The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 April 1931

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1 20 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 1:5,301. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE. S.S. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    493 1 11. M.5. aircraft carrier Glorious collided with the French liner Florida m fog off Gibraltar. The liner is beached and it is feared 31 lives are lost. Pages 11 and 12. At the annual prize distribution of Raffles Institution yesterday morning a portrait of the headmasUir. Mr.
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    DYING FIRES
    939 1 Somebody had warned me that she Vtf frightfully modern, but I liked the look of the girl and when we met at the entrance to the station tearoom I invited her to take a cup with me. She seemed to hesitate, but she consented. And then it appeared
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      194 1 17 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP NO KELVINATOR HAS EVER WORN OUT GETZ BROS. CO., 53 Robinson Rd RAFFLES HOTEL EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE WITH MODERN I SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS I THIS EVENING I THERE WILL BE NO TEA DANCE I SATURDAY, APRIL 4th. I I Special Dinner and Dance I I MONIA
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      290 1 f EBROPE-^HOTELI i I "Renowned by Recommendation" j j i DANCING: After dinner every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and j SATURDAY. i j I MUSIC: During TIFFIN and DINNER every day. j j On the VERANDAH: j j g Mondays to Fridays 7.45 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. S I Saturdays —12.30 p.m.
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      70 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Insure with Ocean Page 20. Little's annual sale Page 10. Hotel announcements Page 1 Cinema advertisements Page 2. Trade mark notices etc Page 9. Philips lunpfl for better light Page 13. j POWER j Your house m Singapore: Don't deny it those "home- like" touches. Dainty table j
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      17 1 17 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP NO KELVINATOR HAS EVER WORN OUT iKTZ BROS. CO., 53 Robinson Rd
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    THE WRONG ANTHEM
    78 2 When the Cameron Highlanders Gave Lisbon a Surprise Oil the arrival of the vessel Alcantara ai Lisbon the band and pipers of the Queen*! Our; Cameron Highlanders, who wen on their u.iy to the British Exhibition at Buenos Aire.-. played the Portupia ■-c National Anthem. Much to
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      211 2 PRICE $5.00 EACH. Spare batteries and lamp bulbs. MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opposite O.PO. Singapore. J j Rapid Service J Excellent Cuisine j and Charming Surroundings j i These three features ensure diniug m town at its very 1 best that is why we insist that your choice should be the
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      230 2 CELEBRITY TOURS COMING j! THE WORLD FAMOUS "SAKHAROFF I DANCERS i VICTORIA THEATRE April 14th and 16th THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd. THE SENSATION OF PARIS, LONDON w AND NEW YORK. jjj MAURICE I MARTENOT 1 "MUSIC FROM THE SPHERES." VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL .ayU^ jpHfi. f yhy" '^I^^«*/ I [v 71 o
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      247 2 i 4 I 1 fl ifi Ij"6iis] TO-NIGHT i9^lsi|| p < jj Special Holiday .Matinees fl 1 TO-D4Y at 3 p.m. jl 1 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY I rU f ;if 3 p.m. Children Half Price. |l S DUCTED II I Duo ICn (I 1 KEATON i I With Cliff Edwards—
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      301 2 THE WEEK. <uMxi Friday High Water 10.41, M ft 23.0.V 8.7 n Matoyao I Bporto Meet Jalan Bi Cricket vs. R.A.F.. Raffla College: qiuuualefi V 3. s.c.c. <v<>]f Mala] m Amateur ChamplooiWp, Mala] State S. Mf>ial pl:i.v Competition: mc> A. Council lieeitnc. Minium Golf Club. 6.30 p m. Bacecomae Baiter
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    ROUSING MUSIC-HALL MEMORIES
    568 3 ROLLING BACK THE YEARS Historic Turns m a London Theatre Bang! Tru> chairman struck the table before him with his hammer. His buttonhole, his moustache, and his manner were superb. He gazed about him, with an air of benign authority, at the packed auditorium of the London
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    BABY-FARMING
    210 3 BABY -FARMING Five Years' Sentence at Prague Vienna, Feb. 25. Rosa Novy. aged forty, and formerly a midwife, was tried at the Assizes at Prague, charged with abduction and deceit, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. She carried on a flourishing business with new-born babies, uhich she sold to
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    TOOTH EXTRACTION MYSTERY
    92 3 Woman's Sight Returns After 14 Years Mrs Lillian Wr.llicc. of Chicaeo. who is now thn-tv-eight peart of age, completely lost the light of her left eye fourteen years aeo. Mrs. Wallace recently had six teeth extracted. Her jaw ached when she returned homo ai>d began to set
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    81 3 Dr Alfred Holt. D.Sc, who died on Feb. 15 'it Capetown, where he had gone for health rcMMM, was a son of Mr. Alfred Holt, founder 'of the Blue Funnel Steamship Line. Educated "t Cambridge and Paris he was chairman for 'ive years of the Liverpool Education Council. Cru mistry
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    DOZEN WARRANTS
    432 3 Swindler Gives Orders "Worth Thousands One of the* cleverest swindlers known to Scotland Yard is wanted on no fewer than a do^p-i warranti m different parts of the country. He claims to be a consulting engineer. In one of his frauds < writes an Evening News correspondents he
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    SHAKESPEARE IN SWEDEN
    136 3 Stockholm, Feb. 25. A book of some interest to the Englishspeaking world has appeared m Sweden m "Shakespeare and Sweden," by Nils Molin. The first time Shakespt ure*fc name occurs m a Swedish book is m 'Den engelske Spectator," by Jakob Kling from 1735. His dramas, however,
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      136 3 I ANNOUNCEMENT 1 j As from Ist April 1931 SIRENS' ELECTRIC GASFILLED In Sizes 30-40-60-75 100 Watts I Will tit* TV MEM tJ\~ Reduced m Price by 15%, I Stocks Held by I j I Messrs. Huttenbacb, Lazarus U Sons, Limited. i Sole Agents for Siemens* Electric Lamps Supplies Ltd.
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      320 3 Ei i.. |5 THE R^'ADY TO SERVE FOODS I AND DAIRY PROCDUE OF T.\ I 7) I"£I< I I Bearer, tell cook to -erve all St. Ivel H fWls m future. There is a full se- h lection and they are perfect m flnv- H I our. Soups. Fish, Sausages,
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      458 3 LET THE MICROSCOPE SHOW YOU the extraordinary similarity between Cow Gate milk food and Breast Milk m a baby's stomach. Note also that ordinary milk Powder—that is not prepared by our Improved Process- is no better than raw cow s* milk. Raw cows' milk is no food for human babies.
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    THE LONDON SEASON
    929 4 THE LONDON SEASON Gowns and Trains for the Courts. London. A SURE sign of the approaching Season is the fact that designs of gowns and trains that may be worn at the four Courts have now been approved by the King and Queen and are on view m the Lord
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  • MOODS & MODES OF EVE
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      English Flowers in Malaya.
      712 4 BY OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT. THOSE who liTe m Malaya to-day and can buy so many of the Home flowers, can littl? imagine what it was like 20 years ago when not a single homely English flower was to be had for love or money. For some
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      Hubby Plays Golf.
      1427 4  - Hubby Plays Golf. NINA WILCOX PUTNAM BY THE other day a s t r anger knocked at my front doer. Ke was clad m shapeless pants and a filthy old sweater, but despite his 'wild looks there was something vaguely familiar about the man. 'Don't you know me dear?" he
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    MacHollywood Now!
    784 4 MacHollywood Now THEY CALL IT Hollywood. '"pWENTY-TWO and a half million dollars a year is the cash sum turned over to stars and featured players of the motion picture industry m payment for their emotions before the camera. That is big money for beauty, tears, laughter and love-making. What becomes
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    EARLY ASTIR IN VATICAN CITY.
    1049 4 The Pope Starts the Day's "Hustle." <By a Special Correspondent > Vatican CHg LIFE begins to stir very early In th»- v.< City, which resembles a country villain this respect. Priests and prelates are j>bially early risers, and the lay population h. tf drifted into
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    RECTOR AND WIFE AS AIR PILOTS
    358 5 2,000 FT. CLIMB TEST Qualified After Silver Wedding Mansfield, Mar. 2. The mining village of Pleasley. three miles from Mansfield, boasts the distinction almost certainly unparalleled m the world of having as its rector a flyinc parson, who secured his flying certificate at Tollerton
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    HOUSES OF TUBES
    433 5 French Artist's Modern Plans Henri Sauvage. one of France's foremost architects, whose original ideas on pyramid buildings have created a great deal of interest throughout the world, has now turned his mind to "economy buildings." He has started on a new system of "tubular" houses, which may
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    OPTIMISM IN INDUSTRY
    156 5 Manchester Not "Down and Out" "Don't believe those people who tell you that Manchester is down and out. The cotton industry happens at the moment to be xat her depressed, but it will come back again." This statement was made by a former Lord Mayor of Manchester.
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      283 5 A A^ i 4 A T A4 r*i Taa 4A A A 4i*AiVA'A a t a a\ Va ii a. a. t CFOR COMFORT Acceleration |l j Speed. HThe Chrysler Car is Hard to Beat. I A XT^ Leader m Style |JY antl otl > Comfort. I I CHRYSLER 66
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      187 5 CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH LEADING VALUES Just one ride will show you the astonishing differences between Plymouth and established ideas about low\oi PriCed cars how much b^ger, steadier and smoother I < Illff////^/ Wk vfc SEDAN y«j Borneo Motors Limited. PENANG, TAIPING, IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, MALACCA AND HAAD YAI. INVESTIGATE \t
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    END OF A CRUSOE IDYLL.
    519 6 RADIO IN THE SHACK. Happy Hermit to Quit His Hut Robinson Crusoe, of Rickmansvorth. is m sorrowful mood. When he rented two allotments near a sandpit from the local council five yeirs ago he believed he had satisfactorily solved the housing problem once and for
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    GERMAN "ROBINSON CRUSOE."
    308 6 Garden of Eden Home m Pacific. "Leave u> alone m our GarrVi of Eden!" Such is the warning and plea of Dr. Karl Ritter. the German 'Robinson Ol— hi." after a year's stay on Charles Island. Tins lonely Hand is one of the Galapagos croup m the
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    TWO NEW GENERALS
    127 6 Lieutenant-General Sir William C. G. Hcneker. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command, Poona, and Lieutenant General Sir Cameron D. Shute, General Officer Commandins-in-Chief, Northern Command. York, and Colonel Commandant, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, have been promoted to General. Major General Sir W. Edmund Ironside, Commander of the Meerut
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    25 6 The first seed-catalog came Saturday, and we are happy to say the prevailing lack of confidence has not yet affected the dahlia artist. Detroit News.
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      459 6 r>y i y Heat Rash, Insect /j Mites, Skin Irritation v /V^'^"^ v Inflammation. r\ lilistered Ft€t etc. TTNLESS treated with swelling, relieves pain and checks im-Buk, even the M.uiUi almost immediately. least scratch <»r break m .^2*2 iTfS^!!! a f\ anta s e of /am-iiuk is its valuable antiflu-
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      111 6 iNjjoPi* 0 m s minutes! PRACTICALLY all forms of indigestion, from mildest flatulence to chronic dyspepsia are caused by excess stomach acid which sets up food fermentation, generates gas and attacks the delicate stomach lining. This distressing condition is quickly relieved by 1 Bisurated Magnesia which instantly neutralises excess acid
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      196 6 £<^<?-^'s®®®&&&&s® <• 8 IH o V I S Or 1 i I Bread is made at the I I ROYAL BAKER Singa- I pore, from Hovis flour Imported Direct from England. I Fresh Supplies Available I I Daily at the I i Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd I 1 BEARINGS?
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      426 6 CHURCH SERVICES ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL GOOD FRIDAY 7 a.m. Litany ar.d Meditation. 9 12 a.m. Three Hours" Service. 4 p.m. Children's Service. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. EASTER EVE 7 am. Matins and Ante -Communion. 5.30 p.m. Service of Remembrance at Bidadart Cemetery. b\30 p.m. Festal Evensong and Holy Baptism.
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    SACRED BONES OF A SAINT.
    732 7 XAVIER'S TOMB. Relics Enshrined m Indian Temple. On the WWtern side of India stands Goa. the Portuguese settlement, and m Goa is the tomb of St. Francis Xavier, the Roman Catholic missionary, whe died m China thirty-six years befcrt the battle of the Armada. Goa
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    S.V.C. COMMAND ORDERS.
    285 7 By Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. T. Reilly. M.C.. Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore, Apr. 1. Camps. Unit Place Assemble Disperse "A." (M.G.) Co. Changi April 2 April 6 SKA. <v» Changi April 2 April 6' ••C" (Scottish) Co. Siglap April 11 April 12 S.R.E. (v) Siglap April 18 April 19
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    PLATINUM BAR CASE.
    236 7 Russian Convicted m Shanghai. Judgment In thi so-called "platinum bur ease" m which Russian resident of the French Concession named lonin was charged with having defrauded WOUld-be purchasers of platinum by selling them lead bars covered with platinum paint, was given by the French Mixed Court at
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    209 7 A Visit to Aldershot m May. ißy Air Mail.] London. Mar. 17. It Ls stated that the Kii:j> and Que?n will pay a four days' visit to Aldershot from May 14 to 18. Their MajevStics will stay at the Royal Pavilion and will inspcrt the work
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    21 7 The world has never yet failed to \eturn to religion after a period of scepticism and agnosticism. Mr. G. K. Chesterton.
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    SHANGHAI TRAGEDY.
    253 7 A Russian Drama of Jealousy. A sordid drama of Jealousy wax enacted m Shanghai "Alien Innocents Granovsky. 65 year: of age. killed a woman, Anna Litvir.ova. believed to have been bis sweetheart, and then committed suicide. Both the murde: and the suicide were tarried out with an automatic
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    DIVORCE LAW IN TRINIDAD.
    89 7 Port of Spain. Mar. 25. There la considerable excitement at Trinidad owing to a proposal to Intl'oduee a dIVBTCe law. a measure which ho- be?n pas^od by the Legislature on thy. o/ficia! vote. A medlnfj compcWng Chrlattens, Moslems nnd Hii"?du-. headed by a Roman Catholic Archbishop,
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    148 7 Interfiling comment upon the method* «>' land valuation m Hong Kong were madi bj thi Chief Justice <?\lr. Justice Wood) m th<j Supreme Court there recently, wht n be gave )lldg> ment m favour of Mrs, Chu Shuk tor $42,000. i with accrued rentals at S2ll per mottttl from February
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      162 7 tIi^#WVOIIRITE :1 fppfn kgpprecmted fc FROM I I PENDING Wi#' th£ p/sr/LURS ac£Hcraß,£D/iaviiottsamifi& How Quickly Baby Grows! r YOUR Baby grows more rapidly m the P first year of his life that is why his P food at that time is so important to him; not only must it feed
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      295 7 V i 'As a Doctor m I cannot 1.. tM recommend 'It :^S /y fi ti rJ t*/I H /f r\t it v^^aiAQ*-- :^lfP M Vpl 2X J PURE TOBACCO Natural CORK-TIP I 1 \oj<f J ntf C^ I I Finest imported matured Vir- Gu:ir«mt(x\i natural of lljV UJ**^| gi^ia
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    THE LONELY COUPLES OF BRITAIN.
    535 8 DECLINE OF BIRTHRATE. 3,000 Children Find New Parents Every Year. Every year more than 3,000 lonely and childless couples m this country adopt other people's children as their own. and become their acknowledged legal guardians. The actual number ol children who change hands under the
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    BISES' SUNSHINE ROOF.
    183 8 "Conductor, Will You Please Open The Top?" IBy Air Mail. I London. Mar. 17. Designer! of the 1.g.0.C. are try his to perfect a bus with a sliding roof. As soon as they have evolved a really workable idea, a bus with a "sunshine" lop will be
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    HUGE DRUG HUAL.
    114 8 H UGE DRUG HUAL. Morphine Pills Valued at SlOO.OOO. Shanghai, Mar. M. a ■emittoml drug leisure In the streets of Shanuhai was made yesterday when police stopped a motor-truck, m North Szechuan Road, examined thr parcels which were bring carried, and ordered the driver to make for the nearest police
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    PLANES ORDERED BY MUKDEN.
    114 8 Military Preparation of Manchuria. Mukden. Mar. 15. General Chang llsueh-liang has concluded an important agreement with the agent of a certain foreign firm for the purchase of 18 bombing aeroplanes and 20 military planes and a large consignment of aerial munition and machinery. m connexion with
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    ATTACK ON WEALTHY WIDOW.
    147 8 Chinese Judge Receives Life Sentence. Mukden. Mar. 10. Judge Yeh Yih-hsiung of the Harbin District Court was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Shenyang District Court yesterday for the attempted murder of Mrs. Chanj; Li-ehing. wealthy widow. Along with a life sentence thy prisoner is deprived
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      217 8 'iS' 7^ lM< >r P<>rated m S.S i v^^lw^^^BßK^Bi S^ 1 S^^^^S^Sb S^S^ bii-j4Hpoi*e, Pt'iKiM' 1 m'iVvir v Jt& ii^iari^B^B^B^B^B^P^^^^^^^^ Kuala T umj ur and f*~o /Ml When Beryl was a little bab> she was. From that time Bahv stoadily c.irne always out i>t tune? She looked wee on —filling
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      297 8 I JL/iarrhoea I B- will be stopped by I I taking KALZANA I B Diarrhoea is caused by'inflamH mation of the intestines, if generally due to irritated nerves. Wi By taking Kalzana, the Calcium food, you 81 will provide your blood with the Calcium |H (lime) necessary to strengthen the
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      494 9 BUSINESS CARDS. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE. CASKET CO. Ne«. 1 S. Penhu Road. •ff Lavender Street Phone 6075. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY 11. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest CUsa Work— Lowest Rate* I.AIDLAW BUILDING— Phone 7KWJ. DONT WEAR A TRUSsT I, ki Rupture ApN« w discover> .^^^^^^^V rrui 1 No lumpy W\ rhciap Binds and
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      603 9 TENDERS, SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders arcnow lmited for the following materials or ci vices, and that particulars of such laadan nay be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Installation of Sanitary fittings at the followuis? premises: North Bridge Road Nos. 330, 332, 334,
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      462 9 TRADE MARK NOTICES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tliat the Trade Mark depicted above is the exclusive property A American Screw Company, a Corporation incorporated under the Laws of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America, and carrying on business m the said States and that the said Trade
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      307 9 The Malaya Chinese Sports Meet Over 1,000 Athletes from the Various Parts of British Malaya, Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Johore, Sarawak, etc. Items Time Place Track Field Events, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jalan Besar Volley Ball Basket Ball April 3—7. Stadium Football 5 p. m April
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      395 9 MOUNT KMILY SWIMMING The Pool will be Closed lor cleaning on Wednesday. April Ist. TIME TABLE FOR EASTER HOLIDAYS FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd. TO MONDAY, APRIL (ith. 7.30—8.30 am 9—ll a.m. 2—3.45 p.m. 4 15— G p.m Men Boy, Men Boys only 20 cts. 20 ct. 10 cts. 20 cts. TRADE
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
    27 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. On and after April sth. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Millard. Misses E. and M. Millard. Glencaird Dalvey Road. Tele. No. 4410.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1931. LONG SKIRTS AND LOST GLORIES
    890 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1931. LONG SKIRTS AND LOST GLORIES It is announced m letterpress and it may be observed m illustrations that the long dress for ladies has returned to stay. and. as the weeks pass and fresh fashion guides appear, it seems evident also that despite
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    254 10 There will be no issue of the Free Press to-morrow. H.H. the Ranee of Sarawak is going home on the Rawalpindi, leaving Singapore this morning. The re-appointment of Mr. A. P. Robinson as a nominated unofficial member of Legislative Council has been approved. The resignation of his commission m the
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    CLOSED CHOP STORY CONTINUES
    1089 10 FURTHER EXAMINATION Witnesses Accompany Son to Court Further investigation into the bankruptcy of Chop Liarg Aik. rice and fish merchant-, of Saigon and Singapore, was conducted by Mr. D. T. Tudor (Assistant Official Assignee) m the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Jus*ic? Whitley yesterday. At the last
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    DEATH OF REV. W. E. HORLEY
    902 10 A LOSS TO MALAYA Leading Personality m Religious Life A very large number of people of al! m Singapore and other parts of Malaya but notably m Perak, where a great dea' of hi<. work was performed, will learn with itfm and a real
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    120 10 During the week ending March 28 then were 200 deaths registered m Municipal limit* m Singapore. This gave a mortality I 20.29 compared with 19.89 m the ptittJll week. 26.01 m the corresponding vwfc of I year and 29.35 the rive year average D ing the deaths of seven persons
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      130 10 i^^a < J VI Mr" m x^^^^^^JS*^ SOLE AGENTS. CALDBECK MACGREGOR Ik CO., LTD., [Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kan?) {Incorporated m Shanghai). 90 ROB'XSOX ROAD. TELEPHOXE 6228. i Pure Fresh Cow's Milk I FROM i I OUR OWN DAIRY FARM I OBTAINABLE AT Lc o* E COLD
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      113 10 I IMPORTANT I I NEW BOOKSi 1 My Early Life I I by W. Churchill $12.60 f I Byron by Andre Maurois 7.50 Don Brad man's Book 7.50 I Jim Kedlake by F. B. Young 6.00 I With Lawrence m Arabia by L. Thomas 2.10 The Universe Around Us By
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    MALABAR ON AUSTRALIAN REEF
    148 11 ACCIDENT NEAR SYDNEY Passengers and Crew Safe f ßeuters Service! Sydney, April 2. 4 MM ton London steamer. Malabar. -m Melbourne to Singapore, struck a f In a foe this morning near Port Jackson nftir-MVMI passengers and the crew reachshore. ipectad that the Malabar will founder.
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    FAD OF TIGER
    101 11 Famous Man-o'-War to be Scrapped [British Radio Official Service] Rugby. April 2. hi return of the Atlantic Fleet to home r.iiv H.M.S. Tiger made for Dciv <>fr preparatory to betng d under the Washington Convention sailing, she had been stripped of all entatJon plate, which included some
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    RYUJO LAUNCHED
    42 11 Japan's New Aircraft Carrier [Reuter's Far Eastern Service I Tokio. April 2. le aircraft carrier Ryujo. 1 7.600 tons* was I -lly launched at Yokohama to-day m nee of a larr,e gathering of notable le, including Prince Fushimi. representing Emperor.
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    MANAGUA 'QUAKE
    189 11 t-Revised Estimates of Victims and Destruction I Reuter's Service J Managua. Apr. 2. Revised estimates of the loss of life and destruction of property m the earthquake show iituires than those previously given. The rnited States Marine Corps estimate the victs at 1.000 dead and 1.000 injured, many
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    SPAHLINGER TREATMENT
    100 11 Tests to be Made on I British Radio Official Servicel Rugby. Apr. 2. Royal Agricultural Society Council yesday decided to arrange a preliminary test the Spahlinger vaccine treatment for the prevention of tuberculosis. Thirty calves each ie months old. are to be used for the purpose, "•my of
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    SIAM'S WAR HEROES
    77 11 I Royal Grant of Land and Funds FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! Bangkok, April 2. Hie Kiiir has granted the petition ol twelve saben of the Siamese Army who served m Great War m Prance and has allotted Hen 8 000 acres of land near Singora on which
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    THE FLORIDA-GLORIOUS COLLISION
    360 11 CONFLICTING REPORTS SI Feared Dead Liner Beached !Reuter f s Service] London, April 2 The Admiralty has received a message from -MS. Glorious reporting that 23 emigrant passengers from the Florida are missing and one Syrian is dead m the Glorious. Marseilles, Apr. 3. Contrary to previous
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    JAPAN'S DEPRESSION
    66 11 Reflected m Foreign Trade Figures f ßeuters Far Eastern Service] Tokio. April 2. Continued depression m Japan is reflected m the foreign trade figures for the first quarter of this year. Exports were Y293.000.000 compared with last year's Y400.000.000. Imports Y330.000.000; last year Y525.000.000. The only comfort derivabl?
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    EASTER HOLIDAYS
    91 11 Preparing for Record Crowds at Home [British Radio Official Service] Ruffby, Apr. 2. Despite the threat of inclement weather over Easter the railways and omnibus services are preparing to deal with record holiday crowds, and the Ministry of Transport and motoring organisations are appealing to all road users
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    50 11 Thief Gets Away With £20 (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 2. An armed man held up a girl secretary m ►the office of a firm of hat makers m Long Lane m the City to-day and took £20 from the safe. {Earlier cables on page 12
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    87 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, April 2, 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £119 5 16 (£ll9 9 16). Forward £120 ***** (£l2l 1|1G). The market is easier. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair
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    46 11 The friends of Mr. Charles Makeham, who retired m August last after 36 years' continuous service with the Hong Kong Diary Farm, will regret to hear of his death at Homebush. near Sydney. New South Wales, at the age of 65 years, says the China Mail.
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    TWO EXPERIMENTAL AIR FLIGHTS
    109 11 TREASURY SUBSIDY Regular Service Depends on Finance [Reuter's Service] London, April 2. Two experimental air flights m each direction between England and Australia are announced by Mr. Frederick Montague. Undersecretary m the Air Minister, m the House of Commons. The first from London on April 4
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    MALACCA GOLF CLUB
    82 11 Mr. Justice Sproule Permanent Hon. Member I From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, April 2. Malacca Golf Club held its 37th annual general meeting last Sunday when an "xojedingly sound financial position was revealed. A resolution was passed electing Mr. Justice Sproule a permanent honorary member "m recognition
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    MALACCA MISHAP
    54 11 European Committed to Assizes I From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Apr. 2. Mr. Bidwell. motor fitter. Malacca Municipality, who knocked down with his motor-cycle a seven-year-old Malay lad on Feb. 28. fracturing his skull, has been committed to tbc Assizes. Bail m $1,000 has been allowed. (Earlier cables
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    386 11 Monday. Mar. 23. The Hon. Mr. E. Wj F. Gilman. C.8.E., Mr. P. H. Ezechiel. C.M.G.. and Mr. G. L. M. Clauson. 0.8. E. arrived at Government House. His Excellency presided at meeting of the Legislative Council m the Council Chamber at 10.30 a.m. Dr.. Mrs. and Miss
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    THE HAIG STATUE
    168 11 Countess Suggests "The Only Way Out Lady Haig. m a letter to the "Scotsman" states:— "As a result of my last protest against Mr. Hardiman's second model for the statue of my husband I have received an enormous number of letters from people m all parts of
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    BUYING $1,000 FOR $300!
    506 11 PAPER FOR MONEY Chinese Charged With Cheating Before Mr. G. C. Dcdd. the District Judge yesterday, three Chinese were charged with attempting to cheat by substituting ordinary paper tightly bound up with string and covered by one $5 note as bundles of currency notes The accused
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    DEATH OF MR. F. H. WATSON
    218 11 We regret to announce the death, which took place following an operation lor appendicitis at the General Hospital yesterday morning, of Mr. Frank Harry Watson, assistant manager of the Ardath Tobacco Co. Ltd. m Singapore. The funeral tcck place at Bidadari Cemetery at 5
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    181 11 TUESDAY. 7th Championship Preliminary W. B. Wigg vs. O. W. Gilmour. W. Rodger vs. S. E. Newbery. W. R. King vs. V. P. Barbat. Godoun Doubles Handicap R. M. Duff and E. J. Cassels vs. A. D Anderson and C. E. Hudson. L. C. Hutchings and E. Cherringtcn
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER
    50 11 TUESDAY, 7th W. Kenworthy and H. E. Howe vs. H B Layton and J. G. H. Brett. WEDNESAY, Bth E. R. Olden and L. W. Byrde vs. A S Banks and J. C. Grant. E. A. Hudson and A. S. Owens vs. V. J. Coleman and R. Land.
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    H.M.S. GLORIOUS IN COLLISION
    233 12 FRENCH LINER DAMAGED Accident During For off Gibraltar FOIRTH IN A MONTH Renter's Service I London. April 1. H.MS, aircraft-carrier Glorious collided with and severely damaged the French 9.000 ton liner. Florida, ofl Gibraltar. All the Florida's passengers wen- safely transferred to the Glorious, whicli is
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    DELAYED ANTICIPATION
    61 12 Injunction Against Payment of Sweep Prize IReuter's Service] Louden, April 1. Mr. Justice Meredith, In Dublin, granted an application for an Injunction i\ tiit' Irish Hospital Trust from paying the fust Drtee In tho Grand National Sweepstake to Emilio Scahi. Tne application vai IMMIt on b?half of two
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    MISS ENGLAND II
    51 12 Ready for Speed Test I Reuter's Service I Buenos Aire*.. April 2. Repairs to Miss England II have been completed. Despite the swollen state of the Parana River. Kaye Don announced to-day that he intends to make a speed test of the boat at eight o'clock this
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    ROADS IN CHINA
    474 12 Proposed Exhibition m Shanghai At the annual meeting of the Automobile Club of China at Shanghai reference was made to the subject of new roads m China and to the holding of 1 Good Road.s Exhibition m Shatmhai. The Chairman, m ihe course vm an interesting speech,
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    AN UNFORTUNATE GOVERNMENT
    1655 12 PREMIER'S DIFFICULTIES A Heavy Toll on Party's Personnel IBy Air Mail.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Mar. 17. Whatever one may think of the Government and the way it runs the country, there is no dcubt that it has been extraordinarily unfortunate, and just now there seems
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    INTERNATIONAL TIN RESEARCH
    88 12 A NEW DEVELOPMENT Governments Considering Elaboration IReuter's Service London, Apr. 2. Hie Colonial Office announces that the International committee to regulate the production and export of tin. which heid its first meeting m London yesterday, is asking the Governments of Siam. Burma, and certain other countries, the
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    'ENGLISHMAN KILLED IN CAIRO
    261 12 Conflicting Evidence about a Revolver Alexandria, Mar. 1. Evidence of a highly conflicting nature was liven at the resumed inquest to-day on Mr. Colin Campbell, a well-known British resident here, who was killed after spending an evening with im American friend who had just arrived. The
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    THE POSTMAN DOES IT
    124 12 Helps Man to Find His Sister After 30 Years A Bouthend business man received news with the help of the Post OiTice— from a slater with rbom he had lost touch for 30 years. Thv-o letters wore delivered from Temple. Texas. U.S.A.. and were addressed to
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    CHANGES IN HOME LIFE
    1138 12 THE GOLF GRAB No More Speed Limit IFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 10. Overseas visitors who come home this ycir 1 may not notice any very great change m our everyday life, though they will speedily find out j the difference when they move about.
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    RAFFLES HEADMASTER RETIRES
    1067 12 THE SCHOOL'S FAREWELL Portrait Unveiled at Prizegiving By the retirement of Mr. D. A. Bishop, headmaster of Raffles Institution, Malaya loses one j who has been connected with education here j for the past 26 years. On the occasion of the annual prize distribution of Raffles Institution
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    REORGANISATION COMPLETE
    63 12 CHAMBERLAIN RESIGNS Conservative Part\ Chairman LORD STONEHAVEN APPOI.N lj p [British Radio Oflkial Bu\ Rußhy. Apr i I The retirement Ls announced to-ni^ht NrviJle Chamberlain from the Chairmanship the Conservative party organisi Chamberlain took over this post 1 effect measures of reorganisation which I now completed. Lord Stonehaven.
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    COLONIAL FEDERATION
    161 12 Future of Windward and Leeward Islands I British Radio Official Se: Ruffby, Apr In a dispatch to the Governors ol the Windward Islands and the Leeward Lord Passfteld, the Secretary for the States he has been carefully ffftßsMfi Ing question of some form of clooe union b j
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    MR. MACDONALIVS EASTER
    46 12 A Few Days at Lossiemouth [British Radio— Official Svrvn Rueby. Apr 1 HM Prime Mr ffrtntwy Marl>MK).' tc-day Hew from London to Lrt)ssiom;mth, lathi n rth of Scutland wht-re he spt-ndinir iMter m an Air F.n-v w.uhmv. piloted by Plightl lib rumt Heslo?)
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    LT-COMDR. GLEN KIDSTON
    43 12 Safe Arrival at Cairo British Radio Official Scrur- i Rugby. Apr. I Commander Qlen Kidston. who left Bbcla yo:teuV.*y c-n MB attempt to make a r> breaking OiffX to South Africa, NMbtd l this morr. ng and Cairo thus evening
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    THE FRENCH BUDGET
    40 12 (Havas Sirvice I Itiris, Iprif 1 The budget lor 1931—1932 I nitely adopted, with expenditure at M milhon francs and revssoa f#jt4ojooQ rt The .ses-sion elos 'd and Parli iBMDI I <»p( j n on May rt.
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    ENGLISH MISSIONARY'S WILL
    21 12 Reuterii Ser\-ieo| I. t::\ v \nnl Ml C&Un ri» Oraham, i I Presbyt^ rian Mission Chii hew 1101,000.
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    A GOOD JUDGE OF A MAN IS
    148 12 A GOOD J UDGE OF A MAN IS A Woman Says a Man i JohjwlH be taterested m some tbout the many p pie who ire i 1 tor the Civil Beryl •sir Btanlej i atfc i tea Bei v:re I rience as an Interviewer to C ril Royal OommiS)
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    57 12 On March 30 the :m ofll the Education Department I H lii r at tli Wlnstedi pn t < EneM h BChOOla. On Wt < ht Mr. IV.. In p I coi en bv t'to bogn of B Schocl and on AprQ 9 tin old DOfS an* glvt a dinner
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      626 13 Growth of the Game m Kent. Rugby is making rapid strides m Kent. Many of the 'condary schools arc now playing it Ineteftd of the AmocHtkm Mine, with the result that new club" are Bpctegtaf up every Vein-. Old Williamrsonians. old boys of the Mathematical School. Rochester, have formed
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      CLOCKWISE RACING.
      474 13 Noted Drivers Disagree. A iK-atcd controversy has arisen among motorractai drivers and experts as a result of the decision to run the Doubk-1 'weive-Hour Rac which takes place at Biooklands on May and 9, m a clockwise direction round the track WrttW Harold Pembcrton, Daily Express Motor ing
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    HOME RUGBY.
    170 13 Kendall's Accurate Place Kicking. London. Mar. M. Although thej lost a man. Injured quart r of an hour after the interval. Moseley put up plucky fight against Blackheath aid did not allow the latter It overwhelm them; but they threw away chances. Buckland, Gubb. Laing. Giles. Bishop and
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    CLAPTON ORIENTS AFFAIRS.
    331 13 The Taking Over by the Arsenal. IBy Air Mail. I From Our Own Correspondent. London. Mar. 17. I mentioned last week the fact that it VU reported that Arsenal were taking over Clapton Orient's liabilities. Here is the official announcement of the Aisenal's Chairman. Sir Samuel Hill
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      119 13 I BUY BRITISH GOODS .rii ii *ri i 15 Ws P?S^ ibaol Australia's Health-Giving Wines. S RICH RUBY PORT TYPE— BURGUNDY g RICH WHITE PORT TYPE— CHABLIS S jg RICH TAWNY PORT TYPE— SHERRY TYPE. !fi S Obtainable at all Storm. 9i £1 Henry Waugh Co., Ltd. 1 I^p yotir
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      439 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. CITY OF BATAVIA CITY OF CORINTH Jun g g HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF KHIOS For Havre, London,
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      496 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 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Due Due Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Singapore 1931. RAJPUTANA 16,644 July n
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      752 15 v. o. XL. jjine. Los Angeles and New York: (from Uluiiif) (Express Freight Service! Kwanto B|anj Apr Victoria and Seattle.- (from Kobe). Afrlca Man London. Rotterdam, Hamburg Bremen an'J Antwerp. Ai«eu«» i r Alaska 1 tain Apr. 14 1G Durban, Port Elizabeth. Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro. Santos, Montevideo Buenos
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      464 15 f^r y r^| OF FAMOUS f#| PRESIDENT LINERS. ff| TO MARSEILLES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON, VBOM SINGAPORE AND PKNANG ria COLOMBO. SUEZ POST SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES AND GENOA. M*B— Lear* Arrive Ptm. Polk Apr. IS Apr. 16 Apr. 18 May 26 Ptm. Adams Apr. n Apr. SO May June 9
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      819 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA.J (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freights. Transhipment. Marine Departments and k Mancgers's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang* of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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    DUTCH TRAWLER WRECKED
    310 16 All the Crew Believed to be Lost London Mar. 4. The entire crew of a trawler which went ashore on the rocky coast of Abordeenshire near Fraserburgh early on Sunday is believed to have perished. The number of men who were on board is unknown, but it
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    82 16 Owing to an outbreak of fire, the B. I. steamer Angora after leaving Outrun Ghat. Calcutta, for Rangoon, had to return to BudgeBudge. The fire was noticed when the steamer was running between Achipore and Mayapore about 18 miles from Calcutta. The fire alarm was sounded and the Angora returned
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      602 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). POX BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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      251 16 K. P. M. ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA. DIRECT SERVICE TO PORT MORESBY, SAMARAI, NOUMEA, PORT VILLA AND RABAUL. s.s." LE MAIRE SAILING APRIL 20th. For freight and passage please apply to Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappi j, Finlayson Green, corner Robinson Road. TRAVEL -FUNDS. TRAVELLERS CHEQUES represent the most convenient
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      548 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc. (Incorporated In U.8.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due 8«I!t Dot Nt* T%f M.S. SILVERPALM Apr. 7 Apr. 13 4 ay M.S. SILVERTEAK Apr. 28 May 4 ju^ For rates and other part ole?
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      1353 17 Per P. and O Rawalpindi to-day at 9.30 a.m.: \li I) B Lennox. Mr. J Lambourne. Miss C. IfflM X M Hill. Mrs. W. J. Wallace, Miss H Flint. Miss I. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs H Mr and Mrs. G. J. D. R Cruden, T G Lewis. Mr
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      NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL
      2080 17 Some Old Punishments Recalled Courts-Martial of to-day are for the most part dull affairs and you will find better entertainment at Liverpool Police Court any day of the week, writes Commander A MacDermott. R.N.. m the Nautical Magazine. In the 18th. century, however, when capital punishments were of
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      395 17 FREE SERVICE Passages booked by all Steamship Lines to all parts of the world at ariff rates. Baggage Insurance effected. All kinds of transport work undertaken at moderate charges. Representative meets all steamers. THE TRAVEL SHIPPING AGENCY, 2, Raffles Place. Singapore. Telegrams Telephone "Travelship, Singapore. 6948. BIBBY LINE. [LONDON ADDRESS
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    755 18 HOTEL "SHAM" Wife's Alleged Payments to Her Husband A husband's scheme to obtain £3,500 from his rich wife as the price of divorce evidence was one of the allegations made and denied m a divorce suit heard m the Divorce Court last month. "The case
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    NATIVE POLICY
    224 18 Sir Ertward Grigg on East Africa Sir Edward Grigg, a former Governor of Kenya, m evidence before the Joint Committee of Lords and Commons on East Africa, stated m reply to questions that the number of prospective settlers entering Kenya had steadily decreased during recent years, and that
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    17 18 I never yet knew a man who thoroughly believed m his own religion.— Mr. Clarence Darrow. I
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    FATEFUL DAYS FOR CAPONE
    201 18 His Reign Over If he Goes to Gaol Washington. Mar. 1. Federal oiricials here are elated at the sentence passed on Al Capone for contempt of court. They believe that if he actually goes to gaol the event will hail the downfalfof his power m the
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    16 18 I Women will ultimately forgive a man anything except emotional dishonesty towards [themselves.— Mrs. Catherine Carswell.
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    TELEPRINTERS FOR LONDON
    209 18 New Exchange Being Built m Secret An entirely Den type of telephone nrrtiinif —the teleprinter, by which a statement typed on a machine m the ordinary wr»y Ls printed on a tape many miles away is bcin«; constructed m secrecy In the basement of the Central Telegraph
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    31 18 Constable at Southern!: I saw the man frfining over a water trough drinking beer from a quart bottle, so I went up to him and said "Ciß I assist you V
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      190 18 ■BHL/^^/7/s^l CTRENGTH is the quality 70a 171 ''y I necJ m c*e Strength to carry 1 S^^y^^A out your work, strength to V^'&^^s^^ji respond to the natural wastage of P^T -'^^J Wincarnis will give you that -r=^^a strength. A wine and a tonic N^^fc both, it will make the blood
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      394 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK. OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Mot Star jHong Kong ISaigon \mritsar Iloilo Semarang
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      325 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, 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 DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq.. J. C Robinson, Esq.. W. H. Shelford, Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. LONDON BANKERS.
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      621 18 INSURANCE. THE s£^^\ SOUTH flip I orvi i Uii xLige'--^ INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES L. C. MARGOI .IOUTH, Manager Office: 2, Fin Jay son Qreeo PERSOiNAL ACCIDENTS. I FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday possibility HAVE you made provision for the
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    BUKIT TIMAH ESTATES
    349 19 Interest m Ulu Pandan maal meeting of Eukii Timali Rubber ltd., wraa held at Messrs. Evatt and French Rank Buildings, yesterday at noon. IT D. Mundell presided, suppo:U>d by the J. If Ouidon. and M NTS. E A. Gibson. i A E!-.:us. C. Reuben and C. V.
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT
    123 19 Singapore. April 2. the earlier part ■>! the period under re- •< w the market was quiet srtth little business being done, and since then lias declined steadiv through romplet lack of any supporting features. The larpe Malayan shipments for last month further depn ssed the market,
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    LEWIS & PEAT'S REPORT
    139 19 LEWIS PEAT'S REPORT Smirapore, April 2. ertain amount of liquidation of the April- >>uion and forced selling by weak •ldcrs < umbined with i>oor interest from the Bing market aflMin caused prices to sap throughout the week announcement Of Malayan shipments at Qgure of 48.589 tons caused further keaknesa and
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    JAPANESE INVASION
    113 19 Silk Goods Cheaper Than British Cotton Textiles Sheffield, Mar. 17. btfOK the Sheffield Chamber of mmerce on the observations of the recent !i trade mission to Egypt Sir Arthur Bal- to-day devoted special comment to the «C invasion of the Egyptian market. rbe Japanese :irc st-Ilins silk articles
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    REPORTS AND MEETINGS
    108 19 Teluk Piah Chairman Optimistic (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. April 2. Labau report has been issued recommending a dividend declared for 1930 of 2» L par cent. Th«> sum of £10.021 is to be carried forward. Cheviot report recommends a dividend of 2'^ Imt cent for 1930
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    RUBBER ROADWAYS
    85 19 Question to Transport r Minister I Reuter's Ser\'ice 1 London. April 1. In the House, of Commons to-day Mr. Gnvban White (Lib.. E. Btrkenhead) asked the Minister of Transport, m view of the low prtce ot rubber, to recommend tbat roadways near urban hospitals be covered with a
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    3 1/4d. RUBBER
    79 19 A New Low Record m London British Radio Official Service J Rugrby. Apr. 1. Rubber Cell to-day to 3 d a pound on the London Exchange. This Ls a new low record. n»e average price last year was 5 15 I6ci a pound, and for 1929 io'
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    166 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore, April Rubber again lower, tin also down but the lx-al markets have .steadied and then- is fair share business bein^ done at present levels. Rubbers. Several thousands New Scudais were deait m between 98 and 1.01 Malaka Pmdas sold at 80 and Mentakabs at 25.
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    BARLOW'S REPORT
    199 19 Singapore. April 2. Rubber:- -The market has keen rather despondent during the past week, and the publication of the high Malayan Expo'ts for March has caused a further decline m price. To-day's cables quota London down s d to 3 d. a!id New York down X MOt Rold
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    EXCHANGES
    86 19 I British Radio Official Service 1 Rugby, Apr. 1. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 12.12, Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5 27-32 d.. Berlin 20.40. Brussels 34.94'j, Bucharest 817. Rio 3 11-16. Buenos Aires 35 V Copenhagen 18.16 1 2 Geneva 25.25 Hclslngfors 193 K, Hong Kong 11% d.. Lisbon 108.25.
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    To-Day's Price Changes.
    431 19 To-Day 's Price Changes. EXCHANGE RATES April 2. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2 3 2732 London 3 months' sight 2 3 13 16 London, 60 days' sight 23 25,32 London 30 days' sight 2 3 3|4 London, demand 2:3 23 32 London, T. T. 2 3 11 16 Lyons
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