The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 April 1929

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    12 1 Singapore Free Press BNTB. SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929. NO. 12,698
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    295 1 Singapore wa* en fete for the visit «f the Duke of Gloucester and an enthusiastic and loyal welcome was extended to His Royal Highness whose activities during his brief stay here are described on pages 9 and 16. The search of Anderson and Hitchcock f<;r the Southern
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    105,000 MILES SEEKING NEWS.
    1278 1 It was an ordinary wall map of the wurltl in flat. There were red lines showing the principal lanes of communication between continents and countries, writes Sir Percival Phillips, Special Correspondent of The Daily Mail. Not an object calculated to thrill the average observer, yet to
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      187 1 ITRE CHILLED CREAMERY BUTTER "SNOWFLAKE" A TASTE OF HOME. RAFFLES HOTILI Tuesday 23rd April ST GEORGE'S DAY j DINNER DANCE iifiaaiiiiiiiiiiaiiimiifl m m m m *f Y I FRASER NB AVE, LTD. I FOR ALL FILING EQUIPMENT. J #^W #^W 4^6 4^6 i i AT§.-^A W^# ~#^W v i imacfe
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      306 1 «£> IDe Laval I I OIL PURIFIERS I J Fa// details and prices Z v \-r f IIIcAIISTER g CO., LTD.! (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) 4%* ijj,aaaiaaiaii!ii!iHii!i^^ I EUROPE HOTEL]! 1 1 jjj "Renowned by Recommendation" j S SPECIAL NOTICE ifi g Owing to other arrangements there will be no
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      92 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Martnite. the great yeast food Page 6. F.O.V, brandy is expensive hut genuine Page 8. An unsolicited testimonial for Robin*on*i Pasre 9. Punlop famed from England to British Malaya I€. Littles have some dainty shoes for ladies Pajre 8. Mappin and Webb for reliability and »alue Pajj*? 14.
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      13 1 WOOD'S I FAMOUS SELF RAISING I FLOUR FOR SCONES AND I CAKES. I
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      165 1 THE WEEK. Hiph W«t*», y.M a.m., |#.1S p.m., 8.3. Art Kxhibition Y.M.C.A. PoOtWll: S.C.C. vs. R.A. .l»iv. I) StadiumS.C.C. vs. O.T.F.C. ,Div. II) S.C.C. r S.H.B. vs. Y.M.C.A. .Div. ll* S.H.B Warwick Co. Theatre 9.50, Hi«h I.iphts. Tuesday, 23rd. Hi^h Water, 10. M a.m.. IJ, in.:',!* p.m., 8.5. Art Kxhibition
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    'YARD' AND MYSTERY OF FIVE DEATHS.
    416 2 'YARD AND MYSTERY OF FIVE DEATHS. All in One Famil>. likel) ii»J Otrnmrnilc devflnnmtnu foUov laventifttioiM ow l, e mi*** »y\ A «rd detective! Into the sudasivj death< uf :Wo, member. af "^'l fanittj during the past 1* months, >a> aj mmil week paper. I h expected that »n application
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    129 2 On Sunday night, at 10.45 p.m., a collision occurred at tht* junction of Belfiel I Street and Hu^rh Low Street, Ipoh, between a Kur'»i**cin-mvned car. occupied by Mr. C. J. Cox, of Ramhutan, Ltd., TanjonK Ram. butan. ami a Chevrolet car bearing No. Pk. <?.700. As a tvsult of the
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      224 2 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. gS^»/>^ mm t^* w OMN4IMMM g^^y^e 22 *^r i DOES YOUR BACK ACffi? Tbousaads of men and woman snffsr for jrsars
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      261 2 EDGAR WARWICK presents the WARWICK REVUE COMPANY In a series of Light-hearted Reviews of Revues. Direct from London. To-Night at 9.30 p.m i "HIGH LIGHTS Tuesday, April 23rd. "COME INSIDE." Wednesday, April 24tli. I Thursday. April 2 f >th. J^JUST FOR FUN." **THE MERRY -CiOROUND." Friday. April 2«th. I Saturday,
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      247 2 ALHAMBRAI T~ Cheng Kce Co. Ltd., Pr0pri,.,,... Commencing April 18th. and Endin K ">,,|| In the Second Show at 9Dm nri I THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS J' 0 A William Fox de Luxe Thriller THE AIR CIRCIf The Greatest Show irr the Skies, with a Cyclone of Th In the
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    MATTERS CHINESE
    644 3 CHINESE LEPROSY AID SOCIETY, A Shanghai Charity. Mr. Lee Chin Hsien, who has been depu'-'t-.l jy the Leprosy Aid Society, Shanghai, sj a jtunding Commissioner for Malaya, nas ariived here. His mission here it is understood is to give medical advice to lepers; to establish a branch office
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    SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES..
    266 3 One of the new elections to the Royal Society is that of Dr. Peter Kapitza, who ••nine to England from Leningrad only a few years ago to undertake research in the Cavendish Laboratory. His first work was on radio-attivity, in which he suggested ertain improvements in the Wilson
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    13 3 Mr. E. B. Marsden, general manager, Home in tHe Natdera on A^^ 19.
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    TROOP-CARRYING AEROPLANES.
    72 3 Pn.;;osai t;> Hui'd 51-scater Machines. r London. Apr. Following the success of the troop-car; ying" aeroplanes uSej in connexion with .he Kabul evacuations, it is learned .hat plan--are now beinjr made for th? provision .f still larger aeroplanes, each capable of accommodating- 50 aiily-armH infantrymen. The machine? will
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    FARMER WARNS OFF HUNT.
    81 3 Mr. CHatworthy, a younv fanner. »»f *nc'< done Hay, Winsford. Somerset, mi iostetj the following 1 notice: Not hunting of any descHptlon wilj u allowed in the wood or on any of .n v -h^A.\ adjoining Winsiojd Hill afte; this date. Masters of the hunt take
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      186 3 ■get your "kodak" and I I CINE-'KODAK 1 l| READY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF j| H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester I USE "KODAK" FILM. I Itiiifcrr we will examine and clean your "Kodak" j i I free <>f charge at our Retail Store, 8, Batterr Road. m^B m I "KODAK"
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      249 3 "I'd no ulea they could be so good, 1 wish I had tried tfiem before." Smokers change to Craven"A" because they know they will get sheer unvarying quality Pure matured Virginia Tobacco 6J the highest quality. 2. Pure British Paper free from injurious ingredients. 3. A Hygienic, Pure Natural Cork-Tip
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      98 3 I Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. BRANCHES jj 21, First Cross Street MALACCA 11. Light Street PENANG I a* Registered by and Security deposited with the I btraits Settlements Government. I Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guarg dians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration
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    DOES THE GALLOWS REFORM ?
    1000 5 DOES THE GALLOWS REFORM Writes the Bishop of Norwich, in the Daily Mail: The arguments brought against the death penalty are well-known, and if they are not conclusive at least they are telling. It is said to be a brutal relic from the past. Up till comparatively recent times a
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    SIR HARRY LAUDER'S SONG WRITER.
    80 5 Glasgow. Mar- 18. Mi. Alexander Melville, who wrote songs for Sir Harry Lauder and many othei Scottish comedians, died in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow. "Killiecrankie," 44 Risin' Early in the Mornin'," and "Tobermory," were among the songs which he wrote for Sir Harry Lauder. Mr. Melville
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    JAVA PRANAKAN CLUB.
    115 5 The general meeting of the Java Peranakan Club was held at their Club House No. 17 Bussorah Street on Wednesday at 7 p.m. sharp. The following: officers were elected for the year. President and Treasurer: Syed Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Alkaff; Vice President Amed bin Bachok; Secretary Harron
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    122 5 On Saturday night, says the Malay Mail Malacca correspondent, Mr. Chua Kwang Kue, father of Mr. Chua Eng Siak, of the Tranquerah English School, slipped and fell into a large drain which had about five feet depth of water. Mr. Kwang Kue, who is about CO years of age, was"
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      265 5 SQCDNY (Pronounced SO CO NY) More |Upj§3vJB More Power «yL MnTDH e |f' Mfcitfe STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. 1 1 B H I B I I II c&tt&s Ants Ants? How disgusting it is to sit down to your meal
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    THE MUSE ROLLS UP HER SLEEVES.
    775 6 Yovag Randalls had never imairined <juite such a nene-piercinp din as proceeded from the packed mob of ragamuffins dimly visible in the blackness of the picture theatre before him. There seemed to be thousands of these unwashed youngsters, patrons of the penny Saturday matinee,
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    29 6 Mr. M. Henry, who has been Manager of Storch Bros., Ipoh, Ltd.. since the opening of the branch left for Singapore en route to Kurope on a holiday. T.O.M.
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      193 6 V- I 1 4^S <- a H rJ H TTHIS preparation contains the natural medicinal H principles of the Grape and Lemon. H It relieves headache, biliousness, flatulence and I sickness. It has a special appeal as a blood -purifier to all H tkoae living in not countries. 1 Stocked
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      126 6 OAVin COPPERFIELD IN PICTURES. by Arthur Moreland. N«. 73. Mr. Jorkins obdurate. Ague*. MvdSTßjryrWdOO'S Ft«*ST MIGHT tW II ~~^*^l ifc 1^ V Sf?Y^SLT^T?^ WAS MEW VWAY^° SEE Wl3s "^otwooo leaving TmC Coach -Mr > BUCKINGHAM Sr WAS«CSTI_CSS. iPEeT HIGH SHC W»AS CONVINCED IN IVItWO^ HiS AUWQ UjfSK »g s^Pil^^*^£ t6SStANO
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    REPARATIONS CHECK.
    196 7 AMERICAN BUSINESS ANNOYED, The Door Still Open. [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Apr. 20. While the reparations impasse at Paris has disappointed official circles, a stronger word must be used to describe the feelings of Wall Street, where anticipations of a favourable outcome were recently reflected in the strength of
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    FOREST FIRES IN SPAIN.
    123 7 [Reuter's Service.) Madrid, Apr. 20. For" t fires at Mount Eldualle. which spread to neighbouring mountains and villages, have assumed catastrophic proportions farms being swil lowed up in a blazing inferno which thwarts attempts to check it. The inhabitants aro hastily retreating leaving their belongings. Traffic
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    WHERE THE TROUBLE COMES FROM.
    51 7 Reuter's Service.] Madrid. Apr. 20. The Government has declared there are too many doctors and lawyers in Spain and have closed the medical faculty at Salamanca and threatens to close other colleges where there ha* been political trouble. Oviedo and Barcelona universities are totally closed
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    INDIES FREE PARLIAMENT.
    55 7 IReuter** Serviee.l The Hague, April 19. The First Chamber by 29 to 15 approved a bill revising the constitution of the Dutch Bast Indies Peoples' Council. Henceforth natives, Europeans and oriental foreigner* will have equal rights of representation. The present European majority will therefore disappear in favour
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    TO CHECK THE COINER.
    55 7 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva. April 19. The conference for the suppression of counterfeit currency has concluded. It adopted the draft convention but the Indian and Chiue.se delegate* made a reservation as regards extradition* Geneva. Apr. 20. Twentythree countries, including Russia and India, have signed the conventions protocol
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    ALL-FASCIST ITALY.
    106 7 Kin); Opens Mussolini'e Parliament. [Reuter's Service.] Kmne, Apr. 20. The King and Queen drove in state to the opening of the first all-Fascist Parliament. Sig. Mussolini, in court dress, with the Ministers, met their Majesties in the vestibule of the Palace of Monte Citorio whence they proceeded to
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    A GREAT FRENCH FLIGHT.
    54 7 [Renter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 20. Bailley and Reginensi hav« completed their return flight from Indo-China. They left Saigon on April 12. Bailley and Reginensi's time for the return beat all speed records for this flight The actual flying time for the 15,000 mile? journey out and
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    A WASHINGTON APPOINTMENT.
    27 7 B 1 Heaters Service, j Wanlumirton, Apr. 20. Dr. Julius Klein, the well-known com mercial expert, has been appointed As sistant Secretary of Commerce.
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    NUDE SECT MAROONED.
    663 7 NEARLY STARVED AND FROZEN. But no Deaths.; The sixty members, men, women, and children, of the notorious- "Zarathustra Colony" of nude sun-worshippers have been victims of the recent terrible cold spell shut off from the rest of the world and nearly starved and frozen to death for
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    PERILS OF THE STEEL WORKER.
    55 7 I neuter^ J v New York. Apr. 20. While crowdfc were streamihur into lower Broadway JMi^veral hujre irirder^ collapsed from pie eleventh storey of the new W««tern Union building carrying; the scaffolding on which several men were working. Four were killed instantly and possibly several
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    FINLAND'S DIET DISSOLVED.
    38 7 [Reuter's Service.] Heisinirfor*, April 19. The President has dissolved the Diet owinj? 1 to its refusal to vote credits to increase the salaries of Government employees. The new elections will take place on July tst.
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    U.S. AIR DISASTER.
    23 7 i [neuter's Service.] Ssn lHeffo, Apr. 2ft. Pour U.S. naval airmen were killed in mid-air owing to a seaplane collision.
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    SUMMERTIME.
    15 7 .1 [Reutcr's Service.] 1 Lontnt, April I*. I Summertime begins at 0200 next Sunday.
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      527 7 Business cards. f^L^ANGE M I IMPROVES I YOUR HEALTH j FUNERALS. I singaporeTcasket co. 1 rtPERIENCED UNDERTAKERS. I n. f .nd Nifbt Service. Tel. No. 75.1 IJ^EJSISIBIBIBeBeBEEBIBH^^ i MR MRS. FUJIMORI I I ,VJ» A SESE BONE-SETTER I 19 l>h<»by Ghaut. Singapore.® i N H./urs 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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      696 7 NOTICES. MUNICaPAUTY OF SINGAPORE. Notice is hereby (riven that Crawford Street *ill be closed to through traffic from Tuesday, \pril 28rd. until further notice for the purpose of recon struct ion. W. MARSH, Municipal Secretary. NOTICE. A meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the Settlement of Singapore will
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      414 7 a I -^tr \tj 11 I m iL. I idL l\ ptbIEAPPUB I Hams Bacon Are tHc best Sole Aqents< Singapore Coud Stoua<|e Co.. Ltd. i Wm^omtm Ml St»«it, I|Tnv»n,| AUCTION SALES. Estate of CHIA ONG TIN, Deceased AUCTION SALE of VALVABLE FREEHOLD LANT> AND HOUSE NO. rt 2 MACKENZIE
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      420 7 THE "SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Toe Premier Morning Daily in Malaya, a live "news" paper 40-50 columns of new a daily. Also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Haxri each morning. Latest Telegrams, Latest New* and Latest Announcements, daily Rubber and Tin Price Cables, together with exclusive special
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATH.
      29 8 DEXTER ALLEN.- On April 20th, 192!», «t his si.*t»-r's homo in Ampthill. of influenza 'and pneumonia, George Dvstcr Allen. M. A. Oxon, Priest Ifl Holy Urder>. a^.-d tffi.
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      WEEK-END COMMENT.
      616 8 In finer weather even Ina.i that which greeted him on arrivui here on Saturday the Dolce of Gloucester left yesterday morning to contin.i*. his voyage to Japan on the Garter Mi•ion. His stay in Malaya was too short to give him more than a fleeting view of either
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      444 8 Chief Inspector J. G. Barrett, Penang, who was recently ill. has resumed his duties. s. Bcfco. Mr. ;«nd Mrs. T. D. Ehsor and their children, with Miss G. L. Bruce, have l?ft Kuala Lumpuf on the way Rome by the i.ulandia. Raja Shahrome. son of the late Raja Said Tauphy,
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    THE ELECTION RALLY.
    190 8 BALDWIN'S BEEF AND BROCCOLI. Cornwall Leads the Way. [Reuter's Service.] i..»nd«n, Apr. 2\). 'Beef and Broccoli," the first slogan of the general election campaign has arisen from the policy enunciated by Mr. Baldv/h. who, ffivinfc an example of British agricultural possibilities, made a point of the fa:
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    DISARMAMENT TALK.
    141 8 Chemical Warfare Problem. [Router's Service.] Geneva. Apr. 20. M. Litvinoff was th:* principal figure in another incident in the Disarmament Committee-. Dealing with chemical warfare the Chairman asked if M. Litvinoff would lUm to participate. The latter retorted that ru* wanted to -peak on a question of procedure
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    CHINAS AIR CONTRACT.
    147 8 An All-Embracing Scheme. m [Reutcr'a Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, April 20. The State Council has- approved firstly a contract of the China government's National Aviation Corporation with the American Aviation and Kxploration Incorporated, controlled by Curtis*, whereby the latter undertakes to establish air routes in various parts
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    CAMPBELL'S BAD LUCK.
    205 8 Thoughtless Spectators. [Reuter's Service.] Veroeuk Fan. April 19. Captain Malcolm Campbell attempts to beat the record to-morrow following a trial run with which he was very satisfied. He reached 215 miles an hour without a single hitch when he struck a bump and travelled in the air
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    HIS LIFE FOR FRIENDS.
    192 8 TRAGIC END OF U J AIRMAN. U ANl End of Southern Crow Searcfc IFBBI I>KESS UCKVICE. COPyin The aeroplane in u-^h^r 1 and Hitchcock set nut o shSS?* Kinsraford Smith and his conSS 1 f the Southern Cross and Th^ been missing for many days £L
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    PATHETIC APPEAL OF FAMINE VICTIMS.
    155 8 Are We Forgotten [Reuter> ServJ l*«*kinir. U'ril >\\ The china International Fn j Committee reports th«« receipt pttifal voided appeals from foreigneri in tstfl mine regions of Kansu mch a- "i~ Kav. forgotten, or its distress undere*! Those who have bMfl <>n th. rergt (ration
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    THE SMALLPOX SCARE.
    224 8 French Authorities Obdurate. [Router's Service.] Lor.dor. \pril I 1 It is officially confirmed the May 1 Havre is enforcing from to-monew i gelation requiring all persona lurnnnvr I England to product' etftuVatei 'hat have boon facftnafed in the past >ix I The Southern Railway is coasisff suspension
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    THE KING TO HIS PEOPLE.
    46 8 [Reuter's Servuv.] |,>n.lon. ApH The Sunday Times «MH>Ul*« lH ..j--will shortly address WMiW j tion and thanks to the peo] l« °J_^ «0 for the many expression o **ljfa il him in his lon«: illnostake the form of a "WtteT t
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    MISSISSIPPI DISASTER.
    22 8 [Router's Service "I Illinoi. AP 1 The embankment at M^ Missouri, broke yest«rd*> waters of the Ki»il»W acres of land.
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      359 8 r3| The combination of prune-juice I U| and scientific application can I 1 B make the most mediocre brandy I ||l palatable, but cannot make it I nnfll a Liqueur Brandy. g IHffl Hi Bottles of quaint shape with I /^IP^I plausible dates on their labels aid I mnmk the
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      123 8 -.-fc.--.r-.--. Mm m ib E_Jl3l I EXQUISITE FACE 1 I POWDERS j| Ddkatoisr perf noMd H S toanttalL S pUPIRE BROTHERS, LTD. i 8 fide Agents (Wholesale) X 634 TENG SENG GUAN, 634 North Bridge Road, Singapore. Jewellers and Agents for Tan Kah Kee and Company's Goods. T«ir No. 241K.
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      38 8 COMMODITY MARKET. SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT. London, April 20, 12 noon. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as follows Spot 9 14/16 (unchanged*. Forward 10 216 (down 1 16). The market is steady.
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    GARTER MISSION IN SINGAPORE
    3372 9 HEARTY WELCOME TO OUR ROYAL VISITOR. MALAYA'S PRINCELY CONNECTIONS. n n Satardaj morning His Royal Highness Prince Henry, I hike "I Gtos*sutuT, arrived in Singapore from Kuala l.umpur ;»nd received a very hearty welcome. Hiv nuir from I'enang had afforded him ait opportunity of HfiM I
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    KUBELIK'S VISIT.
    99 9 A large audience greeted the worldfamous violinist, Kubelik, when he appeared at the Victoria Theatre last night. The violinist gave wonderful renderings of many of the most famous violin pieces Extant and it would be difficult to single out one particular piece amongst such a repertoire of classical
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      247 9 1 UNSOLICITED I Struts Produce (Page 180) I I April Ntifflber "GOURiMET'S GUIDE. The gent who stocked the wines at iMessrs. Kobi.iM.n Co. deserves honour- 3j ig ab!e mention. We recommend to your kind atten- jfj bl tion the 1921 Lanson. Also there is a fine champatjne •-fi jji that
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      797 10 I Blue Funnel.Line H < REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. (0) l WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due S'pore. f ANTENOR
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      477 10 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.SA.) fUEMUSf [ML PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA POSTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due S'pore. •A CITY OF MOBILE May 8 8.8. CITY OF DERBY June 10 HOMEWARDS. •.a. CITY
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      425 10 Britisk India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated in England.) MAE^ PASSENGER AND CARGO i SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH MS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMfvt LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM MHWffIT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Due MOREA 11,000 Apr. 20 KARMALA 9 ion PERIM 7,600
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      668 11 0. S. K. Line. Donation*. 9tea««r». Arrive. Lrnc. lon K.tterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, DunkWk nnd Antwerp via Colombo, |*R, Suoz and Port Said. Amur Mam May 17 May 19 tartan Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, u^ vi ,l. Montevideo and Buenos Airea. fLa Plata Mara Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Round .1
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      394 11 ROUND— THE— WORLD SERVICE. From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO. SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Singapore. Singapore. Penan*. PRES. WILSON Apr. 29 May 2 May 4 PRES. VAN BUREN May 13 May 16 May 18 PRES. HAYES May 27
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      630 11 K. P. M. HMMLYIE PMEnUMT MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAYIA>. (Incorporated in Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640, with sub. connections to:— Passage, Freight, j Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manaprer'a desk. Repmentatrve* the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penaac). of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU
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    BRITISH UNION IN EAST AFRICA.
    852 12 Three Colonies 9 Jealousy. Sir Percival Phillips, dealing with theSovernments decision with reference to the future of the British dependencies in Eastern and Central Africa, writes as follows in the Overseas Daily Mail: There will be lively dissatisfaction, as well as open opposition, in the
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    111 12 4 At about ten p.m. one night last weekend a Straits Echo representative behelu the shocking sight of two Malay police constables going down China Street on one bicycle which ha<3 no light on it! According to the present law of the country the rider of the bicycle was committing
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      594 12 Burns Pfailp Line I (Incorporated in Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.
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      458 12 Kerr Steamship Co. inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) Q GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ANn BALTIMORE. M.S. SIL\ r ERBELLE due May 8 sailg M.S. SILVERMAPLE ilue May 25 May 13 M.S. SILVERHAZEL due June 15 M.S. SILVERASH due July 6
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      274 12 CHARGEURS REUN! (Incorporated In France). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT II PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARDS. SAIGON, TOURANE IXD lI MPHOV Dm Sinuapon CAP PADARAN Mav CAP ST. JACQUES HOMEWARDS. MARSEILLES. NANTES AND BORDBAI V Dm Smsraport I JAMAIQUE M* 'I CAP PADARAN MARSEILLES. HAVRE Ml Nklßfc AND ANTWERP. Dm Singapore DALNY Apt I
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      738 12 SHIPPING NOTES. There were 13 officers, 50 non-commis-sioned officers and 434 sailors of H. M. Royal Italian Navy on board the Italian ship Romolo which left the harbour to-day enroute for Shanghai. 2C6 bullocks arrived by the Kola from Bangkok. MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei L em
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    MAKING THE ORDINARY SET "PORTABLE."
    865 13 Room-to-Room Wiring. Mr. W- James writes in the Morn in? Post: Listeners having an ordinary wirelesa receiver may feel at a disadvantage at times as compared with those having a portable or fairly light self-contained receiver. But it is surprising how easy a matter it
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    OX ROASTED WHOLE.
    85 13 Thame, Oxfordshire, Mar. 18. For the Arst time in living memory an ox was roasted whole in the streets of Thame to-day. This was at the opening of the Thame shopping week, and Rr. C. Gardner, an expert from Stratford-on-Avon, was specially. engaged to do the roasting
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    49 13 The friends of Mr. S. H. Al-Junied, who left for Edinburgh last year to study medicine there, will be pleased to hear that a telegram has been received to the effect that he has qualified for the L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. He is proceeding to Ireland to specialise in midwifery.
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      380 13 I to the Public I I inVEREADY Flashlights and Unit Cell Batter* I I ivies are recognized the world over as the best. H I Like every other high quality product, they I I have many imitations. None, however, can equal H I the years of experience, the skilled workman*
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      166 13 B\ B> NESTLE AND ANGLO -SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO. J BL v^■C B» Bff' NU fllß^Bßk. .^^B ,mi B\ /j^B t I^^B^L>^^^P. B^^BT gf|^3 BjSJß^Bfc£*»*- ;r'l BT^ M I THE LAMP OF KNOWLEDGE J L^ ft 1 money, enhances tlie worlj- to-Aiv BBBr Bj ■BK BP m BB^ X. HBl
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    567 14 "THE CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF COAL.' To the Editor. Sir, Alluding to the recent issue of your paper and sonic details given by you taken irom The Times and other English papers snowing the valuable results by working in England, and as, apparently, ..heie is a boom
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    L.O.N. HEALTH BUREAU.
    288 14 The following is the Health Bulletin of the I «'a<rue of Nations' Kastern Hunan, for Aden: :>K smallpox cases and deaths as against 9 CAMI and deaths during the preceding week. Kassein: 2f> cholera deaths. Komhay: 3 plague deaths; 104 smallpox rases and 4<> deaths as against
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    51 14 Mr. G. F. Edlin, of E. A. Barbour and Co., Teluk Anson, is leaving for Home on eight months* leave "by the Antenor next „.o oi *r r c Pnhp^«. from Malacca, takes Kb place. His position on the Perak F. A. Committee is being taken by Mr. H. Ross.
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      368 14 Blckml Poisoning J* Our piclun t- frtttn n Snap- Ml« Ci AljIH X' HL M tih<>( <\\ A 1 1 I. W t'Hl of -a-^ fiJi 1^ Siltiloa.l,\\islierli ramha., fiXDCIICu mi ySM H^. Kn^lanW, wlio writer: "I -M f' ikl wns sunviin^ fn>m :t very By Cleansing the Blood with
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      176 14 I STOP THAT I Less Work I IUAIT! I AND 4 t v I Better Results? A Y«& can quickly repair LO ♦> leaks or cracks in radi- V y ators. why be stranded 1 BY i'f miles from home, when I <i^ it can be avoided by 1 O^r^N
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    814 15 April l»th Closing Prices. |«t«flg pJa^ 1-00 1.25 I«~ gs iS wian i in 27 o« Kinta Tin Dred. i 4 qi X> I-,, Klang River ££f* J'J| assw. vl Malayan Con. n Vo Mambaus «7i/ <wt/ Menglembu 20 27 2 Murai 91 u o^ 7 Nai
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    INDUSTRIES AND RESEARCH.
    822 15 Self-Support Required. There is one striking and rather disturbing: feature of the position in this country with regard to cooperative industrial re&oiu\h. it i.j specially mentio^i! in the recently issued report of the (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and it has been painfully obvious ever since
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    DUNLOP ORDINARY DIVIDEND.
    50 15 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 20. Dunlops have reduced the dividend on the ordinary shares from 25 to 20 per cent. The trading: account is credited with £1,500,000 from reserves and the sum so credited is less than the Company's losses consequent upon the removal of rubber restriction*
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    PLAIN WORDS FOR RUSSIA.
    95 15 Debts Must Be Honoured. [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, April 20. A resolution was adopted at the meeting of the British Trade Delegation and handed to M. Piatokoff, Russian Commissar, stating that economic developments were impossible without resumption of diplomatic relations. It was equally impossible for Russia to
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    CONTINENTAL DYE TRUST AGREEMENT.
    75 15 [Reuter's Service.] Ilerlin. April 21. Negotiations which have been proceeding for some time between the German Dye Trust and leading French and Swiss chemical works have been successfully concluded. The continental chemical industry ha* reached an understanding: regarding the production, sale and regulation of'priccs for sale
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    G.E.C. BRITISH SHARE ISSUE DROPPED.
    55 15 [Reuter's Service.] London. April IH. Sir Hugo Hirst has written u> shareholders of the General Electric Company dropping the controversial Financial scheme to which American shareholders objected. He adds he is sure a way will be found to reconcile the neids of national industry with
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    ROBINSON AND CO., LTD.
    209 15 The following is the report to be submitted at the annual meeting at Harrisons, Barker and Co., Chartered Dank Chambers OB April 27 at noon. The turnover was affected by the general depiession in trade throughout Malaya. Against this, hrwever, the Directors have to report that
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    THORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE). LTD.
    145 15 THORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE) LTD. The following is the report t<. be submitted to the shareholders at the second annual general meeting of Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd., to he held at the Company's registered oAm, si, Orchard Road, on Monday, April 2l»th. Alter allowing for the feos of Directors the available balance of
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    KUALA SIDIM CONTRACTS.
    56 15 Under instructions received from the Board of Directors, Boustead and Co., Penar.tf, advise that the undernoted forward contract was concluded by Kuala Sidim on the 7th ult., Contract dated March 7th, 1929: for 60 tons Ribbed Smoked Sheet at 46 v^ cents per Ib. f.o.b. Penang January-Decem-ber
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    39 15 Mr. O. H. Grove, Collector of Land Revenue, Seremban, left the State yesterday for Singapore en route to Europe on furlough, says Thursday's Malay Mail. Mr. W. D. Baron, of Selamgor, arrived in Seremban on Monday to succeed him.
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      633 15 (ASSETS OVER $9,500,000 m GREAT EASffiRN IM MuS^aTwmr 1 I (Incorporated in Straits SettlempntQ^ I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House SimranorP The Company has £20,000 deposited' «Sh S? LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry EC posited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the IK*T, ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF A^rß,^"^ C
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      387 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong: Kong). HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Capital $50,TR>0,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000 «*r,_ Reserve Fund-Sterlin K f Re*«~ Oliver $14,000,000 rt i tlttbility of Proprietors $20,000,090 COUJitT OF DIRECTORS: N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. dtV K Bell Es( l»
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      38 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Gurantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. MARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A GORDON. LEE, Resident Manager.
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    MALAYAN TURF.
    551 16 hTAIPING AMATEUR MEETING. Torrimandel Destroyed. I From Our Own Correspondent. J Ipoh, April 20. A very successful two-day amateur meeting was brought to a close to-day in fine weather, the racing being interesting and including a second win for Rosette which on Friday had gone out practically unbacked.
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    SINGAPORE MAY MEETING.
    513 16 Race Training. There was quite a large gathering on the Racecourse on Saturday to watch the gallops as the pace is now being put on in view of the near approach of the meeting. The rain had made the going; good and with thii course proper in
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    SPORTS CABLES.
    213 16 CITY AND SUBURBAN BETTING. Support for Fohanaun. I FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRTCHT London, April 20. The latest betting: on the City and Suburban (IV4 miles) to be run on April 24 at Epsom is: Fohanaun 6 l, Gangwarily 100 —14, Elton 10—1, Miss Onslow 100—8, Saturn 100 7.
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    M.C.C. WELCOMED HOME.
    52 16 Reuter f s Service.] Dover, April 20. The HX.C. cricketers, except Chapman and Jardine who are returning by other routes later, arrived here from Australia after their triumphant tour. They were civically received at Dover and met by a tremendous crowd at Victoria hundreds of prominent sportsmen
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    DAVIS RETAINS BUILARDS TITLE.
    32 16 rn [Reuter s Service.] London. April 21. At Thurstons Hall Joe Davis retained the title of professional billiards champion by defoi'tinjc Tom Newman I.y IS.OOO ;o 1T.21U. mm
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    THE STOCK EXCHANGE SWEEP.
    87 16 ->. Fortune on a Gamble. [Reiner's Service.] London. April 19. There will be two winning tickets in the Stock Exchange sweepstake corresponding to each of the :*3i» Derby entries. The holders of the two tickets for the first horse will each r«ee.VC £12.">.O«»O: of the second
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    318 16 England vs. The Rest. Shanghai foursome match played over 18 holes at Bukit Timah yesterday. The England players mentioned first. K. R. B. Upton and W. P. Hodffktasoa 0, K. Craik and L. P. Hickey L\ A. Robinson and H. W. Raper 2, J. D. P. Nisbet
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    867 16 GREAT STRUGGLES FOR PROMOTION. Home Teams Do Well. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 20. The following are the results of the English and Scottish League matches played today: impossible 1 ami the show was greatly tn joy«»d. It is estimated that the Chinese lantern profession took threeijuarters of an
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    263 16 LOCAL CRICKET AND FOOTBALL. Sparkling Chinese Footballers. Malayan Chinese. .4: S.F.A 0. Playing* a fast and accurate game, the Malayan Chinese soundly trounced the S.F.A. by four clear goals at the Stadium last evening, though as a representative match, the football was of such a class as to
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    CRICKET.
    419 16 S.R.C. vs. United Ser\:ces. Played on the S.R.C. ground on Sunday. S.R.C. won by two wickets. S.R.C.:— H. N. Balhetchet not out 69; V. C. Westerhout C Milford I) Duncan 2; W. Kss l> Duncan ">; T. Leijssius c Addis b Waring IT; G. A. TatMMohn c Milford b
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    60 16 Dr. Rattray has cabled to friends fnm his Yacht Elf from Muntok, where he arrived on Friday the 19th as follows. "Three days calm, two nitfhts blown seawards; adverse currents; Happy." The replay in the Straits Chinese Recreation Club tennis singles championship final between Khoo Hooi Hye and Li in
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