The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 April 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929. NO. 12,682
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    255 1 The hot and Summer-like Spring weather m England has changed and hiTTng winds, rain and snow are being experienced again Page 11. The King was given a wonderful reception when he walked on Bognor seafront and addressed a huge crowd of holiday makers Page 11. Success is
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    IN DAYS OF OLD.—NO. 16.
    1039 1 IN DAYS OF OLD.— NO. 16. I So 1885 rolled men ily by. With plenty oi work out and indoors during the days, pleasant dinner parties at the Residency with Lister and Clifford or at the former's haunted house behind the Residency, where the rustling of the invisible dweller's sarong
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      117 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Bargains at Little's annual sale Page 10. The Whisky you a^; for again Page 12. Whiteaway's for standard value Page 6. Cow and (iate Milk babies love it Page at Public notaCes, tenders and auction sales —Page 11. When other lights fail you can depend of Eveready Page
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      10 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'sI Biscuits and Cakes I ARE WORLD RENOWED I
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      183 1 THE WfißV. B*e*?NC**T*y, 3rd. Hitfh Watte. :>.17 a.m., 7.2, 7.U* p.m., ">.6. Yacht Club Dinner. Europe Hotel. Football: s.c.c. vs. Welch. Stadium. I > i v 1»; Harbour Board v-. Police H.B. ground. iDW. II >: A. P.C. vs. Welch. A. P.C. groand. i l)iv. II Banvard Co., Theatre, J'.MO,
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    JUDGE WHO (JOES TO SEE FILMS.
    476 2 Comment on Censors m 'The Ringer When Sir Patrick Hastings, X.< said m the King's Bench Division that English and Ameiieau censors took a strong objection to any film m which the glorification of crime was dominant, Mr. -Justice Shearman ■add. "I ti'.ubt whether
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    AITOMATIC MACHINE SHOPPING
    376 2 Sixpence-in-the-Slot Iteer Next. Shopkeepers throughout Knirland are becominaT perturbed by the rapid irrow'.h of the nund.er of automatic machines tin! the Lirowintr variety <»f the article* they supply. It looks as if even the publican will h iv«cause for anxiety, foi at recent meeting m Manchester the
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      487 2 NEW STOOCS. BEMAX. The New Vitamin B. Food. TAKY DEPILATORY. NONN TONIC TABLETS. ESPANOL SOLVENT. The New Reducer. MEDICAL HALL LTD,, Opposite Post Office, SINGAPORE. Quality Service Price Economy. Vnt End Life on the ffifk St* offfeavmf s^o-^"^^ Qxramoutu Qtttim V^Mt_^__>^ 1 CLARA*BOW **46, mW—lr v CHARLES ROC€ *S mf^EWm\—-^^
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      498 2 VIOTOBIA T t HEATRE POSITIVELY THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE Banvard English Comedy Co. To-Night at 930 pm. OTHER M-EffIPTS WIVES Thursday, April 4tha Friday, April sth. TOE FANATICS* THE BEST PEOPLE. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. nCsCtKlKtr AT T FTTT JT'Q Saturday, April ♦sth. BOOKING Ar LlllLfcb THAttKs 14, 2 1.
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      175 2 ALHAMBRA te T**m Chiva* Kflss Co., LtflL, Proprietors. a* Programme Commencing Sunday, March 31st. and Ending Friday, April >th In tha Second Shaw at 9 pjn. THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS LON CHANEY m a Dramatic Cyclone Tell it to the Marines Heroic advertorea hilarious escapades, love and laojrha A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
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    A PLESURE AIR TOUR.
    1062 3 The Sibours' Arrival m Bangkok. Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour arrived ratal? at Don Muang from Moulmein at about 1.15 p.m. on Saturday (March lotr.). alter an unavoidable delay of some five days, says the Bangkok Times of Mar. lKth. They flew from Rangoon on Tuesday,
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    RIFLED ROYAL TOMB.
    174 3 New Finds at Ur of the Ohaldees. Fresh discoveries on the site of Ur by the joint expedition of the British Museum the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania include a realistic head of a calf m copper, and a mosaic plaque m lapis lazuli and shell,
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    71 3 A thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain broke over Kuala Lumpur on Monday evening about S.4C p.m. So heavy was the rain that m the section of Batu Roa near the Cycle and Carriage Company'i garage, the drains could not carry off the water fast enough. The road was flooded and
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    AIR-COOLED MOTORS.
    363 4 J JMUinu fact ure and Safe of New Engine. A luncheon was given on Feb. 2ft by A* r -I Cooled M >*ors, Limited at the .Savoy Hotel. Sir Alfred Hays-Smith, who presided, said hat the market for private cars m highly developed countries such as Great Britain
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    68 4 Telegraphic communication between Calcutta and Asansol. and many telephone lines m the southern parts of Calcutta broke down recently, as the result of a storm which broke over the city. Calcutta was completely cut off telegraphically from Northern India. The storm was accompanied by hailstones as large as walnuts, and
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    RECORD SPEEDS.
    983 4 SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS. Cars, Planes, Trains, Cycles. Comparative speeds always form a rather fascinating subject, particularly if the figures are recorded officially beyond highest average attained over a set distance by any machine, ot, for the matter of that, by any man (says the Auto-car m mail week).
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    22 4 His Siamese Majesty has approved the proposal to cease firing a gun m order to announce every outbreak of fire m Bangkok.
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    THE PEDESTRIAN IN PARIS.
    1108 4 THE PEDESTRIAN IN PARIS. New Police Code. It used to be the habit of facetious foreigners to declare that when a pedestrian was knocked down m Paris by a cab or a motor-car the pedestrian, not the driver, was charged with responsibility for the accident and, if alive, was likely
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    THE SCHNEIDER CUP TEAM.
    127 4 It is learned that the British Sell Trophy team has now been complythe addition of Flying-Officer H Waghorn. He is to join the team ir r ing at Felixstowe from the Centra! > School, where he had been an »m' There will now be five pilots
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    PETROL FROM COAL.
    606 5 Satisfactory Tests m Aircrafts. Tho Air Ministry is conducting lest* on petrol obtained from British cool, and "i»r the past fortnight aero engines of .he medium-power class, a^ sroll OS high-power-ed radials, have been lunning on this petrol at Stag-lane Aerodrome. On February 22nd. some flying demonstrations
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    MISLEADING MOTORISTS.
    680 5 Harmful Effects of Stunt Journalism. In the following scathing article The Mo- j tor attacks sensation-seeking journalists! whose vague and premature reports at times' dislocate the entire motor industry. For the second time within a short period the daily Press has announced automobile marvels for next year, m
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    MAYOR'S REQUEST TO SELL COCAINE.
    98 5 Paris, Feb. 21. The Mayor of Chevanceaux has caused considerable amusement by asking for permission to sell 61b. of cocaine for the benefit of his commune. The horrified Prefect, when he received the request, hurriedly sent the judicial authorities to seize the drug, and informed
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    MEMOIRS OF AN OLD PARLIAMENTARIN.
    2483 6 THE REMINISCENCES OF T. P. O'CONNOR. Scandal of Political Prisons. Seven Years a Prisoner Charles Stewart Parneli "Old Ironsides" A story of the Irish Rebellion. (World Copyright Reserved). Of all the disgraceful t Dovitt m Prison, chapters m modern An- 1870-77. glo-Irish history, there t
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    FOUR DOGS ATTACK A GOLF PRO.
    112 6 And Cost him a Medal. Four dogs prevented A. J. Howlett, the veteran West .Surrey golf professional, from winning the Guildford Alliance's medal competition at Worplesden. Howlett was playing remarkable golf and was easily leading when four dogs ran from a house adjoining the
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    53 6 The British Museum authorities have now decided to accept the archives of Sir Ronald Ross, says the Malay Mail. This valuable collection of scientific documents, mainly relating to the discovery of the cause of malaria, was advertised for sale Last October, bought by Lady Houston for £2,000 and offered to
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    BRIDGE NOTES.
    1066 6 Leading to Partner's A NEW POINT. [Special to the Free Press.] Americans eve? inventive have discovered, and their "best people are beginning to adopt, what is, I believe, a new idea. This time it is not a convention but a point of play and new ideas m that
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    CHESS NOTES AND NEWS.
    1314 6 Deaf Ear to Capablanca's ■j THE TIMES' COMMENTS. [Special to the Free Presa.l "j Problem No. **»1. (by S. Loyd.) I Black 2 pieces. White 4 pwcss. White to move and mate m three move*.. CAPABI.ANCAS RBVOLI TION AMY BUGGbWTH>NB. It may now be taken as
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    HOW TO CONTROL THE WEATHER.
    447 7 Plan to Break up the Ice Fields. The possibility of regulating the weather of the world i* d!jcnesed m a paper issued by Mr. Herbert Janvrin Browne, an American oceanographer. who claims to be able to forecast the weather a year m advance It is
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    BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
    859 8 A BIOGRAPHY OF HOOVER. Literary Notes* Ixmdon, March 7th. '•Reminiscent" m the sense that Mr. liwin was at Leland Stanford University m California with Herbert Hoover. In his memory the man who became President of the United States on March 4th was revealed at the beginning
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    136 8 The people responsible for circulating objectionable pseudo-medical pamphlets and catalogues m the F.M.S. are evidently aware that the postal authorities here have taken steps to stop matter of this description m the post, says the Malay Mail. One simple but ingenious method of evading this prohibition has been brought to
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    245 9 EASTER MONDAY LEAGUE RESULTS. Portsmouth Go Down. f ßeuter V. Service.] London. Apr. 1 The following are tho results of co-day's games m ihe Leagues: IHVISIGN I. Birmingham 1, Portsmouth 0. Bolton Wanderers 1. Manchester C 1. Cardiff 1. Liverpool 2. Leicester C. 4, Aston Villa 1. Manchester
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    TO-DAY'S FIXTURES.
    49 9 Knglish League. IMvisiai I. Anton Villa VS. Leicester Derb) County vs. Everton; Huddersfield vs. Sheftield Wed-; Lee is I'n. vs. Sheffield I'Ti. Irivicaca 11. Wolves >s. Notts I>ivi>i«>n 111 (Southern). Mcrthyr vs. Kxetei Northants ra. Coventry C. Dixisiun HI (Northern) Bradford C. Hartlenoola Un.; Halifax vs. Rotherham.
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    LEAGUE POSITIONS.
    947 9 The following are the po*itiofls* of the tea ma m the Leagues including the results of Saturday's matches: DIVISION P. W. 1.. l>. F. A. PU. ShefteM M1" N 75 .">_' In Suml.riatul :iT IS IJ T M i:< U icestei Ml 7 IS M !><•:!>> County M
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    INDIA'S TROUELES.,
    181 9 DISUNION IN MUSLIM. LEAGUE. Police Called m. I ttcuter** yp.vpa.a-'i New Delhi. Mar. SI. The session of the All-India Muslim League called here for the express purpose of bringing about unity between Muslim political parties has broken up amid scenes Of dissension and disorder. A crisis was averted
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    BORDER REVOLT THREATENS.
    170 9 BORDER REVOLT TH REATENS. Tribes m .Arms. [Reuter's Service.] Calcutta, April 1. Trouble has broken out again on the northwest frontier between the .Sunni and Shiah Mohammedan sects m the Tirah m Atrial country, a dangerous aspect of which is the likelihood that it will spread to other tribes and
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    SAFETY IN SUBMARINES.
    109 9 American Escape Device. f Router's Service.] New j ork, April 2. Seven hundred safety appliances ha\ been ordered by the Navy which proposes to equip all submarines with them. The appliance, called diver's lung, rettemblefl a ga*-nu.Bk and oxy.^n is breathed from a rubber lutg ntrapp I
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    MALAYAN CRICKET.
    852 9 S.C.C. AND SELANGOR DRAW. A. H. D. Livock's Century. When Selangor only required HI runs for victory m the match between the .S.C.C. and Selangor at Kuala Lumpur on Monday, rain interfered and the game had to be of left drawn. Solangoi- hao obtained a strong position** for
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    CEYLAN SINKS IN THE BAY.
    73 9 [ReuterV Service] Lon-hm. Mar. l. The ('harem's Ramnifl liner Ceylan i sinking m the Bay of Biscay. The rtnsj nnd passengers have taken to Lha boat.-. Help is being seaifci The Ceylan elided svith ilsfl WU'Sh steamer Clodoald and wa holed near the stokehold. Her
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    WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.
    164 9 Strict Diets Unnecessary. It is a well-known fact that a**** foods have a greater tendency than others to cause indigestion, and that by limiting- one's diet to certain tasteless, unappetizing foods, stomach trouble* ban sometimes be overcome. Nine times out of ten, however, indigestion is due
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3. 1929. MEDICAL MEDITATIONS.
    737 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3. 1929. MEDICAL MEDITATIONS. Dr. J. Wilson, the new president of the British Medical Association, Malaya Branch, m his address at the annual conference which was held at Kuala Lumpur during 1 the week-end, took occasion to ask medical men to consider for a moment
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    870 10 HAPPY FLYING VISITORS. How They Enjoy Bangkok. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, Mar. 26. j We have said good-bye to the aerial visitors who like to dally at each place they arrive. The Count and Countess Sibour passed a week sight-seeing, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, various entertainments
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    375 10 Dr. P. F. Topham has been appointed a number of the Pilot Board. Selangor. m the plac» of Mr. IL A. Wootton. J. P. The engagement is announced of Miss Nora Macky, of the V. W.C.A. Kuala Lumpur, and Mr. Kenneth W. Wilton, of the Revenue Survey. Pahang. M.M. Mr.
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    JOHORE OFFICIAL IN MOTOR MISHAP.
    98 10 Fatal Accident to Coolie. Mr. R. Moor. D.P.P., fof Johore was driving his car to Singapore accompanied by his wife and other passengers, yesterday morning, when they came into collision with a Chinese coolie* who was crossing the road. Mr. Moor immediately phoned to the
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    224 10 ENGLAND'S RUGBY WIN. t France Well Beaten. [Reuter's Service.! Colombes, April 1. In the International Rugby match he: before a crowd of 40.000 m fine weath< England beat France by 16 points to 6. In the fifth minute Ribere opened tl French account when he burst through a
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    122 10 The result of the men's Bogey Comp. tion, played cm Sunday 30th. inst. m wh: the following cards were returned wa> W. L. Stevens 1 dowr. Captain B. U. S. Cripps 2 Captain H. B. W, Savile 3 .Major K. E. Milford r Captain I), G. Robb
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    RACE COURSE GOLF CLUI
    114 10 Ninety one cards were taken out for Ando (up competition played for ovei i Easter holidays. Conditions were. h> medal play. .~>o per cent increase e**er of club handicaps. The result was a between Messrs. E- I o. H. Makino aad Yean Bee with scores of
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    55 10 The following were the result^ of Easter competitions: Bisque. C. E. Winter 4 down, G. W, Hurt I Indies' Shanghai Foursome*. Mrs. W. P. Douglas and Mrs. J. GroothorT ">0 7 lira. .1. Binnie and Mrs. H. Foster 47 1 I Miss C. I Muri and .Miss
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    60 10 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [PIKI ra.Ua BBBVICE. (orYKHiH London. April 2, 1.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £219 10 16. Forward £220 8 16. The market Is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices a* follows Rubber
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    187 10 YESTERDAY'S RESCLTs Godown Doubles Handicap. L. W. Byred and Iv V. Smith plua Roy Smith and G. H. Daly owe 1 E. Winter and A. McKintosh beat C. Murphy and D. V. Gibson ofW vv F. Ziegele and \V. Swithinbank aci befl N. G. Bishop and
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    16 10 Sir William and Laicly Murison flpeiil week-end at Klang, Sir William playini the lawn tennis tournament.
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    LOST IN THE BUSH.
    230 11 SEARCH FOR MISSING AIRMEN. In Uninhabited Country prfss iEAWtcm -copyright. i Sydney, April 1. A relief plane has left Port Hedland to arch for the Southern Cross. Th.- Broome and Wyndham wireless sta- oflifl are sending out radio signals mtinuously. The last message received from Smith
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    ANOTHER PRIVATE FLIGHT.
    95 11 Peshawar to Melbourne. PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok. April 1. Flying officer Murray and his wife are n ikir.t: a private flight from Peshawar to Melbourne using a Gipsy Moth which they ught m Karachi. They arrived at Don Muang this after- on and are leaving for Singapore
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    A RANGOON-SAIGON AIR SERVICE.
    40 11 PRESS SKR VICE. -COPYRIGHT. I Bangkok. April 1. m Siamese Minister of Commerce on l m Paris will prepare the way sn agreement for a 'Franco-Siamese tarting from Rangoon and linking v Bangkok, Hanoi and Saigon.
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    ECHO OF EIROPA FIRE.
    57 11 PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London, April 2. X rth British Rubber Company has statement contradicting the report i igarette dropped on the rubber *teps of the great German liner pa which «ra* destroyed by tire recent- the < suae of the fire. nsuranee companies allow a reduc"i
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    MORE CARDINALS NEEDED.
    57 11 r[ Reuter 'a Service.] Rome, Mar. If,. ■th of Cardinal Lucidi has reduced, College to only St members, of 26 Italian an i SS non-Italian. Un or "plenum" is 70. customarily one or two places nt, t1,,. pope has now eight >r nine I hi* disposal which
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    ANOTHER BANK MERGER.
    49 11 1 R*uter*a Service i New York, Apr. 2. hell, President of the National has announced a merger with rs' Loan and Trust Company sub- approval of shareholders of both The shareholders m the Trust. will receive five shares m the new each «.f their present shares.
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    REBEL SUCCESS IN MEXICO.
    36 11 RE BEL SUCCESS IN MEXICO. [Renter*. Service.] New York. Apr. 2. report* from the American have gained a sensational Kscalon. Four hundred Federal killed and 1,600 captured. Rebel re mowing down Federal troops I intern rence
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    TROTSKY SETTLES IN TURKEY.
    44 11 [Renter's Service. 1 Constat inople. April 1 'v has left his hotel where he staying and has taken up residence aU> h °use. This appears to indicate K |v «l up hope of soon obtaining "OB r. proceed to Germany.
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    O! TO BE IN ENGLAND.
    200 11 SPRING TAKES A STEP BACK. Snow and Bitter Winds. [Reuter's Service.] T c London, April 3. Ihe Summer-like Spring 2hanged suddenly yesterday when April showers ended the prolonged drought which made March the warmest since 184 L Cold northerly winds lowered the temperature 18 degrees
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    DISASTROUS STORMS IN AMERICA.
    48 11 DISASTROUS STORMS IN AMERICA. Eleven Deaths. [Router's fVrviee. J New York. Apr. 2. Eleven deaths have occurred and a millions dollars worth of damage is left m the trail of heavy storms which swept a number of the eastern and South-western states. Wisronsin also experienced snow and see*.
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    YEN MARKET AFFECTED BY WUHAN WAR.
    44 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. Apr. 1. The expectation of a favourable turn to the Yen market has now been frustrated, at least for the present, by the outbreak of warfare be' ween the Wuhan and the Nanking forces.
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    JAPAN'S POLITICS.
    53 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. Apr. 1. The campaign for the unification of the Shinto Club with the Seiyukai, now m power, is dragging on. but Mr. Tokonami's lukewarm attitude, which is due to the Privy Council's unfavourable attitude towards the anti-War Pact Ratification Bill, is hampering the progress
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    FAREWELL TO MR. W. M. BLAKE.
    194 11 The Asiatic staff and contractors attached to the United Engineers' Shipyard at Taniong Rhu. presented their retiring Manager. Mr. W. M. Blake, with a farewell address at 4 p.m. on Friday, at the seaside residence ot* Towkay Yeo Bian Chuan, 5*4 mile. Pasir Pam'ang
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    NAVAL BASE WORK CONDITIONS.
    138 11 We have received a long letter from "Public Funds," dealing with work at the Naval Base, which seems to be mainly a complaint that whilst high salaried employees from Home are allowed fairly extensive local leave (holidays), locally engaged men (who are on much lower salai
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    JOHORE BAHRU ASSIZES.
    137 11 The Supreme Court, Johore Bahru. has now moved into occupation of the new Uw Courts, and the Johore Bahru Assizes will be opened before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay m the new Court on Saturday. The calendar includes a. number of cases for revision if convictions obtained before
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    CROWD INVADE INQUEST.
    331 11 FEELING OVER GRUESOME FIND. Court Doors Locked. Local feeling m the neighbourhood of Synagogue Street was stirred up to such an extent by the finding of the body of a Chinese girl near the back entiance of a house i m Church Street on Easter Sunday, that
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    NOTED DRAMATIST DEAD.
    65 11 [Reuter's .Service.; New York. Apr. 2. The death is announced of the dramatist. Brander Matthews. [Deceased who was 76* year, .-.f ago was horn m New Orleans and after studying for the law turned to literature and play writing. He had written a number of works on
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    CHINESE BRIGAND OUTRAGE.
    31 11 Mission House Destroyed. [Reuter's Far Eastern .service. j Peking. Apr. 2. News from Swatow says brigands have captured Tingchow. southwest Fukien and destroyed the London Missionary Society premises.
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    DR. KOSAKAI DEAD.
    23 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. Apr. 1. The death i> announced of Dr. Fuhoku Kosakai, the famous writer of detective stories.
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
    277 11 Club Championship. 1929. There are 11 entrants for this competition and they have been drawn by lot into two sections: Section 1, E. E. Colman, Kiong (hin Eng, 1.0 Kam Woon, M. MascncieiV. McCain* Reay. F. C. Peck; Seaio.. 2, S. O. Alatas, .lee Ah Chian, P.
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    YOUNG MALAY LIFE-SAVERS
    95 11 The Royal Humane Society has just made (March Ist) an award of their Parchment Certificate for life-saving from drowning to two Malayan Boy Scouts. They are Abdullah bin Haji lsa, and Mahomed V bin Samat, who on November 28th last year, at Seremban, Federated Malay States, saved
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    19 11 Mr. G. S. Arulampalam, an old boy of the Technical School, Kuala Lumpur, has been appointed Engineer. P.W.D., Colombo.
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    THE CHINA WARS.
    272 11 CHIANG'S MOVE ON HANKOW. Feng to Cooperate. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.! Nanking. Mar. 31. Chiang Kai Shek's headquarters at Kuikiang report that Government troops on the north bank of the Yangtsze have occupied the Kichow and Kwangsi districts 25 miles north-west of Wusueh, while on the south
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    NATIONALIST TROOPS' SUCCESS.
    94 11 N ATION ALIST TROOPS' SUCCESS. Advance on Hankow. Shanghai. April 2. Chiang Kai Shek's headquartei s at Kiukiamr report that government troop* captured Hvangchow, 20 miles from lian kow, yesterday and are rapidly advan on Hankow, taking prisoner many Wuhan soldiers. Admiral (hen Chaok Wan reports the gunboats Tsuyu, Tsutung.
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    FRENCH EX-SERVICE VISIT.
    124 11 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 31. There were impressive scenes m Westminster on the occasion of the visit of-900 French ex-service men headed by General Gouraud, Governor of Paris, who was officially ieceived at Westminster Hall m the presence of Government. Naval and Air Council epresentatives. Lord Jellicoe,
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    ROYAL OAK SEQUEL.
    106 11 [Reuter s Service.] London. Apr. In consequence of the Royal Oak courtmartial new rules governing naval discipline have been issued to the fleet wherein eveiy man, irrespective of rank, is given a vight of appeal to the Admiralty as a final resort m case of grievance. The
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    AN ORDER FROM RUSSIA.
    45 11 TReuter's Service.] London. April 1. An Older from Soviet Russia for cottonmill machinery to the value of £100,000 is stated to have been secured by representatives of Piatt Brothers, Oldham, who are members of the Briiish industrial delegation now m Russia.
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    AMERICAN AMBASSADOR DEAD
    44 11 l.iteuter's Service. I Paris, Apr. Mr. Meyron Herrick, United .States Ambassador, has succumbed to a heart attack. His health has been very grrve for some time. He had intended to attend Marshal Foch's funeral but had an attack the day before.
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    THE U.S. SURPLUS.
    25 11 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Apr. 2. Treasury officials estimate the surplus will amount to over $100,000 at the end of the fiscal year.
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    "BOY WITH 100 SWEETHEARTS."
    735 12 Sentenced to death at Liverpool Assizes for the murder of lVTrrs. Alice Fontaine, a widow. Joseph Reginald Victor Clarke, 21, a wireless engineer, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, might be described as "the youth with 10C sweethearts." latticed, his career is one of the most astonishing that
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    56 12 Miss Klizabeth Budd, of Perry mead Cottage, Tangmere, near Bognor, who celebrated her 100 th birthday recently received the following telegram: "The Queen is much interested to 'hear that you are celebrating your hundredth birthday, and desires me to convey to you her sincere congratulations, m which her Majesty knows
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    FAINT THAT WAS NOT A FEINT.
    290 12 Right of a Film .Star to .Swoon. Shall beautiful, defenceless ilm > »<■ henceforth be denied their established rivrht to fall m a becoming swoon when occasion demands "No. A thousand times no!" was the right and gallant answer ol a Berlin judge and
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    SALVATION ARMY OMSK.
    731 13 NO PLOT TO OUST GENERAL BOOTH. Ceylon Delegate's Views. By the courtesy of the Editor I should like to refer to an article which appeared m last week's edition of the Sunday Observer writes St. Col. Edward J. Coles, the Ceylon delegate who attended the High Council.
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    THE COUNCIL OF STATE.
    188 13 Mr. Cosgrave's Strong Protest. London. March 18. It has been revealed m Dublin that an important intervention was made by the Irish Free State Cabinet m connexion with the establishment of the Council of State to discharge the duties of the Sovereign during His Majesty's illness.
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    BLACK MARKS FOR WIVES.
    306 13 Hollywood Men Sit In Judgment. The me»i oi Hollywood have presented a united front to an admiring vorid. AM of them have grievances against wives, and of tho three dozen of them interviewed m America no two have the same complaint. Adolphe Menjou objects to the
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    HIVE "BURGLED" BY A WOODPECKER.
    133 13 The mystery of a beehive which was broken open and the occupants killed by cold was solved by the discovery that the "burglar" was a woodpecker. The hive stands m an orchard adjoining the Priest House. Little (hart, near Ashford. Kent, the residence of Mr.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    66 16 The P. and O. Malwa has left Hong Kong, and is expected to arrive at this Port at noon to-day. She will proceed alongside the S.H. Board's wharves on arrival. The M.M. General Metzinger, mail steamer, is due here from Saigon to-morrow at 9 a.m. and will probably
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      145 16 CHARGEURS IIEUNE. (Incorporated m France). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARDS. SAIGON, TOURANE AND HAIPHONG Due Singasnore JAMAIQUE m 0 CAP PADARAN uiy g HOMEWARDS. .MARSEILLES. NANTES AND BORDEAUX. Due Siagapore •CAP TOURANE o JAMAIQUE MARSEILLES, HAVRE, DUNKIRK AND ANTWERP. BOUGAINVILLE "^ETm DALNY i? Lap asteaaaer* are single clsaafl
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      61 16 m.v. MALABAR. Consignees of carpo per the above steamer from Sydney (arrived March 28th) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 48 on Tuesday, April 9th, 1929, at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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      433 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.SJL) o GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE. (via Sues). M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 a^,. MS. SILVERBELLE due May 8 sailg M M.S. SILVERMAPLE due May 25 M.S. SILVERHAZEL due June 15
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      838 16 WARSHIPS ARRIVE. H.M.S. Cleopatra (Capt. L. H. B. Bevan) arrived here from Colombo on Saturday and left for Hong Kong this morning; accompanied by her sister ship H.M.S. Carysfort (Capt. A. Mai Hand Dougnall) which arrived on Sunday. H.M.S. Dartmouth (Capt. R. H. C. Halifax) also arrived on Sunday and
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    1379 17 SLIM PEOPLE TO HOLD THE ADVANTAGE. The Voyage Described. The Statesman's Karachi correspondent writes on March 15. Although the first West-bound Imperial Airways liner on the Karachi -London run leaves Karachi on April 1, no passenger* will be carried between Karachi and Basra until all halting air-stations
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    SURGERY ON HEALTHY FLESH.
    376 17 Illegal m France. Paris. Feb. 25. No surgeon has the right to perform an operation upon health y flesh. Such is the verdict of the First Civil Court of Paris m a case that is of the highest importance to the French medical profession, and is
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    REFUSAL TO "GIVE A LIGHT."
    218 17 Fines up to £20 anil even imprisonment are the penalties which threaten the Germans who refuse a light to a stranger m the street anxious to ignite his cigarette, cigar, or pipe. This is the great surprise I'or O.e German world of smokers provided as
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    SINO-JAPANESE AMITY.
    1324 18 SINO-J APANESE AMITY. NECESSITY OF THE WILL TO PEACE. What is the Formula. The present impasse between China and Japan ip a menace to the peace of the Pacific, writes George E. Sokolsky m the Far Eastern Review. These two nations must not be permitted to drift into a condition
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    EXECUTIONER FOUND DEAD.
    368 18 Murder or Suicide? Wew York. Feb. 23. The police authorities of Now York State were unable to make up their minds to-day whether John W. Hulbert, who was found shot dead m a cellar at his home yesterday afternoon, and whose hand turned the switch which sent
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    THE NATIVE ISSUE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    178 18 Opposition to Government's Proposals. Lnndcn. March 17th. Cape Town. A manifesto signed by the Archbishop of Cape Town, the ex-Chief Justice, two ex-Ministers, lawyers, clergymen and other prominent persons m the Cape Province appeals for support m a campaign against Government's proposals m regard
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    68 18 March 29th, marks the anniversary of tho death of 72 revolutionists who were martyred m a revolutionary campaign to overthrow the Manchu yoke m Kwangtung a year previous to the establishment of the Chinese Republic. In commemoration of this occasion, Chinese Consulate General m Singapore, instructed by the Minister for
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    140 19 MACPH AU'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Johan Tin 34 37% cum. Kuchai 1.37 1.40 Kuyohs 06 10 Malayan Con. 57 59% North Taiping 70 75 Penawats 85 Vi. 89 Rahman Hyd. 1.37% 1.41% Rantau Pref. 1.31% 1.37% Sungei Ways 3.10 3.17% Sungei Luas 18 prem. 22% pvem. Talam
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    FRASER &.CO. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    875 19 FRASER .CO. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, APRIL 2. 1»29. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang 4 i s 42s 6d Bangnn Tin 37s 38s Batang Padang ($1) 40 4:> c d 5 a Caves 5O lM S Uklt r n *f W) 2.05 2.15 Burmah Malaya 4 1 S 42s Ghenderiang
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    EXCHANGE.
    60 19 Aunl 2. Bank 4 m.s. •_> j 2'.»-32 Bang demand 2j3 25-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2(4 13-32 New York, demand 56 1)16 France, »'p..iand 1431 Hong Kong, demand 1 1 3 4 pc rji S Yokohama, flVataad 125 Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand go*4 Bar Silver London 26
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    PRODUCE.
    226 19 Tin 525 Tons $111 Mi Pearl Sago Small Copra Sundried 965 Rice LianK Hin than Mark Red Eagle (New; 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1. 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 200 Rico, Siam Glutinous No.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    82 19 April 2nd.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S..<v equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot :.H 4 Standard R.S.S. on tender April ..9 :*9 3 May 9E% 40 I urn- 40 a 40% May-June 40 40» 4 .July-Sept. 41 l 4 41 H Oct -Dec. 41% fla* Tone of
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    SLIPWAY COMPANY MEETING.
    99 19 The forty-third ordinary general meeting, of the Singapore Slipway At Engineering Co. Ltd., was held at thr offices of the Company at Tanjong Pagar on March 28, Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer. Chairman and Managing Director, presiding. The accounts for the year ended December SI were passed,
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    28 19 Chan Sfce Onn and Co.. Secretaries. Kuchai: Possible time 744 hours; hours lost 126.00; average depth 50 ft.; ore 1,000 Pads.; yardage 112,000 C.y.
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    LONDON FINANCE WIRE.
    194 19 Share-Market Resumee. [FREE PREaSS SERVICE.-COPYRIGH T.J London, April 2. In the rubber sharemarket an easy tendency has prevailed during the past week on the continued reaction of the commodity owing to the situation m America. Spot opened well below the closing level of the preceding Friday, resulting
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & COS REPORT.
    212 19 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. Singapore, April 2. Rubber. London 11 l/16d. Closing IVices at 6 p.m. Spot 39*4, April 40'a, .May June 40^4. July-Sept. 42, Oct.-Dec. 42 U. Tin. London £221 15s. Mining.— Quiet. Sungei Way MS 3.1"), Kuchais 1.35 1.38, Kinta Dredge I.4b* 1.50, Klang River 3.00 3.10, Hong
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    COAL BY-PRODUCTS.
    368 19 First British Pithead Works. Donca.ster, Feb. 23. Askern .Main Colliery, near Doncaster, is expected to be the first British colliery to 'stablish works for the extraction of valuable derivatives from low-grade fuel by means of the low-temperature carbonisation process. Their works at the pithead are expected to open
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    52 19 The Bangkok Kam Muang states that a big cobra, one and a half metres long, was discovered m a tramcar running between the city and Bangsue. The inspector asked the passengers to refrain from killing it and drove it off the car when it arrived at the bridge known aa
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1247 20 The Malayan Amateur Golf Championship, which was played off on the Singapore Golf Club's Course at Bukit Timah, did not enjoy too good weather and the conditions under which the forty-six entrants fought out their superiority were therefore very trying. Not perhaps so much m the qualifying round,
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    GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    580 20 CRAIK WINS MALAYAN TITLE. Elkins Again Unlucky. The final of the Malayan Amateur Golf Championship was decided by the last putt at the eighteenth green on the Singapore Golf Club course at Bukit Timah on Easter Monday. W. H. Elkins (Selangor G.C.) failed to hole from a distance
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    REAL CROSS COUNTRY RACE.
    78 20 [Keuter's Service.] New York, April I. Undismayed by the financially disastrous experience of last year when he lost £20,000, the sporting promoter Mr. Pyle. fired the starting pistol sending off 100 runners, including six foreigners, m a race of .I.nOO miles from coast to coast scheduled
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    THE DAVIS CUP.
    19 20 [Reuter's Service.] Monte Carlo, Mar. 21. In the Davis Cup Monaco beat Switzerland, 3 to 2.
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    OUR FOOTBALL COM PETITION.
    30 20 The coupon for our football competition this week will be found on page 7 to-day. The winner of the last week's competition will be announced to-morrow.
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    MALAYAN TURF.
    575 20 PERAK CLUB AMATEUR RACES. Monday's Results. rFrom Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Apr. la There was a large holiday crowd present to-day and the cash sweeps and totalisator were well patronised. The weather was fine until the fifth race when a drizzle turned into a steady shower. The going
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    AUSTRALIAN TURF.
    136 20 A J.C. Doncaster and St. Leger. .FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.) Sydney, Mar. 31. At the A.J.C. meeting the following were the chief results. Doncaster Handicap (One Mile.) KARUMA 8.4 1 SION 8.4 2 LOQUACIOUS 8 3 Won by half a head; third threequarters of a length away. Time
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    LOCAL FOOTBALL
    396 20 WELCH BATTALION'S HEAVY DEFEAT. Local League Games. Malaya Chinese, 5; 2nd. Welch, 0. The match at the Stadium on Easter Monday was a rather one-sided affair for the 2nd. Welch, who took the field m place of the United Services, were no match for the very strong combination
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    SECOND LEAGUE WIN.
    278 20 O.T.F.C 2; Robinson's 1. The O.T.F.C. obtained a penalty kick m the first few minutes of their game with Robinson's on the V.M.C.A. ground last evening m the Second League, owing to hands on the part of the defence. Omar, centre forward, took the kick and scored
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    R.A.O.C. AND I.C.F.A. DRAW.
    165 20 A rather poor game was witnessed on the Malay ground yesterday when the R.A.O.C. met the I.C.F.A. m a Second Division match and drew one all. Neither team displayed any brilliant football and although both had many chances, poor finishing spoilt them. Just hefore the interval,
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    CRICKET.
    59 20 The following will represent the S.C C on Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday, at 2 nm vs. 2nd Bn. Welch Regt. on the Padang' R. L. L. Braddeil, P. H. Stewart Ifrown R. G Gibson, R. B. Goteh, W. N. HsotseU; Sq. Ldr. Livock, A. H. D. Livock
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