The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 April 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 12,992. ESTABLISHED 1835, SINGAPORE, S.S. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 402 1 The Reichstag rejected the Socialist motion of no confidence m the Bruening Ministry by 252 votes to 187 Page 11. Fire broke out at Kirkee Arsenal. India, the cause of which is a mystery, but an attempt to blow up the Arsenal is rumoured—Page 11. Light on
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  • 1189 1 Pull of humour was my introduction to life on a rubber estate m Malaya m 1910. Our Directors at home m London assured us that a new bungalow would be ready for us on our arrival. After spending a happy month on the Continent
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 182 1 SWALLOW ft ARIELL'S WORLD RENOWNED m IRaffl.es Hotelf ♦> EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION V y <|> TEA DANCES X EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY DINNER DANCES X EVERY TVESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA I TO BEST AND MOST POPULAR DANCE BAND EAST OF SUEZ DELIGHTFULLY COOL BALLROOM.
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    • 196 1 V^____^V f f /mmmW AmWmW* ___P I^^U' y mwl **W m mm wv -v &>*.: V __T\ ____k Jt# v V^*>'' Virginia SSS,-.-:S-:' .■■>.:V«.'-> v i-s!''S'' v S >.. -J 'v. ''I- i-V .."S _t', ''i'^ i' .A --S'- •■SS i/.- ."^v.' ?.''i^SV.-^-:-'; •vjS'(:~''*":*-.i;^....5j. ,^:i:';^... r r.-'..V^Si^"''& i!> m—ff 'y^
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    • 136 1 i LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS, i Carry an Eveready flashlight— Page 8. Use Kalzana, the calcium food Page 7. Kill sleep-destroyers with Flit Page 6. Use "Phillips" lamps for economy Page 18. Harley's Rodine makes a clean sweep Page 2. Directory of Malaya for 1930 now ready Page 13. Decide on an
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    • 7 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S BISCUITS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND.
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  • 348 2 At the Alhambra. There are two very pi tUTBa about the AlM_Bbra'a latest talkie. Romance of Rio Grande the Mttn| of Warner Baxter and tin smgir.4 generally. All the _n I Bit to the tango oc aaraaade awing and all of it ib ry pretty while the male
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  • 163 2 To Try Case Against American Consul. Bk Honour Judge Miitc.i I). Pm <>f Um United Btatea Court for China. \v:is due te arm.' in Rang Kong la-t wee 1 < the Pre 1clent Jr:;. nn. He Ls going to Canton to tr\ e. i
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  • 1425 3 TARIFF CHECK FAILS. Marvellous Post-War Recuperation. For nearly half a century, that is to say ever since Britain's foreign competitors were beginning to nibble at our mmnmk markets, there has been a serious and sustained effort to belittle and mis-represent Sheffield and her products and so to
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  • 809 3 Record Expansion m Sales. Presiding at tiie thirty-third annual general meeting Of Bovril. limited, held on February 19th at River Plate House, London, the Chairman. Lord Luke. r?id thai It was with pleasure that they nwi the shareboMen apaiand had the opportunity to present to them such a
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    • 252 3 JDunlop Tubes are the finest obtainable Here is the proof ■f BUILT TO SHAPE. Dunlop Tubes are made circular m 1 shape circumferentially and fit the cover without pinching or kinking. NO JOINT OR SEAM. Dunlop Tubes are made without circumferential joint or seam. The joint is steam vulcanized under
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    • 217 3 j Estate Trust Agencies f (1927) Limited. BRANCHES: v g 21, First Cross Street MALACCA. i A 11, Light Street PENANG. S V 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. '5 ►J Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. 3 Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments
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  • MOODS and MODES OF EVE
    • 701 4 By Our Woman Correspondent. •THE DOT Wbom are so beautiful and varied m material and design tliat it is possible to pleas. e\erybody Shots are taking a larger place than ever m a woman's toilet nowadays as then is a tendency for these to match ones
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      9 4 Two of the bygone fashions m Cochrans 1930 Revue
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    • 722 4 r»OAT frocks are now seen at all the dress parades; navy serge is the material of the moment, and, though elaborately worked, a simple line is maintained with demure effect. Necks are high, and here one sees narrow lingerie collars, and. sometimes big bows of white taffetas.
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    • 326 4 Latest .Modes for Women and Men. [From Our Own Correspondent] London. Mar. 8. The London dICM show season opens this wtt-k and if the weather continues as it ta now —mild and spring like— we shall soon have London* feminine population appearing m all the new
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    • 913 4 BY ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH IT. ThLs is the first of a series of twelve articles (copyright by the Free Press and the N.A. N.A.i written by an American woman who has been through the experience of divorce "the Reno way." Reno. Nevada. Dear
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  • 1482 4 Windsor Castle Alterations London's Enterprising Dress makers A Nobleman of Wit Royal 'Broiderers; Why they are Healthy: Tallulah m Crinolines. London, Afar. YT is now practically certain that the King will go to Windsor Castle for Easter and spend a good part of the Spring thure. During
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  • 154 4 Since useful American innovations find t way to England very quickly, it is llMWfil to hear that the American housewife bai at her disposal a spring cleaning service. Wf the dread season arrives, the housewit« l is appreciably lessened by telephoning to appropriate firm asking for a
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  • 403 5 A HARD-DYING LEGEND. Coincidences Only, Says Mr. Howard Carter. The suicide of Lord Westbirv at Kht ace of 78. revived the legend of the "curse of the Pharaoh.. lor the aged peer had been greatly ieprc-Td b" the lon- last "ptt cf his son MMI
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  • 161 5 Changes Under New Ownership. Kußhy. Mar. 17. The Daily Horald. which is now m its twentieth year, appears to-day m a new and enlarged form under its new ownership, fiftyone per cent cf the shares being held by the well-known publishing firm of Odhams. Limited, and
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  • 159 5 Maniac 5 Confession to Detroit Police. Detroit. Feb. 20. How he had poisoned nine people during his wanderings around the world. wa« told to thi police to-day by James Barker. 2~>. v.hj ir, charged with the murder of James Gaw, an aged watchman at the Guggenheim
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  • 90 5 Estate Sold to Finance Mr. Gandhi. Rugby. March 20. A Budapest message says that among Mr. Gandhi's most ardent followers is a former Hungarian noblewoman, Frau Aladar Von Vertessy, who until a few months ago was one of the richest and most beautiful widows of Transylvania.
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  • 145 5 Brief picture of winter sports m wildest Lancashire: A thin but crisp layer of snow tempted me to venture out on skis. For a few glorious moments I snatched a fearful joy m a steep and unfrequented street. Then the Bobby appeared, doubtful and yet deteri mined
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  • 391 5 Bill Approved by the Commons. A Socialist M P.s Bill— the Local Authorities Enabling' Bill to t in local authorities all the trading powers of a public company, received a second reading m the House of Commons by 150 votes to 124. a majority of
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  • 84 5 The wedding took place at the British ponjulate, Bangkok, of Mr. P. Young, wharf man:ger for the Borneo Wharf Syndicate, Bangkok, and Miss Victoria Hitcham, of Singapore. The Queen, on Feb. 27, m the magnificent -jold and crimson Throne Room of Buckingham Palace, received the wives of the delegates .o
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  • 411 5 The output of saleab!? coal m Great Britam m the vcar 1929. <says the Board of Trad- T ournal> is estimated to have amounted to 256 2-3 million tons, and compares with 237 L million tons m 1928. The previous highest output figjre m c.ny postwar
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  • 123 5 Mr. Tobias Garretts. a licensed victualler, of Lea Bridge-road, Hackney, was m the King's Bench Division, ordered to pay £360 and £775 damages respectively to Mr. Thomas Watts and his wife Rosetta Watts, for injuries following a collision between Mr. Garretfs car and Mr. Watts' motor-cycle.
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  • 328 5 Propaganda That Failed. Paris. Thirteen unlucky girls, then yes wet with tears, boarded a train at Riga i > carry them back to Leningrad, after a tantalising glimpse of the non-Soviet world— and a series 01 unfortunate adventures. Tht thirteen pretty fencing girls of from
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  • 124 5 Proposed Move to a Ground That Will Hold 40,000. A commission of the Football League have inspected the propo yd D m ground of the Clapton Orient club at the Lea Bridge Dirt Track, situated half a m.le from the pn •<: ground at MUlfield .-ro id
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 321 5 I BY SPEC.AL U HM THE RiNG \PPOINTMF\T TO S&XJf^V m >* J&^ti&C OF SIAM S (|j) ESTD. y^agjjgS^p. 1872 DISTINGUISHED SELECTION I OP I ONDS SET PLATINUM f ENGAGEMENT RINGS and all I DIAMONDS SET PLATINUM I WEDDING RINGS. Attractive patterns m various other jewellery set with baque'te diamonds,
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    • 173 5 Helping Mummy! When Baby is coming on it means that brings Baby on. And the reaio* work. When he isn't it means worry i> simply this. From Laaogcn Baby too. And worry is worse than vvork. gets rich, genuine full-cream milk. Nothing you could name has stopped All the goodness
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  • 133 6 I Indigestion is such a common ailment that many people rafWi it as an unavoidable evil, never realising that unless checked it is doing incalculable harm to the stomach and may even cause stomach ulcers. The best, safest and surest remedy for digestive troubles
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  • 564 6 WAYSIDE HORRORS The Better Continenta Way. Recently Mr. dough Williams-Ellis was allo^ <"d to grumble for fifteen minutes over tht Wireless about the mess we are making of oar roads, it was not nearly long enough for him 90, as he said m a further
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  • 368 6 MYSTERY OF HISTORIC NECKLACE. Napoleon's Gift to Marie Louise. New York. Mar. 1. A diamond necklace valued at £80.000. a ift from Napoleon to his wife, the Empress Mane Louise, is sought here by agents of thr Archduchess Marie-Therese. who is living m •ienna. According to the United States Attorejr.
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  • 48 6 Berlin, Feb. 28. The- cuckoo clock celebrates its 200 th bithda.v this year. having been invented m 1730 dj Franz Anton Ketterer. of Schonwald. m the Black Forest. Celebrations are to be held m his honom this summer at his native Tillage.
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  • 416 6 MR. GRAHAM ON TARIFF TRUCE. Warning to Europe Of' Mr Will;;- :n Grah ;:.i. P.; Ueat C< E .c; jf Tn.de. was th? iir. t rpaafccr tc-day at the Tariff Truce C Mr Graham declared thai -h v suffering toon cianu.-i. us delusfca v t h'Lde.i of economic Mr-auOclency tnd
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  • 29 6 Mr. K. Nadarajan has relinquished his post s« Editor of the Indian Daily Mail. Bombay anc has been succeeded by Mr. P. w. WU«on exEditor of the Pioneer. Allahabad.
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  • 141 6 Normal Condition^ Gener.M' Canad-.i 1- mat, wit! spring ord>:.-, and wh >I« ly tin weskcnln etal and Ind trial ble quantities of c extent > battle with I I ber prices U Apart f: v«ial a i unempl ftm urban partleu lada, there is no i
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  • 112 6 [Kccnlng Costs Under !Vr How I Fu pit m tttves of B I v. uv., US i;..\ I at and "i I just been completed i< t'.«' J n Chile. i DeMTibcci as :i j I b.ggo t of its Li^ct ever made In land
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 362 6 J BUY BRITISH GOODS m^ Ml I X X 3 fl II '8 v^ jl Australia's Health-Giving Wines. t RICH RUBY PORT TYPE— BURGUNDY V RICH WHITE PORT TYPE— CIUBLIS A RICH TAWNY PORT TYPE— SHERRY TYPE t Obtainable at all Stores. J£L t Henry Waugh Co., Ltd. A A
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    • 67 6 DORSAYS PERFUMES PARIS ALL THE NICEST FLAVOURS IN BEAUTIFUL CSTST* BOTTLES U "DANDY," "DUO," "CHARME," etc EAU DE COLOGNE D'ORSAY SOLD EVERYWHERE. ASK for Official Price-List at RENE ULLMANN Atts. SINGAPORE. FRENCH INDO Clllv r H^^—— opray WxS^Z 818 M frff^ TRAOC MARK RCCiSTCRCO TjSSp-^ i,"" rf /l^| D<»fribufed by
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  • 972 7 SLAUGHTER ATROCITIES. Exposure of a Ghastly Traffic. We m Great Britain boast of our love for horses, yet we allow two hundred or more to leave this country every week to be butchered on the Continent, writes Geoffrey Gilbey m the Daily Express. If any one talks
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  • 83 7 Colombo, March 10. A young European planter, Mr. H. B. Lowden, of Nivitigalla. near Ratnapura, was drowned to-day while bathing m a river running through the estate on which he was employed. A companion who had left him m order to fetch something returned to find that
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  • 305 7 The Countess of Denbigh writes to the Editor of the Evening News as follows: Sir. If Mr. Simon Elwes. my charming nephew by marriage, m his Evening News article entitled "I Like Girls To Use Make-Up* had advised his readers, both old and young,
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  • 233 7 London. Mar. 7. Displays of summer models which are now being given m West End salons reveal that the contest between the short skirt and the long has resulted, at least for the present, m an expected compromise, evening dresses Mug definitely long
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  • 534 7 Swamp, "Stews," and Bear Garden. Southwark, the jumbled, insanitary riverside Soutawark contained within the portal) of St. BftTtOUr, is to try onco more, scys The Observer Like a penitent, throwing a halfwistful glance at the brilliance of old follies md pushing r.wav ■emories if a life
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  • 468 7 Mr. Philip Snowden attended the thirteenth annual meeting of the Colne Valley Labour Party at Slaithwaite. near Huddersfield. and afterwards addressed a large gathering at a sjcial m the Ircal Socialist Hall. Mr. Snowden said that at the General Election he made statement that he
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 357 7 tit I^l I^Hr Diarrhoea especially when caused by weakened nerves, prompt relief invariably follows the administration of calcium m the form of Kalzana. It quickly allays the inflammation, strengthens the bowels m their light a-ainst the infection, and soothes the irritated nerves. lake Kal/ani, the scientific combination of calcium, which
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    • 91 7 PROFITABLY YOURS Put your faith and your money m a Dodge Truck* You will profit through more w ork done, more time saved, more customers gained, more profits earned* Dependable, powerful, speedy, long-lived, good-looking and miser-like m their costsaving ability—are Dodge Trucks. More successful, more efficient, more profit-certain are the
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  • 730 8 "NERVES" AND CRIME. Uverstrained Women Who Crave Excitement. Striking evidence of the success of the "psychological" treatment of potential women criminal;, is disclosed by Mrs. Cecil Chesterton In Ml article m which she analyses the probationary systems now m force. The number of women imprisoned at Holloway,
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  • 173 8 Scared Stiff" of Dutch Superiority. m of the British air servicemore especially of the Imperial Alrwayi wm I »*y Mr. j. b. Bcbolter, the chief pilot of he Fokker monaplanc In which Mr. van Lear rrfved m Hong Kong recently m ■■■•'-•V with a China Mall
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  • 79 8 Walter Lindrum, the Australian billiards ilavor. is returning to Australia on May Eth. It v.as intimated at the annual meeting m London on March 3 of the Society for Qm Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire that he committee are m correspondence with th.^ Colonial Office with regard to
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  • 230 8 U f.: f r i!■ t I mesibe] tra of li "Remove the Bttffma. Allahabad. M;m-h 7. '•We ire neither t! yes m !ld we appeal to the Qovemmeni to rtlgma under vhlcti we surier b; randed M ;i c! i: 1 ii'iiil tribe." Th:s v
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  • 60 8 Father an:l Son Cheat! tr ito at Calei and con and 19 m w\\. Erth "l i i it w:; stated th as '"Lieut -Cul. ■i:cl v. .si.)iis Jud i a local hotel Mid piiv.tK- m ■iii.i.v 1 en Mi'.ssr.s. Th v. i lamed b<:mis ebt n» from
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 298 8 DOUBlfl M^p^IGAkETTES i ARE REHOVnED X^^^k TIIROUGMOVJT HYGENICALLY PURE. THEY %^^~l^AJL^-^M ARH THE BEST CIGARETTES i^^^^Hß^^^W l OBTAINABLE AT THE TRICE ■^JDQURT F AfEt OF 60 CENTS PER TIN OF 50 /^(I^KT //P/Xy f/?O/7 f/TGUr/D ARDATH TOBACCO Co., LTD. LONDON JUlenburas are particularly suited to the J feeding of infants
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    • 120 8 KING OF CLUBS A Sovereign Whisky of the Finest Quality I f-J i rt lU; t,^ X t ,\Tlpl ftZ^^^ A.LONE m the fe: bouse at night a crash of glow below &tairs then silence! I \ul Flas b on your Eveready. rQIJ nood lhe place i!l1 :l hiilli;il I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 541 9 BUSINESS CARDS. TO BUSINESS MEN. mt run Shorthand and Typewriting Bureau bl this Address especially lor your convenience 11. smallest enquiry will at all times receive' our best attention. Prompt Service—Charge* Moderate. 1 1 RAITS TYPEWRITING BUREAU JB-E. Chulla Street, SINGAPORE ASSAGE ANICURB ISS FUMIKO 82 Dhoby Ghaut. MARBLE MERCHANTS.
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    • 729 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. iy of a Cinema Operator's Box at the Noon Victoria Theate Noon, g meai.e. April 4tfi 193Q Supply of about 6.500 tons Nnon of Gas rn»i Noon, 01 Gas Coal. Apri] gth ig3Q auction of Quarters at Joo Chiat Place for Water Nftnn .J Department. Atl
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    • 632 9 NOTICES. UNITED ENGINEERS, LTI 'Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). NOTICE is hereby given that the Directoi have declared a Dividend of five per cen i actual being at the rate of 10 per rent. p« I annum on the Ordinary Shares on account t the year ending June 30th. I'J3D,
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    • 530 9 FOR SALE. I 24 TONS LEYLAND LORRY, m perMrunning order. Box No. 723. Singapore Fre. Press. FORD TOURING, new model, m perfect condition, very little used and well looked after Box No. 724, Singapore Free Press. IMMEDIATELY, Morris Minor Saiuon. pei feet condition. 5 months old. easy terms cai be
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    • 305 9 IMPORTANT NOTICE. RE TYE GUAN TONG ■> the "**±&g&JViU^ SKrr LEMENTS Suit No: i 2.-) of 19.^0 Chew Yew otherwise known a> Lee Sen* Ton* or Tet k Sen* T,,, lg „r Om Stng Tong. or Ka Yum Ton K or Chen Trek I 'l I lIH Iff. By an
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  • 688 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. APRIL 4. 1930. THE POSITION IN CHINA. Although there has been little or practically no fighting as yet m connection with the extensive movement m China apparently directed against the Nanking Government but probably against Chiang Kai-shek, it can be at once admitted that a much
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  • 640 10 Dr. V. X Samy returns to Singapore on Sunday by the Suwa Maru from Europe. A Paramount Picture. The Wanderer, will be screened at the V.M.C.A. Cinema Hall to-day at 8.30 p.m. Mr. G. D. A. Fletcher, of Messrs. Harrisons and Barker, Penang. will be proceeding on Home leave towards
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  • 657 10 INTEREST AROUSED. Defendant Denies Intent to Annoy. I'rnaujf. April 3. In the District Court here G. P. Lenders claimed trial on a charge of criminal assault on Mrs. Oon, the Penang woman barrister. Lenders was defended by Messrs. Terrell and Deburiatte. while Mr. J. J. Saunders prosecuted.
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  • 430 10 AN IPOH SUIT. Alleged Managing Director's Claim. [From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. \prt| t Interesting light was thrown on Uv flotatio of mining companies m a suit broueru b A. J. King against Phin Soon Minine Co liquidation! for $3,500 salary due to han"' managing
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  • 128 10 "Quiet But Useful Service." fFrom Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. April 3. At the Perak ex-Services Association annual meeting. Capt. Goddinß. presiding over a Urpe attendance, said the year had been one of quiet but useful service: $696 arrears had bern recovered and much assistance had been
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  • 76 10 Two Months for Eurasian Clerk. [From Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh. ApriJ 3. An absconding clerk m the Taiping Govern ment Services Co-operative Society. 0 M Goudart. an Eurasian, arrested m Penane. was charged yesterday at Taiping with breach of trust of $395. He pleaded guilty an<l
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  • 18 10 All O.O's m Malaya arr requestr-d t< r>mmunlcate with Captain R. MaasHl. Artillery Mess, Singapore.
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  • 142 10 Eight Counsel Engaged One of the biggest will cases that has keca heard In Penang for a long time will ty h i on April 28 when about eight Counsel «uli engaged on both sides The parties t«> I action, which is being brought for
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  • 56 10 In the Supreme Court Penang Mor Justice Sproule. Mr. Walter Vivians D Skrine was admitted to practise m HM Mr. Terrell made the formal application submitted that all the papers werr iv Mr. Skrine, Mr. Terrell said, was till nctatif with Messrs. Bannon and Bailey. Lumpur, and had been a
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    • 103 10 HONESTY "JS" POLICY AND ALLSOPPS BEER THE OSLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE LATTER IS OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. If You Stick to Both You Won't Go Far Wrong. CALDBECK. MACGREGOR CO., LTD. itncorporafd under the Commmief Ordmmncea of Hong Kotn,) < Incorporated m Shanghai). 90, Robinson Road. Telephone 6228. DUTCH SMOKED HERRINGS
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    • 117 10 j iff ufiSwb~OD fYPEWRITER" A ffojuraateed Machine with I ffaaranteed service. I PArJKKSOiN. SIMONS CO^ LIMITED. I Prince Street, Singapore. I J PHOVE 2700. J j 634 I i Morth Brldte Road. TENG SENG GUAN. j S Established IMS Tele. No: 2415. J m JjM* j T. K. X's Tyres
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    • 92 10 COMMODITY MARKET. LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. London, April 3, 6.25 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son* notify to-day's tin prices M follows: Spot £164 816 (down 3 16). Forward £166 4 16 (down 6 16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber
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  • 86 11 HISASTER AVERTED. Attempt to Blow Up Magazine r[ Router's Service] r oona. April S duster m the Klrkee Arsenal area na 1 ,v averted when fire broke out m the I umawne section of the ammunition factory ...ntn.lled aft^r two hours' hard work by Od
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  • 115 11 Economic Conditions to be Tabulated. Renter'? Service., Washington, April 3 of IS.ON officials conducting the n li intended to be the most com- 01 American citizens and their Qditkna ever accomplished have questionnaire to deal not only I the population, but include the rr.ployment and illiteracy
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  • 74 11 Heavy Tax on Australian Imports. [Reuters Service] Canberra, Anr 3 Th, Prime Minister. Mr. Scullin. announces ftMfc measures to curtail luxury imports, some of ieh are prohibited and others rationed per cent supertax will be imposed on #ims beer, spirits, matches, textile JSTSt feit< fUrS> Snd Clothin
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  • 71 11 Pandit Malaviya's Outburst r Reuters Service.] J*e» Delhi. Apr. 3. alists are resigning their seats m Arab* following a passage on the -•apmal Preference provision of the Tariff bej inrJude Pandit Malaviya. who m a toe letter says it is interrupting for a quarter Century participation
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  • 57 11 No Question of Receding. [Reuters Service. J London. April 3. of Commons, replying to Mr TT* M Mac Donald said the British Govwould continue to administer accordance with the terms of the approved by the council of the J2J* Nations That was an international «aiicn from
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  • 47 11 MOTHER LONDON POLICE SCANDAL. v eral Officers Said to Have Keen Suspended. f ßeuters Service. 1 London, Apr. 3. Pour has been caUse<l m Metropolitan according to the Daily Chronicle. that another police scandal has -•hed involving uniformed officers special duties, several of whom have **f» :.ded.
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  • 22 11 [Reuter's Service.] London. April 3. **as occurred m London of th. Kmma Albani. ->rlier cables on page 12.]
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  • 63 11 eader 'Seated by Overwhelming Majority. Calcutta. March Ssth. h 25th The new wave of deek *Uon IridUl wnich was signalized by the k^ral SWp Pper from Midnapore to the •>> th« k ttlVe Council has been followed thu Ax, n of Chi ratan Muchi. a
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  • 22 11 YEN RSI-SHAN'S PLANS. Nationalists Preparing to Leave Tsinanfu. 'Heuters Far Eastern Service] bshk -;r P =r d xrr^er:
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  • 324 11 Wu Pei-fu Reported Active Again. [Hanyang Siang Pau Press— Service Shanghai. ApriJ 3. Yen Shi-shan has issued a declaration announcing his assumption of the post of com-mander-in-chief of the army, navy and air forces, and his determination to achieve national unification by means of a southern
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  • 49 11 In Bandits' Hands. fNanyang Siang Pau Press Service.] Shanghai. April 3. Miss Gemmell, Mr. Porteous and his wife, Kiangsi foreign missionaries have been held by bandits since Thursday. They demanded a ransom of $22,000 each. Miss Rugg and Mr. and Mrs. Glazier made good their escape.
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  • 34 11 Mass Disobedience to Start on Sunday. [Reuter's Service.] Bombay, Apr. 3. Through his newspaper Young India Gandhi authorises the starting of mass civil disobedience to the salt laws on Sunday.
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  • 55 11 [Nanyang Siang Pau Press Service.] Shanghai, April 3. 1,200 native medicine shop workers continue on strike. Yesterday 300 strikers attempted to attack a large medicine shop with paper balls containing lime with the intention of blinding faithful workers, but the attempt was frustrated by the police.
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  • 92 11 European Tour Cancelled. Paris. Mar. 11. Madame Amelita Galli-Curci. the famous soprano, has cancelled the remainder of her European tour, because of the unfriendly attitude of the newspapers. She will sail for New York to-morrow. Madame Oalli-Curd declared that the newspapers m Budapest had said that she was
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  • 291 11 BASE WORK CONDITIONS. Rubber Tappers' Wages Complaints. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT. m>l vr, London, April S. Mr. George Hall (Civil Lord of thT Arf SS2 f L repWnf to w £-?<££ Rochdale) regarding the conditions of working a UiH TS! yeCS 8t Sin WPo« Naval Baae
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  • 62 11 Mr. Clynes's Insistance Causes Uneasiness. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. 1 London. April 3. mere is widespread uneasiness over Mr Clynes-s instance on the privacy of sweepl stakes. Counsel have informed the banks that the law has not been infringed by their acting for customers over the Calcutta
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  • 55 11 No Political Objections. [Reuter's Service.] ,-v f Batavla, Apr. 3. On the ground that there are no longer any political objections to their return home Government has decided to permit nine native Communists, who were exiled to New Guinea after the labour troubles m November,
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  • 56 11 Twickenham Studio Tragedy. C*RO PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIOB 1 London, Apr. 3. Mr. Donald Calthrop. the actor, was severely burned to-day m a gallant attempt to save the life of Miss Anita Poy. an actress, whose clothing caught alight m a Twickenham studio fire yesterday and
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  • 32 11 Socialist Non-Confidence Vote Defeated. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, April 3. By 252 votes to 187 the Reichstag rejected the Socialist motion of non -confidence m the Bruening Ministry.
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  • 55 11 Prominent Deputies Involved [neuter's Service.l Paris, Apr. 3. Starting' rumours are current m political circles following an admission by the Premier. M. Tardieu, to journalists that the Public Prosecutor i 3 exhaustively to investigate a big oil scandal which it is reported, involves several prominent deputies.
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  • 146 11 Suggestion to Increase Police Force. Manila, March 23. A programme of general Improvement In the police department with a view to enabling the force to cope with crime m Manila was outlined yesterday by Columbus E. Piatt Chief of Police. Chief Piatt will ask, among
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  • 453 11 AGAIN ADJOURNED. Directory Not Accepted as Evidence. lie Book Merah," or. to call it by its proname, the Singapore and Malayan Direcwas not accepted by the Chief Justice i *?L evldence The Question arose during the resumed hearing of the Supreme Court suit between M.
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  • 191 11 The three Chinese who have been arrested m connection with the armed robbery m Upper Serangoon recently when a Chinese Nonyah was attacked and robbed of cash of the extent of $200. have been committed for trial before the next Assizes. The charges on which
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  • 177 11 SOVIET REVENGE AFTER 25 YEARS. Enemies on Trial for "Crimes" m 1905. Moscow, Feb. 26. Twenty-six Russian Monarchists who were once Czarist police officers stood on trial at Ivonovo Vosnesensk yesterday for "crimes* alleged to have been committed twenty-five yesrr ago. They are accused of having aided the suppression of
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  • 74 11 Monday, Mar. 24. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council at the Council Chamber, Government Offices. Tuesday, Mar. 25. H.H. Raja of Sarawak and Mr. Macßryan had luncheon at Government House. Wednesday, Mar. 26. His Excellency dined with the Officers of the Singapore Volunteer Corps
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 223 11 f St&ples s^^^ Mattress ♦f BY APPOINTMENT J W-w Mattress and J£ Bedstead ManuOctuww X toHM.THE KING f STAPIIS WOOD PRAME MATTRESS. STOCKED IN SIZES 4 l "ti."* 4f 70 6 0 r sft 4 $700 585.00. $110 00 4 :3 6 s r LES all s j 4 e
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  • 420 12 JAPAN CONCEDES. Anglo-French Developments Expected. fßeuter's Service.] London, April 2. A Nav;;i Conference communique states Mr. Wakatsuki announced at the meeting of the heads of delegations that the Japanese Government's reply on the Anglo-American-Japanese compromise proposals had been received. This Mated the Government, being
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  • 163 12 10,000 Cases Aboard British Rum-Runner. [Reuter's Service.] New York. April 5. The schooner Ada M was chased for ten miles before she surrendered. She was sighted i m the darkness of Sandyhook and immediately j put out to sea pursued by a patrol boat,
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  • 115 12 SENATE NAMES NEW PLANET. European Scepticism. F IReuter's Service. 1 fl Washington, Apr. 3. n The mv. planet discovered by the Lowell Gtecnatoqr, Arfenm recently m til 1 subject c of debate m the Genatc. especially iii relation p to reports from Europe and clre.vhere reflecting a doubts of such
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  • 52 12 17,000,000 Increase Estimated. (Reuters Service] Washing' on, April 3. A census of the population h>s started. It is the Hist for a decade when the population Was 105.110.600. The increase since is estan:«tc.l at 17.000.000. The long questionnaire is expected to collate more statistical info-matirn thin
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  • 1020 12 THE CHANGE TO GOLD. Conversion Report Published. I Reuters Par Eastern Service.) Shanghai. March 29. The report of the Kemmerer Commission of Financial Experts submitted last November to Hi& Excellency T. V Soong, Minister ol Finance, a very lengthy document running into 236 pages, has just been
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  • 54 12 To Visit London m June. London, Mar. 27. Marseille-.— Sir Rabindranath Tagore and ts WUy liavc arrived here on board the steamer H temptegne. Sir Rubindranrth will stay at Cap Martin for < ime time and will go to Paris m May. He will v: i: London
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  • 412 12 NANKING CRISIS. Secret Alliance With Kuominchun. Shanghai, Mar. 21. Hostilities between the Kuominchun and Na tionalist armies, being the preliminary encount ers m what promises to be one of the 9MM serious civil wars to occur m China, have brok i out along the Lung-Hai Railway m
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  • 370 12 Kuominchun Pursuing Nationalists. Hankow. Man h 27. Hostilities between the Nationalist and antiNationalist forces have broken out m Honan. near Chengchow. following the Nationalist evacuation of the city. The retreating Nationalist forces are being pursued by the Kuominchun troops. News of the outbreaks of operations was
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  • 62 12 No Record Attempts Contemplated. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Apr. 2. The Under-Secretary for Air, Mr. F. Monigue. stated, m reply to a question m the louse of Commons that no further attempts g n the world's air speed records are, at pre- 3
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  • 366 12 A SURE FUTURE. Demand for English Specialists. A new kind of school has opened m London. J have discouvered it m a severe-lcoking. three- storeyed mansion m the neighbourhood of Sari' t, Court, where a few private motor-cars lined uc a near the kerb appear to
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  • 367 12 Calcutta Newspaper's Agitation. London. Mar. 25. The London representative of The Stater-man is authoritatively informed that there is every hope that The Statesman's income tax agitation, against the liability to English income tax of married men from India and other parts of tne Empire overseas when
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  • 276 12 Yen Shi-shan's Progress. fNanyanj? Siang Pau Press Service.] Shanghai, Apr. 2. Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Shanghai last night and stays at Lunghwa. I Han Fu-chu has reported he has lost half his army which has mostly gone over to Shin I Yu-san. Yen Shi-shan is reported to
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  • 751 12 COMPANION'S DEATH. $20,000 Ransom Paid for Capt. Auclerc. Captain Aucierc. the French military air- man. who was captured m Kwangsi when th* 1 i plane m which he was flying as observer crashi ed recently, has been released on payment of r the ransom of $20,000
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  • 159 12 Programme of Drills up to and for weekending April 6th. 1930. Friday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hull, S.R.A. <v), Battery and Battery Sißiial parade. Malay Drill Hall. F- (Malay) Coy.. Weapon Training. Drill Hall. "A" (M.G.) Coy.. Vickers Gun training Ist Reinforcements R. F. Course. Ist. Bn Signal
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  • 429 12 SOVIET OPPRESSION-. Primate's Startling stal, m nJ to House of Lord. [Reuter's Service. I I.orid": m the Room of Lords the i Canterbury called attention I religion m Rm I !(i best ir.dtpt :ui. ttl] to I erfe m fa i confident be VU
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  • 152 12 De Valera Keaten Hy 1"> Vtttt. 1 Reuter's Sen ice. I London, \pnl Mr. C;. ur;i\ m been w-etecti i ft the Irish Executive PffMIHJI by 8.1 VDtes I after the defeat first of I). V.v. b 54 and the»i of OConnell iLahourl t>y 78 to
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  • 97 12 Statement Expected Befoit Faster. IButi-h Radio— Ofiteta] Benrfci Bagfcj Ipi Mr. Arthur Kendenon, the Foreigi tary. was aakad m the HOUM of I Whether ho had yet ttfffed ip Ambassador th;- rights of British i the Soviet Go\ eminent ami \v.> recognition und KtUement <>f «.<■
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  • 61 12 HUMAN SMUGGLING BY AEKOPLANE. Mendel! Rernhart m Trouble. I Routers Smut 1 New Veil. I The aeroplane pic e.ted t<> lleodrll after its refiu-llii^- r:u!'ir.mre Bighi last, has been OOOflmtcd and lira* U In the plane, taken Into i oirtoms officials (.11 the bolder ot I OWW nia on a
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 69 13 BATAVIA FOOTBALLERS' VISIT. Three Matches This Month. Arrangements have now been completed for the visit to Singapore of the Batavia footballers, who are due to arrive here on April 14 and will play matches here on th :t day a»d on April 16 and 17. The visitors have expresscc a
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    • 154 13 Big Score Against Jamaica. Kirsrston. M'Th ?2. In a match against Jamaica, tin- MCC had made 1« ft 7 m their flrsl livings at the tea interval to-day. Kingston. March 24. The MCC. scored 220 (Ames 42. Calthorpe 43. Scott 6 for 118). Jamaica 243 (Stevens
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    • 123 13 Match against Western Australia. Perth (Australia). Mar. 22. In the match between Western Australia and Australia, the former batting first, made 167. Grimmett taking six wickets for 75. Australia before the close of play made 59 for one wicket. Perth (Australia). Mar. 22. In the second day's
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    • 39 13 Cochet Not Defending Title at Wimbledon. London. March 25. It is stated that Henri Cochet is very unlikely to defend his title at Wimbledon owinp to business reasons, but he will play m the Davis Cup matches.
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    • 86 13 Risko Beats Campolo on Points. London. March 25. In a ten-round boxing contest. Risko beat Campolo on points. The de?k,ion v.a, a very unpopular one. A judge, the crowd and the critics thought Campolo had won. but the other judge and the referee gave a verdict m favour of
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    • 62 13 The April bogey competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday. Martens' Cups. The entry li.st for this competition which is to be played under foursome handicap match play rulef is now open and will close on Tuesday. &pri] IStfa at (J p.m. Members may total
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    • 93 13 Lcntlon, Mar. 21. A y:t 1 to Satuiday's incident, following Of lach's defeat, In which the horse vm removed from Lender's stables and taken to B <ti, all of Mr. and Mrs. GemmeU 1 hwm are leaving. Newmarket. They are p>\ b-bly being transferred to Wantage.
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    • 283 13 Inter-Services Tournament. [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] London, Mar. 6. T". b ttle betrma thr Ry- a .y and the Army was the leading Hatttre oi Saturday', fixture list. For the third year m succession the Army beat the Navy at Twickenham. They scored two goals and
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    • 100 13 In the County Championship. Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 18 points to 3 at Rochdale. Last year Lancashire won 33 10. winning the championship easily. London. March V* The following are the results of Rugby matches played under Northern Union Rules to-aay. Batk ">' I, Huddersfield io Barrow
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    • 69 13 London, Mar. 22. The following are the results of some of the principal matches played under Rugby Union rules to-day. Bath 9. Bristol 3. Coventry 6. Leicester 11. Plymouth Albion 10. Old Blues 8 Glasgow Un. 12. Edinburgh Inst. 3 Edinburgh Wanderers 5. Edinburgh Acad. 15 Hawick
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    • 212 13 Both crews for the University B.:at-race were decided on m mail week. Cambridge will hay six new blues, including the cox. the men uh have previously rowed m th s race being W R Warriner. J. B. Collins, and T. A. Brockl' 'r:::k. Tin- crew is a.; follows:
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 264 13 ROYAL DUTCH iNbIAI^A^VT^I DO YOU REALISE THIS ?j X cbin monop,,^ WITHOI;T ANY increasf ()rem|iiD] j TWO MSOMHt INSLRANCE COMPANIES FOLLOWED TUIS EXAMPLE. THEREFORE Lf g M FLY. M NOW HE'f HAPPY! S9T On rhln ta on the move when IT JOl f ilT diae thar i the York»hir« 3\
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    • 343 13 S WlVllV l», aiW>lV||;B! lB H B I The most THRILLING form of motor cycle racing t you nave ever witnessed i I SINGAPORE (SPEEDWAY! TO OPEN SATURDAY, APRIL 19th. 1 Then Every Saturday e,£i A 2£*"* G CHINESE-MALAY— SIAMESE m )t£m SINGAPORE -ENGLISH-AUSTRALIAN RIDERS headed by I CHAS D4TSON'
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    • 702 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. UPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON AN. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. MENELAUS For Marseilles. London, Rotterdam and Glasgow Apr
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    • 544 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. Dm* Singapore. SJ. CITY OP SHANGHAI Apr 4 B A. CITY OP CORINTH Apr 30 HOMEWARDS. 8.8.
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    • 401 14 P. &°O. British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated In Bngl&nd). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMFNT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Due Hot Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. S.nr.p^ BELTANA 11,100 Apr. 4 KALYAN
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    • 528 15 O Jf. K. Line Rotterdam. Hamburg. Bremen v «*^t Arrire. Ve*r9. u,d Antwerp via Colombo. Aden Suez Port Said. P. Elizabeth, cape Town Ri o de APr 2? A P r 28 Santos. Mail ii i v, v and B !Uound-the-uord passage £190 j I Tanga. Zanzibar. Dnr-es-SaHam API 3
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    • 351 15 Cinemas aboard ship FIRST RUIN cinemas are shown regularly on every voyage of the President Liners This is just one ol the service features we provide to make your trip more enjoyable. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LInS and AMERICAN MAIL LINK THE BANK LINE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINK SERVICE (Owners: Messrs. ANDREW WEIR
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    • 406 15 K. P. M. (Incorporated In Holland.) MWAVIA ot the O.MCIAL TOURIST 111 IiK.U OF JAVA. ■OCOM OFF.CE rc^T-^TC, HMW AIRWA¥S ssssaste*ssv SriST^ and sourabaya Mengoider.-AnalC^/CwaSn'" 1 T Tanjong-Leldong. Tanj.,,^ Estate and Hrnßat P"i^-Rad,a. Sapat. T.mbilahan. -nlniTliil. n| mS^S^!!^- Apr 9 Batawan-Dt-U. JS^^r-** Al P »"<-«. 5.,,,, c „Pa knmu s
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  • 239 16 Business men trading with Portugal Will hopr that a decision to impose new charge* on p-^eneers and goods embarked and disembarked at the various quays of Lisbon is not connected m any way with flag discrimination, which was the subject of a resolution at the recent
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  • 192 16 THIRTY PER CENT. MOTOR SHIP FLEET. The latest figures which have been issued by the Norwegian Veritas m their register book relating to tonnage owned m Scandinavia, show that the Danish mercantile fleet now includes 31 per cent, of motor ships. In Norway the figure is 29.5 per cent, and
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 739 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated tn Australia;. FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. .Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7J75 torn) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). Th» ml MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Austraite Cabins de
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    • 175 16 s.s. TOURCOING. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Oslo (arrived March 23rd) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 22 on Friday, April 4th, 1930, at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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    • 582 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. I Q( y fiI£AVKR STREET. NEW TORjr o t (Incorporated In U.B A it OENERAL AQENTP REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ANi BALTIMORE. (via Buc«> M.B. BILVERASH Apr. Apr. 14 iU^U M.S. SILVERYEW May 12 May 18 Jun P ACIHC JAVA CALCUTTA SERvin SINGAPORE
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 716 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Kuaia. Pahang, Pekan, Bungel Lembln and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a jr. Bangkok every Thursday 6 axri Kota Tlnggl, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Talping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Slam 0 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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    • 82 16 (Brit); V. d. Does de Bye. Loudon, Parhi, Singkara. Van Outhoorn, Maetsuycker, de Weert (Dut); President Wilson. (Am); Caucasier' (Belg); Yuan Jeng, (Chi); Kouang Si, (Fch).' PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Klang: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Petrie, Miss B. Petrie, Mr. M. Petrie, Mr. G. V. Middleton, Mr. Koh Eng Hin, Mr.
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 1099 17 Rawalpindi sailing at 9 am. to-day M H Flux. Mr. C. Hewetson. Mr. W B nd Dr and Mrs. J. B. Clark. Miss M v Miss R Yeomans. Mr. P. c. Hove 1 Richardson, Major J. B. Neilson Marshall. Mrs. A. B. Walton. Mr A nvth, Mr A.
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    • 503 17 Four Men Hurled Into The Air. A harbour policeman was burned to death another seriously injured and a lighter cooMe h reported missing as the result of a terrtn* exp^sion on a petrol lighter m the Colombo harbour early one morning last week No Th 93
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    • 219 17 Deli Maru Piracy Echo. The release and safe return of Mr. Hu Hau>uk and another passenger kidnapped m the recent piracy of the Deli Maru, is reported as a happy culmination to a long period of anxiety over their fate. It was only as recently as
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    • 89 17 C.M.S.N.C. Action m Provisional Court. Shanghai March 10. Direct negotiations with the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for a settlement of the claims arising from the sinking of the Hsin Kong having failed, the China Merchants' Steamship Navigation Company, owners of the ill-fated steamer, have brought an action
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    • 33 17 Wireless operators are scarce m Norway owing to the rapid expansion of the country's Merchant Service. The Avon, Royal Mail S.P. Co.'s steamer, 11,073 tons, built 1907. is being broken up by Ward's.
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  • 911 17 A Costly Business. It is with a certain diffidence that one ventures to criticise any policy that might be adopted by that august body, the Corporation of Trinity House. Since Tudor times, the Corporation has carried on a most valuable work— that of administrating the
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  • 68 17 The Chow Phaya. The Chow Phaya, a Siamese Training Ship, under the command of Phra Phara Snude, Is expected to arrive m Penang about the middle of the month after a cruise m the Indian Ocean. The Chow Phaya will also call at Port
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  • 81 17 For the first time m eleven years Penang has received a visit from a ship belonging to the Royal Indian Marine m the arrival here this morning (says Tuesday's Pinang Gazette) of H. M. I. 8. Investigator which will remain for three days to take on
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  • 40 17 Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn. Leslie and Co., Ltd.. has handed over to the British Admiralty H.M.T.B.D. Active, after a successful acceptance trial. The overall length of the vessel is about 323 feet, and the approximate displacement about 1,330 tons.
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    • 119 17 ;|-'v\'V V; \:^'v-: >'.V:'".' v '-V-. ':.v-;: .V'': •*£<•.' 7vT^^^^^^^^^ >< p^™*^^!W*^««^^WP»««f»».Ww» WHY NOT *«fe up yoi/r mind right away and decide on an AUSTIN 7. Yes, Certainly, j We will be pleased to send along a car for your inspection, No obligation. We are anxious to demonstrate to you
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  • 1050 18 COMMERCE UNION UNDER UNION JACK. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS. To Develop Trade With the Crown Colonies. The Rritlsh Crown Colonies and Protectorates are, next to India, the most important of all Britain's overseas customers. They take m the aggregate, between £60.003."00 and £70 000.000 of British exports annually, which is about £20,000.000
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  • 666 18 Imaginative Pictures. Imaginative pen pictures of gclf as it will be played m a hundred years time have been given by readers of the Manchester Guardian m a competition m that paper. The effort of the winner, under the heading "The Passing of the Mancunian Golf
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  • 105 18 Oxford Breaks a 300 Years' Tradition a tradttloQ of m«v than [broken at Oxford, when the Bi Mummers present-, d their Mill college hall with a m l m the a The play ehnen Uii. \c..v vai keirv's "Frcnrh and M playing the part o! the onVci
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  • 76 18 Application Against "Times <»i ■ejected. A11...': V Sir S. M. Suit m;m I: I without issuing until* m the from the jail by si\ ;u 1 con puaey case a.:.r.ir t tin- i lblur uf the Tinu.s of India cause why they should n contempt of
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 291 18 MOTORISTS' NEEDS I I I T f We have a large selection of accessories always V V m stock V LUCAS HORNS LUCAS LAMPS V PHILCO BATTERIES V WINDSCREEN WIPERS X POLISH CLOCKS V f X ♦> CLEANING CLOTHS CIGAR LIGHTERS ETC., ETC. i BORNEO MOTORS LTD. I x i
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    • 348 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AM) CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter' Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,00 C Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor? £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: A lor Star Hong Kong Rangoon \mritsar
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    • 261 18 J] BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). Capital £3,000.000 Subscribed 1,800.000 Paid-up 1.050.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,612,046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrle, Esq.. Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq. Charles J. Hambro. Esq. J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H. Shelford. Esq. Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. LONDON
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    • 338 18 INSURANCE. THE /<7 SOUTH I |pprj r BRITISH \^/|u j INSURANCE COMPANY. If Mii FIRE, MARINE, TRANSP AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED \t LOWEST CURRENT K\\\ s L. C. MARGOLIOUTH. Office 2, Finlayson PERSONAL ACCIDENIT FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday p HAVE you made provision for the of your dependents should
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  • 348 19 lor New Properties. Ii mm Hii| f riuu tl6rs m the our Tin Dredgta* Company v .•np.in.vs aOketn, amp. efcasabi i Th(- chairman of director Kennedy) pi<- In moving the adoption of t*M> W\ they mit the previous y-.■■■-atcd that the future prospects v.--_-r--far Urn then preceding
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  • 45 19 C npaajr, tmmto for 3uv < t i.:;. liavt' received a cable from tnf that at the annual general laid on the 15th instant a I will be recommended of Is. 6d t:tx payable 17th instant to on the register Ist instant.
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  • 39 19 KOMBOK (F.M.S. RIBBER. r 1929 of 10 per cent, (against 7'l .abli- on April 12. The reserve ii of estate is credited with same). The "carry forward" is ""st £10.946). subject to adjustl!^B sum of £2.500 was placed to
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  • 552 19 Coffee Production Prospects IFron. our Own Correspondent B*tuvia, Mir. 28. i-stirnates of the eoff«t crop for 1930 arc ■■••-I pikuls or 438.700 quintals of ,vhk- ~> pikuls or 334.878 quintals for Jay;, and oB.Wi Pl kuls or 133.822 quintals for the Outer cssesslons. Compared with 1929
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  • 139 19 Singapore, April 3. Thfl outstanding event of the week has been I the announcement that the Anglo-Dutch' Si »c mi- for a cessation of tapping during May I ha:; secured the necessary support to make it I tne. and we understand tint local Native! Mippcrt i:; likely to
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  • 111 19 According to figures given by the National j Automobile Chamber of Commerce, over 5 1 I million private cars, m addition to 805.000 commercial motors, were manufactured last year m the United States of America; of these' 87 per cent, had closed bodies; 76 i million' tyres were made for
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 216 19 April 3. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2,3 15 16 London 3 months' sight 378 London 60 days' sight 23 13 16 London 30 days' sight 23 25 3> London, demand 2 3^ London. T.T. 23 ,J Lyons and Paris, demand 1432 Hamburg, demand 2 34 New York,
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    • 211 19 April 3. Tin 150 Tons $84 -ambier 8.50 Pepper White 61 Pepper Black 46 Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Smail Copra Sundried 8 9^ Rice. Anam No. 2 25 0 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle <New> 83Q Rice. Siam old No. 1. 3 20 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 2
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  • 818 19 Singapore, Apr. 3rd.. Closing Prices. Buyers Sellers. vver Wong 1.00 1.25 Batang Padang 16 21 Batu Caves 95 100 Bukit Arangs 65 75 not H.tams 42 44 Hong Fatts 65 69 Johan Tin 43 1 451.. Kinta Tin Dred. 1.30 1.35 Klang Rint 2.25 2.35 Kuchai 1.27
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  • 189 19 MACPHAIL AND PENMAN'S REPORT. Singapore. Apr. 3. Rubber.— London 7 9 lad. Unchanged 1 p.;, Price (L'don Std > Spot 25=,. S.S. RSS on Tender April 2G. May-June 27>,. Ju!y-S-x ->3 Oct.-Dec. 29',. Steady. Tin— London. £166 17s 6d. 25s do*n Mining.— Dull. Sungei Ways 3.35 350 »12f\£° i 3
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  • 81 19 IB:iti>h Radio Official Service. Rugby. Apr. 2. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 12 115 Athens 375. Bombay i s 5 25 -32 d.. Berlin 20 38* Brussel, 34.865. Bucharest 818. Buenos Aires 43 Copenhagen 18.17. Geneva 25 125 Helsingfors ,193%. Hong Kong Is. 6d.. Lisbon 108. 30. Madrid 38.85. Milan
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  • 66 19 April >d.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. RS.S. equal to London Standard S P°* 25!.. 16* Standard RS.S. on Tender April 25 26 May 26 2 26 t June 27 >j 27'_. May-June 27 '21 July-Sept 28 28 Tone of Market: Steady. Latest Cable:— London
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  • 133 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Ayer Hitam <ss> 15.s 4' L d 15s io> .1 Bate Caves i si) 97: IJS Hbng Koncr Tin >5$ 21s 3d 22s Kinta Dredges (sl> 1.32.. 1.36 Kuelud Tin Dredge (SI) 1.30 1.35 Malayan Cnllieries <10i 45.50 40.25 PetaUng <si» 580 5.90
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  • 80 19 The production of tin oxide by the Tongk ill Harbour Tin Dredging Company for thr y< ended September 30 last u.nouir, d io 1.07". tons (against 709 tons for 1927-28 ground dredged totalled 4.n«4.000 (again I 710.750) cubic feet, and dredging costs amounted to 5.425 d.
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  • 772 19 The May Holiday. The R.G.A. announces as a result of the meeting on the 29th ultimo that, whereas thr minimum necessary to make the Anglo-Dutch j Liaison Committees scheme operative was 70 I per cent, the assents receive A total well over 80 per cent. Advices
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  • 110 19 The first of the dividend announcement., for 1929 of the Eastern exchange banks, that Of the Eastern Bank, is satisfactory, isays The Time.w In spite of trade depression earnings have be,n well maintained and the directors apain ncommend a dividend of 9 per rent Tin :ti propriation
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  • 1030 20 YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Chinese Turn Tables on Welch. BC.F.A 2; Welch 1. Scoring two beautiful goals when it seemed that they must accept defeat by the narrow margin of one goal to nil, the Chinese took full points against the Welch m yesterday's first division league game at
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  • 642 20 Mansfields 3 Socony 1. At the SRC. Padang yesterday, m a Second League match Mansfields proved to be the bet- ter Mde. Eng Tee scoring soon after the play had started. Socony's forwards missed several fine opportunities, the trouble with them being that they
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  • 73 20 The Welch first eleven will meet Miss Riboet's team at the Jalan Besar stadium on Sundayafternoon. The Malay players have a good reputation but they were beaten by the S.C.FJV. m their first match here. However, three of their best men were unable to turn
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  • 49 20 The following have been invited to play for the S.C.C. on Saturday, against I.C.F.A. at Jalan Besar Stadium: E. Cherrington; J. Lee, R. D. Brummitt; E. S. Bell, A. K. Reade, A. Donald; K. H. McFartane. E. A. Joy, H. Millen, N. Pyfe, A. F. Johnson.
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  • 64 20 Arsenal Beaten at Home. [Reuter's Service.) London, Apr. 2. Matches m the English and Scottish Leagues to-day resulted as follow: Division I. Arsenal 0. Liverpool 1. Aston Villa 4, Grimsby 1. Newcastle 1. Birmingham 1. Division 111 (Southern). Torquay 2. Bristol Rovers 1. Brighton 0, Plymouth 1. Division
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  • 96 20 P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. West Wharf 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 Head Office 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 Dockyard Fitters 2 110 12 2 Apprentices 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 Main Wharf 2 0 2 0 0
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  • 32 20 The following are the handicaps for Race 4 (Polo Ponies)— about 2 furlongs to-day:—Beau-fort 16.7, Lady Noggs 12.10, Gipsy Girl 117 Java ii.6. Earwig 10.7, Bolter 10.6, Star Lady
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  • 62 20 The first team of the 2nd Bn. The Welch Regiment will meet that of the Chinese Swimming dub on Sunday at 3.45 p m at waterpolo. Referee— Mr. T. O. Mayhew. The following will represent the C.B.C. team— s«ng Kay, Mong Ouan. Buan Cheok, J c Tan Scow Sian «hye,
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  • 303 20 MATCH IN CEYLON. WoodfuU and Ponsford m Form. The Austrian Test cricketers who are on their way to England m the Orford arrived m Colombo yesterday and played against AllCeylon. Play was interrupted by rain and the match was drawn. A very large attendance watched the match,
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  • 369 20 S.C.C. vs. United Services. The 6.C.C. had a match against the Malayan Non- Benders arranged for this week-end but this has had to be cancelled and m its place will be a second game between the Club and the United Services. It will be recalled that the first match,
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  • 77 20 R. R. Gardner Wins First Tournament. For the first time since the Singapore Sword Club has come into existence a knock-out Malayan championship tournament was held at Tomlinson Hall yesterday and after some very keen bouts Mr. R. R. Gardner won the medal of the Amateur Fencing
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  • 68 20 Melbourne, Mar. 9. Nine wickets for 11 runs m three overs was the remarkable bowling performance of C. Robinson, for the C.T.A. against a team of official? of Kew Mental Hospital, yesterday. Robinson took four wickets with consecutive balls m his first over, two
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  • 36 20 FRIDAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles. Ml« M. Gomes and P. Ephraums vs. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Norris. LatiW Sinctec. Itw. L. Brooks vs. Mrs. C. B. BOfSa. Mrs STf^ET a Meyer a John
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  • 138 20 TO-DAY'S TIES. Yesterday's Rain Prevents Play. Championship Preliminary. Winner of More and Joy vs. A. O. Hay. A. L. B. Perkins vs. J. Duguld. Championship Singles. Hoblyn (if not playing m Godown Doubles) vs. J. A. Dean. Profession Pairs. C. E. Winter and P. H. Swinchatt
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  • 244 20 Further results m the S.C.R.C. tennis tournament are: Open Singles Championship. Woon Chow Tat beat Yap Ah Hyan 6—2 6—2. C. K. Pang beat Lim Siew Jin 7—5, 6—l. Tan Thian Sang beat Wong Teck Fah 6—o 6—o. Lai Kwong Chun vs. Tan Hua Yeow unfinished.
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  • 282 20 Easter Match With Singapore. Eleven boats competed m the Port Dlckson Yacht Club race held on Sunday. March 30. They crossed the starting line m the following order, m a very light breeze Koringa (ff. Constant), Weona (Leslie and Mrs. Leslie). Grampus (Ryves>. Pippa < Clarke-Walker
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  • 44 20 On Sunday. April 6th, A-Class will race for the third of the series for the Lipton Cup. Start 10 a.m. B-Class will race for the 3rd of the series for the Winstedt Challenge Cup. Start 10.10 ajn. North-East Monsoon Course.
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  • 167 20 The following reference to Mr. R. B. Hancock, the Hong Kong cricketer, who captained the Hong Kong side m the interport match here a few years ago is quoted from the S. C. M. Post of March 29, 1905:— "One of Hong Kong's most popular young men, Mr. Richard Hancock,
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