The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 April 1930

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 12,995. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S^. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1930. i 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    381 1 Seventeen persons were killed when dynamite exploded among coal on a Japanese train Page 11. Harry Fox, who is to be hanged to-day for the murder of his mother, was corespondent in a divorce suit brought by a captain in the Merchant Service in the Far East
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    A KING.
    1733 1 The old men who have lived all their life in the Australian bush oamp on the tow. reserves when they are old. they eke ouf their pensions by doing odd jobs, minding pigs, carting wood and water, and so on. They love to talk, and will tell you
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      153 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. uyle. Cut and Finish Ouarmnleed. 32. HIGH STREET. |Raffles_Hotel| KXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION V TEA DANCES f EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY DINNER DANCES X EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY V V I MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA X IB BEST AND MOST POPULAR DANCE
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      227 1 fI^BIHIBHIIIHIiIiBfIHfIfIRIHHIIHIIIIBIIHVIIIBiHHHBBHIIIBHiBDfIHIfIHHBIIIIB'IIIH'IIIB^IBniIBRBROBOBWIBSiB WRITING BETS PEN AND PENCIL SETS MAKE CHARMING AND DISTINCTIVE I GIFTS. THESE GIFT CASES ARE OFFERED AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL PURCHASERS, AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SIZES IN NEW COVERINGS. WAHL WAHL PARKER PRESENTATION SETS DESK SETS PENS AND PENCILS I WATERMAN PENS EVERSHARP PENCILS SWAN
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      186 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Little's great economy Sale Page 10. Hand tally registers from Ribeiro's Page 3. Parker Duofold pens are unbreaknbl" Pa;v W.H. and C's special varr.iFh for Hoots Page 3. Robinson's stock the Red-Line Calendar >pse 11. Cyma watches for punctuality and elegance -Page 1. Spaldings, the best ball for
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      12 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS, 32, HIGH STREET.
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    TWICE WIDOWED BY GANG WARS.
    183 2 Chil ui:'». .Man h .">. B: ai ither hueband to -night, v. lit n her sec. nd, John Db >b< vta. and an ui tn] ol i e round dead .'Utomobi'.- BUburb of v. Thf m it a raprl the beer war. Frank lieErl..;u- y
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    35 2 Thf K>tlah GovL-rnnicnt us to construct a new reservoir al Bukit Mnani eo u to ensure a suttinuit supply of water lot Alor Star at all ttmee. The storage rapi.K-. ..ill bo about BjMQ.OOQ gallons.
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      507 2 M IbW k R fceMet alB IfflF UAMTUTB. T«a eaa f F r^'»l7 «P«a MAATIN*B PILL*. V ld by mU CUmif A Store* I TIM MSDISPINSAEY, Banks P Square, Singapore. TBTF SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Tr»e Premier Morning Daily in Malaya, a live 'news" paper 30-40 columns of news dally. Also
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      869 2 I yioTOBiA theatbe| ALHAMBR A P S? X FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY: APRIL 10th, 11th AND 12th. A JCI*L kT1?I17 VAMTIiIIC IFrom1 From TIKSUAV APRIL 8 sINDAY ai>k > tl (ll I RP' N r ww ■If KlmltK^ 4 ;lt 6 15 pm ilMd 915 pm SV KI>AV an Sl
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      304 2 THE WEEK. Tuesday. Sth. Hi2': Water, M os. 7.2. MM, 6.5. Malacca H W 300 am.. 4 .02. 3:20 pm. 4.00 Air m. i at i fot Java Football Welch vs. R.A.; Stadium. Div. I: Dti II Harbour Beard vs Sime Darby, at Harbour Board eround: vmca vs Ponce ai
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    WITH THE AMERICAN COAST GUARD.
    661 3 NO CHILD'S PLAY. The Romance of the Floating Court. In the work of the U.S. Coast Guard difficultw., arise, often of stern nature. Smuggling along the Gulf Coast, for instance, is no child's play, no mere matter of a few cases of bootleg. There has
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    WOMAN WILLS BODY TO SCIENCE.
    356 3 Nurse's Year of Agony. rhe Brat time for many years a young and attractive woman his mlmiixifti \o will h body, itlttr her death, to doctors for re purpoai She ii Mr.;. Eleanor Pearson, ft SydShe has informed doctors at the DMItl I Health that
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      271 3 302 Years Aqo the KaSgs bc^an to distil Scots Whisky. Many other distillers followed, but non^ exceiled them, and noise can claim the years of experience B that belong alone to the Haig family. Local Agents THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION LTD. SINGAPORE. Hand Tally Registers to count up to 1000. S
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      638 3 MEN YOU NEED THIS VITALISING TONIC WOMEN, TOO, FIND IT A WELCOME LI LLP. bring In hot climate meant that you nee.i some tonic now and then to combat tin seta It has on your b -jy. yo-! cannot go on expending physical energy without taking it to replenleh it.
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      81 3 B B B B STOCKS OF S I W. H. C's I Special Varnish for Floors j NOW AVAILABLE. I A hard-drying, brilliant, durable varnish especially manufactured for application on doors, stairway's and other surfaces exposed to hard wear and tear. Application varies with the finish desired, whether stained or
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  • The Life Story of King George.
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      CHAPTER II. The Bacchante Cruise.
      745 4 CHAPTER II. The Bacchante Cruise. KING Edward desired that his younger ten Prince George should enter the Navy and make it his professu n. and that hus elder son. Prince Eddy, should for a feu years share hLs younger brother':- training lor the Senior Ser*vue. I:i 1879 it was planned
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      CHAPTER III. Death of the Duke of Clarence.
      1114 4 CHAPTER III. Death of the Duke of Clarence. VING George had barely received command of tht Melampus when his elder brother the Duke of Clarence, died; this was in 1892. His brother's death at once and completely altered hLs life. He became in the line of direct succession to the
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      CHAPTER IV. King George as Naval Officer.
      1215 4 CHAPTER IV. King George as Naval Officer. AFTER the Bacchante cruise. Prince George entered the Navy as a midshipman On his r.aval career there i* no need to dwell at length here; the facts of it are well known. The late Admiral Montagu, who knew Kinp George well, described him
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    THE KALEIDSCOPE OF MEXICO.
    774 4  - THE KALEIDSCOPE OF MEXICO. The Ragged Carver: At th* Government Art School The Return U Axtec: The Cult* of Self Expresftton. By Hubert W. Kelley. Mexico City. lITHAT are you doing, little boy, standing "here in the cloister chill of this ancient convent? You are the cclour of the gloom;
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    Aviation Day by Day.
    1366 4  - Aviation Day by Day. T. Stanhope Sprioo. > THE AIR ESTIMATES: DROPPING t i- FREIGHT FROM THE SKY. J S Bu AS was generally expected, the Air Estimates for 1930. recently Introduced, show an increase of over three quarters of a million pounds. The greater part of this additional sum
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    ERNEST WHITCOMBE ON GOLF.
    346 4 SOME PUTTING DONT& DON'T HOLD THE CLUI TOO TIGHTLY. rERE is no phase of golf on which .so many different views are held. It may almost seem as if there was neither a right nor a wrong way of attempting to get the ball into the
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    ROBERT BLACKBURN, AIR PIONEER.
    458 5 His First "Flight" and Crash. From Our Own Correspoadei 1. 1 Ldii.la), r. 10. The presence in awnion to-d:.:. of those same limm who. ciilv 20 years auo flat laid the foundations of an aircraft industry, are a con♦nnt but none the less startling '^minder of
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    EMPIRE AIR SERVICES.
    286 5 International Rivalry in the East. London. March 14. Important developments ::i aerial transport from Europe to the Bat! I n ntemplated within the next few months, as In addition to the extension of the British service to Calcutta and Rangoon, both German and Dutch projects aie inder
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    INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY.
    230 5 The Easter Conference. London, Mar. 14. Nop.rly 150 resolutions, ranging from "Socialism in our time" to ministerial expenditure on State ceremonies, have been submitted for the 38th Annual Conference of the Independent 'jabour Party meeting at Birmingham at Easter. NOvel suggestions Include a proposal from War- rington
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    48 5 Mr. A. Nunn, Supervising Agent of Messrs Singer Sewing Machine Co., Inc., Perang and N- them Uivisio ■••j, was entertained to a farewell dinner at the Springtide Hotel last Sunuu.y b.. iLe S nger 's lep.e enlative; of 14 different shops, prior to his returning home on furlough.
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      77 5 I -3) on the basis 8 II r^Yi I /TVf^/^T^^ 4C (ah are the most economical in the I J f T world. Unique experience, industry has enabled Dunlop to maintain supremacy in (g) liccßßDaaaHEiiftiiiiyiiiiiiiiiii' i 4^^ INDISPUTABLY THE BEST ll «>%l|fl||]g|[]g l g l gggg ej sj '■^SJ. l
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      399 5 1 ■MILK-H^/i^ KindPlM I I LV LViV LV v L..^ pvOES their milk supply come from >,' •J ■K^fvJ uairy m < k mat is rigidly inspect- Kfl y X ed? Is h 11(;i imaer sair H >i X *J hygienic coi ,5^H B j^^^^^% 1 his is t wr
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    SIR HENRY SEGRAVE'S 200 M.P.H. PLANE.
    267 6 Dominions Tour in Revolutionary Machine. (From Our Own Correspondent London. Mar. 10. Sir Henry Se-rave. who recently joined the Aircraft Investment Company which has acquired a controlling interest in several wellKnown British aircraft companies, has now taken up flyinp again for the first time
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    SOUTH AFRICAN "MONKEY TRIAL."
    277 6 Professor to appeal to Civil Court. London. Mar. 21. Cape Town. Professor Duplessis has decided lo appeal to the Civil Court as the only way to decide whether the Synod has treated him justly. Eailier messages stated: Stellenbosch October Ist. After a hearing lasting 14 days,
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    FRENCHMAN'S LEAP INTO STREET.
    312 6 Mysterious Affair at Hong Kong Hotel. Mystery surrounds the dramatic disappearance of a Frenchman employed as a chef at the Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong, who quite suddenly jumped into the street from his bed room on the mezzanine floor on March 24th. From a leport made
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    PLANS FOR ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT.
    104 6 Married Couple Hope To Break Record. New York. Lieut. Herbert Fahy and his wife are making plans to fly around the world In 12 days. They will leave Detroit on June 1 and fly eaccward. intending to cover 18.800 mileo in 16 heps. Special tanks are
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      947 6 PAIN •J^EMESfINC '^^Hr W £VJWf The hours saved by 'ASPRO' as a pain soother and health reviver kavr a cash value which is amazing. If you base calculations on an average wage of an individual of 1/- per hour, saving of a million pounds a year in wages alone can
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      209 6 Wall's Cambridge Sausages. Good, they make one feel hungry Savoury as well as satisfying that's what everyone likes ftbout these delicious sausages. Prime, meaty goodness always. Made from a famous recipe with just the same care for 150 y< m WAITS Cambridge It SAUSAGES^ r WALL SOS» LTB. WN9ON BWCI
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    "ARE WOMEN MORE BEAUTIFUL?"
    1279 7 ALDOUS HUXLEY'S VIEWS. Woman's Riffht Not to Look Virtuous. Automobiles, movies, and bootlegging are the three biggest American industries. After these. I suspect, comes beauty, writes Aldous Huxley. tin brilliant English novelist. Looking through the advertisement pages ci any popular American magazine, you will find that
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    172 7 The following students of the College of Commerce passed the Fellowship Examination of the Institute of Book-keepers, London, held at Singapore in December last. (Three out of three). M. A. Tobin. K. K. Kaimal, Ong Hian On Saturday ni?ht the members of the Napier Lodge. No. 3418, EC. Teluk Anson
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      305 7 iThey Do Not Fear This Trying Climate. This wise couple appreciate the necessity of having reserves of energy and power in this exacting climate, and like thousands of others they have found that Hall's Wine supplies these reservet. If you suffer from depression, nerves, loss of appetite or weakness take
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      309 7 DOUBLE Ag§j|iGARETTES NOTHING BETTER IS OBTAINABLE AT THE PRICE OF 50 CENTS FOR 50 CIGARETTES 7//EK /IKE OF SUPERLATIVE QUALITY HYCENICALLY PURE AND ALWAYS FRESH FROM ENGLAND ARDATH TOBACCO Co., LTD. LONDON from y<> ur >!?• |H L e^s J Ann) W(1 IPI r^ UNBREAKABLE w II I W Imi
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    CHIANG ACTS AGAINST YEN.
    204 8 Details of Defence Measures. fNanyang Siang Pau Press Service.) Shanghai, Apr. 5. The State Council passed resolutions yesterday dismissing Yen Shi-shen from all posts and ordering his arrest. Chiang Kai-shek is leaving for Hsuchow early next week to direct military operations. Yen Shi-shan's assumption of the
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    COMMUNIST MENACE.
    139 8 Serious Kwangtunif Position. I Nanyany Siang Pau Press Service.] Hong Kmu Apr. 5. Communists occupied Chihing on April 3 ;md the magistrate fled to Canton. Wu Mun-hin and Tsang Yow -van's regiments are remaining at Siukwan fearing they are unable to overcome the large numbers of Communists. Thousands
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    SHANGHAI'S FINANCES.
    63 8 Results of Electric Plant Sale. INanyang Siang Pau Press Service Shanghai. Apr. 5. The Shanghai municipal council 1930 budget ordinary income is Taels 15,998.000 including surplus taels 3.534.000. Expenditure is taels 12.721,000 with surplus earned forward to next year of taels 3.227.000. The municipal electricity department sale is
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    64 8 Japan's Trade. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. Apr. 5. Trade returns for March show a total of Y182.417.000 imports against Y135.577.000 exports. PRIXCF. SAIOXJI RECOVERING. It is reported that Prince Saionji. who was stated to be lying in a critical condition is nowrecovering, according to-days bulletin whic'i adds
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    THE SHANGHAI COURT AGREEMENT.
    48 8 I Nanyang Siang Pau Press StTvice.l Shanghai. Apr. 5. The British Consul General. Mr. Brenan and thr American consul Mi. Jacobs. Counsellor Chientai and Commissioner Hsumoh. form a commission to reconcile differences of opinion regarding the interpretation and application of the Shanghai Court agreement.
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    FRANCE ACCEPTS YOUNG PLAN.
    35 8 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 5. The Senate has ratified the Young plan by 284 to 8. Paris, Apr. 6. M. Tardieu has recovered and defended the TomW plan in the Senato.
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    DEATH FOLLOWS LAUGHTER.
    121 8 Bean Seed in Child's Throat. Sydney, Mar. 14. How death came to a child through a bean seed lodging in his throat while he was playing with his father was related to the Coroner today at Paxton, on the Maitland coalfield. The father of the child. Aubrey
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    MUSLIM CHIEFTAIN ARRESTED.
    208 8 Fortress Near Sukkur Searched by Police. Hyderabad »Sind>, March 28th. As a result of police investigations. Pir Pagharo Saheb was arrested by the District Superintendent of Police at Sukkur, accompanied by eight police officers and 150 constables. The fort is being searched by the police. Pir Pagharo's
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    59 8 The band of Um S.S PoMi a I following progranir.it w eat net i the Botanic gardens. to-mt>rr>»v commencing at 5.15 p.m.: March 1 Alford; Overture Crown ntanioi Selection "Classical Memories t dc;ual Music to -Monsieur Brauca Sjng, (a) I passed by Your Wind (b) Down Here Bra lie; Highland
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    41 8 The wedding took place by special licence before Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, Senior Marriage Registrar, Penang, recently of Mr. Herman Ernest Oertel, merchant, Medan, and Miss Mary Lince Bronwer Popkins, daughter of Mr. J. J. W. Bronwer Popkins, of Medan.
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      119 8 B^Bv I~—~~ "^^^.^^^^^^B B^B^l B^H 4^ T *i*. i^^| v /f^^l IbBSC' B^B^B B^Ba ~^L^^^^O*»" Bf -T* J^^^^^^^^K^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^KL*i^B^B^B^ y BBfl I Concessionaires for^Malaya I IfTALASIA LIMITEDJ (Incorporated to the Btralt* Settlements.) H I Singapore, Pei\ang Kuala Lumpur and Fpoh. I t oOOD judcex <A Ov THAT, I I AFTER TRYING
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      145 8 Most likely your doctor §SJ% smokes Craven "A" kr^T Follow his good example! A^fSi He knows that Craven u A n are made specially to prevent sore throats and that they never vary COPV-TTPPEP VIRGINIA CXGAKET 7 MADE IN LONDON BY CARRERAS LTD Sole Agents HI TTENBACH, LAZ ARUS, SONS,
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      345 9 ASSAGE ANICURB ISS FUMIKO 22 Dhoby Ghant. MEMORIALS. SINGAPOU CASKET CO. Nee. 1 It 2. Ptnhas Road, fT I.a\ender Street Phone 6075. MASSAGE HALL. RS. HARU AND MISS II AN A. •;o Waterloo Street. TELEPHONE 7467 MISS N. BUHRIS lIDWIFI AND MASSAGE. k t mi pon i: Bahru Road. VIBRA
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      639 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE is he:cby uiven that tenders are torn invited for the foilowmg materials or .ervkes. and that particulars of such tenders nay be obtained in the Tender Koom \t 'inicipnl Offices: Supply of about 6.500 tons Noon f G:ls Coal Ap Ml 9th. 1930* -lection of
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      677 9 NOTICES. UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements >. NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared a Dividend of five per cent, (actual* being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum on the Ordinary Shares on account of the year ending June 30th, 1930. payable
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      524 9 AUCTION SALES. DISTRESS SALK. IN THE sri'TIEME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Distress No. 23 of 1930. In the cause of Haji Ambok Sooloh Landlord versus Tan Teck Chin Tenant. AUCTION SALE of STOCK-IN-TRADE OF A COFFEE SHOP. Comprising:— Marble top tables. wooden table, iron safe, counter,
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      718 9 IMPORTANT NOTICE. RE TYE GUAN TONG IN THE SIPIIEIME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Suit No: 325 of 1930 Chew Yew otherwise known as Lee Sens Tong or T«*k Seng Tong, or Ong Seng Tong. or Ka Yum Tung, or Chew Teck Tong I'laintla** and 1. Leow
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      38 10 MANASSEH —On April 6th. 1930. in London. Maurice Manasseh, eldest brother of Eze S Manasseh. (By cable*. COWLING. Louisa Pv:mro?e. aged 72 years dearly loved wife of Henry Cowlmg. 32 Lot;a F.oad. Penang. and St. Agnes. Cornwall.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. APRIL 8. 1930. SWIMMING CLUB POLICY.
    1041 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. APRIL 8. 1930. SWIMMING CLUB POLICY. It was remarked during discussion at the annual meeting of the Swimming Club last year that the Club had become so popular it was almost a public body. It is not perhaps inappropriate, therefore, that the very serious question the
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    MR. COCHRANE ON ROTARY BENEFITS.
    327 10 CHARTER FOR IPOH. "Bringing the Different Races Together." (Prom Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Apr. 7. The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane) journeyed from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to be the guest of honour of the Ipoh Rotary Club at the presentation of the
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    THE MALACCA GOLF CLUB.
    499 10 Suggested Compulsory Land Acquisition. It will be remembered that recently we cvrrinented on what apo^nvcd to be an extraordinary proposal that the Malar: .< OoU Club should petition Government to declaie certain llDd adjoining the Golf Course under the i tion of land for public purpose
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    150 10 Mr. G. B. F. Southam of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company has left Penang on furlough prior to retirement. At an inquest on a Chinese water-seller which concluded at Malacca yesterday, wires our Malacca correspondent, a verdict was returned against his assailant, a blind man. Mr. C. A. Vlieland, the
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    PROUD OF CONNETTION WITH SINGAPORE.
    373 10 HONG KONG OPIUM \s F Search That OffencKrl .|.p s Dignity. [FREE PRESS SERVICF. I linn* K.. pr|J The hearing of the tit Mui Kwok-leung, a well-k merchant and J.P of beta* large quantities of raw government opium, v, Hong Kong Magistrate. to-day. Mr. Lloyd.
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    COLONEL'S ESCAPE FROM GAOL
    58 10 Severe Sentences on Arm) Officers. [FREE PRESS SERVICE OOPYRIOHT ■lit it VP' Two army officers were OOOfi day for allowinu the NNBI > army gaol of mother ofltoM tenced to fourteen and Wn jmn respectively. The judgment stutrd tln> VM of the kind It was a
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    PRINCE DAMBONG TO VISIT EUROPE.
    37 10 PRINCE DAMBONG TO VISIT EUROPE. {FREE PRESS SERVICF Rjimk-.k *P r Prince Damror.R and part] M rope shortly. They will wrrtw April 21st. staying PHMMt H ffl days as the guest of Mr K awaiting the steamer.
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    79 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK Tl> AND RUBBER PEICtt TFREE PRESS SERVICE < (> London. April 7. s*B P* Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus notify to-day's tin prices > Spot £162 7 16d. Forward tIW The market is steady Messrs. Symington and notify to-day's rubber prices follows Spot 7 7 16d.
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    72 10 Mr. W. H Findlay. man**'' Darby and Co.. Ltd.. K v ceeding on Home leave an<i I Mr. A. Hannigan. from sn over duties as manager h>iThe engagement is MU D. M. Capel Miers. The Qwcn Highlanders, and Honor mo the Lto Sir John A. Burkd Bucknill. Oakfirld Houmv Ha
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      238 10 HOCKS"«" MOSELLES SHIPPED BY DEINARD Co., Ltd., COBLENTZ. NIERSTEIN. ZELTINGEN, RUDESHEIM. BERNCASTELER ESTATE LIEBFRAUMILCH. SPARKLING HOCK. MOSELLE CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hong Kong), {Incorporated in Shanghais 90. Robinson Road. Telephone 6228. ll ,:flh!iK!Kilfl: g BY SPECIAL fcfcsT Js& *%*J APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KIN<»
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      67 10 1 1 STEALING ELEVEN BOTTLES OF BEER landed a man in court the other clay. The police just failed to make a case of it we understand. A "GAFLACT BURGLARY POLICY nullifies the financial effects of a burglary. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers Telephone 6480.
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    17 DEAD IN JAPANESE RAIL ACCIDENT.
    116 11 SEVEN INJURED. Dynamite Explodes in Engine Coal. I Reuters Far Eastern Service, j Tokio. April 7. The Hallway Ministry has announced that ..n persons are dead while seven have ba ii seriously injured in a railway accident ..r Oita. Kyushu, officially atti'buted to dynamite
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    THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    108 11 More Japanese Reservations. IRt utcr's Far Eastern Service. 1 Tokio. April 7. \.<his correspondent in London re::.it the Japanese members of the Committee are attempting to stipulate 18,000 tons destroyer allotment, inter..blt with the same tonnage in svh- under the replacement scheme, be in- the Japanese reservations.
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    "IMMINENCE OF AN AGREEMENT."
    62 11 Questions in Parliament. London. Apr. Mr locker-Lampson. after much Mr Henderson 'Foreign Sec- .;L).itHt ol the Naval Conference. •vt the adjournment of the bate on "a matter of urgent public MM the imminence of an ills Ifajesty'l Government n •:.<;■ foreicn power ai re^mi^ the Article
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    ANTI-FOREIGN STUDENTS IN NANKING.
    76 11 ANTI-FOREIGN STUDENTS IN NANKING. Labour Troubles. ang Siang Pau PNM Service] Shanghai. Apr. 6. Nanking student.^ demonstrated Bnti.-h Consulate shouting antiUM and distributing handbills at::::tish imperialism in connection with itional Export Company workers' ible. i pacified the disturbance in time. l agitation was staged in v. ith the visit of
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    JAPANESE COTTON STRIKE FEARED.
    57 11 Kanegafuchi's Drastic Retrenchment. iyo Nichi-Nichi Service] Tokyo. April 7. ■•uncement of the Kanegafuchi Spinning Company that in view of the vourable circumstances reduction U allowances payable to employees by 40 p. r cent, will be made, has caused v >t ion among the labour classes who.
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    FOX FILM INTERESTS.
    47 11 Control Changes Hands. I Reuter's Service. 1 New York. April 7. William Fox has sold his controlling In the Fox Films and Fox Theatres V.Kate headed by Mr. Harley C. Clarke, Of General Theatres Equipment. Mr. '*ill be chairman of the advisory board MIS.
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    GERMAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION TO CANTON.
    38 11 GERMAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION TO CANTON. myang Siang Pau Press Service.] Shanghai Apr. 7. itspauhes report the German in- mission Ls soon coming to Shanghai eptfcn ls being prepared by the MinisPotdgn Affairs. War. Industry. ComI tbour and Mining.
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    NEW CABLE AGREEMENT.
    39 11 N';myang Siang Pau Press Service. 1 Shanghai Apr. 7. ■'tuitions for the conclusion of a new 'tract have been opened by the Minisommunications and delegates of the 1 Extension Company An agreement Ml policy is expected.
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    FLYING MILLIONAIRE REACHES TOKIO.
    24 11 Router's Far Eastern Service. 1 Tokio. April 7. Van Lear Black arrived here to-day. I Earlier cables on page 12]
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    CONVICTED MATRICIDE AS CORESPONDENT.
    199 11 FOX IN DIVORCE SUIT. Far East Captain's Petition. ru^fc PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. J London, April 7. Harry Fox. who was recently found guilty of the murder of his mother in a room at a Margate hotel last year, is to be hanged tomorrow. To-day he was
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    FOX'S CRIMINAL PAST.
    244 11 London, Mar. 22. Tfee medical evidence in the Fox murder case feUy contradicting Sir Bernard Spilsbury's aa^eition that the late Mrs. Rosalind Fox was ratified, together with Sidney Fox's dramatic declaration (after sentence had been proaounced), I am innocent, my Lord." created a feel.T.g that the extreme
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    AEROPLANE TOWS GLIDER.
    61 11 Unique Flight Across America. Reuter's Service J New York. April 7. Captain Frank Hawkes has completed a flight unique in the history of aviation, having flown to th- Atlantic frum the Pacific in a glider towed by an aeroplane. The tow-rope was cut 5.000 feet above Van
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    MURDER OF MR. SCARLETT.
    50 11 British Legation's Protest. [Reuter's Par Eastern Service! Peking. April 7. The British Legation has protested to Nanking and Mukden against the murder of Mr. Scarlett at Peitaiho on Thursday. Chang Hsueh-Liang has replied expressing deepest concern and promising to do his utmost to apprehend the criminals.
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    MISSIONARIES' RANSOM.
    27 11 [Nanyang Siang Pau Press Service] Shanghai Apr. 7. The China Inland Mission has learned that three foreign missionaries are held by bandits for $60,030 ransom.
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    MANCHURIAN LOSSES BILL FOR RUSSIA.
    111 11 [Nanyang Siang Pau Press Service] Shanghai Apr. 7. Detailed reports have been prepared by the North Eastern Shipping companies in connection with losses sustained during the recent Soviet armed invasions, for the DirectorGeneral. Moh Toh-hui. to submit before the forthcoming Sino-Soviet conference asking lor compensation
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    OPIUM DESTROYED.
    47 11 I Nanyang Slang Pau Press Service.] Shanghai Apr. 7. Last Friday the Shanghai customs burnt 3.082 catties of Yunan and Szechuen opium and 145 catties of synthetic quality costing $125,000. The drug was destroyed before the customs and military authorities. [Earlier cables on page 12.]
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    CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN.
    164 11 SCUFFLE WITH POLICE. Gandhi's Sensible Advice to His Followers. ißeuter's Service.] Dandi, April 7. Two Gandhi volunteers were slightly injured and one was arrested in a scuffle with police on the beach at Aat, when volunteers refused to hand over salt. A written speech by Gandhi, who
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    FATAL EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT.
    74 11 German Airmen Killed in Surrey. fßeuter's Service.] London, April 7. A German aeroplane of the Junker type, laden w:th mails, which departed from Croydon before dawn for Berlin, crashed and burst into flames at Limpsfield. Surrey. The pilot. Wessel, and the mechanic. Commert. the sole occupants of
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    BRITISH TIN COMPANIES' CONTROL.
    74 11 Resolution Cancelled. (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 7. At the meeting of Malayan Tin, South Malayan Tin. and Southern Perak to consider the question of securing British control of the companies the resolution put forward to bring this about was cancelled in view of
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    CHINESE TREATY WITH CZECHO-SLOVAKIA.
    56 11 "Amity and Commerce." [Reuters Far Eastern Sen-ice Shanghai. April 7. The treaty of amity and commerce, based OO principles of equality and mutual respect of sovereignty, signed at Nanking on Feb. 12 by the Foreign Minister. Mr. C. T. Wang, and the Czecho-Slovakian delegate. M. H.
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    THE MESSITER MURDER.
    42 11 Podmore's Appeal Fails. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. April 7. The appeal of William Podmore against the death sentence after being found guilty of the murder of Vivian Messiter in a garage at Southampton in 1928 has been dismissed.
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    AUSTRALIAN COAL DISPUTE.
    38 11 Compromise Terms Accepted. [Reuter's Service.] Sydney. Apr. 7. The coal miners of Adamstown by 412 votes to 279 have accepted the November compromise terms, but four others rejected them. Further meetings will be held to-morrow.
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    U.S. BANK GOVERNOR'S DEATH
    36 11 [Reuter's Service.] Boston. Apr. 7. Mr. W P. G. Harding, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and ex-Governor of the Federal Reserve Board is dead. [Earlier cables on page 12.]
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    THE LATE MAJOR ST. CLAIR.
    175 11 We have to record our thanks to a number of correspondents who have written privately expressing their sympathy in the death of Major W. G. St. Clair. Not a few of these letters were from former or present members of the S.V.A. and in this
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    POLICE CIRCULARS TO PAWNBROKERS.
    567 11 LAW NEEDS AMENDMENT. Chief Justice's View of the Position. "I might add that the law should be amended so as to require these police circulars to be printed and circulated to pawnbrokers both in English and Chinese; the Chinese being tn exact and official translation of
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    A SHIP'S MYSTERY.
    362 11 Vagrant's Death on the Kum Sang. Those who help themselves are sometimes wnfortunate. It happened that way with r» Chinese vagrant who boarded the Kum Sang just after she arTived from China on Sunday morning. The tragedy was enacted on the shelter deck of the Kum Sang,
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    61 11 A meeting of the Standing Committee for the publication of the F.M.S. Law Reports will be held at the Supreme Court, Ipoh, on Wednesday. This is the first meeting of the committee, the members of which are the Chief Justice, F.M.S., the Senior Judge, F.M.S, Messrs. J. Dunford Wood, E.
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    THE LATE MAJOR ST. CLAIR.
    696 12 A CEYLON APPRECIATION. His Association With Sir Hugh Clifford. It «ir 0..!y three days ago. writes D. in the Times of C ylon of March 31st. that Major St. Clair cloved his 81st birthday, and no onr who saw him month ago vould have tluvght
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    THE FUNERAL.
    256 12 The tuner*] of the Ifttl Major W. G St. Clan. took place at IIM General OMMtaff, Bon lla. on Sunday, afternoon, i March 33) The Her. David Tweed officiated. Those pnMOt were Mrs. St. Clair. Mr. and Mrs AagUl Boyd. Mr. and Mis. J. A Torrance, Mr. and
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    78 12 Mr. J. Bain, who is to act as Superintendent of Education, Kedaß. has arrived; Mr. E. Cranfield Hicks will proceed to Klany where he will, it is understood, assume the Head Mastership of the English School. The death of Mr. V. Packiry Yandayar, the leader of the Hindu CoinmmayJßrir.fcJukit Ten-
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    FANCY CONTRABAND SALT PRICES.
    307 12 GANDHI'S CAMPAIGN. Civil Resisters* Lakeside "Manufactory." I Reuter's Service. Calcutta. Apr. G. Thirty-four civil resistors manufactured ii« refined salt at Manisbatman. on the ?dgc> ol >'-i salt lake. The police kept the crowds .vh«> gathered to watch the procerd ingr, hulf a ni:!: .101:1 the shore.
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    INCIDENTS FROM THE CAMPAIGN.
    738 12 Reports From Various Indian Centres. Mi rat. March IH. Mr. Gandhi bM c:.t red the Broach District. Bffcadnf the nvei Kim. He is camping t>--niuhr ■I I'mrathhi and at a public meeting the resignations of 32 headmen and one tahiti MR announced. Mr Gandhi Sitio. UmU
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    THREE-POWER AGREEMENT TERMS DISCLOSED.
    815 12 BIG REDUCTIONS. Still Hope of Five-Power Pact, Says Mr. Gibson. fßeuter's Service. 1 London, Apr. 6. Mr. Hugh Gibson, broadcasting to America en the progress of the Conference, said a definite Anglo-Jap-American agreement had been reached during the past week, whereby nine battleships would be scrapped
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    DUCHESS OF BEDFORD'S NEW VENTURE.
    115 12 FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN. Record Breaking Schedule to be Attempted. (British Radio Official Service! Rugby, Apr. 5. Early next week Captain Bernard, with the Duchess of Bedford as a passenger, and Mr. R. Little as second pilot, is due to start on a flight from
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    REBEL TROOPS BESEIGED IN TAVERN.
    138 12 Details of Hushed Up French Mutiny Revealed. (Renter's Service.! Paris, April 6. An official "port is now published of ihe mutiny a a disciplinary infantry boat on the island cf Olerrn cIT Rochcfort on March 20. news of which was hushed up at the time.
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    KIANGSI MISSIONARIES LEAVING.
    93 12 British Ladies' Escape From Kidnapping. (Renter's Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai, April 6. Mrs. Glazier ami Mi-s ROQ (British), the two China I.land Missionaries who escaped capture on March 29 when Mr and Mr: Porteous and Miss Gemmell were captured, arrived at Changlha (Hunan, this afternoon. Mr. Okttter,
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    PEMBROKE DOCKYARD CHANGE.
    86 12 Taken Over as Flying Boat Base. British Radio Official Service. I Kugby. Apr. 6. Pembroke Dockyard has been taken over from the Admiralty by the Air Ministry to be used as a base for flying-boats and seaplanes. The principal .nations for these craft at present are Felixtowe.
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    RASH INDIAN RAILWAY STRIKERS.
    70 12 Walk on Line With Red Fiat?. iße;:t<rs Service.] Bombay. Apr. 6. Groups of G IP. railway strikers, carrying red flags, walked on the line with a view to holding up trains and also stoned pMßtng trains. Hitherto nineteen strikers have been arrested, six of whom have
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    WHAT THE WAR COST THE UNITED STATES.
    48 12 $51,400,000,000. I Reuter's Service. I Washington. April 7. The gieat war cost the United States approximately a gross sum of $51,400,000,000. according to figures compiled by the Treasury Department on the eve cf the anniversary of the American declaration of war.
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    WORD JAZZ DEFIES TRANSLATION.
    119 12 "Jazz" is now a universal and inescapable word. There is no translation for it. It has gone into all languages, the one foundation cf a common tongue. This is proved by the catalogues of the British Industries Fair, indexed in nine languages, says The London Daily
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    27 12 Mr. Justice Burton arrived in Ipoh on Thur:> day to replace Mr. Justice Pritchard who left by mail train on Friday, for Penang en route to Europe.
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      "TRADERS" AND GRUMBLERS.
      655 12 To the Editor. £i\—l take my tcxl from your week-end comment in your butt of 7th. instant. 'Whatever f.v. ClliHiritanffl nny lv we commiserate with those halfyearly critics of the Company's financial policy who will now fi:'d nothing to grumble about." I am not concerned w.'li tht>
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      380 12 To the Postmaster Qenoral, strait>Betttemen Sir. —I have the honour to bring to not'.ce thru the p:e ent l.Ur cf postal charm 1 lor »a> External delivery m Foreign Countries is 12 cents 01 3.36d per half ounce as again.*, that cf 2'jd. or n.. iu ,u equivalcnl
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    ATTEMPT TO SIR UP TROUBLE.
    351 12 GOOD POLICE WORK. Communist Scheme \i i the Hud. S!i.t:i: Important, information b Shanghai M mtctpal P( Hee f: recently arm-ted hv- :;;;.,>• d In I planned ■chame to bimt About itrike of all Chines* worto I to *>t< p businr. The movi port uf
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    COAL INDUSTRY'S RECOVERY.
    46 12 First Credit Balance Sinrc General Strike. I British Radio- OOktal Si Uu^:^>^. M The Ilioca '.:>.' tlcaJ -uniniary of tht COftl~mtatag lr.djstry li>r Um iy2:;. For the lint tIOM mih i VOrl ■Xter the rtqpiHigf of im then baL nee on the ojiuurterii trad
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    BENGAL GOVERNOR'S BAND.
    130 12 Objections to Demand Le*i Council. Proteati .<:: the drauu under the lie id "Stall Governor— B:\nd BMaMtelu the Bengal L. L;.sUtt Maulvi Syed Jalah.> that the head of Pi mode>t amusement, and In objection v ei» Bengal In stances. But the condition ol bttaf what it was.
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      WEEK-END CRICKET.
      245 13 Rain Spoils Many Games. Heavy rain almost spoilt the week-end's cricket in Singapore. The majority of the more important matches were either abandoned, or definitely scratched before play could be commenced. The condition of the Padang was such on Saturday that play in the S.C.C vs. United Services
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      Y.M.C.A. DEFEAT S.C.C.
      135 13 On the Anson Road ground on Saturday the YMC.A. beat an SCC. XI (with two absent* by 106 runs. The scores were: Y.M.C.A.: Meredith b Woosey 43; Ridley b Rolfe 6: Van Cuylenburg c Chapman b Rolfe 2; Hoole c Woosey b Jackson 4; Cassichitto c Jackson
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      BALESTIER PLAIN BOWLING.
      257 13 The biggest feature of the match between the Indian Association and an SCC. XI (again not at full strengtht on Bale tier Plain yesterday was the bowling of Vine whose 7 wickets for 15 runs included the hat-trick. However his success with the ball came rather too
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      MORE CRICKET LOSSES REPORTED.
      149 13 The Warwickshire County Cricket Club report shows a small surplus of £237. after receiving £500 from the M.C.C. and £861 as a direct result of the Test maccii at Birmingham otherwise there was a lo",s on the working. Subscriptions numbering 1.124 produced £4.507. an advance on
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      WORLD ROWING TITLE.
      124 13 For the first time in fifty-four years, two Englishmen will race on the Thames for the Sculling Championship of the World. H. A. Barry has accepted the challenge of Ted Phelps for a stake of £1,000 for a race over the Putney to Mortlake course, a distance
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      77 13 The Arab stallion Rajaputana. five years old, bought by the Royal Turf Club of Siam for their breeding scheme, is arriving on the E. A. C. Lalandia, due in Bangkok early this month. This thoroughbred pony has been purchased from the famous Crabbet Stud farm in Sussex. This farm is
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      HAGEN KIRKWOOD BEATEN.
      267 13 i Popplewell-Spence Too Strong At Kensington. Sydney. Mar. 16. Walter Hagen and Joe Kirk wood played their first match together in Australia at Kensington to-day. They had to bow their heads to the local professionals, Fred Popplewell and Do-i Spence. The match ended in a sensational fashion
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      A GOLPHER WILL UNDERSTAND.
      349 13 An extract from the diary of The New Pepys. in Truth: Feb. 18— To Banstedde golphing. upon an appoyntment with Squillinger, but being come to the Club-house, here waits me a foan message of his being held in town beyond his expectation. So. having noased about
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      JAPANESE WINS COVERED COCRT CHAMPIONSHIP.
      304 13 Yoshiro Ohta is the first Japanese player to win the London Covered Courts Men's Singles Championship. He accomplished this by beating Dr. P. D. B. Spence. the South African, by 4 6. 6—2, 6—2. 3—6. 7—5. in the final at Queen's Club. It was an
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      FOOTBALL.
      52 13 The following will represent the BAT. against General Electric Co.'s XI in the Second Division League match on the A.P.C. ground on Tuesday: Davies, Lee Ann Thong, D. J. Sandys, Lim Lian Lock. D. Reid. Lee Lian Ngow, Koh Peng Swee. Cheng Chuan, K. C. Bryant. J. L. Elmer,
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      29 13 Victory for the 2nd. Welch Regiment soccer XI over the R.A.P. (1 0.) and a draw (2 2.) with the Malays are recorded in the Regiment's weekly sports supplement.
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      265 16 s.s. MEISSONIER. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer :om London (arrived April 3rd) are hereby otified that a General Survey of all cargo inded in a damaged condition will be held at Jodown No. 48-9 on Saturday, April 12th, 1930. ;t 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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      673 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Luaia, Pahang, Pekan, fiungel Lembln and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 0 a.iri iota TLnggl, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower 81am 0 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      450 16 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per. Ipoh: Mr. Kenworthy: Mr J M. Robert >• Mrs. P. M. Robinson: Mrs. Anderson: Mrs. W. Hill. Mr. W. Gomez: Mr. N B Westerhout: Mr. and Mrs. R. Waller and son; Miss M Ebenvein; Miss. R. Ebenvein: Mrs. Cavendish; Mr. and Mrs J. P. Webb and two
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      LAUNCH GOES DOWN OFF PULO UNDAN.
      41 17 No Lives I^ost. NNB Our Own Correspondent] Malacca. April inch, Artemis, towed by the Jerantut. R Btagapon for Penang 0O Sunday. rl\ this morning off Puloh Undan in r. u nid No lives were loot.
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      JAPANESE STEAMER AGROUND.
      142 17 Hazardous Work by Chefoo Tug. Chefoo. March 29. K<^>i Maru. en route from Weihaiwei v- nt aground on an island off KungBpM in fog on Thursday night, rra rtgmtlf were communicated from the M and the Customs despatched a harbour Ml charge of Captain Hardy and a
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      NEW INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
      92 17 kouloon Dock to Build Marine Motors? Ji' annual meeting of the Hong Kong impoa Dock Co.. Ltd.. the Hon. Mr. B D F Beith. who was in the chair, made the ■ting announcement that the Company •■islv considering the advisability of marine motors themselves, instead
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      SHAMROCK V.'S CREW CHOSEN.
      350 17 Launch on April 11. >>f twenty-two which Shamrock V. irry has been chosen. All of them are t:id> uho have sailed in racing yachts under Edward Heard, her skipper. His second 1 ill be J French, who. like the skipper ■s had experience of sailing in
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      31 17 W. Wills, who has been employed Babcock and Willcox as one ol in charge of the erection of the r Plant at the Bungsar Power Station I1 has sailed for Home.
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      WORLD'S SHIPPING IN 1929.
      1483 17 The Outlook for the Future. The British shipping industry, if such a term may be used to embrace so widely divergent a range of interests engaged in providing various form of transport by sea. entered upon the past year in a spirit of quiet optimism. The
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      FIRE ON STEAMER.
      433 17 Spectacular Scene Off Wanchai. The Norwegian steamer Stoviken (Captain G. B. Onarbhan^ which left Calcutta on March 13 for Hong Kong and arrived at Hong Kong on March 29. at 9 a.m.. was involved in a spectacular fire in the afternoon. The Stoviken was moored to the
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      HELM ORDERS CONTROVERSY 25 YEARS AGO.
      242 17 Extract from the S.C.M. Post (Hong Kong), of April 1. 1905: "Many years ago the question was raised as to the advisability of making use of the helm orders Port and Starboard at all in the navigation of ships. It is questionable whether many
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    MAN WHO WCULD NOT BRIEF BERNARD SHAW.
    1034 18 CASEMENT'S TRAGIC LIFE. Knight Errant Who Was Tried for High Treason. Brig. -Gen. Baker Carr, the author of a recent war book, Prom Chauffeur to Brigadier, says that Mr. Bernard Shaw handed "the finest thing he had ever written" to Sir Roger Carcment,
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    HANG GUAN BRICK AND TILE COMPANY.
    410 19 Liquidator's Report. Mnir is the import feO be submitted by d UK ;«t the final general meeting of the ;i.i:i on April 14th. at 12.45 p.m at 18 w:;s formed on May 22nd. 1920 purpQM of cairying on the business of manufacturers and. in
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    173 19 1 ->•■ GilfilLm Co., K. Lumpur, .\?-n!s. K pikuls: 617 hours: 79.800 laon GiifWaa A Co.. Penan*-. Secretaries. 1 1.00) pkh. t A t I'en.ing. Secretary. 1.1 Tin. 135 pkls 10.500 yards. ■MM, Uarker. Co.. Penang. Agents. .5 pikuLs; 1.D31 bO»; I ttanatod raaHtoo' value of
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    46 19 bo abolish extraterritoriality, could be managed a few i! v.'va San Diego Union. "OBM who fired five times at UOm wants him to return M-s him so— Arkansas Gazette. Mim-nt. says Douglas Fairbanks Ptekfwd, have made Shakespeare You 'an t keep a good man down tafrapfc.
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    SEMANGGOL RUBBER REPORT.
    370 19 Dividend Declaration. The following is the report of the directorof Semanggol Rubber Company to be submitted at the annual general merlins to be held at ..h--registered offices of the Company, la. Peinr^ ttTMt, Penang. on April 12th. at noon. No mm arc is were planted during the
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    KUALA SIDIM REPORT.
    328 19 Final Dividend. The following is the report of the. Directors for the year ended December 31st. 1929 to be presented at the annual meeting of Kuala Sidim Rubber Company at Boustead and Co.. Penang. on April Bth. A check survey of the Estate was undertaken by Messrs.
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    140 19 CiOrENG CONSOLIDATED. Thu pn.nt of Gopcng Consolidated for the vi. >r endtd September 30. Mm writing off £13.000 from pip* 1 lines and mine equipment. UDOlinted to £89.849 (agalMl £71.873 for 1927--28-. tc which i^ added a net balance of £25.019 biou^ht forward. Four quarterly dividends, ■otallmy 3s. per £1
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    23 19 IH KIT IJOK (SELANGOR). Final dividend 7'u per cent payable approximately April 10. making total 12 per cent, for year tae last year).
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      218 19 April 7. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2 3 15; 16 London 3 months' sight 2 3 78 London 60^1ays' sight 2 3 13 '16 London 30^ays 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.
      208 19 April 7. Tin 125 Tons $83 25 Gambler 8 50 Pepper White 61 Pepper Black 45 Flake Tapioca 5% Pearl Sago Small §qg Copra Sundried g.70 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    902 19 MONDAY. APRIL 7th. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang Sos us Ayer Hitam (ss> 15s 4'^ d 15s 10'jd Bangrin Tin (£t 25s 3d 26s 3d Batang Padang ($1) 19 23 Batu Caves csl> 97 j 1.05 Bukit Arang (sli 60 70 Burma h Malay 22s 6d 23s 6d
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    MALAYAN TIN STATISTICS.
    172 19 Exports and Imports. Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan Ports, during the months of January. February and March. 1930: January February March Destination tons tons tons United Kingdom 1.505 1.701 635 United States of America 4.086 4.768 4 336 Continent of
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    BASSETT RUBBER REPORT.
    261 19 Dividend Proposed. The following is the annual report of Bassett Rubber Company to be presented at the meeting on April Bth at Boustead and Co. Penang. The areas under cultivation at the close of the year were as follows Mature rubber 987. 1R acres; Mature coconuts 81.20;
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    MACPHAIL AND PENMAN'S REPORT.
    197 19 Singapore, April Rabjer. London. 7 7 16d. 1 16d. clown Price (L'dOO Std.) Spot 24 S S.S. R.S.S. 0:1 Tender Apiil 25 1 Mav-June 26',. Jdlv-G^; 27'-. Oct. -Dec. 28 4 Steadier Tin. London. No Price. Mining.— Dull. Sun ;ei \V;r s 3.35 3.43 Xuchais 1.28
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    35 19 It may bo, M announced recently, that a scientist has succeeded in isolating the influenza germ, but a painful experience last week leads us to suspect that the thing musL have got loosp a«?ain. Punch.
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    SZE HAI TONG BANK MEETING.
    260 19 Dividend Declaration. The following report is forwarded for publication. The twentythird annual general meeting of shareholders of the above Company was held at its registered office at No. 58 Chulia Street. Singapore, on Saturday Mr. Seah Eng Lim (Chairman* presiding. After the minutes of last
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    MAIPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    142 19 Yesterday's Alterations. S! paj m Apr. 7th.. C'lommr Mr— Buyers Sellers. Hit:" 40 415 Kud i.2f. :u Ki o.v. 11 13 l T.iiping 48 52 M 69 EUtaman h. -i. i :<:■.. 1J7% Rantsu Orel. ($D 60 <;8 EUntau P 70 78 3jii I. 1.60 I.67 ralan
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    66 19 April 7th.. 12 o'clock noon. Tom 1 of Market: Steady, at the decline Latest Cable: London Spot sheet T'-d. per lb. New York SDot Sheet G.cts. 15 per Ik. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 24 25 Standard R.S.S. on Tender April 25
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      72 19 ASSETS EXCEED $11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). Tl^^onZnfhas SSi"*? LONDON OFFICE: Old Jew^' EC Ihe Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSim,^
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      43 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter AX>. 17*0.) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. j Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. f Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. BRANCH OFFICE CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    THE FUTURE OF THE STADIUM.
    189 20 S.A.F.A. OFFER. Anson Road Ground to be Taken Over. An interesting development In local football matters took place at the week-end as a result of which it is likply that the Singapore Stadium Association will shortly be taken over by the Singapore Amateur Football Association.
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    STRAITS RACING ASSOCIATION.
    129 20 Classification of Horses and Ponies. List No. 3. Amendment No. 7. Issued April 7th. HORSES. Transfers: Coragh Mac from Class 4 to Class 5. Stirly from Class 4 to Class 5. Beaufort from Class 5 to Class 4. Deletions: Buckwheat Lady. Caitoi, Dawn of Day, Golden Wand.
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    LEAGUE MATCH INCIDENT.
    76 20 Military Player Suspended. The Disciplinary Board of the S.A.F.A. found considerable evidence isays an official report) of provocation which made it possible to Impose a much shorter period of suspension than otherwise might have been the case on Gnr Dakers in connection with the incident in the
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    CRICKET.
    197 20 Welch Regt. II beat C.S.C. 11. The Welch Regt. II beat the Ceylon Sports Club II on Saturday on the C.S.C. ground Both sides played one man short. Welch Re^t.: Lt Reynolds c Retnasabapathy b de Silva 17, LC Rutherford b Ambiavagar S3, Pte. Richards c b de Silva
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    C.S.C. II BEAT S.H.B.J.S.C.
    236 20 The Ceylon Sports Club II beat the Singapore Harbour Boatd Junior Service Club on Sunday on the C.S.C. ground. S.H.B.J.S.C. Rasadorai b Paramsothy 2. Elankayer b de Silva 9, Westlake b Paramsothy 1, Willis <snr.) b de Silva 2. Willis (jnr.) not out 13, Rayar b
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    SINGAPORE AMATEUR RACES.
    50 20 I At the spring amateur race meeting on May 23rd. and 24th. the Committee of the Singapore Turf Club have decided to delete the condition in polo pony races "Catch weights 11 St. 7 lbs." and to substitute thcKfer "Handicaps, minimum weight 10 st. 7 lbs." i
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    LEAGUE POINTS FOR
    509 20 I.C.F.A. BEATEN. Military Side Better in Interesting Game. B.E 5: Indo-Ceylonese 3. The R E. forwards played their best game i for a long time when they met the Indo-Cey-lonese at the Singapore Stadium yesterday afternoon in the first division of the League, but their opponents played
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    S.C.C. XI BEATEN ON THE PADANG.
    259 20 A Fatal Slip. A very keen friendly game was witnessed by quite a large number of spectators on the Padang last evening between St. Joseph's C. SB and an S.C.C. XI. which the visitors won by the only goal scored, obtained by W. Jansen
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    S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    99 20 TUESDAYS TIES. "A" Singles Handicap. Chia Teck Yam v. John Lim. Open Singles Championship. Goh Cheng Hee v. Cheong Chee Lim. Lai Kwong Chun v. Tan Hua Yeow to finish. *B" Singles Handicap Semi-final. Tan Kim Chiang v. Wee Eng Yong. WEDNESDAYS TIES. Open Singles Championship.
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    112 20 Demonstrations in gardening, the growing of pot plants, vegetables, flowering shrubs etc, will be given by Mr. J. Lennan of the staff of the Botanic Gardens on Thursday April 10 17 and 24 at the Y.W.C.A. Port Canning Road at 5 p.m. A charge of $2 is made for the
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    SUNDAY'S YACHTING
    560 20 merlins" bad luck. A Day of Rain and Light Breezes. For the first time for some months past Sunday's sport was somewhat spoiled by rain and very light breezes, but in spite of this eight B boats and three six metres turned out, the B. boats to sail
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    232 20 TUESDAY'S TIES. Championship Preliminary. Winner of More and Joy vs. A. G. Hay. P. T. K. Hobbes vs. R F. Goodman. Championship Pairs. P. S. M. Dew and E. L. Peake vs. A. L. B parkins and E. Jackson. Profession Pairs. C. E. Winter and P.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    94 20 The April Bogey competition was played yesterday afternoon, and resulted in a tie between Mrs. R. H. Wilson and Miss E. K. Gilroy who returned 1 Up. Forty-five cards were taken out and the following were returned. Mrs. Wilson 10 1 Up Miss Gilroy 11 1 Mrs.
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    38 20 The President and members of the Singapore Sinhalese Association will be "At Home" for their friends and well-wishers on the Sinhalese National Day, 13th. instant, from 4 to 7 pja., at No. 2, Kirk Terrace, the Association Hall.
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL CONTROL
    680 20 LEAGUE GATE RECEIPTS. Former Council Decision Rescinded. The following minutes of a meeting of the General Council of the S.A.F.A. held at the Stadium on Friday have been forwarded to us. President Messrs. R. L. Hastie (Chair), J. Lee (Vice-President), Sergt. Spencer (Forces) Tay Lian Teck (S.C.F.A.),
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    101 20 Guillemard Cup. Eleven couples entered for the above competition and the following were the cards returned P. C. Barnes and H. Morris 85 11 74 J. M. Watt and J. F. Carr 86 11 75 R. Craik and J. Hodgins 80 4 76 A. M. Low and
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    S.R.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    77 20 TUESDAY'S TIES. "A" Smcies. E. I. Carnegy vs. R. c. Oehlers. T. Leijssiiis vs. R. Nicholson. WEDNESDAY'S TIES. Double Handicap. G. W. Angus and F. Scully vs. E. Ryan and C. H. da Silva (to finish). Mixed Doubles. Miss Gomes and P. Ephraums vs. Mr. and
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