The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 April 1931

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,301. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8, 1931. 2U PACJES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    337 1 The airman, C. A. Scott, six h«urs ahead if Kingsford Smith, left Rangoon at noon yesterday and probably reached Alor Star last night en his flight to Australia Page 11. It is officially announced that the King is suffering from an attack of sub-acute trorchitis and is
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    THE BAD OLD DAYS:— PART II
    1433 1 In those days, I am afraid. Officers, as far as the infantry were concerned, were not always chosen on merit or by reason of military qualifications. There was always, therefore, an undercurrent of hostility between commissioned and non-commissioned ranks, and if one could take
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      153 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THK NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES RAFFLES HOTEL [EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE WITH MODERN SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS THIS EVENING 6.15. j TEA DANCE MONIA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA f "grYll'room "i SPECIAL DISH TO-NIGHT CHICKEN A LA KING.
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      192 1 I ANNOUNCING f I 15% REDUCTON I I IN THE PRICE OF ROYAL j EDISWAN LAMPS I i Gasfilled, High Voltage, 40, 60, 75 100 Watts. f CLEAR— HALF FROSTED— PEARL. |> Sole Agents: I McALISTER Co,, Ltd. I EUROPE'" jvHOTEL j "Renowned by Recommendation" I TO-DAY TIFFIN MENU TO-DAY
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      111 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS GLixc fcr the baby Page 4. Goodyear tyres for safety Page 5. Sate bargains at Littles Page 10. Milkmaid essay competition Page 7. Theatre and cinema attractions Page 2. Monte Carlo recoicls from Moutne's Psg. 1 20. Johnson outboard motors from the Borneo Cc. Pag3 4. Notices by
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      21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH. PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADINO PROVISION STORES.
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    ARSENAL-VILLA RACE.
    234 2 Can the Londoners Be Pipped on the Post? London. Mar. 21. Can the Anenal be "pipped on the post* b> the Villa? Ls the problem which has become more acute each Saturday. Aft.r a smashing success over their London rivals last week, the Villa to-day lost a critical
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      252 2 PRICE $5.00 EACH. Spare batteries and lamp bulbs. MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opposite G.P.O. Singapore. Distinctively Different! I AND j An Entire Innovation, j j The Capitol Palm j I Court Restaurant j IHE COSIEST AND MOST UP -TO DATE i RENDEZVOUS IN TOWN. I Reserve I Table for your Next
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      260 2 1 VICTORIA THEATRE 11 THE SENSATION OF PARIS, LONDON [j AND NEW YORK. jj II VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL j! Ij Thursday April 23rd at 9.30 p. m. |j J! W i I PROFESSOR 1 1 I! MAURICE I MARTENOT I 1 1 CONCERT— DEMONSTRATION j i I OF THE MOST
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      253 2 I 6.15 LAST NIGHT TO-NIGH! 9.15 i Edmund LOWE I i m Fox Movietone's thrilling js story of the men who save i{ ships and humans MEN ON CALL) I TO-MORROW-Thursda^! Metro Goldwyn Mayer's < 1 1 SUPERB I j IVJ. LJOlV^iVLrf If! /^/^iTi/iT?l~W r I CUMtLUi Now smashing- all
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      309 2 THE WEEK Wednesday. Bth. Blgta Water, 01.02. 8.4 it.. 1430. 7.2 ft. Football: Res. Div R.A vs. Pulau Brani. at S.R.C.: Chines*.' B. vs QkWOtateiß, at Stadium; Div. 11. Weamel vs. Vehicles Dopt. at V.MC.A; Warders \> BAT.. Warden' cround. sec. Tournament: b.bi.l. and Bng. vs. Ps Police Band Botanical
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    "ALL SKIN AND GRIEF."
    172 3 that's what people say about her. It ".v Quite tragedy. A woman who was once biighl, vivacious, with an a. tractive figure now always tirtd-lcoking. depressed, seems robbed ol all physical energy. And even her fnen&s call her thin and scraggy' behind her, hack. Don't gtve
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    85-AND HE STILL PLAYS "SQUASH"
    281 3 FOUGHT IN THE CRIMEA A Talk with London's Electricity Pioneer Colonel Crompton. a pioneer electrician to whom London owes her electric lighting system, is 85. And he still plays squash every day. His career has been almost incredibly romantic. When he was eleven, he went
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    E.I.R. OFFICIAL INJURED
    225 3 Assaulted by Riotous Cawnpore Mob Allahabad. Mar. 27. A graphic story of hew he was «t ."m by a riotous mob. consisting mostly of Hindus, and Assaulted at Cawnpore, on Tuesday (the date when th? Cawnpore riot began* sustaining a cut on the head, lacerption of one
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    CRIME IN LONDON
    239 3 No Increase with Growth of Population At the March session for the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court at the Sessions House, Old Bailey. the Recorder ;Sir Ernest Wild> charging the Grand Jury. commented on the /act that m spite of the increase m population crime m
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    IRON HAND IDEA
    169 3 i Soldiers Instead of "Fat, Puffy I Police" j New York. I 'Sinsle mm m barracks should replace fat. I puffy policfnv n who are just able to get I from one corner to a r other if the racketeer land criminal are to be banished from
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      251 3 [FLEctßiciTYl \*W ECONOMY AND SERVICE I A breath of jji the open road Kit. c cc c F"" CEILING FANS MAY BE \wVJli HIRE!) FOR 51.50 PER MONTH FROM j-jffftv Municipal Electrical Department. WATCH FOR 1 DANGER LIGHTS The Sensation of the Sound Era I ?^Hg®(^<^S)®®^)®®®®®®^^ H Wi^ 4. A
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      219 3 4 W^'^s-jMA Kftl Dp °p iw it from, M YOU I* E|i desk J^o p J ill a plane (.p'.ils rhe same to a PARkER A Parker Duofold laughs at J\_ petty accidents. It Las been dropped from a speeding plane three thousand feet aloft. The barrel of f eatherli
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    READJUSTMENT IN MOTOR TRADE
    835 4 SPRING SEASON Concentration of New Models at End of Year Detroit. One result of the severe overhauling that the automobile trade has undergone during the readjustment period will be concentration of new models at the end of the year. As a consequence, the spring season, which
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    MOTOR COACHLET ARRIVES
    152 4 Speed of More Than 60 Miles an Hour The motor-coachlet has arrived! It Is a seven -seater vehicle built on the lines of a private car, and it does not have to conform to the thlrty-mile-an-hour speed limit imposed by the new Road Traffic Act on its
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      329 4 AN OUTBOARD-MOTOR AND NO FEAR A magneto of watertight construction and a fly-wheel I safeguarded against splashing of water, make the six I f types of Johnson-Outboard-Motors the motors to be used I The Johasoa onboard -Motor without fear for their performance. The extreme •£{■*^«h kiad« of working-security explains the
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      307 4 DANGER LIGHTS WILL THRILL YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN YET! Machines trademark wherever a motor %vJ 18l >BSA nM must be the machine that cmn JM** J ■\M T*M THEN B THEY MADE IT SO. VMM ffffiW Motor Cycles WW^m^r Distributors: < J2-S^3 Th« Singapore Cycle Carriage Co.
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    ABOUT APPLES, NOISE, AND
    310 5 LIQUID FUEL FROM COAL Discoveries That Help British Industry All sorts of discoveries, from the production of liquid fuel from coal to the apple with the most vitamins, are revealed m the report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. By treating coal with hydrogen
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    ONE MOTOR-CAR A MINUTE
    296 5 Factory that Will Employ 20.000 Englishmen What is the secret that lies behind trie great new Ford motor-car factory that is springing up like a colossus out of the Essex marshes at Dagenham. and wh'ch will be ready for action m about ten months' time? aste
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    20-YEAR OLD BUICKS
    278 5 Over 100 Still m Use m America One hundred and fifteen motorists ir» "widely scattered sections of the United States to-day are driving Buick cars that have seen twenty or more years of service. In many instances the venerable old automobiles are still m the used car
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    81 5 Fire broke out early on Thursday mornjng m a row of very old BfaopbOOMS, several of which had been unoccupied for months, at Serendah. The hand manual was found to be insufficient to cope with the flames, and at three o'clock a call was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Fire
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      185 5 f t |il FOR COMFORT Ij Acceleration t X Speed. j HThe Chrysler Car f is Hard to Beat. IT^ Leader m Style l\ and Bod > T Comfort. I CHRYSLER 66 I f \i TOURER $2,650. X SEDAN 2 »950. f o CHRYSLER 77 I TOURER $3,950. |KJ SEDAN
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      100 5 BnMm CAN YOU 1 7 SXO P mrJ yV^ brakes may I T grip, but will your tyres 1 I On those few square 1 inches of rubber that touch the road often I depend your own and I your family's safety I J I Better be sure that j
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    Dance that made Eight Million Gods Laugh
    2653 6  - Dance that made Eight Million Gods La ugh Alfred E. Pieres. When Sunshine Returned to the Land of Japan I PRMB Our Own Correspondent I Tokyo. Now >ilcnl. DO* singing, and swaying and I twinging like blossoms that bind to the bronzes or riWWI Now wantonly winding, they flash, now
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    217 6 For several months Mrs. Graham, who m private life is Mrs. Theodore Cory has negotiated with the Board of Green Cloth to obtain the necessary permission, and it is understood that the King, when the position was put before him. at once agreed, realising the immense national publicity which must
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    HAMPTON COURT FILM
    70 6 British Picture m Perfect Surroundings The King has granted permission to Mrs. Winifred Graham, the writer, to use Hampton Court Palace as the setting for a film of an historical novel which she is preparing for the autumn publishing season. Herr Is presented to the British industry
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    EDITOR'S FAMOUS ICEWORM MYTH
    650 6 COCKTAILS The Humour of Stroller White New York. Readers of American newspapers have, for more than three decades, been chuckling and 1 aging over E. J. ("Stroller"* White's trenchant editorials, and laughing at hi? humour. He is the doyen of Alaska editors— this kindly, tolerant, whimsical
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    A LUXURY CLUB
    247 6 Syndicate May Buy Home of Dukes The Evening News learns that negotiations are on foot for the sale of Norfolk House. St. Jamess-square. to a large syndicate. The agents who have the matter m hand are Messrs. Hampton and Son:,. An early decision is expect od. It
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    44 6 It is now definitely known, says the Pinang Gazette, that Mr. Justice N. H P Whitley who will take Mr. Justice Sproule's place when the latter leaves for Singapore on the 18th of this month, will be arriving mi n Penang 'on April 24.
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    Bridge Notes and Problems.
    976 6  -  HORATIUS By OBEYING YOUR PARTNER. ii\Y you had only led a Spade." or som? such phrase as that. How often the inquest starts with such a statement. Any number of games are wen and lost becvise of a careless load on the part cf a player
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    THE NEW BOOKS
    549 6 Adventure on the Frontier On the Frontier and Beyond by Lt. -Colonel Sir Fredrick O'Connor, C.5.1., C.1.E., C.V.O. John Murray las. This is no book to taJta up for a mere hftU hour. It is the perscnil record of a d?vcceci servant cf the BritLsh Government who
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    A SPRIGHTLY V. C. OF 70
    329 6 Trip With Prince of Wales Colonel Sir Pircival M.ulinu. one ol oldest living holders of the Victoria Ci won it 46 years ago spent h> W [paying tertet of rails on old Mends don. before rhlltMni back to his Ik :i. Qlouceaterahire "I feel
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    IN THE COURT OF MEMORY
    1072 7 MEN WHO FORGET Famous People Face the Judge Sitting m the High Court of Memory a Daily Express judge submitted a series of questions concerning dates and names to a number of prominent men and women m public life. The question has been raised on
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      424 7 C^ 111 l Bel V%OM9WCW **t > Bjt n j J^£ lI U P ft revitalizes and rejuvenates! KEEP A j When the climate makes you list- 1 T less, nervy and almost without 1 L energy to carry on, it*s a sure sign jj^^j^j i you need Hairs Wine
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      187 7 "MILKMAID" MILK ESSAY COMPETITION j I "Why I like Milkmaid Milk" j I In view of the large num- I ber of essays received it will 1 not be possible to publish I the results until Thursday, j i ®®®®@®©®©©@©®©©@©#©©©©©®©©©©©®(a(a(a(§ft(a(®<SMS)<s><s>rt& (a^^M *i*x-i-;*'**i*x"x*;*.''- x- ;v? •■••**s"" >fcx"*'*"' jjMB w w \J
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    FAMOUS BEAUTY'S DEATH TRAGEDY
    667 8 ALMA STANLEY Stage Idol Dies m Prison Hospital Alma Stanley, the famous beauty of Victorian days, who enjoyed the friendship of King Edward, the actress who was once the idol of the London stage from the Gaiety to Drurylane, has died behind a curtain of tragic
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    ROUSE'S VICTIM
    227 8 American Woman Thinks He was Her Son Aurora (Illinois), Mar. 9. Mrs. Jessie Johnson has informed the police here that she believes the victim of the Rouse murder was her son. She has sent photographs and a lull description of her son. Charles Frederick Townsend. to Scotland Yard.
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    SIR ARTHUR SALTER
    77 8 China Investigations Concluded Shanghai, Mar. 27. It ls disclosed that Sir Arthur Salter, the Director of the Economic Section of the League of Nations, has concluded his investigations and consultations with the Nanking Government, and will be leaving for Geneva within a week. [At the invitation of
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    BACHELOR PRELATES' SEX DOCTRINE
    893 8 LAMBETH SECRETS OUT "Abstinence the Christian Way of Marriage" Astonishing revelations are made by Dr. A. A. David, Bishop of Liverpool, concerning the secret discussions of the bishops at last year's Lambeth Conference, when the question of birth control was discussed. According to Dr. David "a
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    154 8 We ought to have got out of rubber before two years ago possibly but we followed the example of that great man Mr. Baldwin. We nailed our colours to the mast to a rubber mast as he nailed his colours to an iron mast. The rubber mast and the iron
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      515 8 1 HALF PRICES MANUFACTURER'S I 1 CONSIGNMENTS: iSTOCK i i 1 i ii We have been instructed to clear the following goods i\ at 50% below market price. Outstation orders ji i j executed on remittance j S 1 1000 Yards British Damask Table Cloth, 60 inches wide, at 60
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      183 8 HoVIS S n I Bread is made at the 1 I ROYAL BAKERY, Singa- I 1 pore, from Hovis flour 1 I Imported Direct from 1 I resh Supplies Available I I Daily at the I Of" Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.| j\\ mvl Jfoie jj I l\\\ nctAincneur '/In
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      446 9 BUSINESS CARDS. IXPERJENCED HELP MASSEUSE. FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. 182 Middle Road. Colonial Garage, Phone 3729. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY 11. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work Lowest Rate* LAIDLAW BUILDING— Phone 7898. MARBLE MERCHANTS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Nor. 1 3. Penhas Road. oft Lavender Street Phmie 6075. TO LET.
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      706 9 TENDERS, SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Installation of Sanitary fittings at the following premises. North Bridge Road Nos. 330, 332, 334,
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      777 9 NOTICES. NOTICE. In the Estate of LEE KIM CHYE, Deceased. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 144 Trustees). Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons, having any claims or demands upon or against the Estate oi the abovenamed deceased, who died at No. 101 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, to
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      620 9 TRADE MARK NOTICES. 'VKXTMA"*' COTTOX DUCK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the trade mark as represented above or m any other manner, .size, shape, colour or form, whether used alone or m conjunction with other words or matter is the exclusive property of MOUNT VERNON-WOODBERRY MILLS, Incorporated, a Corporation organised
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      721 9 NOIICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above tiacle mark consisting of the words "DOROTHY GRAY" is the trade mark of DOROTHY GRAY, Corporation duly organised and existing under i he Laws of the State of New Jersey, doing business at Blocmfield. State of New Jersey and at 683 Fifth Avenue,
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      677 9 NOTICES. THE SZE HAI TONG BANKING AND INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty Fourth Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Registered Office of the Bank at Nos. 56, 57 and 58 Chulia Street, Singapore, on Saturday. April 11th 1931 at one o'clock
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    30 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mrs. W. E. Horley and family wish to express their appreciation of all the wreaths and messages of sympathy sent to them m their recent sad bereavement.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931. MR. GANDHI'S HARD LABOUR.
    744 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931. MR. GANDHI'S HARD LABOUR. Were it not for the fact that m considering Indian politics a very wide margin indeed has to be allowed for extravagance of expression, the reading of recent cable news from Karachi would be very depressing indeed. When we
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    536 10 Messrs. Gan Koen Lim and Ho Swee Tuck of ihe V.M.C.A. School of Commerce have passed the Final (Stage III) examination of the Institute of Book-keepers, London, held m December last. Under the auspices of the Chinese Christian Association the Rev. Tshai Nai Hiok. of Shanghai, will deliver a lecture
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    882 10 ANNUAL REPORT The Re-bunkering of the Course The following is the Report of the Committee for 1930 to be presented at the annual meeting on April 15 at 6.30 at the Club house. The Club House has been maintained m a thorough state of repair. A professional's
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    MACHINE-GUNNERS IN CAMP
    173 10 A (MGi Co. S.V.C. under the command of Captain A. P. Goldman spent the Easter Holidays m Camp at Changi Barracks. The whole proceedings both from the training and sporting points of view were most successful and the Camp broke up after tiffin on Monday. The days
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    33 10 The Sikh community Is holding a reception at the Sikh Barracks, Pearl's HIU on April Bth. at 7 p.m. m recognition of honours recently conferred upon Sardar Balwant Singh and Mehta Prithvi Chand.
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    POLISH AIRMAN CRASHES
    96 10 A LUCKY ESCAPK Prompt Rescue by Siamese Pilot [FRE3 PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGJ: Bangkok. pr The Polish Count Czarkowski. fly.! Gipsy Moth machine solo from Don to Hanoi on Sunday, crashed 550 ki; from Bangkok, rear the Siam -French l owing to bad VMttMT. The plane wa A
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    SINGAPORE'S ATHLETES
    361 10 Win Malayan Meeting Championship The last events of the All Malaya Chinese Athletic and Sports meet took plact' \vm, rday morning and afternoon at the Jalan Bt\sar Stadium. After a display of Calisthenics by boy students from all schools m BtßgapM there was a veterans' race for officials
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    HOME RUGBY
    62 10 Barbarians' Decisive Win at Swansea [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I London. April 6. In the course of their Welsh tour t«»-c.»* the Barbarians gained a decisiv 1 victory at Swansea, whom they defeated 21 3 Other club results were as follow: Bath 11. O.MT. Bristol 9. Blackheath Cardiff
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT
    147 10 Results of Yesterday's Ties Results m the S.C.C Lawn Tment yesterday were as follows Championship Prettminar> W. B. Wigg vs. O. W. Git .our (Ur to finish Wednesday S. E. Newbery beat W. Rodger. I 6—3. W. R. King beat V. P. Barbat. 4 6 4 Godown Doubles
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    LAW NOTICES
    93 10 Wednesday, April Bth Before Mr. Justice a "Beckett Terrell In Court: At 10.30 a.m. Judgments m B I Brinkmann and Co. vs. Lewis and P«at and S. 1358-30, Rose Macphail and Penman W lard -Watts. S. 699-25. Summons m Chamber* No adjourned from Chambers; In the mnt< I
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      153 10 I REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAVE A GUEST EXSHAW BRANDY is THE BEST SOLE AGENTS. CALOBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Compunies' Ordinances of Hong Kong). {Incorporated m Shanghai). 90 ROBINSON ROAD. TELEPHONE 6228. 5s (9 I Pure Fresh Cow y s Milk I 5^ < > FROM i I
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      119 10 1 IMPORTANT i 1 N£W BOOKSJ i My Early Life I by W. Churchill $12.60 I Byron by Andre Maurois 7.50 J Don Bf adman's Book 7.50 I Jim Redlake by F. B. Young: 6.00 With Lawrence m Arabia by L. Thomas 2.10 JJ The Universe Around Us By Sir
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    AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT RECORD
    344 11 SCOTT DUE TO-DAY Ahead of Kingsford Smith's Time BritLsh Radio Official Service Rugby, April 7. Mr Charles Scott, who is President of the hind and Northern Territory Aerial erricm, arrived at Rangoon at eleven o'clock norillnf and left one hour later to conhLs journey m an attempt
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    AIR MAIL POLICY
    138 11 The Lesson of Glen Kidston's Flight [British Radio Official Serrioe] Rugby, April 7. Lieutenant-Commander Glen Kidston's fine :t vement m flying from London to Cape m 6^ days is warmly praised m the newspaper! and is regarded as a practical, if iusive. attainment m favour of his
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    ANGLO-GERMAN TALKS
    85 11 M. Briand Declines Invitation to Participate [Reuters Service Paris. April 7. Hopes thai M. Briand would be induced t( attend the Anglo-German discussions tentatively for early May are discounted by th< vspapen doctoring that M. Briand wai bed but declined, mainly on account of th< iential election. The
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    THE B.A.T. IN THE EAST
    52 11 Malayan Factory to be Enlarged PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT Bangkok, Apr. 7. 1 British American Tobacco Co. a**e con the erection of a facto/y in Bangkol "i their directors is nov: here going int Uon. He announces t>.at arrangement ed for doubling the size of th
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    OIL RESTRICTION
    38 11 Colombia Prospecting Suspended I Reuter's Service 1 New York, April 7. The Texas Petroleum Company's geologists i'ho have been prospecting m Colombia for the 'our years are being withdrawn owing to nvw restrictive oil law regulations.
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    BANK CONFERENCE
    52 11 Mr. Montagu Norman m Washington [Reuter's Service] Washington. April 6. Mk Montagu Norman, who has been conferring wah the Federal Reserve Banks of New York. has arrived here and is conferring with Mr. Mellon and Mr. Eugene Meyer, governor f the FfHi^ral Reserve Board and other memu of
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    INDIAN FINANCIERS IN CONFERENCE
    120 11 A GANDHI LECTURE Greater Sacrifices for the Masses I Reuter's Service] New Delhi, Apr. 7. Gandhi lectured the financial pandits at the opening session of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce to-day He said the Federation leaders could not capture CongTess by means of the
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    KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM
    131 11 Japan's Enthusiastic Welcome I Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Tokio, April 7. The King and Queen of Siam, aboard the Empress of Japan, arrived at Yokohama this morning to the booming of a twenty-one-gun salute. All ships were beflagged. Their Majesties left for Tokio by special
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    A SOVIET BLUFF
    131 11 Times Questions its Value Reuter's Sen-ice London, April Commenting on the Riif.so-Japancse dispute as regards the shooting of the Soviet trade agent Aniekieff the Times thinks the Soviet Government wants to use the crime of an unbalanced individual as an excuse to drive the Japanese fishing fleet
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    THE KING INDISPOSED
    38 11 Attack of Sub-Acute Bronchitis [Reuter's Service. 1 London, April 7. An official statement issued from Windsor Castle says the King is suffering from an attack of sub-acute bronchitis. He is making slow but satisfactory progress.
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    POSSIBILITY OF COMPLICATIONS
    42 11 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London. April 7. The King's illness has created enormous public attention. It is pointed out that unless general physical resistance is normal there Is a possibility that the attack will lead to other complications.
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    THE PRINCES IN BRAZIL
    96 11 A Display of Night Football I Reuter's Service Rio d«* Janeiro, April 7. The Prince of Wales and Prince George were onraptured by a novel experience last night. Seated m a profusely beflowered box m the midst of 40.000 spectators, they watched an exciting game of
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    £70 A DOCUMENT
    70 11 Charges Against Soviet Spies m Bucharest [Reuter's Service J Bucharest, Apr. 7. That military secrets were sold to foreign military attaches during the autumn manoeu- 1 vres for £70 per document was asserted at the opening of the court-martial on 65 alleged Soviet spies arrested m October.
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    26 11 Mr. N. R. Jarrett, formerly District Officer, Krian, will succeed Mr. G. E. London. Secretary to Resident. Perak, when the latter goes on home leave shortly.
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    BIG BILL THOMPSON TO GO
    150 11 CHICAGO ELECTION Democrat Rival's Return Expected [Reuter's Service] Chicago, April 7. Any previous deficiencies m the forceful statement of the case by protagonists m the Mayoralty campaign were fully made up by the two candidates' stinging "last words" before the microphone before midnight m preparation
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    A BAR-GOLD BATTLE
    117 11 French and Soviet Claims [Reuter's Service] New York. April 7. Russian gold bars figure m an international law suit which opened to-day. Plaintiffs are! the Banque de France and the defendants the Chase National Bank and Guaranty Trust Company. The Banque de France seeks the recovery of
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    TRAIN-WRECKERS FOILED
    87 11 Passengers Injured m India Reuter's Service Simla, Apr. 7. A daring stten:pt was made to wreck the Delhi express near Lalry on the Is irth-Western Railway. Several rails were m. oved. The Indian driver viw what hart been done and braked, but Urn overturned and six coaches were
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    A SAW DUST SUIT
    85 11 The Enticing of Tom Mix [Reuter's Service] Chicago, April 7. A sensational suit for damages of over a million dollars has been filed m the District Court on behalf of the Western Show Company. Zack T. Miller and Miller Brothers, charging Sellsfloto Circus. Ringling Brothers. Barnum
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    TRADE RECOVERY
    52 11 A Cold Steel Douche [Reuter's Service] New York. April 7. Optimists who have been prophesying a rapid recovery of industry m the United States are rather discouraged by the publication of the steel operations during the past week shewing two per cent, decline to 55 per cent, of
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    MID-EUROPE POLICY
    37 11 German Statesmen Visit London [Reuter's Service] London, April 7. It is understood the British Government has invited the German Chancellor, Herr Briniing and the Foreign Minister Dr. Curtius to London for a friendly informal visit.
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    MARIE STOPES EXONERATED
    48 11 Book Considered "Highly Informative" [Reuter's Service] New York, April 7. Declaring that Dr. Marie Stopes' book "Married Love" is neither immoral nor obscene, but "highly informative". Federal Judge Woolsey dismissed a case brought by the Federal authorities under which Government sought to confiscate the book.
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    ARGENTINA EARTHQUAKE
    31 11 Another Shock at Tucuman I [Reuter's Service] I Buenos Aires, April 7. I A fresh earthquake shock was experienced at 1 Tucuman this morning but no damage is reported.
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    AUSTRALIA'S YOUNGEST STATE
    83 11 NEW ENGLAND Delegates Approve Draft Constitution [Reuter's Service] Sydney, April 7. The draft constitution of the new Federal "Loyalist" unit, namely "New England," was formally approved by 150 delegates m Maitland Town Hall to-day. Earlier messages stated: The boundaries proposed for the New England State to be
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    HOLIDAY CRICKET
    168 11 S.C.C. Beat I.A. but Lose to R.E. Against the RE. at Pulau Brani on Easter Sunday an S.C.C. XI were beaten by 11 runs. Scores: R.K.: Cpl. Galley Ibw. b Dean 8; Sgt. Ccvpenter c and b Staunton 12; Spr. Sergeant run out 4; Spr. Whitehead run cut
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    S.C.C. vs. INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    187 11 Pull scores m the SC.C. fixture with the Indian Association at Raffles College on Easter Monday (briefly reported yesterday) were: S.C.C.: Kendall c Naden b Varma 15; R. Haxworth b VRrma 5; W. J. Pearce lbw. b Fernandez 1; Norfie b Vaxiiia 2; Dunkeley b Varma
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    ST. JOSEPH'S vs. Y.M.C.A.
    130 11 Played on Mondoy on the V.M.C.A. ground, rain preventing a finish. V.M.C.A.: Lyn:» c Ccrdeiro b Mwbe^n 15; Ridley c PeTeira b Mcsbergen 0; Hoole b Ess 0; Gibson b Ess 20; Harvey c Mosbergen b Morrando 10; Meredith b Ess 0; Yzelman b Fernandez 2;
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    ST. JOSEPH'S vs. AN S.R.C. XI
    208 11 S.R.C.: W. Ess c Kitchen b Mosbergen 10; C. Peterson b D. Ess 4; G. Te^c^ni^hi. c Fernandez b Leicester 24; R. Morrow c Cordeiro b D. Ess 32; P. D'Almeida run cut 3; I. Eber run out 5; G. Westerhout b D. Ess
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    79 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT J London, April 7, 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £116 5|16. Forward £117 13!16d. The market is weak. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices
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    HOME RUBBER STOCKS
    34 11 Increase of 1,628 Tons [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 7. London rubber stocks stand at 84,339 tons and Liverpool stocks at 49,502, increases of 447 and 1,181 tons respectively.
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    THE REAL TYRANT IN INDIA
    77 12 COMMUNAL HATRED Mr. Gandhi Appeals to Moslems I Reuters Service 1 New Delhi. Apr. 7. AftCl Dm Viceroy's conversations with the Moslem lenders Mr. Oandhi appealed to ihe laftei to draw up a full statement of the Minority safonuaids they require. It is likely that
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    AFGHAN AFFAIRS
    72 12 Amanullah Writes to the Press New Delhi. April 7. II MM that ex-Kirg Amanullah of Afghanis! .in was the cause of the Viceroy's ordinance a Inch was primarily intended to consolidate rhe friendly relations with Nadir Shah of Afghanistan. Amanullah sent a letter from Italy whuh vas published
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    INDIAN SETTLEMENT
    1015 12 Mr. Vallabhai Patel's Address Pto Congress Karachi. Mar. 28. Vallabhai Paul, m his Presidential ad--10 the 45th MMfton of the Indian National Congrtss began with condolences to memb-rs of the families of Pandit Motilal Nehru. Maulana Mahomed Ah and others who had di.d during the p.,st y^ar. "The
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    STORY OF EPIC FLIGHT RETOLD
    907 12 MISS AMY JOHNSON I From Kangkok Down to j Singapore Miss Amy Johnson. C.B.E 8.A., Hon. F.S.E.. I M.W.E.S.. the heroine of the remarkable flight J from London to Australia last May. is writing I a detailed account of her flight m The WomaiW J
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    ARTIST AND AUTHOR
    80 12 Death of Mr. W. L. Wyllie IReuter's Service] London, Apr. 6. The death is announced of Mr. William Lionel Wyllie, R.A. I Mr. Wyllit w?.s born m London m July 1851. In 1889 he became an A.R.A. and R.A. m 1907. He was awarded the Turner medal
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    BURMA PADDY PRICE CONTROL
    956 12 GOVERNMENT STATEMENT Why Action is Not Possible A Rangoon official communique states: At its recent Session the Burma Legislative Council passed a resolution recommending to Government to control the price of paddy at Rs. 180 per 100 baskets. The Local Government has not found itself able
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    14,000 ANGLO-INDIANS UNEMPLOYED
    399 12 PROTECTION WANTED Failure to Realise Changes m India Bombay, Mar. 20. "Over 14,000 Anglo-Indians, or one-third of the employable male population, are unemployed to-day. The total is daily increasing, and unless early adequate protection is given to the community the next 20 years will assuredly see its
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    SHOT RIKISHA COOLIE
    208 12 Charge Against Australian Tourist Madras. Mar. 30. The police have filed a charge sheet before the Presidency Magistrate to-day against Captain Harry Darby, an Australian, under section 304. I. PC. (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), m connection with the shooting tragedy at Egmore on March 26.
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    COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS
    182 12 Mercantile Institute Successes The following candidates of the Mercantile Institute were successful at the Institute ol Commeice. Birmingham, Examination: English:— Koh Hon Ying. Ho Siew Mm Chong Kwong Chin. Chua Loo Chuan. Tarn Kok Choy. Tan Toon Doon. Peh Teng Siew Lee Chye Koon, K. Panjanathan. G. B.
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    99 12 Dr. Hcdgkin, th:? new entomologist at the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, has taken up his duties. M.M. At the annual general meeting of th? Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association at Nibong Tebal, Province Wellesley. the Chairman, Mr. J. W. Kennedy, referring to the heavy efflux of Indian labour from
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    EUROPEAN'S MISSING REVOLVER
    276 12 SIX MONTHS SENTENCE In Possession of Police Chief's Assailant P. A. J. Hackerdon, of Ekbalpore, has beer sentenced by Mr. W. Islam, Police Magistrate of Alipore, Calcutta, to six months' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of possesrion of a revolver without a licence. The prosecution case was
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    SIMPSON MURDER
    57 12 Death Sentence on Dinesh Gupta Confirmed Calcutta, Mar. 27. A special Bench of the Calcutta High Court has confirmed the death sentences passed upon Dinesh Chandra Gupta and Ramkrishna Biswas, who were charged respectively with the murder of Lieut. -Co). N. S. Simpson m Writers Buildings an:! of
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    PENANG'S AERODROME
    370 12 Will Site Scheme Eventuate Whcthi-r Government is really making any headway with the proposed Aerodrome site at Bayan Lepas is a question f rw ly asked around town, especially m view of the news that the, Dutch Air Mail Service is definitely interested' m calling at Pcnang. says
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    LADY WYNDHAM
    138 12 Death of Famous Actress I Reuter's Service London. Apr. 6. Lady Wyndham. formerly Miss Mary Moore the actress, is dead. Lady Wyndham was president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund. She married first the VaTe Jame* > Albery, dramatist, and m i 916 she ma ,ned Sir Charles Wyndham
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    42 12 On fee departure on leave of Mr. L E Slowe *'ho was the nominee of the Straits sitT ments.Penang, Association on th MuS Commission, the Association was asked to no minate a successor. Members were asked for th approval of K. Gov
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    THE POLICY OF FIANNA FAIL
    945 12 FARMERS MEET Prospects for the Next Election I From Our Own Correspond* n Dublin, Matrh 11. At a big meeting of farmers and other oIMMI m Athlone last Sunday, Mr. James Geogheßan. K.C., T.D.. said that there was a clear exposure of the loss of
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    NEW CARS FOR THE KING
    89 12 Fleet of Five on Order London, Apr. 1. The Daily Express understands that five new motor cars are being delivered to the King and Queen m April. It is also understood that th«> two limousines which thry are now using WtU be sent to India
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      250,000 PRIZE FIGHTS
      532 13 M.C. Who H^Never Been Hit m His Life There are people who declare In pained accents that they have had quite enough when they have witnessed one prize-fight, but I was visited by a man who, according to his own computation, has seen 250,000! writes Trevor Wignall
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      AMATEUR RACQUETS
      249 13 Lord Aberdare's Success London, Mar. 25. Simpson, the Amateur Championship winner of 1926 and 1928. entered the quarter-finals of the championship to-day, beating Nigel Haig. 12—15. 15 9. 15—1, 15—9. Lord Aberdare. the holder m 1922, beat K. Wagg. 15—8. 15—5. 17—14. and Akers Douglas beat E. Evans.
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      INTERNATIONALS
      117 13 Football League and Release of Players Representatives of the First and Second Division clubs of the Football League decided at a meeting at Manchester last month that, except as regards the match between England and Scotland, all international matches m which the services of a player registered with the
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      OLYMPIC GAMES
      19 13 Sir Harold Bowden has been elected Chairjnan of the British Olympic Association m succession to Lord Rochdale.
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      THE KICK-OFF ADVANTAGE
      590 13 Strategy for Soccer Forwards The side that kicks off is presented with the ball half-way to the opponents* goal, and no opponent within ten yards of it. This is a great advantage and should be used to set up a strong j attack. An early goal is
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      CRICKET TEST SELECTORS
      274 13 Election Deferred till April The Cricket Board of Control, at their meeting at Lords m mail week, deferred the question of the appointment of the selection committee for the Test match with New Zealand during the coming season until the next meeting of the board on April
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      BALDOCK AND BROWN TO MEET
      156 13 Panama Negro to Visit London Mr. Lionel Bettinson. mr.nag?; 1 of the Nu- 1 tional Sporting Club, stated he had definite- 1 ly matched Teddy Baldock with Al Brown, the I coloured boxer from Panama. "The venue and I date have not yet been settled,"
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      452 14 P. fir* 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 GOVERNmfvt LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnafe. S in*,T 1931. RAJPUTANA 16,644 jT** t
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      801 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA.] (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freights, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Managers 's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang). of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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      587 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOR 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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      562 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc. (Incorporated In UJ3.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). D <* BaUa Do* New Tt|| M.S. SILVERPALM In Part Apr. 13 4 ay n M.S. SILVERTEAK Apr. 28 May 4 June 7 For rates and
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      152 16 Notice is given of an intended light, on or about April 8 without further notice on the new white concrete pile beacon situated dose southward of Tanjong Berlayer sigmal station, Keppel Harbour. Western enrance at a distance of 50 feet 015 deg. from No. 8 beacon. Lat. 1 deg. 16
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      GUARDIANS OF THE THAMES
      187 17 Conservancy Changes Since 1857 r in the history of the adI the Rtver Thames was closed the Thames Conservancy Board 7. has, to one ihape of another i erved the ■mentttefl and main-! ol Hncr. underwent its morphosis. In some measure it Importance to replace that
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      NAVAL LIMITATION
      150 17 !>ir John Thornycroft on One of its Effects .John Thornycroft. managing director of J. I. Thornycroft and Co.. Ltd.. in u before members of the Royal United Institution, S.W.. referred io naval timr when disarmament is so mucri d by those who regard it as likely to war.
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      PORT HEALTH
      191 17 towing was th<,' Health Bulletin of the Nations, Eastern Bureau, for the led Morch 28th. I'-u 1 id: 3 ptefflM cases and 1 death. I*i.mh.i> I plagUC case and 1 death: 4 and 2 deaths. 1 itta: 129 cholera cases and 69 death> 102 ras<-s and C8 deaths
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      DERELICT MYSTERY SEAGOING BEAUTIES
      641 17 DERELICT MYSTERY SEAGOING BEAUTIES lid sscl was sighted off Shetland by •I'-r Aron-.i. which arrived at Aberdeen. Moving and a heavy sea running ae. per of the Arona circled round the HU times m an unsuccessful effort It Hi almost completely under :i: unable to discover whether tCMB or a
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      ARGENTINE NAVIGATION
      225 17 The shareholders of the Argentine Navigation Company have now been informed of the results of the sale of their assets to a new Argentine Company for cash, as outlined m the circular of lart October. It Ls proposed to put the Company into liquidation, with Sir Wm. McLintook
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      SAFETY AT SEA
      168 17 In the House of Commons Mr. W. R. Smith, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Norwich), informed f^ar-Adn\iral Beamish Lewes. U.) that the international conventions affecting shipping awaiting ratification by Britain were those relating to safety of life at sea, load lines, limitation of shipowners' liability,
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      WARSHIP MOVEMENTS
      32 17 H. M. S. Iroquois (Captain A. L. Jackson, r.N.i and H. M. S. Herald (Lieutenant Commander N. A. C. Hardy. R.N.) arrive Singapore April 10th and sail on April 14th.
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    FRENCH SEAMAN KILLED
    376 17 FALL IN A LIFT Fatal Accident on Felix Roussel A sad accident marred the maiden voyage lo the Far East of the new MM. steamer, Felix Roussel, while she was lying alongside the wharf on March 21 last. Pelerin Baldini, baggage master on board the ship, was
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    RIM ROW COURTESY
    255 17 Liquor Ship's Free Trip to Port New York. The courtesy of the sea brought a truce to the warfare between the coastguard and rum runners and permitted the rum boat Shamalian to bring her valuable liquor cargo into New York harbour and sail again for Rum Row
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    80 17 Berlin. The Nazi* and Nationalists have been telling their supporters that their absence from the Reichstag would make it impossible for the Government to get the credits for the Reichswehr Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture through the Reichstag. The Budget Committee, however, passed the naval budget,
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    BLUE FUNNEL LINERS
    115 17 The Blue Funnel Line announce that, beginning with the sailing of their steamer Sarpedon from Liverpool on August 15 and due at Colombo on September 5, they have arranged that all their outward passenger vessels shall m future call at Colombo. This arrangement will, it is stated,
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    125 17 The landlubber does not realise, states contemporary, how rapidly sailing ships are disappearing from the seas, though every now and then there are newspaper notes of regret at the passing of this or that stout old sailing vessel. In the South Seas, if anywhere, sail would surely hold its own,
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    GREAT BRITAINS 487 MILLIONAIRES
    400 18 KEVENUE FIGURES £57,062,037 Paid in Super-Tax There are 487 millionaires in Great Britalr and Northern Ireland, according to the report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for ch< year ended March 31. 1930. This was twenty-four fewer than the yeai The Blue-book of the Inland Revenue
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    FREE RIDES IN ARMY CAR
    180 18 And a Claim Against a Persian Prince The UM of motor transport for non-military purposes is commented upon by the Comptroller and Auditor-General m his report, on the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended March 31. 1930. "Army motor transport." he writes, "may be
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    PROMISED NOT TO GAMBLE
    167 18 But They Did— and They Won £6,250 Berlin. Two married men who had promised their wives never to gambl? on lotteries have just been announced as winning a quarter share worth £6,250. m the Prussian State lottery. German law prohibits the publication of the names of
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    CRICKETERS AND DRINK
    116 18 "Would Bradman Want the Extra Hour" "Is this part of the training for the cricket season?" asked Mr. Ernest L. Lane, chairman of the Bournemouth magistrates, when the secretary of a local cricket club appeared to sup. port an application lor the extension cf the licence for
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    EMPIRE MINERALS
    1061 19 Survey by the Imperial Institute survey of the mineral position of Empire, together with a most Incomparlson of output, as compared thai of the world, has been prepared by Mineral Resouru Department of the ImI: titut and published by H.M. Sta- <>:: Tlie publication is valuable, th Information
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    HOW TO REVIVE TRADE
    518 19 Industrial Leaders' Policy Hie I< J.iation of British Industries has is•Uecj a pamphlet, setting lorth the reforms which it holds to be necessary for the revival of British industry. These art- summarised under two headings: (1). The establishment of a fiscal system which will combine the
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    155 19 The report of Gopeng Consolidated slates that the profit for the year ended September 1 30. after writing off £10.000 for depreciation, 'was £50.815 (against £89.840 for 1928-29). to which must be added £35.705 brought forward. Quarterly dividends totalling 13 per cent. (against 15 per cent, and a
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    58 19 April Ith.. 11 ocJotk noon I Tone of Market: Dulk. Latest Cable: London Holiday. New York Spot Sheet G.cts. 6 per lb. Bayeee Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 10 10 Standard R.S.S on Tender April 10 10"-, May 10 11 June 11 ip,
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    46 19 Ledbury and Hukit Ijok Results I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT/ London. April 7. Ledbury report lor 1930 discloses I net prune ol £2.660. and E1 2.001 is betaf carried forward. Bukit Ijok made loag of £647. but m carrying forward a credit of £3.199
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    WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES
    1430 20 Malayan Golf Championship. An Interesting Meeting. Making Conditions More Strenuous. SeLingor's Great Cricket Victory. Mr. Holden Webb's Retirement. IT seems to be generally conceded that this year's Malayan Golf Championship meeting at Bukit Timah was about the most interesting that has been lie Id m the history
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    ENGLAND'S WORST RUGBY SEASON
    495 20 WOODEN SPOONISTS Defeat by France Puts Them at Bottom IReuter's Service] Paris, April 6. In fine weather and under perfect conditions France beat England m the international Rugby tournament before 25.000 spectators by 14 points to 13. Prance's victory was well deserved. England had the upper
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    CEYLONESE
    796 20 NINE GOALS Club Make Most of Their Opportunities SC -C 9; ICJFJL. 2. Making the most of their opportunities the S.C.C. enjoyed an overwhelming win over the Indo-Ceylonese m the First Division of the League on the Padang yesterday, capturing nine of the ten goals scored, on a slippery
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    LAWN TENNIS
    109 20 Mr. E. D. Andrews to Play m Exhibition Matches Mr. E. D. Andrews, the former New Zealand lavn tennis champion, who has been playing m the Klang tournament during Easter, is returning to Singapore and will play m two exhibition matches next week at the Cricke' Club under
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    29 20 The April Medal Competition of the Singapore Golf Club will be played on Saturday and Sunday and the Ladies' Bogey Competition (April) on Monday, April 13th.
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    255 20 NEARLY SAFE Easter Monday League Football [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, April 6. There were several unexpected results, thougr typical of the end of the season, m the Leagut programme on Monday. Conditions wen showery and most grounds were on the heavj side. The visit
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    ARMY CUP FINAL
    35 20 Sherwoods Retain the Championship London, April 6. In tbe Army Cup final at Aldersho^ the Sherwood Foresters, the holders, retained their Ut!t by defeating Fourth Division Bfeiia]| oy MM goals to one.
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      206 20 i it 1 Hi s Have you Heard I I JEANNETTE MACDONALD I "MONTE CARLO" 3 sing I "BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON 99 I AND I "ALWAYS AND IN ALL WAYS 99 If so, you will require a record I of her songs which are only obtainable on I His
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      209 20 THE WEEKS HONOURS LIST Batting 137 C. K. Foster. Selangor vs S.C.C. 108 R. N. Hamilton, S.C.C. vs. Selangor. 98 Dr. H. O. Hopkins. S.C.C vs. Selangcr. 84 Lall Singh. Selangor vs. S.C.C. 68* Rye. R.A. vs. Indian Association. 63 R. G. Gibson. Malacca vs. S.C.C. XI. .61 Cassiechetty, Ceylon
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