The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 April 1930

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1 20 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 12,999. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY APRIL 12, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 470 1 Tin producers' representatives are meeting on Wednesday to consider a modification of the restriction scheme which will meet with wider support Page 11. The Ellerman liner City of Pekin. which recently passed through Singapore, stranded between Dairen and Vladivostock no lives were lost but the vessel is
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  • 1069 1 Quicquid ayunt homines nostrl eat farrago Libelli Juvenal The Topicist would really like to know what is the explanation of the fact that m the official announcement m tht Government Gazette last month with reference to the appointment of a successor to Mr. Boey Kok Leong
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 249 1 WING LOONG. irOR HIGH CLASP TAILORING t out und Finish Ouarmnteed. 11, HIGH STREET. |Rafl9.es Hotel I A EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION V I TEA DANCES •> EVERT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY DINNER DANCES X •J EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY >♦ X MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA X THE BEST
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    • 207 1 I TO WIRELESS FANS There are three ways of getting m x touch with us V By Phone, by Letter, and X by Calling Personally. We prefer the latter because We are able to study your V requirements more carefully X and A V The interchange of ideas is X
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    • 128 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cadbury's new packing Page 3. Jumble Sale at Y.W.C.A.— Page 2. Klim keeps without iee Page 17. Radio sets from Huttenbaeh's Page 1. Little's great Economy Sale Page 10. Dun lop tyres grip the roads Page 20. Babies thrive on Mellin's Pood Page 8. Cow and Gate Milk
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    • 12 1 WING LOONG. THK RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUTTS, 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • 161 2 Supposed Message m Bottle. A bottle containing a message which, genuine, man. T.i: v BM !:uht on a tionr-month-oid mystery of a lam Atlaiitic flighhas been puked up or. the short' at Bantry the hi.i:i of Bantry Bay. en the sju coast < Ireland. The meeaage read.
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  • 49 2 The following k- Uoe programme drU to a; I -D' <Eu: -.<::. I-.-:,. B inge. No- O.) Coy.. Himiflftl 3 p.n. Sig] p Cv.... Camp. Bund 7.30 an. -jy (Ell.-. C I No. J I-. ita "A** (It O.) Cy. Cl MO pa -B v.r.a.. Sp Bhoot.
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  • 17 2 v 1 'W ill Hid me I f Ml had a penny I on me I w;t;
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 360 2 Jumble Sale Y.W.C.A., 15. RAFFLES QUAY on THURSDAY, MAY' Bth. at 4 p.m. r« SPECIAL OFFER: #J Hkt Gold wrist at.ll Lever 15 jewels Movt. <.rnt.^,r ftf for Lady: £I<J.UV Abs<jlutely qua r )r sent anywhere m J Malaya acainst heque or money irder of $15.00 ~> a c k
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    • 411 2 i V IOT ORIA THEATRE I i ym M TO-NIGHT AT 9.H0 P.M. I MMMW^^lftV^e^"v I AmmP I A V MMMT t* »~A V^^* MMMMM^MMMMr I MMMI^ I MMMI C^S mmm^^mT O^^^ BOOKING AT iMESSRS. JOHN LITTLE AND CO., LTD. PBICBB S4, S2, AND $1. ?Xi<?><^s®®@€Xs>®<SXs^ PA V l l
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    • 344 2 I 3 W From TUESDAY, APRIL 8, to SUNDAY, APRIL 13 Jg? at 6.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. SATURDAY and SUNDAY t V^ I Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer present: THE GREATEST DRAMA EVER BROUGHT 1 i> TO THE TALKING SCREEN I I MADAME X I RUTH CHATTERTON. LEWIS STONE I I RAYMOND
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 283 2 THE WEEK. v,mrdi\, l*!th. Wtfh A I 0P.50. 9.0. 22.26. 8.3 Mii i W H.iO a .11!.. 5.11. 6 ;>.) pn; 0.11 Rar. 1 :r.i:ir bmins,— s 30 a.m Cru' B Co. Welch Rc;,t. vs B.C.O. Tangttn: n U i s.c.c. scut.n Pootb..!l Div. I- SCC vs. IC.F.A. JUtt Bes;
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  • 1074 3 Roes Madame X merit the Tears?; Position of Uneducated Asiatic; Unfaithful Womanfolk Benefit; Cutting and Imagination; Censor m a Tanele?: Tivoli Fails to Talk. (By Our Film Correspondent). pINEQLE. who tells us that the main principle of censor ship here is to preserve the prestige
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  • 291 3 Lure of Lovely Show Clothes. Playing at mannequins is the latest craze among smart women with money, writes a Daily Express woman representative. Fashion show time has arrived, and the exclusive firms have decided on a new method. They are holding many infovmal parades instead of the
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  • 41 3 Mr. W. Grcig, Manager of Messrs. Kobm.Mm ?nd Co.. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, will be praMding on home leave by the Mahva on April 18. Messrs. C. T. Davies and H. L. Barnctt will act as joint managers during his absence. IfJC
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 209 3 tLKTOTYI \>~ ECONOMr AND SERVICE) 1 7/ffl*W LlAflJtl W.'< Use Electricity to lighten your '^SISSa J-^baur and to light your leisure. 1 \lf V^POK^ W m *n's Work is never done." \r\ *^Kc9§RBBS?I Hdlf of {t never need be where Electricity is used for: FirCS Wlthout smoke and dust. Cooking
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    • 199 3 CADBURY'S NEW PACKING f A SEALED TIN IN AN ATTRACTIVE BOX. I MANY ASSORTMENTS. THE IDEAL WAY OF BUYING THE BEST CHOCOLATES I t J T OBTAINABLE FROM: Robinson Co., Ltd. .J. Little Co., Ltd. <f ♦|> K. P. M. Hussain Co. M. S. Ally Co. ♦> M. Pakirmaiden Co.
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  • 259 4 Aged Woman's Death from Shock. "I am sorry this case has happened. It is a very bad advertisement for the courtesy of motorists m having consideration for others." commented the East Lancashire Coroner «Mr. F. Rowland* at the inquest at Nelson on Mary Alice Robinson (82>.
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  • 190 4 Sir William Morris Expresses His Views m South Africa. Sir William Morns said recently, m South Africa, that the reason why British motor car manufacturers did not manfacture cars suitable for Dominion markets was that it was only recertly thut they had caught up with home dnamndß. There
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  • 903 4  - A Big Car or a "Baby Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce t". SOME POINTS IN FAVOUR OF THE "LITTLE ONE." By The IT is generallj wippoaadl that the reason why the small and mode-rate powered cars are popular m Britain j:id not m America Ls simply because of the different forms
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  • 237 4 If. Robert Senechal, who. m addition to being the effervescent President of the Motocycle Club of Prance, is m business as a car dealer m Paris, not long ago indulged m a burst of whirlwind touring with one of the new 29.4 n.p. straight eight
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  • 10 4 China has one car to every 17,000 inhabitants.
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  • 196 4 An interesting idea for the protection of motor vehicles at railway level crossings has been evolved m America, where crossings un- :nrded by the gates familiar m this countryare part of an everyday journey. Instead of providing a rigid gate into which a car may run at
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  • 79 4 The London Traffic Advisory Committee has been considering a suggestion for prohibiting the unloading of goods on one side of certain roads, except on prescribed days of the week. It is thought that the adoption of this scheme will prevent the formation of 'bottle-necks" m important thoroughfares
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  • 23 4 Traffic policemen at Limoges, Prance, are to be equipped with luminous batons, visible a mile away, for directing traffic at night.
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  • 526 4 Merger Stories Reduce Sales. Leading salesmen m the motor indu./.r have asked me (writes the Morning Post m correspondent to tell the motor-purchasing public that rumours of amalgamation ofl various manulacturc! of DM ton U chiefly idle gossip, and are damaging to bmlnew. It is true .that
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  • 123 4 Interesting Facts and Figures. According to a report issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa, car production m Canada reached a new high total m 1929 of no fewer than 263.295 cars. The output was 9 per cent, greater than the previous record attained m 1923
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  • 58 4 Motorist- Ire I Uwayi RcspoasiMi The R.A.C b injust.ee il KM ',< ot'ucuil r< turns of rtn return ni hMd d Sjmm;tr% crt by vehl h durli :y29." Th.- tag that ma pt kctlcall I the tel Actually, of the 407 due to UM 53 eoocei total
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  • 65 4 - Motor Cycle Makers Ffctel •>• It is now mam yea: used as a general MttH cars. Long ago Urn rfhot, -.mpli- shaft drive became u.:i Strangely enough, on mm. still more than holds Mi OWB primary and MCOWtan chrtl drive i* atti:u;m« attention turers" njm The IMOI
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  • 48 4 The number of curs m v < to be steadily iiu -misim;. indr most everywhere. The total numb m Scotland Ls 176.797. minted m 1928. while among Uv bur^. l the way with total at ttJ Edinburgh with 17.450. and I and Dundee with 5.544 atui
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 89 4 QUPER 1 KJ SURPASSES I TTULO j I V VULCANISING S I The STRONGEST I REPAIR m the WORLD j for TYRES TUBES j Distributors Malayan Motors, Ltd. i 14-20, Orchard Road, Singapore. I > OOOt, JO DC EX Ov 1 THAT, I I AFTER TRYING OTHER BRANDS, I "SUGARCANE"
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    • 93 4 ■BIII!B(liBr,iiBHiiBlllBili!B!!B; Bmßlh.Biilß B- B r;i B): M B'i B!:.Bi:,B INDISPUTABLY /Jr l iltl DiiiO 1 a. J^W^bT Bj Bm fa I i y t A "^^^Bf^ Bl m^^^^^^ m^^^^^m m m T B B B B'B *****888 ■■■BB mm ■■■t|^ 1 Amazing How Prescription Cures inTroubles Stops All hchi^lnstintfer Gd
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  • 1623 5 CHASE AFTER MALAYAN MILESTONES. THREE MEN IN A CAR. Impressions of a Thousand Miles of Road. I The Malay Mail gives the following account of a Chevrolet run: We set out on our chase of a thousand milestones expecting to be bored. But then* is surprising variety m milestones, even
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  • 82 5 Opinion That It Will Be Standardised. At a convention of the Federation of Radio Associations (U.S.A.) held at Cleveland recently, the president, Mr. Michael Ert, said that, within the near future, radio equipment will be as much a standard fitment on cars as head lights ire
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  • 801 5 From Cannes to Calais at Express Speed. It is a very easy thing to say. as we said j m London: "'The new three-carburetter qpartsl Alvis is a very nice, fast motor car; let us.' therefore, go to the South of Prance, play a little golf,
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  • 78 5 During last year approximately three million super yards of all-concrete road work, equivalent to 254 miles of 20ft. carriageway, were laid m the Britttfa Isles. In the areas bearing lighter traffic the cement-bound road is gradually gaininp interest and approximately 164.651 ■uper yards were laid during the
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  • 42 5 Two German pedestrians have been charged with manslaughter for refusing to move out of a cyclists way on a road reserved for cyclists. The rider swerved to avoid them, and was knocked down and killed by a motor lorry.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 380 5 f AUSTIN OWNERSf V We wish to draw the attention of Austin owners lo the fact that the AIICTIM MArA7IMF is specially published A U3IUN IMAbAZIINL for their benefit. Every AUSTIN owner should subscribe to this MAGAZINE as they will find X many things of particular interest and the *ub-
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  • Saturday Football Specials.
    • 1077 6 808 KELLY on OLD FOItM THAT RETURNED WITH EXPRESS SPEED TERRIBLE STRAIN THAT HAS GONE. Writing on the revival of HudderNfield Town before they knocked The Wednesday out of the Cup competition and entered the final stare. Bob Kelley. a member of the side, honestly admits that
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    • 203 6 fProm Our Own Correspondent.] London. Mar. 13. There is sure to b«* a rash of transfers this Ireek. March 16 is the last day on which players mnvybe signed on for the purpose of this season, and there are May clubs who are m doubt whethir
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    • 150 6 [Prom Our Own Con-espondent.] london, Mar. 13. The most startling defeat of the Cup teams m League matches on Saturday was that experienced by Huddersfield against Sunderland. and it could only be accounted for by the fact that m vigour and dash it was a one-sided contest.
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    • 40 6 In 1000 V mate lie; during the paot week C. Co. cf Ihe Welch Rest beat th? 7lli. A. A. Battery 12 1: D. <nil> Co. beat H. O. Wing 2—l: and H. Q. Whig drew with R.C.S. I—l.1 1.
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    • 504 6  - My Greatest Golfing Fault. Walter Hagen By Walter H n. the world's greatest golfer contributes this week's article to our series telling how famous amateur and professional golfers overcome outstanding faults m their play. Hagen says that his great fault was "pushing* his wood shots. A man gets a reputation
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    • 296 6  -  Tommy Loughran By Tomrm Lough ran. retired lifht heavyweight champion of the world, tells how Gene Tunney, the retired world's heavyweight champion, hit him the hardest blow he ever got m his extensive boxing career m a no-decLsion bout at Philadelphia. /^•ENi: Tunney hit
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    • 214 6 ..nd Striking tribute to the wonderful slip fielding of the M.C.C. touring team m New Zealand is •i:?id m Australian papers to hand, says a writer m the Referee: The slip ftelding of the visitors was miles ahead of New Zealand m that direction; m fact, m Duleepsinhji and Woolley
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    • 1029 6 W. AUSTIN on A FOOTBALL "FASHION" OF TO-DAY A GOOD THING NICE FOR THE WINGER. The roving man m football, says W. Austin of Manchester City, m the following special article for the Free Press, is not now considered to be m the wrong, as he
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    • 932 6  -  ArtKtir Peall Billiards Notes and Comments. How to Beat the Big Shot Man. THE BIG SCREW IS BAD BILLIARDS. by The "big shot man" is easy to beat if you know the *.ime declares WtJu because he cannot play well enough to keep the balls
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    • 243 6 Sunday Play m County Matches. [Prom Our O^ti Correspondent.] London. March 13. Most of the papers continue to discu-.s cricket losses, and it is suggested that the counties have fallen into the trap of "better MOQOU&O--dation." They set to v ori; to improve their accommodation, but
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    • 138 6 Historic Bprtlnt Brent In > (Jt The "Wisa Run." tb> BfOWB Sweden's winter 4»rt Dalecarh.i on Sunday. I cam.- hron all parts of the < Run rowrs ft trad ll ross wild country BDd forest! Dalic irJi:in viliage of M Saelen. near the WOTWI competitors thus follow
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    • 12 6 < strictly Sabbatarian vi. W anathema. It will *»> suggestion is MM up i
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  • 214 7 Camnais:n Against Housework. ■MMT, MaTh 2S. Tlv wording wemen's dny. I hen was the oaSMtai of i d 'm tie HA T»:- hi trialisatlon" observes per 4 t-.t. of < t ;tiH oTupied ■n Bi: "T > destroy <n. tk hearti; -to the bovirgeoL'sie. t i^
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  • 164 7 I asriea of Majichester rea on "Snakes a:id thoir kii.did'i S D mksrty deal: with rcme I lizards and tortoL^es. Ow the Haarda, tied on in-- s r*»t a, bonW who Hi But Moloch 1 B I t if* way with ants. Insiead of fl -1
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  • 158 7 Brothers' arrow Escape from Death. I Mr. G. I ;-.:;ell aivi Mr. J forth had a narrow o pc L.t .-...<. .n on Mirch 15. when DB Moth ai-roplane crashed v The aerop ane crarhed neaz l v and turned upiide down Whea pi pis
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  • 105 7 AMERICAN'S £400 TELEPHONE CALL. Mr. Jostph Brun-t". of New York, who at at T ■n-Hov^e House purchased Rem, of Lansdowne collection of marbles the country m the North German-Lloyd l^irr Di(-m<?n. wm having loadon a friend m tt'« rang vp Mr Brinner. He was hurrymg u> culch the boat train,
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  • 108 7 iage may well differ 'i bah, think the correspondent who ads ihL- story. AastraLaa. he §ays. was «»th v.. Aassneaa merciiant the| *kta| of a < .a;n conuaadttf on the us. v i<n the Am;rxai inqr-ured. 'Now, IrL4 I>'1 >' iMlfjafsa co yo-i am the adver-
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  • 39 7 iicijrrade. eh Yum °«wn ltw year-old Of Ills n bat--1 r haa iVrtrtsd to bmtt ft* U* t-iurd t-me *■> '7 '•-d Qaya: >■*■ at the tawn of Dyaknviu<ft. m South ■•W«. -.i.i 8«: ago a«id >un
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  • 381 7 Committee Appointed by Government. The Government has appointed a Commit: of Enquiry to investigate the currency problem, (says the South China Morning Po,t». n, r penaml r.' Hrn Ooramtttee, together 1 terms of reference, i; given m the Cover::mint Gazette. There wre eight members of <
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  • 606 7 Official Landing at Sandakan.! Hi? Excellency ;he Qofftrn >r. Mr. A. P Hichnrd:*, landed o:T,c:ally Jr- m S"abe>> II to ;:mt the covc:ncr;hip of thl State at 8an-...-.kan. at 5-55 pm. on Friday. Marsh 14th, li) 30. His Excellency ntffd bf Mr.--:lichards and their UttU d
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  • 240 7 Control of Disease. London, Mar. 21. A far-reaching programme of reconstruction and development m the field of public health is about to be undertaken by the Chinese Government, which is obtaining the assistance of the I-eague of Nations health organisation for that purpose. The League's Health
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  • 169 7 Speed Motorists' Dangers. London. Mar. 21. Fears that dangerous motorists may become the victims of lynch law if the speed limit is abolished, were expressed by Dr. Salter. M.P.. before the Commons' Standing Committee on the Road Tariff Bill. Dr. Salter said that some villages
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  • 73 7 The Orford, on which the Australian cricketers and Australian bowling team, Mr. Sol Green, fthe owner of the Strephon, the Australian wonder horse], and Mr. Arthur Mailey iwho is to report the Tests for the Australian papers) are among the 1,600 passengers, is due to reach Southampton on April 23rd.
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  • 105 7 Offer of 5100,000,000 from Shanghai Shanghai. Apr. 1. With the Nanking regime faring an v:■ precedented military crisis. Marshal Cbtaof Kai-sheks visit to Hangchow and his contemplated visit to Shanghai is causing mucj speculation. The latest political gossip stater that the President of the Nanking Government has
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  • 102 7 Recent discussions on the general qucstic of flogging as a method of punishment reoa! an incident recorded m the "Life" of Thomas lardy. J>ist about a hundred years ago Marcly father witnessed a public flogging at Dorchester He said that certain soldiers coming down the ;treet at the
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  • 185 7 London, Mar. 21. TIM Select Committee of the House of Commons considering the question of capital punishment heard numerous views regarding the efficacy or otherwise of the death sentence, notably those of Lord Darling. Holding that when person has taken another's life, society should
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  • 38 7 The meeting called for Tuesday evening, to proceed with the formation of a Kuala Lumpur Ratepayers' Association, and adopt rules, was idjourned, to enable a more representative lathering to proceed w ith the matter, .says the Malay Mail.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 166 7 3 r i s 77/r I Op //?r/^ always I pleases iS^l It's "4=7// "-most gratefully accepted V^ among presents. Any day you may >> r v jMIIMk g* ve "47U day it will evoke a w| .^j "^^fl^ smile of gratitude. For all fastidious jKj /^^^^^^fifi^^X people use'^7//". It
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  • 396 8 6,000 YEARS AGO. New Theory of the Great Flood. "Then came the Flood about 4,250 or 4,200 8.C." So writes Mr. Harold Peake, an antiquarian, summing-up all the known evidence, m a new book about "The Flood's About 750 years before the Flood that us
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  • 610 8 Grannie Nelson 84 and Still Going Strong. Mi^ Horatia Nelson. Britain's oldest screen actress, who has played two hundred pans, from dowagers to down-and-outs, is about to celebrate her eighty-fourth birthday, and is still working. I met her recently m Wardour-street as she was making her
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  • 234 8 Canton Test Cases. Canton, Apr. 1. The United States Court for China convened at the American Consulate General. Canton, yesterday, with Judge Puray on the bench, to hear two applications for writs of mandamus District Attorney George Seliett represented the interests of the respondent while Attorney
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  • 172 8 Severe Battles Inevitable. Shanghai, Apr. 2. Foreign residents are leaving Tsinanfu consequent on the extreme tension m Shantung, where movements of the anti-Government forces give indications of an early onslaught on the city, near which severe battles with the Nationalist forces are considered to be inevitable.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 64 8 I Concessionaires for Malaya I IftALASIA LIMITEDJ H (Inoorpor»ted to tbe Btndta SettlemenU.) I I Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. I VSK X EEPS <'y// -THE SKIN/ ■=^7- Said f t I COOL^ 1_ HAZELINE SNOW At all CbemiBts nd Stores 55 Burroughs Wellcome Co, London jjl^____ =--^f /<//
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    • 181 8 ■F m§ W W WTW WWW m^ :4#^ < Ik tomes Jirst! 0 CRAVEN cigarettes are APPROVED VMEDICAI AUTHORITIES because they are made specially TO PREVENT SORE THROATS THE CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTE MADE. IK LONDON .CARRELRAfi LTD, 141 YEARS' REPUTATION TOR. C*JJL^LITY Sole Agents HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS, SONS, LTD., Singapore, Penang,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 386 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ASSAGE AMCURI ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhoby Gh.nt. MEMORIALS. INGAPORE CASKET CO. Nos. 1 Si 3. Fen has Road, off !-ivender Street Phone 6075. VIBRA INSTITUTE Turkish Baths Beauty and Health Specialist MADAME JUNE, Orchard Road, Phone 4710. MISS N. BUHRIS MIDWIFE AND MASSAGE. 739 Kampong Bahru Road. DONT
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    • 560 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invitM for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room Municipal Offices: Erection of One Block of Changing Rooms, etc. at Mount Emily Swimming Nooilf v P April
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    • 560 9 NOTICES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the mar* depicted above is the property of Imperial Candy Company of Seattle. United States of America, and is used as a Trade Mark m respect of Confections and Sweet Meats manufactured and sold by the said Company m the Straits Settlements and the
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    • 629 9 AUCTION SALES. POWELL CO., LID. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of VALUABLE AM'IIQUE CHINA. BRONZE, CLOISONNE AND BRASS CURIOS. ELABORATELY CARVED CANTON BLACKWOOD STOOLS, FOLDING SCREENS. FOOCHOW PEKING LACQUERED TABLES, TEAPOYS ORNAMENTS AND A LOT OF SILK EMBROIDERIES. ETC. To be held at No. 99, T;.nk Road. On Saturday, April 12th, at
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    • 653 9 IMPORTANT NOTICE. RE TYE GUAN TONG IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Suit No: 325 of 1930 Chew Yew otherwise known as Lee Sens Tong or Teck Sent Tone, or On* Senj Tons:, or Ka Yum Ton*, or Chew Teck Ton* PlalntUt, and I. Leow
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  • 706 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 12. 1930. CONFERENCE SALVAGE. It may be taken as practically certain now that the Naval Conference has failed m its original aim and that instead of a flve-fower agreement which would have had a very notable moral influence upon the whole question of international disarmament
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  • 451 10 Mr J. S. Nicholls. of the Government Printing Office, returned from leave yesterday. Report has it that there are about 400 Europeans out of employment m Malaya today, says our Ipoh contemporary. Major Harold W Wilby. Royal Marines. Wt& assume duties &s Staff Officer (Intelligence* Naval at Singapore on April,
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  • 1599 10 A CRY IN THE NIGHT. The Episode of the Cut Feet. Evidence of a highly interesting nature was recorded yesterday when the preliminary enquiry into the case m which a Chinese jeweller named Yio Ngee Kiow is detained on a charge of abetment of murder, wa3 continued.
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  • 169 10 R.G.A. ANNUAL MEKTIty Relation of Low Price* aod Disease. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London. P n\ At the annual meeting of tru> Rm^ Growers' Association to-day Mr J Hay elected Chairman for 1930 and Mr HerW Wright Vice-Chairman. Mr. Masefield. moving the ndopti<, n O
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  • 51 10 Imperial Economic Conference Report. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRKijfr London. \pnl n The financial papers tn-da pathetically the report of the Imppn.il Ecor.omic Conference on rubber, vhtefl standardisation Of manufacture, OMlfcall The Financial News considers that the mnclusions of the Committee are mesrap.ib'-- y.x severely criticises the manuiai
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  • 47 10 Harbour Improvements to bf Discussed. [From Our Own drrespondtnt i Malarr*. April II A luncheon will be Riven to the Govern* by the Straits Settlements Association 'Malacca) on the day of his arrival The following day a deputation will wa,t discuss harbour improvement^
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  • 39 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent 1 Ipoh. Apr U. Tb^e Court of Appeal closed to-day the ChKt Justice and the other judges returning; «o \im various stations. Mr. Justice Sproule is going on Wednesday to Penang.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 243 10 HONESTY 1™ POUCY AND ALLSOPPS ra B BEER THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE LATTER IS OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. If You Stick to Both You Won't Go Far Wrong. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (incorporated under the Companies' Ordinance! of Bong Kong). 'Incorporated m Shanghai) 90, Robinson Road. Telephone 6228. v, »»,«i;!«:i«iii«iii«.
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    • 82 10 I j (l%lft on^v) I ASPARAGUS 1 i A SPANISH DOCTOR claims to have discovered a sure way of curing nervous disorders by treating them through the nose. Whether he makes his patients pay m the same way is not stated. "GAFLAC" POLICIES help to pay doctor's bills m case
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  • 74 11 A MODIFICATION. Plan to Bring m Present Abstainers. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, April 11. T?» representatives of the tin producers are boidui* a meeting on Wednesday to consider 8 modification of the restriction scheme at present m operation. It r; expected that the new system will
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  • 286 11 r Pioneer's Criticisms. Kn>m Ot r Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. April 11. resting visitor to Kintu. Mr. Nanre aho 33 years ai?o was a pioneer of ling m this district, is now visiting the tm mine, of which he is a director, being aio director of several companies
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  • 98 11 Deputy Attacked. ■MM* > FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Sydney. April 11. An extraordinary story with a pied-piper •trnos-phere about it is reported from the idle lalfiflds of New South Wales where tnousana 1 a huge rats infesting the silent ■Mk are said to have
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  • 181 11 Seized Money Returned. L Williams. Second Magistrate, ye*PM his decision regarding the applifor the return of certain monies seized *-he raid on the former Cosmopolitan Cub t will tx recalled that Mr. Tongue, ASP. fcttachwi to the Detective Department, raided M me time ago and arrested
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  • 108 11 Af> r Evensong next Sunday, Palm Sunday. Story of the Cross" will be sung by the to the well known setting of Redhead. tto<»d Friday evening, at 9.15 p.m. an augd Choir will sing Siaincr's" The Crucithe soloists being Mr. H. W. Haines lymasttr Commander
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  • 17 11 Pl^ r Ah<C McKeMi e. the well-known Tampiv. Home on leave shortly, and will avtl via Canada.
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  • 152 11 NO LIVES LOST. Uncertainty as to Vessel's Fate. tßeuter's Par Eastern Service.] Tokte, April 11. The EUerman liner City of Pekin. bound for J.™* V**™*** with 80 passengers on board, stranded m a fog between Quelpart Island and Port Hamilton last night. Pishing boats
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  • 174 11 A Crop of Dividends. IIHEE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London. April 11. The anmaJ report of Kayak Rubber shows profit of £6.013 out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend of 10 per cent. Malaysia Rubber proposes a dividend of 7>-. per cent. A net
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  • 117 11 Projected New York Railway Scheme. [Reuters Service] New York. April 11. A gigantic 33 acre underground railway terminus m the centre of New York costing a hundred million dollars and accommodating 150 trains an hour between New York and New Jersey is one of the big industrial
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  • 46 11 Eight Soldiers Killed. [Reuter's Service.] Montbeliurd. April 11. Eight soldiers were killed and 33 injured through a troop train with infantry and Alpinists on board over-running the points at the station of Laissey, between Besancon and Montbeliard. [Earlier cables on page 12.]
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  • 245 11 Quiet Reception at Princess's Request. In accordance with a special request through H.R.H. Prince Axel by his wife. H.R.H. Princess Axel, whose aunt, H.M. the Queen of Sweden, died recently, there were only a few members of the Danish community on the wharf m the dismal
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  • 34 11 Members of the Chinese Coy. Rifle Section are reminded that a spoon shoot will be held at l Parrer Range on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. Buses will leave Drill Hall at 2 p.m. sharp.
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  • 176 11 £100,000,000 SAVING. I Financial Effects of Naval Agreement. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 11. Ab a result of the Naval Conference the battleships Iron Duke. Marlborough. Emperor of India. Benbow and the battle-cruiser Tlgar will go to the scrap heap m 1931 and will not
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  • 163 11 Thousands of Workers Out. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, April 10. Following the refusal of the Kanegafuchi Cotton Company to grant the demands of the mill-hands after the employers' decision to make drastic wage cuts labourers of all the divisions belonging to the Company have gone on
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  • 114 11 A Day's Closure. [Reuter's Fai Eastern Service] Tokio. April 11. Owing to the combination of a number of factors, including the waning of specie reserves abroad and the slump m London silver quotations the Tokio stock market suspended its session this morning for the first time
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  • 281 11 Bankruptcy Court Comment. The interesting comment that the object of a public examination m bankruptcy was so that the community should be warned against dealing with a man or woman who had at various times, to use a common expression, "let down his creditors was
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  • 48 11 Mr. H. C. Bathurst, Controller of Labour, Malaya, was m Penang on Wednesday, says the Straits Echo, for the meeting of the Indian Advisory Board which was also attended by Mr. H. R. Joynt, the Deputy Controller of i Labour. Penang. Important matters, it Is understood, were discussed.
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  • 183 11 GOVERNMENT POLICY. Mob Attacks Police m Bombay. [Reuters Service.] Simla, April 11. Reports from various satyagraha camps show that the first effect of Government's policy of abstaining from wholesale arrests has been to disorganise the forces of civil resisters and has caused Gandhi to abandon his
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  • 166 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TL> AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.. London, April 11, 5.05 p.m, Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son, notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £167 8 16d. (up 11 16ths). Forward £169 B;i6d. (up 11 16ths). The market is firm. Messrs. Symington and
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  • 43 11 Likely to be Initialled Next Week. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 11. It is understood the Anglo-Russian trade agreement will be initialled by Mr. Henderson (Foreign Secretary) and M. Sokolnikoff (the Soviet Ambassador) before Easter. [Earlier cables on page 12.]
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  • 296 11 Experimental Rubber Paving on Read Bridge. The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 3 held on April 4th. Approved of provision of concrete kerbs alor.r, Bukit Timah Road, from Cluny Road to Scott s Road, at an estimated cost of $14,000. Approved design for
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 64 11 Y.W.C.A. JUMBLE SALE. i The promoters of the Y.W.C.A. Jumble Sale I to be held at the Y.W.C.A. B Raffles Quay 1 on Thursday, May Bth. at 4 p.m. would be glad if anyone having clothing men's, women's or children's to spare, would leave it at B. Raffles Quay or
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    • 97 11 I THE "RED-LINE" CALENDAR) X 1t«B9O 91 99 ot qa oc a >1" I In Plain or Engine Turned Designs. I 1 SILVER PLATED Prices $5.50, 5.75, 6.50, 7.50. STERUNG SILVER Prices $12.50, 18.50, 21.50, 23.50, 29.50. ROBINSON Co., Ltd. X (Incorporated In Straits Settlements). I SINGAPORE. ►W^'W'VVWWWiV"' I MEDIUM
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  • 120 12 SECRETARY ARRESTED. Contraband Salt Plant Seized. [Reuter's Service. I R'»mbi^ Apr. 10. The BflJmi raided the National Congress headquartt rs and arrested the Secretary Abid Ali. and the commander of the National Militia. Mehrali. Women offered resistance when the polire «-nu red the Congress
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  • 665 12 liishop Ordered to Admit Curate. London, April. 3. In c :.".t\:on with the CSM brought against the Bishop of sVnnmghasm, Dr. E W. Banns. the Chancery Court to-day ordered the admission of the Rev. Qeorgc Blttunond to tive i uracy Of Small Heath, Birmingham,
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  • 49 12 Indian Landing (Grounds to be Used. [Btmtif i a> rtoe 1 The ■agna, April 10. It is officially annomuvd that the BntLsh Government, has given pt rmlastasi for the v c of landir". grounds ir. India for the regular Amsterdam -Bata via air service.
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  • 49 12 The following arc the lrmibers of arrivals .md AapMtUTM tO IfadCTM Pi» MaOCf lor thi montli of Marc!;. Arrivals (figures supplied by Travelling Inspectors* 2395 Adults; 4'B Minors; 2o i Ini.u Departures supplied by tia:.it-: -agents) adulta; 784 minors. The ari.v;:'.s rt'.au- to |kM pis: cjefl o::)y.
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  • 1046 12 SOME LONDON NOTES. Looking Forward to Spring. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, March 13. Hot for many years has there been so much promise of a brilliant Social season: 500.000 visitors, more than half of them from the U.S.A.. are expected to visit Britain. Mire
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  • 62 12 i C F C. Ajre, hMMtmmiu of Anriorson School. Ipoh, will be foiog on leave next month and it is rumoured thnt Mr. T,. S. Jermyn, who was luadinaster of the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. m 1919. will succeed him. Mr. Jermyu Mr.cc !92.i hixr, beta m Johcr.e where he
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  • 970 12 ALL ROUND REDUCTION. Premier Announces Naval Agreement. IReuter's Servxe. 1 London. Apr. 10. In the House of Commons this evening Mr. Mac Donald announced that agreement had been reached that afternoon between the United States, Japan and Britain on their naval programme, including all
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  • 421 12 AN UNPOPULAR ORDER. Carters Decide to Continue Satyagraha. Calcutta, April 4. The indications are that Calcutta is to have another spell of trouble. Following the serious rioting on Tuesday, which resulted m six carters being killed and about 50 of them beimr injured, to say nothing
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  • 142 12 Soviet Orders to Russians m England. [British Radio Official Service.] Ru^by, Apr. 10. Mr. J. R. CIjIMJS. the Home Secretary. Wl t|Uestioned m i;;e House of Ccmrrons regard* bag the order issued by the Soviet Oonsul-Ge* neral m London to a number of Ruvr.n subjects
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  • 67 12 "Coal Bill Should Become Law." [British Radio Official Service.] Rusiw. Apr. 10. The Miners" Executive has unanhnously Jeeted the coal owners' proposals for a spread over of hours, on a weekly or fortnightly basis instead of a seven-and-half hours' day as provided by the Government's Coal
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  • 143 12 "RED PROP AG AN DA" ARRESTS. Recent German Captures. [Reuters Service.] Berlin, Apr. 10. The report that three members of the Soviet trade delegations were among those arrested lor propagating Communism is unfounded. It is now authoritatively stated that all those arrested are Germans. The cleat h h.is occurred at
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  • 860 12 DEBTORS' DEFAULTS. Bankrupts Who Wore m Arrears. Seven cases where bankrupts were summoned for non-payment of arrears were dealt with m the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. .Justice Stevens yesterday. Th^re were 21 lilted Dealing with what he de:;cribed as the worst, the Assistant Official As*,iynee (Mr. T.
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  • 96 12 GERMAN LOCOMOTIVES FPR INDIA. A £65.0*0 Order. London, April 2. The Daily ?.i. been i bed to draw attention to tht. mctk D of the India Stor< Department, which recently ordered two oev iypes *;f locomotivefl which wen designed b Ln^iand. Full detailed Beta of drawing! were srnnlie* by English
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  • 14 12 Ci saalties m Indian N It trrda: for oca
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  • 24 12 BLOWN FROM GUNS AT KABUL. Terrible Fmte »f n x Itet) s, i Drikl Pwtewtf. April 4th i: fotlowen <>: Elaehi I EH mm :t»
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 501 12 CHURCH SERVICES. sr. animiius CATRRbsut f>TH StXDAV IN I.KVr 7 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. (choral. Holy OOBU -10 a.m. Sunday Behoo) st 3.30 pm. (choral) i.-. Xl|Q Monday, Wednesday, snd Holy Communion a Tuesday, Thursday ai 4 4/ Holy C< mmunioii St. Matth* 1 gepaj t.im-s.
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 926 13 PORT DICKSON YACHTING CLUB. Miranda's Easy Win. Conditions at Port Diclason on Sunday were vor>- bad. says the Malay Mail, m fact! there h is not been such a lack of breeze since May, 1929. when the Royal Singapore Yacht Club sent a team against Port Dickson. In almost a
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    • 128 13 It is reported that H. A. Simmons, the amazing schoolboy high jumper, who, at 17 years of age, represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games and cleared 6ft. 1 5-Bin, has been appointed provisionally to a short service commission m the Royal Air
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    • 490 13 Seven Men Chosen. Roger Wethered is to captain the British Walker Cup team against United States amateurs at Sandwich on May 15 and 16, and six other players have been definitely chosen for the match. They are Rex Hartley. Sir Ernest Holderness, J. Nelson Smith,
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    • 419 13 The Singapore Chinese silver shield volleyball competition, open to all Chinese volley-ball teams m the Settlement, which is being promoted by Sin Chew Jit Poh Ltd., proprietor of a Chinese daily newspaper, held its first meeting on Satiwday afternoon, April sth. at the second floor of the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 214 13 GhiversJams llwusands of tons of faah fr^ m taken e*«r year from Meaan. Ca««' "commended orchards direct to the Orchard Factory noiß e ve*ywhmi to be aiade into Jama and other fruit products. Every jar it sealed with agents, Olivers' Patent Hygienic Carer and -nJ^* c carries a ru^ntee of
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    • 162 13 a f I One-lialf litcli xs Enou^k KOLYNOS is economical onehalf inch on a firm dry brush I is enough to clean and whiten the teeth. Kolynos removes the film, I dislodges the decaying food parI tides, and destroys the dangerous germs that cause tooth decay. Try Kolynos its clean,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 780 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. CZPBBSB SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twte* Msttthly Servtoe Urerpool an 4 Glasgow. (Via Gens* aai EUvvs). Route rabject to alteraUon wtthoat bmUssw WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. I MZRIONES For London. Rotterdam and
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    • 554 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated tn England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL.) FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO BONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Omm Singapore. MM, CITY OP CORINTH Apr. SO s-s. CITY OP MADRAS May 28 s.s. CITY OP
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    • 382 14 P- 02 D £"%> British India and Apar Lines (Incorporated hi England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N Cft UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA ft JAPAN Due rennage, Singapore. T00n:,., SId^JI MANTUA 11,000 Apr.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 712 15 0. S. K. Line Dtatlinatioii. «>-,..., V essel Arri ve. Leave. Lonri""- Rotterdam, Hamburg. Bremen tntwerp via Colombo, Aden. Suez *d**** Alaska Maru Apr 27 Apr 28 Dl]I i i» Klt/'both. Cape Town, Rio de S;iiit(i;-. Montevideo, and Buenos Am [Kound-the-world p^sagr U»o.J Buenas Alre.s Maru Apr. 30 May 1
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    • 532 15 IHMXAR STEAMSHIP LINE TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES and GENOaT Arrive Leave Leave Arrive EHSr 5- s,; ss PrSha^rLon r ay 26 May 29 May3l J 8 PRES. HARRISON June 9 June 12 June 14 j une 22
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    • 722 15 K. P. M. KOWKLYIE PMETVMRT MAATSdUPTU (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., O* BAIAVIA.) (Incorporated In Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVKRNM»T. Telaphone No. 5451. with sub- connections to:— Passage. Freight. Transhipment. Marine Department* and Manager's desk. BeprawntatJre. 1a the StraiU Settlements (Singapore and of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 659 16 Burns Philp Line POR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE vim JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. ■anilsr rv^^^y sailings by tbe well-known steamer MARELLA (7478 tou) and toe molar vessel MATABAB (MU tou). list sjs. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Oabtns de Una. single berth
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    • 683 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Paiiaog, Pekan, Smml Ltinhtn and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and Friday •>»- Bang*-"* every Thursday 6 Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipob, Talptng, Penanf and Kedah and Lower Slam sun. Kelantan every Monday. Wednesday and Saturday P-™ Kota Tinggi and Kedah
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    • 537 16 s.s. MEISSONIER. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer rom London (arrived April 3rd) are hereby lotified that a General Survey of all cargo anded m a damaged condition will be held at 3odown No. 48-9 on Saturday, April 12th, 1930. 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held. BOUBTEAD
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    • 489 16 KERR STEAMSHIP, Co. Inci (XDOotpontod In XJMJL} QENXRAL AOSNTO I REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE To I BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA <VNi I BALTIMORE I I 0v» 4atk I Bsl MS. BILVERASH In Port Apr. i 4 M»y jj I M.B. SILVKRYsTW May IS May 18 June jj I PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 280 17 UNIVERSITIES MARINE ENGINEERING. Position of Apprentices. Mr T Wall, a i: the la.iitute of H een or "the advantage! to the 4 closer eo-aparafttaa between thf ■Btal architect and the marine engineer," said it would be of the greatest value to the owner ten wen- dv .is?d whereby all txpertenea
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    • 164 17 Orders Placed by the Shell Group. mcd that the BetrotoMß Company (the ship- tl Rag 11-Dul Bin D Group> Bt ftm days placi-d orders v ith. m the United Kingdom and on mofe --driven tanfcen 1 will have a deadweight capacity i! will be twin-s' i
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    • 192 17 I Story of 10.000 Yenr>. I I ted by Messrs. Sampson Low. LUL, to their ions IW upon this inexhaustible subject. I is toe "Romance of Navigation" n W. B Wi. Be telis ton nearly m age of i of Oolombue and .«:id buccaneers; of
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    • 531 17 Justification of History. A correspondent of the Times writes m refermm to a previous letter to the Editor as follows n the subject of the defence of trade routes. Admiral Henderson tells us that he knows no justification m history for any need for a
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    • 457 17 To connect character with machinery would i »em to be nonsense, but anyone who sits m .abin ol a Thames craft and listens to the "conversation" tail ted on between various tu^ soon realises thai the note or tor.c of each whistle betrays M>me characteristic or other. In
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  • 714 17 The Mediterranean "War/ The Mediterranean Fleet sailed from Malta on Saturday, and the Atlantic Fleet yesterday left its anchorage at Pollen^a Bay, Majorca, (writes the Times Naval corespondent m mail week). Divided into two forces. Red (Mediterranean) and Blue (Atlantic), the fleets are now carrying out a
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  • 333 17 Young Swede Wants an English Mate. Wanted, a young Englishman who does not suffer from sea-sickness and can guarantee to keep awake to help m navigating a speed-boat from London to New York m June. This is the "vacancy"' that Knut Johansson has to announce, and
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 369 17 mmmmrv a m m m E H b b b b b b b b b! b b b b o v ummM b- b b I I rvLIM Keeps m BBB^^>f 1 &&i$ ri i*\ ]I/I IL X '»"*>m the finest of cows— I B;/- J^', ''/>*' packed m
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  • 418 18 THF SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily In Malaya, a live "news" paper 30-40 columns of news dally. AJso the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazrl each morning. Late-st Telegrams. Latest News and Latest Announcements. Special Daily News Cables. Rubber and Tin Price Cables together with
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  • 890 18 GROWING INTEREST IN RADIO; KUALA LUMPUR GIVES A LEAD. <By Our Wireless Correspondent. There is an ever growing interest m Radio activities both m the Straits Settlements and Malaya and if general expression of opinion can be taken as a guide the need for a Radio
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  • 615 18 Problem of Correct Capacity. Users of dry battery high-tension units often make the mistake of purchasing types having too small a capacity. writes W. James, Mining Post Wireless Correspondent*. The mistake is a costly or.c. as by buying a battery ol the right capacity for
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  • 238 18 Radio Research Board's Report. London. Mar. 21. That all questions connected with the puzzling problem of atmospherics are by dc means settled, though considerable advance has been mad? m investigating their causation and prevalence, is clear from the Report of the Radio Research Board, which is the first of
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  • 112 18 French Issue at 300 Per Cent. Profit. A special postage stamp, the profits from which will be devoted to the reduction of the] National Debt, was issued by the French Gov- I crnment for one month from March 16 to April 15. The stamp is of
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  • 84 18 Miss Daphne Pollard, the British musical comedy actress, is suing a New York hotel for the loss of her jewels valued at 12,000 dollars f£2,400). It is alleged that the jewels were disposed of by a clerk of the hotel. Miss Daphne Pollard was born m
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 222 18 they call me Smiler 9 Hi-re i« another instance of the ni^K'ir work done b? i Jn- «i\ m Kruaohcn. I>rpre«ttion and .'if vArii-h. ln-nltti and energy take their V KrtMrhen wiH do the same for you! i- thai I r. ill y nuwf urite and tell you how Kriifchrn
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    • 1129 18 BANKING. BANKING^ INSURANCE. CHARTERED BANK MERCANTILE BANK OF OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. HVHII A I TD Till? (Incorporated m England by Royal Chartw> 1111/liiy fjlt/« InEi (Incorporated In England). I v Paid up Capital In 600,000 shares QfIITTU 45 of £5 each £3,000,000 Capital £3.000,000 O\J\J 1 11 Reserve
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  • 448 19 THE BRAZIL NUT IN MALAYA. to Conditions. I illlWlm from a?i Intorestwl% x'" h v received from the I v: I'.Jture, s.S. and FMS NM m Malaya HA Tempar.y. D.rertor of bill, tin gtwai a sum- .'clin^ the growth of The bulletin has mboarae. Assistant 1 'i: :>t and affords
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  • 28 19 lyo Nichi-Nichi Sorvice.l Tokyo, Apr. 10. for the nr£jt ten days of this totals of Y40.836.000 of imports. <ttu t V 44 :H)8,000. for exports.
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  • 206 19 Singapore, Apr. 11. Pi.- > haw retaaJned practically uneha:\« d til ek and the market has been Unto! lias. In ti., ab BOM Of any i enquiry towef Irreli might ha\. > for the retort me* shown by sellers to meet buyers ideas. A tether change
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  • 264 19 ECONOMIC 1 CONDITIONS IN CANADA. urable factors m the" treneral Canadian business a:id economic situation wit.'i Urn ac lof ?p:-;r._; ..-<.■ the fairly steady and laid industrial activity m ■sstafU 081 rd protrannns ai now construction, i by and hydro-*. prta ment 1 i'uaticn v.hicli Is generally good except 1.1
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  • 99 19 i ecnpl r.vd by the N and Tobacco i ..it C U, Wai held m i to consider ny I reviving the try. Mr. A. M. Wall, iary of the London Trmdea Council, who p cId that the high price of Ibe I by an unfair Incidence
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  • 42 19 M dcrn light aeroplanes aie bttng fitted Wttta .idt'-by-sidc teats as m a two-seater car. The mechanistic theory is bankrupt —Dr. Rolyrt MUlikan. "Lubritorium" is the name iriven to the car- lubricating stations no\c becoming a common feature m the United States.
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 209 19 April 11. SELLING. London 4 months' .sight 213 15|16 London 3 months' sight 2!3 78 London 60 days' sight 2 3 1316 London 30 days" sight 2 3 25 32 London, demand 23 London, T.T. 2 3 11,16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1432 Hamburg, demand 234 New York,
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    • 205 19 April 11. Tin 2;>o Tons $85.12. Gambier 8 50 Pepper White 61 Pepper Black 46 Flake Tapioca 5-„ Pearl Sago Small |S| Cop:r t Sundiied 8.75 Rice. Anam Nf). 2 250 Rice Liang Ilin Chan Mark Red E^le (Nev. 8.3Q Rice, Siam Old No. 1. 320 Rice. Rttngoon Bintan
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  • 784 19 FRIDAY, APRIL llfh. Buyers Sellers. A"?am Kumbang 35s Gd 37s Ayer Hitam (s>» 15? 6d lCs 3d Bangrin Tin t£) 25s 3d 26s 3d BatßDf Padai-g *SI > 19 23 Batu Caves (.$1) 97 1.05 Buktt Arang <$1) 60 70 Burmah Malay <£) 22s 6d 23s 6d
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  • 80 19 Dutch East Indies I Decision. [Renters fculn i ]>tt a\ i.i. April 11. i of tea growers :>t. E.uui:w".i!.' and Botavta to-day agreed to restrict the Dutch Indies production by g£oo,ooo pounds compared with 10.000.000 pound, stipulated by the Ceylon and British Indian grower-. [As earlier cable
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  • 390 19 Percentage of 76 U From Local Companies. The required minimum percentage <>f suppoj for the tL'a restriction scheme, which to 78 per cent., has been cxc m Ceylon by on< 1 naif per Hr. v. Ooombe, Chairman of the C.E.P V. officially told the Time, Ol Ceylon. He
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  • 95 19 Bausieid and Co.. Penan*. Agotfa: Malakofi 112,000; Kuala Ifuda M1J00; Cfnl I Patani i 180.41 ft; T.iipin- Rubber P: i L22.tKH); Sungci Batu <v I 23,100; Bertam Oon- .1 24,500; Windsor CFM.B.) 30,000; Val Dor 38.103 Kuala s g Malaya ?i;--: ig <;< ney: X m
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  • 155 19 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RU BBER ASSOCIATION. I_ April l!lh.. 1> o'clock noun. According to a report issued by the Ministry of Transport, 34,332 new motor vehicles were registered daring July. S'poro Traction Ords <£> 7s B.> Bfenlta Traders (7.50) 34.10 34.4!) c.c.r. S. Str:u:vi.ip (100) 306 310 cd. Thornycrofts (s3>
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  • 59 19 No Making Up for Lost Time. [Router's Servit ■<.». \nis:erd;in;. Apr. 10. The Dutch Ruboer*Produeen' Committee m ol nnoandng that tiu« t— -Hi of In] m May v. m now oome Into i I adds that measures m- be taken to ensure thai tapping during
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  • 60 19 Asiatic Planters' Decision. (rrom Our Own Correspondent/. M.ilar<a. April 11. At a Beating of Asiatic rubber planters the question of lindiim t-'inploynifnt for tappen durIng ICay wrm dlaeuawd and a rwanlutkjii was paaaad that tappers vuUng to work l ioi t i<i be picv:,;,-.! vitb employment;
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  • 164 19 SinsMpore. Apr. 11. attar. mdon. 7 7jl6d. 4 p.m. (L'don Std> Spot 24 s.S. R.S.S. on r %prtl 2.. m.",-J:j m 26, Juiy-:s.>n: Oct.-Dec. 28',. Duil ttmOf. Tin. London. ZU',B. 7s Gd. up. Minin;.- Dull. Bui i W.as 333 1.45, ECuchaJl I.JJ LI2, Kintus 1.30 I^3,
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  • 143 19 Singapore, Apr. 10. Ku»>be«v— t:ic market has ben milMt i ;nJ h the past week. Spot has varied between 254 and 244 and tiu period now i «ci at the latter ii. To f London unchanged at 7 7 li:c! by di ..a Uu on the week's balar.ee.
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  • 30 19 Ye terday'i Alterations. 1: Pri <• 7 I 13 1.32 13 Norlli 70 i [%d 19a la luki i L .B i New l |jg Tainb; 77 83
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  • 97 19 Reduced from Seven to Six Per Cent Rom!»y, Apr. .1. The Imperial Bant of India rale oa demand loans vai reduced to-. 7 L) 6 4 cent. The n rated to 7 per cent, m Noreenber of last alu j rem.:in:xl fUtlonarj foi five months. The redo
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  • 16 19 Sixty-six road sc-homca m Glourestershire. amonir them several big- ones, will cost over a million pounds.
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    • 81 19 ASSETS EXCEED H. 000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000,000 I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). ?h E e A 2om°plnv C has SET? "TT LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Je^' company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British
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    • 41 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter A.D. 1710.) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. 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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  • 2155 20 TO-DAY'S BATTLE. Will Oxford Stem the Tide of Defeat Of all the many competitions m which representatives of Oxford and Cambridge meet during the year there is one which stands far m advance of the others, not only for the keenness of the rivalry between the
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  • LOCAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS.
    • 129 20 Results at the Recreation Club. Monday's Ties. Championship Preliminary. C. E. Hudson vs. E. Cherrington (to finish). A. L. B. Perkins vs. J. Duguid. Championship Single. J. D. Hall vs. G. R. More. Profession Pairs. Rev. Aitken and Capt. Quin vs. J. Bright and R. E. Prentis. N.
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    • 78 20 Thursday's Results, Results m the SRC. tennis tournament on Thursday were: Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Fox and F. James beat Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brown, wo. Ladies Singles. Mrs. C. B. Hogan beat Mrs. L. Brooks, wo. Mrs. C. B. Hogan beat Miss C. Shelley, 6 2, 6
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  • 476 20 The S.C.C. TriaL The following sides have been chosen for the trial game at the S.C.C. to-day (2 p.m.) and to-morrow (11 a.m.) In preparation for the match against Selangor at Easter. Several changes have had to be made from the «ide& originally chosen. X N. Hamilton
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  • 51 20 Investigation Launched m the States. [Reuter'ft ttervice Chicago, April 11. The National Boxing Association have launched their threatened investigation of Camera's "one round knockout** tour of the United States. They have addressed questionnaires to the Boxing Commissions of all fourteen States m which the Italian
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  • 58 20 At Jalan Beeiar Btadiom on Sunday afternoon the Welch will meet Miss Kiboet's Players m a return match. On the previous occasion the Jaya ne~e played very attract vn football and gave the Regiment a hard game. The admis^on price* *or *ue abjve will
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  • 266 20 TO-DAY'S MATCHES. Interesting Struggles for Leadership. To-day's games m the English and Scottish Leagues are as follow DIVISION I. Arsenal vs. Sheffield U. Aston Villa vs. Newcastle U. Bolton W. vs. Manchester U. Burnley vs. Liverpool. Derby C. vs. Leicester C Everton vs. Grimsby T. Leeds U.
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  • 80 20 Record Scoring: Against Merthyr. [Reuters Service.] London Apr. 19. There was some remarkable scoring to Third Division matches to-day. At Newport the home forwards gave the club a record /ictory against Merthyr. who were beaten 10 0 the heaviest defeat m their history- and Walsal' recorded
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  • 280 20 April Mixed Foursomes. The April Mixed Foursomes competition was played yesterday afternoon and resulted m a rtn for Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Campbell. Fifty-five cards were taken out, and the 'ollowing weTe returned: Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Campbell 39 7Ki 31 Mr. and Mrs. Collier
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  • 81 20 In the second division of the League at the A:ison Road Stadium lest evening the ARC. beat Socony I—o.1 0. The following will be the B AT. Co football team against a r»jlice XI m ;he Second i^ivt-ion of the League on Monday at the
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