The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 March 1931
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Title Section19 1931-03-23 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. IW9I. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY. MARCH 23, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article402 1931-03-23 1 The driver and the fireman were killed and many passengers injured when the Scottish express jumped the rails at Leighton Buzzard Page 10. An important tariff agreement has been concluded between Germany and Austria —Page 11. More money is to be allocated to local home education authorities402 words
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Article1222 1931-03-23 1 If Dick Whittington had crossed the heights of Highgatc by night instead of by day his weary heart would have been gladdened, not only by the sonorous welcome of Bow Bells, but by the silent call of the Lights of London that twinkled m the1,222 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement182 1931-03-23 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK TH f MAREST APPROACH TO PURR, I REM. PASTEURIZED MILK ))B I \IN ABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES. RAFFLES HOTEL) EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE WITH MODERN I SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS THIS EVENING 6.15. I TEA DANCE I MONIA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA i j GRILL182 words
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Advertisement275 1931-03-23 1 Carron Company, j Ironfounders to H.M. King George V. I FOUNDED 1759. i i CARRON BATHS. 1 I CARRON MANHOLE COVERS. j I CARRON RAINWATER PIPES. I I CARRON SOIL PIPES. j j CARRON PIPE FITTINGS. 1 I Specify "CARRON" Land get THE BEST. I STOCKISTS 1 Fonghin G. H.275 words
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Advertisement71 1931-03-23 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Use gas— Page 20. Notices etc. Page 9. Peps lor coughs Page 3. Little's annual sate Page 10. Hotel announcements Page 1. Cinema advertisements Page 2. Cyclax face treatment Page 11. Whiteaway's one dollar days Page 6. j BRIDGE PRIZES j j ARE TROUBLESOME THINGS THE GIFT SHOP!71 words
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Advertisement21 1931-03-23 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURR, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADINO PROVISION BTOREB21 words
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Article53 1931-03-23 2 Big Decrease m Income Tax Collected. IReuter's Wireless Service.] Washington. Mar. 21. There it a sharp decline m the amount of income tax collected this year compared with 1930. According to a Treasury statement only $88,691,515 was collected to February last, compared with $214,534,458 m the same53 words
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Article71 1931-03-23 2 Death of German Socialist Leader. [Reuter'b Wireless Service.! Berlii., March 21. The ex-Chancellor and Socialist leader. Herr Mueller, died at 9.45 this evening, following an operation. Herr Mueller was 54. He was one of the signatories of the Versailles Peace Treaty and one of the leaden of the71 words
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Article205 1931-03-23 2 City Lights and Hell's Angels for Alhambra. Alhambra Theatres Ltd.. after two months of negotiation with the United Artists' special representative who came to Singapore for eh? purpose of arranging a contract with this company, have purchased City Lights for showing at the Beach Road theatre. The205 words
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Article137 1931-03-23 2 Season Extended at Capitol. TtM Dawn Ratral which for the past few days has been drawing huge crowds to the Capitol, has met with such an enthusiastic public reception that the management have decided to ext-nd the .season for a further two days. This production, which has137 words
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Advertisement274 1931-03-23 2 \Bnte* PRICE $5.00 EACH. Spare batteries and lamp bulbs. MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opposite G.PO. Singapore. Phone Lf "~"«ji|^ 4906. i^B 'W&<°\ Dinner P*m wff and then B y the show i^^^^f I You will appreciate the excellent cuisine; the rapid service and the j modern comfort of the a j274 words
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Advertisement197 1931-03-23 2 VICTORIA THEATRE j I AT 9.30 p.m. 1 I and Nightly at 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. ONE OF THE YEAR'S BIG PICTURES fl* I LOST ZEPPELINI I NOT A WAR PICTURE. ADVENTURE IN THE ANTARCTIC. I Booking at Little's $2, SI and 50 cts. I I I 9@®®@x&®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®^ I i197 words
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Advertisement196 1931-03-23 2 I [6T5j TO-NIGHT [9J5| I Fox Movietone's Amazing Pioneer Spectacle! II "THE 1 BIG I TRAIL W LAUDED BY THE WEEK END THOUSANDS FILM TOO GREAT TO MISS Coming Soon ARE BYGONES ever BYGONES SEE Dorothy MACKAILL IN ONCE A SINNER The revealing story of a filTf attempt to live196 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Article439 1931-03-23 3 TRADITION VALUE. Efficiency Impaired by Traffic Duties. I A Police Oailaaa, which "would go j 01: way i towards removing experiment from promottmi to the high r ranks." is suggested by Sir Leonard Cunning, who late last year retired from the post of Inspector of Constabulary,439 words
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Article191 1931-03-23 3 Cardinal Condemns Craze for Pleasure. Btlfast, Feb. 15. The Lenten Pastorals cf the Roman Catholic hierarchy read m Ireland to-day contain a sweeping denunciation of th-' craze for pleasure and excitement. Cardinal Macßory. Archbishop of Armagh. refer! to "the mania for dancing." and condemns the parking191 words
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Article187 1931-03-23 3 Englishman's Thought For ExEnemy's Wounded. Expressing the opinion m his will that "victorious and wealthy England is well able to provide for its soldiers disabled m the late war." Mr. Otway Robinson, a retired master mm Inm. devised his residuary estate, amounting to £7,000. "to the187 words
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Article133 1931-03-23 3 Proposal for British Legion Memorial. Viscount Stopford. chairman of the Home Counties area of the British Legion, at the area conference m London, referred to the Haig statue, and suggested that the British Legion should erect their own personal memovial to their late leader. He suggested that the133 words
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Article683 1931-03-23 3 HEART AND NERVE STRAIN The Vital Need of Convalescence. "More haate lam speed" should be the motto of every sensible person when recovering from an attack of influenza. This infection is probably due primarily to the invasion of the body by one or numbers of the filter-passing683 words
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Article136 1931-03-23 3 Fortifications Against Huns. Btrlin. Feb. 17. The Swedish explorer Sven Hedin. who conducted m the Gobi Desert an expedition which discovered In the neighbourhood of the river Etsin-Gol several hundred yards of the Great Wall of China, has now given details of his finds. The cuter136 words
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Article123 1931-03-23 3 A youmj barrister told me of a recent and most illuminating experience. He was Instructed m an assault case which was heard m the police court. When he got there it was m a borough not far from London he asked the chief police officer what123 words
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Article75 1931-03-23 3 When the passengers from the Columbus arrived back on their steamer they learnt with regret of the death of one of th-ir number, a lady who had not joined th" shore e» ursion, but remained on board. Her name was Mrs. Butterfield and her home town Boston, and h?r age75 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement471 1931-03-23 3 0 la I /^^m^ X. fi^ I COUGHS&COLDS \\IOSI remarkabfa cure for couglis, chills, sore throat, bronchitis la known as the Peps breatheable treatment When lissob I "> ,lv moama, Peps tablet gives oft highly -concentrated nalaama auch as are breathed fn»m the'famous Swiss ,1 In the same amy, the471 words
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Advertisement341 1931-03-23 3 Estate Trust Agencies j (1927) Limited. BRANCHES I SSS! Cross Street MALACCA. H" I£ ght S cfj eet PENANG. gj 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. W j{j Registered by and Security deposited with J jjj the Straits Settlements Government. J jjj Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, i ig Guardians, Rent341 words
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Article2668 1931-03-23 4 RUSSIA'S TRADE. "Trap Set for the Young Marshal." "Seldom do diplomatic events m the FatEast "just happen." Usually they take place m accordance with well thought out and carefully pre-arranged plans. This applies In particular to developments m Sino-Japanese relations. It is therefore, with considerable2,668 words
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Article440 1931-03-23 4 Rome Government Attacked. Rome, Feb. 16. In course of a vigorous and particularly outspoken address to the parish priest of Rome, the Pope to-day virtually accused the Italian Government of not keeping faith m the execution of the terms of the Lateran Treaty and Concordat an accusation440 words
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120 1931-03-23 4 No Need to Change National Anthem. A Liberal contemporary supports a suggestion to revise the second verse of the National Anthem on the grounds that "The desire to confound their politics and frustrate their knavish tricks' is out of date." I cannot see any foundation for120 words
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Advertisement395 1931-03-23 4 mmgfc^ V GIVE YOUR BABY THE FOOD YOU KNOW IS NEAREST TO MOTHER'S MILK HUMANISEC TOUDIFEIOIa Nearest tcTMothers7*lllk OBTAINABLE FROM MEDICAL HALL LTD. BATTERY ROAD Singapore. THE TORTURE OF PILES. Why continue to suffer P Wlta DR. VAN VLICKS AB99RPTIVI PLASMA ao caaa of thia painful malady la ma st395 words
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Advertisement355 1931-03-23 4 SPEED, X|| Jp7^ SAILING I^T As trim a9 a sailing yacht and as fleet the streamlined Parker Duofold with "Pressureless Touch" offers you new writing ease and speed. Touch point* to paper you're off like a breeze no stops for pen dipping no fitful flow of ink. There's always smooth355 words
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Article524 1931-03-23 5 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY JUNGLE MYSTERY, Tribe Never Seen by White Man. BY Washington. In the dense mountain Jungles of northern Slam is a mysterious tribe of human beings no member of which, it is likely, has ever been seen by a white man. The story524 words
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Article224 1931-03-23 5 Sir Malcolm Campbell's Definition. "If asked to define a good driver I would say that he must be one who can take another good driver as his passenger and maintain a fair average speed m such a manner that his passenger is sufficiently at ease to admire224 words
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Article112 1931-03-23 5 "Why Not Deport Him to Italy?" New York, Feb. 18. That Al Capone, the "king" of American gangdom, would be "run out of the States" and deported to Italy when American public opinion was aroused, was predicted yesterday by General Smedley Butler, of the United States Marine Corps.112 words
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Article84 1931-03-23 5 A cable has been received from London, myi the Malay Mail, pnnouncing the death c 1 March 10 of Mr. R N G. Bingley Mr. Bingley. was a well known figure m rubber company circles, being a member of the Council of iIM Rubber Grower.s' Association, and Chairman of the84 words
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Advertisement243 1931-03-23 5 TUNNELITE 1 I BRITISH RAPID HARDENING ay mm CEMENT I Sole Agents I African Eastern 1 (Malaya) Ltd. i Singapore Penang. £_Jr fIA I aaV'aW/| g\ J I Aft* am J^nf^a^u'^^L. ~~"^^ma! \W I hese are the MmmT\ InE important fea- \V\ tures B.S.A. /MmV' ?^aV offer Safety and VmM243 words
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Advertisement273 1931-03-23 5 "Clap Hands!" V3f^ 1 .^aVv. Tr"**^^\? f^aaaam N v^^- r ~*^sf£^ r^^aa a^av am am V* -1 o ar i am BM r -r*l J MI L^Sm mW a^Bk f n^^^asv Swrj mms^ She was a young mother, and when Milk is vital to every baby m ihe 'lit time273 words
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1278 1931-03-23 6 AIRWAYS .MAPPED OUT. Future of Commercial Flying. The early aviation events m the Philippine Islands were sporadic and almost entirely ol an exhibitionary type, writes Percy Warnei Tinan. m the Manila Bulletin. Among the first flights of which records are available were the aviation exhibitions1,278 words
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Article89 1931-03-23 6 Amonß the callers at the Malayan Office recently were Mr. J. D. G Moricc, of FMS Customs. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. DCS Wilson of Kuala Lumpur, staying m Westmnath Ireland. Mr J. R Wlndeat of Batu Oapah. Staying at Newton Ferrers. S. Devon. Mrs K. vV Young, of Kuala Lumpur, at89 words
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Article67 1931-03-23 6 POP ULARISING NATIONAL ANTHEM. (irenadin Guard* i" >IM« I Empire pn very enjoyabk Union bj tl Quards whl b with an enl h i ♦•st asualc-1 Al St til. i.l. extended by C and the whok i National Anthem beard thi prevl The h;ui<! d ever] pi 1 1 not67 words
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Article26 1931-03-23 6 Id and ati Malays al Us ••< to Bamjand Mr CU over -Jit real bel the tinn .'i Ay* bun with rVytSSbUT) mttmi N by Harper OUfiUan26 words
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Advertisement222 1931-03-23 6 WHITEAWAYS ONE DOLLAR DAYS COMMENCE TODAY MONDAY March the 23rd. and Continue Until Saturday April 4th. j Iff you want to Save Money because you like it or Because you must Here is tbe year's finest opportunity to buy hundreds of useful articles from all Departments for J ONE DOLLAR222 words
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Advertisement156 1931-03-23 6 <As& Your Chemist my mV mmw Jv mV JmmmmW amm mmmf Aw HB J^J m B^^ Br^ am Br amm amr A\\W BaV^Bm^^ .^aßßaar AW mm mm \W Pt<J .^^^h. v |^r >» a B »v^^^*a B mm\ mmS^^*^"^ W^ -^Smm Ba nm 9 w*^^ 9^ PRODUCTS PACKED SPECIALITIES ASPIRIN,156 words
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Article1179 1931-03-23 7 CARL KETCHUM. Adventures of a Special Correspondent. Half a million miles m ten years' Half a million miles by sea. on "land and m the air m search of riots, wars and revolutions. Dublin to-day. Constantinople and the warscarred shores of the Dardanelles to-morrow Hong Kong.1,179 words
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Article829 1931-03-23 7 ROADS AND HOTELS. The World's Finest Motoring Country. Back home again after visiting many of the most advertised motoring countries. I have come to the conclusion that Great Britain, .he Vast advertised, is the best of the bunch, states Harold Pemberton. Daily Express Motoring Correspondent.829 words
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Advertisement417 1931-03-23 7 KfJ3f^»ma!r r TT^Sf OLD SCOTCH l^m M! assmmnmm Ujr 1 i*n Jr V la I I it J? I 9* X^£* <ST ym\ mM I iPs^ FAVOURITE i m^ff APPRECIATED yi 'fi)' FROM M |PENfINC i.]bHGAPORE SlM€2a4>^:[^ TH£l)fSmi£fiS aGEMCr£JD,£DM£UPCHSCOnffM^ I ANNUAL STOCKTAKING SALE. I HEAVY REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS J417 words
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Advertisement354 1931-03-23 7 W REMOVES THE CAUSE Diseases arising from the Blood must be treated by removing the cause from the Blood, permanent relief cannot be obtained by any other treatment. I CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE cleanses the blood I and possesses remarkable healing properties; it is due to these qualities that it has354 words
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Article591 1931-03-23 8 BOGUS "FRIENDS." Tragic Heir m Hands of London Gang. Behind the tragic death of the twenty-five-year-old Englishman, Godfrey Basil Mundy, m an hotel at Royan, near Bordeaux, there lies an astounding story of plundering and swindling. Mundy took his own life after having squandered m591 words
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Article177 1931-03-23 8 1,260,886 More Workers m Seven Years. Sixty-five of the main industries of Great Britain employed 1,260.886 more workers on June 30 last than they did seven years earlier. This astonishing fact showing that a large section of British industry is going ahead, m spite of setbacks177 words
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Article101 1931-03-23 8 Modification of His Theory. Berlin, Mar. 13. Scientific circles are on tiptoe m anticipation of Professor Einstein's return to Berlin from his ten weeks' tour m the United States. In the course of the tour, m connection with researches at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, he decided on certain101 words
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Article46 1931-03-23 8 The Treasury last month received two windfalls from death duties, aggregating over £960.000. These were obtained from the estate of Sir Joseph Hood who left £1,200,649 on which the duties amounted to £490.000, and Mr. Francis le Marchant, who left £1.096.417 tha duties being over £470.000.46 words
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Article163 1931-03-23 8 Plan for Beauty Preservation Rejected. Washington, Feb. 18. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today reported unanimously against the treaty for the preservation of the beauty of Niagara Falls, which has already been ratified by the Canadian Parliament. The reasons for rejection were stated by Senator Borah to be163 words
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Article109 1931-03-23 8 Bought by Hohenzollern Family for £250. Berlin, Feb. 18. The sale began this morning of the contents of the hunting property. Schloss Glienicke. of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. Among the pieces put up for sale are a flute and watch that used to belong to109 words
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Article57 1931-03-23 8 32-Year-Old Japanese Leaps off Machine. Tokyo, Mar. 6. For reasons unknown, a man 32 years of age, who was travelling as a passenger aboard an aeroplane flying from Tokyo tt* Osaka, committed suicide by opening the door of the compartment and jumping out. This occurred while the machine57 words
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Article55 1931-03-23 8 The European Push-Bike Club says the Straits Echo, has now increased its membership by more than 33 per cent, the latest recruit '..o Its ranks being a lady who appeared before the Penang public on wheels for the first time recently, appropriately garbed m cycling costume, which consisted of a55 words
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Advertisement168 1931-03-23 8 a*a«)®®i)®®axs«xs<s)«^«9<!^^ I MADE AT THE I ROYAL BAKERY r il a>' s 9Bs a aa •w^^ feWS'-^**' I Ay I Jr*rtris*? Msf "^"L ~»R (•> 1 Swiss Rolls. I I Cherry Cakes, Madeira Cakes. I Sponge Sandwiches, Pastries etc. 1 I Available daily at the 1 f Singapore Cold Storage168 words
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Advertisement346 1931-03-23 8 saaw^Lr r '"^rnW Bmft !.;..M ;||||i |P?'"^m TL/r I Oil lIIk I aaVt-^^^^S'i'S^i*.- Sal BaY ■•''•'■'^^B^wssScB^k > >'-'-''" 'yv i i xyn A f A li'^^^^J'^M 1 "Just notice the way people cluster around a girl who xg§ IA y». V^irf j f has lovely skin! Any girl can have346 words
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Advertisement459 1931-03-23 9 BUSINESS CARDS. FUNERALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. fits. 1 st I, Penhaa Road. ,f LsimAer Street— Phone M7f. B E PHOTOGRAPHED BY fl HUGBKT BUCKERIDGE Hirb^t < la« Work— Lowest Rates |A jpfJ||| 151 ILDING- Phone 7898. jSELETAR GRANGE j i lh mile Thomson-Seletar Rd. RATH INO PAGAR— TIFFIN ETC. i459 words
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Advertisement747 1931-03-23 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE ls hereby given that tenders are now Invited lor the following materials or berviccs, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room. Municipal Offices: Cast-in-Situ Piling for Foundations of the New Retort House, Gas Works. Kallang. Closing date. 4747 words
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Advertisement684 1931-03-23 9 NOTICE. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Public are informed that the New Bridge at the junction of Mount Pleacant Road with Thomson Road is now open to traffic. W. MARSH. Municipal Secretary. FEDERATED MALAY STATES PATENT NO. 535. Notice .is hereby given that the p jpr ietors of Federated Malay States Patent684 words
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Advertisement570 1931-03-23 9 NOTICES. SINGAPORE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. The Annual General Meeting of this Association will be held on Tuesday March 24th at 5.15 p.m. m the lounge of the S.C.C. Any member of a Club affiliated to this Association is entitled to attend this meeting. W. H. STUART CLARK, Actg. Hon: Secretary,570 words
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Advertisement347 1931-03-23 9 /y^^J 1 I) L \/4ss9+*~?s» I (/eHW A Healthy Outlook He remembers when this was just a jungle, how he was afraid he would never see those joung healthy trees ready to he tapped he was afraid malaria, 'flu or fever would invalid him home first. But thanks to Hall's347 words
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Article131 1931-03-23 10 CROOK-WOOD—At TSIM lig March. 19th. Lieut.-Colonel Francis John Fielding Crook. D.S.O. younger son of Colonel Henry Tipping Crook. V.D.. D.L., J.P. and the late Mrs. Crook of Prestwich. Lancashire, and Mrs. Dorothy Mary Wood, eldest daughter of Walter Hooker Toy and Mrs. Hooker of Croydon. Surrey. MORRIS-CASTLE—On March 21st.131 words
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Obituary47 1931-03-23 10 LEOW CHIA HENG J.P. Ex-Committee Member of Chinese Advisory Board and Poh Leung Kuk. Ex-President of Chinese Chamber of Commerce and recipient of Certificate of Honour. Leaving No. 5 Cumming Street on 29th March 1931 at 10.30 a.m. for interment at the Chinese Cemetary. Ballestier Road47 words
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768 1931-03-23 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1931. WEEK-END COMMENT. The assassination of Superintendent Curtin m connection with the recent charges for illegal drilling m Tipperary, brings back memories of the worst days m Ireland's history. When the Free State Government under Mr. Cosgrave took over command it had an enormously768 words
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Article36 1931-03-23 10 SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 22. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as follows Spot 33^d (3 13 16d). Forward 3 15 16d (4d). The market is dull.36 words
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Article177 1931-03-23 10 T.lr. H. Morris and Miss Ina Castle. The wedding took place quietly at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Saturday morning of Ina Ruth, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Castle. Victoria. British Columbia, and Herbert, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris, of177 words
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Article28 1931-03-23 10 Members are notified that the Westminster Glee Singers will appear at the Tanglin Club this evening at 9.30. A charge of one dollar will be made28 words
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Article1141 1931-03-23 10 BETTER TEAM WORK. Club Finishes Badly After Good Start. Malays 3: S.C.C 2. Saturday's game between the S.C.C. and th. Malays, m the first division of the league, at the Stadium, can be described as far as the SC.C. display went as a promising StA2t but1,141 words
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Article50 1931-03-23 10 THREE KILLED Many PftttCftgeri ]n Train Jumps Metals IReuUr's Bon London, y^ The driver and firem i press whicli left London v i second cook of the IWJftSUI and many pnieingera UiJ m the train jumping the met Buzzard. The engine snd thr. turned and twelve other.50 words
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Article236 1931-03-23 10 Gloucester*' Braver) .\t Alexandria. A very impressive HlllßM |||sj| memoration of tin- Battt which the Ist OtobßOOh r i \)m guished themselves, was held on thr p^ ground at the Taiudm H: mornine The Ist Gloucester MR, n iR, n t pan Sir Ralph Abereroonble'i redoubt when they236 words
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Article59 1931-03-23 10 Singapore Chinoc Heat R.A.F. The Singapore Clime c over the RAF from Settlor on 1 Sunday when a track and In io I on the Jalan Besar Stadium ning and jumping was seen and ta the l metres high hurdles wind m Malayan figures won set59 words
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Article165 1931-03-23 10 The Lost Zeppelin at Theatre. Magnificent scenes m tarctic wastes form the prlfl the film Thr Lost Eappelin which season at the Victoria 'Mi' Mfht Artistically the film is well pff cularly \.hcrr the OStsrtOl I is elaborate m detail and bl sion. The story < on< crn165 words
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Article54 1931-03-23 10 At the BMSttng <»t the BB on Friday evening Ifl R to the oonuntttee The men tion of th.- Club i stated m our rcpoit The wedding ol JbhTJ H of the Very Ret w Q BU han. of Newry Ireland daughter of Mr W W Rmmie. oi Bvanage, i>»54 words
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Article42 1931-03-23 10 but actually went m OS" it Ls understood thai then the sec captain Do blow his whistle Ore aata Malay*: -Suni BfWd M Jargasi. IMb Slid Rahim M Dollah, Dolfattah and ahmed S.C.C.: -Chernn tCttl Harper, Reade and DonaM Pemnyeooke and iscFarhi42 words
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Advertisement111 1931-03-23 10 1 1 s^btH SOLI AORWTS: CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances o; Hong Kong>. [Incorporated m Shanghai). I Pure Fresh Cow's Milk 1 o o 1 OUR OWN DAIRY FARM 1 1 OBTAINABLE AT 1 c poe COLD STORAGE td 1 ORCHARD ROAD SUB-DEPOTS. ITTLE'S NNUAL SALE111 words
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Advertisement128 1931-03-23 10 For Planters, Directors, Investors and Business Men. AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF RUBBER PLANTING. By R. SOLIVA. While a large number of books dealing with the Technical Aspects of Rubber Planting are to be found, very few have been written so far. on the Economic and Financial Aspect of the Industry.128 words
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Article291 1931-03-23 11 •ULLET-RIDDLED BODY. Police Superintendent Foully Done to Death. Wireless Service. London. Mar. 21. !i Ireland are startlingly re--1 ipperary by the midnight assassina- Superintendent Curtin. of the Irish VhO was a native of Cork. ted the prosecution at Clonmel BMO tor illegal drilling m Tip„t the accused291 words
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Article64 1931-03-23 11 Cmcern for Famous Irish Politician. Wireless Service.] Dublin, Mar. 21. v the firM Governor-General of State, i, seriously ill at his home Dublin He has been one of the most famous ut our times m Ireland. He v railway clerk at Newcastle. too a few years later,64 words
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Article69 1931-03-23 11 IW Demonstration Follows burgomaster's Ban. H. ut,! s Wirelr.„s Service.] London, Mar. 21. tud.nts last night engag'i'liK.n tuitions m consequence of :>: bidding them to celebrate 1 Mi Careme with the customary ions. •»roken. pedestrians hustled. md housebells rung, while a vtr. seized and burned and made69 words
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Article53 1931-03-23 11 V«tr I>oliceman with 670,000 Fortune. VYm-less Service. I New York, Mar. 21. Win, toe Ne« York policewith being member of 'Via Squad that some years ago Of unmoral behaviour the nightclub hostess l.v murdered reeentlv. has the Pone It is alleged ailan of £600 year «t £70.000 m53 words
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Article49 1931-03-23 11 I*** Guiau Prisoners Acquitted. Wlreleei Barries.] Maiiliscourts, Mar. 22. Preach Guiana, including ta the dock, emitted yells acquitted after eleven charts of murder, pillage 1 "nine u,,n with troubles In vhien Jean Daimot. SBd rich planter was talk „i peteanlnf but medical CSUae :is49 words
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Article161 1931-03-23 11 C P. LINER ASHORE. No Casualties m Clyde Fog Incident. I Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 21. Th-i Canadian Pacific liner Mont Clr.re, went ashore m the Firth of Clyde during a dense fog and it Ls feared is badly holed. Lifeboats landed 200 passengers. •Later.161 words
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Article112 1931-03-23 11 Famous Airman to Look for Missing. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] St. John. New Brunswick. Mar. 21. The famous transatlantic and Antarctic flier Bernt Balchen, and his companion, landed here fee refuelling preparatory to continuing their fh"ht to Newfoundland where they will search the lac packed seas around Horse Island112 words
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Article212 1931-03-23 11 Italian Disaster: Believed Due to Broken Propeller. (Reuter's Wireless Service] Speiia. Mar. 21. A fishing amaok with flag hall -masted entered port bearing the mutilated remains of Lieutenant Damont* who was killed m the crash on Thursday wkh Colonel Maddalena and Captain Cecconi. The crew of the212 words
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Article124 1931-03-23 11 Father's Relief at Son's Escape. Reuter's Wireless Service. 1 London, Mar. 21. Two children had a fortunate escape when the restaurant car was wrecked m the railway disaster at Etampes. One was discovered rubbing his eyes and wailing bitterly. The doctor vainly sought his injury, but the124 words
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Article110 1931-03-23 11 Hong Kong to South Africa. I Reuter's Wireless Service.] Batavia, Mar. 21. Regular services between the Dutch Indies and South Africa for the purpose of promoting direct marketing of East Indian produce m South Africa and British East Africa will be opened by the Royal Packet Steamship110 words
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Article69 1931-03-23 11 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Tokio. Mar. 21. The French fliers hopped off from Seoul (where they had been detained since Thursday for flying over a prohibited area* at 7.10 this morning They expect to reach Tokyo this afternoon, probably refuelling at Osaka. Tokio. Mar. 21. The French fliers arrived69 words
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Article77 1931-03-23 11 ESTIMATES UP. More Money for Local Authorities. [British Radio— Official Service.] Ru *by, j^ kTm 21. The Education Estimates for the year ending March 1932 were issued to-day. They show a total of £58,380,000. compared with £55 139 000 for the current year. Grants from the State77 words
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Article36 1931-03-23 11 Welsh Miners to Abide by Award. [Reuter's Wireless Service] London, Mar. 21. The conference of Welsh miners at Cardiff decided against a strike and will continue to work under the recent arbitration award.36 words
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Article128 1931-03-23 11 To Make Official Visit to Lisbon. r Reuter's Wireless Sen-ice. J Lisbon, Mar. 21. The Foreign Minister announced at a Cabinet meeting to-d:-.y that the Prince of Wales has accepted the invitation of the Portuguese Government to make a short stay at Lisbon on his way back128 words
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Article116 1931-03-23 11 Spanish Republicans on Trial. (Reuter's Service.] Madrid. Mar. 22. There were remarkable scenes at the court martial of a dozen eminent Republican leaders and signatories to the notorious December manifesto, including an ex-Minister Senor Zamora. Don Miguel Mauka. brother of the present Labour Minister and Fernando Delcsrios.116 words
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Article53 1931-03-23 11 Prince Hears News from Boy Messenger. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] Montevideo, Mar. 21. The first person to address the Prince of Wales on Uruguayan soil was a little messenger boy who intercepted him as he crme up the landing steps and handed him a telegram announcing Cambridge's fifty-second53 words
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Article79 1931-03-23 11 Great Expectations m Dublin. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] London, Mar. 21. Everybody m Dublin is wearing the million pound look. It is officially announced the prizes m the Grand National Hospital sweepstake will amount to £1,250.000 The first will be £374, 000, the second £187.500. the third79 words
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Article99 1931-03-23 11 San Paulo Government Takes a Hand. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] Rio de Janeiro, Mar. 21. In view of the overladen state of the coffee market, the Government of the state of San Paulo ls taking definite measures to deal with the situation. A decree has been published authorising99 words
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Article46 1931-03-23 11 Re-establishment of Guarantees. [Reuter's Service.] Madrid, Mar. 22. The decree raising the censorship and reestablishing constitutional guarantees has been formally published. The Cabinet has also decided to repeal the decrees promulgated under j De Rivera's Dictatorship regarding the jurisidiction of military and naval tribunals.46 words
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Article290 1931-03-23 11 IRRESPONSIBLE SPEECHES Co-operation Solution to India Problem. [British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby, Mar. 21. Mr. Amery, Secretary for Dominions Affairs m the late Conservative Government, at a Conservative meeting last night vigorously criticised Mr. Winston Churchill's recent speeches on India, denying his right to290 words
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Article107 1931-03-23 11 NOT FAST ENOUGH Gar Wood's Plan to Shelve Water Speed Record. (Reuter's Wireless Service.] Miami Beach. Mar. 21. Commodore Gar Wood is still not satisfied and after the day's racing had finished, announced that he would buy engines of 4.000 horce-power even if he had to go to England to107 words
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Article91 1931-03-23 11 High Ex-officials to be Tried by Senate. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] Paris, Mar. 21. The Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry into the Oustric financial scandal recommended Senator Raoul Peret, ex-Minister of Finance. Rene Besnard, ex-Ambassador at Rome, Gaston Vidal and Albert Favre, ex-Under-Secretaries of State, be tried by the91 words
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Article97 1931-03-23 11 French Senate and AeroPostale Co. (Reuter's Wireless Service.] Paris, Mar. 21. The Bill for the reorganisation of the AeroPostale Company which has already been passed by the Chamber, was amended by the Senate, which adopted a counter-measure providing for the immediate grant of 5,000.000 francs for the97 words
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Article74 1931-03-23 11 Two of Britain's Oldest People Dead. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] London. Mar. 21. England lost m the early hours to-day two of Its oldest inhabitants, namely Mrs. Hoadley. 104, of London, and James Lucas. 103, of Chichester. Mrs. Hoodley had been a widow for half a century. She had74 words
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Article80 1931-03-23 11 Ex-Kaiser's Son Gets Baton Beating. I Reuter's Service. 1 Berlin. Mar. 21. Prince August Wilhelm. fourth son of the ex-Kaiser, and the Berlin Nazi leader. Dr. Goebbens, were badly beaten with truncheons by police who cleared out from the station 800 Nazis who were paying farewell to80 words
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Advertisement244 1931-03-23 11 I "LIFT YOUR FACE I I EVERY DAY" ftSg, ijj You can't begin too young to jjj give your facial muscles jji regular attention. But even if Cyclax Skin Food I jjj your contours have begun to $2.25 $4.00. HI look blurred and drooping, I don't be a armed. I244 words
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Article, Illustration896 1931-03-23 12 Eighth Successive Victory. IIfJHT BLUES NEVER SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED. Cambridge won their eighth successive victory m the annual University boat race— and their 12nd. since the event was initiated m 1829— 0n Saturday, beating Oxford by Irtish* m 19 minutes 26 seconds. The wi-ather which, during thr896 words
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Article418 1931-03-23 12 How Alumni m Singapore Followed the Race. Former members of the Universities who have attended the annual boat race dinners of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya m past years have been content to receive the announcement of the result of the race as soon as418 words
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Article192 1931-03-23 12 NEW YORK— D.E.L. Experiments m RadioTelephony. I Reuters Service.] Amsterdam, Mar. 20. Experiments In radio-telephony between New Yoik and the Dutch East Indies via London and Amsterdam have been satisfactory and a regular service Ls expected to start shortly. whose visits to holy sites may cause trouble is the Archbishop192 words
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Article93 1931-03-23 12 Sind Hindus Propose Passive Resistance. I Reuter's Wireless Service.] Karachi, Mar. 21. Gandhi himself is threatened with a passive resistance movement by the Hindus if he yields to the Moslems over the separation of Sind from Bombay Presidency and its constitution as a new province as approved by93 words
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Article341 1931-03-23 12 Philippines Champion's Exhibition. Mr. Larry Montes, the Open Champion of the Philippines, partnered by Mr. R. Craik, defeated Messrs. L. D. Hardie and M. M. Paterson m a four ball match on Saturday afternoon by 5 and 4. Mr. Montes arrived m Singapore on Saturday morning en341 words
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98 1931-03-23 12 G.B.S. AND "GLOOMY DEAN" Ex-heavyweight Champion Makes a "Hit." [Reuter's Wireless Service.] London. Mar. 21. There have been many distinguished visitor* to Palestine lately Mr. George Bernard Shaw has Just arrived there from Cyprus together with Dean Inge, 'the gloomy Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral." Gene98 words
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Article141 1931-03-23 12 BARON WITTENHAM. £100,000 Bequest to a Friend. [Reuter's Wireless Skrvice.] London, Mar. 21. That she wa.s 'well-known to my wife and myself since her girlhood." is the reason given for bequeathing to Miss Roselys Coke -Richards, of the Lyceum Club, the sum of £100.000 by George141 words
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Article156 1931-03-23 12 Theodore Dreiser Slaps Sinclair Lewis. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] New York, Mar. 21. Mr. Sinclair Lewis, the creator of Babbitt and last year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, was to-day slapped m the face by another author. Theodore Dreiser, at a public reception m honour of156 words
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Article156 1931-03-23 12 Rescue Ship Caught m Ice. I Reuter's Wireless Service] St. Johns, Newfoundland, Mar 21. 111-luck continues to dog the survivors of the Viking. Of the 128 survivors 110 are m the relief ship Sagona. which is now caught m an ice jam and it is impossible to say156 words
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Article129 1931-03-23 12 Drug: Traffic Round Up. r ßeuter's Wireless Service.] Vice. Mar. 21. The illicit traffic m drugs here has been so serious lately timt the police are organising a special squad to deal with it. They arrested Charles Chase, an Irish book-maker, m whose rooms they found forty packet.,129 words
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Article47 1931-03-23 12 The members of the Singapore Mercantile Co-Operative Thrift and Loa n society Ltd are asked to note that the half-yearly general meeting called for March 25th at 5 15 pm at No. 23 Change Alley, has been postponed to April loth, at the same time and place47 words
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Article985 1931-03-23 12 ARSENAL'S LEAD. The Struggle to Avoid Relegation. The following are the positions to date m the English League and Div. I of the Scottish League. Scores and description on page 20. DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal 34 22 4 8 106985 words
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Article139 1931-03-23 12 Spirit Voice Before Microphone. f Reuter's Wireless Service. 1 London. Mar. 21. A spirit entered the studio of the Columbia Gramophone Co. to-day and made a gramophone record, but. according to an official of the company, it was only a moderate success. It is known as "Power," the139 words
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Article128 1931-03-23 12 OVER 102 HUES AN Speed Uoat on Indian ('reek. BRITISH ATRKPT IBIS IVKRi [Renter*! s> rvn Miami, l :M j. pioughiKg tnreven th.Creek. (Xassnoßore (Jnr Wood boat ace. piloting Mi tared the weld record uin. miles en h<,ur. beaUm tin Segrave's 98.™ miles an hour Gar128 words
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Article78 1931-03-23 12 Stabilisation of (he Peseta. 1 Reuter's Wireless Bl Madrid. Hrn :i The Governnient is takl: billsation of the peseta and bai I various bank authorities it that from to-morrow then will freedom m the matter of tsehei the only stipulation bem^ that the] conducted through an oflsdal companied78 words
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Article82 1931-03-23 12 Third Outbreak Within a Week. fßeutcrs Wheteai ■end Joliet. Illinois, M.„ i The third riot within a week broke oat afternoon at the Statevill. Penttenttarj a committee of the Legislature *a the Warden's office, hearing the repoi last disturbance. The Ward, n lnu» summoned all available tjuard lators82 words
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Article62 1931-03-23 12 New Provisions Governing Medals. 1 Reuter's BJenrtee Lenient v<• IS Victoria Cross holders inn,.?.": *U1 automatically lie dhni'lfeel of the i victed of "treason, oearaniftse infamous crime" as hitherto This important ChangS ls M provisions uoverninK military mcd m the London QaaettC The award may. howeeer, lv62 words
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Article54 1931-03-23 12 Proposed 23,0011 Ton Battleship. [Renters Service f The nev. 23.000 lon ihip (ft the German "pocket battleship be involved m the Oonrernn structlon BID pre- ent< dby e;l the Chamber. la\i;: d Bags, includuiK a S.i <><i>i 11.9 guns, aocl two CTU 5-inch guns Th Bel ■couta end54 words
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Article42 1931-03-23 12 Postponement of MeetiW Convened for To-day. Re- uter's S. heed The Rubbe i On that the meetim ol the i convened for Monday h says the- Dutch Colonial lull information from the ment. after nhft b ht the Dutch nemben42 words
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Article19 1931-03-23 12 Mrs. Helen Wills M«* Not to Compete. Relit ri N. Mrs. Helen Wills Iff I Wimbledon thai time.19 words
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Article12 1931-03-23 12 [Reutei Bei Manchester. \>« The death i 'Sfph Ballard M12 words
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Article454 1931-03-23 13 How Times Have Changed. Captain Popler, a Czecho-Slovokian owner, when expressing his opinion on jumping m England, laid stress on the fact that races were run much faster here than m his own country. Fortunately, they have curbed that breakneck impetuosity m the National, but a time454 words
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Article207 1931-03-23 13 Next Season's Programme. Johannesburg, Feb. 16. The following is the draft itinerary of the Rugby Springboks tour of Britain, which will take place at the close of the coming South African season: OCTOBER. Saturday 3: vs. Gloucester and Somerset, at Bristol; Thursday, 8: vs. Newport; Saturday.207 words
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Article164 1931-03-23 13 Lord Hawke Condemns Lady Astor's Campaign. London. March. 6. Lady Astor's attempt to convert English cricketers to teetotalism is meeting with strenuous opposition. The latest champion of moderat? drinking for athletes is the sexagenarian doyen of Yorkshire cricket. Lord Hawke, who m a speech at Leeds164 words
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Article75 1931-03-23 13 Ryder Cup finances appear to be m a fairly flourishing state. A balance sheet, issued by the British P.G.A., showed that the receipts from the match at Moortown (Eng.) totalled iiodl 18 6, and donations to the fund £1161|2i6. Sale of tickets m advance produced £821)11(8 less expenses. Expenses m75 words
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Article605 1931-03-23 13 19 Year-old Golf Prodigy. New York. February Tt will be interesting to see how Miss Diana Fishwick, the British Women's golf champion, fares m her southern invasion after she once gets acclimatised. Miss Fishwick is a fine young golfer but it will be surprising if she has any605 words
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Article169 1931-03-23 13 No Quarter m Match Against Army. London, March 7. The Navy's sturdy scrummaging carried away the Army defences at Twickenham m frigid weather before 10.000 spectators, the senior service taking the championship. There was a real battle full of action incidental to both packs working to the motto169 words
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Article157 1931-03-23 13 A £2,000 Balance on the Year. The report and balance-sheet of the Sussex Country Cricket Club, presented to the annual meeting at Hove on Monday, Feb 23, shows an excess of income over expenditure last season of £2,030. Tate's benefit last season yielded £1,900. During the coming summer157 words
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Article72 1931-03-23 13 The Dark Blues accomplished an excellent performance last month at the London Fencing Club, 7 Cleveland Row, St. James's when they ran the home team to a bare three points, losing on the day by 15 12. Actually, they won two events to one. the foil and sabre series concluding72 words
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Advertisement459 1931-03-23 13 I viinis sirinffs I I L...aro p ood JBBk W^ssvi m m ,11 tournaments m all countries it >S3i .'ours Davis Cup and Extra Special fV*!* "SJ ,s ncs that are used to meet the grilling j F^^smsm, -Sements of championship play. c f /|SMJ k r or tin 1459 words
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Advertisement281 1931-03-23 13 «n m A Famous Product of France j Ik BRANDY W \^T^** Mi,d and Me,low and guar- S *4 anteed from purest grape »fi W juice. This Cognac is r*^?**£ produced by Cognac Grow- jfi tfj asSiS»JS» ers Co of Bordeaux— the jjj S \^^^l centre of the greatest vine-281 words
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Advertisement901 1931-03-23 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON es N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Due Sails. f ANTENOR For Marseilles, London,901 words
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Advertisement500 1931-03-23 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. ***T (Incorporated In England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dm Singapore. 8-8. CITY OP ATHEN B jq p^ ft*. CITY OP SHANGHAI 4^ ff, HOMEWARDS.500 words
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Advertisement399 1931-03-23 14 P. O British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated ji England).) MAE,, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVFkymi LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVKT M OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Tonnafe, Singapore. TOM M.i,;, w«___ KALYAN 9,100 Apr. 4 RAWALPINDI399 words
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Advertisement716 1931-03-23 15 0. S. K. Line. 1 N«w York:— (from H'kong) BgnrfOi.] K*an<ai Mi.ru Apr. 5 Boattk -'Tom Kobe,. Arabia M;,:. Apr. 11 Jam. Hamburg (Bremen) i Alaska Maru Apr 16 18 9XIt/t rt Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de jgnelfl flantw.s Montr video Buenos AlNa, g^na tbe-world passage £19t.] 8u* Aires Maru716 words
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Advertisement507 1931-03-23 15 p-jZ^tm; "gfr eff Tl am OF FAMOUS X W| t#| PRESIDENT LINERS. ff| TO MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON, raOM SI *GAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES AND GENOA. AiTiYe Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New Terk. P^'poT* 1 Mar 3 Apr 2 Apr 4507 words
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Advertisement638 1931-03-23 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. rROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OI- BVI \V (Incorporated m Holland i UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN C.OVKHNMIM Tatepbons No. Hftl. artta aub-connecUona to -i\, Transhipment. Marine Departmenta and atanagara'i <!:r,k. Representative, ,n tha Btntta Si'ltlemcnl, (Binganon and h ang) of the nUVBLUDJU OFFICIAL638 words
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Advertisement602 1931-03-23 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated hi Auatralia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Reenter monthly «*»ing« by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tone) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The as. MARELLA Is one ot the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de602 words
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Advertisement454 1931-03-23 16 NORDDEUTSCHER Egll LLOYD IfWtjfpV (Incorporated m Germany > The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures: OUTWARDS. FULDA For M» nllft Hong Kcng, Shanghai, Taku Bar, Dairen and Tsingtau Mar. 29 S ALSTER For Saigon, Hong Kong, Japan and VladivoGtock Apr. 2 S TRAVE For Hong Kong. Shanghai, Kobe, Taku, Dalny454 words
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Advertisement522 1931-03-23 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. L (Inoorporatad In D.B A > GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). One Sails M.S. SILVERPALM Apr. 7 Apr. 13 M.S. SILVERTEAK Apr. 28 May 4 J'^ne For rates and other particulars please apply to AGENTS522 words
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Miscellaneous682 1931-03-23 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembln and Kuan tan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Friday. 4am Bangkok every Thursday 6 am Kota Tlnggl, Seremban, Kuala J/umpur, Ipoh, Taiplng, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 ajn Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday682 words
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Article244 1931-03-23 17 Felix Routed \r rives. the new MM .steamer Singapore OB Saturday on a huh. incidentally was a Otfttl one. is one of the veil 1 quipped liners on the d after Felix Roussel, a the company, who died j decorations are set off pointings, one of the out-244 words
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Article81 1931-03-23 17 bereased Profit of Cammel, Laird and Co. X [Reuters Wireless Service.] London. Mar. 21. a m the ship-building inacute and no signs of imi vidt nt is stated m the annual l-knosra shipbuilders, Messrs. and Co. report shows a profit for 4 £28.000 or £16,000 more than m81 words
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Article126 1931-03-23 17 •Uowij tb« health bulletin of the Nations, Eastern Bureau for the I March uth. Mill: plague case. statu? plague rase; 4 smallpox cases. jl< uti.i 80 cholera cases and 49 deaths as It deaths during the preni illpox cases and 36 deaths md 55 deaths during the ten126 words
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Article120 1931-03-23 17 Effected by Decision to Reduce Stalls. Pte working throughout the Hi ms Thomas Cook and ntl and bankers, will be "»> <>f the board of directors ■nd salaries m order to cope 1( 1' trade depression, states a '1 «'ii a number of employees «eea m mail week,120 words
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Article450 1931-03-23 17 Sampan Owner's Allegations. The circumstances that led to the collision between the water-boat Spring and the Sampan G.G. near Pulo Beranti on January 17. were the subject of an enquiry on Saturday m the Marine Court, by Mr. G. C. Dodd, the acting Singapore District Judge I450 words
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Article290 1931-03-23 17 Taken from Ship and Left Under Hedge. London, Feb. 17. A strange story is revealed concerning a fairhaired, blue-eyed baby girl of a month old found under a hedge m the front garden of Queen's Club. East Park-terrace, Southampton. I The baby, which Is healthy and290 words
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Article196 1931-03-23 17 The "Distinction" of a Thames Fire Float. What vessel m the Thames has been Involved Kb the greatest number of collisions? j Craft aspiring to this questionable distinction will have difficulty m beating the record of I FF. (Fire Float) Beta 111., which is moored off196 words
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Article62 1931-03-23 17 Staffordshire scored a double m the seven miles inter-county cross-country championship at Ruialip. on Feb. 14. J. T. Holden being first 1 home m 47 mm. 43 sees. J E. Webster was' ninth In 48 mln. 23 sec., and Corporal S. Ferris' eighteenth In 49 mln. 15 sec. For the62 words
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Article963 1931-03-23 17 Grave Censure of Master and Owners. Grave censure of the Commander q| the Nelson liner Highland Hope, which was wr eck ed on the Farilhoes rocks, off the Port UKU e-e coast, last November, was expressed by the Court of Inquiry. Their findings, published m mail week,963 words
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Article92 1931-03-23 17 Danger to Channel Shipping. London, Feb. 16. Some of the unexploded mines, laid during the war, which were the subject of c.n Admiralty warning to shipping a month ago. have come to the surface. Two have been seen floating m the English Channel between Dover and Calais one92 words
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Advertisement300 1931-03-23 17 I Bmm the CANADIAN BOCKIEsH LINIi 8 m off A S«* aT*-~-> at SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS 111 OH Uieir WanCleUr Bj Fortnifbtly Paaaen,er Steamer. w Between Rangoon, MarseUiea f'^— >__ AS? KUbStn^ HOMEWARD SAILINGS. y* V>^ v-^^? "2j£j?s>^i\ ,>ort of Disembarkation riymoath. The Neu; Scenic Route^^Jl^lwfeL H f! Across Canada300 words
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Article455 1931-03-23 18 AMERICAN KILLED. Shanghai Night Club Brawl. Shanghai, Mar. 10. Ramon Tobias, a Filipino musician, who was arrested by the American authorities m Shanghai m September last year m connexion with he death by stabbing of William Garcia, an American citizen, m a brawl at the corner455 words
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Article97 1931-03-23 18 Shanghai, Mar. 11. The trial before Judge Purdy m the U.S. Court for China of Raymondo Tobias, a Filipino, who killed a fellow national named W. C. Garcia during a brawl at th? corner of North Szechuen and Range Roads on September 28. last year, concluded this97 words
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Article344 1931-03-23 18 Terrorisation of a Berlin Landlady. Berlin, Feb. 17. A former member of the Salvation Army. Max Schuler. had to answer m a Berlin court to-day to charges of blackmail and fraud of a peculiar kind, brought against him by his landlady. During the woman's evidence Schuler had344 words
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Article84 1931-03-23 18 The number of inhabitants m the City of Colombo has increased by 39.133 m the last ten years, the census taken recently showing that its present population is 283.296. This figure does not include the population representing the military and shipping m Colombo. The City's population at the Census of84 words
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Advertisement202 1931-03-23 18 TIME! 1 ft! Iff ffi The essence of all business s S and the governing feature of g ft our pleasure. Keep an accurate jjj S check upon it by installing one of jfj I our new line of DASHBOARD W S CLOCKS m your car. [rj L£ Borneo Motors202 words
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Advertisement108 1931-03-23 18 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Limited (Incorporated 1 New Zealand) Chief Agents for Eastern Archipelago FIRE, MARINE AND MOTOR CA* ADAMSON, GILFILLAN A CO.. LTD.. (Incorporated m England). CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT SOCIETE ANONYME (INCORPORATED IN BELGIUM.) 1907 HEAD OFFICE: BRUSSELS. BRANCHES: SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN, HANKOW, PEKING, HONG KONG. TSINAM. BRICKS AND TILES108 words
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Advertisement550 1931-03-23 18 J INSURANCE E /IP" SOUTH Aft BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LOOTS* FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTKI) AT LOWEST CURRENT RATH L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Manage Office: 2. Flnlayson Green PERSONAL ACCIDENTS. FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday pa^ibi ai w HAVE you made provision for the proffer of your dependents should550 words
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Article957 1931-03-23 19 NKW F. N. RECORD. Brewing Company to bo Ponied m Singapore. genera] meeting of Fraser and rai hrld at Nos. 6 and 7, TrafalS.tturday. Mr. W. H. Macgregor thei present were Messrs C. V. i Dilfcy, E. Walker. C. M. McNalr, R sommerville, S. H. Moss and957 words
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Article301 1931-03-23 19 CUSTOMS REVENUE POOL. Important Step by European Countries. [Reuter's Service.) Berlin. Mar 21. An Austio-German economic agreement has been concluded which Foreign Minister Curtius claims is the first step m the realisation of M. Briands Pan-European Federation. The customs administrations will remain separate but revenue from duties will301 words
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Article157 1931-03-23 19 Success of British Trade Exhibition. f ßeuter's Wireless Service.] London. Mar. 21 The Prince of Wales spoke to King George at Buckingham Palace by the Post Office telephone from Buenos Aires to-day. Hearing at both ends was excellent. It Ls announced that the Prince will return157 words
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Article24 1931-03-23 19 Mr. Lamont's Estimate for U.S.A. I Reuter's Service.] Washington. Mar. 21. Mr. Lamont estimates that the unemployed m January numbered 6.050,000.24 words
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Article219 1931-03-23 19 March 21 SELLING London 4 months' sight 2 3 27 32 London 3 months' sight 213 ***** London, 60 days' sight 2 13 25|32 London 30 days' sight 23 314 London, demand 213 ***** London. T. T. a 3 njlo Lyons and Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg, demand 234219 words
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Article200 1931-03-23 19 March 21. Tin 125 Tons $62.37 Gambler 91^ Pepper White 42 J»epper E'ack 21^ Flake Tapioca 4.10 Pearl Sago Small 5.95 Copra. Sundried 5.95 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mars Red Eagle (New) §.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1 J2O Rice, Rangoon Blntan 350 Rice,200 words
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Article586 1931-03-23 19 SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. flayers &.*uers. Asam Kumbang t£) 22s 23s c.d. Austral Malay 19« 2fs Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 12s 13s 6d c.d. Bangrin Tin 13s 6d 14s 9d Batang Padang (sl> 10 15 Batu Caves ($1) 40 50 Bukit Arang ($1) 35 40 Burmah586 words
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Article248 1931-03-23 19 O.A.G's REPLY. Will Consider Request for Enquiry. (From Our Own Correspondent. Malacca, Mar. 22. Malacca Planters' Association held its annual general meeting on Saturday. Mr. Alexander McKenzie was elected chairman for the ensuing year. The reply to the recent quit rent protest deputation was disclosed. It248 words
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Article178 1931-03-23 19 Members' Arrival at Penang. Mr. P. H. Ezechiel. C.M.G., the third Crown Agent and a member of the Mission to Hong Kong to inquire into the currency problem, arrived m Penang on board the Rajputana and was met by the Hon'ble Mr. Gilman and his brother178 words
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Article80 1931-03-23 19 Guthrie and Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur, Agents: Renong Tin (No. 2 Dredge), 524 pkls: (First half March). CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. March 21st., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. RS.S. equal to London Standard, Spot H% 12 Standard RS.S. on Tender April 12 12.. May 12H80 words
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Article403 1931-03-23 19 MERCHANT INTERVIEWED Kncl of Importation m Sight Russian piecegoods. exclusively punts, v ls understood, are being imported into the Colon both m Singapore and Penan*, by I well-known European firm or BMH iHHIII (writes a Fr»e Press represent;) tivc is the result of enquiries m403 words
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Article85 1931-03-23 19 Java Rubber Chairman Favours Regulation. (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. I I/ondon, Mar. 22. Petaling report for 1930 shows that then* was a nctt profit of £13.382. A dividend of 4 per cent was declared and the <urn of £15.119 carried forward. Teluh Piah report shows a leai of85 words
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Article166 1931-03-23 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. Singapore. Mar. ?l Tin. Heal .Tolmn 20 25. sungei Lena 112 1.15. Knehah 92 95. Rantau Prefs 40 45 Te« lam Mines 68 73. Kintas 1.15 1 18. Hon« Petto C 2 65. Hitam Tin 17 21, Malaya Consols 19 20. Petalings 4 05 4 .15.166 words
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Article68 1931-03-23 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT. Mrqrapnrr Mar. 21. The market Ls Hat to-day and there l> practically nothing doing m rubber and tin. or rubber and tin shares. Penawats are an exception and business was done m these up to 67. Talams also are In good enquiry at 75. buyers. Scudais68 words
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Article49 1931-03-23 19 The rubber Industry of Ceylon diving the first 11 months of 1930 suffered a decline of 6.500.000 pounds m volume and $14,000,000 m value of exports. Most rubber planters hare reduced wages 25 to 50 per cent, but as ret few estates have closed entirely —New York Rubber Age.49 words
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Advertisement84 1931-03-23 19 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance m force over $38,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements.) I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry, EC The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court ot England and compile* with the British Uf. A84 words
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Advertisement68 1931-03-23 19 I Royal Exchange I What do you connect with these two words C Insurance i 3 Then why not give this old established i Corporation the benefit of your connection and c B be assured of complete satisfaction. 5 I 1Ro?al Ercbanae Hssurance. s g INCORPORATED A O 1720 jj68 words
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Article596 1931-03-23 20 CHAMPIONS BEATEN. The Promotion Struggle m Division 11. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 22. The weather was cloudy but conditions ideal for football yesterday. Arsenal emerged from a difficult engagement with the league champions, successfully taking both points at Highbury*. There was no score to within596 words
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Article99 1931-03-23 20 London Rowing Club Beats 128 Rival Crews. Reuter's Wireless Service. I LonJon, Mar. 21. As was expected, London Rowing Club retained the head of the river championship which Is rowed every year after the Oxford and Cambridge Lxiat race over the same course but In the r. verse99 words
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Article23 1931-03-23 20 Ireland Beaten m Hockey International. liceutcr's Wireless Service! Lcrdon. Mar. 21. m the hoc-key international England beat Ireland l> at Birmingham.23 words
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Article427 1931-03-23 20 TRADITION MAINTAINED. Success of MacPherson-Smith Combination. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. Mar. 22. Scotland 28pte: England 19pts. Scotland to-day defeated England m the international Rugby tournament at Murrayfield by 5 goals and one try (28 points) to 2 goals, one penalty goal, and 2 tries (19427 words
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Article144 1931-03-23 20 Principal Club Results. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 22. The following are the results of yesterday's principal club games. London Scottish beat Barts 13 8. It was a fast open game. Blackheath easily beat Mosely 28 5. Blackheath were superior everywhere except at full-back. The Old Alleynians144 words
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Article144 1931-03-23 20 Boy Boxer Defeats Len Harvey. [Reuter's Wireless Service.] New York, Mar. 21. One of the biggest surprises m recent boxing history was the defeat at Madison Square Garden to-night of the British middle-weight champion. Len Harvey, by Bon Jeby. the? shaggy-haired Jewish lad, who is unknown outside144 words
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Article85 1931-03-23 20 Scotland Beaten at Stamford Bridge. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 21. In the amateur .soccer international England Ueat Scotland at Stamford Bridge this afternoon by 2 Koals to 1. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London. Mar. 22. Cloudy but ideal conditions prevailed and there were 17.000 spectators. Scotland were superior85 words
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1360 1931-03-23 20 PADANG CLUBS DRAW. S.C.C. Deprived of Easy Win. The S.C.C. were deprived of a comfortable win over the SRC. on the Padang en Saturday when with two balls to go a. d- six rur.s to get R. N. Hamilton was caught "m the country"1,360 words
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Article566 1931-03-23 20 SELANGOR RACES. A Griffin Race Upset. (From Our Own Correspondenc.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 21. Fine weather favoured the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring races and there was a large gathering including H.H. the Sultan of Perak and suite and the Raja Muda of Selangor.566 words
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Article44 1931-03-23 20 Gene Sarazen's Success. [Reuter's Service. J Miami. Mar. 21. Gene Sarazen won the Lagoroe open championship with an aggregate of 282 and nets a prize of $5,000. Armour was second with 285, Joe Turnesa third with 292, and Hagen fourth with 293.44 words
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Advertisement130 1931-03-23 20 I "MOUTRIE' PIANOS if an i *6 The instrument of established reputation throughout the Far East. I HIGH IN QUALITY:: LOW IN PRICE I -*i If I Style II $485.00 Style 111 $548.00 W Baby Grand and Player $1,258.00 fs. MOUTRIE aCo., Ltd.! v: (Incorporated m Hong Kong>. RAFFLES PLACE,130 words
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