Malaya Tribune, 15 April 1926

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune. Vol. XIII. -No. 86 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. THURSDAY. APRIL 15. 1025.
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    ANZAC DAY MARCH
    588 2 SIR JOHN MONASH WILL LEAD 10,000 MEN Most Impressive Parade to be Held in Australia Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, in uniform, will lead 10,000 of the soldiers who followed him in France, to the great memorial service to be held on Ansae Day in the Exhibition Building.
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    86 2 As Tokyo has been suffering from a want of trees since th e devas at ng earthquake in 1923, (he Association for Beautify- ng the City is starting a movement for p anting evergreens. On April 3, Initiation I>a\, 60 young g rls of uhe Hinode High bchool were to
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      463 2 NEW GOODS I JUST ARRIVED. j I-SAXONE" I Gen T*,o 1 n d tDre GentB Toney Red i Oxford. <%AVn\TP Calf BrOSUe Shoe I Stocked with or without too VXXIVV/T*! J_/ Punched wing vamp and counter o. g X JSl"£ Cent STack or Brown !i d i dress wear. Willow
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      146 2 DO NOT BLAME THE GIRL Who Is Fretful and v Faddy." It Is Not a Fault But a Symptom. Her Need is the Good Blood Made to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When a girl in her ieens grows dull, poeyish and "faddy"; vhen nothing seems uo mtsresit her, and whan
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      300 2 Thirty! Sparkling with energy, brimful with health, she pisses through life, never counting the years. Health is in her movements, health in her laughter—her youthful attraction is Health. The years cannot be held, but health can, and health is youth. Keep up your powers of resistance, renew your blood strengthen
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      508 4 I EMPIRE Cj 1 hursday, April 14 lo Hcnd»y, April 19 —2cd Show at 9-15 p.m. g j IVY lliam Fox Presents a Wonder-Pictnr*. ft A Heart-Gripping Story of a Romance That Never Died jjj AS NO MAN HAS LOVED g In 8 Reels j>j BASED ON LDWARD EVIRETT HUES
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      505 4 Amusements j FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY I From Sunday, April 11 to Friday, April li. 19*6 at the g IALHAMBRA 3 (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd. Proprietors.) X 1 In the Second Show at 9 p.m. jjj I A HERBERT BRENON PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION 3 PICTURISING H 3 William J. I«ocke's
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      467 4 GAIETY CINEMA Junction albert ft Berecolen Streets WHO IS TO |BLaME for the present "WILDNISS OF YOLTB?" 1. Are the Blue Laws accountable 2. Is it responsible for the many recent divorces 3. Are short skirts and present-day Jazz the cause 4. Is the crime wave due tD it WHAT
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      74 4 SURINA THEATRE North Bridge Road. To-night at 9 pm. HO!*SgsHO£ jl G. BLYStSnLtPtoSS^c Extras: Cartooa, Gazette, Western bni Comedies At 7-30 IRON MAN SERIAL (ilbrrtini Chapter IS THE FIGHTING SKIPPER SERIAL With FRANCIS FORD AND JACK PEBRIX Episodes 1 <v 2 Matinees of Different rtciures oa Sstarday and iunday The
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    A SINGAPORE DIARY
    120 5 To-day, April 15 High T des.—o.32 p.m. K. I. homeward mail leaves. Ph 1. Orchestra, Memorial Hall, 5.15 p.m. Lodge Eastern Gate, 8.30 p m. Yicket: S.C.C. vs. Johore. To-morrow, April 16 High Tides.—o.2o a.m., 1.14 p.m. Mentak .b Rubber, Chaptered Bank, noon. Dutch homeward mail leaves.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    1092 5 PRODUCF Singapore. April 15 Bice, Siam No 1 per Koyan $380 Rice, Siam 2 $300 Rice, Siam 3 $345 Rice, Saigon 1 $310 Rice, Saigon 2 $300 Rice, Saigon 8 Rite, Rangoon 1 $294 Rice, Rangoon 2 $291 Rice, Par Boiled No 1 per dag $10.00 ,ce
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    MAILS CLOSE
    140 5 TO-DAY, APRIL 15 Upper Burma, North and East India, Egypt, Europe, U. S. A. and Canada Edavana 3 p.m. supplementary mail for Europe, etc By TRAIN 4 p.m. TO-MORROW, APRIL 16 Siam (except Lower Siam) Deli Mam 11 a.m. Java, South-West Sumatra SouthEast Borneo, Celebes 1 Moluccas, Timor
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    129 5 A Gibraltar telegram states that during the recent naval exercises, a seaplane which flew off the aircraft-carrier Furious subsequently sent out a wireless messago to the effect that ii was short of patrol, and, being unable io locate the Furioua, was alighting in the sea close to a merchant steamer.
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    SHARE MARKET
    144 5 Singapore, April 13. Rubbers:—Active, despite the commodity decline to 2s l%d. Buyers Sellers Jerams $1.67% $1.72% Mentakabs $0.60 $0.62% cum Ulu Benuts $0.76 $0.79 Scudais $3.03 $3.10 Kuala Sidims $3,671- $3.75 c. r. ex div. Malaka Pindas $3.00 $3.10 Bassetls $1.40 $1.47% cum all U. Malaccas $2.85 $2.90
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    FOUR DAYS WITHOUT AIR
    180 5 After sending out notices announcing his intention, a man, aged 30, of the weaver caste in the Tinneveliy district of Southern India, allowed himself to be buried alive and forbade his followers to release him for forty days. A big crowd assembled to see the man
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      349 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS VANTED General Clerk. Chinees preferred i'» Showroom. Ar.ply Manager. ted, No. IS Battery Road. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE. .r, r ,r\ l>t to date, rainfall has I a the average for this period, re has 1 n so abnormal increase in rhe consumption of water. ln the oeoenity
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      17 5 M. EZEKIEL SONS, Manufacturing Ophthalmic Opticians, 4, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore. Optometrist: A. M. EZEKIEL, O.D.
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      276 5 MASSAGE AND MANICURE. Misses MISAKO Masayai, No. 10, Bencoolen Street, Singapore. M. HASSAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 16, Bras Basah Road, SINGAPORE All kinds of electrical works undertaken. Philips Watt Lamps, Ceiling Fans, Wire Etc. Supplied by United Engineers, Limited. CHARGES MODERATE, 'Phone 3411. LOOK AHEAD LOOK AHEAD LOOK AHEAD YOUR FUTURE
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      73 5 M ETEOROLOGIC AL REPORT (By Courtesy of the Government Health Officer.) Kandang Ke-bau Station for the 24 hours M din- midnight April 14, 1926. deg. IfaX! shade temperature 90 F. in si Mk temperature <6 r. Mean shade temperature -7.6 F. Max. sun radiation WJ J Mm. grass radiation J
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    Births, Marriages and Deaths
    58 6 I ENGAGEMENT ANG-CHEANG—The E ngagement is announced, and the marriage will take place at Jervois Road at a date to be announced later, between Mr. Ang Lav Ghee and Miss Cheang Swee Lan (nee Btilat) the eldest daughter of Mr. Cheang Kay Chong, late proprietor of
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    PROFITEERING IN ICE
    1182 6 In the trap cs ice is an indispensable commodity. Food cannot be kept without it; ice is the great preservative, an essential of everyday household use. A few days ago the price of ice in Singapore suddenly leapt up by four and. five hundred percent. The reta
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    926 6 A Cooking Class will be held at the YW C A "B" Raffles Quay, this afternoon at s'o'clock. All intending members please enrol now. The "Times" of March 17 has a large and fully* illustrated supplement illustrative of the British Motor Industry. Members of St. Andrew's Cathedral, congregations are reminded
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    444 6 The Princess Royal has accepted the presidency of the Queen A.exandra League to support the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College, in succession tc Queen Alexandra, its founder. A Teheran message states that by per mission of the Shah the former Prime Minister, Vossugh-ed-Dowleh, has returned
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    PENANG COMMERCE
    396 6 Protest Against State of the Harbour (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, April 13. Presiding at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. N. Ftoimei reviewed the activities of the year, touching on the tin and rubber industry H. condemned the local telephone -yston and stated
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    NEW ROAD AT PENANG
    56 6 I From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, A' 11 U At a meeting of the Municipal Cojmm£ doners a resolati-n was passsd the scheme for a coast road at so* Beach extending for d al-Seventy-iive per. cent ready been promised. If the ©t sii is given, the
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    MAIL EXPECTED
    13 6 From Europe, (London March 25) by IA Tara. due Penm. to-morrow.
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    COAL PEACE
    895 7 MINERS REPLY MORE CONCILIATORY Matter of Wages Ready for Discussion British Official Press Service. Reuter's Service. [British Official Press Service.] London. Aprii 13. M to-day's meeting with the representativ.s of the coal owners, the mmeis Execute presented their reply to the aaTioL of Ac Coal Comm sstom The
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    23 7 The British Overseas Bank has just arranged a credit for £250,000 for the conof electric rail and tramways for ua Miburb of Warsaw.
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    DISARMAMENT
    162 7 Lord Cecil to Represent Great Britain British Official Press Service. [British Official Press Service.] London, April 14. Sir Austen Charriberlain, Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons that Lord Cecil had been asked to act as British representative on the Preparatory Committee on Disarmament at Geneva. He would
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    MUSSOLINI FETED
    120 7 Greeted by Arab Horsemen in Hoods Reuter's Service. Tripoli, April 13. Signor Mussolini and his suite visited the country between TripoK and Zuara, escorted by Arab horsemen, who saluted him in Roman fash'on. A number of Arabs wore black shirts under their tdoaks. and one, speaking in Italian,
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    REPARATIONS PAYMENTS
    96 7 British Official Press Service. [British Officiai Press Service.] Rogby, April 13. The financial secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Ronald McNeill, s'aud in the House of Commons that the total figure received from the Agent General for Reparations payment between Januan/ 1 and March 31, was 54,6(30,000 gold marks,
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    SYRIANS AND IRAQ
    102 7 British Official Press Service. [British Official Press Service.] Rucrby. April 13. Mr. Amery, the Colonial Secretary, stated that a party of Syrian tribesmen crossed the frontier between Syria and Iraq on April 2 and attacked the tribes on the Iraq side. A sect on of armoured <.urs
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    ARTIFICIAL SILK
    59 7 British Official Press Service. [British Official Press Seiwice.] Rugby, April 18. Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, president of the Board of Trade, said he understood that :en arrific'al silk factories had teen s:arted in this country since JuK 1 last. Five wore in the experimenal stage and five were
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES
    62 7 British Official Press Service. [British Official Press Service.] Hugby, April 13. It is understood that the Prince of Waies hopes to leav> for the Continent on Thursday or Friday. He is making an excellent recovery from his recent aural operation. It is not yet known whether
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
    54 7 British Official Press Service. I British Uftieial Press Service. I Rugby, April 13. The weekly relhirn of unemployed shews an Increase for the first time in many weeks The figure is now 1,049,800 or 36,000 more than a week ago. The increase is attributec to exteneled stoppages of
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    MOSCOW'S BUDGET
    75 7 Reuter's Service. Moscow, April 14. M. Brukhanoff, Commissioner of Finance, presenting his budget of four milliard roubles, stated that fifty-one per cent of the total expenditure was devoted to economic objects, sixteen per cent, to defemee, and thirty per cent to cultural requirements. The internal debt amounted to
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    CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE BURNT
    36 7 Reuter's Service. St. Johns, Newfoundland-, April 14. The Mount Cashel Catholic Orphanage, housing 180 boys* has been gutted by fire. There were no casualties. The loss is estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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    PROHIBITION
    370 7 Priest's Descriptions of Youthful Wildness Reuter's Service. Washington, April 13. Several belated witnesses for the "wets" appeared before the Senate Committee, tne most notable being Father Francis Kasaczun of the Sugar Notch anthracite region, Pennsylvania. He painted a horrifying picture of the diocese's open saloons, wild carousals of the
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    CHINESE CIVIL WAR
    115 7 Reuter's Service. London, April 14. In the House of Commons invited ty Cap.am Fairfax to make a statement with regard to the situation in China, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that this was impossible to be done usefully at the present juncture, since It was not yet possible
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    LIGHTHOUSE FALLS DOWN
    69 7 Reuter's Service. Philadelphia, ApdM|. The historic Capo Henlopm guarding the entrance to Delaware "flay, has been blown into the sea by a voflent gale, frustrating the Government's intentions to protect the lighthouse by means of a number of hulks sunk around it. The lighthouse was erected in
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    CONTINENTAL AIRWAYS
    68 7 Reuter's Service. Paris, April 14. According tio "Le Quotidien," a FranooGerman Aerial Convention was signed yesterday, authorising Feench aeroplanes to fly over Germany. Consequently, a number of important air services will te cnened in June, including lines between Paris, Colongne and Berlin, between Cologne, London and Copenhagen and
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    PERU AVIATORS KILLED
    37 7 Reuter's Service. Lima, April 13. Senors Guillermo Protzel and Juan Podesta, two of Perus best aviators, have been burned to death owing to their machine taking lire during a force landing in a storm.
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    KLU KLUX KLAN FIGHT
    36 7 Reuter's Service. Herrin, Illinois, April 14. Three Klansmen, including the ex-chief of police, were shot dead in the course of fightinig of Ku Klux Klan against the antlKlaners, following the local election.
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    A FLIGHT TO INDIA
    33 7 [Havas Agency.] Paris, April 13. According to "Le Petit Parisien," M. Arrachart contemplates a flight to Persia and India with minimum stops, while M. Challe intends to reach Japan.
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    A NEW MOTORSHIP
    49 7 Reuter's Service. London, April 14. The Orestes, the first of two mctorslups for Alfred Holt's Eastern trade, has bten launched at Belfasl She is 476 feet long by fifv-eight f ee t beam and has a displacement of 15,000 tons. He will be over tfteen knots.
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    DUEL WITH PISTOLS
    120 7 ARMED GANGS TERRORISE SELEGIE ROAD One Indian Killed and Several Badly Injured W T ithin a hundred yards of the Kandang Kerbau Police Station, two factions of Cantonese Gangs fought a duel with revolvers early last night. The scene of the affray was the junction of Albert
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    ITALIAN DEBTS
    103 7 Mussolini Described as the Country's Worst Evil Reuter's Service. Washington, April 13. Signer Mussolini was the storm centre in the Senate whon the administration pressed its efforts to secure a ratification of the Italian debt settle-ment. The Democrats are credited with having an eye towards the Autumn elections,
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    INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
    152 7 Reuter's Service. London, April 14. A hundred delegates including Great Britain, Australasia, Canada and Japan met for the third International shipping conference at London. Sir Wakc-r Runciman presided. The conference unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the Governments to be represen ed at the forthcoming International Labour Conference
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    BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS
    92 7 Reuter's Service. British Official Press Service. London, April 14. The Board of Trade returns for March show: ImpM$6, £106,864,000 and exports, £66,399,000, Scrtaae of £10,019.000 and £3,585,000 respectively compared with February. [British Official Press Service.] London, April 14. Board of Trade returns for March show a
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES
    71 7 British Official Press Service. [British Official Press Service.] London, April 14. Exchange ra'es: Paris 14?, Now York 4.86, Brussels 129. Gen-va 25 18, Amsterdam l&WTMilan 120.9, Berin 20.42, Stockholm 18.14, Copenhagen 18.58, Oslo 22.45, V'enna 34.44. Pragu- 164, Hslsingfors 193. Madrid 34 14, Lisbon 2.5, Rio 6 13:16.
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    CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES
    83 7 Reuter's Service. V<. Paris, April 14. Riot'ng has occurred here in consequence of attempted demonstrations of *he civil servants who a»e claiming a si ding scale of salaries. A crowd of several hundred, mostly Communists, defied the Prefectoral prohibition to demonstraJe and tried to force police barrkr
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    SUGAR IN CUBA
    59 7 Reuter's Service. Havana, April 15. The Cuban Cabinet has accepted the plan of the sugar-growing interests to reouce the sugar chop by ten per cent, as the outcome of the unsatisfactory position of the industry, which culminated in the recent run on the Banks. It is bel'eved
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    29 7 One of the administrators of the Credit Fonder d'Anvers has paid in a sum of 0.000.000f. (nearly £50,000 at present rates) towards compensating the victims of the bank's failure.
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    BAGHDAD FLOODS
    141 8 Royal Family Moves to Cotton Estate Reuter's Service. Bagdad, April 13. The flood situation has slightly improved, the rivvr falling slightly, but the flood Fevel m the desert is stationary. Five thousand men are still work.ng day and n-ght. The ladies of the Royal Family have gone to
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    THE MISSING AIRMAN
    165 8 Machine Discovered by a British Searcher Reuter's Service. Cairo, April 14. \t 10 40 this morning aircraft were •eneleesij still searching for Captain E tevez. It is thought that there is no need for anxiety, as Estevez, who speaks i. is traversing grazing country, yrfe re he
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    LLOYD'S RETURNS
    186 8 Reuter's Service. London April 13. i.ovds' shipbuilding returns for the quarter ended March 31 show that 843,000 fcMM are being constructed in Great Britain and Ire-and, a decrease of 42,000 compared with ike. 31 and 322,000 compared with a year -ago. Work has been suspended on SO.OOO. compared
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    THE " NORGE " SETS FORTH
    90 8 THE NORGE SETS FORTH Reuter's Service. Oslo, April 15. The Norge has left here for Leningrad. Oslo, April 14. The Norge has arrived here. Bush ire, April 13. Two Spanish airmen, Senors Loriga and Gallarza, have arrived from Bagdad. They departed after a brief interval for Bunder Abbas. i London,
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    GREEK MUTINEERS TO DIE
    55 8 [Renter's Servica.] Athens, April 13. An extraordinary counVmartial has sentenced to death Colonel Zavellas and Major Karakoufa, leaders in the Karaboumou mutiny mentioned on April 9. It sentenced *even other officeirs to various terms of imprisonment. Colonel Bakirdjii was also sentenced to death but the capital
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    D'OISY'S NEXT FLIGHT
    50 8 [Havas Agency.] Paris, April 13. According to the newspapers, Captain Pelletier Doisy proposes to make another flight to Tokyo early in May, endeavouring to complete it with only four stops. The Under Secretary for Aviation states that the exact date nor the itinerary are yet finally fixed.
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    PEACE AND THE RIFFS
    44 8 [Havas Agency.] Paris, April 13. According to "le Journal," the negotiations at Oudjda will, properly speaking, bogin only when the Riffans will have accepted the Franco-Spanish terms. The Inflect of the movements of troops is tending to hinder an armistice.
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    GERMANO-RUSSO TREATY
    320 8 New Compact Not to Infringe League Rules Reuter's Service. British Official Press Service. London, April 14. The report that Germany and Russia are negotiating a treaty has not surprsed British authoritative circles in London. It is understood that assurances have been received in London and other European capitals
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    SOCIALISTS IN CONFERENCE
    50 8 Reuter's Service. Zurich, April 13. A meeting of the executive of the LabourSocialist International rejected by 247 votes to 3 the proposal of the British Independent Labour Party for a joint conference with the Moscow Communist International with a vi-w to the formation of a united International.
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    LOCAL ICE PRICES
    440 8 Interviewed by a representative of the "Malaya Tribune", yesterday, the Manager of the New Sjigapore Ice Company works said that the prices now being charged for ice by the retai.ers clearly indicated profiteering. His Company was sti 1 retailing it at their depots in Orchard Road and
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    MANDALAY VILLA THEFT
    153 8 Sentence of nine month's rigorous imprisonment was passed on Wong Soo, the Chnese boy employed at Mrs. I/:e Choon Guan's residence, Mandalay Villa, by the acting District Judge, Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, this morning on charges of theft. Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, the D.P.P., stated
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    WATER SHORTAGE
    159 8 Public Seriously Warned Not to be Wasteful The public arc warned tlhat the consumption of water has increased so much (owing to Uie hot weather) that the demand is row greater than the mains can bring down from the Reservoirs, and that in a very ftw r days
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    CLOSE OF HINDOO YEAR
    177 8 The Sinhalese National Day Celebration The close of the Hindoo year and, incidentally, the Sinhalese National Day was ve.ebrated in a fitting manner by Indiana and Ceylonese in all parts of the town on Tuesday. The local Sinhalese community assembled on the Oldham Hall ground on
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    GUN RUNNING
    126 8 Chinese Sells Pistol to Detective Lim Ah Ching an Ertglish-s peaking Chinesa who fell into a smart trap set by the Detective Department, appeared before Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, the acting District Judge, this morning to answer charges of being in possession of a pistol and five
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    NEW DESIGN $5 NOTE
    248 8 About the beginning of next month the Currency Commissioners will issue a $5 note of an entirely new design. The new note is printed on white paper and is almost of the :<ame size as the existing $5 note except that it is slightly longer. The
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    FIAT WINS TRIAL
    119 8 The Italian winter triads, run recently over a 120-mile road circuit, attracted 12 competitors, in three classes—under 1,100, under 2000 and more than 2000 c.c. The feature of the trials was the performance of the new model, Fiat 509, which had previously won two other Italian trials.
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    62 8 A special issue of the Jerusalem "Official Gazette" contains an ordinance abolishing all duties on goods exported from Palestine, with the exception of the duties on tob veco and antiquities. Portuguese and Union delegates will meet at Cape Town ear.y in May for the purpose of definitely settling the frontier
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    SPORTS & PASTIMES
    345 8 SPORTS PASTIMES CRICKET N. J. A. Foster Knocks up a Century (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 14. The inter-State match between Selangor and Negri Sembilan opened here this morning. The wi.kei was bumpy and Mustard, winning the toss put the Negri n to bat. De Vitre and Foueds
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    S.C.C. II vs. Johore
    214 8 The above match was playtd yesterday on the Padanj and ended in an easy v'ctor for the homesters. The visitors batted first and ran up 163 towards which King contributed a valuable 43. The Club rnpiied w-ith 1G8 for 5 wickets, O'Connor carrying his bat for
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    St. J.O.B.A. vs. Police
    448 8 The above mat;h was played yesterday on the St J.0.8.A. ground and ended in an easy victory for the Association by 9 wickets. The- Poke took firs, knock anl were d'spostd of for 39. At one stage fchtr had 7 for 15. E. V. Smith vop-scored
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    69 8 The following will represent the V.M C.A. vs. Duke of Wellington s Regt. 2nd XI. at Cr ckei on Saturday on the V.M.C.A. ground commencing at 2.15 pm.:—H. G. Stack (Capt); A. Van Cuylenbu'-g, R. Lyne, C Choon Lim B. K. Shah; R. Jumabhoy, E.
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    61 8 J.C.S.A. vs. L.U. The following will represent the Junior Civil Service As_oc atio.n against the Lanka Union at soccer to-day, on the former's ground:—Sim Kwang Tow; Goh Tiang Soon, N. K. Samy; Soo Ban Hee, A. J. Vaz, Tan Bock Lim; A. F. Roirigues, Goh Kirn Cheh, R. Dorasamy,
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    Bousted's vs. S.C.C.
    60 8 Boustead Co., Ltd. will meet the S.C.C. in a friendly game of Scccer to-day at 5 pan. sharp" on the latter's ground. Bousteavd' will dne as follows:—R. W. Fingl, R. W. Sinclair, W. A. .Aeria; J. V. S. Brooke. L'm Chee Kit, Kirn Song; R. Caldbcck, A.
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    To-day's Match
    73 8 The following wid represent Mr. Tan Boon Eng's eleven against Fort Canning in a friendly game at soccer this evening at 5 pm. on the S.C.F.A. ground:—Peng Hock, Ah Bah Ah Kong; Kee Chin, Gin Swee, Ah Kow; Shun Teng. Tiang Wee, Teng Moh, Robert Tan, Bah Chee.
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    BOXING
    71 8 Boy Walley Outpoints de Vera (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 13. In fine we a her a. boxing tournament was held last night in the Towti Ha 1 Boy Walley ou-pointed de Veia in a twe ye round contest. The champion secured five rounds and three were drawn
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    HOCKEY
    48 8 V.M.C.A. vs. D. W. Regt. The above match was played on Tuesday and ended in a victory for the Regt. by the odd goal in 5. The V.M.C.A. ±Ed by two goals till the close when the soldiers netted three goa.s in quick succession in faidng light.
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    LAWN TENNIS
    30 8 Davis Cup Players Reuter's Service. [Reuters Service.] Buenos Ares, April 13. The Argentine Davis Cup competitors have sailed for Spain to play Hungary at Barcelona on May 15.
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    60 8 TO DAYS TIES. Championship Pairs D. H. Kleinman and N. H. P. Whitley vs. R. N. Ham Iton and R. Wild. Veterans Pairs Handicap C. V. Miles and V. G. Coleman, owe 15.3 vj. W. C. Hill and G. F. Cobb owe 15.3. Newcomers Handicap (Final) R. E.
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    GOLF
    49 8 Keppel Golf Club April Medal:—The April Monthly Medal will be competed for on Saturday and Sunday, 17th and 18th inst., by Stroke play and the Ladies Spoon en Monday, 19. "Telegraph Cup":—The Qualify ng round for the above Cup will be played in conjunction with the April Medal.
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    241 8 [We do not necessarily endorse toe opinions expressed by correspondents. Letters sent for publication should oe written on one side ot the paper only; prefertnce is given to short letters. Only extracts of long letters can be given.] BROADCASTING Sir,—There have been controversies j n S.S.
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    LOCAL AMUSEMENTS
    388 8 The Surina Theatre Tom Mix and his inseparable compan.on, Tony, in their latent, Western pioduction. "The Lucky Horseshoe," will begin a week's engagement at the Surina Theatre to-night. The iour-footed star seeming.y enjoys his part in the newest Mix production, for he goes through it with unusual dash.
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    MOSLEM RELIEF FUND
    112 8 L'st No. 6 The committee of this fund begs to acknowledge with many many thanks Ac following:— Previously acknowledged $930.4* Captain Som, Yahya bin Mohamed Ali Johore, Haji Abdul Wahab bin Haji Omar, Haji Idris bin Haji Abdul Shukur, Mohamed bin Haji Abdur Rahim, Mohamed Tamby bin
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    74 8 While investigating the untitled surrounding the death of William Ha k a legless shoe-lace hawker, who <W>V* from the fif.h storey of the Salvat-on ArW hostel at Winnipeg on to a concrete ment, the police ascertained that tn man, who was supposed to have Dee i pauper, had five bank
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    BILLIARDS
    46 8 Empire Amateur Championship Reuter's Service. London, Apr 1 At billiards, at Thurston's HaiLU«**_ in the Emp re amateur bi hara «*aW Q ship first heat, the final Shailer, Australia, 2 000; Malcolm Scotland 1,245. J. Earlam, BagtW McCluney, North Ireland, South Africa, are also competing.
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    565 9 Abolition of Marriage in Russia Under Discussion The discussion as to whether marriage, an institution, should be abolished is now ragng all over Russia, following on the decision of the last session of the AllRuS a an Soviet Executive Committee to nostpone a final decision on the
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    BOAT TURNS TURTLE
    123 9 of vachtsmcn were rescued by a junk it week Monday in Hongkong after they had been clinging for some time to botl m of their upturned boat. Mr. I). EL El.is. the owner of the boat qnesti n took out llesatts, H. Campkin. <i. K. :v -and
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    246 9 The Mercantile Bank of India Limited The following is the Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Shareholders:— The directors submit to the shareholders of the ibank the G2neral Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss Account for the year ending 31st December, 1925.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    147 9 To-day, April 15 5.10 p.m.—Drill Hall, "A" Company, Drill. Drvss, Drill Order, Caps. 5.10 p.m.—Drill Hall, "C Company, Drill. Dress, Drill Order, Caps. 5.10 p.m.—Drill Hall, Ist Reinforcement, Drill. Dress, Drill Orders, Caps. 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. V. F. Ambulance, Drill. Dress, Drill Orders, Caps. To-morrow, April
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    586 10 Officers Who Sit at Their Desks All Day Strong discontent which has prevailed for a long time among senior and junior officers of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard has resulted in a recommendation to Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home SecretaryIt is confidently expected that some
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