The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 April 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S& WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 192k NO. 12,688
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    266 1 A message from Sydney states that the Southern Cross has been located Paee 11. r lhe I nited States has already instructed her delegate to the Preliminary Disarmament Commission at Geneva what attitude to adopt in the event of the question of Naval armaments being brought up
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    "IN DAYS OF OLD."—NO, 17.
    976 1 "IN DAYS OF OLD."— NO, 17. It was in this year (1885) that Brian Gaynor and I planted up our compounds with young: rubber plants supplied by the Singapore Government Gardens, and established our claim" to 1* the first private rubber-planters in the Malay State*. The seeds of these trees
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      221 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S ROLLER FLOUR IN SLB. BAGS j Raffles Hotel 1 FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION S TEA GRILL ROOM AFTER I DANCES UNRIVALLED IN THE EAST DINMR I MONDAY, m DANCES I m 3 1 i szs| Dinner* SATO «S Ay 1 S Orchestral f> |^one292ofor Concert 1
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      188 1 Trewbella Monkey FC» LAND CLEARING AND I POWERFUL, QUICK AND s f Particulars from I McALISTER CO., LTD. f (Incoxpomtod 1b ihm Strmit* B^tl«m«iiti.) EUROPE HOTEL i by Recommendation" S i Fresh f ro« Home wt f I English Stfamn, Cartridge, Qu»U, Piffvor, *te. f S DANCING: After Dtnner Every
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      106 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Gastrol for modern motors Page 18. The Goodyear tyre is different Page 5. Cold Storage choice selections Page 10. You will sleep well on a Ner-Sag Page 7Auction sales, public notices and tenders Page 9. Notice re removal of W. J. Garcia Pajp.M). <% Sferve Ch«f soup? when
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      11 1 SWALLOW ARIHTS I Biscuits and Cakes I ABB WOULD BBNOWED I
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      167 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 10th. High Water, 10.49 a.m., 9.0. 11.4 p.m.. 8.7. Football: S.C.F.A. vs. I.C.F.A. (Div. I) Stadiur... S.C.C. practice Whites vs. Colours. Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours. Theatre, 9.30. Thursday, llth. High Water, 11.29 a.m., 9.1. Football: S.C.C. vs. Seletar (Div. I) Padang. Malaya Publishing House meeting. 12 noon. Kaai's
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    SONG WRITER AT EIGHTY-ONE.
    383 2 Mr. Weatherly's Record. A diminutive octogenarian stood in the Hotel Cecil and heard rapturous applause trom more than 200 concert artists wheat some time or other had nearly all sung his songs, and who were dining together. It was Fred Weatherly. K.C.. who was introduced by
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    FILM COLONY AT BANGALORE.
    295 2 An Indian Hollywood. Bombay, Mar. 11. A eehesse is on foot to build an up-to-date Ktttdio in Bangalore for the production of CinerrmtogTaph films on a large scale. It is also proposed to start a school of filmacting and scenario-writing. It is intended to accept a
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    $3,200 CAPRICE OF A FILM STAR.
    209 2 Pola Nejcri Breaks a Contract. la a fil?n producer obliged t<> provide bathroom adjoining the rircssin^-Kxnu >t" «:i--*>tar ai-tress Princess Ser^i- Mtlivani. better known as ]'o!u Negrri, the lenipenunentn] Polish wreeu actress, has just paid £.'i,2()o rather than foref^O this and a few wore
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      298 2 NEW STOCKSBEMAX. 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. i KUBELIK i 111 1 I™ O\vin« to the steamer by p I which KUBELIK is coming to Malaya beiny; two days
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      231 2 To-l^it? and Nightly, at 9-3« pun. MATINEE; SATURDAY AT 5 PJW. Children Half-Price to Matinee. KAAIS HAWAIIAN rTROUBADOURS The All Hawaiian Company in U A Night in Honolulu" BOOjjLJ^T_LITTLE'S. PRICES $3, $2 and $1. ONE RECITAL ONLY— APRIL 21st. wC M llfl i^ f I \j^*~ The World's Most Famous
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      268 2 ALHAMBRA Urn CI«E B»» €o- LtA, Proprietor!. Programme Commencing Saturday, Atril 6th and Ending it,i Ib the Second Sh«w at 9 pjn. The Latest Empire News The Sunset Derby A Human Drama of the Turf as it really j, WITH Mary Astor »d Ralph Lewis A First National Winner. I
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    COMMUNIST PLOT IN INDIA.
    915 3 ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO WAGE WAR. Police Raids in Several Cities. A general round-up of Communists in Ind'a was started on •Vfarch 2Cth., says the Times of Ceylon, when largre bodies of police raided the offices of extremist organizations and newspapers and the residences of suspected Communists.
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    3,000 H.P. RACING MOTOR BOAT.
    85 3 London, Mar. 24Tho most powerful racing motor boat ever built is now being 1 completed in England for the well-known sportswoman. Miss Carstairs. It will be di-iven by three great Napier engines, of the type designed for the Schneider Trophy air race, which will total
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    LYNCHING ATTEMPT IN FRANCE.
    230 3 I tirin, r eo. The examining: magistrate of Vienne, near Grenoble, and a representative of the Public Prosecutor were assaulted and stoned by an ftngry crowd yesterday, and it was only with great difficulty that they were saved from being lynched. The magistrate and the prosecutor's
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    HOW BACKHAUS CAME BACK.
    226 3 Coarsened Fingers and Cropped Head. Wiesbaden. The return of Wilhelni Backhaus, the world-famous pianist, to I>>ndon recalls his first post-war appearance before a British audience. This took place at the Deutsches Thw&trv. Cologne, then the home of the British Rhine Army Dramatic Company. ('apt. I. H.
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    PENANG-IPOH ROAD.
    348 4 A Warning to Motorists. A party of young Penang motor cyclists, members of the Penang Health Culture League, had an exceedingly strange experience when they made a trip to Kuala Lumpur by motor cycle (during the Easter holidays. One of the party, in conversation with a representative of
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    CHARGED TWICE.
    157 4 At about 4 a.m. on Friday, a Malay motor car driver named Abdul Wahab was found by a police sergeant major, intoxicated and sleeping in a Fiat two-seater private car, which had run off Circular Road into the drain. He was taken to the Campbell Koad Police Station,
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    ROADS ABOVE RAILWAYS?
    1465 4 SCHEME TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW. "Commercial Motor's" Idea. The Commercial Motor, in a specially issued pamphlet, a reproduction from the journal, dealing with the problem of the control of traffic congestion which inevitably follows in the train of the ever increasing number of motor vehicles coming on
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    ULTRA-VIOLET SUMMER
    485 4 How a Zoo Baby wa* Kept Warm. How do the animals at the Zoo tip ly those from tropical countriei -4m ing the present hitter weather'.' Daily Express representative brawd fti Arctic blast that was sweeping across fogent's Park and arrived jast in tirrw- to ien of the
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      214 4 I Who r ftnou* Tyres I Drivers who insist upon the sort of service thmt 3! tjj ordinary tyres cannot give, find the utmost af S pleasure and satisfaction in Fisk Tyres. JH S Fisk Balloon Cords are now built of "Fillerlesa" JS S Cord, by a Fisk patented process
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      33 4 I 1929 i Tk Hew Superior Whippet, j I "Finger-Tip Control' The Most Notable t X Advance in Driving Convenience Since Z NOW ON SHOW I The Cycle Carriage Co., (w26) Ltd. j
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    YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS.
    709 5 ROYAL COMMISSION ON TRANSPORT. Taxation and Tires. Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Hon. Wilfrid Ashley, M.P., the Minister of Transport, wrote the following Message to British motor manufacturers and traders for publication in Special Motoring Number of The Times. Once again it is my privilege to send a
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    ANOTHER BRIDGE FOR LONDON.
    291 5 A new Lambeth Bridge of 5 spans 60 ft. in width, and with 12 ft. pavements is to be erected in place of the present 3-span suspension bridge across the Thames. Dorman Long and Co., of Middlesbrough, have secured from the London County Council a contract
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    ABOUT TYRES.
    356 5 If we could imagine cars being delivered without springs the user being left to provide a spring of suitable strength— no one would be surprised at a collapse if a spring of only half the proper strength were fitted. There is no more reason for surprise at the
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    A ROAD FOR TANKS.
    97 5 It would surely be difficult to find a more devastating test of a road surface than the continual progress over it of a number of military tanks. At Aldershot a new concrete road has lately been constructed leading to the Tank Repair Depot. Tunnelite rapid hardening
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    18 5 1 have provided as much entertainment in the present House of Commons as anybody. Mr. Jack Jones, M.P.
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    NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
    255 5 As the result of a motor accident which occurred on the Ampang Road on March 12, when a Chinese rikisha-puller was killed, a European named R. H. Whitty was charged before the Kuala Lumpur Police Magistrate on Friday with driving his car negligently and in a manner dangerous
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    MODERN ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
    214 5 Overseas visitors to Britain are often struck with the tremendous development in road construction which has taken place in recent years. Their outlook, of course, depends largely upon the road conditions prevailing in their own home countries, but few people can fail to be impressed by the
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    'SAY LISSEN...'
    358 5 A New York domestic dialogue when the husband brings home the evening newspaper. Ed.: "Say, lissen. 1 seen a feller Wife: "Tie a can on him. Gimme tonight's low-down." Ed.: "Sure (opening newspaper). Here's a swell piece. (Reads): 'Hold-up men rob clubman. Frisk rich broker out of thousand
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    44 5 It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Emerson.
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      186 5 > H fl H fl H fl H flW l/m\ <^kw^^^mV^m\*mmmmmmWmW^.^mmm\ I The reputation of Austin I Cars is unsurpassed by I any other in the industry, and the new Austin light t Six is a fresh revelation in performance, comfort S f Call and inspect this f "Sixteen" and
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      151 5 LTHOUGH they may appear to be m m I^V H hW very much alike, there exist many differ- jH B I B ences between various makes of tyres. U II p^ The new Goodyear Balloon, however, is fl one tyre in which you may place your full ffl ■xiß^M ZrvHW.
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    MEMOIRS OF AN OLD PARLIAMENTARIAN.
    4976 6 REMINISCENCES OF T R aCONNQR- :j Pen Portraits of the Irish Party. :j Bigjcar the Fanatic Glut of Oratory— Vice-Leader of the House" Spectre of Revolution. (World Copyright Reserved). i come now to some of The Father the other great person«>f Parliamentary alities in the
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    HODGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS
    1080 6 C. L D. of the Card*Tabl e uAnrcT riDQT pine In recent "What shall A do?" competi- j tion. the following hand was ffiven. S.-A.K.:?: H. D.-K.J.9.5.4.2: A.K.6.2. The score beinjr love all, what should the I very capable dealer say? Nearly half the i number
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    TORTILLAS AND PUCHEROS.
    801 7 TORTILLAS AND PUCHEROS. A Spanish Contrast. Orlo Williams writing in. the Morning Post says. Once a uay, ai t ast, m Spain you are offered a tortilla and a puchero an omelette and a mixed stew. There are Other names for the stew, pote, paella, olla, or just arroz (rice),
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    THE FATAL OPAL.
    193 7 A Boston, Massachusetts, reader semis ne the following story apropos of the superstition about the unluckiness of opals. A prosperous stockbroker came to his office; wearing- a handsome pin in his scarf. His vountr nephew pointed out that onals were unlucky, but was pooh-poohed by his uncle.
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    TURKISH WOMEN WIN FRANCHISE.
    34 7 Constantinople. A Bill will shortly be introduced in the Assembly enfranchising: women of eigrhteen vears in the municipal elections. It is regarded as a forerunner of women's entry into Parliament.
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    THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.
    993 7 Whales and Whaling. A:e whales in danger of extinction or of ettch serious diminution in numbers that their pursuit will soon cease to be profitable, asks the scientific correspondent of The Times? At preset there is a large industry centred on the sub-Antarctic seas stfll attracting
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    18 7 The Penang Malay Association has petitioned H.E. the Governor for the creation of a Malay Settlement for Penang.
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      289 7 SQCDNY I (Pronounced SO CO^- NY) I "That's the Spirit" I I STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK I I (Incorporated in U.S.A.). I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG I I \I7ITH their exclusive features Conn In- I struments for band or orchestra are I recognized the world over as
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    BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
    1388 8 SOME WOMEN OF "IMPORTANCE." A Foreign Office Scene. [Special to the Free Press.] London, Mar. 14. Mr. Ralph Nevill, who has already published several volumes of diverting and more or less unconventional reminiscences, now gives us in Women of Some Importance (Herbert Jenkins) a comprehensive portrait
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    THE COMING ECLIPSE.
    364 8 The Arrangements. The members of the German expedition have arrived at Khoke Bodhi and are busily engaged in settling in. says the Bangkok Times. They are accommodated in three bungalows to which are attached a dining" room and a working room. Similar accommodation is being prepared for
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      700 8 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SAL£ of EXCELLENT DESIGN WAX POLISHED AND WALNUT STAINED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, GRAMOPHONE, ETC. To be held at No. 3 Leonie Hill Road (Off River Valley and Grange Roads). On Saturday, April 13th.. at 2.30 p.m. Comprising: One double spring H.M.V. horn- less cabinet gramophone in mahogany
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      302 8 77/E NEW 1 Jrmwfrlk I PRICES FROM I lp V^ <4 C 6^ Singapore) PRODUCT OF GELNERAL MOTORS N.V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING COMPANY (MOTOR DEPT.) Cavanagh Road, (Just off Orchard Road), Singapore. Telephone No. 3821. MALACCA MOTORS, MALACCA. ilWSI5BiCil!iL^TCil!iUiLTO^^ jBIRDS CUSTARD] I e^^^ POWDER S MAKES THt: BEST CUSTARP ItSfMriSlaiJal
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    THE BOMB OUTRAGE.
    368 9 HOW IT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT. A Crude Attempt. [Reuter's Service.] New Delhi. April The two men arrested, Bhapat Singh and Dutt, who will be charged with attempted murder, declare they entered the Chamber gallery without tickets long before the police arrived to check the admission of visitors.
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    THE KING'S PROGRESS.
    66 9 [British Radio -Official Service.! Rughy. April S. The King passed a good day. The weather remained fine and sunny at Bugnor, n<l His Maje.-ty spent the whole morning in the grounds of Craiirweil House. For over tu<> hour* h* 1 sat <»n the lawn enjoying the Warm
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    DISCUSSING REPARATIONS CLAIMS.
    40 9 [British Radio— Official Service.! Rugby, April 8. Th<' British, French, Belgian and Italian delegates to the Reparations discussions in I'aiis were discussing among themselves this afternoon the percentage! of the claims <>f th«*ir respective countries against Germany.
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    SIR AUSTEN RETURNS.
    35 9 [British Radio Official Service.l Rugby, April 8. Sir Austen Chamberlain arrived in London to-day, returning from his visit to the roi,t nent. He said he ha. l certainly benefited from his holiday.
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    EGYPTIAN STATESMAN IN LONDON.
    37 9 TBritish Radio— Official Servire.l Kughy. April 8. Dr. Hafez Alifi luy. the Egyptian Minister ior Foreign Affairs, arrived in London this evening and was met at Victoria on behalf of the Foreign Secretary.
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    TASMANIAN FLOOD DAMAGE.
    49 9 [Keuter's Service. 1 Holnrt, Apr. «>. In the course of inundations the Pioneer tin nine was flooded and the dam at Maonarch mine washed away whilst "i landslide on the Lyell railway isolalvd Queenstown. Four thousand rive hundre 1 people are homeless in the Launcesten district alone.
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    FLYING-BOAT ACCIDENT.
    143 9 £7.10 Damages for Visitor to Margate. A jury in the King's Bench Division awarded Miss Blewitt, of Grosvenor Park, Walthamstow, £750 damages and costs, for personal injuries received at Dreamland, Margate, last June, when riding in a flying boat. Four persons were killed on the ocasion. The action
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    EMPIRE AIR ROUTES.
    1058 9 SUPPORT OF THE PRESS UNION. Isolation of Ceylon. t,. London, Feb. 13th. The importance of still further improvfoC the means ior transmitting Press messImperial wireless and cable merger was unsized at the annual gereral meeting of the Emp,re Press, Union, held at 6 Bouvene-street yesterday, and attention
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    RONE-NEW YORK.
    106 9 A TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. An American Bait. f Reuters Service.] Lonriuii, pr. 8. The American millionaire. Colons 1 William K. Easterwood, Junior, who is no.v in London, has offered a prize of $25,000 open to all nations for the first successful aeroplane flight from Rome to Xevv Yo.k and
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    AMERICAN EXPRESS ABSORBED.
    83 9 [Renter's Service.] New York. April 9. The directors of 'the Chase National Bank annuounce plans to alsorb the American Express Company with it-- extensive foreign tanking organisation. Since the sale of its j Interest in the American Railway Express < Company to the Adams Express Company ait
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    CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CAPITAL.
    53 9 [Renter*! Service.) l^mdon. April 8. Imperial CbemieaJ Industries, Limited, has notified shareholders of a proposal to increase the capital hy 120,000,000 to i:'.»">,o* 0.00«; part of which is needed to com- jk'te thi* present constructional programme while the remainder will be placed in re- «h rve (Or
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    FERLIN BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
    53 9 [Keuter'i Service.] Merlin. April ft. The Cabinet has sanctioned reductions in i th<- 1929 budget amounting to 179,000,000 marks thus bringing tlu- deficit to 201.000, >. TK- reduction include* iaving of 27.009,000 on the Ministry <>f Defence namely 7,500.0 0 on On Army and 19,500, COO n
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    SWARD TO POLE NAVIGATOR.
    39 9 fßeuUr'x Service.] WashingUpft, April 1 Eidson, the pilot of Capt. Wttkins* aeroplane trip over tin- pole in April, ha-Ix'<-m presented \\i.'i the Hainion Trophy awarded annually for an ort tai^ lirn feat In w.in ion.
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    THE SHOOTING OF THE JUAN.
    37 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Apr. i>. The Coafttftuarc! authorities state that the patrol boat tired at the Xr-rwe^i-n steamer Juan on April 6in Chesapeake Hay. because the latter refused to halt when requested.
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    MR. VAN LEAR BLACK ARRIVES.
    24 9 [Reuter's Service.! London. April S. Mr. Van Lear Blae] has arrived at Croydon on hit) return from South Africa
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    THE KING AND SCOTS GUARDS.
    225 9 "I You are Home Again." The 2nd Scots Guards, arived at South" ampton on February 2S hi the transt> City of Marseilles after two yean' serv^cj with the Shanghai Defence Force. The tirst message to ureet then came from the Kinj;-. U ran: As your
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      702 9 NOTICES. TAIPING TURF CLUB. ENTRIES CLOSE AT 5 P.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11th. UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors nave declared a Dividend of 5 per cent (actual) boinjr at the rate of 10 per cent per annum on the Ordinary
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      713 9 TENDERS. JOHORE GOVERNMENT. TENDERS will be received at the auVs of th»« Hori hie the State Secretary, JsnsH Bahru, up to noon of April 27th IMf, for the construction of one block of four and one block of five terrace quarters at Bandar PuMggurUM, type plan «)S C. Plans and
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 10. 1929. THE NEW DELHI OUTRAGE.
    725 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 10. 1929. THE NEW DELHI OUTRAGE. It is difficult to be temperate in connection with such matter M the outrage in the Legislative Assembly at New Delhi, just as it was at the time of the attempt on Lord Har.linjre's life, but consideration of the
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    436 10 Owing to printer's error the name of the chairman of the Rubber Association annual meeting was given as Mr. Hawkes•rorth instead of Mr. Hawketwood. '1 he unfinished tennis singles v-hampion-ship final of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club let ween Khoo Hooi Hye and Lir.i Bong Soo will be started afresh
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    152 10 NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF F.M.S. How to Keep Young. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 9. The senior menitjn of the Selangor Bar Mr. E. A. S. Wagner, in the Supreme Court to-day welcomed the new Chief Justice Mr. I H. Elphinstone K.C., who took his seat
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    220 10 The undernoted non-fiction works will be reacfy for issue on Saturday at 9 a.m.: Bulfinch (Thomas) The IGolden Age of Myth and Legend. 1926. illus. Daisy, Princess of Ples6: an Autobiography by Herself. 1929. illus. E.R.P. (Editor) The Book without a Name- 1929. Being the Eighteenth Century Journal
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    BANGKOK NEWS.
    40 10 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.- -COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok. Apr H Doctor Herts, the new German Charge d'affaires, arrived from Berlin to-day. Two men were electrocuted and two injured by coniinjr into contact with a live wire at the Siam Cement Works.
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    77 10 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT, j London, April 9. 4.10 D.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Soot £208 18 16 (down £7 6 16). Forward £209 2 16 (down £7 8 Hi) The market is weak. Messrs. Symington
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    NORTH COUNTRY CONCERT.
    107 10 I Those who hail from the North-Eastern Counties will be specially interested in a North Country Conceit which will be heir, on Saturday, at 9 p m. in the Raffles Institution Hall, Beach Road. The programme consists of Northumbiian folksongs, community singing of MWh favourites as Blaydon
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    Y.W.C.A.
    114 10 A marked increase in the number of employers and employees using the employment services of the Y.W.C.A. has beer shown recently. In one morning an Esthonian, an Italian, a French woman, two young Chinese girls, an Australian, and several local girls called to make enquiries about posts. After much
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    34 10 I The Singapore Sinhalese Association will not celebrate the National Day this year, j which falls on the 18th. instant, owing to the recent death of their late President, Mr. J. A. Wijeyekoon. J.P.
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    SYNAGOGUE-ST. INQUEST.
    951 10 DEATH FROM NATIRai CAUSES. L Charge Against Parents. When the inquest on the Chin. >„ whose body was found in a lane off < y gogue Street, was continued b*-i\, r J?" Coroner, Mr F. G. Bourne, yesterday niO ra ing there was again a large crowd 5
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    SOUTHERN CROSS LOCATED.
    45 11 ,OIND BY NATIVES NEAI COAST. Thirty Miles From Mission. PIBBI SERVICE.-COPYRIGHT.j Sydney, April 9. plane flyinj? over Drysdale mision ha* picked up a report from give* rtatinjr that the Southerr Uf* Mas been located near the coast Itrtv miles from the Mission.
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    SPEED KING HOME.
    99 11 Major Segrave Feted at Southampton. [Britifh Radio Official Service.l Rugby, April 9. -.raw arrived at Southampton )t fc liner Olympic from the United States l^rrfain n*s for Britain the world's land pd r» ri All the shipping: in the harm All beflamrod. In London Major Seiv»« II
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    $794,000 FOR THE MINERS.
    39 11 i Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, April 9. Mayor of London's Fund for Distressed Mining Areas, be closed on April 13th. now >•• £794,000. overnment contribution of a like I be added to this total for dis■tior
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    GENERAL WARDROP SAILS.
    24 11 Kar Kastern Service.] Shanghai, April 9. Wardrop, who relinquishes •n the rearrangement of mands, left for home to-day kr( th< Naldera.
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    A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT.
    22 11 A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT. ISERVICK.— COPYRIGHT.'. London. April 9. ounce* that the tannic acid *\<.lutionised the treatment trreatly reduced the death thi cause.
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    Is FOUNDERS NEW MOVE.
    33 11 I s FOUNDERS NEW MOVE. Renter 'i Service.] New Y«,rk, Apr. 9Founderi Corporation is raniMtion of three foreign paniea for handling German, and South American securiTogether the American in their control combined M:>0,000,000.
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    ARMED GARAGE RAIDERS.
    25 11 I SERVICE. -COPTRIOHT.] London, April 9. mu armed motor-car banCricklewood garage and •l»We money. A general h*s been issued to all ga-
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    BIG CARGO FIRE.
    21 11 RVIOE. COPYRIGHT.] London. April 9. Of the City of Simla, destroyed by fire to-dav. »bkl on page 7.1
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    FEIGHTING IN LAKE DISTRICT.
    32 11 tLondon, Mar 30. Prevention of Cruelty wing £100 reward for inthai P1J 1 lhv announce- season in the beginning. t ;a Petn assistant District Officer Proceeding shortly to
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    NAVAL ARMAMENTS.
    30 11 N AVAL ARMAMENTS. United States Decision. j [fieuter's Service.] ssaSSSSsSS armaments S-r redu <*ion of Naval went aHhe meetine"^^ 8 G Vern SsKSEfSS Gove™,' at tl^l&^T*^ Conference of 1927. rur
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    HONDURAS TOWN BOMBED OUT.
    58 11 [Reuter's Service.] T T T e uci Galpas. Honduras, April 9 Cua wnVri!^ eS a u r PlaneS flOm Ma Cua uh.ch have been bombing the suspected rebel camps along the border. are reported £*rir^ Slimas Honduras jt^ stated the town was destroved by fire resulting
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    SHANGHAI LADY ATTACKED.
    345 11 t Left Unconscious in Ditch. *m m Shanghai. M irch 2«*. A foreign married lady. 28 ytmn of age recovered COmefousMM about 2 a.m yes.* terday, in a ditch of Edinburgh Roadj af tet she had been attacked foi V purpose of Jobbery by three Chines,, at
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    "BEAU GESTE" OFF.
    88 11 18,000 Spectacle's Four Week's Run. The last nights were announced in mail week, of Beau Geste at His Majesty's N Theatre. The play is an £8.000 production, based on a novel which was a best seller and whjch was made into a most successful filn.. Y Produced
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    DONS EXPLAIN OXFORD SLUMP.
    91 11 Undergraduettes and Tea Parties. Oxford's remarkable slump (they have been beaten by Cambridge in the boat race, at the sports meeting ami at golf) was ex- plained by two of their Dons as partly due to the fact that Cambridge now had a considerably larger number
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    ASHANTI MURDER APPEAL CASE.
    113 11 London. Apr. 2. Escorted by the Accra Commissioner of Police, Dr. Benjamin Knowles arrived yesterday from Takoradi and was lodged in the Plymouth Prison, pending hi- appeal to the Privy Council against the leath sentence imposed on him in Kumasi last November. [Dr. Knowles, M-C. one
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    CHARGE OF STABBING.
    590 11 2 SILAT ROAD COFFEESHOP AFFRAY. A Secret Society CaseThe preliminary enquiry was commenced m the Second Court (yesterday into the charge of murder against two Chinese, Ah Kiat and Bock Koon, who are alleged to have stabbed two other Chinese in a coffee- shop m Silat Road,
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    MANILA SENSATION.
    157 11 Unsuccessful Attempt to Arrest Official. Manila. March >7. The Insular Auditor Mr. Ben. F. Wright, created a sensation, to-day, when ho asked for the arrest of the Director of Insular Posts. Jose Topacio, while the latter was boarding the Dollar str. President Johnson (recently in Singapore) en route
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    STREET WITH 52 "PUBS."
    120 11 Topers' Paradise That Could Not be Found. There is one street in Manchester that has 52 public-houses and not one is paying. The existence of this Topers* paradise was revealed by Mr. J. Toole, prospective Socialist candidate for South Salford, in a speech at Manchester. Rochdale
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    BIG BLAZE IN SYDNEY.
    43 11 Ixmdon, Mar. 30. Sydney. The biggest fire in Sydney for many years destroyed Parbury's Bond, at Miller's Point, in which goods belonging to many well-known firms were stored. The damage, which is estimated at £200,000, is covered by insurance.
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    BRIGHTON IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES.
    16 11 London, Mar. 30. Brighton has decided to spend £500,000 on town improvement schemes.
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    AIRWAYS NEW FLEET.
    189 11 HANDLEY-PAGE GET BIG CONTRACT. New Luxury Liners. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT. 1 London, April 9. The Imperial Airways has ordered a fleet of luxurious air liners, larger than any existing for use over their continental routes, also over sections of the London India line. [Reuter's Service.] London,
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    COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS.
    159 11 Britain's Convention Issue. [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, April 8. lor the second time only in its history, the British Post Office is about to issue commemorative postage stamps. The British Post Office, which introduced postage stumps, has since 1840 preserved a uniform attitude of being: averse from
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    201 11 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Hong KonK, April Mau Piii ,^am. has wired to Chan Ming Shu and Mian Tsi Tang promising not c i come to Kwangtang if Kwangtang is systematically settled. Chu King Tang resigns recommending Li Mo (hi as east rehabilitation commissioner.
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    COUNT GOTO'S ILLNESS.
    26 11 [Nan>o Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, April 8. Count Goto, who has been seriously ill with cerebral haemorrhage, is declared l^i be out of danger.
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    TANAKA CABINET REFORM DIFFICULTY.
    69 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, April 8. Premier Tanaka, who sounded the elder statesman, Prince S:\ionji in the recent interview at Okitsu, is thought likely to have abandoned his programme for tne proposed reorganization of the Cabinet. The Premier is now only able to install two new
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    GIAD TO GET BACK ?
    105 11 GI AD TO GET BACK When the escaped convict, who was recaptured at Seremban. appeared before the District Judge, Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, on a charge of escape from legal custody, Chief Court Jnspect or Meredith said that they did not wish to press the charge, as the prisoner
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    17 11 Mr. D. Richards, M.C.S., has been appoin- ted to be a Deputy Registrar of Titles for Perak.
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    GIANT LIZARD KILLS A PYTHON.
    221 12 Thrilling Fight at Calcutta Reptile House. Calcutta, Mar. 4. A thrilling fiprht between a twelve-foot python and a tfiant lizard ("go-samp"), resulting in the death of the python, has taken place on the premises of Mr. G. M. Khan, a Calcutta trader who supplies specimens
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    BOAT-RACE HUMOUR.
    110 12 Oarsmen of the O^y "Twenties." London. Mar. 24. Shouts of laughter greeted the appearance at Ptttaey, prior* to the boat race, «»f mock lx»at race crews, lupposed to represent the crews of a century atfo. They had enormous tufts of hair stuck in their cheeks for side whiskers
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    197 12 .Match with (Jarrison. foursome match between th«- Garrison •<>!!' Club and the S.G.C. will l>e played at iiukit Timah on Sunday next. The following are t h*- teams Garrison rtlayen mentioned first a»^l times for t-c--ine otT: K.30. Playfalr and Brodie v<. Craik and Rickey. .'{(>. Robb
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    145 12 The following is the programme of Drills up to and for wink ending, April 14th. Wednesday,— 6.l6 p.m.- Drill Hall I) (Kurasian Co., Ofllcera and N. C. Os. Sec. Lead\&g; Bde. si^. Sec. (Sinhalese) Section Parade; M.(J. Sort. (Eurasian) Section Parade (Drill). Thursday,- -5.15 p.m. Drill Hall.
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    CMDR. EVA SAILS.
    95 12 My last message is one of undying love to my brother," said Commander Evangeline Booth, sister of General Bocth, before she sailed for Xew York in the CvMUTdev Berenjjaria from Southampton. Many membes of the Salvation Amy prayed and sang at Waterloo Station befci'e the departure of
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    343 12 Sunday, March Mist. Hin Excellency and Lad} Clifford attended High Mass at the Cathedral of the Go Shepherd. Hen- and Krau Weber un.l Baron \->n Koenig came to luncheon. The Hon. Mr. M. H. Whitiey and Mr* Whitlcy dined at Government House. Mi nday, April i>t. Captain R.
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    HIS EXCELLENCY'S VISIT TO PENANG.
    76 12 U.K. the Governor and Hijrh Commissioner will be leaving on April lfith for Penantf In be present to receive H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester on his arrival. The following itinerary will be observed: Tuesday Kith April 9.00 a.m. Leaver Sea Belle 11. Wednesday 17th April
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    RADIUM AND FINANCE.
    842 13 The Plan to Help the Hospitals. s Jc h t e ?f last to d «finite pro2SVS ealonBr th monopoly in radium the n USa d P nds »«lo» MP P T- Mr Robert ««^»on. the CW, or som tim be™ Pressing SSpSSSSS win »r2 m n
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    NO SALVATION ARMY CHANGES.
    125 13 Suggestion Denied. A suggestion that Important changes are f o be made in the staffing of the Salvation Armv international headquarters was indignantly denied by Colonol A. (I. Cunningham. 'There is not a word of truth in the sus:svstion," he said. "No one has been called
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    HOOVER'S RIGHT HAND.
    672 13 Charles Curtis as a Sportsman. Mr. John J. FitzG«rald, writing in the New York Telegraph, states:— Charles Curtis, vice-President elect, who, with Herbert Hoover, will be one of the principal mainstays of our American Government for the next fout years, is a strong advocate of racing, like
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    WOMAN DOCTOR OF LOVE.
    345 13 Cures for that Down Trodden Feeling. Have you been iilted? Is your husband detained at the office every night Does your wife say. "Drunk again!" when you take her flowers? Have you no sex appeal Never mind. The hue of life will change when you read
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    MALAYAN A.H.A. MEETING.
    277 13 Progress of the New Grounds. A loss on last year's show, held at Ipoh, was reported at the annual meeting of the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association held in Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, says the Malay Mail. Mr. F. W. Douglas presided and the members present were Mr. and
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    134 13 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Hong Kong, April The Kwangsiites are returning from Wuhan via vest Hunan. Conditions have been arranged by the Canton authorities who hav promised to supply mitita**y maintenance. Fung Tsuk Man's return as Financial Commissioner to undertake supply aims at a
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    SIAM'S FLAG.
    189 13 The Bangkok Karn Muang gives some account of the origin of the Siamese flag. This, it says, was in the reign of King Narai, hctween B.E. 219<> and 2225. The capital then was at Ayudhya and many foreign trailers were coming to Siam. On the occasion of the
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    42 13 A Barcelona report tAtes that the Belgian aviators, Van der Velde arid Aovdon, who left Brussels on March 28 for the Congo, fell owing to a motor failure. Van der Wide was seriously hurt and Aerden frmcwhat injured. The machine was wrecked.
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    A BANGKOK FIRE.
    111 13 A fire occurred at about 2.30 a.m. on Mar. 29th in a row of shop houses adjoining the pawnshop at the foot of Sapan Lueng at the entrance to Rama VI road. The houses being of flimsy materials caused the fire to spread with rapidity and over
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    THE KUBELIK RECITAL.
    64 13 Owing to the late arrival of the steamer on which the violinist Jan Kubelik is comj ing to Singapore tho plans for hi* appearance here have had to be -hanged.- He I will give onlv one recital on Sunday, Apri! 1 21. Those who have already hooked
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    48 13 i At the Penang Police Court on Wednesday morning the case in which Ah Sean*?, i the driver of one of the Penang Fir*' I Brigade engines, w as summone 1 for driving i the engine in a rash and negligent manner I was postponed until Wednesday next.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    178 16 The Nam Sanir arrived from Calcutta yes. terday with 147 deck passengers and the Hong- Hwa brought 1,477 from China ports. Cargoes arriving yesterday included 191 bollocks from Bangkok by the Prachatipok and coal by the Sibigo from Samarinda. The m.v. Muncaster Castle, which sailed from Singapore on
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    THE WORLD'S OLDEST WARSHIP.
    291 16 To be Used a* Training Quarters. At a meeting of the Implacable Fund Committee, at the Royal United Service Institution it was decided to accept the offer of the Southampton Board to provide berths in Southampton Water for the old warships Implacable and Foudroyant. If various
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    VALUE OF NAVAL WORK.
    257 16 And Government Building Costs. An impression of the value of Admiralty work to British shipbuilders can be gained from some information given in the House of Commons recently in reply to questions. It was stated that during the financial year 11*27-28 there was a total expenditure
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    SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC.
    200 16 Last Year's Record Figures. Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal during 1928 set up a new record, the total transits (excluding small craft of not more than 500 tons gross) numbering 6084, of 44,100,813 tons gross and 31,905,902 tons net. With regard to the size of vessels,
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    THE DONOUGHMORE SCHEME.
    618 17 Views of Simon Commission Member. Viscount Burnham, G.C.M.G., arrived in Ceylon from Madras by the 8.1. Mashobra recently and left for Home on the same boat. Interviewed by a Times of Ceylon representative, Viscount Burnham discussed Indian, and to a lesser extent Ceylon problems, and it was
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    VISCOUNT BURNHAM TO VISIT COLOMBO.
    149 17 Views on Simon Contmnßioii's Task. Madras, Mar. 21 Viscount Bumham will sail for Home via Colombo by the Mashobra, which leaves Madras at dawn to-morrow. His health shows a considerable improvement and he hopes to be thoroughly fit to resume his duties as a member
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    LADY OXFORD RAISES A STORM.
    637 17 Exhumation of Husband's Remains Opposed. Lady Oxford and Asquith's intentions and statements about the grave of Lord o*i m i he five "««ntury-old church-yard at Sutton Courtney aroused indignation in the village, says a mail week paper lAdy Oxford had obtained permission from the Home
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    NATIONAL OWNER'S MODEST BET.
    152 17 First Victory For Her Colours. London. Mar. 22. It is estimated that a quarter of a miiiion, people saw the Grand National. Oegalach, like the Lincoln winner, TJton, is owned by a woman, and his trainer, Tom Leader, is the brother of Harvey Leader, Elton's trainer.
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    JUMPING 80 YARDS.
    439 17 Ski-jumping is one of the few sports Englishmen have so far neglected, writes Guy Nixon, the Cambridge ski-jumper in the Overseas Daily Mail. "Dashed silly to go chucking yourself off a thing like that." is a remark often heard when one of the braver brethren meditates going
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    JACK M. GREGORY.
    693 18 His Test Match Career. "What a very nice compliment the Victorian Cricket Association paid to J. M. Gregory! It has invited him and his wife to attend the fifth Test match as its guests. And "J.M." has accepted." So wrote Mr. J. C. Davis, "Not out" of
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    35 18 Count C.oto's Illness. [By courtesy ot' the N'anyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.] Tokio, April 7. The condition of Count Shinpei (loto who is ill la Kyoto, the old capital of Japan, is becoming worse.
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    FISHING INDUSTRY.
    67 18 A decision to charter a fishing boat fitted up with refrigerators was made by the Department of Agriculture and Industry which planned to carry on an experimental fishery in certain waters near Celebes in autumn. It is declared in certain opposition circles proves to be remunerative a number
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    PREMIER AND THE P. COUNCIL.
    91 18 The allegation that Premier Tanaka. who signed the Tsinan agreement without the consent of the Privy Council, has explained to Mr. Kuratomi the circumstances under which the agreement was signed, is causing a tense atmosphere in the Privy Council. Premier Tanaka's reply at the forthcoming
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    ESCAPED CAMBODIAN CONVICT.
    88 18 According to the Krungdeb Daily Mail the gendarmerie of Pattani Circle brought a Cambodian up to Bangkok on March 27th. The man was found unconscious on a raft that had been washed up by the sea on the coast at Naradhivas. On the matter being reported to
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    THE NEW FIBROUS PLANT.
    579 18 Claims for "Brotex." A stimulus to arable agriculture which might well bring about a renaissance of English rural lite will be provided by the commercial exploitation ot a new norous plant, if the claims made on ftfl behalf prove to have been justified. A company has
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    SERIES OF GENERAL ELECTIONS.
    363 18 A Polities Forecast. Lord Beauchamp presided a 1 ihe Ihmcr of ■r National Liberal Club ind Politics] and Economic Circle on February -ij. In Intro(toeing Mr. K. Brunker, ihe secietary <>f the Free Trade Unioa\ be said: "We owe him great <i«»l»t of gratftaxle for what
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    74 18 A message from Wellington (New Zealand) states that Mount Teichelmann, which is over 10,000 feet high and has hitherto been the sole peak in the Southern Mps not climbed, has now been successfully ascended by Mr. H. E. L. Porter, an English Alpinist. The party which accomnanied Mr. Porter included
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    834 19 April 9th., Closing Prices. llr Buyers Sellers. •ye i WeiiK 1.00 1.25 Katang Padang 45 50 Batu Caves 161 v 2 i. 6 7V> Bukit Arangs 2.00 2.10 Hitams (iiv a 7914* Hong Fatts 60* JohanTin 34 37V 3 cum. Kinta Tin Dred. 1 60 1 66
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    EXCHANGE.
    52 19 Bank demand 2|3 3|4 Private credits .'i m.s. 2 4 11J32 New York, demand 50 France, demand 1431 Hong Kong-, icafead 12 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 1243i Java, demand 139 7 H Bangkok, demand 80% Bar Silver London 25 13 16 Bank of England Rate sVfc p.c. Sovereign, Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    249 19 April i. Tin 175 Ton* $io«» 4 Gambler 7 Pepper Whit" 10fJ Pepper Black It Pearl Sago Small 8 Copra Sun. tried ,).2i> Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle t New 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    63 19 April Hth.. 12 Tclork MM, R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. I'onf of Market: StCMly. Lfitt^t Cablt-: Lomlon Sp.it shr.'t 10' K d. per H>. >"w York .^pot Shet-t (Lets. -2» M p«f 'b. Spot M MVfc Standard R.S.S. .>n Trn«W-r April H8» 4 S 4
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    83 19 Harrisons,. .Barker and Co., l*enang. Agent* Kinta. Kellas Dredging: Output TOO pikuU; Hours run 500; Yardage 90,0*W P«tlmateq realised value of ore $45,000. Evatt and Co.. IVnann. Secretaries. Malaya Consolidated. W)'2 pikuls; :>,: > >,7.~1> cubic yards and 2,'VM) hours. The low output was »lue t<»
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    LONDON FINANCE WIRE.
    102 19 Depressed Tin Share Market. iFKfcE TRESS S£KVICC— COPY Jtf GUT. London, Apr. 9. The rubber share market is mintelMting and the commodity is dull and uninteresting-. London stocks have increased by .s.Y7 tons, Liverpool by <J. The following dividends have been declared •Jasin and Malacca 10 per
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    PROMT SHARING IN INDUSTRY.
    284 19 Piofit sharing in industry is not such a new idea as some ■octal reformers would have us believe. It is admitted now-a-days by those who ate seriously Interested in the welfare of the'worler that profit sharing in some form or another is a sound principle, and
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    MERCANTILE BANK.
    155 19 The Mth annual report of the Mercantile Bank submitted to the meeting in London on March 2*ith shows: The net profits for the year, after providing for bad and doubtful debts, and including i'lfi4,N4o Bs. M; brought forward from last account, amount to £415,04») 17s. Sd. From this
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    EASTERN BANK.
    141 19 The l'Jth annual report of the Eastern Bank submitted to the meeting M March 27th. shows: The net profits to December 31st 1988, after providing for contingencies anil including the balance brought forward from the last account as shown by the annexed statements, amount to £104,409 Ifo Sd.
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    POSTAGE AND CABLE COSTS.
    137 19 The agitation for a return to i.he Pinny Post still continues, in Great Britain, ami, despite the fact that, when compared with the increased cost of living, the present letter rate 1 is actually cheaper than the pre-war rate of Id., business organisations still clamour for
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      601 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,003,000 Reserve Fund Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000 000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. W. H. Bell, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1179 20 It is perhaps hardly necessary to counsel the Swimming Club to go very warily in regard to any undertaking for the removal of the Club from its present site. Whilst in every way sympathetic with any policy which promises to secure greater permanency and greater facilities we cannot
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    FUH TAN FOOTBALLERS.
    669 20 STRIKING GAME ON THE STADIUM. Exciting Finish. Fuh Tan University. .0; S.C.F.A., 0. The finest gram? of football we have set.n this season was witnessed at the Stadium yesterday when the visitors from Shanghai —Fuh Tan University— met the S.C.F.A. for a goalless draw. Tho Chinese Consul-General
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    OTHER RESULTS.
    34 20 Result in yesterday's Second Division S.F.A. League games were: Y.M.C.A. 4, A.P.C. T>; S.C.F.A. 'A' t, O.T.F.C. 0. In the X.C.C. Football Tournament the B.RI. and EUs. beat P.S. and L. 4—o.
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    OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
    23 20 Mr. Tan Teck Guan, 2 I^aidlaw Building, Singapore, was the winner of our last football competition with eleven correct forecasts.
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    38 20 Meml>er* are reminded that the prize giving for the Tennis Tournament will ta\e place this afternoon at 5.45 after which the Club will be "At Home" and the Police **nrf will play from 6 to 8.
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULT.
    26 20 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 8. In a Third Division (Northern Section) of the English League match. Chesterfield drew with Wigan, neither side scoring.
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    INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.
    583 20 HOW ENGLAND DEFEATED FRANCE. Accidents to Players. Colombes, April 1. The weather was fine and there were 40,000 spectators at to-day's rugby international, in which England beat France by 16 points to 6 points. Tucker (Bristol) replaced Sparkes in the England side and Graciet took Magnanou's place in
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    YACHTING.
    285 20 The "B" Class Race. Sunday morning saw only five boats jockey in g for the start, the absentees being Merlin and Prima Donna, the forme i because she is undergoing a complete overhaul and the latter because the cup was presented by the skipper, the Vice-Commo-dore. There was only
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      S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      151 20 Yesterday's Results. Veterans Doubles Handicap. F. Ruchwaldy and A. G. Stredwick owe 1 beat R. M. Duff and H. Elphick owe 1, 10—8, 6—4. Godown Double* Handicap. C. E. Winter and A. M. MacKintosh owe 3 beat L. W. Byrde and E. V. Smith plus 2,
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      WEDNESDAY'S TIES.
      126 20 Championship Doubles. Lt- J>earden and Lt. Waring vs. G. Murphy and M. G. Marriott. C. E. Winter and W. C. Hill vs. L. P. Hickey and J. Wilson. P. Clerc and D. H. Kleinman vs. Rev. Aitken and N. S. Wise. Championship Preliminary. R. M. Duff vs. J.
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      THURSDAY'S TIES.
      112 20 Godown Doubles Handicap. R. M. Duff and E. J. Cassels owe 15 vs. H. Jackson and D. M. Doig owe 3. Dr. Madgwick and Dr. McOwan plus 15 v*. C. E. Winter and A. M. MacKintosh owe 3. Championship Preliminary. (J. H. Daly vs. Lt. Waring. P. Buschow
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    S.V.C. MUSKETRY.
    137 20 The following members obtained the highest score in their Units on the annual musketry course: Corps Shot No. 1062 R. S. M. H. E. Wootton 107. Company Shots: S.R.A. (v) No. 1224 Sgt. H. J. Rae 65 (a). S.R.E. (v) No. 528 Spr. A. R. B. Christie 64
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    78 20 The Men's Monthly Medal for March was won by Mhr. A: J. Sheedy. The following scores were returned. I Ten cards were taken out. The Ball Sweep was won by Mr. L. F. Knight. A. J. Sheecfty 92 24 68 D. Hillary 80 11 69 C.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    41 20 The April monthly medal (Stroke) will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, and the Ladies' Spoon (Bogey) on Monday. The qualifying round of the Telegraph Cup will be played off in conjunction with the April monthly medal.
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    S.V.C. UNIT EFFICIENCY.
    88 20 Th<» following are the efficiency percentapes of Units S.V.C. for 1928.— S. R. A. (v) 94.54 S. R A. (v) Signal Section 63.63 S. R. E. (v) 80.00 Ist Battalion Signal Section 95.65 Intelligence Section 100.00 "A" (M. G.) Company 81.75 "C" (Scottish) Company 98.16 "D M
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