Street and in Fisher Street. The Fire Brigade received a call to
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    HUNGER-STRIKING ?
    217 16 HUNGER-STRIKING Strange Report Concerning Mr. Hu Han-min. Shanghai, Mar. 3. According to Japanese reports which have reached here Mr. Hu Han-min. the former chairman of the Legislative Yuan, whose resignation yesterday civated a profound sensation all over China, is hunger-striking. He is living in the house at Tongshan formerly occupied
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    GENERAL'S REPORT ON F.M.S. VOLUNTEERS.
    636 17 Efficiency of M.V.I. satisfactory results of lk;ht battery. The year has shown sat^ factory pro^rcs., ail round in numbers and t-lli- i d:;- to the ..i <>'■ a'l ranks ol t'.. farcca a^u to the efforts of the „-.nia:iuai:t a-id permanent staff. IV- .'.h.'iiy Stati
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    BANISHEE GETS TWO YEARS' RIGOROUS.
    837 17 Cases at Singapore Assizes. Woag Tai Chit pleaded guilty, at the Singapore assizes before Mr. Justice Wlmley yesterday to living in the Colony having been banished from Selangor. His Lordship inquired lor what offence he \>2\i banished. T'nc D.P.I (Mr. McEhvainc) For disciplinary re—WMU Answering
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    KWANGSPS FUTURE.
    101 17 Important Discussion Soon To Take Place. Hong Kong, Mar. 2. General Chan Ming-shu, the chairman of the Kwungtung Provincial Government, and General Chan Chai-tong, the rommander-in-chief of the Nationalist forces in Kwungtung, have decided to have n long discussion on the subject of the affairs of Kwangsi province
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    ETERNAL TRIANGLE AGAIN.
    901 17 Police Court Case. HUSBAND ATTEMPTS TO AVOID HIS FAMILY. Family discord was suggested to be one of the motives for in alleged attack on a Chinese woman named Voon Chong Ngosy in a case in which four Chinese women, Joon Te-.v, Tan Chcy Chee, Toh Oh Neo,
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    LOAD LINE.
    46 17 International Convention To Be Ratified. London, Mar. 3. In the House cf Commons the President of the Board of Trade said that it was proposed to ratify the International Comventii n providing for an international load line a? soon as possible. Central News Wireless.
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    MALTA INQUIRY.
    316 17 Need for Constitutional Government. London, Mar. 4. In the House of Lord 9 Lord Strickland n: ke 1 for information with reference to '.he relations between the British Foreign Office and the Foreign Office of the Sovereign Stats of Vatican City, and this particularly in iciertnce to Melti.
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    ASSAULT CHARGE.
    118 17 Allegation Against Chinese Inspector. A fine of $20 was imposed by Mr. C. H. Whittun, the Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on Inspector F. F. Ting on a charge of causing hurt to Tun Hock Kirn. The care was the outcome of a dispute between the complainant and
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    DISPUTE OVER STADIUM.
    84 17 Date Fixed for Litigation At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3. The litigation in connection with the football stadium at Kuala Lumpur will be resumed on April 7. It will bo recalled that Boustead and Co. and 11 others applied to the Supreme
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    GERMANY'S QUARREL WITH POLAND.
    643 18 Peace Endangered. THE TREATMENT OF MINORITIES. Dr. Julius Curlin«i, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, in an interview.) The Gennano-Polish Agreement was not Msfly reached and it was harrpered by what popular opinion demands from a returning Foreign Minister who is expected to be crowned with laurels
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    FALSE BOASTS OF "ASSASSIN."
    616 18 FALSE BOASTS OF "ASSASSIN." Grand Duke Michael Not Killed in Gaol. "Do you admit to being the assassin cf the Grand Duke Michael This aston'shing question was put recently by the President of the 13th Correctional Chamber in Paris to a witness. The answer was in the negative. The man
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    FOOTBALL BRIBERY.
    145 18 Former International Gets Three Months' Gaol. Sentence of three months' imprisonment with hard labour was passed at Glasgow <m Archibald Kyle, a former Scottish international Association football player, for offering a gift of £100 to William Moffat, captain of Hamilton Academicals, if he would allow this club to
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    S.V.C. TRAINING.
    186 18 Procri'r.mo of drills up to and for week ending Mar. 8 Wednesday, Mar. 4, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. Recruits, Ist Bn., Commencement of Drill Course 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, S.R.A. (V), Battery parade 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, N.C.Os. (Promotion Class), Drill; 6.16 p.m.. Drill Hall, S.It.E. (V) Trained
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    U.S.A. SILVER LOAN EMISSARIES.
    665 18 Reported Mysterious Visit To Nanking. Shanghai, Feb. 18. A story is in circulation suggesting that negotiations for a bier silver loan from the United States to China have been opened. Mention ;s; s made of the arrival in Nanking of two American representatives from Peking, though
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    DANCER FALLS IN CANAL.
    108 18 Partner Drowned in Rescue Attempt. A pair of lovers who, it is said, were practising the latest dance steps on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Harlesdcn, Middlesex, came to grief when the young woman overbalanced arid fell into the water. Her companion immediately
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    WOMAN IN WINDOW.
    68 18 Rush at Opening of A Draper's Sale. So great was the rush at the opening of a draper's sale in Acton, London, recently that Miss Hogburn, of Ducano Road, Hammersmith, W., was pushed partly through a quarter-inch plate-glass window. Other people in the crowd held up parts
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    LOTTERIES & OPIUM IN SZECHWAN.
    304 18 LOTTERIES OPIUM IN SZECHWAN. Taxes Collected Many Years Ahead. Taxes are being collected in the country districts about the city of Chengtu, Szechwan, for the forty-first year of thf Republic, writes a Chengtu correspondent of the North China Daily News. One wonders how long the long-suffering people will stand this
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    SHOT ENGLISH GIRL.
    65 18 Arab Alleged to Have Confessed to Crime. Four Arabs have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of Miss Eileen Smith, the English girl who was shot dead while motoring in Egypt with her fiance, Mr. Bernard Lillic, last June. One of the arrested
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    RAILWAY DIVIDEND.
    23 18 London, Feb. 20. The London and North Eastern Railway pays a dividend on preferred ordinaries of one-quarter of one per cent.
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    WHY WORKERS ARE IDLE.
    668 19 Expert's Report on Man And Machine. It looks as if it might be as possible to go too fast as it is to go too slow in the matter of rationalisation." This observation is but one of many significant passages in the report of Mr. H.
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    CALCUTTA-BANGKOK.
    112 19 Siamese Prince's Telephone Talk. A successful demonstration of wireless telephony between Calcutta and Bangkok was carried out by the Wireless Branch of the Department of Post* and Telegraphs on Feb. 5. H. R. H. Prince Purachatra, of Siam, visited the ■■■ireless installation in Calcutta and held a long conversation
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    DEFECTS OF ENGLISH POLICY.
    301 19 Spanish Professor's Lecture in Manila. England should take part in PanEuropean relations as an English entity and not M the British Empire with all its dominions; it should curtail the self-sufficient attitude with which it deals with other countries, and further, it should find an immediate
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    CONGRESS CO-OPERATION.
    155 19 Mr. Gandhi on When It Will Be Given. Allahabad, Feb. 5. "I am a man of peace," Mr. Gandhi declared in an interview, "but circumstances have made my life one of struggle. I shall, however, leave no stone unturned to attain peace. It is no joy to me
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    U. P. DACOITIES.
    139 19 Tribute to Special Police Force. Agra, Feb. 6. A tribute to the work of the police branch organised to deal with dacoities, was paid by Mr. R. J. S. Dodd, InspectorGeneral of United Province police, at the police parade held here yesterday afternoon. A contingent of the
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    TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE.
    129 19 Husband Causes Grievous Hurt To Wife. A sentence of transportation for life was passed by Mr. Justice Costello at the High Court Sessions, Calcutta, on Kristo Chandra Das (34) who was convicted of having caused grievous hurt to his wife. The jury unanimously found him not guilty
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