The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 April 1931

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press SO. l'V>l9. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    558 1 The Soviet five-year plan was denounced at the meeting of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce as an attack on the commercial system of the rest of the world Page 11. After drawing £4,500 from the Treasury a Bangkok postal official entered a taxi and subsequently
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK
    1154 1 Quicquid agunt homines nottri est farrago Libelli Juvenal. Reading through his Straits Produce a labour of love with some emphasis this time upon the labour The Topicist was grieved to see that the Joker had left out thc best part of the story about the three
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      263 1 GOOD MORNING! \I{K YOl T DRINKING -CROSSED KRIS" TEA? GROWN IN MALAYA. RAFFLES HOTEL I I TO-NIGHT j [SPECIAL DINNER and Monday, 27th, Wednesday, 29th April, Friday, May Ist at 6.30 p.m I The Ke/vey Dancers Fashion ALL THE LATEST FASHIONS 1 Sfsaasssssa^aaaaaa^^ IADELPHI HOTELI Under Entirely New I I
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      263 1 PILOT "SUPER-WASP" I I RADIO RECEIVERS f V DEMONSTRATIONS NIGHTLY AT H. L. Carter Co 's New I I Tl f Showroom X 280 ORCHARD ROAD (NEAR GRANGE ROAD) i Open Nightly Vntil 8 p.m. for V Sales and Service T mmm\m\%mWßm\ s^^MsssssVc erg ummmmmmi^^lrnm^^^^^e^rrti&rM m\- X X -9M* SBEBB
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      86 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Municipal Tender notice Page 9. Theatre and cinema attractions Page 2. Sale of leasehold land and premises b\ Cheong Koon Seng— Page 9. Borneo Co. are agents for the Johnson Sea Horses outboard motors Page 5. Auction sale of freehold and leasehold properties by Ching Keng Lee Page
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      8 1 DRINK BIGIA TEA! CHEAP AND GOOD! MALAYAN GROWN
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    RADIO SAIGON
    54 2 The studio orchestra of Radio Baigon undei the direction of M. Andre-Soyer. will broadcast the following programme of music to-day: Overture Basque. Cl. Mistra; Fantasy on La Bell Helene. Offenbach (solo for violoncello by Mine. Simone Chefray); Scaramouche. Messages Chants Ru.sse. Lalo; Salambo. Reyer: Les Perses. X Leroux:
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    TO-MORROWS PROGRAMME
    38 2 BasUan et Basttsnno, Mozart; BsclHenne (for flute. Jean Chef nay > Gabriel Fame; Tarass Boulba. M. S Rousseau; Scenes Espagnoles Mulder; Caraltine-, Raff; Fantasy on La Bohssno, Puccini; Album Leaves; Ch Levade: La Procession nocturne. H Raband.
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      240 2 Everybody Agrees That the Best food m Town, The most attractively- presented dishes and S j The delightful Furnishing and Comforts are 3 Features of 1 1 {The CAPITOL! IRESTAURANTI that have made it j Singapore's j I Most Popular i j Rendezvous S l Have you visited our new
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      206 2 Victoria Theatre! I PROFESSOR I MARTENOT will give Two Extra Concerts on his return from Java J I June Ist and 2nd at 9.30 I bsbsssMbssMbsssSbssssSbVbsss^ |3|iifeailsV dsSSSsf U Ssß BSSsi I I SSsH SSI V BSS_J jfl SSI *a§^ V^/ff -We create— others imitate!" l t'ffF^l'g* < s J
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      265 2 LAST DAI TO-DAY U I 1 MATINEE at 3p.m I 1 EVENING 6.15 &> 9.15 I 1 Dazzling, Gorgeous I I ELISSA LAN/)/ I gj The Woman Inspired. m LC n fl| 1"B0DY& SOUL'J tfi with 9 1 CHARLES FARRELL I I TO-MORROW I 3 p. m. c.15 &> 9.15
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      235 2 THE WEEK Saturday 25th. HiKl> Water. 01.49. 8.1 ft.. 16.30. 6.0 ft. Cricket: SCC vs. Ceylon S.C. at SCC: S.CC v- RAF. at Raffles College: Oloucesten 2nd XI vs. s.c.c. S.C.R.C vs. SH.BJSC. at S.CR.C YMC.A. Sv/imminc Carnival Fort Canning Bath ttaU: Di\. I ICF.A vs. Piilau Brani at Jalan
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    CHOLERA THREAT
    173 3 Shanghai Opens Campaign of Propaganda Shanghai. April 11. An educational programme for the prevention of cholera m which the three Shanghai areas, the International Settlement, the French Con- cession and Greater Shanghai, will co-operate, was outlined yesterday afternoon at a cholera control conference. Dr. Peters, the advisor to
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    "SWEEP FEVER" IN ENGLAND
    190 3 Great Demand for Irish Hospitals Derby Tickets London. April 12. The sale ol tickets of sweepstakes m Britain is "unlawful." Hundreds of thousands of tickets of the Irish Fret States Hospitals Derby Sweep are being circulated m England. It is an open secret that special envoys
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    SHANGHAI BLAZE
    100 3 Men. Women and Children Leap into the Street Shanghai, April 13. Men, women and children leaped into the street below, and several children, including a two-year-old-child, were thrown into the street by their terrified parents when they were cut off by the flames of an early morning fire
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    HUPEH COMMUNISTS
    83 3 Belgian Priest Captured and Beaten Hankew, April 14. Communists have looted Patting, m Hupeh province, and captured a Belgian priest. Father Maryn Aeons who ls reported to have been tied up and beaten. Hankow. It is just learned that when body ot Communists on April 4 captured and
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      244 3 I Cconomy the spending of money to best f*^mw£&i advantage. Cerebos Salt is pure, \\y\- *J therefore less is used; pours freely ILI IIT 71 m the last grain avoiding all uslSg[li waste. Wise housewives choose En|^ri^ll it for true economy. f^a^Mfl L(erelsos) ISI gjyWM^lM *>PNr*4 but Us. fFLECTRiciTY] |V
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      196 3 I REFUSE DESTRUCTORS I X T dmmTMmimW WW WT I •t* I UUjML IJMSaSllssssssVSsSsSsSssslllM For— wGHF^” For:— L^^£^mmmYm+mm\uW J^mA Wf WAmmmT' mWmW tlßllvl 'Inssß j^^^^^^^^^^^H Institutions, or 4 feY C\i X s Estimates for Destructor Plants for all Conditions Z t t y APPLY ♦> I Sole Agents for MELDRUMS
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      578 3 CHURCH SERVICES ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 3RD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 7 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 10 a.m. Sunday School at St. Andrew's School. 5.30 pm. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. Holy Communion. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7
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    Allies Press Home Their Hard Won Advantage
    2715 4  - Allies Press Home Their Hard Won Advantage JOHN J. PERSHING PERSHING'S WAR HISTORY By GENERAL No Respite for Enemy: Closing Days of the War [Commander-in-Chief American Expeditionary Forces m the War. 1 OUR success had been so striking since the beginning of the November Ist. attack that I felt full
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      226 4 v THE MORRIS MINOR SIDE-VALVE TWO SEATER w w n MORRIS MINOR I LJ L SIDE-VALVE 1 JUL* PRICES Two Seater $1,050 D Tourer $1,150 < Saloon $1,250 £100 11 D X w s TAR /^a rJsS-T- M U F B 5c \aff^ssH^y?FPiWPil^^ i^^^sW^Sßg H r -™*^^ss» :i^e^ w TC
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    AROUND THE WORLD BY CAR
    437 5 AN 18,000 MILE TRIP Englishmen's 221 Day Journey On April 24. 1930. two young EngllSa-.men, Mr. C. E. Shipman and Mr. J. B. Dixon, left Coventry for a tour round the world m a nine-horse-power car. an 18.000-mile journey. The car was equipped with special
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    AUTOMATIC JACK
    165 5 Operated from Inside Car An automatic jack, which is operated from the drivers seat, made its appearance on ihe French market recently. It consists of two pairs of telescopic hydraulic jacks attached to the front and rear axles, and operated by n pump put into motion by means
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    THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
    229 5 An account of the average world tour by car or motor cycle makes somewhat dull reading by reason of the very monotony of the enterprise and tho comparative lack of adventure day by day. From time to time, however. en*husiasts start off on a venture which
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    MUD-SPLASHER FINED
    77 5 Unique Action m a Berlin Court Pedestrians who received a mud bath when a chauffeur drove his truck through a puddle of water next to the kerbstone m a Berlin stvsst filed a complaint, and the chauffeur was summoned to rourt. The evidence showed that he had plenty
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    46 5 Mr. D. S. S. Douglas, manager of the Singapore branch of the National City Bank of New York, arrived on a visit to Bangkok by the south express yesterday, (says the Bangkok Times of April 17) Mr. Douglas is proceeding on home furlough via Hong Kong.
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      216 5 ITS HERE IThe Car You I «^fc> BSVSSSSSSI V Have Been Waiting For. THE NEW 1 AUSTIN) I TWELVE-SIX I 1 SALOON PRICE I $2350 t Arrange a Demonstration Run f I BORNEO~ {MOTORS Ltd. I ••W I «1 II I —————SSI 1 ll mMMMMM^^^^^^^^—, X V mmmmmmm g%> ART
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      338 5 Saving Time for You also g I I I— Vmi*mJ*\. "^SSsWssssssssss^SSSSsVl- _^A_ W^^S— JSM~ ■>>■ "V^ —^rVa»i»—^^-_i j\^r^^^ 33Gs J M»^tts^Bt^sslMßMßsWtafa T^^^— <s*^^— m^ m mmWm^ m __m^^ m "isss^issssssssss^^^^ i »»^T A rowing-boat should not exist any more m this ace T^MHL of mechanism. Better make a motor boat
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    Attractive Films Booked for Local Cinemas
    1423 6 FILM NOTES By Our Film Correspondent The Paramount picture Grumpy, m which the world lamou.s international star SIM England* greatest character actor. Cyril Maude is tl aired, despite the fact that it ISM not yet been released m England, runs only for a fe«
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    ANIMAL STARS
    1121 6 Hollywood Boasts World's Most Unique Menagerie (Exclusive 0 to the Free Press by Robert S. White) IJOLLYWOOD'S vast army of animal actors, without whom no comedy was complete **m silent days, again come into their own. Temporarily unemployed during the earlier stages of the talking picture, they have
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    TELL ENGLAND
    349 6 Anthony AsquitfTs Film H.R.H. The Duchess of York was present at the Regal Cinema. Marble Arch, at a special matinee appeal performance on behalf of the Heritage Craft School for crippled children at Chailey^ Essex. During the afternoon a solid golden apple (the symbol of the institution) was
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    Triumph for Sporting Methods
    855 6  - Triumph for Sporting Methods IVAN SHARPE (By The Albion's AM English Xl Encouraging the Local Players •▼■HE presence of the West Bromwich Albion club m the F.A. Cup Final s such a! triumph for sporting methods m management j that I must tell you something about the club's procedi re.
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    MISS GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
    142 6 Report that Her Illness is Due to Slimming New York. "Private Lives," the Noel Coward play m which Miss Gertrude Lawrence and the author have been appearing, has been suspended for two weeks owing to the illness of MLss Lawrence. Mr. Walter Winchell. one of the best-known
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    19 6 Witness m an accident case at Shoreditch: It is difficult to keep cool with a bicycle on your chest.
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    A FILM ACTOR'S FAILURE
    108 6 Syd Chaplin's ix.imMuti" 1 Adjourned A sitting of the Bsnki pointed to be held m BU Registrar Warming on i nation of Sydney Chap] actor, of Oddenino's Hotel. W I order was made on Nov. nibpetition of creditors, and W cation m bankruptcy was ma Mr.
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    18 6 Rochford man: Never ItOSl ..I civilisation until to-day. BSi ed to pay rates on I on wheels. i
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    LATEST LONDON NEWS
    2200 7 AVIATION ACCIDENT Chinese Flyer's Escape from Death vYom Our Own Correxoondent l London, March 25. By last mail I sent the details of the unfortunate accident to Mr. Albert Wang while flying at the Brooklands Aviation School. Young Mr. Wang is a son of Dr. Wang of
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    AN ENLIGHTENED DEMOCRACY
    66 7 Here is an echo oi St. George's. An old woman v. a Iked into the polling booth and asked 'he Returning Officer where she ought to put her mark m order to vote for Gandhi. The 'SlAcei was completely flummoxed. •Yes." she explained, 'I want' to vote
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    REDS IN SHANGHAI
    263 7 Stirring: Up Strife Among Annamites <\ sequel to the recent attempt of Shanghai Communists to gain ccnverts among the Arinamite soldiers there by distribution of Communist pamphlets was heard m the French Mixed Court, when the 15 suspected Commmunists arr< ;rd by the French Police were Bsntsnesd
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    MARRIAGE LAW OFFENCE
    194 7 Foreigner Sentenced at Shanghai In a recent decision the Nanking Supreme Court has affirmed I ju:>*\:ieni of the Shanghai Special District Ccurt sentencing, for the first time, a foreigner without extraterritorial rights to three months' imprisonment for adultery and alienat:on of affections. The foreigner, Mr. Athewo Mavromati,
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      197 7 Sore Throat 1". We are never without FORMAMINT —a little common-sense protection is all that matters." Mrs. R.J. —W. Formamint mt* L^m^mmV WwTw\ A Wim\ I ia I *Ssa the dUeame germ* m Lf 11% I^l IsSm |y| I Mi mouC/l und throat. W\J u\\ I 1% I Oft* i'smSls
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      154 7 r/i*fl»:VAia, illr^^ Quality— flp iL Excellent! f>JilP* -tBKK 9m\\oo\\\ mmm >% fIBK Your throat f i says so I f PURE TOBACCO Natural CORK-TIP Finest imported matured Vir- «3^ Guaranteed natural cork of |"W "lC\ pnia tobacco guaranteed pure the finest possible texture and i '*V^V J7 fll and absolutely
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    REMARKABLE LAW SUIT ENDS
    1568 8 INSANE DELUSION Verdict for Lady Rosamond Christie i Judgment was given m favour of Lady Rosamond Christie last month m the Christie will dispute one cf the most remarkable lawsuits that has come before the courts for many years. The dispute was over the £300.000 estate
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    CROCODILIANS AT THE ZOO
    149 8 Trouble m the Kept.lt' House There is trouble with the Cra Reptile House at the Zoo. due to the conditions of temperature, vends supplied for them by the electrical ll (says The Times>. They rapid.! accommodation provided l« lively .and aggressive C alligator who Ls the
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      275 8 Sfew Sufferers _KE ggTsE _B_ jm^** _P^_T _C^ J J T_f^Tl-f I /3p£s I D.D.D. Prescription is an infallible rem- H p****! IS •dy for Bad Leg, Eczema, Psoriasis, |])nn| X Salt Rheum, Prickly Heat, Ringworm, I afefefl Phobias Itch, or other skin trouble. jmui Salves cannot do the work
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      409 9 BUSINESS CARDS. FUNERALS. nfNGAPORE CASKET CO. Net. I*l. Penhas Road. Lavender Street Phone M7t. Experienced help masseuse. p R OM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. i«2 Middle Road, Colonial Garage. Phone 3729. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Jlf hf*t Clans Work Lowest Rates t \ll)l WV BUILDING— 'Phone 7898.
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      654 9 TENDERSsfNGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or 2TS K?f that partlcula of such tenders Sfflcia 3 thC TCndCr R m Mu n^ipal Supply of two steam Boilers. SSSSi chimney t and auxiliary plant for Kallang Gas Works. I 29th
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      484 9 NOTICES. The Singapore Marine Insurance Association. The Fire Insurance Association of Malaya. Motor Insurance Association of Malaya. The Offices of Members of the above Associations will be closed for transaction of business on Tuesday. April 28th. 1931. being Public Holiday. By Order of the Committees, GATTEY AND BATEMAN, Secretaries. RADIO
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      509 9 AUCTION SALES. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 231 of 1928 BETWF ll Hadji Sanisudin Daing Matara Plaintiff AND 1. Hadji Abdul Kareem. 2. Mohamed Tahir bin Hadji Lahahdah. 3. Fatimah binte Hadji Lahalidah, 4. Andi Kechong, 5. Abdullah bin Hadji Mohamed Said
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      1024 9 Please Cut This Out For Future Reference. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. MT. EMILY SWIMMING POOL. AMENDED TIME-TABLE. It is notified that the above Pool will m future be available for use of the Public m accordance with the amended Time-Table annexed, showing also revised charges for admlssion BY ORDER. Time 9to 10.30
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931. A LONGER SLUMP WANTED
    836 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931. A LONGER SLUMP WANTED Reports and rumours regarding the campaign of retrenchment which is to take place m the Federated Malay States are assuming curious, and m some cases very unlikely, forms, but it seems to be generally admitted that a twentyfive per
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    238 10 The Ladies* Union. Singapore, has been exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance. Mr. K. MacLennan, Superintendent, Posts and Telegraphs. S.S. has been seconded for service m Johore. On the Board of Visiting Justices Mr. W. J. Wilcoxson (resigned) is succeeded as Chairman by Mr. H. W. Raper. St. Andrew's
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    CHINESE TRADE IN JAVA
    374 10 NATIVE BOYCOTT Curious Situation at Pekalongan [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Batavia, April 21. Pekalongan, a very quiet little town on the North Coast of Java, has been disquieted for some time by economic antagonism between the Chineae shopkeepers and natives. The Chinese shops, which were closed
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    434 10 MUSIC FROM THE ETHER To the Editor. Sir.— "Music from the Ether", a phrase evolved some years ago when Professor Martenot's experiments were m their infancy, does not do justice to his polished virtuosity upon the instrument demonstrated m the Memorial Hall last evening. It smacks
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    150 10 Nominations by the Malayan Branch of the British Medical Association as members of the Medical Council of the Straits Settlements and F.M.S. are as follows: Dr. E. A. Elder and Dr. M. J. Rattray for the Colony, and Dr. W. T. Quaife and Dr. Waugh Scott for the F.M.S. The
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    SINGAPORE ENGLISHMAN FOREGATHER
    518 10 ST. GEORGE'S DAY Celebration Dinner at Raffles Hotel There were about 200 guests pre YV annual dinner of the Royal George. Singapore Branch, at th EUflfet 1 last night. The room had beei corated m the St. George eoftoui white and behind the head tabic i_j St.
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    MALAYA'S LABOUR
    79 10 Efflux to China and India Continues Statistics published m the G Gazette last night show ti. Chinese labourer from Mcl Penang and Port Bwittentl a considerable scale dunm 7.391 arrivals of Chinese labours there were 18.703 depart-..: difference of 11.312. For th. year arrivals une 48.266 14.855. an
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    MAY CAUSE LIST
    67 10 Some of the Cases to n« B>a Next Month Mr. Justice Sproule and Mr Terrell have fixed the f oH heard m May. May s— Cycle and Car: Motor Union Insurance Co 1 Singapore Harbour Board May-7-T. C. Thompson May 22-B. P. de Silva May 27— X.
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    LAW NOTICES
    19 10 Saturday April 25th a. "I Before the \otin X Cwlef a.m.:— Ng Hee vs C N KmmW
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    24 10 Notices m the Govortim nt G« to land required for pubifc districts at Bermnfeon (te polies Examination Station end Claymore < for the DUrpoee quarters).
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      89 10 1 ASPARAGUS 9 IN SOUTH AMERICA after a stone had fallen on a man's head, he showed signs of great mental ability. The accident must have broadened his mind. "G AFL A C" Accident Policies protect the body and give peace of mind. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD
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  • THF SOVIET FIVE YEAR PLAN
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      BRITISH ALARM
      142 11 Cfctsiberi of Commerce and Silver Slump Reuter's Service London, April 24. >j tfefj of the depreciation of silver and i ilect of the depreciation on Eastern m* meetitH of the Association of British flte-ebera of Commerce m London adopted a requesting Government to use its secure an international
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      GOLD STOCKS AND CAPITAL
      87 11 Common Pool for World's Ei Reuter's Service 1 New York. April 24. th.it stocks of gold and capita] must common pool to be drawn Of thc Whole world»is. accordYork Times, one of the points rotague Norman has been ndvocatoenl visit to the United States. the United
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      RISSIAN GOLD FOR BERLIN
      34 11 Urge Consignment Passes Through Riga Reuter's Service Rijra. April 24. b C nr.iqnment of Soviet gold for payment for orders, passed through night from Moscow. It is valued at o
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    INDISCREET OFFICERS
    82 11 Koenijrsberg Incident Settled [Reuter's Service] Berlin. April 24. DCfa officers who were arrested last week i have been allowed to hurriedly via Poland. b Ambassador m Berlin has apolor the behaviour of the officers and the ifn Office is not taking the incilho were m mufti, included the
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    THE KING'S FORETHOUGHT
    62 11 Postponefleeat of Birthday Ceremonial ih Pvadio Official Service] Rugby. April 24. has expressed a desire that the the Colour military pageant, which annually on the Horse Guards ration of his birthday, shall this three days later, on June 6th. has postponed the ceremony so that l may
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    BRITISH WOMAN'S FEAT
    51 11 93 Miles an Hour for 24 Hours British Radio Official Service] Rugby, April 24. ia Stewart, the woman racing Md Mr. Dudley Froy. at Montlhery >ve a British Bentley car for 24 lit and day. at an average speed of s en hour. They established half a
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    LONDON-PARIS IN AN HOUR
    42 11 < apt. Hawks* Fast n Radio— Official Service] Rugby, April 23. Prank Hawks, who yesterday at- from London to Rome and back »nd who was forced down south of return flight to-day. reached Hes■ome having flown from Le Bourget
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    19 11 Kok Fee, Chief Clerk. P. W. D.. present on leave prior to retire- *8 years m the Government Ser-
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  • THE CITY OF CAIRO CRASH
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      DUTCH OPINION
      84 11 Could the Accident have been Avoided [From Our Own Correspondent] iSSttrcacSSst Australia is seriously regretted W ihe D^t Th'e a g" y 5*7 hTve^!? Pinl n ">** the pilots could kl£ d enOUgh P**™ l «t their last station n£Tw th Crash -**-bang-to reach CTg W Bn adVGrSe
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      THE OUTWARD MAIL
      43 11 Kingsford Smith Arrives at Kupang I Reuter's Service] Por t Darwin, April 24. Air Commodore Kingsford Smith took off today for Kupang to pick up the City of Cairo air mails. Kupang, April 24. A.i Commodore Kingsford Smith has arrived.
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      HOMEWARD MAILS
      49 11 Plane Leaves Sydney for Darwin [Reuters Service} Sydney, April 24. The plane, the Southern Sun, with 467 lbs. of mail for the Australia-England air mail, hopped off at eight o'clock this morning for Brisbane, whence the Queensland air mail service will take the mail to Port Darwin.
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    ARCTIC AIR ROUTE
    112 11 Anxiety for Missing British Explorer [British Radio Official Service 1 Rugby, April 24. Some anxiety is felt for the safety of Mr. Augustine Courtauld. a member of the British Arctic air route expedition who volunteered to remain alone during the winter and make meteorological observations m a
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    IRAQ AIR FORCE
    78 11 English-Trained Squadron at Baghdad [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, April 24. The five Gipsy Moths piloted by Iraq airmen trained by Royal Air Force instructors safely reached Baghdad yesterday after a successful flight from England. The planes constitute the first squadron of the Royal Iraq Air Force
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    BOSTON ALARMED
    73 11 Plots Against Japanese Visitors [Reuter's Service] Boston, April 24. The police guard at the hotel where Prince And Princess Takamatsu arc staying was doubled last night following a report that two men were overheard planning an assassination there. Prince and Princess Takamatsu arrived In New York from England
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    BRIGHTON'S AIR PORT
    34 11 Municipal Scheme Sanctioned I British Radio Official Service] Rugby. April 24. Brighton Corporation have sanctioned a scheme for a joint municipal air port for Brighton. Hove and Worthing, to cost £50,000.
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    PALESTINE DEVELOPMENT
    66 11 Scheme Under Discussion with Arabs and Jews [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, April 23. The Colonial Office announces that the discussion on a development scheme for Palestine started yesterday m London and at Jerusalem. The discussions m London are being conducted with the Jewish Agency by an InterDepartmental
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    48 11 Mr. A. M. Dryburgh. Secretary to the Resident. Negri Sembilan, goes home on leave by the Rajputana on May 2. He will be succeeded towards the end of May by Mr. H. P. Bryson, who. prior to leave was m Trengganu as Assistant Adviser, says the Malay Mail.
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    MISSING SIAMESE POSTAL OFFICIAL
    64 11 BANGKOK MYSTERY Disappearance After Drawing £4,500 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bancfcok. April 24. A postal official this afternoon went to the Treasury to collect currency notes to the value of over £4.500. Having obtained delivery, he took a taxi and has since disappeared. The taxi driveT
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    FOLLOWING UP HIS TOUR
    141 11 Prince to Visit Manchester and Birmingham L British Radio Official Service] Rugby. Apiil 24. The Prince of Wales and Prince George will arrive m England on Tuesday, after their highly successful South American tour. They are travelling from Bordeaux by air, via Paris, where they will
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    MR. SNOWDEN IN LONDON
    136 11 Medical Precautions for Budget Speech l Reuter's Service J London, April 24. Returning to London by motor from his country house m Surrey, after a long illness, Mr. Snowden played hide-and-seek around Downing Street to avoid the waiting crowd of photographers and others, and he succeeded
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    EUROPEAN CUSTOMS
    92 11 Suggestion for Wider Bond [Reuter's Service 1 Prague, April 24. An ambitious "all European" scheme whereby the proposed Austro-German customs union might be replaced by a vast international agreement on agricultural and industrial questions was outlined by M. Benes. C2echo-Slovak Foreign Minister, m a speech to the Foreign
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    BIRD CAUSES AIR CRASH
    76 11 Collision With Propeller m Mid-Air [FREE PRESS SERVICE: COPYRIGHT 1 London, April 24. A remarkable accident occurred near Southwark Park to-day involving the destruction of an aeroplane. While a single-seater aeroplane was being flown at 100 miles an hour at a height of 5,000 feet the
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    DUTCH OFFICIALS' SALARIES
    100 11 Objection to Proposed Cuts [From Our Own Correspondent] Batavia, April 21. The Government has decided to reduce officials' salaries by 5 per cent, on July Ist. and another 5 per cent on January Ist next. This measure has been taken without consulting the People's Council which has
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    114 11 His Holiness Hazrath Maulanan A 11am ah Haji Haflz Quf.ri Shah Muhammed Abdul Aleem Saheb Siddiqui Alquadri Chishty Naqshbadl Idrisi Shazli Shaharwardi etc. etc. the distinguished Muslim Qualified Theologian, delivered a series of lectures m various mosques, before large gatherings of prominent Muslims of the colony. Joo Chiat Road Mosque
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      ARTILLERY SUPPORT
      83 11 Pretender's Manifesto to Monarchists [Reuter's Service] Valencia, April 24. The Civil Governor ls reported to have discovered a Royalist plot m which members of the Artillery are involved. The arrests include the young son of an Artillery officer who ordered 5.000 Monarchist cockades from a military clothing factory,
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      DON JAIME'S MANIFESTO
      141 11 Ready to Die m Fight Against Communism Paris. April 24. A Legitimist bomb has been thrown at the new Spanish regime by the Spanish Pretender. Don Jaime of Bourbon, son of the famous Don Carlos, who himself led his supporters m thCarlist war of 1872-6. Don Jaime
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      ELECTIONS FIXED
      44 11 Cabinet Enlarges the Electorate T Reuter's Service] Madrid, April 24. The Cabinet has decided that the elections to the Constituent Assembly will be held m June probably on June 21 or June 25. The voting age is reduced from 25 to 23.
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      JAPAN RECOGNISES NEW REGIME
      21 11 [Reuter's Far Eastern Servicel Tokyo, April 24. The Cabinet has decided to recognise the new Spanish Government.
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    KAYE DON'S PLANS
    111 11 Attack on Land Speed Record (British Radio Official Service j Rugby, April 24. Kaye Don, who returned to London yesterday, is for the time being intent on raising his present world's water speed record of 103.49 miles an hour and m the motor-boat Miss England II will
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    90 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, April 24. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £110 15 16 (£lll9 16). Forward £112 5 16 (£ll2 13 16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify
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    THE EARL OF ATHLONE
    45 11 Official Visit to Turkish President [British Radio Official Service! Rugby, April 23. Messages from Constantinople state that the Earl of Athlone, the late Governor-General of South Africa, has arrived at Angora and will to-morrow pay an official visit to the President.
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    GUARDSHIP FOR MADEIRA
    37 11 [Reuter's Service] Lisbon, April 24. Four trawlers, converted into guard ships, have left for Madeira to participate m operations against the rebels. Two destroyers and an auxiliary cruiser are leaving for Madeira at mid-day.
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    92 11 St. George being the patron saint of all British Boy Scouts the day set aside for commemoration was duly celebrated by the Local Association. Approximately 500 Wolf Cubs. Boy Scouts, Old Wolves and Scouters led by Mr. W. S. Hogg, the District Commissioner, reaffirmed the promise taken by them upon
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    PROTECTING THE CHILDREN
    1176 12 THE WELFARE SOCIETY Fight Against Heavy Infantile Mortality FURTHER FUNDS NEEDED The importance of brine me up the children Ol th:- poorer •classes of Singapore's population. m healthy surroundings m order to combat Urn h nvy infantile mortality, was emphasized by Mr J. G. Campbell, who presided
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    WOMEN MISSIONARIES RELEASED
    129 12 CHINA'S MODERN BANDITS Want to Set up Department Store I Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Pa king, April 24. The bandits holding Nelson are evidently of the most modern typ? f:r m addition to a Money ransom they are demanding gramophone records, tennis racquets and balls, basket balls,
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    A LONDONER AGAIN !
    602 12 A LONDONER AGAIN An Englishman from the Far East IBy British Air Mail! London. April 4. Many thousands of us arp coming home just new, every ship that steams Londonwards through Suez brings m by the score, men on leave from the Far East. For most of us it is
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    MOTOR CAR BLAZE
    146 12 Judge Dismisses Claim Against Insurance Co In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Sproule delivered judgment m the case m which Yap Ann Piow. owner of a garage, sued Lun Tai Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Co.. Ltd., for $2,500 m respect to a Nash car insured
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    42 12 Mr. J. R. H. Scovell arrived last week from home leave and will act for Mr. J. Davidson, of Messrs. Caldbeck, MacGregor. Ltd., while the latter is on leave. Mr. Scovell will be welcomed by tennis players here; says the Malay Mail.
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    TOO MUCH MALIGNED MALAYA
    738 12 THE NOVELISTS' VICTIM Neither as Good nor As Bad as Painted It seems to me that Malaya like all other far-flung British dependencies suffers at the hands of fiction-writers, who lead a confiding public to believe that English women residents ha\e nothing to do but consume
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    AN APRIL FOOLS' LEGACY
    274 12 Epsom College Boy's Hoax London, April 2. April Fools' Day was anticipated by 24 hours by a thoughtless practical joker who hoaxed a number of people named Harris and others living m South-West London. The victims were given what at first was a pleasant surprise, receiving
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    RANGOON ROAD SCHOOL MURDER
    434 12 INQUEST EVIDENCE Sikh Girl's Statement to Police The Coroner's enquiry into the brutal murder of a Sikh watchman named Sunder Singh, whose mutilated body was found m the compound of the Rangoon Road School on Apr! 9, was continued by Mr. F. G. Bourne yesterday morning,
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    PRINCES' HOMECOMING
    176 12 Plans for Visit to Lisbon To-day (British Radio Official Service! Rugby, April 23. The Prince of Wales and Prince George have decided to complete the last stage of their journey home from South America by air. They will embark, with the members of their suite, m an Imperial
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    CANTON'S RIVER BANDITS
    61 12 Two More Launches Blown Up [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Canton, April 24. With reference to the levying of protection fees on shipping by bandits two steamlaunches which refused to be blackmailed have been blown up by time bombs this week and sixty persons killed. Shipments of rice
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    3 INCHES OF HAIL
    158 12 Darjeeling's Worst Storm for Ten Years Darjeeling, April 4. Weeks of blazing sunshine came to an end yesterday m the severest hailstorm seen here for the last ten years. Seventy Easter visitors had luckily just reached their hotels when the storm burst, and by 3 o'clock
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    INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
    50 12 How Britain Helps Financially [British Radio Official Servicel Rugby, April 23. In a Parliamentary answer to-day the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, stated that the British Government's contributions to the League of Nations and the International Labour Office totalled £107.770 m 1929 and £115, 390 last year.
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    AN AMERICAN'S VIEWS ON EUROPE
    729 12 TRADE BARRIERS Removal Would Crush United States "Europe could crush the United States if they would wash out all these trade barriers," said Mr. William Moss, director of foreign sales of the Dalton Adding Machine Company, speaking at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary
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    AUSTRALIA'S DEBTS
    77 12 Bill to Secure Bank Reserves [Reuter's Service! Canberra, April 23. The House of Representatives by 19 votes to 17 passed the second reading of the QovetHment's Bill to amend the Commonwealth Bank Act requiring the Bank to hand the federal I Treasurer the gold necessary to meet the
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    BIG FIRE IN PARIS
    152 12 Outbreak m Oil Depot Paris. April 14. Early m. the afternoon a most violent fire caused an explosion m an oil depot and destroyed three buildings, depots of provisions and bonded goods. It also caught a d(-oi ofl wood and coal, rendering it necessary for various
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    42 12 Mr. A. H. Moreland. for several years a member of the staff of Messrs. Gibson. Anderson, Butler and Co., Kuala Lumpur, has ed for Japan, where he will spend a short holiday before joining a firm of chartered accountant;; m London. M.M.
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    THE SALUTE OF DEATH
    146 12 R.A.F. ACCIDENT Cause of Sussex Aerial Miishap FATAL COLLISION [Bevterl Service I London, \.)t,i .j An Air Force salute, which bce.u of death." apparently lies behind tl. which Air Vice Marshal Vesey Holt .1 Moody were killed at Seahurst Park A squadron of eight single-seat-r had
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    EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN
    500 12 Average of Four a Da\ For Toyko The other night, after a few hOUI sleep, the violent motion of my bed a and I made an instinctive bound out floor. Rusing to my wife's bed. I found i and then, flying to the door of th. found
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    TROOPS IN TRADE DISPUTES
    206 12 Sharp Debate m lloum* of Commons l.eiulon. Apnl The last days m the House of before the Easter adjournment wen by a sharp debate on the use of tr<« disputes when the Army and Air WU Bill was debated. Mr. Fenner-BnxK'.' q the addition of a
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      1549 13 Tennis Already Providing Sensations [From Our Own Correspondent] London, March 23. Now that the Spring has come, thoughts are turned more to the summer sports, and tennis is already providing sensations. Rene Lacoste. the French lawn tennis champion, has definitely decided that he will not play m
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      INDIAN FOOTBALL
      252 13 Calcutta. April 15. A visit of an English League football club to India was among the items discussed at the joint meeting of the I.F.A. Council and the governing body of the Calcutta Football League, held to-day at the V.M.C.A. Mr. S. A. Rashid said that both the
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      833 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEUXES, LONDON 4% N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Dae. Sails. t ANCHIBES For Marseilles, London.
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      570 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. E (Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer *>■• Singapore. s.s. CITY OF BATAVIA May 10 s-3. CITY OF CORINTH June 9 HOMEWARDS. sjj. CITY
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      450 14 P. o. British India and Apar 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. l>u,. Tonnage. Singapore, Tonnage. N.njcaport 1931. KARMALA 9.100 j uly
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      640 15 O. S. K. Line. MXTO >IM!< LOS ANGELKS and NEW V„ KK •Express Freight Service) m.mm.n MAKI LONDON. Rotterdam. Hamburg IR Pr m X',K ,b May 26 Cape Tow Antwerp June 1 2 Monte**, and l»f a a l ir Santos Fttaaa. TI9OT A s Wn-iia Urn m .mi \i«
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      458 15 i f^^| Ob FA MOLLS l#i PRESIDENT LINEKS ff| TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON FROM SLNGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO SUF/ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES AND GENOA Arrive Leave Leuvp A.t,i w Arrive Singaporo. Singapore. Penang Xew Yor|c Pre*. Adam* Apr. 27 Apr. SO May a Jlltl Pres. Harrison
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      629 15 K. P. M. KONffIKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ tROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA (Incorporated m Holland > UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to.-Passage. S Transhipment, Marine Departments and 0 Managers's desk. Representatives In the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang, of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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    SABOTAGE ON DIRIGIBLE
    326 16 Rivetter Arrested m America New York, March 20. A rivetter on the new naval dirigible has been arrested at Akron, Ohio, on the ground of sabotage. The man. whose name is Paul Kassay. has been under observation by United States secret service agents since the crash of
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    125 16 Eight Cardiff-owned steamers were chartered last month by the Russian Soviet agents for voyages this season to the White and Kara Seas at rates ranging from 3s. 4 1 _d. to 4s. 7Mjd. a ton a month. It is stated that the chartering of British vessels this year by the
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    38 16 themselves at the time of posting the prepayment of Customs and other charges due m the country of destination and ordinarily payable by the addressees. The conditions of the similar services with Great Britain and Australia will apply.
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      553 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Austiuiu.). FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known stumer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and the SS MANGOLA (3,352 tons).. [Cargo only! MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamer, trading to Australia Cabins de luxe,
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      24 16 cousins rUjL_g__jJ3LU* .WM^OSgXITS i wtTTTtt~t-i I WOULD TWAVEt SERVICE) For Everything Appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight Apply 39, Robinson Road, Singapore. Tele. 5907.
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      619 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. I nc (Incorporated m UJ3.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Doe R lh Dm w M.S. SILVERTEAK May 1 May 4 Junt M.S. SILVERSANDAL May 19 May 25 June I M.S. SILVERWTLLOW June 2 June
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      801 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 aJD. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping. Penang and Kedah and Lower Slam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      296 16 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1.) Talma (shifts to 13 14) 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3.) Corato 18: Kamuning (shifts to 2 Godown > 15; Kinta and Trier 11; Medusa 10; Sarpedor 9; Tantalus 7. Empire Dock Entrain
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      76 17 •nee Maritimes mail steamer ben from Madras on Tuesday *m probaLly sail on the same BaifOll, Tourane and Haiphong. Ed m the Government Gazette April Ist.. 1931, a temporary per cent, has been approved dues for the Pilotage Districts id Of Penang for a period of Island (for immigrant labourers
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      NOTICES TO MARINERS
      120 17 Torpedo Practice by Royal Air Force notice, except Saturdays and between the hours of 8.30 a.m. the deep water bounded on the i point opposite Sungei Punggol m N see N. lon^. 103 deg. <; on the East by a# point situated 24 mm. 30 sees. N.
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      A BARON IN IRONS
      343 17 A Sea-Dog And a dlßCloaed m collection utBB. of Sir Joseph Banks, the ry traveller and scientist. be -<>ld at Sotheby's. ph took pari m Captain Cook's exinine the Transit of Venus m the made other voyau s of dLsrovery. :.uscript is given an account of
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      RUSSIAN CHARTERING
      131 17 1 .Shipping of the United I the following statement m lan < hart fling.— entathre Mating of British ownarJainf out of the fixing number of British boats on the be charterers was considered. >wn, tbeae terms are unsatisfacand hitherto chart are ri have tbtata British tonnage on such
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      NAVY OF TO-MORROW
      1135 17 Self-Supporting and SelfSufficient Fleet In my recently published book. The Navies of To-day and To-morrow." I set out frankl motr not l th? d -^s k or In doing so I was careful to avoid any sug- f nde^' -to deny that he'waTa e ng Picturesque, and
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    PANAMA CANAL
    965 17 Overhaul of the Locks The recent passage through the Panama Canal of H.M.S. Nelson, one of the world's greatest fighting ships, m order to visit the combined United States Fleets m the Canal Zone, was watched with much interest by naval engineering experts, says ths Times Panama Correspondent.
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      258 17 BIBBY LINE. [LONDON ADDRESS I 22. PALL MALL. LONDON, S.W.I.]. of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO. MARSEILLES. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON with through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Steamer Leave Rangoosi YORKSHIRE May 14 SHROPSHIRE May 28 OXFORDSHIRE June 11 STAFFORDSHIRE June 26 GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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    THE HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM
    1058 18 INCREASED DEMAND Development of Motor Industry Although critics of hire-purchase and deferred payment sales incline to discuss the system |>n to boom and depression periods, it be clearly understood that these t modern methods of distribution are to neither of these industrial condirites J. Gibson Jarvie.
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    424 18 JUDGES COMMENTS 'Worthless Certificates of Marriage* Lord Pitman, m the Court of Session, Edinburgh, adjourned tor three months an action brought to have declared null and void a Gretna "marriage." E.e petitioner was Kathleen Willliams Rockof Helensburgh, and the respondent, Alfred I odore Koch, alias Neilson, a
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    RULED BY WOMEN
    183 18 Cricket Club's Beer Licence Plan Rejected Guiseley. When a proposal was< put forward at the annual meeting of the Guiseley Cricket Club that a beer bar should be established, the members ot the Ladies' Committee turned up m lar«e numbers and voted it down. Guiseley Cricket Club
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    NATIONAL LIBRARY
    139 18 Million -Dollar Building m Peking Peking. April 12. The $1,000,000 building of the National Library of Peking will be formally opened on June 25 next, when elaborate ceremonies will be enacted, m which representative Chinese leaders and foreign educators are expected to participate. Mr. Tsai Yuan-pei, Chairman of
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    "SACK OLD DIRECTORS"
    137 18 At the dinner of the Women's Advertising Club of London, Mr. John Boot, chairman of Boots, the chemists, declared that "the pi-ogress or profits of a company depend m large measure upon the spirit of its work-people. Although wages to-day are higher than before the war, wages
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      494 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 terve Liability of Proprietors £3 000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Sishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: r Star iHong Kong Saigon Amritsar Iloilo
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      330 18 BANKING. > MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIU (Incorporated m England). Capital "ftOOOOO Subscribed i'oso'ooo Reserve Fund and Rest 1,66(5.845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq, Chairman. p R Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro. Esq.. J. O. Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. Sir C. C.
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      323 18 INSURANCE. THF. j(SOSSBt>. -ufk®c\ SOUTH imf 4 BRITISH INSURANCE (OMIVWY LI.MITIU FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAB INSURANCE ACCEPT, h LOWEST CURRENT X I S L. C. MARGOLIOUTI' Office: 2. Finl.tv: < a f, PERSONAL ACCIDKMS. FATAL ACCIDENTS arc \.y HAVE you made provision tor of your dependents should overtake
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    362 19 Singapore. April 24. quoted are generally those current i met Market. At the other markets be small variations. MEAT U ak < Round* Kati 48 Beel r Of curry do 4& P lean do 55 Pork lean and fat 1 1st quality) do 45 Indian lb 55
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    159 19 I M.icPhail and Co.. agents here lenei and Company, we have the rubber production chart for 1930 the latter dim ittuni of dry rubber by the Mengkibol Johore) Rubber Company for 1930 3.1001 b. <against 1.065.7351 b. for 1929). the whole of the output after allowlorv.ard contracts was disposed of
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    393 19 Strong Russian and Far East Competition in^f (y I" __f^__!_? m ma »y from the ncrease o the Russian export trade, (writes the Constantinople coiTcspondent of the n 1^ ter GUardian, The Whole of the comnierual and industrial activity m connection R ummm? I™ provlnces border upon Russia,
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    ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS
    227 19 Lord Rothermere and Company's Bright Prospects Replying to a shareholder m Associated Newspapers. Ltd.. Lord Rothermere. the chairman, writes: "Unless general trade gets worse and a number of indications are pointing sharply the other way there should be no difficulty m maintaining the usual dividend on the deferred
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    BUSINESS-TAX IN PEIPING
    241 19 With the abolition of Likin. Hopei Province has decided to levy a business-tax to make up the government revenue. The Northern Financial Conference m Mukden was to determine the procedure for collection of the tax. The rates will be according to the Business Tax Act passed by
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    To-Day's Price Changes.
    441 19 To-Day' s Price Changes. EXCHANGE RATES April 24 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 23 27,32 London, 3 months' sight 23 1316 London, 60 days' sight 2 3 2532 London, 30 days' sight 23 3 4 London, demand 23' 2332 London, T.T. 23 n 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg,
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    748 19 FRIDAY. APRIL 24TH CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang (I) 20s 22s 6d Austral Malay (£> 18s 6d 2 s Ayer Hitam Tin (ss> l ls 12s Bangrin Tin J3s 14s B^tang Padang ($n 10 15 Batu Caves ($1) 37% 42^ Sukit Arang (sl> 35 4 J
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    LEWIS & PEATS REPORT
    216 19 LEWIS PEATS REPORT Singapore. Apri! 24. Malayan statistics published towards the end of last week showed rather conclusively ih? hopelessness of the situation. Stocks were down 2.600 tons, and as domestic exports were 39,700 tons, this gave a production of 37,000 tons for March, which is about 2.000 tons greater
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    INDIA'S MINERAL WEALTH
    292 19 Resources Awaiting Development Strong criticism of the incomplete exploitation oi much of the mineral wealth of India, which could enormously increase her purchasing power m Imperial markets, was made by Sir Edwin Pascoe m an address at the Imperial Institute m connection with the special exhibition of
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    65 19 April '21th.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 8". 9 Standard R.S.S. on Tender May 9U 9; June 9 1 9 1 July-Sept. 9 10 Oct. -Dec. 10' s 10*4 Tone of Market Quiet and Easier. Latest Cable London Spot
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    ROBINSON & CO., REPORT
    218 19 ROBINSON CO., REPORT Trade Depression Losses Th- e-venth annual rtjpotl of Robimon and Company to be prenilstud at ihe annual Mating on May 2nd at Harrisons. Barl.tr and Co at noon states: Intensified trade depletion throughout Malaya caused the turnover to decline sharply, resulting m a loss for the year
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    MACPHAIL & CO.'S DAILY REPORT
    161 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. April If, Tin. Weak.— Talam Mines 65 70. IdrLs 7s hi N 6d Pungahs 12s 9d lis 3d. Pangnga Hirer. 3s 6d 4s 6d. Malaya Consols 15 17. Rriiaw.it> 52 U, Kintas 95 1.00. Hitam Tin 15 20. Rantau Prefs 38 41. Rahmans 65 70.
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    149 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. April Very quiet conditions rule to-day m all markets. Quotations are rather easier, but practically no business is reported In rubbers and tin shares have been the medium of only I jeu contracts. Rubbers.— Scudais are 79 83. Malaka Pinda^ 67 >, 72',. Mentakabs 20
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    DIRT-TRACK BROADSIDING
    217 19 Rubber Balls Replace Back Tyre A London dirt track motorcycle rider ha, Invented a wheel to |M rniit maclji h it "broadside" round oornen 00 the dirt track n. speed race;. Ordinary btoadsiding demand, a Micuit at least 250 yards m diameter and surface of BOOOf cinders. With
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    RUBBER TRUSTS' PROFIT
    37 19 TFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIOH t\ London. April 23. The report of Rubber Plantations Trust tor 1930 shows a profit of £157.894 No dividend is recommended and thc amount to be earned forward is £100.626
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    WEST BROMWICH OR BIRMINGHAM
    744 20 THE CUP FINAL To-day's Deciding Match at Wembley The English football season reaches its climax at the Wembley Stadium to-day where 90,000 .-j-vetators or more will gather to see West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham contest the J final of the F.A. Cup competition. The two Midland
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB
    135 20 To-morrow. Sunday, the "A" Class will soil the second race of a series of three for the Vice Commodore's 1931 Trophy. The start will be at 10 a.m. and the course will be posted m the usual position on the morning of the race. Points gained
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    S.R.C. LAWN TENNIS
    30 20 MONDAY'S TIES Ladies' Singles. Final. Miss E. Richards vs. Miss M. Gomes. "B" Singles R. Morrow vs. P. James. M A. Cordeiro vs. D. Leicester (to finish).
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    DOLFATTAH'S "MATCH" WITH S.R.C.
    433 20 THE SIX GOAL MAN Padang Club Well Beaten Malays. 8: S.R.C 1. The First Division game between the Malays and the S.R.C .r.t the Stadium last evening resulted m an overwhelming victory for the former who scored eight goals to one scored by the S.R.C. Of
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    S.G.C. SPRING CUP
    319 20 Mrs. Huggard's Win At the Singapore Golf Club on Thursday Iftc Huggard won the Ladies' Spring Cup, defeating Mrs. McMichael, 3 and 2. FIRST ROUND Mrs. Margoliouth beat Miss Hadley, 4 and 3; Mrs. Giggins beat Mrs. E. C. O. Thomson, wo.; Mrs. Hardie beat Mrs. Thamsen,
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    BRITISH ATHLETICS
    169 20 Paavo Nurmi L.ikelv to Enter London. April 6. The annual British Games will be held on May 26. at Stamford Bridge stadium. German. Finnish and French clubs have been invited to compete against the Achilles Club. It is likely that Paavo Nurmi will take part and may bring
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    15 20 Bangkok is sweltering m a heat wave. The maximum temperature on Friday was 104 Fahrenheit.
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      THE LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
      169 20 Meeting with Tony Canzoneri To-day [Reuter's Service.] Chicago, April 2ft. Britain's chance of regaining lost boxing laurels comes at 4.30 pjn. British cummer time on Saturday when the former Whitechapel cabinet-maker's apprentice, Kid Berg, who was once employed at Ss. a week, rights Tony Canzoneri for the
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      THE PREVIOUS MEETING
      425 20 After Berg's overwhelming victory over Canzoneri fifteen months ago one would have expected the odds to have been even greater m the Jewish boxer's favour. Canzoneri was regarded then as one of the most brilliant ring masters m the game, yet m one of the most spectacular
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    THE DAVIS CUP
    138 20 Britain's Easy Victory Over Monaco TReuter'i, Service 1 Lonaon, April 24. At Plymouth tc-day Britain won the doubles md their tie against Monaco. Hughes and Kingsley beating Landau and Gallepe 6 o. 6 2. 6 o. Britrin meet Belgium m the second round. Monaco, April 23. The
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    "GRUMPY" AT THE CAPITOL
    197 20 Another larg? and enthusiastic audience attended the Capitol last night to witness the excellent Paramount adaptation of the famous play "Grumpy," m which Cyril Maude gives one of the best portrayals yet seen m "talkies."' Owing to other bookings, the management announce to-night as the last
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    THE MALAYAN TURF
    552 20 NEW ARRIVALS Some Notes on Latest Importations In the course of notes on the new racehorses Imported Into Malaya, Tic Tac of the Pinang Gazette writes: The latest to be landed this week are Tyro Penallen and La Ferrandiere. They were landed at Penang on Monday from
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    MR. TOLLEY WINS APPEAL
    328 20 Caricature "An Offensive Imputation" The House of Lords has given judgment m favour of Mr. Cyril Tolley. the famous amateur golfer, m connection with the action he brought against Messrs. J. S. Fry and Sons. Ltd., of Bristol, arising out of a caricature of him m
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    84 20 No Play m Match Against Ceylon S.C. Owing to the rain it was net possible to begin the match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the S.C.C. on the Padang yesterday Play begins to-day at 2 p.m. The S.C.C side is as follows: R. A. Ashworth, P. H
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    26 20 Gazette notifications state that the Colonial Secretary is satisfied that the Bendemeer Athletic Club and Tan Kah Kee and Company's Recreation Club have ceased to exist.
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