The Straits Times, 17 April 1935

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBARLY A CKNTUSY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1955. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times BO PAGES, SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1985. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 304 1 SINGAPORE: 140, CECU. ST. ('PHONE 5471). IPASKOE'S; I WE FURNISH YOUR HOME ON ATTRACTIVE J EASY TERMS. 54, ORCHARD RD. j he found a New and Better Way to /f END vO* UNWANTED HAIR A a"*T"^s IN 3 MINUTES V jM -''n^v^^b^^^^ Better than a Razor Better Than A Razor
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    • 88 1 Power fcDfl Precision at a Prire Unrivalled. KODAK'S ne-« Miniature Camera for 3s MM. Film— Complete with Tan Carrying Case. Take* 36 Pictures size approximately 1}"x1" $6000. M FOR LADIES! Just Unpacked BOBBIE HAIR PINS HAIR CURLERS HAIR CLIPS HAIR SLIDS. DOUBLE HAIR NETS EAR-RINGS ETC., ETC. D. T. Lim
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    • 177 1 KIJiLA LUMPUR tfJt% ST. f^PftC 3683 >■ 11l ..AN ENTIRELY NEW ill ASSORTMENT |o^^^HH OF BATHING ■P^P^^ CAPS AND HEgp^^^^^i HELMETS a lAS ILLUSTRATION $2.25 EACH. ROBINSON Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE BflL each cheese will please V| Hk AMERICAN, ROQUEFORT, "DIPLOMA" VS^Sail i—i ii —i i ii f Warm Studios 10
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    • 15 1 J 99 j «p@i§M for! FLOWERS PHONE 4097 j Its. Orchard ."V>ad. (Amber Mansions j
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 493 2 VINCENT— MORAIS— The enea?en>ent is announ ed oi Mr. W. D. Vincent. P.W.D., Kota Tinrri. Johore. brother of Mr W. D. i Recinald of H^n Taut Ertate. Johore. to I Miss Elisabeth Moms, eldest daughter of Mr. Paul Morals, Idrts H: draulic Tin Mines, Kampar. Perak. SITUATIONS VACANT When apr;l>in*
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    • 782 2 BOARD- RESIDENCE Kl'ROP. Board Residence, $86— $90. Board opt Mpd. San. Oar. 11. 8t Nicholas Flats. BfETROTOLE HOTEL, Bras Basah Road. Mod. San. service. Rooms from $46 full Board from $90 sgle. from $1(0 dble. Phone 798ft. AT SUNNYSIDE, 7, Oxley Road flat vacant airy and comfort, furn Every convenience.
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    • 591 2 FOR SALE OMB complete set of 7, IflcoU's Wizard Irons $49 and a variety 2nd hand clubs. A. C. Robertson, Spore Golf Club, Phone 2676. COH'TBIA Hot Shot Batteries for small light and starting. EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD., 69/79, Orchard Road. Singapore. WANTED. WANTED one to two acres of land
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    • 926 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Mr. T. J. Bradbury, has severed hi* connection with the firm of H. B. Winter, Tailor Outfitter. 20 Battery Road, Singapore. H. B. WINTER, Proprietor. AVER PANAS RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Twentysixth Ordinary General Meeting of this Company will be held at
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    • 703 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc FBESH STOCK. TOOTAL ANTI-CKEASE TIMS. Latest and attractive patterns. Also Tootal Ties for boys, and Modern American Ties. Satin Stripe Silk Ties. Cavalry Twill Ties, silk-lined. Bunbeam Crepe Ties, silk-lined, etc. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD. "Mooi Chin Restaurant" IS NOW OPEN Tour patronage Is solicited at
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    • 491 2 FIGARO By European t xpt rto PERMANENT WAVING $8 r $10 $15 only RAFFLES HOTEL (lua 136) and at 93, Bras Buah Road. Phone 2868. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. EXCELLENT MODERN OFFICE AND GODOWN ACCOMMODATION Robinson Road Singapore. Splendid
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 180 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Mocthlv SIN S 4.M I 2.50 <*varte»fy S R.5» *1S-OO 7.5f) Half Yearly *1TOO S54.M 515.00 Yearly S34.M S48.M SM.00 \o«r.— OntsUUon cheques should Include th, usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charew and in.«*r*etto«« (or CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are a* »nder:—
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 631 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJBBTY'S, GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore 1935 RANPURA 17.000 Apr 26 SOMALI 6*lo
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    • 665 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated in Japan) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Mlddlesbroßgh. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail 8 KATORI MARU 10.000 Apr. 17 18 S KASHIMA MARU 10.000 May 1 2 i YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 May 14 15 HAKONE MARU 10.500
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    • 646 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From Prom Prom From Spore Malacca Port Penang MS. STiam ERRIA 23 4 23/4 24/4 26/4 LALANDIA 14/5 14 5 15 5 17/6 JUTLANDIA 4/6 4/8 6/6 7/6 MEONIA 25 6 25/6 26/6 28/6 ALSIA 16/7 16/7 17/7 l»/7
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    • 212 3 Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £71.12.SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms Swimming pool I Delicious meals— Hot and cold running wattr in each state room. Cabins for two or more passengers with real beds Modern vent tin- 1 Uon throughout. Weekly service from
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    • 1175 3 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Una Khiaw Steamship Co. (193X1 t.tC Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual fht Canard White Star Ltd. The W Stran« C Sl*e^nahl > Ltd. The Sunm k SUmauMp Co.. Ltd. The China Navigation^ o° Ltd. T"* Australian OrlenUl Line Ltd. The Slam Steam
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  • SHIPPING AND MAILS.
    • 448 4 PASSENGERS BY THE SARPEDON. The following are passengers by the Blue Funnel liner Sarpedon on the Home sailing today. Major-Gen. F. W. Barron (Aden); Mrs. Whltfleld and son, Brld.-Gen. W. and Mrs. Parker and Mr. and Mrs. A. Fleming (London): Mr. N. B. Frazer and Mr. A. H.
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    • 79 4 The following axe passengers by the Blue Funnel An tenor, due at Singapore from U.K. on April 20. Miss E. Thackrah and Miss M O. Lane. Mr. VI. W. Hung. Mr. P. N. Knight (Penang), Miss S. M. Smith. Miss J. A. Smith. Mr. J. H. Winter,
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    • 128 4 Wednesday. April IT. Ships aliingiMi the Wharves or expected to arrive. Main Wharf Lch. Luc^er, Lch. Mary Rose, Tug Hercules. Dredger Kuantan. PMB Hoppers 1 3. W. Bt. Sweet. Oil Wharf NIL Coal Wharf Mil. VESSELS IN DSY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Sheers Wharf HMM. Latournum. Albert Dock
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    • 79 4 SIAOE Dut.. 870 tons, from Radeb 0, for lJ.uiF.kok 18. HONG HO, Chirese. 96 tons, fr<«n Trenglianu 14. for Kcmaman 18. SIN AIK LEE. Brit., 69 tons, from Indragiri 15. for B Pahat 17 RAHMAN. Brit 73 tons, from Malac.a 16, for Malaria 18. PONTIANAK. Brit 64 tons,
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    • 66 4 Mails from Netherlands Indies etc., today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 6.30 p.m.. and general delivery of letters at 8.25 a.m. tomorrow and parcels at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Malls from Europe 'London malls dispatched Mar. 28) by B. I. Rohna will be delivered to
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    • 151 4 With effect from Apr. 22 inclusive, the combined feet on air mail correspondence posted In the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States and addressed to certain countries in East and South Africa will be reduced as follows: Letters. Destination. Combined fee including Postpostage cards, per Vi oz.
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    • 211 4 The following arrangements are made by the General Post Office, Singapore, for Easter: Friday Saturday Monday General Post Oflice-8 to 10 a.m. 8 to noon 4 to 7 p.m. 8 to 10 a.m. 4 to 5 p.m. Registration <fe Parcel* Closed 8 to noon 8 to
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    • 418 4 Large Motor-Ship For Australia. Jarrow, Apr. 4. The motor-ship Duntroon was launched today from the Neptune Shipyard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Limited, by Mrs. Bruce, wife of Mr. Stanley M. Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia. For Australia Coast. The vessel is one of the
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    • 290 4 Today. Christmas Island (Yo'.ande) 3 p.m. Belawan Sc Medan (Both) ..3 p.m. Djambl and Koeala Tongkal (TohlU) 3 p.m. Muntok, Palembang and Pladjoe (Thedens) 3 p.m. Pangkal Pinang (Thedens) ..3 p.m. Pontianak (Khoen Hoea) ..3 p.m. Soengei Liat (Thedens) ..3 p.m. Philippine Islands (Ramses) 4 p.m. 81am
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 683 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. RLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 54SJ— Passage 5(31. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP LIMITED. (Incorporated in England.) STEAMSHIPS— RAILWAY S HOTELS— EXPRESS. GO EMPRESS VIA CANADA AND ENJOY LUXURY AT LOW COST. Option of two routes Direct Trans-Pacinc
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    • 168 4 LONG WEEKEND INCLUSIVE EXCURSIONS SINGAPORE TO PENANG T. S. S.° "KEDAH" WITH FOUB DATS AT THE CRAG HOTEL $75.00 The rare quoted above -.elude* steamer passage, transport and coolie hire from vessel t» Ute Crag Hotel and back and four days at the hotel lth the privilege of taking any
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    • 441 4 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) ELLERMAN- LINE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON. ROTTERDAM BAMBUKG. Via Ports and Suez (anal. Due. SailsSteamer. Spore Spore. tCITY OF EIUMINGHAM Apr. 29 May 2 CITY OP BRISTOL May 14 May 16 CITY OP BAGDAD May 30 Jr.ne 2 CITY OF KIMBERLEY June 14
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 66 4 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. emp. ins. Sunshine temp. *P hrs. T Alor Star 91 0.30 7.5 72 Sitiawan No report Kota Bharu 91 0.25 8.7 71 Buklt Jeram 80 1.21 7.3 73 Malacca 85 1.04 5.1 74 Singapore (Kallang Aerodrome) 85 0.55 0.5
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    • 64 4 TIDE TABLE. Wednesday. April 17. H.W. 10. 30 a.m., 7 ft. 9 to., 10 38 p.m. S ft. 1 In. L.W. 4.30 a.m.. 3 ft. 3 in.; 4.29 p.m. 1 ft. 3 m. Thursday. April 18. B. W. 10.59 a.m., 8 ft. 2 in., 11 p.m., 8 ft. 3 In.
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  • 302 5 •THE number of subscribers to the German broadcasting service is nearing the seven million mark, having reached the total of 6.73 millions on Apr. 1, according to official figures which were published in Berlin list week. Almost half a million subscribers among the poorer classes are exempted
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 414 5 HOTELS r~j MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J r TONIGHT mmmmmmw^« wmma^ 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. Wl p DINNER DANCE K 9.30 to midnight (informal) AND YOUR OLD FAVOURITES W MM YOLA PAUL m THE WORLD FAMOUS DANCERS BACK AGAIN IN AN ENTIRELY NEW REPERTOIRE WHICH WILL DELIGHT M§ YOU ONCE MORE.
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    • 158 5 OAFS WIEN THE NEW BEAUTIFUL CONTINENTAL CAFE UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT VIENNESE SPECIALITIES LIGHT DINNERS HOMEMADE ICE-CREAM CONTINENTAL FOOD AFTERNOON— TEA Open Until 2 a.m. 284, ORCHARD ROAD, Borneo Mansions f~ \7 1 sr^s*! S^nlsW IWi AUSTIN a still more attractive INVESTMENT Have you inspected the new Austin Ten-Four Llchfleld Saloon?
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    • 218 5 INSURANCE. FIRE-ACCIDENT-MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE-WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. THE LONDON ASSURANCE HONG KONG FIRE INSCE CO. LTD. PHOENIX ASSUR/hfE CO,, LTD. WESTERN ASSVt.t\i;CE CO ONION INSCE SOCIETY OF CANTON LTD. EAGLE STAR BRIT DOM INSCK. CO. LTD GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. < Incorporated tn 3S > CALIFORNIA SANDWICHE SHOPPE 235, ORCHARD ROAD BRITISH THREE
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 301 5 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. The 8.8.C. announces that In fufire the following wavelengths will be used:— metre. metre. 9.35 p.m -11. 5 OSB 26.29 OSB 31.55 11.5-11.20 GSB 31.55 11.20-12.20 OSB 31.55 GSA 49 50 12.20-12.35 GSA 49.59 12.35-1.5 GSA 49.59 OSD 25.53 TODAY. Transmission Z p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. Quentin Maclean,
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    • 282 5 7.20 The Belfast Wireless Orchestra. Leader, Philip Whiteway. Conducted by Peter Montgomery. 7.40 "Meet the Saint." (Simon Templar).* Presented by his creator, Leslie Charteris. 7.55 An Organ Recital by George Alt ham Relayed from the College of Technology, Manchester. 8.20 The Palace Theatre Orchestra, directed by Sam Brough. Relayed from
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    • 139 5 Z.H.J.— PENANG. Wavelength— 49.3 Metres Penang Wireless Society TODAY. 7 pm. Gramophone records. 7.30 Straits Echo news bulletin. 7.35 Gramophone records. 8.00 The first of a monthly series of talks by Rev. Colin King on "The Appreciation of Music." 8.15 Gramophone records. 9.00 Close down. TOMORROW. 7 pm. Grimophone records
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    • 74 5 SINGAPORE. Broadcast programme of Station "Z.H.1." Singapore— Wavelength 49.9 metres. (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya. 1934, Ltd.. Broadcast House, No. 2, Orchard Roai* Singapore) TODAY. 6 p.m. Recorded Music. 6.30 p.m. Relay of dance music by Raffles Hotel Dance Orchestra under direction of Dan Hopkins. 6.45
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  • 1649 6 (From Oar Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 2. THIS week it has not been cn1 tirely the theatre, it has been as much the weather which has let us all down with a bump hot one minute, cold the next, like
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1849 6 a oorr or this pbostcctds has been filed with the registrar op COHTANIES. The Subscription List will open on Monday, the 15th day of April 1935. and will close on or before Friday, the 26th day of April 1935, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation
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    • 416 6 THERE WILL BE NO ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ON GOOD FRIDAY. PUBLICATION WILL BE AS USUAL ON SATURDAY. APRIL 20TH 1935. YOUR BLOOD IN HEALTH OR DISEASE Pure Blood is HEALTH, VIGOUR and LIFE Impure Rlood is the root cause of Skin Diseases, ,S^ Boils, Rashes, Ulcers, Sores, Glandular
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 176 7 GALA OPENING TO-DAY! 3 SHOWS 3.15 CAPITOL IT'S THE SCREEN EVENT of the year The Wojld famous "LOVE PARADE" Combination MAURICE HKZfI CHEVALIER HpP JEANETTE w MacDONALD Mj^J in W"^M M.G.Ms. greatest Musical Wt 'lm Spectacle §L mm\ Directed by ERNST LUBITSCH PjVfl THE MERRY WIDOW COMPETITION SATURDAY APRIL Z%
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    • 342 7 Ufr GRAND M.-G.M. EASTER HOLIDAY Jk (fe> ALL COMEDY PR O6RAMME Miffd |alhambra| >Ug^kNHl^l> SEASON STARTS TODAY WITH 'SsmM' 3 SHOWS EVERY DAY 3 15-6.15-9.15 j^too- w ~P^B(vt^\ x "h* ll would you do if you iSiPi&iixv^ won the Irish Sweep BUT £msLw*fr LOST THE TICKET! May be better pictures
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    • 318 7 A SPARKLING, WITTY GMHHiH FILM THE LATEST BRITISH COMEDY HIT! UURAUPLANTE PjK^^^ in the Warner British Picture WKt^MMt -^«*J "THE CHURCH MOUSE" with lAN HUNTER. MONTY BANKS. CLIFFORD HEATHERLEY. KEXT CHANGE "TOPAZE" R-K.O. grand laufihpiece, with MYRNA LOY JOHN BARRYMORE. LAST NIGHT YOU MUST SEE Phoie M fTi^ nEMKIETTA who'«
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 209 7 Today's Crossword Puzzle r™ ™r~~"s~ pt~ zr" 7" s™" &r s1"s 1 17 JO 31 AUTt— Figures in porentHeses d.n.ne uu v itnOer of letters in the words required. (CLUES.) ACROSS. cu™»> <•) 26 Audible commoUoQ (5) Atandined (8» 27. Creek (5). 5. C.iwh (6) 9. PerUinin* la volcano (8)
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • 184 8 All Grades Of Rubber In Demand. <?rom Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Apr. 17. The local rubber market, in ppite of slightly lower quotations from London and New York yesterday, again opened steady this morning and with sellers somewhat reserved values showed very little change. The demand for
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    • 176 8 'The following are the exchange rate? tMs morning according to the daily circular issup.i by the Hong Kong and Bliaighti Banking Corporation: SELLING Lyons and Paris, demand 852 Hamburg, demand 138 New York, demand 56? B Eatavla and Sourabaya demand 83' 4 Samarang. demand 83 Hong Kong, demand
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    • 177 8 Final Dividend Of 5 Per Cent. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 16. Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Co.. Ltd.. reports a profit for 1934 of £16.713 and a final dividend of 5 per cent. Is recommended, making 7Vi per cent, for the year. The sum of £12.968
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    • 89 8 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Noon, Apr. 17. Buyers. Sellers. Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Current month 18% 18% No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8.) current month 19-> H 19V 2 No. 1 K. R.S.S. Spot (loose) 19i K 19Vi April Tender 19>2 19%
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    • 202 8 Singapore. Apr. 17, 12 nooti. Buyer. Seller Gambler 5.00 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg Cube 11.00 White Pepper 26.00 White Muntok Pepper 28.00 Black Pepper 14.00 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundried 4.50 Copra, mixed 4.25 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.90 Small Flakke 4.00 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.75 Bmall Pearl Tapioca 5.50
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 409 8 All shares quoted above are fully paM. Issue Vai. Buyers Sellers 4/-' Ampat Tin 4/6 5/3 £1 Asam Kumbang 33/£1 Austral Maliy 59/33/9 61/1 Ayer Hitam 12/8 13/3 1 Ayer Wcng 1.97y 2 £1 Bangrln Tin 24/2.02V 2 cd 25/£1 Chenderiang 7/9 8/9 50 Hitun Tin 0.48 0.51 1
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      • 310 8 i Issue v »i Pd- Buytrs. Sellers. 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.35 2 2 do 7</2 Preis. l.ttS 1.70 10 10 Atlas Ice 11.00 1150 £I£IB.AT. 5.13.0 5.18.0 I a 5 British Malaya rrtutee 5.75 6.00 HI £lCon. T b 7% Prefs. 25/3 26 3 1 1
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      • 153 8 SINGAPORE Ml MCIPAI. t% 1901 red 194 C $400 -M 0 Int. Mar 31 Sept 30 no 112 norn «V 2 1907 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 114 V* ll6'/ 2 norn 4V 2 1909 red 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118
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      • 349 8 Fraser and Co., and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. relay's Price* Ka-er Lyall Bvatt Co. Allenby 1.45 1.50 1.50 1.55 Alor Oajah 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.25 A. Hitam 160 200 200 210 A. Molek 1.05 1.10 1.00 1.10 Malay ($2) 305 3.20 3.00 3 lOxd A. Panas 1.37» /2
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  • 1021 8 "A FORMIDABLE ARRA IY OF SELLERS. FRASER AND CO. REPORT. Although during the past week the news from Home seems rather more reassuring all round with quotations distinctly better on the London Stock Exchange, conditions on the local share market still remain rather unsatisfactory and one can scarcely contemplate, without
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  • 70 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 16. Today's closing prices on the London pepper market were as fallows: White Muntok, unchanged at 9'.^. In bond. Black Lampong, spot and April dellvery 3 5/16 d. buyers, afloat 3 7 161. buyers; March-May 3V 2 d., buyers. The market
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 116 8 TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. PARAGON INDUSTRIAL ART COMPANY Decorations For H.M. The King's Silver Jubilee. Union Jacks, cotton, voile, silk, assorted sizes. Silk Streamers. Tricolour, with motto H M King George V's Silver Jubilee Voile Pennants, with mottoes Ood Save the King and God Save the Queen. Voile Pennants, without
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    • 14 8 ELECTRIC ARC WELDING "MUREX" ELECTRODES ALL TYPES STOCKED McALISTER A CO., LTD. Sole Agenu.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 750 9 AN ARTIFICIAL PRICE. RATIONALISATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 25. The collapse of American cotton prices in March surprised the textile markets more by its severity than by the fact of the fall. It was already well known that the American "pegged" price of 12 cents
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    • LONDON SHARE QUOTATIONS.
      • 52 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 16. Closing quotations today of the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall Is in relation to the price of Apr. 12. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Pall Conversion Loan 5% 130 15/16 -rl/l« funding Loan 4% 19M-90
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      • 231 9 Appeal By Ma lay a lam Plantations Dismissed. In the King's Bench Dlrision, before Mr. Justice Finlay, the appeal of th? Malayalam Plantations, Ltd.. from Its assessment to Income-tax for the year ended April 5. 1929. was dismissed. The company complained of the increase of Its assessment by
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      • 97 9 Debenture Moratorium To Be Extended. The committee appointed In 1934 by holders of the seven per cent. First Mortgage Convert:ble debentures of Laras (Sumatra) Rubber Estates recommends that the moratorium granted to April 1, 1935, be extended to April 1, 1936. The Committee points ou< that while the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 623 9 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kongi The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner of prescribed by Ordinance No. 6. of 1829 of Ohe Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up 920.000,000 ■awn
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    • 269 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS Monthly return of dealers and port stocks, Straits Settlements, at close of business, March 31. 1935 as declared in dry tons. A. DEALERS' STOCKS DRY RUBBER WET RUBBER TOTAL (estimated dry weight) CREPE Total Territorj RSA V3S.— Estate Remill Grades Blanket Cols. Wet Scrap Total Crepe Bark
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    • 412 9 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF, INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid Op Capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.ooo jam Rcserre Pond E3.000.WJ0 Reserve Liability of Proprietors.. £J 009.000 HEAD OFFICE St. Btahopftiat*. London EX. S. Agents and Branches. A lor Star tioilo Saigon
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 183 9 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES. (Continued from pige 5.) SINGAPORE. TOMORROW. 6 p.m. Recorded Music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 8 Relay of dinner music by Raffles Hotel Orchestra under direction of Dan Hopkins. 8.30 Close down. POHI-HOLLAND. Phohl announces that until Apr. 21 the following wavelengths will be used by
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    • 253 9 10.10 Talk on literature by Mr. Joh. Koning. 10.35 Talkie hits from Dutch films. (Record*) 11.00 Broadcast from Carl ton lot el at Amsterdam. 11.45 pinning down— Dutch national »nlh;in BERLIN. TODAY. p.m. 8.20 DJA. DJN announcement (Germ.. Engl.). Oerman folk song. Programme forecast (Germ, Engl.). Letter Box. 8.35 Murfc
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  • 127 10 4LIIAMBKA The Winning Ticket with Leo Carl'.lo Louise Faacnda 6. 15 9 15. CAPITOL The Merry Widow with Mauri, c Chevalier Jeanettc MacDonaid 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THfcATKC GREAT WORLD Private Jones. GRKAT WORLD Cabaret The Local Bad Man. HOfXTWOOD O. SERANGOON ROAD It Happened One Night Clark Oable Claudette Colbert
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  • 738 10 The other day seven middle-class Chinese women were haled before the Kuala Lumpur magistrate, and they pleaded guilty to a charge of gaming in a common gaming house." They were playing pakow in a house at Pudu when detectives
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  • 96 10 Three Singapore Committees Appointed. The Hrspitals Board have appointed the following committees to visit the hospitals In Singapore during this year, under section 5 of Ordinance No 119 (Hospitals Board). Hospital Visiting Committee for the Settlement of Singapore: Mrs R S Nelson, Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, Mrs. C
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  • 97 10 In virtue of the powers conferred upon him by clauses I and 4 of the agreement for the re-constitution of the Federal Council, 1927, His Excellency the High Commissioner has appointed Major Reginald Lew:s Nunn, D.5.0., Acting Adviser, Public Works, Malay States, to be temporarily an
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  • 51 10 The Perlis State Council, wltn the concurrence of His Britannic Majesty's Government, has recognised Tuan Syed Hassan bin Almerhom Tuan Syed Mahmud, nephew of the Raja, as heir presumptive (Bakal Raja) to the throne of Perlis In the absence of any male Issue of His Highness the
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  • 95 10 Mr. T. P. Cromwell, M.C.S., has been appointed to be an assistant Controller of Labour, Singapore. Mr. S. E. King, M.C.S., has been appointed to officiate as deputy immigration officer, Singapore. The Health Officer, Malacca, has been appointed to be a member of the Drainage and Irrigation Board
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  • 906 10 OFF THE HIGHWAYS IN MALAYA— I. Over The Mountains And Into Fahang. (Stay-at-home residents of Singapore, who have had little opp >rtunity to travel up-country, will be interested in <n article in the Malayan Traveller's Gazette in which Mr. W. C. S. Corry, M.CS.. describes a journey by road and
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  • 714 10 AN UNPLEASANT denizen of Malayan rivers that I had rever heard of before is mentioned in an extract from the Journal of the late Howard H. Banks, game warden of Negrl Sembilan. published in British Malaya. "On the way upriver (the Jelul. in Pahang)," says the
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  • 695 11 THREE POWERS MOVE A RESOLUTION. MAKING COVENANT EFFECTIVE. "Doors Open For General Agreement." sir j. Simon. POLAND REMAINS SCEPTICAL. A TENSE atmosphere prevailed in the League Council at Geneva yesterday when M. Laval in the name of the British, French and Italian governments, moved a
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  • 138 11 CRIME AGAINST THE PEACE OF EUROPE. Berlin, April 16. The Anglo-Ttanco- Italian resolution iefore the league is unanimously re- ected by the Berlin newspapers which egard it as a chaii »nge which, if idopted. will seriously prejudice the organisation of peac? in Europe. Voelkische Beobachtsr says that if
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  • 135 11 Sir J. Giimour Announces British Measures. London. Apr. 16. The Home Secretary, Sir John Giimour, stated in the House of Commons today that a special department of the Home Office was being formed to ac: as a channel for communicating to local authorities in England and
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  • 38 11 Amoy, Apr. 17 The new municipality of Amoy announces that it Intends to conduct three "mass marriage" ceremonies every year, on New Year's Day, National Day and Dr. Sun Vat-sen's birthday— Sin Kuo Mln.
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    21 11 The first Chinese Minister to Turkey, Mr. Ho Yao-chua, who was in Singapore yesterday on his way U» Angora.
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    13 11 MADAME GALLI-CURCI, and her husband. Mr. Homer Samuel, on their arrival in Rangoon.
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  • 215 11 Singapore Left Out. CITY WOULD LIKE A NAVAL VISIT. (By Our Services Correspondent.) No British warships will be visiting Singapore during Jubilee Week. The Portuguese sloop Goncalves Zarco is due here on Sunday and the British survey ship, H.M.S. Herald, is making a call next
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  • 52 11 Alameda (Calif.), Apr. 16. The Pan-American Air Lines' new giarA 22-ton four-engined flying boat clipper with a crew of six aud 3,000 gallons of petrol and 10,000 pieces of mail hopped off at 11.51 GM.T. on a pioneer commercial California China flight. The first stop toill be
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  • 28 11 Shanghai. Apr. 17. Silver holdings in Shanghai up to Apr. 14 amounted to $337,155,000, states a report by the Central Bank of China. —Sin Kuo Mln.
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  • 542 11 Famous Singer Who Dislikes Hurry. SINGAPORE VISIT THIS WEEK. What She Thinks Of Amateurs. (From Our Rangoon Correspondent.) Galli-Curci, the famous singer, who will be in Singapore on Saturday, has had a warm welcome in Rangoon. She will sing in Singapore the songs
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  • 479 11 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Apr. 16. The Johore Civil Service Club held a farewell dinner and dance tonight in honour of the General Adviser rf Johore and Mrs. Wlnstedt. The Hon. Mr- M. C. Hay (Legal Adviser. Jchore), president of the club, presided
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  • 331 11 Endurance Record Man. TO SWIM 100 HOURS IN JAPAN. From Our Own Correspondent. Calcutta, Apr. 11. India is the home of the endurance craze. In the past year or so, we have had endurance walking, running, swimming, cycling, living on the top o* a tree and
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  • 58 11 London, Apr. 16. The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived in London this morning by air from Paris, on their return from their honeymoon cruise in the West Indies. After visiting their new London home this afternoon, they drove to Windsor Castle, where <hey will spend
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  • 62 11 A Singapore Flying Club seaplane capsized after alighting near the club outer buoy yesterday. The pilot, Mr. Sessions, undergoing an A licence test at the time, was unhurt. The only serious damage to the aircraft was to the bottom of the port wing, which was broken. The
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  • 57 11 Several members if the Chinese Ministry of Corrmur.lcatlons will attend the conference called by the Eastern Tourist Society, Japan, on May 2. The Chinese delegation will be headed by Mr. Yin Tung, general manager of tht Pelplng Mukden Railway. They will proceed to Tokio by
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  • 309 11 Strong Protest At R.G.A. Meeting. REPRESENTATIONS TO MALAYA. Industry's Golden Opportunity. 'From Our Own Correspondent. London, Apr. 1G. "THE present taxation of Malayan rubber estates is excessive and the Committee should not relax its efforts until a reduction has been obtained," declared Mr. A. P. Hadow,
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  • 87 11 March Figures Show A 5,000-Ton Increase. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 16. The following are the latest USA. rubber statistics for March, with the figures for February, 1935. and March, 1934. added for the purposes of comparison Consumption: 42,620; 43,187; 47,614. Arrivals: 44.041; 35.383; 44.605.
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  • 102 11 "Publicity Has Killed It," Says Fiance. Miss Mary Lawson, the actress, told Reuter that her engagement with Fred Perry, the tennis champion, has been broken off following a trans-Atlantic conversation She said: Publicity has killed our romance. Somehow every thine seems ..to have tone wrong
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  • 1135 12 Should The Agreement Be Renewed MALAYAN MINERS MUST MAKE UP THEIR MINDS. FR \NK remarks on tin control and its administration were made by Mr. H. S. Lee, chairman of the Selangor Miners' Association, at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur \esterday. He referred to the
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  • 111 12 Farewell To The General Adviser. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Apr. 10 The Bjy Scouts of the English Schools in Johore Bahru held a grand rally this afternoon on the Bulclt Zahara School. The occasion was to bid farewell to the Hon. Dr. and Mrs. Winsttdt.
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  • 69 12 Following complaints from girl operators at the Telephone Exchange cf indecent language used by callers from the Tronoh Road booth the Detective branch kept a watch for the offenders. A 13-year-old Malay youth. Wan Hassim bin Ahmat, was arrested on Monday evening. He pleaded guilty before
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  • 37 12 An error occurred in the advertlssment of the Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd., on the leader page In yesterday's Straits Times. The advertisement should have read:— Tender Joint* and CuU of Succulent Flavour.
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  • 588 12 RETIREMENT OF MISS E OLSON. ACTIVE MISSIONARY TEACHER. Miss Mary E. Olson, M-A., who has devoted 32 years to educating Asiatic girls, sailed from Singapore this morning, probably for the last time. She is going home to America via China by the Blue Funnel boat Menelaus.
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  • 50 12 Menaka. the Indian dancer, will Include several new silhouette dances In her programme at the Royal Theatre tonight. These dances wer; very popular during her European tour. Miss Bridget Thomas and a Government House party witnessed th<parformance last night and praised the beauty of the danc*« performed.
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  • 1508 12 Council Complaint Of Growing Lorry Danger. WARM tributes were paid to the Hon. Dr. R. 0. Winstedt, the retiring General Adviser at the Johore State Council meeting yesterday. Speeches were also made congratulating the Hon. Y. M. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Rbdul Majid on
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  • 109 12 The Hon. Dr. R. O. Wlnstedt, C.M.G.. M.A.. D. LJtt. (Oxon.) who Is retiring from the Malayan Civil Service this month, has been appointed as lecturer in Malay it the School of Oriental Studies. London, as from Oct. 1. 1935. In succession to Dr. C. O. Blagden,
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  • 392 13 Lord Mayor At Mincing Lane Ceremony. An event of great importance in the J history of the London rubber market took place on Wednesday. Mar. 27. when the Lord Mayor, Sir Stephen Killick. laid the foundation stone It the new Rubber Exchange at Plantation House,
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  • 103 13 Double Crime On An Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Apr. 15. The Kayu Ara Es ate. Mambau, was the scene of double killing yesterday according to news reaching here. Three Kongsai Cninese. entered the house of a vegetable gardener, killed the man ai.d his four-year-old
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  • 119 13 Malacca Chinese Benevolent Society. At the fourteenth annual general meeting of the Malacca Chin-,-Benevolent Society on Saturday tne commit. ee's annual report and statement of accounts were adopted. The following were elected officebearers for the current year: President:— Mr. Loh Kirn Swi i reelected. Vice President:— Mr. Daniel
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  • 998 13 PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. COMPETITION FROM FAR EAST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. 16, An interesting review of the activities of the Penang Chamber of Commerce was made by Mr. B. G. H. Johnson, the chairman, at the annual general meeting held today. Mr. Johnson
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  • 147 13 Madam Galli-Cuici. world famous and greatest living soprano, will give two recitals in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. >pril 20 and Tues day. April 23. The details of the programmes are as follows: Programme No. 1 will be Flute Solos a. Glgue (Leclair). b. Melodle (Gluck). c. Autumn
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  • 521 13 Collector's 25 Years In China. That old Chinese art lends itself to modernistic room decoration is the opinion of Mrs. Mildred S. Wood, an internationally known figure among collectors of Chinese art, who is now in Singapore. Mrs. Wood arrived on Sunday to explore Singapore's taste
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  • 351 13 Visitors To Singapore New Headmistress To Blakang Mati Army Children's School. Acting on medical advice, the H m. Mr. W. Miller Mackay has gone to the Cameron Highlands for a fortnight. Mr. G. C. Lee arrived in Slngapt-re today from Shanghai. He Is on Irs way to
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  • Correspondence.
    • 406 13 MALAY ATTACKED IN HIS HOUSE. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Within the last two years four persons have been attacked by tigers along the Gambang road at a spot about eleven miles out frcm Kuantan along the KuantanJerantut road. Cases of cattle and dogs beinfr
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  • 813 14 HENMAN SCORES A REAL BEAUTY. Police Trounce Malays II At Anson Road Stadium. The Sappers must count themselves lucky to have shared six goals with the Monopolies on the S.R.C. ground yesterday. They thus retain the leadership of the Second Division.
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  • 62 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 16 Playing on their own ground. The Railway Institute lost to the S.CR.C. 'B In the Selangor Association Football League by four goals to one. The Chinese scored first through Beng Watt and Chooi Keat during the first half. Fatt Cheong
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  • 45 14 The results of the ties played in the Padmore Shield billiards tournament last night were as follows: Chua Boon Koon (N.S.L.C.S beat Pte. Humphries (Wilts) 300 to 243. Koh Cheng Moh (Amicable A. A.) beat N. M. Sulaiman (Pest Office) 300 to 238
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  • 44 14 The Cricket Board of Control has appointed Mr. "Plum" Warner, Mr. Percy Perrin and Mr. T. Higson as the selection committee for two seasons to choose the test teams to meet South Africi and India. Mr. Warner succeed* Sir Stanley Jackson as chairman.— Route*
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  • 62 14 Bill Speck Dies Following: Fall At Cheltenham. London, Apr. 16. The well-known N. H. Jockey, Bill Speck, who rode Mr. J. H. Whitney's Thomond 11. in the Grand National, died at Cheltenham today following a fall during the Ledbury Steeplechase on Apr. 10. SSe was riding the 2
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    57 14 One hundred and twenty-six boats manned by rowing enthusiasts from banks. Insurance offices, business houses, shops and schools started from Mortlake. Snrrey, in the Head of the River race at ten-second intervals. This is London's own boat race and was won >noe again l.y the London R.C, who bave held
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  • 1280 14 English Turf Topics* Cheltenham Race Too Severe. Good Loser's Consolation. Theft's Strange Habit. A CHALLENGER TO G. RICHARDS. (By Our London Staff.) Fleet Street, Apr. 6. THE pages of the "Racing Calendar hold many unexplained mysteries, and the next volume of "Steeplechases Past" will record that
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  • 332 14 Lawn Tennis. Malacca Club Beaten By The S.F.A. The following ties In the Singapore Teachers' Association tennis vournament were played off on Saturday and Monday. Choo Keng KiU beat K. C. Jalhetchet 6—2, 6—4. Wee Thiam Sic beat Tay Keag Hock 6—l. 3—6. 6—4. S. C. Ting
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  • 27 14 TOO HEAVY New York, Apr. 15. Barney Ross, the American holder of the world's lightweight championship, has relinquished his title because he cannot make the lightweight limit.
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  • 431 14 CRICKET IN THE NEGRI. Kunaretnam Takes Nine Wickets For 9 Runs. (Fr>rr. Our Own C(.rrts»H)ndtnv> S -itmban. Ad". 14. The cricket match today between the Negri Sembllan Club and th? Port Dickson Recreation Club had to be left drawn, rain Intervening. A. Kur.aretnam was
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  • 59 14 Fight With Braddock To Take; Place On Juno 13 New York. Apr. 1C Max Baer has agreed to d?fend hi 3 world heavy-weight title against Braddock at Long Island Bowl on June IS. Contracts were signed by the boxers and Garden au'horltles today and wen' submitted to
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  • 44 14 London. Apr. 15 The South African cricket touring team arrived today and was welcomed at Waterloo by Lord Cromer (President) and other distinguished members of the M.C.C. The oldest tourist is only thirty-two. One member is Xenophon Balaskas. of Greek parentage.
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  • 92 14 Wednesday. April 17. Football: S.A.F.A. League. Dlv. I, S.C.C. vs. Wiltshire*, padajiy; Dn. 111, Medical Services vs. S.C.F.A. in, V.M.C.A. ground; Commercial Cup, Fraser and Neave's vs. 5.H.8., F. Sc N. ground; Friendly. V.M.C.A. vs. Warders Sports Club, Outram Road. Golf: Garrison Club, Women's Monthly Medal (Bogey). Yachting:
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    • 34 14 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FRIDAY, MAY 3RD SPECIAL JUBILEE and BRITISH TRADE FAIR NUMBER Place a regular order now and make sure of your copy. 56 Pages Uwal Sue with Coven in Calwi, 10 cents.
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  • 840 15 LAX ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAWS. Deliberate Obstruction Around The Scrum. 1 ondon, Apr. 2. IT is not often that the president of the Rugby Union makes such a sweeping indictment of players as did Mr. J. Milnes when addressing a gathering of London
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    24 15 A cheery looking fellow is B. S. Gill, who has been chosen as a reserve for Selangor for the State cricket match atainst Singapore.
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  • 218 15 Racing, Oolong And Ernst Moved Up To Class 1. The Straits Racing Association classification of horses and ponies, list No. 12. amendment No. 2 of April 16, reads as fallows HORSES. TRANSFERS. Ernst from class 2 to class 1. Oolong from class 2 to class 1.
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  • 38 15 S.C.C. To Meet Wilts. On The Padang. This afternoon the S.C.C. will meet the Wiltshire Regiment in a First Division match on the padang. The ground will be enclosed and the usual charges made to nonmembers.
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  • 41 15 The attention of Keppel Golf dub members Is drawn to the fact that a mixed foursomes competition will be held on Sunday, Apr. 21, commencing at 3.30 p.m. Partners will not be drawn by ballot on this occasion
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  • 618 15 CRICKET SOCCER AT SEGAMAT. Sport In Brief. R.S.Y.C. Preparing For Next Inter-Port Race. Begamat, Apr 12. Playing on their own padang the Government English School, Segamat, did well to run the G.E.S. Muar to the odd goal In three. The home team's forward line was weak and they missed the
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    17 15 B. J. Dionysius, a new member of the Selangor State cricket XI who will play against Singapore.
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  • 555 15  -  LEIGH7VN. jMore About The A. A. A.— Mr. J.S. De Souza Would Help.— S.R.C. Hold Inter-Club Shield. South African (rtlfer For U. S. A. Conducted fry I WAS very pleased that my colleague "Anak Singapura" backed me up over this question of forming a Singapore A.A_A. and
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  • SINGAPORE RADIO.
    • 285 16 Reported Movement To Increase Prices. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I crave the Indulgence of your columns to bring before the reading public, a matter vital to all concerned? On reliable information and from personal knowledge I understand that there is a move on
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    • 131 16 To Coronation And Mutiny Veterans To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— About two weeks ago I read ln the papers that volunteers of ten years' service were to be given medals to celebrate the King's Jubilee. It is a very good idea, but I would like
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    • 33 16 Hottomley Improves Upon Shakespeare. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Believe It or not! From your London correspondent's letter of March 30 published on April 10: Horatio Boltoinley's atrociously
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    • 184 16 Event Suggested For Singapore. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt has been repeatedly urged by the Press as well as members of the public of Singapore that the occasion of our Majesty's Silver Jubilee should be celebrated here ln a more fitting manner. May I
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  • 609 16 Night Attack By Tribesmen. New Delhi, Apr. 11 Nineteen men were killed and t.-n were wounded ln an encounter between a detachment of the 3/2 nd Punjab Regiment and a lashkar rataed by the Faqlr of Allngar near Barsholal, on the North-West Frontier. The lashkar,
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  • 271 16 Mr. A. J. Braga To Be Nominated For Commission. An extraordinary general meeting of the Eurasian Association of Singapore will be held at the Singapore Recreation Club on Thursday, April 25, at 5.15 p.m. to transact the following business: 1. Nomination of a representative of the Eurasian Association
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  • 68 16 Zemindar And Schoolboy Killed. Bankura. Mar. 10. Mr. Profulla Kumar Bose (a Zemindar) and a schoolboy were badly maulted by a tiger in Indas village and subsequently succumbed to their Injuries. Mr. Bose and a party of men armed 'with guns and lathis, had gone to the village
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  • 28 16 After an interval of three years, the Lokbatan volcano, about ten miles from Baku, Is again ln eruption. The eruption Is not violent, however, only volcanic gas burning.
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  • 999 17 Aviation Notes. Problem Of Cloud-Hidden Onslaught. (By Our Aviation Correspondent.) TPHE British Government nas not gone over to the side of those who contend somewhat hastily that there is no defence against bombing except counter-bombing. In the words of the Prime Minister, the Government U
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  • 77 17 Total Of Karachi Riot. Karachi, Mar. 23 Another of the men wounded In Tuesday's firing died in the Civil Hospital this morning. This brings the death-roll to 39. Eighty-seven men are still in hospital but are making satisfactory progress. As a protest against the Government order
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  • 59 17 Madras, Mar. 27. The local Government Is creating the post of Joint Secretary in the Law Department from the middle of April when Mr. G. T. Boag, who reverts from the Revenue Board as Secretary of the Law Department, will devote himself to the work arising from
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  • 362 17 Jack Taylor Talks About His "Only Problem." Allow me to Introduce the first of the spring crop of Channel-swimming aspirants (writes a London correspondent). He is Jack Taylor, Staffordshireborn and now of Churchill Street, Dover. What a strange fascination this little strip of water has
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  • 52 17 The United States Department o' Commerce has withdrawn the master's licence from William Warms, who was the first officer and acting captain In command of the ill-fated Ward liner Morro Castle, which was destroyed by fire and grounded oft the coast of New Jersey last September with the loss of
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  • 174 17 Hindu Deputation To England. Bombay, Mar. 12 It Is now almost certain that a deputation rill proceed to England to protest against the Communal Award. The deputation will probably sail from Bombay on March 26. Although its composition has not yet been settled, it is Ukely to consist
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  • 11 17 Belgium has signed a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States.
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  • 206 17 GRAVE DANGER TO CITY'S MORAL LIFE. Bombay, Apr. 9 Reference to wrmt is becoming s grave danger to the social and moral life of Bombay was made today by Sir Hormuzdiar Dastur. Chief Presidency Magistrate, in disposing of a social vice case. He said that so-called electric and
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    • 21 17 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS USUAL ON GOOD FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE NO ISSUE 0N SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH, 1935.
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  • 533 18 HIS COUNTRY HOME A CHARNEL HOUSE. JOO CHILDREN KILLED IN 20 YEARS. New York, Mar. 24. Albert H. Fish. America's most terrible child killer of the century, was lound guilty last right of the fiendish murder of ten-year-old Grace Budd in a lonely Westchester
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  • 113 18 Government To Control Sale Of Minerals. Canton, Mar. 27. A special bureau is being arranged for to which the monopolistic sales privilege which has been exercised by the Commodities Inspection Bureau Is to be transferred. The fact that the latter is to lose its control of this
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  • 87 18 Canton, Apr. 1. County constabularies are to retire a good many of their guards out of the service, the reduction being according to the size of the district. The provincial militia, which is an organisation of the Oeneral Headquarters, are scattered about in every section and there is
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  • 29 18 The most realistic mock air attacK ever staged took place in Berlin. The photo shows: Fixing a notice announcing the nearest air-raid shelter in a Berlin street.
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  • 84 18 The curious phenomenon of a tailless horse, aptly named Coron since he is a son of Coronach, the Derby winner, was witnessed by Worcester racegoers. Although a tailless horse is handicapped on a twisting course because of lack of balance, it was hoped
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  • 41 18 For the second time this week a new record has been put up by a Dutch passenger carrying air liner on the Croydon-Rotterdam route, the journey of 203 miles being accomplished in I 5i minutes. Reuter Wireless
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  • 665 18 ONE QUARTER OF THE TOTAL. The International Labour Office estimates that of approximately 25 million unemployed throughout the world, about one-fourth, or 6 to 7 million, are young persons under 25 years of age. In Czechoslovakia, in February 1933. 22.8 per cent, of the unemployed were
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  • 37 18 Malaya The Irish Sweep. The demand in Malaya and China for tickets for the Irish Derby Sweep, has exceeded all expectations and many more books of tickets have been dispatched to Eastern sellers, says the Bangkok Times.
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  • 21 18 Phote Shows: Mrs. Goad's Pekingese White Wonder (left) and White Comedian at the London and Provincial Pekingese Club's Show.
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  • 96 18 Gen. Chiang's Move To Stamp Out Abuses. Kwelyang. Apr. 15 Pending the formation of the new Kwelchow government, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek yesterday appointed Mr. Li Chung-kung to be provisional admlnis trative commissioner in control of the civil and financial matters of that province. Mr. Li told pressmen that
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  • 116 18 Terrible Vengeance On Opium-Crazed Youth. Tientsin, Apr. S, A crowd of farmers of the village of Kauchen, Hopei. took a terrible vengeance upon a youth today, drenching him with kerosene, tying him to a pole and setting him alight. Liv Shao-chlu was caught fleeing to
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  • 47 18 The Hague Anr. 10 The Premier, Dr. H. Colijn, who underwent an operation a fortnight ago, left the nursing home on Wednesday. He will, however, not assume his duties for the time being, but will tain a short holiday for recuperation Trans-Ocean.
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  • 55 18 Sh.ngha.. Apr. 15 It is understood that Japanese i.jterests in Shanghai have bought a plot of land in the Yangtsepoo district, in the eastern section of the International Settlement. This land is to be the site of an aerodrome, presumably for the projected Japan China iir
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    • 283 18 /C^\ Choose The Oldest Name WWI from |N Radi WESTINGHOUSE EIGHT DEFINITE POINTS OF SUPERIORITY jM 3| 1. Amazing Range. 6. Oversixed par.* D Bk-h Reproduction for dur b ""> Bfl i M HIT 3. Fidelity of Tone. 7- Beautiful semi-mo 4. Impressive Volume. lerll caWntt 5. Razored*** 8- Eemariuibly
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  • 803 19 LOG OF A MALAYAN LISTENER. Better Results Obtained. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) i DECEPTION in the morning of long-distance stations i operating on the shorter waves has been varying during the i past week. On some mornings G.S.C. in the fifth transmission j on
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  • 103 19 The completion of ten year's work by the Swedish broadcasting service has Inspired an amusing series of drawings In Radlolyssnaren. They represent ten yean of a listener's life, and even without the pictures the captions tell their own story. Here they are 1934. Began
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  • 46 19 A "Radio widow" is one who sits at •home and is never taken out to the theatre or elsewhere because ttie husband U "at the radio dials constantly." Thns charged Mrs. Eleanor Measam Werthelmer in a divorce action started to St. Louis recently.
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  • 65 19 Chinese Government To Run XQHC. Shanghai The Chinese Government's new radio broadcasting station, XQHC. which opened recently, u under the control of Dr. Wen and Mr. tlon has added greatly to Shanghai's radio amenities. Equipped with the latest technical apparatus, largely designed and built by
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 223 19 1935 10 VALVE PATTERSON. Undoubtedly the finest short wave receiver available today. NOT a mass production job I but a precision receiver, built up to a standard. 8 BJHMBjBsWBW^^^^ THE ONLY RECEIVER OFFERING ONE YEAR'S COMPREHENSIVE GUARANTEE. Ask for a demonstration without obligation from H. L. CARTER CO. PHONE 6618.
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  • 59 20 Tne Mincing Lane Rubber Exchange as It will appear when completed. The foundation stone was laid by the Lord Mayor, Sir Stephen Killlk. on March 27. Story on P. 13. Right The achitect's design of another facade of the new building. The Interior A harbour snapsnot. The
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    • 16 20 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION. LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Bmt Office (or M»Ujr»: SINGAPORE.
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