The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 March 1930

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Frr Press NO. 12,953. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    432 1 In Legislative Council the Go\ern<»r denied that the freedom of the English press m Malaya had been interfered with m connection with the Kuomintang ban I'age 12. British circles state, says Reuter, that the Naval Conference is not yet officially wrecked. Members of the French delegation are
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    THE BATU CAVES.
    1062 1 Being at a loose end one Sunday morning, N and I decided to explore the Batu Caves, which are situated 7 miles out of Kuala Lumpur. We met at the "Spotted Dog." and after a few slings, caught the train, commonly known as the "Batu Caves Express."
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      184 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH rj AKS TAILOIWVf;. -ty!«, Cut and Finiah Guaranteed. 12. HIGH BTRKBT Raffles Hotel i I Mura Smirnova j THE WELL-KNOWN SHANGHAI DANCER S it APPEARS DURING j I T IV MONDAY TUESDAY Tea Dances J™»"» Dinner Dances ™S A f (Admission to Ball Room Non-Diners $1.)
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      258 1 i l' l liiißia'n|' l i| I JOHN WISDEN'S f CRICKETERS' ALMANACK f FOR 1930 S EDITED BY C. STEWART CAINE. CONTAINING PULL SCORES AND BOWLING ANALYSES OF ALL IM- B PORTANT MATCHES PLAYED IN 1929, UP TO THE END OF THE ENGLISH SEASON. p n B SPECIAL PORTRAITS OF
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      142 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Lamp shades at Robinsons Page 10 Morris the car for e\ery climt Pige 7. Why "Kel\ mated" foods tast better Page Z Phyllosan for the "dangerous age" Page 3. Me Nish's the whisky you ask for —Page 1. The week's Theatre and cinema progra:r.:i:t Page 2. Wanted a
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      14 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HO I) SB for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS, 12, HIGH STREET
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    THE SCREEN.
    170 2 At The ruvilion. i tiu liKun pictun thii unoH .it tin Pavilion i> ling hi a mattej of fact tht Bin hi an old on Urn tltk snpi an Pols the story m one of the triangle type. Bhe b wmitresa In m < attof hoUM Ar. I"
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    MORE RIOTS IN MANILA.
    160 2 Amtritan Sailors Attacked by Mob Manila. Mar. 16. iv... mtious riots broke out m Manila to-day. The first occurred when 30 American sailors, indulging m a game of Sunday baseball, were d by 50 gangsters after a speech m Tatlrn: by a Filipino orator. Seven sailors
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    KING OF THE BELGIANS AT BAGHDAD.
    87 2 800-Mil<> Flight Over Desert. I.cntiuu. Mar. i">th. Lan i nd ihf >o-i:. uneventfuL ted :t th. -i rodromc by i:. CommissioiM r, v. h tv will be during bi five days' stay m En preseni the Air OScei Commanding a: id representation ol Km»
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    WKALTHY ENGLISHMAN'S SUICIDE.
    76 2 LScqut'l to Motor Accident Near Antibes. London, Mar. 15th. Canna -A wealthy young Englishman. Mr. Philip Rowland Hill, of Park Lane, London, with country btmc near Kidderminster, was found .shot dead on board his yacht, with a gunshot wound m the temple. Mr Hill had been depressed
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      230 2 KELVEY'S SCHOOL OF DANCING. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. J Classes and private lessons are now m full swing. Madam Kelvey will be holding a display In May and parents who desire that their children should take part, should send them for lessons now. BALL-ROOM DANCING. 1930. J Madam Kelvey guarantees to make
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      480 2 I VICTORIA TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. R. B. SALISBURY'S COMPANY THE QUAINTS I IN THE LATEST LONDON MUSICAL COMEDIES. TO-TIiGHT. Mr. CINDERS I STILL RUNNING AT THE LONDON HIPPODROME Wednesday, March 26th. Thursday, March 27th. g> WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD FUNNY FACE March 28th. 29th. Monday and Tuesday March 31st
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      237 2 i P SALHAMBRA^! I George Bernard Shaw i 1 WILL SPEAK TO YOU 5 X Every Evening at 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m Saturdays and Sundays at 4> nm >♦ P'»«. FOLLOWED BY *l* COMEDIES NEWS REELS AND > THE "SKY HAWK I FOR THRILLS, SOUND, ACTING PRODI CTION f
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      270 2 THK WEKIL iu.vd.iv. »:>tii. i; Watsi •■'> ■">■• t; s tlJB*, G M;il.i il W 430 a.m. 4.01 430 p.m.. 3.11. Milliter, Fit iric. BvattS, 231) Java Air Mall doses <; sun Dt IVll.t's toetSJN ti XCC F.MtL.ii scf.a toasjw BnaL Btadbjss Ml ichaiUs VS IS ['a<l;um Hi. QoatotS, Thratu
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    WISDOM ABOUT THE WEATHER.
    801 3 A RELIC OF 1837. In The Ladies Polite Remembrancer." Writes a special representative m the Morning Post: Some remarkably shrewd, though not entirely dependable, observations on the weather are to be found m a quaint almanac and pocket diary which I discovered the other day among
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    MISSIONARIES' CRUEL DEATH.
    200 3 Finish Ladies' Fate. Shanghai. Mar. 10. Th North China Daily News appears thi° morning with an anonymous letter from Killing, dated March 5. m which it is stated that Miss E. Cajander. of the China Inland Mission who was captured by brigands while travelling by boat between
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    51 3 Mr. J. D. M. Smith, who is due back irom leave will act as District Officer, Krian. m placo vi Mr. N. R. Jarrett. who will succeed Mi". 2. E. F. Pretty as Assistant Secretary 10 the Government, when the latter proceeds on leave by the Rawalpindi on April 5.
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    'PLANES THAT FLY ALONE.
    344 3 Pilot's Work Done by Instruments Tht- problem of the entirely automatic aeroplane, whose every movement is controlled and recorded by instruments, is now m process nf solution m aeronautical laboratories. Already automatic gyro rudder and pendulum aileron controls and acoustical height recorders have been evolved. The
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    69 3 The wedding took place on Thursday m Penang by Special licence before the senior Marriage Registrar (Mr. J. S. W. Arthur) of Mr. Sydney Bentley. Warder. Taiping Prisons, son of Mr. James Bentley. ci Halifax. Yorks, and Miss Isabella Horkinp, daughter of Mr. Benjamin Hocking, of Pellon. Durban, who arrived
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      287 3 A~JM~^ THE DA^^EROUS AGE. fp-=?f^3^wi Th COinW m th<> ll v° r rr^ »nd V 1 "II 'MK^tEHS WOma l Pri<Kl f t; Krrquently it V Vr^^^M helpful as a course < PIIVLLOSAN. ltr,.,d- V 'i 1 B=^=S:l JUVtS th hlla <>f ♦■»talitj and enable >ou :iZ7t r;j -J^ 1
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      376 3 fC^s^^\ m- mmm. f?OK\ 1 SPECIALITIES I \^_^K WILKINSON, HEYWOOD CLARK. I j^W 1 If Fadeless Green Paints "^"""1/-^^ m ArC offered M the most Immanent ffreens yet produced; every shade is guaranteed to V J withstand strongest sun without bleaching, turning blue or blackening Covering ties planning for t!
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    Aviation Day by Day.
    2315 4  - Aviation Day by Day. T. Stanhope Sprigg WINDMILL PLANE'S PROGRESS: WHERE ARE AVIATION'S PIONEERS? Bu London, Veb. Iti. THOSE tactical experts of aviation to whot the "next war" is an ever threatening Swor<i of Damocles are grenUv MHCMnf theii n'r.d* at present as to the comparative virtues m rr>mba» ..I
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    Ernest Whitcombe on GOLF
    445 4 Ernest Whitcombe on GOLF WATCH THE LEFT HAND. 117ATCH the left hand. I would emphasise this, for it is largely responsible for so many of those shots which go away to the left. That is to say. it does not play its full and proper part m the stroke. Most
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    AUTOGIRO CLAIMS.
    548 4 Speed of 200 Miles an Hour Possible. Senor J de la Cierva. lecturing to the Roya' Aeronautical Sociey m the Hall of the Royal Society of Arts said he was satisfied it w&* possible to design autogiros having a top speei of 200 miles an hour. He could
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    STORAGE OF FRUIT.
    532 4 Longer Life With no Oxygen. It has been written many times, says a correspondent to The Times, that fruit are living organi>ms. breathing m oxygen and exhaline carbon dioxide as do animals and human being, that we are apt to think that the presence of oxygen is
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    14 4 Magistrate at Tottenham. So they are telling untruths? Defendant: No, they are telling lies.
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    The Kaleidoscope of Mexico.
    1113 4  - The Kaleidoscope of Mexico. Hubert W. Kelly DOWN MEXICO CITY'S PETTICOM LANE. By Mexico City. What would you have, senor. now that you I wish to go shopping here m the sun-bleached capital of the sky? An antique blade from Toledo, a bunch of radishes, a kilc of charcoal, a
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    ST. VALENTINE: TOKENS.
    742 4 Though St. Valentine, writes L. G.-S. m the Manchester Guardian, is not amongst the saint? most honoured by painters, poe's have sung his praises and balladmongers immortalised him Phychologically he is an interesting personality, for he is distinguished as greatly for his satirical turn of mind as
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    THE KANCHENJUNGA EXPEDITION.
    810 5 A Great Himalayan Adventure. A week from to-day, says The Times ol Feb. 27, the advance guard of a party of mountain climbers of international fame will :-*t out fro:.i Vcn.ce on the fust stage of an attempt to scale Kanchenjunga. the second highest BMOntala m the
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    "EDWARD" AND "FANNY."
    335 5 Mayoress's Mistake at Royal Function. "Charlie Windham was captain of the Osborne. the Prince of Wales' yacht, and we stayed with him occasionally. He told us that once when he took the Prince and Princess of Wales to Dublin there was some civic function, and a book
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    EMPIRE BATTLE AGAINST FLIES.
    527 5 The Intrusive Ways of Alysia. In an old manor house m a pleasant little village at the foot of the Chiltern Hills scientists have converted what were once drawing, dining or bed room- into nurseries, m which they are rearing millions of offspring of various insects
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    RAIL CRASH CAUSED BY FUMES.
    218 5 Driver Helpless After Passing Tunnel. Fumes m the tunnel were Mimri by the coroner's jury at Bath recently for the railway accident at Bath m "Tnvember. The accident was caused by a Sc:.urset and Dorset Railway goods train running away. It was derailed and crashed
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    TOO MUCH CHAMPAGNE.
    207 5 Comedy of 15 Miners' Three Days' Burial. St. Etienne. Feb 16 Fifteen miners who had been entombed i i»icv Thursday evening- as the result of a landslide were resrued to-day alive and well. In an interview with a representative of the "Intransigeant" cne of the rescued men
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      289 5 v X 9 Z 1 v I I X pioneer, and one of the world's greatest industrialists, acknowledges world's debt to I mM nil Hitf Us •> Hi i?s^v h nj x Engraved on the walla c.t the m w X Ford building m Octroi: UJ&A arc X the names
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      325 5 MAGNIFICENT 45 HORSE POWER Renault Saloon De Luxe Just Completed Tour Through Malaya For Sale £800 6 Tyres, Servo Motor Brakes, Safety Glass Cost New £2,200 In Perfect Condition Apply: H. B. 8., co United Engineers, Limited, SINGAPORE. ASEPTIC SKIN PRESSING~|^^ J^npjdly and -safety heals /HEAT, DHOBI ITCH AS a
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    BITTER ATTACK ON FILM CENSOR.
    779 6 MECHANICAL RULE/ Mr. Shaw and a Banned Morality Play. Mr. Bernard Shaw has taken up the cudgel., ivn behalf of '.The Night Patrol." a film of night life on the Thames Embankment which the Film Censor (Mr. Edward ShortO has banned. To a reporter recently
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    BANNING OF RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA FILM.
    232 6 London. Feb. 2H. rhe It final first of the London County Council and then of the Lord Chamberlain to permit the Masses Stupe and Film Guild (recently established by prominent Labourites under the chairmanship ol Mr. Fenner Brock\\ay> a) produce the Russian propaganda film "Mother"
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    86 6 Miss Florence Rothwell. eldest daughter of Alderman John Rothwell, of Salford, has accepted an appointment under the Wesleyan Missionary Society to take the joint charge of I girls' school m Central China. Miss Rothwell. for fifteen years been a teacher at the Maii-bc-rough-i'cad Girls' School. Higher Brought on Her sister.
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      227 6 oVlockishness Bobby turns up his nose at ordi- miJdle cf the morning what Joes nary milk and sayi it's skinny. mother do She gives him a piece Vlilk makes sturdy leys and bright oi bread or a blSCltit spread nice mo and rosy cheeks. Bobby OMIfC and thick with Milkmaid
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      254 6 Gloriously Alive —Aiwa ys Not a care m the world they can dance all night because they are gloriously alive gloriously healthy and fit. Hall's Wine has supplied them with both mental and physical reserves of power, which enable them to get a hundred per cent, out of life. Let
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    WHEN MODERN TRANSPORT BEGAN.
    1349 7 THE FIRST BRADSHAW. London to Birmingham Timetable. Mr. H. L. Beales m an interesting article says: Whatever the psychologists may say. the human race divides itself into two classes those who arc expert m the use of Bradshaw ar^ those who are not. Wordsworth wrote a
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    CHARLIE CHAPLIN AS DEMON BARBER.
    152 7 The Story of Mr. Alistair Mac Donald's Beard. Here is a Queer Story from Hollywood. It is a story of Charlie Chaplin and the beard of Mr. Alistair Mac Donald, the Prime Minister's son: Where is Mr. Alistair Mac Donald's beard? It would appear that
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      112 7 c KINNAIRD HOLSK. PALL MALL LAST. LONDON. S.W i. Local Agents THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION LTD. A second fe *l\ helping Mil P^ ase aai^ meaty goodness always. Made from a famous recipe zvtth ;usr r/;r i^mr care for 150 vajrj. WALL'S SAUSAGES^|||||I A** A*^ *i. A*_ A*» (^^^vV° fiJtyr^ h
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      206 7 j am Mi 'pJ&jmm?~!Gmw^P H The car for everq dime--7%* Overseas A full 5-seater designed and MORRIS yu^ t throughout by the greatest car manufacturers m Europe, and designed for a definite purpose long, faithful, unfailing service under the world's worst conditions. Every dimension, every detail of engine, body and
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    LIGHT ON KOUTEPOFF KIDNAPPING.
    566 8 CRIME RECONSTRUCTED. Theory of a Rush of the Coast. Paris. Feb. 18. A dramatic reconstruction of the kidnappinc of General Alexandra Koutepoff. the Russia r, mo!wr:Jii>t military leader, was staged by M J>elale. the investigr Lit; -n.igistrati\ UHB morning In the presence oi the gsncraTa weeptni
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONY NOT YET NEEDED.
    262 8 South Africa Ready When Time is Ripe. Capetown, Jan. 3S. Vir ti tetephon] between B v and puti <>i the world i- a matter to b take to Interest, said Mr. H. w. Sampson. M Dlster of Posts and Telegraphs to a repreent&tfve of The
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    90 8 Two Chinese boys, one 14 and the other went lor a bathe at Sungei Bahru m the river near their house. The elder boy took a bucket of water home thinking that his brother woi'U follow, but on reaching home found thai his brothtr had not come. He returned to
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    294 8 n inyang Siang Press Btivto Sh.i'"sh.ii. March Chiang Kai-'l. k landed ai Wbosung I day and une to gh*ngffflt and met Chan-chun and Hatung-ahi-hul He left m the evening aboard the Haiyung for Penghua where he is to Stay a few days, and return I I Nanking
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    CARELESS DRIVING CHARGE.
    147 8 Mr. M. C. Hay, the State Treasurer, appeared m the Kuala Lumpur Police Court before Mr. G. H. Nash on Thursday afternoon, having been summoned on two charges of driving his car m a careless manner along Batu Road on the morning of Dec. 12. last year,
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      145 8 9 I 'j' v —^jßl v 2/»'* BS Concessionaires for MaUy a: I lITALASIA LIMITED,! (Inccr^oratod m the Etraita Settlements.) H I Singapore. Pcn^ng, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. I Strength m Reserve *P** ~TT* v^j^J To-day yo-ir chi';d-en are healthy and happy. liflHH ikipping m the op:n air. To-morrow the
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      355 9 BUSINESS CARDS. TO BUSINESS MEN. v .un a Shorthand and Typewriting Bureau hls Address especially for your convenience, mallrst enquiry will al all times receive our best attention. Prompt Service —Charges Moderate. RAITS TYPEWRITING BUREAU. 2»-E. Chulia Btreet, BINOAPORE. ASSAGE ANICURB ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhobj Ghaut. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO.
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      669 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. "NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Installation of Sanitary Fittings to Nos. 10, 12, 14, 16. 18. 20, 22. 24, 26. 28,
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      677 9 TO LET. SPACIOUS OODOWN, No. 98 Robinson Road, Ground Floor. Immediate entry. Apply Box No. 706, care of Free Press. COMPOUND HOUSE, No. 27 Chancery Lane, Electric light and water. Apply personally, estate Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd., Estate tgente. SEASIDE BUNGALOW. No. 76 Paslr Panjang Road. Immediate entry. Apply xraonally.
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      540 9 NOTICES. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Notice under Section 101 of Ordinance No. 135 (Municipal) for making up road and drains at Sandy Lane. In connection with notices served under Section 101 of Ordinance No. 135 (Municipal) for making up and draining the above road, it is notified that m pursuance of
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      747 9 IMPORTANT NOTICE. RE TYE GUAN TONG IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Suit No: 325 of 1930 Chew Yew otherwise known as Lee Sen,? Tong or Teck Seng Tung, or On? Seng Tong, or Ka Yum Ton?, or Chew Teck Tong Plaintiff. and 1. Leow
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      112 9 Reasons why 1 65 ?5 energy- creating carbohydrate. 2 1'»95 muscie-muking )>rotnn. 3 7S» strengthening fats. 8 minerals for blood, bones, teeth, hair, skin and nerves. 5 Vitamin B for health. A Rougher for digestion. 7 Delicious, nur-like taste. (Quaker Oars is easily prepared ia many tempting forms. Eat it
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRES. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930. THE SHADOW OF INTERFERENCE.
    916 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRES. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930. THE SHADOW OF INTERFERENCE. A rather remarkable situation h?.s arisen locally m connection with the proposals for measures destined towards relief of the present rubber situation, owing to the fact that the Straits Government appears suddenly to have taken a definite interest m
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    1210 10 The weather being experienced at home now, cables our London correspondent, is beautiful. Mr. C. Hannigan. Commissioner of Poiicj. F.M.S.. will be going on furlough at the end of next month. Mr. W. Reynolds, of Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co.. Ltd., Bangkok, is leaving homeward bound this week. He is
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    SHOOTING AFFRAY AT SEHANGOON.
    526 10 WOMAN KOmiKI). Innocent Tamil Killed by Si Bullet. Before Mr. V. G. Rourne. the < yesterday the enquiry v. as commenced nr death of a 24 years old Tamil RMter-l c. puiay. who was going to report .<• last Thursday at about 820 am Whl shot
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    84 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK Tl> AND RUBBER PBICM [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIC'.H I London. March !4. I pm Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and 801 notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £170 (UP £4216). POTWa £172 (up £4). The market is strong. Messrs. Symington and Blncli notify to-day's rubber
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    THE KUOMINTANG AND THE PRESS.
    37 10 THE KUOMINTANG AND THE PRESS. with reference to m.s Excellen Legislative Council ywasftfay m pose to refer to it to-d MWi have a letter on the matter to His Excelled views however will be given on Wed:-..
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    THE "HUMS" OF POOH.
    106 10 The following took part m a most sur ful production of the "Hums" <.l Pooh on A A. Milne's tanvms "Th. HOY Cornor -_given at Goodwood Hall evening m aid of the funds of BI Cathedral fete: Christopher Robin- P< t, Champne] W the-Pot)h-Pom-Law. IMbbit -PbeMM
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      65 10 I I X < i t I I A DOCTOR SAYS most banks are too stuffy. Most of thorn, it is true, are not over-draft y Even to bankers "GAFLAC" POLICIES do not come amiss. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION', LTD.. Hongkong Bank Chambers Teleohone 6480. I H.B. WINTER
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    CONFERENCE DEADLOCK CONTINUES.
    146 11 (RITUAL DAYS. Not Yet "Officially" Wrecked. [Reiner's bervice.j London, Mar. 24 d Kinudom delegation to the Naval U* an hour later, the American ration met at Downing Street this morning :ne general position. British circles thmt the Conference officially is not yet <! U k unlikely that
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    THREE-POWER NAVAL PACT.
    225 11 The Times Discusses the Possibilities. Itlsb Radio Official Service] Rugby. Mar. 22. the deadlock at the Naval Con1 be Times .says there is a growing that a definite decision must be made, h little farther delay, us to whether or not Pact is now possible of attain:it.
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    PIPER AND KAYE REACH AUSTRALIA.
    51 11 Forty Four Day Flight. [Reuters Service] Port Darwin. Mar. 24. Piper and Kaye. the new Zealand RAF. set out from Croydon on Feb. 9 bear. Beit Hinklers record to Australia. '.jo'a 44 days over the flight have arThey left Singapore last Wednesday BtafM of their
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    MIDDLE AGED AIR ADVENTURER.
    53 11 (lashes at Start of Flight to Australia. Router's Svrvice.] London. Mar. 24. •yen old New Zealander, named Par- Lympnt- i Kent to-day in a light la .t:. att.mpi t< t Bt-rt Hinklers record for the EnRL.nd-Australia < rashed 50 miles from Pan> and was not though
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    SERIOUS HOBOKEN FIRE.
    50 11 Damage Now Estimated at $4,000,000. [Reuters Service. 1 Hoboken. Mar. 24. 1 hich broke out on the bank of the H:\cr, opposite New York, on Sat >r. day *aa controlled at six o'clock last night r 400 motor-cars were burnt and the i QO« estimated at $4,000,000.
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    THE F.M.S. AND PERAK HYDROELECTRICITY SCHEME.
    53 11 Commons Question. FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, Mar. 24. Mr \v Wellock (Lab. Stourbridge is askini? Drummond Shields (Cotonial Office m the i Commons whether the F.MS have irvd any control of the Perak Hydronity scheme and if so what control. [Earlier cables
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    49 11 season in Calcutta has proved, as no b«| done, that racing is truly the cport Kings, for only those who have the wealth Kings could have stood one of the most «strous seasons in the history of the truf Calcutta, says a Calcutta message to the I of Ceylon.
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    TROTSKY IN DANGEROUS CONDITION.
    107 11 FRIENDS' APPEAL. Must Enter Germany or France to Save His Life. (Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Mar. 24. M Trotzky 's condition m Constantinople is much worse ani he has telegraphed to friends m Germany and elsewhere that the doctors have very flight hope of saving his life
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    GREAT BRITAIN'S SMALL ARMY.
    94 11 No More Reductions, Says Mr. Shaw. [Reuters Service] London, March 24. In the House of Commons Mr. Tom Shaw 'Secretary for Wan introducing the Army estimates emphasised the progressive reduction m British military forces to 148.000, but he said Government did not intend to make another
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    MDME. HANAU'S DRAMATIC ESCAPE.
    61 11 Accomplice with Motor Car. [KaMer*J Service.] Paris. Mar. 24. The police investigating Mdme. Hanau's escape discovered that she dropped from the window with a ibnl not belonging to the hospital and walked out of the gates and entered waiting private car which took her to a
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    INDUSTRIAL BALANCE IN THE STATES.
    117 11 Reasonably Priced Credit First Essential. Keut^r's Service, i Washington. Mar. 24. Mr. Julius Barr.fr the chairman of Mr Hoover's business survey conference has published his estimate of the state of American business. The report, which is based on data from almost every important business and
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    TRADE UNIONISTS JOIN WITH SOCIALISTS.
    76 11 Big: May Day Demonstrations m New York. [Reuter's Service.] New York. Mar. 24 Representatives of several large trade unions have associated themselves with the Socialist Party m issuing a call for a demonstration on May Day to demand a six-hour day and the adoption of
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    SAVAGE BATTLE FOR FOX FILM CONTROL.
    90 11 Break m the Fox Camp. [Reuters Service.] New York. Mar. 24. Mr Sheehan. Vice-President of the Fox Film Corporation to-day obtained an order from the Court requiring Fox to show cause why he should not be prevented from putting into effect his re-financing plan.
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    FLYING MILLIONAIRE IN SHANGHAI.
    45 11 Van Lear Black's Progress. LKeuter's Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, Mar. 24. Mr. Van Lear Black left here for Shanghai at 7 ?5 a.m. Shanghai, later. Mr. Van Lear Black landed at 3.40 to-day after an uneventful flight from Hong Kong.
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    FORESTRY EXPERT'S DEATH.
    52 11 Reuters Service] London. Mar. 24. Professor Augustine Henry, the well-known forestry expert. Professor of Forestry at Dublin University since 1926, died to-day. Professor Henry, who was 73 years of age had travelled extensively, m China, Formosa, and Hainar. as well as North America, Algeria and all parts
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    A LABOUR-LIBERAL ENTENTE?
    285 11 GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE. Important Development m Home Politics. fßriti-h Radio— Official Service] Rugby. Mar. 23. The first steps towards an entente between the Labour and the Liberal Parties are now believed by the newspapers to have been taken. The cessation of the Liberal opposition to the Government's Coal-mines
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    THE LIFE OF THE LABOUR PARLIAMENT.
    102 11 Premier's View. Reuter's Servico. I Lond'.n. Mir. C 3. Mr. Mac Donald. m a message to his oonsti tuentf reiterates the view that tfetl Parlianunt ought to last at least two years b".t adds that: The strength of Government's majority m the Commons deprives
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    GERMAN TRADE IN CHINA.
    80 11 Big Radio Contract. [Reuters Service.] Nanking. Mar. 24 A contract has been signed between the Central Government and the Telefunken Company of Berlin for the erection tan Nanking of one of the most powerful radio stations m the < world embodying all the latest inventions In
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    ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE.
    164 11 The Geneva Tariff Conference. [British Rauio Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 22. Mr. William Graham, the President of the Board of Trade, speaking m Edinburgh, said the Tariff Truce Conference at Geneva had been remarkably difficult. Broadly, the object was to facilitate European economic co-operation. That was
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    BRITISH FOR CERTAIN.
    49 11 Tin Companies to Alter Articles of Association. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, Mar. 24. Malayan, Southern Malayan and South Perak tin dredging companies are calling meetings on April 14 asking shareholders to agree to alteration of the Articles of Association to ensure the companies remain British.
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    CURIOUS WEATHER IN SIAM.
    44 11 Rain m South: Hail and Snow m the North. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] Bangkok. Mar. 24. Weather conditions remain extraordinarily cool here. It was overcast and rainy m Bangkok to-day but m north-eastern provinces hail storms and snowstorms are reported.
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    BOEY KOK-LONG OPIUM CASE.
    315 11 QUESTION OF SEARCH. "I sm Entitled to Exemption." IPREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT 1 Ho'ig Koiif, M^rch I\. The hearing of the ca<=" again-it Mvi Kwok Leong. or Boey Kok-len«. whlsb ffli begun l?~t Thursday when accused 'was charged m connection with illicit opium valued at ever
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    REDS' NIGHT RAID ON POTSDAM BORSTAL.
    55 11 Surprised by the Police. [Reuter's Service] f Berlin. Mar. 21. A hundred Communists attempted last night to storm the Borstal Institution at Potsdam to re'ease prisoners but the police, forewarned by an inmate, met the astonished raiders who resisted but were soon rounded up
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    COMMUNISTS PLASTER CHURCH DOORS.
    44 11 Sacrilege m Rhineland Town. f ßeuters Service] Berlin. Mir. 21. It was discovered this morning that all the churches at Crefeld. Rhineland. had been smeared with red paint and plastered with posters bearing Communist slogans [Earlier cables oa pa^e 12.1
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    A CHIPPED SKULL.
    416 11 And a Lucky Appellant. Th? appeal of a Sikh against sentence of four months imprisonment for assault, provoktd a piquant discussion, which was not without its humour, between the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison > and Mr. Talma, counsel for the appellant, m the Criminal Appeal Court
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    41 11 Mr. W. J. Curran Sharp, Superintendent of Telegraphs, Post and Telegraphs Department. Penang. was on Sunday entertained to a farewell function by the Post and Telegraplis Department at "Pearl Beach," Tanjong Bungah. on his impending departure to Europe on long leave.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIAL.
    2363 12 MONDAY, MARCH 24th. Present. His Excellency, the Governor. Sir Cecil dementi. K.C.M.G. H. E. The Acting Oflici r Commanding the Forces, Colonel R. F. A Butterworth C.M.0., D.5.0.. RE. The H.m'ble Colonial Secretary. (Mr. John Scott. C.M.G.* The Hon'ble Acting Resident Councillor, Penang. i.Mr. E. W. F. Oilman
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    THE ADJOURNMENT.
    1792 12 The Accommodation of Vagrants. On Uie motion for the adjournment. Mr. G. C. Clarke said, with reference to the reply to his question, there was only one further thing he wished to ask and that was why the provision should be se mi-permanent. Vagrancy was increasing all the
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    THE OFFICIAL REPLIES.
    1221 12 Mr. Scott and Mr. Cheng Lock's Pet Subject. Replying officially to the matters raised, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. John Scott, said that Mr. Clarke had deprecated the non -permanency of the proposed vagrant camp. He wished to assure him that semi-permanency m the building did not imply
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    "GOVERNMENT MORALE IS BREAKING DOWN."
    247 12 GANDHI'S OPTIMISM. The Future of the Salt Tax. [Router's Service Bran h. M it. j j Ihe fact that Mr. Son Gupt;. m ll( to only tan days simple hnprfMMMwnl with the statement of Sir QeMnfe S< v Finance Member of Legislate. .\v. tr.h Government
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    A WOMAN OF SPIRIT.
    295 12 Mme. Hanaifs Kscape from Hospital. i tii 'jut s Marvin.] Paris. March I The ama/ini; vir :lit\ Oi Maiiamt H despite fortnight's hunnr-.stnk» mooa resisted the efforts of thirteen prison all forcibly to feod her, culminating m her from the Cochin Hospital, v hither ibe a
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    EARL BALFOUR'S SIMPLE FUNERAL.
    139 12 Farm Cart as Hoarse. I Bri'ish Radii) Official SOTIM.] KQjrb>. Mar tJ The Earl o! Balfour was buried jv,linL at WTl tiling! ft— M. Haddinuton.-hin Scut lam: with simple corrmiiiiy SL\ of his oldest MfTMlta i urru-d ttw r> from the country church u> ihi lann
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    SEVEN DAYS INSTEAD OF NINETY-ONE.
    136 12 SEVEN DAYS INSTEAD OF NINETY-ONE. What the Air Mail Means to India. f British Radio Official Sen ice l Ruiehj. iMI H The tune tablt- for fl;< M London»lp<H Air Mail, which is to !tv n Oenftml of Southern European, us issued by tht In Airways. The maiLs will be
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    SIR ROGER KEYES PROMOTED
    27 12 [Reuter's Service. 1 London, M»" h Sir Roger Kcye.s has b<t n pm I of the Fleet m succession to Gough Calthoipe reiimt.
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      SHALL ENGLAND GIVE UP DAVIS CUP?
      618 13 Empire Competition as Substitute. I am sorry to note a movement m English lawn tennis circles— apparently with strong official backing— to substitute an Empire Cup fur the Davis Cup. says H R McDonald m the Evening News The main instigators of the change
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      THE G.O.M. OF TENNIS.
      123 13 Mr. M. J. G. Ritchie to Play m Tournament at 60. Mr M J G Ritchie, who reached the semifinal of the worlds covered court championvhip^ at Queens Club. Kensington, ten years ago ;tt the agf of fifty, has again entered for the Queen's Club open
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      FRENCH RUGBY COMEDIES.
      365 13 The Lion-Tamer Who Must ro to Twickenham. Parts, Feb. 18. This is the tale of the jeweller, the six barrels of wine, the soldier who cannot make up his mind, and the distracted lion-tamer. Balzac should referee the France versus England international at Twickenham on Saturday, with
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      COURT REFUSED FOR MISS NUTHALL.
      171 13 Famous Club's Ban on Women's Sunday Play An old but rigid rule of the Queen's Club Kensington, which prohibits women playing on the club's covered tennis courts on Sundaysprevented Miss Betty Nuthall from playine a practice match m mail week. Miss Nuthall. like all the
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      RANGERS AND PARTICK SUCCEED.
      136 13 Scottish Cup Finalists. Th-> Rangers qualified for their third successive final m the Scottish Cup competition by defeating Hearts t Hampden Park on Saturday by 4 goals to 1. Partick Thistle, who won won the Cup m V 1921. will be their opponents m the final
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      165 13 NICHOLAS NICKLEBY IN PICTURES: No. 68. The Plot Fails. By Arthur Moreland. GRlDE NOW WENT To RALPH'S H<MToBEWARE THE V THEN SET OUT FOR THE LIKE A MAN HEEe'hESPUD TO RALPH'S HOUSE ANO RELATED HOW HE MAO R ES oeNC E OFTHE UNHAPPY BRJDE. BRAY CONSTERNATION, NICHOLAS AMD KATE CAME
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      781 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twtee Monthly Servioe Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route snbject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. t AENEAS For Marseilles, London. Rotterdam and
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      573 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL.) FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Singapore. s.s. CITY OP SHANGHAI Apr. 3 s.s. CITY OP CORINTH Apr. 30 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY
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      413 14 British India and Apctr Lines. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Due Duf Tonnage. Singapore. Tonna*e. Sinjcapor* KHYBER 9.100 Mar. 30 MOREA 11.000 June
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      1752 15 U. JS X LITIP DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE IT p M K^' a J-JAXXvS <^m/AMERICAN MAII> LINE J^- rr; Bremen rStir 1 koninklyke paketvaart maatschappu. M.u.N.dfO. and Buenos Aires.^Round^he- l^V^SS^Lci^ Hj |tti2^ t (q(wJC*) CNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN QOVKRNMXWT World passage £15N>.] La p 1 ■a^L^LWa^HWai V^Z^V Telephone No.
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      657 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and thr motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins d*
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      326 16 s.s. GLENBERG. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from London (arrived March 19th) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 48 on Friday, March 28th, 1930, at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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      530 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW TORS (Incorporated In D.BA.> GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM» BALTIMORE. (via Bue*> Due Salla Dm New T«r% M.S. SILVERPALM In Port Mar. 28 i^Uy M.S. BILVERABH Apr. 8 Apr. 14 May n PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE
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      672 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kubih. Pahang. Pekan, Sungel Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Ttnggl, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping. Penang and Kedah and Lower Slam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesd&y and Saturday 6
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      341 16 Alting Dutch 795. from Djambi 24; for Djambi 29. Van Heutsz. Dutch 2.749 from B. Deli 24; for Amoy 27. Daisy. British 71. from Patani 24; for Patani Uncertain. Raub. British 578. from Pontianak 24; tor Pontianak 26. CLEARANCES. Mar. 24 —Sinabang. Op ten Noort. Mambang. Kraus <Dut>; Tourcoing (Nor);
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      NORVEGIA ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
      397 17 More New Land Charted. Oslo. Feb. 21. A wireless message, dated February 20. from apUln RiLser Larsen. the leader of the N'orwean expedition m the Antarctic, states that rxpcdition's ship Norvegia since the disof the new bank and the new land :-'>cl m Captain Lars»>n\s last message.
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      PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
      340 17 Op Ten Noort yesterday From SouraMr W. E. Haarmann. Mrs. W. E. HaarMr Shang Lung Cheang. Mr Kwie Swie I Mr Tamura. Mr and Mrs. J. Levy. Mr. hand Chellar£.m. Mrs. Boersema. From Mf: Mr T Isoda. Miss R. Yoshino. Mr. I I Mr- Hikosaburo Tanaka, Mrs. You
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      RETURN OF H.M.S. ROSEMARY FROM THE ARCTIC.
      200 17 Portsmouth. Feb. 16. HMS Rosemary, a fishery protection vessel, returned to Portsmouth to give leave to liter a search of over 2.000 miles m Arctic seas for the rr.issmg Hull trawler St. The Rosemary was finishing her patrol on Murmansk coast when she
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      31 17 The mw German liner Europa, which has Just a her place on the Atlantic is to be fitted *ith rubber boats. Her sister ship, the Bremen. o inr.-d with rubber boats.
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      THE LAYING-UP OF TONNAGE.
      572 17 Hope of Improvement. When, last February. Mr. Philip Snowden attended the annual dinner of the Chamber of Shipping he foretold cheerfully and confidently a forthcoming change m the political situation, and even modestly referred to himself as "the coming event which cast its shadow There has,
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      INDIAN COASTAL SHIPPING.
      155 17 New Delhi The Coastal Reservation Bill. the object of which is the protection of the Indian Mercantile Marine, especially as regardcoastal trade, is to be circulated again m the Legislative Assembly, as reported by the Committee, for the purpose of obtaining a further opinion on it by
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      ELABORATE EQUIPMENT OF HATRY'S TOWN HOUSE.
      316 17 "The bed m the Tudor bedroom, the organ m the musician's gallery, and the billiard table m the library" are specially mentioned m the conditions of sale of No. 5 Great Stanhopestreet. Mayfair. The house was occupied by Clarence Hatry, and was offered for
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    LARGER SHIPS FOR HONG KONG.
    582 17 Better Accommodation at the Wharf. At the annual meeting of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd.. on March 13, the Chairman, (Mr. B. D. F. Beith) made reference to the new wharf which it has been decided to build, and which
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    MERSEY DOCK.
    189 17 Three Schemes Receive Approval. At a recent meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Mr. H. F. Fernie m moving th? confirmation of the proceedings of the Work<= Committee said the southern part of the new shed at the Prince's dock had been finished and handed over
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    TWO NEW LIGHTHOUSES FOR OSAKA HARBOUR.
    255 17 The pair of lighthouses, guarding the entrance f Osaka harbour at the tips of the northern and <*>uthern breakwaters will be supplanted early m 1931 by a larger pair, giving light enough to reach out 15 nautical miles, according to the decision reached by
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      248 17 THE ATTRIBUTES OF CAPSTfiN ARE UNQUESTIONABLE SMOKE This advertisement is issued by the British- American Tobacco Go (Straits) Ltd. B-4 48 llmeonmntmi «-J--y'-^' t£t'\ How do you manage to keep thin Jim m this beastly climaH* £m^T I always drink Whiskey and fhlly which contains natural gas and does not
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    CONVICTS ENTOMBED IN "BEAR-PITS."
    459 18 (him Cages on St. Joseph's Island. Human "bear-pits." Two hundred men caged like wild beasts m Lou -pits." They exist on St. Josephs Island, next door to Devil Island, where Dreyfus was .mprisoned for years. The^e human "bearrpits" are described by iuhard Halliburton, the adventurous young
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    ENGLISHMAN STONED TO DEATH.
    472 18 ENGLISHMAN STONED TO DEATH. .Missiles Thrown From Slinks. A stone hurled from a sling m old Biblical 'ashion is believed t> have killed Mr. Christopher Matthew Barlow, of the Nigerian Political Service, when he was attacks by natives at Shendam. Nigeria. Mr. Barlow, who was 31. was a nephew of
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    96 18 A serious collision between two motor cars occurred yesterday afternoon, says Tuesday s rimes of Malaya, at the 3rd. mile, Kuala Kang--ar Road, near the pottery works when a Fiat car ran into a Buick car and overturned into a ditch with the result that the driver of the Fiat
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    £250.000 OWED AT OXFORD.
    280 18 Credit Limit Plea. That a legalised credit limit should be imposed on undergraduates is the contention made l >y the •Tsis." which says that the total of undergraduate debts to Oxford tradesmen is roughly £250.033. "It would appear." says the "Isis." "that the luthorities are actually
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    50 18 The marriage of Dr. Desmond William George Faris and Miss Olive Pou. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Pou, will take place m St. Marys Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. There will be a reception afterwards at litt residence oi Dr. and Mrs. Pou, at 549, Petaliny Hill— MM.
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      347 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter Paid no Capital m 600.000 shares of £o each £3,000,00 Reserve Fund £4.000,00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,00 HEAD OFFICE. 38. Bishopsgate. London. EC. 2. Agencies and Branches: A lor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo
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      400 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OP INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). Capital £3,000,000 0 Subscribed 1,800,000 0 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,612,046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq. Charles J. Hambro. Esq J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H. Shelford. Esq. Sir Thomas Catto. Bart.
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    CHERMANG ESTATES DEVELOPMENT.
    769 19 CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW. Participation of More Companies Invited. P riplanalory speech of the position of rung IV\< lopment Company. Limited, made by tbe Chairman < the hon'ble Mr. fetnjam) at a statutory meeting of the M at the offices of Messrs. Evatt tnpaagr. French Bank buildings. \esterniOOß. Then-
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES REPORT.
    336 19 A pro profit o( $1,537,852.02 for the year nded l. «mbar 11, 1929. shown m the lirectors uport to the shareholders of the Malayan CoDJertM Limited. The demand for Rawang Coal shewed a attbtantial mcreaea on previous years, and no ity v:. exp rleneed m meeting this
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    TAPAH RUBBER REPORT.
    227 19 Final Dividend Proposed. The following u> the Diit-ctors report 10 t'.if ■harehOidetl Ol Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd.. to lx- presented at tin annual meeting on Mar llat, at noon at Evatt and Company.The net profit for the year amounts I 1 $rtf1..")74 9b to which must be
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      229 19 March 24. SELLING. London 4 months* sight 2 3 15 16 London 3 months' sight 2 3% London 60 days' sight 2 3 13 16 London 30 days" sight 2 3 25,32 London, demand 23\ London. T.T. 2 3 11 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1432 Hamburg, demand
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      PRODUCE.
      213 19 March 24. Tin 175 Tons $85.00 Gambler 9.40 Pepper White 68 Pepper Black 48 Flake Tapioca 6.00 Pearl Sago Small 6.75 Copra Sundried 8.90 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang H-.n Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.30 Rice, Slam old No. 1 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice,
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      FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
      920 19 MONDAY. MARCH 21Ui. Uuyers Sellers. Amid KumbaiiK I£ 35s 37s Aver Hitam <ssi 14s 14s 9d Bangrin Tin < I 22s 23s Batang Padang <Sl' 19 23 Batu Caves »S1» 95 1.00 Bukit Arang ($1) 90 1.00 Burmah Malay <£> 22s 6d 23s 6d Chenderiang 2s 3s
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    MACPHAIL AND PENMAN'S REPORT.
    180 19 Singapore, Mar. 2t. Rubber. London. l\d. 1 Hid. Up. 4 p.rr Price (London Std.t Spot 25^-. S.S. R.S.S. on Tender April 26',. May-June 27 July-Sept 28... Oct. -Dec. 29 Tin. London. No Price. Mining.— Steady. Sungei Ways 3.35 3.50 Kuehais 1.26 1.30. Kinta Dredge 1.28 1.31.
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    TIN RESTRICTION SCHEME.
    85 19 Mean Peat. Ifanrlck, Mitchell and Co.: are informed by Messrs. Osborne and Chappel that up to the end of the year 1930 the output of tin. ore from the mines mentioned below will be curtailed by 20', on the returns during 1929 1929 Output. Gopeng Consolidated Ltd
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    EXCHANGES.
    78 19 IB.itish Radio— Official Service.] Rushy. Mar. 23. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 12.13. Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5 13-16 d.. Berlin 20 385. Brussels 34.885. Bucharest 818. Buenos Am 42 'j. Copenhagen 18.16. Geneva 25.115. Hrlsin--fc.is 193.. Honu BQOfl Is. 6',d.. Lisbon 108.30. Madrid 39.05. Milan 92.92. New York 4.86
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    65 19 March »4th.. U o'c 1«k k noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 25 4 26 Standard R.S.S. on Tender April 26'- 26 4 May 27 27 May-Jum 2"'_. 27 July -Sept 28 28 k Tom- c,t Market— Dull Latt-st Cabit- London S{)ot
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
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    GOVERNMENT'S RUBBER PROPOSALS.
    828 19 LOCAL VIEWS. "Obvious Solution to the Problem." OMBpleto ignorance oi previous kßOVledpt that Government proposed lakinu ii hand ill assisting the rubber industry, ina.smu< h as. as was disclosed at a meeting of Chinese Estate Owners and Chinese Merchants m IHngapnn over the week-end, the Colonial Se<
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    GRAND NATIONAL BETTING UPSET.
    223 20 EASTER HERO SCRATCHED Withdrawn After Regaining Fa you rite Position. [Reuters Service. 1 London, March 1 The Grand National betting which has twice been upset, first by the mishap to the favourite. Estate Hero, then by the poor display of the new favourite Gregalach. will be
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    LATEST BETTING ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE.
    63 20 Victoria Club Call Over. [FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT.] London. Mar. 24. The followinp is the Victoria Club call over on the Lincolnshire: SLpper B—l8 1 Pachalik 100—8 I Portraitist 100 7 Porthole 100 6 Garnock 20 1 Irish Romance 22 1 Guards Parade 25 1
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    STRAITS RACING ASSOCIATION.
    130 20 Classification of Horses and Ponies. List No 3. Amendment No. 6 Issued March ?4th. HORSES. Transfers: Ayrcrest from Class 4to 5 Besure from Class 5 to Class 4. Deletions: Burra Pcg Burr Cross. New Classifications: Class 1. Amooroob, Class 2 Gorilla late Cornstalk*. Lady Tess.e. The following
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    SINGAPORE SPRING RACES.
    291 20 Programme Details. The Singapore Turf Club's spring meeting vill be held on May 3. 7. 10. 14. 17. There will be three runs m each division for Classes I. 11. and 111 horses, two runs for each division of Classes IV and V combined three runs for
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB.
    115 20 Large Membership Increase. The annual report of the Taiping Turf Club states that the number of members has increased by 215 to 563. The accounts show a net profit of $50,190 after deducting $16,000 for depreciation, expending $8,600 on course maintenance, $44,602 for additions, $67,663 on racing
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    788 20 DR. PELTZER'S VIEWS. Famous German Runner m Singapore. Dr. Otto Peltzer, the famous German athlete, holder of no less than four world's running records, the most outstanding of which is the half mile which he created at Stamford Bridge m 1926 m the remarkable time of
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      TUESDAY'S TIES.
      110 20 Godown Doubles Handicap. R. B. Gotch and W. T. Yoxall vs. E. G. Hebditch and P. H. Steed. D. R. A. Hoblyn and R. A. Ashworth vs. W. N. Rothery and J. B. Stevenson. A. S. Gispert and K. H. McParlane vs. J. Elmer and D. Reid. Championship
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    853 20 R.A .F. TEAM'S FIRST BIG MATCH. PROMISING FORWARD LINE S.C.C. Strike Form After A Tame Opening. S.C.C 6 R.A.F 2 The Royal Air Force soccer team played their first big match yesterday when they met thp S.C.C. on the Padang. Their heavy defeat came as a surprise, for throughout the
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB ANNUAL MEETING.
    46 20 Members of the Swimming Club are notified that the annual meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 6th. The plans of the proposed new Club House are now on view at the Club and open to members' inspection.
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    GOOD SAILING BREEZES.
    483 20 SUNDAY'S YACHTING. Mobilisation Stops Winstedt Race. The three six-metre yachts are now the sole representatives of the "A" class. Ella-Dorothy and June are laid up and Kathleen is on the "slips" awaiting a purchaser. However the "B" class is going strong and these boats are undoubtedly the
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    SINGAPORE AMATEUR BOXING.
    395 20 Greater Interest Needed. Mr F. C. Johnson who is now Hon. Sec. of the SABA, writes as follows: A Committee meeting was held on Friday last with the object of discussing how a mor° progressive policy could be formed to further the success of the Association. Our
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