The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 March 1931

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,294. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE. SJS. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931. 2(1 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS. f
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  • 480 1 Thirty people have been killed and a hundred (including Europeans) injured m riots m Cawnpore following protect demonstrations against Lahore executions Page 11. Following; discussions between Mr. Henderson and M. Rriand it has been decided that Crt-it Britain should take immediate action m connection with the Austro-German
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  • 919 1 A gigantic grappler m a mask md a man In a dress-suit jumped to their fail m the orrhestra. The huge one wore 'what looked like a big black ftftfaJng pulled down over his head and shoulders. There were holes m the "stocking" through which his
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 181 1 MALAYAN TEA ■CROSSED KRIS" BRAND LftDUCE OF BIGIA ESTATE RAFFLES HOTEL 1 1 K\( KLLENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE WITH MODERN I SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS TO-NIGHT 1 i DINNER DANCE MA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA I f GRILL-ROOM 1 SPECIAL DISH TO-NIGHT 1 GRILLEO PORTERHOUSE STEAK AND J |> BI^CK MUSHROOMS i g FRENCH
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    • 185 1 EDROPE#HOTELJ g "Renowned by Recommendation" If j; g DANCING: After dinner every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and 0 (SATURDAY. S MUSIC: During TIFFIN and DINNER every day. On the VERANDAH: ffi fi Mondays to Fridays 7.45 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. jjj 5 Saturdays —12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from X 8.00
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    • 66 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Cinema quide Page 2. Visit Java by air Page 1. No Kelvinator har> ever worn out Page 3. With Cerebos salt a little goes a long way Page 8. Velox steam disinfection UnMcd Engineers Ltd. agents Page 3. CHRYSLER EASY HANDLING »t»as*.s»a s* sssssssssssssy o^^li HAKES ALL THE
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    • 13 1 BIGIA TEA PRODUCE Or MALAYA FRESHEST AND BEST ABK FOB "CROSSED KRIS" Brand.
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  • 232 2 Nothing l T n<ier £200 In This Shop New York. I eb. Bfc The tirst "tltt and up" store has made Ba debut In New York. It h a bookshop, run by Miss Barbara Bernee, a society girl, who haa decided thai what New York needed was
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  • 209 2 Lady Houston's Appeal to Englishwomen. 1 make my curtsey and tender my homage 1 to splendid Mrs. Victor Bruce. I feel that we women of to-day are more wide-awake than our men. and see more clearly the deadly danger of Socialism." This passage was contained m
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  • 146 2 Millionaire !l«*lns a Woman Srit ntist. 11l Kathleen Cbevaoaut the brJllianl •Aotnan BCtentlat h deUajhted. Her reeanl annomv tmtut that she iiad dibeovered the- germ <>f the dtaauaa known aa "dis■eaainated acseroala M lias ao impressed Mr. Bailey Btewatt, the mMiiunairc. that ha ha.-, ataetded t<>
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  • 27 2 i— HJßl Di <l I> Ootakai has succeeded Di Field us M'-di' al Oflicrr. I^irut. and the latter hai von i' 'Jh Inatttuta tor ifatileal Re aarcb
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 292 2 J S Rapid Service Excellent Cuisine land Charming Surroundings J These three features ensure J dining m town at its very J best that is why we J insist that your choice should I be the i CAPITOL RESTAURANT j 1 I'd. mm- I'tnt, for your table to-night. JPAVILION; J6.15
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    • 392 2 VICTORIA THEATRE 1 Iri g LAST TWO NIGHTS TO-NIGHT AND FRIDAY, fi.1^9.30 p.m. LOST ZEPPELIN I I EPIC OF THE FROZEN SOUTH. ijj i Commencing Saturday Next NIGHTLY AT 6.15 AND 9.30 p.m. jjj Jazz and the Great Masters Included m y{ jfj THE Imelody man.! is The Story of
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    • 230 2 £***********31*5^^ 31 t^ pi II 11 aaa I I 6ilsj TO-NIGHT [9.15 1 1 ie 1 Positively Last Night jl Dorothy Mackaiii I AN UNUSCAL. VIVID I AN D ABSORI: N G jjj LIGHT DRAMA OF A GIRL II jg WHO COULD NO! LIVE I jfj DOWN THE I'Asr I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 256 2 THE WEEK. Th:.. <i< tmM v. ;I•' a\*l it MM,M it dim BjG i- a a. LO f h H. DtV. SCC n KAF :>1 B^O.C rrid;i>. T.Ch. mi! lVat< r BIjN, M t' W 7 ft ifunicipa] Commiaston 2 pjm Y.W 0 A. Jiimblr Bale, 4 pjß OfCtakl Shr.-.v
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  • 712 3 CHAPLIN'S GUESTB. A Comedy at Chequers. !^»nd«n, Feb 24 Mi Charles Chaplin, who .pent Saturday ith the Prime Minister at Chequers, has incited Mr. McDonald to join his party at the mentation of "City Lights" al the Dominion Theatre next Friday. Pie has aaao
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  • 143 3 ProKiammr of Drills up to and for week ending March 29th. Thursday. 5.15 p.m Coy. H.Q "E" (Chinese* Coy.. Recruits— Drill. Trained Men Weapon Training. Drill Hall, S re. <v). Recruits. W. T. ;in yards Ran:' Trained Men. Engineer Training. Eurasian M.G. Platoon. Platpon parade. Prlday, B
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  • 164 3 The annua] -'< ;,i meeting of Xlie Chin< Aaaodatkm araa i hi the Asaodatlonl pvcanlaes. No. r > Short Btrest, on at ran 21al when the foll( ioted offloe-bt ar« rsfor flic current jreai President: Mr. Cbeong Koor Seng; Vice-Fit d< ttts: Dr. h. T. Wee, Dr.
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  • 22 3 Mr. C W. 15 lantyne becomes local chuirmpT ol the Panaog Harbour Board durinp tht absence* on kV* Of Mr H Parry
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 365 3 Directory of Malaya t,400 PACES aTkrj .a] »nd MAP of MALAYA now T $£?l E A D V I 111 RELIABLE \mW UP-TO-DATE NEW FEATURES FULL INFORMATION OH SALE AT ALL BOOKSELLERS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY C A. RIBEIRO CO.. LTD.. SINGAPORE. jf^NERVE t* y \trodbles f^olmJf }l/^^ I Ner-ves
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    • 193 3 I 1 MODERN STEAM I M The VELOX System The Grampian Engineering "VELOX" is the /dea/ System o/ Disin- I fection. Public Health A uthorities, Hotels, 3 Steam-ship Companies m all parts of the I World Emp/oy "VELOX' P/ant. A Interesting Catalogue Mailed on Request. Sole Atrcnts 1 UNITED ENGINEERS
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  • 298 4 Fire Destroys Fast End "Palace of Delight:" Police Escort for "Charlie: 99 Mrs. Bruce Comes Hack: Speed Knight at Home: Women's Derby at Epsom. j^ After the Baal End Ore that destroyed the Queen's Hall of the People's Palace. This statu i£ Queen Vktorta, one ol
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  • 320 5 THAT "FUNNY" WORD. Proposed Country Visit with the "Other Man." Dr. F. Winnington Ingram, the bachelor Bishop of London, attacked companionate marriage and "week-ending" by young unmarried m leinarkable sermon at the Chapel Royal. St. James' Palace. He referred to "this most insidious doctrine which
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  • 615 5 Commons Throw Out Prohibition. WeiLmirt ter, Fib. 14. Let Ministers shnpt the duty on C.pc. And ordain that poit shall be dear, But damn their eyes, if ever they tries. To rob a pcx?r mr.n of his be r. For I likes a little yood betr By
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  • 318 5 Will He Remain m Office. London. Mar. 12. Lord Byng is shortly resuming duty as Chief Commissioner of Police, but The News Chronicle says it d° es not believe he will retain the office long. It aientlons among the most likely successors j Major S H Vanneck, Chief
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 392 5 flllSV <*3§aaa jW^T XN^^£ HEMEMBER that hidden poison m^'^ Mpr dangers threaten cyen the simplest *3*m\ f\ Rt' ,n J UI T. Keep Zam-Buk always handy! 1 -^jjsaaro This famous ftcrDa -l balm will prevent j j£M ~_M*^{ all d an fcTerous complications. "JW Smear a little antiseptic Zam-Buk n^^^^!V^*^j
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    • 193 5 =a i smsmsss* 1 AUSTIN j 1 LEADS AGAIN I A LaaV aaaaaal X IQ J MP.H. ON AN j A New British Record made by Capt. CAMPBELL. 1 1 Borneo Motors, Limited. SINGAPORE. PENANG, TAIPING, IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, MALACCA HAAD YAI. i)®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®@® v *fOTUm*m^F •mm/ Qy J V
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  • 1132 6 BACK IN THE FORTIES, Hero Worshipper of Carlyle. Some people can recall trivial incidents that happened when they were two years old, while to others all Ls blank until they reached rive or six. but four years of ago is, it seems, the time at
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  • 988 6 "cheating;' Husband and Wife Dropped by Club. An action for damages for alleged libel and slander was brought by a man and his wife against fellow-members of a lawn tennis club at Maidstone Assizes. The plaintiffs were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moore, of The Glen. Tonbridge.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 303 6 FERODO <• The I QUALITY LINING I 6 J We stock cut linings for J jjj fx 2 brakes for: j ifj g I S MORRIS ijj 2 ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY 2 jr USED THE SINGER A jfj WHOLE WORLD AUSTIN BRITISH §j j, OVER ON PRODUCT bfi BRAKES AND 2 and
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    • 321 6 d@>&»&&&&&$&^ MADE AT THE j ROYAL BAKERY a** T>' C* r > I j^ m^^ m mmmm^m^!^^''^^\ &J T ,v If-' r|j tgj-S&EBf?.; W*^ V^V» T| an kr^ a^m\ \l^*~. ''^-JA Tssv^aT ■E EBg&y, WAY m*^~ t^m^^^ *^Baaßs^*^ Swiss Ko/is f j Cherry CaAes, Madeira Cakes, I Sponge Sandwiches, Pastries
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  • 723 7 RANGOON SCENES. Speech At Pagoda Charity Performance. Crowds of Douglas Fairbanks -fans" waited anxiously all day yesterday outside the premise, of the Strand Hotel m the hopes of catching a glimpse of the famous film star, says the Rangoon Gazette of If***, 17 After a lone wrait
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  • 128 7 An Ambitious French Project. Paris, March 3. The intransigent Georges Marie Haardt will leave Paris on the 25th instant to direct the yellow cruise. He will set out from Beirut, where he will l ntralise his materiel, for Damas- cus, Bagdad, and Teheran. The Haardt group intends
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  • 93 7 i Kail^ a > Scrip Printed m Shanghai. Canton, Mar. 5. t Over $600,000 worth of forged certificates purporting to represent shares m the YuehHan (Canton-Hankow i Railway have been presented to the Government m exchange for new scrip The forgery was only unearthed when genuine certificate
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  • 694 7 Chinese Film Star's Broken Romance. Before Judge Chow Ta-zung m the Shanghai Special District Court. Miss Butterfly Hu. one of the best known film actresses m China, who Is associated with the Star Motion Picture Co. and who played the leading role m the first Chinese all-talking, picture
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  • 163 7 Long Term Asked for Al tapone. Budapest. Feb. 28. The newspapers here are featuring the story of Al Capone tho Chicago, gan;-!eade:\ and of his father Ladislaus Kabovic. a 76-years-old labourer, who, when he heard that his son was being tried before the Chicago court, went to the
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  • 141 7 Fortunes of Famous Singers. I am nc/ surprised to find that Vme. AJbanl left only £117. says an Evening Standard gossip writer. About five years before her death it became known m BBUrical circles that sh< was m strait; nci circuniatancoi, and Dame Nell: Melba. with c
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  • 425 7 Her Four Years' Silence m Prison. Talis. Frb. IK. Lady <Edmee> Owen, widow of Sir Thccxlore Owen, incurred one of the worst sentences that can befall a woman Brian the Versailles Court ordered her to serve five years m solitary confinement for attempting to murder Mme. r.a.s- iaud.
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  • 35 7 Mr J N. Ohphant. Deputy l)ir ctor of try. FMS. and S.S has been appointed to act a- Dtreetor of Phaaetij, f.ms and SS. from the tith instant Mr. Ohphant succeeds |f] J I' Mead
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 214 7 V V I When Ordering I MARMALADE I V I I Crosse Black well's I Delicious product. X Stocked by all leading Provision X JL X Agents for Malaya: fsiME, DARBY Co., Ltd. f SPEED... AM iWSMOOTH j J&sm' sCI am. "aaT W aaT TaaVT m"^s W SAILING Jy^ Parker
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    • 101 7 j4M aaa wr^ "•■'^VtSm&r °^sK. aW Wr ■Jjmr -^iaaT^ m Bl- :^1 Ea%&ii P^^ jfey -~Jt^' 31 la V v' |Pi B& ißavl^flaamßrißßw^Di^^iiu BBam, ill BbMIMITMI IH^ *< BBT J H^ *iS^I aW ~»*s :«M I Bra| X Pik ■yww*" be^l b*k-. .?H Hr V kL^BbH a *W \*W*\\\ B^--
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  • 617 8 CAR DESTROYED. The German Rouse Case. Berlin, Feb. 22. Erich Tetzner, a Leipzig commercial traveller, will shortly appear at Ratisbon Assizes on the charge cf having, at the end of November. 1929, murdered a tramp whom he had picked up m his motor-car. j It
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  • 355 8 Mr. R. Williamson has been appointed to act temporarily as a Judge, F.M.S. A farewell dinner m honour of Captain St. J. T. Faulkner, the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. State Adjutant, Selangor, will take plare at Headquarters on Saturday. The death occurred on March 6, of Mr. Lawrence Twentyman Boustead,
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  • 460 8 Singapore. Mar. 20. Thc prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. MEAT. Beef steak (round) Kati 50 lae^f stew or curry d i 4G Pork, lean do 56 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do
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  • 139 8 Sir Roger Keyes' Confidence m British People. Portsmouth. Presiding at Portsmouth Brotherhood meeting Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes took Kipling's "Recessional" as the text of a message which he gave to the Empire. "We are not living m very happy times." he said. "At our seaports
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  • 90 8 Yuan Shih-Kai's Issue of £500,000.000. Peking. Mar. 9. Peking witnessed the destruction yesterday of $500,000,000 Chines*- bank notes issued by the Central Bank under the regime of the late Yuan Shih-kai, the first President of the Chinese Republic. Officials of the Nanking Ministry of Finance were
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 238 8 Irudence m Whatever thc depth of your purse you naturally choose the best |y^ value for money, is why B ST9 you should choose Cerebos Salt. Hkml pours freely— is perfectly pure, and a little goes a long Wa y/W^S&i mmmm^^^ pourcr tint. SALT Gloriously Alive —Al way s I
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    • 251 8 X^^A^^ X# C> Oaf »V MADE- IN GOLD FLAKE CIGARETTES i p^^^, ..g 55 C*rNTS FOR 50 '-t^flfe, 1/^^^—^^ m j '^ru---- a W.D. 4 HO WILLS HRISTOL LONDON Cuticura Healed Eczema m Watery Blisters on Ankles "The eczema from which I have been suffering first started with small watery
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 472 9 BUSINESS CARDS. BK PHOTOGRAPHED BY H NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Claw Work— Lowest Rates |AU>I AW BUILDING— Thon* 78M. iARBLE FLOORING i TILES. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Nor. 1 3, Penhaa Road, uff lavender Street Phone 6075. DON'T WEAR A TRUSS! Brook* Rupture Ap- .^a^^^aak New discovery. .^^^^^V cheap Binds and 1/
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    • 574 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby Riven that tenders are now invited lor the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Installation of Sanitary littings at the following premises: North Bridge Road Nos. 330. 332. 334.
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    • 579 9 NOTICES. EXCHANGE HANKS. Exchange Banks will be aaaaaal on Friday April 3rd, Saturday April 4th, > Easter Holidays Monday April 6Uv ORDINANCE NO 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THt STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In Bankrupted 0- 2 91 of 1926. Re HIP HING AND CO, of Nos.
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    • 570 9 Uread and milk O What? Bread and Milk at a party? How unjust! How aw full ?But the curious thing is that the children liked it better than the WA-mdW *m- A W' JL. aL caKes. i For the milk, you see. was Milkmaid Milk spread nice and t thick
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 41 10 PALLONJEE— On March 25th. 1931. at No. 228 Orchard Road. Muncherjee Pallonjee. 68 years, late of Messrs Drew and Napier. The funeral cortege will leave his late residence at 3 p.m. to-day. Interment m his private burial ground at Tampenis.
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    • 47 10 LEOW CHIA HENG J.P. Ex-Committee Member of Chinese Advisory Board and Port Leung Kuk. Ex-President of Chinese Chamber of Commerce and recipient of Certificate of Honour. Leaving No. 5 Cumming Street on March 29th, 1931 at 10.30 a.m. for interment at the Chinese Cemetery, Balestier Road.
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  • 707 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931. TIN AND RUBBER REFLECTIONS. Both our important industries become subject of comment to-day, tin for what has been accomplished, rubber owing to dangers threatening accomplishment. The analysis of voting on the tin quota scheme, as issued by the Department of Mines, is conclusive
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  • 315 10 Lieut Col. M. J. T. Reilly. M.C.. the new Commandant S.S. Volunteer Force, is on a visit to Penang. Particulars of the cheap return tickets an the railways during the Easter holidays can be ascertained at the various Stations. There are 60 licensed dentists m the Colony, according to a
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  • 563 10 SAD TRAGEDY. Ungku Mohamed bin Ahmad and Wife Dead. The position exaggerated by strict official secrecy, considerable mystery surrounds the deatlis of two members of the Johore Royal family which occurred early on Monday afternoon. It appears, however, that shortly after 130 p.m. on Monday the bodies
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  • 371 10 Vital Statistics for Last Year. The number of births registered throughout the Straits Settlements during the year 1930 was 44.703 (males 23.204 and female:. 21,4991 as against 42.102 (males 21.982 and female; Cu.^Oi m the previous year: this repres-nls a crude birth-rate of 38.25 per thousand persons
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  • 59 10 His Highness the Sultan of Perak. accompanied by hLs Aide-de-Camp. Capt Lindsay Years, paid a visit to Messrs. Fraser and Ncave'.s Aerated Water Factory m Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning. HLs Highness was pleased to note that the labour worked under such comfortable conditions, and expressed himself particularly pleased with
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  • 390 10 MR. REITS FA'IDKNCK. Honestly Thought Krinkmann\, Were Liable. The hearing of the suit brough* Brinkmann and Co against aaaaat i S Peat, claiming $19,628 m loaMHHluii aHa7! rubber contract, was continued before m* Justice K. a'B Terrell, aiaaaHay, w\ dence was given by Mr Alan
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  • 69 10 Dutch Mail Plane's Remarkable Flight. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I Bangkok. M.ir. 2r» The outward Dutch air mail is arriving u> morrow 24 hours ahead ol schedule Ui: \»-u\r. due to the fact that the plane i betng Boaai direct from Calcutta to Don atuati drone The maiLs are
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  • 90 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICKS. [FREE PRESS SERVICE—COPYRIGHT 1 London, Mar. 25, 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son* notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £121 11,16 (£l2l 5 16). Forward £123 3 16 (£122 13|16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair
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  • 177 10 A special meeting al HunfcripaJ C 7 on March 17th approved, with n merits, the report of .Suh-Conini:' mode of Horn- Afenta' raaaaaw i approved, with minor ;un«-n<lir.> gested draft explanatory firms m Malaya and Oreal A inn-well dinner was niveti l1 Hotel. Pen.mq on Sund.i. i I t B
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 205 10 *^*ax CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kongi. (Incorporated m Shanghai) 94 ROBINSON ROAD. TELEPHONE 6228. e®®®/-. ■•'•w&&9®@*^^ BY SPECIAL Efcff A, T^f UM. THE KING f POPULAR STYLES IN ENGAGEMENT ANI) ALL DIAMOND SET PLATINUM WEDDING RINGS. f HANDSOME AND DIGNIFIED. 1 Consisting of
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    • 46 10 i I LONDON PARIS NEW YORK A GAFLAC Baggage Policy whereever you go. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 648§. |h.b.winter| f TAILOR. j %TTERY ROAD, j I SINGAPORE. ii i i i S Phone 6188. Post Box No. 662. S
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    • 51 10 LAW NOTICES Thursday, March Before the Chief Justice m < hirf Ju.stlrr'i Court: chop Kian gang a\ftt aaaV crn (Malaya) Ltd Before Mr. Justice Whitk-y m S«vond < ourt: Har Nam Singh vs R atnruglah and :< *mv Before Mr. Justice al*e< kett IrrrrU Municipal Board Boom: Hruikm >'ir. and
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  • 329 11 Serious Communal Rioting. EUROPEANS AMONG HUNDRED Dull Resentment m Karachi. Thirty prople were killed and hunrfr.^ j ri„t,n B ,t gjjjl f*~ "j"! ttu- I.ah..r<. x«-ution>.. ™*r<uy. which followed draion.lralioiD. l«n ..m,.,,,..-. „f Brunt, troop, wwrr ;.h_h „.,m and Lucknow. !*"d «"ra ™»h,d ■„,11,-n rrsrotment
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  • 79 11 Flying-Boats Flight to R»ypt. tWl Radio— Official Service. Rugby. Mar. 25. Sying-boatl of No. 209 Squadron, tbatten Air Station, near Plymouth OUl and home flight to Egypt. ffeeki will be occupied in th* ■rill cover about 4.250 miles. 1 hal. sir John Salmond. who I
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  • 61 11 Silence of Dutch I Renter's Service] Amsterdam, Mar. 25. I rubber producers, including Interdict Handelsvereeniging. RotierArendsburi Company, who attended eting and are declared to have "lament intervention, refuse to *«ye defalk <>f yesterday's nego- important producers it seems Dutch Rubber Committee will 'i» any ease further co-operation therefore
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  • 44 11 ln '<t of the New •Measure. Pal Eastern Service Tokio. Mar. 25. Of tii, Tariff Act has passed ewutlng m tne lowering 0 f im!;*yon from 123 to 76 yen per '-•> lbs.;, while a higher tariff CWtain inferior qualities of impruee wood.
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  • 179 11 Lord Cecil on a Necessary EviL l British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby. Mar. 25. Lord Cecil, presiding at the League of Nations Union Conference now proceeding at the London Guildhall, said that if any progress was to be made at the Geneva Disarmament Conference next year they
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  • 142 11 Found m the Streets of Hong Kong. fßeuter's Service.] London. Mar. 25. In the House of Commons Mr. Graham White (Birkenhead. East) asked that a report be called from the Governor of Hong Kong concerning the 1.300 dead children allegedly picked up yearly m the streets of
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  • 69 11 Famous Novelist Suffering From Typhoid. (British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 25. It is now stated that the famous novelist. Mr. Arnold Bennett, is suffering from typhoid fever. He became ill while m France just after Christmas and the illness was originally diagnosed as influenza. Yesterday afternoon
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  • 70 11 Legalising Legislation Shelved. IReuter's Far Eastern Service] Tokio, Mar. 24. Both the Labour Union Bill and the Labour Dispute Bill which had passed the Lower House have been shelved by the Upper House m the committee stage. The Labour Unions, therefore, will continue to exist only on
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  • 50 11 Session Extended to Deal with Outstanding Bills. I Reuters Far Eastern Service.! Tokio, Mar. 25. Owing to the fate of a large number of Bills still being undecided the Government has decided to extend the Diet session till Friday, though it was originally scheduled to close to-day.
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  • 29 11 slight Improvement Reported. British Radio Official Service! Rugby. Mar. 25. Slight improvement Ls reported m the condition of Lord Stamfordham who recently underwent an operation m London.
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  • 24 11 [Reuters Service. J Kio de Jam 1 ire. Mar. 25. The Pi luce Of Wales and Prince George antral bate to-day.
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  • 237 11 AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION. Question Should be Submitted to League. [Reuter's Service.] *"aris. Mar. 25. Mr Henderson and M. Briand have begun a thorough examination of the Austro-German customs agreement. Parts, Later. After threequarters of an hour conversation Mr. Henderson and M. Briand reached agreement regarding the
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  • 146 11 Paris Paper Suggests ItaloHungary Agreement. [Reuter's Service.) Paris, March 25. The possibility of a customs agreement between Italy and Hungary similar to the AustroGerman agreement is mentioned by Le Journal, which suggests that the visit of Count Karoyli. the Hungarian Foreign Secretary, to Rome at the present time
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  • 67 11 Abolition of Statutory Gold Reserve. [Reuter's Service] Canberra, Mar. 24. Unless the Commonwealth obtains funds m London by June 30 public default is inevitable declared the Treasurer. Mr. Theodore, introducing m the House of Representatives the Bill amending the Commonwealth Bank Act. The main provisions are the abolition
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  • 48 11 Bill for Legislative Investigation. fßeuter's Service. J Albany, New York, Mar. 24. The State senate has passed a Bill approving of a comprehensive legislative investigation into the prevailing corruption m New York City. A similar measure was defeated last month for lack of two votes.
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  • 84 11 New Society to Hold Show m November. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 24. An enthusiastic meeting was held this evening of the Malacca Horticultural Society. Mr. Loh Kirn Swi presided. Rules were passed and the subscription was fixed at $3 per head per annum and m the
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  • 142 11 Exiled Deputies May Come Back to Defeat it. Berlin, Mar. 18. The Middle Parties having applied pressure to have the Polish Commercial Treaty submitted to the Reichstag before the Easter adjournment, this has led to a big political surprise m the shape of an immediate announcement
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  • 270 11 A REIGN OF TERROR. Two Hundred Killed m Lima Outbreak. [Renter's Service.] New York, Mar. 24. News from Lima says that a reign of terror prevailed for four hours yesterday evening wh-n three infantry companies revolted, fought Government forces and only surrendered after their headquarters had
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  • 41 11 Railwaymen and Proposed Wage Reductions. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 25. A railway strike owing to the proposed wage reductions will probably be averted, for the Unions other than the N.U.R., which meets to-morrow, have accepted the conditions.
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  • 47 11 American Financier and Spanish Government. fßeuter's Service.] New York. Mar. 24. Mr. J. P. Morgans is negotiating with the Spanish Government for a credit of sixty million dollars m which it is expected AngloFrench bankers will participate. The negotiation* are still m the formative stapes.
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  • 376 11 D.E.I. Experiments That Have Failed. fFrom Our Own Correspondent.^ Batavia Mar. 23. Some three years ago endeavours were made to introduce European colonisation m the D.E.I. In the first place the Eurcpean-Indo Association, a powerful union founded with the object of fostering the welfare of Eurasians and of
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  • 67 11 Growth of the Party m Russia. Moscow, Mar. 18. The Russian CommunLst Party's annual report states that the members now number i 2,000,000 of whom 650,000 are new members m the last twelve months. Forty-five per cent, are described as workmen and the rest are peasants or officials.
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  • 15 11 Dr. A. Forbes Cowan, has arrived m Penang. and has Joined Dr Eland m practice.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 181 11 1 Voile is the most becoming of fabrics, and the latest Namrit S designs are simply lovely. Thc fabric is specially woven 1 lliff^vT 1 K tro b,eso T shrink *cc and has an" a 7mo™ I 2 chiffon-like beauty. No amount of washing harms the exquisite colours. We shall
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  • 1532 12 PARISHES 1 LIABILITIES. No New Schemes to be Launched. ASSOt lATIOVS ANNUAL MEETING. Commenting DO the report and account l at the annual general meeting of the SingaporeDiocesan Association, held m tht St. Andrew's BfjfWftl Hall yesterday ffVeiltUg, and over which he presided, the Bishop of Singapore-,
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  • 507 12 FRANCIS XAVIER. Strange Ceremony at Goa. Goa, Mar. 1. An interesting ceremonial was held at Old Ooa m the Church of Bom Jesus last Sunday when the coffin containing the remains of St. Francis Xavier was opened and the body was medically examined m the
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  • 96 12 Portrayed and Praised m London Schools. London, Mar. 18. An interesting function took place on Wednesday afternoon m all London schools, when President von Hindenburg*s portrait was hung up m class-rooms while a lecture on Germany's "Giand Old Man" was being broadcasted by the London radio station. The
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  • 135 12 PLANS FOR SPENDING. China Methodists Were Not Exactly Surprised. [Reuter's Par Eastern Service.! Nanking, Mar. 23. The $12,000,000 bequest by Miss Ella Wendell to the Mtwhodlst Seminary here Is the largest I 'ver left to any institution m China. 1 1 The Seminary officials were not completely
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  • 95 12 Ex-Editor Becomes Lord Privy Seal. r ßritish Radio Official Service] Rugby, Mar. 24. Mr. Thomas Johnston, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Scotland, has been appointed Lord Privy Seal m succession to the late Mr. Vernon Hartshorn. Mr. Johnston first entered the House of Commons nine years ago as
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  • 79 12 How Spanish Monarch Came Hack to Madrid. r ßeuter's Service.) Madrid. Mar. 24. King Alfonso has returned from London. He was lustily cheered by a crowd of young monarchists as he drove to the palace with the Queen and Royal Family. Madrid. Mar. 24. A number
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  • 174 12 But Mr. Graham is Not Downhearted. (British Radio Official Service.] Rugrby, Mar. 24. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. William Graham, replying to questions asked m the House of Commons concerning the tariff truce and the recent conference at Geneva, said he had repeatedly
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  • 59 12 Secretary cf Board of Education Dead. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 24. The Permanent Secretary of the Board of Education, Sir Aubrey Symonds, died this morning, aged 57. Sir Aubrey had been Permanent Secretary to the Board of Education since 1925. Previously he was, from 1919
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  • 45 12 King's Ceremonial Drive to the Palace. I British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 24. The King held the second levee of the year at St. James's Palace to-day, driving m state from Buckingham Palace accompanied by the Sovereign's escort of Horse Guards.
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  • 37 12 Nanking's Military Policy. Bern^ Mar. 18. Five Chinese officers have arrived here to study the Swiss militia system which the Nanking Government, it is reported, intends adopting. They will stay m Switzerland one year.
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  • 36 12 Austrian Conductor Can Now Give Paris Concerts. Paris, March 18. The so-called Weingartner affair is now settled, the French Government having sarctfonei the famous Austrian conductor giving two concerts m Paris at Easier.
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  • 101 12 DESERT TRAGEDY. Sequel to Quarrel m French Outpost. [Reuter's Service.] Rabat, March 25. Frenchmen throughout Morocco are horrified by the news of an affray on March 22 at a French outpost at Aguelea, on the North Tadla front, m which a Lieutenant commanding the outpost and
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  • 200 12 May be Ready m Eighteen Months. There will be a road up the Hill by the end of next year, if hopes entertained m official quarters are realized, and it has been definitely decided that it shall be 15Vi miles long. The latter decision has been arrived
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  • 76 12 Revelations of Raised Spanish News Ban. I Reuter's Service 1 Madrid. March 25. The raising of the censorship has revealed a reported plot to smuggle arms and ammunition into the Spanish protectorate m North Africa. Newspapers are splashing stories of the recent arrest of a number of
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  • 285 12 German Social Democrats' Declaration. Berlin, Mar. 20. By 183 votes to T2. with 107 abstentions, the Reichstag passed those portions of the defence estimates which relate to the building of the battle cruisers A and B. The entire Richswchr Ministry's estimates have thus passed the second
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  • 82 12 International Control Commission. Berlin, March 18. The international commission, which was appointed by the Exhibitions and Fairs Conference held m Paris m January, met for the first time m Beriin on Tuesday. Germany France. England. Switzerland and Belgium are represented. The members were received by the State Secretary,
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  • 57 12 Explosives Removed: Colliers Resume. Whitehaven (Cumberland), Mar. 17. The managers of the Haig mines, where .some twenty-rcven miners lost their lives m January as the result of an explosion, decided to take out the remaining explosives. Seme 1,500 miner; had hitherto refused to go down the
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  • 21 12 Mr. J. E. Pepper. District Officer, Kuala I^angit, has been elected Preside-. t of the Stonor Club. Telok Datoh. for 1931
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  • 497 12 ANIMAL WELFARE. Meeting of S.P.C.A. Committee. The following are minutes of a Committee meeting of the S.P.C.A. held at the V.M.C.A. Board Room on March 16th at 6.45 p.m. Present: Mr. R. H. Onraei fin the Chair*. Lady Colina Rumejr, Colonel Butte rworth. C.M.G.. D.S.O. Mr.
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  • 163 12 Religious Dispute m Germany. Berlin, Mar. 20. The growing estrangement between the Roman Catholic Church and the extreme Nationalist lementa m Germany was revealed m two further hiitanrw on Friday. The Bishop of Berlin, whom the NatlonalBoemHste have bltherto claimed as favourably disposed towards them, issued
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  • 85 12 Two Thirds National Workers m All Firms. Berlin, Mar. ><1. Th" Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin has cabled t'» the German Embassy at Rio de Janeiro, asking lot a pro' est against th decree oi the Biaziliau Govcrrmcnt !h:<t ah Tirms operating m Brazil
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  • 46 12 Important Proposal m V.S. State Bill. [Reuter's Service. l Montp««lier. t o. Vermont, .ISA.. Mar. 21. The feebke minded and means win bave to submit to aterllleatlen if m is probable, the Governor assents to a new Bill passed by the State legislature.
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  • 41 12 Chilean Government Makes Several Increases. (Renter s Service j Men York, Mar. 14. News from Santiago de Chile says v »vernment has announced Inrrea/cs m the tariff on a number of art Icier,. bYdudmg neitepiint sugar and coffee
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  • 167 12 LIBERALS DECIDE, Five Hours Meeting ot< v Independence. SIR JOHN SIMON WAIKs iRruU-r s Seni, Lamlaa, M Them win be no tona at p LiberaLs and Goxernnvnt. but mLse to give Oeaarmm -Tit fi oera] tionai on Oowimneut pnrauim specified lines of policy which regard a.s
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  • 292 12 Header, nlarea Una H. E. DwigbJ 1 Davit, Oovern the Pinhppin; Uanda, and part} Lumpur by the najhl mall train ■< fmada», *m h His Excellency and eta Beotl weretl of the St. Patrtck'l Boctotj at a by the Socket) at the Burope Hotel \\edni's(l.i\. M, r (i
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  • 106 12 A Composite Establishment M Hampshire. Brttian Radio Oil I aj, Bat a mm international I at Hamble, mar Bout hai where company, la id d aj h\u lOhej H::;:::ii'. ar«) and naming Limited instrtM Uon end trainim tin hi the Royal Air i'< i I ..iv
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  • 36 12 Enormous Drop m Ce*a»Ulltl»*fk Population Com mUnx pk djing eitv ao ore" ma ibe prepared for > elecfc elections. Th c i \< aapM d noa ii< utr< i I tants m (be 1 I
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  • 31 12 The Civilisation Majem M itm Ik d Idonsd A M of the Oatbol 0 1 M lanrled It re to dl stated fM.n i.c ereatnei el pushed by Prai
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  • 14 12 aii American ad elmafd for v consid-rd n< not bHherto rv machtoi hai I
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 525 13 Coming Billiards Champion. Youny Sidney Smith scored a great triumph over Tom Recce m London, and he has certainly put his feet firmly on the ladder of fame. He will climb until he reaches the top. states Willie Smith. I witnessed a great deal of the game, naturally
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    • 353 13 Souvenir of His Visit to Buckingham Palace. Wolverhampton. Feb. 13. When Walter Llnarum walked into the Trocadero here to-day to continue his match with McConachy, he was wearing a pair of gold enamelled cuff-links presented to him by the King. The world's greatest artist with the
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    • 34 13 Another World RecordLondon, Mar. 16. A world's bUliard record was created by Lindrum and Davis, each reaching a thousand on the opening day of their match to-day. Scores Lindrum 1.861 Davis 1.118 (unfinished).
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    • 21 13 Blackheath Defeated by Headingley. London, Mar. 17. Under Rugby Union Rules Headingley beat Blackheath by 24 points to 18.
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    • 344 13 New G.H.Q. of Sport for London. The Amateur Athletic Association is to have a new home at the White City for its annual championship meeting and other important events which for some years past have been decided at Stamford Bridee. writes Trevor C. Wignall. The original intention
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    • 241 13 Ceylon Sports Club Team Match. The following were the scores of the teams captained by E. P. Jasinghe and A. S. A. Jansen m a two-day match at C.S.C. grounds, at the week-end. A. S. A. Jansen's XI: M. Ignatius b Muthukumaru 14: Dr. Thamb'pillai C Goonesekara b Muthukumaru
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    • 132 13 County Shows Profit of £1,685. It was revealed m the annual report of the Kent County Cricket Club that A. P. F. Chapman will captain the county side this season m succession to G B. Legge, who cannot find time to get away regularly, but hopes
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    • 96 13 Warning to Amateur Players. The Royal and Ancient Club to-day issued the conditions for the British Open and Amateur Championships. The prize money for the Open Championship this year Ls to be increased by £100. the total amount now being £500. The committee issue a warning to
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    • 77 13 French Federation's Action. Paris. Mar. 14. The task of cleaning up Rugby began yesterday when the Dbl Ipltnary Committee appointed by the French Federation issued an ultimatum to the captains of two French teams demanding the names oi player.', m recent matches m which serious injuries were
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 308 13 /X) v ,71 y emand that the food on row table (Of r hal .be purc-you would not run the risk of eatin* S/ V> anything impure or unwholesome. Equally important t thecomom of your medicine chest, their purity is essential Bpeciaujr m the case of aspirin. Impure aspirin disturbs
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    • 331 13 Dressing Table Services Wke designs These Dressing Table Services are Strong. Durable and Practical. No filling material is used m manufacture, and only best quality Bristles are fnted to the Brushes. The Enamel Services are finished m Silver or Silver-gilt as desired. Folly illustrated Catalogues will be sent from Mappin
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 866 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. CXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route sabject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT DEUCALION For Amsterdam, London and Hamburg Mar.
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    • 492 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd* 4 ~+zr >*T' t (Incorporated In England). I "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. OTTY OP BATAVIA May?"'* CITY OP CORINTH June g HOMEWARDS. CITY OP
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    • 404 14 P. o. British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England).) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVFR\\mf\ LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICF OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Doe Tonnage. Singapore. 1931 Tonne,, s J!" KALYAN 9.100 Ap. 4
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    • 754 15 0. S. K. Line. v !.s a-iio N»-u York: (from sTtesf) |Expirs.s Fr-)ght Service. Kuan.sui Maru Apr. 5 tad Seattle.— (lran Kobe* A _w< Arabia M.ir i Apr. 11 Rotterdam Bamburf < Bremen n> M,ru Apr |fl Port rUaatwth, Dtps Town. Rio ta Santos. Monsavaaaa a nw nos Air«s K-iund
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    • 466 15 OF FAMOUS C^*i i^i PRESIDENT LINERS. ff| TO MARSimAES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO. SUEZ *OBT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES AND GENOA. Arrive Laava Leayo Arrtyo Singapore. Smgmpore, Penang. New York, M«. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 4 May 12 Prat AoaL Apr 16 Apr Ma^ Prm^t^T Apr
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    • 686 15 I K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA I Incorporated m Holland UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVEKNMKN I Telephone No. 5451. with sub-connections to:— Passage. Freight* Transhipment. Marine Departments and Managers'.* desk. Representatives fa, the Straits Settlements .Singiipur. and NIMMSJJ of the TRAVFLLKR.S
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  • 92 16 Rumoured Admiralty Plans at Walvis Bay. Johannesburg. Feb. 12. It is stated here that the British Admiralt] Is planning an additional naval station al Walvis Bay, m connection with which conversations are now proceeding between Londor and Pretoria. The new station will tx principally for submarines and
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    • 554 16 Burns Philp Line. cmcorporated ni Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE vim JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. sjajiiiir monthly sailings by tbe well-known steamer MARKLLA (7,375 tons) and tbe motor Tessel MALABAR (4,618 tons). Tbe sa. MARELLA Is one of tbe largest and finest sfsamers trading to Aostrana Cabins de
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    • 309 16 X.P.M. ■<>*AL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA. WRECT SERVICE TO PORT MORESBY, SAMARAI, NOUMEA, PORT VILLA AND RABAUL. s.s." LE MAIRE SAILING APRIL 20th. For freight and passage please apply to Konlnklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, Finlayson Green corner Robinson Road. THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. INC. (Incorporated bt ÜBJU International BANKING and
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    • 571 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. I nc (Incorporated m USJL) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez) On* Balls r M.B. SILVERPALM Apr. 7 Apr. 13 T* MS. SILVERTEAK Apr. 28 May 4 Por rates and other part D ie* iply to
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 708 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan. Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. j Kota Tinggi Seremban. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. Talping. Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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    • 80 16 Tinombo. Dut. 525, from Belawan Deli 25, J for Belawan Deli 27. Kuala. Brit. 396, from Bangkok 25. for Bangkok 27. X Tomohon. Dut. 684, from Slngkawang 25, for Singkawang 28. Eurylochus, Brit. 3600, from Tsingtau 25. for Genoa, Havre, Liverpool April 1. Asp. Nor. 90. from Sepang Kechil 25,
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  • Port and Shipping News.
  • 106 17 Mr. (.raham Consulting Shipping Interests. Commons m mail week Sir Chancellor Of the Exchequer that complaints have recently the Liverpool Steamship Owners' th* burden on shipping of the a( the rates now charged. 13 p r cent of the grass freights homewards; and whether, m made by
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  • 286 17 Liverpool and Glasgow Activities. piCUOUS for the complete abImportant casualty which emI ol Barrage m the area of our 'ure of the review given by I H Court, chairman of the committee "1 and rnanOT Salvage the annual general meeting held tld there had. of cour>e. been reck
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  • 76 17 vs m Mud for Over Three Hours. Cunard liner Mauretania. with Im Campbell OB board, grounded the West Hrambles. near Cowes. bet w.tv to Southampton from I IS Mi it th* refloated. move the asSBSi were unavailing. message was sent for assistance. tied Two of tiv m pushed
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  • 599 17 Four or Five Propellers for New Cunarder U-iuig n long and varied conversation. Sir Alfred Yarrow, Bart, the veteran shipbuilder and scientist, who w»s 80 year:, old a few days ago. gave the follow ism comments and impressions m shipping; and trad:- to Thr- Journal of Referring tfl
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  • 278 17 Heavy Scoring Expected at Dinner. Gravesend, Feb. 22. If any ship steams up the misty river past the Clarendon Hotel here at three bells of the last dog watch to-day. the skipper must be careful not to get off his course when he hears extraordinary sounds.
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  • 107 17 Looking for the Phya Thai. The following is true and Ls vouched for by a Bangkok resident who saw it happen. The scene Ls the outside of the Oriental Hotel, and Poo and Momma, obviously thoroughly tired out after several hours of solid sight-seeing, have batH landed
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  • 987 17 Liverpool Owners* Annual Report. The annual report of the Liverpool Steam Bhip Owners' Association, which was presented at the general meeting at Liverpool states"We bought m 1930 a volume of food and manufactures greater than m 1929 and considerably greater than m 1913. Our only reduction on
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  • 53 17 Sir Hubert Wilkins Bans Champagne for Nautilus. [Reuter's Service.] New York. Mar. 24. Cracked ice, symbolical of the frozen north, was used by Lady Wilkins and Jean Jules Verne when they jointly christened the Naatilus. Sir Hubert Wilkins declined the use of champagne out of respect for
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  • 52 17 Record Speed at Trials. The new Italian torpedo-boat destroyer Cadamosto, while undergoing speed trials m the Bay of Naples, reached the record speed af 43 V/ knots. Telegrams were sent to Signor Mussolini and the Nary Minister m Rome announcing the news The Cadamosto was recently launched
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 277 17 See the CANADIAN ROCKIES m all their Grandeur The New Scenic Route For Booklets and Information \S^V Hongkong Bank Chambers '^I^^^^R P. O. BOX 130 SINGAPORE. JyiA^^BSfr CANADIAN NATIONAL The Largest Railway System m North America 'SEPAKAT^ AND P£STIWCT FROW CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY) LLOYD tRIjESTaNO (Incorporated m Italy). FAST PASSENGER
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    • 216 17 55SBS? 1 IWUwup TBAVgI sggvicel For Everything Appertaining to I Travel, Banking and Freifht Apply 39, Robinson Road, Singapore. Tele. 5907. te NORDDEUTSCHER 1 1 f#l ir J (Incorporated In The undernoted are the Company's mtended fixtures OUTWARDS. FULDA For Manila. Hong Kciag. ohanghai, Taku Bar. Dairen and Tsingtau Mar
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  • 1867 18 THE i)EVIL-I)EVILS". Isle Where Girls Parade for Marriage. li.i Solomon Islands! The very name breathes roaaaties ar.d brings with it a thrill and a isftOD of sunlit bCssCttea, wavinc palms and placid lnj/oons. In these romantic islands background of countless novelists' stories Mr. N-
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  • 508 18 HOMES ENGULFED. North Sea's Threat to the Suffolk Coast. Fathoms deep fathoms deep Lies the buried church asleep No more psalms and hymns to Heaven. No more prr.yers to God are given. All asleep. Fathoms deep Fathoms deep I Ounwich (Suffolk), Feb. 21. It is
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  • 41 18 Under the ■WpfclOl 04 the Straits Chi- Methodist Church an Evangelistic Service In Malay will be In Id at the home of Madame The Pek Neo. 8 Kempas Road on Thursday at 8 p.m. Members and others interested ort cordially welcome
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    • 343 18 *&*M?i *Er9* %m Sllenburgs Foods Made from the purest milk of cows pastured \r\ the home counties, the 'Allenburys' Foods are as easily digested as mothers milk. They are R germ free and are simply 3 and quickly made by the ad- v dition of l>oiling water only. Milk Food
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    • 784 18 I BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDLA, LTD. (Incorporated In England). Capital £3.000.000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1.050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,645.505 BOARD OF DntECTORB J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. H. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro. Esq., J. O Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford. Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart LONDON
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    • 441 18 INSURANCE. THE jS SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANT LtMU FIRE. MARINE, TRANKII AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE AOCITTKB w LOWEST CURRENT R \l Ks L. C. MARGOLIOUTH Maoafw Office: 2. Finlayson Gn*n PERSONAL ACCIDENTS. FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday gw HAVE you made provision i of your dependents should X) overtake you IT
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  • 553 19 Lyalfl and Kvatt's Fortnightlj Review. Singapore. Mar. 25. have been dull and uninterestinj pi.r two Weeks, because furth;'; ement Of the rubber restriction dis hai round rubber values to sai 1u k Of support from the erstwhih ■pecuhitora Pending irevh new; f» tbefl It unlikely to be
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  • 80 19 by Good Reichsbank Report. Berlin. Mar. 17. I pened dully but picked up r the influence of the Reichsdical report which showed a furthenlng of the reserve by 20 million wa.s manlf"sf >d also m the report Pa activities of the Deut che Be k. which announces a
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  • 65 19 I h Radio Otticial RTViee 1 Rugby. Mar. 23. (Changea are: Amsterdam 12 11 Boanbay Is. I 27-32 d.. Berlin 34.89*.. Bucharest 817. Rio Aires 39 1-16, Copenhagen 18. 1 :Ti2s' L Helslngfors 193 's. Hong i, lihon 108.25. Madrid 45*20. Mont- Video 36',. New York Hit, Paris 124
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  • 18 19 ashneld, Chairman of the Underground r "< ntly stated that his Corporation to the State m taxation In 1830.
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  • 582 19 Local Market Extremely Quiet. Singapore, Mar. 24. With both Rubber and Thi fluctuating within narrow margins, the local market has remained extremely quiet 'throughout the week, and only j hlMlniH has been put through. As u.ird 1 Robber .shares, apart from few of the popular counten used for
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  • 169 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. I Singapore, Mar. 25. J] Tin. Weaker. Ta'.am Mines 72 77. Penawats .;7'j 70. Rantau Prefs 40 45, Kintas 1.12 1.16. S.mgei Luas 1.12 1.15. Johans 20 25, Kuchais 1 80 92. Hong Fatts 60 65. Malaya Consols IC 19. 1 Hitam Tin 17 20. Rahmars
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  • 40 19 Declinintr Chicago Prices. I Reuter's Service.] Cnieago, Mar. 24. June wheat broke 12 cents, closing 10 cents down at 67 cents a bushel. July-S^p. ember, finished IVi and s cents lower March-May and February prices showed littie change.
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  • 40 19 The following comparison of estimated traffk receipts of the Imoerial and Inter:: ational Comanunlca'lons Limited is published: February 1931 £390.461. February 1930 £460.052. Aggregate for two months January and February: j In 1931 £803 369. In 1930 £979.537.
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  • 416 19 ttAUHAJNUE RATES. March 25. SELLING London 4 months' sight 2t3 ***** London 3 months' sight 2i3 ***** London. 60 days' sight 2 !3 ***** London 30 days' sight 213 314 London, demand a 1 2332 London. T. T. a 3 JJJJ Lyons and Parts, demand 1430 Hamburg,
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  • 958 19 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. LOANS. B'pore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1926. red. 1556 66 $22,000,000 107', 108 c.i. Spore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1923 red. 1948-68 $21,000,000 106 106', 1 ci. B'pore Municipal 4^ p.c. of 1930. red. 1970-80 $2 000.000 101 102 c.i 8.8 Sz
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  • 127 19 The Btagmppci Chamber oi Commerce Rubbi 1 Association, held its 1010 th taction yesterday There was catalogued 1.872.779 lbs. fr.Ki.Ofi ton.;.; Offered 1,589.544 lbs.; 700.62 tons Sold 1,188, 698 lbs.; 5 17.28 tons Spot. London < j New York 71.. ;> pricks ■aTMJCTIF Kibbid Smoked Sheet Cents
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  • 116 19 Analysis of the Mines Voting. The Acting Senior Warden ot Mines sends us the following interesting analysis of the fotlng on the question of tin restriction. The voting was based on the 1929 production which was 1.557,604 pikuls of tin ore. and resulted as follows For
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  • 76 19 Petalintf Annual fFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, Mar. 25. Rose vale report for 1930 shows a loss of LBU3 The sum of £55(58 is to be carried forward. Petabng annual report was adopted, including a final dividend of 2% per cent, making 30 per cent for the
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  • 63 19 March 24th.. 11 oVlork noon. Buyers Sellers. RS.S. equal to London Standard, Spot i,', v*/ Standard Rs.S. on Tender April ll 12 May il» 12", April-June 12 i 2« i July-Sept. 12 12 T Oct. -Der. IJ\ 13:..; Tone ot Market —Easier. Latest Cable: London
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  • 358 19 A DITCH PROTEST. Four H\*r Companies Refuse Co-Operation. f Reuter's Service. LeaaJaaa, Mar. 84. AeeorcUng to tbe nnancbU Tbnaa' Aaaaaterabvaa ccarecpondent, tbe question ot rubber restrteUoai appears to be anain m the balance a meettaf of tbe Dunn Rubber niaaaanlltaai was held to ascertain tbe position creatted
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  • 358 19 British Taxpayer's Position. From Our Own Correspondent.* London. I l. 2ti. Recently I mentioned that Mr OaatfJß Balfour MP. hud been appointed by the Tr« isur\ to represent thc British t»xpa\:'r m eonneettoit with the aifairs of the Perak River Hydro BBC trie Power Company ltd The position
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  • 60 19 With gross surplus of $982,202 <J7 m I the American Asiatic Underwriters. Fed.-, ll Inc. USA completed its 1930 operations v. ith a record ot etcady progress and a bright Iwture ahead. Mr 0 V Starr, president of the organization, luforrned bte afsarebafaorra af the gaaaaaal general
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  • 239 20 KNIGHT ERROR'S VICTORY. L Strong Finish of Third Favourite. (Reuter's Service.) London, Mar. 25. The Lmrolnshlre Handicap (straight mile) aras run at Lincoln to-day and resulted as follows Sir George Noble's KNIGHT ERROR (Fox) 1 81r A. Bailey's RATTLIN THE REEFER (Lane) 2 TEL-ASUR (Richardson) 3 35
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  • 155 20 Probable Starters and Jockeys. HBB [Renter's Servloe.J London, Mar. 25. The probable starters and Jockeys for the Grand National are aa follow: Eaeter Hero Rees Gib Foster Bhaun GoiUn Keogh Gregalach Moloney Kakushln Everett Drlntyre Brownhill Kilbuck Chisman Sir Lindsay Thackray Trump Card W. Gurr.ey Gyi Lovam Car^^un
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  • 282 20 A Russo- American Kongsi. [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 24. In the Irish Sweep cash prizes of £1.181 each have been won by J. F. Chun Tseng Hsi of Jardine Matheson. Tientsin and by Mr. J. E. Cooke of William Forbes and Co.. Tientsin. (Reuter's Far Eastern Service.]
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  • 510 20 SOUFFLEE DESTROYED. A Favourites' Day at Kuala Lumpur. [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 25. The racing at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon •a .us marred by three accidents, the most serious of which necessitated the destruction of Sc-ufflee. Soufflee was being taken to the Parting
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  • 54 20 Oxford Defeat Cambridge At Sandwich. I Reuter's service, i Sandwich, Mar. 25. On the St. George's course Oxford checked Cambridge's athletic dominance by winning the inter-varsity golf by 8 to 5 matches, with two halved. Oxford led 3—l with one halved on yesterday's foursomes and won the singles
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  • 103 20 S.C.R.C. Teams for the Week-End. The following players will represent the S.C.R.C. against the S.C.C. on Saturday, at the S.C.R.C. ground at 2 p.m.: Dr. Ong Slow Hian (Capt.). Evan Wong, Chua Choon Leong, Chua Choon Sim, Hooi Yip Hoong. O. Jitt Siang, Ong Siow Kee, Woon Chow Tat,
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  • 45 20 In the Mixed Foursomes played on Tuesday the following w-.re the best returns: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Moss 44 10 4 331,2 Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Milligan 46 10'- 35 4 Major J. Reckett and Mrs. Mclntyre 49 12 37
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  • 71 20 A very extensive record of last season's cricket up and down Malaya is the feature of this year's Malayan Sportsmen's Annual, which has been compiled by Mr. A. Gunasekera and is published at a dollar. Football of both codes Ls dealt with fully, and the main features of lawn tennis,
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  • 23 20 Grimsby Gains Victory Over Sunderland. [Reuter's Benrice.] London. Mar. 24. In Div. I of the English League Grimsby beat Sunderland 3—l
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  • LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    • 303 20 Urgent Need for New Members. The need for more members was the vital consideration at the annual meeting of the Ladies Lawn Tennis Club held at the Club house yesterday evening, Mr. J. A. Dean In the chair. Proposing the adoption of the annual report and accounts the
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    • 332 20 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The results m yesterday's ties m the S.C.C. tournament are as follow: Championship Preliminary. E. A. Joy beat C. J. Bembroke, 6 3. 6 2. V. P. Barbat wo. D. R. Howgill. W. R. King beat H. L. Marshall, 2 6. 6 l, 7—5.
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    • 172 20 Results of Yesterday's Ties. Results of yesterday's ties m the S.R.C. lawn tennis tournament we.re as follow: Ladies Singles. Miss M. Lewis beat Miss M. Richards. 6 3. 2—6, 6 4. Mrs. N. S. Hogan beat Mrs. C. Johnson. 6 o. 6—4. Miss M. Gomes beat Miss A.
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  • 284 20 Walter Haven's Temporary Eclipse. 4 bystander wants to know what has happened to Walter Hagen's game of competitive golf. He takes up the matter that m thn leading winter tour n a m c n t s Hagen war not a winner or even a run-ner-up. The
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  • 23 20 Turnbull Again to Lead County Side. London, Mar. 12. The Test cricketer. M. J Turnbull. has been re-elected captain of Glamorgan.
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  • 20 20 Playing on the SC.F.A. grcund on Tue day the Anglo-Chir.ese School team defeated the A.A.A. by 5 goals to one.
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  • 563 20 COMMERCIAL CUP. j Success at Third Attempt. F. and M 2 GJB.C 0. The memorable battle to decide the destination of the Inter-Commercial Cup came to a close on the Anson Road Stadium yesterday evening when, m the presence of a large attendance, Fraser and Neave
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