The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 March 1929

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press m CENTS. SINGAPORE, &S. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1929. i **ms NO. 12,680
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    222 1 Sir Hugo Hirst has' evolved a new s chem* m connection with- the General Electric Company's share dispute. He maintains thai British control is essential—Pa^e 11. Further etforts are being made by shippers Ao push the British cotton goods trade Paga tl. The Soviets deny rumours of
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    937 1 Qttitaiiitl ayntit homine* uoxtti est j(t+r>*(f.t JAebi I .'-i.ii..!. A little tough on our enterprising- jail Lreakers was k not that the first information regarding their discreet emergence" Horn the diain should have been given by one connected with the society to aid prisoners The "Fan*"
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      278 1 9 0* I WING LOONG." I THE RECOGNISED' HOUSE I for I EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS I 32. HIGH STREET. m\Lmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*^mmmmmWmisd n-wnn m urn mmli Raffles Hotel r.KST CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION 1 TEA SPECIAL CABARET DINNER 1 fUNCES DORIS MANTLE AND CLIFF DA MES 1 iw;s4 Y AY Km^
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      102 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Alhambra cinema new programme Page 2. The Black Maxfli golf b_!l prices reduced —Page 20. "The Air Circus,'* at Alhambra on 18th. nst. Page 2. Margarine, hams and bacon at fresh Food 30.— -Page -L The new Ford car for speed, safety and omfort Page 18. The Chevrolet
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      22 1 -r-r ■■< i* ■•_> WING LOONG. "1 I FOR HIGH CLA3S TA\J,ORING. I r. Style, Gut- and Fini^d rCuwranteed. I 32, HIGH STREET. I
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      207 1 THE WEEK. Sutfdtiy, 30th. Nigh W-tsr. 0.5S :».m"^ *.7, 1. ll* p.m., 7.6. Public Holiday. B. I. outward mail due. Halayaa Golf Championship. Perak Amateur Races. Malayan Polo Assn. mtg., Penang. Football: F.M.S. Chinese rs. Colony Chines* Stldur-I. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Selaagar, Kuala Lumpur; S.C.C. vs. S.R.C, S.R.C. ground; St.
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    1890-1929 HISTORY IN A FILM.
    645 2 1890- 1929 HISTORY IN A FILM. Pageant of Durbars and Coronations. Great Britain's most enthralling and "heart-moving film. "Royal Remembrances," was shown privately recently prior to early public presentation at the Marble Arch Pavilion. This full-length spectacle is a skilfully -edited assembly of authentic "topical" records from the collections of
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      283 2 10-rfigltt ninu Niglllljf at 9*9* l fcattnl En|M Conedy Co. To-Night nt tJt pm. _ng i_j_j__ Eaater Monday, April Int. THE RINGER. BY EDGAR WALLACE. Tuesday April 2nd. j Wednesday, AprH 3rd. ROOKERY NOOK. OTHER MEN'S WIVES. Thursday, April 4th. py^^ Aprfl 6th# THE FANATICS. tpHE BEST PEOPLE. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.
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      479 2 ALHAMBRAi T-B. C-MB W a ,C~*. _tA, ppowirtort. TO-NIGHT. SATURDAY. MARCH 30th THE .AWAKENING— LAST NIGHT. Programme Commencing Sunday, March 31st. and Ending Friday A ri El* tka Sena. Sh«r at 9 p.m WW LATEST EMPIRE NEWS ON CHANEY m a Dramatic Cyclone Tell it to tk Marines Heroic adventures,
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      157 2 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. At S. Andrew'-. Cathedral tlu'i*- will vii EmmUet I»a> <*d«'brations at 0.15 a.m., TJM a.m., 9.11 a.rr... and 11 JM a.m.; also Matins and Sermon at 10-' tO a.m.. an 3 Evensong and Benaea. at 5.30 p.m. THE STRAITS CHLNESK METHODIST CHURCH. A.C.S. CHAPEK a.m.
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    A LONDONER'S JOTTINGS.
    1198 3 THE IDEAL HOME EXHIBITION. Some Novel Rooms. I London, Feb. Spring l" London would not be complete without the famous "Ideal Home Exhibition" which lightens the hearts of women and the pockets olf men every March, writes Joan Littlefield for the Free Press and the N.A.N. A.
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    41 3 Mr. Francis Smith has arrived m Ipoh f o relieve Mr. Proctor of the George Town Dispensary. Mr. Proctor had to co to Penang: some weeks ago to relieve Mr. H. T. L^wis who has gone Home on leave. 1T.0.M.l T.O.M.
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    THE DONOUGHMORE SCHEME.
    336 3 Sir Michael O'Dwyer's Criticism. Leads*, March 18th. Sir Michael O'Dwyer, writing ii t.ic Morning Post to-day, again attacks the Do noughmore Scheme. He Btntsj that although Ceylonese politicians claim full responsible government immediately, m the opinion of many the Donoughmore Scheme goes farther iri that direction than
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    ROMANCE OF AN OLD HOUSE.
    418 3 Behind a seemingly prosaic transaction '\w disposal of the lease ol large eld house m Savile-row, W.. which was once the homo of the great dramatist Richai«S Brinsley Sheridan— lies a charming story. "After more than 110 years, the hou- Xo. 14, has become the
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      161 3 inJcTßiurm ECONOMY AND SERVICE 1 L Consumers of Electricity I connected to Municipal mains f i may now obtain the following I electrical apparatus on hire I Large Cookers $2.50 per month I Small $2.00 Bath Water Heaters $2.00 Above rates include fixing and maintenance. Call and inspect at f
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      119 3 RSBHI _Ev\\> J^_k_l Ife-V j M^^^^-^-~-SBE-^S-_M_g_Bg_g_______^^^p nRQSSLEY PETROL PARAFFIN ENGINES RUBBER ESTATES PINEAPPLE FACTORIES PUMPING LIGHTING PPIMTIMP i iupi l ii>vi Sole Agents: a _r^ w African Eastern (Aotm Ltd. M Singapore Penang 1-J-]_J_J-J3J-J_J_J_^^ I r WHAT IS THE LAST WORD 1 tt t r* t >» I THE U.ll.
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    TOLL-GATE TAKES ON ROAD USERS.
    373 4 An Irritating Survival. An American who had been told that the best way see England was from a motorcar, a few days ago ordered one by wireless while travelling across the Atlantic. On arrival at Plymouth he started off m the car m blithe mood
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    PETROL SIGN DESIGN.
    104 4 It: connexion with the powers granted by Parliament t. county councils and borough councils t<> make by-laws for regulating the appearance of petrol stations, the Home Secretary has Appointed 8 committee to consider among other things the exhibition of advertisements on petrol Ailing stations. The Royal Institute
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    TROUBLESOME TRIFLES.
    933 4 DETAILS WHICH BAFFLE AMATEURS. Forgotten Switches. (BY THE HON. MRS. VICTOR BRUCE.) [Special to the Free Press.] Complete treakdown seldom occurs with the modem motor car, but the owner is often m difficulties with troubles that, to the expert, are completely trivial. They are none the less serious
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    FIRST GIRL ENGINE DRIVER.
    92 4 Daughter of a Spanish Count. Dona Maria del Pilar Careaga. daughter of Count Cadagna, the diplomat, is the first woman m Europe to hold the position of driver of an express train. Dona Maria, who is only twenty years old and is a pupil at the
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    COLOUR BLIND MEN.
    153 4 *'2r> l*er Cent. Cannot See Red." The value of light signals to regulate road traffic was discussed at the Transport Commission's meeting, when Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman. vice-president of the Royal Automobile Club, declared that the employment of red lights was almost useless, as 28 per cent, of
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    HONOUR FOR GOLF PRO.
    99 4 Charles Whitcombe. professional to the Crew's Hill Golf Club, Middlesex, has been appointed an honorary member of his club. Such distinction has been conferred on other celebrated professionals, notably J. H. Taylor (Mid-Surrey Harry Vardon (South Herts), Ted Ray (Oxhey), Tom Williamson (Notts), James Braid (Walton
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    WOMEN POLICE ON MOTOR-CYCLES
    107 4 More Effective Work tn Kural U» The employment of polic«s^«Jj strongly ur^ed m KatOflMßt prepare*. the Police Commission by the N*t> Union of Societies for Equal Citixei If is not only m ca tea ot offence* women or children, the union ivnter.i: the evidence ought t..
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    FATAL WARNINGS.
    119 4 A difficulty which trouble* ***>£*+, ists was discussed at sn inquest when it was sai.l that a woman killed by car while erossii* would have reached safet} not sounded his horn is is remarked, a motorist *eneraH! mind that it* there is trouble the p tion that will
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      100 4 I Qooq^tßA^ //llil'lm Af**** -rJr 'Ilk m Inner Tubes continue rjf' m to be chosen by discriminatinir W y\ motor car owners the world over JJJi whose first consideration is highest IJIj SEGRAVE *> c i iii ii' n if t Smashes Worlds Record j aX v I for Land
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    WORLD SPEED RECORD.
    1166 5 SEGRAVE'S GREAT FEAT. Car Capable of Higher Speed. Further details m connection with the world motor speed record arc given m the following messages: Rugby. March 13. Major Segrave, the famous British motor, ist, yesterday established by a margin of nearly twenty-four miles hour a new land
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    37 5 The leave of absence granted to the Hon Mr. Justice F. J. Sproule, Senior Puism Judge, Straits Settlements, has been ex tended until the arrival m Malaya of th» I Mores due on or about April 19.
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    SAFE DRIVING BY GIRL MOTORISTS.
    240 5 No Hrijish Support for U.S. Fears. Have women motorists an "inferiority complex?" Dr. Morris S. Vitele?, an American professor of psychology, reports that statistics UNTO* that women drivers become involved m accidents three times as frequently as men. The experience of British motoring: experts, however,
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    8.000 MILES IN BABY AUSTIN.
    94 5 Calcutta, March 16. Miss de Havilland, who arrived m Cal- cutta yesterday on board the ship Mandala, has covered 8,000 miles m a Baby Austin having left London m October for America, New Zealand, Australia and now India. She lis the sister of Geoffrey de
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      162 5 €> m --TL -a si Bl 1 *m*AW mm* m_« f ___f____i R b_i Ei ft*Lmm a*** _fsr^Ml r^ m\ mmmmWM****^ <§> The reputation of Austin f I Cars is unsurpassed by i any other m the industry, and the new Austin light J Six is a fresh revelation S
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      117 5 PRODUCT OF __^^^*^__r_________^ GETNJHRAL. MOTORS _> >*^ m _l _v t^***"^ J*o!mir __fl l_k. _Bn B_BB_^_^_^_^_^_H —I _a I _a __L _______________k. f: I iSr >-ir I Kw f. 1 1 i-t* I* c* B< B** n'! _Ti B^'*****»^9w W^^Bl IB^A^w^b Ik _S ■^^^SSBS^r^Bßßr _____^_Pl_r mil M V# A^ KHft
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    MEMOIRS OF AN OLD PARLIAMENTARIAN.
    4628 6 THE REMINISCENCES OF T. P. O'CONNOR. Michael Davitt*— -A Potent Personality. Rise of Irish Party Toll of the Famine Land League Founded Workhouse Boy's Triumph J World Copyright Reserved). The great new real The Irish Party force that was to m 1880. dominate the House
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    BIG FOOTBALLERS.
    1121 6 I Crowds Jeer at Good I Performance. j I FEELINGS TOO MUCH WITH "LITTLE INS- mr j J (By Tommy Magee, West Bromwich "A good big 'un is better than a good t little 'un," is one of the old stock sayings of I lootbalb Whether it is
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    SHE HAS A VOTE THOUGH.
    38 6 A girl witness at Middlesbrough Court was unable to read the oath. The Chairman: Can't you read*? No^ir. How olcf are your?— -Twenty *one. ,„Have yoyu ever been to school T— *No,, never.
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    BILLY STRIBLING AND DEMPSEY.
    359 6 New Y<Tk. PeV ft I was surprised to read c* ment concerning .lack Dempse) attr '> to Billy Stribling, write? Tommy 1 Light Heavyweight Champios fi for the Free Press and the NANA Maybe Billy was misquoted, it leenu v> must have been. He- was reportedt!
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    INDIAN IMMIGRANTS DISPUTES.
    325 7 In the House of Commons Mr. Kelly (Lab. Rochdale) asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what provision if any, is made by the Government of India for legal aid to Indian labourers employed by the planters m Malaya and Ceylon m cases of dispute between the
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    THE GREAT FROST.
    893 7 Points of Viw. "This weather is cruel for bananas, the hawker said moodily to me, as with the unmatched skill of his trade he sold me the blackest of his stock and rearranged his barrow, writes a Times correspondent. To every man his point of view. The
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    15 7 Man at Clevkenwell: My wife suffers I fiom apologetic fits I mean apoleptic fits, j
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      224 7 jSaCDNYI I (Pronounced SO -CO NY) —--—J I I arasacrawm m ml I I 7WADC MAffK n *f _HB v '_X_S_^Q Q,i St J_^«_JS^ THE SPIRIT OF MILEAGE AND POWER. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Incorporated m U.S.A.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. I T ~w ~mr ~e- ~mr
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    BRITISH EGGS.
    168 8 The Hague, Feb 23. The Dutch Government's reply to tre Bri Merchandise Marks Act, m so far as Sggi are concerned, takes the form of a 2? "eTu^ti BiU tabled to da nd g regulat '°ns governing the importation' and trade m hen and duck eggs. It was
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    A HERO FROM THE KERB.
    656 8 David King was s map-seller trade and a stout-hearted man. To use his own words, he had "had an argument with a 'bus m the Strand and had got the worse of it." His injuries were many and serious, irritei Philip Inman, House Govern ur,
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    633 8 Rainfalls End the Drought. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca. Mar. 26. The drought m Malacca and district has apparently ended at last; and during the last few days a considerable amount of rain has fallen much to the delight of the residents living outside the Municipal area who,
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    BERLIN GASOMETER EXPLODES.
    167 8 Rain *i Red Hot Metal. Berlin. Feb. 17. A gasometer m the north of Berlin exploded with a terrific roar m the early houri id this morning, causing widespread iamair* snd a panic m the whole neighbourhood. Such was the pressure caused m the atmosphere that many
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    POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO SUZANNE.
    115 8 Will Mile. Claude Anet develop into the successor of Mile. Suzanne I englen. is the question anxiously asked by French lawn tennis enthusiasts. This young player, who is sixteen years old, won the final of the "Criterium" yesterday evening, which is the highest event m the
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      373 8 Cuticura HeaJT"| Inflating Rash On Arms And jjmh, SJ£sr_?_s_ limbs. Parts of my body !2 d affected. The irritation y}_ T_ V' 80 so severe as to deprive m e of sleep, my nights being spent m L? »ng turning and scratching t ?V" and obtain relief. 5 *y I
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    BANVARD ACTRESS.
    1095 9 JUDGE'S COMMENT ON CONTRACT. Dismissal Question. In the Calcutta High Court recently Miss Molly Maguire, a theatrical artist, brought a suit for wrongful dismissal against Mr. W. R. Banvard, of the Barnard Musical Comedy Company. Mr. H. E. Smith, business manager for the company, was examined de bene
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    MARK TWAIN'S OFFICE BOY.
    914 9 REMINISCENCES OF GREAT WRITER Annoyed by Squeaky. Shoes. "How any man who appeared to have such a dislike for^boys as he had could write the boys' stories that he did I never could understand, for the Mark Twain I knew did not like boys," writes a
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      421 9 BUSINESS CARDS^ r "H-ORANGE" I I YOtJR HEALTH T j^jtyLTiirrnriPTirTTf^ ogggosJi_T_®Siaffl©aißEE^ FUNERALS. I SINGAPORE CASKET CO. I EXPERIENCED UNDERTAKERS. pay -nd Nifht Serrice. Tel. No. 75. 1 l )3£!J£^ jafjata ii ii, n, n, fl gfUbttfthed 1912. Tele. 1492. MASSAGE MR. MRS. FUJIMORI JAPANESE BONE-SETTER \o 19. Dhoby Ghaut. Singapore.
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      760 9 DARE YOU LOOK THE WEIGHING MACHINE IN THE FACE? SKINNY MEN AND WOMEN— DON'T MISS THIS 1 You lose health as you lose weight -all your reserve strength goes and you have nothing to tall back on when illness strikes you. If you have given un all hope of ever
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      770 9 NOTICES. r VISIT OP DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Chinese Lantern Procession. As the procession is to be held on April 20th and the time at the disposal of the Committee is so limited, Chinese Clubs, Guilds and Associations desiring* to participate m the procession are kindly requested to communicate as soon
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      631 9 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. jjg^ g NOCHCE. SPRING RACE MEETINGMAY, 1929. Saturday, 4th., Tuesday, 7th., Thursday, 9th., Saturday, 11th., Saturday, 18th. and Monday, i 20th. (Whit Monday) of May, 1929. PROGRAMME caters for HORSES^-Classes 1, 2, 3 4. PONIES— CIass 1. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB 1929 IRISH MAIDENS. ENTRIES CLOSE at
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY. MARCH 30. 1929. ANOTHER CHINESE TRAGEDY.
    474 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY. MARCH 30. 1929. ANOTHER CHINESE TRAGEDY. The news of the execution of General Li Chai Sum is o,f the kind' that makes the most ardent sympathiser with the Nationalist movement despair of the cause. Greatly as all news from China has to be discounted as regards
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    THE Y.W.C.A. APPEAL.
    264 10 The Young Women's Christian Association is preparing to carry out its annual appeal for financial assistance for the various activities of the Association. There is little need m these days, even here, to make out any special case for the Association. It is now doing an established
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    495 10 The death occurred recently at Bristol of Mrs. Mary Ann Miller, at the age of 107. Five-franc coins, made of nickel and having a value of one gold franc, are to be introduced m France. An Empire procession will again be held m the East End of London this year
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    MATTERS MUSLIM.
    766 10 KOTA RAJA FOOTBALL CLUB. New Officers Elected. (By Our Muslim Correspondent.) The annual general meeting of the Kota Raja Football Club was held at the Club premises at Aliwal Street on the lst inst. A fairly large number of members were present, and, after the accounts and the
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    THE COMING ECLIPSE.
    179 10 Scientific Expedition m Penang. Astrologers prophesy a great earthquake shock m Sumatra during the eclipse of the sun on May 9. Dr. Jackson of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, left for Alor Star with Mrs. Jackson on Friday, March 15th. They were accompanied by Col. Waley-Cohen and Mr.
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    EASTER IN SINGAPORE.
    614 10 BUKIT TIMAH GOLP MEETING. F Malayan Championship. The most important event over th week-end m Singapore is the Malaya i* teur Golf Meeting and Championship -S is being played off at Bukit Timah This morning the Amateur (harm, competition opens. There will be ""ty ing round of
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    CHINESE AFFAIRS
    79 10 I Li Chai Sum Not Head. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Nankine. M«r The National Governmrnt to-niett ally denied the report*.! (JNlltiM Chai Sum. Formal negotiations havt been on* tween Foreign Minister Wing V* Jjjfj anese Minister Yoshizawa for I of the Hankow and Nanking Ind** v The new
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    R.A.F. OFFICER'S FEAT.
    44 10 Looped the Ixwp at 300 M>le> an m Kufb>. **-+l*gl Flying Officer Atcherley. the Royal Air Force High S E*Jrfi training for the Schneider J r 'j ra n? has looped the loop seaplanes whiie travelling M miles an hour. $®®®®®®®®®(*y^**y^
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      7 10 1 To-day's Feature. I WEEKLY WIRELESS NOTES.
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    G.E.C. SHARE DISPUTE.
    181 11 SIR HUGO HIRST'S NEW SCHEME. British Control Essential. (.neuter's Service.] London, March 28. I, roMiuUMO* of American shareholders' mmgtttrU regarding the new G.E.C. issue, Sir Hu _,> Hirst has formulated a fresh scheme toi th. bwo* of new shares which was un- »t a shareholders' meeting. The
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    MORE MERGERS AND SALES.
    74 11 t Millions Involved. I [Reuter's Service.] New, York. Mar. 29. Thi I hemical National Bank of the Unitfi State* and the Mortgage and Trust lapany, two of the oldest New York banks, ire merging. The combined assets will be 1400,000.000. The Herald Tribune states that an
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    THE IMALONE.
    56 11 Was Within the Radius. [Router's Service. l New York, Mar. 29. Coastguard authorities announce that responsible Government officials have made a thorough investigation into the circumEtaac and corroborate the view that the ißSlone was unquestionably within the twelve mile limit when sighted and a hot, continuous and unbroken
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    NO SOLUTION TO REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
    82 11 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Mar. 28. Tht cnfererice of reparation experts is ir^ping on but is no nearer agreeing as I the amount which Germany shall pay. It is ..mlerstood the gap between the Ger"an offer and the creditor Power demands as wick as ever. The
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    SCHEME TO BOOST COTTON TRADE.
    60 11 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 28. Encouraged by the success of the Eastern Textile <.iation which has already sold MMOO pieces of cloth m China against RlSBf .Japanese competition, another big operative scheme among shippers for ewkctmn I^aneashire cotton-goods abroad i« ifoot It U proposed to
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    THK SOVIETS AND AFGHANS.
    54 11 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Mar. 28. Keport> that the Soviets have closed the ■tier Afghani are officially described a him It is declared that Afghans are *ftctl) free to enter Soviet Russia under "stint; lw ..--standing regulations. »*porta of movements of Soviet troops w Afghan border are
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    MR- KKLLOGG'S SUCCESSOR.
    40 11 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Mar. 29. Henry Stimson was to-day inducted 15 m succession to Mr. Kellogg as *cretarv of State. The oath was adJ r !m l hief Justice Taft whom Mr. mMn served as War Secretary.
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    NEW ENDURANCE FLIGHT RECORD.
    27 11 NEW EN DURANCE FLIGHT RECORD. [Reuter's Service.] y New York, Mar. 29. ■knaen at Roosevelt Field has •i new world's solo endurance hours 33 mins. 21 sees.
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    A SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIO.
    37 11 )ru London, Mar. 16. finest existing copies of the m p Shakei pea re, the property of I j j i'.er. has been bought by Mr. 1 1#i|A N, w York bookseller, for
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    TOUR IN BABY PLANE.
    772 11 YOUNG GERMAN IN SINGAPORE. Baron Koenig's Long Flight. Ko^nL y0l T* German air ™an, Baron von mSZ: 7 o rnved here Wednesday evening from Singora, gave an interesting account of his flight to a Free Press representative yesterday. P a ir S r!!? in *r t
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    230 11 Smith Street under the Societies Ordinance. This association of which Mr. Chan Yew Sam is the first manager, consists of over 3,000 members mostly Cantonese. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mr. T'ong Liao, the Consul-General for China, left for Kuala Lumpur on March 25. After spending few days m the Federal Capital,
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    MATTERS CHINESE.
    958 11 SINGAPORE CHINESE ASSOCIATION. New Newspaper. The Preparatory Committee of the Singapore Chinese Association, held its first meeting m Ec He Keans Club, Bukit Pasoh Road last Thursday, Mr. Tan Kah Kee presiding. The Chairman, m course of his speech, said: This preparatory committee comes into existence after the
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    JAVA NOTES.
    985 11 HEAVY STORMS AND FLOODS. Serious Situation. n„ w a Batavia. Mar. £2. of i£ 3ST__& Samarang experienced one of its old fashioned storms. The passengers SgJ* T "*> were able to embarkfS -bout 9^ WaS no n 6aSy but about 9>o a terrific squall came up and all
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    CHANGING EAST.
    811 13 ICONOCLABM IN CHINA. A New Spirit. I Shanghai Correspondent of The Time? In 1928 Dr. Sun Vat-sen, wtoo was m m Canton, caused a considerable hy dispossessing two or three im- and wealthy monasteries, appropritheir lands for public use. and turnmonks and nuns adrift to earn their Lest
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    IN OTHER DAYS.
    1052 13 THE PARAGON OF ELEPHANTS. Jumbo. The picture of the Zoological Gardens as they appeared m 1872 has caused a correspondent says The Times, to wonder whether the two elephants showa m the photograph "my be Alice and Jumbo. The names of these two animals were linked together
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    16 13 The Hon'ble Mr. Egmont'Hakei 'of Kuala Lumpirr, returned last week after a year's absence at Home.
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      759 14 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICTBP is— EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. JJ I Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) I Route subject to alteration witfcout notice I WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. I Dne pars.
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      460 14 Ellerman BacknalL Steamship Co, Ltd. (Incorporated m TJJSJs.) I tUJERMMT UC PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dne S>s*B. mm s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Apr. 7 s.s. CITY OF MOBILE M*T 10 HOMEWARDS.
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      394 14 British Indi* aid Apc&r Lines I (Incorporated m England.) MAIU PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND~ QRffiNTAL S. ft CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SFRVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LO^NTOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. s,n c po KALYAN 9,100 Apr. 6 MALWA 11,100
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      719 15 O. S. K. -Lino. Destinations. Steamers. Arrive. Leave. London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, Dunkirk and Antwerp via Colombo, Aden, Suez and Port Said. Alaska Maru Apr. 17 Apr. 19 I>urban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. [Round-the-World passage £150.1 f \ja Plata Maru Apr. 28 Apr. 29
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      466 15 TIMSQEL^ COMFORT '***j*M !■______________> BjHIAR (Sjgk^ MAHESLS M *e**SßS^ i Dollar President linera offar you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric **ns. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-room* with private bath predominate, all have hot and
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      796 15 f BL P. M. KONHUCLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO„ OF BATAVIA). (Incorpcrated m Holland.) 0 UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640, with sub_ connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and ivnmf). of the OFFICIAL
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    TILBURY DOCK EXTENSIONS.
    598 16 £2,400,000 Scheme. A bold bid to win back for the London docks its former trade with the larger ocean-going liners is being made by Tilbury, where the £2,400,000 extension scheme is proceeding. The scheme includes the construction of: A new dry dock, entering from the main dock;
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    FRENCH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
    262 16 M. Appell. m reporting- the French Naval Budget to the Chamber of Deputies, stated that the new constructions proposed were: 1 cruiser of 10,000 tons. 6 destroyers of 2,700 tons, 6 submarines of 1.560 tons, 1 submarine minelayer, 2 petrol boats, and 2 despatch boats. Amongst the
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    N.Y.K. FUNNELS.
    26 16 In the near future the funnels of the N.Y.K. steamers will be changed from black to black, white, red, white, red, white and black.
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    130 16 Antarctic veterans are to dine m London every January 17th. m future, the anniversary of Scott's reaching the Pole. The new turbo-electric P. and O. liner, Viceroy of India, will be very much like the Mooltan when she conies out, with two colossal funnels. The American report on the Vestris
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    39 16 The French Mercantile Midrine is prospering more than it did before the war, when the subsidies often made it pay to run ships without %ny cargo at all. Nearly half its tonnage is owned by the three big groups.
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      576 16 Burns Philp line (Incorporated m Australia). 1 (0) I v B FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. 1 (0) I Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,875 tone) fi and the motor ye _el MALABAR (4,512 tons). f The s.s. MARELLA is one
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      181 16 Passages booked by all Lines: No booking fee. Rail tickets issued for the principal railways throughout the world. No booking fee. Baggage, Furniture, Merchandise Shipped and Stored. Cook's Interpreters m uniform meet the principal steamers and trains at al! chief 3 ports. Insurance* Life and Baggage effected. Letter* of CtodH
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      66 16 s.s. GASCOYNE. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from W. A. (arrived March 22nd) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Jardine Wharf on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1929. at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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      468 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW TORE. (Incorporated In TJ.SJL) w***^********wq m j*""^-*** m GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW TORK. PHILADELPHIA ANn BALTIMORE. US. SELVERBEBCH Aw Apr. 4 saj M.S. SILVEBBELXE dna May 8 pr M.S. SILVERMAPLE due May 25 ay 13 M.S. SILVERHAZEL due
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      189 16 r BIBBY LINK LONDON ADDRESS: 22 PALL MALL. LONDON. I W.L of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO. MARSEILLES PLYMOUTH AND LONDON, with through connection from Singipen and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Steamer. Leave Range* Ml LANCASHIRE May 16 CHESHIRE May 30 YORKSHIRE I LEICESTERSHIRE 2: SHROPSHIRE
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      579 16 MAUL DESPATCHES. BY TRiUN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday nd Friday ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 pjn. Kota Tinggi
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    "MAHARAJAH" WHO EMBEZZLED. ƒ30,000.
    168 17 "MAHARAJAH" WHO EMBEZZLED. ƒ30,000. Himself n a Hotel Red room. 1 ation was created m Budapest by disappearance of a young man| "MuV-'n' i 1H ncs Who was known as the! trava^^*" f to the ex- 1 parties is gV n and his champagne! It wa* niprht clubs. j Ployed
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    COMMUNIST PERILS.
    1344 17 REVOLUTION IN THE EAST. Soviet Designs on Colonies. "Let us turn our faces towards Asia. The East will help us to conquer the West." Lenin's heirs are energetically fulfilling his word. They believe that they can best deal a blow at capitalism m Europe if by proletarian revolution
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    FINCHLEY IS CIVILISED.
    127 17 Finchley people take themselves very seriously nowadays. I A barrister applied at Highgate for a wine licence for a North Finchley beer- j house, and this is what he said. Once upon a time the beerhouse stood among playing fields, and it was sufficient if it gave
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    A GERMAN RED'S WEIRD PLAY.
    455 17 "Hoppla,!" produced at tlu- Gate Theatre Studio, Is the first play which Linst roller, the German, wrote after being released .''om imprisonment for his revolutionary activities. It is even odder than his earlier play.-, such as "Masses and Man." One hardly knows what to make
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    11 17 Nad Brtective: He a v "Am fliren. There nothing <M fcfavour.
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    WOMAN'S MASQUERADE.
    360 17 "Colonel Victor Barker," has now been identified as Mis. Valeric Smith, the wife of an Australian, whom she married during the War. The woman was a former leader of the National Fascists and had been arrested m London m connection with bankruptcy proceedings. Lntil recently she \va« employed
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    For the Wireless Enthusiast.
    1487 18 LkSTEN FOR THE SOUTHERN CROSS TO-DAY Transmitting Licences for Malayan Amateurs Attractive Programmes Local Hotel Enterprise Tke Communications Battle. (Prom Our Wireless Correspondent!. As tnese notes are being read this morning, if conditions are such that his programme can be adhtrul to. Captain Kingsford Smith, the
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    2d.-A-WORD TO AMERICA.
    126 18 2d. -A-WORD TO AMERICA. Maxon. s Wireless Telegraph Comoanv ■announce that the new night letter service at the reduced rate of twopence a word between Great Britain and New York with corresponding reductions to other places m the United States of America and Mexico, IS also available by wireless "Via
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    OLD TIN CANS.
    285 18 Jgly hoardings, inartistic signboards, and unsightly advertisements are not the only factors m the growing desecration of the beautiful and the picturesque m England's rural landscapes. An even mc c calamit-" ous because more permanent, disfigurement tI TJL^ by S" indis^minate dumpm*, here there, and everywhere, of
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      324 18 -fll I irV m\[ Ij ]l The remarkable performance of the It is well to look to this media: ileal IP 111 new rord is the direct result of tin _i f\ JJ auality that ha^s bU^builT into even automohite. fl si ty m a motor car to-day. lraiismis.sion, ignition,
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