The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 April 1929

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 Si ng apo re Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, &S. FRIDAY. APRIL 5 t 1929. NO. 12,384
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    302 1 i Search for the Southern Cross continues, and a special rescue fund m j Sydney had £2,000 subscribed almost m mcd ately Page 9. I Cur I onden correspondent cables the regret felt at the Malayan Government s' inahhity to exhibit fully at the great exb hit
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    POITU VANDATHU.
    1119 1 It is natural that, on returning from a l c rell id the East, where the actual needs |of one's wardrobe art confined to articles Editable for tropical wear, the first item of importance upon the agenda should be the purchase of clothing. The ordinary man, if he
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      226 1 KEEPS BRIGHT METAL BRIGHT << BRJGHTSHINE W LIQUID METAL POLISH I Raffles Hotel ll ft! I j ftj FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION] I TEA I SPECIAL CABARET DINNER 1 DANCES DORIS MANTLE AND CUFF DA NCES I j MONDAY KENDALL TUESDAY I WEDNESDAY THURSDAY S 1 AND WILL
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      90 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Little and Co- for Bird's custard powder Pajce 14. Huttenbach, Lazarus are agents t Dcvvai's whisky Page Sunday's expeiimental concert m the Memorial Hall Page 7. Lermit K:>ad house for sale; !Cotice re Rubber Association annual meeting; Notic s re Tiang Guan Brick and Tile liquidaUcn; Re Malaya
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      11 1 KEEPS NEW SHOES NEW I "BLANCONA" I I SHOE CREAM I
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      204 1 THE WEEK. Fiidtiif, oth. Hiph Water. T».lfi a.m., i».6 p.m.. 6.6. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. 2nd Welch. S.C.C. Banvard Co.. Theatre, 9.30, The Best People. Slit urdu if, fith. High Water. T.:V2 a.m., 6.9.. 9.31 p.m., 7.1. Sze Hai Ton*r Banking ;»nd Insurance Co., Hong Kong Bank Chambers noon. Cricket: S.C.C.
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    MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE.
    258 2 MALAYA PUBLISHING HOU SE. The following is the report for thirteen months to Feb. 28th to he presented to the shareholders at the meeting <>n April 11th. at neon at 45, Stamford Road: As a result of offering shares to the public DM,510 shares were taken up. the_ Vendors taking
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    ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT.
    216 2 Singapore, April L Rubber. Ix>ndon lid. fed down. Closing prices at •> p.m. Spot Jtl% t April >>!%, May-June 3SS, July-.^ept. :J9' 4 Oct. -Dec. 39*4 Steady. Tin. London .£220 7s o'd. unchanged. Mining. Quiet. Sungei Way 3.05 3.15, KuchaLs 1.36 1.38, Kinta Dredge
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    SIR O. LODGE AND HIS WIFE.
    207 2 "I ShaFl Hear Front Her Again." La ly Lodge, wife of sir Oliver Lodge, tii* fanXNM scientist and spiritualist, died at her home, Xormanton House, Lake Salisbury on Fehruarv 20. "I shall hear from her again," said 3if Oliver, "just a* I did from
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    CHARGE OF HEARTLESS CRUELTY.
    222 2 Koilinp Water Poured on Servant Allegations of how a nine-year-old servant girl was cruelty treated by her employers was related to the First Additional District Judge of Colombo. The accused m the case were Harriet Muriel Perera and her husband, M. Edwin Perera, of Baseline Road,
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      288 2 I NEW STOCKS. 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. JO ST "ARRIVE* FROM' EUROPE FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY Bringing this Season's most Exclusive Creations m Parisian and Viennese
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      268 2 VICTOBIA qpHKATKK POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO NIGBPTS OF THE Banvari English Comedy Co. m To-Night at 9.30 pm. THE BEST PEOPLE. rMM V2£lttK?^ I poking AT LITTLE S THARK. $4. 2 1. (XMMENCING MONDAY NEXT NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P JI KAAI'S HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS The only all Hawaiian Company Touring BOOKING
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      399 2 ALHAMBRA Cfcmt Kw ft C*. LUL, Proprietor!. 1■ Programme CoMMwnring I day, March 31*rt. and Ending Friday, April sth In the Second Shew at 9 pjn. THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS LON OHANEY m a Dramatic Cyclone Tell it to the Marines Heroic adventures, hilarious escapades, love and iai,«u A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
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    PARISIANA.
    1103 3 CHEMISTS' EASTER ACTIVITY. A Violent Catarrh. LFroa>.Oui"X)wh Correspondent.) Paris, Feb. 27. Long betoie Easter comes round, one mists m Paris and m many a provincial town and townlet prepare for this holiday season, the hrst important one of the year. At the commencement of spring countless well to-do Parisians
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    "IMMORTALS" SHOCKED.
    97 3 Not Longer-Lived than the Man m the Street! Paris, Feb. 19. The members of the French Academy, popularly known as the "Forty immortals," have received a shock. A French scientist has told them that their average age is no higher than that of the ordinary man. Professor Charles
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      463 3 Hoors I Estate Trust Agencies Iwitti If (1927) Limited. 1 aus«sv c! /f BRANCHES r 1 IfllwflV S I 21) P^ l Cross Stre^ MALACCA 1 JiynUll 1 I 2 LI M StFeet PENANG i Vtt>fffit>Bta« I g^? 68 1 b d S 6^ 1 deposited with the S FtrUCCI
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    WHAT IS A FEMININE FASHION ?
    280 4 WHAT IS A FEMININE FASHION it has been quiet impossible to read about or discuss any aspect of clothes during the last few weeks without ccming across the words: "More feminine fashions." What exactly is this supposed to mean? If we were told that the great designers had decided that
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    STRIKING EVENING GOWN.
    688 4 versally accepted, and where girl babies are of so little importance that they are frequently drowned at birth, the women wear trousers and smoke pipes, but many of the men wear pigtails and embroidered petticoats. In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries the European gentleman of fashion wore
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    TABLE TALK.
    592 4 We hear much about creating a careless appearance, with whispers of hair now left to grow naturally —though it is nevertheless carefully curled. Powder is to be sparcely used and vagabond hats are to be worn this spring with loose, unfastened coats, to add to that desirable negligence.
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    NEW DRESS MATERIALS.
    761 4 [Special to the Free Press.] As out m the tropics we cannot follow winter fashions at home to any very great degree, we always look forward eagerly to learning what is being worn for Spring and 3 arly Summer m Europe. And truly it is a Wight
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    WHY NOT A STEAK?
    203 4 There are many best ways of dealing with steaks, and I'm going to chat about a few of the easy-to-be-dones. By the way, if you have any suspicion that your steak is not going to be tender there are two ways of treating it; you can
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    FOR THE SPRING.
    587 4 you can get m a tin the petits pois; a little milk, but remember you're not making a milk pudding! put the lid on if you're going to cook it on a ring, but not if m the oven. When all is nearly as tender as you
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    PLAIN WOMEN CAN BE DANGEROUS.
    630 4 There is a convention that the beautiful woman wields more power than the plain woman. But 1 do not know whether this is altogether true, says Baroness Furnivall m the Daily Express. The pretty woman conceals nothing. She immediately discloses the position of hei guns;
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    THE CULT OF THE ELBOW.
    341 4 Different parts of the body have the knack of becoming of supreme importance, quite regardless of their importance to the individual. It might, for instance, be thought that the brain should be glorified, but except for an occasional diadem, it is snuffed out completely under
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    'LE CHATEAU FONTCREUSE.'
    551 4 [Special to the Free Press.] Sombre cypresses throw long tan shadows across the sunny facade ofVn^ nified old chateau which lies snugh m 2 m a valley whose slopes shelter S**J peach and cherry trees. Their drifts of blossom are a bewildering 7°* ly sight m early
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    A PRINTED THREE PIECE.
    81 4 demand a continual BUppl) harden one's heart to see, uni masses of splendid grapes. irt 1 smashed as the "juice slowJy r the red tiled vats. There it !l shorter or longer periods BCC tf types of wine white. '»<»< dark red wine of the countrj
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    "WEST INDIA."
    1159 5 CHANGES AT OUR OLDEST DOCK. A Last Look Round. Writing m The Observer, Mr. A. G. Linney says: Though nothing m the nature of an official announcement has yet been made, the progress m the construction of the new entrance to West India Dock is such that there
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    TRIAL BY JURY IN SEDITION CASES.
    33 5 New Delhi, March 18The Council of State to-day rejected, by a majority, a Swarajist motion recommending that Government should make trial by jury compulsory m sedition cases.
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    55 5 NANKING AND SHANTUNG TROOPS. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. April 3. It is stated that the Nanking Government has asked Japan to postpone the withdrawal of troops from Shantung for the present. It is understood that the Wuhan trouble is causing General Feng Yu-hsiang difficulty m taking over
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    PREMIER APOLOGIZES TO PRIVY COUNCIL.
    70 5 Mr. Yoshida, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Arita, Chief of the section of Asiatic Affairs have surrendered to the Privy Council's accusation that the Tsinan agreement was signed without eaßraaat of the Council. Baron Tanaka who holds the portfolio of the Foreign Office m
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    COLONIAL OFFICE.
    71 5 The Government scheme for the establishment of a Colonial Office is now being discussed m the Privy Council. Certain members are strongly opposing the scheme. Pray long. But let us remember that prayer must he accompanied by humility and charity or it is of no avail. Where £here
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      178 5 —the invariable verdict of _^r those who favour N. J. Club, Therefore show your appreB\ whisky" W&WA CALDDECK, MACGREGOR Co. Ltd. 10 >A Agents for Straits Settlements and 4 l| ysf a^ Federated Malay States. y /#ic.,r^or«i <•<< SMftfsr f/i<- Co»i/>.m,s sidlwai SIS •< Won a*na» Incormrated m Snau^hui." CLUB
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      252 5 W NESTLE AND ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED Mil KCO W yyHLLI A N J achievement and steady progress nave gained M bbV bT bT 111 11 achievement, combines the results ot over 60 W years experience and strenuous endeavour to maintdin M m\ BL V day, and we are coniidertt you will
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    THE AIR ESTIMATES.
    837 6 VARIED DUTIES OF THE R.A.F. Civil Air Activities. BY T. STANHOPE SPRIGG. (Editor of Airways.) London, Mar. .">. The Air Estimates are perhaps unique m that an entire industry awaits their publication with a real personal anticipation, writes our Air Correspondent. For at present the position of
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    "BOON" AVIATION YEAR COMING.
    293 6 London, Mar. 5 The British aviation industry i 3 probably one of the most pessimistic m the world, but none the less, I hear all around me prophetic murmurs of a boom year m aviation, writes Our Air Correspondent. And from people whose claim to speak
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    MOSLEMS REPUDIATE NEHRU REPORT.
    194 6 The full-dress debate on the constitutional issue was concluded m the Legislative Assembly Delhi on March 12 when the Government suffered a defeat by nine votes on Pandit Motilal Nehru's motion that the entire demand for the Viceroy's Executive Council should be reduced to a rupee.
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    ROUMANIAN ENTRY INTO THE WAR.
    404 6 fix-Kaiser's Appeals to Kin* Charles. The repeated personal efforts of the ex-Kaiser and the late Emperor of Austria to persuade King Charles of Rou mania to declare war against the Allies are revealed m the secret diary kept by the King, of I which the
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      756 6 NOTICES. <;AMMON (MALAYA) LIMITED. (laOaeneeaßßi m the Straits SfttUnunt>). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Annuri! General Meeting of the Shareholders of the- above-named Company will he held at the Retfister«-d Office of the Company, 11-12, Ocean BatkUaar, Maaaaeen, ea April lfith, 1929, at 12 noun. 1. T\> ivct-ive
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    AUSTRIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
    144 7 PREMIER A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS. Time for a Big Step Forward. [neuter's Service.] Vienna, April 3. The Chancellor, Monsignor Seipel, and his Cabinet have resigned following a Cabinet meeting at which Seipel said the situation m Austria had so improved that it was now possible to take
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    VAN LEAR BLACK'S WORLD AIR TOUR.
    103 7 Due at Croydon To-day. TReuter's Service.l London. Apr. 3. Mr. Van I^ear Black is due at Croydon to-morrow. He has had air eventless journe\ from Broken Hill. He remains m London fqr fortnight's overhaul and thenj leaves for Tokio via Karachi. Rangoon and Shanghai,
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    OIL RESTRICTION PROBLEM.
    79 7 Conservation Board Powerless. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, April 3. The Secretary for the Interior has informed the Petroleum Institute that the Attorney Genet al has ruled that the Federal Oil Conservation Board has no power to approve curtailment of oil production. The announcement caused a slump m the
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    SHIAH-SUNNI AFFRAYS.
    80 7 [Reuter's Service.] Calcutta. Apr. 3. War factories on the Northwest Frontier are working day and night to provide munitions for the Shiah-Sunni operations. It is i tated the Afridis have repulsed the Shiahs who have retired to their own forts to prepare further onslaughts, but a large force
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    POLITICAL ARRESTS IN RUSSIA.
    71 7 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, April 3. News from Kovno says the police arrested over 100 persons nearly all leaders of the Social- Democrat Party attending a secret meeting m -the ne wassaper office at the Labour Federation's headquarters. They also searched, several of the prominent persons m
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    THE MEXICAN REVOLT
    65 7 Bis: Government Success. f ßeuter's Service.] Mexico City. April 3. A Federal communique states that a bloody battle fought m the last two days at Jimenez,, with the main body of northern •rebels, ha? resulted m the most~btilliara and definite victory for the National armies obtained m
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    U.S. RAIL MANAGER FOR CHINA.
    27 7 [Reuter's Service.] New York. Apr. S. Mr. J. Mantell, ex-Vice-President of Erie Railway, has been appointed consulting manager to the Chinese railways.
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    FUNERAL OF "WOODBINE WILLIE."
    110 7 Ragby, Mar fc t5. The funeral took place at Worcester to-day of the Rev. Studdert Kennedy,' who, as an Army Chaplain, endeared himself to men who served m the Great War, and was popularly known a's "'Woodbine Wiilie** from the fact that, he had for soldiers
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    THE ROYAL FAMILY.
    95 7 KING'S PROGRESS CONTINUES. Prince Leaves Bognor by Air. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 3. At the conclusion of his visit to Bognor the Prince of Wales, with a parachute strapped to his back, clambered into the rear seat of his aeroplane and returned to London m 00 minutes.
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    PRINCE GEORGE AT FOREIGN OFFICE.
    66 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. April X Prince Ceoige to-day began his new duties at the Foreign Office. It was recently announced that His Majesty, with the concurrence of the Prime Minister, had decided that His Royal Highness should be attached to the Foreign Office
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    SOVIET DELEGATE RUNS AMOK.
    70 7 Renter* Service.] warsaw, Apr. 4. Ivan Apanasewiez, a JQMUher of the Soviet Trade Delegation to Berlin, has been arrested at Baranowicze, a frontier station of which town he is a native owing to an inadequate passport. He shot dead a Polish police official, seriously injured another
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    CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S PROGRAMME.
    60 7 [British Radio Official tftfwl**,] Rugby. April 3, Representatives 0 f the Conservative^ oiganizations In" al! the const ituencies *)n England and Wales will, it is understood, attend a meeting to be held on -April 19, when Mr. Baldwin will announce hi>. programme for the General Elevtion. Polling
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    NATIONAL TRUST BUYS BEAUTY SPOT.
    60 7 [British Radio Official Set vice Rugby, April The National Trust, through the erYorts of which many places of historic interest and natural beauty have been acquired for the nation, has now purchased the farm adjoining the property recently presented to the nation m the Hard
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    FIRST RECRUIT FOR COTTON COMBINE.
    39 7 [Router's Service.] London. April 3. Hy the decision of its shareholders to-day the Ace Mill Limited, one of the finest equipped for coarse mule-spinning becomes the first concern to join the I^ancashitv Cotton Corporation.
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    JUNE LANDS IN ENGLAND.
    372 7 Definite Decision to Leave the Stage. June,, the most ropiantic bride-to-be of the day, arrived at Southampton hr the linn Majestic m a snowstorm on February 15. The ship arrived some hours late. She had encountered tempestuous seas and blizzards, but June herself^Jiid not notice them.
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      601 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ "FLORANGE" I rs HrGHLY CONCENTRATED 1 j PURE FRUIT D Fresh floral wreaths made to order. j| B SINGAPORE CASKET CO. 83, SELEGIE ROAD. I Telephone No. 75. j| «E«a"WW»MMW»M»JMaMaWBBMMa^BaM Eatafcttshed 1912. Tele. 14t2. MASSAGE 1 MR ft MRS. FUJIMORI I JAPANESE BONE-SETTER No. 19, Dhoby Ghant, fflnjijon
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      668 7 NOTICES. IN IHE MATTER OF i THE TIANG GUAN BRICK TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED. (.In Liquidation). At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company duly convened and held at the registered office of the Company, 18, Battery Road, Singapore, on the 20th day of March, 1929, the following resolution
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      1226 7 {VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALLi Experimental Concert f I* SUNDAY NEXT AT 9-15 P.M. I BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $2.00 i Unreserved Seats at the Door $1 50cts. NOTICES. UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared a Dividend of 5 per cent (actual)
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE.
    26 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE. MILLER PEACE. At Kuala Lumpur, on March *JH, \otm;tn Cecil Kgerton Miller, l>ept. of Agriculture, to Florence Peace, of High Wycombe. Buck-.. Kngland.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1929. CAN THE CRITICISM!
    1505 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1929. CAN THE CRITICISM The Englishman who, m the Morning Post, described the condition of affairs m Malaya as regards British trade, may have made his exaggerated statement because of a constitutional inability to make a considered statement, or he may have made it
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    489 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [FREE PRISS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT London. April 4. 4 p.m. Messrs. Lew^s. Lazarus and Son* notify to-day*s *tin prices as follows Spot £218 10 1G (down £1). Forward £219 (down £18/16). The market is dull. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as
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    A FRIEND OF CHARITY.
    865 8 AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS. Mrs. Manasseh's Work m Singapore. Mrs Manasseh 0.8. E., wife of r Rupert Manasseh, who is returning home to Belgium this month, has. during her fifteen years sojourn mi n Singapore, collected over $300.000 f„ r various worthy objects. When first she entered
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      12 8 I To-day's Feature. I A PAGf; FOR LADIE& I 1 Pfl.</< I
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    MALAYA PROPAGANDA.
    149 9 VERY UNFORTUNATE Missing a Good Chance. j tEE PRES'j SERVICE.—COPVRiGHT.I liondon. April 4 U m understood that the Malayan GovDti have given instructions to the Malayan Agency m London only to exhibit the culinary uses of the pineapple at the f. rtho-ming Northeastern Counties Exhi,:.r. which is to
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    THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
    51 9 P Still no News. liteuter's Service.] Sydney. April 4. H < earrh for the Southern Cross has uitless. A econd aeroplane has left Derby to vicinity of the Fort George and the Regent River. A rid has been opened to defray the cost (tensive search end t2.000
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    CAPE-CAIRO FLIGHT.
    76 9 Squadron Returns. [Reuter's Service.] Cairo. April 4. Ail Force Cairo to the Cape flight mated at Khartum the fliers arriving iv sboard a troop-carrying machine. The South African escort left en route I me. [The flight of four Fairey machines Cairo Th»- Cape started on Feb. 12 and
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    HOME "TALKIES."
    86 9 The Latest Invention. Iteutei's Service.] f/ondon, April 1. H "talkies" within the reach of all, •spect held out by the invention of reles* expert Mr. G. V. Dowding. It stj of an electric attachment enabling mary gramophone and portable rojector to be synchronised so v to [HKiple to
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    LABOUR'S PROGRAMME.
    85 9 I The I.L.P. Resolutions. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 4. Lab ir*» election programme was partly ""veiled bj Mr. J. H. Thomas at Plymouth 'hen he said an extension of the school*aving age by a year and additional pen- at 65 to enable 350,000 workers to tii. would provide
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    SUNDAY THEATRES.
    27 9 El PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT. T> London. April 4. 1 managements of the West-end are requesting the London County to grant permission to open on 1
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    MOTOR PIONEER DEAD.
    24 9 rRe liters Service.] t Berlin, April 4. rteata has occurred of Karl Benz the motorcar manufacturer, at the age 01 Nl
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    THE DUKE'S JOURNEY.
    23 9 f Reuter's Service. l London. Vpril L Duke of Gloucester has left Suez en lapan. TEarlier cables on page 7.1
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    62 9 T ANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT. v j; Imal of the Handicap Mixed Doubles! between Mrs. Zylstra and A. D. and Mrs. Bennett and R. N. Byatt Hayed off on Wednesday, April W5 p.m. and will be followed by 1 ntation of the prizes. Band i b WiU be at home
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    THE YANGTSE WAR
    194 9 NATIONALISTS REACH WUHAN LINES. Discussion Now Begins. LReuter's Far Eastern Service.] T x Hankow, April 4. I he Nanking forces vanguard has made -ontact with the Wuhan defence system nort^K* r m re than 5 miles <*>» «E IWi 0t L the Ya^tsze, east of L?f ;J
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    265 9 Movement of Yanjrtse Armies. [I»\ arrangement With Nanyan^ Siang Pau Press.] Hong Kong. April 4. Nanking has wired Canton ordering the ending of forces to south Hunan to intercept the Kwangsiites on their return. Au Yanyr Kui has arrived at Canton to take the police commi* sionership
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    84 9 Govt, to Purchase Rice. [By. courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.] Tokio, April 3. The Government has decided to commence purchasing home rice from April 11. JAPANS TRADE. The trade returns for March show a total :>f Y211, 198,000 for imports against .Yl*s7;--553,000 of exports. I JAPANESE
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    PREMIER IN AWKWARD POSITION.
    73 9 The reported unfavourable attitude of the Privy Council towards ,t<he anti-War Pact Ratification Bill has compelled the Government to devise a counter-measure. It is stated that the Privy Council will not recognise tjie Bill without reservations which makes the Government's position awkward. Premier Tanaka repaired yesterday
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    104 9 In place of the "Mayfair Four" who are pi evented from appearing on Saturday a concert, to commence about 10.80 p.m. has been arranged at which the following ladies and gentlemen have kindly consented to appear: Mrs. Robb, Mrs." and Major Donnelly, Mr. Haines, Mr. Roy Brown. Tables,
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    153 9 A CURIOUS MURDER CASE. Judge's Comment on Police Action. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, April 4. Comment was made at Selangor Assizes to-day by the Acting Chief Justice, Judge Farrer Manby, on what he described as the extraordinary conduct of a case of murder by the police.
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    A KUALA LUMPUR ENGAGEMENT.
    61 9 [From Our Own Correspondent. j Kuala Lumpur. April 4. The engagement is announced between Henry Raymond Joynt. M.C.S., and Miss Eleanor Hill of Cornwall. FRENCH FLYERS IN BANGKOK. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok, April 4. MM. Bailly and Reginensi flying unofficially Paris to Saigon arrived at
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    YACHT CLUB DINNER.
    330 9 A Successful Function. The annual dinner and dance of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club took place on Wednesday at the Europe Hotel, when about 20l> members and quests sat down to an excellent repast. The Commodore (H.E. Sir H. Clifford.) and Lady Clifford were present and the
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    PAWNSHOP BROKEN INTO.
    291 9 Jewellery Stolen. When two Malays appeared before Mr. C. "Wilson m the Second Court yesterday charged with being m possession of stolen property, a Chinese pawnbroker said that the' window of his shop was broken on the night of March 3rd. and jewellery to the value of
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    "SQUATTER" TROUBLE.
    651 9 EVIDENCE IN SUPREME COURT ACTION. Beach Road Contract Case. Evidence for the plaintiff, Mr. S. Muthucumaru, contractor, of Race Course Roadj Singapore, who is suing Mea rs. Alkaff and Co., land agents and estate owners, The Arcade, Singapoie, for nearly $-300,000 ovei building contracts m Beach Road, during
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    A BELLICOSE PULLER.
    291 9 In the Fourth Court yesterday a Chinese rikisha puller was charged with assaulting a police constable m the execution of his duty. The incidents m. the case took place on February 3rd. when, the prosecution stated, the police constable was on duty m Hill Street and, seeing
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    150 12 The Anking arrived m port yesterday with 2^97 deck passengers from China ports. Cargoes arriving yesterday included 200 sheep and goats by the Tairea from Calcutta and a cargo of rubber and rotana by the Van der Parra from Djambi. The m.v. Javanese Prince arrived m New York
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    THE NAVY AND SLAVING.
    348 12 The armed yacht Trial and three naval sloops are still kept busy m the Persian Gull attempting to put an end to slave-trading, which undoubtedly still goes on, but they are finding that it is a most difficult task m the present circumstances, writes the Northern
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    DANGER TO COLOMBO NAVIGATION
    255 12 One night lately the Harbour Police found twenty-one teak logs drifting about m Colombo Harbour m such a manner as to cause danger to navigation m the port. The oirs were not properly secured m rafts by means of bamboos or chains as required by the
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    PASSENGERS DUE.
    229 12 Passengers due per Katori Maru on April Bth.: Mr. P. Anderson; Mr. J. W. G. Carroll; Mr. J. W. Clarke; Mr. S. G. Correa; Mr. T. S. Ellis; Mr. K. McLeod Jopp; Mr. and Mrs. A. Macßory; Mr. C. C. Oehlers; Mr. J. H. M. Robson; Mr. and
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    HERO EVEN TO HIS VALET.
    760 13 Sergeant's life of Earl Hai*. Field-Marshal Earl Haig as seen through the eyes of his "batman," Sergeant Tommy becrett. "Twenty-five Yea s With Earl Haig" (Jarrolds. 7s. 6d.), is one of the most j fascinating war books which have appeared. llt is the "inside" story
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    "I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU."
    60 13 War Time Promise Fulfilled. London, March 19. A wounded officer's promise to a private who was carrying him to a dressing station m the Great War m France, "I will never forget you for this," has been fulfilled at New Tredegar when a lawyer informed
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    WOMAN'S LOST GRIP OF HER AFFAIRS.
    436 13 Maharajah's Daughter's will Decision. How a Maharajah's daughter gradually lost her grip on her affairs and committed suicide at Monte Carlo m October, 1926, was referred to by Mr. Justice Hill when he gave judgment m the Probate Court concerning a dispute about her
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    GULF STREAM GOLD.
    157 13 Fabulous Treasure m the Sea. M. George Claude, one of the most prominent and popular scientists, has made an j interesting statement to the Academy of j Sciences concerning: the Gulf Stream, whick iWaa studied by M. Idrac, who accompanied j him to Cuba m connection with
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    JILTED WOMAN'S REVENGE.
    846 14 LOVER NURSED TO LIFE— .AND. SHOT DEAD. 5 Years' Wait. A brief note left on the ward table of Denver Hospital provided the clue to an astonishing drama, m which a woman, after nursing back to life tho man who jilted her iive years oei'ore, shot him
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    ATTACK ON PLANTER.
    105 14 Clubbed While Motor-Cycling. Kandy, Mar. 1». A man named Appuhamy was produced at the Police Court, to-day, by the Gatembe PoMct? and charged with attempted robbery and assault. It was stated that on Friday last, as Mr. Flint, Assistant Superintendent of Kunigama Estate, was ridinj? his motor
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    EXCHANGE.
    64 15 April 4. Bank 4 m.s. 213 29-32 Bang demand 2i3 25-32 Private credits 3 m«. 2|4 13-32 New York, demand 56 ilir Credits 90 days '53 France, demand 2432 India, T. T. Hong Kong, demand 11% p c Dis. Yokohama, demand 125 Java, demand t> ft angkok, demand gp^y
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    PRODUCE.
    243 15 Tin 275 Tons U#% Gambier 6% Pepper White 10 7 Flake Tapioca ggn Pearl Sago Srmjll H Copra Sundried 9 65 Kice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 266 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1.
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    MACTHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    201 15 Yesterday's Alterations. April 4th., Closing Prices. Batu Caves 1.57 2 1.63% Hong: Fatt.s 64 67 Kinta Tin Dred. 1.45 I.4i* Kuchai 1.35 1.3 1 1 Kuyohs 08 11 North Taiping 70 73 2 Penawats 85 88 Rahman Hyd. 1.40 1.48% Rantau Pref. 1.31 2 1.37 2 Sungei
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    76 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Batu Caves 1.57% 1.62% Kuchai Tin Dredge ($1) 1.35 1.40 Malay Consd. 56 60 Mambaus ($1) 85 95 Puteh(Jl) 1.45 1.50 Sungrei Luas (40) 15 20 prem. Ayer Molek 1.95 2.05 Connemara 1.90 2.10 Kluanjf ($5) 5.25 5.50 Lunas ($1) 2.10 2.25 New
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    36 15 Barlow and Co., Agents. March: Harimau Rubber Estates Ltd. 9.100 lbs., Majedie (Johore) Rubber Estates Permas Rubber Co., Ltd. 25,500. Sekong Ltd. 13,000, Muar Itam Estates Ltd. 25,314, Rubber Co., Ltd. 9,500.
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    TELUK ANSON RUBBER.
    1704 15 Moderate front Outlook. Mr. A. E. Baddeley presided at the twentieth annual meeting: of Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Ltd., held at the Hon*? Kong Bank Chambers yesterday. There were also present Messrs J. R. Crawford and W. E. Rayner (directors) and Messrs C. J. de B. Whitehouse
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    57 15 R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. jTone of Market: Quiet. -.Latest Cable: London Spot sheet lid. per lb "I New York Spot Sheet G.et*. 22 per lb. Spot :17»4 a7«-i Standard R.S.S. on Tender April 37 37*^ May i* :wvi June 384 3X* May-June 38^ 38
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    HOLLAND ROAD ASSAULT.
    1314 16 FRESH EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. Verdict on Monday. When the inquest on the old Chinese victim of the recent sensational assault m Holland Road was resumed yesterday a fresh story was told to the Court, a Chinese who was acquainted with the old squatter, alleging that on the
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    104 16 THE MALAYAN TURF. Latest Classifications. t The latest list of horse and pony classifications issued yesterday gives the following changes. HORSES. Transfers: Slawi from Class 5 to Class 4. Panrilla from Class 5 to Class 4. Deletions: Irish Channel, Queen Hum. bug, Sir Probyn, Footnote, Poseuse, Prince Bucknell,
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    SANDWINA SUSPENDED.
    84 16 [Router's Service.] London, Apr. The British B< xing Board of Control has suspended for four months Ted Sandwina. the German-bom Ameri.an-trained heavyweight and ordered him to forfeit ihe purse obtained from the e<»ntest with ("hai lit Smith at the Albert Hall on March 21 when Sandwina was disqualified
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    "ALL BRITISH" BOXING RULING.
    68 16 [Reuter's Service.] London. April. 3. According to a rule of the newly fee mad British Boxing Board of Control, all British subjects are eligible for British championships provided they are born oi white paients and have been resident for two years m the British Isles of
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    THE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    56 16 [Renter's Service.] New York. Apr. Bobby Jones has arrived here from his Atlanta home m his capacity of barrister. Interviewed be said he was unable to compete m the British Open and Amateui championships. George Von Elm is expectid to go to England with the American
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    BENDEMEER ATHLETIC TRIP.
    168 16 During the Easter Holidays the Bendemeer Athletic Club made the trip to Penang by rail an J were guests of several Clubs. On the night of their arrival, they were entertained to dinner by the United Chinese Football Team. The next day. they played football against the
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    29 16 The men's monthly medal (Bogey) for March will be played on April 6th and 7th. and the ladies' medal on April Bth. and a*i| t
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    THE M.C.C. TOUR.
    757 16 WHAT THE PLAYERS GOT IN BONUSES. Kelleway vs. Gregory Rumour. At the conclusion of the fourth test match the amount of bonuses for distribution among players of both the English and Australian teams totalled £156 Bs. Ryder and Chapman, with £19 16s. and £19 125., share the
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
    69 16 FRIDAYS TIES. M. A. Jacobs owe 50 vs. C. E. Winter" owe 175. E. J. Cassels owe 25 vs. E. R. B. Upton owe 100. N. P. Day-Dewdney owe 75 vs. F. Ruchwaldy owe 50. F. J. L. Mayger owe 25 vs. W. H. Follenfant owe 25.
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    CRICKET.
    110 16 The following will represent the Indian Association m cricket against the S.R.C. on the S.R.C. ground on Saturday: R. Jumabhoy, Nomanbhoy D. S. Fernandez, P. K. Baskaran, A. Suppiah, N. A. Mallal (Captain), A. Samy, A. S. Roman, K. V. G. Menon, D. K. Samy, A. K. Mallal. Reserves:—Rajah,
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    527 16 INTER-STATE CRICKET MATCH. r Malacca vs. Negri Sembilan. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, Apr. 2. Rain interfered with the match between Negri Sembilan and Malacca at Seremban which was to have been a two day match. On Sunday Negri Sembilan batted first but after only 5 overs had
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    218 16 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Championship Doubles. Lt. Dearden and Lt. Waring vs. G. F. "Murphy and M. C. Marriott postpone*!. L. r. Rickey ano .1. Wiiaon vs. H. S. Haskins and C. J. Stephens postponed P. Clerc and D. H. Klein man beat R. F. Goodman and A.
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    MONDAY'S TIES.
    166 16 Godown Doubles Handicap. R. N. Byatt and H. L. Marshall minus I vs. F. H. Harris and O. W. Gilmour plus 2. A. C. Potts and N. S. Wise minus 15.2 vs. J. C. Walker and J. V- S. Brooke plus 1. K. R. Stevens and M. G.
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    63 16 Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall "E" (Chinese) Co.. <4 D" Eurasian Company. (Officers and NCOs only), S V.F.A.. Brigade Signal Sec: 'Sinhalese). Malay Drill Hall "F" Malay Company. Saturday. 2.00 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, Chinese Company. Farrer Range (Seletar) "A" (M.G.) Company. Sunday, 7.30 a.m.. Bukit Timah
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